In the end, Lance still didn't let Wen Yu recite it back. He didn't want to be in the headlines the next day, or someone to write a book "Two or Three Things About the Little Soldier and the Colonel".
This day's patrol almost let Lance know how his feet can bear—
He can only walk for about four hours.
After four hours, the legs will become very sore from prolonged support, and the calf will secrete a white membrane due to exhaustion, and white scales will appear under the membrane.
It's like when a fish is out of water, the body turns on the safety mode.
All in all, Lance is out of water, and his legs are turning into fish tails again.
In addition to the above "harvests", Lance is still very happy.
Today, I went to see a circle of rich people in person, and it was completely different from what I heard from others.
After a day of patrolling, when he was quiet and had time to think, Lance only felt that his mind was in a mess.
When going to bed at night, Lance refused to be with Wen Yu. He lay alone in the bathtub in the next bathroom, turned his legs into fish tails, soaked in the water, and used the tablet Wen Yu gave him. Frantically query the information of this world.
Lance also used the Internet to check before, but at that time, he only had a general understanding of the world view, and it did not involve the current situation at the social level;
And Lance now mainly wants to know what the life of human beings in the whole world is like, and how human beings face the world of doomsday.
And after such a search, it took a whole night to check.
The next day, when Wen Yu woke up, he went into the bathroom and couldn't help laughing——
Lance was still lying in the bathtub, with a beautiful fish tail lying carelessly across the bathtub.
The white tail of the fish is shiny. From the outside, it seems that it has absorbed enough water. The scales are shining, beautiful like diamonds, but the end of the tail is wilting, just like its owner. It can be seen that it has stayed up all night. .
When Lance saw Wen Yu coming in, he raised his head and greeted Wen Yu with a little red octopus on his head.
Wen Yu took a closer look. Compared with the little octopus, he cared more about the two huge dark circles on Lance's face, and couldn't help raising his eyebrows:
"You didn't sleep last night?"
"Yes."
Lance weakly showed the tablet to Wen Yu,
"I'm watching a recruiting ad."
The recruitment advertisement in the tablet played passionate music, and the whole perspective quickly slid across a large swamp and sea along with the rhythm of the music, and then a group of reserve soldiers walked on the clean road, and finally accompanied by a gentle voice speech.
Although this short video was short, Lance watched it over and over again and learned a lot from it.
After becoming a reserve soldier, the reserve soldier must participate in conscription activities.
This event is called a test, but it is actually a group of recruits to explore the outside world and guard the frontier.
If the reserve soldier can survive the first mission, then the reserve soldier can become a regular.
"After becoming a soldier, the treatment is very good."
Lance sighed,
"It's really exchanging life for money."
According to the ad, the threshold for becoming a reserve soldier is very low. No matter whether you are fat or thin, tall or short, male or female, as long as you are not a villainous person, you can pass the first group mission. If you survive inside, you will have the opportunity to use your military merits to enter the wealthy area and cross classes.
This kind of huge reward has caused countless people to go forward and enter the huge meat grinder of the reserve soldiers, and exchange their lives for possible glory and wealth.
And the reason why the entire alliance organizes such conscription activities every year is also very simple—
They need manpower to deal with the beast tide that comes at this time of year.
After the apocalypse came, the land area was eroded by the ocean, and the creatures that survived by chance have basically mutated.
But no matter how mutated these animals are, they don't have human technology.
Humans can barely fill their stomachs within the high walls with their technology, but those animals can't.
Driven by instinct, the mutated animals and plants outside the high wall will try to break through the human defense line and feed on human beings in September and October every year.
Therefore, at this time of year, humans will need a large number of small soldiers to patrol the periphery of the high wall to avoid excessive damage to the high wall by mutated animals and plants.
And this year, the situation is even more special.
Due to the bad weather recently, there were several more black storms than in previous years, which led to the advance of the beast tide.
According to the rhetoric in the recruitment advertisement, if Lance submitted the registration form, he would have to go to the registration point in the downtown area to register in the next few days.
Lance looked up and asked:
"If I go to the lower city, can I go directly to the sea?"
"Do not."
Wen Yu shook his head, "It will take a while."
Although the little soldiers are inconspicuous, and many little soldiers die on the battlefield every year, it is undeniable that they more or less blocked the impact of part of the beast tide on the human gathering place. In some respects, those who died A soldier is a hero.
The leaders of the Survivor Alliance are not so stupid, they still attach great importance to the reserve soldiers who enter the army every year.
