Phil Star.

Ever since the Zerg invaded Xiling Star on a large scale and tore through the defense line behind the Federation, this place has become the new front line of the battle.

Fighting on two fronts and facing an extremely fierce offensive, the Federation chose a strategic retreat. Frontier planets like Yalan, which were deeply trapped in the occupied area and had no important resources of their own, became the first to be abandoned.

He Kun and others received the order and evacuated quickly. They were then assigned to a new team to continue guarding the galaxy on the edge of the occupied area.

For others, this is a very dangerous mission, but for He Kun and others who have been guarding the border for many years, this is a rare opportunity.

——It allows them to be “seen” and “noticed”, and allows them to accumulate merits efficiently, thus gaining better development prospects.

This morning, the sky was covered with mist and thick clouds.

As soon as He Kun got up, he heard his comrades talking: "The military district has established a new regiment called Shuguang. Have you heard about it?"

"Your information is way out of date. The recruitment notice has been on the intranet for over a week. It seems the situation isn't looking good, and few people are interested in going."

"It's a small, newly formed legion, so everyone's definitely going to wait and see. But I heard yesterday that the new legion's commander is Gu Qiongsheng!"

"...Huh, Doctor Gu?"

"Isn't she a healer? Why is she suddenly building a legion?"

When He Kun heard the three words "Gu Qiongsheng", his ears twitched slightly, and the sleepiness he had just felt after waking up instantly disappeared.

He moved closer to the group, concentrating his attention and listening carefully to their discussion. "It's not just about establishing a legion; she also wants to challenge the military district. I heard they signed a secret agreement. If the requirements aren't met, the legion will be disbanded on the spot..."

"Really? Why would I lie to you? This is news I heard from my uncle. It's secret information, not to be spread to anyone else."

"Can she win? I think it's difficult. Not to mention the subsequent assessments, she can't even meet the minimum recruitment requirements."

The sound of chatting gradually faded away, and the people walked out of the work area, leaving He Kun standing there in a daze, with a glimmer in his eyes.

After a while, the door was pushed open again, and Cao Xinming poked half of his head out from the crack in the door.

"What are you doing, Brother Kun?" the young man asked nonchalantly, "Go get some food. Everyone's been waiting for you for ages."

He Kun had a complicated expression and told Cao Xinming what he had just heard.

Immediately, he said slowly but firmly, "New Legion, I want to sign up."

"...Really?" Cao Xinming tilted his head. "Brother Kun, we've finally made it. This place isn't like that desolate corner of Yalan Star. Here we can earn military merit and carry the title of Silver Glory. Our future is limitless."

"Now, you want to give up the good situation you worked so hard to build and run to a newly formed small army?"

He Kun nodded without hesitation: "Yes, it's decided. Gu Qiongsheng saved my life. Now she is in trouble, I have to help her."

He walked out, his pace gradually quickening: "I'm not going to eat anymore. I'm going to submit my application first. After I leave, I'll leave the other brothers to you..."

"Tsk, Brother Kun, what do you mean by that?" Cao Xinming hooked his shoulder and chuckled, "Who are you looking down on? Come on, let's apply, right? Let's eat first and then we'll go together after dinner."

"I'll tell everyone while we're eating. If we'd known about this, we would have applied for it long ago."

He Kun: "...Didn't you say that you finally made it through?"

Cao Xinming said, "But Gu Qiongsheng saved more than just you."

As he spoke, he raised his arms and shook his shoulders vigorously a few times.

Looking at his nimble arms, a hint of emotion flashed in Cao Xinming's eyes.

"Actually, I've been feeling shoulder pain since about half a year ago. It's really painful. Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night in pain, and I almost want to dig open my shoulder, pull out the bone, and throw it away."

"The last time I went home, I went to see a doctor. He said it was a genetic disease. The shoulder pain was just the beginning. Gradually, my right arm became paralyzed, and later it would spread to the left side and both legs..."

