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"Congratulations on successfully rescuing someone so quickly. You’d better hurry and leave—they’re coming back," said the kind soul, warning her.

Gu Xiaoxi gave him a sweet smile, "Don’t worry, they won’t catch me."

Meanwhile, Chen Zimo had just reached the big tree where Gu Xiaoxi had stopped earlier. He suddenly turned to look back at their ambush spot, only to see Gu Xiaoxi standing there, waving her handkerchief and proclaiming victory to them.

Seeing this, their faces collectively darkened. She had feigned an attack elsewhere and tricked them all.

By the time they rushed back, Gu Xiaoxi had already slipped into the thicket with Xiao Xiao, leaving behind only the rescued hostage.

Qin Zhong frowned, his expression grim, "Such a cunning woman; she had been lying in wait here all along, enduring patiently."

Chen Zimo turned back to look at the tree Gu Xiaoxi had been in—if one stood at the top, they could see their ambush site clearly. It was their oversight; they had intended to set an ambush but ended up being outwitted instead.

"Let’s chase them!" It was too late for anything else now.

Gu Xiaoxi sprinted away, ultimately succeeding in shaking off her pursuers.

In a patch of woods, she lay on the ground, catching her breath in big gulps along with Xiao Xiao.

"I’m exhausted!" Gu Xiaoxi patted Xiao Xiao’s head, truly grateful for her good companion. As a reward, she took out her beef jerky, giving half of it to it, then fed it a large portion of the dog food.

Carrying the dog food was backbreaking; therefore, they might as well get rid of it sooner rather than later.

Xiao Xiao was a jungle killer—as long as it was in the woods, it would never go hungry. Therefore, Gu Xiaoxi wasn’t worried about running out of food after finishing the dog food.

At two in the afternoon, Gu Xiaoxi, having had her fill with Xiao Xiao, started searching for the target.

As she and Xiao Xiao passed by a stream and were drinking water, she witnessed this scene.

The male soldier she had just rescued with a scream was once again surrounded by four men.

Gu Xiaoxi continued to drink water, casually keeping an eye on the scene in the distance.

Zhuang Sheng was seething with anger at this point; he wondered if his luck was exceptionally bad. This was the seventh group of enemies he had encountered, having narrowly escaped death six times, only to be surrounded yet again right after a close call.

He not only felt terribly unlucky; he even doubted whether his dog’s nose was still working.

"Drop your backpack and hand over your supplies," four men in hoods ordered, weapons pointed at Zhuang Sheng’s head.

Zhuang Sheng grinned, his words spilling out rapidly, "Buddies, let’s talk this over. Don’t act rashly, ah! I surrender; I’ve already surrendered. Hey, don’t point the gun at me; it’ll leave a psychological shadow."

"Quit your yapping and hand over your things, what’s with the dallying!" one of the ambushers said impatiently. To seize supplies, they had to capture the enemy alive—as per the rules of the exercise. If they simply killed him, they couldn’t claim the material.

"What are you in a hurry for, I didn’t say I won’t hand them over. I’m in the process of taking off the backpack for you. Let me tell you, you guys staring at me like this, I’m scared... If I get scared, I’d rather die than surrender!"

Gu Xiaoxi listened to his non-stop chattering mouth, astounded by the speed of his speech—no pause of even half a second after finishing a sentence. Without long-term practice, one simply couldn’t keep up.

At this moment, she felt quite dry in the mouth on his behalf.

"You son of a bitch talk way too much..." The impatient ambusher was cut off mid-sentence when suddenly his gun was snatched and Gu Xiaoxi heard a gunshot. She looked up in that direction.

She had thought the man would surely be dead, but to her surprise, he was not only standing there perfectly fine, he had also disarmed one of the men and shot another.

Now he was confronting the remaining three men.

"I told you not to rush me. I’ve surrendered, yet you won’t let me be.

How about we all go down together? Although dying with you lot wouldn’t be honorable, I can’t just die for nothing," Zhuang Sheng said coldly, his gaze stern and speech still fluent.

At this moment, his whole demeanor carried an aura of seriousness that could instill fear.

"Kid, you’re tired of living, aren’t you!" The ambusher saw one of his companions eliminated; out of the three, one was disarmed, while the other two aimed at Zhuang Sheng, ready to kill him at any moment.

"Tired of living? I love life. If you’re tired of living, I can assist you on your journey," Zhuang Sheng said with a smile. His handsome face was full of radiant laughter.

"Damn it! Kill him. We don’t need these supplies," the ambusher, almost smoking with rage, ordered. The two armed men opened fire simultaneously.

