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Three days passed quickly, and the academy’s teachers led all the students participating in the training onto the spaceship bound for the Forest of Trails.
There were a total of twenty teams, ten from the regular class and ten from the advanced class. They were all on the same spaceship and didn’t like each other. In particular, Hu Yiming and others from the advanced class looked at Luo Lingxing with ill intent, but Luo Lingxing didn’t even bother to give them a second glance.
Although it has only just begun, Luo Lingxing already misses his two babies. From the moment they started being raised, he has never left them. No matter how late he was, he would go to see them every day. As a result, he would have to be away for a month, which made Luo Lingxing feel very bad. If someone was foolish enough to mess with him later, you could imagine how unlucky that person would be.
The Forest of Trials was located on another uninhabited planet, which also retained its pristine appearance. However, compared to Planet Seyfert, this planet was much less dangerous.
Students at military academies would eventually join the army, and most of them would go to the battlefield to face zergs. Zergs were cruel and ferocious. In order to help students adapt more quickly and enhance their abilities, they would be given training while they were still in the academy. This could also prevent them from losing their precious lives on their first battlefield due to nervousness or other psychological reasons.
“This isn’t your first time participating in a training exercise, so I won’t go into the precautions. However, this time you’re entering the training forest in a completely new cooperative mode. Remember, you’re a team, so try to act together as much as possible. The final score will be calculated as a team,” the team leader said simply.
The students were getting excited. They knew that if they were to go to the battlefield in the future, they would have to cooperate with different people, and this opportunity was perfect for them to develop that ability.
Upon entering the upper part of the Forest of Trails, the team leader would drop each team into different locations. Each team may receive the same or different tasks, which inevitably led to competition between teams and increases the difficulty of the tasks.
“Are you ready?” the team leader asked, looking at Luo Lingxing’s team.
“Ready,” everyone replied in unison.
The next moment, this squad was airdropped into the Forest of Trails.
Although the Forest of Trails didn’t have the enormous beasts of Planet Seyfert, it was still fraught with danger, and one wrong move could easily lead to elimination.
“Should we go do the mission first, or find a place to camp?” Jia Yunpeng asked.
“Let’s find a place to camp first. Judging from the weather, it should get dark soon, and it will become even more dangerous here then,” Gao Zhiquan said.
Lu Yunming, who was in charge of command, took out the map that had been given to them, and pointed to a spot, saying, “We should be here right now. Look here, there’s an open space with not many trees around, and there’s a small stream not far away. It should be a suitable place for us to camp.”
The seven people looked at the map and discussed it together, and finally decided to go to the place where Lu Yunming pointed out for camping.
Gao Zhiquan and Luo Lingxing, both specializing in mecha, led the charge, while Liu Quanming brought up the rear. The others were positioned in the middle, keeping watch on all sides in case any wild beasts suddenly appeared. However, the mecha specialists did not deploy their mechas. Mechas were their absolute fighting force during their training, and using them too early would damage them. If they encountered greater difficulties and dangers later, they would only have the option of surrendering or being eliminated.
However, the journey went relatively smoothly. Not only that, they also managed to hunt a few wild pheasants, which they could use for dinner.
Upon arriving at their campsite, the two surveying students conscientiously began to explore the surrounding environment, memorizing its details. Liu Quanming and Lu Yunming then went to the stream to process their prey, while the rest of the group set up their tents.
Because Luo Lingxing was already married, and his fiancé was Major General Han, everyone tacitly allowed him to occupy a tent by himself.
What a joke! If they stayed with Luo Lingxing, and General Han found out, wouldn’t they be in deep trouble?
Luo Lingxing didn’t have any objections to this. He didn’t really like sleeping with others anyway. He had originally planned to help everyone keep watch if he was assigned to sleep with others, but this arrangement was better for him, and it also made it easier for him to video chat with his two babies at night.
After the seven had eaten and drunk their fill, they began to discuss their mission for this training exercise.
“Quickly open the mission bar and see what missions are available this time!” Gao Zhiquan said excitedly.
In general, if there were students majoring in command in a team, it was assumed that the student majoring in command would be the commander. Therefore, the task bar is held by Lu Yunming, who majored in command.
Lu Yunming laid out their mission materials on the ground, making sure everyone could see them, and everyone’s expressions froze.
“Damn it, is the school messing with us?” Gao Zhiquan couldn’t help but swear.
Luo Lingxing looked at the tasks listed above: 1. Antlers of juvenile cloud-horned deer.
2. Golden Dragon Beast Egg 3. Flamingo Feather 4. Sharp Shark Fin 5. Crimson Crystal. These were the names of several beasts written on the list. Luo Lingxing had never even heard of them before, so he couldn’t offer any opinions on the mission.
“The school really went all out this time. The difficulty of the task has doubled compared to last year,” Liu Quanming said with a hint of helplessness.
