Age Of The Sirens

Chapter 5: Entering the team (3)

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The venue for double combat training takes place in a low building made of concrete. Yin Chengmin swiped his fingerprints in front of the silver-gray door, which opened to both sides. Contrary to the simple to simple appearance, the interior of the hall is very bright and clean, the white tiles can reflect the shadow of people, and behind the glass walls on both sides, there are lounges with round sofas and rare green plants. decorate. The video of the speech of the top commander of the Third Base, Chief Xie Jianzhang, was playing on the TV, and the background was the dark green military flag of the Third Base as always.

"The actions of the rebels are the most shameless betrayal of mankind and the most brutal slaughter of innocents. The base will never allow similar acts to happen, and the rebels will surely be punished by justice..." The chief's speech was as powerful as ever, as if Falling to the ground can smash a strong echo. It's just that this kind of speech is repeated every day, and his ears are almost getting calluses.

He guessed that everyone was tired of hearing it too, but it was just a guess. Because everyone rejoiced when they talked about the speech of the chief, and their faces seemed to hear God sing. Of course, it takes a lot of work to make this kind of expression, which is quite exhausting and mind-blowing, so it is customary for everyone to try not to touch the topic of the chief.

In the middle of the lobby is a transparent lifting platform, and many students have gathered in front. These students were obviously older than most of the people Tang Yi had seen in the cafeteria before. Their expressions were mature and calm, and the casual gatherings were also lined up in neat lines. During the waiting period, all of them had straight waists and matches. Standing upright like a stick, each carrying an identical box in his hand, and no conversation was heard.

This discipline is really strict... Tang Yi couldn't help but envy, when did his soldiers become so obedient...

With a tablet under his right arm, Yin Chengmin strode up to the students, his eyes slowly swept across everyone's faces. The smile on my face when I talked to Tang Yi just now disappeared without a trace, as if it never existed. At this time, Yin Chengmin's eyes were sharp and resolute, and when he stared at him suddenly, even Tang Yi, a veteran who had been fighting in the army for so many years, felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Tang Yi suddenly noticed that the young man named Luo Wei who was cleaned up by him during the day was also in the queue. As soon as the eyes of the two met, there was lightning, thunder, wind and rain, and I could not wait to add some dark clouds in the background. The students around have heard the rumors for a long time, and they secretly rejoiced that there will be a good show today.

"The item to be practiced today is underwater fighting, have you brought all your equipment?" Yin Chengmin asked.

A group of students shouted in unison as if they had rehearsed, "Bring it!"

"Okay, let's go."

The circular lift was big enough for them all. After Yin Chengmin pulled the door, they began to sink slowly.

After crossing two floors similar to the lobby, Tang Yi opened his eyes wide.

Around him was a vast dark blue.

He has never seen such a pure blue color, which transforms and blends spiritually from deep to shallow, as if it has its own breath and life. Just looking at it, he feels that the dirty dust in his eyes has been washed away. In this blue space, the sound was also swallowed up, and the noise from the whole world that always lingered in the ears disappeared in an instant, only the deep and distant sound came from the depths, as if it came from a previous life. call.

Then, a figure slowly formed out of the dark blue.

As if it was born from the foam of the sea, the figure is as light and slender as a swimming dragon, crossing the blue sea, the long purple hair dances like seaweed, and the translucent fins on the arms and back are like light blue. The colored wings spread out, and the long fish tail behind him was covered with delicate and delicate royal blue scales. The soft luster flowed along the elegant swing of the long tail and disappeared at the end of the veil-like caudal fin.

The Kraken was lying on the thick glass, smiled sweetly at someone in the crowd, and waved his hand. There was a little commotion in the crowd, and someone laughed at the owner of the Kraken with his elbow, "Luo Wei, you The purple breath of the family is still so enthusiastic."

Luo Wei pretended to be cool with a cold face, only the tips of his ears were embarrassingly red.

The Kraken called Zixi suddenly turned and swam away. Tang Ya realized that behind him, there were several Kraken swimming and dancing leisurely not far from their elevators. Fish tails of different colors were The deep sea turns into a gorgeous rainbow. The scene that was enough to take one's breath made him a little silly. He had seen in the book the illustrations of the siren singing the moon left by the artists before the outbreak of the plague, but he did not expect that the real siren was more beautiful and mysterious than the paintings. Their cruising posture, the arc of their long hair flying... Everything is something that has never been seen in the painting.

At this time, the glass doors of the lift cabin opened to both sides, and behind it was a strange circular glass hall, wrapped in endless dark blue, like an accidental bubble in the deep sea. Outside the hall, the soft silver sand is piled with reefs, the colorful coral trees are clustered and the petals of sea anemones sway lazily with the tide. The students filed into the hall, and began to unbutton their uniforms almost uniformly. Just when Tang Yi thought they were going to run naked, he realized that they were wearing another set of close-fitting clothes under the uniforms. Comes up smooth and bouncy. There are light armors on the chest, thighs and calves, small air holes on the elbows and calves, which are used for jetting gas to accelerate in the water, and the central interlayer of the shoes on the feet can quickly unfold the transparent fins in it. The trainees opened the suitcases, which contained breathing masks on their faces, laser guns in their hands, a belt for daggers and other melee weapons, and ear protectors like earmuffs.