"You can’t hit me, oh no you can’t! ... You can’t hit me, oh no you can’t!"

Unexpectedly, the bullets fired all missed. Zhuang Sheng left an afterimage in his original spot and, in the next second, appeared behind them. Using the three seconds he had won, he successfully killed all three men.

Everything happened in an instant and it was over.

Gu Xiaoxi watched, unable to help but click her tongue in amazement.

What a fierce guy! If she hadn’t seen wrong, that guy had actually used Lingbo Weibu, the unique qigong that was unparalleled in the world. His movement speed was almost as fast as Zuo Yu’s.

At this time, the four ambushers who were killed by him couldn’t believe that they had been tricked by this cowardly bastard.

"You, you, you..." Each of the ambushers was so angry that veins were bulging on their foreheads, but they couldn’t do anything to Zhuang Sheng.

"Me, me, me... What about me? I was born beautiful and more than enough to deal with a few of you. Is acting cowardly so shameful? Is it? Let me tell you, you are dead now, and I’m still alive.

Hahaha, I’m still alive. Lalala!" Zhuang Sheng twisted his waist, behaving like a gangster and infuriating the ’dead’ guys opposite him so much that they seemed like they were about to come back to life just to strangle him.

If it weren’t against the rules of the competition, they really would have loved to give this bastard a vicious beating.

Gu Xiaoxi shook her head as she watched; Zhuang Sheng truly had the ability to infuriate people without paying with his life.

"I’m saying, if you don’t leave now, you might get ambushed again." Gu Xiaoxi, carrying her water bottle and leading Xiao Xiao, stepped forward to remind Zhuang Sheng.

When Zhuang Sheng heard this familiar voice, he immediately turned around and, upon seeing Gu Xiaoxi, ran over with a beaming smile: "Beauty, was it you who saved my life just now? I haven’t properly thanked you yet.

Come, come, here are some weapons I’ve seized; I’ll share some with you. Let’s wipe them out together."

"Hehehe!" Gu Xiaoxi looked at the man as he eagerly handed over the weapons he had seized. She couldn’t help but sigh, she hadn’t thought that one could play like this—turning the tables on their ambushers.

"What’s so funny? Take it, it’s useful. I also seized a lot of beef jerky, do you want some? I’ll follow you; we can also travel together. Beauty, beauty, give me an answer, let’s stick together!"

Gu Xiaoxi dug at her ear, finding this guy’s incessant chattering scarier than a frantic Yeh Bai.

Yeh Bai just couldn’t stop talking occasionally, but this guy’s mouth never stopped, so it’s no wonder he was easily surrounded.

"Alright, you can come with me, as long as you can keep up with me then I’ll bring you along," Gu Xiaoxi conceded, seeing that he was so eager to offer her two packs of beef jerky and weapons.

"My name is Zhuang Sheng, the Zhuang of crops and the Sheng of peace; what’s your name, beauty?"

"Where are we headed now? Have you found any hostages?"

"How many missions have you completed? I’ve already found one hostage."

"How much supplies do you have left? Wait a second, I’ll go fetch some water..."

...

Gu Xiaoxi took a stifled breath of cool air, feeling a headache onset while this guy was fetching water, and hurried along, a voice incessantly saying in her mind. Stay away from him, stay away from him, farther away!

But in the end, she was disappointed because his speed wasn’t slow at all; following her didn’t seem to take any effort.

And even when he lowered his voice, it never stopped.

"Gu Xiaoxi, your name is really nice. Can I call you Xiao Xi?"

"Your military dog looks so majestic; why is it called Xiao Xiao?"

"Oh, let me introduce, my military dog is named Yifei. Sounds awesome, doesn’t it!"

"Damn!" Gu Xiaoxi slapped Zhuang Sheng’s shoulder and shoved him into a bush, then stuffed his mouth with leaves. "Starting now, shut up for ten minutes. There are people ahead."

Zhuang Sheng’s eyes widened in a misty haze as he nodded vigorously, and Gu Xiaoxi let go of him. He immediately covered his mouth with his hand.

Gu Xiaoxi, seeing his sparkling eyes, realized that this guy actually had a pair of demonically beautiful, gem-like eyes, looking enticingly like a cute pet, stirring one’s maternal instincts.

Gu Xiaoxi looked away, feeling that she must have been driven crazy by his noise. Otherwise, why would she think his eyes looked so cute?

Just three minutes after Zhuang Sheng shut up, a group of six people appeared on the path not far from them, approaching their location.

Gu Xiaoxi climbed a tree and saw that the man leading them was none other than Chen Zimo, the one who had been chasing her earlier.

Her mouth twitched fiercely; these people just wouldn’t give up!