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Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao woke up in alarm, and by the time the instructors came around swinging their clubs to get everyone up, they had already charged out of the dormitory.

The others weren’t so lucky; dragged from their beds, some even bloodied from the beatings.

There were no rules for the contest, no mission given, just a tracker handed to them.

Some were even in shorts, bare-chested, chased out into the deep of night.

Now their prime task was to find a military dog.

Since the instructors had barged in chaotically, the military district compound was already in a turmoil. It was impossible to find anyone in the scattered teams, except for Yun Xiao who shared a dormitory with Gu Xiaoxi; none of the other teammates were to be seen.

With over two hundred contestants, amidst the chaos and the instructors’ hasty violence, everyone could only flee in dismay.

What surprised Gu Xiaoxi even more was that after leaving the military district compound, a group of instructors chased after them.

They targeted those still in uniform, violently stripping their jackets and forcing them out in just tanks and boxer shorts.

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao felt their hearts break as they saw many beauties suffer at their hands.

Frightened, they ran even faster.

In the end, when the instructors couldn’t keep up, they actually came after them in cars.

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao exchanged a glance and, in a moment of self-preserving wit, stripped off their jackets and trousers and left them on the ground. Seeing that they knew their place, the group gave up the pursuit.

"Damn it, how perverted! Is this a military contest? It’s just brutal, inhuman banditry," someone cursed behind Gu Xiaoxi. It was a male soldier from another country who halted when he saw Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao and then decisively took a detour.

Gu Xiaoxi was speechless, it seemed their actions the night before had some effect.

As they ran, Yun Xiao sighed, "This contest is indeed a bit twisted. There’s no mission, and they release military dogs into the city in the middle of the night.

The mission card is actually on the dog.

They violently got us up and didn’t even let us bring a change of clothes.

I’m now really curious if the mission card is going to tell us to proceed with an international drill just like this, penniless. "

"Hard to say, since it is a military contest, it’s not just about the military dogs, it’s about us too. The task definitely isn’t that simple. From the moment we stepped out, they’ve been sinister in their planning. By letting the military dogs loose, they’ve made us find them ourselves."

"This is indeed a show of force! If we can’t find our military dogs before dawn and get eliminated, that would be truly unjust. The contest has only just begun..."

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao dared not delay and immediately picked up the pace, heading towards the city that was still sixty kilometers away from the competition area.

It’s easier for military dogs to find their owners, but finding military dogs isn’t so straightforward for the owners.

Around 4:30 a.m., Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao had already reached the city streets.

Not to mention a military dog, they hadn’t seen a single dog hair.

"We haven’t been deceived, have we!" Yun Xiao looked at the spotless streets, the shops closed, with only the occasional vehicle passing by.

"We shouldn’t have been. If they wanted to deceive us, they would have eliminated us all from the start.

Since they said the military dogs are here, we will certainly be able to find them.

" Standing in the middle of the street, Gu Xiaoxi closed her eyes and listened intently.

She hoped to find Xiao Xiao through its sounds.

Clearly, she was disappointed. The city at night offered nothing more than the sounds of cars and the wind rustling tree leaves; there wasn’t a hint of Xiao Xiao.

Yun Xiao felt that things would be easier in daylight. She could have asked some stray cats and dogs.

But at this dead hour, even the stray dogs were resting.

"Let’s go, let’s look further ahead." Gu Xiaoxi thought, since they released military dogs in the city, for safety reasons they surely wouldn’t let them run around on the streets.

If they weren’t on the streets, then they must be confined somewhere.

"For safety, the military dogs will definitely be kept in a place with no people. There are many places in the city that are deserted at night, but to place them somewhere not easily found... Yun Xiao, let’s check out the park.

Generally, there are no people in parks at night, and if they put military dogs there, it would be absolutely safe," Gu Xiaoxi suddenly said with excitement.

"Right! I think that’s possible! But which park should we head to? There are so many parks in the city," Yun Xiao said, looking up at the sky, aware that it was getting late.

Gu Xiaoxi scratched her head; this was indeed a problem.

In a city with so many parks, where should she start looking?

"Wait, Yun Xiao, is that a peace flag over there?" Gu Xiaoxi, with her sharp eyes, spotted a peace flag on a streetlight at the roadside.

The two immediately went over, climbed up the streetlight, and took down the peace flag to find that on the back of it was a map, marking three locations—sure enough, parks.

"These three are a bit far apart; we have to hurry and search," Gu Xiaoxi, holding the flag with Yun Xiao, immediately set off.

At the entrance of the first park, they saw a row of soldiers standing guard.

At that moment, they were 100% sure the military dogs were inside.

Whether it was sheer luck or not, Xiao Xiao and Xiao Xiao ended up at the same place. Despite the detours, fortunately, they found their companions.

Subsequently, others discovered the various peace flags and began to find their own military dogs.

After finding Xiao Xiao and Xiao Xiao, Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao hid in a safe place and pulled out the mission card.

When they saw the content on the mission card, both of their expressions turned grave.

"This is sick! This mission..." Yun Xiao clicked her tongue.