Chapter 59: Fainted again!

Returning to the camp, Chen Shanming, whose face looked unpleasant, immediately ordered the troops to disband.

The subtext was: "All of you, fuck off, go back to your own homes, find your own mothers." (Actually there are four more characters after that^_^)

All twenty-four soldiers were overjoyed in their hearts, even breaking into smiles, but they were sensible enough not to show it.

Only Wang Yanbing, with his big mouth, was grinning from ear to ear.

To be frank, Chen Shanming, He Zhijun, Fan Tianlei and the others who had left earlier held no grudge against them for losing this exercise.

As soldiers, they need both the confidence to strive for victory and a calm attitude toward defeat.

Especially during the exercise.

Besides, they were a bunch of veteran soldiers with ten to twenty years of service—how could they resent losing a drill to youngsters? On the way back, Liu Xiaotian leaned against the carriage, closing his eyes to rest.

"You believed me just like that?"

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

Following the numbers above, at least half of the calls are already disconnected.

Only when the vehicle entered the barracks area did Liu Xiaotian finally hear the prompt "Activation synchronization complete."

Moreover, Liu Xiaotian had only just crossed over into this world and put on this uniform not long ago—what does he know about the meaning of "comrade"? In fact, in his original world, as the war era receded, the value of the word "comrade" had been rapidly shrinking.

"Reward extraction in progress, please wait……"

"Synchronizing……"

After a while, the system's voice sounded again, only this time it had switched to the pure mechanical version:

Since that's the case, why not let He Chen Guang feel a little moved? "Pah! Didn't expect you to be this shameless!" the system's voice suddenly blared, almost making Liu Xiaotian jump and open his eyes.

Normally, when issuing missions, that voice carries no emotion at all.

But after waiting a long time, that voice did not sound again.

Liu Xiaotian: ……

"Okay, I remember." For some reason, Liu Xiaotian inexplicably felt a bit nervous.

……

Liu Xiaotian felt a bit out of sorts, because according to routine this should be the moment he gets dressed down by the system to the point of almost losing his breath.

He Chen Guang lightly tapped him and asked in a low voice:

As for why Liu Xiaotian said that, there is only one reason.

"Confirm!"

Could it be……

Holy shit! Is that it? No more words? Like suddenly telling me: 'You're about to receive an inheritance, I can't hold on much longer, I'm about to dissipate'—that's unscientific!

Wang Yanbing instinctively stepped back half a step.

He Chen Guang visibly startled, a flash of light crossing his eyes.

"For example, after each physical training you can feel your muscles self-repairing and strengthening; after each shooting drill, the data is automatically stored in the virtual computer you see in your eyes—these are not explicitly told to you, not counted as rewards, but gradually appear as auxiliary functions." This time the system was quite patient.

"Rewards are randomly distributed by the system; what I'm telling you now is that from now on you must gradually get used to all the auxiliary functions the system provides, including those I haven't mentioned." The system's voice sounded solemn, as if delivering a last testament.

(I've said too much, speaking from the heart, sorry!)

I have to say, this kid's emotional intelligence is truly not ordinary. "Reward opening, please wait……"

But what about now?

This is what Liu Xiaotian most urgently wants to do right now.

But……

"Lie down! Are you trying to pull a scam?"

"Mission reward: Driving Skill Level 1 Pack, synchronizing……"

"Like what?" Liu Xiaotian couldn't be bothered to think.

For instance, the voice speaking now, though it sounds like a metallic mechanical tone, carries an almost human emotion in its tone.

"What about the promised Driving Skill Level 1 Pack?" Wang Yanbing jumped down from the carriage behind him, saw him standing there dazed, and slapped him on the back: "What are you spacing out for? Come on, let's go to the service club—I'll treat you today!"

Besides the seemingly crazy Wang Yanbing and the honest, somewhat dull Li Erniu, these are the people he can trust to watch his back when carrying out real missions.

What is the feeling of comrades who have shared life-and-death experiences? It's like I have a steamed bun and would grudgingly give you more than half of it.

Don't get it wrong—emotional intelligence isn't just about the opposite sex.

Fortunately, he had long grown accustomed to that elusive voice; his heart merely gave a couple of jumps before returning to normal.

Even after two or three years of constant companionship, most of the time it's just idle chatter—nothing major ever happened, so where would deep feelings come from? Moreover, emotions in this era are probably worth less than the late Republic's grain coupons; where would all that comradeship come from? Of course, this is just the general case, not absolute.

Because, he understands He Chen Guang!

Liu Xiaotian then closed his eyes again, appearing to be dozing.

However, he didn't seem to feel any change in his body.

Liu Xiaotian couldn't help recalling the fantasy novels he'd read in his original world. What if one day a phantom old man floated out of his body, demanding he become his disciple and teach him alchemy? "Where's my reward?" Liu Xiaotian asked bluntly in his mind, without further ado.

"Mission reward opened successfully; activate? Please confirm."

Damn it! Accumulate mission points, upgrade the system!

"Congratulations, mission completed, extracting reward, please wait……"

As soon as Wang Yanbing's hand touched Liu Xiaotian, he saw Liu Xiaotian's body go limp and collapse.

Even those you can get through to might not show up at your wedding; if someone can send you a 200-yuan red packet via WeChat, that counts as a formerly decent relationship.

On the day of discharge after two years of service, there's at least an eighty percent chance that this will be the last time you see each other in your lifetime! Oh, right—perhaps only when you're collecting wedding gifts will you remember that there's still a military memorial album tucked away in some dark, damp corner of your home.

Liu Xiaotian lazily lifted one eyelid, glanced at him, and said lightly:

As for the system, Liu Xiaotian had already noticed some oddities at this point.

"Of course, we are comrades."

But immediately he discovered, Liu Xiaotian wasn't pretending, he just fell straight onto the ground.

If it weren't for Wang Yanbing reaching out in time and grabbing his belt, that blow would have definitely knocked out Liu Xiaotian's two front teeth on the hard concrete.

Afterwards, how He Chen Guang and Li Erniu rushed forward and sent Liu Xiaotian back was no longer important; anyway, he didn't know.

He only knew that at the instant Wang Yanbing's voice rang out, his brain suddenly felt as if a big hand had slapped it hard, and with a "huhu" he didn't know anything...

(End of chapter)