Du Shunkui watched Qin Shilei walk away and asked in confusion, "City Lord, why did we agree to this Qin San's request to interfere in the affairs of our Li Tian City?"
Ye Litian said faintly, "Many bizarre deaths have indeed occurred in our Li Tian City. If a golden realm expert offers to help investigate, why wouldn't we agree?"
He thought to himself, "Hmph, someone who doesn't even dare to reveal his real name. Since he couldn't see through my true abilities to my face, then let him investigate until the end of time. What does it matter?"
Qin Shilei glanced at Fang Bin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, and frowned slightly.
Although Fang Bin had a cultivation of silver five-star, all of his hundred subordinates were bronze realm.
This made it clear that Ye Litian was being perfunctory about the Soul Devouring Demon incident he had mentioned.
He immediately had the idea of returning to Hope City to bring some capable subordinates over to help.
"Mr. Qin, we've arrived," Fang Bin suddenly stopped the car inside a residential complex.
Qin Shilei got out of the car. People were carrying corpses out of the complex at that moment.
"Mr. Qin, all 682 members of the Flying Tiger Gang died bizarrely last night. Could this be the work of the Soul Devouring Demon you spoke of?" Fang Bin asked.
Qin Shilei walked up to a corpse and examined it carefully.
The body had no wounds, and there were no signs of a struggle around.
"What was their cultivation level?"
"They had seven or eight silver realm experts, and the rest were bronze realm."
"Have you questioned the surrounding awakened ones? Is there any useful information?"
"The awakened ones in the neighboring complex claimed they heard nothing last night and saw no suspicious individuals moving around nearby."
"Do you have a distribution map of the deceased from the past few days?"
"The city's Public Security Bureau should have one. Shall we go there now?"
The two of them hurried to the Public Security Bureau again.
Soon, a map was delivered to Qin Shilei.
A middle-aged man from the Public Security Bureau pointed to more than a dozen circles on the map and said, "Those who died bizarrely are in these locations. They are clustered deaths, ranging from one to two hundred, to over a thousand. The strongest were silver realm, and the weakest were iron realm."
Qin Shilei looked at the circles on the map, distributed in various parts of Li Tian City. He couldn't find any pattern for now.
Could that Soul Devouring Demon also know how to change its location after striking?
Qin Shilei asked, "Did any of these cases occur simultaneously in two widely separated locations?"
The middle-aged man shook his head, "That I cannot say for sure. Those people were only discovered dead the next day, and the exact time of death could not be determined from the autopsy."
This meant it was impossible to determine if the Soul Devouring Demon had split off another clone.
Qin Shilei returned to the City Lord's Mansion again.
"City Lord Ye, can you conduct a large-scale search in the city?"
"How large-scale?"
"Gather all the light element ability users and those proficient in detection abilities in the city, and then have them check if there are any hidden Soul Devouring Demons within every survivor."
"There are nearly six hundred thousand survivors in Li Tian City, while light element ability users and those proficient in detection abilities are very few. I'm afraid we cannot carry out such a large-scale search."
"Then can you have everyone in the city line up and pass before me? I can see if I can find that Soul Devouring Demon."
"Mr. Qin, you are asking for too much."
Ye Litian's expression immediately turned displeased.
Du Shunkui also sneered, "Have everyone line up and pass before you. Do you think you're a commander reviewing troops?"
Qin Shilei glanced at Du Shunkui and said coldly, "It is your Li Tian City that is losing people every day. Don't you want to find the Soul Devouring Demon hidden in the city?"
"Aren't there enough people dying every day in the apocalypse?"
Ye Litian suddenly became very cold, "As for the Soul Devouring Demon you mentioned, it might be nothing but a fabrication. We don't need to go to such great lengths for a military review. If you want to investigate, continue. If not, you can leave. I will handle matters in Li Tian City myself."
Qin Shilei was enraged and turned to leave Li Tian City directly.
More than two hours later, he returned to Li Tian City with Shi Liren and more than ten elites from the intelligence department.
"You all go and investigate first. Notify me immediately if there are any developments. Also, be careful."
Qin Shilei not only brought his subordinates but also instructed people from Prince Qin'an's Mansion to acquire items that could detect demons.
Although the lives of the survivors in Li Tian City had little to do with him, if the Soul Devouring Demon left Li Tian City, it could threaten the people of Prince Qin'an's Mansion.
Therefore, Qin Shilei still hoped to completely annihilate this Soul Devouring Demon within Li Tian City.
Several hours later, Shi Liren returned to Qin Shilei.
"King Qin'an, we have uncovered several clues. First, the deceased seem to have had some grievances with the City Lord's Mansion. Second, not a single person from the City Lord's Mansion has died in this incident. Third, these cases all occurred late at night, so the killer must be afraid of being recognized. Fourth, although the City Lord's Mansion has sent people to investigate this case, they have been very perfunctory, as if the high-level officials of the City Lord's Mansion are not worried about widespread deaths in the city. Based on the above, I believe that the Soul Devouring Demon is likely related to the City Lord's Mansion."
Qin Shilei was somewhat surprised by Shi Liren's imaginative deduction. "This is a Soul Devouring Demon, a demon that devours souls. Can it cooperate with humans?"
Shi Liren spoke eloquently, "Why not? Under certain circumstances, even sworn enemies can cooperate temporarily. From what your majesty has described, the last Soul Devouring Demon is likely the one you injured and escaped from earlier. Under severe injury, that Soul Devouring Demon might have fled into Li Tian City and happened to encounter Ye Litian. The two parties then reached some kind of cooperation. Or, Ye Litian captured that Soul Devouring Demon and is currently feeding it those in the city who do not obey the City Lord's Mansion's orders."
He paused and added, "Our people have also received news that two hours ago, about two to three hundred kilometers from here, a similar death case occurred. And our people happened to see City Lord Ye leaving the city three hours ago. He might be trying to lure your majesty away by committing crimes outside."
"As expected of a professional." Qin Shilei grudgingly gave his subordinate a thumbs-up.
After hearing the analysis, he felt that even if Ye Litian was not the killer, he at least knew the whereabouts of the Soul Devouring Demon.
Of course, this was all speculation. The Soul Devouring Demon was extremely bizarre, and he couldn't focus all his attention on the City Lord's Mansion of Li Tian City.
"Liren, you continue to lead your men in the investigation. I will go to the City Lord's Mansion again."
At this time, Ye Litian had not yet returned. Qin Shilei controlled his phantom form and infiltrated the City Lord's Mansion as if it were empty, searching everywhere inside and out. He found no clues at all.
Everyone in the City Lord's Mansion was fine. Not a single person had a Soul Devouring Demon hidden within them.
Looking at Ye Litian's father, Ye Jincheng, Qin Shilei's heart moved. He knocked the elder unconscious and then teleported away from the City Lord's Mansion, carrying him.