Noticing the change in the expressions of the people around him, Cheng Hua suddenly took a step back and began running towards Mo Shuwan without hesitation, shouting as he ran, "Captain, these guys were hiding their strength! I'm afraid I can't hold them off!"

Before Cheng Hua's voice even faded, Wen Zuo and the others had already sensed the enemy's change. They were still holding back and couldn't fully cope with the enemy, so they expected that they would be completely unable to resist once the enemy stopped holding back.

Although they didn't communicate, they tacitly protected Mo Shuwan in the center and intentionally kept their distance from the foreign invaders.

At the same time, Mo Shuwan immediately took out the frozen arrow containing dark power from her ring. She didn't even bother to melt the ice encasing the arrow; she simply nocked it onto the bowstring.

The extraterrestrial invaders, their eyes practically glowing green as they stared at Cheng Hua, paid no attention to the arrow. But their indifference didn't mean they wouldn't dodge. Some of the extraterrestrial invaders, extremely confident in themselves, charged straight at it. One of them slashed fiercely at the arrow encased in ice, saying, "Hmph, a little trick."

"Get out of the way!"

In the Fifth Legion of the Tenth Fortress, after the remaining new recruits were sent to morning training, the captains of each squad gathered in a huge, sealed room. Inside, there were many giant steles, densely covered with names. At the bottom of each stele were the names of the new recruits, and at this time, some of these names had completely faded away.

Zhao Xizhe stared intently at the giant monument displaying his team's name. Compared to other teams, they were relatively lucky, as none of their names had gone dark yet, but conversely, none of their names had climbed up either.

Standing next to him, Xiao Jin sighed, "Eighteen died, but only nine earned merit."

"Ten of my men died, but twenty-one earned merits, which is not bad."

The other squad leaders nearby also started discussing among themselves. Among them, Rome's squad was the most outstanding, with more and more names climbing the ranks, and two of them were even approaching the very end of the previous batch of recruits.

Even Rome himself was full of surprise. "I observed Qin Liu and Wan Sheng carefully when they came in, but I didn't see anything outstanding about them. Do they have some special physique?"

"Very likely."

"At this rate, they are very likely to automatically be promoted to blue-level soldiers after they come out with enough military merits."

"However, relatively speaking, they are also in greater danger."

Rome laughed and said, "I believe they won't be busy killing. They should be able to dodge appropriately. As long as they don't run away at the first sign of danger, it's worth encouraging them to take appropriate precautions."

Although Rome's words were not directed at anyone, Zhao Xizhe, who had been unable to participate in their discussion, darkened his face. He simply couldn't believe that his team of two hundred men would be so lucky as to not encounter a single enemy.

After the incident began, almost every team was attacked in the first wave, but now more than three hours have passed, and his team is still exactly the same as before.

Lin Yi, who had previously led her team past Zhao Xizhe and his group, smiled and said, "Xizhe, didn't you say that the soldiers in your team were stronger than most of the soldiers in mine? Why haven't you made a move yet?"

Seeing that Zhao Xizhe remained silent, Xiao Jin frowned. "Perhaps they are in the middle of a battle—Xizhe! Look!"

Zhao Xizhe had been keeping a close eye on his squad's area, so he immediately noticed the changes in several names within the squad. One name quickly rose to the front and directly surpassed the last ten of the previous batch of recruits.

The room fell silent. After a moment, Wei Xin turned to Zhao Xizhe and asked, "This...this is a gray-level soldier in your team?"

Mo Shuwan —

In an instant, he surpassed hundreds of people, leaving his name at the very bottom of the monument.

Lin Yi, who had just been secretly mocking Zhao Xizhe, pursed her lips and swallowed the words that were about to come out.

"Hmm." Zhao Xizhe snapped out of his thoughts, frowning as he remembered that the other person was a new recruit from the Time Bus. "I have something to do, I'll be back later."

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Xiao Jin said with a complicated expression, "Judging from the speed at which her name appeared, she must have killed quite a few invaders from outside the region with a single strike. With such strength, she must not have been unknown before. Xi Zhe probably went to the archives to check the information."

Xiao Jin guessed correctly. Zhao Xizhe did indeed rush to the archives after leaving the military merit monument. The life files of every soldier after entering the military camp would be collected and placed here in a very short time. As the captain of a squad, he was qualified to enter the archives for ten minutes every week.

After using his badge to enter the archives, Zhao Xizhe immediately found the information of his team members.

Mo Shuwan: Gray-level Soldier

File registration: Encryption

Encryption level: Five stars

Zhao Xizhe's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at the encryption level. In the legion, encryption levels were divided into stars, with the lowest being one star and the highest being five stars. Yet, he saw a five-star encryption level in the data of a gray-level soldier in his own team. What this represented was self-evident.

He left the archives with a shocked and incredulous expression, and even after returning to the room where the monument to military achievements stood, he was still unable to come to his senses.

Wei Xin waved his hand in front of Zhao Xizhe's eyes, "What did you see?"

Zhao Xizhe snapped out of his daze, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "It's an encrypted file; I'm not authorized to view it."

"An encrypted file?!"

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