The loud battle commands followed one after another, shaking Liu Yang's eardrums and hurting. The sun shone hotly on the back of his neck, and he was sweating, and the sweat was slowly flowing behind his back, like a small insect crawling,

On the distant horizon, the grass and trees were cleaned up, and the vision was clear, and you could see that the few distant black dots were gradually getting bigger, and gradually appeared outlines and shapes. It was already clear to see that there were five running things approaching.

The squad leader standing on a high place was looking out with a telescope, and at this time, he held a loudspeaker and shouted: "Attention to all -- three demon wolves and two walking corpses! After entering the 200-meter red line zone, all units can shoot freely!"

Hearing the squad leader's shout, the soldiers all seemed visibly relieved, and some began to talk and laugh in each other's ears.

Liu Yang looked curious, he asked a soldier beside him: "Cough, brother, let me ask, what's wrong?"

The soldier was aiming, and when he heard the greeting, he raised his head and glanced at Liu Yang: "Brother, face sheng, is it a new arrival?

"I am a cadet from the teaching brigade who came to intern, and I just got out of the company today. ”

"Oh, it's from the regiment! No wonder you don't understand. It's just wolves and walking corpses coming today, and these monsters look disgusting, but they're not really dangerous - they're too slow. This kind of monster is only terrible when there are more of them, and now these three or three come over in twos and threes, and they are bringing us food, and the rifle can destroy them, and they don't need to ask for artillery help. ”

At this time, only two crisp sounds of "bang" were heard, and someone had already shot at the monster. The soldier hurriedly lowered his head and aim, and said, "Hurry up, you can also fire two shots, anyway, there are plenty of bullets." Whether you hit it or not, it's always right to fire a few shots. Otherwise, when the squad leader checks the firearm and sees that your magazine is full, you will be criticized. ”

Shoot?

Looking at the long sword in his hand, Liu Yang smiled awkwardly, and secretly put the sword behind his back - among a group of soldiers with automatic rifles, he was holding a sword, and he really looked like a fool.

The "Ping Pong" gunshots rang out for a while, and the monsters were obviously shot. Under the fire of dense bullets, they failed to hold out in front of the barbed wire, the two monsters had already fallen to the ground, and the rest were also crumbling, and it was only a matter of time before they were destroyed.

At this time, a rapid whistle suddenly sounded in the air: "Beep~~Beep~~Beep!" Immediately after, the voice of Company Commander Geng came from the loudspeaker: "Everyone, stop shooting! Repeat, everyone, stop shooting!"

The gunfire gradually stopped, and the soldiers stopped in a daze and looked at the headquarters. At this time, another Xu Yan's voice came from the loudspeaker: "Attention to the students of the teaching team, the following students who read their names should pay attention: Liu Yang, Chen Yaoyu, Huang Xi, Wu Quanning, Zhang Xin - the above five students, immediately report to the company headquarters!"

Hearing his name, Liu Yang immediately ran to the company headquarters - in fact, it was not far, the company headquarters was actually located in a large security bunker in the middle of the position. After he arrived, the other four students also rushed over one after another.

Among these five students, the only one Liu Yang is familiar with is his old classmate Chen Yaoyu. He said hello and asked, "Yaoyu, do you know what is the matter with us?"

Chen Yaoyu had some vague guesses, but she still shook her head: "I don't know, senior brother." Didn't the head tell you?"

Hearing the title of "Senior Brother", Liu Yang's face was sneering and a little embarrassed - as the earliest disciple of the Holy Sword Sect, Liu Yang has always been proud of his identity as "Senior Brother". It's just that the last time he assisted the Tokyo police to suppress the demons, he was knocked over by the demons in a single shot, and in the end, Chen Yaoyu killed the demons.

Since then, Liu Yang couldn't raise his head in front of Chen Yaoyu, and he didn't dare to put up a big brother in front of this old classmate.

Of course, this preferential treatment is only limited to acquaintances like Chen Yaoyu or Huang Xi, and for other new students, our Liu Fatzi still has a lot of momentum as a senior brother of the Holy Sword Sect. For example, when they saw Liu Yang, they all immediately stood up straight and respectfully shouted, "Senior brother, hello!"

Liu Yang bowed slightly, with an indescribable grace in his expression: "Well, you are here too." This is a rare opportunity to come out to practice with the master, you have to work hard!"

"Yes, big brother, we'll do our best!"

