Chapter 20: A New Team of Six
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Ten minutes later, when Du Gang and Ma Li carried bags and walked out of their rooms, there were already three boys and one girl standing at the door.
“Du Gang, we want to leave with you!”
Du Gang looked at them, and except for An Ya, he didn’t recognize the three boys. None of them were in the same class as him.
“I’m sure you guys know who Teacher An Ya is. This dude next to me is Ma Li, my close childhood friend… The three of you, introduce yourselves!”
“My name is Chu Zixuan. I’m from class 1-1.”
“I’m Ji Zhiwen, from class 1-3.”
“I’m Cao Yongyi, and I’m from class 1-4.”
Du Gang nodded and spoke in a serious tone: “Good. Since you guys have decided to follow me, I’ll say this upfront. We are a team of six. Our goal is to reach Luo An City and everything is based on this premise. If we encounter any situation along the way, I hope you will listen to my instructions. If any of you refuse to cooperate or bring trouble to the team due to personal reasons or whatnot, you will be expelled from the team. I’m serious about that. Heh, heh…”
He sneered twice at the end. He believed that his words were clear enough that no one would dare to mess around.
As opposed to an abrasive and unconscionable democracy, he preferred his own dictatorship. At the very least, he would be able to ensure his best interests.
At that moment, one of the doors not far away from Du Gang opened.
Mu Chuxue slowly walked out with a group of students.
“Yo, isn’t this Du Gang? Are you leaving already?”
Du Gang curled his lips. He wasn’t in the mood to beat around the bush with her. He responded: “You need something?”
Mu Chuxue laughed: “Not at all. I just hope you don’t move those things on the first floor. We are prepared to stay…”
At that moment, Du Gang suddenly took two steps forward and squared up to Mu Chuxue. There were only 30 centimeters between them. He lowered his head and coldly taunted: “And what if I do?”
Mu Chuxue panicked and subconsciously took two steps back, but soon realized that this reaction of hers was too humiliating. She came to a halt immediately and a chilliness suddenly surged from deep inside her.
The air in the whole building began to freeze and not even this sunny July day could warm the chills that everyone felt.
The students subconsciously scattered away, afraid that the fight between those two would accidentally hurt them.
Compared to Ma Li, An Ya, and the three boys who were a little nervous, the opposing group of students were exhilarated.
The coldness they felt from the air convinced them that Mu Chuxue really had supernatural powers!
Moreover, in their eyes, Du Gang’s transformation ability certainly wasn’t as powerful as Mu Chuxue’s ability, with the ‘ice’ attribute.
“Heh, heh!”
Du Gang smiled and said indifferently: “Got it!”
He hadn’t planned to go out of the building from the first floor, anyway. The entrance had long been stuffed with furniture and it would take a long time just to move them out of the way.
It wasn’t that he was afraid of Mu Chuxue, but he just didn’t want to waste any more time on this ignorant young lady.
“Let’s go!”
Du Gang bypassed Mu Chuxue and walked toward the downstairs.
Seeing this, Ma Li and the rest hurriedly followed.
“Hah!”
“Bye bye~”
After Du Gang’s group left, Ma Haibin and the other students laughed among themselves.
Due to the conflict between Du Gang and Mu Chuxue, a troublemaker like Ma Haibin who loved to instigate quarrels, was very popular on Mu Chuxue’s side.
On the other hand, Mu Chuxue felt that since these six guys had offended Du Gang, they would at least be absolutely loyal to her, which was why she expressed her intention to value them.
Du Gang walked to the stairwell between the sixth and fifth floors, looked at the smug people upstairs who were ridiculing them and felt hilarious.
Humans are already facing the end of the world, and those guys are still here stirring the pot.
Conspiracy? Choosing sides? Only fools do that now!
Du Gang shook his head and went all the way to the third floor, before he stopped hearing the chatter upstairs.
At that moment, Du Gang’s team members behaved interestingly.
