The next second, they heard the sound of arrows striking through the window.
Then, the window paper caught fire first.
"Oh no, someone's set fire!"
Upon seeing this, Yun Zhourong and the others were all greatly alarmed. She immediately took out a fire extinguisher from her spatial storage and opened the window to prepare to put out the fire.
"No!"
Lan Jianhe immediately stepped forward to stop her and quickly pulled her aside.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Sure enough, the next second, countless arrows flew in through the window and stuck into the door, their tail feathers still trembling slightly.
Yun Zhourong was still shaken and asked in a trembling voice, "Master, how did you know there would be danger?"
“Third Master’s men are all guarding outside, so the chances of something going wrong are very small, unless it was them who did it, which would most likely be an attempt to kill and silence witnesses.”
Lan Jianhe said coldly, "Killing us directly would easily arouse suspicion, but if we are all burned to death in the fire, no trace will be left, and there will be no way to prove it."
"hiss…"
Yun Zhourong felt a wave of fear and was also extremely angry. "These people are simply lawless. Do they even respect the law?"
Yun Hongcheng sneered, "I'm afraid there really aren't any. Qiongzhou is located in a remote area, far from the reach of the emperor. These people are probably the local bullies."
"Mmm..."
The mute girl was terrified, crouching on the ground with her head in her hands, screaming incessantly.
"Fire! Help put it out!"
At that moment, the noise of guests could be heard outside.
Yun Zhourong didn't delay any longer and pulled the mute girl towards the gate, saying, "Don't think about it now, let's talk about it after we leave here."
As a result, she discovered that the door could not be opened.
"This door has been locked from the outside!"
Song Shuyi's expression changed drastically, and he said in a fit of anger, "These people must have seen that we were all in one room, so they set the fire to burn us all to death at once, so that they could be done with it once and for all!"
"Cough cough cough..."
The smoke grew thicker, and Yun Zhourong coughed from the smoke. She immediately handed everyone a set of fire suits. "Put them on. These suits can insulate against the fire and protect you from inhaling smoke and ash. These people are probably prepared. They likely have a backup plan when they go out. We must protect ourselves first."
"This... truly lives up to the reputation of Lady Snow Demon, it is indeed a divine object!"
The other three were seeing this for the first time. After putting it on, they instantly felt that breathing became more comfortable and their bodies were not as hot. They were all pleasantly surprised.
"Alright, Father, take care of the mute girl, everyone move aside!"
After saying this, Yun Zhourong took out a submachine gun from his spatial storage and began firing at the gate.
"Bang bang bang..."
Countless bullets rained down on the gate, instantly turning it into a honeycomb, before it collapsed helplessly.
"Wow…"
This scene left Song Shuyi completely dumbfounded, his mouth agape.
"Hurry up."
Seeing him in a daze, Lan Jianhe quickly grabbed his arm and ran outside together.
"Waaaaah... Let us out!"
"What's wrong with this inn? Why can't we open the door?!"
"The window...the window won't open either!"
"Help! Let us out!"
"..."
When they got to the corridor, they discovered that it wasn't just their room that was on fire, but the entire inn was engulfed in flames!
At this moment, the entire lobby of the inn was filled with thick smoke, and many guests had already been choked unconscious.
Those who were awake kept banging on the inn's door, trying to get out, but to no avail.
The gate didn't budge at all.
"It's outrageous! Did those people actually want to burn everyone in the inn alive?" Seeing this, Yun Zhourong was so angry that her body trembled.
"Mmm..."
The mute girl screamed in terror, clinging tightly to Yun Zhourong's hand.
Time was of the essence, and the group didn't have time to think about anything else before rushing downstairs.
"Make way, I can open the door." Once downstairs, Yun Zhourong shouted to the guests.
However, everyone was in a state of extreme panic, and the environment was very noisy. No one listened to her; they just kept banging on the door.
Knowing that finding a breakthrough through the main gate was not an option, Yun Zhourong looked to the side and then raised his submachine gun to fire at one of the windows.
"Bang bang bang..."
As sawdust flew everywhere, the window was smashed in no time.
The guests, who had been terrified, were now all staring at her in stunned silence, and the inn fell into a deathly stillness.
Yun Zhourong felt a little guilty under their gaze, but thankfully her face wasn't visible as she was wearing a firefighter's uniform. She shouted loudly, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and get them out!"
"Ah, right, the window is open, get out, get out quickly!"
Upon hearing this, the passengers finally realized what was happening, but no one paid any attention to the person who had fainted on the ground; instead, they all rushed towards the window.
Fortunately, this scene was already within Yun Zhourong's expectations, so she calmly gave up her spot and ran towards the now empty gate.
"Bang bang bang..."
Another burst of gunfire followed, and the gate collapsed shortly afterward.
"The gate is open! Run!"
Seeing that the main gate was open, those who had climbed through the windows immediately turned around and ran out through the main gate.
Many people, who had been suffocating in the smoke for a long time, collapsed to the ground as soon as they got outside.
Yun Zhourong didn't go out immediately. Instead, she picked up the nearest child and ran out, saying to the rescued people outside, "There are still many people who have fainted inside. Please help rescue them!"
After saying that, he put the child down and rushed back into the fire.
"Let's...go and save them too!"
"Yes, hurry and save them!"
"I'll go fetch water!"
"..."
The guests, still shaken, were inspired when they saw Yun Zhourong, a woman, rushing headlong into the fire without regard for anything else, and they all followed her in to rescue people.
Seeing those people come in, Yun Zhourong was very moved and quickly took out fire masks for them, saying, "These can prevent smoke inhalation. Thank you for coming in to rescue people, but please also protect yourselves."
"Oh, thank you."
The situation was urgent, and these people didn't have time to think much; they put on the masks and immediately started helping to rescue people.
"What's going on? They actually came out!"
Hiding in the shadows, Third Master saw the scene of people coming and going to rescue others outside the inn and his eyes widened in anger.
The man in black beside him was equally astonished and exclaimed, "Impossible! I clearly locked all the doors to their rooms, and the doors of this inn were all boarded up. There's no way they could have gotten out!"
This is unbelievable!
"You can't even handle this small matter, what use are you!"
Enraged, Third Master kicked the man in black hard, but quickly took a deep breath and said, "Now, in the chaos, go and clean up all the traces immediately, otherwise, if we are found out, we will really have no way out and will surely die!"
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