Chapter Four: Maple Leaf Community.
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"Say that again!"
Zhang Xie stood up, staring fiercely at Lin Ning.
Lin Ning didn't care about the threat Zhang Xie displayed, and he coldly repeated the word he had just said.
The word "roll" once again stimulated Zhang Xie's anger.
"Damn it, you're asking for it!"
With that, he strode towards Lin Ning's position.
Just then, the classroom door was pushed open from the outside.
The teaching director walked into the classroom and roared loudly, "What's going on?!"
The teaching director's roar immediately silenced the entire class.
Zhang Xie, who had already reached the middle of the classroom, quickly said with a smile, "Nothing, Director!"
"I heard your voice in the hallway. What are you doing, a classroom or a market?"
Grade Director Du Kan reprimanded Zhang Xie with a serious face, "Go back to your seat, and if you cause any more campus bullying, I'll make sure you don't graduate!"
Facing Grade Director Du Kan, Zhang Xie immediately became honest and repeatedly assured him.
"Lin Ning, come out with your things!"
After reprimanding Zhang Xie, Du Kan glanced at Lin Ning impatiently and casually called him, then turned and walked out of the classroom.
Hearing Du Kan's words, Lin Ning silently packed his things and left the classroom under the gaze of the whole class.
In the hallway, Du Kan walked with his hands behind his back at a leisurely pace.
Hearing Lin Ning's footsteps catching up, Du Kan glanced at Lin Ning and casually handed him a card, "Your identity information card!"
Watching Lin Ning take his identity information card, Du Kan said coldly, "You insisted on going to the special recruitment, making your homeroom teacher half-dead with anger!"
"You can go home and get out of school early today. That Zhang Xie of yours isn't a generous person. If anything happens, remember to tell the teacher!"
Lin Ning looked at the cold-hearted but warm Du Kan, and quietly agreed after a moment of silence.
With Du Kan's accompaniment, Lin Ning smoothly left the school gate.
After leaving the school, Lin Ning directly returned to his home in the old city district.
A two-room, one-hall apartment of about fifty square meters was the house Lin Ning had lived in since he was a child.
Although the house wasn't big, it was enough for Lin Ning alone.
Entering the house, the first thing Lin Ning did after closing the door was to touch the notes section on the electronic calendar in the room.
This was a habit Lin Ning had developed, starting to record things from the day his adoptive father disappeared.
On the electronic calendar, the number 1460 reminded Lin Ning.
The adoptive father who had lived with him for more than a decade had been missing for exactly four years today.
Seeing the number 1460, Lin Ning's gaze subconsciously swept over the tattered flag and black saber hanging on the wall of the master bedroom.
These were the only things belonging to his adoptive father in the whole house. Although these two items were of no use to him, Lin Ning had still kept them in his previous life.
After checking in, a familiar feeling of sleepiness came over his body again.
Every time this feeling came, it meant that Lin Ning would soon enter a state of sleep.
Even when Lin Ning in the past wanted to resist this sleepiness and tried every method to stay awake.
But the final result was still the failure of all methods and his whole person falling back into sleep.
Until later, when Lin Ning learned about his special physique, he realized that his nearly ten-year-old ailment was actually caused by his body awakening and needing energy.
As long as the energy needed for his physique to awaken could not be satisfied, he would enter a state similar to animal hibernation to reduce energy intake.
After rebirth, Lin Ning knew the biggest secret of his previous life's body, so he no longer had the panic and self-abandonment of his previous life's sleepiness.
Instead, he obeyed his body's feelings and quickly lay down on the bed to sleep.
Because he hadn't slept at school today, his sleepiness came more intensely than usual.
However, fortunately, he had returned home from school in advance.
Falling asleep on a comfortable bed could better restore his energy.
According to Lin Ning's estimate, his next awakening would be in about eight hours.
Looking at the time, which was past three o'clock, if there were no accidents, he would wake up around midnight.
And that time, just coincided with Lin Ning's next plan.
Therefore, Lin Ning confidently entered a state of sleep, allowing his energy to slowly recover.
In the silence, Lin Ning, lying on the bed, opened his eyes and woke up instantly.
He quickly jumped off the bed, glanced at the time, and it was exactly 12:30 am.
Nearly nine hours of sleep had left Lin Ning in a good mental state.
