After entering, Xia Chujian curiously looked around, "There are quite a few buildings, but none of them are very tall, six stories at most. But it seems like there are a lot of residents on each floor..."
"What you're seeing now are the training rooms. The dormitory buildings are in the middle towards the back, along with the advanced command headquarters," Meng Guanghui said, leading her inside.
The building complex also had its own walls, but they were all invisible electronic fences.
Xia Chujian was about to enter when she almost got shocked.
Meng Guanghui promptly showed their credentials to the guard on duty, who then raised his gun slightly.
The electronic fence instantly opened a doorway wide enough for the two of them to pass through.
After they entered, they went to the hall opposite the gate to report.
They had walked over, while the other trainees had arrived in hovercrafts. So even though they had come down the mountain an hour early, they entered the gate around the same time as the other trainees.
Once inside, Xia Chujian noticed a lot of people crowded in front of the left wall of the hall, not knowing what they were doing.
Meng Guanghui didn't pay attention and took Xia Chujian to register, so they could get their identity cards before going to the supply warehouse to collect uniforms, shoes, socks, and daily necessities.
This was a military base, and everything was provided uniformly by the base.
During registration, the registrar looked at Xia Chujian's credentials and said, "You're from Cangge Star? There are indeed a lot of pilots from that place."
Meng Guanghui said with a smile, "She's a lieutenant pilot from the Fourth Interstellar Fleet on Cangge Star. She's very talented, so we specially sent her here for special training."
"Really? Only eighteen years old, very young. Why didn't you go to college?" The staff member in charge of registration was a middle-aged woman in her fifties. When she saw young people, she either asked if they had gone to college or if they were married and had children.
Meng Guanghui was speechless.
But Xia Chujian was used to dealing with this kind of person. The way she spoke reminded her of her Aunt.
Although her Aunt was more knowledgeable and younger than her, their focus on children seemed to be the same.
Xia Chujian knew that the identity she was using now was fake, so she said with a smile, "I couldn't help it, my grades were bad, and I couldn't focus on studying, so I signed up for the military early to learn some skills. I was valued by the Chief in the army, so I got this opportunity for special training."
"Oh? Then you're very impressive! A lieutenant pilot at only eighteen years old, and you can participate in special training here! — Do you have a boyfriend? Or are you already married? If not, I know some pretty good young men..."
The registrar enthusiastically gossiped with Xia Chujian, already starting the matchmaking mode.
Meng Guanghui couldn't help but cough a few times to remind the registrar.
Xia Chujian didn't care at all and smiled, "Not yet, I just want to participate in the special training and go back to earn merit and get promoted!"
"Oh, that's such a pity... A woman still needs to marry well to be considered successful. If you rely on your own efforts, it will take forever to get ahead..." The registrar tried to brainwash Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian wasn't angry and just dealt with her perfunctorily, which made the registrar not know what to say.
But her attitude towards her improved a lot, and she also told her a lot of tips for living in this Flight Training Base.
For example, the best meals in the cafeteria are dinner on Wednesdays and Fridays, because the most famous master chef in the base kitchen is in charge on Wednesdays and Fridays, and he only cooks twice a week, which is dinner on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Also, when receiving supplies, go to the seventh warehouse in the east. The quality of the things there is particularly good, but because it's too far, many people are too lazy to go, so there are often a lot of good supplies left over.
In order not to waste, you can also take a quota and receive two portions of supplies.
Meng Guanghui almost rolled his eyes, but Xia Chujian listened with great interest and even wrote it down in her Quantum Optical Brain notepad.
By the time Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui finally left, she was already calling the registrar Aunt.
Meng Guanghui glanced at her, "How are you so chatty? I didn't see that before..."
Xia Chujian said with a smile, "When you first arrive, of course you have to collect more information, otherwise how can you get by? Chief, you won't be here with me all the time, right?"
"Of course not. Once you're settled, I'm going to Beichen Star to report on my duties. I haven't been back for more than half a year, so I'll take the opportunity to take a vacation," Meng Guanghui said happily.
Xia Chujian nodded, that's what she thought too.
She wasn't an ignorant girl who didn't know the world, she didn't need Meng Guanghui to be with her all the time.
She said, "So I have to rely on myself! People like Aunt Liu know this base very well, and they also know some secrets that others don't. If I get along well with them, I won't have to worry about my life."
As they spoke, they walked to the wall of the left hall, and Meng Guanghui told Xia Chujian about the various rankings.
At this time, a group of people crowded in the front of the wall were laughing and saying, "Young Master Jiang, did you break this record? The time you came in was exactly ten minutes after this ranking appeared!"
It took about ten minutes to take a hovercraft from the mountain area to the building complex.
The man called "Young Master Jiang" was about the same height as Xia Chujian, with a slender build, large eyes, and a perpetual smile on his face.
He was pressed by the crowd, but avoided the topic, only cupping his hands and saying, "This is a personal matter, please don't press me on it, seniors. I just finished the procedures and need to collect my supplies, so I'll be going now."
He smiled and walked towards the door.
Hearing about the record-breaking score, Xia Chujian couldn't help but glance at the leaderboard.
