Amid the severe pain that could not be ignored, the images in Sheng Yi's memory also became blurred and distorted.
On his fifteenth birthday, Sheng Yi ignored Shi Ji who was lying on the ground, and ran to the underground training ground, where he had a great time playing a simulated battle.
Sheng Yi took a nap in the mecha and had a strange dream.
There was a strange light in the dream, and it seemed like there was nothing else except the light. He soon became impatient and wanted to leave this strange place, but he couldn't get out no matter how hard he tried.
Just when he couldn't help but start to feel scared, he finally woke up from the dream.
He was in the mecha, feeling more tired than ever before, and for some reason he had a headache.
Sheng Yi didn't take it seriously, thinking it was nothing more than over-training. He probably hadn't gotten used to the new mecha, so the synchronization efficiency was not high, and he caught a cold because the temperature control system was set too low.
He was immersed in the excitement of having a new mecha and stayed in the training room for several days. Even his three meals were brought to him by Shi Ji, and he only ate a few bites and was done.
Sheng Yi is determined to enter the military academy and become the strongest mecha operator.
…
A few days later, Sheng's father, who had just returned from the military, became abnormally furious. He dragged Shi Ji out of the bedroom where he was resting and threw him into a pool of ice water.
Sheng Yi was startled and moved over to take a peek.
Sheng Tiancheng pulled Shi Ji up fiercely: "Why don't you think highly of him! How could you not notice such a big thing?!"
Sheng Tiancheng asked sternly: "Who told you to be lazy? Why didn't you stay with him all the time?!"
"I passed out," Shi Ji said, "and then I got sick..."
Sheng Tiancheng didn't want to listen to Shi Ji's explanation at all. He threw Shi Ji to the ground, his face looked extremely gloomy, and he paced back and forth nervously.
This was the first time Sheng Yi saw his father get so angry.
He had always been afraid of Sheng's father, and he didn't know what was going on, but he didn't dare to go over and ask.
Sheng Yi was afraid of being grabbed and scolded, so he tiptoed back to his room before being discovered.
… That was the last time Sheng Yi saw Sheng Tiancheng.
Not long after, the military reported that Sheng Tiancheng encountered a large-scale swarm of insects during a routine mission, and crashed into the depths of the insect tide along with his mecha.
The mecha crashed deep into the insect swarm, and only the wounded wingman and observer returned.
Sheng Yi hated Shi Ji from then on. In his heart, he always felt that Shi Ji must have deliberately retaliated on the battlefield where his father's life was at stake because the punishment he received from him that day was too severe, causing his father to crash into the insect swarm.
…
Sheng Yi held his head and trembled.
He was in so much pain that his eyes went white one after another and he couldn't make a sound. He could only curl up on the ground in a mess, breathing heavily in exhaustion.
Shi Ji looked over, but the assistant in charge of assisting him stepped forward and stopped him: "Instructor Shi, it's okay, don't worry about it."
The deputy had just come out of the office and still remembered Dean Nie's attitude.
He didn't dare to let Sheng Yi pester Shi Ji anymore, so he stopped Sheng Yi who was rolling in the mud: "There are many people who can't stand the hardship, pretend to be sick, pretend to be unconscious, and cheat and play tricks. This is not the first one."
That's not wrong.
Not everyone can endure the devilish training of the special forces. Although it has just begun, several students could not stand this way of challenging the limits of the human body and found excuses to withdraw from the training.
The deputy had been watching the training ground, and it wasn't the first time he had seen someone pretending to be sick.
It’s just that the first few were pretending to have sprained their ankles or injured their legs, or had diarrhea due to the unfamiliar climate, but the one who was complaining of a headache was the first one I saw.
"I didn't..." Sheng Yi struggled to defend himself, "It's true, there really is something in my mind—"
The deputy was puzzled: "You should at least find a normal excuse, right?"
"If you don't want to train, just say so. Just say you're quitting and pack up and go back."
