Chapter 73: They All Deserve to Die

Yang Pingxi's overly long tongue found a storage space beneath his throat; Yang Mang, unable to open his mouth, gave up on speaking; Yang Shun, who had been passively filtering the Black Rain, woke up and paused his passive skill.

The three of them had one thing in common: they could not accept their own appearance.

"You guys should comfort yourselves; it's better than that one over there who died in a lump," Liu Mu said nonchalantly, then turned and shouted to He Qizheng, "Haven't you finished moving them yet?"

He Qizheng, who had just come out of the cave, was startled and replied apologetically, "Right away, there are just a few left; I'll go in one more time and it'll be done."

"Hurry up, I didn't pay you to eat!" Liu Mu felt deeply that she hadn't earned anything today and had even lost a large sum; she was annoyed!

She couldn't help but vent her anger on others, "You three, didn't you want to save people? Why don't you go over and see how many are dead?"

Having experienced the greatest upheaval of their twenty-some years of life, the three finally turned their attention to matters outside themselves and struggled to go see their loved ones.

Yang Mang noticed his two brothers were walking with difficulty, so he actually turned back, picked them up one in each hand, and strode through the mud like a Buddhist Vajra, arriving before the rescued women.

"Mm-mm-mm!" He couldn't speak, and the nails on his fingers were like golden hooks and sharp blades, so he didn't dare touch these people either; he could only use the back of his hand to nudge his two brothers so they could check the situation.

Even though it was the force he was accustomed to using, it actually sent Yang Pingxi and Yang Shun flying several meters, crashing into the pile of people.

"Mangzi, take it easy," said Yang Shun, who looked like a frost-bitten eggplant, before spitting out a mouthful of Purify Water.

"Mang-mm-mm-pfft..." As soon as Yang Pingxi opened his mouth, he couldn't control his tongue; fearing he would scare others, he hurriedly stuffed it back into his mouth and tilted his head back to let the long tongue fall into the storage pouch formed by his throat.

As a college student, he not only couldn't accept the changes in his body, but he also didn't understand them at all, and he didn't even know how to explain it after seeing his younger sister.

However, they still began to check on everyone's condition.

By the time He Qizheng and Cai Zhenlong came out with the last three people, the check here was basically finished.

"Eight are dead, nine remain; everyone, don't blame yourselves, we did our best."

Cai Zhenlong spoke first, his expression sorrowful, "They were likely all trapped in the cave by the previous White Web, poisoned into unconsciousness, and starved to death."

"You su-shuo... pfft!" Yang Pingxi wanted to join the discussion, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he couldn't speak; anxious, he slapped himself.

"What are you doing?" Cai Zhenlong hurriedly held down his hand, "The results of the Mutation are uncertain, but I believe it must be useful; don't be anxious yet."

"Right," Yang Shun said weakly, "It should be useful; we'll take them back now to save their lives."

"Back where?" Liu Mu stood on the periphery in her black Raincoat and asked eerily, "Can the people in your town tolerate them?"

If they could tolerate them, they wouldn't have hidden in these deep mountains.

"Then what do we do? We have nowhere else to go," Yang Shun opened his mouth, wanting to spit water again, and hurriedly swallowed, but the water came out of his eyes instead.

Like two fountains, it actually sprayed out over ten centimeters, landing right on Yang Pingxi's face.

Yang Pingxi, who was anxious to speak, had his mouth open; his expression of resistance turned to astonishment in less than two seconds, "Doesn't... pfft, water, can be drunk?"

"His ability is to Purify Water; you all had Water Purifiers at home before, right? It's about the same function," Liu Mu explained, not wanting to waste time in the rain, "Don't be happy yet; take the living, and perform Burning on the dead right here. If you don't want them to turn into other forms or become food for other species, it's best not to bury them directly."

There was no other solution to this matter; it was already good enough that the few of them could bring the nine living people out of the mountains; if they waited any longer until nightfall, no one would be able to leave.

