Chapter 61 - 27 Appointment at 2:30 in the Middle of the Night_3

"Present!"

A loud voice carried from the front of the lineup of the new recruit group.

Hao Chengbin hurried over and said,

"Chief of Staff, this is our squad’s Deputy Squad Leader! I asked him to lead the team!"

"Oh?"

The Chief of Staff gave a puzzled sound but didn’t ask further. Whether or not to appoint a Deputy Squad Leader was the squad leader’s own business. Although these appointments were generally made later, while everyone worked together, they could also work their own ways.

All he hadn’t expected was that this old fainter, this weakling, could become the Deputy Squad Leader.

The Chief of Staff didn’t want to waste time and nodded.

"Alright, go ahead! The lineup is neat and orderly, and the timing isn’t slow, not bad! Hao Chengbin, this batch of new recruits, you’ve done a good job leading!"

In reality, it certainly took more than five minutes.

It was just picking the tallest one among the dwarfs.

The first New Soldier Emergency Gathering, even if it took seven or eight minutes, bringing the whole squad down neatly, with not even one recruit’s backpack scattered about, and not one holding their blankets, was actually quite good.

Hearing Hao Chengbin say "our squad’s Deputy Squad Leader," the Chief of Staff seemed unfazed, but inside, the new recruits felt a storm surge.

Deputy Squad Leader... Is it settled?

When Fang Huai heard this, his heart surged with excitement, paying close attention to any system prompts that might appear in front of him.

This night was a double celebration!

What functions might the new branch of the system have?

Without military merit... could they offer a trial project or something?

Squad Nine quickly joined the formation and got in line.

Although the new recruits of Squad Nine arrived late, after lining up, they noticed their class was the longest, most complete, and felt a sense of pride.

Hao Chengbin saw more people were still coming down and suddenly turned back to face the crowd of new recruits behind him.

"Did you all hear that just now? Fang Huai is now Squad Nine’s Deputy Squad Leader!"

His voice was not quiet, and new recruits from neighboring squads, as well as those from Eighth Company next door, all turned their heads to look.

Damn, just four days in, and there’s already a Deputy Squad Leader?

Many from Seventh Company also glanced toward Jiang Peng with uneasy expressions.

This guy was known as the "social butterfly" of Squad Nine. Usually, he chatted with other squads when he was free, and after a few days, he became acquainted with many from their squad. The Deputy Squad Leader of Squad Nine wasn’t him?

Fang Huai was also well-known.

His pull-up and parallel bars records... It wasn’t odd for him to become Deputy Squad Leader. However, curiosity got the better of many.

That Jiang Peng wasn’t straightforward in his speech, huh? A couple of days ago, he was still talking about running for Deputy Squad Leader! Acting high and mighty, and now he’s messed up?

The Retired Emperor of Squad Nine didn’t give a damn about him!

Jiang Peng felt quite wronged; he hadn’t recognized the situation when he arrived, taking the methods from his university’s Student Council elections, trying to work from both the inside and outside public opinion. But the new recruit group was all about squad leader majority control.

The chairman didn’t even call a meeting; he directly issued a verbal command, and the CEO just followed!

Fang Huai really didn’t have time for these trivial schemes.

His mood felt as if it had just been drenched by the cold rain of February.

[Military Merit Exchange Store opened.]

As Fang Huai focused his thoughts, a plethora of reward information appeared in his mind.

Looking at the end, there were only two rewards involving physical enhancement: Core Strength Enhancement and Immunity Enhancement.

Both required a third-class merit to exchange!

All the rest were knowledge! Different types of knowledge that required different military merit values to exchange!

Firefighting Professional Class, Medical Class, Language Class, Business Class, Music Class... at least seventy to eighty types!

The variety of types was insane!

A perfectly good Merit System, not selling combat ability, but instead hawking knowledge!

Fang Huai stared blankly at the big character slogan on the wall of the New Training Building.

Study is necessary for improving the quality of soldiers!

Study is necessary for fulfilling the military missions!

Study is necessary to strengthen the defense enterprise!

This system has strong political awareness!