The deputy was still confused about what was going on with this student: "You were originally forced to cut in line, and someone took care of you to get in. It's normal that you are not as capable as others. There's no need to force yourself on this."
Sheng Yi: “…”
He was so angry that he wanted to grab the deputy and give him a good beating, but his hands and feet had no strength at all and he couldn't even stand up.
His headache became worse, his ears were buzzing, and white spots appeared in front of his eyes.
The deputy had dealt with this kind of students many times, so he was not surprised. He reached out to pull Sheng Yi: "Alright, alright, stop making trouble. If you don't want to give up, get up and train. Don't waste the instructor's time here..."
Halfway through his words, the deputy's wrist was suddenly grabbed fiercely and bent backwards.
The deputy was shocked and hurt: "Let go! How can you be like this-"
Sheng Yi clenched his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was breathing heavily.
The deputy was in so much pain that he was about to shout for help when Shi Ji came over.
Sheng Yi avoided Shi Ji's sight in embarrassment.
None of the trainees spoke, but he could already hear voices from those who were looking at him.
—What’s the matter? Aren’t you quite strong
—His arms and legs are fine, and he can fight with others. Are he pretending
—What’s the big deal? If you can’t keep up, don’t try to be stubborn and just cause trouble to others…
Sheng Yi had said these words to Shi Ji without any scruples when Shi Ji's physical condition could not keep up with his training intensity.
He never thought about how Shi Ji felt after hearing these words.
In Sheng Yi's eyes, trash doesn't deserve any dignity at all.
…
Shi Ji half squatted in front of him.
"Instructor Shi!" the assistant called for help, "Look at him—"
Shi Ji looked at the number tag on Sheng Yi: "Number 25, let go."
Sheng Yi shuddered.
… Even in the abandoned factory, when Shi Ji first taught him a lesson, his tone was still gentle and serious.
Shi Ji now seems like a completely different person.
"You also think I'm pretending?" Sheng Yi shook off the assistant and asked him in a hoarse voice, "You clearly know how much it hurts! You clearly—"
He met Shi Ji's gaze, but suddenly froze involuntarily, unable to utter another word.
"I am your instructor now," Yu Tang said, "and you are a trainee, just like everyone else."
Instructors on the training ground and commanders on the battlefield are most averse to mixing in personal feelings.
If special treatment is given to members just because they are old acquaintances, it will only cause the entire team to lose focus and combat effectiveness.
"Your shoulder was dislocated and it probably hasn't recovered yet."
Yu Tang asked, "How did you pass the physical examination for training?"
Sheng Yi was speechless.
He probably knew that he was being taken care of, and his face became a little hot: "I—"
Yu Tang: "I will report you and ask you to withdraw from the training."
Sheng Yi's expression changed instantly: "Why?!"
He struggled to stand up, but fell back with weak limbs, almost hysterical: "I can still train! You can't deprive me of my training qualifications, I have been approved to train! I treated you badly at the beginning, I know I was wrong now, you can't take revenge on me..."
Sheng Yi knew without anyone telling him that this devilish training was his last chance.
If he were to be dismissed at this time, the distance between him and Ye Hanfeng and his people would only get further and further away.
"I'm not holding you back." Yu Tang said, "I've said before that if you don't rest your shoulder joint, the ligaments will be damaged. Once you develop a habitual dislocation, the consequences will be very serious."
Sheng Yi didn't care about these things at all, "This is my own business! None of your business—"
He couldn't control himself, and as soon as he said it, he realized that he regretted it.
Yu Tang glanced at him and stood up.
It doesn’t matter what Sheng Yi says.
Shi Ji was assigned an urgent task by Senior Zhan and was taken by the system to do odd jobs in the mall and make body recovery cards for Nie Chi and Zhuang Yu. He was so busy that he had no time to look up.
This body was his responsibility now, and Shi Ji could not and did not need to listen to the nonsense of this untameable young chordate reptile.
Yu Tang knocked in his sea of consciousness: "Senior Zhan, Senior Zhan."
