The sewage ditches in Hanfeng City were complicated, and many ditches were filled and blocked by haphazardly built shacks. The city lord's government organized thousands of coolies to clear them, and the waterlogging caused by heavy rains slowly receded.
But in a short period of time, the city's craftsman district turned into a stinking mud pond. Tens of thousands of residents were displaced, and the casualties could not be counted. The scene was extremely ugly.
The dignitaries in the city did not respond to this. At most, they sent people to guard various intersections and drove the homeless poor people out of the city. As for the corpses, they quickly sent people to collect them and transport them outside the city for cremation to avoid an outbreak of plague.
Such a level of governance is nothing to mention in Zhou Qingfeng's eyes. But to the residents of other worlds, this is a 'normal phenomenon'.
He went to the craftsmen's area to inspect more than a dozen corpses fished out of the sewer ditch. Inspector General El, who was in the carriage, meditated for a long time in the carriage. He seemed to have his eyes closed, but his soul turned into a body and left the carriage, as if
A writhing ghost.
Freed from the restraints of the body, the incorporeal Commander-in-Chief revealed his worm form. It can come and go quickly and walk through the ruins of the craftsman area.
The craftsman district is soaked in water, and a large number of shacks have blocked the original streets and alleys. The homeless people are trying to fish out useful things from the dirty sewage.
The sad faces were already numb, and many people were sitting in a pile of garbage, no longer knowing how to save themselves. The 'Worm Ghost' glanced a few times, but couldn't even find a road for reference, but found a few floating bodies in the sewage.
The mutilated corpse.
Just by looking at the corpse's slightly mutated head into an insect shape, the 'Worm Ghost' knew its identity. This was the evil insect believer hiding in the craftsman area. It turned over the corpse and soon discovered that there were obvious slashing injuries on the chest of the corpse.
"They were all fatal with one blow. The person who did it was fierce and swift, without any unnecessary movements." The 'Worm Ghost' looked at several corpses in succession, feeling slightly surprised.
Ordinary duels often go back and forth for several rounds, from probing to killing, and the deceased will have multiple injuries. But the corpses in the sewage were obviously attacked, and all were killed instantly.
Ruthless, decisive and merciless.
"This is not an ability that can be mastered simply through training. Only after experiencing countless life-and-death fights can one be able to see through the opponent's strength at a glance and instantly find the simplest way to kill. Without any testing, this is a crushing killing."
'Worm Ghost' murmured to himself: "The attacker is not a wizard, but more like a warrior. He has rich practical experience. This is not something normal humans can do. There are only a handful of people in Cold Wind City who have this ability.
."
Who is the murderer? Phils's side, Marbury's side, or some other force? No clues were left at the scene, and the 'Worm Ghost' was unable to make an accurate judgment.
It's a pity that the villains in Cold Wind City usually run rampant and domineering, but this time they don't even know how to die.
After searching around, there was no trace of the contact point of the evil insect believers. Except for a few corpses, I saw nothing. The 'Worm Ghost' changed location again, this time it was a blacksmith shop.
This shop is relatively sturdy, with a brick and wood structure, and can withstand heavy rains. However, after waterlogging, sewage poured back into the shop, and the fire in the shop was extinguished, leaving only a mess on the floor.
There were still people guarding the shop, after all, the ironware inside was quite valuable. The 'Worm Ghost' turned into a gray human form, stepped in the mud and water, and asked: "Is Mosin here?"
We had just been attacked and suffered heavy casualties. The people in the shop were extremely alert and immediately took up arms. The 'Worm Ghost' stood outside the shop and did not move. He raised his voice and asked again. The people in the shop were stunned and gave up resistance.
After a while, the old man who had met Powell yesterday stood up from behind the blacksmith shop and greeted respectfully: "Your Excellency, the officiant, you are here in person. We have encountered a little trouble, and the children are a little nervous."
"Last night, the entire underground forces in Cold Wind City were in trouble." The 'Worm Ghost' floated into the blacksmith shop. "Many informants controlled by the Supervision Office were killed, and then another heavy rain wiped out all
clue.
The corpses pulled out of the sewer ditch today can be piled up and played with. I saw that your contact point was also attacked, and many people died. Someone must be targeting you to clear them out. This matter is quite difficult, and it is not a small matter.
trouble."
The old man named Mosin was even more surprised. He asked in a deep voice: "We were indeed attacked last night. The attacker was very fast. The sentry failed to issue any warning, and the contact point was breached by him. We didn't even know what the other party looked like afterwards.
Do not know at all.
I thought we were the only ones being attacked. Did that guy attack many people? The whole craftsman area is so chaotic, how could he accurately find his target? This is more difficult than killing people."
"The attacker must have detection capabilities that we don't understand yet." said the 'Worm Ghost'. It followed Mosin into the forging room inside.
The crude replica of the forging machine was still in place, and Martin, the man who built it, sat unkempt and looked like a fool. Next to Martin, there was an old insect-shaped woman in the dock area who had been 'killed' by Zhou Qingfeng.
The latter was leaning on crutches, holding Martin's head with one hand, and was casting a spell. When the 'Worm Ghost' came in, it also knelt down and saluted to show respect.
"Nile, is this forger useful?" 'Worm Ghost' asked.
The insect-shaped old woman didn't stand up. She lowered her head covered with maggots and said, "Master Priest, I just cast a spell to search the memory of this human forger. He didn't hide it. It's just that this forging machine is really too complicated."
Staring at the replica of the forging machine, the 'Worm Ghost' walked around in a circle. It had seen the drawings of the forging machine, and at that time it felt that the drawings were intricate and complicated, and the principle of the forging machine was not difficult to understand. As long as there were drawings, it could definitely be copied.
Afterwards, when I really wanted to build one, I found that I couldn't even make a qualified beam. This forging machine concealed a lot of unpredictable technical details, which was really a big scam.
The evil insect leader named Mosin cursed bitterly: "Your Majesty the Priest, we have spent thousands of gold coins on this forging machine. We must find a way to make it. We must not give up.
If necessary, can the Long-Legs family come forward and arrest Victor Hugo to interrogate the secrets involved? With this forging machine, we can attract more human believers and harvest better quality souls."
"The Long-Legs family is in civil strife and will not help us." 'Worm Ghost' shook its head. Seeing the confusion of its two subordinates, it explained a few words.
"Twenty years ago, the current city lord 'Old Long Legs' called to the abyss. My lord responded to him and signed a secret contract to help him rise from an abandoned son of the family to the position of city lord. The condition is that my lord is allowed to live in the main material world
The plane cultivates believers.
I came under the order of my lord to ensure the execution of the contract. Under the secret contract, neither ‘Old Longlegs’ nor I can tell any outsiders about this matter, nor can we hurt each other.
Not surprisingly, ‘Old Long Legs’ wanted to break the contract after he became stronger. For the past ten years, he has been trying to get rid of me and restrict us from cultivating believers.
In fact, I don’t want to get rid of the shackles of the contract and harvest the souls of the entire Cold Wind City for my lord. Now that the Long-Legs family is fighting among themselves, I hope they will fight and lose both sides.”
The two evil insect leaders seemed to suddenly realize it, but found that even after understanding it, they could not solve the problem.
Mosin asked anxiously: "Your Excellency, we have suffered a lot now. The dead believers were all inspired by us for many years. No matter who did it, we must find him and take revenge."
'Worm Ghost' nodded slightly, "Yes, we should indeed take revenge. But the biggest obstacle now is the rain that just fell... By the way, how many fragments of Imasca's ruins have you collected?