After the earlier slaughter, the three of them alternated between walking and jogging, making a smooth escape from the residential complex.
But Chen Shouyi felt not the slightest bit of relief. Instead, his expression grew increasingly grave. Such enormous commotion could not possibly fail to spread. In fact, while on the road, he had already seen more than one person running out through the residential complex's entrance from afar.
But he had not gone after them.
He still had to look after his aunt and his cousin. The moment he left, the two of them would likely be torn to shreds by crazed, vengeful believers.
Besides, even if he wanted to pursue them, he could not intercept every one of them.
"Shouyi, we've dragged you into this. You should leave by yourself. Otherwise, I'm afraid none of us will get away." Qin Shufen panted as she spoke.
Although they had only jogged a few hundred meters from the residential complex to the entrance, she was already breathing heavily.
"Auntie, don't let your thoughts run wild. Since I'm here, of course I'm taking you out. Otherwise, Mom and Dad would beat me to death." Chen Shouyi came back to himself and hurriedly comforted her.
He undid his backpack and set it by the roadside. Taking out the components of the War Bow, he assembled them one by one. He tested it, tugged the bowstring, then took out two quivers and hung them on himself.
He sighed softly. He had still brought too few arrows this time.
The two quivers held only forty arrows in total. They were truly stretched to the limit.
He had been careless, too. Before coming, he had never imagined that Dongning's situation would be so dire, or that the heretical religion would have such deep control over