"…Yes." Zhan Chen was surprised at the new way to bypass the blocked words. He couldn't help laughing and coughed lightly, "What's the matter?"
Yu Tang: "I should have more than 900 of the 1,000 three-second hypnosis cards I stockpiled before."
Yu Tang: "Add hypnotic buffs of ligament injury and habitual dislocation, thirty per day, and let him experience it."
Zhan Chen asked: "Don't let him really dislocate his joint?"
Yu Tang understood clearly: "He can do whatever he wants to the injuries he inflicted, but the injuries caused by Shi Ji are not acceptable."
Shi Ji took the responsibility off Sheng Yi's shoulders in order to prevent him from causing trouble on the battlefield and dragging down other comrades.
Even if Sheng Yi broke all the ligaments in his body, Yu Tang would make sure his shoulder was fine.
No matter how many times this kind of person is taught a lesson, he can't change his inherent tendency to shirk responsibility. Now Sheng Yi is shouting that it has nothing to do with Shi Ji. If he really doesn't listen to the advice and keeps training like crazy, if there is a problem with the shoulder that has been removed, Shi Ji will definitely be blamed.
Yu Tang would not give him this opportunity.
No matter how remotely related to the mess between Sheng family father and son is, don't even think about getting involved with Shi Ji again.
…
Zhan Chen smiled, nodded, and replied with a simple "got it".
Yu Tang glanced at Sheng Yi, then turned and left.
“Stop!” Sheng Yi endured the severe pain, climbed up using his hands and feet, and hurriedly chased after him, “My training qualifications—”
The person he stopped said in a calm tone: “Okay, I won’t care about you anymore.”
Sheng Yi breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at Shi Ji's calm expression, he felt some inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.
…This is the first time Shi Ji said such words.
Sheng Yi now understood the inexplicable "procedure" that Shi Ji mentioned. He clearly received the warning from the severe pain and his chest was still filled with lingering fear.
Sheng Yi gritted his teeth and forced himself to soften his tone: "You-you know what's going on with me, right?"
Sheng Yi didn't understand why he was implanted with some weird program, and he felt uneasy instinctively. But when he saw Shi Ji standing in front of him, he felt that it was no big deal.
Hasn't Shi Ji lived peacefully all these years
Maybe this procedure can also improve strength. Although it is a bit uncomfortable when it occurs, it will be fine after the pain passes. Otherwise, how could Shi Ji suddenly become so powerful...
"I know." Yu Tang said.
Sheng Yi asked: "What's going on?"
Yu Tang looked up at him.
This was the first time Sheng Yi knew that Shi Ji would have this look in his eyes.
Calm, cold and clear, like some kind of ray that scanned his entire body, or like a cold scalpel.
"This is your first attack." Yu Tang said, "The preliminary warning is over, the formal warning-"
Sheng Yi's expression suddenly changed: "What formal warning?"
He felt as if a basin of cold water was poured over his head. He shook involuntarily, and the chill of fear crept up his spine like a bone-chilling ulcer.
"Isn't it over?!" Sheng Yi asked anxiously, "I made it through it. If I make it through it, everything will be fine—"
He couldn't ask any more questions.
This time, Sheng Yi didn't even have time to cry out in pain before he fell to the ground.
The pain didn't seem to matter anymore.
The intense feeling of emptiness that was gradually fading and disintegrating and difficult to control was like a huge fist, slowly crushing him into pieces.
An intense chill penetrated through the cracks in his bones, flowed along his blood, and covered him tightly like a net.
Sheng Yi was breathing rapidly. For the first time, he felt fatal fear. His throat was so blocked that he couldn't utter a single syllable.
He seemed to be being torn into pieces.
…
This was how Shi Ji really felt when he was hit by his mecha and rolled out of the operating cabin during his practice with him.
The assistant was startled by the noise. He ran over and asked hesitantly, "Instructor Shi..."
"Send him back to the dormitory." Yu Tang said.
