Chapter 1: Joining the Army Upon Graduation (1/2)

Chapter 1 Joining the Army Upon Graduation

"Classmates, you are about to step onto the interstellar battlefield and face the first battle after awakening your abilities.

Once you arrive at the battlefield, you must obey the command of the sergeant, flexibly apply the combat skills and knowledge you have learned in the past three years, and promote the class prestige of our Class 27 of Grade 3.

The teacher believes in each and every one of you!"

In the classroom, the head teacher finished her final speech to the students she had taught for three years with tears in her eyes, and she could not suppress her emotions.

She turned around and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked:

"Do you have any questions for the teacher now?"

Under the podium, the students of Class 27 of Grade 3 were reluctant to say goodbye to their high school campus life, and some emotional female students even cried.

The teacher had already told them many times about the interstellar battlefield, so naturally everyone had no problem.

After a while, a voice that was slightly inconsistent with the atmosphere in the class sounded.

"Teacher, what about Liu Cheng?"

As soon as this was said, all the students in the class stopped feeling sad and looked at a boy sitting in the corner of the last row.

The boy's name is Liu Cheng, and he is just over 1.8 meters tall.

Although his appearance is not as good as that of a star, he is also an upper-middle-class person in the class.

He is not stupid, but he is the last one in the class of Class 27 of Senior 3.

Because in this era of alien species invasion and a large number of humans awakening superpowers, Liu Cheng is the only "disabled person" in the class.

People without superpower genes are called "incapable people" and are generally assigned to ordinary schools to become technical soldiers such as maintenance workers, or logistics personnel such as chefs.

People with superpower genes and awakened superpowers are called "superpowers" and are generally assigned to combat academies to become combat soldiers.

People with superpower genes but no awakening abilities are called "disabled people", which is the abbreviation of waste superpowers.

The head teacher sighed.

Every year, there will be one or two "disabled people" enrolled in the school, and there are more than a hundred classes in each grade.

She was unlucky. Three years ago, Liu Cheng, who was a disabled person, was assigned to the class she taught.

It is reasonable to say that disabled people will transfer or drop out before graduation and join the army, but Liu Cheng has always refused to submit a transfer application and "stayed" in Class 27 of Senior 3.

The head teacher had no choice but to say:

"After all, you are classmates who have been together for three years. Remember to take care of Liu Cheng when you arrive at the alien battlefield.

Tian Tiantian, as the class monitor, you should be more tolerant of Liu Cheng."

"Yes."

A girl with a sweet face but an indifferent expression sitting in the middle of the first row of seats answered coldly.

The other students were dissatisfied and complained in a low voice.

"This is the first battle of our Class 27 of Senior 3, and the results will be recorded in everyone's files.

Taking a useless person like Liu Cheng will drag us down for the rest of our lives."

"That is to say, useless people should transfer to another school immediately. Why do they keep lingering around? It's really embarrassing for our class!"

"Look at how he didn't say a word, and he didn't even know how to say thank you to us. He's really thick-skinned..."

Although they were classmates, they didn't hide their disgust and disdain for Liu Cheng at all.

They didn't lower their voices to discuss, and they didn't worry that Liu Cheng would hear them.

Liu Cheng sat in his seat and lowered his head in guilt, his fists clenched tightly unwillingly, and his nails had deeply embedded in his palms.

He also wanted to transfer to another school and not cause trouble to his classmates, but his family was not rich.

His mother was a housewife with no income, and his father was maliciously dismissed by the company last year because he was seriously ill.

The salary of a combat profession is much higher than that of a logistics and technical profession. The whole family hopes that Liu Cheng can join a combat unit to support the family after graduation.

Therefore, Liu Cheng repeatedly rejected the transfer proposals kindly brought by his class teacher and stayed in Class 27 of Grade 3 of Jinmen No. 2 Combat Middle School.

Moreover, becoming an excellent interstellar warrior is the dream of almost every teenager of Liu Cheng's generation.

Liu Cheng also wants to kill alien creatures side by side with his classmates and protect the safety of the Milky Way and mankind.

In order to awaken his abilities, Liu Cheng has made more efforts behind the scenes than anyone else in the class.

But ideals are full and reality is very skinny.

"Whoosh!"

The dense engine whistling sound came from the sky and resounded throughout the campus.

The students approached the window and looked at the sky.

Hundreds of X-2 fast troop transport ships flew towards the school and landed in the wide playground in an orderly manner.

"It's so cool!"

A student who is a military fan exclaimed.

The X-2 fast troop transport ship consists of two parts.

