Xi Xi pressed her scythe against Chu Wenwen's neck, and the cold blade instantly froze Chu Wenwen's blood.

Her eyes widened in terror as she stared at Xi Xi, her body trembling uncontrollably. She stammered, "What...what do you want to do? I'm your aunt!"

Just at this critical moment, Deputy Captain Huang, speaking with a heavy accent, rushed over from the crowd.

Deputy Captain Huang, hands on his hips, shouted in a slightly authoritative voice, "You dare to draw your knives and guns right under my nose!"

As he spoke, he strode up to Xi Xi, but his imposing aura suddenly diminished upon seeing Xi Xi's gleaming purple light blade scythe.

It wasn't because he cared that much about Chu Wenwen, but because he felt that if outsiders were to deal with him on his own turf, where would he put his face?

We've finally achieved a life that everyone admires, we can't let it all go to waste.

Xi Xi did not let go easily. She looked coldly at the short, fat man in front of her and said, "She intended to kill, but failed. Shouldn't someone like that be punished in your organization?"

"That's something that should be decided internally by Liaoyuan!" Deputy Captain Huang's eyes darted around, and he started making his own calculations. He glanced at Xi Xi's young and beautiful face and chuckled softly.

"Young lady, you can't say that. Here, everything has to be done according to the rules. How about this, you pay a withdrawal fee and ten bags of rice, and you can take her away and do whatever you want with her." His tone was full of greed.

Good heavens! When Dad secretly inquired before, the lowest-ranking people's withdrawal fee was clearly only three bags of rice. When did it become ten bags? This Deputy Captain Huang is obviously asking for an exorbitant amount and trying to swindle money from us.

Xi Xi's face instantly darkened, but Chu Zhiqin gently tugged at her sleeve.

Chu Zhiqin shook her head at her, and Xi Xi suppressed her anger and finally put away the sickle.

The deputy captain Huang on the other side was somewhat taken aback. He originally thought that since the other party was so wealthy, even if he couldn't get the woman, he could at least get some money out of her. He didn't expect that the mother and daughter would be so unmoved.

He felt somewhat resentful, but he couldn't force the issue any further, so he could only stand aside, feeling humiliated, and reassess the value of the organization next door.

All around, everyone from top to bottom of the "Wildfire" crew was busy packing up to leave, creating a chaotic scene. Among them were also many people carrying baskets, harvesting the remains of yesterday's fish monster.

They all walked in a hurry, their eyes lowered, seemingly oblivious to what had just happened, and didn't even dare to say a word of thanks to Xi Xi's family for killing the fish monster yesterday.

Deputy Captain Huang's younger brother, Manager Huang, was yelling at the top of his lungs, urging everyone to hurry up: "Hurry up, you dawdle like this, don't you want to live anymore!"

Xi Xi and Chu Zhiqin returned to the RV and watched everything coldly through the window.

She saw Chu Wenwen follow the Liaoyuan team down the mountain.

Xi Zhongcang, who was standing to the side, was already ready and waiting, staring at the time and muttering to himself.

"Ten, nine, eight..." Xi Xi counted coldly, her eyes fixed on the car Chu Wenwen got into at the pier of the cross-sea bridge, "...three, two, one."

As the countdown ended, a slight tremor suddenly came from beneath his feet. Xi Zhongcang quickly lowered the Earth Spirit Guardian Shield.

The earthquake arrived late. But judging from the view outside the window, its magnitude was quite significant.

The once solid ground cracked open with huge fissures, the trees shook violently, and snowballs rained down, some even being uprooted and falling to the ground.

Even more terrifyingly, the earthquake triggered a tsunami for the first time.

The once calm sea suddenly became turbulent, with huge waves rushing towards the shore like towering walls of water.

The sound of the waves was deafening, like a roar from hell.

Xi Xi watched helplessly as the wave tossed Chu Wenwen's car high into the air. The small RV, like a helpless leaf, lost control in the raging storm.

The waves carried it constantly, sometimes tossing it into the air, sometimes plunging it back down.

The small RV was torn to pieces on the sea, with debris flying everywhere.

Some fragments were swept into the seabed by the waves, while others were tossed ashore. In the distance came terrified screams, so faint yet so tragic amidst the raging winds and towering waves.

The seawater submerged the island, and the mountain where their family lived was just above the tsunami's impact elevation. As a result, they were not affected at all and did not even need to use the Sea-Suppressing Soul Pearl.

The RV swayed slightly from the vibrations, and the family of three huddled together, feeling each other's warmth and strength...

The earthquake and tsunami lasted for quite some time before gradually subsiding.

The island was in ruins, with rubble and broken objects everywhere.

A pungent, putrid stench filled the air, emanating from the remains of the fish monster and debris soaked in seawater.

"Look!" Chu Zhiqin, who was standing in front of the central control screen, suddenly exclaimed softly.

Among the All-Seeing Guardians, several figures actually appeared, and upon closer inspection, one of them turned out to be the scarred man?!

"They didn't follow the organization?"

Xi Xi shook her head: "No. I was keeping a close watch in the afternoon because the neighboring organization had a disagreement about dividing the fish."

The scarred man believed that his father and sister were truly ungrateful and resolutely refused to eat the flesh of the fish monster that Xi Xi's family had killed. So he gathered a few scattered members of the organization who had not bowed to charity and refused to participate in cutting the fish meat and went to the west coast to find some food.

Although Xi Xi felt it was truly remarkable that they could uphold their conscience even in such an extreme environment, she couldn't help but think that they might never return. Who would have thought that Heaven would favor these good people this time, allowing them to come back alive?

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