Liu Fatzi looked around at everyone and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, everyone is here." Senior Sister Chen, you go and report to the head of the house, and say that everyone is here. ”

Liu Yang deliberately sent himself in front of other junior brothers and sisters, in fact, he wanted to establish his senior brother's prestige, and Chen Yaoyu, who was born in a family of eunuchs, naturally understood his intentions very well. She pursed her lips and smiled, and replied, "Okay, senior brother, I'll go and report to the head of the house." ”

After saying that, she walked to the front of the command department and shouted: "Report! Comrade commander, Chen Yaoyu, a cadet of the teaching team, and other cadets have been ordered to report for duty!"

Xu Yan came out of the command headquarters, he took off his sunglasses, and glanced at everyone: "All here, students, now there is a task to be handed over to you!"

The five trainees all stood up in unison and shouted, "Yes, please give instructions from the chief!"

"Just now, as you have seen, the brothers of our infantry company have wounded the invading monsters, and they have only one breath left. Now, your mission is to get out of the position and kill the wounded monsters. ”

Seeing the blank expressions of the students, Xu Yan strengthened his voice: "However, when you kill those monsters, you can't use firearms, you can only use your bare hands or swords—do you understand?"

The students' answers were a little uneven: "Understood!"

"Okay, let's do it. Looking at the childish faces of these young men and women, Xu Yan hesitated slightly, and said, "You can team up to carry out this task—go ahead!"

Xu Yan returned to the headquarters, and several students were still standing outside the door blankly. After more than ten seconds, they seemed to come to their senses, and turned and walked away while talking.

Watching the students walk away from the window, Xu Yan turned his head over: "Company Commander Geng!"

Company Commander Geng stepped forward in response: "Yes, Commander Xu!"

"Is it difficult to get out of the position?"

Company Commander Geng frowned and thought for a while: "It's not very difficult, just climb over the obstacle wall and let go of the barbed wire." However, be careful to avoid minefields - in order to prevent the sneak attack of monsters, we have laid mines in the open field at the front of the front. ”

"Company Commander Geng, these students are going to leave the position to kill those monsters, please arrange for the soldiers who are familiar with the position and lead them out on a safe road." ”

"Okay, we have a map of the mines, we know the road. It's just that, Commander Xu, the vitality of monsters is very strong, and if you don't use guns, even if they are injured, they are not easy to deal with. Do you need our fighters to help the cadets?"

Xu Yan shook his head: "No." You just have to lead the way. Hands-on things, let the students do it themselves. ”

Liu Yang, Chen Yaoyu and Huang Xi, these three people are already the earliest disciples of their Holy Sword Sect, according to the division of the Ming Cultivation Realm, the three of them have already entered the Qi Induction Period. Three Qi Induction Stage cultivators led the team, and a total of five students went to deal with a few injured low-level monsters - Xu Yan felt that if they couldn't even deal with a few injured monsters, then there was no point in continuing to cultivate.

Xu Yan looked back on his cultivation process, although he had always grown up under Zhu Youxiang's wings, but along the way, he was not short of battles. From the earliest time when I suddenly encountered the demon in the Jincheng building, I seemed to have an indissoluble bond with the creatures of the demon world, and frequently contacted and fought with them: the nightmare, Wang Zhongmao, Huang Dan, vampire demon... I don't even know how many monsters I've destroyed under my hands.

Now that the catastrophe is coming, the Holy Heaven Imperial Sword Sect that he created should be a cultivation sect that focuses on actual combat. If their own disciples lacked cultivators who had the courage to fight head-on against a strong enemy, then no matter how high their cultivation was, it would be a waste. What I want to cultivate is a brave man who can fight against monsters, not the kind of academic school that seeks the Tao behind closed doors.

Compared to himself, the trainees only had to deal with injured low-level monsters at the beginning, which was already an easy challenge.

"Fatty, Yaoyu, Huang Xi, you have to work hard and come back safely. ”

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About an hour later, Liu Yang and the others had already returned. The fat man happily reported to Xu Yan that they had killed the monsters, and the fighters were unharmed.

Hearing this, Xu Yan was not surprised - three of the five students were Qi Induction Stage cultivators, and they had to join forces to deal with a few low-level monsters with only one breath left, and if anyone else was injured, it would really be hell!

To Xu Yan's surprise, how could it take so long?

"Fatty, are those monsters difficult to deal with?"

Liu Yang vomited bitterness: "Yanzi - uh, the head, you don't know, the way out is too difficult to walk, you have to climb over the wall and climb the barbed wire, and you have to bypass the minefield, seeing that it is only a few hundred meters away, we have been going around for a few kilometers, and the time spent on the road alone is more than half an hour!"