The front end is a rotor engine hanger for two pilots to drive, and the rear end is a detachable troop transport cabin with an independent propulsion system.

Both are covered with 30-centimeter-thick military green protective armor, and are the most equipped troop transport spacecraft on the Qin-class strategic cruiser.

With the arrival of the X-2 fast troop transport spacecraft, the principal's broadcast sounded throughout the school.

"Senior 3 class teachers, please lead your respective graduating class students to gather on the playground.

Pay attention to order and safety, and identify the corresponding class logo...

Finally, I wish all graduates and recruits a successful start!"

The students of Class 27 of Senior 3 excitedly gathered on the playground under the leadership of the class teacher.

After everyone left together, Liu Cheng was the only one left in the classroom.

Liu Cheng smiled bitterly, thinking that he should have been used to being ostracized by his classmates. Why would he expect someone to be willing to go with him?

As soon as he walked out of the classroom, he found another person standing at the door.

Turning around, he found that it was Tian Tiantian, the squad leader.

"Squad leader, you haven't left for any reason. Did you leave something behind?"

"The teacher asked me to watch you."

Tian Tiantian's tone was cold, and he walked towards the playground after speaking.

It was as if to her, Liu Cheng was the homework left for her by the teacher.

Liu Cheng shook his head and quickly followed.

On the playground, hundreds of X-2 spacecraft are parked side by side, arranged in three rows.

The senior high school graduates formed a formation in class units and stood behind the spacecraft corresponding to the class number.

A soldier captain stood at the door of the troop transport bay of each spacecraft.

In front of the hundreds of troop transport ships, the principal and the company commander of the special operations force responsible for the handover of graduates were standing on the rostrum, looking at them.

All senior high school graduates from Jinmen No. 2 Combat Middle School have been assembled.

At this moment, they have officially transformed from students of Combat Middle School to reserve soldiers of the United Galaxy Humanity Government.

You only need to pass the test of recruit training tasks to become a formal soldier.

"Come aboard!"

As the company commander issued the order, all graduates boarded the ship one after another under the command of their respective soldier commanders.

Later, the sound of hundreds of spacecraft engines echoed throughout the campus again, and the playground suddenly became filled with dust.

The students of Class 27 looked at the campus gradually moving away through the windows of the troop transport cabin, feeling both excited and reluctant to leave.

After they flew out of low-Earth orbit and entered space, the troop transport module that was bumpy due to the acceleration thrust stabilized.

The first thing that caught their eyes in space was a giant spaceship that could not be seen to the end.

"Look, it's a Qin-class strategic cruiser!"

"I heard that a Qin-class strategic cruiser is as big as half a city and can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people on it. I didn't expect it to be true!"

"Buzz."

The cabin door of the cab opened, and a strong Alliance soldier, about 1.85 meters tall, walked out of the cab.

The discussion among the graduates of Class 27, Grade 3, came to an abrupt end.

"My name is Song Ziming, and I am the soldier captain of your 2027 temporary team. You can call me Captain Song."

The man spoke with a firm tone and a fierce look in his eyes, which was completely different from the style of the teacher from the Combat Academy who usually taught them.

“It stands to reason that a team should consist of about ten people.

Everyone has just graduated and has not experienced the cruelty of the battlefield. The alliance allows the graduates of the Combat Academy to have their first experience as a class.

One is out of consideration for the protection of your lives.

The second reason is because you have been studying together for three years and are familiar with each other's abilities. "

At this point, a boy raised his hand.

His name is Li Kang. He is very good in both grades and appearance, and he is very active in the class.

Song Ziming glanced at him coldly and said in a stern tone:

"Rule number one for my soldiers is don't interrupt me before I finish speaking.

One hundred push-ups on the spot! "

Hearing this, Li Kang was dumbfounded.

The reason why he raised his hand to ask a question was partly to express himself in front of the soldier captain, but he never expected that he would be punished directly.

Why is it different in the military and in school?

There was no other way, Song Ziming was staring at him with murderous eyes, so he could only do it now.

"One...two..."

Seeing Li Kang starting to do push-ups, Song Ziming looked at everyone and continued:

"When all the troop transport ships on this planet enter the Qin-class battleship, the Qin-class battleship will start a space jump.

We will go to the target planet on the front line for training.

During this process, no one is allowed to leave the troop carrier and enter the Qin-class warship at will. They must report to the toilet and be led by a dedicated person in charge.

After arriving at the battlefield, your goal is to kill all the alien creatures you see.

