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On the main road heading to the Military Dog Base, three people were sitting in a military transport vehicle.

A deck of cards, three people.

"I win with the royal flush!" Gu Xiaoxi’s cheerful voice emanated from inside the vehicle.

The man driving furrowed his brows so tightly they almost twisted into a knot.

This woman?

Nothing but arrogance and lawlessness, actually bringing cards aboard to play.

He had seen military loafers, but never one like this.

The driver, named Zhou Mansheng, felt somewhat disgruntled.

He had been driving for several hours, and there they were, enjoying their cards in the back, laughing happier than anyone else.

"Damn!"

Suddenly, the vehicle screeched to a halt, coming to an explosive stop by the roadside.

Unprepared, Gu Xiaoxi’s head collided with the inside of the car.

Zhao Zilong and Shao Changfeng were also thrown about inside the car due to the inertia.

"Dude, what the hell are you doing?" Zhao Zilong, clutching his sore nose, climbed out from the back of the vehicle.

Gu Xiaoxi swiftly jumped out of the car, with Shao Changfeng following closely behind.

The two walked briskly towards Zhou Mansheng at the driver’s seat.

Thinking there was something wrong with the car, Gu Xiaoxi asked hurriedly, "What’s the matter? Need help?"

Zhou Mansheng, sitting in the driver’s seat and looking down on Gu Xiaoxi, said with an unfriendly expression, "Let me tell you three poop scoopers, I’ve been driving with hard labor, and you’re back there playing cards, having a grand old time.

Is that moral? I don’t mind the card playing, but you have to be so joyful about it.

I’m not driving anymore, one of you three take over. "

He was clearly giving Gu Xiaoxi and her companions a hard time.

Disdain showed in his eyes.

Everyone who joined the army at a young age and knew how to drive had undergone professional training before they could get their driving license.

He was convinced that these three wouldn’t be able to drive.

They were just three kennel cleaners, nothing special.

Shao Changfeng touched his nose, perplexed by the world today. Even a junior driver had so much audacity, abandoning the vehicle halfway and making that face at them.

Gu Xiaoxi’s brows raised as she sized up the man before her.

He wasn’t old, but not young either, about twenty-four or twenty-five. An ordinary-looking guy with thick, slanting eyebrows, he appeared quite brash.

"If you think it’s unfair, then I’ll drive," Gu Xiaoxi said, lifting her chin with a displeased look.

It was his duty to fetch them, and playing cards was their pleasure. Why was that a problem?

Wasn’t it clear that he was looking down on them?

And what did he mean by three poop scoopers?

Zhou Mansheng immediately opened the door to the driver’s seat and said to Gu Xiaoxi, "Come on! You’re up."

He really wanted to see how Gu Xiaoxi would drive, someone who hadn’t received professional training and yet was so full of bluff. It was simply irritating.

Gu Xiaoxi’s seemingly delicate hands grabbed Zhou Mansheng’s shoulder. The next second, Zhou Mansheng’s knees buckled, nearly bringing him to his knees.

"You... you... what are you trying to do?" Zhou Mansheng saw Gu Xiaoxi’s stern face and posture as if she were about to start throwing punches, and fear flickered in his eyes.

With a snort, Gu Xiaoxi shoved Zhou Mansheng to the side and took her place in the driver’s seat.

Not just Zhou Mansheng, but Shao Changfeng also cast a skeptical look at Gu Xiaoxi and asked, "Can you manage?"

They had never seen Gu Xiaoxi drive before, and he wasn’t very good himself.

"Piece of cake!" Gu Xiaoxi, sitting at the wheel, grabbed the steering wheel with confidence shining in her eyes.

Shao Changfeng, grabbing Zhou Mansheng, clambered into the back of the vehicle.

Without waiting for them to settle down, the vehicle already shot forward.

Zhou Mansheng tumbled inside the vehicle, face-planting like a dog eating dirt.

Shao Changfeng and Zhao Zilong sat back in their seats, legs crossed, experiencing the speed and passion of Gu Xiaoxi’s driving.

All the way, the car sped along, finally pulling up directly at the gates of the Military Dog Base.

Gu Xiaoxi gripped the steering wheel, feeling like her craving for driving hadn’t been fully satisfied.

Zhou Mansheng, however, felt the world spinning, vomiting by the roadside as soon as he got out of the car. He had never seen such high-speed driving before, and it had scared him witless.

Gu Xiaoxi didn’t even glance at him as she stepped out of the car.

Zhao Zilong and Shao Changfeng, carrying her luggage, stood together at the gates of the Military Dog Base.

Gu Xiaoxi looked at the guards at the gate and smiled.

Last time, they had blocked her from entering.

Hopefully this time, she would be able to pass through smoothly!

Zhao Zilong handed their transfer orders to the guard.

The guard recognized Gu Xiaoxi at a glance, then carefully examined the transfer orders. After finding no problems, he let the three of them in.

Gu Xiaoxi, carrying a backpack, had just walked into the Military Dog Base.

The guard behind her responded quickly, running back to the guard room and immediately phoned Huang Xin, "That woman from last time is here again."

"Who?" Huang Xin didn’t react for a moment.

The person on the phone explained, "It’s the woman who caused Flying Tiger to go mad."

