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" This... is this really happening?" Ye Shu looked at the female three-horned chicken which was following Mo Qiang silently without making a fuss, when she saw Mo Qiang threatening that thing, she thought that the latter had gone crazy but she was truly able to tame that thing without even hitting it.

Can ... can that hooligan-like face be used on beasts as well?

Ye Shu was not the only one who was confused even the other soldiers were confused. They all looked at Mo Qiang who was calmly walking in front while handing a piece of chicken feed to the three-horned chicken once in a while.

And like a tamed chicken the three-horned chicken followed after Mo Qiang without even making the slightest bit of fuss.

What was happening? If hunting and catching three-horned chicken was this easy why did so many hunters give up on their lives instead of just laying traps?

The hunters who were watching the live stream: "....." who am I? Where am I? What is this world?

Though what Mo Qiang did indeed looked easy and out of this world, what the others did not know was that Mo Qiang had a golden finger which they did not.

Because of this golden finger, she could easily do things which they couldn't even think about. If not for the skills which were given to her by Xiao Jiao, even Mo Qiang would have had a hard time dealing with the three-horned chicken.

" See did I not say that it will be fine?" Xiao Jiao patted her chest as she looked at Mo Qiang who was walking with the three-horned chicken behind her.

Mo Qiang did not say anything instead her eyes were focused on something else as she looked at the cloud of dust which was heading their way and then activated her dark vision, though the things running towards her were far away, she could still see that the ones who were running towards them were the group which separated from them and behind them was a herd of a very angry bunch of three-horned chickens.

Mo Qiang: "....." I knew there were all kinds of idiots but this is way too much!

" W...What is that? Is that a sandstorm?" Ye Shu who decided to idolise Mo Qiang after watching her hunt the three-horned chicken without causing any causality immediately hid behind Mo Qiang.

She did not know why but when she saw Mo Qiang catch the female three-horned chicken and tame it without shedding blood, Ye Shu somehow concluded that Mo Qiang was really reliable!

How she had no idea.

" No, that's a bunch of idiots!" Mo Qiang gritted out, as she turned to look at the rest of the women who were behind her and shouted, " Helmets on your heads and back on the incoming doom, now run as your life depends on it."

This time no one dared to question Mo Qiang, they all did as they were told. In fact, a few soldiers ran as if they were running to win medals for their country without caring about anything.

Mo Qiang was at the end of the group as she keep looking at the cloud of sand which was getting closer and closer to them and then asked Xiao Jiao, " If we face that group, what are the chances of getting out alive?"

" Null," having given up on flying Xiao Jiao was now lying on top of Mo Qiang's head while panting heavily. " That group is too big and your aura is too small to scare them, you are still a grade one and you will need at least ten more favourability points to raise your skill level."

Xiao Jiao opened the collected favourability points and showed the pitiful two hundred amount of fps when they needed more than two hundred and fifty favourability points!

" I see," Mo Qiang looked at the screen which was displayed in front of her with a blank look on her face while she ran and then in a voice which was as dead as that of a dying man, she said, " Is there something which will make death a bit less painful? I mean I do not fancy getting killed by being made human skewer."



Xiao Jiao did not speak instead she tugged strands of Mo Qiang's hair and then said, " You better not give up! You are the best host I have ever got, so you better run like you are rushing for reincarnation! I ain't going to watch you die!"

" I am your favourite? Is that ...Is that a confession?"

" Is this the place to ask such a thing!??"

The two quibbled as Mo Qiang continued to run but no matter what they were still humans while the things behind them were monstrous three-horned chickens which were bigger than a small house.

It was impossible for them to get away from them —— Mo Qiang could hear the sound of screams behind her and when she looked behind, she was stunned to see Madam Lian running at full speed towards her with a wild expression on her face.

Her hair was flying haywire and she was looking at Mo Qiang with a gaze which was very similar to that of a predator who had caught a prey, a bad premonition rose in her spine and Mo Qiang tried to dodge the outstretched claws which were flailing wildly to catch her.

It was with great difficulty that she managed to escape Madam Lian's grabby paws but before she could sigh in relief, she heard another yelp and turned to look at Ye Shu who was caught by Madam Lian.

And before anyone could do anything they saw Madam Lian drag Ye Shu behind her and then throw her in front of the angry herd of three-horned chickens.

" Madam Lian!" Ou Qi screamed in shock and disbelief as she looked at Madam Lian whom she admired.

Was this the same woman who once fought the enemy with everything that she had? How can she push a youngster who was not even twenty in front of those humongous things? Wasn't she straight-up murdering Ye Shu?

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DangerMo Qiang looked at Ye Shu who was thrown behind by Madam Lian and paused in between her run. She looked at Madam Lian who was already charging ahead before turning to look at Ye Shu who was trying her best to get back on her feet but who knows just what kind of trick Madam Lian used but Ye Shu was not able to get back on her feet.



' Looks like she thinks that as long as one of us dies, she will no longer need to worry about being chased by these things,' thought Mo Qiang as she looked at the struggling Ye Shu, a part of her was telling her to run including Xiao Jiao who was shouting at her that it was useless to save the woman who was thrown behind by Madam Lian to become the chicken feed for the monstrous beasts which were chasing them.

But a part of her did not wish to run away like a coward, this was her underling and she could not just ignore her and leave her behind to die.

With her teeth gritted tightly, Mo Qiang did one of the stupidest things that she could actually do, she turned on her heels and rushed in the direction of the herd of three-horned chickens.

That's right! Instead of running away from them she turned around and headed straight in their direction.

Her sudden action of running towards the herd attracted the attention of the soldiers who were charging ahead including the one who was streaming everything that was taking place in the dimension.

