Swish, swish, swish!
The Thermal Single-Edged Saber kept swinging. After the brown-haired white man, six armed personnel followed in his footsteps.
"Let me go! Or I'll kill him!"
The purple-haired Black woman left inside the vehicle was overwhelmed with fear at the sight.
But someone who ran with Gardner's armed forces naturally possessed a ruthlessness most people lacked. She hauled up the unconscious Hong Yan and pressed a pistol to his temple.
The power of firearms was not to be underestimated. After all, even bullets from the weakest guns could easily reach the speed of sound, and all that kinetic energy was concentrated on penetration.
Even against Werewolf Giants, as long as bullets hit, they could definitely damage flesh, despite being unable to penetrate their bones.
And Xia Xu did not think Hong Yan, the protagonist of the "Giants" storyline, could withstand a bullet fired with a gun pressed to his temple, especially in this emaciated state, weaker than even an ordinary person.
"You think you can threaten me? With a monster you created?"
After a moment's consideration, Xia Xu stopped for the time being.
He was not completely certain he could rescue Hong Yan before the woman fired.
Although he had no ties to Hong Yan, a human life was still at stake. Moreover, Hong Yan was a perfect and extremely valuable product of Giants technology. Given a choice, he naturally could not let his death become a certainty.
Of course, if she really expected to use this to force him to do anything, that was out of the question.
Ultimately, Hong Yan was only a stranger to him. Saving him would certainly be beneficial and leave his conscience clear, but if he really died, that could only be put down to his own bad luck.
"This guy isn't