I finally went out, and as soon as I saw those monsters, ouch, the appearance of those monsters was so disgusting, our girls vomited on the spot!

They hadn't even killed chickens at home, and now they were asked to kill such disgusting guys, how could they do it? They just stabbed the monster with their eyes closed, and they didn't hurt the monster at all, but they stabbed the injured monster to the death, and the minced meat, intestines, and so on, it was so disgusting that several girls were so frightened that they cried and lost their swords.

In the end, I can't stand it anymore, I stabbed those monsters to death in the past few times, otherwise, relying on Chen Yaoyu and them alone, I'm afraid we may not be able to come back until dark. ”

Regarding Liu Yang's words, Xu Yan has always been willing to believe them. He sent the fat man away, and found Huang Xi and Chen Yaoyu, and from their mouths, Xu Yan got another version of the report: There are indeed people who are so frightened by the monster that they cry, and they are even so scared that they even give away their swords, but it is not the girls, but Liu Yang, the senior brother of the Holy Sword Gate. As for the person responsible for the final mending knife and stabbing the monsters to death, it was Chen Yaoyu and Wu Quanning.

Wu Quanning is a boy, and it's not unusual for him to overcome the fear he felt when he first saw a monster and take up arms - after all, not every man is as wasteful as a fat man. But Chen Yaoyu, she can actually do it, which makes Xu Yan quite surprised: as the fat man said, Chen Yaoyu has never even killed chickens at home, and now she is suddenly asked to pick up a knife to kill monsters, this kind of psychological obstacle is really not something that ordinary people can overcome.

Some people are really born with excellence, Chen Yaoyu not only has a strong talent for cultivation, but her psychological quality is also far beyond that of ordinary men, which really impresses Xu Yan. He had a hunch that among so many disciples of the Holy Sword Sect, the one who could stand out and inherit his mantle in the future was probably not Liu Yang, who he had painstakingly cultivated and had high hopes for, but Chen Yaoyu, a girl.

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On August 21, the fiery red sunset was fading, leaving gray-black scars. The red glow had dissipated, and the night had gradually enveloped the position.

Xu Yan'an sat on the platform on the roof of the headquarters building, looking at the horizon under the dark curtain in the distance. In the wilderness ahead, traces of human activity – buildings, roads, towns and villages – have gradually collapsed and collapsed, and they have been annihilated and vanished by the grass, leaving only the wilderness and the sea of grass.

Looking at the distant wilderness, Xu Yan was in an ethereal state that he had not seen for a long time, and his mood was peaceful and relaxed.

Mankind has always claimed to be the master of the earth, and mankind once thought that its civilization would last forever. However, who would have thought that after the loss of human activities, the traces of human civilization would disappear at such a rapid rate. If this situation continues, it will not take half a year for the Hakone Demon Remnant area to return to a state of barbarism, and there will be no trace of civilization anymore.

The disappearance of a civilization is so easy, what in this world can be eternal?

Xu Yan sighed, as his cultivation improved, he understood more and more why when looking at himself, Zhu Youxiang's eyes were always very complicated, as if there was always a trace of hidden sadness, and it was rare to see her laughing.

At that time, Xu Yan didn't understand, but now, he gradually understood: Zhu Youxiang was pitying, she was pitying herself, and she was also sympathizing and regretting this beautiful world that was about to be destroyed by natural disasters.

As a cultivator, Zhu Youxiang has already seen that the end of this world will be unstoppable destruction.

Now, Xu Yan has also reached Zhu Youxiang's cultivation at the beginning, but Xu Yan gradually understands the truth that manpower is sometimes poor, and in the face of earth-shaking natural disasters, even if it is a powerful cultivator, his strength will eventually be limited. All the efforts you have made may be like the human civilization in front of you, you can only bloom in a flash in the pan, and then annihilate and disappear, and your own struggle is likely to be meaningless...

A crisp voice interrupted Xu Yan's reverie: "Report! Teaching the brigade cadet Chen Yaoyu, come to report!"

Xu Yan came back to his senses: just now he was too deep in silence, and he actually lost his sense of the surroundings. He replied, "Is it the rain?" Come up, I'm on the roof." ”

Chen Yaoyu entered the headquarters, went to the top of the building, and saw Xu Yan sitting on the edge of the platform, she knelt down on one knee and saluted: "I have seen the master of the sect, Chen Yaoyu, a disciple of the Holy Sword Sect, came to pay a visit." ”

According to the tacit understanding between Xu Yan and the country, the trainees of the advisory group teaching brigade have dual identities. As far as the state and the public are concerned, this group of young people is a special recruit of officers from the state, and they are cadet officers of the teaching brigade of the Huaxia Military Advisory Group for Aid to Japan; only a few people know that the true identity of this group of students is that they are disciples of the Shengtian Imperial Sword Sect under Xu Yanlu's disciple.