As Mo Qiang dashed towards the herd, Yin Fu who was watching the live stream dropped the solution tub which he was pouring into four bowls onto the ground.

With his eyes popping out of their sockets he looked at the screen of his tab and couldn't help but pick it up to write in a hurry.

[ Tell her to come back!]

He was still waiting for his wife to return such that they can re-establish their relationship by starting from scratch, what will he do if his wife died while saving someone?

The solution tub fell on the ground with a loud thunk and thus attracted the attention of Wen Gui and the other two mers who were in the house.

When they heard the sound of something falling on the ground they immediately rushed into the kitchen and then looked at Yin Fu who was looking at the screen of his personal tab intensely instead of picking up the solution tub from the ground, causing the solution to continue flowing out of the tub and onto the floor of the kitchen.

" What is the matter with you?" Though Wen Gui knew that his wife was going on a hunt he did not open the live streaming app because he was afraid that he might end up overreacting over the smallest thing.

Thus, he had no idea that his foolish daughter rushed head first into danger, now that he was looking at Yin Fu who looking at the screen of his tab with a burning gaze he thought that this son-in-law of his was only watching a drama and ended up overreacting and nothing more.

Since Yin Fu was someone who would get overexcited over the smallest thing, he was not an actor but he loved putting himself in the shoes of the mer actor and fantasising.

In short, he was a daydreamer.

Given the kind of upbringing he had along with the traumas that he received, Wen Gui understood Yin Fu's actions of fitting himself into the role where the mer actor gets saved by his shining knight but that was only to the point where he will not create trouble!

This solution tub was not only exclusive and limited, but it was also Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng's favourite and he had to line up in a queue for a long time before getting his hands on it, now it was thrown on the floor!

Where will he get another tub?

" No matter who died in the drama you are watching, there is no need for you to react like such right ?" Though Wen GUI's heart was hurting, he did not wish to scold his son-in-law for just dropping a solution tub.

His son-in-law was a human and humans were bound to make mistakes. There was no need for him to get angry——

" Fa... father-in-law! Its wife, she ...she was attacked by a herd of angry three-horned chickens!" Yin Fu's voice was filled with panic, he could not help but worry. Everyone knew that getting entangled with an angry herd of three-horned chickens was like offending the king of the underworld.

Both actions will result in nothing but instant death and now his wife was running straight towards that very death! How can he not be worried?

Wen Gui, who bent double to pick up the solution tub dropped it all over again causing the remaining solution to fall onto the floor once again as he turned to look up at Yin Fu and asked with a disbelieving voice, " What did you say?"

" Its wife... she and mother-in-law separated.. even sister Xifeng is not with wife. She is facing the herd of three-horned chickens all alone ——" Yin Fu hardly finished speaking when Wen Gu snatched the tablet from his hands.

Behind him, Shao Hui and Xie Jie also came rushing as they looked at the screen where they saw Mo Qiang rushing towards the herd, only for the screen to suddenly go dark!

" Damn! What is the matter with you!" Wen Gui smacked the tab three times in the back as if it would magically turn on and show him the situation inside the dimension that he could not reach.

" Fathe...father, the network is gone from their side," Shao Hui suddenly spoke up to stop Wen Gui from stop hitting the tablet.

They only had three to four tablets with them and two were taken by the Mo sisters, if this one broken what will they do?

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Dangerous warmth" Damn that woman is trying to kill me," Wen Gui swooned as he tapped on the streaming room where Mo Qiang's hunt was being streamed but each time he pressed on the icon, he only received a message that said ——



[System 001: Error—— network not found.]

" I will find that damn network and shove it up your arse, now show me, my baby!" Wen Gui snapped at the tablet as if it was going to listen to him.

When he saw that the streaming room was still not opening, he rolled his neck in annoyance and said, " Bring the feather duster, I will go to the dimension myself! That woman is just good for nothing! I was blind to marrying her in the past, first, she marries that bastard and has him walk all over my head and now she drags my daughter to this god-awful place and leaves her to die ."

" I swear if I was ten years younger, I would have divorced her and found myself a nice girl toy!"

Wen Gui stormed out of the kitchen while muttering furiously and given his determined look, Yin Fu and the rest knew that he was not joking when he said that he was going to the dimension to look for Mo Qiang which was why they rushed to stop him.

What a joke, was entering the dimension something that can happen at will? Each dimension opening changed every fifteen minutes, what if Wen Gui ended up in a completely different dimension? Who will answer mother-in-law?

With that thought in their heads, the three of them rushed and clung to Wen Gui's legs.

"Father-in-law, you can't go! Mom will blame us if you end up in a dangerous dimension."

" That's right, father-in-law. Wife has so many soldiers by her side, she will be fine."

" Don't go, father," said Xie Jie as he hugged Wen Gui from the back since Shao Hui and Yin Fu were hugging his legs.

Wen Gui looked at the three sons in law od his and almost ground his teeth, " What do you know? I, your father-in-law used to blow up the imperial palace when the Empress dared to against me! Ring up that crazy hag and say my name, you will see her tremble just by listening to my name."

What Wen Gui said was indeed the truth, he was a highly skilled shadow assassin. When he was young, he used to blow up things, burn palaces and stab anyone who crossed him in fact he was the one who took the initiative and snatched Mo Yan's virginity—— with Mo Yan's abilities, she did not even have the skills to sleep with him even when they were old and in their fifties.

However, since no one knew what Wen Gui used to do before marrying and settling down with Mo Yan, none of the three mers believed him and dragged him back inside.

