Fu Cao threw a sword about half a meter long to Lu Xuan. “Take this for self-defense, although the metal-type special ability can coalesce into weapons on their own, your current level is so low that you can’t even harden your whole body yet.”
She took out a crystal nucleus and said, “The ability users can absorb the energy in the crystal nucleus, the energy inside enhances special abilities, but this is just a secondary effect.”
“Of course, for the exact manner of extraction, I’m not quite sure. One can only fumble with it themselves.” Fu Cao shrugged her shoulders, “Alright, let’s go.”
_____
Because of the shortage of food, after just half a month of training, Zhang Zhongmin announced that everyone needed to go out to look for supplies. In fact, at the beginning of the training, everyone in the school vaguely knew that after the training, the next step must be to go out to look for supplies.
But when this day actually arrived, almost everyone was scared, yet none of them dared to say a word.
Because they all knew, there was not much food left in the school. If they won’t look for supplies now they’ll definitely starve to death and if not, then they will be eaten by the zombies.
The school had a total of two thousand eight hundred and thirty-two people, even after they left out the elderly in the school.
There were sixteen companies.
Zhang Zhongmin’s squad members, the security team, and Lu Xuan each lead one company separately.
One hundred and seventy-seven people, who were placed in the security team although weren’t happy, didn’t feel it was bad either. The school’s security team were all retired army men who might not be better than active duty soldiers but there was no one who had the guts to mess with them.
Meanwhile, someone who was assigned to Lu Xuan’s company was discontented.
“Instructor Zhang, why is Lu Xuan commanding a company? Why did you divide us up among Lu Xuan?” The person who spoke was someone who knew Lu Xuan before.
But these words also conveyed what was inside a lot of people’s hearts.
“Yeah, he was in training just like we were. Why let him lead the team!”
“I’m not convinced either! Instructor Zhang, I know the number of instructors is limited now, but you can’t do this to us either. What ability does Lu Xuan have in him to lead us?”
“That’s right, I wouldn’t dare go out looking for supplies, if a man like him were to lead us, it makes us completely insecure.”
The people who were assigned to Lu Xuan’s company immediately exploded.
Their words were so lively that the whole playground was in an uproar.
______
While she sat at the door, Fu Cao’s eyebrows curved even more as her pearly dimples showed at the corner of her mouth.
The door was wide open, a piece of paper with a few large lines written on it, was affixed to the vertical sign that she had found earlier. Right now, she was using her spiritual power to observe what was going inside the school and when she heard someone question Lu Xuan, her smile deepened.
The ability Lu Xuan had was certainly not comparable to that of the serving soldiers, and even while using his ability, he would not become invincible all at once.
If Zhang Zhongmin wasn’t aware that he had a supernatural ability,he wouldn’t have proceeded this way, and would have suffered a great loss or be in dark about this debuting star.
Fortunately, he knew what his special abilities were; Lu Xuan had metal-type special abilities, although he hadn’t even broken through to the second order yet, he was still no match for Zhang Zhongmin right now.
But from the time they started training, Fu Cao had observed them occasionally. Although Lu Xuan had supernatural powers, he was not arrogant at all and was also particularly serious when it comes to training.
It can be said that the training was very good. Even if the whole school was pulled out, none of them would be able to hold a candle to Lu Xuan.
This was one of the reasons why Zhang Zhongmin let Lu Xuan lead a company alone.
She used her spiritual power to ‘look’ at Zhang Zhongmin’s grim face as his sharp gaze swept over the people below.
Subdued by the look in his eyes, the voices protesting grew smaller and smaller, to the point where they disappeared completely.
Zhang Zhongmin waited until they had all quieted down before he spoke in a loud voice.
“I know, to you all, this decision is unfair. You’re unsure and even discontent.”
He peered at the group of people standing straight below and the effects of this training period were noticeable. At least, their stances were standard and even when they started a commotion, there was no disorder in the formation.
“Why should I let Lu Xuan lead a company alone? It’s because Lu Xuan has been the most diligent and effective in training this half month so far!”
“Of course, that’s not the only thing. The protection he can give everyone won’t be second to none and when he adapts…” the corner of Zhang Zhongmin’s mouth slightly hooked, “Even if it’s me, there’s nothing I would be able to do.”
During this half month, Zhang Zhongmin had also been keeping a watch on Lu Xuan progress. He was observant, but also defensive.
