At 9:00 a.m. on December 1, Chen Feng and more than 2,000 new students gathered at the school's drill ground. Then, military vehicles drove in one after another, and fully armed soldiers gathered in front of them, standing solemnly in front of the 2,000 new students.
"Dear new students, you have been enrolled for three months now, and everyone's strength has made great progress. Almost all of you have broken through to the eighth-rank martial artist, nearly half of you have broken through to the middle of the eighth-rank, one-tenth of you have broken through to the late of the eighth-rank, and more than thirty of you have broken through to the peak of the eighth-rank."
Now is the time to test the results of your training. This year's freshman trial mission will begin, and all freshmen will be randomly assigned to the front line stronghold outside Tianlang Pass to defend the stronghold with the Tianlang Army soldiers.
This year is a special case. Just two and a half months ago, we achieved a great victory over the werewolf army, pushed our forward outposts forward by 200 miles, and re-established 100 new outposts in this area.
You two thousand-plus people will be distributed among these new strongholds, and the werewolf clan has never given up attacking these strongholds, so the challenges you face are far greater than those of previous freshmen, but this is also your opportunity.
Because your stronghold is located in front of the werewolf territory, which we human warriors haven't set foot in for one or two decades. It is also rich in various resources. Those with the strength can explore and collect various resources.
However, I must also remind all freshmen that the battle with the werewolves is a life-or-death racial war. Once you encounter werewolves, you must fight to the death. Only by killing them can we live, or we will be killed by them and the war will end.
Therefore, for this year's freshman trial, the school has set a death rate of 15%. That means that about 300 of you will die at the hands of werewolves and will never be able to return to school, let alone the human world or your home.
To survive, you must diligently cultivate and study. Strength alone is not enough; you must also learn survival skills and combat techniques from the frontline Sirius soldiers. This is part of your month-long trial.
As the head instructor of this year's freshmen, Zhou Yuru led dozens of fourth-grade or fifth-grade grandmaster teachers, who were stationed around the training ground. Everyone's expression was very serious, because this was a handover that would mean life and death.
Hearing Zhou Yuru's words, many freshmen turned pale, because they were afraid of death. They were all seventeen or eighteen-year-old youths, and they all had a bright future ahead of them. Who would want to die like this?
However, no one retreated, because the education they received from childhood included the indoctrination to fight to the death against the alien race. Even knowing that they would die, they still persisted without moving. However, many of the new students bit their lips tightly, some even biting their lips until they bled.
"Next, we will assign the top ten students from the freshman competition to the ten most advanced outposts out of the one hundred outposts. You will automatically become the captains of the freshmen in your respective outposts."
I hereby announce that Chen Feng will lead Team One to Forward Outpost One, Zhang Shanfeng will lead Team Two to Forward Outpost Two, and Li You will lead Team Three to Forward Outpost Three.
As the announcement came from the podium, Chen Feng and nine others stepped forward, and then twenty freshmen gathered behind them. One of the guys who looked somewhat familiar even called out "boss" with a grin.
Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, then remembered this guy. He was Huang Zhiyong, who had challenged him on stage when the freshmen were choosing their accommodations, but then paid money to lose more gracefully. Now he had actually broken through to the mid-stage of the eighth rank martial artist.
Chen Feng glanced at him and nodded slightly, which made Huang Zhiyong overjoyed. He didn't expect that his boss would still remember him. Then, the group of freshmen, led by Chen Feng, walked towards the soldier with the number one badge on his chest.
"First team of freshmen from the Wilderness Martial Arts University, reporting to the commander of the First Forward Outpost," Chen Feng announced loudly.
"Then get in the car." The other person was a burly man with a broad face, around forty years old, with a powerful aura, at least a sixth-rank martial artist. He simply nodded and then turned to lead Chen Feng and his group to the military vehicle next to them.
The military vehicle was very spacious, with just enough room for twenty-two people. So the burly man with the broad face took the lead and got on the vehicle, sitting in the last left seat. Chen Feng then followed and got on the vehicle, sitting in the last right seat.
He knew the rules of the Sirius Army. Generally, the strongest person in the team would sit at the back, not because it was a convenient place to escape, but because it was the most vulnerable to attack. The strongest person sitting there could protect the other soldiers.
"Soldiers, my name is Fang Zhongda, and I am the deputy company commander of Forward Outpost No. 1. We have a total of 300 soldiers at Forward Outpost No. 1, including two sixth-rank martial artists, eighteen seventh-rank martial artists, and the rest are all eighth-rank martial artists." The burly man with a broad face introduced himself in a loud voice after everyone was seated.
"Good morning, Company Commander Fang. My name is Chen Feng, and I am the captain of Team One." Chen Feng immediately greeted them and introduced himself. Afterward, the other freshmen also introduced themselves.
"It's about 300 li from Tianlang Pass to our No. 1 forward outpost, which will take about five hours. You can take a short rest. Once we enter the forward outpost, we will be under military management, and you'll be busy and on high alert," Fang Zhongda told everyone.
"Company Commander Fang, is our No. 1 forward outpost the most dangerous? How often do the werewolves attack? How powerful are the werewolves usually?" At this moment, Huang Zhiyong, who was sitting next to Chen Feng, took the initiative to ask. This guy is probably a gangster.
"The top ten forward outposts are all located at the very front, so their levels of danger are roughly the same. Our first forward outpost is located on the far right, occupying a small hill, and is the outpost that the werewolves attack the most."
Because our stronghold had only been established for a month and a half, the werewolves would attack almost every two or three days, but most of the time it was just a probing attack to find out our strength.
As for the strength of the werewolf soldiers, most of them are at the eighth rank. However, werewolves are tall and strong, possess immense strength, and are extremely ferocious; their strength is not weak. It's just that we human warriors understand martial arts techniques and, more importantly, teamwork, so we are not at all inferior to the werewolves in battle.
Fang Zhongda was surprisingly willing to communicate with everyone, and a smile appeared on his broad face as he answered Huang Zhiyong's question. Afterwards, some other freshmen also became bolder and asked some questions.
Fang Zhongda answered everyone's questions one by one, including explaining some of the rules of the stronghold's military camp, some stories of fighting against werewolves, and giving a general introduction to the main combat forces in the stronghold.
"Don't underestimate our company commander just because she's a woman. She's much stronger than me. She's a late-stage sixth-rank martial artist and a violent maniac. She's the kind of person that even werewolf soldiers are afraid of." Fang Zhongda even gossiped about Si Yuniang, the company commander of the No. 1 forward outpost.
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