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Only after most of them had left did Li Zi open her cage and climb down.

The terrified human girls huddled up, staring at her in astonishment.

Li Zi went over and opened their cages. "You can leave now."

The girls all shrank back, not daring to move an inch.

Li Zi simply opened the cages, then tilted her head up to look at the steep mountain over there.

"System, check what Si Le is doing right now."

The System flipped through the book, sounding a little excited.

"Host, Si Le is gathering all the guards to deal with Si Yaoxie. He senses that Si Yaoxie is about to awaken, and he's desperate to get his hands on Si Yaoxie's power."

Li Zi scratched her head. "Oh, I see."

She really had deliberately prompted the System to say those things earlier.

Si Le wasn't foolish enough to kill so many beastmen.

He wanted to use all these humans as sacrifices to resurrect Si Yaoxie.

She had merely had the System say a few things to sow discord, and those beastmen had actually believed it.

Now she could choose who could hear her thoughts.

Stirring up trouble like this couldn't have been easier.

She was chatting with the System when she suddenly heard a woman shouting behind her.

"Your Majesty! We're here!"

"Your Majesty! The beastmen have all run away! We're willing to stay by your side! Please come and save us!"

Li Zi was speechless. "..."

She turned to look.

Not a single one of the people crammed into the carts had fled. Instead, they were excitedly waving at the guards flying toward them through the sky.

Soon, several winged beastmen landed nearby and surrounded them, holding oddly shaped weapons.

"Why did all those beastmen run away? They even left