Dihao Hotel, inside the VIP hall.
On the huge round table, there were only Xu Lichuan and Brother Huo. The table was filled with all kinds of delicacies and fine wines.
As the most luxurious hotel in Zhongdu, this place has always been a gathering place for the upper-class people in Zhongdu. All kinds of tricks that ordinary people can't think of are staged here in turn every day. The daily consumption of ordinary rich people here is enough to make ordinary people feel desperate.
The so-called rich wine and meat stinks, and there are frozen bones on the road, but that's it.
"Huo Qing, the mayor is very dissatisfied with what you have done." Xu Lichuan exhaled a puff of smoke, looked down at Brother Huo and said, "It's fine for you to make small troubles, but now you don't even care about the second son's affairs." Dare to control? Do you think the mayor owes you favors? Who gave you the guts?"
Huo Qing, that is, brother Huo, frowned at this time, his eyes were shining with a dangerous light, but after listening to Xu Lichuan's words, he still didn't do anything after all. Because Xu Lichuan was standing behind the mayor of Zhongdu City, Shang Anguo. That was a power he could never provoke.
So Huo Qing just smiled and said: "Hehe, Mr. Xu, I misunderstood, how dare I take care of the Second Young Master's affairs." Then, Huo Qing toasted a glass of wine to Xu Lichuan and said, "I'm looking at Mayor Shang's calendar Wanji, how can I have time to take care of these trivial matters, and only want to share the mayor's worries. I was confused."
Xu Lichuan snorted coldly: "It's fine if you did it, but the person you sent was killed instead. Do you know that this makes us very passive."
Huo Qing patted his chest and said: "Mr. Xu, I was careless this time. I have already sent someone to investigate, and I promise to bring that Li Anping to you within three days."
"Why do I want that trash." Xu Lichuan patted the table and said, "Li Anping is just a pawn, he has a use for his ass. This time, someone must be behind the scenes, trying to use Li Anping to attack Mayor Shang."
"Mr. Xu is right." Huo Qing nodded.
"So the key for us now is to catch those who are hiding behind. We can't let that small group of criminals retaliate against Mayor Shang. It affects the unity of the people and social stability." Xu Lichuan was also a civil servant before. The stereotypes are very slippery.
Then he said lightly: "But what you said just now is correct, you still have to check from Li Anping's line. You just said three days, well, I'll give you a week, if you can't find out, don't come here China is waiting."
"Mr. Xu, don't worry, within a week, no matter whether he is a dragon or a tiger, if he dares to fight against the mayor in Central China, he will die." Huo Qing offered another glass of wine to Xu Lichuan: "Speaking of which, it's still Mr. Xu Seeing far-reaching, no wonder you can be Mayor Shang's right-hand man, you really hit the nail on the head when you speak. I heard that you handled few cases a while ago, it's really a good turn of events."
Xu Lichuan smiled, and said lightly: "It's all small tricks."
Then Huo Qing boasted again, which made Xu Lichuan, a veteran in the world, feel a little smug.
After drinking for three rounds, when it was almost time to end, Huo Qing stuffed a thick red envelope into Xu Lichuan's arms. Xu Lichuan nodded in satisfaction, then accepted Huo Qing's arrangement frankly, and called two girls with red cards from Emgrand to fly together. After he followed the mayor, he resigned from the public office to facilitate his work, and he has no scruples in enjoying it now.
After Xu Lichuan left, Huo Qing sat on the seat, lit a cigarette, exhaled, and said to the empty hall, "How is it?"
Behind him, a young man with sword-browed starry eyes slowly appeared in the empty place. This man seemed to have already stood here, and he only showed his figure after hearing Huo Qing's words.
He pulled out the chair, sat on it, picked up the wine bottle on the dining table and drank.
"This Xu Lichuan is just a scumbag, brother, why should you look at his face." The young man said with a displeased face.
"I'm not looking at his face, I'm looking at Shang Anguo's face." Huo Qing sneered, "This Xu Lichuan has been dealing with some illegal matters for Shang Anguo for many years, he can be called Shang Anguo's spokesperson in the underground world of Zhongdu. As long as we can establish a relationship with him, we can rest easy in our position in the Central Capital."
Seeing that the young man still looked unhappy, Huo Qing didn't take it seriously, and continued: "Even if Shang An Guo didn't mean it, I will definitely investigate to the end what happened to Ah Lang and Lao Nuo. Brother, it's related When it comes to those with abilities, it’s up to you to investigate. With your ability, doing this can be said to be more effective.”
"Are you sure the other party is also a capable person?" Huo Fei asked curiously when he saw his brother's tone: "Although Ah Lang's ability is good, if the opponent has a few more guns, it may not be impossible to kill him. As for Lao Nuo, although he is experienced , but after all, they are just ordinary people, and it is normal for their physical strength to decline as they get older."
"You wouldn't say that after seeing the bodies of the two of them." Huo Qing said, took out two photos from his pocket and placed them in front of Huo Fei.
Even with Huo Fei's years of fighting experience, he couldn't help but frown when he saw these two photos: "This is the corpse of A Lang and Lao Nuo? It seems to be a powerful ability user."
"It's hard to tell. There are various abilities. It's useless to just look at the results. It's up to you to investigate."
Huo Fei suddenly said: "The two of them went to kill Li Anping, but they both died, and Li Anping disappeared. Do you think it is possible that Li Anping awakened his ability to kill the two and escaped?"
"How is it possible? Don't think about it." Huo Qing said with a smile: "Li Anping is just an ordinary person, and he has no combat experience at all. Moreover, his body is disabled, even if he awakens his ability, how could he be able to defeat Lao Nuo? The two of them have experienced many battles. You are also an experienced master, and you should understand that the superiority of ability is never as reliable as the power mastered by a person.
