"Ha! You're asking for it!"
Cheng Zhen never expected them to make baseless accusations, and his anger suddenly surged, revealing his murderous intent.
Deputy Director Luo was terrified and kept backing away, but he still spoke defiantly:
"See, I told you so! Are you feeling guilty now? Are you thinking of killing me to cover it up?"
"Let me tell you, I represent the entire Cinnabar City today. If you kill me, you will be making an enemy of the entire Cinnabar City. Have you thought about the consequences?"
"Ha! You think I'm afraid of you?"
Cheng Zhen is a reckless person who fears nothing. The more people try to suppress him with Zhu Sha City, the more fearless he becomes.
A disagreement could easily escalate into a fight, and the atmosphere quickly became tense.
Only Long Wanzhi remained clear-headed and interjected, "What treasures can help us survive an oxygen-deficient apocalypse? We don't have any."
"We have only discovered more previously unknown dangers in the wild. In order to prevent them from happening and to protect the safety of our citizens, we are building this trench. It is you who are trying your best to stop us. What are your true intentions?"
"That's right! You won't let us into the city, and you won't let us build our own fortifications. I think you're the ones in cahoots with those zombies and mutated plants, trying to make it impossible for us humans to survive."
Many people were distracted by Deputy Director Luo's words and had serious doubts about the treasure that could help them survive the oxygen-deprived apocalypse.
However, they still preferred to trust the city guards who had led them to safety, so at this moment, they unanimously opposed the outsiders.
Ordinary citizens were helpless, but the city guards drew their guns and unleashed their skills and supernatural abilities, trying to force them to give way and build defensive fortifications as soon as possible.
The situation between the two sides has once again become extremely tense.
Cheng Zhen has always been a man of action rather than words. He directly summoned a card and pulled out a mutated zombie from it.
He tied the man up, threw him on the ground, forcing his face to be visible to everyone, and then interrogated Yuan Mao and Deputy Director Luo: "Do you know him?"
Yuan Mao was a man of deep cunning, and his face remained expressionless.
Deputy Director Luo was so frightened he almost lost his mind. Wasn't the arsenal supposed to have been reduced to ruins by a time bomb? Weren't all the mutated zombies inside killed? How could he be here again?
Cheng Zhen pushed the man forward and said, "Now is a rare opportunity. Tell me yourself, who turned you and your companions into these monsters?"
Although he didn't say anything harsh, the mutated zombie heard a strong sense of threat in his words.
Before the arsenal exploded, he was trapped inside a card by Cheng Zhen. However, the feeling of being trapped inside a card was too unbearable for a living person. He didn't want to suffer any more, so he said, "I'll talk. I'll tell you everything. Just please give me a quick death after I've finished!"
Of course, he couldn't be allowed to speak the truth. Before Deputy Director Luo could give the order, Yuan Mao's men fired a shot, the bullet hitting the mutated zombie right between the eyebrows, killing him instantly. He didn't even have a chance to speak.
This shot almost broke the deadlock, and war was imminent.
Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen are both level three ability users. With them on the scene, they almost overwhelmed everyone else.
Although Yuan Mao is also at level two, he is ultimately no match for Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen, both level three ability users.
The war ended almost as soon as it began.
Cheng Zhen and Yu Fen stood guard in front, while the others dug trenches and built defensive fortifications behind them.
"Why didn't you ask beforehand if they were both level three ability users?"
After the fight, Yuan Mao was not only seriously injured, but also lost the battlefield. He was furious and questioned Yuan Mao.
Deputy Director Luo was also shocked. When did someone surnamed Cheng become a Level 3 ability user? How did he get promoted?
He stood there stunned, then suddenly remembered the advanced mutated plants outside the entrance to the underground arsenal. He stammered in surprise and realization, "You!"
He realized that their ability to upgrade must be related to those advanced mutated plants!
Unfortunately, Cheng Zhen wouldn't give him another chance to speak!
He didn't kill Deputy Director Luo immediately after leaving the underground arsenal because he was in a hurry to bring Jiang Xiaoshu back to check on his physical condition.
These past few days, he's been busy building fortifications and hasn't had time to see this Director Luo. Now that he's come looking for them and deliberately trying to distort the truth and ignite the war, he's even less likely to let this Director Luo off the hook.
Cheng Zhen unleashed a beam of light that effortlessly cleaved Deputy Director Luo into a charred corpse.
Everyone was greatly surprised. He had become a commander, yet he was just an ordinary soldier, not even a basic ability user!
So, how did he become Deputy Director Luo?
The pair of city guards who came out with Deputy Director Luo were almost all seriously injured in the battle just now. Now that they saw him being killed, although they glared at Cheng Zhen with hatred, as if their eyes were slowly tearing him apart, they were powerless to fight back.
As Cheng Zhen gathered his light-based supernatural power in his hands, he approached them and questioned, "Were you aware that Luo was experimenting on normal humans, turning them into mutated zombies for his own use?"
Although they did not reply immediately, their expressions were different.
In just a few seconds of reaction, Cheng Zhen understood that they were all aware of the situation, and some were even involved.
Since that's the case, killing them all wouldn't be unjust.
Cheng Zhen showed no mercy, killing 19 of the 20 people that Deputy Director Luo had brought out, and leaving one alive to go back and report.
When he made his move, he was already prepared to be an enemy of the entire Vermilion City.
Even if he wanted to bury his head in the sand and accept the status quo, Zhu Sha City would not let them go.
In the eyes of Zhang Hao, the city lord of Zhusha City, these refugees in the wild were no different from mutated zombies.
The cinnabar is waiting for an opportunity to transform them all into monsters that don't need to breathe oxygen.
If they don't resist, they'll eventually be turned into mutated zombies.
Having dealt with the vanguard of Zhusha City, Cheng Zhen looked at Yuan Mao and warned, "Don't try to provoke us."
Yuan Mao raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. He gathered the troops together, checked the wounded, and returned to his own safe zone.
Yu Fen was very puzzled: "They really don't build any defensive fortifications. Are they really not afraid of being attacked by zombies in the middle of the night?"
Cheng Zhen frowned and gave the order: "Everyone be on high alert tonight. Speed things up. As long as the person isn't dead, dig them out!"
He had a feeling that something big was going to happen tonight.
Yu Fen responded and then left the matter unresolved.
Feeling uneasy, Cheng Zhen went to Jiang Xiaoxin to ask, "Xinxin, can you help me sense if there's anything unusual around here?"
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