Chapter 50

Chapter 50: Hong Jie of Jin Yong Thirteen Street – The Door of Apocalypse Rebirth – Full Novel Website

Chapter 50: Hong Jie of Jin Yong Thirteen Street

Upon hearing this, Third Brother was first startled, then squinted his eyes and said, “This is like a pillow sent to someone who’s dozing off. We were just looking for a reason to take him out, and he delivers himself to our doorstep. Gu Ning, let’s go, it’s time to kill and feast!”

Huang Mengyao, Xie Yuhong, and the four soldiers who were originally left behind continued to stay.

The rest of them, all carrying guns, headed towards the back playground.

When they reached the first-floor hall, they happened to run into White Wolf and his group who had just returned from outside.

It seemed that after they left, they didn’t head back but chose to continue hunting for crystal cores.

Judging from the smiles on their faces, they must have had a good harvest.

As they passed by, Gu Ning noticed Yan Yu staring at her with a resentful gaze. Gu Ning’s eyes flickered slightly, and a killing intent arose.

Xiang Xu whispered, “A few of them have shown signs of special ability fluctuations, probably newly awakened.”

Jia Daozhang sneakily asked, “Are there any mutation types?”

Xiang Xu shook his head, “I can’t detect that.”

The group left the Teacher’s Building and headed straight to the back playground.

The back playground was bustling with activity, with many people gathered around.

From a distance, they could see Wang Jizhong standing on the high platform of the back playground, passionately saying something. A sharp-eyed man next to him noticed Third Brother’s group and quickly alerted Wang Jizhong, signaling him to look their way. Wang Jizhong stared at Third Brother and his group as they approached.

The onlookers made way, allowing Third Brother and his group to pass.

On the platform, a man grabbed a woman by her hair, forcing her to kneel on the ground. The woman had messy red hair, blood streaming from her nose and mouth, her face covered in blood and dirt, cursing non-stop. Upon seeing Gu Ning and the others, she immediately shut up, instinctively crawling forward a step before being kicked over.

Li Hongjuan screamed and cursed at the man who kicked her, “I’ll f*** your mother!”

Third Brother coldly shouted, “Wang Jizhong, what do you mean by this? We have an agreement. If you touch Gu Ning’s people, don’t blame me for tearing up the agreement!”

Wang Jizhong sneered, “What do I mean? This b**** came to my place to steal chickens! I said, anyone who dares touch my chickens will pay with their life! Screw your agreement!”

Li Hongjuan got up from the ground and shouted at Gu Ning, “Gu Ning, don’t listen to this old bastard! I didn’t steal his chickens! Those chickens were running all over the place, how was I supposed to know who they belonged to? They just grabbed me to cause trouble for you!” She directly exposed Wang Jizhong’s little scheme.

Despite her disheveled appearance, Li Hongjuan showed no fear of Wang Jizhong, continuing to curse his ancestors.

Without wasting words, Gu Ning aimed her gun at Wang Jizhong.

However, as Gu Ning aimed her gun at Wang Jizhong, a knife was placed against Li Hongjuan’s neck.

Wang Jizhong spread his arms and said to Gu Ning, “Go ahead, shoot, aim carefully. Let’s see who dies first, me or this old hag!”

Li Hongjuan cursed, “I’ll f*** your bastard! You’re the old hag! You’re older than me and still call me an old hag, I spit on you! Gu Ning! If I die here today, you must kill this bastard to avenge me!” Even with a knife at her neck, Li Hongjuan showed no fear, cursing as usual.

Zhang Xiaobai, after a moment of shock, exclaimed, “Gu Ning, your neighbor aunt is too fierce! She’s like an idol!”

Jia Daozhang nodded in agreement, marveling, “Such courage, such presence!”

Third Brother was also stunned into silence.

For some reason, Gu Ning, who used to dislike Li Hongjuan’s constant swearing, couldn’t help but admire her now.

Clearly, Li Hongjuan hadn’t just started cursing now. The onlookers’ expressions were strange, looking at Wang Jizhong as if he were a clown, but too afraid of his power to laugh.

Wang Jizhong’s face turned from green to purple, and finally, unable to bear Li Hongjuan’s foul language, he roared, “Shut this b**** up!”

