Chapter 19 Backstab
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[Oh my god, what the hell is going on?! I was watching a live military training show, not a wilderness survival show! Even the script wouldn't dare write something like this!]
[The couple I was supporting suddenly broke up, woooo! ]
【In fact, I think the atmosphere of their confrontation is stronger.】
The Betas were all confused as they watched Shi Hanqiao suddenly turn his gun and point it at Luo Wusheng. The latter opened his eyes wide in confusion, his hand suspended in mid-air, his slender fingertips moved unconsciously, and his whole body revealed an aura of doubt, but he did not show any wary hostility.
Shi Hanqiao raised his hand and fired a shot, then put it back into the space button in boredom.
It was so boring. There was no fear in Luo Wusheng's beautiful eyes. Apart from confusion, there wasn't even a ripple. It was so boring.
The particle bullet brushed past Luo Wusheng's ear. He was not afraid, but he felt that Shi Hanqiao seemed a little dissatisfied, but he didn't know where this dissatisfaction came from.
Beep——
[Points: 8]
"Pack up and go."
Shi Hanqiao put his hands in his pockets and leaned back against the tree.
After Luo Wusheng collected the space buttons of the eight 'dead' people, the Betas turned to attack him and Shi Hanqiao for colluding with each other.
"Shut up, you dead man! Don't you understand the rules of military training?" Shi Hanqiao didn't wait for their response and continued, "I forgot, your military training is over."
"However, your 'death' was very environmentally friendly. We were able to return by helicopter, which was much more economical than the manpower and resources required to bring you back if you were 'killed in action' later."
[Shente Miao's environmental protection...]
[Please find out the psychological trauma of these eight warriors who were killed as soon as they landed.]
[I'm about to switch sides. What Shi Hanqiao said seems to make sense.]
[Non-military majors don't have the ability to protect themselves, so it's better to leave the main battlefield to freshmen majoring in military majors.]
[This isn't a question of military or non-military expertise. Shi Hanqiao is the problem. She attacked her teammates the moment she landed, without a trace of guilt. Who can guarantee she won't backstab her comrades in the future?!]
Artificial intelligence selected more shots of Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng for playback, which caused great controversy among the audience.
Meanwhile, at the Joint Base Control Center, majors from the nine military commands and the leaders of the four major military academies gathered. Dozens of large screens covered an entire wall, broadcasting live broadcasts of key teams. While the general public could only observe the students' performances and then discern their strengths, the academies had already gathered data on their performances and were closely monitoring them from the moment they boarded the helicopter.
The video of Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng was also among them, but it was in the corner. The only reason it had a place among so many screens was because Luo Wusheng was an Omega who had been admitted to the command department.
Now, Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng’s live broadcasts firmly occupy the C position.
"Shi Hanqiao." A lady with elegant long hair lowered her head to glance at the student information on the screen. On her shoulder was the same military rank as Ling Mie, and the badge on her chest had the number seven written on it.
She looked up at Ling Mie, who was sitting a seat away, her fox eyes curved. "Shi, it's not a common surname. I've only known one in my life."
Ling Mie didn't want to pay attention to her. Apart from his own commander, he never liked other commanders. He felt that they were too scheming and their words were always roundabout and difficult to convey.
The teacher at the Imperial Military Academy said with a smile, "Shi Hanqiao, both your physical fitness and mental strength are C-level, which is even rarer than a genius."
Back then, Shi Qi was known as a peerless genius. Although Shi Hanqiao was a double-waste child, she was still her daughter. Even if everyone present didn't know about this relationship before entering the room, they would definitely know it once they got there. The teacher at the Imperial Military Academy deliberately brought it up to use Shi Hanqiao to mock Shi Qi.
Ling Mie respected Shi Qi the most, and a surge of anger rose in his heart. He stood up suddenly, and the voice of Fox Eyes interrupted him before he could say anything.
"Thank you. Pass me a glass of water." Fox Eyes stretched out her hand towards him. Ling Mie thought of the boss' instructions and suppressed the anger in his heart. He poured a glass of water and handed it to her. After sitting down again, he heard her deliberately gentle voice again.
