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"Yo, finally back!"

As soon as Gu Xiaoxi walked into the training ground, nine cars immediately surrounded her from all directions.

Gu Xiaoxi looked at the drivers in the nine cars and subtly raised an eyebrow, "Not bad! In just ten short days, you’ve all learned to drive!"

"Gu Xiaoxi, dare you compete with us? Our skills are definitely not worse than yours!" Tang Yisheng lifted his chin, his eyes showing a trace of confidence. Besides, his foundation in driving wasn’t just improvised on the spot.

Gu Xiaoxi chuckled.

Good, someone actually dares to challenge her.

"What if you lose?" Gu Xiaoxi crossed her arms and revealed a mischievous grin to everyone.

"Lose...?" Tang Yisheng leaned on the steering wheel and thought for a moment before responding, "Clean the toilets for a month."

That was because at their residence, the temporary toilets needed daily cleaning, and everyone took turns doing it.

Gu Xiaoxi felt that this punishment was good.

"Where’s my car?" Gu Xiaoxi glanced over everyone and said with an arrogant and confident tone, "Let me make this clear to you. You can all challenge me together. If just one person wins against me, I’ll consider it a loss.

Of course, if all of you lose, then each of you will clean the toilets for a month. "

"Look down on us?" Zhong Ming sneered, "These are your words, don’t blame us for ganging up on you later."

Yun Xiao, Zhao Zilong, and Shao Changfeng, decisively gave up on racing against Gu Xiaoxi.

The champion of the D State Golden Cup race was unattainable, even if they practiced for ten years, they might not be able to beat Gu Xiaoxi. What’s more, these beginners had only learned to drive for just over ten days and only grasped the basics.

They were all waiting for Gu Xiaoxi to win so someone else could take over the toilet cleaning duty for the group in the future.

Even Yi Chentian wasn’t convinced by Gu Xiaoxi’s skill and wanted to test her driving abilities.

The race was set on a 20-kilometer mountain road in the hills, with only ordinary Hummers for the seven participants.

Gu Xiaoxi would be up against Tang Yisheng, Zuo Yu, Zhong Ming, Yi Chentian, Gao Shou, and Wang Ke.

Sun Ru also wanted to witness for herself just how good Gu Xiaoxi’s so-called driving technique was, so she decided to act as the referee for them.

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At the starting line on the road, with the whistle’s sound, six cars surged forward, speeding off like projectiles.

Only Gu Xiaoxi sat in the driver’s seat, looking confidently at everyone, then she stepped on the accelerator and caught up.

Because the road was narrow, only two cars could barely pass.

Gu Xiaoxi’s car was placed at the very back, and she was the last one to start. Soon, the other six cars had flung her to the very end.

Gu Xiaoxi chewed her gum nonchalantly, not in a hurry at all, stepping on the gas and maintaining a steady speed to follow the cars ahead.

Moments later, suddenly, a loud noise came from ahead.

Gu Xiaoxi looked up and saw Zuo Yu’s car, with one of its tires stuck in the mud pit at the edge of the concrete road.

At that moment, he was slightly frantic and embarrassed, trying to pull the tire out of the slippery wet mud at the roadside, but the more he tried, the deeper the tire sank.

Gu Xiaoxi drove leisurely, popping her head out of the window, and looked at the flustered Zuo Yu with a smile, then she drove past him.

She just overtook him!

Sun Ru watched with exasperation as this group, with their hardly passable skills, managed to get a tire stuck in a ditch on a perfectly good road.

Their skills definitely needed improvement!

Gu Xiaoxi easily passed the first person.

Next, there was a hill in the middle of the route. Facing a 45-degree incline, Zhong Ming accidentally stalled the engine, and the car stopped in the middle of the road; no amount of restarting would help.

But, as he was blocking the road right in the middle, and with the road not being wide, with another gully on the side, Gu Xiaoxi had no way to get past.

Gu Xiaoxi, however, wasn’t bothered.

She snickered, calmly shifting gears, then suddenly accelerated. Her car grazed past his, with half of her vehicle suspended over the gully. Just like that, with astonishing speed, she flew past him in the blink of an eye...

"Gu Xiaoxi, are you joking with us?" Zuo Yu was indignantly displeased. Why could she glide over from the same ditch when he got stuck in it?

And why was it that Gu Xiaoxi was on an uphill road, while he was on a smooth highway?

At this time, Zhong Ming shared the same disbelief as Zuo Yu.

This woman, one can’t tell if it’s sheer luck, but this journey, for her, has been as easy as walking on flat ground.

