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Chapter 177: Extortion [176]

The architectural layout and style of Anhua City are completely different from Qinglin City.

Cheng Han walked around the city with the feathered beast, thoroughly enjoying himself.

Guagua's messy appearance naturally attracted the curious gazes of many passersby, and many people whispered and pointed.

But Cheng Han paid no attention to it, just sighing, "The difference between the two cities is too big."

Qinglin City looks square and neat, with streets arranged like a chessboard, each block being a small square.

The buildings in the city, whether they are residential or public buildings, have a highly unified style, with red walls, blue tiles, and large doorways.

Anhua City, on the other hand, is very different.

The layout of this city is like a large round cake, with a sense of freedom in the other roads besides the eight core main roads in the shape of the Chinese character "米".

The architectural styles are also varied, with houses scattered around, and it's almost impossible to see a neatly organized residential area.

But thanks to the large green spaces, it doesn't appear chaotic, but rather has a sense of being well-placed.

Regarding this, Cheng Han commented, "It looks pretty."

Speaking of which, belonging to the same small spiritual realm, the difference in city styles is obviously a strange thing.

Cheng Han is a good student in history class, so naturally he understands the reasons behind it.

In simple terms, this can be traced back to the development period of the small spiritual realm.

After the Tai'an small spiritual realm "grew" into shape, a group of people were selected from the other three small spiritual realms and, under the leadership of a high-ranking official, established three cities respectively.

The preferences of the officials and the different architectural styles that the craftsmen were good at set the tone for the cities.

When subsequent officials took over and decided to expand the cities, they also followed tradition, that is, expanding towards the outer periphery without destroying the overall style.

There has never been a large-scale demolition and construction like in another time and space in the Tai'an small spiritual realm.

At this moment, Guagua's strange appearance finally caught the attention of a patrol team patrolling during the day.

The leader of the patrol team whistled, and a group of people and three spirit mastiffs crossed the road and approached.

By the way, the uniforms of the patrol officers in Anhua City are grass green in color, and they also wear a grass green windproof cap.

Cheng Han saw a group of people wearing green hats approaching with a domineering manner, and silently commented in his heart, "Funny."

A tall patrol officer shouted unceremoniously, "Hey, kid, stop and undergo inspection!"

Cheng Han turned his head and instantly understood the other party's intention - the forest badger.

The forest badger he had previously captured in the wilderness was not an ordinary species, but a rare black-bellied forest badger.

They are timid and cautious creatures, usually living in the wilderness far from cities, rarely seen.

The meat of the black-bellied forest badger is delicious, and combined with its rarity, it naturally becomes a highly sought-after wild product.

This forest badger weighs over forty catties, enough to be sold at a high price of three gold coins.

Sure enough.

A tall man with a green hat approached and looked up and down at the prey on Gua Gua's body. With a condescending attitude, he asked, "Are you a hunter?"

This is a logical guess. In the cold winter, only hunters would be out hunting in the wild, suffering.

Cheng Han remained calm and composed, "Yes."

But he felt speechless in his heart. When he was working at the Inspection Office before, he had heard of such "extortion under the pretext of official duties," but he never expected to encounter it himself today.

The tall man with the green hat revealed a smile that said, "As expected, I guessed right." He said, "During the strange incidents that occur frequently during the winter curfew, in order to avoid unexpected situations, the Inspection Office has the right to conduct a detailed inspection of your prey."

Cheng Han was taken aback, "The prey is already dead, how could it become strange?"

He secretly shook his head. These people's behavior was really ugly.

The tall man with the green hat was a little embarrassed, "I am an inspector, do you know better than me?"

Cheng Han muttered quietly, "When I was in Qinglin City, as long as the prey brought into the city was dead, the Inspection Office wouldn't care at all. Anhua City has too many regulations, right?"

This was a slap in the face.

But the tall man with the green hat didn't show any anger. Instead, he revealed a greedy expression, "Come! Come back with me for an investigation!"

Cheng Han pretended to be surprised, "I haven't done anything illegal, why should I..."

The tall man with the green hat arrogantly interrupted, "Whether you have done anything illegal or not, we will decide!"

The chief inspector, who had been silent all this time, gave an order, "Xie Yu, Li Shuanglin, you two control the feathered beasts. Xu Yongfeng, you escort this kid."

"Yes!"

From the demeanor of these people, it was undoubtedly their intention to slaughter... no, it should be to plunder the fat sheep from out of town.

When bullying the common people of this city, they had to consider their reputation to some extent. But when bullying outsiders, what the hell did they care about? Of course, they would ruthlessly exploit them!

The three spirit beasts looked at each other and sat down on the ground, not approaching.

The dogs had their own sense of right and wrong and couldn't stand by in such matters. Unfortunately, they couldn't disobey the inspector's orders and could only go along with it.

At this moment.

Cheng Han finally took off the disguise of the little white rabbit and turned into a fierce wolf.

His momentum instantly became extremely intimidating as he shouted, "Kneel!"

This shout contained a strong spiritual pressure.

"Boom!"

Including the chief inspector, everyone suddenly heard a thunderous sound.

In the next moment.

They felt that the person and the beast in front of them had suddenly turned into giants.

