Jiang Yuan had never been to Nancheng before, so he could only follow Ning Yanlan as they wandered through the city ruins.
"South City currently has a population of seven million. Although South City is a safe zone that the Holy Spirit has never set foot in, it was still affected when the catastrophe occurred. Most of the high-rise buildings collapsed due to tectonic movements, making them uninhabitable!"
"Therefore, the southern suburbs, which were less affected, became the first choice for most people at this moment. However, there are still a considerable number of people in the city, but they live very far apart!"
Ning Yanlan explained as she walked.
"There are quite a few people!" Jiang Yuan said, looking around.
As the two walked down the street, they often saw people peeking out from low-rise houses to look at them.
“This is a slum. Before the disaster, I had a poverty alleviation project here! Although it’s relatively remote, it’s very safe here!” Ning Yanlan would occasionally send a ray of natural light to Jiang Yuan. Although her actions attracted attention, everyone was used to it in the safe zone where spiritual awakening was common.
"I didn't realize you were so kind-hearted!" Jiang Yuan nodded. His first impression of Ning Yanlan was that she was fearless. She dared to return to the Public Security Bureau while surrounded by monsters. Such courage is not something that ordinary girls can have.
"Well, how should I put it!" Ning Yanlan took a deep breath, then shook her head and said, "It's not that I'm compassionate, it's that I have a responsibility!"
"Um?"
“Her father was my comrade-in-arms. He was shot and killed while covering me during a mission. Because of his special status, his orphan could only be cared for in secret, so I took on this responsibility!” Ning Yanlan recalled with sadness on her face.
"Don't blame yourself. If you were in that situation, you would have made the same sacrifice!" Jiang Yuan comforted him.
Ning Yanlan didn't speak. After walking for a while, she pointed to a two-story house in front of them and said, "This is it!"
"Someone is calling for help!" Jiang Yuan frowned as he stopped in his tracks.
"Oh no, it's Xiao Xin!" Ning Yanlan's expression changed, and she strode over.
House and courtyard
"You bitch, give up this room right now, or I'll beat you up every day!"
A woman was lying on the ground in the courtyard, coughing up a lot of blood. Standing on the ground, yelling and cursing, were two burly men. One of them, a man with a buzz cut, was holding an eight or nine-year-old girl. Although the girl's mouth was covered, she was struggling very hard.
"Let go of my daughter! We'll give you the house, but can you please let us go?" The woman, coughing up blood, immediately got up and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly to the two burly men.
"The house belongs to us, and to you too!" the buzz-cut man sneered.
"Please, please spare my daughter! Please!" The woman kept kowtowing, her scalp bleeding from the blows.
"Ouch!" The man with the buzz cut roared angrily, shoving the girl in his arms away. "You little bitch, how dare you bite me!"
With a raised hand, the man with the buzz cut slapped the girl, a slap that could have nearly killed her.
"No!" The woman struggled and lunged at the man with the buzz cut.
"They're all bitches, and you won't let me have my way with them, huh!" The man with the buzz cut struck viciously.
Ning Yanlan, who had just rushed into the courtyard, saw this scene. She was furious and immediately unleashed a whirlwind cannon.
"Watch out!" another burly man warned immediately when he saw someone enter.
However, it was too late. Ning Yanlan, with eight points of spiritual energy, could crush those of the same level, let alone two second-level strength-based beings with only a tiny bit of power.
The whirlwind cannon swept across, hitting the crew-cut man's arm and blasting his shoulder off as well.
"Ah, my hand!" The man with the buzz cut nearly lost his mind as he watched his hand disappear.
"Xiao Xin, are you alright!" Ning Yanlan immediately went to pull the girl up after delivering the attack.
Seeing this, another burly man drew his knife and was about to slash at Ning Yanlan, but Jiang Yuan had already activated his Wolf Step and arrived beside him. With a kick, the burly man, who had twenty points of strength, was sent flying far away.
"Sister!" The girl rushed into Ning Yanlan's arms as soon as she saw her.
"What's going on? Who are they?" Ning Yanlan asked the girl.
"They want to take over our house and they even hit my mother!" The girl completely lost control of her emotions and burst into tears.
"I advise you not to meddle in other people's business! We are members of the Heaven and Earth Society!" the burly man who had been kicked away by Jiang Yuan said dejectedly.
"The Heaven and Earth Society?" Ning Yanlan repeated, then threw a fireball at the burly man. "I don't care who you are, come here and kowtow to your sister-in-law to admit your mistake!"
"You're courting death! Our Heaven and Earth Society has produced a third-tier expert!"
The fireball landed, but the burly man, despite the pain, still arrogantly threatened.
"It's alright, I personally think death is the best form of repentance!" Ning Yanlan said dismissively, the spiritual energy she was gathering in her hands growing stronger and stronger.
"Sister, it's alright!" The woman walked over fearfully. "The Heaven and Earth Society is too powerful, we can't afford to offend them! We'll just move out, we only ask that they let Xiao Xin go!"
"That's right, what do you have to fight against our Heaven and Earth Society? You'd better obey us and avoid suffering inhuman torment!" Seeing the woman endure such humiliation, the burly man felt even more at ease. Nothing was more important than finding a good backer.
"Get the hell out of here!" Jiang Yuan saw Ning Yanlan's face darken and kicked the man with the broken arm in the butt, sending him staggering forward and falling to the ground. "You have no sense at all! Anyone who didn't know better would think we were the prisoners!"
"You dare hit me!" The man with the buzz cut was covered in cold sweat, the pain from his severed hand.
"Are you feeling resentful?" Jiang Yuan glanced at him.
The man with the buzz cut gritted his teeth and said, "If I weren't missing a hand, I would beat you to death, you piece of trash who hasn't awakened your spiritual power!"
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