Dragon Transformation in the Apocalypse

Chapter 15 Yunlan Li Xue VS Li Chenglong

Li Chenglong, Yun Qian, and the three logistics staff worked for an hour to finally tally the points. At that moment, the cookhouse leader came over and said, "Reporting, Captain Li, the rooster has been slaughtered. We removed all the inedible parts, and we got 1000 jin of pure chicken meat and over 800 jin of bones, plus 200 jin of chicken hearts, livers, intestines, and gizzards." Li Chenglong nodded, "Thank you for your hard work. It's 2 PM now, so please start cooking. Make it all potato and chicken stew; that will make it easier to distribute later. Make sure it's spicy, mildly spicy, and non-spicy to suit everyone. Also, please make sure to boil the chicken carcass into soup. Let Yun Qian know if you need any soup ingredients. Try to make sure everyone has a bowl of chicken soup." The cookhouse leader immediately replied, "Understood, I'll definitely have it ready before dinner." Then he immediately left to cook.

Li Chenglong glanced at the points table, then at the weight of the slaughtered meat, and spoke briefly with Yun Qian before leaving. He first went to the back parking lot. Due to the large number of people needing to train, the training instructors had been changed to Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo, along with Liu Chuanfeng, a core member of the Second Company and also a fire-type ability awakener. However, due to mission requirements, usually only two instructors would be present at a time. Seeing everyone training so enthusiastically, Li Chenglong's face showed a joyful expression.

Upon seeing Li Chenglong arrive, instructors Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo immediately stopped training, ran to him, and saluted: "Captain Li Chenglong, combat training instructors Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo are here to report on our training results. Please inspect us!" Li Chenglong returned a standard military salute and said, "Continue training!" Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo then went to the front of the formation and began to organize the training. Amidst resounding slogans, the more than three hundred-strong formation stood neatly in formation, performing various combat maneuvers according to the commands, appearing quite professional. The formation included leading soldiers, as well as young people, middle-aged people, and even dozens of children who looked to be around ten years old, all learning. Li Chenglong walked from left to right, carefully observing their formation, and nodded in satisfaction.

Ten minutes later, Li Chenglong signaled to Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo to pause for a moment. Wu Gang, seeing this, shouted, "Attention everyone, rest for ten minutes!" Then he and Zheng Aiguo walked over. Li Chenglong smiled and said, "I've carefully observed your training, and it's quite good. But training like this alone won't be enough. They still won't be able to perform at their best when they actually encounter zombies. Tomorrow, get a few zombie corpses and explain their weaknesses to them. Knowing your enemy is half the battle. Secondly, you can have them practice sparring in pairs. Knowing only the moves but not how to fight isn't enough. However, let them stop short of causing unnecessary injuries. After all, things are different now than in Xiaolong Squad; there aren't the same conditions for recuperating from injuries here." Wu Gang and Zheng Aiguo nodded and began discussing how to continue training. Seeing that he had nothing more to do, Li Chenglong prepared to leave.

At this moment, several girls around twenty years old ran out from the training group, carrying a notebook for recording fighting techniques. They said, "Brother Li Chenglong, we all admire you so much. Could you please sign your name for us?" Li Chenglong frowned slightly at first, then relaxed. "This is the apocalypse. I hope you can focus your energy on strengthening yourselves. Only by surviving can you have a future." The women continued, "Brother Li, we're always standing in the back and can't see the instructors' movements clearly. Could we come to you tonight and have you train us? You're much better than the two instructors. With you training us, we'll definitely become stronger quickly." As they spoke, one of the women even took Li Chenglong's arm and rubbed her breasts against his arm. Li Chenglong pushed away the woman who approached him and said, "We've discovered that we're short-staffed with instructors, and we're preparing to send four more qualified superhumans to join the ranks. From now on, not only the parking lot, but also the area between the two buildings will be designated for your training." However, the two women were still persistent and pounced on him again: "Brother Li, I feel a little cold. Can I put my hands in your sleeves to warm them up?" Li Chenglong was immediately exasperated, thinking he should make a quick getaway.

Just as Li Chenglong was wondering how to shake off these women, a sweet voice suddenly rang out: "Want me to warm you up?" Yun Lan and Li Xue walked over, Yun Lan releasing her supernatural power as she went, and a small fireball appeared in her palm. Yun Lan sneered, "My sleeves are warmer, come and warm them up." The two women didn't back down, saying, "We're talking to Brother Li, what's it to you?" Yun Lan didn't say anything, but pushed the two women aside and hugged Li Chenglong, saying, "This is my husband, tell me if it's my business or not." Li Xue also stepped forward and said, "My brother already has my sister-in-law, so don't even think about it." The girls were about to say something when a woman in her thirties came over and pulled them away.

