Chapter 253: Saving People and Deterring Accidents
“My child is dying, help, help!”

“My body is so hot, help me, help me…”

“Help, help, wuwuwu…”

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In the largest open space at the Wu Shuang Boulder Station, a huge crowd of people gathered together, and desperate cries for help were heard everywhere. From time to time, the sound of burning flames could be heard, followed by violent wails and screams of pain.

Judging from their clothes, these people were obviously those who had escaped from Han Qiong.

They were divided into three groups. The largest group was on the right, accounting for about 90% of the total number of people. The left and middle groups had smaller numbers, totaling only about 1,600 to 1,700 people.

Although the scene was extremely chaotic, if you looked closely you would find that the people in these three groups were not randomly crowded together, and there was basically a distance of more than one meter between each person.

There were also people wearing light golden armor constantly moving back and forth, maintaining order while using the black oily substance in their hands to rescue people.

“Captain, no, there are too many people, and they are noisy and chaotic. We only have more than 1,400 people in total, and we have to assign a group of people to guard the group of Diggers. We can’t rescue them fast enough, and it’s too late!”

“And there are riots all the time. We have to send people to suppress them. That’s not okay.”

“That dew is still spreading and our people are infected again. We can’t go on like this. We have to find a way.”

“Many people don’t know about the fire-condensing oil yet, and they have begun to throw in the towel and instigate others to riot.”

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On the high platform at the front of the open space, Lu Yang’s eyes suddenly showed impatience after hearing the reports from his four men. Looking at the commotion on the left, a fierce look appeared in his eyes, and he directly drew out the sword from his waist and walked over.

“Brothers, being trapped here is a dead end. Why don’t you follow me and fight your way out? Go back to Zhaoyang to find the leader. Maybe there is still hope!”

“That’s right, follow Hou Jing and fight our way out, brothers.”

“kill!”

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The more than 800 people on the left were Zhaoyang’s digging experts. When Lu Yang approached and heard the words of the man who instigated the riot, his brows immediately sank, especially when he saw seven or eight people who were instigated by him and stood up to resist, he immediately raised his sword and rushed over quickly.

Puff…Puff…Puff…

Lu Yang raised his sword and slashed it with extremely fast movements, directly killing all the eight people who were about to cause trouble, which frightened the several Da Xia Digging Realm masters who were about to take action nearby.

Even they were like this, not to mention the Zhaoyang Digging Realm nearby. They all fell silent in an instant, not daring to make any sound. The few who had originally planned to take action were frightened and returned to their original positions with their eyes lowered.

Lu Yang turned around and looked around the square. Seeing another commotion at the other end, he raised his voice and shouted:
“Lin Kai, Zhao Hu, Zhao Bao, and all the other team leaders, listen carefully. Anyone who dares to move will be killed. If anything goes wrong, I will be responsible!”

Puff…Puff…

Almost at the moment he finished speaking, the sounds of hacking and killing broke out in the middle and right areas.

After three or four waves of hacking sounds, the crowd in the entire square immediately quieted down. Everyone shut their mouths, including some children who covered their mouths tightly. Only some babies whose mouths were not covered in time could still make a few cries.

As soon as the square became quiet, Lu Yang immediately returned to the platform.

Lu Yang’s voice just now was too loud. Everyone knew that it was he who ordered the killing, and they couldn’t help but focus their eyes on him.

Knowing that everyone was looking at him, Lu Yang didn’t dare to waste time. He pointed at a young woman in her twenties holding a baby on the right and gave an order:
“Someone, pull this mother and child up to me.”

“Please spare my life, sir. I didn’t move. I didn’t move.”

“Sir, please don’t kill me. Please spare me, please spare me!”

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Seeing two Da Xia soldiers coming to pull her, the woman thought that Lu Yang was going to kill her child. A look of fear suddenly appeared on her face, and she kept begging Lu Yang for mercy.

However, the two Da Xia soldiers ignored her and dragged him all the way to the platform and brought him to Lu Yang.

Lu Yang ignored the woman’s pleas for mercy and snatched the crying baby from her arms.

