Chapter 244: Exposure

For the next two days, there was still no news from Li Zhi's side about catching Gao Hong.

Chen Fan grew anxious; the system showed that the mission countdown had only three days left.

However, another piece of news caused a huge sensation in Qingcheng City!

The municipal government issued an announcement that it would collectively relocate the residents of the urban area near Beiyang Pass.

And in the vacated space, defensive fortifications would be built to resist beast tides.

Once the news came out, it immediately caused a huge response. Such large-scale relocation would originally have been absolutely impossible, but now, the citizens agreed unanimously.

They were truly terrified by this beast tide.

In Yangguangyuan Residential Quarter, Wang Yanran was also incredibly excited after learning this news; she pulled Chen Fan, full of excitement.

"Little Fan, we are also in the relocation area. Once the defensive fortifications are built, Qingcheng City will never have to worry about beast tides again."

Chen Fan smiled and didn't say anything, but he always felt that this matter was not right.

What kind of defensive fortifications could block a beast tide?

If that were the case, wouldn't it be better to build them directly at the entrance to the other-dimensional space?

"I wonder what Li Zhi is thinking?" Chen Fan couldn't help but frown.

These past few days, Chen Fan hadn't been idle either, searching everywhere in Qingcheng City for clues about the Beast Worship Cult, but there had been no progress until this day when he attended Zhang Zongwen's funeral.

At the funeral, many parents of students came to make trouble, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

"When we handed our children over to the school, they were fine, but what happened? People died, bitten to death alive by strange beasts!"

"Zhang Zongwen, why did you let us send our children to school? If we hadn't sent them to school, my child wouldn't have died."

"Zhang Zongwen, you don't deserve to be buried. I curse you to the eighteenth level of hell, to be born disabled in your next life!"

But there were also many people who came to mourn.

Du Jiang looked at Chen Fan and couldn't help but wipe away his tears.

"It's not the principal's fault at all. It was Mayor Li who called and asked him to gather the students at school, saying he would send people to the school to specifically protect the students. As a result, not only did no one come, but there were so many strange beasts hidden in the school's underground warehouse. If it weren't for the principal's heroic sacrifice in the end, the number of people who died would have been even higher..."

Du Jiang's eyes were red.

Chen Fan was stunned.

"You said it was Li Zhi who called and asked the students to go to school?!"

"Yes, I was with the principal at the time. Li Zhi made the call, and I heard it clearly."

"Could it be that Gao Hong impersonated Li Zhi and made the call again?" Chen Fan frowned, and he asked urgently: "What day did Li Zhi make the call?"

Du Jiang said: "It was on the morning of the day the incident happened. After he made the call, we immediately notified the parents of the students to send their children to school. Half an hour later, the strange beast attack incident occurred."

Chen Fan felt his brain go "boom." He clearly remembered Li Zhi saying that Gao Hong had asked for leave the day before the incident. If that were the case, on the day of the incident, it was absolutely impossible for Gao Hong to make a call through Li Zhi's mobile phone.

"Li Zhi is lying?" Chen Fan couldn't believe his own deduction.

But if it really was Li Zhi's doing, everything could be explained.

Li Zhi first fabricated the reason that a beast tide had broken out at Yuliang Pass to divert the soldiers guarding Beiyang Pass, letting the strange beasts rush out of the other-dimensional space, creating panic among the city's residents, and then creating a beast riot at the school.

All of this was to create panic, thereby pushing his own plan forward.

And this plan was to relocate nearly one-third of the citizens.

However, there was one point Chen Fan didn't understand: what was Li Zhi's purpose in relocating these citizens?

He believed it was absolutely not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

He felt a great sense of unease and turned his head to look at Cat Girl beside him: "Sister Cat Girl, come with me to the municipal government."

"Okay!" Cat Girl nodded.

The two rushed out of the crowd and headed straight for the municipal building.

A few minutes later, he arrived in front of Li Zhi's office door.

The door was tightly closed, but the sound of a woman's panting came from inside.

Chen Fan kicked it open, and the scene before him made him furious!

He saw a man and a woman rolling on the sofa.

The man was Li Zhi, and the woman was Li Zhi's secretary, Gao Hong!

"Li Zhi, give me an explanation." The God-Slaying Spear appeared in Chen Fan's hand, his voice extremely cold.

Panic flashed in Li Zhi's eyes, but then he calmed down: "What explanation do you want?"

"What reason made you defect to the Beast Worship Cult?" Chen Fan's eyes were filled with immense disappointment; he had once gone through hardships with Li Zhi, and their relationship was very deep.

He couldn't imagine why a good mayor who was dedicated to the people would choose to defect to the Beast Worship Cult.

Li Zhi laughed loudly, his expression turning gloomy.

"Chen Fan, I originally wanted to let you live a few more days. Since you've stumbled upon this, you can only die!"

He snorted coldly, and his mental power turned into a blade, shooting toward Chen Fan's glabella.

This was an attack specifically aimed at the spirit, which could not be resisted by physical means.

Just as this attack was about to slash into Chen Fan's glabella, the Heaven Soul Bead hanging around Chen Fan's neck emitted a ray of light, blocking this mental blade.

"You have a mental defense treasure on you?" Li Zhi's expression changed drastically. If a mental-type ability user lost their means of mental attack, it was equivalent to breaking a leg.

Chen Fan lowered his head and glanced at this Heaven Soul Bead, a sharp light flashing in his eyes.

This bead was one of the apprenticeship gifts Ye Wusheng had given him, the soul bead of a ninth-tier Heaven Soul Beast, specifically countering mental power attacks.

"Li Zhi, go to your death."

Chen Fan snorted coldly, the long spear moved, shooting straight at Li Zhi's heart.

Now that Li Zhi had advanced to a sixth-tier ability user, he was not afraid in the slightest; he snorted coldly and raised his hand to grasp.

The wall behind him shattered, and dozens of steel bars shot out, shooting toward Chen Fan.

Chen Fan moved his long spear, and a golden thunder dragon appeared in front of him, binding all the steel bars in the air.

The thunder dragon let out a roar, directly shattering these steel bars into debris.

The next moment, Chen Fan's long spear whipped directly onto his head, knocking him to the ground.

Li Zhi hadn't expected Chen Fan's strength to be so great; he cursed "not good" and rushed toward the window.

With a "boom," the window shattered, and Li Zhi chose to jump out of the building to escape.

Chen Fan was just about to chase when Gao Hong to the side screamed and lunged over.

This person was only a second-tier ability user.

"Seeking death!" Chen Fan showed no mercy, and the God-Slaying Spear pierced Gao Hong through.

Gao Hong held onto the God-Slaying Spear tightly and wouldn't let go.

Chen Fan's eyes were cold, the God-Slaying Spear surged with thunder, and Gao Hong instantly exploded into a blood mist.

"Sister Cat Girl, capture Li Zhi alive!"

Chen Fan said, leaped down from the shattered window.

Thunder wings appeared behind him, and he killed toward Li Zhi.

Cat Girl followed closely behind, a pair of golden fire wings appearing behind her, flying at high speed in the air.

Li Zhi's expression was anxious, and he let out a long whistle, the sound loud, almost spreading throughout the entire Qingcheng City.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Instantly, seven powerful auras erupted from different locations in Qingcheng City.

These people's expressions changed drastically, and they rushed toward Li Zhi's direction one after another. ===== CHAPTER 245 =====