Chapter 231: Meeting

"Chief Ji Bu had matters to attend to and has left first. I am Chief Ji Bu's Guard; you can just ask me if you have any questions."

After saluting Yingzhou, this Guard began to explain.

"Um, is there a reason the Chief had me come here?"

Yingzhou looked around in confusion and spoke to the Guard.

"Chief Ji Bu has handed those soldiers over to you, letting them become your soldiers, and you knew each other before."

Upon hearing the word "knew," Yingzhou hurriedly opened his System Panel and discovered that there were indeed people nearby who held Faith in him. If it was the Ninth Defense Zone, then it could only be Charlie and the others.

"Charlie, is that you?"

Yingzhou tried calling out toward those soldiers.

Upon hearing Yingzhou's shout, Charlie, who was standing in the ranks, excitedly took a step forward, saluted Yingzhou, and said.

"Reporting to the Captain! Yes!"

Yingzhou looked at Ji Bu's Guard beside him in surprise and said, "They seem to be ordinary people. Has the Military District's conscription already started involving ordinary people?"

"Not exactly. Their physical fitness changes are somewhat similar to yours, so Chief Ji Bu specifically had them enter the Military District for training and let them follow you onto the battlefield afterward."

This Guard said to Yingzhou with a smile.

Looking at the group, who were somewhat different from his memories, Yingzhou felt moved that his Faith Value had not been spent in vain. Coupled with the potions he had previously given them, they should have no problem fighting ordinary Alien Races now.

"Does the Chief have anything else to instruct me on?"

Yingzhou nodded and asked.

"Yes, the Chief said that if you come to the New Recruit Camp, you will be commended in a few days, so you may need to stay in the Military District for a few more days. By the way, this is a document the Chief asked me to give you; open it and look at it later. That is all. If there is nothing else, I will prepare to leave."

After taking a document bag from his chest and handing it to Yingzhou, the Guard said to him.

"Uh, no, that's all."

After taking the document bag, Yingzhou squeezed it gently; it seemed to contain only a few sheets of paper. He would open it and look later.

After seeing off Ji Bu's Guard from the New Recruit Training Camp, Yingzhou walked into the training ground and spoke to the 27 soldiers in front of him.

"No need to be so reserved. We are all partners who have shared hardships before; everyone take off your masks. It's been so long, how come only you people are left? What about the other survivors rescued from the Hunting Ground?"

The approachable tone made Ajie, Charlie, and the others feel much more relaxed inside. After all, they hadn't seen each other for so long, and they couldn't guarantee whether Yingzhou would remember them.

But after Yingzhou recognized them before they had even taken off their masks, this trace of worry vanished.

"Yingzhou, we all missed you too. Now only these brothers are left; the others were taken out one after another from the Settlement Area, saying they had already entered the Outer City to start a stable life."

Ajie took off his mask and said to Yingzhou with a smile.

"Is that so? Why didn't you go to the Outer City to live?"

Yingzhou let the group of soldiers sit down and asked Ajie.

"We don't know either. They only take away those who are qualified; we have been in a state of being observed."

Seeing Ajie say this, Yingzhou looked at Charlie beside Ajie and asked.

"Then what about Geerman and Marie?"

"Hehe, Geerman succeeded in awakening his Back Spirit during the ceremony and was taken away by the military. However, he didn't seem to leave with the others who successfully awakened their Back Spirits at the time. Marie is living where we reside; this was specially approved by that Chief Ji Bu. He really is a good person!"

Charlie rubbed the back of his head and said to Yingzhou with a smile.

"Is that so? It seems Geerman awakened a very good ability to be so valued by the Military District. I hope he is doing well."

Seeing Yingzhou say this, Charlie chimed in.

"Anyway, we are Human Alliance soldiers now too. Maybe we'll run into Geerman on the battlefield later!"

"Hahaha, we'll surprise him then!"

"Geerman definitely won't expect to meet us on the battlefield!"

The surrounding soldiers also joined the discussion, and the atmosphere was very lively. After a round of pleasantries, Yingzhou began to conduct intensive training and actual combat training for Ajie, Charlie, and the others.

The training opponents were naturally the group of Catachan tough guys.

"Hey, hey, hey, damn it, are you guys even capable?"

A Catachan tough guy looked at Ajie, who had fallen to the ground, stuck his right index finger into his ear, and said to Ajie with a face full of mockery.

"Damn it, whew... how are we supposed to fight this?"

Ajie slowly sat up straight and complained.

On the other side, Charlie was doing a bit better than Ajie, at least lasting a dozen seconds longer than him.

Watching these soldiers, who were even taller than the Catachan tough guys, being utterly crushed in combat technique by the Catachan tough guys, Yingzhou muttered to himself.

"In terms of strength, they aren't quite up to the Catachan Jungle Fighters, but they're okay. At least this time, provided these Catachan tough guys don't injure them, their attacks are indeed much fiercer than those of the soldiers of the Thirteenth Legion I trained before. Comparing them like this, there is still a gap.

Besides, they aren't as rich in combat experience, technique, or proficiency as the Catachan tough guys, so being brutally crushed is quite normal."

Having said that, Yingzhou saw that it was getting late, so he retracted the summoned Catachan tough guys. Looking at the group, who were panting and covered in bruises, he said to them with a smile.

"Let's end today's training here. You still need to practice; we'll continue tomorrow. You guys are just too poor."

"Whew... whew... it's mainly because the soldiers you summoned this time are completely different from those masked soldiers before. These muscular warriors wearing red headbands are just too fierce, aren't they? If we compete on strength, we can only drag out the time until our defeat; if we compete on technique, we're just newbies and can't beat them at all."

Ajie panted and raised his hand to say to Yingzhou.

"That's why I'm having you train like this. Only when you adapt to this level of attack will your survival rate on the battlefield increase."

After hearing Yingzhou's words, Charlie also raised his hand and asked Yingzhou.

"Then why didn't you summon them when we were in the Zerg Hunting Ground before?"

"Ahem, little comrade, asking like that isn't interesting. I couldn't summon them at that time; I only started summoning them after I separated from you."

Yingzhou coughed lightly and said to Charlie, then added another sentence.

"Charlie performed well today, so I've decided to reward you."

Hearing Yingzhou say this, Charlie instantly became interested and asked excitedly.

"What reward?!"

"I'll reward you with an extra hour of training time tomorrow; no need to thank me."

"......"

"Why have you stopped talking? Do you not like to speak?"