“Your mother’s a b****! Your grandmother’s a b****! Your ancestors for eighteen generations are all b****es! You—mmph—”

Li Hongjuan’s mouth was stuffed with a rag from who knows where, but she still managed to mumble curses.

“Wang Jizhong, are you trying to break our agreement?” Third Brother asked.

Wang Jizhong gritted his teeth, “When she killed my nephew, why didn’t you say you were breaking the agreement first?!”

Third Brother narrowed his eyes and said coldly, “Your nephew, relying on your power, tyrannized the gathering place, ruining several girls and killing more than one or two people. Even if Gu Ning hadn’t killed him, I would have found a chance to do it.”

“Then I’ll kill her!” Wang Jizhong snarled, pulling out a gun and aiming it at Gu Ning’s head, about to pull the trigger!

At that critical moment, Xiang Xu’s pupils constricted sharply, and his spiritual power, originally spread out like a net, condensed into a needle-like shape and stabbed fiercely into Wang Jizhong’s forehead!

Just as Wang Jizhong’s finger touched the trigger, before he could apply any pressure, a sharp pain shot through his brain! It felt like a needle had been driven directly into his skull. Wang Jizhong let out a piercing scream, stumbled back a few steps, and fell to the ground! The gun in his hand also fell.

As Wang Jizhong fell, Xiang Xu’s face turned pale, and he weakly closed his eyes, his small body swaying before collapsing backward.

Xiang Yi caught Xiang Xu, preventing him from hitting the ground, “Xu Xu, what’s wrong?”

Xiang Xu weakly opened his eyes, shook his head slightly, and looked at Gu Ning.

The moment Gu Ning met Xiang Xu’s gaze, she knew it was his doing. She nodded at him, then aimed her gun at Wang Jizhong’s men on the platform who hadn’t yet reacted.

“Let me handle this!” Third Brother shouted, then spread his hands, and five earth spikes appeared out of thin air, hovering in front of his chest. With a push of his hands, the five spikes shot towards the people on the platform!

The men had never seen such a bizarre scene and were instantly terrified. Although they didn’t know what it was, their instincts told them it was bad, and they instinctively dodged! Two who reacted quickly managed to avoid it, but the other three weren’t so lucky. The earth spikes pierced their stomachs with such force that half of the palm-length spikes were embedded in their flesh. The victims screamed and fell to the ground.

The other dozen or so men, realizing the danger, all drew their guns. Just then, suddenly, the wind picked up! Several gusts of wind swept across the platform at incredible speed! There were screams and the sound of guns hitting the ground simultaneously. The men clutched their wrists, which had been cut by some unseen sharp object, their faces pale as if they’d seen a ghost. Warm blood flowed like a stream from between their fingers.

“Well done!” Jia Daozhang praised Cheng Ming.

Gu Ning was also surprised by the power of the wind ability.

Cheng Ming couldn’t hide his excitement. He hadn’t expected his first use of the wind ability to have such an effect. He couldn’t help but look at Gu Ning, who also had a look of surprise and admiration on her face. His face broke into a bright smile, the most relaxed and genuine smile he’d had since the apocalypse. With his fair, baby-faced appearance, his smile made him look like a grinning Samoyed.

Jia Daozhang looked at Gu Ning, then at Cheng Ming, and silently shook his head in his heart.

The onlookers were stunned by the sudden end of the battle. Third Brother’s side was unscathed, while Wang Jizhong’s men were all injured. The way they looked at Third Brother and his group was as if they’d seen a ghost, and they didn’t dare to fight back.

Gu Ning gave Third Brother a look.

Then it was time to clean up the scene.

Third Brother went over to check Wang Jizhong’s condition and found that he had no heartbeat or breath—he was already dead.

Gu Ning looked at Xiang Xu, who was quietly lying on Xiang Yi’s back, seemingly exhausted, with a look of horror in her eyes.

Although using this move seemed to drain Xiang Xu’s ability greatly, the fact that he could kill someone so silently was undeniably terrifying. The scary part was that you wouldn’t even know how you died—one look, and you’re dead.