After all, with his supernatural powers, he was different from ordinary people. Someone with superpowers, especially when at this young age, to put it bluntly for a child, could be very easy to get cocky and arrogant.
However, Lu Xuan did not. He remained as firm as before and did not try to appear superior with his supernatural powers, which made Zhang Zhongmin appreciate him for his resolute character.
Secondly, when met with danger, to test on the spot reaction, Lu Xuan would be the first to act and make the most beneficial decision in the shortest time possible.
If it wasn’t for the apocalypse, Zhang Zhongmin would have definitely robbed such a person to the army.
All in all, half a month, with training plus expeditions, Zhang Zhongmin felt that Lu Xuan had the ability and the qualification to lead a company alone.
They were limited in numbers and energy. Splitting into fifteen companies was not out of the question, but a single company had too many.
The whispering began again at the following moment.
Because although during the training, Lu Xuan was indeed outstanding. They all felt that Instructor Zhang’s words were a little too exaggerated. Everyone present did not even trust an ounce that Lu Xuan could compare to Instructor Zhang.
No, it should be that Lu Xuan was absolutely no match for any instructor, not even the people in the Security team could help but think of it as a sham.
So this led to the one hundred and seventy-seven people who were assigned to Lu Xuan’s company to lament and complain vigorously.
“I know you guys can’t believe it, but those who have trained with Lu Xuan know it well. None of you could beat him, or did you?” Zhang Zhongmin narrowed his eyes.
“Of course, if we talk about fighting alone, I am indeed stronger than Lu Xuan. But….” it was too late to say, since, Zhang Zhongmin already drew a dagger from his waist and directly attacked Lu Xuan behind him.
The whole field was excited, never in the world did they ever expect that Instructor Zhang would do this out of the blue.
The group of people who had been standing behind him backed away in droves, no one came up to stop them.They even provided them an ample amount of space.
Because there was no warning, Lu Xuan remained rooted on his spot for a moment. But his body’s conditioned reflexes began to block Zhang Zhongmin’s every attack.
He didn’t know what exactly Zhang Zhongmin was up to, nor did he know how he should respond. There was no other option: defend and dare not attack hard. But as time went on, Lu Xuan’s forehead was plastered with hair covered in dense sweat.
Although he was stunned and didn’t know what Zhang Zhongmin was really up to, he showed no mercy in any of his moves. Lu Xuan who was only defending was almost unable to hold out against him any longer.
His eyes gleamed, he changed his defensive-only strategy and began to fight back.
Zhang Zhongmin was also a bit surprised, he never expected Lu Xuan to actually last for so long.
What he didn’t know was that a person who gained an ability wasn’t someone who just had extraordinary powers but also someone who had a much better physique than an ordinary person.
Just as the dagger in Zhang Zhongmin’s hand slashed through Lu Xuan’s arm, some of the weak minded people below yelped.
However, to those sharp-eyed. Lu Xuan’s arm turned metallic in an instant. Meanwhile the dagger made a crisp sound as it cut past.
There was a pin drop silence.
Those who had looked closely were dumbfounded.
Zhang Zhongmin wiped the sweat from his forehead, put away his dagger and turned his head to look at the group of people below, “That’s right, Lu Xuan’s an ABILITY USER.”
Lu Xuan silently retracted his metallized nails.
It was the result of his training, which he stealthily did at night. During this time, though there was no way for him to create a knife, gun or any other weapons. He could still metalize his fingernails and turn them into sharp weapons.
It was also thanks to his previous understanding of the metal-type powers when he read the novel.
The word “extraordinary” was like a bolt that came out of the blue in their minds.
They were all amazed, who in the younger generation was still unaware about ability users? Who hadn’t ever read an apocalypse novel?
But of all these people, Qiu Ying Ying was the one who was the most shocked.
She had been observing before to see any signs of ability users, but to her disappointment, there was no one who could use supernatural powers around.
Every time she saw people drinking very little amounts of water, she dared not to drink more. Her guilt almost urged her to say that she was an ability user who could produce water.
But when she thought about the fact that there weren’t any ability users in the school, she didn’t want to be treated as an anomaly. She couldn’t pluck up the courage to say it……. just hold back, take a little bit of water every time and do the same as they do.
She waited until she got back to her dorm room before she dared to take a big gulp.
Yet now, Zhang Zhongmin was saying that the school had an ability user in it? Instructor Zhang knew about it and he was the metal-type ability user in the Combat Department! Qiu Ying Ying covered her mouth in disbelief.
