10 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters…
The distance between both sides grew closer and closer.
Just as the man was about to make a move—
“Here, let me give you something.”
Huang Xiaoxiao spoke and tossed a tiny round ball toward him.
The man in front subconsciously caught it.
“Holy crap, explosive beads!”
“Throw it away now!!”
The moment the words fell—
Boom!
A loud explosion rang out.
“AHHH!!”
Miserable screams echoed one after another.
“What happened outside?”
“What’s going on out there?”
Inside the cave, the people heard the explosions and screams outside and curiously looked toward the entrance.
“Did the people here to save us arrive?”
“Really? Someone came to save us? That’s great!”
“Wuwu, someone finally came!”
Under everyone’s hopeful gazes, a figure appeared before them.
Only…
Why was there only one person?
And it was a girl who looked only a little older than them.
Huang Xiaoxiao carried a basin in her hands while walking and eating at the same time.
She even complained as she ate.
“What kind of cooking skills are these? This food tastes awful!”
“Huang Xiaoxiao, it’s you? Why are you here? Did they catch you too?”
Seeing Huang Xiaoxiao, Zhuo Wenxuan widened her eyes.
Then she quickly noticed something was wrong.
Huang Xiaoxiao’s hands and feet were not tied up.
“Whoa!”
Why were there so many people here? Weren’t there only ten?
Looking at the cave full of people, Huang Xiaoxiao’s mouth fell open slightly.
Then, as if she suddenly thought of something—
Her expression changed instantly.
She tossed aside the food basin in her hands and pulled out a dagger from her storage space.
“Y-you… what are you trying to do?”
Seeing Huang Xiaoxiao walking toward her with a dagger, Zhuo Wenxuan was so frightened that she kept retreating backward.
The others screamed and hugged one another in fear.
“Don’t be scared. It won’t hurt.” Thinking they were just nervous, Huang Xiaoxiao smiled gently, her tone unusually soft.
However, instead of comforting them, it only made her seem even more terrifying.
“No! D-don’t come over here!” Zhuo Wenxuan screamed.
What did she mean, don’t come over?
How could she cut the ropes if she did not go over there?
Huang Xiaoxiao raised the dagger.
“AHH! HELP!”
Zhuo Wenxuan screamed again.
“Enough! Stop yelling and shut up! Do you want to attract everyone else here too?” Huang Xiaoxiao shouted angrily.
“Huh? I’m not dead?” Zhuo Wenxuan slowly opened her eyes.
Only then did she realize Huang Xiaoxiao had merely cut the ropes binding her.
“What? You actually wanted to die?”
That request was a little hard to fulfill.
“Well, about that… I think you should go ask your brother and your parents first. I can’t make that decision,” Huang Xiaoxiao said.
After speaking, she went to untie the others.
Just then—
Footsteps suddenly came from outside.
“Oh no, someone’s coming!” someone shouted.
“That fast?” Huang Xiaoxiao looked surprised.
“Here, take the knife. You’re responsible for cutting everyone’s ropes. I’ll go outside and take a look.”
As she spoke, she clapped her hands and walked toward the cave entrance.
“Wait! What are you trying to do?”
Zhuo Wenxuan looked at Huang Xiaoxiao nervously.
“Nothing much. I’m just going out to see them,” Huang Xiaoxiao replied casually.
“Y-you…”
Zhuo Wenxuan wanted to stop her.
But Huang Xiaoxiao had already walked out.
Outside the cave—
More than ten people surrounded the area.
The moment they saw the woman standing there—
“Stop!”
“If you take one more step, I’ll attack!”
The tall, skinny man standing in the center shouted angrily.
Looking at the long silver tubes pointed toward her, Huang Xiaoxiao obediently stopped walking.
“Listen up, whoever’s inside. If you don’t want to die, come out now. Otherwise, nobody inside is escaping alive.”
Huang Xiaoxiao tilted her head.
Who were they talking to?
Forget it. Since they were not talking to her, there was no need to care.
Woo woo woo!
The kidnapped men sitting near the cave entrance saw Huang Xiaoxiao and their pupils shrank immediately. They desperately signaled at their companions across from them to leave quickly.
The devil was this woman standing right in front of them.
Huang Xiaoxiao lowered her eyes and glanced at them.
The men instantly shut their mouths in fear.
One, two, three, four…
Huang Xiaoxiao swept her gaze from left to right, counting every person one by one.
Seventeen people.
She wondered whether all of them had arrived.
After carefully observing them, she realized none looked like the leader.
Could the leader still be hiding somewhere else?
Huang Xiaoxiao only thought about it briefly.
She did not take it seriously.
The man on the opposite side shouted for quite a while, yet nobody came out. He became visibly irritated.
“I’ll count to five. If nobody comes out, we’re attacking.”
