Forty-nine rules of the end times

Chapter 91 Experimental Adoption
On the streets of Yunhua City, a young man walked along the road with a blank look in his eyes.

He seemed to have no destination, not knowing where to go.

"Boom."

A passerby bumped into him and immediately frowned, saying, "What are you doing? Can't you watch where you're going? You..."

Halfway through his sentence, when the young man fixed his murderous gaze on him, the passerby swallowed hard, lowered his head, and quickly walked away.

"...I never imagined that I, Gu Fei, would fall to such a state!"

The young man was none other than Gu Fei, the former captain of the Third Doomsday Squad.

He was the one most responsible for the third squad's failure in this Ascended Challenge.

In fact, he had a premonition that he would be punished the moment he was killed on the Holy Grail Island.

But he didn't expect that his final punishment would be to be removed from the team and have all the items previously invested in him confiscated.

The feeling was like being thrown from heaven to hell. After trading the items with the officials, Gu Fei left the base in a daze and wandered aimlessly through the streets.

He knew that from now on he was no longer a member of the official organization and could no longer enjoy comprehensive protection and unlimited investment. Even if his mental strength exceeded that of ordinary people, so what?
Gu Fei knew very well that after leaving the official team, his former teammates, who were not as good as him, would soon surpass him. And he could never go back; he could only live as an ordinary person.

The disparity was something he couldn't accept.

As Gu Fei walked, he came to his senses and found himself on the rooftop of a building.

Standing on the edge and looking down, he raised his right hand, and his mental power artifact, the scimitar, appeared in his hand.

Gu Fei slowly held the curved knife to his neck, his hand trembling slightly.

Before today, the thought of "suicide" had never crossed his mind. But now, his heart had collapsed, and he simply couldn't accept that he had gone from being the high-ranking captain of the official team to just a slightly stronger ordinary person.

He was going to cut his own neck with his weapon and then let his body fall off the building.

"A former captain of the official team, and this is all the magnanimity he has?"

Just as Gu Fei was about to make his move, a voice suddenly came from behind.

"To commit suicide just because you were kicked out of the team is so fragile it's almost laughable."

Gu Fei turned around abruptly and saw a short-haired woman in a suit standing not far away.

"Who are you?!"

"Does it matter who I am?"

"..."

Gu Fei wasn't stupid. He knew that this woman must have been watching him for some time, otherwise she would never have followed him to the rooftop of this abandoned building.

He pointed his curved sword at the woman and said coldly, "Why are you following me? Tell me, or I'll kill you right now!"

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in you. I only asked the commander to assess you... and it seems the results aren't good. What use is someone who's so quick to take their own life, no matter how strong they are?"

Commander-in-Chief?

Gu Fei frowned: "Who is this 'commander' you're talking about?"

He had just been kicked out of the official team, and the next day this "commander" sent someone to examine him, which clearly indicates something is wrong.

How did the commander know the captain's identity and the information from the countermeasures research office?
“A commander is a commander,” the short-haired woman said. “Gu Fei, let me be frank. You went through rounds of selection to become the captain, and I think you know better than anyone how difficult that process was.”

"If you want to end it all, then go ahead. But if you are still unwilling to accept defeat, want to prove yourself, and want revenge, then the commander may give you a chance."

Prove yourself... seek revenge...

Gu Fei's right hand, which was holding the curved knife, slowly lowered unconsciously.

"Take me to see your commander."

The short-haired woman smiled and said, "The commander-in-chief is not in Yunhua. Since you have this intention, I will report your situation to him. If the commander-in-chief is willing, he will summon you. Just wait until then."

After the woman finished speaking, she turned and left. Gu Fei stood there in silence for a long time, his eyes gradually hardening.

"That's right, I can't just die... that would be too pathetic! Even if I'm kicked out of the official team, can't I, Gu Fei, rely on my strength to join another organization and get resources? Sooner or later... humph!"

The short-haired woman who came downstairs took out a small cell phone and made a call.

"Commander, Gu Fei wishes to see you."

"Let him wait." The voice coming from the phone was that of the eldest sister, the founder of Qingmei Club. "I'll make time to see him later."

"Commander, please forgive my bluntness. But Gu Fei actually tried to commit suicide after being kicked out of the official team. Is someone with such a weak character really worth training?"

"Hehe." The eldest sister chuckled. "Child, this isn't called weakness. A truly weak person wouldn't dare to commit suicide... Since Gu Fei dared to commit suicide, he'd dare to kill others. With proper guidance, he could become a useful tool in our hands."

"Yes, Commander. I understand."

……

"The city is changing so fast..."

Guan Tong walked down the street. Having not left the city for a while, Yunhua City had changed dramatically.

First of all, both sides of the street were cleared out, including shops, bus stops, and even the trees and flower beds planted along the roadside.

What's being built on these cleared vacant lots are undoubtedly the various shelters of different sizes that the authorities had previously proposed.

Guan Tong noticed that these shelters weren't built directly from the ground; instead, deep pits and large tunnels were dug first. This meant the shelters would have underground and above-ground levels, seemingly designed with a professional approach in mind. Seeing this, he couldn't help but marvel at the efficiency of the official actions. At this rate, he estimated that after another one or two rounds of regulations, these shelters would be ready for initial use.

