Chapter 637 Speculation

"Are you the lord here?"

Suddenly, a cold snort pulled Chen Ming back to reality from his contemplation.

He subconsciously looked in the direction of the voice.

He saw the black-robed guy with his hands handcuffed raised his head and looked at Chen Ming with anger.

Before Chen Ming could speak, the two soldiers were furious. They exerted force on their hands and pressed the black-robed man who had just raised his head back.

"How dare you!"

"How can the lord allow you to call me like this!"

Chen Ming was highly respected and loved in the territory.

But he didn't care about these things. Compared with the disrespect of the guy in front of him, he wanted to find out where these crystal cores came from.

"Have him raise his head, and let me ask him."

The guards relaxed their strength and the black-robed man raised his head. However, there was no fear in his eyes, but anger was even stronger. "Heh, a mere feudal lord dares to be so arrogant?! It's OK that these illiterate fools don't know those things, but are you so ignorant as a lord?"

"Hurry up and let me go!"

After these words came out, the two soldiers almost couldn't help but exert force again and pressed him to the ground.

But Chen Ming heard something from it.

This guy seems to have a great background.

Yes, without a certain status, how could he be mixed with crystal cores of this level?

That's something that can build a teleportation array!

It belongs to strategic materials that are in short supply. Even with Chen Ming's current ability, it is impossible to get these things.

"Cuff him."

"Then take him to my lord's house."

"I want to ask him in person."

After hearing this, the black-robed man's eyes became even more angry, but Chen Ming had already turned his head and left, not listening to his angry shouting.

Soon.

The guy was tied up and thrown into the lord's house.

Chen Ming had almost never been here before. After pulling a chair and sitting down, he immediately looked down at the guy who was tied up like a dumpling.

"If I'm not mistaken, what you dug out should be the magic crystal core used to supply the Qingfeng City's teleportation formation, right?"

The black-robed man was stunned.

But the arrogance and anger on his face emerged at once.

"You actually knew?"

"Then how dare you kidnap me?!"

"I came to you to retrieve the magic crystal core because I was ordered to do so. Your subordinates attacked me while I was unable to distract myself from sensing the crystal core. Now you dare to torture me privately... You are dead, dead!"

Chen Ming felt a little annoyed when he heard this.

This is actually an imperial envoy?

This is a bit troublesome.

But he still had no expression on his face and continued to ask: "Why did a magic crystal core appear near my guild's territory? And it was the Qingfeng City's teleportation formation. What's the purpose of dismantling the Qingfeng City teleportation formation and placing it near my territory?"

"You don't deserve to know." The black-robed man answered proudly.

This guy, relying on his status as an imperial envoy, was quite arrogant and didn't take Chen Ming seriously at all.

In this way, Chen Ming could only ponder on his own.

He had many clues in his mind.

But he lacked some things to connect them.

First of all, he could be sure that the magic crystal core must be used to set up the formation.

Just like nuclear power in real life, it is definitely used in large projects, and it is impossible to use it to power your own tram. In the game world, it can and can only be used to power large arrays.

So why did they set up a large array near the guild territory?

And it seems that the preparation was quite hasty.

So much so that they didn't have time to use the new magic crystal core, and directly dismantled the teleportation array of Qingfeng City and used it here for emergency.

Combining these two points, plus the recent experience of the guild territory, a speculation came into being...

The attack of Snakehead Wu.

It made them want to set up a teleportation array.

Used to protect the Nine Heavens Guild territory?

This was Chen Ming's first thought.

But he quickly denied it.

Because he clearly remembered that when the Snakehead Wu attacked, a group of magicians came to the territory and announced in a proud manner that the Nine Heavens Guild and the Snakehead Wu would perish together.

It was clear that the Nine Heavens Guild was to be sacrificed as a pawn.

To buy time for Qingfeng City and Black Rock City in the rear.

For such a chess piece destined to be sacrificed, why would they go to the trouble of setting up a defensive formation for the territory of the Nine Heavens Guild?

But if it is not a defensive formation, what is it?

Suddenly.

Chen Ming thought of the riot that happened in Qingfeng City before.

After the riot ended, when he went to the City Lord's Mansion to receive the reward, the City Lord's nonchalant attitude.

At that time, Chen Ming could vaguely sense that the riot seemed to be closely related to the Qingfeng City Lord and a group of princes and nobles.

The riot brought about a lot of suffering.

Almost all the NPCs in the entire Qingfeng City were replaced.

It is precisely because of this that Qingfeng City will issue a major decree and use a very powerful people-friendly policy to attract a group of NPCs to stay.

Wait...

Suddenly, Chen Ming frowned.

It is true that Qingfeng City issued a decree, and it is also true that it attracted countless NPCs, including the beast spirits who migrated here.

But when Qingfeng City issued this decree, it didn't seem to be after the riots ended, right?

Logically speaking, making up for the population deficit caused by the riot should be the primary task of rebuilding the city, and this decree should be issued as soon as possible.

But the facts seem to be different.

This decree to attract population was issued later.

It was definitely not issued at the first time.

But it was closer to...

the time when Snakehead Multiflori appeared.

Boom!

It was like a thunder, exploding in Chen Ming's mind.

An idea that made him feel cold all over emerged uncontrollably.

The decree to attract population issued urgently by Qingfeng City was not used to make up for the deficit caused by the last riot.

But it was used for sacrifice.

Just like the last riot that caused the whole city to be bloodbathed, the leadership looked as if they had expected it.

Because that group of people were also used for sacrifice!

Living lives have always been the best sacrifice.

The appearance and riot of Snakehead Blackfish will undoubtedly cause a bloodbath...

If Chen Ming had not been quick-witted and caught the big toad, asking it to help, the territory of the Nine Heavens Guild would have been razed to the ground.

At the same time, the two cities behind would also be bloody.

All this makes sense...

Chen Ming's face darkened involuntarily.

He glanced at the Zongzi on the ground and said coldly: "Snakehead Blackfish was stopped by me, so you have to take back the magic array that has been set up but not yet activated, or fill the gap in the teleportation array of the two cities behind, or..."

"Find another place."

"Set up the magic array."

"Create another bloodbath."

"Right?"

This is just Chen Ming's analysis, and there is no substantial evidence.

But when he finished these words, the black-robed man on the ground suddenly changed his face.

The original arrogance on his face also collapsed at this moment, revealing uncontrollable panic and surprise.

At this moment, Chen Ming's heart sank to the bottom.

It seems that his speculation was correct.

Qingfeng City is indeed wrong.

No, it's not just Qingfeng City.

Starting from the highest Zulong.

From top to bottom.

The whole of China...

There is something wrong!