Mo Qiang sneezed as she walked past the streets. She and Mo Xifeng decided to take a look at the places from where the beggars and children vanished.
Though they did not have much hope, they wanted to take a look at the current condition of the Ke Jin dimension. As Mo Qiang walked past the buildings and the shops that had shut down before four in the evening, she knew that the situation was indeed quite serious.
It wasn't even evening yet and many of the shops had been closed and that wasn't all, many of the buildings had been sold off and were empty with small hoarding boards that had words ——'For Sale,' flashing on them in many colours.
If Mo Qiang was being honest, these hoarding boards were the only cheerful thing on the street as the entire place looked sad and desolate.
"It seems like many citizens have already left," Mo Qiang remarked as she came to a stop in front of a clothing shop that was boarded up. Its door was closed with a shutter and a hoarding board was flashing in front of it.
Mo Xifeng followed her gaze and sighed. She said, "It's not a surprise." She remembered what Mo Yan had told her, when they were not exiled the Mo family was bustling with servants and maids but the second Mo Yan was declared an exiled traitor, everyone left without even caring about what Mo Yan had done for them in the past few years.
Mo Yan told her this to remind her that people were selfish. They would stay with her as long as she was standing tall and proud at the top but the second she lost everything, she would be the first to be abandoned.
Thus, Mo Xifeng was not that surprised upon seeing the street and buildings empty. Everyone had their own thoughts and who wouldn't fear death? It was only natural for the citizens of this dimension to escape, it was just that Mo Xifeng felt it was quite cruel of them to run away when her aunt was giving her all to protect them.
Mo Qiang glanced at the sullen and melancholic expression on Mo Xifeng's face and did not say anything further. She had a very good idea of what Mo Xifeng was thinking about, even though she knew this feeling very well. freёwebnovel.com
When she was fired because she complained about her senior who was harassing her, everyone ignored and ostracized her in the same way. It was just that Mo Qiang knew how to put them in their places as she did not care about things like morals and what not.
"I guess we cannot find anything like this," Mo Qiang said to Mo Xifeng as she looked around the street. There was not even a single human in sight, so what was the point of even looking around?
Mo Xifeng nodded as she also agreed with Mo Qiang. "I think we should try again the night——"
"AHHHH!!! Help me! Help me!" The two of them turned around upon hearing the scream of a mer.
'Someone please come and help! I don't want to die!' The mer thought as he was shoved inside the van helplessly. He could feel his senses dim as he was drugged by these women. 'Sh..Shit, I cannot pass out here!'
If he passed out then he wouldn't get a chance to wake up ever again!
"Drive! Drive before someone comes and stops us," one of the women whose face was covered with a mask said to her teammate. They knew that the Ruby Head Snake had gone back, it wouldn't take long for the guards to start patrolling! They cannot be caught!
Or else——
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[Timeline: Some people are confused about it so I will clear it up. Mo Yan was exiled when Mo Qiang was ten years old and Mo Xifeng wasn't a Mo Family member. The Empress did not relay the news that Mo Yan was a traitor to the commoners nor did she disclose Mo Yan's daughter's identity, which allowed them to live a better life than most exiled children. But Madam Wei who found out that Mo Qiang's core was compatible with her daughter released the news to the entire Imperial Star causing Mo Qiang and Mo Xifeng to suffer as well. She wanted Mo Qiang to die such that she could snatch her core.]
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