It was the new recruits' first leaderboard.
This leaderboard only showed the number of Remnant Species killed by the top one hundred new recruits.
Xia Chujian saw her codename at the top and then looked at the male recruit walking away, feeling somewhat conflicted.
Meanwhile, the others were still arguing in front of the leaderboard.
Someone said, "I don't think it's that Young Master Jiang. He doesn't even have calluses from holding a gun. How could someone like that have such miraculous gunmanship?"
"That's not necessarily true. He's from a noble family, even if he's just a Baron, his status is much higher than ours! These noble scions, if nothing else, have first-rate gunmanship. Why? Because they have the money to train! Tell me, even if an ordinary family becomes Gene Evolvers, they don't have that much money to practice gunmanship!"
They all knew that while marksman needed talent, without massive amounts of training, their gunmanship wouldn't be accurate.
And as long as you practice shooting, the cost of bullets is beyond what ordinary families can afford.
Therefore, many people only start practicing shooting in the military, because only the military has the opportunity to practice for free.
Talented ordinary people can stand out at this time, receive comprehensive training from the military, and have a large supply of guns and ammunition to train with.
But noble scions are different. As long as they join an expensive shooting club, they will never lack bullets to practice with, so they can start practicing from a young age.
As long as they have a little talent, after more than ten years of practice, they will be much stronger than ordinary marksman of the same age.
And the new recruit in the surveillance video today who broke the record had an incredible gun sense, with extremely high talent, and definitely a lot of training.
Because the video had been processed, they all thought the figure was a man, so the Young Master Jiang who just left fit the image they had sketched out.
Xia Chujian listened silently, roughly understanding what was going on.
It was her record-breaking codename that made these people guess which new recruit it was.
She wouldn't actively claim it, but that "Young Master Jiang" was deliberately misleading others.
She was a little angry.
Meng Guanghui also understood and said softly, "There's no need to care. If you want to say it, tell everyone that A1777 is you. If you don't want to say it, just let it go. The system won't make a mistake, it will definitely not credit your achievements to someone else."
"Are you sure?" Xia Chujian stared at him, "You said before..."
Meng Guanghui quickly stopped her, whispering, "That person is just a Baron, he doesn't have that much power yet."
"How do you know?" Xia Chujian raised her eyebrows.
"He used my subordinate's achievements to mislead others, of course I have to investigate him thoroughly. I've already sent his appearance to the Special Security Bureau's information department, don't worry." Meng Guanghui said without hesitation, "Don't forget, you have the entire Special Security Bureau as your backing, you don't need to be afraid of anyone."
Xia Chujian was satisfied and said, "Thank you, Chief, I feel much better. I don't want to tell people my codename."
She actually didn't like being famous, but liked the feeling of secretly doing things behind the scenes...
"That's right, doing field work for the Special Security Bureau, you must be able to endure loneliness, don't be like an electric water heater, yelling anxiously as soon as the water is turned on, afraid that others won't know you've boiled a bottle of water."
Xia Chujian: "..."
What kind of analogy is that?
As Marshal Huo said, just say what you want to say directly, don't use rhetoric and analogies, such nonsense.
Of course, she didn't retort, but quickly adjusted her way of interacting with Meng Guanghui.
She had to remember at all times that she was a soldier, even if she was at the lowest level.
And Meng Guanghui was her superior. If she retorted him again, it would be disrespecting her superior. If she dared to do that during a battle, Meng Guanghui could shoot her without being wronged.
Meng Guanghui then took her to the supply warehouse to collect daily necessities and clothing.
After listening to the registrar's instructions, Xia Chujian deliberately walked another distance to the seventh supply warehouse.
As expected, there were the fewest people here.
But it wasn't completely empty.
That Young Master Jiang, who had misled everyone in the hall earlier, was ahead of her, receiving his supplies.
"Are you Jiang Yongbai? Here is your supply kit." The person in charge of distributing the supplies was an old man in his sixties, blind in one eye, but the remaining eye was very sharp.
Jiang Yongbai took his supply bag, thanked him politely, and turned to leave.
At the door, he ran into Xia Chujian and Meng Guanghui.
The red birthmark on Xia Chujian's face made him frown, then he caught sight of Meng Guanghui's uniform and immediately said with a smile, "Hello, I am Jiang Yongbai, a new trainee this year, mainly studying the piloting of Aurora-class Starry Sky Fighters."
Meng Guanghui smiled and said blandly, "You should say, 'Report, Chief,' not speak to me in this tone."
Meng Guanghui was wearing a set of common military dress uniform, not revealing his identity as a member of the Special Security Bureau.
Generally, military combat uniforms have shoulder boards and armbands, with the shoulder boards indicating rank and the armbands indicating position.
But the dress uniform only has shoulder boards, no armbands.
The shoulder boards showed his rank, so Jiang Yongbai knew at a glance that Meng Guanghui was a Colonel.
This rank was the highest in the entire base.
Only the chief instructor at the base held the rank of Colonel.
Jiang Yongbai's face flushed instantly, and he immediately stood at attention and saluted, "Reporting, Chief! Captain Jiang Yongbai, pilot of the 133rd Interstellar Legion of the First Interstellar Fleet, reporting for duty!"