Most importantly, last year the team consisted entirely of students majoring in mecha, so their combat strength was definitely much higher than it was now. However, this time their combat strength was lower, but the mission had been upgraded. It seemed the school wouldn’t stop until it completely destroyed its students.
“I wonder what the other teams’ missions are like?” Li Mingqi asked.
“I doubt it’ll be much better. Even if it’s different from ours, it certainly won’t be easy,” Jiang Ceqin said with a wry smile.
“Forget it, since we’ve already got this mission, there’s no point in thinking about it anymore. We can only do our best to complete the missions, and do as many as we can,” Lu Yunming said.
Everyone nodded in agreement. What could they do even if they didn’t like these tasks? They already obtained the missions , so unless they wanted to quit the training, they would have to grit their teeth and go for it.
“Let’s start arranging the night watch. Two people per group, I’ll take turns. Gao Zhiquan and I will take the first half of the night, Jia Yunpeng and Liu Quanming will take the middle half, and Luo Lingxing, Li Mingqi and Jiang Ceqin will take the second half. What do you all think?” Lu Yunming quickly arranged the list of people on night watch, and everyone said they had no objections.
“Then everyone should get some rest early tonight so we can have enough energy for the mission tomorrow.”
Afterwards, everyone returned to their own tents. Luo Lingxing couldn’t wait to set up a soundproof barrier around himself, then opened his terminal to connect with Han Junzhan. He missed his babies, even though he had seen them before leaving home that morning.
It was only around 8 p.m., and usually everyone was still awake at this time. Han Junzhan had been holding his two babies and waiting for Luo Lingxing’s video call. So when he received it, he immediately answered, and their images appeared on their respective terminal screens.
As soon as the two babies saw their father appear, they immediately greeted Luo Lingxing with “ah ah” sounds and stretched out their chubby little hands for a hug.
“Xiaojun, Xiaoling, have you been good?” Luo Lingxing looked at the two babies, and his heart immediately melted. He wished he could hug his own children through the screen.
“Ah ah,” Xiaoling kept reaching out his hands, wanting his father to hug him, but after calling out several times, his father didn’t react at all, and Xiaoling suddenly felt wronged.
Before, his father would pick him up immediately whenever he reached out. Why was his father ignoring him this time? He had been very well-behaved and hadn’t been naughty at all.
Luo Lingxing felt a pang of heartache when he saw tears welling up in Xiaoling’s eyes.
“Xiaoling, be good. Daddy can’t hold you right now because I’m outside. I’ll give you a big hug when we get back. Don’t cry.” Luo Lingxing coaxed Xiao Xiaoling gently.
“Daddy is out right now and can’t come back. Xiaoling, watch quietly.” Han Junzhan handed the screen of the terminal to Xiaoling so that he could touch it and knew that it was just an image and not a real person.
Xiao Xiaoling reached out to touch “Luo Lingxing,” but no matter how he touched, he couldn’t reach him. He felt even more aggrieved and burst into tears.
Han Junzhan: …
Upon hearing Xiao Xiaoling’s cries, the two old men and Han’s parents immediately rushed to Han Junzhan’s room. They looked at the crying Xiao Xiaoling with heartache and gave Han Junzhan a reproachful look.
Mother Han picked up Xiao Xiaoling and comforted him, and then learned why he was crying. She was both amused and exasperated.
“How could a baby who’s only a little over a month old possibly understand what video imaging or a real person is?” Han’s mother said to Han Junzhan, both amused and exasperated.
Han Junzhan touched his nose. Okay, he had overestimated the baby.
The adults then saw Luo Lingxing on video call, greeted him, asked him a few questions, and gave him some instructions on what to do while out. Afterwards, to avoid Xiao Xiaoling seeing Luo Lingxing crying for his father, Luo Lingxing reluctantly ended the video call and decided to try not to accept any work or assignments outside the home in the future.
This was the first time Luo Lingxing had ever felt such a strong longing for home since leaving home. In his previous life, Luo Lingxing was always alone, with Xiao Hei by his side at most. He would stay in one place until he was tired of it, and then move on to another. He never stayed in any place for long, and there was no place that he could feel attached to. In that world, he was like an observer, watching one place and story after another. Even when he was bored, he would immerse himself in a certain role, but he still did not have any sense of belonging.
However, he never expected that in this unfamiliar era, he would find the place he had always belonged to.
He originally thought he would drift aimlessly through this world like a piece of duckweed, just like in his previous life. Even though he had the Luo family, it was the original owner’s family. He would protect the Luo family because he had taken over the original owner’s body, but he couldn’t feel a strong sense of belonging. Until that person appeared, that person gave him a brand new home, a home that belonged only to the two of them, a home that made him feel infinitely attached and had a sense of belonging.
Now, he has a family, a partner, children, and everything that belongs to him. No matter where he goes in the future, his final destination would always be that home. This feeling was wonderful.
