"What the hell is this guy?"
Ye Feng looked at Guo Zhenchen, who was furious, with a puzzled expression.
Logically, there was no conflict between them. He had even saved the other party's life from a Level 4 initial-stage zombie outside the outer city of Mecha City. If the guy didn't thank him, why was he looking at him like an enemy!?
And this guy seemed to want to harass Xiao Xiao...
"Kid, you're scared stiff, aren't you!"
Seeing Ye Feng's silence, Guo Zhenchen shouted again, "I'm telling you, it's too late! I'll make you know the consequences of offending me, Guo Zhenchen. I'll beat you to death... Ah!~..."
Before Guo Zhenchen could finish speaking, he let out a piercing scream. Ye Feng had slapped him across the right side of his face.
Ye Feng's slap was not light at all. It directly distorted half of Guo Zhenchen's face, and bloody teeth were spat out.
"Thump!~"
After a dizzy spell, Guo Zhenchen fell to the ground but was caught by a thick, strong hand.
Ye Feng followed the strong hand and saw a burly man with a beard, whose eyebrows bore some resemblance to Guo Zhenchen, holding him up.
"Dad... Dad... He... He hit me...呜呜..."
Seeing the burly man holding him, Guo Zhenchen pointed at Ye Feng and then actually started crying, snot flowing.
Ye Feng was stunned, and Xiao Xiao was equally shocked...
"Kid, you're from out of town, aren't you? Do you know the consequences of beating a quasi-armorer in Mecha City?!"
"Death!"
Before the burly man's words had even finished, his calloused fist smashed towards Ye Feng's temple. It was so fast that it even whistled through the air.
"Bang!~"
A dull thud immediately rang out. The burly man's fist was steadily caught by a palm, but it wasn't Ye Feng's.
The moment the burly man threw his fist, someone had flown up and blocked his punch for Ye Feng.
"Commander Song...?!"
The burly man's face was filled with surprise when he saw who had caught his fist.
"Mr. Guo Ba, when did your son become a quasi-armorer?"
Commander Song glanced at Guo Zhenchen, whose face was swollen and misshapen, and then looked at the burly man, speaking coldly.
"Commander Song... I... I..."
Hearing this, Guo Ba, Guo Zhenchen's father, broke out in a cold sweat.
He and Guo Zhenchen had only been boasting before, trying to bluff their way through. After all, Guo Zhenchen had passed the second round of the armorer selection, but he hadn't made it to the final round... But he never expected...
"Mr. Ye~!"
Song Commander ignored Guo Zhenchen. He turned around and greeted Ye Feng politely.
"Who are you?"
Ye Feng looked at Commander Song, frowning slightly, quite puzzled and surprised.
The other party was a middle-aged man with a resolute face, and he looked almost identical to the disguised face of the yellow-mouthed middle-aged man who had tried to assassinate him last night.
"My name is Song Tie, the commander of the Mecha City Guard. Of course, I'm also responsible for protecting the safety of armorers and quasi-armorers!"
Song Tie quickly explained to Ye Feng.
"Uh, okay~"
At this moment, Ye Feng began to understand why the black-robed man with the yellow mouth last night had disguised himself as this middle-aged man. Since he was the commander of the Mecha City Guard, he was probably from the Shen family. Combined with what the black-robed man with the yellow mouth had said about "young lady"... it was highly likely that they wanted to make him misunderstand the Shen family...
Song Tie nodded to Ye Feng, then turned to Guo Ba and Guo Zhenchen, "Mr. Guo Ba, it seems my information is a bit outdated. I failed to provide adequate protection for the quasi-armorer. I am truly sorry!"
"No, no, no... Commander Song... You... You misunderstood... I... I..."
Hearing Song Tie's words, Guo Ba's face turned pale, and his voice trembled.
"Damn it, it's all your fault, you idiot, for lying to me about becoming a quasi-armorer! You... You've killed me, you bastard..."
"Slap!~ Bang bang~! Bang~!"
Saying that, a fierce expression appeared on Guo Ba's face. He directly threw Guo Zhenchen, who he was holding, to the ground, and then began to punch and kick him. Guo Zhenchen cried out in pain.
After Guo Ba gave Guo Zhenchen a good beating, he shouted coldly, "Are you playing dead?! Hurry up and kowtow to Mr. Ye to apologize!"
Guo Zhenchen, who was lying on the ground groaning, was instantly startled by this and quickly got up and began to kowtow to Ye Feng.
Guo Ba also knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Feng, constantly begging for mercy.
At this moment, Guo Ba was both shocked and furious!
Although he didn't know who Ye Feng was, he knew Song Tie. That was the commander of the Mecha City Guard, a truly high-ranking and powerful official. Yet, even such an important figure as Song Tie was so polite to Ye Feng. His foolish son had actually dared to provoke him...
...
Meanwhile,
At the City Lord's mansion,
Shen Potian was listening intently as a severely wounded and dying subordinate spoke. The more he listened, the tighter his brow furrowed, and his heart grew heavy.
The dying subordinate lying on the stretcher was the one he had sent to monitor Wang Batian. He was highly skilled in stealth and had not been discovered before. But last night, Wang Batian, for some unknown reason, had discovered him and pursued him...
Of course, what weighed on Shen Potian's mind was not that his subordinate had been discovered, but the information the subordinate provided...
"Wang Batian entertained Ye Feng... then ate his own father, Wang Mingqin... and also colluded with Sphinx from Brad Base... that black and gray ghost..."
After Wang Batian had his subordinate sent for treatment, he frowned and fell into thought.
After a long while, he quickly stood up and strode towards Shen Yunyao's direction. However, he stopped shortly after, as he saw Shen Yunyao approaching him.
"Yaoyao, your injuries haven't healed yet, why did you come out?"
As Shen Yunyao approached Shen Potian, Shen Potian asked with concern.
"Grandpa, something has happened!"
Shen Yunyao's expression was serious. "Huang Ya is dead!"
"Huang Ya? Is that Wang Batian's trusted subordinate, the man with the yellow mouth who always wears black robes?"
Shen Potian pondered for a moment and replied.
"Yes!"
Shen Yunyao nodded. "This morning, I heard a bang, and something fell into my back garden. When I went to check, I found a corpse that was basically a skeleton, but the face was relatively intact. It should be Huang Ya!"
"I had someone verify it, and indeed, no one was there this morning..."
Before Shen Yunyao could finish speaking, Shen Potian interrupted her. "Yaoyao, we'll talk about this later. Now, use your name to contact Ye Feng and tell him I want to see him! And make it quick, this is very important!"
"Uh... Okay~"
Shen Yunyao was slightly stunned, then turned and made arrangements.
...