Then, everyone started to demand that Su Ling and her group share their mobile fortress, saying things like:
"Such a large mobile house can be used for transportation and as a doomsday shelter. You can't selfishly keep it to yourselves. You must share it with all of us, so we can all live in it, share it together, and protect this mobile house together."
"Any selfish act or thought that serves only oneself and not others is a bad habit and must be eradicated."
"While we can still talk calmly and reasonably, we advise you to be sensible. Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty shot."
"Otherwise, when we resort to force, don't blame us for ganging up on you and disregarding fairness."
"At that point, you will go from being users of the mobile house to prisoners. Don't say we didn't give you a chance."
"You certainly wouldn't want your beautiful faces and perfect bodies to end up as playthings for men, right? If you don't, then comply and cooperate while we're still willing to talk. This way, your human rights will be respected."
"Exactly, sharing the mobile house amicably means we're all one big happy family. If you don't cooperate, don't blame us for raising our butcher knives and slaughtering you."
...
Their goal was unanimous: to share the castle with Su Ling and her companions.
Otherwise, they wouldn't let Su Ling and her group leave.
If necessary, they wouldn't hesitate to carry out a massacre, staining the plaza with blood.
"I already said no." Su Ling looked at Feng Cai and the others, who were clearly not going to back down until they saw the coffin. She drew the Tang knife hidden in her umbrella handle, while her free hand already summoned the Phoenix Fire bow and arrow.
With weapons in both hands, Gu Shangse and the others also displayed their abilities.
Holding the Tang knife and bow, Su Ling looked at Qi Ren, Feng Cai, and the others. "If you won't let us leave, we'll fight our way out."
She wasn't intimidated by threats.
Using violence to subdue violence was always the preferred option in the apocalypse.
Reason?
Sorry, that tactic wouldn't work.
That tactic was only applicable at the very beginning of the apocalypse, when people still had some humanity and hadn't completely devolved.
Although Su Ling's team consisted of seven people – six adults and one child, plus a dog – all six adults were capable individuals who had awakened their abilities.
Su Ling, with her Tang knife and Phoenix Fire bow and arrow, coupled with an aura that could kill gods and buddhas, was quite intimidating.
Not to mention Gu Shangse beside her, wielding a lightning longsword and a fire longsword.
Although Sister Na and Jiang Jiang's abilities weren't as visually striking as Su Ling's and Gu Shangse's, as they adjusted their auras, everyone could sense that they had awakened their powers.
As Su Ling and her team entered combat readiness, Sister Na had already picked up Han Han and was holding her weapon, prepared for battle.
The survivors, led by Qi Ren and Feng Cai, were indeed wary of Su Ling and her group.
Everyone valued their lives and feared becoming cannon fodder if a fight broke out.
Therefore, when Su Ling refused to be morally blackmailed by them and even threatened to fight, the once boisterous crowd faltered.
"What?" Su Ling's voice, cold and sharp, cut through the air and reached every survivor's ears as she looked at Qi Ren, Feng Cai, and the others, who had yet to make a move. "Weren't you going to fight? Why aren't you coming?"
Su Ling's words, chillingly cold, pierced the air and reached every survivor's ears, sending shivers down their spines.
This was what it meant to be strong.
Seemingly frail and unremarkable, yet the most formidable and not to be underestimated.
The situation remained at a stalemate. The vociferous survivors genuinely dared not rush forward to their deaths.
This was the apocalypse; social order and systems had collapsed.
Killing was not a crime.