"In less than ten years, I will be a living dead lying in a hospital bed with only my eyeballs moving."

"The day the lieutenant colonel came over, I wanted to explain the situation to her and apply for retirement."

Cao Xinming's voice is very soft.

What he said made He Kun open his eyes wide and turn around in surprise.

Among all the soldiers who came out of Yalan Star, Cao Xinming was the one who loved to move, play and make noise the most. He also had a lively personality and was the happy pill of the entire garrison.

He Kun really couldn't imagine that one day he would be lying on a hospital bed, completely unable to move.

He said worriedly, "Then you now..."

"It's okay, don't be nervous."

Cao Xinming's brows relaxed and he made a mischievous face at him: "It's been contained. After being treated by Xiao Qiongsheng last time, my shoulder hasn't hurt since then."

"She can be said to be my 'reborn parent'."

"It's not just me. Old Zhou, Old Zhao, and the others—they've been on Yalan Star for so many years, in such a cold and snowy place. Who doesn't have some kind of complicated illness?"

"As you said, Gu Qiongsheng saved all of our lives. Now that she's in trouble, how can we not help her?"

Cao Xinming shrugged and suddenly changed the subject.

"Besides... with her abilities, what's wrong with her challenging the Federation?"

He grinned, revealing a pair of snow-white fangs.

"I don't think we'll lose!"

…

First Star, Federal First People's Hospital.

In the spacious single ward on the top floor, separated by a thick layer of shock-proof glass, the doctors and nurses looked stern and walked hurriedly.

The furrowed brows, the sighs of regret, the suppressed sobs of the family members beside him... everything revealed that the condition of the patient in the ward was not good.

Chen Sheng lay on the hospital bed, looking out the window quietly.

There was a fiery cloud floating in the sky, and the crimson light shone through the glass window and fell into his deep pupils, reflecting a light as rich in color as blood and fire.

“Beep, beep…”

The medical equipment at the bedside made a subtle mechanical sound, which echoed faintly in the silent room.

To Chen Sheng's ears, it sounded like the approaching footsteps of death.

It made him very irritated, but he could do nothing about it.

A year ago, Chen Sheng was still a strong newcomer in the military region. In the year-end unified examination, he was able to rush into the top 100 with his individual combat capabilities.

But half a year ago, when he went to the Great Sally Galaxy to carry out a mission, he accidentally fell into the Zerg encirclement. In the fierce battle, his comrades fell one by one. The grief-stricken Chen Sheng fought desperately to break out of the siege, but he also suffered from the root of the disease due to the forced outbreak.

——His mental strength was gradually weakening, just like atrophied nerves, becoming more and more serious day by day.

At first it hurt, as if my whole body was being crushed.

Soon, the movements became slow, the reactions became slow, and the thinking became sluggish...

His limbs seemed to be filled with cement, and his head seemed to be injected with a mass of paste. He felt dizzy and unable to concentrate, and sometimes even fell into a "crash" state - when he closed his eyes and opened them again, the morning light outside the window turned into sunset.

Chen Sheng tried his best to hold on and followed the doctor's instructions to insist on rehabilitation training every day, but his condition not only did not improve, but was rapidly worsening.

Today, the doctor finally gave him a "death sentence".

"I'm sorry, we really tried our best..."

The doctor's weak voice still echoed in his ears: "Spiritual power is the most mysterious area of ​​the human body. To this day, we still don't understand the mechanism of its generation. As for the symptoms you have, we also..."

Chen Sheng was silent.

Yes, he knows all this.

Current medical technology wasn't enough to alleviate his pain or save him—but what was he supposed to do? Just accept his fate and wait for death?!

"Is there nothing I can do?"

The illness came back and my head hurt so much that it felt like it was going to split.

In his hazy vision, Chen Sheng heard his own lung-piercing roar, as if echoing from the distant sky: "Think of a way, think of a way! I can't, I can't just—"

We can't just fall down like this!

