Leaving the City

Ren Anhua now faced a rather grim choice.

To kill, or not to kill.

Come to think of it, her initial decision to come to Su City was to find a place to hide from the military’s search.

But the result was that she provoked the local big shot as soon as she entered the city.

What kind of situation was this?

Looking at the unconscious man on the floor, Ren Anhua was actually quite troubled.

If she were to strike, wouldn’t it lead to a life-and-death feud?

Out of the dragon’s den and into the tiger’s lair.

The military was still searching for her all over the world.

She had finally found a place like Su City to hide, but in less than a day, she had provoked the Yue family to the point where they had to kill her.

Then why did she choose Su City?

And she still had to find the RV team.

She couldn’t just leave Su City for a while.

Ren Anhua felt a headache coming on.

Although she had indeed started it, who would have thought that casually cutting down two small-time hooligans would lead her to a local big shot?

After the impulse, a calm analysis made Ren Anhua feel that it was really not supposed to have developed to this point.

It was clearly a small matter at the beginning, but in the end, it just got bigger and bigger.

She killed one Yue Chang; who knew how many more Yue Changs were behind him.

This one alone was already a handful for her.

If a few more came, Ren Anhua wouldn’t be able to handle it.

A fourth-tier just casually appeared.

Ren Anhua had also experienced the Awakened foundation of the Yue family.

And from the conversation, this person wasn’t even the boss, just a subordinate.

So how many more such subordinates were there?

The unknown was the most terrifying thing.

An unknown family, a family that produced a fourth-tier at a moment’s notice.

Perhaps this time she had really been reckless with the wrong person.

Ren Anhua didn’t want to make too big an enemy of the local big shot here for the time being.

She decided to stop.

What Yue Chang had said was not without reason.

The other party just wanted Ren Anhua to cure a patient.

Why did it have to get so stiff?

If she stopped now, everyone could still talk things over.

If she didn’t stop, then it would probably be a matter of life and death when they met.

Death wasn’t too terrible.

The problem was that Ren Anhua couldn’t die now, which could provide the other party with many different ways to play.

After clearing her thoughts, Ren Anhua prepared to slip away.

She had spared the other party’s life, which could be considered the greatest act of kindness she had ever done in her life.

The grace of not killing was also a grace.

Let’s just stop it at that.

Logically speaking, Ren Anhua had actually made the right choice at this time.

The Yue family was not a narrow-minded bunch.

Especially toward the strong, they were rather tolerant, because this era needed the strong.

Yue Chang’s defeat was due to his strength and his carelessness.

If she had only defeated Yue Chang, it would not have triggered a full-scale counterattack from the Yue family.

On the contrary, she might have even gained the appreciation of the Yue family.

At most, Yue Chang himself would have felt a little frustrated, but it wouldn’t have developed too much.

The Yue family was a very large force, with branches spreading out and a population of more than a thousand.

If someone was offended and it led to everyone fighting a life-and-death battle, it was really not realistic.

Something like calling a group of brothers to a gang fight after being beaten, that kind of thing mostly happened among low-level hooligan groups.

With the size of the Yue family, such a development was too fantastical.

But if Ren Anhua had killed Yue Chang, then the nature of the matter would be different.

Yue Chang was at least a high-level member of the Yue family.

If he was killed, it would mean a real death match.

As long as the Yue family existed, Ren Anhua could not live well.

The Yue family’s tolerance for the strong was based on the premise that this strong person could be used by the Yue family.

If this strong person was a hostile force, then the stronger she was, the greater the risk to the Yue family, and the more she needed to be completely eradicated.

Undoubtedly, killing someone represented absolute opposition.

But Ren Anhua’s choice was, to a certain extent, not thorough enough in its correctness.

Because she had overly underestimated her own importance to the Yue family.

She did not know the extent of the Yue family’s old master’s illness, nor did she know the current state of division in the Yue family.

If she was just strong, then the Yue family would not have valued her to such an extent.

Hitting a member of the Yue family meant she was strong enough.

As long as she didn’t go too far, didn’t make personal insults or cause irreversible disabling injuries, the Yue family wouldn’t be too heavy-handed and might even recruit her.

It didn’t matter if she didn’t want to join.

The Yue family was also a well-known force in the martial arts world, with both morality and justice.

They were not the kind of petty people who would seek revenge for every little thing.

For a strong person, even if they couldn’t be recruited, they would tend to establish a friendly relationship.

For a force that needed to grow, this was a benign development.

Gaining a friend, reducing an enemy, turning a negative one into a positive one, one person, double the benefits, this was a wise move.

The Yue family had developed to this point not by killing everyone they saw.

Anyone could be reckless, but that was just the courage of a common man.

A healthy and growing force should not indulge in the courage of a common man.

Harmonious diplomacy was the real skill.

But Ren Anhua was different.

The Yue family needed Ren Anhua now.

The price of forcing Ren Anhua was nothing compared to curing their own old master.

The moment Ren Anhua revealed her ability, it already meant that she would be relentlessly pursued by the Yue family.

If she had killed Yue Chang, then the Yue family would not have known the secret of her ability, but having killed a member of the Yue family, the Yue family would not have let her go either.

If she did not kill Yue Chang, then her ability would be brought back to the Yue family by Yue Chang.