He was just curious whether there would still be anyone outside once all these professional-grade shelters were completed and people moved in.

The thought of the streets being filled with shelters and not a single person in sight filled Guan Tong with a strange sense of dread.

However, in this post-apocalyptic world, everything must give way to survival.

Moreover, if humanity can survive these forty-nine apocalyptic rules, and if there are still a large number of survivors, the items, abilities, and mental power accumulated from these rules might just elevate humanity to a new golden age.

Guan Tong wandered around the streets and alleys, but instead of finding the mouse, she found a stray cat with pure black fur and emerald green eyes.

This is still quite rare, because the fourth rule, "Snow in June," has led to the near extinction of wild animals in places like cities.

In those rules, even humans faced many difficulties to survive, let alone stray cats and dogs.

Guan Tong took out a sausage he always carried with him and successfully brought the little black cat back.

He placed the little black cat in a room at the shelter, along with some supplies and other items.

He then stood outside the door, closed it, and then returned the shelter to the "Wordless Book".

The next moment, the shelter vanished without a trace, along with the supplies inside and the little black cat.

"...Have they all been included in the book?"

Guan Tong summoned it again, opened the door and went inside. The little black cat was lying on the bed, and the supplies were still in the same places as before.

Guan Tong was very satisfied with the results of this experiment.

He had previously worried that if the supplies were stored in the shelter, they would all fall to the ground once the shelter was closed. This would cause a lot of trouble when a relocation was needed.

But now it seems that the things placed in the shelter have become part of the shelter, and the pages will be retrieved and released along with them.

And it doesn't just include inanimate objects, it includes living things too. At least judging from the little black cat's condition, it didn't seem to suffer any harm during the process.

"If anyone ever opposes me again, I'll lure them to this shelter, then retract them into the pages of this book, trapping them until they die..."

As Guan Tong was thinking, the little black cat meowed and jumped to his feet, rubbing its head against his trouser leg.

"You're all black, just like my shadow." Guan Tong squatted down and rubbed the little black cat's head. "You can stay with me from now on."

He originally went out to find a living creature to use for his shelter retrieval experiment, but now that he's seen this little black cat, he thinks it's quite cute and decides to adopt it himself.

Guan Tong thought this was good; at least he had a living creature for company. Although he wasn't very outgoing, he still felt lonely sometimes when he was alone all the time. Now that he had a little black cat to keep him company, it wasn't bad.

"What name should we give you?" Guan Tong looked at the little black cat and thought for a moment before saying, "Let's call you 'Coal Ball'."

"Meow." The little black cat meowed, whether in agreement or disagreement, Guan Tong just made that sound.

"Come on, coal ball, let me wash you first, look how dirty you are."

Guan Tong took the coal ball to the bathroom to give it a bath, and then fed it some biscuits and sausages.

After eating and drinking his fill, Coal Ball quickly jumped onto the bed, lay down, and fell asleep with his eyes half-closed.

Guan Tong watched from the side, and was in a good mood.

Coal Ball doesn't seem very afraid of people, but it's not the clingy type of cat either. That's fine with it; Guan Tong doesn't need much interaction. As long as there are other living creatures besides herself where she's staying, it can alleviate some of her loneliness.

"Next, we just have to wait for the sixth rule to be released."

Guan Tong sat at the table, thinking about how to allocate her time over the next ten days.

He had already accumulated a lot of mental energy and silver hunter bullets, and it wouldn't hurt to accumulate more... but he felt that the benefits were no longer as great as before.

"Is there any other way to improve my abilities in other ways...?"

As Guan Tong was thinking, her eyes suddenly lit up.

How could I forget that!

He quickly plugged in his computer, turned it on, and went to the official website of the Mind Power Academy.

That's right. Because so much happened during the challenge, his mind was a bit confused, and he even forgot about Shi Jingyi's "Flow of Spiritual Power" course.

He needed to find other ways to improve his strength, and Shi Jingyi's unique use of mental power was naturally his first choice.

Imagine if he could also circulate his mental energy throughout his body like Shi Jingyi. With his vast reserves of mental energy, he would surely be able to unleash considerable power.

However, as Shi Jingyi had previously mentioned, to learn her methods, one needs a certain amount of talent, as well as the patience to diligently memorize acupoints and learn how to circulate qi.

"I'll give it a try and learn it properly. It would be great if I could learn it, but if I can't, then so be it." Guan Tong made up her mind and clicked to enter Shi Jingyi's course channel.

However, he realized a rather strange problem after clicking in.

What network is this laptop connected to?
Guan Tong used to connect to the internet on her laptop by using her phone as a hotspot. But now, it seems like her laptop automatically connects to the internet as soon as it's plugged in and turned on.

He glanced at it and saw that the network connection showed it was connected to an "unknown wireless network".

"...Could this be a peculiar network that comes with my shelter?"

After realizing this, Guan Tong immediately had a deeper thought: "If I use the internet in the shelter, can I avoid being tracked by the internet?"

(End of this chapter)