A child wouldn't understand any of this. He shook his head again and again. "He's Uncle Shane. This is Daddy!""Waaah!" The boy burst into tears. "Daddy's bleeding! Daddy's bleeding!"The crying grated on Catherine's nerves. Abruptly, she yanked the knife out of Ace's back. Blood immediately sprayed out, and before she could dodge, half her face was splattered red.Now, one side of her face was smeared with blood. And with a knife dangling from her hand, she looked terrifying.She started walking toward Alina.Frightened by her appearance, Alina backed away repeatedly. "What are you trying to do?"Shane couldn't help saying, "Catherine, put the knife down—now!"Catherine turned her head and flashed Shane a ghastly smile. "I've been your mistress for all these years, even bore you a son. Today, I'm killing this bitch and becoming your wife. Any objections?"Faced with her ferocious expression, Shane didn't dare say a word.Not objecting was the same as agreeing.Alina's face w

Shane didn't dare strike.What could he do?His eyes darted to the little boy beside him, and an idea struck. Acting on instinct, he lunged forward and snatched the child up, hands tightening around the boy's neck. He shouted, "Don't come any closer, or I'll kill him!"That finally made Catherine's face drain of color."Let him go!" she screamed."Drop the knife!" Shane bellowed. This was his only lifeline now.Catherine could hardly believe it. "Are you even human? That's your son!""So what?" Shane sneered, completely unbothered. "Compared to my life, nothing else matters! Drop the knife, now!"Catherine's hands shook violently around the handle of the knife. Fear flooded her eyes. "Put him down! He doesn't look too well!""Stop playing games with me, Catherine! Drop the knife, now!" Shane's voice was unwavering.Catherine flung the knife aside.Shane carefully released the boy, and Catherine immediately lunged forward, clutching him tightly, crying and screaming, "Son! My

Fear and embarrassment washed over him, but he recovered quickly."One gun holds, at most, nine bullets," he said at once. "Look at our numbers! He'll run out of ammo fast! And ask yourselves—how many days of food do you have left at home? If we don't fight now, we're going to starve or die of thirst!"That speech rekindled some courage in those who had been wavering. No one backed off anymore—but no one dared step forward either. Everyone was afraid of becoming the first bird to stick its head out.Who wanted to take those nine bullets? Everyone was waiting for another to take the fall."Go! It's just a handgun, not a machine gun!" the man with glasses waved his hand. He had no intention of sacrificing himself; he just wanted everyone to rush together. That way, the bullets might hit someone else.Ray smiled.Very well. Since he asked for a machine gun, Ray would show him a machine gun.A machine gun appeared in Ray's hands.His strength now exceeded a thousand pounds. Holding

Charles was overjoyed. "Bro, you've made the right choice. I guarantee you won't regret it."'Of course I won't,' Ray thought calmly. 'But you definitely will.'Ray smiled and deliberately put on an eager, impatient air. "Charles, could you tell me more about this song-and-dance troupe? It's freezing out here. How does the boss keep so many people alive in weather like this?"Know yourself and know your enemy, and you'll never lose a hundred battles.Charles let out a chuckle. "Ordinary families couldn't survive weather this hellish, of course! But Greenbow Group has a secret entertainment venue inside the company. You know how it is—when you're into that sort of thing, you have to keep it discreet."Inside that place, there are saunas and all kinds of entertainment facilities—some you can imagine, and some you can't."For confidentiality, the venue isn't connected to the company's power grid at all. It runs on its own generators."So even though the power's out everywhere else,

Ray put on a look of righteous resolve and shook his head. "Why would I tell you where they are? Paul, you sent Molly to prison, and you even threatened to do unspeakable things to Katie… I will never let you off!"As soon as the words left his mouth, he raised his gun and took aim.Paul let out a cold laugh. His body shifted, and he lunged straight at Ray, fast—like lightning.To an ordinary person, he truly looked like a flash of lightning. By the time the nerves even registered what was happening, he had already closed the distance and arrived right in front of his target.But setting aside the fact that Ray's body had already been enhanced four times—his eyesight and neural response far surpassing that of normal people—even without those enhancements, he still had spatial perception.The instant Paul moved, his trajectory appeared clearly in Ray's mind. Clear—almost like slow motion.Because no matter how fast you are, can you really outrun a thought?At this moment, Paul's