The lounge suddenly fell into silence.
Sun Hongbing's mind went blank.
With a dull expression, he murmured, "It's over, it's over... You killed Xiaoguaiguai, Brother Ma will definitely be furious!"
Help! Ma Ge just said on the phone that he might come over to see Xiaoguaiguai on the weekend!
Where can I get a new one for him? !
The others were also frightened and their faces turned pale.
Only Xu Qingran was asking, "Who is Brother Ma?"
Ma Biao, also known as Brother Ma, is the leader of their South City District 1-9.
He is also the only S-level garrison in this area, so everyone is afraid of him, including the residents. After all, Ma Biao is the only one in these areas who can help them when they encounter high-level demons or foreign creatures.
Because of his great abilities, Ma Biao has a bad temper and is very domineering.
He was even a native of Nanzhou on Taiyue Star. He got his current position after killing the leader he disliked. The military didn't care about this matter at all, and they didn't care about the dead leader. For them, it was enough for someone to take over the job.
Ma Biao has some kind of relationship with the rebels in the northern district.
The North District Rebel Army is now the object of the most admiration and dependence of the residents of South Continent, so they dare not offend him.
Xu Qingran nodded after listening: "It's very simple."
"When he comes, you can just treat him to barbecue."
Sun Hongbing and others: “…”
To be honest, barbecue is really delicious.
But if I do that, I will die miserably, right
Sun Hongbing quickly calmed down.
This guy is so arrogant as a new soldier, which just happened to make him meet these weaker ones. There are tens of thousands of garrison personnel in Nancheng alone in Shangnanzhou. He will definitely suffer in the future if he doesn't take everyone seriously!
If you dare to make Brother Ma angry, just prepare to be beaten!
A group of people in the lounge, under Xu Qingran's instructions, went down crying to "dismember" the giant octopus and put it in the refrigerator.
When I came up, Xu Qingran had already grilled a new batch of meat.
It smells very good.
So they ate several more bowls while crying.
·
That night, Xu Qingran followed the group led by Hu Zha and visited District 6.
Areas 6 and 7 are fine. They have not yet been occupied by Type I. The patrol work is relatively simple, and even the number of soldiers stationed there is pitifully small.
After getting a general understanding of the situation, he did not stay in South City for long, but drove the aircraft towards the East City camp.
On the way, the communication rang again.
It was his adjutant who called again: "Hello, Colonel. I want to confirm with you whether you will arrive at Taiyue Star before Sunday?"
"According to custom, we will have a welcome ceremony before you officially take up your post. At that time, we will arrange for the team leaders or main managers of each city to meet with you to discuss subsequent work and cooperation."
Those who become high-ranking officials always like to do these gimmicks.
At first, Taiyuexing didn't have such a tradition. I don't remember which person came later and proposed this requirement, so this tradition continued. After all, a new official would do his best to show off his power and suppress the people under him.
Although, more often than not, it causes a greater counter-effect.
Xu Qingran thought, so they were talking about this welcome ceremony.
He didn't refuse, saying that he would be there in time before hanging up the call.
Dongcheng District 3, Shangnanzhou Military Headquarters.
It was almost noon when Xu Qingran arrived, and he saw a starship from another star system landing at the airport. He saw a group of people wearing Silver Dragon Guard uniforms and carrying backpacks and other luggage coming out of it.
These are the "veterans" who were transferred to Taiyue Star after the Silver Dragon Camp gained a group of fresh graduates.
In fact, some of them are not too old, they just have certain experience.
Xu Qingran put on a mask and followed the crowd into the government building in a low-key manner.
I learned from listening to their conversation that the Silver Dragon Battalion would arrange special transportation to pick up the sergeants who were assigned to new jobs.
The person walking in front of him happened to be a gossiper: "I heard that Shangnanzhou has a new colonel? What happened to the previous one? I heard he has only been in office for more than three months!"
"Being stupid."
"The old man was stubborn and insisted on provoking those people in the North City. In the end, he was... I heard that they caught him, stripped him down to his underwear, and hung him on the wall at the North City Gate for two days and two nights to humiliate him."
"Oh my god, is it so exciting?"
"He was used to being a leader in other places, so he thought that with a 'military order' in hand, the military guards of Taiyue Star would obey him just like the people he managed before. He brought a lot of his trusted followers with him when he came, but in the end, he was defeated, wasn't he?"
"I don't know when the new colonel will arrive, and I don't know what kind of person he will be."
"Don't worry. Although their working ability is not very good, the Silver Dragon has given them a very good lineup. When they come, there will definitely be several aircrafts surrounding them. It will be very high-profile. It's hard for you not to know!"
