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“1001—No, why should I answer you? Who are you? Why have I never seen you in this area before?” The man answered Gu Ran subconsciously, then immediately realized that he had no reason to do so.

"What happened to the residents of the slums?" Gu Ran asked, frowning.

"Hmph, no comment. Looks like you were hiding somewhere before, only showing yourself now, huh?" the man guessed smugly.

“I come from Azure Dragon City,” Gu Ran smiled.

The man's expression changed slightly, and he looked at Gu Ran with newfound seriousness. He sized Gu Ran up and down and said:

“You brat from Azure Dragon City, do you think Azure Dragon City can still back you up? Now that I’ve discovered you, your good days are over.”

Gu Ran raised an eyebrow slightly and said, "Then use your methods. I'm quite curious to see what you can do to me."

"Hmph, you don't know your place. I don't think you take me seriously at all." The man's hand trembled, and he quickly threw several throwing knives at Gu Ran.

Gu Ran narrowed his eyes. He saw the flying knife gleaming with a cold, eerie blue light and knew that there must be a deadly poison on the blade. He immediately moved and dodged it.

Then, before the man could move again, she used her telekinesis to "freeze" him.

However, that man was no ordinary person either; he broke free from the binding force of materialized telekinesis in no time.

"Your abilities..." The man looked at Gu Ran with surprise and suspicion.

Without further hesitation, he turned and tried to run away.

This time, however, Gu Ran took action himself. With a swift movement, as if teleporting, he appeared directly behind the man.

Then, with a sweeping leg kick, he knocked the man down.

Gu Ran placed one foot on the man's dantian and said calmly, "Now can you tell me? What exactly happened to those people in the slums?"

"Hahahaha... You brat from Canglong City, do whatever you want with me, but don't even think about getting a single word out of me!" Even though Gu Ran threatened to destroy his dantian, he remained fearless, his smile carrying a hint of madness.

Gu Ran glanced at him, remained silent for a moment, and then destroyed his dantian with a kick.

The man immediately screamed in agony, as if he had fallen into hell.

"You said it yourself, do as I please," Gu Ran shrugged, appearing somewhat innocent.

The man looked at Gu Ran with intense resentment and hatred, but he still didn't say anything.

Gu Ran didn't care at all about the man's hateful and resentful gaze. How dare a defeated opponent be so arrogant?

"Okay, let me guess first." Gu Ran wasn't in a hurry to ask for the answer; he had plenty of time.

“I guess this must be related to that ‘god’ you all revere?” Gu Ran stared at the man.

"The supreme God will punish you!"

The man's eyes changed slightly, and he shouted loudly, as if this could bring him a sense of security.

"It seems I was right. Thank you for the information."

Gu Ran crushed his heart.

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It wasn't that Gu Ran didn't want to get more information, but rather that he saw the man's determination in his eyes.

—No matter how much he is tortured, he is determined not to reveal any information subjectively.

Moreover, even without information about this man, Gu Ran was able to "find out" the information.

The population of Far East City is only over 40 million, much smaller than that of other major cities.

Gu Ran's mental power could completely cover the entire Far East City, except for the core area in the middle of the inner city, which he could not explore for some reason.

However, even a preliminary investigation using telekinesis is enough to gather a lot of information.

Whether in the inner city or the slums, the entire Far East City has an eerie sense of tranquility.

At first glance, it seems like a paradise, but upon closer inspection, one can find that it lacks a sense of everyday life.

More than 40 million people live in a peculiar order, with no conflicts or disagreements among them, quietly and peacefully carrying out their work.

Gu Ran felt a slight tingling sensation on her scalp.

This was a situation he could not have foreseen before he arrived. More than 40 million people in Far East City were caught in a strange saga, and even with his exceptional skills and daring, he couldn't help but feel apprehensive.

Gu Ran did not immediately enter the area he could not explore, but instead analyzed and pondered the information he had obtained.

It's unclear whether these people are still human, but they have clearly lost the ability to think for themselves and can only react based on their instincts.

The reason he asked those people math questions was because answering them required a certain amount of knowledge and a logical thinking process.

Judging from the results, if the questions do not exceed these people's knowledge, they are able to give some "normal" answers based on their instincts.

