The woman who had been gravely injured on the train, barely able to hold on, and had begged others to let her live so she could return to her child, now wore a savage expression as she sliced off an ordinary person's head and held it high. She roared at the people from District 013, who were surrounded by several Players nearby, screaming and weeping in terror. "Shut up, all of you! The next person who makes a sound dies!"
The people from District 013 had apparently escaped from somewhere. They carried crude bundles and had their children with them. Facing the murderous Players, they could only desperately hide their children in their arms.
One Player chuckled and dragged a woman out from the edge of the crowd. But the woman wasn't his target—it was the child in her arms. Gripping the child's thin shoulders, the Player said to the others, "We weren't planning to eat you. You brought this on yourselves by trying to run."
His words terrified the trapped people even more. In their fear, someone found the courage to stand up and attack the Player. "You animals! Don't forget who raised you! Our parents scrimped and saved to bring you up, not so you could turn your own people into food!"
The Player kicked him back. "The last batch of runaways took a lot of food with them. We can only make up for what they took from you."
"If you're short on food, why not buy some from other Sub-districts? The Storage Compartment is empty. One trip could bring back plenty of provisions," Xu Huo said from behind him.
The Players were in high spirits, but when they suddenly saw Xu Huo among them, their expressions changed at once. The Player standing in front of him