While she carefully hid her own supernatural abilities, Lu Xuan didn’t mind exposing them.
“Now, does anyone have doubts about letting Lu Xuan lead the team? If so, it can be brought up. Now, if you all still don’t believe him, just stand to the right and I’ll reassign you to the other companies in a moment.”
Zhang Zhongmin’s strong voice rang out on the school ground.
The people who were assigned to the sixteenth companies, which was Lu Xuan’s company, were amazed. They all shared looks, but none of them said anything.
But the frenzy in the bottom of their eyes was apparent.
That’s an ability user!! Though totally unaware of whether Lu Xuan’s supernatural abilities could only harden a small area of the body or what not, it was still amazing enough to get his nails metallized to attack as a weapon.
Everyone looked at Lu Xuan with a hint of fervour in their eyes.
At this time, people in different companies also began to envy Lu Xuan’s company.
Zhang Zhongmin nodded with satisfaction, “Now that it’s settled, I don’t want to hear any more questioning words about your company leader in future, do you understand?”
“Understood!” More than two thousand people all said in one voice.
“Now, the captains will divide your company into platoons and squads. We will begin the training of each squad and two days later, we will set out to collect supplies!” Zhang Zhongmin roared.
“Yes!” The whole field was in a rage.
Fu Caa hung her head in dismay, glanced at the vertical sign and silently dragged it in.
The crystalline nucleus that Lu Xuan got before…. she had already eaten it. After eating those crystalline nuclei, Fu Cao really couldn’t bear the raw pork’s taste again and it felt very unpleasant. She could already miss the smell of the crystal nuclei.
Now as long as she didn’t go crazy with hunger, she didn’t want to have pork.
Originally thinking that they were going to leave, Fu Jiao was still going to put the sign at the door to attract their attention, but it turned out to be just fine. Two days to go!
Each company was divided into ten platoons, with seven squads of eighteen, and three squads of only seventeen. The captains of each squad were selected separately.
Of course, since neither one was quite familiar yet, it was only a temporary captaincy, which may change later.
These sixteen squads were split up for the last two days of training.
City D University was very large and they could be separated easily and train without interfering with each other.
Fu Cao threw a sword about half a meter long to Lu Xuan. “Take this for self-defense, although the metal-type special ability can coalesce into weapons on their own, your current level is so low that you can’t even harden your whole body yet.”
She took out a crystal nucleus and said, “The ability users can absorb the energy in the crystal nucleus, the energy inside enhances special abilities, but this is just a secondary effect.”
“Of course, for the exact manner of extraction, I’m not quite sure. One can only fumble with it themselves.” Fu Cao shrugged her shoulders, “Alright, let’s go.”
_____
Because of the shortage of food, after just half a month of training, Zhang Zhongmin announced that everyone needed to go out to look for supplies. In fact, at the beginning of the training, everyone in the school vaguely knew that after the training, the next step must be to go out to look for supplies.
But when this day actually arrived, almost everyone was scared, yet none of them dared to say a word.
Because they all knew, there was not much food left in the school. If they won’t look for supplies now they’ll definitely starve to death and if not, then they will be eaten by the zombies.
The school had a total of two thousand eight hundred and thirty-two people, even after they left out the elderly in the school.
There were sixteen companies.
Zhang Zhongmin’s squad members, the security team, and Lu Xuan each lead one company separately.
One hundred and seventy-seven people, who were placed in the security team although weren’t happy, didn’t feel it was bad either. The school’s security team were all retired army men who might not be better than active duty soldiers but there was no one who had the guts to mess with them.
Meanwhile, someone who was assigned to Lu Xuan’s company was discontented.
“Instructor Zhang, why is Lu Xuan commanding a company? Why did you divide us up among Lu Xuan?” The person who spoke was someone who knew Lu Xuan before.
But these words also conveyed what was inside a lot of people’s hearts.
“Yeah, he was in training just like we were. Why let him lead the team!”
“I’m not convinced either! Instructor Zhang, I know the number of instructors is limited now, but you can’t do this to us either. What ability does Lu Xuan have in him to lead us?”
“That’s right, I wouldn’t dare go out looking for supplies, if a man like him were to lead us, it makes us completely insecure.”
The people who were assigned to Lu Xuan’s company immediately exploded.
Their words were so lively that the whole playground was in an uproar.