Xu Qingran thought, doesn’t he
He didn't even know that being a colonel had such good benefits. He didn't have any cronies or sedan chairs. When he went to get his job letter, he was only told to punch in within half a month and given an address to leave on his own.
Xu Qingran silently took note of Mu Ziyu's words.
"Well, anyway, Nanzhou... that's it."
The person in front sighed again.
"It's a slow death. The military is in disarray. If that colonel had been more sensible and become a figurehead like his predecessors, maybe he could have stayed longer."
"I heard that most of Lower South Continent has already fallen, and recently many refugees have been sent to Upper South... If Lower South Continent doesn't hold out, Upper South will soon be in trouble too, right?"
Xu Qingran walked here and didn't move forward.
As he watched the people who were discussing the matter walk further and further away, the new recruits who came to report for duty walked past him one by one and went to the card registration area to clock in and report for duty.
There were very few staff members in the office building. Their attitudes were casual and they looked listless, which was very different from the serious atmosphere he saw at the Silver Dragon Camp headquarters.
He passed by the monitoring room and saw that there was only one person guarding it. He even put his legs on the table and leaned his head against the back of the chair and fell asleep. He looked at the monitoring screen a few more times and found that the interface was still his colonel's office.
After a tour around East City, Xu Qingran had a general understanding of the military atmosphere here.
Simply put, it's just laziness and bad performance.
Even the guards in the camp did not go to work. They were either sleeping in or playing card games or other board games.
Not many people get proper training.
Xu Qingran went to his office again.
It is a simple three-story building with a large sign of "Colonel's Government Affairs Office" hanging at the entrance, which is very conspicuous.
Before he reached the building, he met a group of people holding tools such as knives, sticks, and hammers, and walking towards the building in a menacing manner.
I couldn't help but ask curiously: "What are you going to do?"
When they saw him wearing a mask and looking a little unfamiliar, they were stunned for a moment.
Then he remembered that a new batch of unlucky people had been sent here to suffer in the past few days, so he patiently replied: "What else can we do? We must go and destroy the colonel's office building again!"
The demolition was just completed the day before yesterday, and those lackeys acted very quickly and tidied up the place immediately.
They are fed up with these "superiors" who only show off their power but do nothing. The areas of Nanzhou should be managed by the people of Nanzhou themselves. Why is it that those who are sent abroad and have no contribution are always the ones to step on them
"Little brother, I see you are a newcomer too, so I won't embarrass you."
"I'm helpless, so I won't be used as a punching bag by the new colonel!"
They didn't force him into the gang, they just rushed over in a noisy manner.
Because the new colonel had not arrived yet, there were not many people guarding outside the building, and they were unable to stop the momentum of this group of people. They could only watch them break in through the door and vent their anger.
Xu Qingran stared at the mess in the house, looking thoughtful.
Then he turned and left.
When I came back, it was already an hour later.
All the furniture and other items in the house were smashed into pieces, with debris all over the floor. It would probably have been enough to make the person who was cleaning it collapse.
The brothers inside were celebrating in Wuhu style. They thought that everything was almost destroyed and today was enough fun. When they were about to leave, they ran into Xu Qingran who had returned outside the door.
The soldier asked him in surprise: "Little brother, why haven't you left yet?"
"There are surveillance cameras here, you..." The speaker paused for a long time, barely finding an adjective, "You look so conspicuous, it would be easy to find you if you were discovered, right?"
Xu Qingran asked back: "You guys aren't afraid, why should I be afraid?"
The group of people were stunned by his question.
I thought to myself, although this new soldier is young and looks weak, he is quite brave!
They thought he wanted to join in the fun, so they lent him the tools they had.
Xu Qingran didn't answer. "It's okay. I've already prepared my tools."
He shouted at a group of people in the house to evacuate. When they came out confused, they found a few oil drums outside the house.
Then he said calmly, "I think your destruction of the place is only a temporary solution. If you destroy it today, they will set it up again tomorrow."
"It's a waste of energy."
Xu Qingran stood in front of his future office building, curved his beautiful eyes, and said, "So, why not just burn it down."
The sound was neither too loud nor too soft, just loud enough for everyone present to hear.
The group of people who were happily destroying the scene just a moment ago suddenly looked stunned.
After a long while, someone finally spoke hesitantly: "... Actually, there's no need to be so extreme."
They didn't really want to destroy the place, but they just wanted to express their dissatisfaction to the higher-ups, hoping to change the current situation of the Tianlong system.
