Paige wiped out the guards at the train station and took all the supplies that the PN Soldiers were preparing to ship out or transfer.
There were supplies in more than ten train cars, and Paige was overjoyed by the haul.
This collection speed was way faster than in the apocalypse.
It also showed how terrible the PN Soldiers were. No one knew where they stole all these supplies from.
In just one month, they had managed to loot so much.
Inside the space, sacks of food were all neatly sorted and arranged.
There were also weapons—ten tanks alone, along with cannons, mortars, machine guns, and more.
There were many off-road vehicles, big trucks, small cars, and even lots of sidecars and tricycles.
Paige even collected many bicycles and rickshaws.
Gold, silver, treasures, and antiques were stacked in boxes on one side.
These wicked PN Soldiers were trying to ship Hua Nation's belongings back to their little island.
Luckily, she arrived just in time. Now, everything belonged to her.
There were also stacks of PN currency, now thrown into the space in big sacks.
She collected dozens of boxes of gold bars.
Paige felt a bit regretful. Since she arrived, only the first few days gave her a chance to spend money. After that, there was no need to spend at all.
She was happy, but it still didn't feel like a real shopping experience.
At the same time, the remaining families in the city suddenly found two large sacks of grain in their homes, with both coarse and refined types.
Families with elders or children got more refined grains.
As for homes with only rough men, Paige didn't feel like giving the good stuff.
Besides the grains, Paige also left some money for families that were struggling.
How much? It all depended on her mood and who she liked at the moment.
She thought that even if the army came to take back the city, the people still needed to live normally.
Their valuables and food had been stolen by the PN Soldiers. The supplies delivered by the government could barely support the army.
Their things were stolen by the PN Soldiers, and now the PN Soldiers' supplies were taken by her.
Even if she didn't take them, the people wouldn't get them back anyway.
But Paige had a kind heart.
If there were too many people, she could pretend she didn't know.
But such a big city only had tens of thousands of people left.
Paige looked at the supplies filling her space and felt that giving out a little wasn't unacceptable.
Besides, her space could now store, farm, and raise animals. From now on, she'd never lack food or drink.
Feeling cheerful, Paige played the role of a generous giver for once.
No one knew that in just one night, this scarred ancient city had been taken back.
When morning came, they saw the extra food and money. Everyone looked around in fear.
When they saw no one was watching, they were immediately happy and quickly hid the things.
With so much food, they wouldn't have a problem getting through the winter.
Paige was still very curious about this ancient city, so she found an empty house.
The house was by the riverside, a two-story building that was a little more intact than others.
Paige didn't plan to stay long, so she didn't care whether the house had an owner or not.
Even if it did, she was only staying for a few days and would help clean the place. No matter how you looked at it, the owner would benefit.
Standing inside the second floor of the building, she looked outside. The river in front of the house flowed gently, though the water was a little muddy. Occasionally, a body would float by, ruining the peaceful scene.
The riverbank, which should have been full of green grass and drooping willows, was now bare. Maybe it was the season, or maybe the result of a world grown cold and cruel.
On both sides of the riverbank, you could still see dark red stains of blood from time to time.
Paige stood there for a while and found it quite boring.
If only she had awakened her powers earlier, maybe she could have saved this beautiful landscape.
Maybe it was because she came from the post-apocalyptic world where water resources were so rare. When she saw this water town, she felt unusually calm and relaxed.
Everywhere she looked, there was water, and fish swimming joyfully in it.
They were edible fish, not mutated beasts that jumped out and tried to eat people.
At dawn, when the first rays of sunlight appeared, the people who had hidden overnight came out looking for food.
No matter how hard life was, they still had to live it.
Although the city was now sparsely populated, sometimes boats would still pass along the river.
Maybe they carried passengers, or maybe they were hoping to catch some fish for a small feast.
A gentle wind blew by, carrying a faint smell of blood.
Of course. Those PN Soldiers were still lying dead in the streets, with no one to clean them up.