This strange dual relationship also caused their special etiquette: in front of outsiders, the students had to formally address Xu Yan as "Deputy Head Xu", and in private, they would pay homage to Xu Yan's disciples.

At the beginning, everyone, including Xu Yan, felt awkward about this strange etiquette. But the senior brother Liu Yang and the second senior sister Chen Yaoyu have always set an example and insisted on using the title of "Master in Charge" to praise Yan in private. Although the other students looked strange, they also vaguely understood their intentions: with such a title, they could seem closer and closer to Xu Yan, right?

Soon, a saying spread among the students: "Although everyone is a student of the teaching team, after all, there is still a difference between relatives and relatives." If you refuse to become Xu Yan's personal disciple and join the Holy Sword Sect, then how can you get the true inheritance of cultivation? Don't you see, Senior Brother Liu and Senior Sister Chen, who shouted 'Master Master', they are now already at the beginning of cultivation, far ahead of the others! Head Xu—oh, no, I should say Master Master—must be cultivating the two of them!"

Driven by the two role models of Chen Yaoyu and Liu Yang, now, inside the Holy Sword Sect, the disciples have used the etiquette of meeting the head of the sect to salute Xu Yan.

Xu Yan retracted his gaze looking into the distance: "Yaoyu, get up." Something to find me?"

The twilight was already deep, but Xu Yan's eyes were as bright as electricity, Chen Yaoyu's heart sank, she got up and bowed gently: "Master Master, the disciple has returned from practicing today, and I want to report today's situation." ”

"Well, you name it. ”

According to the master's arrangement, the disciple led a group of seven disciples to the second company position on the left flank to look for opportunities. As luck would have been, a total of 11 monsters attacked the position of the second company, and with the help of the second company, we killed 8 of them, but unfortunately 3 monsters were killed by random shooting. ”

Xu Yan said with a smile: "You can actually kill the eight-headed monster? So, your luck is really good." The group of people brought by the fat man waited here for a day, but they didn't wait for anything, and we were still strange, it turned out that the monsters had gone to your side. You go to the second company, and they are quite cooperative with you, right?"

"Because it was Company Commander Geng who personally took us over, and it was also thanks to the blessing of the master, the second company was very cooperative with us. It's just that the company commander and instructor are fine, but the soldiers below don't understand us very well... Speaking of this, Chen Yaoyu smiled, she shook her head, and did not continue.

Xu Yan didn't ask, and laughed it off.

Unconsciously, Xu Yan led the students to stay on the front line for six days. The trainees went back and forth between the various forward positions, looking for actual combat opportunities. Each time, the infantry always had to beat the monsters half to death with their rifles, and then the cadets used cold weapons to destroy the injured monsters.

Of course, this strange way of fighting has naturally aroused the sideways attention of the people around them: in the eyes of the officers and soldiers at the front, it is obvious that it can be solved by pulling the trigger with a single bullet, but the people of the teaching team still have to go to such great lengths and make trouble for everyone.

It's just that the deputy head of the regiment, Xu Yan, is personally sitting at the front, even though everyone is laughing at the people of the teaching team for being fools, they still have to carry out the order and fully cooperate with them on the surface. Of course, the soldiers' private ridicule and ridicule of the cadets must be indispensable.

Looking at the dark field in the distance, Xu Yan groaned slightly, and he asked: "Yaoyu, it's been five or six days since we went here for special training, and I have some questions for you: How many monsters have you killed with your own hands in the past few days?"

"Master, the disciple remembers very clearly, the disciple killed a total of eleven monsters. ”

"Then, has your cultivation made any special progress in the past few days?"

Chen Yaoyu was stunned, and then, she shook her head: "I'm ashamed, the disciple is incompetent." These days, the disciples don't feel any special improvement. ”

Xu Yan sighed in disappointment: "Yaoyu, you are the most qualified person in our group of students... Don't you even feel the progress?"

