The instructor of the Infernal Training Camp, Lin Lei, surveyed the pitiful lambs like a predator, speaking cruel truths with a mocking tone.
His words were like a giant stone thrown into a calm lake, causing an uproar and disturbance.
"Instructor! What do you mean by ’losing the identity of a new recruit’?"
Someone bravely asked the question.
"You came here as volunteer soldiers for the Great Expansion Movement, but the battlefield does not need cannon fodder sent to die."
Lin Lei stood with arms crossed, his sturdy muscles bulging beneath his camouflage uniform, exuding a sense of explosive power.
"Those who cannot pass the training camp’s assessment will not be sent to the battlefield on missions.
But the material supplies of White Poplar Barrier City are limited, and priority is given to frontline warriors."
Lin Lei walked through the ranks, as robust as a giant bear living in the extreme cold regions.
His unmasked life force spread outward like waves crashing continuously, suffocating everyone.
"In simple terms, White Poplar doesn’t care about the feelings of the useless, got it?
If you’re eliminated from the Infernal Training Camp, you’ll have to make a living with your own hands.
For instance, working in logistics, picking up trash after every advancement, or becoming a servant soldier, a maintenance worker."
Each word from Instructor Lin Lei was like a dagger, deeply piercing into everyone’s hearts, tightening their nerves, making them feel tremendous pressure.
"My nickname is ’The Butcher’ because when I was an instructor at the Infernal Training Camp, I loved sending rookies to the battlefield to experience death firsthand, tempering their will.
Of course, this violates Dongxia Military Department regulations and humanitarian principles, so I was demoted repeatedly, from two gold and two stars to one silver and one star."
Qin Shi’s eyelids twitched; the battle groups of the Dongxia Military Department used "Golden Branch" and "Star Emblem" as insignia designs.
The former represents glory and nobility, while the latter signifies light and justice.
The Golden Branch is often awarded only to school-level officers, while the Star Emblem is divided into "gold" and "silver." This text is hosted at novelFirｅ.net
The former also represents school officers, the latter denotes junior officers.
Two gold, two stars is the rank of a lieutenant colonel, allowing one to serve at the regimental headquarters. One bar, one star is only a second lieutenant, with at least a decade of veteran struggle in between.
It’s undeniable; this instructor of the Infernal Training Camp, Lin, is indeed quite unique.
It’s known that a specialized level lieutenant colonel capable of direct combat can command battalion-level forces with ease.
This is the fastest way to build illustrious military achievements.
As long as one participates in several major battles and performs outstandingly.
With some patience for accumulating service, it’s not impossible to reach the rank of colonel and touch the prestigious seat of a Legion Commander.
"I am most irritated by the academic rhetoric. Yes, the education those academy graduates receive is ’war relies on supplies and equipment.’
But this thinking doesn’t apply to Heng Province New Star! Those veterans who participated in past expansions understand that battlefield supplies will not always be sufficient, and equipment will wear out under the terrifying dark tide formed by affinity creatures."
Lin Lei’s voice carried significant weight; perhaps spurred by his surging life force, each word he said was like a hammer striking an anvil, sparking hot iron!
"Will! Human will is the ultimate weapon of the first order! In the early days of the Great Expedition, what did humanity rely on to battle the Star Gods? To contend with other powerful civilizations?
Bloodlines? Infants of the Sacred Blood Clan have ’twenty points of life force’; in adulthood, through the ’First Embrace Ceremony,’ there’s a seventy percent chance to reach the specialized level.
Talent? Weavers are born Spiritual Ability Users; in their youth, they can open the sea of consciousness, explore and traverse the infinite Netherworld, their spiritual light akin to bright torches, penetrating deep darkness."
Lin Lei’s tone was calm, but reflected in Qin Shi’s life magnetic field, his emotions roared like an angry sea, tumultuous beyond compare.
"Rookies, the battlefield never cares about any individual’s feelings; if you want to survive, you have to bleed and cry.
The newly arrived recruits who showed up late will have all their supplies canceled for today; truly experience hunger!
Next, we’ll start physical training..."
The setting sun sank into the vast wilderness, the orange-red glow slowly descending from the city walls, to the base of the walls, after nearly six hours of resistance training, pushing most of the new recruits to their limits.
Even the most basic tactical loads were already unbearable hardships to them.
Especially those who received no energy supplements; enduring hunger pangs while resisting sore muscles, barely getting through until Lin Lei declared "dismissal of ranks" that instant.
Qin Shi’s breath was stable, still remaining solitary; he consumed his supply quota at the cafeteria, ate every bit of food containing nutrients, and then returned to his dormitory to continue his cultivation.
The "Art of Warrior Combat" commanded his other legacies, the perfect core growing ever brighter, spinning faster and faster, constantly absorbing energy factors.
The cultivation efficiency of the Barrier City truly outstrips that of the Urban Circle.
Here, being close to the pollution zone, with an unstable spatial environment, the Netherworld rifts spread like spiderweb cracks, allowing the energy factors to permeate through.
Qin Shi could feel it; every cell in his body was dancing with joy, every alternate of rhythmical breath and circulation of the life force in the grand circulation, all contributed to minute improvements throughout his mortal body.
"Indeed, the rearguard is not suitable for me; joining the Great Expansion Movement was the right choice.
No matter how abundant Energy Liquid and Nutritional Paste are, they’re only consumables for the body; to enhance cultivation speed, purer energy is required."
Before leaving the Tai’an Metropolitan Area, Qin Shi specially visited Old Liang and learned a small trick from him.
After reaching the Specialized Level, it is possible to pour seventy to eighty percent of one’s life force into ’traits,’ constructing one’s domain.