The training ground had long been muddy with rain, and the yellow mud accompanied the shoe prints all the way up the steps, and on top of it was a gray-haired bald officer about forty years old sent by the Changhe Military Base to assist the town government.

I heard that he was a high-ranking officer, but he didn't introduce himself in detail, so Tianxia didn't know how senior he was.

She found that there were many young people with her, all of whom had escaped from the capital, and some of them were settlers from the Federation from other planets.

And what surprised her even more was that among these young people who have signed up one after another recently, there are still a lot of young women, some of them are female students in school, at the moment a few of them are wearing raincoats, some with umbrellas, some are wearing spacious rain hats, the vast majority of them are still like her, at most only bring a military hat to protect against the rain, half of them come with an attitude of indifference, endlessly complaining about the mud, rain and moisture, or smiling, mocking officers, non-commissioned officers and their companions, But there are also many people with resolute eyes and solemn expressions, and they know what they are doing.

The senior officer first blew his trumpet, attracting everyone's attention.

"I know that more than half of you grew up in the capital," roared the officer, "and many have escaped from there, and you have seen how terrible the monster is, how it eats people, how it kills. ”

His words silenced the recruits, who had been cursing for the rainy day.

"First of all, I have to applaud your courage," he praised first, "even our soldiers, the veterans, some of them couldn't face that terrible creature again, they chose to retire, even deserted, and you have the courage to stand up, I really appreciate that." ”

His words caused a burst of applause from the young men in the audience.

"But......" his voice turned, becoming cold and hard like a rock, "are you going to fight the monsters with umbrellas and rain hats in the future?" Or are you going to use it as a weapon? I'm here to tell you that the umbrella is too fragile, the rain hat will obscure the view, and your adversary, I think it will be happy to see you fools as its opponent......" he paused, "now, throw them away for me, this is my first order." ”

His words made the boys and girls with umbrellas subconsciously throw away the umbrellas in their hands, and Tianxia realized that these young students looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, almost as young as herself, a few of them were young people in their twenties, but there were also younger soldiers than her.

Is it really urgent that they allowed such a young child to join the ranks of the soldiers? So much so that even the minimum age limit of fifteen years old has to be violated?

Tianxia suppressed the sigh in her heart and quietly listened to the speech above.

The bald officer paused, he looked at them in silence, and after a long time, he waved his hand, and in full view of everyone, several soldiers pushed a cage made of iron cages and walked with great difficulty towards the stone platform, the curtain covering the cage, which made people wonder what was inside. Everyone is eagerly awaiting, and it seems that something good is about to come.

As soon as the officer waved his hand, the old soldiers carefully hooked up the curtain with iron hooks and jerked it open into the distance.

The onlookers let out a burst of exclamation.

It was a white spider as big as a hound, its milky white skin covered in tiny scales that looked muddy and sticky in the wet rain, and it had five long claws, each of which had been artificially shaved off half of its limbs, and even then, it was a hundred times more terrifying than the most terrifying creature anyone had ever seen. Its teeth were exposed, and a row of filthy teeth seemed like a saw could easily slice through every piece of flesh, and so it was, the teeth could handle even thinner alloy light armor, and the most dangerous shaved hooked foot could even pierce through heavy armor and kill the soldiers sitting inside. The most abhorrent thing is its wound, the festering, pus-smelling yellow-brown liquid constantly flowing from the wound, and it also exudes a strong fishy smell under the rain.

Many people took a few steps back, some girls screamed and cried, some boys were speechless, and more people were full of fear but couldn't help but be kind, Tianxia was the same, she forcibly stopped her steps, forced herself to look directly at the monster, it was not dangerous, she thought, it was just an ordinary spider with a weapon removed, it had an empty face and was not armed with the deadliest weapon on its body, but even so, when it staggered to its feet and wanted to pounce on the crowd, there were still two people who ran, even if the iron cage blocked its impact, But the creaking wheeled cart seemed to be about to tip into pieces at any moment.

