Qin Xin and Tang Wanzhou naturally did not gain any benefits from Jiang Ling, and after a night of in-depth communication, they also realized the differences between awakened people and awakened people, and awakened people and ordinary people.
The next day, which was January 1, 2056, the three people, each with their own ulterior motives, said goodbye at the dormitory door and went to wherever they needed to go.
Jiang Ling has been very busy recently, with her schedule filled with intensive training courses. At this stage, the selection of the second batch of astronauts has already passed the preliminary preparations, and about 60% of the original 420 test-takers have been eliminated. But now is the most difficult time - the awakened ones may still be able to handle it with ease, but ordinary people must rely on their willpower.
She took two elevators and arrived at a place she had been to before.
The fourth area looked much the same as before. If anything, it was probably just a few unfamiliar faces. Jiang Ling followed her memory and stepped onto the trestle. Then, following the temporary roadside signs, she arrived at a recently cleared exoskeleton storage area. The water stains on the ground hadn't dried yet. Across an internal road, she could see the markings on the slope from a distance—"E1"—about a hundred meters away from Plot C.
She wasn't too late, but most of the remaining trainees were already there. At the top of the slope stood a hundred or so men in training uniforms, gathered in small groups. Most of them looked relaxed, though a few seemed quite excited. Clearly, these guys hadn't figured out what was going to happen. This place definitely wasn't some kind of spring outing for elementary school students.
Jiang Ling didn't like crowded places, but she still approached slowly. But before she could squeeze into the crowd, a pair of old acquaintances came up to her.
"Hey~ No. 067, long time no see." They naturally blocked Jiang Ling's way.
"You are - 032 and 033?" Jiang Ling still had some impression of them.
"Ah, don't be so strange. Let me introduce myself again. My name is Liu Haiyang and his name is Yu Lei. We have met before!" said No. 032.
"Yes, I know. We met half a year ago when we first entered the physical training ground." Jiang Ling verified his statement.
"No, we met once before. My appearance has changed a lot. Do you remember the 'Meat Mountain Incident'? You asked us for a blueprint at that time." Liu Haiyang explained.
"Hmm, huh? Oh! So you are..." Jiang Ling seemed to understand.
"Yes, yes, that time!" Liu Haiyang was rarely overjoyed, as excited as meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
"No, I don't remember it at all." Jiang Ling poured a bucket of cold water on him, chilling him to the bone. "At the time, I was only thinking about getting the blueprints. I think there was a very enthusiastic uncle? He kept trying to recruit me, but I was so busy running away that I didn't have time to do it! In the end, the blueprints were really useless. It was almost a year later that I actually used the exoskeleton. By then, the old version of the blueprints was no longer up to date, and many parts didn't match up."
"Is that so?" Liu Haiyang smiled awkwardly. "At that time, I was helping that uncle, uh, my master."
"Oh? You weren't the waiter serving tea, were you?" Jiang Ling recalled some scenes. "So what did you do afterwards? I haven't heard anything about your glorious deeds from Lao Ning."
"My master's name is 'Iron Face'. He has always been the instructor for new recruits in the Countermeasures Bureau. As for me, there are too many people here, so let's talk about it after we get back," Liu Haiyang replied.
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