" I am telling you.... I am still capable of taking those peck-pecks! Get off me! All I need is my old explosives!"

Those things dared to touch his daughter, he will roast them alive!

...

On the other side, Mo Qiang did not have any idea that her father was on the verge of exploding the entire dimension. Instead, she faced the herd which was coming and then reached out her hand for Ye Shu to take and said,

" Hurry grab my hand, I will carry you."

Though she was not certain whether or not Ye Shu and her will be able to get out of this danger but as long as she did not have any regrets left, it was enough.

" Mo Qiang! You idiot! You are going to kill us all," Xiao Jiao muttered while trembling as she looked down at the foolish woman, though she admired the kind heart that Mo Qiang had but she did not expect that Mo Qiang would become such a fool in the face of helping someone.

What did the wise men say huh? What did they say?

The wise men said that one needed to strap his oxygen mask first in the case of an emergency before helping others!

And what was this woman doing? She was running out of oxygen herself but she was still giving CPR to others. What kind of foolishness was this?

" At least summon the spirits in their real form, they will be able to stop these things until you escape," Xiao Jiao screeched as she looked at the incoming doom.

" There is no need, those things are E-grade beasts, even if they are only one level up...then the Chi Chi and Ya Ya, they are still stronger than them, the two will get hurt if they stop them," Mo Qiang also wanted to ask for the spirits for help but since this was the trouble that she took on her own, there was no way she could ask Chi Chi and Ya Ya to help her with it.

When Chi Chi and Ya Ya heard Mo Qiang's words they could not help but turn to look at their master. They have been with a lot of masters before —— one who was selfish, one who wanted to climb to the peak and one who wished for instant power.

But no matter how much power these masters of theirs had, they all were selfish to the extreme. They never cared about them and some even sent them away when they received weak spirits like them.

When had anyone cared about them?

Chi Chi looked at Mo Qiang and nuzzled her cheek as he muttered, " Chi..chi..chichi.."

" What?" Mo Qiang turned to look at the small thing which was nuzzling her and then said with a frown, " My condition is not so bad that I will have to rely on a small thing like you, stay put and don't disturb me."

Though she said those words in an angry and annoyed tone, Chi Chi and Ya Ya felt a warm current surge in their hearts as they cozily hugged their master.

If dying was this warm...they did not mind giving up their lives.

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Honey trapXiao Jiao looked at the warm scene in front of her and was speechless. No someone tell her, was this the place...? Was this really the place to hug like this?



Though she had many complaints she did not dare to voice them and silently buried her face in Mo Qiang's hair. Even though she could have flown away by herself, she did not want to leave these three idiots behind!

Sigh, what can she do? Her heart was so kind!

" You don't have to ..my leg is twisted and I cannot stand up, just leave me alone and go," Ye Shu was a soldier and was very well aware of her physical condition.

Just now when she was pulled by Madam Lian and thrown into the fire pit which was full of angry three-horned chickens, Ye Shu felt Madam Lian twist her ankle such that she will not be able to get up.

With her ankle twisted so badly, she was afraid that she will only drag Mo Qiang down with her.

" Stop talking and grab onto my hands, I am not leaving without you," Mo Qiang told Ye She who finally gritted her teeth and stretched her hand, accepting Mo Qiang's help.

Mo Qiang pulled Ye Shu up but just as she looped her arm around Ye Shu's waist and pulled her up, she suddenly felt the weight she was carrying go light all of a sudden.

A bit startled she turned to look at her left and was surprised when she saw Ou Qi helping Ye Shu up alongside her.

When Ou Qi saw that Mo Qiang was looking at her in surprise, she pursed her lips and then said with an ugly expression, " What are you looking at? Hurry drag her with me."

Only then did Mo Qiang snap out of her daze as she turned on her heels and then started to drag Ye Shu along with Ou Qi.

" Thank...thank you," seeing that the two of them were helping her even when she was hurt like this, Ye Shu could not help but thank the two women, in fact when she was pulled back by Madam Lian, she was prepared to die and did not even mind getting killed if it meant that her colleagues will be safe.

But just because she was prepared to die, it did not mean that she was not disappointed when she realised that she had been betrayed.

No in fact it was right to say that her heart snapped into millions of pieces when she realised that someone whom she trusted had betrayed her.

" There is no need to say thanks stupid, we are friends," Ou Qi grumbled as she tried her best to pull Ye Shu as fast as she could, she wanted to create more and more distance between the three-horned chickens and the three of them but the thing was that even with their awakened cores they will not be able to win against those humongous giant chicken.

Not unless they were fifteen feet tall or had someone like Mo Xifeng by their side.

Ye Shu's eyes turned red but she did not say anything and Mo Qiang who was keeping an eye over the herd which was coming closer and closer to them was in no mood to say anything.

She looked at the angry herd and then looked around trying to think of a way to escape but no matter how fast the cogs in her head were running she could not come up with a plan in the face of danger.

' What to do ..what to do...' she chanted in her head as her gaze remained fixed on the things which were chasing them but then her gaze suddenly fell on the vibrant red crowns on the head of the three-horned chickens which were chasing her and a sharp glint flashed in her eyes.

" Males..." she muttered causing Ou Qi and Ye Shu to turn their heads and look at Mo Qiang, what was Mo Qiang muttering about now.

They were going to die and she was still thinking about mers and men? Was she feeling that frisky?

Mo Qiang did not care about the gazes of the two women beside her instead she turned to look at the chicken which was standing on a side and then shouted, " Yo... Dixie come and fend these bad boys off will you?"

These angry bunch of three-horned chickens were all males ...and from their vigorous pace it looked like they were all young —— surely a beauty trap should work right?