"Ling Mie, you're just a roughneck. Be careful from now on. This isn't the border. Most of the people here aren't used to seeing pools of blood and piles of corpses." He glanced at the teachers from the Imperial and Royal Military Schools across the way, then scolded Ling Mie, "You're making such a fuss just to get me some water. If someone saw or heard something unpleasant, they'd get mad and be terrifying."
After saying that, she turned to Ling Mie with a sharp look in her eyes, and her gentle voice suddenly became stern: "Did you hear that clearly?"
The sudden increase in volume did not scare the majors who had just returned from the battlefield, but it did frighten the teachers who had only seen Zerg in videos.
Ling Mie gave her a favor: "Got it."
The subsequent analysis and discussion were much more normal, at least no one was making sarcastic remarks anymore.
The main focus on Shi Hanqiao was that she eliminated her teammates, and the debate among everyone present also revolved around her behavior.
"Shi Hanqiao's behavior is very dangerous. I'm not even talking about whether she has a sense of community. She's backstabbing her teammates. On the battlefield, she'd be a traitor to humanity!"
"Her thinking is also very dangerous. Military training has just begun, and she's already 'killed' her teammates to gain eight points. This kind of lone wolf mentality is unacceptable."
"You said it yourself, the military training has just begun, so don't rush and wait and see what she does next."
"Those who were eliminated were all freshmen who were not majoring in military affairs. She didn't attack Luo Wusheng, who was also majoring in military affairs."
"Oh, so what you're saying is that if we encounter bandits holding hostages in the future, we shouldn't rescue them but just kill them so they can't threaten us anymore? That's ridiculous!"
"What you are talking about is not of the same nature as this."
"The thoughts revealed by Shi Hanqiao's behavior are likely to lead him to do such a thing!"
The debate was mainly among teachers from the four major military academies. The teachers from the Imperial Military Academy advocated criticizing Shi Hanqiao, while the teachers from the Sphinx Academy defended him. The teachers from the other two military academies each had their own disputes.
As for the majors from the nine military regions, none of them took sides. They all listened to their arguments in silence and watched the live broadcast in the center of the screen.
The argument reached a stalemate, and the only commander present, Ms. Fox Eyes, could no longer sit idly by and take control of the situation. "To put it more seriously, Shi Hanqiao's behavior is backstabbing. I think backstabbing is something that every soldier here detests!"
"But this is a joint military training."
"There are 200,000 new students. The standards for military and non-military majors are different. And within the military, the standards for mecha designers, commanders, and soldiers are all different. This joint military training doesn't just involve the four major military academies. It's about bringing together people from different majors, departments, and personalities. Every major, department, and even every individual faces different challenges, and everyone gains something different from this training."
"I think everyone knows the purpose of this military training. It's because this year's freshmen's numbers are so good, and we're putting these talented individuals together to hone them and make them even better. Maybe next year's league will be a continuation of this training. Talent or hard work, until the end, no one can tell which is superior."
"Military training has just begun, and as a commander, I can't see anything right now." Ms. Fox Eyes concluded her statement: "I don't think the current debate is meaningful, so I suggest we continue to observe."
These words successfully calmed the arguing teachers and convinced the other majors present, but Ling Mie had learned countless bitter lessons from falling into her trap before. Years of experience told him that she would not mention Shi Hanqiao for no reason. It should not be because of her identity as Shi Qi's daughter. After all, the Luo Wusheng beside her is still the eldest prince.
Ling Mie's gaze shifted from the screen to the fox eyes. There was always a smile on the corner of her mouth. After noticing his gaze, she blinked slightly, then turned her gaze back to Shi Hanqiao in the center of the screen, and never looked away again.
A sudden light bulb went off in his brain, which was rarely used except in combat. This joint military training command major had a separate bonus task, and when they were asked about its significance for command, many people started guessing key words from the moment they got on the helicopter.
Fox Eyes is a commander, and it was she who proposed this bonus task. Ling Mie suddenly looked up and looked at Shi Hanqiao who was walking side by side with Luo Wusheng on the screen.
Did she already know the key words? !
How is that possible? The military training has just begun!
"Do you know the key words for commanding exclusive tasks?" Luo Wusheng found a wooden pole and swept the weeds under his feet to make way. He was silent all the way, but still asked the person with his hands in his pockets beside him.
