Chapter 7: Huomiao, you are not worthy of being our instructor!

Lieutenant Gu looked at Colonel Huo and found that he was immersed in past memories, which made him more curious about Ji He's performance in the test.

"Tell me, Sergeant Ji, you don't mind, do you?"

Gu Chaowen walked while talking and put his hand on the back of Ji He's neck and patted him twice, like he was petting a kitten.

Ji He's expression changed slightly, and he avoided the question without leaving any trace. He smiled and said, "I didn't perform well. There's nothing to talk about."

Huo Yubai came back to his senses and replied calmly, "Very good."

It is not easy to get a "pretty good" rating from Colonel Huo.

“It was as if he was very afraid of me.”

Gu Chaowen put his hands on his waist, put on his mask again, and said with a smile: "Who told you to have a sullen face every day, like a living Yan Wang? If I were Sergeant Ji, I would be afraid of you too."

"There's nothing I can do. Who told you not to be as gentle, handsome and charming as me?" Lieutenant Gu said as he spread his arms.

Talia couldn't help laughing out loud, and she kept shaking behind Askler.

Huo Yubai frowned slightly, moved closer to Ji He's face, and asked, "What about now?"

The face suddenly enlarged in front of his eyes. Ji He's breathing paused and he didn't hear clearly.

"What?"

"Are you still scared now?"

Ji He really wanted to explain that he was not afraid of him at that time, but he could not accept that Colonel Huo had become a traitor, and his psychological defenses were almost broken at that moment.

All the way to now, he is not afraid of Huo Yubai, but more of loving him too cautiously.

Ji He smiled gently and peacefully and shook his head at Colonel Huo.

Rounds of violent interrogations continued, and these new recruits were tortured for three days and three nights.

"Wait a little longer." Talia reached out and tapped the table with her knuckles.

"If you wait any longer, the rope will break."

Lieutenant Gu forced the folding chair to turn it into a rocking chair, rubbing the edges of his rough nails as he rocked.

Talia rolled her eyes at him. She was not blind, so she could see from the surveillance that several soldiers were helping each other and sharpening the rope.

Among them were Xu Tianyang and Cheng Zhi. They sat back to back, thinking they had avoided the blind spots of surveillance, but they didn't know that the marching tent had already been equipped with multiple miniature cameras.

"Cheng... Brother Cheng... Do you think the instructor will be okay?"

Cheng Zhi had a cold face, his eye sockets were sunken, and he comforted Xu Tianyang: "No news is the best news."

"The instructor said that if we don't give up, he will definitely come back to save us."

"We can't give up on ourselves!"

The days of waiting without any news and the endless torture and interrogation have pushed Cheng Zhi to his limit.

They seemed to have been abandoned by the Federation and thrown on this green planet like garbage.

The fear of the unknown is far more frightening than physical pain.

Finally, on the evening of the fourth day, the masked man brought in a person. It was Instructor Ji that Xu Tianyang and Cheng Zhi had been thinking about.

"Ji..."

Ji He had no ropes on his body and was not injured at all. He looked at the two recruits with cold eyes.

Although his eyes were usually indifferent, Cheng Zhimin noticed something different.

The masked man did not hold Beta hostage, nor did he point a gun at him. There was an eerie harmony between the two men.

Even a dumb guy like Xu Tianyang could tell something was wrong.

"I'm sorry I betrayed the Federation."

The light words fell into the marching tent, like the first thunder exploding in the eardrums of these two people.

"Instructor, what are you talking about!"

"Do you know what you are talking about?"

The two Alphas in front of him struggled, as if they saw that all their hopes for the past few days had dissipated.

"I'm here to advise you."

Ji He seemed to be unable to see their intense movements and angry expressions, and sat calmly in front of them.

This was his first time acting, and he didn't have Lieutenant Gu's thick skin, so he was still a little nervous, afraid that these two people would find out.

"As you know, I'm a Beta. I'm only a sergeant in the federal military, not even a senior non-commissioned officer."

"Am I worse than you Alphas? Not necessarily, but just because I'm a Beta, should I be forever unknown and dispensable?"

“That’s not fair.”

The four big words fell to the ground with a loud sound, and Cheng Zhi looked towards Ji He with eyes full of disappointment.

Xu Tianyang didn't turn around, but kept asking Instructor Ji if he had any difficulties. But then he thought of the eavesdropping device and kept silent.

"Why?"

Ji He raised the corners of his lips slightly, as if he had heard a joke.

"I don't need to have any hardship."

Cheng Zhi slid in front of Ji He in one swift step and shouted, "Traitor! Liar!"

"That's all nonsense!"

"You are not worthy of being a soldier of the Federation! You are not worthy of being our instructor!"

Ji He followed suit, pinched Cheng Zhi's chin, and replied: "If I were not your instructor, do you think you could still talk to me here properly?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Cheng Zhi's eyes, and then he suddenly realized what the man in front of him said.

"What about the others?"

"Are they still alive?"

