This is a valley surrounded by mountains, and looking up, there are thousands of acres of cornfields.
However, much of the corn has been flattened in patches, and upon disembarking and approaching, Qin Shilei and his group saw that it seemed to have been trampled by large animals.
"Be careful." Qin Shilei suddenly heard a rustling sound from ahead.
Thousand Vine Technique!
Zhang Xiaoli sent out several vines that quickly entangled the beetle.
"Hiss!"
The Sickle Beetle let out a low hiss before being strangled to death by the vines.
Instantly, the sound of animals running and breaking corn stalks echoed from all around.
"Let's finish this quickly." Qin Shilei drew Blood Soul and faced the beetles that darted out from the corn stalks.
Working together, the two of them killed more than ten of the beetle's companions that were summoned in less than thirty seconds.
Qin Shilei pulled Zhang Xiaoli, and they quickly moved to another spot.
Zhang Xiaoli said, "Is this Hou Chengzhu doing this on purpose? He didn't tell us the exact location of the mutated corn. How are we supposed to find it?"
Qin Shilei said, "The mutated corn should be quite special. Let's observe it simply first."
They rode the Ghost Chariot again and slowly drove along the small path in the cornfield.
If they encountered beetles blocking the road, Zhang Xiaoli would quickly kill them.
Qin Shilei drove the Ghost Chariot along the small path in the middle of the cornfield from west to east, made a circle, and then from east to south.
They didn't find any particularly special corn, but they did kill several hundred Sickle Beetles.
Zhang Xiaoli said worriedly, "Brother Qin, there are probably tens of thousands of beetles in this cornfield. They seem to have discovered our presence. If we keep searching, we'll inevitably be surrounded."
Qin Shilei said with a grave tone, "I'm afraid we've been tricked by this Hou Chengzhu. Even if there is mutated corn here, it's probably not more than a hundred acres. Otherwise, we wouldn't have been searching for so long."
Zhang Xiaoli gritted her teeth and said, "This sinister fellow, I must deal with him properly when we get back."
A hint of anger flickered in Qin Shilei's eyes, and he thought that even if he found the mutated corn, he would make the other party pay fifty thousand crystal cores as compensation.
Without mentioning returning, the two of them continued to search for the mutated corn, whose existence was uncertain, in this cornfield.
Meanwhile, the Hou Chengzhu they were talking about was planning to acquire the city wall of Hope City.
Jiang Renteng was a small captain of the Rock Battle Group. He was dazed by looking at a beautiful woman and was then tied up and brought here.
"How did this city wall come about?"
"I don't know. Everyone guesses that the City Lord made it."
"Are there any forbidden areas or very special places in your Jingcui Garden?"
"The basement of the building where the City Lord lives is a forbidden area. We are warned not to enter, and the door is completely sealed."
"Are there any other treasures in your base?"
"No, our City Lord has a super-capacity ring and carries all his treasures with him."
The dazed Jiang Renteng, under Hou Chengzhu's questioning, revealed all the intelligence he knew about the Rock Battle Group.
As time passed, Jiang Renteng slowly sobered up: "Are you going to harm our Rock Battle Group?"
He still had some memory of what had just happened, and as soon as he woke up, he understood the other party's intentions.
Deng Kun asked, "Cult Master, what should we do with him?"
Hou Chengzhu said lightly, "A Black Iron three-star expert is enough to feed my precious."
With a wave of his right hand, a giant golden python nearly twenty meters long appeared in the basement.
The python was as thick as a bucket, and its head was slightly bulging, with a pair of small horns about two inches long.
As soon as it appeared, it flicked its tongue and swam towards Jiang Renteng.
Jiang Renteng's face changed greatly: "Let me go quickly, or our City Lord will not let you go."
Hou Chengzhu sneered, "It's not even certain if your City Lord can return, let alone worry about you."
Jiang Renteng quickly struggled to break free from the ropes tied to his hands and fled towards the exit.
Hou Chengzhu said with a sinister smile, "Precious, go ahead and enjoy your lunch."
He enjoyed watching his pet eat. The despair on people's faces as they were devoured always brought him pleasure.
The golden python quickly caught up with Jiang Renteng and bit his feet.
It seemed to know its master's perverse hobby and slowly swallowed Jiang Renteng.
Jiang Renteng clenched his fists and smashed them hard at the python, but it didn't cause any damage.
"I'm dead, and you'll be down to accompany me soon." Jiang Renteng's last curse echoed in the basement.
Deng Kun said worriedly, "The Rock Battle Group has three Silver realm peak experts. We have no chance of winning against them."
Hou Chengzhu glared at his subordinate, "Shut up, you coward. Who said we're going to fight them head-on?"
"Our goal this time is the item that formed the city wall. If we can truly obtain this item, what does it matter if we sacrifice a large number of low-level evolutionaries?"
Liu Ying guessed, "That city wall has expanded twice. It should indeed be an item, and it's very likely to be in the basement that person just mentioned."
Hou Chengzhu ordered, "Deng Kun, immediately take our five thousand elites out of the city. Once you get that item, leave Hope City immediately."
After speaking, he led Liu Ying and thirty elites towards Jingcui Garden.
They quickly arrived at the east wall of Jingcui Garden.
Liu Ying said, "Cult Master, do you think this Qin Shilei is too confident? He only left a mere twenty guards in the entire community."
If he wasn't afraid of the people inside setting off the alarm and attracting evolutionaries in the city who hadn't left, Hou Chengzhu would have already attacked through the main gate.
Hou Chengzhu said dismissively, "Perhaps he thinks the title of 'Number One Person on Blue Star' can intimidate everyone."
"Go!"
With an order, ten elites were the first to climb over the wall and enter Jingcui Garden.
However, as soon as they stepped onto the grass beside the wall, a large swarm of thumb-sized ants quickly crawled onto their bodies.
They jumped around, swatting at the ants on their bodies with their hands.
In the blink of an eye, the ants had covered all ten people.
"Ah!"
The ten people only managed to let out a few screams before being gnawed into piles of white bones by the ants.
This horrifying scene greatly shocked those outside the wall.
"Go!" Hou Chengzhu ordered in a deep voice.
The noise just now might have attracted people from the Rock Battle Group, so they had to retreat for now.
In a building not far from Jingcui Garden.
Liu Ying said with lingering fear, "Sinister Qin Shilei actually set up such a large swarm of ants around the wall. No wonder he didn't pay much attention to the guards inside the community."
Those ten people just now were all Black Iron realm experts, and they were gone in the blink of an eye.
Hou Chengzhu also felt a pang of heartache. He only had about fifty Black Iron realm experts in his hand.
He frowned and said fiercely, "I don't believe those ants fill the entire community. We'll go and investigate again later."