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001 Failing to provide assistance to someone in distress
"Li Xue, I love you!"
The deep, magnetic male voice sent chills down one's spine. What was clearly an ambiguous love confession seemed to carry a deadly poison, causing excruciating pain.
Boundless pain and intense resentment rushed into her mind. Shen Lixue suddenly opened her eyes, but was stunned by what she saw.
The withered grass stretched to the horizon, and a cold wind blew, causing the dry grass to sway and form waves. The sky was gray and gloomy, as if a massive rainstorm was brewing.
What place is this?
Shen Lixue frowned. She was lying on a beautiful Hawaiian beach, basking in the warm sun. How did she end up in this desolate and barren wasteland after waking up?
A strange memory suddenly flooded her mind and quickly merged with her original memories. Shen Lixue frowned. Although she was very unwilling to believe it, she had to admit that she had transmigrated.
The body's owner was also named Shen Lixue. She had lived with her frail and sickly mother since childhood. Two months ago, her mother passed away. With the help of her most trusted neighbor, Mu Zhengnan, she prepared to go to the capital to find her father. Little did she expect that the night before, Mu Zhengnan tricked her into opening her door, said "I love you" affectionately, but tightly strangled her slender neck with a white silk ribbon, coldly watching her stop breathing in pain...
Haha, Mu Zhengnan, is your love just strangling the person you like with your own hands?
"Thump, thump, thump!" The stable ground suddenly shook. Shen Lixue felt a pain in her chest and a wave of dizziness. What was happening? Was it an earthquake?
She quickly stood up and looked around. At the horizon, a row of leaping gray lines was rapidly moving towards her.
As the gray lines drew closer, Shen Lixue could see them more clearly. They were a group of people dressed in ancient costumes, including strong men, the elderly, women, and children. Their common feature was that they were disheveled and ran forward recklessly, crying as they ran. Behind them, a large number of wild boars, bison, and many other wild beasts that she couldn't name were running, their eyes wide open as if they were angry, charging straight forward, their iron hooves kicking up dust and shaking the ground.
What's going on?
As Shen Lixue wondered what was happening, an old woman accidentally fell to the ground. A wild buffalo that had caught up with her trampled on the old woman's head, and blood splattered everywhere. The old woman's head was crushed, and her mangled body was instantly swallowed up by the surging herd of wild beasts...
"Don't close the city gates... wait a minute..." The shrill cry startled Shen Lixue from her shock. Shen Lixue turned around and saw that not far away, two ancient city gates were rapidly closing in on each other.
Damn it, what are the city guards trying to do? Lock the people out and let them be trampled to death by wild beasts?
A heavy hoofbeat landed behind her, and a scorching heat sprayed onto her back. Shen Lixue was startled. Oh no, there was a wild beast.
Turning swiftly to avoid the bison's attack, Shen Lixue grabbed the bison's horns and flipped onto its back. With a light touch of her feet on the bison's head, her slender body leaped rapidly towards the city gate. Once inside the city, she would be safe!
"Bang!" The moment Shen Lixue landed, the two thick doors slammed shut, blocking her view into the city and shattering everyone's hopes of survival. Shen Lixue gritted her teeth in anger: Damn it, she was only a few steps away from the city gate...
On the empty city walls, countless soldiers suddenly emerged, clad in armor, their eyes filled with murderous intent, holding ancient bows and arrows, the tips of which were naturally aimed at the wild beasts below the city walls.
Above the city gate, a young man reclined on a chaise lounge, half-closing his eyes, leisurely enjoying the services of three beauties massaging his legs and shoulders and feeding him fruit. He looked languid and seemed oblivious to the horrific trampling below the city wall.
"Ahhh..." A series of screams rang out. Shen Lixue looked back and saw that the wild beasts had caught up with the running crowd. People were being trampled to death from time to time, with arms and other limbs hanging from their iron hooves. As they ran, the ground trembled and swayed.
"Open the city gates... open the city gates now..." The people screamed frantically and desperately, but the soldiers on the city walls ignored them, drawing their bows even tighter.
"As soldiers, you are obligated to protect the safety of the people. Yet now, the people are being trampled by wild beasts and their lives hang by a thread. Not only do you stand on the city wall and watch indifferently, but you also keep the city gates closed and refuse to help. If the Emperor finds out, it will be a capital offense. Can you bear the consequences?"
Simple cries for help could not move these hard-hearted soldiers. In ancient times, imperial power was supreme, so Shen Lixue took a different approach, using the emperor as leverage to make them think twice and open the city gates.
The soldiers were somewhat moved, but did not act. Their questioning gazes all turned to the enchanting man who was leisurely drinking. They did not want to bear the death penalty, but they were just soldiers and had to obey their general's orders in everything they did. They could not act on their own.
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