The female three-horned chicken called Dixie was not only scared of Mo Qiang but was now more than willing to listen to the human who was feeding her delicious feed which was why when she heard Mo Qiang's order, she understood what the latter wanted to do and immediately rushed in between the three women and the herd of angry three horned chickens.

" Woah, where did she come from ?" In their panic, neither Ou Qi nor Ye Shu took a look at the female three-horned chicken and were stunned.

Ou Qi did not expect a female three-horned chicken to suddenly jump into the fight and save them which was why she could not help but ask from where this female three-horned chicken popped out from.

Seeing the female three-horned chicken standing in between, Ye Shu realise that this female three-horned chicken was caught by Miss Mo earlier!

" I caught her of course," replied Mo Qiang as she looked at Ou Qi like it was obvious and then turned to look at the female three-horned chicken and ordered, " Put a stop to the ruckus of these brats and I will give you a tub of chicken feed when we return."

Dixie's eyes glinted with a knowing glimmer as she realised that the human was promising her, her favourite feed and then opened her wings wide as she morphed into twice her size and let out a loud shrill shriek.

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Dark memoriesMo Qiang was only trying her luck but she did not expect that her foolish plan would truly succeed, she looked at the herd of three-horned chickens which had stopped just a few feet away from them and was very stunned upon seeing the largest three-horned chicken who looked like the leader flexing his wings in front of Dixie.



" Wow, who would have thought that beauty trap would work among beasts as well huh?" Mo Qiang muttered as she looked at the herd which was no longer moving and was now trying to think of a way to impress her pet three-horned chicken.

Even Ou Qi and Ye Shu were shocked when they saw that the herd which terrified the living daylights of them stopped because of a single female three-horned chicken!

Was this how this game was supposed to be played?

They were not the only ones who were stunned even those who were standing at quite a distance were shocked upon seeing something like this take place.

This...this can also be done? If they had known they would have captured a female three-horned first!

" Hey, did you capture this?" One of the soldiers could not help but ask the woman who was doing live streaming. If they were able to show this to the netizens then surely they will be able to get a bunch of gifts!

The woman who was live streaming poked her tongue out and then said in a sheepish voice, " I wish I was...but the battery of my tab ran out."

Even she was regretful about losing the number of gifts which she could have gotten from the viewers.

When the other women heard that the tab ran out of its battery they showed a disappointed expression.

There goes their extra gifts!

While the women were regretting the loss of their gifts, Madam Lian was regretting her loss of composure. Just now because she was full of panic, she ended up doing something that she should not have.

'What was I thinking how can I drag Ye Shu back like that ?' Madam Lian thought.

In fact, Madam Lian did not think that she would lose her composure like that in front of everyone but she was a treacherous woman from the start and when she faced a life-threatening danger such as this one she ended up acting on her instincts.

Before she could think it through in her head, her body had already reacted and done what she wanted to do and that was to make someone else her scapegoat like she did with Mo Yan.

While Madam Lian was lost in her thoughts, Mo Qiang appeared in front of her with Ye Shu and then said in a calm and questioning voice, " Madam Lian, now that we are no longer in danger. Can you tell me what were you thinking when you threw your junior in the mouth of danger?"

Mo Qiang did not beat around the bush instead she went straight for the kill causing many women to hush in an instant, in fact, they all saw Madam Lian throw Little Ye in front of the three-horned chickens after pulling her back.

They all were dissatisfied with her actions but Madam Lian was their elder and senior, she had taught them just as much as Mo Yan did, it would be a bit wrong of them to approach her and ask why she did that but what Mo Qiang asked was exactly what they wanted to ask.

How can a senior pit their own junior in the face of danger?

Madam Lian looked at the dissatisfied gazes of the women around her and was truly angry. Why were they looking at her like that? She was their senior was she not? It was only right for them to protect her!

Have they forgotten just how many times she protected them?

In fact, what Madam Lian forgot that the one who was protecting them all was Mo Yan and she was only a secondary actress who only did a little but was still praised by all because she was carried by the female lead.

".. As you can see, I am an old woman who was once an honourable sergeant before being raised to a position where I stood next to Sister Mo. I was trained to fight Zergs and not beasts like these, facing and raising my sword against them is simply unacceptable on my part what's more humiliating as well. What's more, I am no longer young and my husband finally got pregnant, I can only do a little while facing such things, I ... I acted on impulse and I hope that Miss Qiang will forgive me."

The more Madam Lian spoke the meaner her expression became, it was clear that she looked down on hunting and did not think that this was a job that suited her.

Of course, she does, thought Mo Qiang as she looked at the woman. Under her mother, there were only three women and Madam Lian was above everyone including Mo Xifeng who was yet to awaken her mecha core completely.

Not only was she powerful but she was also selling Mo Yan's information to that General Wei. Of course, she would think that she who was sought by two generals in a row was way above the rest.

Mo Qiang looked at the mean expression of the woman in front of her and then remembered the one memory which the previous owner forgot but she recalled ——

There was one time when the previous owner was knee-deep in debt and she saw Madam Lian carrying a bunch of expensive things in her arms. Because she was scared of going back and telling her mother that she made a mess, she begged Madam Lian to pay for her debt.

The previous Mo Qiang was drunk and in her drunken haze, she thought that Madam Lian who treated her the best would definitely pay her debt.

But this treacherous woman did not pay the debt on account of the previous owner, instead, she spat on Mo Qiang's face and called her useless before kicking her away like a dead dog.

Mo Qiang raised her hand and then touched her face with a slightly disgusted look. Damn, this woman dared to spit on her? Even if she was not the one who was spat on but still!

