The four people chatted along the way, not feeling the road was long, and soon returned to the dormitory with their newly received supplies.
As evening approached, the temperature dropped drastically as expected.
Although it was summer, the temperature in the mountains at night dropped directly below zero, reaching a minimum of minus fifteen degrees Celsius.
At nine o'clock in the evening, the dormitory's power was cut off on time, and everyone burrowed into their quilts.
There was no heating in the room, but fortunately, the house could keep out the cold to some extent, so it wasn't freezing to the extreme.
If they didn't have two down quilts and a mattress, they would definitely get sick from the cold tonight.
Lying in the warm quilt, listening to the howling cold wind outside the window, Sang Yadi stammered, "Chu... Chujian, th-thank... thank you."
Xia Chujian smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just one night. You'll naturally go to the Material Warehouse to get quilts and mattresses again the next day."
"It's different," Chu Qingjuan said softly, "Although it's only one night, we would definitely get sick. As long as we get sick, we need treatment, which will delay training time. This opportunity is hard-won for us, and it would be a huge loss if we were delayed even half a day by this illness."
Xia Chujian was stunned as she pulled up her quilt: "Really?! Only half a day! And we have to undergo special training for two months, who can guarantee that they won't get sick at all in two months?"
Mao Yonggui said quietly, "... Gene Evolvers can guarantee that. We are not Gene Evolvers..."
Xia Chujian thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, what you said makes sense. However, although we are not Gene Evolvers, we have also obtained the same special training opportunities as those Gene Evolvers, which shows that our talent is even higher!"
The dormitory fell silent for a while, and no one responded for a long time.
Xia Chujian didn't understand why, but she didn't continue, just turned over and planned to sleep.
Tomorrow was the first day of intensive training, and they had to get up at four o'clock and start roll call at five o'clock.
If she was late, she suspected that she would be sent out immediately! Thinking of Huo Yushen's face as cold as ten thousand years of ice, Xia Chujian pursed her lips.
She wouldn't let him look down on her...
She was the one who would catch up with his promotion record!
Just as she was drowsily falling asleep, she suddenly heard Chu Qingjuan sigh, "Chujian, we are all the same kind of people. I won't hide it from you, Yadi and Yonggui all know that my family is not well-off."
"I was admitted to university and gritted my teeth to take out a loan to go to university. But after graduation, I couldn't find a job several times. Later, I found out that my university grades had been replaced. My university grades were somehow recorded under another person's name. The other person's garbage grades became my grades."
Xia Chujian woke up suddenly: "What? Your university grades can become someone else's grades?! How could this happen?!"
In the Beichen Empire, the grades of university students are connected to the national network, and after graduation, they can be queried as long as they know the student number.
"...After I failed to find a job for the seventh time, I found the personnel manager of that company and gave him some money. He told me that the reason for not hiring me was that my university grades were too poor..." Chu Qingjuan said bitterly, "Then I went online to check and found that it wasn't my grades at all!"
"I studied like crazy for four years in university, never participated in any entertainment activities, went to work when I had time, and usually studied, studied, studied..."
"I clearly graduated with excellent grades after four years of university, but as soon as I left school, my grades were changed... or rather, they were switched. I don't even know how they did it, but being able to change grades within a regular university must not be ordinary dignitaries."
"I complained to the school, but the school threatened to revoke my graduation certificate and degree certificate." Chu Qingjuan said coldly, "My family is a very ordinary family, all civilians. None of my relatives and friends are even citizens, let alone finding dignitaries to stand up for me. Later, I had no way out and signed up to join the Military."
"I am a university graduate joining the Military, and I should have been a Second Lieutenant as soon as I enlisted, but because the system query showed that my university grades were too poor, the conscription office only agreed to recruit me as a Sergeant. The treatment is six times worse! If I were a Second Lieutenant, the Officer Subsidy in the first year would allow me to repay half of my tuition debt."
"It can all be paid off in two years. Therefore, I refused to accept it. When filling out the Military application form, I directly stated that my grades had been tampered with and hoped that the Military could help me get my grades back."
Xia Chujian widened her eyes in surprise: "... Sister Chu is amazing! Little sister admires you!"
She really admired her.
She fully understood Chu Qingjuan's approach. It was a dangerous path taken when she was forced to the extreme and didn't want to destroy herself.
Chu Qingjuan smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, looking back now, I was quite reckless. If it hadn't been for Marshal Huo personally rebuilding the Fifth Interstellar Fleet at that time, my matter would not have been properly resolved."
Xia Chujian's heart moved: "... Marshal Huo? Which Marshal Huo?"
Mao Yonggui said with a smile, "Which Marshal Huo else could it be? Of course, it's the current Inspector and Marshal of the Special Security Bureau, the former Legion Commander of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, Lord Huo Yushen!"
