Chapter 5 Who wants to be his assistant instructor?

"Instructor, I..."

This was the first time that Li Ran called the instructor seriously. Alpha stood there in a daze, as if he knew he was wrong, but also seemed unaware.

Ji He sighed lightly, didn't say much, and continued with the original teaching content.

"Next, let's get familiar with the control system. This is the main control panel..."

There was only one doctor on duty in the medical room, and more and more patients were waiting, talking about the accident that happened in the mecha class.

"What do you mean the blade is never pointed at one's own people? Does he think he's giving a speech?" An Alpha sergeant picked up the painkiller and was putting it in his mouth.

"Beta can only do logistics. If there is no one else, why would they let Ji He be the instructor?"

"No matter how good a recruit is, he can turn him into a coward."

"Why would Colonel Huo choose someone like this as his subordinate? Such a good path to advancement is wasted."

"I heard that for this field training, Ji He applied for several assistant instructors on the optical network. Who do you think will go?"

"Ji He has just been punished, who wants to be his assistant instructor?"

"It's so funny. Even if you beg me, I won't go."

The waiting area of ​​the infirmary was connected to the corridor. When Huo Yubai passed by, the Alpha officers were sneering at Ji He.

The man frowned slightly, reached out to grab his military jacket, and headed for the control center.

"Colonel, why are you here again?"

Metis was repairing a loophole in the optical network system. When he saw Huo Yubai coming, he went to meet him.

The Ai robot's eyes were crooked, and its head was tilted to silently extract the colonel's pheromone progress analysis.

60% calm, 30% irritability, 5% anger, and 5% heartache.

When analyzing the last value, Metis smiled and looked at Ji He who was busy processing the data.

Although Ji He is only a sergeant, he is a very good assistant to Metis.

He has an excellent memory and understands everything he says at once. The two of them have always worked smoothly together.

Although Metis has no human emotions, if she were human, she thinks she would like Ji He very much.

Colonel Huo hummed softly, raised his eyes to look at Ji He, and asked him to come out.

"Colonel."

Ji He followed Huo Yubai into a small conference room. He watched Colonel Huo sit down first before he sat down.

"How are you going to deal with Li Ran?"

"I reported this to the higher-ups, and as a punishment, he was kept in solitary confinement at the headquarters for this field training." Ji He answered honestly.

Huo Yubai frowned slightly, his brows focused together, looking particularly serious, which made Ji He a little nervous.

"Does the Colonel think this punishment is not enough?"

"I don't think Li Ran is suitable for military service."

Ji He was silent for a while, then said, "He is indeed impulsive and competitive, but it is too early to say that he cannot be a good soldier."

"It is the nature of a soldier to obey. This is not the first time he has made a mistake."

It can be said that, again and again.

Huo Yubai's words made sense, but Ji He still wanted to give him another chance.

"Isn't it stupid to go down this path knowing it's not the right one?"

Ji He felt that these words were not only about Li Ran, but also about himself. He stood up, looked at Colonel Huo, and said word by word: "Knowing that it is impossible to do it, but still doing it."

"Don't you have a path that you want to take even if there is no direction, Colonel?"

Huo Yubai was stumped by the question. He saw his own reflection in Ji He's eyes.

His entire life, from the moment he was born into the Huo family, had been disciplined, polished, and shaped.

Alpha has no path to take even without direction, because he has only one path to take.

Colonel Huo slowly stood up, patted Ji He on the shoulder, and answered honestly, "No."

"Colonel, do you think I'm stupid too?"

Ji He's expression was the same as usual, but Huo Yubai felt that he seemed a little sad.

Alpha didn't say anything. He just felt that even if Ji He was his follower, there might not be any good way for him to rise.

Because Ji He is a Beta, and a Beta with no background at all, no matter how hard he tries, he is destined to live like an alien in the federal military.

"It's stupid, but brave."

This was the only positive comment Huo Yubai could come up with.

"Colonel, not everyone can be like you. You are an Alpha as soon as you differentiate, and you are one in a million S-level. You have the top conditions since you were young."

"You seem to be born to be an excellent soldier."

“But not everyone has the capital.”

Huo Yubai wanted to refute that he had also taken one step at a time, but if he didn't have this identity, if there was no Huo family, would he really be like this today?

The man pursed his lips, remembering what Ji He asked in the nameless mecha - if you were Beta, could you do it?

"Do you think I'm arrogant?"

Ji He thought for a while and said what was in his heart: "You are prejudiced against me and those who are not as good as you."

It's not just Colonel Huo who is biased, it's the whole world.

Huo Yubai did not continue arguing with him. He was also a little confused about what was wrong with him and why he couldn't help but want to find Ji He.

The day of field training soon arrived, and Ji He looked at the vacant position for assistant instructor and sighed.