Yunlan, still fuming, was about to teach the two girls another lesson when Li Chenglong stopped her: "They're just a few girls, not worth getting angry over. By the way, what brings you here?" Yunlan, still angry, said, "Are you upset that we got in your way? Humph." Li Xue smiled: "Sister Yunlan said she wanted us to spar with you, and we happened to have some time this afternoon, so we came to find you, brother." Li Chenglong grabbed the still-angry Yunlan and spun her around a few times, causing the onlookers to cheer. Yunlan felt her face burning and immediately struggled to get down, saying, "How embarrassing! I've already found a place, let's go quickly!" With that, she pulled Li Chenglong away.

Yunlan led Li Chenglong and Li Xue to a school playground more than 400 meters away from the hospital. There were already quite a few people there. Except for the superhumans and soldiers who had to stand guard, almost everyone had come. Even some survivors had come after hearing the news. Zheng Yong greeted the three of them upon their arrival, saying, "Captain Li, Yunlan said she wants to team up with Li Xue for a sparring match. We haven't seen a level four battle before, except for the one Yunlan just leveled up. And that battle was too short; many people missed it. So, when we heard about this, we all came. Please don't mind." Li Chenglong, initially puzzled by the presence of over two hundred people, understood after hearing Zheng Yong's explanation and smiled, saying, "It's alright. It'll be a good opportunity to demonstrate combat to many of the other ability users here." Yunlan stepped forward with a mischievous grin, saying, "Alright, it's not good to have so many people outside. Let's finish this quickly and call it a day. Captain Zheng and Captain Wang, you two just watch how we sisters crush him, hahaha." Li Chenglong laughed loudly, "Don't let the two of you lose to me; that would be embarrassing." Li Xue waved her fist, summoning the Azure Staff, and said, "That's not necessarily true. Let's begin."

Seeing that the three-way battle was about to begin, everyone stopped their discussion and stepped back. On one side were Yun Lan wielding the Flaming Phoenix Spear and Li Xue gripping the Azure Wave Staff. On the other side was Li Chenglong, raising the Dragon Emperor Sword. The battle was imminent. Li Xue swung the Azure Wave Staff first, sending six ice arrows flying towards Li Chenglong at lightning speed. Li Chenglong swung the Dragon Emperor Sword, his sword energy scattering two of the ice arrows. At this moment, Yun Lan found an opening and charged forward with the Flaming Phoenix Spear. Wherever the spear's shadow passed, the cries of phoenixes could be heard. Li Chenglong remained calm and parried with his sword.

The two exchanged blows for no less than thirty rounds, drawing cheers from the onlookers for their intense fighting. Yun Lan thrust her spear again, but Li Chenglong deflected it with a swift parry of his sword, then closed in, forcefully striking Yun Lan with his left hand, sending her flying. Seeing that she couldn't gain any advantage in close combat, Yun Lan exchanged a glance with Li Xue. Li Xue understood and immediately activated her enhanced perception and energy recovery abilities. Through Li Chenglong's right eye, it became clear that Yun Lan's energy was gradually recovering. Furthermore, with Li Xue's enhanced perception, Li Chenglong's focused attack and explosive energy blast were unlikely to hit her.

Li Chenglong thought to himself, "These two have developed a really good teamwork these past few days. If it turns into a war of attrition, it will be very difficult to win." Li Chenglong immediately changed tactics, leveraging his high attribute advantage to quickly break through one point and end the battle. He first activated his True Eye to find a weakness in their cooperation, then unleashed four explosive light projectiles. Li Xue used an ice shield to block. Dozens of light projectiles struck the ice shield, exploding into countless ice flowers. Taking advantage of Li Xue's busy blocking with the ice shield and neglecting Yun Lan, Li Chenglong gathered energy and shouted at Yun Lan, "Star Dragon Slash!" A giant azure dragon shot out. Yun Lan's strength had been significantly restored by Li Xue, and she now had confidence, shouting, "Explosive Flame Phoenix Charge!" A fire phoenix also charged towards Li Chenglong's azure dragon. The collision of dragon and phoenix immediately produced a deafening explosion, kicking up countless dust particles. The onlookers hurriedly took cover.

