The room was dark, with countless bright eyes crouched in the corners, and a strange smell filled the air.
Xu Qian had no idea how they managed to live here.
A woman gave an embarrassed smile, "We don't have enough crystal cores to pay for electricity, so we have to live in the dark."
Xu Qian's expression remained unchanged, not wanting to say a word.
Her mission was to relocate them to Hope Base; she couldn't control anything else.
The woman led her to a room in the farthest corner and whispered, "It's right here."
She twisted the door open. It was pitch black inside, nothing could be seen.
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly, took a step forward, and was about to put everything into her spatial storage.
Suddenly, she was shoved hard from behind, sent stumbling into the room.
Xu Qian's brow chilled, and she turned around.
Everyone had stood up.
"Hahahahahahaha."
The woman's delicate laughter rose and fell, growing louder and louder.
Then, more laughter followed, one after another, extremely eerie.
In the darkness, their eyes shone abnormally bright.
"We're not leaving!"
"This is our home, why should we leave!"
"Right, Mommy, I'm not leaving either!"
Xu Qian: ...
A mental institution?
The woman chuckled, "Beauty, stay with us. We've run out of food and are starving."
"You don't mind sharing some meat with us, do you?"
"Yes, beautiful sister, share some meat with us."
"If not, your flesh will do too."
Xu Qian crossed her arms and let out a light chuckle.
The entire place fell silent instantly.
The girl's voice was cold, "Who gave you the courage to dare lock me, Xu Qian, in here."
"Mommy, who is Xu Qian?"
The woman shook her head, "I don't know either."
Another woman cackled, "Just eat her, that's what matters."
Xu Qian narrowed her eyes slightly, understanding now.
These women and children had been protected too well.
In the apocalypse, they waited for their husbands and children to feed them.
They died, leaving these women to live in this world.
They hadn't died, but their minds had already broken.
Xu Qian's thoughts flickered, and a tactical knife appeared in her palm.
Even they felt a chill run through their bodies, sensing a murderous aura, as if...
It would be easy for her to kill them.
There was no need to take these people to Hope Base anymore.
Hope Base wouldn't take care of a group of lunatics.
The women exchanged glances. The leader shouted, "What are you afraid of? She's alone, let's go!"
They were going to fight her with bare hands, without even psychic abilities?
Were they planning to grab her hair?
Xu Qian's figure flashed, and she was already at the door.
She leaned lazily against the doorframe, holding a flashlight in one hand, illuminating their twisted faces one by one.
"Killing you would be too much of a bullying."
"Not killing you, but I feel like I'm at a loss."
"What do you think I should do?"
The expressions of the crowd changed slightly. No matter how foolish they were, they knew the vast difference between her and them.
She was a psychic, and they were ordinary people.
The leader woman knelt on the ground with a "snap," and then one by one, others followed suit.
"Please, spare us."
"We were just momentarily confused..."
Xu Qian scoffed, shining the flashlight on each of their faces.
They cried, looking wronged...
Their intentions changed rapidly, from wanting to kill her to pleading for mercy.
Truly lunatics.
Lunatics who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
"Disband Yuan Cheng Base, and I'll let you go."
She didn't want to go through this a second time.
No matter how crazy or foolish they were, it had nothing to do with her.
The leader woman hurriedly said, "We agree to disband Yuan Cheng Base, we agree."
Xu Qian closed her eyes and unfolded the map. Only when the name Yuan Cheng Base disappeared did she turn and leave.
Behind her, the women and children babbled about something.
She acted as if she heard nothing, automatically tuning it out.
From now on, whether they lived or died was none of her concern.