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Tang Shaoyang stared at Wei Xi with a frown after listening to the concern about Yu Shun. Wei Xi told him that there was a big personality change on Wei Xi, a concerning change. The young man who had just reached twenty years often spoke by himself, sometimes laughing by himself in an empty room. It started like eight months ago or maybe even longer.

"How do you know? Did you spy on Yu Shun?"

Wei Xi shook his head, "Of course not. It's Luo Lan who told me about Yu Shun's change of behavior. She was worried that it would become worse, so she told me. Could it be because Yu Shun controlled too many zombies?"

"I am not sure. His class is one of the rarest classes, or maybe the class that exists only on Earth," Tang Shaoyang rubbed his chin. Zombie was the only term used on Earth. If it was another world, they called the zombies Undead. Meanwhile, Yu Shun's class was Zombie Apostle, so he speculated it was an exclusive class on Earth.

"What about Luo Lan? She is fine, right?" The drastic change in Yu Shun was indeed alarming. He was concerned that Yu Shun became abusive along with his change of behavior.

"She is...." Wei Xi paused mid-way. He was about to say that Luo Lan was fine, but he had been inside the dimensional tower for over two months. He did not know whether Luo Lan was okay or not.

Both got up from the chair, and they rushed toward the portal, returning to the capital. As soon as Tang Shaoyang arrived at the smart base, he asked Origin, "Where's Yu Shun?"

The smart Ai was not surprised by Tang Shaoyang's sudden return and replied in the next second.

[Sir Yu Shun left the capital five days ago as usual. He will return by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, Your Majesty.]

"What about Luo Lan? Where is she?" Wei Xi asked right after.

[Lady Luo Lan is in Lady Elinova's private kitchen. Lately, Lady Luo Lan has been learning to cook from Lady Elinova.]

"Is she fine? Does she have bruises on her body or face?" Wei Xi is genuinely concerned about Luo Lan's well-being. If she suffered, then it was his fault as he left her without solving Yu Shun's issue.

There was a few seconds pause from the Ai as the question caught it off guard, [Nnnnn. No!]

Tang Shaoyang and Wei Xi were relieved by the report. While there was a drastic change of behavior in Yu Shun, the young man still treasured his girlfriend. Luo Lan was Yu Shun's former teacher, and both had a deep bond to form a romantic relationship. It would be really concerning if Yu Shun suddenly became abusive toward her.

[Your Majesty seems to be concerned about Sir Yu Shun. I have something to report about Sir Yu Shun, too, about what he had been doing in the past year and the strange things that might be related to him.]

Tang Shaoyang and Wei Xi exchanged looks. In the past year, Tang Shaoyang was busy with the dimensional gate to another world and also the dimensional tower. He barely paid any attention in the main base.

"Let's go to another room," Wei Xi walked up the stairs. They were still in the basement where the portal was. He was afraid that the others would overhear their conversation. Yu Shun was one of the top figures in the empire, so he did not want a bad rumor about him spread out.

The safest place where no one could hear was, of course, Tang Shaoyang's office. Both sat on the couch and listened to Origin, narrating something strange about the appearance of the flesh tower. After the incident with Emperor Di, the Zombie Emperor who ran havoc in his territory, the suspected culprit who wiped out the military settlement.

After that incident, Tang Shaoyang and Zhang Mengyao created more squads, stronger squads where the Epic Rank would lead the squad directly, making sure that no more Zombie Lord or Zombie Emperor would appear. However, strange reports kept coming to the capital with the appearance of the flesh tower.

The flesh appeared twice in the Territory Wars, where they fought Zombie Lord and Emperor Zombie Di. They came to the conclusion that only Zombie Lord and Zombie Emperor could create the flesh tower. So, if they sent teams out to cut the zombie's growth, Zombie Lord and Zombie Emperor should not exist. If Zombie Lord and Zombie Emperor did not exist, then there would be no more flesh tower.

Yet, Origin kept receiving the report about the flesh tower's appearance. They found the flesh tower, but they could not find the Zombie Lord and Zombie Emperor around. There were sixty-six reports about the flesh tower since the Zombie Emperor Di's incident. The squads had confirmed the flesh tower's existence with the damaged environment. The soil and everything around the tower were corrupted by the dark energy.

Tang Shaoyang's frown deepened after hearing sixty-six flesh towers appear after the incident. There were a lot of flesh towers, and the strangest thing was that no Zombie Lord or Zombie Emperor was found.

"How can that incident be linked to Yu Shun?" Wei Xi asked about the critical part.

[Because it was Sir Yu Shun who conveniently destroyed the flesh tower each time it appeared. Sir Yu Shun left the capital for seven days last week, and the patrol team reported that Sir Yu Shun also destroyed five flesh towers. It's the same with the previous flesh towers. The report always came when Sir Yu Shun was away from the capital. I don't have any suspicion about him until you ask about him just now, Your Majesty. It's so odd to be a coincidence.]

Hearing that, Tang Shaoyang was struck by a sudden realization. No Zombie Lord or Zombie Emperor was found, but was that true? No, there was a Zombie Lord or even Zombie Emperor, and that zombie was under Yu Shun's control. That meant Yu Shun was the main suspect in the flesh tower creation. He shared his thoughts with Wei Xi.

"But why? What's the benefit of creating the flesh tower that destroys the environment? He should know that people can't live at the place occupied by the flesh tower." Wei Xi was confused. His mouth tried to deny that Yu Shun created the flesh tower, but his mind thought differently. Tang Shaoyang's guess made sense with the recent flesh tower appearance. He just did not want it to come true.

"I don't know, and I might be wrong. However, we will know the answer once we talk to him. We can't delay this any longer. If Yu Shun is the culprit, we need to get to the bottom of this."

There was no other option but to confront the young man directly. Of course, Tang Shaoyang also hoped it was not Yu Shun. Even if it was Yu Shun, he hoped there was a good reason behind it.

"We will wait for Yu Shun to return," Tang Shaoyang stood up, "While waiting for him, let's find more about Yu Shun from Luo Lan. I hope he is still the Yu Shun that I know."

At the same time, Tang Shaoyang could not help but blame himself. He felt like this happened because he neglected the young man while putting a big responsibility on the young man. While Yu Shun held no position in the empire, people put him on the same level as Lu An and Wei Xi. The responsibilities might be the factor that changed the young man, and it was he who trusted those responsibilities to Yu Shun.