"Yes." The deputy responded quickly. He didn't dare to touch Sheng Yi again, and called two people to lift Sheng Yi up.
Yu Tang did not stay any longer. He handed over the remaining training plan to his deputy and left the training ground.
In the next few days, Yu Tang threw the devilish special training to Nie Chi, and concentrated on analyzing the program implanted in Sheng Yi.
In order to better control the implanted person, this program is designed with a simple storage and recording function. Although reverse analysis requires some effort, as long as you understand the rules of the code, you can also obtain a lot of useful information.
Especially precious blank samples like Sheng Yi, which have never been activated since implantation and are almost the same as new ones.
"This paragraph is the information before implantation."
Yu Tang sat in front of Zhuang Yu's desk and pulled out a piece of data on the screen: "There is a message for Sheng Tiancheng on it, it is a timed projection mode."
When the military urgently stopped the bionic human experiment and sealed off the laboratory, Shi Ji was the only test subject still alive.
Sheng Tiancheng led people to seal off the laboratory. He not only saw the test subjects in the sleeping cabin, but also saw the complete test records.
The record clearly states Shi Ji's true identity.
The conservatives decided to take the risk and continue with this plan - turning people into AI, turning the once most talented observers into a group of programs that will not resist, will not question, and will only obey orders.
The procedure is replicable, and once the program is successful, an observer becomes unnecessary.
They can restore the glory of mechas being king and infinitely improve the combat effectiveness of mechas. As long as there is no large-scale Zerg invasion within twenty to thirty years, they can expel those reformists from the center of power and completely weaken the wingman into an appendage of the mechas.
Under the strict blockade of the conservatives, neither Zhuang Yu nor the old captain of the special operations team could get any information.
No one would have thought that a test subject from a bionic laboratory could have anything to do with the missing special forces team. Sheng Tiancheng destroyed the test record, volunteered, and successfully brought this once extremely talented observer to his home.
He felt that he had gotten a great deal and was complacent for a long time.
"But he didn't expect," Pu Ying said, "that the conservatives didn't completely trust him either."
These politicians cooperate with each other but also suspect each other. It is impossible for them to entrust such an important and dangerous plan to one person.
They must get something that can threaten Sheng Tiancheng.
Yu Tang nodded: "For them, the best outcome is that after this plan succeeds, the Sheng family father and son can also be dealt with."
Sheng Yi became the most suitable entry point.
Sheng Tiancheng knew that there was a conspiracy in his son's mecha. When he discovered that Sheng Yi had been implanted with a program, it was too late.
When he came back from the military, he couldn't control his emotions. He was so furious that he violently abused Shi Ji, but in the end he had to agree to those people's arrangements.
He pretended to be dead in the insect tide, forcing Shi Ji to enter the insect tide with him as an observer and turning Shi Ji into an AI.
If Zhan Chen had not intervened forcefully, the plan might have succeeded at that time.
—Even if Shi Ji survived, the conservatives still gained a lot from this fabricated "sacrifice".
The conservatives portrayed Sheng Tiancheng as a hero who single-handedly blocked the insect tide. He won a lot of votes in that crucial parliamentary election and strongly suppressed the reformists who originally had hopes of taking power.
After that, the conservatives took advantage of the unexpected incident in this mission and repeatedly emphasized that the existing mechas were not strong enough to withstand large-scale insect swarms. On the grounds that they still needed to continue researching enhanced materials and more powerful mechas, they took away 69% of the alliance's military budget.
Sheng Yi became the orphan of a hero and received a large amount of resources as compensation from the military.
He will be molded into the alliance's top mecha operator, a "vase" for show, and the most easily controlled pawn in the hands of the conservatives.
With such a vase, a new wave of mecha craze will rise in the entire alliance.
…
"There are no vases, and the mechas are also in a frenzy."
Dean Nie rubbed his forehead vigorously. "As soon as the news of the reform was released, many mecha cadets in military academies protested, and some active troops also began to spread rumors... There was a lot of resistance."