Ji He chuckled twice and replied, "Dead."

"Where are the other instructors?"

"He's dead too."

Xu Tianyang saw tears welling up in Cheng Zhi's eyes, but they didn't fall.

"You crazy bastard!"

Ji He released Cheng Zhi's chin, and said, "Shouldn't they die?"

"These arrogant and stupid Alphas, don't they deserve to die?"

"Don't tell me you haven't heard what they say about me."

"I have endured so much cold stares and ridicule along the way, I will pay it all back!"

Xu Tianyang didn't say anything. He even couldn't digest it all.

The instructor he respected was a traitor, and they were abandoned by the Federation to fend for themselves here.

Everyone else died, but he and Cheng Zhi were still alive.

A useless, stuttering Alpha, an Alpha who is a padding everywhere, is still alive.

"Are you going to surrender or not?"

Xu Tianyang bit his lips tightly and said nothing, while Cheng Zhi stared at Ji He with a dim look in his eyes.

"A soldier's sword may soar into the air, but it will never be pointed at his own people."

"Instructor, have you forgotten what you said?"

Ji He pursed his lips slightly and did not answer Cheng Zhi's question.

Xu Tianyang looked around silently. Instructor Ji was the only one in the marching tent, and the masked man would guard the door from time to time.

They came all this way not to be traitors, but to be honest soldiers.

Cheng Zhi touched him with his arm, which was the secret signal they had secretly agreed upon.

Xu Tianyang took the initiative and pounced on Ji He, buying time for Cheng Zhi.

The rope between the two of them was worn down by the friction day and night, and Xu Tianyang held Ji He tightly.

Strangely, Ji He didn't struggle much.

Cheng Zhi rushed out and looked up to see Lieutenant Gu warming himself by the campfire.

Lieutenant Gu was wearing an interstellar pirate's uniform, and he had torn off the mask with a white skull on a black background.

"It's really cold, do you want to warm yourself by the fire?"

Gu Chaowen had a smile in the corner of his eyes, and the red light reflected on his high nose bridge, making him look extremely handsome.

Cheng Zhi then came to his senses and realized that all the uneasy feelings he had felt during the days he was held captive had a source.

He had doubts from the beginning. It was a low probability event to encounter interstellar pirates on a planet not far from the Federation Headquarters.

Overnight, all the sentries were knocked down, and Instructor Ji first fled and then surrendered.

There is something weird about all of this.

Xu Tianyang didn't know this yet. He was struggling with the instructor, but was killed by Ji He. He was being dragged out of the marching tent in a disgraced state.

Xu Tianyang foolishly thought that he was about to die, until he saw with his own eyes Chief Instructor Talia and Colonel Huo coming out of the makeshift small room.

"You...you all..."

"Congratulations, you've completed the test." Talia walked to Xu Tianyang.

Cheng Zhi and Xu Tianyang exchanged glances from a distance, and both breathed a sigh of relief, and their restless hearts finally calmed down.

"Sergeant Ji, who wrote your lines? This is the first time I've seen the feel of a TV drama on a monitor." Talia smiled and brushed the dust off Ji He's body.

Ji He lowered his head and said, "I just made it up."

The flames spread, and occasionally there was a series of crackling sounds, like a series of dumb cannons being fired continuously.

"Come with me."

Colonel Huo changed into a pair of high military boots, which made his legs look straighter and longer. When his feet stepped on the grass, they made a slight sound.

"yes!"

"Are those words all made up?"

Ji He nodded, not understanding why Huo Yubai asked this.

Huo Yubai was silent for a while. When he heard Ji He say those words in the monitoring room, he felt uncomfortable.

At first, he thought it was because Ji He played a villain role, but later he realized it was because Ji He was telling the truth.

There was silence for a long while, and suddenly a few fireflies emerged from the deep grass. Ji He reached out and grabbed one, placed it in his palm, and let it fly away.

"Did they bully you?"

The voice was very soft, and compared to Colonel Huo's usual indifferent tone, it could even be described as gentle.

Ji He was stunned for a moment, then slowly replied, "Not really."

"If someone really bullies me, I will fight back."

"This is the path I chose. Whether it's Yangguan Road or a single-plank bridge, I'm happy with it."

Huo Yubai turned his head, caught a firefly like Ji He, and let it fly away.

"Um."

Alpha had a strange feeling in his heart. He couldn't tell what it was called, but when he looked at this subordinate who he had never noticed, his eyes darkened a little.

He turned his back, took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, put it in his mouth, and lowered his head slightly.

A pair of hands with bulging veins were clenched into two semicircles. The lighter made a few crisp sounds, but no fire was produced.

Huo Yubai frowned slightly, reached out to take the unburned cigarette, and the lighter in his hand was taken over by Ji He beside him.

"bite--"

The moment the flame ignited, Colonel Huo saw the orange-red flame jump across Ji He's face for a moment.

"Colonel, fire."

The blazing flames passed over Beta's eyebrows and burned between Alpha's fingers.