"Let's go." Xu An glanced indifferently and signaled for everyone to prepare to leave. Her gaze lingered for a second on the deceased Luoluo before moving away.
Perhaps this was a case of the evil getting their comeuppance.
The girl who treated human lives like grass would ultimately be betrayed by the person she trusted the most. Whether this was karma or not, no one could tell.
"Are we just leaving like this? Didn't they miss one girl escaping?" Zhou Haimei searched the crowd for Su Xiao's figure.
"It's fine. Even if she survives, she won't be able to harm anyone else. With so many people witnessing today's events, unless she's seeking death, I believe no one will be willing to help her again." Xu An finished speaking and directed everyone to collect their supplies and head towards the given map.
She planned to find a relatively safe camp first, and then decide on their monster hunting strategy based on the camp's location.
Zhou Haimei felt Xu An was absolutely right and began packing her things along with Xu An.
Ever since Luoluo stopped breathing, the silver wolves seemed to have lost their target. Their bloodshot eyes revealed to everyone that they had been in a frenzy moments ago.
Meanwhile, Su Xiao, who had avoided everyone's gaze, tightly clutched the two half-pieces of crystal cores in her hand.
Just moments ago, her back had suddenly prickled, as if she were being watched.
She seemed to see Luoluo's unseeing eyes. Clenching Luoluo's half of the crystal core, her gaze held more greed than fear.
"Luoluo, don't blame me for your death. Blame the mastermind who caused us to fall to this point."
While despising Luoluo's foolishness, she had consistently maintained their friendship.
She enjoyed the convenience brought by Luoluo's status and wealth, yet when faced with life and death, she unhesitatingly chose herself.
Was Su Xiao wrong? At least, she herself didn't think so.
Fearing death was a natural human instinct.
Su Xiao simply wanted to survive, so what was wrong with that?
She searched the surrounding map, knowing where so many people had been. Since she had said these things, she couldn't expect anyone to show her sympathy.
From now on, Su Xiao understood she could only rely on herself.
She had to improve her strength as quickly as possible to face the remaining journey.
Luoluo's death was just a minor interlude in the competition.
It didn't cause any major uproar, but outside the competition grounds, it was a different story.
Su Xiao's family and Luoluo's family had always had intricate ties. Coupled with the good relationship between the children of both families, their business interactions were also very close.
After the competition began, the lighthouse seemed to deliberately throw a grenade into the crowd.
Everyone then learned that this extreme cold competition was actually being broadcast live.
Those with family members participating in the competition were both surprised and delighted.
The surprise stemmed from the fear of seeing their loved ones die tragically in the snowfield during the broadcast, while the delight was in seeing their family members alive, which was more joyous than anything else.
Similarly, some people felt differently.
Just like how during the previous expedition, people set up betting pools on who would be the first place winner.
This time was no exception.
The betting odds outside, big and small, were all betting on which teams could reach the finish line safely.
Su Jianshan, Su Xiao's father, felt a surge of anger when he saw Luoluo die tragically, having been betrayed by his own daughter.
He had a business deal currently being held up by Luoluo, and now it seemed there was no possibility of it going through.
Luoluo's side was also in an uproar.
Although Luoluo's relationship with her parents wasn't too good, it had to be said that as the head of the family, Luoluo's business acumen was unparalleled within the entire clan.
Since moving to the lighthouse, most of this vast family fortune had been built from scratch by Luoluo and Su Xiao through their own endeavors.
Now that Luoluo had been killed by Su Xiao, the Su family was unaffected, but what about their family?
Without Luoluo, who would support these massive industries?
"Notify everyone that all dealings with the Su family's businesses are to cease immediately. Seal everything, reduce expenses, and await Luo Qingzhou's return to handle it!"
"From today onwards, our family has absolutely no relationship with the Su family!"
With the falling out between the Su and Luo families in the Triangle Domain, the people below also sensed that something was amiss!
The Triangle Domain was about to change.
Even Xu An herself hadn't expected that her simple thought would lead to the disintegration of two major families at the auction.
And Su Xiao knew nothing of all this.
Xu An led her team towards a snowy area.
Many teams, to save time, took detours across the ice.
Taking the snow path, however, meant a long detour to descend this mountain from the safe house.
"An Jie, why aren't we going directly across the ice? I see people inside moving so fast." Li Xin inquired.
"Although the ice route is faster, it's also dangerous. We don't know how many types of mutated creatures are in this valley. Since these snow wolves could become invulnerable, who's to say the creatures beneath the ice haven't mutated?"
Xu An was still shaken. If there were mutated sharks or whales, or something similar, that could break through the ice, Xu An and her team would be completely wiped out.
After hearing Xu An's explanation, everyone along the way subconsciously avoided getting close to the ice.
"Mei Jie, check the surroundings. I'll look at the map first," Xu An instructed.
Zhou Haimei nodded and swapped positions with Xu An, allowing Xu An to walk in the middle, flanked by others.
Through the white mist, Xu An saw a natural ice cave appear in the snowfield ahead.
Just as everyone was cheering.
Disaster struck.
A giant shark broke through the thick layer of ice from beneath.
Zhou Haimei gripped her knife with one hand and, before anyone else could move, plunged it directly into the giant shark's body.
A direct hit.
She didn't relax, quickly pulling out a laser cannon and firing a shot directly into the giant shark's gaping maw.
The ice surface, with the hole created by the giant shark as its arc, shattered into larger pieces as the giant shark struggled.
Just as everyone was marveling at Zhou Haimei's incredible skill.
Another giant shark, comparable in size to the previous one, appeared from Zhou Haimei's side.
It lunged towards Zhou Haimei's head, about to bite down.
By the time Xu An thought to warn Zhou Haimei, it was already too late.
Then, everyone felt as if the person beside them had suddenly vanished like a gust of wind.
After that, Xu An appeared beside Zhou Haimei.
The mouth full of sharp teeth bit down forcefully on the blade of the knife Xu An was holding.
Li Xin and the others hadn't even seen how Xu An had gotten to Zhou Haimei's side.