Chapter 79: The Rescue

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Zhou Min summoned the last ounce of her strength to shake her head and evade the finger gently prodding her chin from her so-called lover. Weakly, she said, “You’re nothing good. Dream on if you think I’ll turn to you!”

Her lover sneered coldly, “Good, very good, you’ve got spirit. I want to see how long your pride will last.”

He waved to a nearby militiaman, who grinned wickedly and cracked his whip as he approached Zhou Min. The sharp, familiar sound made her shudder uncontrollably, her chest heaving violently. Her bitten lips bled faintly. Three tied-up village women nearby cried out:

“Sister Zhou, we should surrender. The chief really doesn’t care about us anymore, sob…”

“Sister Zhou, stop torturing yourself like this. Do you really want to die like this?”

“Why, why would the chief abandon us? He used to be so good to us. Why now?”

Her lover chuckled darkly, “Let me tell you why. To your Chief Li, you’re nothing but ants, mere pawns to be used. There’s no place for you in his heart. Everything was just a show to make you work yourself to death for him.”

“Crack! Crack! Crack!” The whip’s lashes echoed far into the quiet night. Zhou Min bit her lips so hard she groaned, her body twisting like a silkworm burning in fire. Nearby, a missionary shook his head and cried out:

“God, you demon! The Almighty will punish you! Oh, my all-powerful Lord, please look upon these suffering souls!”

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Boom! The wooden palisade on the southern side of the tribe was toppled. Li Zhan and four other chiefs led their troops like a tidal wave through the breach into the True Heart Tribe.

Before this, the Wobbly Radish Tribe had already sent a declaration of war to True Heart. The recent destruction of the wooden fence was the opening strike, carried out by Wobbly Radish with an iron blade in hand, plunging the two tribes into open conflict. Li Zhan and his allies joined the fight as allies, breaking through the palisade and storming the tribe.

True Heart’s leader had just received a system alert flashing in red: “Your tribe has officially entered a state of war with the Wobbly Radish Tribe.” Before he could even process where this new tribe had come from, the palisade was down and more than fifty soldiers led by Li Zhan were already inside.

“What… what’s going on? Militia! Hold them off!” The leader was thrown into chaos, unable to comprehend how Li Zhan had submitted a war declaration so quickly—just minutes ago, his friend function was still active, yet now Li Zhan appeared with troops, bristling with hostility.

It was poetic justice: True Heart’s leader had used the friend function to track Li Zhan and plan a night attack, but Li Zhan had done the same, catching him by surprise. Once war begins, the friend function is disabled, cutting off any chance of calling for reinforcements from allied tribes. The leader was now forced to rely only on the militia left and some villagers who remained, retreating quickly into the tribe’s hall.

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