"What?"
Shi Hanqiao had no interest in this military training and originally planned to leave early and return to the Sphinx library to continue studying mechas, but after discovering that Luo Wusheng was W, she gave up the idea.
"What is the significance of this military training for the commander?" Luo Wusheng stopped and looked into her eyes intently, hoping to find some clues from them.
But no, he could see nothing.
"I'm not from the command department, how would I know." Leng Ao's eyes flashed with golden light, and his superficial smile was lazy and careless. Shi Hanqiao felt a little better. She saw that the other party's eyes became more serious after she finished speaking, and a layer of coldness seemed to surround his body.
Luo Wusheng caught the subtle flaw in her words and said in a more serious tone: "According to your logic, since you are not from the command department, you should say that you simply don't know how to think about this problem, not that you don't know."
"Give me a reason!"
Shi Hanqiao blinked, pretending not to know: "What's the reason?"
"The reason why you attacked your teammates." Luo Wusheng had no feelings for those eight people, but at least they formed a team.
He had thought of some cruel keywords at the beginning, but now he had just landed and military training had just begun. He was not sure about the intention of the person who asked this question, so he did not take any action and planned to wait and see.
Shi Hanqiao's sudden attack startled him, but he remained calm. Even when she pointed the gun at him, and he had no doubt she would shoot, he forced himself to remain calm.
Because of the command, no matter what the circumstances, even if your life is seriously threatened, you must keep a clear head.
Luo Wusheng analyzed many situations and had many reasons to explain Shi Hanqiao's behavior, but he wanted to hear her say it herself.
Regardless of whether this reason was justified or not, he wanted her to say it in person. Only in this way could he temporarily trust Shi Hanqiao during the following military training and keep his back to her.
"You are angry." Shi Hanqiao did not answer, but her mood became better because of his eyes filled with deep emotions.
Sure enough, she guessed correctly, his angry eyes looked much better than his calm eyes.
A change in his expression is more interesting than those old men in the fairy world and the demon sect who are jumping up and down in anger.
The old men could only curse at her, calling her "evil creature" and "bastard". Later, they were intimidated by her pressure and became submissive in front of her, and only dared to do tricks behind her back.
At first, Han Qiao was interested in playing with them, but later he found it increasingly boring.
The emotions expressed by the real person are the template of the virtual image in the star realm. When he stands here, Shi Hanqiao can feel the feeling of an invisible presence. His breathing rhythm, subtle expressions, and even the body temperature when he gets close are all things that the virtual image cannot convey.
Luo Wusheng is W. This discovery makes Shi Hanqiao add interest to his two identities, and one plus one is greater than two.
An interesting toy cannot be pushed too hard at once. Shi Hanqiao wanted to see him show more emotions and other reactions.
Noticing that Luo Wusheng's body was tense and his aura of vigilance was growing stronger, she suddenly leaned over and broke off a branch to pick off the leaves.
Shi Hanqiao held up the thin branches and broke them in half, placing a broken branch in each hand in front of him.
She didn't speak, and Luo Wusheng didn't move, but the aura of resistance around him gradually eased, and his eyes were no longer alert and hostile, but instead fell into deeper thought.
What are they doing? I don't understand.
Luo Wusheng's words seemed to disapprove of Shi Hanqiao's backstabbing of his teammates.
Honestly, I barely breathed. The tension between them was practically overflowing the screen, and how could Shi Hanqiao's snapping of a branch somehow ease the situation? I'm completely baffled.
In the joint control center, the central screen still showed the image of Shi Hanqiao holding two broken branches.
Everyone present was talking in low voices, except Fox Eyes, who was staring intently at Shi Hanqiao. Ling Mie, who was staring at Fox Eyes, relied on his intuition from years of dealing with her to clearly see the shining light in her eyes.
Ling Mie didn't know what this light meant, but he knew that she had a great interest in Shi Hanqiao.
The fox eyes suddenly turned, the light faded, and the interest made up of complex emotions was buried deep in her eyes. She opened her lips and said silently: "Is it beautiful?"
Ling Mie quickly shifted his gaze, and the watch on his hand flashed with two messages in succession.
