Qin Shilei ignored Jin Qiaoqiao's eager gaze, sipping his tea while contemplating future development.
He and An Qian were both peerless masters at the Golden realm, invincible among the survivors of the Great Xia Kingdom. With their combined might, they could practically sweep through all the survivor bases in the Great Xia Kingdom. However, subduing cities through such forceful means would inevitably incur strong resentment from the survivors within. It was better to proceed gradually, cultivating suitable and loyal teams locally to take over a survivor base.
Currently, humanity's greatest enemies were zombies and异兽 (mutated beasts). Without powerful defenses, a city could be breached by zombies or mutated beasts at any moment and reduced to ruins. Facing the relentless invaders from another world, occupying more territory held little significance. Therefore, Qin Shilei had only left a force in Junhai City, which was protected by city walls.
“An Qian, let’s go take a stroll around the capital,” Qin Shilei said, turning to her.
“Okay, I’ve never been to the capital before. This is a good chance to see the magnificent scenery of our capital,” An Qian readily agreed.
“Do you need me to be your guide?” Jin Qiaoqiao asked.
“No need.” Qin Shilei only wanted to spend some private time with An Qian.
Riding on Xiao Qiang, the two of them flew aimlessly over the capital. When they spotted a place of interest, they would descend to explore. With the gentle breeze, holding a beautiful woman, and gazing at the bustling capital below, Qin Shilei felt incredibly content.
Unconsciously, they arrived above the northern city wall of the capital. The wall was already crowded with evolved humans, and the bugs outside were growing in number. A dazzling array of attacks continuously rained down from the wall onto the bugs. Qin Shilei carefully observed the evolved humans below. Most of them were at the Bronze realm, with perhaps one or two at the Silver realm among a thousand. Their overall strength was slightly superior to Junhai City's.
Although the evolved humans were continuously slaughtering the bugs outside with the help of the city wall, the bugs seemed endless. Not only did their numbers not decrease, but they were also increasing. If the surge in bug numbers could not be contained, it was feared that within three days, the bugs would surround all of Bei’an City. The survivors of Bei’an City would then be trapped. If this situation occurred, even if the bugs could not breach the city wall, the evolved humans within would starve to death due to lack of food.
This predicament had not escaped the notice of the leaders of various factions on the city wall. They all wore expressions of worry. Feng Yuxin, the sect leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Wen Zhiyuan, the president of the True Martial Society, Tan Anguo of Tian’an Mansion, and over a dozen other first-rate forces were gathered, discussing countermeasures.
“We should mobilize all survivors of Bei’an City to annihilate the bugs outside the city.”
“Exactly. I refuse to believe that with our millions of evolved humans, we cannot exterminate these bugs.”
“These bugs are from another world. Perhaps that world has hundreds of millions or even tens of billions of bugs. We might truly be unable to kill them all.”
“Then what do you suggest? Should we really ignore these bugs?”
“Of course, we must kill the bugs. However, we also need to send people to investigate the specific situation of the bugs.”
“These bugs cannot fly. The most suitable people to investigate these bugs are evolved humans who can fly with their pets.”
These people, without exception, thought of Qin Shilei and his wife, who had just arrived in the capital that day. They were the ideal candidates to investigate the bug situation. Someone immediately suggested inviting Qin Shilei and his wife.
“That’s not advisable. This is the affair of Bei’an City; why should we seek help from outsiders?” Wen Zhiyuan immediately objected.
“Precisely. We also have individuals in Bei’an City with flying pets; why bother outsiders?” Feng Yuxin seconded.
The two exchanged glances, understanding each other’s concerns. Qin Shilei was too powerful. They did not wish for him to remain in Bei’an City. If Qin Shilei gained prestige here, he could become their formidable competitor.
“It seems that Qin Shilei and his wife are coming.” Suddenly, someone pointed to the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw Qin Shilei and An Qian descending from high above on Xiao Qiang, quickly landing not far from them. Seeing Qin Shilei’s eagerness, Wen Zhiyuan immediately signaled a middle-aged man beside him.
The middle-aged man stepped forward. “May I ask if you are City Lord Qin?”
Qin Shilei nodded. “It is I. May I ask what business you have?”
The middle-aged man smiled. “City Lord Qin, you are a guest from afar. Why not return to the city and tour the capital’s scenery? We shall handle these stinking bugs.”
“Oh.” Qin Shilei said indifferently, “Then you all carry on. I’ll just watch.”
Were they treating him as someone trying to steal kills? Qin Shilei temporarily abandoned the thought of flying into the bugs and throwing some Devouring Thunderbolts. He wanted to see how these people would deal with the vast sea of bugs.
Before long, several evolved humans riding flying pets flew from the city wall towards the rear of the bug swarm. Before the scouts could return, Qin Shilei suddenly discovered a new type of bug within the swarm. A bug that suddenly burrowed out from underground. These bugs were over ten meters long and over a meter thick, with dozens of pairs of short, thick legs on each side of their bodies, resembling giant centipedes.
Name: Burrowing Worm
Description: Realm, Silver Six-Star. Skilled at burrowing and proficient in earth elemental abilities; Weakness, slightly weaker resistance to water and ice elements.
Dozens of these bugs appeared at once, and in the blink of an eye, they burrowed back into the ground.
Wen Zhiyuan and the others also noticed the newly appeared bugs.
“Oh no, won’t those bugs burrow into the city from underground?” someone exclaimed.
“Quick, have the evolved humans in the city prepare for battle,” another person shouted.
At this moment, many evolved humans were standing or sitting in the areas of the city adjacent to the wall. Some were preparing to go up the wall to relieve others, while some had just come down and were resting below. Before Wen Zhiyuan’s order could be relayed, the Burrowing Worms had already tunneled through the city wall, burst out of the ground, and lunged at the evolved humans with their mouths open.
“Let’s go down and save them,” Qin Shilei said, turning to An Qian.
“City Lord Qin should rest here. We will handle this ourselves.” The middle-aged man from earlier flashed and immediately blocked Qin Shilei and An Qian. He did not possess Qin Shilei’s Piercing Gaze and was unaware of the Burrowing Worms’ true strength. He thought that with so many people below the city, they could easily deal with those dozens of Burrowing Worms, and thus continued to obey his leader’s orders to stop Qin Shilei and his wife.
“Ah!” As soon as he blocked Qin Shilei, he suddenly heard countless screams erupt from behind him. Turning his head to look into the city, he saw that in less than three seconds, hundreds of people had been killed by the bugs.
“Get lost!” Qin Shilei slapped the middle-aged man aside and then used a Thunder Escape to rush towards the nearest Burrowing Worm.