# 810
Chapter 811: New Recruit Training Begins
On the day the training camp opened.
At the entrance of a grand military base hidden deep in the mountains outside Shangjing City, newly recruited Night Watch soldiers crowded around, waiting to enter the training camp.
"Name."
"Li Zhenzhen."
"Age."
"16."
"Identification?"
Li Zhenzhen handed over her documents to the instructor, who cross-referenced them with the registration information and gave a slight nod. "Go ahead. Your barracks are in Area C, Room 106. Go straight and turn right."
Li Zhenzhen dragged her suitcase into the training camp, carefully observing this isolated military base nestled in the mountains.
Having lived in Shangjing for all these years, she had long heard about a Night Watch training camp in the suburbs, though its location and scale were classified. This was her first time actually being here. The buildings were half new and half old—most likely recently expanded within the past two years to accommodate new recruits.
Li Zhenzhen walked into the training camp. Right behind her, a young man approached the entrance.
"Name."
"Lu Baoyou."
"Age... Lu Baoyou? You're Lu Baoyou?"
The instructor looked at the young man before him, frowning slightly.
"What's wrong?"
"Your training qualification has been revoked." The instructor pulled a pen from his chest pocket with an expressionless face and drew a circle around Lu Baoyou's name on the form.
"Revoked? On what grounds?!" Lu Baoyou froze, then said furiously, "On what grounds?!"
"At 4:50 PM yesterday afternoon, a train exploded outside Shangjing City, causing half the carriages to be thrown into the wilderness. That incident—was your doing, wasn't it?"
"It was me. So what?" Lu Baoyou said coldly. "No one on the train was hurt. I was just teaching them a lesson..."
"You should be grateful that no one was injured. Otherwise, you wouldn't be standing here right now—you'd be locked up in the Purification Chamber directly." The instructor said calmly, "Your actions constitute intentional destruction of public property and endangerment of social stability, creating extremely恶劣的社会影响. After we investigated and clarified the situation last night, we decided to temporarily revoke your qualification to become a Night Watch member...
After a two-year observation period, if we determine you no longer pose a malignant threat, we will give you another chance to participate in the training."
Lu Baoyou's eyes widened. After a long moment, he decisively shook his head and said furiously, "No! I barely managed to run away from home, worked my way here, saved up money for bus fare on the journey, and finally made it from my hometown to Shangjing... Why should I just go back?
I'm going in. I'm going to become a Night Watch!"
Seeing this, the instructor's frown deepened. "Lu Baoyou, are you not listening to what I'm saying? Go home now, and in two years you'll still have a chance to participate in the training. If you continue making trouble, you'll never have the qualification to become a Night Watch in this lifetime!"
Lu Baoyou went quiet. He looked around and noticed several other instructors had taken notice of the situation. His gaze sharpened.
After a long pause, his right hand gripping the suitcase handle loosened slightly. He took a deep breath and turned to walk back the way he came...
"Go home?" he murmured to himself. "I'm not going back."
...
Yuan Gang stood by the window of the training camp office, looking down at the endless stream of recruits coming through below, and sighed heavily.
"If we hadn't built two extra dormitory buildings during the expansion, these recruits wouldn't even have anywhere to stay..."
"Commandant, the recruits have basically all come in. This is the registration list." Instructor Hong handed a document to Yuan Gang. "Other than that Lu Baoyou whose qualification was revoked for breaking the rules, all 611 others have arrived."
Yuan Gang's eyes swept across the list, giving a slight nod. "Although this time we expanded our recruitment and took in over 600 people at once, the number of people with Forbidden Ruins hasn't actually increased. Nearly one-third of these recruits are ordinary people without Forbidden Ruins, though each excels in their own field.
Active-duty officers, athletes, mercenaries, Go champions, chemistry prodigies, extreme sports enthusiasts... This is probably the most diverse group of recruits in any training cohort we've ever had. I wonder if Lin Qiye and the others have what it takes to whip them into shape?"
As he spoke, Yuan Gang seemed to remember something. "By the way, where are Lin Qiye and the others? Have they figured out how to conduct today's assessment?"
"This..." Instructor Hong hesitated. "They've figured it out, but... their approach is a bit... special."
"Special? Tell me about it."
"It's like this. They plan to..."
Instructor Hong leaned close to Yuan Gang's ear and murmured something. The latter's expression immediately shifted微妙起来.
"Commandant, isn't this a bit too... risky?" Instructor Hong couldn't help but say. "We've been instructors for so many years and have never seen anything like this."
"No, their proposal is quite good." Yuan Gang's lips curved upward slightly. "Assemble the recruits on the drill field immediately. We'll do it their way! Pass the word—all instructors are to cooperate fully with them."
"...Yes!"
...
Ten minutes later.
The Drill Field of the Training Camp.
Over 600 recruits in military uniforms stood in the open area, crowded together, chatting and fooling around. The entire field was in chaos.
Li Zhenzhen stood at the front of the crowd with her hands in her pockets, frowning at the noisy crowd around her, looking distinctly unhappy.
"So吵死人的." Li Zhenzhen clicked her tongue.
Just then, a hand reached out from behind her and patted her shoulder.
Li Zhenzhen turned around, only to see a familiar young man standing behind her, smiling as he looked at her.
"Fang Mo?" Li Zhenzhen recognized him immediately, a flash of surprise in her eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here because I'm also a new recruit." Fang Mo pointed to the military uniform he was wearing, and the name tag on his chest, which neatly read "Fang Mo." He smiled and said,
"I told you we'd see each other again soon."
Li Zhenzhen opened her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, but recalling how he had abandoned her a couple days ago, forcing her to face the "Mystery" alone, she turned away angrily.
"Oh, and why would I care about that?"
Fang Mo froze.
Just then, Yuan Gang slowly walked up onto the platform in the center of the drill field. His gaze swept across the crowd below as he slowly said:
"I am the Commandant responsible for your training. My name is Yuan Gang..."
...
High above the clouds, a plane streaked across the sky.
Baili Pangpang stood by the porthole, yawning.
"You think, right now—"
"Probably Instructor Yuan giving a speech on stage again, saying things like 'you're all recruits,' 'a bunch of greenhorns,' 'no matter what status you had outside, here you're the lowest of the low'—that kind of inflammatory rhetoric."
Cao Yuan answered幽幽. "Didn't you know? They use the same template for these speeches every year for new recruit training."