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Dark memories ——- 2'It's a good thing that she made a mistake today,' Mo Qiang was not upset with the actions of Madam Lian. She was a woman who was right under her mother in terms of position and power but for a woman like her to have such powers, it was similar to handing a thief the key to one's house.



In fact, she was not surprised when she saw that Madam Lian reacted like this —— this proud woman, she will never accept that she was in wrong, if anything she will blame this and that before saying that she was not in wrong.

" Are you saying that hunting is beneath your skills and you refuse to hunt these beasts? But because you were afraid of dying you ended up dragging Ye Shu behind you out of fear?" Mo Qiang asked as she pretended to believe the nonsense which was being fed to her by Madam Lian.

Even a ten-year-old will be able to find loopholes in this stupid explanation much less her.

Madam Lian pursed her lips as she said, " I just think that it's downright degrading of soldiers like us to hunt these beasts. No matter what position and circumstances we are in, we should not stoop so low as catching and hunting these beasts which is a job for those who are illiterate..."

"As for why I pulled Ye Shu, I don't know what Sister Yan is thinking when she came up with the plan but I am past fifty... and I was injured uncountable times on the battlefield," Madam Lian sighed and then shamefully lowered her head. " I am ashamed but what was I supposed to do? My husband is carrying my child, if something happens to me what will happen to him?"

She then turned to look at Ye Shu and then said with an apologetic expression, " I am sorry, Ah Shu but your uncle is pregnant we just found out about this tomorrow evening, I was scared that I will not be able to see my child and die which is why I acted on instincts, can you forgive me ?"

As for whether or not her husband was carrying her child ...though Madam Lian found it beneath her to allow that mer to carry her child, it was not too late to make him get pregnant as for the rest she will take care of it soon.

She only needs to stay in this rotten place for a few months and by then it will not be too late for her to make the mer abort that child.

'What bullshit,' thought Mo Qiang as she looked at Madam Lian who was playing the victim card.

Her husband was not pregnant till the start of the hunt but when she was pushed in front of the fire suddenly her husband was pregnant.

Even Ou Qi was frowning, clearly, she did not believe a thing that Madam Lian say or at least she was a bit doubtful of the authenticity of the nonsense which was coming out of Madam Lian's mouth.

However, this was nothing in Mo Qiang's eyes. She smiled brilliantly as she clenched her fingers and then looked at Madam Lian before saying,

"Madam Lian, not only did you not listen to my orders but you also caused one of my underlings to get hurt, how are you going to take your punishment?"

'Punishment? How dare this woman talk about punishment? Even her mother does not dare to bring up punishment when she is talking with me.' A fierce glint flashed in Madam Lian's eyes as she glared at Mo Qiang while lowering her eyes but then she raised her head and smiled at Mo Qiang helplessly and said,

" If this is what Miss Qiang want, I can only do as you wish. Tell me what kind of punishment do you wish to give to this old woman?"

She deliberately emphasised on 'Old woman' while looking at Mo Qiang as if daring to hurt her.

Madam Lian expected that like everyone Mo Qiang will back down because she was old and also a great vice general but she had simply underestimated Mo Qiang.

" Is the live stream off?" Mo Qiang asked as she looked at the soldiers who were live streaming earlier with a smile that caused shivers to climb up the spines of the soldiers but they still nodded as one of them replied,

" The tablet had run dry of battery, Miss Qiang."

" Excellent," said Mo Qiang as she turned to look at Madam Lian who frowned and asked,

" What are you—— arghhh!"

A loud thwack rang in the surroundings as they all turned to look at Mo Qiang and Madam Lian. Every single soldier saw how Mo Qiang clenched her fist and punched Madam Lian in her nose just as she was going to ask her something.

' I think that taking care of human trash is much more important than the one which is littered on the ground,' said Mo Qiang in her heart.

As she clenched her fingers again and this time threw a punch straight at Madam Lian's mouth causing the old woman to spit blood as three of her front teeth dangled dangerously and fell on the ground with a small clinking sound.

The soldiers: "....." Is this something that they should be allowed to see?

" You have disappointed me, Madam Lian," before the old woman could say anything as she fell on the ground after stumbling. Mo Qiang took the lead and condemned her first, " You clearly dragged Ye Shu back because you were terrified but instead of apologising you are going around spreading lies? I was in the same clinic as your husband just a week ago and he is clearly just anaemic... not pregnant. Just what kind of eggs are you carrying? The golden ones that will hatch into a baby in just three days like the one in children story tales?"

Mo Qiang was of course bluffing but who was going to question her bluff? Madam Lian bluffed that she harmed Ye Shu because she wanted to see her child, so she can bluff as well since she knew that Madam Lian did not like her husband at all and wanted to marry a prince.

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Whack a bamMadam Lian felt her jaw quiver as she was punched again, her eyes rolled as she felt several black spots dance in front of her eyes as she looked at the sky which was dark and gloomy above her head.



For two seconds she did not understand what was happening, instead, she sat on the ground and blinked her eyes, slowly very slowly she snapped out of her daze as she shook the pain which was washing over her making it impossible for her to think clearly.

It was after a long time that Madam Lian was able to snap out of her daze, as she vaguely discerned that something just flew out of her mouth—— something white and pearly, and then looked at the bloody three teeth which were lying on the ground and then raised a trembling hand to touch her front teeth. When she realised that she was indeed missing two uppers and one lower tooth, Madam Lian could not stop herself as she screamed loudly.



