An Nuan packed all the hairdressing supplies into her spatial dimension.
Everything that could be taken, except for the garbage, was removed from the house.
Lan Mi was not a superpowered person, or at least hadn't awakened any powers yet. An Nuan couldn't climb the water pipes with her.
They decided to take the fire escape to the fifth floor.
Not long after they left, they faintly heard a little girl crying.
"Do you have any food? My child hasn't eaten for days. Could you be kind and give us something to eat?"
A crack opened in the door, and a woman extended her hand to An Nuan.
Lan Mi immediately pulled the two of them back.
"Don't go over there! They are the murderers who killed the elderly couple's family next door!"
"Damn it, I said there were people next door, and you didn't believe me! Catch them, all three of them!"
The door was suddenly kicked open, and several burly men trampled over the woman.
Luo Luo was startled by the woman's deformed leg.
Her flesh had been gouged out!
"What did you do?"
Two more men followed behind the two burly men.
They looked fierce, their eyes glowing red as they stared at the three of them.
"What did we do? We're just eating two-legged sheep!"
A boy, about seven or eight years old, emerged from behind them, looking at An Nuan with excitement.
He was as excited as a beast spotting prey!
Most of them were bare-chested, with strange tattoos that seemed to be some kind of emblem.
An Nuan found them familiar but couldn't recall where she'd seen them.
What was certain was that they didn't have any black spots on them!
"You've all been eating people, haven't you? Who is that woman?"
"My cousin! Big sister, didn't history books mention that during the Five Barbarians Uprising, everyone ate two-legged sheep? Since our ancestors could eat them, why can't we? As a woman, it's only natural for my cousin to nourish the men in the family with her flesh and blood, isn't it?"
"No matter how much twisted logic you spew, it can't cover up your evil deeds. Cannibalism has always been a grave taboo!"
The little boy shook his head, spread his palms, and slowly rose into the air, bat-like wings appearing behind him.
The other big men actually knelt before him.
They worshipped the high schooler as if he were a deity.
Luo Luo whispered, "Xiao Nuan, this..."
"Hush."
Luo Luo retreated to protect Lan Mi.
Several men chuckled.
"We've just finished eating the three two-legged sheep at home, and this one is almost gone. These two are so fair and tender, they must taste delicious."
"Since they look so good, let's not waste them. We'll have some fun with them first to ease our boredom."
"God said that men are the rulers of this world, and women are meant to nourish men. Sisters, you should obey the divine will."
An Nuan smiled and pointed a finger at the boy.
"Did your god also tell you that a small trash of the first tier shouldn't be so arrogant!"
As soon as she spoke, a vast azure starry sky covered half the corridor. Countless thorns from the spatial dimension pierced the boy's body, suspending him in mid-air.
The burly men didn't fare much better.
Both their legs and hands were devoured, leaving only their heads and torsos.
Spatial coverage, localized consumption.
This was a new skill that appeared after she advanced to the third tier.
The burly men finally realized they had provoked someone they shouldn't have.
They fell to the ground, begging for mercy.
"Great god, we were wrong! We'll worship you from now on and treat you as our new god?"
"Yes, we believe in you! Spare us, please!"
An Nuan drew her boning knife, flicked the severed limbs into the air, spun the blade a few times, and like a meat grinder, minced the limbs into countless pieces.
"I have no interest in trash."
An Nuan brought down her knife, piercing through the skull of one of them.
The boy finally panicked.
His eyes glowed fiercely at An Nuan, but his attempts were futile.
"Impossible! How could this be! Why can't I copy you? It's impossible!"
An Nuan sneered.
"You're just a petty first-tier nobody. No matter how good your ability replication is, you can't defeat a third-tier like me."
"Sister, let's talk nicely. I'm in so much pain. Can you take these things back? You can't abuse a child."
"No."
An Nuan waved her boning knife, severing the heads of the other burly men.
Cannibalism was unforgivable, and hunting humans for food was even more so.
An Nuan plunged her starry thorns into his body, avoiding all vital points, and riddled the youth like a beehive.
He screamed wildly, his mouth then gagged by vines.
A bright flash of light appeared, and his eyes were blinded.
Juanzi arrogantly lifted her head: You dare play with glowing eyes in front of me, you're not worthy!
The brightness of the laser could blind any light source.
It could burn out retinas in an instant.
Luo Luo sighed.
"Someone so weak, yet they dare to engage in personality cults. And these people followed him blindly, their brains must be overflowing with too much water."
Luo Luo looked at the woman at the doorway. Her wound had become infected.
Her bones were also injured. Without Hai Changfeng here, with the current medical technology, she was beyond saving.
The woman extended her hand to Luo Luo, "Save me, I was threatened, save me..."
"I know you, you were the one who brought that child to trick people into opening their doors!"
"Shut up!"
The woman shrieked ferociously, clawing at the floor with her hands, trying to grab Luo Luo's feet.
Alas, two small vines emerged from the floor and coiled around her legs. No matter how she struggled, it was useless.
An Nuan walked over and handed the boning knife to Lan Mi.
"Even in the apocalypse, there are principles and bottom lines. You can't show mercy to things that are not human. This is your token of allegiance. Kill her."
Lan Mi trembling took the boning knife.
Luo Luo patted her shoulder, "From my personal experience, being merciful to the wicked is being cruel to yourself and will get everyone killed."
"I know, I saw her kill the little grandson next door with my own eyes."
Lan Mi raised the knife, "Killing you is also a release for you..."
The woman's frantic screams were all isolated by the starry space.
When An Nuan withdrew her spatial dimension, the woman was completely dead.
This slaughter had not alerted anyone, and it ended silently within the spatial dimension.
Lan Mi was still weak and her psychological defenses hadn't been built up yet, but An Nuan believed she would get better with time.
She took them back home by boat. As they neared her doorstep, Zi Xing came speeding on a bicycle and blocked her path.
"I thought he was lying, but I didn't expect you to actually go out! That loser actually let you go out to find supplies and hide inside himself, it's too much!"
The "loser" Zi Xing was referring to was Hai Changfeng.
An Nuan disliked others insulting her companions, and her expression turned cold.
"It's not your place to comment on whether my companion is useful or not. Please move your bicycle, or I'll just crash into it."
"Are you angry? It's not worth it for some smelly man! Look at what good stuff I have!"
Zi Xing opened the box and foil. The aroma of roasted chicken wafted out, directly hitting Lan Mi's nose.