Da Xiong's burly body was actually pushed down by Huang Shan.
Huang Shan roared, "No one can replace me!"
"Who handles the base's affairs? It's me!"
"You bunch of muscular, simple-minded trash, without me, you can't even wipe your own asses!"
"My contacting the three major bases was just to get back what belongs to me!"
Xiong Er smashed the lunchbox onto her face and cursed,
"Damn it, what belongs to you? When we picked you up from the zombies, you were only wearing a pair of pants, and you came back to the base wearing my brother's clothes!"
"We treated you like a human, and you got too big for your britches?"
"If my brother hadn't smoothed things over, would you have been able to work smoothly in the base? Look at yourself back then, how many people would have respected you!"
"Now that you've achieved something, you think you're the best in the world?"
"Idiot!"
Xiong Er's scolding struck a chord with An Nuan.
In business, the worst kind of employee is someone like that.
Not asking for gratitude, but at least they provided a platform and sufficient salary.
If people want to leave, they should part on good terms. They'll still be in the same circle, and perhaps they can even cooperate in the future.
The worst is someone who thinks everyone needs her and then stabs you in the back.
Huang Shan was exactly that kind of person.
Huang Shan started crying again, putting on a wronged and pitiful expression, looking at Da Xiong with her teary eyes.
Perhaps in Huang Shan's mind, Da Xiong was a good-for-nothing.
As long as she asked him, he would definitely let her go.
Maybe if she apologized first and laid low for a while, she could make a comeback.
But Huang Shan had miscalculated.
Although Da Xiong was rough and unrefined, he was also a man of great spirit.
His heart contained not only women but also brothers and his career.
The life of one person versus the lives of tens of thousands, the choice was obvious.
Da Xiong was willing to sacrifice himself and Xiong Er for the good of the group, let alone Huang Shan's life.
Da Xiong calmed down and sat back in his seat.
"Because of you, so many people died. If I don't punish you, how can I explain it to everyone?"
"Da Xiong..."
"Don't speak, anything you say now only annoys me. Shut your mouth!"
Huang Shan was startled and immediately closed her mouth, remaining silent.
Da Xiong said, "According to the rules, you should be executed by fire."
"But the war has just ended, and you've been with me for a long time. I can't show absolutely no mercy."
"Xiong Er, break one of her legs and chop off her right hand, then let her go."
Huang Shan was stunned.
Her fingers were already so thin, and now they wanted to chop off her hand.
How was she supposed to live?
Huang Shan couldn't believe Da Xiong would treat her this way.
"No, you can't do this to me. I, I'm pregnant with your child, you can't do this to me!"
Everyone was taken aback, and An Nuan even chuckled in disbelief.
To save her own life, she could even spout such nonsense. Truly remarkable!
What pregnant woman jumped around and acted so brazenly?
Only a naive man would believe this!
An Nuan had finished her meal and was drinking hot tea, waiting to watch the rest of the show.
Da Xiong waved his hand, "Stop with the nonsense. If you're really pregnant, you'll give birth to the child, and you'll spend the rest of your life in prison. If you're not pregnant, you're trying to trick me with these words."
Da Xiong's eyes turned fierce.
He crushed a solid iron ball into a flat disc with his bare hands.
"If you're lying to me, I'll kill you!"
Crushed!
Huang Shan was so scared she couldn't utter a single word.
Perhaps she never expected Da Xiong to stand up to her. Now she could only stare at him foolishly.
Xiong Er said, "Take her away. Dispose of her far from here once you're done. Don't let her be an eyesore."
The two companions also hated Huang Shan to the bone.
Without a word, they gagged her and dragged her away.
Da Xiong sighed deeply and apologized, "It's my fault for not disciplining you properly, making you all witness this joke."
"It's fine, everyone has some trash. Ask Chen Wenjing, they must have a lot of trash too!"
"Yes, quite a lot. We have to deal with them slowly every time."
Chen Wenjing nodded, thinking that letting Huang Shan go this easily might be too lenient.
Should she send someone to finish her off, to avoid future trouble?
An Nuan indicated it was unnecessary.
Huang Shan was a fifth-tier ability user before, but when An Nuan controlled her with shadows, she slowly stripped away her abilities and body.
Huang Shan's abilities were devoured, and now she was only comparable to a second-tier ability user.
With a broken leg and a missing hand, it would be difficult for her to survive.
The people in the city, after witnessing the recent battle, should also understand that opposing them would lead to a bad outcome.
No one who valued their life would help Huang Shan.
Besides, she hadn't even fully extracted her power yet; she could kill Huang Shan anytime she wanted.
After dealing with Huang Shan's matter, it was finally time for the main event.
Tang Qing and Liu Qing were brought out.
An Nuan had someone give them a few bottles of water.
Tang Qing took the water, looking at her with confusion.
Water was a precious commodity, and they were so generous as to give it freely to prisoners of war.
Seeing their hesitation, An Nuan unscrewed a bottle and took a sip.
"It's not poisoned."
Only then did Tang Qing unscrew the cap and start drinking.
She was so dehydrated, she felt like she was about to collapse.
Tang Qing quickly finished a bottle of water.
An Nuan smiled, "Your name is Tang Qing, right? Which base are you from?"
"Hong Hui."
"Ah, in a place of ice and snow. It must be very cold. Is the weather there very unpredictable?"
There were no weather forecasts now, transportation was inconvenient, and the roads were very dangerous.
The vast majority of people would not leave their place of residence.
An Nuan said with interest, "Do you still hold ice exhibitions there?"
"Yes, those who make mistakes are impaled with poles and placed outside, and they quickly freeze into popsicles."
"Humans are so creative, aren't they?"
Tang Qing remained silent.
She didn't understand why An Nuan was making small talk about these things.
Now that she had fallen into enemy hands, and she didn't know what the black rope on her body was, it rendered her completely unable to use any abilities.
Tang Qing felt like a fish, ready to be eaten at any moment.
Tang Qing wanted to struggle, at least to save her companion.
"I'll cooperate with whatever you want to know, and I'll cooperate with whatever you want to do, but I hope you'll let Liu Qing go."
"Cooperate with me? How do you plan to cooperate?"
Tang Qing gritted her teeth, her face full of humiliation, and said, "You can do whatever you want."
Chen Wenjing: [Sister Nuan, she might think you have special preferences.]
An Nuan was speechless.
Do I look that perverted?
An Nuan said, "Don't worry, I just want to know if your base has any backup plans, any reinforcements?"
"There were only a hundred thousand people before we set out. I don't know if any will come to rescue us now."
Tang Qing knew in her heart that it was unlikely.
Those who fail have no reason to survive; it was one of the base's ironclad rules.