Su Ling finished speaking, raised her bow, and shot three arrows in rapid succession, each hitting its mark.
Two arrows pierced Han Xu's hands, and one shot through his other leg.
Then, Su Ling continued to draw her bow, aiming an arrow at Han Xu's head.
Before Han Xu could escape or resist, the arrow pierced through his skull.
He didn't even understand Su Ling's intentions before his life began to ebb away.
Looking at Su Ling, who was as beautiful as a poisonous poppy, he murmured, "Why?"
"You deserve to die!" Su Ling looked coldly at Han Xu, his life draining away, and replied frigidly.
This was Su Ling's first time actively killing someone after the apocalypse.
For those who had provoked her or moralized at her in the past, she had only imposed minor punishments.
The only time she lost her temper was with Sister Na and Han Han; they had crossed her bottom line.
Later, she only taught Chen Jiakai and his two companions a lesson.
She would never take a life proactively, even in this apocalypse, even if human lives were as cheap as grass.
But she would uphold her principles and bottom line, respecting every life.
However, if someone harmed her, threatened her life, or threatened those she protected, she wouldn't hesitate to pick up a blade and slaughter.
And Han Xu was the only one she actively chose to kill.
As for Yang Guang, she had intentionally sent her to prison, so she would be locked up and dance with zombies after the apocalypse.
When she died in her previous life, she chose to let her castle be destroyed with her, and made traitors like Han Xu and Yang Guang be buried with her.
But seeing them again, her hatred still couldn't be quelled.
Han Xu was a scourge; he couldn't be left alive, and had to be eliminated quickly!
If Han Xu had known that following Jiang Jiang would bring him utter destruction, he would have followed Jiang Jiang.
Unfortunately, he had no chance to do it again. He was powerless to struggle and could only endure being burned.
Those flames were like poison, constantly corroding his body, turning everything they touched to ash.
In his daze, Han Xu's vision blurred. He vaguely saw an image—
Himself and a woman he didn't recognize standing on a city wall, looking coldly at a woman holding a rope below the wall.
The woman's appearance bore a striking resemblance to the girl in front of him.
He saw that woman fall into a horde of zombies and commit suicide when she was about to be devoured.
Then the scene shifted, and he saw the woman who stood with him on the city wall wearing prison clothes, confined in jail.
The apocalypse descended, zombies were everywhere, and she wailed bitterly.
She watched helplessly as she was bitten, her flesh devoured by zombies.
She watched helplessly as her hand was torn off, flesh was bitten from her face, and her leg was broken…
Resistance was useless, and in the end, she was devoured by zombies, her head separated from her body, torn into pieces, dying tragically, with eyes wide open in death.
That kind of death was truly despairing.
The scene ended, and Han Xu remembered Su Ling's words: "The grudges of the past are repaid in this life. Yang Guang has been waiting for you below for a long time. It's time for you to meet!"
Many memories that did not originally belong to Han Xu flooded in like a tide.
Those memories he had never experienced, yet felt intensely familiar, were consuming him.
So that's how it was!
Han Xu smiled. He never believed in past lives and present lives.
But looking at those deeply familiar scenes, and the years of interaction, he couldn't deceive himself.
After a long while, Han Xu coughed, spitting out a pool of blood.
At the last moment of his life, he struggled to lift his head and looked at Su Ling's face, his voice trembling, "Ah Ling, you're even more beautiful and radiant than when I saw you in my previous life."
And stronger, and colder.
Su Ling looked at Han Xu with a detached and indifferent expression, showing no surprise at him calling her name.
"Cough, cough." Han Xu continued to cough up blood. He said word by word, "I won't apologize. I deserve to be killed by you. This apocalypse is full of cunning hearts. I wish you and your new companions a long life!"