A woman stood beside Wei Li, large and stout with a waist like a barrel. She looked at Yin Tiancheng with some complaint, "It's all because you didn't discipline him properly. How could you raise your son like this? He caused such a disaster. Your family is dead, but you want the whole village to be buried with you. You deserve to go to hell!"
"Isn't this Demon Realm hell itself?" Yin Tiancheng's wife, Hai Qin, said. "Are the days we're living now not a true reflection of hell?"
The young man glared at the stout woman, killing intent flashing in his eyes.
"What, you little brat, you want to kill me? You little punk, you've made a mistake and don't even regret it. You should be drafted into the army," the woman glared back at the young man.
Wei Li roared at the stout woman, Du Qingqing, "That's enough! If you want to be crazy, go home and be crazy. Don't embarrass yourself here. When officials oppress the people, the people rebel. What's more, they are demons. If we only endure, they will become more aggressive and oppress us further. If we don't resist today, our children will be dragged to war tomorrow. Will you just watch our children being taken away by them then?"
It turned out this Du Qingqing was Wei Li's wife.
Upon hearing this, Du Qingqing actually lowered her head, as if convinced.
Lu Pinghou suddenly said loudly, "Yes, why not take this opportunity to rebel?"
"Yes, rebel!" the crowd responded.
The momentum seemed to be building!
But at this moment, a dissenting voice emerged from the crowd, "Rebel against what? Most of the combat power nearby is controlled by the Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones and deployed to the mines. Those not controlled are just us few, a disorganized mob. What can we use to rebel?"
Mo Qi looked towards the source of the voice. He saw a person who was only three to four feet tall, but with a particularly large head and a slender body, looking very disproportionate, as if they might fall at any moment.
However, his words stunned the crowd. They all drooped their heads like defeated roosters.
A moment later, Lu Pinghou weakly said again, "I heard there's a tribe in the nearby Wolf Smoke Valley that is very mysterious. They seem to be secretly accumulating strength, preparing to make a move at any time. Why don't we act as a fuse and draw them in? Then we can gradually grow stronger. There's still hope."
Yin Tiancheng said somewhat anxiously, "How do we become this fuse?"
"We all escape to Wolf Smoke Valley," Lu Pinghou said.
Mo Qi realized that the Wolf Smoke Valley they were talking about was likely where Xin'er's family lived.
The three to four-foot-tall person shook his head again and uttered another disheartening sentence, "The prerequisite is that they are willing to let us in. But I'm afraid we can't get in at all."
"Brother Gao, why are you always pouring cold water? Can't you say something useful?" Hai Qin said.
It turned out this short man's surname was Gao, quite a coincidence!
Brother Gao said helplessly, "I don't want to pour cold water, but if I may be so bold, we really have no good way out. We can only wait for death."
Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom!
At this moment, Mo Qi suddenly spoke, drawing everyone's attention, "To attract others to join, we must first create momentum ourselves. We need to make others believe that we are worth joining."
But Brother Gao Yuan immediately sneered, "Easy for you to say. With just a few of us, how can we create momentum?"
Mo Qi, with his usual earth-shattering words, said again, "Just a few of us is certainly not enough. We need to get all those people who are suffering from the Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones to join us. If these people are mobilized, they will be our viable strength."
A wave of boos came from the surroundings!
They thought Mo Qi was either an idiot or an outsider who didn't understand the situation.
"Those people don't consume Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones. They can't even walk steadily. They still have viable strength? What a pipe dream."
"So, we need to help them break free from the shackles of the Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones first," Mo Qi said casually.
He suddenly had a perfect plan!
To put it bluntly, he was here to find Shi Siyao!
Ahem, and also to find Shui Han!
If he could lead these people to carve out a territory, and then release the news, they could come find him!
Otherwise, in the vast sea of people, how could he find them by searching blindly?
If he made a name for himself, he could even provoke Xin'er, making her come to him!
Hearing him say this, everyone around rolled their eyes!
Confirmed, this was an idiot!
Because no normal person would think about such idiotic things.
No one had ever escaped the Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones alive!
There was only one way to escape – death!
Gao Yuan suppressed a smile, "Then, how do you plan to let them break free from the shackles of the Sparrow Piece Spirit Stones?"
Mo Qi shook his head, "I haven't thought of it yet." Seeing the sneers all around, he immediately added, "But I'll have a way after a trip to the mine. Can anyone tell me how to get to the mine?"
For some reason, Yin Tiancheng vaguely felt that this brother was very reliable!
It seemed he could indeed be a crucial link in changing their fate.
Yin Tiancheng suddenly shook his head: What was he thinking? Had his brain turned into mush?
At this moment, Wei Li suddenly slapped his head, "I know who you are."
Mo Qi felt bewildered. This was their first meeting, wasn't it?
Wei Li took out a crumpled piece of silk from his pocket and carefully unfolded it. As he unfolded it, he said, "This is a notice my son brought back from the market. I can't read, so I don't know what it says. Can you help me look at it?" He then glanced at Mo Qi, "Or you can look at it yourself and see what it is."
Wei Li unfolded the silk in the air, waving it in front of everyone, "Look, does this person look like him?"
Mo Qi looked closely. It was indeed his portrait, along with his name. Below it was a bounty of one billion spirit stone coins, for life or death!
A wanted poster!
Mo Qi nervously looked around, "You, you guys don't mess with me, I've trained!"
The crowd looked confused, "It's him, it's him. But what does this say? I can't read either!"
Only Hai Qin and Yin Tiancheng's expressions changed drastically. They looked at Mo Qi, their mouths agape, unable to speak for a long time.
Yin Tiancheng snatched the silk, crumpled it into a ball, and threw it away, "Kids these days just love chasing after these things. Perhaps Brother Mo is too handsome and talented, so young men and women draw his portrait and worship him as a prophet. These kids are too blind. The world is deteriorating!"
"Brother Mo?" Wei Li was confused. "How do you know his surname is Mo?"
Yin Tiancheng stammered, not knowing how to explain.
Hai Qin smiled, "It says his name on it. Without a name, how would young men and women chase after him?"
Yin Tiancheng wiped his sweat, "Yes, yes!"
The people around looked at Mo Qi with confusion, scrutinizing him, "He's not that handsome!"
Wei Li was even more disdainful, "This? He doesn't look talented either!"
Mo Qi ignored their doubts and suddenly said, "Why don't you have any sense of urgency? The army that's going to massacre the village will be here soon."
Only then did everyone become alert. They realized they were on the verge of disaster, yet they had been chatting.
But everyone invariably faced the initial question again: "What should we do?"
Everyone's gaze turned to Yin Tiancheng, and Yin Tiancheng looked at Mo Qi, his eyes filled with a plea for help.