Another person said, "Judging from their clothes, they seem to be from the Ning family in the Chinese village."

"The Ning family?" The person who asked the question was taken aback, then laughed and said, "Interesting, this is going to be interesting."

Guo Qi and He Xiao finally managed to shake off each other's entanglement, took a stroll around the vicinity of the Chinese Village, and then turned back to Chinatown.

Twelve people died, two were seriously injured, and eight were slightly injured.

Everyone had a gloomy face, and no one was in the mood to speak; the atmosphere was heavy.

When He Xiao and the others returned, Zuo Ling was absorbing the red energy crystal. The red energy crystal was mainly fire, and although it could be absorbed, it was very uncomfortable, causing her meridians to burn and making her extremely painful.

I wanted to give up countless times, but I persevered countless times.

Although absorbing red energy crystals is very uncomfortable, once you get through the painful phase, your body feels warm and comfortable, and your meridians become more resilient, which helps to speed up the absorption of energy crystals.

Try flicking out a flame... black? Although the color is very light, you can still tell that it is a black flame.

Ning Xiaoqi's flame was white, Pei Nansheng's flame was blue, so why did it turn black in hers?

Pei Nansheng's fire ability is clearly superior to Ning Xiaoqi's, and Zuo Ling is eager to know how her black fire ability compares to her brother's.

"Sister, Uncle He and the others are back. Someone is injured."

While his older sister absorbed the energy crystals, Xiao Hao trained his mental strength on the side.

He felt that he had reached his limit in absorbing energy crystals and it would be difficult to increase his energy further. He was unwilling to accept this and kept trying to find a way to break through the barrier.

Zuo Ling closed her eyes and sensed the situation. Hmm, there were 34 people when they left, and 22 of them returned. Jin Yu was treating the wounded.

A dilapidated van returned; they succeeded, a Pyrrhic victory!

Zuo Ling continued absorbing the energy crystals, ignoring them completely; she didn't care how many spoils they had obtained.

She didn't care, but He Xiao and Guo Qi did.

Four boxes of medicine, none of them were full, two were more than half full and two were less than half full.

The medications included things for treating external injuries, headaches, fever, typhoid fever, and gastrointestinal issues. Most of them were commonly used medicines, with a smaller amount of bandages and sutures.

Besides medicine, there were 2 bags each of rice and flour, 3 barrels of oil, 8 bags of daisy flour, 4 compressed biscuits, and half a carton of cigarettes.

Twelve lives lost, two seriously injured and eight slightly injured, and this is all we got in return?

He Xiao and Guo Qi's faces were ashen as they wondered if Pei Nansheng would suffer less loss if he went with them.

This inevitably breeds resentment—resentment from the weak towards the strong for not offering help.

I know that thinking this way is wrong, but I just can't help it.

Those who went did so voluntarily; deaths and injuries were inevitable, and they knew the consequences before they went.

Necessary compensation is required, but for someone who is alone, it's unnecessary.

For families with relatives, each family would receive 5 jin of rice or flour, or a bucket of cooking oil, or compressed biscuits, daisy flour, or similar items.

Upon receiving the supplies, the families' faces showed more joy than sorrow at losing their loved ones.

Human life is so worthless.

...

With a loud bang, Ning Qiang almost dropped the teacup in his hand.

His subordinate rushed over, "Second Young Master, something terrible has happened! Poison Scorpion and his men have blocked our Chinese Village!"

Ning Qiang frowned. "What's going on? Who offended them?"

His subordinates, not knowing what was going on, hurriedly said, "Two tanks have arrived and blown up the gate."

Ning Qiang, still angry, slammed down his teacup and cursed:

"Do you think the Ning family is easy to bully? Do you think anyone can bully us? Go and call Ning Dage and Ning Xiaoqi here. Ning Xiaoqi's hand should be healed by now."