These words made everyone feel extremely sad, and Sisi secretly took out some of the eggs from her spatial storage.

The rest…

The little girl glanced at the city gate, then tugged at Xie Yan, "Fifth Brother, I want to go up to the city wall and take a look."

Xie Yan knew she wanted to see the refugees. "Sisi, don't look. You can't help them."

"I still have some eggs. It's so pitiful to eat mud and stones; people will die."

The little girl was kind, and Xie Yan couldn't bear to see her suffer, so he led her to the city wall.

Seeing the scene outside the city, Sisi could no longer utter a word. She had been to the Yama's Palace before, where the souls of the River of Oblivion were all kinds of miserable ghosts.

But none of them shocked her as much as what happened today.

She could feel the despair permeating the air.

A woman lay dead by the roadside, seemingly having been dead for many days. Her body had turned bluish-white, her chest was exposed, and most alarmingly, she was tightly clutching a child.

The child was still alive, unconsciously nursing. But where is the milk when a person is dead? Unable to nurse, she cried. Finally, unable to cry anymore, she bit down, swallowing the flesh and blood whole.

Sisi's eyes reddened as she looked at the scene. Looking further into the distance, she saw an old man in tattered clothes holding a child who had been reduced to bones.

He kept walking and walking, as if he had found a way to survive once he reached Wuzhou City.

"Wu Guoguo, let's go down and rescue them."

Sisi couldn't bear to watch any longer; she was going to take everything in her space to save them.

"Can't."

"Why?" Sisi couldn't believe that Wuguo would say such a thing, but she quickly understood.

He's a great demon king, how could he possibly empathize with all living beings?

The little guy's eyes dimmed a bit. His father said that every drop of blood from the demon king was cold. They killed people indiscriminately, had no morals or integrity, and had no compassion for others.

So this is what Wu Guoguo is like.

“They’re starving; it’s not safe for you to go down there.”

Xie Yan threw down a steamed bun, and the group of people tore at each other like wild beasts. Over a single steamed bun, countless people died or were injured in an instant.

Sisi stared blankly, then turned her head and asked expectantly, "So Wuguo also felt sorry for them, but only for Sisi's safety did he prevent her from going down to save them!"

He hummed in agreement and reached out to stroke her head. "Sisi, you can't save so many people by yourself. Don't feel pressured. We are all insignificant. It's already amazing that we were able to save the people of Wuzhou."

It turns out that Wu Guoguo is kind!

Sisi threw herself into his arms, whimpering, "Those people outside are so pitiful, is there really no way to help them?"

He remained silent, and Sisi knew there was no other way, unless…

Unless Father agrees to bring the wheat seedlings back to life!

Yes, this is the only way now, but without the Jade Emperor's decree, Father King will not help humanity.

Sisi felt like crying. If only she were still a dragon princess, she could secretly learn her father's magic to save the people!

“I can save them.”

The voice appeared in Xie Yan's ear again, this time with a seductive tone.

"I can give you lots and lots of food, everything you want. We've wasted so much time, how about I back down?"

"I don't want you to kill Zhou Sisi anymore. I want you to merge with me, and we'll become strong together. How about it?"

Xie Yan was somewhat tempted. He needed food; no more people could die. He didn't want to see any more die.

He could merge with it, but he had no idea what it was.

"Sisi, let's go home." Xie Yan took her hand, intending to go back and communicate with that thing again.

"Hmm." The little one's voice was muffled, clearly greatly affected. Xie Yan wanted to pinch her little face, but suddenly saw some familiar faces outside the city.

"Hey, Wu Guoguo, why aren't you leaving?"

Sisi followed his gaze and saw those people. "They're from Peach Blossom Village, the village chief, and my sister-in-law's father. What brings them here?"

They hid in a grove of dead trees, far from the group of madmen on the outskirts of town, seemingly afraid of them.

Someone spotted the two people on the city wall, waving their hands frantically and shouting, "Sisi, it's us! Quickly tell your mother to come and get us!"

Xie Yan pulled her downstairs, "Let's go and discuss it with Mother first."

When she discussed this matter with Madam Qin, she was also unsure of what to do and could only return to the city lord's mansion to ask for the city lord's opinion.

“The city gates must not be opened. If they are, those starving people will rush in and bite us,” You Rong disagreed.

"Yes, that's true. But those people are all villagers from our village. They must have encountered some difficulties to be able to find their way here."

Qin sighed, and the old lady was somewhat distressed, but now that they were in someone else's house, she couldn't force them to help.

Having seen so many dead people these past few days, at her age, she finds herself increasingly thinking about the past and the people she used to know, the sisters and friends she used to chat and laugh with in the village.

If we don't see each other this time, we won't see each other again.

"I really had no choice but to come here."

Sun Changjing's words drew everyone's attention. He sighed and said, "The Xiongnu are about to attack. The villagers nearby are all fleeing this way. We also need to think of a solution: defend the city or leave."

"The Xiongnu are here?" Qin's face turned pale. "Then we definitely have to escape quickly, we can't just wait to die here!"

"Mother, Mother, take my father with you! He's still outside the city. Take him with you and we'll escape!" Xu Cuicui knelt down. "Lord of the city, Madam, please, save my father!"

"Good child, get up first, we will definitely go to save your father." Sun Changjing told her to get up.

With the assurance, Xu Cuicui felt a little relieved.

“But will other cities take us in?” You Rong smiled bitterly. “We’re not willing to open our city gates, so how could other cities possibly be? There are so many refugees, we can’t manage them all.”

"What should we do then!" Qin said, her face filled with despair.

"I have already sent someone by carrier pigeon to the capital to request supplies and reinforcements. It will take a month to get here from the capital, so we only need to hold out for a month."

Sun Changjing stood up. "Zhou Dawei and Zhou Erqian are looking for young men in the city to join the army. This time we should unite against the enemy. As for the people from Peach Blossom Village, I will go to pick them up myself."

You Rong stood up excitedly, "No, if you go out, you'll definitely be surrounded by those refugees."

"I'm on horseback and I have a knife, so I'll be fine."

She couldn't stop Sun Changjing from going, even if he insisted on it.

They could only lead a group of people to the city wall to wait.

On the rooftops in the city, Chen, carrying an umbrella, was slowly walking this way.

"Stop killing those refugees; their souls reek of a disgusting stench."

Zhuang Rongrong was disgusted and had no interest in paying attention to her. She stopped not far from the city wall, glanced at Zhou Sisi's worried face, and quickly looked away.

Zhuang Rongrong, however, had a new idea.

Since we can't see Zhou Sisi's past and can't beat her, it's better to force her to die.