Wu Qiang hurried after Li Bai, and Lü Zhangyuan followed without a word.
When the three of them caught up with the bloodily dressed villagers, the villagers not only failed to stop them, but shifted their eyes aside and broke into unsettling smiles.
Yao Shunyu was initially stunned to see them running over. Then his face twisted with anger, and he kept waving at Li Bai to turn back. But by then, the three of them had already gone around Zhusheng Niangniang's grand sedan and reached him.
"What are you doing here?" Yao Shunyu trembled with rage. "There's nothing you can do here. You can only join me in dying!"
Li Bai didn't deny it. She hadn't yet thought of a way to escape, so she planned to look for a weakness in Zhusheng Niangniang.
By now, Yao Shunyu was out of options too. He leaned out and peered below the bridge, but the space beneath was pitch-black, without a single glimmer of light. "If all else fails, we can only jump. We'll pull the fuses on the Explosives first, then jump together at the last moment before they go off."
"Fate decides life and death; heaven decides wealth and honor. Even if we all die, we can't let that thing cross the river." At this point, Yao Shunyu said whatever came to mind, not caring whether Zhusheng Niangniang could hear him.
"No."
A rather hoarse voice rang out, instantly drawing Li Bai and Yao Shunyu's attention. Lü Zhangyuan gave a slight shake of his head, his tone firm. "Jumping is definitely not a good choice. It would mean certain death."
Wu Qiang looked at the villagers around them, who were growing more and more unsettling, and had already lost his composure. "What do you mean, it's no good? I...