Saving System: Calm Down, My Fleeing Host!-Chapter 79: A Family in Despair

The scar-faced man suddenly pulled this stunt, causing the scene to fall silent for two seconds, followed by a girl’s terrified cries, "Grandpa, Grandpa, don’t die! Boohoo!"

No one expected the scar-faced man to kill someone on impulse; after all, they captured people to be used as labor. The boss forbids killing without reason.

Old Liu muttered inwardly, spit! What nonsense!

Just because he’s skilled, better than everyone but the boss? What’s there to be proud of, just a brute, even if he’s skilled, he’s still behind the boss.

Boohoo!

"Grandpa! Wake up, Xiuxiu doesn’t want you to leave!"

The girl screamed in grief, her frail little hands unable to stop the blood gushing from the old man’s chest, large teardrops pouring from her eyes, filled with sorrow and despair.

Seeing this, the young man nearby struggled furiously, broke free from the bandits holding him, crawled to the old man’s side, and cried, "Dad, Dad, how are you, you can’t leave us."

The other captured women and children also wailed in sorrow.

"Dad!"

"Grandpa!"

They wanted to break free to get to the old man, but their lack of strength made it impossible, so they could only kneel on the ground, crying and shouting.

The old man trembled, his lips moving, raising a hand to touch his granddaughter’s face for the last time, his voice hoarse and weak, "I’m...sorry..." His hand fell lifelessly.

System: "That ugly, short man actually wants that 12-year-old girl, sick!"

System: "Oh no! The old man is about to die."

The system kept reporting back on the situation, so Cheng Xiaoxiao stood there expressionless, motionless.

Leng Qi called out to Cheng Xiaoxiao several times before she snapped out of it.

Once Cheng Xiaoxiao regained her senses, she looked at the bandits with unstoppable anger, "Are you all in cahoots with the bandits a kilometer away?" She pointed to the mountain on the left as she spoke.

The burly men were skeptical, how did this girl know their hideout was over there?

"Speak!" Cheng Xiaoxiao shouted furiously.

The burly men were startled; they didn’t expect the seemingly gentle and quiet young lady to be so fierce and dared not act recklessly, so they replied softly, "Yes...yes!"

Leng Qi understood, knowing Miss Cheng had some special skills, as even he had been discovered by her, let alone bandits with no hidden tracks.

Upon hearing the confirmed answer, Cheng Xiaoxiao closed her eyes, thinking of the tragic scene over there, gritted her teeth, and said, "Kill them all!"

She then walked to the side and turned her back.

Leng Qi’s eyes widened, this, this, Miss Cheng wasn’t like what he thought! So ruthless?

"Hurry up!" They still needed to rescue people!

Leng Qi wasn’t ... hesitant, just didn’t expect Cheng Xiaoxiao to be so decisive in killing.

Initially, Cheng Xiaoxiao didn’t plan on taking their lives; they were neither enemies nor friends, and she didn’t know what they’ve done or caused her any harm.

But... after listening to the system’s real-time reports, thinking about these people being associates of the bandits over there, she couldn’t help the anger boiling in her chest, leaving these people alive would only lead to more innocent girls suffering, so kill them all to eliminate future troubles!

She had never witnessed killing before, feeling uneasy, she could only turn her back, not looking, not thinking; she knew this was soon something she had to face, sooner or later she would have to pick up a knife and kill, but she couldn’t help feeling anxious and fearful...

Listening to the pleas for mercy behind, the sound of swords cutting through bodies and blood splattering.

Cheng Xiaoxiao tightly clenched her hands, her nails digging into her palms, whispered to herself: This is ancient times, ancient times where human life is like grass, this is the beginning of the apocalypse, the start of bloodshed and slaughter, no longer the peaceful past life, she had to adapt, adapt to the upcoming cruel life.

A tear slowly slid down her face; she dared not look at the killings, nor dared to kill herself; this was her fatal weakness, she must overcome it, or surviving in this world of cannibals would be as difficult as climbing the sky.

After killing, Leng Qi used his sword to fling the bodies into the nearby ditch. Upon returning, he saw Cheng Xiaoxiao’s fallen tears.

Confused, why cry now, wasn’t she the one who ordered the killings?

Or was she unwilling?

Did she think it was too cruel?

"Regret it?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao wiped away her tears, her eyes instantly determined, "Let’s go! You take me to the place over there as fast as you can."

Leng Qi puzzled, "Over there... you mean... the hideout those bandits just mentioned."

Cheng Xiaoxiao nodded.

"That’s not possible; we don’t know how many bandits are there or how strong they are. If it’s just to scout, I can go alone, but I can’t take you with me."

The system hurriedly said, "The old man has died, and the scar-faced man handed the woman named Lady Yuan to the short ugly man, preparing to take the others up the mountain."

Afrantic Cheng Xiaoxiao glared coldly at Leng Qi, "Hurry up, right away!"

Leng Qi didn’t understand why she suddenly changed her expression.

Looking at the furious Cheng Xiaoxiao, seemingly on the verge of exploding, he had no choice but to take her and fly over.

As they approached the destination, they heard the screams of women and cries of children.

The young man dragged halfway up the mountain, watching helplessly as the lewd man tore at his wife’s clothes; he was filled with rage and agony but was powerless.

With a broken voice, he hoarsely repeated,

"Lady Yuan!"

"Lady Yuan!"

His mother had died from illness during their escape; his older brothers and two nephews died trying to protect their family, but they still couldn’t escape the clutches of these bandits.

Now, his father was dead; if Lady Yuan were defiled, she wouldn’t survive either, and his two nieces faced dire fates.

Despair filled him; who could save them!

Oh heavens!

Why are you so unjust...

Intense hatred seemed to erupt from his chest! If he could live, he would kill all of them, kill all these beasts.

Gradually, the young man lost strength, muttering under his breath, "I curse you beasts to fall into endless hell, to burn in infernal fire, never to reincarnate!"

The others didn’t hear him clearly, but the bandit nearest to the young man, holding a large knife in one hand and the young man in the other, heard his curses and burned with anger, "You wretch, how dare you curse me, see if I don’t peel off your skin."

He threw the young man heavily to the ground, took out the whip from behind, and whipped him.

Cheng Xiaoxiao and Leng Qi, who landed on the adjacent mountain peak, finally saw the situation clearly. With real-time reports from the system, Cheng Xiaoxiao decisively instructed, "Leng Qi, you go to the mid-slope to save the man being beaten, kill those people, then go down to rescue the woman."

Leng Qi surveyed the surroundings, ensuring that the people at the mountain’s foot couldn’t see Cheng Xiaoxiao, relieved slightly, "Hide here well, don’t go out."

Leng Qi was concerned; there were two groups ahead, not concentrated, even if he was highly skilled in martial arts, killing one group would alert the other group, if Cheng Xiaoxiao exposed herself there would be danger.

"Alright, I know, hurry up!" Cheng Xiaoxiao urged anxiously.