His comrades died at the hands of the Zerg, and he was unable to avenge them or drive those damned bugs back home - at a time like this, how could he not fall on the battlefield but on a hospital bed?

“…I can’t fall.”

Being hurriedly sent back to the hospital bed, Chen Sheng murmured dazedly, with tears flashing in the corners of his eyes: "I want to go back to the battlefield, let me go back."

"Please, even if I go down there like this, I'll be laughed at by my brothers..."

“Pah—”

The door of the ward suddenly opened and a slender figure walked in.

Chen Sheng's eyes were bloodshot and his vision was blurred. He could no longer see the appearance of the person who came. He only vaguely heard her mutter "Fortunately, I made it in time", and then she raised her hand and waved something at him.

——In an instant, a miracle happened!

The pain quickly subsided, strength surged back to the limbs, the blood boiled and surged in the body, and the heart beat "thump thump" excitedly!

Chen Sheng suddenly felt like he was alive again.

The visitor simply waved his hand, which overcame all the painful treatments he had endured in the past year and brought him the hope he had longed for and prayed for!

The blurry scene in front of my eyes shook a few times and gradually became clear.

The girl's pretty face gradually appeared in Chen Sheng's red pupils.

"Hello, I'm Gu Qiongsheng."

Under the cover of the sunset glow, the girl smiled, her smile brighter than the sunset glow.

"Young man, I heard you want to return to the battlefield?"

"Well, the Dawn Legion wants to know more about it?"

…

Similar things happened in every corner of the Federation galaxy.

In order to save time, not only Gu Qiongsheng herself was dispatched, but Dr. Zou, Qin Yuan and others also took the "healing light array crystal beads" she made and started an unprecedented battle to recruit people.

They turned to attack soldiers who were seriously ill or injured and had to retire sadly, not only healing their injuries but also giving them the opportunity to return to the battlefield.

Of course, if some soldiers really want to retire, or even want to return to their original regiment, Gu Qiongsheng will not threaten them with treatment.

But to her surprise, nearly 90% of the soldiers happily chose to join the Dawn Legion after they were cured.

Facing Gu Qiongsheng's surprise, Qin Yuan smiled bitterly and shook his head: "...You still don't have enough understanding of your own energy."

For those who have been trapped in despair for a long time, even a glimmer of hope is enough to make them give up everything.

Qin Yuan felt this the most deeply.

He knew the pain of having one's will gradually worn away and edges smoothed out by reality, the feeling of having one's blood grow colder day by day and silently counting down the days of life - like a cold energy taking root deep in the soul, watering it with sadness and unwillingness, and day after day, gradually growing into thorny vines, which pricked the heart, breaking it into pieces and bleeding.

It is a pain that is difficult for healthy people to imagine and cannot fully understand.

At this time, Gu Qiongsheng appeared.

With overwhelming force, she smashed the shackles and shackles with one punch, pulled out the overgrown thorns, and let the bright and warm sunshine shine freely - the soldiers' gratitude to Gu Qiongsheng far exceeded her own understanding.

“This is just the beginning.”

Qin Yuan smiled and said, "The seeds you sow will slowly sprout. Just wait and see. Those who want to see our good show will definitely be disappointed."

He was right.

After a slump of nearly ten days, the number of applications for recruitment to the Legion of Dawn has gradually shown a significant upward trend, and the trend is becoming more and more obvious. Even if some legions have tightened their grip, it still cannot cause any impact.

As the news spread, people who had been treated by Gu Qiongsheng or whose relatives had benefited from her were coming from all directions, building the most solid foundation of Shuguang bit by bit.

The trend is unstoppable.

…

The Sky-Strong Legion.

As soon as Lu Lufeng stepped into the office, his confidant came to report in hastily, with a worried look on his face.

"Captain, the Dawn Legion is...almost full!"