Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 13: sense of ceremony

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Two months passed in a flash.

In the elevator leading to the 647th floor, Long Yuehong, wearing a polyester shirt, looked at herself on the metal wall of the elevator, and compared her chest muscles:

"This kind of high-intensity training really works. I think I can beat my fresh graduate self five, no, three."

And the figure has also become quite good, and the temperament is also much more masculine.

Shang Jianyao looked at the elevator door and said:

"Hey, I'm only 1.75 meters after genetic modification, and I look average, and my grades are average..."

"..." Long Yuehong didn't know what kind of expression to use to deal with it.

He took a deep breath and spit out:

"Really, I have eaten meat every day for the past two months, so why haven't I grown a centimeter?"

While talking, the two walked out of the elevator and turned into Room 14 skillfully.

They still didn't know what they were going to train for this morning. They couldn't decide whether to change into the uniform uniform of the Ministry of Security, or to wear clothes that were more convenient for fighting, so they had to report to Jiang Baimian first, and then go to the changing room of the bathhouse.

At this time, Jiang Baimian and Bai Chen had already arrived, and they were sitting around the brown-red desk belonging to the former, watching what they were doing.

"Good morning, team leader!" Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong were used to shouting out loud.

Jiang Baimian raised his head and waved:

"Come here, I have something to tell you."

Long Yuehong glanced at Shang Jianyao and found that he didn't seem to know what was going on.

The two walked over and saw a map with very low accuracy on Jiang Baimian's brown-red painted desk.

Jiang Baimian clenched his fist and lightly tapped the map, and said with a smile:

"Today's training program is:

"Exercise in the wild!"

"Ah?" Long Yuehong exclaimed in surprise.

He knew that the field training would come sooner or later, but he never thought that there would be no sign, and he did not give himself time to prepare!

Shang Jianyao didn't speak, but he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

Jiang Baimian looked around and said:

"It was originally planned to start in two days, but it just happened that a small task was given above, and it was necessary to go to a certain wilderness homeless settlement to send a water purification device filter chip, so let's go today.

"Bai Chen, tell them about the final destination and the approximate route."

Bai Chen, who was still wearing a gray scarf, supported the edge of the table with one hand and tapped somewhere on the map with the other:

"This is Qifeng Town, which is about 300 kilometers away from the company. If there is a repaired road, there is no danger in the middle. We take turns driving and we can get there within a day. Unfortunately, there is no intact road in the black marsh wilderness. Perhaps, there is a small section of the road from the old world that is well preserved, but there are a lot of weeds and the road has some cracks, but that's just an example."

Both Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong knew that "Black Marsh Wilderness" refers to the dangerous area outside the company.

It covers an extremely wide area, with the northernmost connected to the ice field, the northeast bordering the "Salvation Army", and the east is the sphere of influence of the "White Knights". If you go southeast for a long time, you will enter the "First City".

As for the south, another wilderness and a few mountains.

Bai Chen continued to explain:

"You should have seen that there is a 'big swamp' between us and Qifeng Town, and many places are marked with high-risk symbols. According to my experience, these places either have no roads at all, are pure swamps, or have distortions and terrible Monsters or groups of monsters are entrenched, or there are ruins of the old world, the kind that can't be returned once they go.

"If we cross out the heavily polluted areas, there are not many routes we can choose, and we have to exclude the two commonly used by the company and have outposts, otherwise the purpose of field training will not be achieved.

"Combining the above conditions and the geographical situation of the Great Marsh, I have planned two routes: they both need to be interspersed back and forth in the Great Marsh, and the time spent is about the same. It takes a week or even two weeks to reach Qifeng Town, depending on the details. weather conditions.

"Which route do you prefer? Or, want to bypass the swamp from the outside? It will take longer and not necessarily less dangerous.

"Well, my knowledge of the Great Swamp is not too detailed. I haven't been to many places. You can provide other opinions."

Without waiting for Jiang Baimian to speak, Shang Jianyao took a step forward and pointed to one of the routes:

"This one is good."

"Why?" Bai Chen subconsciously asked.

Then, she deeply regretted that she should not have asked.

"Smooth lines and beautiful shapes." Shang Jianyao looked sincere.

Bai Chen looked sideways at the team leader, hoping that she could "preside over justice".

Jiang Baimian rubbed his chin and said:

"I agree with Shang Jianyao's choice, since there is no essential difference between the two routes, I must choose the better-looking one.

"So happy to decide!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong, pointed to her electronic watch and said:

"You have 15 minutes to prepare."

"It's only 15 minutes?" Long Yuehong's face was almost wrinkled.

"14 minutes and 55 seconds." Jiang Baimian looked at the electronic watch and responded without looking up.

Long Yuehong immediately turned around and followed Shang Jianyao's back:

"Hey, wait for me!"

The two quickly entered the dressing room of the nearby bathhouse and opened their own cabinet.

Because they train profusely every day, they put a lot of clothes here for easy replacement.

-In the company, because there is no sunlight and it is very cold at night, employees cannot dry their clothes, so the "training and security department" sends people to collect them, clean them, dry them, and send them back (small personal items can be Hang it on top of your own sink, or put a basin under it to catch the falling water).

Shang Jianyao took out a camouflage backpack that came standard with the Ministry of Security, opened the zipper, and stuffed one of the uniforms inside.

Then, he put the Huang Chengcheng soap, which is a two-in-one shampoo and body wash, into a plastic pouch and threw it into a backpack.

After putting away the toothpaste, toothbrush, personal accessories and other scattered items, Shang Jianyao quickly took off his clothes and threw them into the cabinet.

Wearing only a pair of trousers, he immediately took out the rest of the gray-bottomed uniform and quickly put it on his body.

