Chapter 16

Could it be that some other wild animal killed the burrowing rat, and this fellow just happened to pick up the leftover?

Li Qiang simply couldn't believe that this young person could actually kill a burrowing rat.

Speaking bluntly, even if the burrowing rat just sat there motionless, letting a newly arrived combat soldier come over wouldn't necessarily guarantee killing it!

Not to mention a logistics soldier who can't even draw a quick blade…

But the cut on the burrowing rat's body looks like it was made by a human.

"Forget it, thinking about this so much is pointless."

After Li Qiang finished tallying all the game, he only then realized he had forgotten to ask the other person's name,

"Hey, what's your name? I need to register it."

Gu Han had just finished heating two rabbits and some leftover rice, was eating with great enjoyment, hearing this he mumbled a reply with his mouth full,

"Gu Han."

"So it's him."

Li Qiang had some impression of the name Gu Han.

Although he and the logistics soldiers belong to different branches, the logistics soldier who ranked first in the assessment is still worth noting.

Li Qiang wrote down Gu Han's name in the logistics soldiers' game submission list.

He picked up his pen, thought for a moment, and wrote "600" logistics points after Gu Han's name.

The game Gu Han hunted was actually not more than in the afternoon.

However, the burrowing rat and short-tailed viper are extremely valuable, and Gu Han hardly hunted common prey like rabbits at night.

This also let Gu Han's logistics points earned at night far surpass those from the afternoon assessment!

Li Qiang had two registration books in his hand.

One of them was specifically used to record the logistics points of veteran logistics soldiers.

Its pages were filled with densely packed names.

Although most veteran logistics soldiers hunted only weak game like rabbits.

But over the years, these small amounts have accumulated; aside from those who have spent some logistics points, the points are not few.

Meanwhile, this new notebook currently has only Gu Han's name on it.

Li Qiang estimated that Gu Han's logistics points would soon surpass those of the old soldiers.

After Gu Han had eaten and drunk his fill, he smiled and greeted Li Qiang before leaving.

Returning to the shabby house, a wave of sweat odor hit him.

Ma Tie and the others who were still awake hurried forward to greet Gu Han,

"Gu Han, where did you go? Why are you back so late?"

Gu Han casually took off his blood‑stained coat and prepared to wash up,

"I was bored, so I went hunting for a while."

After saying that, even as Gu Han picked up a change of clothes and headed to the public bathhouse, Ma Tie and the others remained stunned there.

"B…… hunting?"

"I can understand each of those words, but I can't grasp why they make sense together."

Before coming to the military camp, Ma Tie and the others were basically farmers or artisans, the most ordinary people in this world.

Moreover, none of them came from a hunting background.

For ordinary people, hunting is a matter of danger accompanied by opportunity.

And the danger is even greater!

If it weren't for Gu Han's insistence, upon encountering a blue wolf they would only have one thought: turn and run!

Joining the military as a conscript with no pay—what are you risking your life for?

Therefore they simply cannot comprehend Gu Han's idea of going out to risk his life just because he's bored.

"Maybe this is the difference between us and Gu Han."

Ma Tie shook his head with a self‑deprecating smile.

Gu Han's ability to become the top scorer in the logistics camp assessment by his own strength is definitely no coincidence.

In the following days, Gu Han settled into a routine of going out to hunt during the day and night, resting at night.

Without the pressure of new recruit training, Ma Tie and the others would handle the camp cleaning duties required of logistics soldiers, leaving him free to focus solely on hunting without distractions.

However, among the veteran Logistics Soldiers, at this moment, due to Li Xuan's disappearance, they are in an uproar.

It even attracted the attention of many veteran Combat Soldiers.

"Li Xuan ever since that day went to bring the newbie soldiers, he never came back; could something have happened?"

"It shouldn't be, Li Xuan although has no talent for martial arts, but over these years he has also trained to the threshold of a Third Stage Martial Trainee."

"Although Li Xuan this Fellow has a bad temper and has also offended quite a few people, others probably wouldn't go so far as to take his life."

"Even if his combat ability is not as good as a Third Stage Martial Trainee, over these years he goes up the mountain every day; even if he closes his eyes, in this mountain forest he probably wouldn't get lost, self-preservation is definitely not a problem."

"However, I seem to have heard that ***Logistics Soldier's top Gu Han seems to have some conflict with Li Xuan."

A veteran Logistics Soldier's words immediately drew the attention of the others.

"Although Gu Han has killed a few wolf beasts, after all he's just a newcomer; his strength is estimated at most a First-stage Martial Apprentice, close to a Second-stage Martial Apprentice only—how could he be a match for Li Xuan?"

"But what if we count Gu Han's five Combat Soldier older brothers?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's brows furrowed instantly.

At this point, what they were considering wasn't even whether Gu Han had killed Li Xuan.

But rather, whether it's worth offending five Combat Soldiers for Li Xuan's sake!

Although Li Xuan often offends people, compared to those of higher status than Li Xuan, that is outstanding respect!

When he came back from hunting, he would also sneakily leave some demon beast meat as tribute for them.

Over these years, they have gradually developed some feelings.

Now that Li Xuan has met with misfortune, the Combat Soldiers who usually receive filial respect naturally feel displeased.

"A bunch of cowards!"

A burly man who had not spoken all this time suddenly stood up.

He swept his gaze contemptuously over the crowd and gave a cold snort,

"Just a few newbie recruits; you're afraid, but I'm not."

After saying that, he strode straight toward the Logistics Camp.

Even though Lei Chao called them cowards, no one dared to stand up and refute him.

All this is because Lei Chao is undoubtedly the foremost among them!

Even in their camp, among the thousand Combat Soldiers of the same batch, he could rank in the top ten!

"It's actually Lei Chao? I haven't heard that Lei Chao has any connection with Li Xuan."

"Lei Chao seems to be, loosely speaking, a fellow townsman of Li Xuan?"

"No wonder, being in a foreign place, fellow townsmen may not necessarily stay in touch, but they are still closer than others."

"Come on, come on, let's go see."

The training of veteran Combat Soldiers is not as arduous as that of newcomers; their time can be freely arranged, and all training relies on self-discipline.

The group curiously followed Lei Chao as they rushed toward the Logistics Camp.

However, after Lei Chao asked around, he could not find Gu Han in the Logistics Camp and had to change course to the Combat Soldier training ground.

At this moment, the time was approaching noon, and the newcomer training had just entered its midday break.

On the arena in the middle of the training ground, two people were fighting fiercely, bloodied.

Gu Chen and his brothers stood by the arena, cheering for one of them.

That person was Gu Jing, who had just broken through to Third Stage Martial Trainee yesterday.

His opponent was also a newcomer who had only recently broken through to Third Stage Martial Trainee.

The two were locked in a fierce contest, neither yielding.

But in the end, Gu Jing was slightly inferior and lost the match.

"It's okay, Gu Jing; you've done great."

After all, the opponent had entered Third Stage Martial Trainee a few days earlier, so in terms of mastery of strength and other aspects, he was a notch stronger than Gu Jing.

Gu Jing's defeat is only natural.

Although Gu Jing felt some setback, he did not become discouraged because of it.

However, at that moment, a loud shout came from outside the crowd.

"Where are Gu Han's brothers? Get out here, you bastards!"