Unless that Li Anping got lucky and awakened some kind of supernatural power. "Having said this, he shook his head in disbelief.
At this moment, Huo Qing's cell phone rang, and there was a burst of anxious voice from inside, before he heard a few words, his expression completely changed.
Huo Fei asked, "What's the matter? What happened?"
"Chang Zheng is dead." Huo Qing closed the phone slowly, his face had become extremely gloomy: "Someone called the police, and after the police entered his factory, they found more than 30 dead bodies, including Chang Zheng, All but one of the hostages are dead."
Huo Qing squeezed the phone, let out an overwhelmed creaking sound, and said in a cold voice: "I just ordered him to investigate Li Anping's affairs, but in the end, he was taken care of at night. It is very likely that the person who saved Li Anping did it. Brother , you should check from this clue now."
"Okay." Huo Fei immediately agreed, "I haven't worked for several months, and if I don't do anything, I'm going to get rusty."
Watching Huo Fei slowly disappear into the air, Huo Qing said ruthlessly: "No matter who they are, those who dare to kill me in the middle will naturally have to pay the price, but it's okay for other people to kill, Li Anping and the person in charge, what do you want?" Bring it here, it can be used to sell Shang Zhenbang and his father."
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Li Anping hid in the corner opposite the factory building, and when he saw the police car approaching, he left quietly.
Walking in the shadows, he felt the boiling power in his body slowly calm down, and said to Hei in his mind: "Hei, tell me about your ability."
After being silent for a while, Hei laughed softly: "After being possessed by me, you can absorb human souls by touching them when killing people, or directly eat their bodies to strengthen your body and spirit. Muscle endurance, flexibility, agility and even memory, reaction, etc. will all be strengthened.
In other words, you can keep getting stronger by eating people. However, from the perspective of the hospital, your ability level is still very low. Ordinary people can directly inhale it just by touching it, but for ability users, you have to kill the opponent to eat it. "
Hearing this this time, Li Anping didn't show the look of disgust in the past, but calmly thought about what Hei said.
"Does it have to be human? Can't you eat animals?"
"Hahahaha." Hei Kuang laughed and said, "Try to let tigers eat grass and lions eat vegetables. The so-called human beings are the food we need."
"Food?" Li Anping said flatly, "So you're not human anymore?"
"Human?" Hei said disdainfully: "My position in this world is much higher than yours, but this is not something you can know now. Li Anping, don't think that you have been reborn after you have an epiphany. Although you have liberated your mind somewhat, you still have a long way to go before turning your thoughts into real power."
"Okay, but when I was in the hospital and the factory, what was the power that suddenly made me explode?" Li Anping didn't delve into Hei's words, but continued to ask the question he was interested in: "I feel that in that state, I am much stronger than now, and my body has grown accordingly. And not just physically, but in all aspects. It seems that there is a voice in my head telling me what I should do."
Hei replied: "When eating people, I can choose to use the energy to strengthen the body or store it. When the energy is stored, it can heal the body at a critical moment, or it can explode the potential and enhance your physical fitness. Therefore, energy storage The more you can burst and heal, the harder you will be to kill.
Just like in the factory just now, you ate a total of 34 people, and I saved the souls of 10 people for you. Even if your head is cut off, just press it back with your hands and it will be cured. But as you get stronger and your body gets better and better, more and more energy is needed to heal injuries.
Such a few people are not enough to eat. It's a pity you gave up so much fresh meat. "Hei's tone was full of regret.
"I don't know how to eat human flesh." Li Anping frowned: "And I only eat the souls of people who deserve it. When absorbing souls, how do you choose to strengthen your body or store them?"
"You know, they've been in your mind for a long time." Hei said, "Compared to memories, it's just that you subconsciously chose to talk to me to get these memories."
Li Anping didn't pay attention to him, just thought for a while, and sure enough, he understood how to use energy to strengthen himself and store energy.
"There is one more thing that I am very concerned about." On the street late at night, shadows slowly emerged in Li Anping's mind, grandma, Anna, Wei Shishi, Shang Zhenbang...
"The person who sent to the hospital to kill me that day also has the ability? Are there many people in the world who have the ability?"
"I advise you to temporarily give up your plan of revenge and accumulate your own strength first. The forces you have to fight against are very strong, but ordinary people like Chang Zheng are not the only ones. If you want revenge, the police and even the army may become your enemies .”
Hei saw through Li Anping's thoughts at a glance, and persuaded him: "And you are not the only one with abilities in this world. According to my information, among you humans, there are not a few strong people with abilities. I heard that they divide the capable people into ten groups. Level, the current you, I don't think you even have a first-level level."
Hei's words were beyond Li Anping's expectation. He never thought that there would be such a terrible fact hidden in the seemingly peaceful world.
Now he can kill more than 30 big men in the factory who are licking blood by himself, but among the capable people, he is actually the bottom one
"But it doesn't matter." Seeing Li Anping's shocked look, Hei laughed: "As long as you make good use of my ability, keep eating people to strengthen yourself, and accept my training, you will become a The strongest man in the world."
"Training?" Li Anping suddenly stopped in the alley, and before he knew it, pairs of greedy eyes were fixed on his face.
In the alley, four hooligans surrounded Li Anping, sizing him up maliciously.
"Hand over your wallet, bank card, and bank card password."
"Boy, I advise you not to think too hard, or it will be bad if you have a few holes in your body." One of the yellow hairs took out a butterfly knife and said.
When Li Anping saw the other party take out the knife, a cold light flashed in Li Anping's eyes.
Because after taking out the knife, the meaning of the incident is completely different.
At the same time, Hei's laughter sounded in his mind: "That's right, now is the first lesson, kill them."
A few seconds later, screams and begging for mercy resounded in the darkness. This night, Zhongdu was destined to be different.