Chen Jian didn't completely annihilate them.
After all, if one were to truly talk about deep sins, it could only be attributed to the high-ranking officials in Huadu.
The other civilians, although they also had issues, at least had some element of "forced" passivity due to oppression.
Chen Jian didn't care about their survival or death, he felt no moral burden.
But to directly slaughter them all, he couldn't harden his heart to do so.
Committing murder without reason would one day lead to his own downfall.
He's no god of wrath!
So, Chen Jian merely "expelled" them.
But to his surprise, these female demons from Huadu refused to leave.
They seemed convinced that Chen Jian and his people wouldn't take their lives, or perhaps they truly had nowhere else to go.
Even in the face of icy gun barrels, they just retreated to the back of the woods, timidly poking their heads out once the guns were moved away.
