To them, who the town mayor was was completely irrelevant, and whether he was dead or alive was of no concern whatsoever.

Anyway, no matter who manages the town, they are all laborers who earn their living by working.

It doesn't seem to make any real difference who becomes the town mayor; it won't bring any substantial change to their lives.

After all, no one will let them get something for nothing or eat for free.

Even if they were stupid, upon hearing the news of the town mayor's death, they could probably guess that it was Commander Li Yu who did it.

Compared to the town mayor, the residents were more willing to believe Li Yu, after all, he was the great hero mentioned in the Zhongzhou newspaper.

Seeing Li Yu standing there with an upright posture, the residents suddenly began to whisper and murmur among themselves.

"Did you hear that? He said the mayor is dead."

"Look, it must be the town mayor who's been embezzling and taking bribes. Now that the great hero Li Yu has found out, it's all been exposed." Someone said with absolute certainty.

Another person chimed in:

“I knew long ago that the old mayor was acting strangely, especially after how badly he hurt that kid, Mu Tou.”

Suddenly, a resident, filled with righteous indignation, waved his hand and shouted:

"Kill the corrupt officials!"

Immediately afterwards, cheers erupted from the surrounding crowd:

"Good for him!"

Standing to the side, Ma Yuanbai took in all of this. Hearing the residents discussing this and that, a look of joy appeared on his face.

That's right, that's great!

This trend in public opinion suited him perfectly, and he didn't need to waste any more words trying to guide public opinion.

It seems that Li Yu's heroic and righteous image has been firmly established in the hearts of the residents.

This kind of public opinion not only successfully preserved Li Yu's heroic image.

This also allowed Li Yu to successfully establish prestige and trust among these residents.

Ma Yuanbai's gaze silently fell upon the bustling crowd, as he pondered to himself:

Perhaps his original expansion plan can now be brought forward.

In fact, Ma Yuanbai had discovered the problem with Li Yu's team a long time ago:

Although when acting as an individual, the advantages brought by superpowers are very obvious when suddenly encountering someone in the wild.

But as they formed a team and set foot on the land of Zhongzhou, the situation seemed to change dramatically.

Awakened beings are emerging in the Central Plains like mushrooms after rain, and each one is exceptionally strong and not to be underestimated.

In contrast, this group of refugees, despite Li Yu's immense strength, lacked any real threat from the other awakened individuals when facing a powerful enemy.

'Compared to these awakened ones of the Central Plains, there seems to be an insurmountable chasm between the refugees and the two groups.'

Ma Yuanbai couldn't help but sigh inwardly:

'If they rely solely on Li Yu's strength, they probably won't even be able to maintain the most basic ability to protect themselves.'

So Ma Yuanbai came up with an expansion plan:

'Since these refugees lack potential, we can only catch up slightly through numbers and better teamwork.'

After all, many ants can kill an elephant.

Ma Yuanbai slowly shifted his gaze to the group of thin residents, who looked no better than the refugees.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he said thoughtfully:

'Next, Li Yu will bring them hope.'

Having thought this through, Ma Yuanbai already had a plan. He then turned to the town mayor's assistant and whispered a reminder:

"You've done a great job. Now continue leading the way."

Upon hearing this, the mayor's assistant was taken aback at first, then hurriedly nodded in response:

"yes."

"Lord Li Yu, please come with me."

As he spoke, he quickly walked to the front of the group and led the way, with Li Yu and his group following closely behind.

Meanwhile, the residents who were originally just watching the excitement now flocked over, eager to stir things up.

Before long, this large group of people, led by an assistant, arrived at the mayor's residence.

The mansion in front of us looks extremely luxurious and grand, surrounded by high walls, with two imposing stone lions guarding the entrance.

The luxurious decorations stood in stark contrast to the other simple houses in the town.

The crowd outside had completely surrounded the area, making it virtually impenetrable.

Looking at this largest and most magnificent building in the town, everyone knew that there must be a lot of good stuff inside.

Just as the assistant was about to knock on the door, Ma Yuanbai suddenly stopped him.

Then Ma Yuanbai turned around and gave a look to the group of refugees behind him.

Two strong men quickly stepped out from the group and smashed the door to pieces.

With a loud "bang!", the door was thrown aside by the man like scrap metal.

Almost simultaneously, a furious shout of curses came from deep within the courtyard:

"You've given me too much face! You've given me too much face!"

"You dare to smash the mayor's door? You've got some nerve!"

With that roar, a butler dressed in fine clothes, his face full of anger, came running out like a whirlwind.

When the butler saw a large group of people filing in, he did not show the slightest sign of panic.

He glared at them, his eyes wide with anger, and roared at the top of his lungs:

"What are you doing! Don't you all want to live anymore?"

Immediately afterwards, the butler turned his gaze to the assistant who had led the way in, adopting an arrogant and overbearing demeanor, and launched into a tirade of reprimands:

"If you want to be a dog, then be a dog. Being the mayor's dog is a blessing you've accumulated over eight lifetimes. Can't you see this is your master's door? You come in and bite people randomly!"

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