Paige only focused on killing, not on burial. The military could handle the cleanup when they arrived.
The army entered the city in the morning.
Once inside, the troops were divided into smaller teams and sent to important government buildings.
They packed and sealed all documents to hand them over to higher authorities.
Another group quickly organized civilians to clear out trash and burned all garbage on the streets.
Abandoned houses and unclaimed bodies floating along the riverbank were also cleaned up.
Luckily, it was winter, and the low temperatures helped prevent the spread of disease.
If it had been summer, with the corpses left so long, all kinds of epidemics might have started.
When the army arrived, the citizens of the city hugged each other and cried.
They felt that their days of suffering were finally over. When the PN Soldiers ruled, they didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Paige was still a bit dissatisfied with how fast the army arrived.
She had called them back in the middle of the night yesterday, but they didn't show up until the morning.
If the PN Soldiers next door had discovered them during that time, then by the time these people arrived, it would've been like delivering food straight to the enemy.
But thinking about how short-handed everyone was right now, she could understand.
Forget it, the situation now didn't seem that urgent.
It wasn't like the apocalypse, where if you didn't block off the area after fighting zombies, new ones would show up quickly, like the map was reset.
Paige stayed in this almost ruined ancient city for two days.
First, she wanted to see how the army handled the aftermath. Second, she wanted to wait and see if the PN Soldiers would come for revenge.
After all, judging by how fierce the battle here was, it wasn't hard to guess how determined the PN Soldiers were to take this place.
But what confused Paige was that the PN Soldiers didn't strike back.
It wasn't that they didn't want to. In their hearts, they had already imagined slicing Paige into pieces.
But the PN Official knew how to endure. They already had few people. Attacking rashly would only lead to more losses.
So they had to hold back for now. They secretly sent some scouts to sneak in and gather information before making any moves.
When Paige arrived at the next town, she found the whole place under lockdown.
Just like the last city, everyone who entered had to show their good citizen pass and bow and nod to the PN Soldiers.
Paige waited until nightfall to sneak into the city with Winn and Uziel.
She found that the situation here was not much better than the last ruined city.
Almost the entire place had been bombed. Most of the machines in the factories were damaged beyond use. Even the ones that were still intact seemed to have been taken apart and moved elsewhere.
Burnt bodies, some crushed by vehicle tires, lay along the streets.
Some were missing limbs, others were just bones.
The air was full of the smell of burnt debris and rotting corpses.
There were also many bodies floating in the river. Paige couldn't believe that it had already been more than a month since the war ended.
How could those PN Soldiers live in such an environment and not feel disgusted?
Paige extended her spiritual power outward. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she rushed off in a certain direction with anger.
She moved so fast that Winn and Uziel didn't even see her action clearly. All they saw was a blur disappearing in a flash.
Inside a civilian house, there was a group of poorly dressed women.
Some were in rooms, and some were lying on tables in the main hall.
Outside the door, a sign still hung that read some kind of restaurant.
The private rooms that used to be part of the restaurant had now become dirty little rooms where those men assaulted women.
The laughter of the PN Soldiers mixed with the crying of the women.
This was the scene Paige saw.
She kicked open the door and swung her knife without hesitation. All the PN Soldiers inside, more than ten of them, fell to the ground.
The women didn't react at first. When they did, they looked on in disbelief.
After a short moment, they began hugging themselves tightly and cried out in despair.
"What's the use of crying? If you're being oppressed, you must fight back. The ones who did this to you are right in front of you. Do you dare to resist them?" Paige looked around coldly as she spoke.
Being weak wasn't their fault, but accepting fate or fighting back would lead to completely different outcomes.
The women acted as if they didn't hear Paige at all and continued crying with their heads down.
Paige didn't interrupt them. When things like this happen, people need to release their emotions.
But her patience wouldn't last long.
In the apocalypse, she had seen too many women who refused to fight for themselves.
Some chose to rely on powerful people to survive, and others chose to sell their bodies.
Those were personal choices, and Paige respected and understood them.