Chapter 32: My Date with Bugs!

After receiving their new shoulder patches and registering their team information, Zhou Yuan headed off to the military armory. This was a standard procedure for the Mobile Infantry.

Whenever they arrived at a new base, they had to register with both the work hall and the armory. Of course, as the team leader, Zhou Yuan had the authority to register his team members.

The work hall mainly handled personnel matters, while the armory was responsible for the weapons and equipment used by those personnel.

To use the example of the Defense Force, if you registered with the armory, you wouldn't need to bring anything with you when you went up to defend the wall. The armory personnel would have already transported the necessary weapons to the wall and would perform regular checks and replenishments.

If you wanted to switch things up occasionally, you could also go to the watchtower wall where the armory personnel prepared backup weapons. In Zhou Yuan's understanding, the armory was like logistics, but really amazing logistics!

Once everything was taken care of, Zhou Yuan eagerly returned to his dormitory. Tonight, he would finally be able to go up to the defense wall and meet his beloved bugs!

When he looked down from the transport plane in the morning, he saw that there were many bugs near the Talsis Fortress, to the point where bugs were constantly attacking the electric fence wall. So tonight, he would be able to go all out and definitely kill quite a few!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yuan smiled and lay down on his bed. He planned to take a nap and await the arrival of the night in the most energetic state possible.

Five minutes later.

"Ugh!"

Zhou Yuan opened his eyes and wiped his face helplessly. His body was in great shape, but that wasn't always a good thing. Without high-intensity training, his overflowing energy made it difficult for him to fall asleep.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Yuan quietly got up and left the dormitory. He might be staying at the Talsis Fortress for a long time, and he had nothing else to do, so he might as well take a good look around the fortress...

This exploration lasted four or five hours. The Talsis Fortress was quite large, but by the end of the afternoon, Zhou Yuan had already explored most of the interior. Of course, there were many places that he did not have access to.

Although the team leader was a small leader, this position was promoted by the group leader and did not come with corresponding rank privileges.

At around six, Zhou Yuan returned to his dormitory and called his team members to head to the cafeteria. After dinner, they would begin training.

The Defense Force was quite demanding because of the three-shift work system that rotated every month, which could seriously disrupt the body's biological clock. Therefore, the fortress did not specify training times, but left it up to the squad leaders to schedule.

The Third Squad scheduled three hours of physical training. For example, for one group, training from 7 PM to 10 PM was sufficient, followed by a shower and rest period, and then taking over the wall at 11 PM.

Once on the wall, it was time for live ammunition shooting. Outside the defense wall were all bugs, and you could shoot them however you liked. However, at this point, even if it was a real battle, it couldn't be considered training. If you really wanted to count, it was a day of training for eleven hours.

Three hours of physical training, followed by one hour of rest. For Zhou Yuan, these four hours felt like a long, cold winter night. He looked at the time every now and then. After what seemed like an eternity, it was finally time to change shifts.

"Everyone, follow me!"

The squad leader led one group to the defense wall, while Zhou Yuan called his team members and quickly headed to the area responsible for by the Eighth Squad.

In fact, it wasn't just Zhou Yuan who was anxious. His team members were also quite eager. After spending a month in boot camp, the chance to kill bugs was right in front of them, and they couldn't be more excited.

Soon, they arrived at the defense wall.

The defensive wall consists of four lines of defense, namely the patrol wall, the watchtower wall, the automated turret wall, and the automated electric fence wall. When there is no major insect invasion on the fortress, only the watchtower wall and the defensive wall need personnel stationed. These two defensive walls are very close to each other. From an aerial view, they look like railroad tracks with many connecting points, which can be considered as the same wall, with an additional row of watchtowers in front of the patrol wall.

"Hey, well done, buddy!" Upon arriving at the garrison area, Zhou Yuan was immediately greeted by several people, led by a lieutenant named Harlan, who was the captain of the 8th squad of the third group. He was very enthusiastic, giving Zhou Yuan a hug as soon as they met. His team members were equally friendly, making Zhou Yuan a bit bewildered. However, he quickly realized the reason. It must be because of what happened this morning! He had fought so many veterans, and there was no way to keep it a secret. The veterans who got beaten wouldn't spread the news since it was embarrassing, and the rookies wouldn't casually talk about it to avoid offending the veterans. But those veterans who hadn't been beaten might not be so considerate. They were likely to treat this incident as gossip and pass it on to their acquaintances. And then, the gossip would spread like wildfire. A single person defeating forty-seven others, regardless of the era, was an unbelievable feat, and Zhou Yuan, as the protagonist, naturally attracted a lot of attention.

"Hey, buddy, actually, teaching rookies a lesson is a test for us veterans," Harlan said. "We wanted to see the rookies' skills and if there were any tough guys among them. If you look up, you'll notice there are miniature surveillance cameras on the ceiling of the corridors. We saw the whole fight this morning." Harlan asked his team members to wait on the side while he leaned close to Zhou Yuan and whispered, "Surveillance? Don't worry, only the company commander has the permission to activate it, and it's only activated when the company takes in a large number of new recruits. You know, monitoring others without permission is a violation of federal law."

Zhou Yuan furrowed his brows, and the smile on his face faded a bit. "Don't worry, I'm just a little uneasy," he replied softly. "To think that I actually fought my comrade right under the company commander's nose. That's a serious offense that could lead to corporal punishment!" Zhou Yuan shrugged. He wasn't concerned about the surveillance. He was just disappointed in himself for missing something as obvious as surveillance cameras. If he could miss them in the dormitory, he might miss a bug nest on the battlefield. The super soldier serum was powerful, but not powerful enough for him to disregard the insect swarm. Being careless could cost him his life. From now on, he had to make attentiveness a habit. Also, he now knew the truth. No wonder he was promoted out of turn. All those squad leaders and team leaders who were absent from the dormitory had been called by the company commander to watch the show.