One was the reply he received after sending the video of Shi Hanqiao 'shooting' eight Betas to Shi Qi, telling him not to send her any more information related to Shi Hanqiao.
Ling Mie was surprised, but then he thought it was normal. When he received the reply, he secretly sighed: The boss only makes exceptions for her Omega, and treats her own daughter the same as them.
The second message was from Fox Eyes: [If you have any questions, you can ask me directly.]
These commanders didn't tell the truth. Ling Mie rolled his eyes and felt disdainful. Will you tell me if I ask you?
He still couldn't help but reply: [Are you paying close attention to Shi Hanqiao? ]
[Yes.] The fox eyes returned quickly, and Ling Mie glanced in her direction, only to find that her gaze was still fixed on Shi Hanqiao's hand on the screen.
【Why? 】
What do you think?
When he saw Ling Mie asking back, his breath got stuck in his throat. He hated dealing with other people's commands the most. Not only could he not get any information from her, but it was also easy for her to get the information he had.
He looked up and saw that the fox sitting across the seat was calm and composed, still staring at Shi Hanqiao intently. The curiosity in his heart felt like a feather scratching his heart.
He let out a long breath. He couldn't win the psychological game with her, so he had to accept his fate and typed a reply.
[Do you think you followed her because she guessed the key words? ]
It had been a while since Ling Mie sent the message, but he still hadn't received a reply from Fox Eyes. She was still staring at Shi Hanqiao, but he was sure that she had seen his message.
Ling Mie's gaze shifted impatiently between Shi Hanqiao, Fox Eyes and the message box. His watch flashed and he immediately lowered his head.
【you guess. 】
Ling Mie:......
A breath of air was stuck in his chest, unable to escape, nor to escape. He immediately looked up to find the figure of Fox Eyes. If the rage in her eyes was real, it would surely burn through her disguise of a smile. But, unusually, those fox eyes didn't hold a smile, but instead held a rare seriousness.
Ling Mie immediately turned his head to look at the center of the screen. Luo Wusheng pulled out the branch in Shi Hanqiao's left hand, then she dropped the branch in her right hand, leaned over again, picked up a slender branch, broke it again and placed it in front of him.
This time, Luo Wusheng drew the branch in his right hand, and Shi Hanqiao also threw away the branch in his left hand. She picked the branch for the third time, broke it and let him choose.
He shook his head, choosing no, and she threw both broken branches away with a single motion of her hands.
Dark clouds gradually gathered in the sky. It rained in the rainforest all year round, so it was a rare clear sky when they landed.
Shi Hanqiao looked up and said, "Let's find a place to stay first."
She took the long branch from Luo Wusheng's hand, swept the grass to make way, and he followed silently behind her.
"Looks like you're lucky."
Before it was completely dark, Shi Hanqiao saw a natural roof formed by the mountain wall not far away, and the rain had not yet started to fall.
Luo Wusheng glanced ahead, walked behind her, and remained silent.
Along the way, he was thinking and observing her, his reason and emotions were pulling at the limit in his mind. Under the calm state, there was a turbulent undercurrent that almost tore him apart.
Shi Hanqiao stood still: "What are you standing there for? Take out the tent."
Luo Wusheng obediently took out the space button with the tent, and then stopped moving. When she couldn't help but urge him, he threw the ball over with his backhand.
He lifted his eyelids and looked at her intently: "It seems like I'm the captain now."
Shi Hanqiao threw the ball back: "So?"
She was already giving face to W by clearing the way with a wooden stick. As for Luo Wusheng, she was not worthy enough to let the Demon Lord take action personally.
"So I am following your command as the captain." Instead of following her dispatch as the commander.
Luo Wusheng pressed the button, and the tent automatically inflated, with its four corners embedded in the soil.
He was calm, calmly abnormal.
No one entered the tent first. They sat at either end of the rock, each occupying one side. They did not look like teammates, but rather like enemies testing and confronting each other.
The rain hadn't stopped yet and the sky was getting darker, but in fact the time showed that it was not yet seven o'clock in the evening.
[I'm so tired of watching this, what are you so silent about!]
[I'm just waiting for the truth about the 'backstab' incident. Why haven't you explained it clearly yet?]
[Shi Hanqiao is a man who backstabs his teammates. There's no way to clean up this kind of person.]
