activa-t 180. Chapter 180 Save People, Kill People!
180. Chapter 180 Save People, Kill People!
Chapter 180: Saving Lives, Killing People!
Ah!
Liu Zimo sighed softly with a gloomy expression.
Although he had witnessed cannibalistic tragedies like this more than once in his previous life, this was the first time he had encountered such a cruel scene of cooking live people.
What made him even more angry and murderous was that the people from the Jinji Kingdom were planning to cook their fellow Da Xia people.
"Die!"
Liu Zimo snorted coldly, and four streams of Qi immediately left his body.
They respectively slashed towards the two burly men who had approached him, as well as the two Jinji Kingdom people who were holding the limbs of the Da Xia woman.
Bang!
Boom!
All four burly men clutched their necks and fell to the ground, unable to get up.
The hundreds of Jinji Kingdom people watching the scene didn't feel scared, but instead became more excited.
They stared at the four motionless burly men on the ground, drooling, and gripped their knives and forks even tighter.
"Since they're dead, we can't waste them. Let's cook them all!"
Someone spoke up, and then everyone rushed forward, tearing and fighting over the four burly men on the ground.
They completely ignored Liu Zimo, the murderer, and the Da Xia woman he had saved, leaving them aside.
In their eyes, Liu Zimo, who had a relatively smaller stature, and the weak Da Xia woman were obviously less "meaty" than the four bodies lying on the ground.
"They've gone mad, they're all starving!"
Liu Zimo shook his head speechlessly.
The Jinji Kingdom people in this city had all gone mad, with only "food" in their eyes and not a trace of emotion or humanity.
It seemed that the food crisis in the Jinji Kingdom was far more severe than he had previously anticipated.
"Sir, please save my son, save my son!"
As soon as Liu Zimo untied the ropes on the woman and removed the cloth from her mouth, he heard her pleading for help.
"My son, along with three colleagues, are all locked in the basement over there. Please, save them, otherwise they will also become food for these demons!"
"These people have gone mad. In the past half month, they have eaten fifteen of our colleagues in a row!"
Wuwu~!!
As she spoke, the woman suddenly broke down and burst into tears.
Her already emaciated and frail body, due to the fluctuation of emotions, directly fainted.
Liu Zimo couldn't help but shake his head slightly.
The demons living in the apocalypse were not just these Jinji Kingdom people.
For the sake of survival, for a mouthful of food, how many people in this world could hold onto their true nature and conscience?
Liu Zimo had already sensed the underground basement the woman mentioned when he first arrived.
Two men and one woman, along with a semi-grown child of about ten years old, were all tied up with their hands and feet, huddled together tremblingly.
Except for the child, who was crying because he knew he was about to lose his mother and had no strength left, the other three, although fearful, had a sense of relief in their eyes for not being chosen.
Although, unless something unexpected happened, the three of them would eventually be unable to escape the fate of being cooked and eaten by the Jinji Kingdom people outside.
But being able to live one more day was much better than dying immediately for them.
This was human nature.
It was also the thing that was most easily tested in the apocalypse.
Swish!
Liu Zimo waved his hand and took out a Fullness Pill from the Eastern Pearl, prying open the woman's mouth and directly stuffing the pill in.
Then he secretly released his Qi, dissolving the medicinal power of the pill and slowly sending it into the woman's stomach.
The woman's body was weak and she had fainted due to malnutrition. The main problem was her poor nutrition. As long as her hungry stomach was treated, everything would be solved.
The pill entered her stomach, and the spiritual power dissolved.
The woman's pale face soon showed a hint of rosy color.
Her breathing became steady and strong, and her withered skin quickly became plump and fairer.
Liu Zimo used his divine sense to sense it slightly.
He discovered that, in just a short amount of time, one-third of the woman's stomach's full energy, or rather, the nutritional energy cluster, had already been consumed.
In other words, in order to replenish the nutritional consumption in her body, the satiety pill had consumed five days' worth of satiety time.
