After eliminating the hornets, Qin Shilei turned and flew back towards the building.
The survivors in the building looked at Qin Shilei flying towards them, their eyes filled with admiration, envy, and awe!
A significant portion of them suddenly had a thought arise in their hearts: to follow Qin Shilei from now on.
Jie Mingchen directly called out, "Boss Qin, I sincerely wish to follow you. If you tell me to go east, I will never go west. Please take me in."
Seeing this, other individuals with ambitions also called out one after another, "Boss Qin, please take us in."
Qin Shilei surveyed the crowd and suddenly had the thought of taking these people in.
Tokugawa City was only three to four hundred kilometers from the coastline, and another three hundred kilometers east was Junhai City, a first-tier city and a super metropolis of the Great Xia Kingdom.
Although the eight to nine hundred people in front of him did not have any Silver Realm experts, their strength was not bad.
If he were to take in such a group and then cultivate a few more skilled individuals, establishing a branch of the Rock Warrior Group in Junhai City might be a good move.
With a plan in mind, Qin Shilei raised his hand to quiet the shouting, "It's not impossible to take you in, but to join my Rock Warrior Group, you must meet the requirements and abide by the rules of the Rock Warrior Group in the future."
"Qin Shilei?" someone exclaimed, a spark of realization in their eyes, "Boss Qin, are you the Qin Shilei on the leaderboard?"
"That is me," Qin Shilei said indifferently.
Upon learning Qin Shilei's true identity, those people's hearts grew even hotter, and they shouted their desire to join the Rock Warrior Group.
"We'll discuss joining the Rock Warrior Group later. Everyone, rest for a while. In half an hour, we will destroy the singularity and leave Tokugawa City."
After speaking, Qin Shilei prepared to find a place to recover his energy.
Jie Mingchen suddenly stepped forward as if to say something.
The leaders who had spoken ill of Qin Shilei earlier felt a jolt in their hearts, thinking that Jie Mingchen was going to report them.
Scared, they quickly stepped forward and tightly grabbed Jie Mingchen, their eyes full of pleading.
Qin Shilei turned his head and asked, "Do you still have something to say?"
Seeing Jie Mingchen about to speak, one of them panicked and knelt down, voluntarily admitting, "Boss Qin, we just fired signal flares but didn't see you return. In our anger, we spoke a few complaints. Please forgive us, Boss Qin."
The other three, seeing this, also had no choice but to kneel down and beg for mercy, "Please forgive us, Boss Qin."
Jie Mingchen saw that one of the four had some acquaintance with him and hesitated before speaking up to plead, "Boss Qin, their words were unintentional. Please spare them."
Qin Shilei heard this and knew that they had likely complained more than just a few words; they had probably cursed him thoroughly.
However, this was still somewhat understandable, and since he hadn't heard the words, he didn't intend to delve deeper.
He said with a stern face, "I will let you off this time. It's best to watch your mouths in the future, for trouble comes from loose tongues!"
These individuals quickly said, "Boss Qin, you are right. We will never show any disrespect to Boss Qin in the future."
They also thanked Jie Mingchen profusely for pleading on their behalf.
Jie Mingchen spoke again, "Boss Qin, when the hornets attacked, two people took the opportunity to escape. I believe such deserters should not be allowed to remain in our group."
Qin Shilei did not care much about these survivors who were not yet his subordinates and casually said, "Then drive them out of this building. Whether they live or die is up to their fate."
The two leaders who had hidden in a secluded corner were quickly found and driven out of the building.
As for his original subordinates, not a single one was willing to follow a leader who had fled alone.
Half an hour later, Qin Shilei had someone find Professor Zhou, who had proposed the method to destroy the singularity.
"Are you sure that if we simultaneously destroy the three singularities, we will be able to leave this city?"
Professor Zhou pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose and said with certainty, "After my calculations, as long as we simultaneously destroy the three singularities, we will definitely be able to leave this city."
Qin Shilei, still somewhat uneasy, asked again, "There won't be any unforeseen circumstances, will there?"
"Although my strength is not great, you cannot question my professional expertise," Professor Zhou said with dissatisfaction.
Qin Shilei still felt something was not quite right, but he could only choose to believe him.
With a wave of his hand, he declared, "Let's go. We will proceed to destroy the three singularities now."
Nearly a thousand people moved out in a grand procession towards the singularity of the "egg."
Qin Shilei first cleared out the nearby alien beasts and then instructed, "You will be under the unified command of Jie Mingchen for now. Attack the egg together in three minutes."
Everyone responded in unison.
Qin Shilei synchronized his watch with Jie Mingchen again, then summoned his phantom and used his lightning遁 (escape technique) to rush towards the stone tablet and the large tree respectively.
To be on the safe side, he specifically had Xiao Qiang lead the elephant herd and shadow leopards to guard Jie Mingchen's group.
When Qin Shilei arrived at the large tree, about a dozen demon apes had just arrived in the vicinity from another world.
He spent ten seconds killing all the demon apes, then waited for about a minute before drawing his Blood Soul and slashing fiercely at the tree.
Having advanced to the Gold Realm, he no longer needed to activate "One-Punch Man"; the sharp sword energy from his Blood Soul could easily cut into the tree.
After several consecutive uses of the combat skill "Seven Stars Falling Long Sky," the large tree collapsed.
Qin Shilei focused his attention on the phantom, which was more than ten kilometers away.
By this time, the phantom had already smashed the stone tablet to pieces.
Neither the stone tablet nor the large tree recovered, but nothing unusual happened.
"It must be that the 'egg' has not yet been destroyed."
Qin Shilei guessed, hesitating whether to rush over to help.
Just then, a strange fluctuation swept through.
Boom!
With a loud bang, the entire sky suddenly darkened.
Immediately after, the sky regained its brightness, and the light drizzle that had been falling also stopped.
Qin Shilei looked around and couldn't help but exclaim, "Where have I ended up?"
He was now standing amidst a pile of rubble; the tall buildings that had been there were gone without a trace.
"Could I have been transported to another world?"
Qin Shilei felt his guess was likely correct and cursed inwardly, "These experts and professors are really unreliable!"
"Roar!"
Suddenly, roars of Vajra Demon Apes echoed from all around.
Qin Shilei flew into the air and looked around, discovering that countless Vajra Demon Apes were converging towards him.
"I don't have time to deal with you now."
Fearing for the safety of his pets and the survivors he intended to recruit, he ignored the demon apes.
Following a faint connection with Xiao Qiang, he flew rapidly in the direction where the sun was setting.