Chapter 107

Chapter 107: The Door to Rebirth in the Apocalypse – Full Novel Website

Chapter 107

When Gu Ning arrived at the Seventh Squad of the Five-Star Brigade located in Pingze, she realized that Ji Jiuzhe wasn’t joking when he said they were coming to fight!

The Seventh Squad was the lowest-ranked squad in the Five-Star Brigade, essentially the weakest in terms of strength, but it still had over a hundred members.

The Five-Star Brigade was like a pyramid, with the Seventh Squad at the bottom tier, while the First Squad stood at the peak, something they could only look up to.

So, when they received the news that the captain of the First Squad was coming, it was hard to describe just how excited they were.

When Ji Jiuzhe brought Gu Ning to the Seventh Squad’s office, he immediately called out a few people.

At first, the members of the Seventh Squad looked down on Gu Ning, seeing her as delicate and weak. But when they found out she was the first official member of the First Squad in three years, their disdain vanished.

Gu Ning, on the other hand, had no habit of underestimating her opponents. She usually trained with Ji Jiuzhe, so she wasn’t nervous at all.

The first to spar with Gu Ning was a young man in his late twenties named Yao Wei, who had a shy smile.

After exchanging greetings, the captain of the Seventh Squad shouted “Begin!” and Yao Wei’s smile instantly disappeared as he launched an attack at Gu Ning! Gu Ning’s greatest strengths were her reaction speed and agility. She dodged his punch with a swift movement and, before he could retract his fist, her hand shot out like lightning, striking Yao Wei’s arm with a powerful chop!

Yao Wei was shocked by Gu Ning’s speed and couldn’t dodge in time. He thought he could withstand the blow and counterattack by targeting her side…

“Ah!” When Gu Ning’s seemingly delicate hand chop landed on Yao Wei’s arm, an unimaginable pain shot through him! He couldn’t help but scream, and his entire arm went numb instantly! Yao Wei felt as if it wasn’t a hand hitting his arm, but a strong man wielding an iron rod. The bone-crushing pain paralyzed his arm, leaving his mind blank for a moment.

Next, he was kicked to the ground, and even after being helped up, he was still dazed.

The captain of the Seventh Squad and the few squad members who had snuck in to watch were all stunned by what they had just witnessed… They only saw the girl named Gu Ning strike Yao Wei once, and he immediately screamed, his face turning pale as if he had been slashed. What was even more terrifying was that none of them, with their dozen pairs of eyes, could clearly see how Gu Ning had made her move…

Was this the level of the First Squad?! Just a newcomer who had joined less than a month ago was this terrifying? With a single move, she had taken down Yao Wei, who had been in the squad for three years and was considered one of the best in combat skills in the Seventh Squad—

In reality, Gu Ning knew very well that if it weren’t for her extraordinary strength causing Yao Wei to misjudge, it would have taken her at least two or three minutes to defeat him. It definitely wouldn’t have been as quick and clean as this.

Seeing Yao Wei’s bewildered expression, Gu Ning felt a bit guilty: “Sorry, I might have used a bit too much strength. Are you hurt?”

A bit too much??? That was like Li Yuanba-level strength! Yao Wei thought angrily, but Gu Ning’s expression was so sincere that even if he wanted to be mad, he couldn’t. He forced an awkward smile, clutching his still trembling arm, and said to Gu Ning, “It’s fine, I lost.”

Then he was helped to the side to rest.

Gu Ning glanced awkwardly at Ji Jiuzhe, who was leisurely sipping tea. Ji Jiuzhe looked up at her and said calmly, “Control your strength. You’re here to learn, not to kill.”

This was a blatant message to the Seventh Squad that he had brought Gu Ning here to practice.

Of course, the Seventh Squad could also learn from Gu Ning’s attack techniques. It was a mutually beneficial arrangement, and the Seventh Squad had their own plans. But Gu Ning’s strength had clearly exceeded their highest expectations.

The captain of the Seventh Squad coughed dryly and glanced at the man sitting next to him, also in his mid-twenties. Under the captain’s signal, Zhang Xu reluctantly stood up from his chair, forced a smile at Gu Ning, and made a “please” gesture.

Gu Ning nodded and waited for Zhang Xu to make the first move. However, after a long wait, Zhang Xu just stared at her as if facing a formidable enemy. Gu Ning decided to strike first.