He found a large hoodie from the closet and took out the two bank cards he had in the house.
After preparing everything, Lin Ning left the house in the darkness.
Tomorrow was the day of the military academy special recruitment, and there were less than seven hours until the school assembly.
In order to pass the military academy special recruitment assessment in seven hours, he needed to solve his special physique tonight.
Therefore, obtaining certain things became urgent.
Fortunately, in his previous life, decades of military experience had given him a lot of unknown information.
These pieces of information were also a great help to the reborn Lin Ning.
To the northwest of the capital star circle where Lin Ning lived, Maple Leaf Community was a famous slum.
This community was notorious for its poverty and disorder due to the large number of outsiders and its complex flow of people.
After all, in a poor environment, the order of the community is always worse than that of wealthy areas.
During the day, Maple Leaf Community could barely maintain a stable state.
But at night, it became synonymous with violence, crime, and gangs.
Robbery, fighting, gun battles, and so on were common occurrences.
Even the Federation police would not rashly appear in this community at night.
However, despite the danger, it also had its unique advantages.
For example, the only underground trading market in the capital star circle was located in Maple Leaf Community.
And the trading market was precisely the purpose of Lin Ning's trip.
Because he needed something that was extremely difficult to buy under normal circumstances.
Since it couldn't be purchased normally, Lin Ning could only come to the underground market in Maple Leaf Community.
Regarding his future, Lin Ning had to take this trip to Maple Leaf Community, despite the dangers.
It took an hour to get there, and Lin Ning successfully arrived at Maple Leaf Community.
As soon as he entered Maple Leaf Community, a sense of coldness and gloom immediately enveloped Lin Ning.
On the streets with few streetlights, it was difficult to see any pedestrians.
Even if there were, they would quickly disappear into the darkness.
Compared to the empty streets, the prying eyes were even more unsettling.
Feeling the ill-intentioned gazes from the dark alleys or inconspicuous corners of the street, Lin Ning felt like he was being targeted.
At this moment, he was like prey being targeted by a pack of wolves.
A slight carelessness would lead to being stopped and having all his money stolen.
Even if he carried bank cards, these street thugs could obtain the passwords through assault and intimidation and then withdraw the money from the cards.
The reason Lin Ning hadn't had any problems yet was simply because these people hadn't determined whether he was a target.
For the thugs who frequented the streets of Maple Leaf Community, their eyesight and judgment were their greatest skills.
People who dared to walk alone in Maple Leaf Community at night were often more dangerous.
Before confirming the other party's situation, they usually wouldn't take the initiative to attack.
However, if they determined that the other party was just an ordinary outsider, they wouldn't be polite.
As for how to determine the other party's identity, these thugs had a simple way to distinguish.
They observed the direction their target was heading to determine whether the target was in danger.
Generally speaking, as long as their target wasn't heading towards a few areas designated as red lines by them, it meant that the target was a low-risk object.
At this time, they would often take action.
This method was very accurate, often reaching an accuracy rate of 70%.
Although there would be some misjudgments, it was still a very useful method.
When they saw Lin Ning walking confidently towards a road, the several figures following him immediately stopped.
The leader cursed in a low voice, "He knows the way, going to the trading market, change targets!"
He turned and left without hesitation.
And when Lin Ning felt the people following him disappear, he unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Although in his previous life, the Maple Leaf trading market had a good reputation, and customers going to the trading market were basically guaranteed safety.
But after all, this time was different from Lin Ning's previous life, so Lin Ning wasn't sure whether the rules of his previous life still applied.
However, now it seemed that the rules of the Maple Leaf trading market were still very effective.
Those street thugs who had been following him stopped tracking and peeking as soon as they saw Lin Ning heading towards the road leading to the Maple Leaf trading market.
They turned to look for other targets.
After walking for another three minutes, when he saw the familiar building at the end of the street, Lin Ning completely relaxed.
As long as he entered this building, Lin Ning was certain that he would undergo a drastic change.
His future self would no longer fear anyone.
Thinking of being able to quickly restore his previous state, Lin Ning became excited.
Then, with this kind of anticipation and excitement, Lin Ning came to the brightly lit building that looked like a nightclub.
Without any hesitation, Lin Ning resolutely pushed open the closed door and steadily walked into the building.
As Lin Ning entered, the bright lights immediately revealed a different interior layout of the building."
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