The paternalism of the old-school members would prompt them to use all means to restore the old master’s health.

They did not feel at ease putting the entire Yue family in the hands of a twenty-year-old girl, so they were determined to get Ren Anhua, this mobile, humanoid panacea.

Simply put, no matter what Ren Anhua chose, she would be relentlessly pursued by the Yue family.

However, facing the latter predicament was obviously much better than the former.

At least in the latter case, the Yue family was asking something of her.

Although the Yue family had the ability to force her to do this, they would not treat her too harshly.

After all, saving the old master could be considered the savior of the Yue family.

It was just that Ren Anhua didn’t seem to want to be this savior.

Although she didn’t know the Yue family’s situation now, she instinctively rejected this kind of convoluted power struggle.

She couldn’t even stand the Mutual Aid Society, let alone the Yue family, which was more than a level larger in size.

So she decisively ran away.

Yue Chang in the Hunter’s Bar gradually regained consciousness.

He found a piece of paper on his chest with the words “I’ve spared your life, we’re even.”

“This handwriting is really ugly,” Yue Chang made a rather hurtful comment, and then ordered his subordinate, “Notify the four district city gates, start a search, and find that pink-haired girl.”

“The Yue family needs her. Treat her well, but if she’s really unwilling, then tie her up and bring her back,” Yue Chang left quickly, heading for the first ring area.

He could only command his own subordinates.

To find this pink-haired girl, he needed a more stringent search, but a city-wide lockdown and search was something that still required the approval of the Yue family’s old master.

Yue Chang’s actions and reactions were undeniably fast, but unfortunately, Ren Anhua’s actions had a physiological advantage over his.

Ren Anhua had not been knocked out.

After making her decision, she immediately returned to the lodging she had just found.

“Pack your things, we’re preparing to run. What about that kid Tang Yunxuan? Hasn’t he come back?” Ren Anhua pushed open the door and stated her plan in a straightforward manner.

The people in the room looked at each other, not knowing what had happened.

They had just rented this villa and had just moved the things from the car, and were in the middle of tidying up.

But Ren Anhua, this lazy fellow, went out for a stroll and came back with a notice to run.

And Tang Yunxuan?

Where did that stupid kid run off to?

“Something big has happened! Brother Anhua got skewered! Hey hey hey! Brother Anhua, why are you here?” Tang Yunxuan rushed in in a panic, and the first thing he saw was someone who shouldn’t be here.

“What do you mean ‘got skewered’! I’ll f*cking… forget it, I’ll deal with you later. Let’s just pack our things quickly.”

“Wait, Brother Anhua! I got injured when I was escaping just now. Can you heal me?”

“Where are you injured?”

“I kicked the corner of a table with my little toe.”

Although it was sudden, fortunately, everyone reacted quickly.

Packing did not take too long, and Tang Yunxuan also got his wish and changed a foot.

The only problem they encountered was when they were leaving the city.

It was now eight in the afternoon.

The city gates usually closed at six.

Ren Anhua’s group had only been in Su City for a day, so naturally, they wouldn’t know this information.

Guarding the city was a very energy-consuming task, but if they didn’t guard it, the wandering zombies outside would pose a threat.

To balance safety and manpower, it was a matter of course to have a closing time for the city.

But where there were rules, there would be people who broke them.

Su City’s nightlife was quite rich.

At this time, there was still a lot of traffic.

The personnel guarding the city gates were naturally at their posts, but they were no longer conducting entry and exit inspections.

“Do you know how heavy this gate is? You want us to open it now? Can you bear the consequences of what will happen if we open it? It’s crawling with zombies outside, do you know how dangerous it is?” The city guard’s attitude was very firm, and he severely criticized Ren Anhua’s request to open the gate.

“This gate is responsible for the safety of the entire South District. You want me to open it?” The city guard took a few steps closer and lowered his voice.

“You’ll have to pay extra.”

“How much?” From Lifeng County all the way to Su City, Ren Anhua still had some stock.

“Seven people, seven third-tier crystal cores.”

Ren Anhua’s eyelids twitched, but she didn’t argue with him.

Third-tier was third-tier, not that she couldn’t afford it.

Although Su City was highly controlled by the Yue and Wei families, compared to the clearly regulated military, this level of control was obviously more than a notch lower.

This was the gap between the private sector and the official.

No matter how strong they were, they could never achieve the kind of character that a regular army, tempered over time, could cultivate.

It was also thanks to this non-regular, loose management that Ren Anhua’s group was fortunate enough to get out of the city at this time.

“Hey, you’re ripping them off a bit too much this time, aren’t you? Third-tier crystal cores, and seven of them.”

“They look like outsiders at a glance, so of course we have to rip them off a bit more,” the city guard who got the crystal cores said smugly.

But in the next second, he couldn’t be smug anymore.

“City-wide lockdown. From now on, no one is allowed to enter or exit. Any violators will be executed on the spot. This is a direct order from the Yue family’s old master. Have you seen any suspicious people?”

Appearing before the city guard was a fourth-tier Awakened.

This kind of person was actually running errands and passing on messages?

“No… no,” the person who was just smug a moment ago now only felt that the seven crystal cores in his pocket were incredibly hot.