Gu Ning’s current combat skills were on par with Zhuang Chen’s, and her strength and speed surpassed Zhuang Chen’s. So, Gu Ning was confident that if she were to face Zhuang Chen in a real fight, she had a 90% chance of winning. However, she had always faced opponents stronger than herself, so during her fight with Yao Wei, she hadn’t controlled her strength and rhythm well, resulting in such an outcome. As Ji Jiuzhe had said, killing required speed.

Against Zhang Xu, she was much more cautious. Under her deliberate control, her strength and speed were reduced, and Zhang Xu immediately felt less pressure. However, he was still secretly shocked by the speed and strength Gu Ning displayed, even under control! The First Squad truly lived up to its reputation.

Gu Ning, wielding two knives, swiftly charged at the two speed zombies rushing toward her with screeches. The knives spun flexibly in her hands, blades facing outward, as she slid between the two zombies at an incredible speed! As she passed by, the blades sliced long gashes across the zombies’ abdomens, causing their foul-smelling intestines and other organs to spill out from the wounds. Unfazed, the zombies turned to continue lunging at Gu Ning, but their heads fell to the ground. Their bodies staggered forward a few steps before collapsing with a thud.

Wu Sen quickly put away his look of amazement, slung his gun over his shoulder, and pulled out a small knife from his waist. He deftly dug out the crystal cores from the heads of the two zombies, showing no sign of disgust.

He had received Third Brother’s permission three days ago to join the team for training. Although the zombies’ heads contained crystal cores, the moment you cracked open a zombie’s head, the stench and the grayish-white brain matter, sometimes even getting your hands dirty with the foul-smelling brain juice, was not a pleasant experience. So, digging out crystal cores was considered a tough job, but Wu Sen enjoyed it immensely. His greatest pleasure was following closely behind Gu Ning and rushing to dig out the crystal cores immediately after she killed the zombies.

After storing the crystal cores, he saw Gu Ning charging toward three or four more zombies that had caught the scent of humans. His eyes sparkled with admiration. If he had once aspired to unleash dazzling special abilities like Cheng Ming and Zhang Xiaobai, now he longed to be like Gu Ning, fearlessly charging into a horde of zombies with just two long knives! No fancy moves, just powerful slashes, and the terrifying zombies fell one after another under her blades…

Third Brother, leisurely smoking a cigarette, said to Jia Daozhang, “Gu Ning has been acting a bit strange lately.”

Jia Daozhang replied, “Not just lately, she’s always been strange.”

“Not that,” Third Brother said, the cigarette in his mouth bobbing up and down as he spoke. “Haven’t you noticed that Gu Ning has been getting stronger recently?” He glanced at Gu Ning, who was stabbing a zombie through the back of its head, his eyes filled with amazement. “Before, I just thought she was ruthless. But in the past half month, it feels like Gu Ning has been getting stronger and stronger. Did you see that dodge she just made…”

Jia Daozhang cut him off, “Stop overthinking it. The stronger Gu Ning is, the better it is for everyone. Why bother analyzing it? It’s giving me a headache.” He bit off a piece of chocolate, firmly believing that Gu Ning was the savior of the apocalypse. He trusted her completely, and no matter what strange things happened to her, he wasn’t surprised. However… he glanced sympathetically at Cheng Ming and Fang Fa, who had complicated expressions, and shook his head. Falling for such a monstrous girl like Gu Ning was truly unfortunate.

Gu Ning was exhilarated. She could clearly feel the benefits of close combat. In the past, when she saw zombies, she would only think of attacking their heads as quickly as possible, but often failed to do so effectively, wasting most of her energy playing “chase” with the zombies, relying solely on brute force. But now, when she saw zombies lunging at her, her mind instantly flashed with countless pieces of information—where to dodge, which part of the zombie to attack first to inflict critical damage before delivering the final blow. After Ji Jiuzhe took her to various squads in the Five-Star Brigade for “special training,” her body seemed to have developed a reflex system, acting on its own before her brain could even issue commands. This reaction became more sensitive and clear with each passing day—a very special but incredibly satisfying feeling.

Gu Ning now even felt confident that she could survive the apocalypse without any special abilities. Compared to abilities that were granted without reason and could disappear at any moment, this skill, which required her to put in effort and progress step by step, gave her a sense of security.

The sight of Gu Ning smiling as she swung her long knives, decapitating zombies, sent an inexplicable chill down the spines of the onlookers who had nothing else to do.

It was about time to get a better weapon.

Unaware that she had become a “monster” in their eyes, Gu Ning just looked at the chipped blades of her long knives with slight disdain, thinking it was time for an upgrade.