Reflecting on Lin Yifan's actions after his return, they recognized that the true helper of Qingshi Town was Lin Yifan, not some Mountain God.

"It turns out we've all wronged a good person."

Those who had doubted and insulted Lin Yifan felt deeply ashamed, simply unable to face themselves.

On the other hand, hearing Lin Yifan's shout, Zhao Dabing curiously asked, "Leopard, what do you have to say to me?"

"I want to tell you that the people you've captured are likely implicated in the harm of innocent civilians in Qingshi Town," Lin Yifan replied.

"What?"

On hearing this, both Zhao Dabing and the surrounding people were shocked. They had thought that Chief Zheng, Town Chief Chen and the others were merely involved in corruption; it was shocking to learn that they were also suspected of harming civilians.

And when he heard Lin Yifan's response, Town Chief Chen, Chief Zheng, and the people from the Zheng family felt a sense of impending doom; if someone among them confessed, they all could face the death penalty! Their lives were at stake, so it was natural for them to be afraid.

"Please, let no one confess! Please, let no one confess!" Chief Zheng silently prayed, extremely nervous.

He was the chief, and he'd seen many criminals betray their bosses during interrogation, so he feared that Zheng Hui's underlings might betray them all for a lighter sentence.

However, these things weren't something he could prevent just by praying. When it was time for a breakthrough, someone would confess.

Elsewhere, having calmed his shocked mind, Zhao Dabing asked curiously, "Leopard! Are you telling the truth? Do you have any evidence?"

"I heard the testimonies of the missing persons' families just now and found a common thread in their relatives' disappearances: none were near the cave. According to what I know, the Demon Mountain God cannot leave the cave; hence the only reason those who disappeared inexplicably appeared in the cave is that someone must have captured them and taken them there for the Demon Mountain God to devour.

These accomplices must be doing these atrocious acts because they were rewarded by the Mountain God; and their strong defense for the Mountain God probably comes from the benefits they received, which is why I suspect these people," Lin Yifan answered.

Hearing Lin Yifan's answer, everyone present was shocked once again by the horrifying truth; the Town Chief they had always trusted was such a cold-blooded, cruel person—it was terrifying.

Lin Yifan's analysis was not unfounded. Although Town Chief Chen and his people didn't usually do bad things, they didn't do good things either. What puzzled them more was how the Town Chief's house had become more beautiful by the day over the past few years, rivaling the villas in the city, and how his do-nothing son suddenly started driving luxury cars and flaunting wealth around town, leaving everyone baffled about the origin of this money.

"It's too horrifying! Too horrifying! How could this happen? Our trusted Town Chief is actually a cold-blooded, heartless maniac! It's too terrifying!"

At that moment, everyone present was panic-stricken and utterly shocked.

Seeing this reaction, Town Chief Chen defended himself, "My fellow villagers, do not believe his words. I am your good Town Chief; I would never harm you."

But his words were so weak and feeble.

The people were no longer the same as before; they would no longer blindly believe in the Mountain God. They had woken from their mistakes and would not easily trust anyone's words again.

"A good Town Chief? Hmph! You're now clanging behind bars, and you still have the audacity to speak of being a good Town Chief, isn't that a joke?" Lin Yifan said with a face full of scorn.

"You bastard! Actually using power to press down on me; do you think I will submit like this? I tell you, I would rather die than submit, and I believe the law will grant me justice!" Chen, the Town Chief, bellowed at Lin Yifan.

At this point, the only thing he could do was to shamelessly put on an act of vulnerability, trying to gain the sympathy of the fellow villagers, thereby influencing their judgment.

However, his ploy to seek sympathy was ruthlessly overturned by Zhao Dabing.

"You still have the face to talk about the law, after all the money you've embezzled from people's pockets over the years? The Mayor of Lishan City has already confessed truthfully; you should stop your futile struggles," Zhao Dabing retorted with a cold sneer.

He hadn't expected that someone could be so shamelessly thick-skinned, and it genuinely startled him.

Had he not already obtained irrefutable evidence, it would have been extremely difficult to extract anything of value from the mouth of this Town Chief, whose skin was thicker than steel.

"Lies. How could the Mayor of Lishan City confess? Besides, what does his confession have to do with me."

Now that he had spoken, he could only continue down the path of his own professed innocence.

Witnessing this scene, to be honest, Director Zheng was overwhelmed by the thick-skinned tactics of Chen, the Town Chief; if every culprit was as brazen, that would put his mind at ease. However, clearly, this was not a realistic idea.

"There's no point in trying to gain the sympathy of the villagers of Qingshi Town here; no one can save you now," Zhao Dabing stated pointedly, directly addressing the reason for Chen, the Town Chief's actions.

Thus, the villagers who were just beginning to doubt, immediately firmed up their resolve. They felt that they could no longer trust the deceiving, calamitous essence of Chen, the Town Chief.

"Justice has its own judgment; if you truly are a good Town Chief for us, you will be released without charge; if not, then you are thoroughly a bad person!" the villagers of Qingshi Town responded.

Seeing that the villagers of Qingshi Town were becoming indifferent one by one, Chen, the Town Chief knew that this ruse was now ineffective; he had no choice but to concede.

On the other hand, after revealing the true intentions of Chen, the Town Chief, Zhao Dabing returned to the original topic, curiously asking, "Leopard, how did you determine that the Mountain God couldn't leave the cave?"

This was very important information, related to a case of harming innocent villagers, so he wanted to get it clear.

"Just think about it, if a demon with powerful mana who eats people could live freely, would it need the villagers to provide it with food? Would it need to keep hiding in this small cave? And I stake my life on it, the Demon Mountain God cannot leave the cave," Lin Yifan replied.

In truth, the real reason was hard for him to explain, as it involved things like cultivation power and Arrays—these cultivation-related matters; he couldn't disclose them to Zhao Dabing, who hadn't seen much of the world.

"Good! I know what to do now," Zhao Dabing replied.

Lin Yifan's hypothesis made a lot of sense; a real demon wouldn't need to trick villagers to get food, and a real demon wouldn't be willing to live in a constrained space all the time.

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