After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

Zhou Yan glanced at Yang Meixin across from him. Yang Meixin looked at Zhou Yan pitifully, her lips moving. After a few seconds, Yang Meixin spoke.

"Why don't you hand me over?"

Zhou Yan smiled slightly.

Zhou Yan didn't believe that this woman was really thinking of him and wanted him to hand her over. She clearly felt that if Zhou Yan wanted to hand her over, her opinion was useless, and if Zhou Yan didn't want to hand her over, her words would win him favor.

Zhou Yan likes people who are intelligent.

So he spoke to the old man and the lieutenant colonel at the door.

"Do you believe I can kill your whole family later?"

The old man curled his lips in disdain, and a burst of laughter erupted outside the cafeteria.

Zhou Yan heard the discussions outside the cafeteria, which were not suppressed at all and seemed to be intended for the people inside the cafeteria to hear.

Are all young people these days idiots? Do they really think that saying a few harsh words will scare others?

"I'm not easily scared."

"Hehe, I love seeing these pretentious people cry their eyes out."

Yang Meixin's lips moved again, but this time she didn't say anything. Her face was filled with sorrow. She was already wondering if Zhou Yan should kill her so that she could suffer less.

Amidst the laughter, the old man suddenly disappeared, leaving the major at the door smiling and wondering if he should film it when Zhou Yan was taught a lesson later.

But the major's smile froze the next second.

The old man who had disappeared reappeared beside Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan, who was still sitting in his seat, grabbed a severed arm and threw it in front of the major with a whoosh.

The major lowered his head, his expression gradually becoming serious. If he wasn't mistaken, the severed arm belonged to the old man.

The old man beside Zhou Yan slowly turned his head, looking at Zhou Yan in disbelief as he remained motionless in his spot.

Zhou Yan released his other hand, revealing two blood-stained knees.

"Pfft."

The elderly man, who had lost his knees, knelt on the ground, blood continuously seeping from the wounds on his knees.

Zhou Yan didn't even look at the old man, and simply said...

"You're not a bad person, I'll spare your life."

In the omniscient world, this old man was one of the few bad guys under Zhang Wu who didn't do evil.

The old man had indeed intended to spare Zhou Yan's life, and since he had done so, Zhou Yan should spare his life in return.

Zhou Yan stood up and spoke to Yang Meixin, who was staring in disbelief.

　"Alright, get up, I'll take you to Dongyang Prefecture." (from the novel "ba¨‰、i∫↓陆@●丝澌貳")

Yang Meixin is quite intelligent, and she's a college graduate. Zhou Yan plans to appoint her as an assistant to the mayor or a propaganda minister, or something similar. High-caliber talent should be used in such positions.

Zhou Yan walked around the dining table and headed towards the major.

The major's expression tightened, and then he spoke.

"I am the Federal Government..."

"Oh!"

Outside the cafeteria.

A whole team of mechanics surrounded them.

Soldiers driving tanks and operating machine guns looked with smiles at the entrance to the mess hall.

However, what they were expecting—the scene of their major and the Zhang family's demon-level thugs capturing that reckless brat—did not happen. Instead, they saw their major suddenly fly out of the cafeteria entrance, transforming into a meteor and crashing into an empty house a hundred meters away, collapsing it.

Then a young man walked out of the cafeteria with a beautiful girl.

Hundreds of gun barrels were instantly pointed at Zhou Yan.

After scanning the gun barrels, the young man suddenly remembered that he seemed to have a special talent for absorbing calamities and protecting others from disasters. So these gun barrels were originally meant to be aimed at Yang Meixin, but since he came, the disaster was aimed at him instead.

I'm truly a mythical beast; I have to shoulder the burden when mortals are in trouble.

Zhou Yan walked expressionlessly toward the edge of the city amidst hundreds of gun barrels. Yang Meixin was not as arrogant as Zhou Yan; she hid to his side, not daring to look directly at the gun barrels pointed at her.

"call out……"

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The surrounding troops were in an uproar.

These 20mm sniper bullets could be considered anti-materiel; a single bullet could penetrate a tank, but Zhou Yan caught them with his bare hands.

These are high-level Awakened beings with such high Awakening levels!

Zhou Yan casually tossed the bullet he had caught outwards.

"Oh!"

A military off-road vehicle that was blocking the road at an intersection exploded instantly.

The soldiers around them looked at each other and couldn't help but take a step back.

This awakened one looks like someone you don't want to mess with.

"Crash..."

Several helicopters flew over from a distance, and the sound of their huge rotors echoed in the area even from a great distance. Several people leaned out of the door of the helicopter and jumped off without saying a word.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The continuous thuds of the helicopters landing shook the ground, drawing the attention of the surrounding troops to the people disembarking from the helicopters.

The leader, a handsome and charismatic middle-aged man with a colonel's insignia, nodded to the soldiers looking over, adopting an air of superiority.

Yang Meixin, who was standing next to Zhou Yan, immediately shouted.

"It's Councilor Wu Yuan."

Wu Yuan, the local state assemblyman and the system binder of Little Yan Jun, turned around and looked at Yang Meixin, the middle-aged man, who smiled bitterly.

"What were you all doing while I was out running errands? How did you manage to cause such a huge mess?"

An elderly man in a brown suit emerged from the army surrounding Zhou Yan and pointed at Yang Meixin, shouting.

“Councilor Wu, Yang Meixin killed my young master.”