______
While she sat at the door, Fu Cao’s eyebrows curved even more as her pearly dimples showed at the corner of her mouth.
The door was wide open, a piece of paper with a few large lines written on it, was affixed to the vertical sign that she had found earlier. Right now, she was using her spiritual power to observe what was going inside the school and when she heard someone question Lu Xuan, her smile deepened.
The ability Lu Xuan had was certainly not comparable to that of the serving soldiers, and even while using his ability, he would not become invincible all at once.
If Zhang Zhongmin wasn’t aware that he had a supernatural ability,he wouldn’t have proceeded this way, and would have suffered a great loss or be in dark about this debuting star.
Fortunately, he knew what his special abilities were; Lu Xuan had metal-type special abilities, although he hadn’t even broken through to the second order yet, he was still no match for Zhang Zhongmin right now.
But from the time they started training, Fu Cao had observed them occasionally. Although Lu Xuan had supernatural powers, he was not arrogant at all and was also particularly serious when it comes to training.
It can be said that the training was very good. Even if the whole school was pulled out, none of them would be able to hold a candle to Lu Xuan.
This was one of the reasons why Zhang Zhongmin let Lu Xuan lead a company alone.
She used her spiritual power to ‘look’ at Zhang Zhongmin’s grim face as his sharp gaze swept over the people below.
Subdued by the look in his eyes, the voices protesting grew smaller and smaller, to the point where they disappeared completely.
Zhang Zhongmin waited until they had all quieted down before he spoke in a loud voice.
“I know, to you all, this decision is unfair. You’re unsure and even discontent.”
He peered at the group of people standing straight below and the effects of this training period were noticeable. At least, their stances were standard and even when they started a commotion, there was no disorder in the formation.
“Why should I let Lu Xuan lead a company alone? It’s because Lu Xuan has been the most diligent and effective in training this half month so far!”
“Of course, that’s not the only thing. The protection he can give everyone won’t be second to none and when he adapts…” the corner of Zhang Zhongmin’s mouth slightly hooked, “Even if it’s me, there’s nothing I would be able to do.”
During this half month, Zhang Zhongmin had also been keeping a watch on Lu Xuan progress. He was observant, but also defensive.
After all, with his supernatural powers, he was different from ordinary people. Someone with superpowers, especially when at this young age, to put it bluntly for a child, could be very easy to get cocky and arrogant.
However, Lu Xuan did not. He remained as firm as before and did not try to appear superior with his supernatural powers, which made Zhang Zhongmin appreciate him for his resolute character.
Secondly, when met with danger, to test on the spot reaction, Lu Xuan would be the first to act and make the most beneficial decision in the shortest time possible.
If it wasn’t for the apocalypse, Zhang Zhongmin would have definitely robbed such a person to the army.
All in all, half a month, with training plus expeditions, Zhang Zhongmin felt that Lu Xuan had the ability and the qualification to lead a company alone.
They were limited in numbers and energy. Splitting into fifteen companies was not out of the question, but a single company had too many.
The whispering began again at the following moment.
Because although during the training, Lu Xuan was indeed outstanding. They all felt that Instructor Zhang’s words were a little too exaggerated. Everyone present did not even trust an ounce that Lu Xuan could compare to Instructor Zhang.
No, it should be that Lu Xuan was absolutely no match for any instructor, not even the people in the Security team could help but think of it as a sham.
So this led to the one hundred and seventy-seven people who were assigned to Lu Xuan’s company to lament and complain vigorously.
“I know you guys can’t believe it, but those who have trained with Lu Xuan know it well. None of you could beat him, or did you?” Zhang Zhongmin narrowed his eyes.
“Of course, if we talk about fighting alone, I am indeed stronger than Lu Xuan. But….” it was too late to say, since, Zhang Zhongmin already drew a dagger from his waist and directly attacked Lu Xuan behind him.
The whole field was excited, never in the world did they ever expect that Instructor Zhang would do this out of the blue.
The group of people who had been standing behind him backed away in droves, no one came up to stop them.They even provided them an ample amount of space.
Because there was no warning, Lu Xuan remained rooted on his spot for a moment. But his body’s conditioned reflexes began to block Zhang Zhongmin’s every attack.
He didn’t know what exactly Zhang Zhongmin was up to, nor did he know how he should respond. There was no other option: defend and dare not attack hard. But as time went on, Lu Xuan’s forehead was plastered with hair covered in dense sweat.