The woman thought he was going to kill her child, so she immediately knelt down and begged:
“Don’t kill my child, don’t kill my child, please sir…”

When the people at Hanqiong’s base on the right saw this scene, their breathing became noticeably heavier. Some of the Digging Realm even took two steps forward, obviously wanting to help the woman and save the child.

But the next moment, the woman’s crying suddenly stopped, and those digging masters looked towards the platform with a hint of surprise in their eyes.

Instead of killing the baby, Lu Yang unbuttoned the baby’s clothes and showed the small dewdrops on his body to everyone. He then took out a small piece of fire-condensing oil, crushed it and smeared it evenly on the baby’s body.

After a while, the dew on the baby’s body began to sizzle, and then Lu Yang reached out and wiped it, and all the dew disappeared.

The baby, who had been crying loudly due to his high body temperature, stopped crying immediately.

There was even a crisp laugh.

“Can that black oil block dissolve the dew drops?”

“It really works. I just saw it. You don’t believe me.”

“Those people wearing pale golden armor have been using fire-condensing oil to save people. Didn’t you see it?”

“There’s hope. You don’t have to die!”

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In fact, the soldiers of Da Xia had been using fire-condensing oil to save people just now, but because there were too many people, many people didn’t see it at all. In addition, the dew on many people’s bodies burst into flames, and the people who saw it became more and more panicked, so riots kept happening.

At this moment, because Lu Yang raised his hands throughout the whole process, the dew on the baby’s body slowly disappeared and finally turned into ordinary water droplets, which were wiped away by Lu Yang and could be seen clearly by everyone.

When they found out that Da Xia really had a way to save them, hope instantly ignited in everyone’s hearts. Looking at Lu Yang’s eyes, they were no longer afraid, but instead were full of hope and desire.

“See? We have a way to save people. Now listen to me. Everyone, line up in three teams, Longshan, Zhaoyang, and Hanqiong. Receive them one by one. I will send them to everyone. In addition, I will send people to patrol in the middle. Those with more urgent situations will be given priority. But I have to say this in advance. If any team riots next, I will stop sending them immediately. Don’t blame me then!”

As soon as Lu Yang finished speaking, the more than 10,000 people below stopped making any sound. With the help of the Daxia soldiers, they all obediently lined up in three long lines and began to receive the condensed fire oil one by one.

The situation was finally under control, and after arranging for everyone to distribute the fire-condensing oil, Lu Yang breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Lin Kai, Zhao Hu and others in the crowd giving him a thumbs up, he felt somewhat pleased with himself.

“Si Cheng is right. These people won’t obey unless they see blood!”

When Takeo caused a rebellion earlier, Xiachuan’s way of dealing with it was to stop the killing with killing. Although it was bloody, it was very effective.

Lu Yang’s way of handling the situation was exactly the same as what Xia Chuan had done before.

Seeing that this method was so effective, Lu Yang naturally agreed with Xia Chuan’s last words.

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“That thing can actually eliminate dewdrops, it’s amazing!”

Among the three waves of people, in Zhaoyang’s team, Yang Zhong lined up to receive a small piece of fire-condensing oil. After removing the dew on his body, he walked to the back of the crowd with Li Hu, his eyes full of curiosity.

Li Hu received the fire-condensing oil before him. His legs had recovered. He nodded when he heard this and said, “I heard someone say in Longshan before that the only thing that can deal with strange things is silver, but silver is too precious and ordinary people can’t afford it. In Daxia, there is such a magical thing!”

Not many people actually know about silver’s ability to restrain monsters, but Li Hu and Yang Zhong are obviously special cases, so they are more aware of the preciousness of the fire-condensing oil they just used.

“The key is that they are willing to give it to ordinary people like us. Huzi, haven’t we always wanted to get out of Longshan? This is a good opportunity. I will go find those adults later, right?”

Li Hu nodded immediately, with a hint of excitement on his face. Then he thought of something and saw Yang Zhong’s anxious look. He smiled and said, “Don’t worry. That Xia leader risked his life to save us and gave us fire oil. What do you think was the reason?”