"How do you feel?" The sudden question brought Tang Yi's wandering eyes back to Yin Chengmin's face. Tang Yi felt that the appearance of the old peasant entering the city just now was a bit humiliating, so he forced a calm expression, as if he was used to everything in front of him, "Well... it's no different from what I saw in books before."

"People's reactions to Krakens are very divided. Some people think they are beautiful, but there are also quite a few people who are so afraid of Krakens that they scream and pass out."

Tang Yi sneered, "Isn't it? Although there are some differences in the appearance of sea-monsters and humans, they are still very close in general. What's so scary?"

Yin Chengmin raised the corner of his mouth, and there was a hint of coldness in his smile, "That's because you haven't seen them fighting."

When the students were ready, Luo Wei took the lead and walked towards a circle marked with red fluorescent light. Those sirens gathered around the circle and waited for their masters, waving their long tails excitedly. Tang Yi looked at it and suddenly felt a little disappointed and sad.

The sirens recorded in those ancient books are not only beautiful, but also powerful and terrifying, surpassing human beings. Their biological energy is huge, and even humans are vulnerable to them with the help of firearms and other weapons. But now, they are wagging their tails like pet dogs, accepting a human who is not known how much younger than them as their master. What is even more cruel is that when the short life of this human being comes to an end, they will also give up their eternal life and die together with human beings.

If such a feeling occurs naturally like the "old and outdated" love, it is also a kind of poignant decision. The problem is that the so-called "binding" actually happens under the brainwashing and control of human spiritual technology, and they never have the right to choose the owner.

When the red circle turned green, Luo Wei took the lead in walking towards the original glass, as if his body had entered another layer of medium, and the glass swayed in circles like water waves. A string of bubbles rose from the exhaust port on his mask, rising as lightly as a jellyfish, and the whole person was already in the sea. His siren, Zixi Ma, swam up to his side, the usual fish tail gently coiling around his body. Luo Wei did not respond to the intimacy of the Kraken, but when he stepped on his feet, the whole person jumped up like a spirit fish, the webs in the shoes stretched out, and danced up and down with his strong legs. Zixi circled up with him, and the long tail stirred up a circle of ripples. The scene of two people dancing in the air was light and dreamy, and the casual movements showed an unspoken tacit understanding.

The other students also filed out to join their respective Krakens. Tang Yi found that there were also subtle differences in the attitudes of the students towards the Kraken. Some people obviously like their Kraken very much, and will respond to the various actions of the Kraken expressing intimacy, while some people are much more indifferent, and they are more in front of the Kraken as the master, giving orders. The attitude of the Kraken to humans is also inconsistent. Although they are all emotionally bound to a specific human being, there are also awkward Kraken who pretend to be indifferent. Some are outgoing and noisy, and some are like Zixi with a bit of flowers. crazy...

I don't know what kind of character Mercury is...

Yin Chengmin raised his hand at this time, and all the team members and the Kraken suddenly stopped playing, and quickly stopped in the sea in front of the instructor. They are now arranged in a three-dimensional 3X3X3 square, one person and one Kraken in a group, waiting for Yin Chengmin's instructions.

Yin Chengmin spoke slowly, his voice diffused through the microphone on his chest and then through the underwater speakers installed outside the glass cover, "Today's training project is to play against simulated robots, and the time is one hour. The team with the most kills can get the 50 extra points."

Fifty ten points is unbelievably rich for an ordinary training reward, and all the students seem to be gearing up for it.

Yin Chengmin turned off the microphone on his chest and turned his head to explain to Tang Yi, "The Kraken team training camp has a strict point system. Students who have reached 800 points can adopt a Kraken, and students who have reached 1,000 can be promoted to real The Kraken team. For ordinary students, it usually takes three to four years to earn the first five percent, and the more severe the score is given later, if they make mistakes in the test, they will be deducted. If you have not reached 800 points by the age of 18, you will be eliminated directly, the information will be sent back to the high command, and then you will be assigned to other positions. In fact, the elimination rate of the training camp is as high as 70%, only the top 30% of them will enter the team."

Tang Yi suddenly understood why his age was so dazzling in the training camp.

"What about after reaching 800 points? What should I do if I adopt a Kraken but fail to reach 1,000 points, or if the points are deducted even lower than 800?"

"Usually students with more than 800 points have enough strength to reach 1,000 points. This is also the consideration of the military. After all, we only dare to bind the valuable Kraken to him after confirming that the student has sufficient ability. However, the performance after binding There are not many examples that started to decline. In the end, the score was less than 800, and he had to be eliminated. As for the Kraken bound to him, he would be dispatched to the navy to do some basic labor after his vocal cords were removed. Raising a Kraken takes energy. And the cost is staggering, this is a terrible waste, unless it is a last resort or the students do something to betray the base, we will not easily eliminate students with more than 800 points."

As we all know, the most terrifying weapon of a Kraken is their voice. If a Kraken has its vocal cords removed, it is like a person who has his hands chopped off, which is crueler than death. Tang Yi couldn't believe it, his brows furrowed, "Could it be that the Kraken who failed to bind can't enter the team?"

"No, this is absolutely not allowed." Yin Chengmin did not explain much, but it was not difficult to understand. The Kraken first appeared as the destroyer of human beings. The Kraken that cannot be controlled by humans is a double-edged sword that can be swung at one's own people at any time. In these precarious apocalyptic times, such dangers cannot be allowed to exist.