Sang Yadi, who had been avoiding speaking, also stammered, "Yes... I... I also enlisted when Marshal Huo was building the new Fifth Interstellar Fleet. I-I-I... stutter, and... and I'm not a Gene Evolver either, but I... I... all my assessment scores... are all... all... excellent. Marshal Huo specially approved my enlistment."
Xia Chujian found that when Sang Yadi mentioned topics related to Huo Yushen, her stuttering was much lighter.
She previously thought that Sang Yadi's stuttering was due to physiological reasons, but now she realized that it might be psychological reasons.
If it was a psychological reason, it could actually be treated.
At this time, Mao Yonggui also said, "Yes, the three of us are all from very ordinary civilian classes, and we are not Gene Evolvers. If Marshal Huo hadn't rebuilt the Fifth Interstellar Fleet four years ago and opened the Officer Class to all civilian classes, people like us would have no chance to enlist as officers, let alone become fighter pilots in the Interstellar Fleet!"
Xia Chujian recalled what Meng Guanghui had told her about Huo Yushen "fleecing" the Southern Cross Star Kingdom, and said softly, "Four years ago? Was it when Marshal Huo destroyed half of the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's military strength in one battle? I heard that the Fifth Interstellar Fleet was almost completely wiped out that time, leaving only three people."
Chu Qingjuan nodded emphatically in her quilt, her eyes shining: "You know about it too? This is a well-known military history in our Fifth Interstellar Fleet! Moreover, because the previous battle was so tragic, it almost wiped out our unit designation. Later, during the reconstruction, those scions of influential families and Military Second Generations were unwilling to come to this rebuilt Fifth Interstellar Fleet, and even if they were transferred here, they refused. That's why Marshal Huo had to resort to recruiting from the common Citizen Class, including all officers below the rank of general."
"The slogan at that time was, 'Recruit based on talent, conscript according to law.'"
"Previously, there were unspoken rules for assigning people to Interstellar Fleets. Seventy percent of the officers in Interstellar Fleets came from wealthy or privileged families. Only thirty percent of the officers were Gene Evolvers from the common Citizen Class. But this time, many high-ranking positions were fiercely competitive, even more so than getting into a top university."
"Before Marshal Huo rose to prominence, our Beichen Empire's Interstellar Fleets were just for show. High ranks, good benefits, nice uniforms, but they never won a battle! Think about it, if the officers in the fleet are all scions of influential families, who would really risk their lives to fight? It would be strange if they didn't lose!"
Xia Chujian murmured, "That's right, a general's incompetence dooms the entire army..."
Chu Qingjuan nodded emphatically: "Yes, that's exactly it! That's why we only started winning battles after Marshal Huo joined the Interstellar Fleet!"
Mao Yonggui then said softly, "...It's also because Marshal Huo fought that battle so tragically. Everyone in the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, whether they were scions of influential families or from the common Citizen Class, died in that battle. That's why Marshal Huo later faced more and more constraints in the Military."
Chu Qingjuan snorted and said, "So what? We, the common Citizen Class, all support Marshal Huo! That year, the officers of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, recruited under Marshal Huo's leadership, were ninety-five percent from common backgrounds! After we enlisted that year, under Marshal Huo's leadership, everyone had equal opportunities, as long as they had combat achievements, as long as they were willing to fight!"
Mao Yonggui sighed and said, "Under Marshal Huo's leadership, we really won many battles. The one two years ago even directly penetrated the Southern Cross Star Kingdom's Capital Star Region. I even flew a Warplane around their capital... It's just a pity that after Marshal Huo won that great victory, he was transferred away from the Fifth Interstellar Fleet. Now, the Colonel-Ranked Officer commoners in our fleet, if they aren't Gene Evolvers, are being forced to retire, giving their positions to the newly arrived scions of influential families..."
"Maybe before long, this Fifth Interstellar Fleet will be like the other Interstellar Fleets again, dominated by the scions of influential families. And no general will be willing to fight anymore..."
Xia Chujian listened silently, then comforted them, "I think your fleet still values you quite a bit, otherwise, why would they give you this special training opportunity?"
Mao Yonggui said, "Yes, we few are lucky. Our superiors can still withstand the pressure and give us four ordinary people slots."
Xia Chujian was also happy for them, saying, "Your Fifth Interstellar Fleet still has the foundation laid by Marshal Huo, it shouldn't be too bad."
After everyone had spoken, Xia Chujian thought the dormitory night talk was over and she could go to sleep, but Mao Yonggui asked her again, "Chujian, what about you? You're in the Fourth Interstellar Fleet. I heard that in your fleet, ninety-nine percent of the Captain officers and above come from wealthy families or are Gene Evolvers!"
Where would I know? Xia Chujian thought.
My slot was just something Meng Guanghui made up for her.
But she couldn't let on, so she said proudly, "Sigh, of course, I'm not on the same path as those people. But there's no way around it, my talent is too strong. Even if I'm just that one percent, those wealthy families and Gene Evolvers are no match for me! That's why I got the only special training slot in the entire fleet this year!"
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