Meng Guanghui then nodded and said, "Mm, train well."
Then he led Xia Chujian forward to receive her supplies.
Jiang Yongbai was stunned, not expecting Meng Guanghui to be so curt with him.
When he came, he had checked, and only ten of the new trainees this time were from noble families, the rest were low-level soldiers who had climbed up through hard work and fearlessness.
Not only was their talent limited, but their knowledge couldn't compare to his.
Because only the ten of them from noble families had graduated from famous universities, the others had only graduated from high school, and a few from diploma-mill universities.
Also, his rank of Captain proved his famous university education.
The highest rank anyone else had was Lieutenant.
Jiang Yongbai narrowed his eyes, staring at Xia Chujian's back, wondering where she came from.
To have a Colonel personally escort her to report for duty, her background must be extraordinary...
If she was a noble, she was at least an Earl; a Viscount might not be able to get a Military Colonel to personally escort her.
At this point, he was not in a hurry to leave, but stood beside them with a smile, wanting to watch Meng Guanghui and Xia Chujian receive their supplies.
Unexpectedly, Meng Guanghui walked past him without looking back, coldly saying, "... Scram."
Jiang Yongbai's face changed at the door, and he slunk away.
Xia Chujian beamed and quietly gave Meng Guanghui a thumbs up.
She liked this leader more and more!
The old man in charge of distributing the supplies looked at Xia Chujian and asked kindly, "There are some extra quilts and mattresses here, all filled with down, would you like an extra set?"
Xia Chujian asked curiously, "Why would I need an extra set? Is it for changing?"
"No, it's very cold here at night, and the average soldier's dormitory doesn't have heating." The old man said with a faint smile, "You... should need it."
Most of the people who came here were Rank A early-stage Gene Evolvers, and once they reached Rank A, they were immune to heat and cold.
What did it matter if it was a little cold at night? Only a few people were ordinary people.
But as soon as this old man spoke, he said that Xia Chujian needed it. Could he tell at a glance that she was not a Gene Evolver? Xia Chujian found it amazing.
Meng Guanghui's mouth twitched, and he said to Xia Chujian, "... It's written in your file, what are you thinking about? Quickly thank Captain Zhuo."
Xia Chujian was choked, and quickly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Captain Zhuo."
She received two down quilts and two down mattresses.
But in her heart, she grumbled, Isn't it summer now?
How cold can it get at night? Two down quilts, won't I get heat rash...
But she also knew that if it wasn't cold by then, it would be best not to cover up too much.
She couldn't afford to actually get cold, not even to the point of wanting an extra blanket.
Anyway, two down quilts and a down mattress pad didn't take up much space, as they were compressed to be very small, only about a foot square.
...
Meng Guanghui helped her take the supplies she received to a dormitory on the first floor of the west dormitory area.
The dormitories here were all for four people, with four names and photos posted on the door.
Xia Chujian looked and saw that the other three roommates were all female soldiers from frontline units.
Their ranks were all Second Lieutenant, and their military positions were all chief pilots of certain fighters.
Of course, she also had an identity: chief pilot of a Ghost-class Fighter in the 17th Team of the Fourth Interstellar Fleet.
Xia Chujian looked at Meng Guanghui.
Meng Guanghui said with a smile, "... Isn't this for convenience?" Meng Guanghui carefully looked at Xia Chujian's three roommates again.
"Mao Yonggui, chief pilot of a Thunder-class Fighter in the 155th Team of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."
"Sang Yadi, chief pilot of a Thunder-class Fighter in the 78th Team of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."
"Chu Qingjuan, chief pilot of a Thunder-class Fighter in the 35th Team of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet."
Xia Chujian was surprised: "They are all members of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet! Isn't the Fifth Interstellar Fleet the same Interstellar Fleet you and Marshal Huo used to be in?"
Meng Guanghui said seriously: "It's the Interstellar Fleet that Marshal Huo rebuilt."
Because the former Fifth Interstellar Fleet was reduced to only Huo Yushen, Meng Guanghui, and Kang Shanxing after that battle, and all the old foundations were gone.
The current Fifth Interstellar Fleet was rebuilt by Huo Yushen single-handedly, and it was completely different from the previous Fifth Interstellar Fleet.
Xia Chujian was just puzzled, the serial number is the same, is the difference that big?
She didn't quite understand, but seeing Meng Guanghui's serious expression, she held back and didn't ask.
Seeing that she was silent, Meng Guanghui led her through the door into the dormitory.
Inside the dormitory, the other three roommates were already there.
Xia Chujian gave a rough glance.
The room was about twenty square meters, with bunk beds on the east and west walls, enough to sleep four people.
In the middle of the room were four desks, but each desk had a one-meter-high baffle and bookshelf, forming four small, semi-independent spaces.
Turning left at the entrance was a washroom, with a shower, sink, and toilet, which was very convenient.
In front of the washroom was a small cloakroom, with four built-in wardrobes against the wall.
Small but perfectly formed.
Enough for the four of them to live in.
This chapter is a long chapter, including the bonus update for the May monthly ticket of 2400.
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