"Ah!" Huang Xin caught on, and immediately asked in a cold voice, "Where is she now?"

"She just entered the main gate, She came with three people, claiming to be the cleaning crew," the guard promptly reminded.

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The environment at the Military Dog Base was very good, covering a vast area.

Five hundred meters from the entrance was the camp’s office building.

At this moment, the camp commander was holding a stack of military dog profiles, reading them.

Shao Changfeng and others stood outside the door, knocking.

"Come in!"

Hearing a voice inside, Shao Changfeng pushed the door open and then Gu Xiaoxi and Zhao Zilong followed him in.

Xiang Yuncheng looked up at the three young people, surprise evident in his eyes, "Who are you?"

"Reporting to the commander, we have come to serve. Here are the transfer orders!" Zhao Zilong stepped forward, handing the documents to Xiang Yuncheng.

Xiang Yuncheng took them and looked them over, only then recalling this matter, and then looked up to size up the three.

The men were all exceptionally well-featured, tall and well-proportioned with the vigor of a Dragon and Tiger, obviously martial arts practitioners.

The woman standing in the middle, with short, ear-length hair and delicate features, was even more attractive than the beauty Guo Dong.

Especially, she had a refreshing aura about her, imparting an unforgettable sense of spirituality.

One could say, she was definitely a girl with Spiritual Energy.

However, he just couldn’t understand.

Zhao Zilong was a well-known figure in the Military Department, a revered junior officer, and yet he was brought here to clean?

Shao Changfeng was also a platoon leader of the Vanguard Troops, holding the rank of junior officer, yet he was here too.

Gu Xiaoxi looked tender and delicate and according to his knowledge, her scores in all subjects were outstanding. In just one year in the force, she had been promoted twice.

"Tell me, all three of you hold ranks, how can you be satisfied with coming here to take care of military dogs?"

Gu Xiaoxi narrowed her eyes and smiled, "Commander, if you feel like you’re doing us a disservice, then you can give me another job. How about letting us train the dogs?"

"Ha!" Coming on so familiar from the get-go, this girl...

Xiang Yuncheng slapped the papers onto the table and chuckled lightly, "You three disobeyed orders on your very first mission. And you still want to be dog trainers. First, do your own job well, and if you perform satisfactorily, I might consider letting you learn from your seniors."

"Really?" Gu Xiaoxi’s eyes lit up, and by then, she also wanted to pick a formidable-looking dog and overshadow Flying Tiger. She wondered if it would still be so arrogant.

"Really! Alright, go report to logistics," Xiang Yuncheng said, appearing kind and benevolent, a thirty-year-old man, smiling like an honest person, but he truly wasn’t.

Gu Xiaoxi and her companions saluted him and then strode away.

An hour later, they arrived at a dilapidated yard, with rust stains all over. This place was a full ten kilometers away from the military dog training field.

Gu Xiaoxi recognized this place. It was where she had passed by when she first escaped from the military camp a year ago, where the uncle at the gate gave her a bottle of water.

Zhao Zilong scratched his head, "What kind of ghost place is this? No village in front, no shop behind, and so far from the base?"

Especially since the area was surrounded by dense forests, stretching as far as the eye could see.

"Didn’t they say we were the cleaning crew? Aren’t we supposed to bathe the military dogs?" Shao Changfeng was also greatly puzzled.

Gu Xiaoxi narrowed her eyes and marched towards the gate, "Why not just go up and ask?"

After knocking a few times, Gu Xiaoxi heard someone talking. In a moment, the door was opened.

It was the same uncle she had met a year before. He looked over the three of them and then quickly came to his senses, asking excitedly, "You’re the new cleaning crew, right?"

"Yes!" Gu Xiaoxi answered with a smile.

The uncle immediately saluted them enthusiastically and then invited them in warmly.

There were many military dogs inside; with strangers arriving, they all stood in their cages barking loudly.

Gu Xiaoxi walked in and looked at the military dogs in the cages with a wily smile in her eyes.

"So many military dogs, uncle, can I keep one?" Gu Xiaoxi waved at the military dogs in the cages from afar. Actually, she liked these spiritual animals.

"Later, not to mention one, you’ll have to take care of all the military dogs here. The three of you are new here and must be unfamiliar with the place. Come, let me introduce you," said the uncle with immediate enthusiasm.

He then introduced them to the so-called duties of the cleaning crew and explained the special uses of this particular area.

Assigned to the logistics of the Military Dog Base, Sixth Unit.

Currently, the unit had sixty people, all logistics personnel.

Basically, they were either retired soldiers who didn’t want to leave the force or those who had made mistakes or, like Gu Xiaoxi, new recruits serving their time. Once here, they almost never have a chance to stand out; they just bide their time for three years before returning home restored.

"So, don’t get any other ideas. Logistics work is simple: new pups, retired old dogs, and disabled dogs. Your job is to take care of them, feeding, cleaning the kennels, giving them baths..."

"What?" Gu Xiaoxi, Zhao Zilong, and Shao Changfeng all widened their eyes in disbelief.

Their task was merely to take care of some old, weak, sick, and disabled military dogs, essentially, as that driver had scorned them for, scooping poop?