But the young man ignored their opinions. When he came to his senses, he had already picked up the oil barrel and started pouring it on the building.
While pouring the water, he said: "It's not bad, it's just one building that was burned, and the whole camp was not blown up."
Everyone: “…”
Although he was just talking, his tone made people feel that he could really do such a thing. What was going on? Was he really a new recruit? And not a prisoner who had just been released from some evil tower
Xu Qingran's movements were so fast that it was astonishing.
By the time they reacted and tried to stop him, he had already spilled all the oil.
He simply took out a match from his pocket and threw it towards a flammable place, his movements as cheerful as setting off firecrackers.
Everyone was stunned.
—No, he really did let it go?!
The orange-red flames licked upwards and inwards around the house, and in the blink of an eye the entire building was engulfed in flames. The air around was so hot that everyone stepped back frequently, and only the arsonist stood at the safest distance, admiring his masterpiece.
The fire alarm in the area sounded instantly.
The group of people who came to cause trouble were scared away by this unexpected situation, leaving Xu Qingran alone standing there calmly. The firelight reflected in his eyes kept jumping, making the smile in his eyes flicker.
Xu Qingran thought, isn't this the end of everything
He actually had to teach me how to do something like ruining a party.
system:"… "
—Host, do you realize that you are destroying your own field
By the time the fire was put out by the belated reinforcements, the entire building had been destroyed.
As a matter of course, the arsonist Xu Qingran was invited to the office building for a talk.
In the small office sat a thin boy.
He pushed up his large frameless round glasses and said expressionlessly, "Comrade, please take off your mask and talk to me."
It seemed that the person who arrested him and questioned him was his adjutant.
His voice also sounds similar, not as mellow as other boys, but rather immature. His appearance also matches his voice, he is small and looks like a boy in his twenties.
As a result, the system just said that his adjutant is actually over 40 years old.
This was one of the few things that could shock him.
After he finished speaking, Xu Qingran raised his hand and took off his mask.
That face, originally showing only a pair of eyes and half of the nose, already exuded an extraordinary temperament. After the mask was removed, the lower half of the face was unexpectedly delicate, perfectly matching the upper half of the face.
The adjutant was stunned for a moment, but still tried to keep a straight face and said, "Sir, are you a new recruit here to report?"
"Can you please explain why you set fire to the Colonel's office?"
It's outrageous.
Are the newlyweds so crazy nowadays? The old people will just mess things up at most, so every time they renovate, they just replace some cheap furniture as a token of appreciation, and the expenses are still within the affordable range.
As a result, this ancestor burned down their building before even starting the work!
The adjutant's fingers were shaking with anger.
I wondered what a sin he had committed. Colonels were replaced one after another, but he was still left here to clean up the mess.
He was still waiting for the person in front of him to reply when he saw the other person suddenly take out something that looked like an official letter from his pocket, put it on the table and gently pushed it in front of him.
The adjutant adjusted his glasses again, reached out to take it and opened it.
Then he remained silent for two or three minutes looking at the official letter.
He looked up at Xu Qingran, then lowered his head to confirm the information and seal on the work letter, then looked up at Xu Qingran again.
He repeated this action several times, and finally spoke with difficulty: "... Colonel?"
Adjutant: “…Okay, Colonel Xu.”
No, that's not the point.
The point is—
"Um, Colonel Xu, why did you set fire to your own office building?"
The adjutant's eyes grew dull as he asked the question.
Xu Qingran raised his eyebrows slightly: "Ah, I see they are having so much fun smashing things, it seems like it's fun."
“So I want to feel happy.”
Adjutant: “…”
Is this what a human being would say
The cute little adjutant asked him again: "Colonel, I remember you said it would take a few days for you to arrive."
Xu Qingran said seriously, "I thought the car was driving too slowly, so I used teleportation."
adjutant:"?"
"It's not important." Xu Qingran tapped his fingers on the table, pulling the shocked adjutant back to his senses, and continued, "Don't let anyone else know about my employment for the time being."
Xu Qingran's tone was quite friendly: "If I find out that someone other than you knows about this, then you will be the one to be burned next time."
The adjutant was shocked when he heard this.
Xu Qingran took off his backpack full of stuff and put it on the chair in his office. "Since my office is gone, I will share this office with you until it is rebuilt."
There is no way. In the poor and backward Shangnanzhou, only the main military camp in Dongcheng has a little network.
You can barely send emails and the like, but official business can only be handled here.
"Once you have sorted out those important official documents and handover materials, please send them to my email first." After Xu Qingran finished giving the instructions, he exchanged various contact information with him and prepared to leave.