" ARGGHHHHH!" The ground under her feet seemed like it had been snatched away and her cheeks were numb while her gums were hurting like she was being poked by several needles, blood dripped down from her mouth as she looked at the three teeth which were lying on the ground and then raised her head to look at Mo Qiang.

It hurts! It was hurting her so much that she wished she could kill the woman in front of her.

She raised her hand and then covered the front of her mouth while trying to stop the blood and saliva from gushing out as she looked at Mo Qiang while pinning a glare in her direction. She was shocked, hurt and angered——- even though her mind was telling her that Mo Qiang indeed slapped her, Madam Lian could not believe herself.

" You..." Madam Lian wished to speak but she was not given a chance as Mo Qiang raised her foot and kicked her in the back as the latter said in a righteous voice, " You were the one who tried to save her own skin by trying to push someone else in the pit instead of yourself. This is something that is only human, if you have accepted your fault then I would have naturally ignored it, after all, who are you? An old granny who thinks that she is better than anyone else."

" What do you mean that your husband is pregnant? Is he pregnant with the messiah of this world that you need to sacrifice another life for your own?"

" And how come you got him pregnant in just a week? And if he is pregnant how come he was able to detect the pregnancy so soon? Even if the technology is really fast now, they still need to wait for the foetus to form right? Or is that your eggs are so fast that the child is now growing at the rate of a rare beast?"

As she spoke, Mo Qiang continued to kick and punch Madam Lian —— she still remembered how this woman was the one who was behind all the tragedy that the previous owner went through, in fact, she was the one who slowly pushed the previous owner into a trap which was well laid by her bit by bit causing the latter to die at such an early age.

A life was lost just like that all because this woman was greedy, no matter how much of useless good for nothing the previous owner was she was still a living being but this woman humiliated her again and again causing her to develop an inferiority complex and then killed her off like a dog of the street who had no house and no family.

Even in death, Mo Qiang was alone, if she does not teach this woman a good lesson then what else was she going to do with these fists?

"Miss Qiang...argh, stop somebody stop her, someone anyone!" Madam Lian shouted for help but her screams were drowned by Mo Qiang who righteously spoke,

" Now you need them to save you? What did you do for them to save you? In the past, it was my mother who took care of everything and kept you all safe she was the one who taught you that you should rather die with pride than live like a rat who bites and nibbles while hiding in the shadows. What you did today was not only selfish but also something that goes against the teachings which were given to you by my mother."

Mo Qiang sat down on top of Madam Lian and then forced Madam Lian to face her as she slapped her again and again like a certain pink and vicious yet cute creature which slapped its enemies to death even though it looked so tiny and adorable.

" Hunting a beast is humiliating for you but using your junior as your shield is not?"

One after another Mo Qiang continued to throw questions which were vicious, appropriate and spot on. Madam Lian could not even respond even if she wanted to, she was defenceless and she was getting hit so hard that she could not even summon her mecha core.

' Oh this stupid woman, why is she so strong now?'

Madam Lian wished to push Mo Qiang off but she realised that she couldn't push her and she could not summon the mecha core because her pain levels were surpassing all metres. She needed to focus but she was so flustered under Mo Qiang's physical and mental attacks that she could not even think straight much less focus and to make things worse for her, the crowd which was looking over at her was filled with gazes which were contemptuous and probing as if they were trying to see through her.

This made Madam Lian really angry and upset... so many years of hard work and she was being subjected to criticism because of a mistake. In her eyes what she did was not a sin or a crime but a mistake, if Ye Shu had died she would have felt bad for her but the woman was obviously fine so why should she suffer like such?

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Whack a bam ——2" Who says that my husband is not pregnant? What if he is? Then are you not embarrassing yourself while humiliating me on the other hand?" Madam Lian spoke but because she was now missing three teeth, she was speaking with a lisp causing many women to laugh at her but the second Madam Lian heard that those women were laughing at her, she turned to look at the crowd who dared to laugh at her and then narrowed her eyes angrily, they dared to laugh at her? She will make them pay just wait!



Mo Qiang who was slapping Madam Lian stopped and then sneered before asking in a cold voice, " I dare to say but do you dare to drag your husband to the clinic and have him tested?" As soon as she spoke Madam Lian turned silent. " If you dare and he really turns out to be pregnant then I am willing to kowtow and apologise but if what you said is all lie, are you willing to do the same? Will you kowtow and apologise to Ye Shu's parents? Have you forgotten that Ye Shu is the only daughter in a family of six members? Her parents are so old if she died wouldn't her family line come to an end?"

She paused and then added with a mocking voice, " I mean even if your mer husband is pregnant with your child but so what? Your child is a golden baby but the children of other families need to be stomped and cut like weeds just so you can save your life. No matter how you explain your actions today Madam Lian the truth is that what you did was nothing but selfish."

" If you wanted you could have easily defended yourself if you used your mecha core even if you are not as strong as my mother you could have avoided getting killed even if you were to get injured. But the thing was that you did not wish to get injured right? You did not wish to suffer but had no qualms about having someone else die in exchange for you, right?" Mo Qiang did not leave even a single shred of the many veils of fake kindness that Madam Lian draped on her shoulders.

Since she was going to deal with Madam Lian for good, she had to shred the veil of kindness completely only then will she be able to stir the emotions of these soldiers who trusted this woman without a doubt.

When Ye Shu heard Mo Qiang's words immediately all the feelings that rushed in her heart when she heard that Madam Lian's husband was married vanished at once. That's right, even if Madam Lian's husband was pregnant what does that have to do with her? She was only a low-ranking soldier who only awakened a small mecha gun that could shoot bullets which could immobilise others and nothing more.