Yang Meixin shouted.

"I didn't! I had absolutely no reason to harm Zhang Liao."

The old man in the brown suit said angrily.

"It must be you, look at you two adulterers, it must be..."

"Oh!"

The old man's head suddenly exploded, and blood and flesh clung to the surrounding soldiers, who screamed and retreated.

"Angkor!"

The major, who had been knocked away by Zhou Yan earlier, walked over, clutching his fractured ribs, and said resentfully.

“Yang Meixin and this child conspired to kill Zhang Liao. Zhang Wu was furious and insisted on catching the adulterous couple. I was entrusted by Zhang Wu to catch this guy, but I was incapable.”

The major sniffed and looked at Wu Yuan with a bitter expression.

“Angkor, let’s work together and capture this kid! This kind of guy who kills people at will and dares to violently resist the law cannot be allowed to live.”

Wu Yuan asked expressionlessly.

"Xiao Fang, didn't you watch the live stream?"

The major looked at Wu Yuan with a puzzled expression. Wu Yuan turned around, looked at Zhou Yan, and smiled broadly.

"Councilor Zhou, I'm sorry. It's my fault for not disciplining my son properly, which caused him to offend you."

Wu Yuan then looked at the major.

"What are you looking at? Go and say hello to Brother Zhou, kneel down and apologize to him, begging for his forgiveness!"

The major, his face swollen, turned up: er＇♀泗＠∧]伞《5=±蕗缌懵逼。

Wu Yuan gave a look to the few men who had come with him.

His men rushed over and, without saying a word, beat the major until he was bruised and swollen, and had several teeth knocked out. They then forcibly placed him in front of Zhou Yan.

"Apologize!"

Wu Yuan's subordinate, who was pinning down the major, roared.

The major, whose face was so swollen from the beating that his features were barely recognizable, mumbled incoherently.

"Brother Zhou, I... I was wrong. Please forgive my mistake..."

Chapter Twenty-One: Bonus Chapter for Thanks to Monthly Ticket Donations

"Hahaha……"

Wu Yuan walked up with a hearty laugh.

"As the saying goes, no fight, no friendship, Councilor Zhou. Your presence in Dingxiang City is a great honor. Don't let these little guys ruin your good mood."

Wu Yuan looked around at the soldiers who were dumbfounded and had no idea what had happened.

"What are you all standing there for? Go back to work, you sons of bitches! I'm paying you to stand here posing for pictures?!"

The rest of the army slowly and orderly dispersed.

Wu Yuan reached out to Zhou Yan.

"Councilor Zhou, we don't have much good stuff in Dingxiang City, except for some very famous grilled fish. Since you're here, you should definitely try it."

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"I have something to do, so I won't bother you any longer."

Wu Yuan said enthusiastically.

"What do you mean by disturbing me? It's just a meal. If you don't eat, Councilor Zhou, then you're disregarding my favor."

Yang Meixin, who was next to Zhou Yan, said in a low voice.

"What Councilor Wu means is that once we've had the meal, this grudge can be considered settled. Otherwise, you, um, young man, coming here, hitting someone, and then leaving makes things very difficult for Councilor Wu."

Zhou Yan came here and killed someone, and beat up Wu Yuan's men in front of the other soldiers. If Wu Yuan does nothing, he will lose face if word gets out. Unless Zhou Yan and Wu Yuan have a drink and a meal together, and everyone goes over in a lively manner, then it will be acceptable on the surface.

In today's environment, saving face is extremely important.

Zhou Yan remained silent for a few seconds, and finally decided to give this Councilor Wu face out of respect for Xiao Yanjun.

"Okay, let's eat then."

Councilor Wu breathed a sigh of relief. The man made a gesture to his subordinate, and soon a sports car pulled up. Councilor Wu invited Zhou Yan and Yang Meixin to get into the sports car, while he drove to the municipal government.

While driving, Councilor Wu asked Zhou Yan what he was doing in Dingxiang City and what he wanted to see Yang Meixin for. He said that his brothers looked down on him and hoped that Zhou Yan wouldn't be angry.

Since it wasn't Zhou Yan who got hit, he didn't think it was a big deal, and their conversation went quite smoothly.

The luxury car arrived at the municipal government building ten minutes later. Councilor Wu respectfully helped Zhou Yan out of the car and into the conference room on the second floor of the municipal government building.

The conference table in the meeting room had been moved out and replaced with a dining table. Various cold dishes were laid out on the table. Zhou Yan glanced at them and saw that a small portion was canned food, while most of them were freshly cut beef, lamb, and pork.

Councilor Wu searched for Zhou Yandao's name: "→94～≮=泀'馓脉".

"Councilor Zhou, the situation is difficult right now, and there's not much good food. Please make do with what you have."

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"I don't have any particular requirements for food."

Zhou Yan found a seat and sat down. Yang Meixin sat down next to Zhou Yan, and Councilor Wu and his five subordinates took their seats. Councilor Yang even served Zhou Yan a few pieces of dried fish.

"This is a specialty of our Dingxiang City: dried dace. It has a delicious and fragrant flavor. Councilor Zhou, you must try it!"

Zhou Yan picked up the dried fish given to him by Councilor Wu and put it in his mouth to chew.

Everyone else focused their attention on Zhou Yan's face, and apart from Yang Meixin and Zhou Yan, they all had expectant expressions.

A few seconds later, Zhou Yan swallowed the dried fish and forced a smile.