Zhuangyuan Lang watched as they all fell silent, and a nameless fire rose in his heart. His eyes widened in fury as he roared indignantly, "What? Have you all gone mute? Weren't you talking up a storm just now? You argued endlessly, yet not one of you expressed the slightest remorse for committing such evil deeds. All you did was blame each other. Your behavior is utterly depraved, completely devoid of humanity! Your lives are already hanging by a thread, yet you still have no intention of repenting!"
At that moment, the bandit who had always been timid as a mouse suddenly dropped to his knees before Chen Xiaofan and the others. His entire body trembled, his voice shaking as he said fearfully:
"Good sirs, I truly know I was wrong! I should never have committed such acts of murder and arson! Now I have only one wish: I beg you two to show mercy and spare this worthless life of mine! My only dying wish is that I don't want to die..."
When Chen Xiaofan heard the bandit's words, he first could not help but laugh, briefly wondering whether his ears had failed him. Then his expression turned cold, his face as dark as water. He sneered, "At a time like this, you still have the nerve to say such things? You still refuse to give up? You truly never change. I don't know whether to call you brave or stupid."
"Good sirs, we really know we were wrong now! But the mistake has already been made, and no matter how much we regret it, it won't help anything. Besides, we were forced into doing this! It was all the boss who forced us to do it. We truly had no choice!"
Seeing this, another bandit hurriedly knelt and