Unlike her, Madam Lian could summon an entire mecha! Her core was that of A grade and her mecha form was big and strong—— like a high-ranking transformer that could shoot, use swords and even contains a shield!

She was only a level lower than that Madam Mo, who had an S grade mecha core.

If she was to summon her mecha core just now then she could have stopped the herd, a few injuries were inevitable but they wouldn't be life-threatening!

Ye Shu's expression changed as she glared at Madam Lian and said, " Senior Lian, I have always treated you kindly! How can you repay me like such? Miss Mo is right, I am the only daughter of my parents and behind me, there are three mer sons, if I die who will get them married? Who will pay for their education? How can you be so selfish?"

Now that everything was already in the light, Madam Lian could no longer bother with these small soldiers. It was fine, she had the backing of General Mo and General Wei even if she was in the wrong—— there was one time when she 'saved' Mo Yan's life, that woman was a fool and was still indebted to her grace, she will definitely stand by her side.

" Fine, I did it...but you all are taught by me, aren't you? Will you be standing here if not for me? Don't forget that I was the one who picked you all up and brought you with me to the military district and asked Sister Mo to teach you all, without me what else could you have done? Do you think that with your lousy skills, you could have ever become a soldier ?" Madam Lian was not a fool, she knew that even if she was to somehow salvage the situation today, she would no longer be able to trust these soldiers to watch her back.

Similarly, they will not trust either which was why it was better to simply cut herself clean and do the exact same thing which she had done with Mo Qiang and many others. Was she standing in the position of the vice general because she was skilled? No, she was standing in this position because she was skilled in the art of manipulation.

The woman who saved Mo Yan was a low-ranking soldier who had no skills but she did have a small skill which was blood coagulation. Back then when Mo Yan was gravely injured, that soldier used her skill to stop the bleeding by accelerating the rate of blood solidification that way, she was able to stop heavy blood loss from taking place and thus saving Mo Yan's sorry life long enough for Mo Yan to get admitted into the hospital.

Back then she was just a small sergeant and did not even have any conversations with Mo Yan. But because she was able to manipulate the soldier into leaving and pretended to be the person who saved her, Madam Lian was able to get to this position where she was standing, similarly, she instilled an inferiority complex in Mo Qiang's head causing more and more rift to happen between her and Mo Yan, thus destroying a happy family.

She was someone who knew when to use a carrot and stick. Now that she was done handling carrots it was time for stick.\

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Whack a bam—-3When the soldiers heard the words of Madam Lian, they were furious but before they could say anything. They heard Madam Lian say loudly, " Ye Shu! Your core can only immobilise someone for a short period of time, and Ou Qi though she is skilled, she has no advanced skills if not for my teaching and skills, she would have become a vegetable chopper in a restaurant at best. And you, Song Chu —— you have a skill that allows you to jump rather far but what is that thing good on the battlefield? You all are only a pitiful bunch of women who were picked by me! I was the one who gave you this life and honour which you all enjoy."



She took in a breath and then licked her lips before she smoothly delivered another jab, " If not for my help you all will have died out of starvation, it was I who gave you this life... can you not save me once?" She then turned to look at Ye Shu and asked, " Who was the one who gave you money when your mer brother was met with an accident? It was me ...wasn't I the one who saved your brother? If not for me he would die back then of blood loss. You speak so highly but without me, you wouldn't be standing here."

In front of Madam Lian's loud voice which was filled with degrading words, the soldiers were not able to say anything. That was indeed the truth because they only awakened small skills they would have become normal wage earners but Madam Lian was the one who picked them up and brought them to the military district if not for her, they would still be scraping through one job after another and living a life way worse than now.

Thus, even though they were angry...they could not say anything because Madam Lian was right, they were useless blunt knives. It was Madam Lian who taught them and raised them into becoming sharp swords along with Madam Mo, even if they were killed by her —— it could be counted as repaying a favour which they owed her.

' What a drama queen,' Mo Qiang muttered in her head as she looked at Madam Lian. She was well aware of why Madam Lian choose this bunch of useless mecha awakener—- though this world had many mecha awakeners, only a few were able to summon the mecha particles and morph them into a superior humanoid body after condensing the mecha particles which could burn an entire existence if not properly reigned control and these awakeners were called mecha morphs who could defeat any weapon with ease.

And even those awakeners varied in rank.

There was F grade mecha morph who worked in the lowest level where they have to pick up construction materials to build buildings instead of relying on machines that required cores which could be exhausting for the world they lived in like the world where Mo Qiang lived which was destroyed after getting all its resources pumped out to the max.

Then there were also E, D, C, B, and A mecha morphs. Madam Lian was slightly better than the rest as she was A grade, while Mo Yan was an S grade mecha morph along with Mo Xifeng who was still a mecha morph in training as she was yet to awaken her mech form but she was indeed a S grade.

In this interstellar world, the stronger the rank the more powerful the position that person will hold. Mo Qiang read on the Internet that other than the Empress who was a Z+ grade mecha morph no one else awakened that rank.

Strictly speaking, the skills and grades of these soldiers were indeed lacking, they were either E or F-grade mecha morphs only Ou Qi was someone who was C grade and everyone else was only a recyclable bunch of garbage which could be used but not at a higher position.

Madam Lian who wanted to betray Mo Yan from the start, deliberately chose these weak women because she wanted to exhaust Mo Yan. Her mother on the other hand was a kind and generous woman because Madam Lian sold a sob story each time she picked a woman with low grade mecha morph, Mo Yan will agree to train her thinking that it was the will of a person that need to be strong than one's body.

