Chapter Five: A New Day
"Lieutenant Qi An, from today onwards you are a member of the Army Defense Force, serving in the 2nd Detachment of the 3rd Regiment's Wind Chaser Team."
You are still a member of the Purification Alliance, but you have a formal military rank and officer file. Your salary and allowances, as well as your promotions and appointments, are all within the Army Defense Force system.
You are a soldier, and your duty to fight for the base and for humanity will not end until the day you are wounded and discharged, or until you sacrifice your life!
The enlistment ceremony was simple yet solemn, and Qi An inevitably felt a surge of solemn excitement when he took the oath.
Unfortunately, even the smallest size military uniform was too big for her, and the loose, floor-length trousers somewhat ruined the atmosphere and mood.
A whisper came from the direction of Team 1: "This Qi An can't even lift a gun, I thought Team 2 got lucky..."
Yu Shuang gave a signal, and a baby-faced male soldier in the second squad shouted, "Report! There are people whispering in the first squad, suspected of slandering our team members!"
Wei Fengduo, the captain of the Chengfeng team, and the people from the military affairs department sitting in front all looked over. The baby-faced male soldier pointed precisely at the team member of Ququ Qi'an.
The team member immediately stood at attention, his face flushed red.
Wei Fengduo glanced over and said in a deep voice, "Silence! If you hold another meeting down there, get out!"
If Team 1's captain Zhou Yang were here, he could definitely argue with him, but Zhou Yang is in solitary confinement. The only people from Team 1 who came to join in the fun were Vice Captain Liu Wei and two main players.
The male soldiers from Team 1, who had been whispering, blushed and replied "Yes" at Liu Wei's signal.
He lowered his head, but inwardly he sneered.
This is probably a serious problem for the two teams. This purifier is so delicate, she'd be a complete liability on the battlefield!
The ceremony concluded successfully, and Qi An completed all the necessary procedures for his job transfer.
People left the lecture hall one after another. Wei Fengduo called away Yu Shuang and Zhao Bohan, and Qi An was surrounded by the remaining members of Team 2.
Everyone has experienced her purification, and everyone has shown her great kindness.
"Dr. Qi has joined the team, such a great thing deserves a celebration! Let's go find a restaurant and let Vice Commander Zhao pay!" The baby-faced male soldier was named Zhuang Xiao. He was not tall, but his voice was extremely loud.
A slender and beautiful female soldier with long, scorpion braids hummed, "The deputy captain told us to prepare for collaborative training before he left!"
This is medic Su Qingran.
Despite being described as a medical professional, this person also has a B-level physical enhancement. Although they look frail, they could probably take down an opponent with a single punch.
The last man, a burly male soldier who appeared to be over 190 cm tall and weighed at least 100 kg, was named Tang Long. He was the one who had saved Qi An with Yu Shuang.
In terms of balance in terms of enhancement, it is the worst. Its enhancement rating is BD. Its strength is terrifying enough to lift a car by hand, but its mental and intelligence enhancement values are only 2.
Tang Long said softly, "Let's go back to the rest room first and decide when the captain and vice-captain return."
He glanced at Qi An's military uniform, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If Dr. Qi doesn't mind, I can help you alter that spare uniform. If all goes well, you can wear it tomorrow."
Qi An was greatly shocked. Could those large, fan-like hands really hold a needle?
But she was also extremely grateful—she had no sewing skills whatsoever.
The group returned to the lounge first. Qi An sat quietly in the corner of the sofa, while Tang Long busied himself pouring water for everyone. Zhuang Xiao and Su Qingran argued more and more heatedly about whether it was more important to celebrate the new members joining the team or to conduct preliminary training.
Zhuang Xiao's voice sounded like she'd eaten a hundred suonas (traditional Chinese wind instruments), and Qi An felt a sharp pain in his eardrums. However, the two captains returned in just over ten minutes.
"It's time to put these kids to work again!" Yu Shuang slammed his hand on the desk, looking quite helpless.
Zhao Bohan closed the door tightly. "The brigade just issued us a new mission order: the detection satellite has discovered that there may be signs of large-scale activity of Fallen Insects in the abandoned urban cluster to the northwest of the base. We need to confirm this intelligence."
If this is true, we need to ascertain the approximate location, scale, and activity patterns of the fallen insects.
The mission will last 1-3 weeks; we depart tomorrow.
China currently has a base cluster consisting of 37 local bases, with the North Base as its center.
The North Base retains a significant portion of the nation's military and scientific research capabilities, and three years ago it successfully launched over a hundred nanosatellites in a single launch.
Nanosatellites replaced the old, neglected satellites that had become space junk, forming a regional constellation and restoring communication networks across the continent.
That's why humans now have satellite detection capabilities.
The members of Team 2 looked at each other in surprise, not expecting that the newcomers would have a mission so soon after joining the team.
The argument subsided, the alterations were done and the team worked overtime. In the afternoon, Qi An conducted an emergency teamwork training session with the new members, and in the evening he went to say goodbye to Tang Xinying.
She brought a box of dried dates that she had saved up all winter as a gift, and cooked a meal herself to repay Teacher Tang for helping her switch teams.
As Qi An left Tang Xinying's apartment, the moonlight was bright, and he couldn't help but stop to look at the jade disc in the clear night sky.
It is said that the contamination information was originally brought back by astronauts who landed on the moon.
What painful struggles did he go through to transform from a hero to a sinner?
Qi An was looking at the moon, and Tang Xinying was also looking at her from the window.
The steam from the tea blurred the woman's expression, and her gaze followed Qi An through the thin mist until she could no longer see him.
At the logistics department of the Army's special operations equipment receiving and registration office, a middle-aged woman was also hiding behind a glass curtain wall, her expression unreadable.
On February 17, two brown-yellow off-road vehicles from Team 2 passed through the heavy iron gate of the base, through layers of guard posts, and headed west along the old road buried by sandstorms.
This is the first time in three years that Qi'an has truly stepped out of the base.
At sunrise, the sky was a magnificent purplish-red, and the poplar branches were tinged with the rich gold of the morning light, making the earth vast and beautiful.
Zhuang Xiao opened the car window and began humming a tune that drifted off into the crisp morning breeze.
The two team leaders in the two vehicles were communicating about their destination via walkie-talkie, occasionally exchanging jokes and banter.
"We're out of the base's support area now, guys, cheer up!"
"Old Zhao, start the reconnaissance drone!" Yu Shuang shouted with a smile.
Qi An gripped his gun tightly, feeling a thrill of tension or excitement!
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