Xia Ning put the corpse and belongings into her spatial storage, covered up the bloodstains, and continued to wait for the enemy to come to her.

In one night, they found 15 groups of people who came out to find supplies and killed them all.

Why did it go so smoothly? It can only be said that these people had absolutely no sense of caution. Perhaps they had robbed so easily before, and the authorities hadn't caught them, leading them to believe that the prefectural city was their domain.

"Go home, we'll continue tomorrow."

Hearing that he could go out for some fresh air again tomorrow, Jiang Yi grinned. "Hmm, it's been a long time since I've had such a happy hunt."

"Why are there so few people coming back today? Where are the others?"

"Boss, I don't know. As you know, we split up to search for supplies. The other brothers might have been held up by something!"

"Get down!" the man interrupted him impatiently.

Hmph, it seems these people have ulterior motives; they want to embezzle the grain. We'll have to give them a good talking to.

The next day, Xia Ning followed the same pattern again, killing eight groups of men before waiting near the house to kill another group of people who were returning.

She didn't know how many people she killed in one night; all she knew was that a small mountain of corpses had appeared in her space. For every person she killed, an ordinary person had a better chance of survival.

It was so disgusting to look at that, she dragged Jiang Yi up the mountain and dumped all the corpses there.

When she got home, she was completely exhausted. Seriously, she's had it so tough. Saving people at night and feeding wild animals during the day—was she sent here by God to save all living beings?

No no no! In times of chaos, the saintly one dies first; she should just live her own little life.

Hundreds of people are missing; it would be foolish not to notice something is wrong.

They were nowhere to be found, neither alive nor dead, and their families were still around, claiming they had not returned home.

So, what about people?

Did they run away with the grain, or were they murdered? But if someone is murdered, you can at least see the body. Where is the body?

This is fucking weird! For some reason, I feel a little scared.

They can't keep losing men; these people are their free labor force. If they want to live a good life, they have to rely on them.

"Don't go searching for supplies yet. You all need to be careful when you go out. Stay home for the next few days."

"Yes, boss."

They were afraid and timid. Who was this person who had killed hundreds of people in just a few days, and whose bodies hadn't even been found? It would be best for them to lay low for a while.

They knew what they were doing was immoral, but they dared not disobey their boss's orders. Without food, they would starve to death. The grain store could only buy two ounces of coarse rice per household per day—what use was that?

Xia Ning noticed that the courtyard gate was quiet that night, and there was no one at the entrance, so she knew that they wouldn't be taking any more action recently.

What a loser, he chickened out after just two days.

There are only people on duty in shifts inside the courtyard. Jiang Yi said there aren't many people, probably because they think no one would dare to come here and cause trouble.

Since she was already here, she was afraid she wouldn't be able to sleep at night if she didn't do something.

Go to the back, take out a ladder, and climb over the wall to get in.

"Kill them if they're alive."

"Okay." The answer was crisp and decisive.

The tall man walked inside, followed closely by a wolf, and another wolf was beside her.

These people were well-trained after all. Previously, they were outnumbered and it was a surprise attack. This time, Jiang Yi's killing of a few people alerted everyone.

The boss's eyes were sinister. "Damn it, they've come to my doorstep. Do they think I'm dead?"

“Kill him, and fifty catties of coarse rice.”

Holy crap, is Jiang Yi's life so worthless? Only fifty pounds, and it's just brown rice!

Hearing about the huge reward, the others rushed forward recklessly.

There were too many people, dozens of them, and Jiang Yi was bound to be at a disadvantage. Xia Ning led the wolf to help as well.

The first person she beheaded was the sharp-tongued and ruthless prefect.

Most people were attacking Jiang Yi, so she quickly released a giant rock to crush him. This trick always worked; her spatial dimension couldn't be without rocks.

The boulder didn't fall from the sky, so its power was limited, but it still made these people stagger. Jiang Yi took the opportunity to kill people desperately.

Those who saw the stone appear out of thin air were all incredibly shocked.

"Grab that person! He's a monster!"

If you want to catch her, in your next life, even if there are only ten or so people, wolves could kill them all.

Hearing that they were going to harm Xia Ning, Jiang Yi became even more ruthless, his blade flashing as he killed one person after another.

"call!"

It's too tiring with so many people, mainly because she's too useless; the wolves and Jiang Yi are basically the ones who kill the people.

"Ouch..."

The wolf howled, and they then realized that it was injured, with blood flowing from its front leg.

Xia Ning quickly took out medicine and gauze to bandage it.

"You two wait here quietly. Jiang Yi and I will go in and take a look."

This place is so big, how can we leave our things here?

Entering the kitchen, I was shocked to find over twenty bags of grain shoved around, along with several strings of cured meat and cured fish hanging from the rafters. They're so rich, yet they still rob ordinary people. Are they even human?

After searching the entire courtyard, there weren't many things; most were tables and chairs, but there was plenty of firewood, enough to fill half a woodshed. The gold and silver amounted to only about three hundred taels, and the grain was mostly what was in the kitchen.

This gang of bandits was exceptionally poor.

Where are the supplies they looted every day? So many people, and they only managed to steal so little? It seems no one has any surplus food. She searched the area carefully; there was no cellar.

"Okay. Should we collect the bodies outside?"

Xia Ning rolled her eyes at the expectation in his eyes. Was he addicted to feeding her? Didn't he know the mountain path was difficult, and she had to collect snow along the way to get up there every time?

"No, just leave it there. Someone will come and collect the body." She wasn't going to indulge him; he had to obey her absolutely. She couldn't be the one being led by the nose.

Jiang Yi hung his head and stopped talking, and Xia Ning ignored him as well.

"gone."

Xia Ning went home, grabbed some late-night snacks, ate her fill, and went straight to sleep.

Jiang Yi's appetite was noticeably worse than usual today, but she didn't care, since she wasn't the one who was hungry.

Once he figures out who the master is, everything will be fine.

Actually, Xia Ning was overthinking it. Jiang Yi wasn't angry; he was simply heartbroken over the loss of those lives. In his eyes, they weren't corpses, but food. He had always lived like a wild animal, and seeing so much flesh abandoned, his stingy nature kicked in, causing him excruciating pain.

Even if Xiao Ning doesn't let them eat, there are plenty of animals in the mountains that want to eat.

Ugh!

He finished his meal in a sullen mood, washed the dishes, and quietly went back to his room to sleep.

Xia Ning couldn't be happier after taking down the bandits who were robbing the grain and getting a batch of stolen money.

She has enough food now; the only thing she lacks is silver.

They searched so many households, but didn't find much silver. It was truly pitiful.

However, the cold wave is about to end, and there will be many more days of famine relief and opportunities to make money.

"Jiang Yi, let's cook some more food. After the cold wave ends, we probably won't have many more opportunities to cook." Besides, she didn't know when the natural disaster would end.

That damn author ruined it; he deserves to be denied traffic by Tomato (the author's pen name).

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