In the end, with the help of the dog, Jiang Ning won without fighting fairly.

Betrayed by the dog she had trained herself, Huo Yishen wasn’t angry at all; instead, he petted the dog’s head and said, “Good. From now on, if anyone bullies her, you have to protect her.”

Kele had just been fierce, so Jiang Ning was a bit worried. “Did it bite you?”

“No.” Huo Yishen praised, “Dogs can tell good from bad better than people. Kele knows its limits.”

Jiang Ning agreed — dogs can sense the aura humans emit.

Since Huo Yishen meant no harm, he wasn’t attacked.

Days passed, and Jiang Ning’s strength improved visibly.

When Zheng Weili found out Jiang Ning was sparring with Huo Yishen, she got fierce too, training Zhang Chao and Lu Yu every day, and occasional screams came from room 1803.

After taking so many hits, Zhang Chao’s skin thickened, and Lu Yu’s slim waist completely disappeared.

Their bodies improved, their confidence soared. “A Ning, how about we spar?”

Jiang Ning smiled, “Sure.”

The 1803 room was also laid with anti-slip mats. Jiang Ning took on both of them alone, with Zheng Weili as the referee, and Dou Dou and Kele as spectators.

Zheng Weili whistled, “One, two, three, start!”

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

Jiang Ning threw one side throw and a knee strike to the belly.

Her moves were clean, decisive, and full of vigor.

The two proudly fell down, wailing on the mat.

Then, nothing else happened.

Zhang Chao held his belly, tears streaming down in pain, “You… you don’t follow martial ethics!”

Jiang Ning was indifferent, “It’s the apocalypse, who cares about martial ethics now?”

Dou Dou wanted to cheer her sister on, but it ended almost as soon as it started. He was a bit stunned, then ran home shouting, “Brother, sister punched two brothers down!”

She used the moves brother taught her, so powerful!

Zhang Chao, who got beaten, was speechless.

Lu Yu, who got beaten, was speechless.

Why was the gap between people so huge? Didn’t they have any pride?

Zheng Weili was angry, “If you can’t beat me, fine, but you can’t even block one move from A Ning?”

No more talk — she was just too merciful!

From today on, no matter how many laps Kele runs in stair parkour, they have to do the same without missing a lap.

Their faces turned green; the dog ran 80 laps a day — how could they compete?

“If you can’t beat A Ning, fine, but now you’re losing to Kele too?”

No way. Kele wasn’t an ordinary dog, it was a super mutant dog!

In such a short time, it had even grown muscles.

Zheng Weili didn’t care — as long as they didn’t die from the training, they kept pushing to the extreme.

The 18th floor was in full swing, but the jealousy from the other units grew stronger.

If 18th floor went out, they were jealous.

If 18th floor didn’t go out, they were even more jealous.

They hadn’t gone outside for so long; surely, they must have plenty of supplies.

They were starving to death, but faint scents of good food came from 18th floor.

No one dared to challenge them alone, so they all went to find He Zhian, forcing him to negotiate with 18th floor to hand over some supplies.

He Zhian refused to offend anyone, but constant starvation was no solution. The kids at home looked like big-headed dolls.

“Leader, let’s try to talk to them first. If they don’t give face, we can call outsiders and take everything at once!”

“Exactly! How can they be so heartless? We’re drinking rainwater to survive, and they’re upstairs having feasts — grilled lamb two days ago, hotpot yesterday. Do they even let people live?”

Grilled lamb, my foot!

He Zhian cursed in his heart. He didn’t even smell anything on the 13th floor — how could someone on the 7th floor smell it?

They were just stirring up trouble without a proper reason!

He wasn’t stupid enough to be tricked by a few words from these people. If they really took the supplies from 18th floor, 18th floor would be the first to retaliate.

Still, there was no way to survive outside; they had to think of a way inside the building.

If they were going to do it, they’d do it together. He wouldn’t bear the blame alone.

He Zhian decided on the old method — swarm attack.

With so many people in the whole building, could 18th floor really kill them all?

At night, Jiang Ning just finished sparring with Huo Yishen and came out sweating heavily when she heard knocking downstairs.

The visitor was wrapped up tightly, only eyes visible, and slipped a note through the door crack: “Danger. Be careful.”

Then hurriedly turned and left.

Wrapped head to toe, but Jiang Ning still recognized the voice — Zhong Ping.

He came to warn her that He Zhian was joining forces with the building residents, trying to forcibly coerce the 18th floor to hand over supplies.

Everyone gathered at 1803. Jiang Ning took out the note, “What do you think?”

Zheng Weili, hot-tempered, said, “Let them come. What are we afraid of?”

Supplies mean life; who would give up a chance to survive?

Although He Zhian only wanted some, if they gave this time, what about next time? Or the time after?

Not only Zheng Weili, but Zhang Chao and Lu Yu also refused.

Kele also disagreed, baring sharp fangs and barking, “Woof!”

Who dares to take its food? Hell no!

So, 18th floor voted unanimously: no giving!

Want supplies? Dream on.

If the guess was right, they’d come tomorrow.

Everyone knew this kind of thing would become routine.

Even if they didn’t come, outsiders would raid them.

No one wanted to lick blood from the knife’s edge, but this was the apocalypse — a world where people eat people.

They all went back to prepare; tomorrow would be a tough battle.

Back home, Jiang Ning took out anti-stab and anti-cut armor from her space and measured the dog.

She couldn’t make clothes but tried modifying it, wanting the best protection for Kele.

The dog naturally hated restraint, but after having to wear clothes during treatment for skin disease, it had somewhat adapted.

Not only eating well and getting enough nutrition, it was no longer the bony stray it used to be; its new fur was shiny and smooth.

After daily training with Huo Yishen, it was now a dog of pure muscle.

After measuring, Jiang Ning saw it had grown a lot.

After two hours of cutting and sewing, she finally made the anti-cut, anti-stab armor for the dog.

It still seemed to be growing, so she made the size a bit larger.

To help it adapt early, she opened the door to let it run parkour.

Yep, she was a bit talented — the clothes didn’t restrict the dog’s agility at all.

Full and well-fed, the dog slept till dawn, then suddenly got restless, looking ready for a fight.

Opening the door, she indeed heard knocking downstairs. He Zhian was calling out in fake politeness.

Jiang Ning ignored him and prepared breakfast for herself and Kele.

Soy milk, fried dough sticks, hand-grabbed flatbread.

Full and done brushing, she got to work.

He Zhian shouted hoarsely, since 18th floor refused to negotiate, don’t blame him for coming with force.

Prying open doors!

Hearing their leader, everyone’s eyes shone greedily, as if the 18th floor was a mountain of gold and silver. If they could just pry open three doors, they could eat and drink to their hearts’ content and never worry again.

Who knew how long it had been since they last ate their fill? This pain was torture.

All facing the apocalypse, why did 18th floor live so well while they lived like animals?

For a moment, rage surged, and they wanted to smash the 18th floor to pieces.

Just as they were about to pry open the doors with their tools, a door upstairs suddenly opened.

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