“Oh? Not exactly. I really did kill these people. Didn't you just see me do it?” Xu Mo said matter-of-factly.
Wan Qianhong: ...?
Then what were you just talking about?!
Suppressing her chaotic thoughts, she forced herself to calm down.
She had always known there were problems at the Black Smoke Coal Mine, but the situation was too complex. Her teacher had even warned her not to get involved yet.
But after receiving news yesterday about the riot at the mine and its connection to Bai Feifei, she knew things had gone south.
With that girl’s personality... she was liable to turn everything upside down!
Was the Third Outpost brainless? We clearly warned them, so how could they still send her to a place like the coal mine!
A problematic person meeting a problematic place. She had rushed over as quickly as possible, only to be met with this scene.
“Regardless of what happened before, you would just directly resort to killing your own colleagues?”
“Does your conscience not feel any guilt?!” Wan Qianhong questioned “Bai Feifei.”
“Huh? If I didn't kill them, was I supposed to wait for them to kill me?” Xu Mo made a thoroughly disdainful expression.
“My ‘conscience’? If you mean her, then yeah, she’s feeling plenty of guilt, but I’m not. I’m perfectly fine.”
Bai Feifei was stunned. Was he talking about her?
Wan Qianhong found it difficult to even breathe seeing her stubborn attitude. Beside her, Liu Yishou continued to chime in at every opportunity:
“Quick! District Head Wan! You can't waste words with a thug like this. Kill her now, execute her on the spot! Avenge the dead!”
“I have a complete grasp of what happened here. I’ll tell you everything in a moment...”
“Shut up!” Wan Qianhong glared at him fiercely. “Are you ordering me?”
She had a general idea of what kind of man Liu Yishou was and disliked him, but at this moment, Bai Feifei’s actions were even more outrageous.
She had originally thought highly of Bai Feifei, believing that although she was ruthless, she possessed a kind heart. She had even personally vouched for the girl’s sinner status.
And yet...
“Why did you start fighting just now?” Wan Qianhong asked.
“She attacked first! She wanted to kill everyone to silence the witnesses!” Liu Yishou screamed ferociously.
Now that Wan Qianhong was by his side, he had regained some of his confidence. He stared at her with a venomous gaze.
“She triggered an aberration riot here, let the corruption spread, and then slaughtered the civilians to cover up her crimes.”
“When she encountered us, she didn't offer a single word of explanation and decided to kill us all to silence the witnesses. She admitted to all of this herself!”
Wan Qianhong: ?
Listening to these accusations, she felt they were somewhat absurd.
Even if someone were a true monster who committed such acts, they shouldn't be so brain-dead as to openly admit it.
There was definitely something wrong here!
But recalling “Bai Feifei’s” exceptionally abstract way of expressing herself, she still frowned and asked:
“Do you have anything you want to say in your defense?”
Xu Mo lightly massaged his forehead, feeling his stress levels rising.
The early-game plot was always cluttered with useless conspiracies and the intertwining of power. He didn't know what the game designers were thinking, but these things were ultimately meaningless.
Because the things these weaklings considered monumental were, in the eyes of a Great Old One, no different from bacteria fighting!
In the early days, Xu Mo had tried to untangle the character relationship webs, only to find them impossible to straighten out. Looking back after growing strong in the late game, he realized they hadn't mattered at all.
Grinding mobs and leveling up was the only thing that mattered!
Suddenly, he felt a surge of impulse to communicate. He looked at Wan Qianhong and sneered:
“I say, how old are you? You’re the head of this East District, yet your brain is like a child’s?”
“Are you planning to just muddle through like this time and again, until you die along with Dawn City?”
Wan Qianhong was momentarily stunned, looking at the girl before her with a look of confusion.
She didn't understand why a girl not even twenty years old would lecture her with such a world-weary tone when she was clearly older.
Furthermore, the look in the girl’s eyes wasn't just mocking; it carried a trace of weariness, as if she had already seen through Wan Qianhong’s future and fate.
Xu Mo controlled Bai Feifei’s body, not caring how strange his behavior seemed coming from her. He continued:
“Don't you know how many problems this shitty coal mine has?”
“A web of entrenched interests, complexity beyond imagination? If you ask me, it’s all a load of crap!”
“Your so-called truth and justice can't be reached by talking sense. Explaining things back and forth just leads to a tangled mess that can never be cleared up.”
“If you try to investigate it, you’ll only end up wasting your time.”
Xu Mo shook his head with a smile. Holding the sword with both hands, he resumed a combat stance.
“I advise you not to waste your talent on these filthy matters, or you’ll end up dying for nothing. Of course, I know I’m just wasting my breath.”
“If you want an explanation, then here it is—there is no explanation! I killed them because I wanted to!”
Wan Qianhong’s gaze became vacant as she processed those words, but seeing “Bai Feifei’s” movements, the light in her eyes dimmed.
“Are you... going to fight me now?”
Bai Feifei could not control her body, but seeing the look in Wan Qianhong’s eyes, her heart ached.
Ever since she became a Scavenger, this senior had been very good to her and provided her with many conveniences.
Had she disappointed her? But the truth wasn't like this...
Sigh...
With a soft sigh, Bai Feifei could only think of how to get the Evil God inside her to spare Wan Qianhong’s life.
Beside Wan Qianhong, a Rank 4 Scavenger who had followed her whispered:
“Chief, is it time to give the order?”
“Regardless of the circumstances, shouldn't we take her down first?”
Wan Qianhong nodded. She slightly raised her hand and looked at “Bai Feifei.”
“I suppose... I misjudged you!”
The atmosphere was electric, as if combat could break out at any second.
Right then, a voice suddenly rang out from the crowd behind the Second Outpost, screaming at the top of its lungs:
“No! It wasn't like that! She’s a good person! It shouldn't be like this!”
Everyone froze instantly.
Even Xu Mo himself was momentarily dazed. What kind of plot twist could there be now?
Everyone’s eyes snapped toward the source. They saw a few miners in tattered clothes. Among them, a woman with a severed arm was flushed red, shouting at the top of her lungs.
Liu Yishou’s expression, which had just begun to turn smug, suddenly changed.
Weren't these the miners he had sent his men to seize earlier? He had intended for them to give false testimony and frame Bai Feifei.
But the way she was speaking now... didn't sound right!
“Shut up! We don't need you lot to—”
Liu Yishou hurriedly tried to curse them into silence, but before he could finish, Wan Qianhong clenched her fist. The blood in Liu Yishou’s head surged instantly, his face turning a deep shade of purple.
“You shut up!” Wan Qianhong snapped. She then looked at the woman in the distance and said hopefully:
“Please, speak!”
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