Killing alien creatures of different levels will earn corresponding points, and the final standings will be announced in two forms: team standings and individual standings.

This will affect the direction of your future assignments and is related to the future of each of you.

I want to stress that there was only one situation in which I participated in the entire hunt.

That's when I judge that the alien creatures you encounter exceed your assessment level.

In addition, I will not intervene even if you are killed, do you understand? "

"Understood, Captain!"

Everyone shouted in unison.

With Li Kang's previous example, they no longer dare to behave like students.

Seeing that he had succeeded in frightening the monkeys, Song Ziming looked at Li Kang who had finished one hundred push-ups and said:

"Now, you can ask questions."

Li Kang didn't bother to wipe his sweat, and quickly made a standard standing posture and said:

"Reporting to the captain, most of us are only first-level superpowers. Would it be too dangerous for us to go directly to the front line?"

This question is also a question for most people in the 2027 team. I heard that there are many alien creatures above level four on the front line.

Letting level one superpowers like them go to the front lines to fight alien creatures is no different than sending them to death.

Especially Liu Cheng, who is a disabled person and is no different from an incompetent person, is particularly concerned about this issue.

Song Ziming seemed to have known their concerns for a long time, and explained:

"Although it is a planetary battlefield on the front line, it has been cleaned up in advance by high-level psychics, and the alien creatures left on it will not exceed level two at most."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Li Kang with pity.

Li Kang's face was not very good. He realized that he had fallen into Song Ziming's trap, but who made him want to be active and become the chicken.

I can only say that you are unlucky, chicken.

Soon, all the troop transports entered the interior of the Qin-class warship.

After the crew on the Qin-class warship led all the graduates who needed to go to the toilet back, the Qin-class warship started the space jump.

The strong turbulence came with a dizzy feeling, and all the recruits had the urge to vomit.

Fortunately, the space jump time was very short.

After a few seconds, the Qin-class warship jumped out of the space wormhole, and a huge earth-yellow planet appeared in front of everyone.

"That planet is the battlefield for your training this time.

The planet is three times the size of the planet you live on. It was originally a colony planet of the Milky Way Human Alliance, with more than three billion people living on it.

But it was attacked by alien creatures, and less than 300,000 people successfully escaped."

Like humans, the expansion of alien races is also accompanied by the plunder of resources on other planets.

It's just that most alien races don't care whether there are other creatures living on the planet.

As long as it is a planet they find, alien creatures will kill all other creatures on the target planet while colonizing it.

There are also alien races that do not kill other creatures and choose peaceful diplomacy.

But these alien races are a minority among alien creatures.

Song Ziming explained while checking the information of all the recruits of the 2027 team.

Soon he noticed that there was a disabled person among them.

He frowned slightly, feeling a little surprised.

Although there are disabled people in every school, there has never been one who insisted on not transferring to a combat unit.

"Who is Liu Cheng?"

When Liu Cheng heard the sergeant calling his name, he stood up immediately.

"Report to the captain, I am Liu Cheng!"

Song Ziming looked Liu Cheng up and down and asked:

"What are your scores in physical combat and firearm shooting?"

"Sixty-eight, ninety-seven!"

As a disabled person, Liu Cheng chose to stay in the Battle Academy to support his family, but he did not intend to die directly to get a pension.

In addition to working hard on awakening his superpowers, he also worked hard on physical combat and firearm shooting.

Song Ziming nodded appreciatively and motioned Liu Cheng to sit down.

As a disabled person, it is not easy to pass the physical combat.

A score of ninety-seven in firearm shooting is already considered a sharpshooter.

The highest score he got was only ninety-one.

"New recruits, although you are all superpowered, don't always rely on superpowers and give up the use of weapons on the battlefield.

Excessive use of superpowers will lead to your physical overdraft. If you want to increase your chances of survival, you must learn to use superpowers and weapons together."

Song Ziming said this, although he was warning everyone, but he also meant to praise Liu Cheng in person.

Liu Cheng was a little embarrassed. He had been a waste for three years, and this was the first time he heard someone praise him.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Song Ziming said:

"You can ask questions."

Squad leader Tian Tiantian saw that the active Li Kang in the class did not dare to raise his hand, and immediately stood at attention and said:

"Excuse me, captain, can't you protect yourself by fighting with superpowers alone?"

Song Ziming replied:

"It's not impossible, but it's very difficult. Do you know what the best survival rate of the graduates of the previous combat academy is?"

Tian Tiantian shook his head.

They all grew up on a peaceful planet and had no specific understanding of the cruelty of the battlefield.

"Fifty percent."