From this, one could also infer that this woman was truly starving, and her physical functions were in a critical state.
Even if she hadn't experienced today's disaster, she probably wouldn't have been able to hold on for one or two more days.
Swish!
Just as Liu Zimo was examining the woman's physical condition, a cold light suddenly flashed from the left side of his body, directly attacking his neck!
Bang!
Liu Zimo didn't even look or dodge. When the short dagger was about three feet away from him, the strength in his body naturally erupted, and with a swoosh, he sent the attacker flying a hundred meters away!
It was the mayor who had just given orders to the two strong men.
However, at this moment, his sternum was shattered, blood was spraying from his seven orifices, and he was already exhaling more than inhaling, barely clinging to life.
"It turns out to be an awakened superpower with boundless strength, and he already possesses a body strength similar to that of an Iron Bone Realm martial artist. No wonder he can't give orders to others!" Liu Zimo glanced lightly at the mayor who was lying on the ground and didn't make another move.
Because more than a dozen people from the Jinji Kingdom who had just failed to snatch the "food" had gathered around him, waving their knives and forks at him.
He likes to eat people, right?
Then let him taste what it's like to be eaten by others!
Perhaps because of Liu Zimo's formidable performance of killing five people in a row, the remaining Jinji Kingdom people, although already insane, instinctively didn't dare to approach Liu Zimo and the woman.
After all, they were looking for food, not death!
Taking advantage of the opportunity when these people were fighting over the "food," Liu Zimo slowly took out the [King's Spirit Crystal] and used the same trick again.
Soon, golden light radiated, enveloping the entire city.
From all directions, twenty-three devouring spirit insects successively swarmed over.
Seeing this, Liu Zimo raised an eyebrow, extremely surprised.
He didn't expect that in this small city, which occupied an area even less than half of San Yuan City, there would be so many devouring spirit insects hidden!
It should be noted that in the capital city, among the millions of people, he had only caught a dozen or so.
In comparison, this small city, which covered less than twenty square kilometers and had a population of less than five hundred thousand, had captured twenty-three devouring spirit insects in one go, which was definitely a pleasant surprise!
"Is there something special about this city?"
"Or is this continent more favored by the devouring spirit insect race, so they release more here than in Da Xia?"
Liu Zimo's mind surged.
If all the cities on this continent were hiding so many devouring spirit insects, then he would truly have come to the right place!
Glancing at the twenty-three devouring spirit larvae obediently gathering in front of the [King's Spirit Crystal], Liu Zimo moved his mind and absorbed all of them into his sea of consciousness.
Swish!
The will turned into a knife, cutting open the abdomen and extracting the crystal.
The twenty-three devouring spirit larvae instantly perished, transforming into extremely pure primordial power that merged into Liu Zimo's sea of consciousness, expanding his sea of consciousness by another 2,300 meters!
At the same time, his spiritual power cultivation and soul strength also greatly improved and enhanced, bringing extreme comfort!
"Ugh!"
At this moment, the large Xia woman lying in front of him groaned as her physical functions gradually recovered, slowly waking up from her unconscious state.
"Tongtong!"
As soon as she opened her eyes, the woman sat up abruptly, shouting loudly as if calling her son's name.
"En Gong?!"
Seeing Liu Zimo standing in front of her, the woman instantly snapped back to her senses.
She quickly knelt down on the ground, repeatedly kowtowing to Liu Zimo, pleading with tearful sobs:
"I beg you, sir, please help and save my son Tongtong!"
"He's only ten years old, still a child. He can't die here, he can't become food in the bellies of these demons..."
"Don't worry, your son is fine!" Liu Zimo said calmly.
"He still has your three colleagues, they are all still locked up in the dungeon. If you want to save them, you can go by yourself!"
"Me?"
The woman was taken aback, but quickly realized that she was neither hungry nor tired, her strength had increased, and her mental state was surprisingly good!
Unbeknownst to her, she had unknowingly returned to the physical state she was in before her misfortune.