“Right.”

Yang Zhong reacted quickly and nodded immediately.

Daxia did all this to attract people like them. He didn’t need to take the initiative to find people. Someone in Daxia would probably come and say so. But Yang Zhong glanced at the people around him, then looked at the team in Longshan, and said with a smile: “Except for Han Qiong’s more than 10,000 people, there shouldn’t be many people in Longshan and Zhaoyang who are really willing to join Daxia.”

The Longshan and Zhaoyang families are all in the Digging Realm. Not to mention their loyalty to their own camp, most of these people have families with them. Based on this point alone, it is unlikely that they will think of changing their allegiance.

Li Hu certainly understood what Yang Zhong meant, but he turned around and glanced at Lu Yang and the other cold-resistant warriors on the high platform. Thinking of their actions of killing people to shock everyone present, he immediately sneered:
“Of course not much, but I guess it’s not up to them!”

Judging from Lu Yang’s actions just now, it is clear that the Da Xia are obviously not good people. The leader personally rescued them and spent so much fire-condensing oil to treat them. It is obvious that they would not let people go for no reason.

“Hearing what you said, I don’t have such a good impression of Daxia. But being able to leave Longshan is also a good thing for us. Let’s stay in Daxia first. If it doesn’t work, we can just move to another place.”

Hearing Yang Zhong’s words, Li Hu nodded.

“Look, that Xia leader is back!”

“That strange monster should have been killed by him, right?”

“Nonsense, didn’t you see that she was laughing so happily?”

Hearing the voices in the crowd, Yang Zhong and Li Hu immediately turned and looked towards the platform.

Seven more people had appeared on the platform at some point. The man in black at the head was Xia Hong, who had just rescued their group in Hulu Valley.

Just as the crowd said, Xia Hong appeared here with a smile on his face, which proved that he was most likely the winner of the battle in the valley.

Thinking that the monster that could only scare away Li Xuanling and his group of cold-resistant warriors was defeated by Xia Hong, Li Hu’s face suddenly showed a touch of admiration, especially when he saw Lu Yang and others who were so arrogant just now, but now being humble in front of Xia Hong, a touch of yearning rose in his eyes.

“The young master brought so many cold-resistant soldiers and more than a thousand Longyou soldiers, but they still couldn’t kill him. Looking at Longyou, I’m afraid no one can compare to the strength of this Xia leader except Li Tianhua!”

Hearing the three words “Li Tianhua”, Li Hu’s expression flashed a bit unnatural, but he soon sneered and said, “How old is Li Tianhua? It’s useless even if you are stronger than him. Look carefully, how old is Chief Xia?”

Yang Zhong, who had never paid attention to Xia Hong’s age, was reminded by Li Hu and immediately stared at Xia Hong’s face. When he saw it, his expression was stunned for a moment.

“Why do I feel that he is older than the young master…”

Before Yang Zhong could finish his words, Li Hu immediately pulled him down and made them lower their heads.

The two people lowered their heads and looked at each other, their expressions slightly nervous.

“Am I seeing things? Was he looking at us just now?”

“Nonsense, what’s his strength? He’s so close to you, staring at you, how can he not feel it? Stop talking nonsense.”

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“Brother, do you know those two people?”

On the high platform, Xia Chuan noticed that Xia Hong’s gaze was focused on the two people not far away. He took a look and immediately asked curiously.

Xia Hong shook his head and said with a smile: “These two people’s names are very interesting!”

Just as Xia Chuan was about to continue asking, Qiu Peng came up and said with a puzzled look on his face, “Leader, are we really going to release all these people? There are 1672 people in the Digging Realm of Longshan and Zhaoyang. If we release these people, they might go against us in the future, right?”

“If you can’t figure it out, think about it slowly later. Just do as I say first.”

Just now, Xia Hong was unwilling to explain too much in his thoughts, and now that he had replied to Wu Shuang, he had even less desire to explain.

Even though a group of cold-resistant-level warriors, including Xia Chuan, clearly expressed their agreement with Qiu Peng’s opinion, he still chose to make the decision on his own. After leaving only one sentence, he left the square and walked towards the Wu Shuang main building.