The adjutant, who finally recovered from his shock, shouted hurriedly, "Colonel Xu, where are you going?"
"Go to work."
Even after the door had been opened and closed for a long time, the adjutant was still sitting behind his desk with a dazed expression.
If it weren't for the work letter and information verification, as well as the simple background of his colonel, he would have suspected that this was a rebel army transferred by Silver Dragon from North City.
Which colonel burns down his own office building on his first day? !
Also, all his stuff is here, where does he work? What on earth does he want to do?!
The adjutant suddenly felt that his already extremely difficult work situation had become even worse.
Just when I was feeling a headache, a transfer message suddenly came on my phone.
[Xu*Ran transferred 100,000 star coins to you, note: hard work fee.]
The adjutant stared at the number in silence.
That is to say, it may not necessarily be very hard.
·
Xu Qingran does not plan to take up the official position first.
He already had a basic understanding of the situation in Shangnanzhou. Considering how those people were so disgusted with high-level governance, if he directly joined this place as a colonel, he would not have much chance to get in touch with the truth at the grassroots level, except for receiving a lot of blind targeting.
If you want to change an environment, you first need to understand their real situation more deeply.
Moreover, as a person who was born with a rebellious streak, he also understood that a direct airborne attack would not convince everyone. Therefore, he decided to conceal this for the time being and infiltrate the inner circle as an ordinary recruit.
As the current leader with the highest authority in Shangnanzhou, Xu Qingran casually gave himself the identity of a new recruit in Nancheng.
On the day he went to South City to report, he met the legendary Ma Biao in Area 1.
He is a very tall and strong man with dark skin.
He has a buzz cut, a square face, a long, hideous scar on his forehead, and muscles all over his body.
Judging from his power of speaking, he should be considered as a major in the battalion.
There were nine other people who reported to South City on the same day as him. All of them were soldiers with certain experience who were transferred from different galaxies or planets.
Ma Biao stood on the box, biting a tobacco in his mouth, and arranged the areas they were responsible for one by one.
The last person to be assigned was Xu Qingran.
When Ma Biao saw him, he looked at him with disdain, probably because he was dissatisfied with his qualifications.
When Xu Qingran saw Ma Biao, he remembered the grilled octopus he had eaten a few days ago, and the way he looked at the other person became more kind.
Maybe because of this, Ma Biao didn't scold the guy he didn't like as usual, but just said in a rough voice: "You... just go to Area 8 first, be responsible for the daily cleaning work, and make sure the demon group doesn't break through the defense line!"
South City District 8.
It is a disaster-stricken area that has been forced to be abandoned.
When they met for the first time, Xu Qingran did not have much contact with Ma Biao.
After being assigned the post, Ma Biao left and boarded the train to District 8.
In the car, the two seniors who led him sat next to him and chatted as if no one was around.
"Hahaha, I really can't help but want to see the new colonel's expression at that time!"
Listening carefully, it seemed like they were talking about him again.
"Yes, we prepared a grand welcome ceremony for him with all kinds of announcements, but in the end, no one showed up!"
“It’s exciting just thinking about it!”
"Most high-ranking officials like them, who come from wealthy places with high status, are very concerned about their reputation."
"We should dampen their arrogance like this. Don't always look down on others and boss them around. Things have not been going well since Tianlong let them take over. Some time ago, they even gave up the City of Faith of our Tianlong people..."
When they mentioned this, they sighed again.
Xu Qingran listened to the words silently without saying a word.
He was still wearing a mask on his face, and the two seniors found it strange, so they couldn't help but talk to him: "Little brother, why do you always wear a mask?"
Xu Qingran answered seriously: "I am too good-looking and don't want to attract too much attention."
"The main reason is that I am a humble person and don't want to live a high-profile life."
Two guards: “…”
You don't sound humble at all.
It was already evening when the train brought them to District 8 of South City.
In the rest room under the checkpoint tower, several people in military uniforms were playing cards around a small table covered with peanut shells.
The two guards who had returned kicked open the half-covered door and complained, "It's getting dark, aren't you ready to work?"
A few people didn't take it seriously: "Hey, aren't there still those little ones?"
"Also, weren't you two going to bring help today? Where are they?"
The two of them made room slightly so that people in the lounge could see Xu Qingran outside the door.
He was wearing a basic Silver Dragon military uniform, a waterproof black leather glove on his left hand, and a mask with a monster's bloody mouth printed on it, revealing only a pair of peach blossom eyes that were plain and devoid of any emotion.
Everyone just thought that Xu Qingran was different and weird.
"Hey, Wang Zha! These peanuts are all mine!"
