Their minds were in sync, and she knew Ling Hong wanted to kill them on the spot to prevent any future trouble.
Although these people were clearly hostile, aside from the Mermaid at the very beginning, they hadn't caused her any real harm. Their crime wasn't punishable by death.
Besides, they were just pawns, coerced by the person pulling the strings.
That was why An Jin didn't agree with killing them outright.
But she absolutely couldn't let them go, either. As long as the slave seeds remained in their bodies, they would be forced to obey the mastermind's orders and would never give up on kidnapping her.
"Where are the slave seeds?"
The men stared blankly for a moment before answering honestly, "They're implanted in the tissue near our hearts."
"If we fail our mission, the slave seeds will burrow into our hearts. They'll start there, then move to our limbs, devouring us from the inside out until nothing is left…"