“Five, four—”
“Wait, brother, can I ask who exactly you’re trying to call out?”
Everyone inside was someone they had kidnapped.
Under normal circumstances, they should all still be tied up.
If they were tied up, how were they supposed to come out?
Huang Xiaoxiao finally could not hold back from speaking.
Was there something wrong with their brains?
“Shut up. We’re not talking to you. Don’t think I don’t know someone came to rescue them. Tell that person to come out, or don’t blame me for getting rough.”
“Oh, you mean the person who rescued them? They already came out.”
Was she not standing right in front of them?
“Woman, you dare play games with me?”
The man raised his flame gun and pointed it at Huang Xiaoxiao’s head.
Huang Xiaoxiao jumped in fright.
She could not help shrinking back slightly.
Her feet shifted sideways a few steps.
“Brother, the thing in your hand is too dangerous. Could you put it down first so we can talk properly?”
Huang Xiaoxiao planned to reason with him calmly and emotionally.
Unfortunately, the man clearly did not appreciate it.
“I told you not to move, you fu—”
As he spoke, he was about to pull the trigger.
“Sigh…”
Huang Xiaoxiao let out a helpless sigh.
Why couldn’t they just have a proper conversation?
Her hand loosened, and several tiny round balls rolled out.
“Get down!”
Huang Xiaoxiao shouted loudly.
Then she was the first to throw herself to the ground.
“What?”
The seventeen people across from her were startled by the sudden shout and had not yet reacted.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
“AHHH!!”
“AAAAHHH!!!”
Miserable screams echoed across the icy mountain once again.
…
“These things are really dangerous, you know?”
“You shouldn’t casually point them at people!”
“It’s fine to use them against ferocious beasts, but there’s no need to point them at your fellow humans, right?”
Huang Xiaoxiao walked over and confiscated the weapons from each person’s hands.
As she collected them, she continued lecturing nonstop.
After gathering all the weapons—
She took out ropes and tied them up one by one.
“They won’t die, right? Please don’t die.”
Huang Xiaoxiao looked at the kidnappers who had been blown into miserable states.
“If you die, I really won’t be able to explain myself,” she muttered softly.
The kidnappers who were still conscious nearly coughed up blood after hearing that.
This woman…
Was way too ruthless!!
When Zhuo Wenxuan and the others cautiously walked out of the cave—
Everyone had already been tied together by Huang Xiaoxiao.
Looking at the scene before them, all of them were too shocked to speak.
Liu Xingran’s mouth hung open as she stared in disbelief at the skinny little woman before her.
This… this was way too amazing!
Even Zhuo Wenxuan was stunned by the sight.
Was Huang Xiaoxiao really this strong?
Could this person actually be fake?
Zhuo Wenxuan refused to believe it.
“Alright, everything’s settled!”
“Let’s go. We can head back now!”
Huang Xiaoxiao clapped her hands and looked toward everyone.
“Ah? O-okay!”
“We can go home now?”
“That’s great!”
“Wuwu…”
“I want my mom!”
“I want my dad!”
“I want my grandpa and grandma!”
“AHHHHH—I WANT FOOD!!!”
Suddenly, one sharp voice drowned out everyone else.
Uh…
Huang Xiaoxiao was shocked.
Even after all this, someone was still thinking about food?
How carefree could their heart possibly be?!
Yet what shocked her even more came afterward.
The moment food was mentioned, everyone seemed to forget about crying.
Each girl stared at Huang Xiaoxiao pitifully with bright, frightened doe-like eyes.
Those innocent little-deer eyes made Huang Xiaoxiao’s heart tremble uncontrollably.
Don’t look at me like that!
It’s not like I’m some breathtaking beauty!
“Big Sister!”
Liu Xingran tugged on Huang Xiaoxiao’s sleeve and shook it lightly.
Forget it. They were all just kids.
Huang Xiaoxiao decided to satisfy their request.
And so—
By the time Zhuo Yi and the others rushed over—
What they saw was not a miserable, traumatized group of girls cowering in corners in fear.
Instead, they found a lively, noisy group of teenage girls happily roasting rabbit meat and eating together.
This…
What was going on here?
Weren’t they supposed to have been kidnapped?
Did this look like a kidnapping scene at all?
The hundreds of people who hurried over—
More than two hundred eyes stared blankly at the twenty or thirty girls eating enthusiastically before them.
They opened their mouths…
But had absolutely no idea what to say…
“Mmm, Zhuo Yi, you’re here!”
“Come quickly, eat some rabbit! It’s really delicious!”
The moment she spotted the tall man standing out from the crowd, Huang Xiaoxiao waved at him cheerfully.
“And you guys too! Come over!”
“We made a lot.”
“There’s enough for everyone to eat!”
Even while speaking, she did not forget to invite the others.