# 822
Chapter 823: Fang Mo and Lu Baoyou
"Did you encounter any difficulties when fighting those new recruits? Was there anyone whose strength far exceeded the average new recruit?" Lin Qiye looked at the crowd and asked.
"I didn't have any on my end." An Qingyu replied.
"Neither did I." Cao Yuan nodded.
"How strange... I didn't encounter any either..." Lin Qiye thought for a moment, then turned to Jialan. "How about your area?"
Jialan blinked her eyes and seriously considered for a moment:
"No? They were all pretty weak. No one who couldn't be taken down in three punches."
"In other words, if there are undercover agents from the Church of the Ancient Gods among the new recruits, they should still be混在 those large groups?" Lin Qiye nodded slightly. "When we make our move later, everyone be careful. Don't mess up."
"Got it."
Lin Qiye turned around and looked at the vast drill ground under the night sky, speaking calmly:
"This assessment should also come to an end..."
...
Somewhere in the training camp.
Lu Baoyou walked alone on the empty road, frowning as he looked around. His eyes were full of confusion.
"Where is everyone? How did everyone disappear? Weren't they running around like headless flies just now? What exactly happened here..."
Lu Baoyou felt that something was very off about this training camp.
After hesitating for a moment, he dug out a standard-issue Straight Blade from beneath a collapsed warehouse by the roadside and casually swung it a few times, holding it in his palm.
Just then, as if sensing something, he turned to look at the intersection ahead.
The earth trembled slightly. Over three hundred new recruits, armed with blades and spears, stormed through the intersection with aggressive momentum, heading directly toward the large drill ground.
Martial spirit soared to the heavens!
"Hmm?" Lu Baoyou was stunned by the killing intent in their eyes. After a light exclamation, he immediately chased after them.
"Hey! Wait! What happened?"
At the tail end of the large group of new recruits, Ding Chongfeng, Su Yuan, Shen Qingzhu, and others heard the voice and slowed their pace.
Seeing Lu Baoyou standing alone outside with a blade, a new recruit was about to step forward and say something when Ding Chongfeng blocked him abruptly. Looking at Lu Baoyou, who wasn't wearing the new recruit uniform but was holding a blade, his eyes were filled with vigilance.
"Something's wrong... How is there still one person wandering around alone outside? And he doesn't look like a new recruit."
"Speak! I'm asking you a question."
"Who are you?"
"Me? I'm Lu Baoyou, I'm also a new recruit."
"If you're a new recruit, why aren't you wearing the new recruit uniform? Which dormitory are you from? Who are your roommates?"
This series of questions directly left Lu Baoyou stunned in place. He helplessly sighed and answered, "I had an accident and haven't had time to go through the new recruit procedures yet..."
Hearing this answer, Ding Chongfeng's frown deepened.
"They say there should be six hundred and twelve new recruits in this cohort, but one new recruit was disqualified for causing trouble outside Shangjing City." Su Yuan seemed to remember something and reminded them.
Ding Chongfeng thought deeply.
Just then, a figure slowly walked up to them.
Fang Mo frowned as he looked at Lu Baoyou in the distance. For some unknown reason, an inexplicable hostility rose in his heart.
This hostility had no origin, appearing out of thin air, as if it was rooted in his very soul. That young man's appearance, his aura, everything about him made Fang Mo feel extremely annoyed.
The same situation occurred on Lu Baoyou's end.
The moment Fang Mo appeared, Lu Baoyou's gaze had already noticed him. Without any reason, Lu Baoyou particularly wanted to beat Fang Mo up...
Although it was the first time the two had met, their hostile gazes had already sparked in the air.
"Who are you? What connection do you have with the Seraph?" Lu Baoyou asked coldly.
"Who are you then?"
"Can you even boss me around?"
"I'm bossing you right now. Why? Got a problem?"
"?"
Seeing that the two hadn't even exchanged a few words and were about to fight, Ding Chongfeng grabbed the restless Fang Mo by the arm and looked at Lu Baoyou with even more vigilance.
"Apologies, but this is a special period, and I cannot verify your identity. Please keep your distance from our group. Once this matter is resolved, if your identity is verified, I will apologize to you."
Ding Chongfeng's thinking was simple. The most important thing for them now was not to waste time on this inexplicable person, but to protect the Town Suppressing Stele as quickly as possible. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Lu Baoyou frowned as he looked at the group of wary and alert new recruits and laughed coldly,
"Make it seem like I absolutely had to follow you lot. How narcissistic..."
Lu Baoyou turned with his blade and walked alone into the darkness. "This old man is fine on his own."
Watching Lu Baoyou's figure disappear from view, Ding Chongfeng and the others finally relaxed. "Quick! Catch up to the main group. They should be arriving at the drill ground soon!"
...
Soon, all the new recruits arrived at the spacious, dimly lit drill ground.
Seeing that the Church of the Ancient Gods hadn't arrived yet, Ding Chongfeng breathed a sigh of relief.
Beneath this drill ground was hidden the Town Suppressing Stele that suppressed the realm. As long as they held this position and defended to the death, the Church of the Ancient Gods would be unable to lift the realm suppression. Against their combined forces of nearly three hundred people, he didn't believe they would lose.
"Quick! Anyone with defensive Forbidden Ruins, set up defenses here. They should be charging over any moment now." Ding Chongfeng directed people to quickly establish positions here.
"What about that group we sent to retrieve the communication equipment? Have they returned?" Su Yuan frowned and asked.
"They've returned." Ding Chongfeng gave a bitter smile, pulling several phones from the backpack behind him. "But this damn place has absolutely no signal. The phones can't make any calls."
When entering the training camp, all new recruits had handed over their personal communication devices, stored together in the warehouse. When they first realized something might be wrong with the training camp, Ding Chongfeng had sent people to retrieve the phones. Although they successfully got them back, there was no signal available.
These phones were still useless metal.
"It doesn't matter." Su Yuan's eyes lit up. "My roommate Yin Nixia's Forbidden Ruins can manipulate electrical signals. She can connect these phones to a signal."
Hearing these words, many of the new recruits present immediately cheered up.
"So that means we can contact the outside world?"
"We can immediately send word about the situation here and have the Night Watch send reinforcements!"
"That's right! With that, we'll be rescued soon!"
"..."
To the side, Shen Qingzhu saw this scene and smiled faintly.
Truly... naive.
Su Yuan handed one of the phones to a girl with her hair in a bun. The girl's eyes flickered with a faint fluorescent glow as her Forbidden Ruins slowly unfurled.
The phone in her hand quickly connected to the outside signal.