"The disciple is incompetent, and he is worthy of the high expectations of the teacher. ”

Xu Yan shook his head: "It's none of your business." The same is true for Fat Man and Huang Xi, and so is for everyone. It seems that my idea is wrong. ”

Xu Yan had previously guessed that killing demons would be conducive to the growth of Xuantian Demon Punishment True Technique cultivation. In order to verify this conjecture, he personally led the cadet team to the front line to kill monsters. Xu Yan originally thought that since he had been able to cultivate by leaps and bounds by killing monsters in the past, now he has brought this group of students to the front line to brush wildly, such good conditions, and with the cooperation of the army, the students slaughter a few monsters a day, and they are not allowed to cultivate to a hurricane and make progress a day?

Unexpectedly, the result of this cultivation was very unexpected by Xu Yan: six days had passed, and the students had killed more than a hundred monsters, and on average, each of them had killed five or six monsters. However, including Chen Yaoyu, none of the students felt that they had made any progress in their cultivation.

Why is it that you can break through by killing monsters yourself, but you can't kill monsters by yourself, but you can't kill monsters by yourself?

It's obviously a method that I have personally practiced, why is it ineffective for the students?

Xu Yan couldn't figure it out: if one or two students said that they had not improved, it might be that they were lying or concealing it, but all the students said that they had not improved, including die-hard loyalists like Fat Man and Huang Xi, so it could not be a lie.

What went wrong? Xu Yan was puzzled.

After the report was completed, Chen Yaoyu did not leave immediately. She stared at Xu Yan, her eyes were as bright as stars: "Head, there is something that the disciple really doesn't know whether to report or not... ”

"Huh?"

Xu Yan was still thinking, and he said casually: "Yaoyu, do you have something?"

"It's not my business. Boss, we have an old friend in common ... ”

"Our old friend?" Xu Yan was stunned for a moment, and he intuitively remembered a name: "Yaoyu, what you said should be... Gong-san?"

Chen Yaoyu smiled lightly, as if smiling: "The head is really wise, I guessed it at once." It's indeed Classmate Gong, I just heard some news about her, is the head of the family interested?"

Xu Yan closed his eyes, the past of his youth rolled and dissipated in front of him like smoke, and he said lightly: "Gong Xueting is our old classmate, how is she doing lately, is she doing well?"

Chen Yaoyu shook his head: "Xue Ting, she recently went to the United States. ”

"Went to the United States?"

"Yes, Teacher Situ Xiao has been released from prison. According to my uncle, we reached a settlement with the U.S. intelligence system, and as part of the deal, Mr. Situ Xiao was released, and he was ordered to leave the country within a certain period of time. Xue Ting, she just got her graduation certificate, and then she went to the United States with Teacher Situ Xiao, and it is said that she is married there. ”

Hearing the news of his first love's marriage, Xu Yan's heart was full of joy and sorrow, and he was quiet. He looked out into the dark field and said blandly, "America? That's a good place." Let's hope our old classmates can live happily over there. ”

Chen Yaoyu looked over boldly, but saw that Xu Yan's face was as calm as water, and his eyes were as bright as stars. She plucked up her courage: "Master, I know that you liked Classmate Gong very much at the beginning. But, as you know, at that time, I ... ”

"It's a thing of the past. Xu Yan quickly interrupted Chen Yaoyu and said with a smile: "Yaoyu, at that time, we were all too young and ignorant. Don't talk about the past. ”

Listening to Xu Yan's words, Chen Yaoyu laughed and laughed - it was obviously only a year ago, where did Xu Yan come from to be so old-fashioned and say that he was too young?

But she also understood Xu Yan's intentions, and her eyes dimmed: "Understood, head." ”

Xu Yan withdrew his gaze from looking into the distance, he looked at Chen Yaoyu, his gaze was gentle and calm: "The disaster that happened in Japan can happen anywhere in the world, and our motherland is facing a huge crisis.

You are the best student in the student class, and your cultivation talent is superior, far surpassing others, this is a rare opportunity. In the future, you will have to take on the responsibility of saving the country from peril. Yaoyu, I have always had high hopes for you, you have to concentrate on cultivation well, and don't be distracted and slack. ”

Is it just high hopes?

Chen Yaoyu showed a bitter smile, and she bowed slightly: "The disciple will follow the teachings of the master and will definitely work hard to practice and forge ahead!"

"Keep it up. You go down first, I still have something to think about. ”

"Yes, the disciple has taken his leave. ”

Looking at Chen Yaoyu's beautiful shadow disappearing into the corridor in a hurry, Xu Yan sighed, turned his head and continued to look at the wilderness in the distance. The field at night is still vast and quiet, but Xu Yan's mood has never been able to return to its original tranquility.

Can the past really pass away so calmly?

Youth has no regrets, and the past is like smoke.