So, they won't throw the little soldiers who don't understand anything directly on the battlefield—
On the one hand, it is to avoid too high casualty rate and too fast population consumption:
On the other hand, they planned to train and train soldiers step by step. If they were lucky that year, they could find someone who was similar to Wen Yu
Therefore, in order to give the reserve soldiers a period of time to buffer, the registration location for the reserve soldiers was chosen to be the place closest to the wealthy district.
After the reservists are assembled, there will be officers leading them for training, and at the same time handle some affairs in the lower city.
During this time, the reserve soldiers will learn the skills of fighting on the battlefield, and learn some professional knowledge to identify mutant animals and plants.
At each stage, when the officers feel that the reserve soldiers they lead have passed the examination and can go to the next stage, they will move the reserve soldiers to the periphery until the reserve soldiers reach the high wall and open everyone's mind. The first task of -
Patrol the edges of high walls and outside.
And at this time, Lance is the closest to the sea, and it is also the perfect moment for Lance to escape from here and return to the sea.
"Okay, I know.
Lance crawled out of the tub, sat aside, and waited for the water to dry off his tail so he could conjure two legs,
"What about you? Am I not your orderly?"
"I will go to the conscription this time."
Wen Yu said,
"During the entire conscription campaign, I will be both your commander and your instructor."
Lance opened his mouth, he felt that this was not a good thing.
…
By the afternoon, Lance was learning some fighting skills under Wen Yu's guidance.
Lance originally thought that relying on his brute strength and the mermaid's excellent physical fitness, he would be able to fight gently and call him daddy.
At first, Lance's prophecy was successful.
With the blessing of the mermaid's excellent dynamic vision and body reaction speed that is many times faster than that of humans, Lance went straight to the stage and rubbed Wen Yu on the ground without knowing anything.
This gap made Wen Yu stunned.
However, as time dragged on, Lance's physical strength was gradually exhausted by Wen Yu, and he gradually began to be suppressed by Wen Yu, who had great combat experience, and the end ended with Wen Yu's victory.
Because Wen Yu accidentally stepped on Lance's foot...
Now, Lance crouched in a corner, closed to himself.
"Sorry, I really didn't mean to."
Wen Yu squatted behind Lance, carefully apologizing,
"How about you come over and step on my foot?"
"Can that be the same?"
Lance turned his head, and the white beads crackled and fell all over the floor. He was very aggrieved,
"You just can't beat me? Why step on me on purpose? Step on me, don't you know that's my tail?"
For Lance, the feeling of being accidentally stepped on by Wen Yu was particularly impressive.
The moment Wen Yu stepped on it, Lance felt like he was out of his body—
It was as if a thorn had popped out of nowhere, piercing through his heavenly cap directly from the sole of his foot.
It hurts a fish to death.
Moreover, because Lance's feet were smaller than Wen Yu's, he couldn't even move when his feet were stepped on.
Wen Yu was very guilty, he justified:
"If it's on the battlefield, the enemy doesn't care if your feet hurt or not."
"Then are you an enemy?"
Lance asked back.
"… no."
Wen Yu's tone was a little weak.
"Then is this a battlefield?"
"… no."
Wen Yu tilted his head, "Then do you want me to squeeze your feet?"
Squeeze your fart!
Lance stood up, very annoyed, and then stepped on Wen Yu's shoe with his still intact foot, leaving a shoe print.
Wen Yu: "..."
From the looks of it, the feet are really the mermaid's weakness, and they don't even have much strength.
After taking revenge on Wen Yu, Lance unilaterally terminated the teaching. He limped towards the living room, ready to go back to take a bath, change his tail back, and see if Wen Yu's kick made him feel better. He is missing something.
And when he passed by the living room, he suddenly heard the sound of the doorbell:
"Ding dong—"
Lance and Wen Yu stopped at the same time.
"Ding dong—"
Lance turned around and looked at Wen Yu:
"Is that Carl and Rose?"
"No, if they come, they will tell me in advance."
Wen Yu also found it strange.
If the person who came was Dr. Muran, Dr. Muran would have sent him a text message before coming, and he would not ring the doorbell so politely.
Lance didn't think too much, he walked forward first, and saw who the visitor was from the smart video at the door—
Michael in a neat suit.
This man with green eyes made a deep impression on Lance, and Lance recognized Michael at a glance.
Lance looked back at Wen Yu and asked:
"Michael is standing outside the door, do you want to see him?"
Hearing this, Wen Yu couldn't help raising his eyebrows.
It seemed that Wen Yu didn't know why Michael came to him.
"Let him in."
Wen Yu said, "See what he wants to do."