Because of this many times, Mo Yan had to rush forward and save these soldiers because she was the one who chose them but the truth was that Madam Lian 'pushed' this baggage onto Mo Yan's shoulders and then made it her responsibility to take care of these soldiers.

In short, she took great advantage of Mo Yan's trust because the latter believed that Madam Lian will never betray her since she was the one who rescued her in the past along with Mo Yan's kind heart.

Madam Lian had bit by bit weakened Mo Yan's core but at the same time, she pretended to be the one who saved these soldiers, taking most of their sympathy and admiration.

" What a leech," Mo Qiang clicked her tongue not being able to hold it back.

Of course, her whisper fell into the ears of Madam Lian who turned to look at Mo Qiang and then snapped, " Did you say something?"

" Nothing Madam Lian, I asked are you done?" Mo Qiang turned to look at Madam Lian with a smile as she continued to sit on Madam Lian's torso straddling her.

Madam Lian's brows twisted and furrowed as she looked at Mo Qiang who was looking at her with a smile.

What is this brat smiling at? Madam Lian thought as she scowled and then said in a harsh voice, " Are you done? This is something that I should be asking. If you are done get off me, this is disrespectful. I am your elder and the colleague of your mother, how dare you treat me as such? Have you forgotten how well I treated you?"

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Whack a bam—-4"Hmm? Of course not." Mo Qiang's eyes darkened as her smile widened, she raised her hand and then slapped Madam Lian's cheeks lightly as she said softly, " Being stepped on, kicked in the ribs and spat on the face is not something that I will forget, Madam Lian."



Her words caused Madam Lian's eyes to widen as she looked at Mo Qiang who was smiling like a devil. Her heart could not help but shudder as she looked at Mo Qiang, she ...she knows? How, was she not drunk out of her mind that day, how can she still remember this? Damnit! No wonder she was going against her today when she used to listen to her so quietly in the past.

" You...knew?" She asked in a low voice to which Mo Qiang laughed as she nodded, " Of course I did but that is not the reason why I am slapping you."

" Oh and that what is the reason for this humiliation?" Madam Lian asked as she looked at Mo Qiang with a dark gaze, in her head she was already thinking about how to 'accidentally kill' Mo Qiang off —— from the looks of it Mo Qiang was yet to tell Mo Yan about her actions and even if she does there was a chance that Mo Yan might not believe it, after all, she was the one who saved her and had been by her side for years.

Mo Yan trusted her on the other hand Mo Qiang was a drunkard who was a low life who did not even know how to put her pants on a few weeks ago. Surely, the one who will come out victorious would be her, right?

But before she could think ahead, another slap rang in the clearing. This time it was even louder than the last one, Madam Lian could not respond nor could she understand. Mo Qiang's punches and slaps were too ruthless for her to think of anything else. In the face of a merciless beating, she could only cover her mouth and face as she was afraid that she will be beaten until another set of teeth were knocked out of her mouth by Mo Qiang.

Slap, punch, slap, kick, punch.

" STOP! Stop!" Madam Lian screamed but no one came to her aid. Her face was distorted in pain as she tried to stop Mo Qiang but the latter was ruthless. As she was hit and punched, Madam Lian suddenly was rather aware of a conviction and that was ——- she is going to kill me before I can kill her.

As she opened her eyes and peeked at Mo Qiang who was hitting her, she looked at the eyes of the woman who was hitting her and knew that she was right. This woman wanted to kill her!

The crowd that was looking at Mo Qiang was silent, the woman who was hitting Madam Lian was calm and collected. Even though she was hitting Madam Lian as if she was not paying attention but they were all skilled and knew that Mo Qiang was only hitting the spots which hurt a lot but did not show any sort of injuries—— as they all looked at Mo Qiang suddenly the believes which they convinced of and that they had towards Mo Qiang changed, at this moment they all thought of one thing and that was ——- this woman was so cool.

Mo Qiang raised her hand and then without showing any mercy brought it down when Madam Lian was trying to catch her breath and then punched her on the spot where Madam Lian felt a pain similar to that of her body being ripped apart, her eyes rolled in her sockets and then she passed out.

But the second she passed out, Mo Qiang pinched her until she woke up.

' You think that I am going to stop just because you fainted? That is not going to happen!' Mo Qiang thought viciously, this woman owed so much to the previous owner. Even if she was beaten to death, it will not be enough!

As for whether Madam Lian would retaliate or not, this was not something that Mo Qiang was worried about, since this woman was the one who portrayed herself as someone who was willing to give up her life for Mo Yan —— the trustable friend. Though it was easy to slip into a role it was hard to get out of it, let's say that there was a pitiful girl who always cried, thus even when she was being showered with love and affection, others would expect her to cry even then instead of smiling because she always cried, if one was to suddenly change and act differently then it will rouse suspicions.

If that pitiful girl stops crying and smiles upon receiving affection and gifts, everyone around her will think that she was a poser. A fake.

Similarly, Madam Lian had portrayed herself as a trustable friend for a long time. In fact, she was simply wearing this mask for so long that she could not even take it off herself wasn't this the reason that she did not hurt her? Unconsciously, she knew that she could not hurt Mo Qiang because if she was to hurt Mo Qiang then Mo Yan will surely get doubtful of her which was why she held herself back.

Thanks to that Mo Qiang was able to take her anger out with ease.

This was also the reason why she chose to attack Madam Lian today, she wanted to set an example. She did not wish to see any more of such despicable actions, she was here to revive this dead star while leading these people to a good and comfortable life, there was no time for her to pay attention to such people that had a low character.

One's character was the most important thing!

Madam Lian, who was woken up could only endure the shame and pain as she raised her voice and asked, " Why do I have to suffer this humiliation?"

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