Duan Tianhe unleashed his innate abilities on the eight reanimated corpses, but failed to wrest control from the middle-aged man.
Although his strength surpassed that of the reanimated corpses, Qin Shilei had only ordered him to capture the middle-aged man, preventing him from using excessive force.
He found himself trapped by several reanimated corpses, unable to break free, allowing the middle-aged man to approach Professor Yu.
The middle-aged man rejoiced inwardly as he was on the verge of taking a hostage, his expression relaxing.
However, the moment a smile touched his lips, he suddenly discovered someone beside him and felt a cold sensation at his throat.
Looking down, he saw a blood-red sword that had, at some unknown time, been placed at his neck.
"If you dare to move another inch, I'll sever your head immediately," Qin Shilei stated calmly.
"I surrender. Will you spare my life?" The middle-aged man raised his hands, surrendering without hesitation.
First, he used his Purifying Sight to control the opponent.
"Are there others in the Reanimated Corpse Sect besides you?" Qin Shilei asked.
"I don't know. It was only after the apocalypse that I managed to reanimate my first corpse using ancestral secret manuals," the middle-aged man replied truthfully.
"You used your reanimated corpses to kill those people in the city, didn't you?" Qin Shilei asked again.
"To make the reanimated corpses evolve more easily, I killed several hundred people. I don't know if these are the ones you're asking about."
The controlled middle-aged man confessed all his crimes.
"Give me your cultivation technique."
Qin Shilei asked his final question of concern.
"Alright." The middle-aged man took out an ancient manual from his ring and handed it over.
After receiving the manual, Qin Shilei waved his hand and severed the man's throat.
Duan Tianhe had by then subdued all eight reanimated corpses.
Upon losing their master, the corpses were all subdued by Duan Tianhe and could even be stored in his pet space.
"Tianhe, we're leaving." Qin Shilei was about to depart when his gaze swept over Vice Dean Zhou beside him, and he stopped.
Vice Dean Zhou's heart lurched, and he immediately knelt, "City Lord, spare me. He was just a researcher from the laboratory, and I truly knew nothing of his crimes."
Qin Shilei instructed Captain Luo beside him, "He likes researching live zombies, doesn't he? Throw him to the newly built laboratory outside the city to be a researcher."
The laboratory outside the city had rudimentary conditions and involved dangerous experiments on live zombies, greatly increasing the risk.
The weak Vice Dean Zhou, once relegated to a mere researcher there, would undoubtedly have a difficult time.
Vice Dean Zhou dared not object and was led out by Captain Luo with a distressed expression.
The zombie incident in the city had been resolved, and Qin Shilei reimmersed himself in comprehending lightning power.
That afternoon.
As Qin Shilei was circulating the "Nine Heavens Thunder" technique in the City Lord's mansion, comprehending lightning power, a clap of thunder suddenly echoed in his ears.
A flash of inspiration struck him, and he got up and walked outside.
Stepping out of the room, he saw that a fierce wind was blowing, the clouds were dark and dense, presenting a scene of impending storm.
Qin Shilei took a car from his Qiankun Ring and sped out of the city.
Beyond the city gates, he summoned Xiao Qiang again and flew towards a nearby tall mountain.
He soon arrived at the peak of the thousand-meter-high mountain.
At that moment, raindrops the size of soybeans began to fall from the sky, and several arcs of lightning split from the clouds.
"Master, do you really intend to be struck by lightning?"
Xiao Qiang watched as lightning struck and broke a giant tree in the distance, worrying that its master would also be reduced to charcoal.
"Your master possesses the Seed of Thunder, making him immune to most lightning. Why would I fear such trivial lightning?"
In truth, Qin Shilei felt a twinge of apprehension, unsure if he could withstand this natural lightning.
After a moment's thought, he took out the Thunder Spirit Orb and attempted to send a bolt of lightning towards the dark clouds in the sky.
Perhaps attracted by his lightning, a bolt as thick as a water bucket suddenly shot out from the clouds and instantly struck Qin Shilei.
In Xiao Qiang's eyes, a blinding flash occurred, and its master instantly appeared as a skeleton.
It even faintly smelled a burnt aroma.
"Master!" Xiao Qiang anxiously pounced forward, attempting to save its master.
However, as soon as it neared the massive lightning pillar, it was immediately blasted away, countless feathers singed by the electricity.
Bathed in lightning, Qin Shilei immediately ceased using his lightning ability.
Without his lightning to attract it, the lightning in the sky stopped striking him.
In Xiao Qiang's eyes, its master, who had appeared as a skeleton, became whole again.
Qin Shilei, seeing that Xiao Qiang was unharmed, instructed, "Xiao Qiang, return to your pet space. I'm fine, don't worry."
With a wave of his hand, he recalled Xiao Qiang into his pet space, then used his lightning ability again to draw the lightning from the sky.
Although this lightning wouldn't kill him, it made his entire body go numb. To resist the lightning, the vital energy within him was rapidly depleting.
Qin Shilei endured the damage from the lightning while simultaneously comprehending this natural phenomenon.
The Seed of Thunder within him continuously absorbed the lightning power, undergoing a gradual transformation.
Half an hour later.
Qin Shilei's vital energy was nearly depleted, so he had to stop drawing the lightning.
After he restored his vital energy using a crystal core, the dark clouds had dispersed, and he could no longer summon the lightning.
He wondered if it was due to the short duration or his insufficient comprehension.
Although he felt he had gained a great deal from using natural lightning to comprehend lightning power, he had still not reached the standard for promotion.
"It seems I need to actively seek out lightning strikes and continue my comprehension," Qin Shilei murmured.
He had also been constantly refreshing his attributes for the past two days, hoping to get an attribute like "prodigy" or "astute comprehension," but to no avail.
With a plan in mind, Qin Shilei returned to Hope City and summoned several meteorologists.
"Using data from previous years, find me regions that are most prone to thunderstorms during this season," Qin Shilei instructed.
The experts immediately analyzed a large amount of data and identified several suitable regions.
Qin Shilei pocketed the map marked with red circles, bid farewell to An Qian and the others, and embarked on his journey to find lightning alone.
The next morning, he flew over a thousand kilometers on Xiao Qiang, visiting the four regions marked by the experts, but unfortunately, he didn't even see a drop of rain.
"These experts are as unreliable as ever."
Qin Shilei put away the map, opened the national chat channel, and asked.
"May I ask where it is raining, or about to rain, with thunder and lightning in Da Xia Nation?"
As soon as he posted, countless chat-loving individuals responded.
"It's pouring rain here, the sky looks like it's about to fall apart. The coordinates are Zaolin City."
"It's thundering and raining, hurry and bring your clothes in."
"Are you tired of living, OP? Trying to get yourself struck by lightning?"
"Maybe the OP is a girl, trying to test the sincerity of her boyfriend's vow."
"Dechuan City, Guhua Province, is known as the Thunder Capital. You can see from afar that it has been raining and thundering incessantly for days. If you want to be struck by lightning, Dechuan City is the place to go."
Although there was a lot of useless information, Qin Shilei still managed to get the locations of several places that were currently experiencing rain.