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Anyone could die on the battlefield, including herself. Zhan Hongling had seen many familiar figures fall on the battlefield. This was her first time encountering such a thing.

The one who died was no longer a stranger she had never met. If a stranger died, she would be sad for a moment and then forget about it. After all, the two people had no intersection, and her life would not change after that person died.

But the death of a familiar person is different. At that moment, she truly felt that she would never see him again. Before she knew it, she felt an empty feeling in her heart, and this sadness will last for a long time.

The dead man was a shop owner, an old man in his sixties. He would buy some monster meat and materials from the monsters from adventurers, then sell them at a higher price. Because the purchase price was very reasonable, many adventurers would talk to him.

Zhan Hongling is one of them. She is not short of money, but she is not ignorant of the sufferings of the world and cannot do anything wasteful.

In order to train herself, she would select the meat and materials with higher value from the monsters and bring them back to sell.

The old man has a very good attitude and is very friendly. He always has a smile on his face when he sees people and can chat with adventurers. It is said that he was an adventurer when he was young and his family is not short of money. He opened a store out of boredom and wanted to have more friends to chat with.

He died very peacefully, though with a hint of regret, but his actions were extremely ruthless, and he almost died together with the monster that killed him.

When he felt Zhan Hongling's gaze, he smiled to comfort her, but his internal organs were clearly about to fall out. He could hear the boastful voice he had heard when he was chatting with the old man a long time ago:

"Don't look at me like this now, old man. When I was young, I was also an expert at killing monsters. I don't know how many people of my generation died in the forest. I am the only one who has lived this long..."

He is indeed very awesome.

Zhan Hongling tried hard to hold back her tears and didn't cry. The old man didn't go to kill the monster later. He looked so old because his foundation was injured. He was a warrior, he was just old, otherwise, he could live a long time.

Hua Jinran naturally saw Zhan Hongling. Her expression, as if she had been bullied by other kids outside and her parents were looking for trouble, and she wanted to cry but was holding it back, made Hua Jinran find it somewhat amusing.

The arrogant eldest daughter still cares so much about her face and is never willing to show her weakness in front of outsiders. So, if you see her weak side, it means that you have been pulled into the circle she has drawn.

Hua Jinran did not respond, nor did she move closer. She was in a lot of trouble right now, and if Zhan Hongling's small body was touched by some of them, she would have to help collect her body in the future.

The official side also has a sixth-level psychic with a very strong fire-related ability. Wherever the flame is contaminated, it will continue to burn unless it is burned out or the owner of the fire puts it away.

The city lord is a fifth-level water-based mutant, and although it is said that water and fire are incompatible, these two actually get along pretty well.

As a wood element controller, Hua Jinran is not that fond of fire element mutants, and all the weeds she helped to grow were burned.

When he used his supernatural powers before, he specifically avoided the place where the man attacked.

I was afraid that my plants would be burned to death before they could kill the monster.

Without the interference of people from evil organizations, this beast tide ended quickly. There were troops in the wilderness to suppress it, and they would not allow too powerful monsters or groups of monsters to appear, and they would also conduct regular cleanups.

It won't be like in the sea, where eighth- and ninth-level sea beasts appear at any time. At most, there will be fifth- and sixth-level monsters, and they have to be extremely good at hiding.

It's just about the number. There are too many monsters of level four and below.

"can we talk?"

A young man who looked to be in his twenties walked within one meter of Hua Jinran and stopped.

So young?

Hua Jinran raised her eyebrows. She didn't look as energetic as a young person, but rather very steady.

Only after hearing others calling him "City Lord" did she dare to confirm that this person was indeed the City Lord of Huoyun City.

The origin of Huoyun City is not the sixth-level fire-type mutant in the city, but a dormant volcano that is quite far away in the other direction of the city. That volcano is very suitable for fire-type mutants to practice.

The reason why the sixth-level fire-type mutant is stationed in Huoyun City is because of the extinct volcano.

Are there still requirements for appearance and age to become a city lord now? These requirements are indeed a bit high.

Listening to what Lin Chuxia said about those city lords, each of them looks good and has their own style. No, they are all city lords, but they are still so curly. That's what they said, it's really scary.

Hua Jinran nodded. She just happened to have something to ask the authorities. The city lord bowed gentlemanly:

"Then please follow me, miss. This is not a good place to chat."

"Don't you have to take care of things here? You will be very busy after the beast tide, right?"

Hua Jinran looked at the city lord with some surprise. Huoyun City was developing quite well. Logically speaking, such a city lord should be a responsible and capable one, and maybe even a workaholic.

"Someone else will be in charge."

The city lord smiled "kindly". Hua Jinran's eyes drifted towards the sixth-level fire-type mutant who looked irritable and was about to burn everyone present with a fireball, and wisely did not continue asking.

"Tsk, this seems to be a white-cut black!"

He is quite capable. He was able to subdue a violent Tyrannosaurus Rex and had to deal with all the tedious matters after the war.

It can be seen that the man's irritability was completely revealed on the surface and he did not hide it.

The logistics staff also noticed it, and they were all quiet as chickens. They were at a loss as to what to do, so they timidly pushed one person forward to inquire.

Although that person was irritable, he also provided a solution. It must be said that there is always someone who can defeat you.

The city lord led Hua Jinran to a shop a few steps behind the city gate. After walking in, there was another world inside, and a place like a secret room, separating the inside and the outside.

Looking at the decorative patterns on the wall, you can tell that this place was built at a high cost and can be used as a small shelter.

As if aware of Hua Jinran's curiosity, the city lord briefly explained:

"This is a base of the Abnormal Investigation Bureau. I'm borrowing it. I wonder if I have the honor of knowing the young lady's name?"

"The flowers are all dyed."

This kind of greeting was quite boring, but the city lord spoke very nicely and was well versed in the art of speaking. He would insert some small gossip from time to time, which made Hua Jinran listen with relish.

"...Many people say I'm young, but I'm already 40 years old...Is that so? So your hobby is planting. I have some interesting seeds here that might interest you."

Before I knew it, I had been tricked into revealing some information. Luckily, they were all insignificant matters, so it didn't matter if they were known.