Chapter 172 The Underground Emperor of Fengtian City
Looking through the gap.
Only to see that the clinic had at some point been surrounded, nearly a thousand burly men with somber expressions standing on the street outside the clinic, blocking it so tightly that not a drop could escape, with a dozen or so men who looked like leaders standing in front of these burly men.
They were looking inside the clinic with extremely ugly expressions on their faces.
"Well."
Chen Miao, who was smoking, was slightly stunned by the scene, and after extinguishing the nearly spent cigarette butt in his hand, he instinctively turned his head to look at the Black Doctor, "Have you made so many enemies in Broken Pot City?"
"Did you circumcise all these people?"
His first reaction was that Doctor Gou had gone back to his old ways, and apparently, he had not done so sparingly, which resulted in people coming to seek revenge.
This was normal.
What was abnormal was that there were an excessively large number of people seeking revenge.
Chen Miao didn't know what was going on, but the Black Doctor did, and after hesitating for a moment, he still said hoarsely, "Miao, that plum blossom tattoo is on Doctor Gou's hand, I've covered it up."
He didn't tell Chen Miao about this because he was worried that Chen Miao would kill Doctor Gou for the sake of tens of millions of people in Broken Pot City.
In his heart.
The lives of tens of millions of people in Broken Pot City were not as important as Doctor Gou.
From this perspective, he would never become a real doctor; he lacked the benevolence of a true doctor.
"Doctor Gou?"
This statement completely crashed Chen Miao's brain; he finally understood why these people had come. He turned his head in bewilderment to look at Doctor Gou, who was still sleeping in the operating room. Doctor Gou intended to destroy Broken Pot City?
He had no motive. Why would he?
If he remembered correctly, the first person who took this mission did so to resurrect his wife.
And Doctor Gou's... obsession was with his deceased parents.
That is to say, Doctor Gou intended to use this method to resurrect his parents.
If that was the case, then there was a sufficient motive.
"..."
Chen Miao fell silent and didn't speak. He truly hadn't expected that this incident number 68, which drew attention from all cities of the Federation in recent years, creating the biggest fixed event scope, was actually caused by Doctor Gou.
If he hadn't come.
If he hadn't discovered those Zombie Generators at the bottom of the Deep Pit.
Maybe... Broken Pot City would indeed have become history.
And the profession of a 'Person of Leisure,' admired by many, would have ceased to exist.
The outlaws of the Federation wouldn't know where to flee.
Just then—
Doctor Gou, who had awoken at some point, was sitting in a wheelchair, pushing the wheels with difficulty, his face looking somewhat unpleasant as he said to Chen Miao word by word, "I didn't start it."
"Although I didn't know that there was such a way, nor did I know that the dead could actually be resurrected."
"If I had known, perhaps I would have done it."
"But this time it really wasn't me who started it. This plum blossom tattoo on the back of my hand, I have no idea when it appeared. I just discovered it last night, as if it suddenly emerged. I don't know what it is."
"But one thing is certain."
"This Sea of Zombies is not related to me; they are slandering me."
"Hmm."
Chen Miao nodded, "If you say so, I will definitely believe you."
"Black Doctor, you go ahead and take Doctor Gou in to rest first. I'll handle the situation here."
...
Having said that.
Chen Miao let out a sigh, slowly stood up leaning on his cane, and stepped out of the clinic to face the crowd of burly men outside, speaking softly, "Who is in charge here? Come, let's talk."
The leading dozen or so men exchanged glances, then stepped forward in unison.
One of the men, a middle-aged man with long hair and a face full of scars, spoke first with a grim expression, "You've got guts to face so many of us alone, and you seem to have the bearing of someone who isn't a nobody."
"But you should also understand the gravity of the situation. That doctor inside is the one who started this disaster."
"Killing him will end this catastrophe."
"It's about the lives and property safety of nearly tens of millions of people in Broken Pot City, the weight of which you ought to know. No matter who you are to him, even if you are his brother, a demon that slaughters the lives of nearly tens of millions for his own selfish desires, you should see his true face."
"None of us standing here are good people, and we all have blood on our hands, but none of us would allow so many innocents to die for our own selfish desires. This is a crime against humanity."
"He must die, today!"
"Not bad."
Chen Miao nodded, impressed by the articulate nature of these outlaws, which was a bit better than he had expected. It seemed like they could communicate, not too foolish, which made things easier to deal with.
He paused for a moment before slowly speaking.
"First of all, my name is Chen Miao."
"I hope you can recognize me; this will avoid many unnecessary casualties. If you don't know me, you can search my name. You'll recognize me later, and getting to know me this way will be quite peaceful."
"Second, that doctor inside is my man. He isn't the starter of this incident, and I can vouch for him."
