Chapter 532: Chapter 526: Cry More for Yourself

"If a child accidentally bumped into you on the street, would you kill her? You’re a devil! The cruelest devil in the world!"

Xu Yu scrambled over, half-crawling, half-rolling. She threw herself onto Lin Yiyi, whose body was pierced by a metal branch and bleeding profusely. With immense effort, she managed to drag her just a little to the side.

Cradling Lin Yiyi, she was sobbing so hard she could barely speak, every word a blood-soaked accusation of Xie Ning’s viciousness and cruelty.

But Xie Ning just smiled, a rather wicked expression on her face. Her voice was exceptionally cold and heartless.

"I should have killed her back at the cotton workshop."

"Letting her live this long was a kindness."

"Don’t worry. You’ll all be joining her one by one soon enough. No need to cry so hysterically."

Xie Ning’s smile was unrestrained. "Save your energy. You should be crying for yourselves."

Zhuang Lei, who had been silent until now, suddenly snapped his eyes wide open. He whipped his head toward Gu Chen and yelled, "Captain Gu, Captain Gu, say something! Plead for us! I’ve been a victim in this from start to finish. When Lin Yiyi kidnapped Little Su, Xu Yu and I had no idea!"

Gu Chen stood off to the side, his expression blank, acting as if he hadn’t heard Zhuang Lei’s plea for help at all.

’Now he knows to cry for help? Did he not think about the consequences before starting trouble?’

Xu Yu’s eyes were red and swollen from crying. She reached out and slapped at Zhuang Lei. "What are you saying? How can you be so spineless?"

"You’re a man! Can’t you show some backbone? Why are you begging them for mercy? We didn’t do anything wrong."

"This whole thing was just a misunderstanding from the start. That devil Xie Ning, who kills without batting an eye, has already killed Yiyi. Isn’t that enough? Does she want us to get on our knees and beg?"

"Besides, didn’t you hear? That Spiritual Ability User on their team already said Little Su is completely fine."

"We didn’t actually kill her, so there was room for negotiation. Xie Ning and her group are the ones making a mountain out of a molehill, ruthlessly killing Yiyi! Isn’t she just throwing her weight around and doing whatever she wants because her superpower is strong?"

Even Zhuang Lei, her supposed boyfriend, couldn’t stand listening to this anymore.

’What kind of bizarre logic was this? How had he never realized Xu Yu was so full of twisted reasoning?’

’At a time like this, begging for mercy was the only way. Only an idiot would keep arguing with them.’

’Xie Ning had already made her killing intent perfectly clear, so why was Xu Yu still rambling on and on?’

’Couldn’t she just shut up?’ he begged internally. ’Did she have to keep adding fuel to the fire?’

’In the end, Lin Yiyi was the one who blew this whole thing out of proportion. She got what she deserved.’

’Shouldn’t their top priority right now be to save their own skins?’

’Has this stupid woman lost her mind? Why did she have to scream herself hoarse arguing with Xie Ning to defend the already-dead Lin Yiyi?’

It was only now that Zhuang Lei completely understood just how wronged and frustrated his sister Zhuang Jia and brother-in-law Luo Yanan must have felt.

It’s only when your own interests are on the line that you can truly appreciate the struggles of others.

Previously, Zhuang Lei had never felt this way because his and Xu Yu’s interests had always been intertwined. Xu Yu had always infringed upon the interests of other teammates, which had nothing to do with him.

But now...

Being dragged down with her felt completely different.

’I just want to slap this woman to death right now and make her shut up for good.’

’I must have been blind back then. How could I have ever fallen for such a moron?’

Just as the atmosphere grew murderously tense, Cres suddenly raised an eyebrow and said, "The cocoon’s moving."

His single sentence snapped everyone’s attention back.

Sure enough, the outer layer of the large, scorched-black cocoon, composed of blackened Wood Vines, began to peel away bit by bit.

At first, it was just a few pieces falling off, but then the peeling accelerated.

A sudden CRACKLE rang out.

Everyone’s hearts pounded with excitement and tension as they stared.

The large cocoon shed as many as seven or eight outer layers.

Lu Wei, standing off to the side, looked on in some surprise.

Pushing up his glasses, Lu Wei turned to Xie Ning and asked with a smile, "Yueyue’s Wood Element Ability should be Fourth Rank by now, right?"

"That’s incredible. I never heard that the child had a Wood Element Ability before. How could she improve so rapidly in such a short time?"

Xie Ning was also a bit surprised.

After all, when she had checked earlier, Yueyue’s superpower was only Second Order.

"This was probably a life-or-death moment that awakened her body’s latent potential."

"Very likely," Gu Chen nodded.

The crowd gathered around was stunned by what they saw.

They truly hadn’t expected the cocoon formed by the Wood Vines to be so thick.

It peeled away layer after layer. More than twenty layers sloughed off before an unremarkable-looking blanket was revealed.

Song Youxuan rushed forward and hastily pulled away the blanket wrapped around her daughter.

They saw the little girl lying prone on a backpack, slowly lifting her head like a little hamster.

When she saw the crowd of people standing in front of her, a trace of confusion was still on her face.

When everyone got a clear look at her, they almost burst out laughing...

This kid was something else!

There wasn’t a single burn mark on her, and there was even a crumb of dried beef hanging from the corner of her mouth.

While a great fire raged outside, she had been hiding under the unremarkable blanket, completely unperturbed, secretly snacking.

"Yueyue!" Seeing her daughter safe and sound, Song Youxuan was both thrilled and overjoyed. She reached out and pulled the girl into her arms.

Heaven knows how anxious and restless she had been for the past hour or more.

She had been constantly blaming herself, feeling she hadn’t watched over her daughter properly.

Now that her precious daughter was found, she was so happy she almost cried tears of joy.

Song You’ai came forward, put an arm around her sister’s shoulder, and comforted her with a smile, "It’s okay, it’s okay. See? Yueyue is perfectly fine. I told you Yueyue was a clever little imp and would be alright."

Su Xiyue had also snapped out of it by now. She hugged Song Youxuan and said sweetly, "Mommy, Auntie, I made you worry. I’m okay, just a little choked up."

She coughed a few times as she spoke, then hugged the unremarkable blanket and looked at Xie Ning with a beaming smile. "Big Sis! This unremarkable blanket is really useful! It can maintain a constant temperature and block out most of the smoke. It’s all thanks to this blanket. Otherwise, I probably would have choked badly on the smoke."

Xie Ning nodded repeatedly, a slight smile appearing on her face.

’Experience really is the best teacher,’ she thought. She used to look down on these little trinkets she’d gotten from the prize wheel, but this time, one had actually helped Yueyue withstand such a massive fire.

’The products from the X Realm aren’t half bad, it seems. If I get the chance in the future, it’d be great to raid their main Dimensional Space warehouse.’

’My demands aren’t too high; just taking fifty percent of their good stuff would be enough...’

Although this unforeseen disaster had been perilous, it was thankfully resolved smoothly in the end.

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