Chapter 812: The First Batch of New Recruits of the Star Alliance

"Yingxin! Yingxin! Do you want to come play tag?"

A sturdier-looking little boy ran over and shouted.

Among these children, Yingxin was the tallest, and combined with her cheerful personality and pretty appearance, many children liked to play with her.

"No, it's boring."

Yingxin decisively shook her head in refusal; she had previously used too much force and caused a playmate's arm to fracture, which led to a stern lecture from her mother when she got home, so she could not cause trouble again.

A few little girls were building a castle by the sandpit.

"Yingxin, look at the fortress I built, can it hold off an attack from the Alien Race?"

A girl named Lanlan pointed at her crooked sand pile and asked.

Yingxin squatted down and used a small twig to poke a few small holes in the sand pile.

"It's a bit like it! But our city walls are so high! And there are glowing 'big pot lids' on top! My brothers said that is... is a 'Void Shield'! Right, a Void Shield!"

"A Void Shield?"

Lanlan and the other girls all widened their eyes.

"What is that? It sounds so impressive!"

"Um... um..."

Yingxin tried hard to recall the fragments she had occasionally overheard.

"It's... it's an invisible wall! When the bad guys' guns fire, they get blocked! Bang, bang, bang, like hitting a cotton ball!"

She waved her little hands to demonstrate.

"Wow! How magical!" the girls exclaimed, and although they didn't quite understand, they were full of admiration that Yingxin could say such "advanced" words.

Yingxin just smiled happily, feeling that it was a joyful thing to be able to share the "interesting knowledge" she heard from her brothers with her friends.

She did not know what kind of precise and complex war machines these terms represented, nor did she understand what this knowledge meant for a child from an ordinary family.

She only felt that her brothers knew so much, listening to them talk was interesting, and she also liked to tell these interesting things to her little friends.

Ninth Defense Zone Military Region New Recruit Training Camp.

"Dekashi!"

"Present!"

"Afudao!"

"Present!"

"Very good!"

Kusake stopped in front of the formation, his voice loud enough to drown out the clashing sounds of training equipment in the distance.

"You, as the first batch of new recruits since the establishment of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance to liberate all of humanity! You are lucky! You can stand here! Follow the Emperor's will! Witness the Emperor's ideals! Offer your Loyalty to the Emperor!"

Every time Kusake roared a sentence, the new recruits' straightened chests would heave, and their eyes would burn even brighter.

Dekashi and Afudao stood in the formation, their clenched fists trembling slightly, not because of fear, but because of that indescribable excitement and sense of mission.

The Emperor... the existence who saved them from the Zerg hell and established the Star Alliance!

To be closer to that Emperor, Afudao had specifically traveled from the Fourth Defense Zone to the Ninth Defense Zone.

As his partner and good friend, Dekashi had also followed Afudao to the Ninth Defense Zone.

Having just arrived in the Ninth Defense Zone, they saw how it differed from the Fourth Defense Zone; although the Fourth Defense Zone was not bad, the Ninth Defense Zone had countless buildings of the Oath Hall everywhere, and those missionaries in red robes would kindly answer questions for every visiting resident, telling them of the Emperor's will.

"The Emperor's ideal is for humanity to live equally in the sea of stars, which is also the philosophy the Emperor often conveys to us. But the Emperor also said, 'Truth only exists within the range of a cannon, and peace must be fought for by oneself,' so, people of the Star Alliance! If you want to obtain the right to equality and peace! Then contribute your own strength!!!"

At that time, Afudao looked at the Tool Badge in the Oath Hall that symbolized the highest honor, and his blood instantly surged with heat.

Joining the army and following the Emperor's banner was the most glorious repayment they could think of!

Afudao and Dekashi passed the assessment smoothly and successfully became new recruits of the Xiuluo Holy Star Alliance.

"As your instructor!"

Kusake's voice rose sharply as he looked at the fanatical new recruits before him and shouted loudly.

"My duty is to hammer you rookies, who have never fought an Alien and haven't even seen an Alien, into shape!"

"So that on the real battlefield, you won't die confusedly like a scared idiot before you even see what the enemy looks like! Do you understand?!"

"Understood! Instructor!"

The new recruits erupted with a deafening response, and the dust seemed to be stirred up by the sound wave.

Kusake nodded with satisfaction.

"Very good! Now, basic physical adaptability training! Target, 20-kilometer weighted cross-country! The last ten will have no lunch! Move out!"

Heavy military backpacks were pressed onto their shoulders, filled with simulated weights.

The formation began to move, the sound of footsteps quickly changing from chaotic to uniform, and heavy breathing soon arose during the run.

Dekashi and Afudao ran side by side in the middle of the formation.

Afudao's eyes constantly observed the route ahead and the movements of his companions beside him.

Sweat soon soaked their training uniforms, leaving dark marks on their backs.

"Huff... huff... Dekashi, do you remember... huff... the scene at the Zerg Breeding Ground?" Afudao said in a low voice while adjusting his breathing, his voice breathless but exceptionally excited, "Who would have thought we could be saved and see those Zerg wiped out! And those things happened on the same day!"

"I can't forget it!"

Dekashi's voice was also breathless.

"Those Angels were like lighthouses; I felt... felt like I finally saw a lighthouse in the darkness! We... we are no longer ants struggling to survive in a corner... huff... but humans! Everything was brought by the Emperor!"

"That's why we chose to join the army to become the Emperor's warriors and follow the Emperor's great ideals!"

"Ah! That's right!"

"The Emperor's warriors!" Afudao repeated, his eyes even brighter, "Even if my legs break! I must train through this! I cannot let our companions down! I cannot let the Emperor down!"

The twenty-kilometer weighted cross-country ended, the new recruits gasped for air, their sweat-soaked training uniforms clung to their bodies, and their muscle soreness made it impossible for them to stand straight.

Dekashi and Afudao supported each other to barely stand steady, their lungs burning.

They had barely squeezed into eleventh and twelfth place from the bottom, which counted as securing their eligibility for dinner.

Watching the last ten dejected, pale-faced recruits being ordered by Instructor Kusake to go perform extra training on basic formations, both of them saw a trace of relief and lingering fear in each other's eyes.

"Dismissed! Ten minutes later, assemble at Number Three Shooting Range! Learn the basic operation of the Laser Gun! One second late, and you won't be sleeping tonight!"

Kusake's roar was still full of vigor.

The recruits wailed as they collapsed to the ground, seizing the time to gulp down the water in their water skins.

Dekashi and Afudao also could not spare the effort to speak, quickly sitting down to pound their sore and swollen legs.