The person throwing the cards happily took the peanuts in the middle of the table, took out one and shelled it, saying, "What's the hurry?"
"Aren't new soldiers used for training?"
Then he pointed at Xu Qingran and said, "Boy, it's time to test your strength. You will be responsible for today's cleaning activities with Aqiang and the others!"
They found a plausible excuse for their laziness.
Three people walked out from a small corner of the room.
They seemed to be the younger generation among the group and could only be ordered to do the work unwillingly.
"knew."
Xu Qingran responded lazily and turned to walk towards the checkpoint and towards Area 8.
It soon got dark, and the only people who accompanied Xu Qingran into the wasteland were three people who were also driven out to do the work.
Maybe they had been bullied by their seniors, so the three of them formed a small group by default, huddled together and talked the whole time, with no intention of paying any attention to him.
Only when they were about to start working did one of them point in a direction and said to him expressionlessly, "New soldier, you will be in charge of that area. We will go to the other side."
The direction they pointed to was an open wild area. From where they were, they could still faintly see the red tide surging in the dark night. It was obvious that the spreading area was close to the pass. After giving the order, the few people didn't care whether Xu Qingran was willing or not, and ran directly to the other side of the area that looked smaller.
Xu Qingran didn't have any objection.
After all, as the protagonist of a bloody and sadistic novel, it was normal for him to be targeted. He actually thought it was good that they left him alone. He preferred to act alone rather than bring a burden with him.
The cleaning work starts at nightfall and ends at dawn.
The power protection of the gate area is still working smoothly, so even if the demons get close, they can't capture it immediately. So the main responsibility of the guards guarding this area is to kill them every night when they are free.
Even if you can't kill the mother organism, it would be great to clean up the ones that have spawned it.
It can slow down their spread to a certain extent.
The night passed by in a busy manner without anyone noticing.
At dawn, the three people who were huddled together ran out of the abandoned park in a panic, as if there was a ferocious beast chasing them. One of them even ran so fast that he accidentally tripped himself.
As the light faded, the terrifying noise not far behind him finally disappeared.
The other two finally dared to stop and gasp for breath.
There were some wounds on their arms and legs, all of which were signs of being bitten by Type I devils.
The man lying on the ground complained with red eyes: "I've had enough. Why do we, B-rank soldiers, have to take charge of these tasks? Just because we are seniors, we can do whatever we want?"
Without A-level equipment, it is difficult for them to even sense the energy source of Class I derivatives, and they can only increase their hit rate by increasing the number of attacks.
The other two companions reached out and helped him up. The three of them comforted each other and went back to the checkpoint. They were surprised to see that the new recruit, who had been sent to another place alone, was sitting on the steps next to the entrance, playing with and swinging his mental knife in his hands.
Compared with their disheveled appearance, he looked extremely clean and refreshed.
Apart from her hair being a little messy, she looked no different from before we separated yesterday.
They walked up to him and asked fiercely, "… Hey, new guy, are you being lazy?"
"Ah." Xu Qingran made a sound, "You didn't tell me what the minimum workload is."
"So I probably only cleared out the demons within a kilometer, and then came back to rest."
Just as he was about to retort to the man a hundred meters away, he silently bit off the words that were about to come to his lips.
And started to be shocked.
Duo Shao? He said Duo Shao?!
The man who fell down in a hurry when he came back sneered: "Just brag!"
"Normally, if we can clear two or three hundred meters together, it's already pretty good. You're alone, and you want to clear a kilometer?"
Do you really think you are some double S or triple S level talent
If he really had this level of ability, who wouldn't be a leader in a prosperous galaxy? Why would he come to their small village to be a recruit
Xu Qingran stood up and put the spiritual knife back into the sheath with a clang.
He said, "If you don't believe it, why don't you go check it out?"
Those people were really unconvinced. They thought that it was already daybreak and the demons had already started to rest, so it would not be a big deal to make this trip.
So, with the aura of a prosecutor, he strode into Xu Qingran's work area.
Half an hour later, he came back with a dazed look on his face.
Xu Qingran leaned against the wall and chuckled.
With his cell phone in hand, he sent a message to his adjutant named Mao using the most traditional text messaging method.
[Find a way to let the people of Shangnanzhou know that as long as they attend the welcome ceremony on Sunday, they will have the opportunity to play a prank on their new colonel.]
East City Base Camp.
When Adjutant Mao received the message from Xu Qingran, his face looked like an old man on the subway looking at his phone.
I really want to ask, is their new colonel a patient who escaped from some mental hospital
(End of this chapter)