If there is no one, then there is no one. There must be a way out when you reach the mountain. If there is really no one, he will make one himself.

Field training is an old tradition of the Federation Military that has been passed down since the Earth era. It is a form of survival training that does not involve mecha combat.

Although countless soldiers throughout history have felt that such outdated field training is of little significance in today's highly technological society, the Federal Army still retains this lesson for all soldiers.

The nanospacecraft is rapidly shuttling between countless nebulae.

Xu Tianyang looked through the porthole. The extremely fast speed made him feel as if he was in a grand meteor shower.

"it's beautiful."

All recruits and instructors will go to Barnard Star for field training.

It's called training, but for the recruits, it's more like a wild adventure.

"Why do others have an assistant instructor? Instructor Ji, did you forget to apply for one?"

A round-faced Alpha came over. His name was Cheng Zhi, and he had the highest pheromone level among the recruits led by Ji He.

"I applied for it." Ji He said with an embarrassed look on his face.

Ji He never thought that his popularity was so bad that no Alpha instructor was willing to be his assistant.

He had a good relationship with his colleagues at the control center, but they were all clerical staff and could not participate in field training.

Although Beta didn't finish his words, Cheng Zhi already understood Ji He's situation. He thought to himself that when he became powerful, he would never treat his instructor like this.

"Are we almost at Barnard Planet?"

"Look! What a beautiful green planet."

"That's nothing. If you travel to the planet Tong through space, you will know what beauty is."

"Copper planet? A mining planet? Can it be pretty?"

"It's the Tong of Wutong. Haven't you ever taken a galactic geography class?"

Ji He looked at the group of excited Alpha recruits and recalled the first time he left from Tong Planet on a spaceship.

In his eyes, that green planet was a hundred times, a thousand times more important than his current destination.

Barnard's Star, also belonging to the constellation Ophiuchus, is a deep sky object emitting green light in the universe.

The nanospacecraft passed through bursts of green light at an extremely fast speed and landed steadily on the star Barnard.

No matter they were new recruits or instructors, they all carried bulging backpacks, and from a distance they looked like a vast sea of ​​camouflaged figures.

"Everyone, we have arrived at the planet Barnard now. Let's start the 20-kilometer cross-country run by following the fluorescent icons provided by the optical computer."

The leading Alpha instructor is called Talia, with smooth brown hair and a sturdy figure, which matches her nickname "Brown Bear" very well.

"Is it heavy?" a small Alpha raised his hand weakly.

Talia laughed and scolded, "You can't even memorize this little thing. Go home and be a good boy."

"Everyone be careful, there may be snakes nearby." Ji He, who was also carrying a backpack, reminded the new recruits he brought with him.

Twenty kilometers may not seem long, but the route given by the computer requires climbing, crossing water, passing through thorn bushes and a small piece of virgin forest. It is much more complicated than the weight-carrying running on the training ground.

"Ji He, are you able to do this? Do you want me to help you?" The assistant instructor at the end of the team came over, his tone full of teasing.

Ji He seemed not to hear the malicious intent and replied calmly, "No, I can do it."

He originally had average physical fitness, and since entering the military academy, he has suffered a lot from physical problems.

But Ji He has great endurance and can gradually reach the mid-level. He is not as weak as the Alpha thinks.

However, those who want to talk about you never care about the facts. Their eyes can only see what they think in their hearts and are always blinded.

"oops……"

Xu Tianyang was looking at the instructor's back as he walked in the water. He accidentally slipped and was pulled up by Cheng Zhi who was standing beside him.

"Are you okay?"

Cheng Zhi was seen walking while chopping off the branches that were in the way with a knife to make it easier for his companions behind him to pass.

Xu Tianyang shook his head and whispered thank you.

Ji He turned around and saw this scene.

They traveled through mountains and rivers and finally came to a primeval forest.

As soon as they entered, a fog rose from the deep forest, and visibility was still poor even with night vision goggles.

“There can’t really be snakes here.”

"It's okay, we'll be there soon."

Ji He shook the backpack on his back twice and continued running along the fluorescent icon.

Suddenly there was a rustling sound in the air. Ji He stopped and waved his hand to let the new recruits behind him step back.

A black snake suddenly jumped out from the curved tree trunk. Ji He quickly grabbed the snake by the vital point.

"Instructor, be careful!"

The snake twisted its slippery body and opened its bloody mouth.

Suddenly a bullet flew in the air and hit the black snake's head accurately.

In the mist of the forest, there stood a tall figure, wearing the same military cap as them, with a raised silver pistol flashing by.

"Colonel!"

"It's Colonel Huo!"

Huo Yubai came in the mist, with dew still seeming to fall off his body. Under everyone's gaze, he slowly walked to Ji He's side.

"From now on, I am your assistant instructor."