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People were coming and going nearby because the woman had fallen down without warning, landing on a small, thin person.

"Ouch!" cried the little girl below.

The fat man immediately got up, very dissatisfied, "Are you blind? Why did you have to fall on top of me?"

The little girl was too upset to speak.

Du Mingxian sat on the bed, watching leisurely. The little girl looked up at Du Mingxian but didn't say anything. The fat man knew from their first encounter that Du Mingxian was not someone to mess with, and left a vicious remark, "You just wait."

They then went directly to the dormitory to find a good spot.

When they went to look for more spots, many were already taken. The fat man was very dissatisfied, but he managed to grab two spots by virtue of his size before he was satisfied.

Some people were talking, some were crying, and some were already lying in bed, half asleep.

Du Mingxian wasn't hungry. Lying in bed, all she could think about was Ling Silang. She wondered how he was doing. If it really was a matter of violence to get a good place, then Ling Silang would probably only be able to sleep in the worst place.

The door was open and no one was closing it. Du Mingxian's bed was right behind the door. Just as she was about to close the door, several people appeared at the doorway and shouted inside.

"time to eat."

These words are like a drop of water falling into a pot of oil; they immediately boil over.

Everyone rushed out, but Du Mingxian sat on the edge of the bed without moving until everyone had left before slowly walking out herself.

At the entrance... the so-called orderly queue was nothing more than people fighting each other to the death over a steamed bun or a bowl of porridge.

Du Mingxian stood by the door watching as these people used every trick in the book for a bite to eat. She quickly realized the intentions of the person behind it all, so she simply turned around and went inside.

To outsiders, it seemed like she didn't want to eat.

In fact, after Du Mingxian went into the room, she took out a white steamed bun and ate it slowly, looking at the chaotic scene outside through the crack in the door.

With so many people fighting, injuries and trampling were inevitable. People would fall to the ground and not move, and the men in black would simply go forward and carry them away, their fate unknown.

After eating a steamed bun, Du Mingxian lay down on the bed and began to feel drowsy, wanting to sleep, but she still kept a bit of awareness and paid attention to the outside world.

About the time it takes to drink a cup of tea later, a man in black shouted from outside, "Finish your food and go back to your rooms to sleep. If anyone is still in the courtyard in a quarter of an hour, they will die."

These words served as a wake-up call for everyone, and no one dared to act recklessly.

Some people were still grabbing things, while others immediately stuffed food into their mouths. Some hadn't managed to grab anything, but the dirty steamed buns that had fallen on the ground during the scramble were unwanted. People were so hungry that many were willing to pick them up from the ground and eat them.

When the time came, everyone hurried inside; no one dared to linger outside.

After the woman finished, it was quickly time to go to the man's side.

The men were even more intense than the women. Even with the door closed, Du Mingxian could sense that the scene outside was absolutely bloody.

She could smell the blood.

Some women lay in bed crying, while others were already snoring loudly.

Du Mingxian drifted off to sleep in this environment.

It was just dawn when Du Mingxian suddenly opened her eyes. There were people in the courtyard; quite a few of them had come and were carrying things.

She thought it would probably still be steamed buns and porridge.

So she sat up abruptly. She hadn't been fighting for food last night, so even if it was just for show, she was determined to be the first to get some today.

Soon their door was unlocked from the outside, and a man in black came in and placed a basket on the ground. Inside the basket were sets of clothes, all of them black.

"Change your clothes and come out to assemble in a quarter of an hour."

Du Mingxian reached for her clothes first and quickly put them on. Everyone else in the room followed suit, including the heavy-hearted ones. Despite the commotion, they didn't get up.

He was dressed in a black, close-fitting outfit, and on his head... he also had a hood, just like those bank robbers who used to rob banks. Everything was black except for his eyes.

However, the area under the nose is also open for airflow.

Upon receiving the hood, Du Mingxian sensed that the person behind it was no ordinary individual. The fabric, as thin as a cicada's wing, was used to make the hood, yet it wasn't stuffy at all. This kind of material was not something most people would have.

After getting dressed, she went out first. Several men in black were waiting outside. They nodded with satisfaction when they saw her come out, and someone gave her two steamed buns and a handful of dried meat.

Du Mingxian didn't take off her hood, which was also quite large. She held it in her mouth and ate slowly. Soon, people came out from each room.

Everyone who comes out can get food.

When the time came, men in black rushed into the house and dragged five women out. They looked bewildered and drowsy, not knowing why they were in this state.

Several men were also pulled out of the house.

Everyone was led out together. Those who hadn't done anything wrong, like Du Mingxian, carried food and ate as they walked, following along.

Soon they arrived at the place where people had been selected yesterday. Those who hadn't come out immediately today were strapped to crosses, tied up, and the men in black began whipping them.

Without asking why, without explaining, without wasting words, just do it for everyone to see.

Du Mingxian ate one and a half steamed buns, but seeing the scene before her, she couldn't eat anymore. These people were truly ruthless; they were tough but didn't talk much.

Some of the people who were beaten begged for mercy.

"I was wrong, please forgive me, I will never do it again."

"I was wrong."

The response was silence. Everyone stood and watched. Du Mingxian knew that this was for them to see, to observe the execution.

She put the dried meat and the remaining steamed buns into her spatial storage and stood silently to the side watching. Then... someone in the crowd brought them porridge.

Du Mingxian took the drink and drank it. Time passed slowly. The men were beaten until they were barely breathing before they were put down and finally dragged away by the men in black.

I spent the whole morning watching people get beaten up.

The sun was high in the sky, very hot, and it made me feel suffocated.

The man in black continued to stand on the platform, saying, "You are all promising talents. Keeping you here is to give you a new path. As long as you are willing to work hard, you will become outstanding people."

Du Mingxian suddenly felt... like she had stumbled into a cult den; these people were quite good at brainwashing.

The man in black said a lot, but to summarize it in a few sentences:

First, be obedient and work hard, and good days will come.

Second, if you are disobedient, disobedient, and indifferent to life and death, no one will sympathize with you.

Third, I will teach everyone martial arts, and the choice will be based on everyone's talent.

Fourth, although you are studying together, you may also be rivals in the future, so you will ultimately have to follow orders.

Du Mingxian was quite certain that this was assassin training, and that they were going to train a group of people. She just wondered if it was too old for someone as young as fifteen to learn martial arts.

Because some people were illiterate, no martial arts manuals were given out; instead, they were simply read aloud to them so that everyone could experience the techniques.