"That plum blossom tattoo on his hand is just a hidden mission and has nothing to do with the current fixed event."
"Third, I've almost resolved the 68th fixed event, the Sea of Zombies,"
"Haven't you noticed that the zombies are gradually becoming fewer? They won't continue to surge out endlessly like before, will they? Of course, you may not be able to see these things from your perspective, so I'll try to explain as clearly as possible."
"I've destroyed the hub that continually generates zombies within the Sea of Zombies. The remaining zombies are just like rootless water. There is a large number of rescue personnel outside, rapidly clearing away the zombies. By nightfall at the latest, this disaster will be over."
"Do you understand what I mean?"
The dozen or so leaders didn't speak; they simply exchanged glances and then all made a move, which was to start searching online for the name Chen Miao. They hadn't heard of this name, but years of experience in the Jianghu told them that when they didn't know the other party's background, it was wise to heed advice and do some research.
Soon.
They found combat videos of Chen Miao.
The exaggerated firepower coverage made the corners of their mouths twitch uncontrollably.
It was indeed a bit outrageous.
Luckily, they were in the urban area of Broken Pot City, where players couldn't harm each other. If this were the suburbs, Chen Miao probably wouldn't be talking so much right now but rather going 'tut-tut' directly.
At the same time, they also saw the online character introduction of Chen Miao.
The introduction below was a summary by various netizens.
One line of keywords read like this.
'Violent, reckless, the Underground Emperor of Fengtian City, has a blacker track record than the Federal Bureau, has solid backing that can't be toppled, the first to clear the Hell Bus with a 100% death rate difficulty, one-shot kills siege bosses, and so on'.
In short, after looking at the character introduction and combat footage, two words came to mind.
Awesome.
Not to be offended.
The man who had spoken more forcefully just a moment ago suddenly hesitated and, after a moment, touched his nose: "Since, brother, you're so confident, we definitely should give you this face."
"But what if we find out later that this doctor is indeed the initiator of the event, then what?"
"I'll chop off one hand."
Chen Miao spoke calmly, his tone so indifferent it was as if the hand he referred to chopping off wasn't his own.
"Fine!"
The man who came to pressure him breathed a sigh of relief. With Chen Miao's words, at least it didn't seem like he was being shooed away in embarrassment and could salvage some face. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to lead their brothers here with such a big fuss only to be scared off by a few words.
That would be too humiliating, and how would they lead their brothers in the future?
How could they continue to mix in this line of work?
With Chen Miao's response, the group finally retreated slowly, leaving only a lackey to deal with the shattered clinic door, ready to compensate.
...
After the small incident, Chen Miao sat back down inside the clinic, gazing through the gap in the rolling door up at the dark clouds overhead. He thought again of the world he had seen last night. What kind of world was that?
It was like a world reflected in a mirror, completely opposite.
Objects wouldn't fall to the ground; instead, they would fall to the sky.
Is that... reasonable?
It's because of gravity that planets exist. If gravity were outward, then this planet should have fallen apart long ago, right? Could it still be a planet?
Even gaseous planets, which are 98% gas, have gravity pulling inward.
He couldn't imagine how a planet with outward gravity could exist.
It's like if your five fingers could only close in the opposite direction, then theoretically, you couldn't hold anything in your palm, just like a normal person can't hold a golf ball with the back of their hand.
After a long while, he stopped thinking about these things.
He finally understood why the mayor of Fengtian City acted a bit odd; perhaps the other party knew they were obsessed over delusions, investing energy into these elusive matters. But perhaps, the other party knew more.
Perhaps they understood clearer that despite the Federation flourishing for now, its demise was almost certain.
This circumstance was irreversible.
At least it couldn't be reversed by conventional means; they could only pin their hopes on something elusive and become indifferent to many things when it came to this point.
It was also an act of helplessness.
...
Day broke, and then gradually darkened again.
When the sun completed its day's work and drew the curtain, the zombies outside of Broken Pot City were almost completely cleared out.
The 68th fixed event, Sea of Zombies, had quietly come to an end like this.
In the end, no one knew who had initiated the event.
It was also unclear what punishment the initiator would face for forcibly ending the event halfway through.
Only Chen Miao discovered something.
He finally understood why, when he found the Zombie Generator, those people were so frightened they'd rather interrupt the Sea of Zombies and urgently retract all the generators. This Zombie Generator, disguised as a Rainbow Portal, could directly access that miraculous world.
In other words.
If this world was completely unknown to people before,
then with this portal, he could directly enter and explore that world, and even communicate.
If he wanted to, that is. At least for now, he wasn't too willing.
He feared that if he went in, he might get killed. An unknown world also meant unknown opportunities and unknown dangers.
And he, he was somewhat afraid of dying.