Bengtie: My death fueled their madness.

"Don't be fooled by this Grand Duke of the Underworld's current antics; he hasn't actually come to the space station. Otherwise, he could have simply shown himself; why would he need to hijack the news feed?"

"When I find him, I hope he'll have some backbone and live up to what he just said."

In the end, Qi Zhimu made no attempt to conceal his chilling killing intent.

Xing began to mourn for Grand Duke Minghuo. Of all people to invite, he had to invite the patrolling sea knight.

Although she knew nothing about the Sea Rangers, Walter had said that revenge was part of the Sea Rangers' creed.

Not to mention that Qi Zhimu is Black Tower's lover, he himself is not someone to be trifled with. If he sets his sights on you, you're sure to have a hard time.

"Hmm... a new question has arisen. If Grand Duke Netherfire didn't come in person, how did he take action against the clerk?" Xing asked.

Qi Zhimu: "I've only heard of this person; I don't know much about his abilities."

"However, his initiative in coming forward directly confirmed my earlier guess. This short video is now definitely going viral on the Black Tower Space Station."

"…Yes."

Estelle responded with a wry smile.

"Although I used special methods to block the spread of the video, I still couldn't stop it from being spread privately. It could only be considered as slightly slowing down the spread."

Upon hearing this, Qi Zhimu's pupils rolled half a circle.

Estella doesn't seem to realize anything yet. As expected, she's still a naive young lady at heart. She has good management skills, but lacks experience.

"Found it."

Qi Zhimu pressed Enter to zoom in on the compiled documents.

"Take a look at these group chat and private chat records, and you should understand why it wasn't enough for Grand Duke Netherfire to target the Black Tower puppets, he also had to target the clerks."

The two leaned closer to examine it carefully, and within seconds they discovered a common point.

It was impossible not to discover it; the information Qi Zhimu found consisted entirely of chat logs, and contained extreme remarks directed at the space station's management.

The person who made these extreme remarks has quite a few supporters.

"Just keep an eye on the group chat, it'll only take five minutes at most," Qi Zhimu added, crossing his arms after they had almost finished reading.

Following Qi Zhimu's lead, the two temporarily forgot to think about the underlying reasons and focused on the group chat.

Less than three minutes later, a file was uploaded, and within seconds, both of their expressions changed simultaneously.

【A Bizarre Tale: /Missing Clerks Are All Opinion Leaders on the Space Station's Dark Web.xlsx】

[Driving a spaceship without a license: ?!]

[Relentless Destroyer: What on earth is this?]

[Bill Gewara: The missing clerks are all opinion leaders on the space station's black network... Goodness, even the defense department doesn't know this, but you're quite well-informed.]

[Chalichaqi: Sigh, I just forwarded this from next door too. Apparently, the account was deleted and disappeared as soon as it was posted.]

[Relentless Destruction: This feels a bit forced, but if it's true...]

[Unlicensed spaceship operation: I smell a conspiracy.]

[Chali Chaqi: Conspiracy my foot! It was absolutely a staged disappearance by Estelle herself, a ploy to eliminate dissidents.]

[Unlicensed Spaceship Operation: The Management Must Step Down!]

[Relentless in ruining people: But if that's really the case, wouldn't this group be in danger?]

[Taking the ultimate attack head-on: ...]

Xing typed a string of ellipses and sent it, then turned her head to look at Estella, and unsurprisingly saw a pale little face.

Qi Zhimu's guesses all came true.

What could be more destructive to the Black Tower space station than a turmoil in which the staff impeached the management?

Especially without the Black Tower, the more panic spreads, the bigger the chaos will become.

Just as Xing was pondering what to do, an unexpected event occurred!

Estella was suddenly enveloped in a ghostly blue flame.

"So hot! So hot! So hot!"

The next instant, she vanished from their sight.

"Estella!"

Xing instinctively tried to grab her, but his grasp fell on empty air.

"You know... huh?"

He turned to Qi Zhimu to ask for his opinion on the next move, only to find the room empty.

Even he has disappeared...

It's over.

She had absolutely no idea what to do next.

She took out her phone to try to contact them when a figure suddenly appeared beside her, startling her so much that she instinctively brandished a baseball bat.

Upon realizing it was Qi Zhimu, his tense expression relaxed.

"You scared me half to death! What are you doing... following me...?"

"Like a ghost?"

"...Ahem, in terms of general rationality, yes."

"Come on, let's put out the little flame that's sneaking into the space station." Qi Zhimu smiled faintly.

"Hehehe, little flame? Even geniuses don't have such arrogance. You certainly have a big mouth, but it doesn't matter. I find your arrogance quite agreeable. If you can do it, then give it a try."

A somewhat familiar voice echoed around; it was none other than the Grand Duke of the Underworld.

Xing became vigilant again.

Qi Zhimu was not surprised at all.

"You mixed a wisp of your Netherfire into the space station, yet you dare not show up yourself. Aren't you ashamed to say such things?"

This time, no one responded.

"Have you located the other party?" Xing asked.

"Um."

Qi Zhimu grabbed Xing's arm, whose vision blurred and she felt a strong sense of weightlessness.

Before she could speak, she found herself standing in a confined compartment.

"You can teleport?"

"No, it just reduces the time required for the defense section to get to the closed compartment to within 2 seconds."

"???"

Xing: Help! My head is so itchy! I can't understand anything.

"The space station's protective barrier is at its strongest; that little flame won't escape. I just went to the Black Tower office, activated the folding space here, and modified certain parameters."

Qi Zhimu showed no sign of urgency and calmly said:

"The other party is trapped in the nearby space, which will only prolong the time it takes for us to find him."

"What about Estádio, and the missing doll and clerk?" Hoshi asked.

"If nothing unexpected happens, he'll be in the special space of that Netherfire. Once the flames go out, he'll naturally return. I didn't expect the Netherfire Grand Duke to use spatial power; that's beyond my expectations."

He had previously thought it was a transfer.

Next, we'll begin the game of trapping turtles in a jar.

As Qi Zhimu said, the Netherfire could not escape the space station and could only move around within a specific space.

No matter how they tried to escape, their activity area became smaller and smaller until they were finally trapped in the last space.

"Why did you stop running?"

Qi Zhimu casually flicked different fingers, teasingly saying:

"Could it be because the surrounding space has been frozen, making spatial transfer and travel impossible? The farce is over, Little Flame."

The Netherfire sprouted human-like eyes, staring intently at Qi Zhimu.

"Ignorant fools blindly chase after the light, unaware that the gift of destruction has already fallen at their feet."

"No wonder even the Lord's legion failed to purify this place. I shall now admit my recklessness."

"But next time, I will visit you myself, and offer you the mourning for your sins with ghostly fire, prepare to wail..."

"You're such a hypocrite! Still pretending in front of me, you're not speaking like a human being."

Qi Zhimu used the Zhongruan to forcefully disperse the Netherfire, and the hunting power quietly seeped in, silently attaching itself to the flame factors.

"Listen, I'll kill you in three days, and wash your neck clean, Afrit."