Reincarnation space, but the style is wrong

Chapter 121 Let’s unite
Before Harold began to clear the virtual energy poison, he reported the situation on the scene to the city lord.

After learning about this, the city lord's face also looked ugly.

"I have a general understanding of the situation. I will start investigating next."

As someone who is in the same boat with the defense captain Harold, the city lord naturally attaches great importance to his report.

In fact, it was precisely because of Harold's help that he was able to move among the nobles of Quen City safely until now, instead of being "accidentally infected with virtual energy" like his predecessor.

"Have you any suspicions?" Harold asked.

The city lord thought for a while, and finally said a few names: "Bona, Franz, and the Wheeler family."

"The Bona family had previously gone to suppress the Void Cult hidden in the mines outside the city and had contact with them. The Franz family has always been at odds with the Bona family, so perhaps they are trying to bring down the Bona family. As for the Wheeler family, I learned earlier that they have been doing something unusual recently."

"In that case, let's investigate them first." Harold had no good feelings towards these nobles, nor did he have any respect for them.

Born into a commoner family, he had suffered a lot at the hands of the nobles on the way to his current position.

Therefore, he also wanted to take this opportunity to see if he could bring down one or two nobles.

The city lord and the captain of the guard each had their own ulterior motives and wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to benefit themselves, while the nobles on the other side also heard some news.

The private soldiers they sent to the sewers to encircle and suppress the Void Cult also told them the situation. Some people were wary of this, while others thought it was a good opportunity.

In the Franz family's manor, the family leaders are gathering together to discuss countermeasures.

"Perhaps we can put the blame on the enemy," suggested a direct descendant of Franz's family.

"If you can think of this, how could the Bona family not think of it?" another direct descendant retorted.

"But we can't just do nothing. They will definitely attack us."

The quarrel intensified until the head of the Franz family coughed lightly and they stopped talking.

"He's right. The enemy will definitely think of this and use it to attack us. That's why we have to do this, at least to muddy the waters."

With the head of the family's decision, the rest of the people had no more objections, and each of them offered their wisdom to slander the Bona family.

Soon, they came up with a plan, and their men followed their orders and began to forge evidence and throw mud on the enemy.

At the same time, not only the Franz family, but also the other nobles began to throw dirty water on their respective enemies.

Under the chaotic shadow of the struggle among the upper echelons, Chen Xingzhi's tentacles are controlling everything.

Whether it was the nobles or the city lord's people, their reactions were all within his expectations.

In order to make the fight more intense, he deliberately added fuel to the fire.

"The evidence you fabricated isn't real enough, and the dirty water you threw isn't disgusting enough, so let me help you."

Alien insects roamed in the shadows, presenting the "big gifts" he carefully prepared to various forces.

Sometimes they would take the initiative to follow the subordinates of the nobles who were throwing dirty water, help them replace the fabricated evidence, and then leave quietly.

"This time, my plan will not fail."

Chen Xingzhi looked at the alien insects returning to their nests one after another, and he could already foresee what kind of uproar would be caused afterwards.

"If it weren't for Harold, the fourth level, and if I wasn't my original body, I would have infected all the nobles long ago. There would be no need to deal with them one by one and go through so much trouble."

He thought with some regret, quietly waiting for further developments.

Things developed just as Chen Xingzhi had expected. When the Bona family was faced with a joint search by the city defense team and law enforcers, the family members all looked as if they had eaten a snack and their faces looked extremely ugly.

Faced with the evidence of contact with the Void Cult that was discovered during the search, they suddenly felt something was wrong.

"We should have cleared all the slanders from other nobles, why are they still here?" A family member was sweating. Everyone present could see that this was a slander, but they just couldn't refute it. Similarly, some people didn't want them to refute it.

Although they were protected by their noble status, the city defense team could only imprison members of the Bona family. But everyone knew that after this incident, the Bona family would have to shed a layer of skin even if they didn't die.

The city lord and Harold were happy that they had defeated an opponent, the Franz family was also in a good mood, and other nobles were eyeing the Bona family's property.

At this point, it doesn’t matter who is truly colluding with the Void Cult. They can’t wait to swallow the fat meat that is about to be in their hands.

Everyone thought that after the fall of a noble, the matter would be over, but the fact was that they were wrong.

Some residents of Shangcheng District who were infected and controlled by Chen Xingzhi began to make a move. Various rumors spread throughout Shangcheng District and soon reached the ears of the city lord.

"Someone claimed to have seen members of the Franz family colluding with the Void Cultists?"

The city lord and Harold looked at each other, and they instinctively felt something was wrong.

"Was this the work of other nobles?" Harold asked.

"They are all busy fighting for the interests given up by the Bona family, so they shouldn't do this." The city lord rubbed his eyebrows, feeling more and more that something was wrong, "Could it be that they really have something to do with the Void Esoteric Cult?"

"Anyway, I'm going to investigate and see if this is true."

Harold took his men to negotiate with the Franz family and demanded to search their manor, but the Franz family refused to give in and sent people to stop them outside.

Seeing the other party's firm attitude, Harold felt more and more that the other party was hiding something.

Before he could take stronger measures, waves of void energy were heard in Franz Manor, and the sudden explosion of void energy caused the entire manor to decay in an instant.

Harold glared at the person who stopped him with dissatisfaction and shouted:

"Take them down."

Then he rushed into the manor alone and fired a shot at the place where the virtual energy was most concentrated, and flames flew everywhere in an instant.

The air was filled with smoke, and only a large pit remained at the center of the bombardment. A scarlet light lit up from it, and accompanied by the roar of machinery, a huge mechanical construct crawled out of the pit.

Harold exhaled slowly, and the power of the virtual energy engine in his body was fully activated, and his strength was exaggeratedly increased.

He knew that the next battle would be difficult.

Just as Harold was engaged in a fierce battle with the Franz family's mechanical constructs, the nobles of Quinn City all received this news.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there are definitely other forces behind this incident.

As for who did it, some nobles offered their own opinions:

"Could it be that the city lord's people are crying thief?"

The nobles neither denied nor agreed with this bold speculation.

The seeds of suspicion have been sown in their hearts. Whether they admit it or not, they have already begun to doubt the city lord.

"We must be on guard against others. We need to unite to prevent the city lord's people from attacking us." said a representative of the Wheeler family.

"Yes, let's unite!" Chen Xingzhi mingled among the nobles, waving his fists, filled with righteous indignation.

To date, he has secretly controlled a part of the nobles, a part of the residents, and a part of the people around the city lord.

He has spies hidden everywhere in Upper Town, and he is also a troublemaker behind all events.

Just like the explosion of the Franz family today and the rampage of their ancestral mechanical constructs, they were all secretly planned by him.

And now, he will also bring about the union of the nobles.

(End of this chapter)