The Omniscient
Chapter 223

223. The Second Victim: Honey

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Everyone ate and drank their fill before resting. By early the next morning, they were up again.

Several little Lizardmen drove seven human laborers into the forest to chop wood, hunt, and gather wild fruit.

They laughed and chatted among the treetops while Honey and the others could only work themselves to the bone.

Before long, Honey suddenly threw down her grass basket, fell to her knees, and burst into tears.

She seemed to have completely broken down, her eyes filled with grief.

"Grr!" One of the little Lizardmen leaped down from a tree and let out a low growl when he saw this! His tail lashed through the air with sharp cracks.

Honey raised her head numbly and said through her tears, "Bury Hua Ji's body."

The little Lizardman shook his head. He couldn't understand Honey at all; after all, he didn't speak English.

"Grr!" The little Lizardman whipped Honey across the back with his tail, sending her flying more than a meter. Then he pointed at the grass basket on the ground, ordering her to continue gathering wild fruit.

Blood seeped from the corner of Honey's mouth. She struggled to her feet, then suddenly pulled a scalpel from her clothing!

It was one of the scalpels Hua Ji had ordered earlier.

The drone in the sky watched everything unfold, and the wealthy men behind the scenes cried out, "Who would've thought the first person to stand up and resist... would be her!"

"That's one of the knives Hua Ji bought. She already had a terminal illness, and now she's been reduced to a laborer with no hope at all. Hua Ji is dead too. She probably doesn't want to live anymore..."

Sure enough, Honey gripped the scalpel and charged at the little Lizardman.

"Clang!" The blade didn't even

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