Chapter 29、One Arrow, Two Kills: Annihilation of All

"Hey, beauties!"

In the darkness, the playful voice of a man calling out startled the nearest girl.

"Ah! Who's there?"

She turned around and saw more than twenty men approaching from both sides, each carrying weapons like fire axes, steel rods, and kitchen knives.

"Jiang Jie! Jiang Jie!" The girl screamed, her face pale with fear, turning and running as she shouted.

The women who had been focused on moving supplies raised their heads in alarm, their faces draining of color. They were surrounded!

"Stay calm, don't panic!"

Jiang Xiaoci's voice rang out, clear and steady. She was still trying to calm the women. "Take deep breaths. Remember what I taught you."

The women, hearing Jiang Xiaoci's voice, found their composure. Some of them hurriedly grabbed fallen spears and shields from the ground, their hands trembling as they held the shields up to face the men.

"Oh? Still trying to get tough?" one man sneered.

"Look, it's a women's militia!" another man chuckled.

"Hahaha, I like it hot. This will be fun!" another man laughed loudly, mocking the women who could barely hold their weapons steady.

They leered at the women, with more of their attention on Jiang Xiaoci, who stood out as the most beautiful among them. Her beauty was breathtaking, far beyond the glitz of celebrities or internet influencers in peaceful times.

Under their greedy gazes, Jiang Xiaoci casually brushed aside a lock of hair blown by the evening wind, her expression calm as she spoke. "Gentlemen, are you here to scavenge for supplies?"

"The shopping mall's huge. We've already taken what we need, and we won't be taking any more from you."

Her tone was composed, without the slightest hint of fear.

"Scavenge for supplies?" Brother Liu looked at Jiang Xiaoci with interest, smirking. "Well, this shopping center is our White Bear Gang's territory!"

"You came here and took our things! Hand them over and compensate us!" he demanded.

"Brother Liu, how do you want them to compensate?" one of his men asked.

"How else would they compensate?" Brother Liu laughed. "With their bodies, of course, hahahaha!"

"The one with the biggest butt—I'm taking her! I've got a thing for that!"

The men openly expressed their desires, laughing loudly as they leered at the women, showing no fear at all. They were convinced that these women, trembling and unarmed, were no threat to them.

The women's eyes filled with fear and despair, some of them recalling the horrific days of captivity in the darkened apartment buildings.

"This shopping center is your turf?" Jiang Xiaoci looked up at the dimming sign on the building, then smiled helplessly. "I see, there's no room for negotiation."

"Negotiation? What are you going to negotiate, huh?" Brother Liu smirked as he stepped closer to her. "Are you planning to negotiate your dowry?"

Jiang Xiaoci remained silent, only raising her right hand and making a fist.

"Got it."

Up on the top floor, hidden in the darkness, Lin Yue took a deep breath, readying her aim.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Brother Liu was taken aback, laughing. "Are you surrendering? If you—"

Before he could finish, Jiang Xiaoci lowered her hand and subtly bent her finger, mimicking the action of pulling a trigger.

She tilted her head slightly, and a soft sound escaped her lips: "Bang!"

The moment she made the sound, Brother Liu's head exploded, the sickening splatter of blood and matter spraying in all directions!

The women screamed in horror, their faces blanching as they shrieked. The grotesque scene startled several unfortunate souls who had been asleep nearby.

"Thud!"

Brother Liu's headless body collapsed into a pool of blood. The men froze, staring in disbelief at their fallen leader, unable to comprehend how he had been killed in an instant.

The entire scene left them stunned—how could this have happened? What killed him? Was it magic?

The men were too stunned to react, unable to process what had just occurred. But Jiang Xiaoci didn't stop. With a playful motion, she shifted her aim, targeting another man.

"Bang!"

The second shot exploded with precision, tearing apart the neck of another man.

The women, unable to bear it any longer, vomited and screamed. The scene was too brutal, too bloody.

"This woman... she's using magic!" one of the men shouted in terror.

The others reacted, realizing what was happening.

"She's got some kind of power! We need to take her down!"

"Don't run! We won't escape!"

"Charge her, there's too many of us for her to take down all at once!"

"Capture her and break her fingers!"

Despite their growing fear, the men rushed toward Jiang Xiaoci, who still stood firm, using her hands to aim as if she were pulling an invisible trigger.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The men fell one by one as Jiang Xiaoci rapidly switched targets. The speed and precision of her shots were astonishing.

In just a few breaths, seven or eight of the men who had charged first were down, creating a line of headless bodies that slowed the advance of the others.

"This... she really can use magic!" one of the men muttered, his voice shaking with fear. "Her targeting ability—it's like she's killing us from a distance!"

"She's too dangerous! We need to get out of here!" someone else cried.

Amid the chaos, Lin Yue remained calm and cool-headed, taking each shot with deadly accuracy.

"Done?" Lin Yue exhaled, her fingers gripping the rifle with a sense of satisfaction.

Jiang Xiaoci turned her eyes to the remaining men, her voice cold as she asked, "You said you're from the White Bear Gang, right? Where is your shelter? How many people are left? Did you kill the survivors here?"

The men exchanged silent glances, fear evident in their eyes. They knew they had no choice but to answer.

"Beauty... we're good guys! We were just trying to say hello!" one of the men stammered, his eyes locked on Jiang Xiaoci's hands, terrified of being targeted.

"Say hello?" Jiang Xiaoci scoffed. "Answer my questions!"

With a sharp command, the men shook with fear. One of them finally blurted out, "We're from the Little White Bear Shelter! Big Brother is in charge of us! Please, let us go! We'll forget this ever happened!"

"Little White Bear?" Jiang Xiaoci's face remained impassive as she thought for a moment.

The men continued to plead, desperate not to anger her any further, but Jiang Xiaoci raised her left hand, her expression calm.

"Oh? Should I kill you all now?"

Lin Yue's finger tensed on the trigger, and the world around them exploded into gunfire.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Each shot hit its target with deadly accuracy, and within a minute, all the men who had survived were lying in pools of blood.

The night air was filled with the smell of death, and the ground was littered with headless corpses.