No, it was even better than before!
What exactly happened just now?
Did the benefactor give her something to eat?
Why did she feel a warm sensation in her stomach now, with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction?!
It had been so long since she had a full meal that she almost forgot what it felt like to have a full stomach.
After coming back to her senses, the woman couldn't help but kowtow to Liu Zimo again to express her gratitude. Then she stood up and quickly ran towards the dungeon where her son was imprisoned.
Along the way, several people tried to stop her, but the woman, whose physical condition had fully recovered, easily pushed them aside.
Facing these ordinary people who had no strength and hadn't had a full meal for half a month, the woman was like a strongman, easily knocking them down.
In this way, the woman rushed all the way, quickly arriving at the dungeon door where there were no guards.
She picked up an iron rod nearby, and with a loud bang, she smashed the lock on the door and rushed in, embracing her son and bursting into tears!
"Meilan?!"
"Why did you come back?!"
"What happened? Did you change your mind?"
"Meilan, we agreed before that it was your turn to go out and sacrifice today, you can't change your mind..."
The other three people saw Meilan rushing in, and their expressions suddenly changed. They began to ask questions and even accuse her.
Meilan, who was supposed to go out and die, came back alive.
Did that mean that among the three of them, one of them had to be chosen to go out and die?
How could this be?
They had already agreed before!
"Mom, I'm scared!"
"I'm afraid I'll never see you again!"
"Just now, I heard Uncle and the others say that when those people come to pick someone tomorrow, they will push me out. I'm scared..."
Meilan trembled, holding her son tightly in her arms, comforting him in a low voice.
At the same time, she stared coldly at the three colleagues who had just been constantly accusing her.
"Um, Meilan, don't listen to Tongtong's nonsense, this child is purely scared and misunderstood!"
"I swear, I have never said such things!"
"Yes, yes, even if we are worthless, we can't let a child stand in front of us!"
"Yes, Meilan, you have to trust us!"
"We agreed before that you would voluntarily step forward today, and in the future, we will leave Tongtong until the end. If there is really any rescue, we should leave the last glimmer of hope for Tongtong!"
"..."
The three people felt uneasy under Meilan's gaze and quickly explained.
However, Meilan ignored them and quickly untied the ropes on her son, picked him up, and left the dungeon without even looking back.
No matter how the three people struggled and shouted, she didn't even glance back.
After a while, Meilan arrived in front of Liu Zimo while holding her son, and with a thud, she knelt down in front of him again.
This time, she didn't beg anymore.
Instead, she stubbornly knelt on the ground, pulling her son, continuously kowtowing until her forehead was swollen and bleeding, showing no intention of stopping.
"Ah, the poor parents in the world!"
Liu Zimo sighed softly and glanced at the golden and blue locks floating above the heads of the mother and son. He said in a calm voice,
"Later, you will leave with me. I will take you to find the Great Xia delegation. They should be able to help you and your son find a better place to stay."
"Thank you, benefactor! Thank you, benefactor!"
Meilan burst into tears of joy upon hearing this, and quickly pulled her son to kowtow to Liu Zimo again.
With a thought, Liu Zimo stopped the mother and son from kowtowing and said softly,
"Alright, get up, we are all people of the Great Xia Kingdom, there's no need for this."
"I have another pill here, let your son take it first!" After saying that, Liu Zimo handed over a [Satiety Pill]. Mei Lan quickly reached out with both hands and stuffed it into her son's mouth without hesitation.
Tongtong, perhaps due to being hungry for a long time, unexpectedly didn't find the taste of the pill unpleasant. Instead, she wolfed it down eagerly, chewing and swallowing with a face full of longing and satisfaction.
With the pill in her stomach, the child quickly regained her vitality and energy, and her complexion became much rosier.
"Mom, I'm not hungry anymore. I feel so comfortable, it's been a long time since I've eaten this much!"
Tongtong's face was filled with excitement and joy as he quietly described to his mother how he felt after taking the elixir.
