I Started With An SSS-Rank, And Two SS-RANK Talents

Talented?

( Why did you save her ?) 

    Yunxi was currently looting some of the corpses of students , and Man - Eating rabbits she had slayed far away from where Nalan was.

     She stopped what she was doing, and looked into the distance.

   " I don't know. My body moved before my mind. "

   Xia's lips twitched as she thought.

( Heh! That was the same thing you said when you almost stabbed me! )

    " And the most annoying thing is that I couldn't take back my dagger. Argh!!! For crying out loud, it's a twin dagger. Its full potential would only come into play , when they are together. " Yunxi said with a sad voice.

    ( Ohh…Those daggers mean a lot to you. We can take it back, without her knowing.) Xia comforted Yunxi, by patting her hand.

    Yunxi's eyebrows raised, and the corners of her lips curled into a smirk.

   " So…you are suggesting we should steal it?"

   Xia removed her paw immediately, and looked at the smirking Yunxi with wide eyes.

  ( S..steal?! It's not called stealing, since the item is yours in the first place!)

   " Oh…! Pray tell, what is it called then?"

   ( It's called retrieving!)

  Yunxi chuckled, upon seeing the adorable face Xia was making. Her puffed cheeks were so inviting, that Yunxi had to control herself from pulling it.

  "*Cough….*  Let's get this done quickly. They would be coming this way soon. "

   Xia dragged the corpses closer to Yunxi, making the process of extraction faster.

    Few minutes later, they were done. The fog had already cleared up. Turned out, it was only Yunxi the Alpha Wolf poisoned. The fog around the area where the other students were, was clean . But it increased the stats of the beasts present, and made the students unable to see through the fog.

    She jumped up onto a nearby tree, and stayed still.

  ( What are you doing?) Xia whispered, although they were talking through their minds. She was also vigilant, as she watched their surroundings.

   To answer her question, the students who survived came into view. They walked forward, to the area where Yunxi had fought with the Wolves, where the portal was.

   " What the….?! " One student exclaimed in surprise. The floor was littered with blood, and the trees had marks of claws. A bloody fight had taken place not too long, but there was nobody present.

    The other students huddled together in fright, as the strong metallic scent of blood lingered in the air.

   " Let's leave. " Zhu Qian walked up to the portal and entered. Seeing this, the other students quickly moved, and soon the area was deserted.

    After they had walked far away from the tree Yunxi was hiding in, She jumped down.

    ( Wait! You kept this all along!! Why didn't you use it ?! You almost died!) Xia rebuked Yunxi.

   She was wearing the locket her father gave her. She didn't wear it during the attack from the wolves. If she had , the results of the fight would have been different.

   " I want to grow. And the only way for that to happen is if I rely on my own strength." Yunxi said while tucking the locket into her hoodie, hiding it from prying eyes.

   Hearing her reason, Xia subcummed.

  ( Then why are you wearing it now?)

   " Because we will soon meet my family."

   Yunxi's mother especially, would shriek out, if she found out, she didn't wear the locket. And her father and sister would be angry at her for putting her life in danger.

    Xia muttered something under her breath, that Yunxi didn't hear what she was saying.

   She walked forward leisurely, towards the direction the other students took. Although to her , she was walking slowly. But if one looked at her , she was running. Taking twenty steps, when she took just one step.

     Soon, they arrived at the portal. And no one was there. They had all gone back.

    Yunxi stepped forward and entered the

   Yunxi was sinking into a pool of the darkest ink she had ever seen. It was a feeling of being submerged into an ocean, and flung around as if one entered a murderous current.

     Yunxi just calmed her thoughts, and allowed the current to have its way.
  
    The motion of the current was reduced , and Yunxi was ejected out of the portal.

    Standing before her was a group of students, and …Cheng Rouyu and her crew.

    They were all looking at her , with different expressions. Some were shocked, and the others were relieved. Of Course the number of people that were relieved was just two.

     " I can't believe it! She actually survived!"  One female student muttered.

   " Rich kids…pew!" Another added while shaking his head.

    Yunxi looked at each of them from head to toe. Her indifferent gaze made them  shiver in fear. Something about the way she looked at them was not right.

   Out of the number of students who entered the portal, only twenty six were able to make it.

    Fortunately, no one would mourn for them , cause that was the norm in the apocalypse. Their parents would focus on the other kids they have. One gone doesn't make a difference.

   " The results this year are very satisfying. I can say that the number of Talents this year is very high. I am very proud of you all. Keep the flag flying. " Cheng Rouyu praised the students with a smile on her face.

   Yeah. What she said was true, except that the students weren't talented but cowards. They had put their colleagues in danger to survive. That was the  least of occurrences that happens during the apocalypse.

    " Humanity is on the brink of extinction. And we need to become stronger to survive. The safe zone you know is in your hands to protect. Let's leave, we have a lot to do. " The shrewd man said, and walked into the awaiting train.

   Yunxi's indifferent expression broke into a slightly pained expression. She entered the train, and took a seat far away from the others.

   ' Please! Don't let it be what I am thinking '

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