Yun Jian replied with a smile, "Just a free spirit."
The man's expression shifted between anger and uncertainty. "You're not from the Dark Gang?"
"If you think so, then I am."
As soon as the words were spoken, the hostage screamed "Ah—!" His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and even his lips trembled uncontrollably.
He involuntarily curled up into a ball, cold sweat pooling and dripping onto the ground, forming a wet patch.
Yun glanced at him and advised, "If you really can't stand it, just say it!"
"You...don't even think about it!"
"Oh, he's got guts." Yun Jian wasn't in a hurry and waited patiently.
The man watched anxiously from the side, his face grim, especially since the hostage was covered in blood and gore.
Not long after, a small insect crawled out, wriggled in front of Yunjian for a while, spat out a fleshy ball, and then turned around and burrowed back into the hostage's body to continue gnawing.
Although the hostage was in excruciating pain, he still maintained a sliver of rationality. Seeing this scene, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.
He had previously thought that Yun Jian was lying to him. What kind of insect could you eat, vomit, and then eat again?
But now...
"I'll say it!" he spat out the two words through gritted teeth, staring intently at Yun Jian with a face full of resentment.
Yun ignored his gaze and asked coldly, "Where is the divine flower?"
"On me."
He lowered his head and took out a red flower.
Yun Jian didn't even blink. She was certain that the flower had appeared out of thin air. She guessed that the people here must have their own storage space, just like them.
Yun Jian took the flower, examined it for a while, and after confirming that there was no problem, put the flower into the system inventory.
But there was no intention to stop the insects.
The hostage looked at her and asked through gritted teeth, "I've already given you what I asked for, aren't you going to return the bugs?"
Yun Jian: "Didn't you understand what I said? I want all of your divine flowers. You think you can get rid of me with just one?"
The hostage was so angry he could hardly breathe.
He reluctantly took out two more flowers.
"That's all. The kill order promised two flowers, but we kept one for ourselves just in case."
Yun Jian took it back without any hesitation, still not stopping the little insect.
Hostage: "I've given you everything you wanted, aren't you going to let me go?"
Yun Jian snorted softly, lowering her gaze. "I don't believe you."
Baba Ranch is quite powerful; she simply doesn't believe that its entire fortune consists of just these three divine flowers.
The hostage's body trembled, whether from pain or anger, it was hard to tell.
"Are you kidding me?"
Yun Jian: "So what if I'm playing you? Do you have the ability to resist now? If you know what's good for you, hand over all the divine flowers, or else you'll be reduced to nothing but dust!"
Just then, flames shot into the sky not far away.
White Nose flew over with a smug look on his face and boasted to Yun Jian, "I found the last lead horse. They hid it so well, underground, with a yurt on top for cover. If I hadn't smelled it, I would have missed it."
As he spoke, he took out the severed horn, which was exactly seven loops.
Yun Jian waved his hand, telling him to handle it himself, then turned to the hostage, "Aren't you going to hand him over? I don't have the patience to wait for you now."
"Guys, let's gnaw on his guts!"
Now that all the troublemakers have been dealt with, we need to speed things up; there's a lot of work waiting for her when she gets back.
Upon hearing this, the hostage wanted to resist, but he couldn't stop the insects from gnawing through his skin and entering his stomach.
Before, he was only dealing with the skin and flesh, so he still had room to maneuver. But if his internal organs were damaged, then it would be a question of whether he would live or die.
He quickly took out a dozen more divine flowers.
Yun Jian glanced at them and could sense the differences in their auras, some good and some bad.
They accepted everything without hesitation, while keeping a close eye on the hostages.
She had a feeling that this person still hadn't completely handed over the items.
"It's really gone! Would I joke with you about my life?" the hostage shouted in a trembling voice.
Yun Jian watched coldly.
Feeling a sharp pain in his stomach, the hostage cried out in agony and opened his storage space, pulling out all the divine flowers in front of Yun Jian. "Here! This time it's really all gone!"
White Nose glanced at it and exclaimed, "Goodness, another twenty flowers! You're quite the charmer."
Yun Jian put all the divine flowers into his backpack, let the charred corpses cover the rear, and then he and Liang Song withdrew first.
Liang Song turned around and glanced back: "Boss, why don't we wipe them out completely? Keeping them alive will only make them a threat sooner or later."
Yun Jian paused for a moment, then shook his head.
Having been raised with socialist values, she couldn't kill without batting an eye, let alone slaughter so many people at once.
She closed her eyes briefly. "I need more time to adjust."
Liang Song understood what she meant and said, half comforting and half analyzing, "That's fine. Without the demonic beasts and the divine flower, they won't pose any threat for the time being."
After a pause, Liang Song added, "It's just too ostentatious. Destroying a force all at once will definitely attract the attention of other forces."
Moreover, they were carrying nearly forty divine flowers, making them practically walking fat sheep.
Inevitably, some people will have designs on it.
Yun Jian shook his head: "Have you noticed that these people have very few props? Our methods mainly rely on props, and they are quite powerful. When we seize the Divine Flower, they will still target us. It would be better to seize the resources of another force first to strengthen ourselves before confronting them."
Liang Song thought about it and realized that made sense.
"And I always felt that the Divine Flower was very important to White Nose and the others!"
After she meets up with Bai Yu and the others, she will take out the divine flower and let Bai Bi try it to see if it works.
Yun Jian looked at the mountain of explosives piled up in his system inventory and sighed.
"There's only this much left. I don't know if it'll be enough for those guys."
Comment: [That's all? Do you have some misunderstanding about what "that's all" means?]
Stop being so ordinary! Do you even know that the stockpile of gunpowder in the neighboring factory isn't even half of yours?!
Speaking of which, the charred corpse in the gunpowder pit next door has started teaching himself how to make explosives, but he keeps failing and blowing himself to pieces.
[I just checked, and the battle next door is incredibly intense. Only the charred corpse and the Tengyun Pavilion members are still locked in a standoff; the rest of the players have been wiped out.]
[That's terrible! Luckily, Yunjian and the others arrived beforehand, otherwise they'd probably be dealing with charred corpses in some corner right now!]
Yun Jian and Liang Song traveled at full speed and soon reunited with Bai Yu and the others.
Actually, while Yun Jian and the others were leaving, Bai Yu and the others weren't idle either. Following Yun Jian's instructions, they scouted out the basic conditions of the grasslands and searched for a suitable new location to set up camp.
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