The arguing in the cave went on and on, and time was running increasingly short.
Qin Manjiang still said nothing.
Bai Gu and Yi Lianhai both knew Qin Manjiang had already figured out the Path to Survival, but since he was unwilling to say anything, neither of them asked any more unnecessary questions.
Only three minutes remained.
These people still clung to their own opinions. Some refused to draw lots, while others refused to go in order of age. They proposed all manner of plans, only to reject them themselves.
Insults, curses, impatience, madness... the negative sides of human nature were rapidly magnified in the face of life and death.
A trace of pleasure appeared at the corner of Qin Manjiang's mouth, and his black pupils faintly began to spiral.
A voice suddenly sounded in his mind:
"Right..."
"Only hatred can last forever..."
Qin Manjiang shuddered and came back to himself. The spirals in his pupils vanished.
For that brief instant, he really did seem to have heard another voice. It sounded like Jiang Du, but the tone was nothing like his.
Who was it?
Or was it just a hallucination?
Before he could think any further, something happened inside the cave.
Yi Lianhai calmly gave a meaningful look, and at once, his men hidden among the crowd took action.
It was a merciless surprise attack. Those men had been standing at the back of the crowd to begin with, and they struck without warning, aiming straight for the backs of people's heads with tremendous force!
Their victims had no time to react before they fell to the ground one after another.
Only when the dust settled, with fourteen of the older and weaker people lying on the ground, their lives uncertain, did the crowd realize what had just happened.