Ma Li, Chu Zixuan, and An Ya—the three of them quietly followed without any expression.
The other two, Ji Zhiwen and Cao Yongyi, were a bit indignant, as if they had been greatly aggrieved.
“Du Gang, are we really going to let this go? Ji Zhiwen went forward and asked.
Cao Yongyi also looked unhappy as he followed beside Ji Zhiwen.
Du Gang glanced at the two of them and laughed: “How about this? You two go to the first floor and burn that pile of books at the door!”
“What?” The two of them were stunned. “That isn’t good, is it? After all, we are classmates. If we kill someone over some verbal dispute…”
“Since you know that already, how about you move faster?”
Du Gang shrugged, approached the window on the third floor, and turned back to say: “I’ll jump first. You guys jump after and I’ll catch you!”
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After catching all five of them one after another, Du Gang didn’t rush to leave, but walked towards the girls’ dormitory with a sharp knife that he had taken from the supermarket earlier.
“You guys wait for me here!”
He instructed, ignoring their fears and walking straight into the dormitory building.
In his eyes, those insects were great sources of energy. Since they were dormant, there was no reason for him to hold back now.
In the girls’ dormitory, there were many insects coiled up on each floor, and they were all motionless and in deep sleep.
Du Gang approached the nearest insect and kicked it twice. It didn’t respond.
After feeling assured, he transformed into a giant and held its head down with his foot, before slashing the knife at where the energy crystal was previously located.
The moment the blade cut through, the insect under his foot abruptly woke up and struggled desperately. However, Du Gang was prepared. Not only did he hold down the insect with his foot, but he also used his entire body weight to restrain it. Although he didn’t measure his weight after the transformation, according to the square-cube law, he calculated that he would be around 500 to 600 kilograms.
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
After a string of mournful shrieks, the insect died and Du Gang got himself an energy crystal.
As soon as the five of them outside the dormitory building heard the wretched screeches, they subconsciously leaned toward the boys’ dormitory building. Although it wasn’t like they could enter the blocked entrance, it still gave them a sense of security.
And upstairs, Mu Chuxue and others had already run to the window nearest to the girls’ dormitory and quietly listened to the sharp squeaks coming from there.
“Are you guys sure that Du Gang has entered the girls’ dormitory?”
“Yes!”
Mu Chuxue was still undeterred: “Is it possible that he went around the other side?!”
Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!
At that moment, the desperate cry of another insect echoed.
“Du Gang actually went to clean up the insects in the girls’ dormitory?!”
Mu Chuxue was dumbfounded.
How could this person suddenly be so kind?
None of them present dared to say anything more. Although Du Gang had already left, his dauntless action still intimidated them.
At that moment, Ma Haibin kicked his follower, who immediately spoke: “Big Sis, why don’t you also go over and compete with him to see who can kill more insects?”
As soon as he said those words, cold air exuded in all directions from Mu Chuxue.
The atmosphere became tense and everyone went silent.
Mu Chuxue faintly glanced at Ma Haibin and said: “I can’t waste my powers like this. I need to save them for critical moments. Since Du Gang loves to kill the insects, just let him do it!”
Just like that, no one dared to say a word. After hearing a dozen consecutive shrieks echo from the opposite building, they finally saw Du Gang walk out, covered in green blood.
Just when the crowd wanted to see what he was going to do next, Du Gang suddenly turned around and looked upstairs.
So grim and cruel!
Everyone was stunned by his gaze and involuntarily stepped away from the window.
They subconsciously glanced at Mu Chuxue, only to find that she, like everyone else, took a few steps back and had left the window.
For a moment, they didn’t know if they were feeling down, disappointed, or regretful.
Because they clearly witnessed the difference in strength between Du Gang and Mu Chuxue.
One only dared to stay in the dormitory building, but the other was brave enough to enter a dormitory building that was full of insects and even took the initiative to annihilate them.
The difference in strength was so great that it was easy to tell who was stronger!