Silicon Invasion

Luo Rui only knew that this teacher's surname was Wang, and he didn't bother to inquire about more information. After all, he wasn't one to delve into interpersonal relationships. Besides, mech pilots rarely engaged in such things, because they were truly going to the battlefield. Lacking real skills and only relying on connections? Wasn't that just wishing for a shorter life?

Teacher Wang led everyone to collect their living supplies. The students lined up in an orderly fashion along the way, and they didn't encounter any troublemakers looking for a fight. After all, this wasn't a TV series; there wouldn't be so much nonsense.

Afterward, the students with their respective belongings were handed over to the military. Led by two soldiers, Luo Rui arrived at the dormitory he had been assigned to.

The dormitory was next to that giant metal structure. The conditions here couldn't compare to the school. The rooms were not only small, but they also housed eight people.

A narrow aisle ran through the middle, with two bunk beds on each side. The space between the beds was a set of four lockable metal lockers for storing personal belongings.

The room was very simple. Besides these items and a metal table at the end of the aisle, there was nothing else in the room.

It was unclear how the assignments were made, perhaps by squad. Luo Rui, Niu Wei, and Wang Ming'an were in the same dormitory, but unfortunately, Tong Yue wasn't with them.

Besides the three of them, there were five other people in the dormitory, all students from Beishan Academy: three juniors and two seniors about to graduate.

After tidying up his bunk a little, the trio occupied the two upper bunks and one lower bunk near the table. Luo Rui was in the upper bunk on the left, Niu Wei was below him, and Wang Ming'an was across from him.

They had barely finished tidying up and hadn't even had a chance to lie down on their new bunks when the assembly bell rang.

Hundreds of people gradually came to the playground from various exits. Since there were no specific teams or positions assigned yet, the scene was slightly chaotic. Even though everyone had undergone military training, without someone to direct them, no one knew where to stand.

Fortunately, several soldiers quickly entered the ranks, and within two minutes, the formation was finally lined up. Then came the leader's speech. The leader's rank was very high, actually a general. According to the introduction, he was the second-in-command of this base.

The content of the speech was somewhat cliché, mainly about how everyone was the hope of the nation, the pillars of society, and what they should do in the future.

Fortunately, the general indeed had a military demeanor, making the speech only two minutes long, much more concise and quick than the speeches of Luo Rui's high school leaders.

After the speech, several soldiers came forward and introduced themselves as the instructors responsible for leading everyone this time. Then, they took out notebooks and called names. The whole process was unusually familiar to Luo Rui, as if he had returned to the time of class assignments in high school.

Luo Rui's group was all acquaintances: Niu Wei, Wang Ming'an, plus Tong Yue, who he didn't know where she was staying, and an instructor, making exactly five people.

The instructor led them to a corner to get to know each other. For the next month, they would be a combat team and needed to be teammates they could rely on, so naturally, they needed to increase their understanding.

The instructor's surname was Zeng, and his age was only slightly older than Niu Wei. Moreover, he turned out to be their senior.

"I know you, Luo Rui."

When Luo Rui introduced his name, Instructor Zeng slapped his thigh and said excitedly that he knew Luo Rui.

Luo Rui scratched his head. Was he already so famous?

Later, after further explanation, Luo Rui learned that this Instructor Zeng was in the same class as Sun Yue.

"That simp..."

Instructor Zeng said that men should aspire to the battlefield, and he despised Sun Yue, who was originally already set.

Unfortunately, the cell phones had already been collected and stored separately upon entering the camp. Otherwise, Luo Rui would definitely record this part of Instructor Zeng's speech and find a chance to let Zhang Zhi see it inadvertently.

He believed it would be very interesting.

"I've learned a little about your information. You were a team before, and you already have a tacit understanding, which is the best situation. Because this way, only I need to coordinate with you, and you don't need to coordinate with each other. Next, we will conduct a week of cooperative training in the base, and then we will enter Maikan to carry out missions."

Looking at everyone's solemn faces, Instructor Zeng smiled and said, "Relax. Although there are some things that I can't tell you yet, you are all precious seedlings. The military will not let you die in vain."

Although these words of comfort sounded a bit strange, the principle was recognized by everyone. However, even so, everyone's solemnity did not diminish in the slightest.

After all, that was Maikan, another world. There is a saying called leaving one's hometown, but they were not just leaving their hometown; they were leaving Earth. How could they be too relaxed?

Life in the military camp was more orderly than in school, but Luo Rui, with his school foundation, quickly adapted to this kind of life. And for him, everything was still very novel, and he could control real mechs for training every day, which was once his dream life.

Although everything was good, it wasn't without flaws. That was that the efficiency of obtaining energy points had become worse.

The military's food was free and unlimited, but Luo Rui's way of eating was too abnormal. Moreover, he couldn't constantly add meals and order takeout like he did at school, so in order not to appear so special, Luo Rui had to control his food intake.

Although this still earned him the title of 'food bucket' and some strange looks.

"Everyone's training intensity has been very high these past few days. Go to the infirmary for a check-up tomorrow and then rest. If there are no problems, the superiors will assign us missions."

On the sixth day of the coordination training, Instructor Zeng finally brought different news.

Because they came as an entire team, their coordination speed was very fast, so they were the first batch of students to be assigned missions. Meanwhile, teams cobbled together might have to coordinate for a long time before getting this opportunity.

No one would think that getting this opportunity later is better. Everyone who signed up to participate represented that there was not a coward among them. Everyone came for Maikan, so naturally, the sooner they went, the better.

Otherwise, by the time the faster teams had already completed several missions and were hearing about their experiences every day, while they were still coordinating here, wouldn't that be very uncomfortable?

The infirmary check-up was very necessary, because the physical feedback of the real world was much harsher than the simulator, and without any extreme value protection, people could really die. Even if there was no danger to life, suffering some hidden injuries was commonplace.

After six days of high-intensity training, the most Luo Rui heard upon returning to the dormitory was about aching backs and sore waists. Fortunately, his physical endurance had already surpassed ordinary people, and his recovery ability was amazing, so he didn't have this problem.

However, in order not to appear abnormal, he would still pretend to groan a few times.