The fastest drivers were Yi Chentian and Tang Yisheng, who both had a solid foundation in driving, and their speed and skills were not lacking at all.

Yet Gu Xiaoxi remained calm and unhurried, steadily pursuing them at an even pace.

Soon, Tang Yisheng and Yi Chentian couldn’t see Gu Xiaoxi and grew a bit worried.

Yi Chentian frowned, "Why hasn’t she arrived yet? Could something have happened?"

Tang Yisheng glanced meaningfully behind and said, "Something happening is unlikely. She’s probably been blocked by them in the back. Let’s not waste time and talk about it when we reach the destination."

In the midst of their conversation, Gu Xiaoxi’s car had already caught up from behind.

And her speed had soared to 100; for the winding mountain roads, such a speed was almost unbelievable.

Keep in mind, for safety, Tang Yisheng and Yi Chentian had always maintained a speed of 40. Gu Xiaoxi’s speed was more than double theirs.

Just when they were determined not to let Gu Xiaoxi overtake them,

Gu Xiaoxi had already caught up to the rear of their cars.

"You two, still want to race? I’ve already shaken them off!" Gu Xiaoxi rolled down her window and shouted to the front.

"Gu Xiaoxi, we won’t let you pass, you can’t even think about getting ahead. The finish line is near, and you’re still going to lose," Tang Yisheng shouted loudly. Anyway, the road was not wide. He wouldn’t let her; let’s see what she could do!

Gu Xiaoxi, upon hearing this, was unfazed.

She looked ahead to a curve in the road, the widest part of the whole path.

For safety, no two cars drove side by side through the curve. Thus, Tang Yisheng and Yi Chentian’s vehicles followed each other in single file.

At the curve, Gu Xiaoxi suddenly accelerated to 120, turned the steering wheel hard, and executed a beautiful spin. Like a sharp sword, she took advantage of that little bit of distance at the curve and successfully passed the two men.

Afterward, she drove steadily, reached out her hand, waved goodbye to them, and said cheerfully!

Tang Yisheng and Yi Chentian looked at each other, both filled with amazement.

Because Gu Xiaoxi had won so easily, it even gave everyone the illusion.

One after another, they couldn’t believe that Gu Xiaoxi could be so formidable.

The finish line!

Sun Ru announced loudly, "Gu Xiaoxi wins! Everyone else, clean the bathrooms for six months."

"Yay, yay, yay!" Zhao Zilong and Shao Changfeng immediately applauded and cheered. No bathroom cleaning for six months; by the time their training was over, they wouldn’t have to do chores.

"Now that Gu Xiaoxi has rejoined the team! The training continues as usual. We have five more days, everyone tighten up and learn this skill well. After passing the assessment, we will continue to the next item. Our training is for three months," Sun Ru stated sternly.

This batch was the new special forces recruits, and to become stronger, they had to pass through the selection contest for the strongest special forces, the outcome of which would determine their inclusion as core special forces in the Z unit.

The three-month training required them to learn to pilot helicopters, drive ships, and other forms of transportation while also learning computer information transmission, physical fitness, shooting, parachuting, sign language, assassination, and various other subjects.

It can be said that the requirements for them were very strict, and the amount of learning was also enormous.

Gu Xiaoxi studied together with everyone and also taught the rest of the team everything she knew, hoping to make everyone stronger.

Three months, neither too fast nor too slow.

In the blink of an eye, it was Christmas.

To celebrate this special holiday, the troops were preparing to have a three-day vacation.

But Gu Xiaoxi and the others had to delay their holiday by one day to complete their final assessment.

Just as their three-month training and assessment were concluding and everyone was preparing to disband and spend a good Christmas with their families,

Quan Shaoqing received a request for support from the police involving a terrorist attack.

On a train from Nanning to Zhongdu, over thirty people had hijacked the train, robbed the passengers, and created chaos.

This act completely disrupted the order of the train.

Because of the holiday, everyone had gone back home, and only their team, still in training, hadn’t left the base.

Upon receiving the news, Quan Shaoqing immediately dispatched a helicopter and headed to the Land of Kings.

Sun Ru had already lined up Gu Xiaoxi and the others in a long queue.

At that moment, Quan Shaoqing looked solemnly at everyone and said, "This mission is urgent, so I’ll keep it short.

The K9999 train has been hijacked. It’s currently recklessly travelling along the tracks.

If this continues, it will disrupt railway safety.

Everyone must realize the significance of their task.

There are over a thousand passengers on the train.

If anything happens, it won’t be a matter of a few or a dozen casualties, but rather a major accident involving hundreds or even thousands of people.

Therefore, everyone should recognize the importance of their assignment. "