However, once the problem exceeds their original knowledge and requires them to think before they can answer it, they can no longer rely on instinct to solve it.

At this point, it was as if they had encountered a bug, and they could no longer operate according to the original "program".

The question now is, why have the residents of these Far East cities become like this?

If he could find out the answer, then his trip to the Far East City should be over.

"That man just now seemed to be observing and maintaining the status of these residents, and he would come over to check the situation if he found anything that did not conform to the 'procedure'."

"There must be more than one person like him."

Although these 40 million people have fallen into some kind of strange state, their behavior on the surface still appears to be that of normal humans. Even the "observers" like the man from before have blended in, making them difficult to distinguish at first glance.

However, Gu Ran didn't have any other breakthroughs for the time being, so he spent more time searching and verifying.

In the end, Gu Ran found them one by one, because these people did not follow their own "program" like others; they especially liked to observe other people.

Moreover, they seem to be doing nothing and lack that "sense of procedure".

Gu Ran chose the one closest to her.

......

"boom!"

The "observer" chosen by Gu Ran crashed into a small building and spat out blood.

"Who...are...you?"

The middle-aged "observer" trapped in the building's wall looked at Gu Ran with puzzled eyes, and even the pain from his injuries seemed to lessen.

"You need to take better care of yourself," Gu Ran said calmly. "Who are you people? Why are you secretly observing these people?"

The middle-aged "observer" coughed up blood, opened his mouth—which was missing several teeth and looked like it was leaking air—and laughed maniacally:

"Haha, you're not from Far East City. Let me guess, you're either from Azure Dragon City or Vermilion Bird City. Just wait, Azure Dragon City and Vermilion Bird City are about to pay the price for what they've done!"

Gu Ran didn't ask any more questions. He still destroyed his dantian with one kick and then crushed his heart.

Far East City has a very strange logic. Even though they have repeatedly plotted against Azure Dragon City and Vermilion Bird City, because they have repeatedly failed and even been jointly suppressed by Azure Dragon City and Vermilion Bird City, they feel that they have become victims and are therefore justified.

Martial artists or superhumans from Far East City generally possess a peculiar, bizarre, and distorted value system.

This value system gives them a peculiar sense of antagonism when facing Canglong City and Zhuque City. They feel that they must not yield to the people of Canglong City and Zhuque City, otherwise they will be looked down upon.

Therefore, when they guessed or knew that Gu Ran was a "person from Canglong City", they were all determined to never cooperate or surrender.

But Gu Ran didn't believe that all the "observers" would be such die-hards. Was there not even one person who was terrified of dying?

So after killing the middle-aged "observer," Gu Ran continued toward his next target.

As the fighting raged on, leaving blood everywhere, the ordinary residents seemed to freeze up, as if a bug had occurred, and could no longer function as before.

Only those in more distant places who were unaffected continued to live their lives according to their original paths.

"Are these people really that stubborn and unafraid of death?"

Gu Ran fought his way to the last "observer," but still couldn't find a single "observer" who was afraid of death and willing to reveal information.

"No, that's not right. Their emotions seem a bit off. Although they are hostile to Azure Dragon City, they shouldn't be so hysterical without other emotions."

As Gu Ran fought his way through, he discovered that all of these "observers" had expressions of madness.

Are their emotions at an extreme, with no middle ground?

Gu Ran frowned slightly.

These "observers" are either in a very calm, even indifferent, state, or in an extremely frenzied, hysterical state.

He was unable to gather intelligence effectively because these "observers" were truly fearless.

This situation continued until Gu Ran found the last "observer".

She was a very beautiful woman.

She was wearing a traditional long dress from Far East City, and looked at Gu Ran with a calm expression.

"The powerful figure from Azure Dragon City, you have finally arrived," she said.

Gu Ran sized up the woman.

"Were you waiting for me?" he asked.

"I'm waiting for you, but I'm not waiting for you. To be precise, I'm waiting for anyone, as long as they are a strong person from Azure Dragon City and Vermilion Bird City, because I know that the people from these two main cities will be the first to take action."

Her gaze toward Gu Ran was extremely indifferent.

Gu Ran: "Why?"