“Are you okay?” Gu Ning asked, looking at the pale-faced Xiang Xu with concern.

Xiang Xu’s eyes opened slightly, and he said weakly, “It’s just that my ability seems to have been drained all at once.”

Gu Ning took out a transparent crystal core from her pocket, “Eat this.”

Xiang Xu was surprised, then said, “Don’t waste it, I’ll be fine after some rest.”

“You don’t look well,” Gu Ning said, directly stuffing the crystal core into Xiang Xu’s small mouth.

As the crystal core dissolved into a stream of water and entered Xiang Xu’s body, he immediately felt his depleted ability rapidly replenishing.

His complexion also looked much better.

Gu Ning said to Xiang Yi, “Take her back to rest first. We’ll handle things here.”

Xiang Yi pursed his lips, seemingly struggling to speak, but finally muttered like a mosquito, “Thank you.” That crystal core could have been saved, but seeing Xiang Xu in discomfort, Gu Ning didn’t hesitate to give it to her. Even just for that generosity, it was worth a thank you.

Gu Ning just smiled, reached out to pat Xiang Xu’s head, her voice unexpectedly gentle, “Go on.”

Xiang Yi carried Xiang Xu down the slope.

Xiang Xu’s arms wrapped around Xiang Yi’s neck, and though still weak, her voice was cheerful, “Brother, see? My choice wasn’t wrong. She really is a good person.”

Xiang Yi habitually pursed his lips but surprisingly didn’t refute.

Xiang Xu said softly, “We promised Mom and Dad we wouldn’t join them too soon. Now I feel confident I can keep that promise.”

Xiang Yi was silent for a moment, then said, “Yeah.”

Third Brother didn’t go for the kill. After confirming Wang Jizhong’s death, he just threatened the others that if they ever did anything bad again, there wouldn’t be a next time. Having witnessed Third Brother’s methods, those men were already scared out of their wits and quickly agreed, then ran off clutching their wounds. If they didn’t stop the bleeding soon, they might bleed to death even if Third Brother didn’t kill them.

“Aunt Hongjuan, are you okay?” Gu Ning crouched down to check Li Hongjuan’s wounds. Her mouth and nose were bleeding, and her body was covered in bruises—clearly, she had suffered a lot.

But she just smiled, smoothing her messy hair, “If I’m not dead, then I’m fine.”

Zhang Xiaobai crouched on the ground, looking at Li Hongjuan with admiration, “Aunt Hongjuan, you’re my idol.”

Li Hongjuan wasn’t the least bit embarrassed, “Cough, back when your aunt was mixing it up on Jin Yong Thirteen Street, this bastard didn’t even know where he was. If I hadn’t retired from that life years ago and hadn’t fought in so long, I wouldn’t have been so beaten up today, making a fool of myself in front of you kids.”

She looked to be in her early forties, usually well-maintained with hardly any wrinkles. Before the apocalypse, she was also very particular about her appearance, secretly called a fox by many gossiping women. But now, sitting on the ground without a care for her image, looking so disheveled, her smile carried an indescribable charm.

It was as if she hadn’t been afraid at all with a knife to her neck, daring to curse loudly. Gu Ning even started to believe that Li Hongjuan had indeed been an impressive figure in her youth.

Third Brother, who had been silent all this time, suddenly looked over when he heard Jin Yong Thirteen Street. He stared at Li Hongjuan for a long time before suddenly asking, “You wouldn’t happen to be… Sister Hong, would you?”

Li Hongjuan was startled by the name she hadn’t heard in over a decade. She stared at Third Brother for a while, then said, “You know me?”

“You’re really Sister Hong?” Third Brother pushed Zhang Xiaobai aside and crouched in front of Li Hongjuan, saying with delight, “Don’t you recognize me?! It’s me! Xie Aiguo! Xie Aiguo from Jin Yong Thirteen Street!”

Li Hongjuan was startled by Third Brother, but upon hearing the name, it sounded familiar. After thinking for a moment, she suddenly remembered Third Brother and was both shocked and delighted, “Xie Aiguo?! How the hell did you end up looking like this?!”

Including Gu Ning, everyone was stunned by the sudden reunion of these two old acquaintances.