Qi An chopped Li Aotian and his fellow inmates into human stumps with an axe, and burned their limbs on the spot.
The axe was brought into their room. Li Aotian's favorite thing to do was to cut the girls' bodies into pieces with the axe after he had violated them.
He never imagined that these perverse methods would one day come back to haunt him.
Boss Qi said, "Every cause has its effect, and your retribution is me."
Mutants possess the ability to heal wounds quickly, but only if their body parts are intact; they cannot simply grow a new set of arms and legs out of thin air.
They should have each gone to the underworld five years ago with a peanut each, but due to the arrival of the apocalypse, they survived by a twist of fate and are living a more comfortable life than anyone else.
Over the past five years, the number of people they have brutally murdered is probably beyond their comprehension.
Ata sighed like a little adult, lamenting, "It's true what they say, good people don't live long, but evil people live for a thousand years."
Qi An hung the group in the most conspicuous place, ensuring that everyone coming and going from Aotian Base could see them.
As mutants, they should theoretically be unable to feel pain physically, but Qi An used some methods to inflict pain directly on their souls.
Li Aotian and the others watched as their limbs were chopped off and burned; the fear they felt even outweighed the pain in their souls.
That night, the people at the base couldn't sleep a wink because those guys screamed all night long, which was extremely disturbing.
Annoyed by the noise, Boss Qi simply gave the group a free tongue-pulling meal.
And let me tell you, she's quite skilled at tongue-pulling; she's done it a lot in the world of keyboard warriors.
As dawn broke, everyone heard the announcement that echoed throughout the base: "Everyone, assemble in the square immediately."
In the square, people watched in shock as the once notorious Li Aotian and his lackeys were reduced to short sections and tied to the tall flagpole.
The flag fluttered in the wind, bearing a majestic black dragon—the Aolong Flag, Li Aotian's personal symbol.
At this moment, the black flag lashed across Li Aotian's face repeatedly, as if slapping him and telling him:
You piece of trash, you think you're worthy?
Countless people were overwhelmed with emotion, secretly cursing Li Aotian for deserving of his fate.
A dozen or so young people, both men and women, stood under the flagpole; they were all clearly trained martial artists.
They surrounded the short-haired woman standing in the middle. When the woman spoke, the voice was the same one that had told them to come to the square earlier.
"Everyone, enough with the small talk. From now on, I, Xu Yaling, am the boss of this base. Anyone with objections can voice them. I'm a very democratic person."
Many mutants were naturally indignant; why should a woman be above them?
But for some reason, perhaps because Li Aotian and his group were in such dire straits, no one spoke up for a while, and everyone was waiting for someone else to be the first to speak up.
Ordinary people were numb; no matter who was in charge of the base, they were all slaves, subject to the mutated humans' orders, and subjected to wanton insults and slaughter.
They just hope this new boss is a little better than that beast Li Aotian, so they can live like humans for a few days.
Qi An saw both the resentment of the mutants and the apathy of the ordinary people.
Ata said with a smug look, "Boss, it seems they're not very convinced of your abilities and want to take you down."
Qi An looked at the child kindly: "Why do you look so happy?"
Ata's expression changed instantly: "Pah! A bunch of blind humans! It's your great fortune that your boss is your boss!"
Qi An ignored Ata, who was still showering him with compliments, stepped forward, and said casually, "It seems no one has any objections. Okay, since no one has any objections, then I'll announce something."
"In my base, no one is allowed to bully or harm others. Past mistakes will be forgiven. From now on, you'd better put on your human skin properly."
"What do you mean? I don't understand," asked a tall, sinister-looking male mutant.
The other mutants were also quietly echoing him.
"What do you mean?" Qi An raised an eyebrow. "What, after being a beast for five years in the apocalypse, have you forgotten how to be human? Can't you understand human language anymore?"
"What I mean is, my base should be exactly what it was like before the apocalypse."
She spoke each word with force and conviction: "Whether they are mutants or ordinary people, they are all human beings."
The numb expression on the ordinary person's face softened for a moment, and a glimmer of light appeared in their stagnant pupils.
Are they all human?
They have almost forgotten what it feels like to walk in the sunlight as a normal person.
The mutants were furious. How could they, as a higher species, be compared to lower creatures?
Same as before?
Wouldn't murderers be punished with their lives, and raping girls be punished with imprisonment? Where would their sense of superiority as superhumans come from?
"I object! Why should slaves be treated as equals with us?"
"Exactly, why? They're so weak, they'd die with a single squeeze."
"On what grounds?"
The sinister-looking man shouted loudly, and many mutants echoed him, creating a chaotic scene.
The glimmer of hope that ordinary people saw was quickly extinguished.
As expected, they were just being delusional.
Qi An's teammates were instantly enraged and immediately wanted to shoot the screaming mutants.
These bastards have gotten used to running rampant in the apocalypse, and having tasted the sweetness of breaking free from morality and law, they really think of themselves as slave owners.
Qi An raised his hand to stop them, smiling warmly: "Anyone else objecting? Step forward and let me see."
Many people shouted, but only a few had the courage to stand up. After a while, only about twenty people stood up.
Led by the sinister-looking man, they stared at Qi An with a defiant expression.
Seeing that Qi An only had a dozen or so people, while their side had a large and powerful force, these people started to use foul language.
"Little girl, listen to my advice, this is a man's business, don't meddle."
"Women should hurry home, warm your man's bed, and have children. That's what you should be doing."
"Still single, huh? How about we guys? We can all be your boyfriends. Haha, it just depends on whether you can handle it."
Other mutants are observing the situation and will decide which side to take based on how it develops.
The team members were trembling with anger, but Qi An remained calm and composed.
Only Ata watched the black storm swirling in the leader's mind and silently moved away, afraid of getting splattered with blood later.
The sinister-looking man laughed loudly: "Little girl, I think you're quite attractive. Why don't you come with me? I'll be the boss, and you can be the boss's woman. That'll be enough for you to show off your power."
Everyone burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, uh..."
The laughter stopped abruptly. Like chickens with their necks being choked, their lewd expressions remained on their faces, but their pupils instantly shrank to the size of pinpoints.
Everyone looked toward the stands with expressions of horror.
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