The scarred man roared, "Heizi! Make a move!"
The next moment, Xu An felt a shove from behind. She lost her balance, staggering forward, and the leash in her hand slipped.
The man named Heizi stepped forward and stepped on Gou Dan's leash, preparing to grab the dog.
However, before the scarred man could move to grab Xu An, his hair stood on end. He felt pinned to the spot.
His blood ran cold. In weather that was forty to fifty degrees Celsius, he felt a chill emanating from in front of him, causing him to tremble uncontrollably.
In Xu An's hand was a gleaming hunting rifle, its muzzle pointed directly at the scarred man's crown.
"I suggest you don't move. My gun is prone to misfiring!"
Xu An wasn't spouting empty threats. Her steady arms and professional stance made the scarred man understand that the young girl in front of him was not playing games.
The man named Heizi had been bitten by Gou Dan.
As everyone knew, Huskies were famous for their destructive tendencies and had astonishing bite force.
The man's thigh was bleeding profusely, clear teeth marks imprinted on it. If the man hadn't used leverage to pry Gou Dan's jaws open,
Gou Dan would have torn off a chunk of flesh.
Angrily, the man used a steel bar to strike Gou Dan. It was then that Xu An's previous special training for Gou Dan came into play.
Gou Dan constantly maneuvered and dodged. After a series of movements, the man couldn't even touch it.
Instead, due to the constant movement, the man's wound tore open again, blood flowing uncontrollably.
His eyes were filled with ferocity, as if he were determined to kill the dog in front of him to vent his anger.
Just then, he heard the scarred man's shout.
"Heizi... damn it... Heizi, stop chasing the dog, you son of a bitch..."
The man seemed impatient, looked back, and was stunned. The seemingly frail young girl was holding a hunting rifle pointed at his boss.
He immediately stopped chasing the dog, standing frozen, hesitating whether to move forward.
After all, the way she held the gun was too professional. Heizi had no doubt that she could blow his head off. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he gradually moved towards the car he had arrived in.
However, under Xu An's threatening gaze, he was ultimately forced to move behind the scarred man.
The scarred man looked suspicious. He hadn't seen where she pulled the gun from. The hunting rifle seemed to have appeared out of nowhere.
Of course, he wasn't foolish enough to ask her directly. That would undoubtedly mean a quicker death.
"Little girl, let's talk this through. I'm a prison guard. You must trust the people's police, right? I won't hurt you. Can you put the gun down first? You yourself said it's prone to misfiring."
After speaking, the scarred man tentatively tried to nudge the muzzle of the gun.
"I suggest you don't move. At this point, there's no need to pretend anymore, don't you think?"
Xu An spoke her mind clearly, and the smile on the scarred man's face vanished.
Indeed, in the current situation, there was no need to act.
Although the man was wearing a police uniform, there was no trace of a police officer in his eyes. Especially his eyes, which clearly belonged to someone who had killed before.
Even in the apocalypse, Xu An didn't believe that a real police officer would demand supplies from civilians.
This man had exposed himself from the start, not to mention his disgusting way of addressing her as "brother" and "sister."
Xu An's guess was correct. The scarred man and the man named Heizi had escaped from prison during the chaos on the night of the volcanic eruption.
On their way out, they encountered a lone police officer. The two colluded to knock him out and stole his sidearm.
"Gou Dan, come back!"
The dog understood the command and trotted to Xu An's side, lying down with its teeth bared, staring fiercely at the two men opposite them.
Xu An didn't intend to leave these two alive. It happened so suddenly that in her panic, she directly retrieved the hunting rifle from her spatial storage.
The man named Heizi didn't see it, but the scarred man definitely did.
Since he had seen it, he couldn't be allowed to live.
Unexpectedly, a twist occurred at this very moment.
The scarred man pulled Heizi, who was standing beside him, to block him. He gripped his knife in his right hand, crouched down, and lunged towards Xu An.
Xu An didn't hesitate and fired. The hunting rifle in her hand was a shotgun.
As the shot was fired, buckshot sprayed out, turning Heizi's body into a sieve, bullets piercing his chest.
He widened his eyes, looking in disbelief at the boss he had called out to for so many years.
But all he saw was the man's back. He had never imagined that he would be betrayed one day.
The scarred man didn't look back. He was like a lone wolf lurking in the darkness, preparing to kill Xu An with a single blow.
Xu An immediately discarded the hunting rifle. The moment the scarred man lunged at her, she turned and dodged the fatal blow.
Seeing that he had missed, the man raised his knife and lunged at Xu An again.
Xu An feigned a crouch, using the difference in their physiques to deliver a kick to the man's lower body.
The scarred man clutched his groin in pain, his body弓ing over, cursing.
"Damn it, you bitch, I'll kill you!"
Xu An snorted, "We'll see who kills whom!"
With that, her hand changed, and the dagger instantly transformed into a long saber.
The scarred man's eyes widened in disbelief, his voice stuttering.
"You... where did you get these weapons from?"
"Are you a human or a ghost?!"
But no one would answer him.
Xu An's lips curled into a smile, but her words were chilling.
"Why should I explain myself to a dead man!"
As soon as she finished speaking, before the man could react, she slid into a knee-first posture, leaning back, and appeared in front of the man. As she dodged the cleaver he swung down,
Her body twisted in an astonishing arc, and the long saber, glinting with a cold edge, plunged directly into the man's chest.
This time, Xu An controlled herself well. After confirming that the man had stopped breathing, she did not deliver any further blows.
After pulling out the long saber, the man's body fell straight down.
Gou Dan rushed over, nuzzling her affectionately, wagging its tail and opening its mouth wide as if showing off.
She looked at Gou Dan's blood-soaked mouth and panicked, afraid something had happened to the dog. Memories of her previous life flooded her mind.
After a long moment, she regained her composure and, with trembling hands, checked Gou Dan's body.
Fortunately, apart from some minor abrasions around its mouth, there were no other injuries.
Only then did Xu An relax. She took out wet wipes and cleaned the blood from Gou Dan's mouth, only to realize it was someone else's blood.
Immediately, she angrily patted Gou Dan's furry head.
She could now understand the fear her mother felt when she saw her covered in blood.
Who knew how terrified she had been seeing Gou Dan's mouth full of blood just now, wishing she could tear both men to shreds.
Xu An didn't know what the man named Heizi and the scarred man had said to each other, but since they dared to set their sights on Gou Dan,
She would not let these two leave here alive.