Although he was stunned and didn’t know what Zhang Zhongmin was really up to, he showed no mercy in any of his moves. Lu Xuan who was only defending was almost unable to hold out against him any longer.
His eyes gleamed, he changed his defensive-only strategy and began to fight back.
Zhang Zhongmin was also a bit surprised, he never expected Lu Xuan to actually last for so long.
What he didn’t know was that a person who gained an ability wasn’t someone who just had extraordinary powers but also someone who had a much better physique than an ordinary person.
Just as the dagger in Zhang Zhongmin’s hand slashed through Lu Xuan’s arm, some of the weak minded people below yelped.
However, to those sharp-eyed. Lu Xuan’s arm turned metallic in an instant. Meanwhile the dagger made a crisp sound as it cut past.
There was a pin drop silence.
Those who had looked closely were dumbfounded.
Zhang Zhongmin wiped the sweat from his forehead, put away his dagger and turned his head to look at the group of people below, “That’s right, Lu Xuan’s an ABILITY USER.”
Lu Xuan silently retracted his metallized nails.
It was the result of his training, which he stealthily did at night. During this time, though there was no way for him to create a knife, gun or any other weapons. He could still metalize his fingernails and turn them into sharp weapons.
It was also thanks to his previous understanding of the metal-type powers when he read the novel.
The word “extraordinary” was like a bolt that came out of the blue in their minds.
They were all amazed, who in the younger generation was still unaware about ability users? Who hadn’t ever read an apocalypse novel?
But of all these people, Qiu Ying Ying was the one who was the most shocked.
She had been observing before to see any signs of ability users, but to her disappointment, there was no one who could use supernatural powers around.
Every time she saw people drinking very little amounts of water, she dared not to drink more. Her guilt almost urged her to say that she was an ability user who could produce water.
But when she thought about the fact that there weren’t any ability users in the school, she didn’t want to be treated as an anomaly. She couldn’t pluck up the courage to say it……. just hold back, take a little bit of water every time and do the same as they do.
She waited until she got back to her dorm room before she dared to take a big gulp.
Yet now, Zhang Zhongmin was saying that the school had an ability user in it? Instructor Zhang knew about it and he was the metal-type ability user in the Combat Department! Qiu Ying Ying covered her mouth in disbelief.
While she carefully hid her own supernatural abilities, Lu Xuan didn’t mind exposing them.
“Now, does anyone have doubts about letting Lu Xuan lead the team? If so, it can be brought up. Now, if you all still don’t believe him, just stand to the right and I’ll reassign you to the other companies in a moment.”
Zhang Zhongmin’s strong voice rang out on the school ground.
The people who were assigned to the sixteenth companies, which was Lu Xuan’s company, were amazed. They all shared looks, but none of them said anything.
But the frenzy in the bottom of their eyes was apparent.
That’s an ability user!! Though totally unaware of whether Lu Xuan’s supernatural abilities could only harden a small area of the body or what not, it was still amazing enough to get his nails metallized to attack as a weapon.
Everyone looked at Lu Xuan with a hint of fervour in their eyes.
At this time, people in different companies also began to envy Lu Xuan’s company.
Zhang Zhongmin nodded with satisfaction, “Now that it’s settled, I don’t want to hear any more questioning words about your company leader in future, do you understand?”
“Understood!” More than two thousand people all said in one voice.
“Now, the captains will divide your company into platoons and squads. We will begin the training of each squad and two days later, we will set out to collect supplies!” Zhang Zhongmin roared.
“Yes!” The whole field was in a rage.
Fu Caa hung her head in dismay, glanced at the vertical sign and silently dragged it in.
The crystalline nucleus that Lu Xuan got before…. she had already eaten it. After eating those crystalline nuclei, Fu Cao really couldn’t bear the raw pork’s taste again and it felt very unpleasant. She could already miss the smell of the crystal nuclei.
Now as long as she didn’t go crazy with hunger, she didn’t want to have pork.
Originally thinking that they were going to leave, Fu Jiao was still going to put the sign at the door to attract their attention, but it turned out to be just fine. Two days to go!
Each company was divided into ten platoons, with seven squads of eighteen, and three squads of only seventeen. The captains of each squad were selected separately.
Of course, since neither one was quite familiar yet, it was only a temporary captaincy, which may change later.
These sixteen squads were split up for the last two days of training.
City D University was very large and they could be separated easily and train without interfering with each other.