Meilan instantly understood when she heard this, that the elixir her son had just taken was probably the same thing that En Gong had fed her when she was unconscious.
What a miraculous elixir, what a miraculous En Gong!
She never expected that after enduring half a month of hardship, they finally received a savior!
"Now that your strength has recovered, come with me!" Liu Zimo timely spoke up.
"In this city, there are still many Daxia people who are also suffering. Since we want to save them, let's save them all together!"
One sheep is driven, two sheep are also driven.
Since we have already decided to take action, let's do it more thoroughly.
Liu Zimo walked out of the courtyard in front of him without deliberately mentioning the three people trapped in the dungeon, as if he wanted to let them fend for themselves.
After Meilan took a few steps with her son, she finally stopped.
She instructed her son to follow closely behind the master, while she herself quickly returned to the dungeon.
Just when Liu Zimo thought Meilan was soft-hearted and decided to release all three of them, he saw this woman holding an iron rod in her hand and, one by one, she put an end to all three of them!
Liu Zimo's mouth curled up, unable to help but click his tongue twice.
It has to be said that this woman named Meilan is decisive and not at all like a saintly mother, which suits his taste!
In the apocalypse, dealing with people who are untrustworthy and treacherous must be done like this!
Just now, he deliberately didn't mention the remaining three people, just to see what choice Meilan would ultimately make.
Regardless of whether she chooses to save or not to save, Liu Zimo will not take the three of them away in the end. No matter when, he will not save people with such twisted hearts!
However, what Liu Zimo did not expect, but also appreciated more, was that Mei Lan actually made this even more decisive third choice.
She chose to personally end the lives of these three colleagues!
This not only vented her resentment, but also spared the three from a tragic fate of being cooked alive.
It can be seen that Mei Lan should also understand by now.
Since she returned to the dungeon and heard her son mention the incident, her relationship with the other three colleagues could never return to what it was before!
If she let the three colleagues live, in the future, in order to cover up today's ugly incident, they would definitely do everything possible to silence the mother and son, and even killing them to keep them quiet was not impossible.
She did this to prevent future troubles, to cut off any potential problems!
Therefore, Liu Zimo greatly admired this woman and believed that a woman with such a mentality, as long as she didn't die, would definitely be able to make a name for herself in the apocalypse!
Liu Zimo deliberately slowed down and waited for Mei Lan to come out of the dungeon before quickly catching up.
After returning to the team, Mei Lan casually held her son's hand and continued to follow behind Liu Zimo.
Seeing her calm expression, as if she had just gone back to retrieve something left behind, her son in front of her didn't notice anything abnormal at all.
Seeing this, Liu Zimo smiled calmly and didn't expose anything.
At the same time, he subtly activated the "Pingyang Breathing Technique," the "Pingyang Ten Forms," and a set of Heaven Grade martial arts from the Dalin Temple, quietly imprinting them in Mei Lan and her son's minds.
Consider it as creating a good relationship, giving them a chance to survive and become stronger in the apocalypse.
"Thank you, benefactor!"
Mei Lan immediately sensed the abnormality in her mind and guessed that it must be the benefactor's gift. She quickly expressed her gratitude.
Liu Zimo nodded slightly and said in a calm voice, offering guidance:
"In the apocalypse, strength is respected! If you and your son don't want to be treated like today, being cooked like pigs and sheep, you must work hard to cultivate the two sets of techniques I have given you and make yourselves stronger!"
Mei Lan and her son both nodded vigorously, their eyes filled with gratitude.
After more than half a year of surviving in the apocalypse and half a month of living in the dungeon awaiting death, every experience stimulated their desire and longing for power.
However, in the past, they did not awaken any special abilities during the baptism of spiritual energy, nor did they have access to other sources of power. They could only struggle to survive at the bottom of society.
But now, someone has lit a lamp for them, guiding them onto a clear path. They naturally have to hold onto it tightly and never give up!
(End of this chapter)