Chapter 6: Just Be a Human

Fang Huai took a deep breath and once again firmly chose the Human Enhancement Path.

I just mean, it's still better to prioritize staying alive.

Even if I have another heart attack, at least I can live another decade or so and stay human.

Passing on the family line and all that is also simpler, and it wouldn't be great to have some sort of cattle or horse family, which my parents wouldn't accept either.

[Human Enhancement Path is currently binding…]

[Generating reward…]

[Please select your reward.]

[1. Military Quilt Level 1 (Skill Details: You know the drill.)]

[2. Waist Strength Increase (Slightly increases strength and enhances the limit of each unit of muscle strength.)]

[3. Heart Enhancement]

This time, it's somewhat reliable.

Folding the military quilt is a skill Fang Huai is particularly weak in, having stepped back from military life for so many years, but wasting such a precious reward opportunity to learn it's a bit ridiculous.

Plus, no matter how skilled you are, you can't fold a quilt outside to look like those in the troops, those quilts are so neatly and stiffly folded because they actually have lines drawn on them, pressed with small stools on the sides, and you have to rub them slowly, feel them slowly, and as you do it more, they start to conform.

Some old soldiers refer to this process as flirting.

Once conditions allow, you also have to take them apart, use the quilt cover to press down and secure the edges of the inside batting, and then sew it back together, so that when you fold the quilt, the batting doesn't shift around inside.

That's called training.

It's said that it's 30% folding and 70% repairing, but before that, the quilt has to be well prepared to hand, your own quilt is the easiest to fold since you know exactly where each line is.

Heart enhancement… definitely need to get it done, but no rush for now.

Let's wait till later, first see what it's like to have increased strength, maybe I can be Superman.

Fang Huai stays true to his beginnings and looks at the immediate term first.

A new recruit can show off on the horizontal bar with a good waist, you win half the battle.

And push-ups can be held for longer, making the life of a new recruit much easier. Plus, a good waist… heh.

I'm only 19 now, surely no issues with my heart, and the previous life's heart attack was not hereditary, purely the result of insomnia and chronic lack of sleep, Fang Huai can still remember the chest pains started after one particularly brutal stint of three days straight of overtime and sleep deprivation.

Life was disillusioned after both parents passed away, and it wasn't until I got older that I started having all sorts of ailments.

Three tasks completed in one day, I should have a fair amount of reward opportunities, right?

With a thought, Fang Huai chose Waist Strength Increase.

…

Fang Huai twisted his waist a bit.

Doesn't feel like there's much of a change, not as noticeable as the body check earlier.

He lifted his clothes to peek, and that little bit of belly fat was still there.

Still no abs seen when stretching out.

Is it really "slight"?

System, brother?

The lack of response almost seemed to say: there's no after-sales service for this matter.

Fang Huai was having some difficulty now, wondering if this system is a bit weak?

But the other evolutionary paths it offered him earlier didn't seem weak at all!

They definitely seem to exceed human limits!

But now, it seems there aren't any spectacular functions, like the quilting skill which doesn't even have a cooldown trigger, what kind of skill is that?

As for money… seems I need to work it out, right?

At least… I still have some knowledge from being reborn.

Fang Huai stood up, his mind full of worries, and glanced at the second lieutenant before deftly dumping that half-bowl of noodles, which were somewhat difficult to swallow, into the nearby water bucket.

Cao Peng, sitting opposite at the large round table, had his eyes glued to him, and as he watched Fang Huai return and sit down, then looked over to the second lieutenant who was waiting for them to eat, he quietly expressed his disbelief, "You just dumped the noodles that the officer personally cooked for you?"

The several other recruits who were a little buzzed from their meal also looked up at him.

Fang Huai wiped his mouth and nodded with confidence, "Yep, it tasted bad, and no one forced you guys to eat either. If you don't want to eat, just don't."

After speaking, he turned his head and said to the second lieutenant, "Officer, if I can't eat anymore, I can throw it out, right?"

The second lieutenant smiled awkwardly, nodded, and said, "The canteen staff isn't here tonight, and I'm not really good at cooking. If you don't want to eat, just throw it away."

Everyone got up in succession and lined up to dump their noodles.

It was truly too disgusting; the lack of seasoning was one thing, but some noodles were even undercooked—such food would make pigs picky eaters.

Kidnapped by unease, Cao Peng whispered to Fang Huai on the side, "Are you sure... he won't make a report against us? I heard that if you don't eat properly in the troops, you get in trouble."

Fang Huai smiled and whispered back, "The officer has been checking his phone and watch in several rounds, probably just a Base cadre from the government agency. This is an office environment, and they operate on a Regular Office Hour System. If we weren't here, he would have left work by now.

You lot are dilly-dallying here, unable to eat and yet afraid to throw it away, while he can't say much, which just delays his rest time. Who knows, he might even have a girlfriend waiting for him outside!"

Turning his head, Cao Peng indeed saw the second lieutenant stand up with an obvious smile, even starting to reply to messages on his phone.

"Damn, you're too clever!"

In actuality, Fang Huai had more to say.

The fact that he had rushed over with a bunch of recruits carrying big and small bags to quickly prepare noodles without waiting for them to go upstairs to settle in indicated that he was very pressed for time.

"The squad leader will teach you. Apart from training, knowing how to interact with people is also crucial in the troops," Fang Huai explained calmly and then stood at the head of the table, turning back to shout loudly,

"Form up, form up!"

Within moments, ten rookie recruits were aligned in a row behind him.

The second lieutenant patted Fang Huai with satisfaction.

"Target, New Training Building, marching, forward!"

…

At the base of the New Training Building.

"Fifth Company, Xu Xinliang!"

"Here!"

"Zhang Ke!"