Chapter 283: Selection

Ninth Defense Zone Military Region.

After receiving notice from Lu Zhenda, Yingzhou arrived at the human survivors rescued from the Breeding Ground, who had now completed their Awakening Ceremony.

A total of 4,318 survivors successfully awakened a Back Spirit; they had already been arranged by Lu Zhenda to go to the New Recruit Training Camp to collect clothing and prepare for 3 to 6 months of training and study.

"Chief, how do you plan to select the 5,000 ordinary soldiers?"

Seeing Yingzhou approach, Lu Zhenda immediately walked up to him, saluted, and then asked.

Yingzhou looked at the human survivors; upon seeing his appearance, the atmosphere became heated, as if he possessed some kind of magic that attracted them.

After glancing at the survivors not far away, Yingzhou spoke to Lu Zhenda.

"Lao Lu, you don't need to worry about this; I have my own arrangements. You go to the New Recruit Training Camp first and keep an eye on the soldiers who awakened Back Spirits this time. Don't let them have contact with anyone, and wait for my orders."

"Yes!"

Seeing Yingzhou's serious tone, Lu Zhenda immediately accepted the order and left.

After Lu Zhenda left, Yingzhou summoned the Cadian Lieutenant and 20 Cadian soldiers.

Yingzhou handed the task of screening personnel to the Cadian Lieutenant; the Cadian Lieutenant accepted the task handed to him by Yingzhou with a face full of piety and began the screening with the 20 Cadian soldiers.

"You must know that the reason you are all alive here, watching me speak, is entirely due to the Emperor's mercy. The merciful Emperor sent us to rescue you, so be grateful for the Emperor's mercy! It is precisely because of the Emperor's mercy that you were able to escape from the Alien's cage!"

The Cadian Lieutenant gave a passionate speech in front of these survivors, and after hearing the Cadian Lieutenant's speech, the atmosphere among the survivors below instantly became heated.

"Praise the Emperor's mercy!"

"Praise the Emperor's mercy!"

"Do you want to become the Emperor's strength? Do you want to take revenge for your deceased loved ones? Do you want to see the moment those Aliens are trampled under the feet of Humans?"

The Cadian Lieutenant coughed lightly and raised his right hand to signal the survivors to be quiet.

"Those who want to become the Emperor's strength, who want to offer their Loyalty to the Emperor, and let those Aliens know that Humans are the existence in this world, the strongest existence! Come to me and register! I want to select 5,000 warriors to become the Emperor's strength, starting now!"

But at this moment, the cheering crowd decreased by more than half; the fear of those Alien Races deeply ingrained in their bones made them afraid to face those monsters again. Only a small portion of the young and strong cheered with arms raised, a situation the Cadian Lieutenant had already anticipated.

No one can change their mindset in an instant; forcing a change would only cause those people to spread fear to other soldiers on the battlefield.

He had his soldiers take away the young people who crowded in front of him, and after counting the numbers, he found there were actually over 3,800.

However, his task was already complete; he had picked out the young men with courage and hot blood, and the rest could be left for the Emperor to handle.

Not far away, Yingzhou raised an eyebrow upon seeing that quite a few people still wanted to become soldiers.

"More than I expected. It seems that in the Breeding Ground, they were either survivors whose edges had been smoothed away, only knowing how to be submissive, or survivors who converted their suffering into anger, looking forward to the moment they possessed power."

After the first round of screening, Yingzhou finally came before this group of survivors. Compared to the heated atmosphere just now, the expressions of these survivors were somewhat awkward; not a single person stood out to say they were cold-blooded or heartless for sending ordinary people to the battlefield.

Of course, it could not be ruled out that they were afraid to speak, but that did not matter. Now, Yingzhou needed to weed out the unstable factors among these survivors to prevent them from becoming hidden dangers in the future. Everything had to be done step by step.

"Since none of you want to become part of the Human Alliance's Reserve Army, I will not force you; this is your personal choice, and I do not wish to interfere. Now, I need you to report the survivors who used to bully others in the Breeding Ground; this will be good for all of you."

Upon hearing that Yingzhou would not force them to join the Military District, the survivors began to point out, one after another, those who had been abusers in the Breeding Ground. After obtaining the identification of most of the survivors, every abuser was forcibly dragged out by Yingzhou.

"Wait, why are you grabbing us! We just wanted to survive!"

Watching those survivors who still had the energy to resist, Yingzhou had the Cadian Lieutenant give them a good lesson. After a round of "friendly" exchange, these troublemakers stood in line, bruised and swollen, not daring to speak.

"Emperor, there are now 4,736 people in total. Do we need to continue to fill the remaining number?"

The Cadian Lieutenant came before Yingzhou, saluted respectfully, and spoke.

"No need, this is enough. I need you to train them into qualified warriors; do not let me down."

Yingzhou shook his head slightly and said to the Cadian Lieutenant before him in a solemn tone.

"Obeying your will, we will surely train a batch of qualified soldiers for you!"

Ninth Defense Zone Inner City Data Archive.

Lu Yang sat quietly in front of that slightly old-fashioned desk; bright light shone on him, but this light could not cover the weariness on his face.

He was slightly hunched over, his hands flipping through the mountain of data on the desk.

Suddenly, it was as if Lu Yang's eyes had been stung by something; he raised his hand and slowly took off the heavy black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. With the glasses gone, his already bloodshot eyes were completely exposed to the air. Lu Yang could not help but gently rub the corners of his eyes with his fingers, trying to relieve that deep sense of fatigue.

"Strange, the Back Spirit Abilities recorded in the Human Alliance database are bizarre and varied, but in the final analysis, each Psionic only possesses one ability. Is Yingzhou's Back Spirit a Random Summoning Soldier, or another type? Could it be that he is using random summoning to cover up the true ability of his Back Spirit?"

Putting the data he had finished reading to one side and leaning back in his chair, Lu Yang muttered to himself in confusion.

After the Council meeting ended, Lu Yang came to the Data Archive and began searching for the information he needed.

At today's meeting, the proposal Yingzhou put forward could be said to have shocked the other Councilors. Ever since awakening a Back Spirit became the standard for conscription, the fate of ordinary people seemed to be only to become workers and farmers producing material supplies.

"His Back Spirit can even produce weapons and equipment? If that is really the case, then the strength of his Back Spirit is too powerful."