After bending over to tie the leather boots, Shang Jianyao straightened up, walked to the half-length mirror, and tidied up his shirt.

In the mirror, he has straight eyebrows, bright brown eyes, neat black hair, and deep and rigid face.

Coupled with the security department uniform with a sense of design and military temperament, Shang Jianyao looks both sunny and powerful.

Looking at himself in the mirror, Shang Jianyao slowly took out a nameplate from his pocket and put it on his left chest.

The nameplate is based on red, and four golden gray texts are highlighted on the surface:

"Pangaea".

After leaving the locker room, Shang Jianyao waited for two minutes, and when Long Yuehong was ready, they returned to room 14 together.

Long Yuehong glanced at Shang Jianyao and then again, and finally couldn't help but said:

"Don't you think I'm any different?"

Shang Jianyao squinted at him and said nothing.

Long Yuehong raised her arm and said:

"I'm not nervous! Didn't you notice that I wasn't nervous

"If it was before, I must have been scared and pessimistic, but now, it's just a field training, I think I can handle it.

"Two months of training really helped."

Shang Jianyao slowed down and looked up and down Long Yuehong.

Suddenly, he smiled:

"Your legs are shaking."

"..." Long Yuehong's expression suddenly collapsed.

Shang Jianyao ignored him and walked to room 14.

Long Yuehong came back to her senses, looked down at her legs, and shouted:

"No shaking! No shaking!"

After such an interruption, he felt that he was really not nervous at all.

The two quickly returned to Room 14. Jiang Baimian glanced over and landed on Shang Jianyao's left chest.

She raised her eyebrows slightly and said:

"There's no need to wear a nameplate, and it's not a company-level action.

"Also, when the number of people is small, the nameplate will only bring danger. Those robbers and wanderers on the dust don't care if it is a big power. Sometimes, if they can't grab something, they may not even survive today. , it is meaningless to consider whether there will be serious consequences for attacking members of major forces."

Shang Jianyao nodded lightly and said loudly:

"A sense of ceremony!"

"...Take it off when you leave the company. Let's go now." Jiang Baimian rubbed his forehead and said.

Shang Jianyao, Bai Chen, and Long Yuehong carried the same camouflage bags and followed her to the elevator area.

After entering the elevator, Jiang Baimian took out his electronic card and swiped it, and pressed the number "650".

In just a few seconds, the elevator ended its upward movement and opened the car door and hall door.

The 650th floor is the closest floor to the ground of the "Pangu Creatures" underground building. There are hardly any people moving freely here, only the walls made of silver and white metal, the aisles separated by heavy gates, and the security department with weapons standing guard. Employees exist.

Jiang Baimian swiped his electronic card again and again, and opened the heavy metal doors that opened one after another.

She took Shang Jianyao and others through the long aisle to the other side of the 650th floor.

During this process, several doors will scan the cardholder's iris and body to confirm whether it is a counterfeiter. At the last door, there is even a link to enter a password.

At the end of the aisle is a row of elevators. Jiang Baimian chose one at random, swiped his card and pressed the metal key corresponding to the "surface area".

The elevator went up slowly, revealing a wide square in front of Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others, with a square with a metal dome and steel brackets above.

"Parking lot." Jiang Baimian introduced with a smile.

There are not only all kinds of cars parked here, but also tanks and missile cars. They are neatly arranged, one by one, row by row, with no end in sight, which deeply shocked Shang Jianyao, Long Yuehong and others. .

Jiang Baimian quickly found the car assigned to him:

It was a gray-green four-seater jeep with a high chassis and big wheels, very imposing.

Jiang Baimian immediately opened the trunk and pointed to the left:

"This is the weapon for this field training. The company's standard 9mm bullet pistol is called 'Ice Moss'. It is an imitation of the 'Red River' gun of 'First City'. This kind of bullet is the most common and easiest to supply. "

The "Ice Moss" pistol is silver-white and has a non-slip pattern on the handle.

Jiang Baimian continued:

"One per person, and, 'United 202,' also one per person.

"These two are assault rifles, you know, the company's 'Berzy Warrior', using 5.56mm bullets...

"This is the 'Orange' rifle, it can be used as a sniper rifle with a scope...

"This is a grenade gun, nicknamed 'Tyrant'...

"This is all the weapons, and the bullets are here. Put the pistols on you first, and bring a few magazines for each."

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong have become accustomed to various weapons during this period of time, and those who are familiar with them are no longer familiar with them. They calmly picked up "Ice Moss" and "United 202" and hung them on their waist belts.

Jiang Baimian pointed to the cardboard box on the right again:

"Military cans, energy bars, compressed biscuits, that's our supply.

"Hehe, they definitely won't support our arrival at Qifeng Town. The rest will need to be obtained in the wild. This is part of the training."

"Yes, team leader!" Bai Chen, Shang Jianyao and others were not surprised at all.

"Okay, get in the car." Jiang Baimian waved his hand proudly.

Because Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong couldn't drive yet, the two ladies sat in the front row and prepared to take turns driving.

They plan to let the two men learn in a wider area.

In the simulated sound, Jiang Baimian started the four-door jeep and let it pass one checkpoint and one separation gate in the parking lot.

After a while, Jiang Baimian pointed to the front with his chin:

"The last door."

It was an open silver-white gate, with nearly 20 security staff guarding it along the way.

After receiving the final review, Jiang Baimian drove the jeep and rushed towards the metal gate.

At this time, Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong became uncontrollably nervous and held their breath.

This is the first time they have gone to the surface since they were born.

As the jeep approached, the open silver-white door opened back a little bit.

A golden light burst in, neither as white as a fluorescent lamp nor as yellow as a candle flame.

Shang Jianyao and Long Yuehong shrank their bodies at the same time, raised their right hand, and blocked their eyes.

The light was a bit harsh.