In the Joint Control Center, over the course of just one afternoon, the other teams that were the focus of attention all performed exceptionally well. An Alpha single-handedly hunted down a C-rank alien beast, a leader successfully organized the killing of a B-rank alien beast, and a Beta, with his nimble agility, successfully plucked herbs from an A-rank alien beast and escaped...
They all obtained points of different values, all above ten points, and quickly left behind Luo Wusheng's team, which only had eight points.
However, the large screen in the center was firmly occupied by Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng. Teachers from the Royal, Imperial, and Dragon City Military Academy had all suggested observing other, better teams. It didn't matter who they were; they mainly wanted the freshmen of their school to occupy the C position on the screen. In short, they couldn't let the Sphinx people monopolize it.
But Fox Eyes single-handedly suppressed their suggestions, allowing the boring scenes of Shi Hanqiao and Luo Wusheng to occupy everyone's vision for the entire afternoon.
Ling Mie noticed a detail, and her vision expanded, her gaze shifting from being focused on Shi Hanqiao to Luo Wusheng who was sitting opposite her.
The fox's eyes were observing both of them, but why?
Ling Mie moved his stiff neck, and the live broadcast screen seemed to remain still. The two of them sat opposite each other in their respective camps.
Luo Wusheng closed his eyes. For the first time, he felt like his brain was about to explode. In fact, the information Shi Hanqiao gave him was very simple.
But the simpler the information, the more extreme it was, and the more he struggled.
When I opened my eyes again, it was already past ten o'clock. The sky was already dark, and thick clouds were still pressing down on my head. It seemed as if I could touch it with my hand and it was about to collapse at any time.
Luo Wusheng moved. He quickly typed two words "Submit" on the screen with both hands, then stood up and walked in front of Shi Hanqiao.
"Give me the shield."
【What can’t I, a VIP, hear!!!】
【Come on, big guy, translate it! 】
[Don't force me to learn lip reading! ]
The shield took effect, and the live broadcast room was filled with wailing. The conversation between the two people could not be heard in the joint control center.
Ling Mie noticed that Fox Eyes was no longer looking at the screen, but was instead staring at her Star Brain screen.
With years of experience in dealing with her, he was surprised by the emotions she expressed. Surprise, relief, amazement, fear and other emotions that were unlikely to appear in her just because of a military training were actually intricately intertwined together.
I must have seen it wrong, Ling Mie shook his head. He must have drunk too much water and his brain was full of water. He looked at Fox Eyes again. She had returned to normal. She had a smile on her lips and looked at the screen. Unlike the other curious people present, she was very calm, as if she didn't care at all about what Luo Wusheng would talk about with Shi Hanqiao.
Or rather, she knew what they would talk about.
Ling Mie turned his gaze to the big screen again. The two of them had not been chatting for long when they welcomed an uninvited guest.
Luo Wusheng removed the shield and looked at the five people who were running towards him with joy and relief on their faces.
"Did I take action?" Shi Hanqiao took out a pistol, held the handle loosely with his hand, raised his eyebrows and looked at Luo Wusheng who was lowering his head.
An unknown light was reflected in the narrow and long phoenix eyes, like a lake at night, the sparkling water surface seemed to be turbulent, but underneath the water was actually steady and firm.
Shi Hanqiao was attracted by those determined eyes and was stunned for a moment.
The night was too dark today, just like the night she dreamed of Luo Wei. The figure of the young man in front of her gradually overlapped with W.
"No need." Luo Wusheng's voice was as clear as a cold spring hitting a rock, revealing a firmness that could not be refused.
He picked up his pistol, turned towards the five people running towards him, and fired five sharp shots.
The five streams of white smoke were particularly noticeable in the darkness, and Luo Wusheng's trembling hands blended into the night, making it almost impossible for him to hold the gun in his hand.
Something cold hit the back of his hand lightly. Luo Wusheng looked up and found that it was raining.
A faint sigh dissipated into the night sky as the warm wind blew beside him, and the gun suddenly stopped shaking.
Luo Wusheng lowered his head, and invisible power was transmitted from his slender white palm through the cold gun body. He opened his lips.
"Shi Hanqiao, thank you."
【Author’s words】
Woohoo~~~
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