“Yes, leader!”

Although Qiu Peng and others did not understand, they saw Xia Hong leave directly and did not say anything more. After nodding in agreement, they all started to do as he ordered.

The most important organizational unit in Daxia at present is the hunting team. The rule in the hunting team is that team members can raise different objections, but once the captain makes the final decision, the rest of the people must obey unconditionally. This rule can be said to have permeated every aspect of the camp.

Therefore, they must obey Xia Hong’s decision at this moment unconditionally.

Even if I don’t understand, this is the only way.

The Hanxu Ding can certainly have the effect of clearing away dewdrops, but it must be in actual contact. Simply staying within the range of its temperature radiation can only suppress the dewdrops on your body and prevent it from heating up and exploding. If you want to completely remove it, you still have to use fire-condensing oil.

Xia Hong realized this when Hulu Valley took out the Hanxu Ding.

Of course he couldn’t make people line up to touch the Hanxu Ding. He had so much fire-condensing oil brought from Xiacheng this time, which was more than enough.

Just before he arrived, there were quite a few people in Wu Shuang Square who were burned to death when the dew on their bodies exploded. After he arrived and placed the Hanxu Ding in the main building of Wu Shuang, no one died in the square anymore.

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“It’s so warm, why is it so warm all of a sudden?”

“The warm current is coming from the main building. I saw Chief Xia Hong go in.”

“The dew on my body doesn’t seem to be getting any warmer.”

“No one died. It must be Chief Xia Hong who did something?”

“It must be him. He can even kill that weirdo. It must be him.”

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The rise in temperature and the suppression of the dew plague occurred simultaneously.

Everyone turned to look at the main building, and after discussing for a while with expressions of surprise, respect and gratitude rose in their eyes without exception.

In Hulu Valley, the defeat and escape of Li Xuanling and his group and the timely appearance of Xia Hong with the giant tripod formed a sharp contrast in their hearts. Coupled with the fire-condensing oil just distributed by Daxia, everyone’s respect and gratitude for Xia Hong suddenly reached its peak.

Of course, not everyone has this kind of emotion.

For example, the digging masters from Longshan and Zhaoyang families mostly had hesitant expressions on their faces at this moment, as if they wanted to say something to Xia Chuan and others on the platform, but they didn’t dare to.

“May I ask the lords of Daxia, how are you going to deal with us?”

Finally, after a long time, a Digging Realm expert from the Zhaoyang Camp couldn’t help but speak to Xia Chuan and others on the platform.

As soon as this person opened his mouth, the square fell silent. Everyone’s eyes were focused on the platform, with nervousness on their faces.

Especially the Zhaoyang and Longshan families who were digging underground were extremely nervous.

“Don’t worry, we will let you go. There is only one hour left until dawn. Even if you leave, you won’t be able to go far. Once it gets dark tomorrow night, the gates of the base will be opened. Anyone who wants to leave can leave on their own!”

But soon, with Qiu Peng’s answer, the tension and uneasiness on these people’s faces disappeared in an instant. Everyone’s expressions were stunned at first, and then became extremely complicated.

Daxia, will actually let us go?

Not to mention the Digging Realm of the Longshan and Zhaoyang families, even the Digging Realm of Han Qiong and those ordinary people were obviously caught off guard by this answer.

“Sir, we have nowhere else to go. Can we join Daxia?”

On Han Qiong’s side, someone was the first to react and quickly asked.

Hearing this, Qiu Peng’s tense expression relaxed a little, and he said with a smile: “Of course, it’s up to you whether you want to leave or stay. We in Daxia never force anyone to join!”

The expressions of the more than 10,000 people on Han Qiong’s side suddenly became much calmer.

As for the more than 1,000 people from Longshan and Zhaoyang, most of them still had complicated expressions. They looked at Xia Chuan, Qiu Peng and others on the stage and fell into deep thought.

Among the crowd, Yang Zhong and Li Hu looked even more shocked.

After the two looked at each other, their eyes became obviously much firmer.

(End of this chapter)