Chapter 146: The Elder Principal's Deterrence

Upon thinking of these, Cha Cai's face slightly changed, and he asked Liu Xiaotian in a low voice:

"What should we do now? Continue searching the second floor? What if we encounter this kind of attack again?"

Liu Xiaotian gave him a helpless look: "What should we do? Either you destroy it, or it destroys you—what else can we do? Just treat this training as a real mission; then it's over. Victory means life; defeat means death."

As of now, those outside probably still don't know our situation, so we can only rely on ourselves.

"If we complete this training, the exit should open."

Cha Cai nodded silently, gripped his gun tighter, and said nothing more.

Actually, he really wanted to tell Liu Xiaotian that his past missions were basically long-range sniping, and he had never engaged in such close-quarters combat! Besides, at his age and service length, how many missions could he have participated in? It's just that he was lucky, and in the few missions he had, he earned satisfactory merits.

Just as the two were about to move forward again, after confirming safety they would go up to the second floor, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Liu! Where are you two?!"

This person was Luobosen, also an instructor at Warrior School, but he did not directly participate in training soldiers; instead, he was responsible for controlling and maintaining the entire Warrior School's electronic system.

In one, one look `none, one mistaken version%!'

With someone capable of intruding into their control system at any time and at will, how can safety be guaranteed? "Luobosen, didn't you hear what I just said? I want a reasonable explanation, not someone to blame!" Elder Principal glanced at Luobosen and said in a low voice.

And just as this Chief Instructor entered the building, the external monitoring screen also reappeared with an image.

Especially for those who have a guilty conscience.

"We're inside the building; we were careful when we came in, but we didn't completely eliminate the 'enemy'!"

The Chief Instructor immediately announced the end of this training, and after confirming safety, he led Liu Xiaotian and the other away from the training field.

Within this Warrior School, is there someone stronger than him in this field?

Liu Xiaotian recognized the Chief Instructor's voice, but he did not immediately go out; instead, he replied in a low voice:

As Luobosen, who had just sat down, heard the Elder Principal's last words, his face involuntarily turned even uglier.

Those who work at Warrior School—who among them wasn't a renowned figure back then? Setting aside ability, just their mental fortitude alone means they cannot be forced to show even the slightest flaw by such means.

"Principal, I understand your meaning, but… please forgive me for being unable to give you a reasonable explanation, because even now I have not been able to trace the source of the signal that intruded the control system."

Half a minute after the Elder Principal finished speaking, a man in his forties rose from his seat, spoke solemnly: "Sorry, I should take responsibility for this incident."

Upon hearing his voice, the Chief Instructor's face flashed with a hint of satisfaction, and he swiftly entered the two-story building through a window.

Liu Xiaotian noticed that when the Chief Instructor saw those bullet holes, a flicker of anger quietly passed through his eyes.

If that were truly the case, what value would he still have? The Elder Principal evidently noticed his expression, and a slightly apologetic smile appeared on his face as he said:

In the end, it was the intruding signal that automatically shut off, allowing the control system to return to normal.

That is to say, at least before a substitute training subject is announced, these soldiers have essentially been given a "vacation" that has only occurred twice in Warrior School's history...

After a while, the Elder Principal spoke in a low voice: "Gentlemen, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation!" And precisely for this reason, his face looked so grim.

Back then, the positions of these mechanical arms were all personally designed by them—could it really be that they'd be harmed by their own designed "mechanism"?

Not to mention this small training field; even every corner of this entire live-fire training field and every position of the mechanical arms, the Chief Instructor remembers them crystal clear.

Over these many years, Luobosen's work has never made a mistake.

And the more such a person is, the greater the sense of oppression they can create.

But this time, he slipped up.

The Chief Instructor sat to the left of the Elder Principal, eyelids drooping, just as usual expressionless, and no one knew what he was thinking.

"Luobosen, please don't misunderstand; the person I'm referring to is not one of us here, but a trainee."

Please have a seat; things will always have a solution.

The Elder Principal took a deep breath, nodded slightly, and said: "Luobosen, my old friend, I certainly know this matter cannot be entirely blamed on you. As the Eastern saying goes, 'There are always people beyond people, heavens beyond heavens.' Your inability to track the opponent's signal source does not mean your ability is lacking; it merely means you have encountered someone stronger than you."

Upon discovering the problem at that training field, someone notified him immediately, yet he spent a full ten minutes and still failed to eliminate the fault.

At the same time, using the malfunction of the training field's control system as an excuse, he notified everyone to suspend live-combat simulation training for seven days, with the specific training subjects to be determined, and then dismissed the troops.

Upon entering the building, the Chief Instructor first examined the wall riddled with bullet holes in several places and the shirt that Liu Xiaotian had used as a "stand-in," which bore six or seven bullet holes.

As I just said, in this world, even within our school, there might very well be someone stronger than the one who intruded our control system.

Damn, do you really think the Chief Instructor is just someone who struts around with a whip every day?

As for whether there will be danger…

Because this means they fundamentally lack the ability to oppose that person who intruded and took control of their control system.

If that's the case, they won't only be unable to find that person, but also unable to continue training.

Next, the Elder Principal turned his gaze toward the Chief Instructor: "Next, Chief Instructor, please introduce this trainee's situation to us;

Half an hour later, the Warrior School's principal sat grim-faced before the conference table, his gaze slowly sweeping over everyone present.

Of course, here this effect is not particularly obvious.

Of course, I also dare not guarantee whether this trainee actually possesses such ability, or whether the other party is willing to help us."

While the Elder Principal was speaking, his gaze appeared to wander aimlessly toward some direction, without a clear target, and he did not deliberately linger on anyone's face.

However, every person his gaze swept over seemed to have a feeling of having their soul seen through.

Clearly having done nothing themselves, yet they dared not meet those two gazes…

(End of chapter)