"They believe that the combat effectiveness of mechas is built up through a lot of training, and it is impossible to communicate with other professions."
Dean Nie quarrels with these people all day long. Recently, apart from beating his son every day, nothing has gone his way. "Nie Chi said that there are quite a few such thoughts in the training camp recently. You should also pay attention to the psychology of the trainees."
Zhuang Yu was standing by the window and suddenly said, "Don't pay attention, it's already noisy."
Dean Nie frowned, stood up and walked quickly to the window.
After Nie Chi took over the position of instructor, the devilish training became a real devil. The pressure on the trainees increased sharply, and rebellious psychology continued to accumulate.
Every year during training, there are bound to be a few times when students cause trouble. This time, it was probably instigated by someone with ulterior motives, and it happened to blend in with the wave of resistance to reform.
Those who were causing trouble were all mecha operators. They were not convinced and felt that Nie Chi could defeat them because he had received comprehensive training related to mechas.
More and more people resisted the training. Sui Qi and Wu Ming tried hard to calm the situation, but were isolated by the trainees.
Dean Nie frowned: "I'll go and talk to him?"
"No need." Zhuang Yu said, "Shi Ji."
In the sea of consciousness, Shi Ji, who was sitting on a small stool and studying diligently, subconsciously stood up and stood at attention.
Yu Tang stuffed him back in without leaving any trace.
Zhuang Yu: "Go and take care of it. I'll give you ten minutes."
Shi Ji responded with a "yes" and ran out of the office before hesitating and stopping: "Mr. Yu—"
Yu Tang smiled and said, "You handle it yourself this time."
Zhuang Yu wanted to give Shi Ji such an opportunity to train, and Yu Tang also had this plan.
This is a hurdle that Shi Ji must overcome. The problem does not have to be solved within ten minutes, but he must be able to make a statement within ten minutes.
To be a commander, Shi Ji must overcome his overly gentle attitude and have a clear enough stance.
Shi Ji pursed his lips and nodded silently.
Yu Tang reminded: "Don't fight with people one by one, it's a waste of time."
Shi Ji: “Yes.”
Yu Tang flexed his wrist.
He didn't plan to make things too difficult for little S7. Once Shi Ji was firm in his stance, he would do a complete, comprehensive, illustrated science book on mecha combat.
If reasoning doesn't work, Yu Tang plans to make a holographic insect swarm simulation system to help these mecha operators wake up.
The relevant information had been prepared almost entirely and should have been put on the agenda, but we didn't expect an emergency to occur.
Yu Tang was about to order some coffee, so he went to Zhan Chen with his mug in hand: "Senior Zhan—"
Zhan Chen nodded, picked him up and put him on the swing.
Yu Tang: “?”
Consciously overseas, Shi Ji stopped Wu Ming who was trying to argue, and asked in a gentle voice: "Can I borrow your mecha?"
Wu Ming was stunned for a moment: "Can... you want to tear it down again?"
Shi Ji shook his head.
He took Wu Ming's mecha control panel, walked into the crowd, and jumped onto the standard training mecha with one hand.
This type of mecha is uniformly distributed by the military. It has a very ordinary configuration and almost no powerful weapons. Its propulsion horsepower and defense are just average.
In active military forces, this type of mecha is almost everywhere.
Shi Ji: "I'm not a mecha operator, and I haven't received any professional training. I only tried it once more than two years ago."
His voice was not loud, but the noisy protesting crowd vaguely understood what he meant, and gradually quieted down from near to far.
Wu Ming's eyes widened. He only knew that Shi Ji was good at flying a wingman, and he was a little worried: "Commander Shi—"
Shi Ji looked at the time.
He has also been trying hard to learn Mr. Yu's methods these days. Yu Tang's methods are profound and comprehensive, and can solve the problem completely at one time without any rebound.
But the captain only gave him ten minutes.
In ten minutes, you really can't fight with everyone one by one.
"I only have ten minutes."
Shi Ji: "You guys come together, this way it will be faster."