Of course, this applied to them, not including Liu Mu and He Qizheng.

"Mm-mm!" Yang Mang's mouth was almost completely grown shut; he could only nod frantically.

In the end, Cai Zhenlong said, "We only have two bottles of diesel left; we can put the people inside the cave to burn. After burning, seal the cave; that can count as a grave."

The few had no objections and immediately got to work.

Liu Mu retreated far away and called He Qizheng over as well.

"Boss, aren't we going to help?"

In his view, Liu Mu had some extraordinary abilities, so Burning a few people should be a piece of cake.

Liu Mu shook her head, "My quota for helping others today is full; rest!"

As an employee who listened to his Boss, He Qizheng believed he couldn't offer two opposing opinions within a week, so he silently stood by Liu Mu's side, acting as a quiet guardian.

What made him curious was that the Boss was actually watching the few young men work like a spectator.

Until the Boss asked a question that made his hair stand on end, "Young man, do you want to undergo Mutation?"

"No, that won't be necessary, Boss," the honest He Qizheng almost knelt, "I don't want to; you know my wife, I don't want to, Boss, really, I don't want to become a monster!"

Liu Mu looked at the man crying in the rain and wiped her face, "Fine! We won't mutate; other than having a sturdier body, having a few small abilities, and eating a bit more, there's actually no benefit. Stop crying, we aren't mutating!"

That Cai Zhenlong still had a Detonator was something Liu Mu hadn't expected; the cave entrance was blown shut, signaling the end of this funeral.

Liu Mu helped carry one lady, He Qizheng carried one, and the others were split among those good brothers.

As for that unlucky Qizai... he was buried in the cave along with them.

According to the few young men, Qizai's mother had also died in the cave a few years ago and was buried in the nearby mountains.

As for where to take these women, Liu Mu's suggestion was the Mining Tunnel... well, it was met with unanimous opposition from everyone.

"Woo-woo-woo-woo-mm-mm-mm!"

Yang Mang angrily pounded his muscular chest, and Cai Zhenlong translated for him, "Kill all those people; those animals who offered up their own wives, daughters, and even mothers—they all deserve to die!"

"That... is a bit inappropriate," Cai Zhenlong added his own view.

"Mm-mm!" Yang Mang nodded and appreciatively patted his good brother's shoulder, successfully patting Cai Zhenlong into the mud, from which he almost couldn't crawl out.

"Don't pat, damn it!"

The other two hurriedly pulled the person out of the mud like pulling a radish.

"Enough!" Liu Mu hoisted a less-than-lucky lady onto her shoulder, revealing a cold-blooded face, "All of your lives are mine; whether you are to be killed, carved up, or sent down the well to dig coal, it's all up to me. Now, go back!"

He Qizheng, who was also carrying a lady, nodded solemnly to the group, "Our lives were all saved by the Boss; we must work for her."

"We... pfft, what are you saying, ugh!" Yang Pingxi, wanting to voice his objection, swallowed his own tongue and spat it out.

"It's the end of the world and we're still beasts of burden; sigh, might as well have died in the disaster," Yang Shun said, his voice limp, though his strength exceeded that of an ordinary person; he carried one person and picked up another.

It was just that his eyes kept streaming with water, making him look like a miserable, unlucky wretch.

"Alright, let's go," Cai Zhenlong had originally wanted to persuade his brothers, but in the blink of an eye, he found that Liu Mu had already run dozens of meters away, and she was almost out of sight.

They had no choice but to follow.

However, they hadn't even walked a few meters when Cai Zhenlong, who was carrying his cousin, was picked up by one of Yang Mang's arms—that's right, along with his cousin.

"Mm-mm-mm..."

Cai Zhenlong shifted into a comfortable position, shielding his cousin's head in his arms, "Fine, fine, fine, you're strong, you run fast, you can carry ten people at once, hurry up and go!"

Otherwise, they really wouldn't be able to keep up with Boss Liu, who had already crossed over a mountain peak.