An apartment complex.
Only two or three years old.
The other buildings were new and clean, but one building stood out as out of place.
The entrance door to the unit was covered in red paint with handwriting.
"Scum, die!"
"Zhang Tianbao is worse than pigs and dogs!"
"Execute Zhang Tianbao!"
The handwriting varied, not all from the same person.
Below the building.
A large crowd had gathered.
They included residents of the complex, people who had come from elsewhere, and even many from other provinces.
Some were shouting insults.
Some were shouting demands.
Others were livestreaming their tirades.
For a month or two, the other owners in this building had been unbearable.
The authorities couldn't stop the enraged citizens, but they knew the other owners were innocent, so they temporarily relocated them.
Only the last household remained in the entire building.
It wasn't that they were unwilling to move.
But moving wouldn't help.
Their information had already been spread by the public; the whole world knew.
Unless they moved off Blue Star.
Room 1102.
The walls of the elevator lobby were covered in blood-red writing, calling for violence.
The door was uneven.
It was the mark of being smashed with blunt objects.
The most outrageous thing was...
It stank!
The door, the ground outside the door, and even the walls.
Were covered in excrement.
Some had dried over time, while some were recently thrown, still quite fresh.
Inside the room.
Almost all the window panes had been smashed with stones.
"You better leave!"
Zhang Dahai glared at his son, who had just returned. "I'm being dragged down by you!"
"This family doesn't welcome you. I'm disowning you!" Xu Li shrieked.
The couple were disheveled.
Ever since Zhang Tianbao colluded with zombies, the couple had been driven to the brink of madness.
Did calamity not extend to family?
There were billions of people in Great Xia!
Who could guarantee that everyone would remain rational?
Windows smashed.
Doors smashed.
Constantly, netizens found their way to their door to curse them.
People had to eat, right?
Order takeout?
No delivery person dared to accept their orders.
Delivering food to them would make them public enemies!
The couple could only go out to buy groceries.
But as soon as they went out, being pointed at and cursed was the least of it; being doused with feces and paint was common.
They hated Zhang Tianbao to death.
It was all because of this useless son that they had been dragged down to become public enemies!
"Dad! Mom!"
Zhang Tianbao paid no attention, sitting on the sofa and humming, "I helped Qin Feng lure zombies, which was a great help to him. Are you really... really going to kick me out?!"
After being captured alive, he had lured zombies from Shangjing multiple times for Qin Feng's team to hunt.
Qin Feng had not mentioned killing him again.
He felt.
It was likely because he was valuable to Qin Feng, or even...
Qin Feng had already considered him a team member.
Zhang Dahai and Xu Li were stunned.
That's right!
Later, their son helped Qin Feng lure zombies.
Wasn't that a contribution?
Enough to offset his past mistakes!
"Son!"
Zhang Dahai's expression changed immediately, and he fawningly tried to placate him. "I was just angry for a moment. Uh... look! You're a hero now, can you talk to the country and get us a big villa?"
"Yes! And get me and your dad a car each, a Rolls-Royce!" Xu Li chimed in.
"Private jets and yachts are also a must."
"First, change houses!"
"I've had enough of those low-class commoners!"
Seeing his parents babbling incessantly and with fawning expressions.
Zhang Tianbao felt a great sense of satisfaction.
Weren't they calling me useless?
Weren't they saying I'd be a freeloader at home, waiting to die?
Look!
I've become successful now!
Even my own parents have to bow before me!
"Listen, you inside!"
Suddenly!
A voice called from outside. "Zhang Tianbao! Surrender immediately, you are surrounded by police!"
What?
Zhang Tianbao was taken aback.
He wasn't afraid at all.
This was hilarious!
I'm a hero of Great Xia, even Qin Feng needs my help, who dares to touch me?
He held his head high arrogantly and jumped out of the door.
Missing a leg, he could only hop.
Going downstairs.
The crowd was kept behind a police cordon.
At some point, swarms of police officers had surrounded the entire residential building.
Nearby, the police had formed a cordon.
In the distance, on several buildings.
Snipers had locked on.
As soon as Zhang Tianbao came out, the crowd, separated by the police, started cursing.
"Yo!"
Zhang Tianbao didn't care at all. "You dare point a gun at me? You don't want your jobs! Do you know who I'm associated with, Qin Feng? Do you know I'm a hero of Great Xia?"
"Let me tell you! If you touch a hair on my head, you'll regret it!"
The police officers were dumbfounded.
More than a month ago, the higher-ups had issued a death order.
As soon as Zhang Tianbao returned, he was to be apprehended immediately.
Quickly!
Strictly!
Severely!
But...
Almost the entire nation of Great Xia watched the live broadcast.
It seemed Zhang Tianbao had indeed been working with Qin Feng later on, and had even helped lure zombies multiple times.
Could he be arrested?
"You!"
Zhang Tianbao pointed at the leading police officer. "Get the mayor to talk to me! And, prepare a detached villa immediately, at least a thousand... no! At least three thousand square meters!"
"Prepare ten luxury cars worth over ten million first!"
"And..."
The sky.
Suddenly darkened.
A giant dark bird descended rapidly.
About ten meters from the ground, Qin Feng leaped from the bird's back, and Zhou Haiyang followed him down.
"Brother!"
Zhang Tianbao was very excited.
Then, he glared at the leading police officer. "See? My brother is here! Do you still dare to touch me? I'll twist your head off!"
Not a single policeman dared to utter a sound.
Qin Feng.
He had truly arrived!
"Haiyang, do as this says." Qin Feng handed Zhou Haiyang a blueprint.
Zhou Haiyang took it and looked.
What was this?
He didn't ask.
The captain's orders were unquestionable, so he immediately nodded and obeyed.
"Use your new ability," Qin Feng added.
"Yes!"
Zhou Haiyang walked to the central open space.
Whoosh!
The metal doors and windows of the building, as well as nearby metal signs, flew from all directions.
They were quickly compressed into a lump of metal.
This time, he had obtained the personal ranking reward.
Metal Metamorphosis.
It was the ability to convert different metals into each other.
Instantly!
The metal ingot, mainly aluminum alloy, rearranged its atomic structure, becoming the hardest alloy known, almost indestructible.
Then.
The metal ingot, with its properties changed, was reshaped according to the blueprint.
"Brother, what is Brother Haiyang doing?" Zhang Tianbao said obsequiously.
"Nothing much."
Qin Feng smiled kindly. "When he's done, you'll know?"
Two to three minutes later.
A strangely shaped object appeared.
At the bottom was an ordinary chair.
The center of the chair was hollow, somewhat like a toilet seat.
There were armrests on both sides.
Behind the chair back was a metal rod, to which a metal bucket was attached.
The bottom of the bucket was pointed.
There was a very tiny hole.
"Come!"
Qin Feng patted Zhang Tianbao's shoulder. "Go take a look."
"Oh..." Zhang Tianbao hopped over curiously.
Qin Feng grabbed his shoulder and pushed him onto the metal chair. "Is it comfortable to sit on? If not, let Haiyang adjust it."
"It's quite comfortable, with armrests and a backrest," Zhang Tianbao said, not understanding.
"That's good."
Qin Feng waved at Zhou Haiyang.
Suddenly, the metal at the armrests deformed, turning into metal clamps that secured Zhang Tianbao's forearms.
"Brother Haiyang, you..." Zhang Tianbao realized something was wrong.
Click!
His legs were also secured by metal clamps.
Metal clamps also extended from behind the chair back, tightly securing his waist.