This is exactly what Lance wanted. Lance opened the door directly and smiled at Michael:
"can I help you?"
Michael smiled, and handed the wine bottle and a box of small cakes to Lance:
"I'm here to see you."
After finishing speaking, he glanced at Wen Yu standing behind Lance, and added:
"By the way, let's take a look at Colonel Wen Yu."
Five minutes later, Michael was sitting in the living room with a glass of plain water in front of him.
Michael's eyes were still very natural, but after looking at Lance and Wen Yu who were sitting next to him for a while, his eyes gradually moved down, and finally landed on Wen Yu's shoes—
A footprint on Wen Yu's military boots was too obvious.
"Ahem, what's the matter with you?"
Seeing that Michael's attention was on Wen Yu's shoes, Lance blushed slightly, and then coughed a few times, pulling Michael's attention back.
"Oh, it's actually a trivial matter."
Michael is neither humble nor overbearing, and his green eyes look particularly sincere and innocent.
"I'm here to thank Lance for helping Loma out of siege, and to visit the neighbors by the way."
"Ah."
Wen Yu sneered beside him, showing his disbelief.
"Well, the main thing is, I hit it off with Lance."
Michael immediately turned into Rufeng.
Lance was expressionless.
Who are you kidding
"This is real."
Michael looked at Lance, and he said seriously,
"I know that Lance is from District 25, and I'm from District 26. The two of us can be regarded as fellow villagers... Lance, do you know that there is a review system for the reserve soldiers?"
Seeing Michael's seriousness, Lance straightened his back and asked:
"what is that?"
"The Reserve Corps signed up in the c42 city area, and then slowly pushed out of the wall."
Michael laughed and said,
"Because a large number of people from the lower city sign up every year, in order to maintain the 'purity' of the army, there will be a review team.
Every time the audit team goes to an area, it will spot check some soldiers who were born or live in that area, and go to their birth or living places to investigate. If the character is really worrisome, the review team will dismiss the person. "
To put it bluntly, it is political censorship.
Lance was silent.
He thought, since it was a random check, with so many people, he might not be selected.
However, he couldn't help but think, what if he was unlucky and was chosen directly
"What do you want to say?"
Wen Yu asked directly.
"nothing."
michael smiles,
"I just want to remind Lance. Oh, by the way, I also know a lot of people in District 25. If you have any difficulties, you can come to me."
"Is that why you came here?"
Wen Yu was a little unhappy,
"To be honest, I can directly take what you just said as a threat."
"No, I'm just so happy to see my fellow villagers."
Michael looked at Wen Yu, trying to show his innocence with his green eyes and dispel Wen Yu's guard.
"Okay, having said so much, I actually really have a request for Colonel Wen Yu."
Michael didn't wait for Lance and Wen Yu to say anything, he said again on his own,
"I was selected by the company, and I will follow the army to inspect the granaries and subsidiaries in the lower city."
This is the only way to get promoted, the only problem is that the time is not so good.
When inspecting, if he was not careful, he might be dragged away and killed by some mutant beasts that broke through.
Michael's expression became serious, it seemed that this was what Michael really wanted to say, not the paradoxical things above:
"I know that this journey may be very dangerous, so I have the cheek to meet you, Colonel. I hope that Colonel Wen Yu will pay more attention to me and my team."
"You can ask someone else."
Wen Yu opened his mouth,
"Why did you choose me?"
You must know that Wen Yu's reputation is not good among human beings, so even if someone wants to ask someone to do something, he will definitely not choose Wen Yu as the first choice.
"That's because Lance and I are fellow villagers."
Michael then smiled, calmly,
"I hope that through this relationship, Colonel Wen Yu will pay more attention to our team."
This kind of statement is understandable, but the whole thing still reveals an unusual atmosphere.
"That's what I'm here for today."
Michael stood up, and he bowed to both of them,
"please."
Michael is indeed a person who can be an executive. He is very smart to grasp the distance between him, Wen Yu and Lance, not too far or not close, so that they feel comfortable and can't find anything wrong.
After Michael left, Lance and Wen Yu looked at each other, feeling something wrong.
Although Michael kept saying that he wanted to find a relationship and let Wen Yu take shelter, both Wen Yu and Lance knew that "seeking asylum" was just a cover-up, and what Michael actually wanted to talk about was the previous "review".
Michael was hinting at something, and warning of something.
"He is really not simple."
Lance complained,
"It's so annoying to a smart person. He's going around in circles. Doesn't he get dizzy by himself?"
Wen Yu stroked Lance's head, feeling relieved:
"So, I like you."
Lance: "..."
Is this implying that he is stupid