After several dozen seconds, the dust gradually settled, and the onlookers gasped in astonishment at the scene before them, followed by enthusiastic applause. Yun Lan stood there, her lips slightly pouting, seemingly quite unconvinced. A sword hilt pressed against her back. At this moment, Li Chenglong held Li Xue in his left arm, while his right hand used the hilt of his sword to hold Yun Lan. "I still won, haha," Li Chenglong sheathed his Dragon Emperor Sword and gently patted Yun Lan's back a few times. Li Xue said somewhat shamefully, "I was too weak. Because of the continuous use of ice arrows and ice shields, I didn't have much extra energy to replenish Sister Yun's strength." Yun Lan also sheathed her Flaming Phoenix Spear: "I didn't expect that we both failed. You're too amazing! I wanted to release a rain of fire to stop your advance, but I didn't even have time."

Li Chenglong laughed and said, "Actually, it was just a trick. I used my True Eye to see that Li Xue's stamina was running low after continuously using skills. So I went all out and exchanged blows with Yun Lan. Because of the shockwave from the exchange, I took advantage of my higher attributes and took down Xue'er first. Then, taking advantage of Yun Lan's temporary weakness after she finished her attack, I got behind her." Yun Lan snorted, "No more fighting, it's been so long, we should go back." Li Chenglong patted Yun Lan's shoulder with his right hand and patted Li Xue's head with his left hand, saying seriously, "The three of us still need to practice our teamwork. From now on, I'll protect you from behind and make sure you're not in any danger. Besides, this is just a practice match. We won't use crystals to recover, and we won't be risking our lives. When it comes to real battles, your combat power will definitely be much greater than this." Yun Lan and Li Xue both nodded thoughtfully, indicating that they would work on refining the timing of their skill usage and their tactical coordination.

Seeing that the competition was over, Zheng Yong stepped forward and said, "Captain Li, you three were truly amazing! With you four Level 4 Awakened individuals and our team of superhumans, things will definitely get better and better." After saying this, Zheng Yong called the others to return to the hospital. Along the way, many people were discussing the battle. Although it only lasted five minutes, the exchange between Yun Lan, Li Xue, and Li Chenglong was breathtaking, with several moves changing within seconds. It also strengthened many people's resolve to follow Li Chenglong.

It was past 3 PM when Li Chenglong returned to his hospital dormitory. He took out the level-three orange crystal dropped by the five-colored rooster. The level-three crystal was now useless to him and his fellow level-four awakened individuals, and given the extremely low probability of using it on others to awaken their abilities, he decided to put it away. He would reward the highest-scoring individual with the highest score tomorrow. At that moment, Yun Lan sneaked in, covered Li Chenglong's eyes with her hands, and said in a high-pitched voice, "Big brother, guess who I am?" Li Chenglong laughed and hugged Yun Lan tightly. "Why aren't you resting? You were so exhausted from the competition." Yun Lan nestled in Li Chenglong's arms, her phoenix eyes gazing at him tenderly. After a few seconds of eye contact, they embraced and kissed.

"Ah!" Li Xue's startled voice rang out, and Li Chenglong and Yun Lan immediately separated. Li Xue scratched her head and stuck out her tongue sheepishly, "I really came at the worst possible time. Why don't you two continue? I'm leaving." Yun Lan's face was already as red as an apple. Hearing this, she said, "Leave? Come in." Li Chenglong didn't seem to mind; she was his own sister, so what if she saw it? Li Chenglong asked, "Xue'er, what brings you here?" Li Xue blushed slightly, "Um, um, oh right, I ran into Sister Yunqian on my way upstairs. She said the stew is almost ready, and Company Commander Zheng has decided to have dinner early at 5 pm tonight for a group meal to tally up our achievements over the past few days and discuss future plans." Li Chenglong nodded, "That's good, I'll be right there." Li Xue blinked, "There's still some time before assembly, why don't you guys continue a little longer? Hehe, by the way, Sister Lan, you didn't lock the door earlier." Hearing this, Yun Lan ran to Li Xue's side, embarrassed and annoyed, and grabbed her, "Oh, you dare tease your sister? Let's see how I deal with you." After saying that, Yun Lan started tickling Li Xue. Li Xue was very ticklish, and Yun Lan made her laugh until tears streamed down her face, and she begged for mercy.

Li Chenglong looked at the two clowns and said, "Alright, alright, stop fooling around. Go take a shower and change your clothes. Come to Zheng Yong's office later." After saying that, he opened the door and went downstairs to discuss the dinner party with Zheng Yong. Yun Lan and Li Xue stopped their playful fight after hearing this, locked the door for Li Chenglong, and went back to their dormitory to start preparing.