These few people immediately broke out in a cold sweat, trembling all over, and involuntarily knelt down on the ground.

"Roar!"

Gua Gua, seeing these people kneeling down, curiously approached.

This action, in the eyes of several people, seemed like a giant mountain about to crush them.

"Oh my god~"

"Help~"

A group of people were scared to the point of crying and begging for mercy, with liquid seeping from their crotches and steam rising.

Their willpower collapsed.

"Woof! Woof!"

Three spiritual mastiffs realized that something was wrong and ran towards the outpost together.

Five minutes later.

The outpost leader of the jurisdiction arrived with a large group of people (and dogs).

Under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Cheng Han pointed at a few trembling individuals and declared in a condescending tone, "These trash-like individuals have been requisitioned by the Black Armor Army!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions changed.

The Black Armor Army?!

It's over!

These bastards actually extorted the Black Armor Army soldiers. This is a big deal.

Not only will the entire outpost suffer, but even the inspection office will likely face reprimand.

The outpost leader wanted nothing more than to eat a few of his subordinates alive, but he had to save face and said, "May I ask which regiment the soldier is from? I served in the Fifth Regiment before."

Cheng Han didn't give the other person a good look and simply waved his hand, throwing a badge over.

This guy can't even manage his subordinates, allowing them to openly extort people on the street, and he has the audacity to try to establish a connection?

The outpost leader took the badge and glanced at it. "Second Regiment... Cheng Han..."

This person was shocked. "You're that once-in-a-century genius soldier?"

A group of inspectors (dogs) looked at him with changed expressions.

Cheng Han still didn't pay attention to the other person, but he felt a bit speechless.

Wasn't it once every fifty years before? When did it upgrade to once every century?

The outpost leader's expression revealed a hint of humility. "Soldier Cheng, what do you mean by 'requisition'?"

If it were an ordinary soldier, he wouldn't be so cautious, but the reputation of the genius youth was too great. Even the city's inspection office was buzzing with rumors about him. How could he dare to be disrespectful?

Cheng Han explained for once, "I heard that there is a man-eating aquatic supernatural creature in Anhua City."

Senior team leader Ao Feng, who had invited him to participate in the mission before, wanted to come and see now that he had completed the prologue of the revenge script.

The outpost leader's lips moved, but in the end, he didn't say anything.

Of course, this person understood that the meaning of the genius youth was to requisition these idiots to participate in the investigation of the supernatural creature cannibalism incident.

And from the other party's meaning, it seemed that these people were being used as bait. This undoubtedly meant a highly dangerous "requisition."

The freezing-cold chief inspector, realizing that things were not good, shouted hoarsely, "Outpost leader, I know I've broken the law and seriously violated the regulations. I'm willing to go to jail."

The outpost leader's face showed a mocking expression. "Is hiding in prison useful? How difficult can it be for the Black Armor Army to requisition a few prisoners?"

This matter could very likely jeopardize his position as the patrol leader, and he resented it greatly, naturally unwilling to help them.

The patrol leader's body went limp, and he slumped down.

The other patrol officers also had pale faces.

Only the three spirit mastiffs wagged their tails slightly.

The patrol leader asked cautiously, "Soldier Cheng, it's not very good for so many people to stand by the roadside. Would you like to go to the outpost and rest for a while?"

Not just not very good, it was almost going to cause a huge uproar.

Although many civilians dared not approach, they all stood at a distance to watch the "patrol officers kneeling" spectacle.

The patrol leader just wanted to get this man out of here as soon as possible, so that the situation wouldn't escalate further.

Cheng Han pretended not to hear.

Does this guy even deserve to teach me how to do things?

The so-called leading by example, since even the patrol leader acted so arrogantly, he didn't believe the patrol leader's hands were clean.

Cheng Han turned his head and looked at the feathered beast, smiling, "Guagua, we caught some fish on the way."

"If we find a fish in a pond, then most likely there are many more fish hidden in the unseen corners, right?"

Guagua agreed, "Yes!"

The patrol leader had a vague sense of unease.

What did this genius teenager mean? What did he want to do?

Cheng Han continued, "The extortion we encountered just now is definitely like the fish in the pond."

"Besides us, there must be more victims. Shouldn't we help others and seek justice for them?"

"Yes!"

Guagua answered earnestly.

Cheng Han sneered in his heart: Do you think it's that simple?

A grand outpost turned into a bandit camp. If the outpost isn't turned upside down, this matter won't be considered finished!

If there are obstacles on the road, I'll step on them!

The patrol leader's face suddenly became very ugly.

Cheng Han suddenly cleared his throat and sent his voice far away, audible within a radius of one kilometer:

"Everyone, I am Cheng Han, a soldier of the Black Armor Army. I just..."

The patrol leader's heart sank, and his legs began to weaken.

He had originally planned to make some moves, strive for a suspension as punishment, and then come back to continue being the patrol leader after the storm passed.

But with the other party's actions, it was no longer a question of whether he could continue to be the patrol leader, but rather how many years of hard labor he would have to endure.

"...If anyone has any grievances, feel free to join me in seeking justice!"

Cheng Han used this sentence as the ending.

The patrol leader suddenly felt that a major earthquake was about to happen.

(End of this chapter)