"Bang ......." and another bang, accompanied by a "crunch....... The sound of crunching ........", the cage was crumbling, and someone could faintly hear the sound of wood breaking ........

"It's coming out........," one girl screamed, and then slipped out with the first to leave, a ....... Two........ The flow of people poured out with the rain like a rushing tide, and the non-commissioned officers were unmoved, as if they did not notice the danger in front of them, what were they hesitating about? Tianxia frowned, they must be hiding something, she resisted the urge to run away, and quietly waited for the development of the situation.

After a long time, there were two-thirds fewer people left on the field, but there were still many people who stayed where they were, men and women, young and old, all kinds of people.

"Very good," he waved his hand, and the non-commissioned officers pushed the cage back, through the blurred rain, Tianxia found out that the cage did have a secret, it was two-tiered, "I thought it would be good to have a tenth of it stay, I don't know if you are keenly aware of the secrets of this cage, or if you are not afraid to fight with such a creature, or believe in your superiors, and even some people will know the secret of the cage through your relatives in advance, in short, you have proved that you still have a little courage to face it, That's right, courage. “

He once again stressed that "courage ......."

"We're here to kiss this wonderful creature head-on," after a moment's pause, he glanced around, his witty tone revealed indifference, those chilling eyes stared at every prey in front of him like a hungry cheetah, "Cowards are not suitable to stay here, we have jobs for you, doing chores, farming, plowing fields, digging dung, piling dirt, washing clothes, sitting in the office, there is always one suitable for you in so many jobs, but soldiers are different, it requires us to be loyal to our duties, It requires us to have the courage to face cruelty, during the confrontation with monsters, once one of you breaks away, the others will also flee, and then there is a feast for monsters, your desperate situation, I have seen this situation once, they are the most heroic soldiers, elite field troops, what a great name, but they are also disappointing, so ........" he paused, "Tomorrow, I will not let you learn how to hold a gun, how to run, how to salute, how to fold quilts, how to shout slogans, How to obey orders, but to teach you how to observe it, to face it, to get used to its hunting methods and speeds, it will be more difficult than today, and you can walk if you don't want to die. ”

With that, he turned and left, leaving the people present to look at each other.

"The people who stayed behind came and registered," shouted a non-commissioned officer, the female instructor named Luna.

Tianxia suddenly regretted a little that she didn't listen to Ciri, she was always wiser than herself, Tianxia thought bitterly, and then resolutely walked towards the registration office.

She lined up with the others, some of whom would talk in low voices.

"Look," a dark-haired boy proudly declared, "I knew the cage was two-tiered." What is he proud of? Tianxia can't understand, happy that she is about to kiss the monster? What a fool.

She was followed by two boys, a handsome little boy who agreed with her, and the other boy who was quite disdainful of the boy, his tone with contempt, "If I hadn't stopped you, you would have run away, you coward." ”

"Then you shouldn't hold him," the other girl said in a gloomy and cold tone, "Pull a coward into battle, are you going to kill him or kill us?" The equally proud boy choked.

"I'm not a coward," the coward tried to justify, "I'll kill them with my own hands, I want to avenge my father." ”

"All those who flee have relatives who have died, and everyone will swear revenge," said the cold girl, "and they often talk about these words, as if they can come true by saying them, I really don't understand, it's worth showing off?" Do you have to tell us that? What are you trying to prove? Are you courageous? ”

The boy blushed, "I didn't." ”

Another young woman walked over from the side and whispered softly, "Ah Ming is not a coward, he is braver than you think, and he helped me at the beginning." The boy blushed shyly, he looked at the young woman shyly, and was attracted by her well-dressed maturity, to be precise, he was attracted by her red lipstick, he didn't think about whether it was a pink rose or a soft peach, he didn't think about whether it was a pink grapefruit or caramel milk tea red, he probably wouldn't use his brain to think about what kind of woman would have to dress so delicately when she was going to recruit training on a rainy day, he just wanted to kiss it.

Not only him, but the other two little boys couldn't help but get close to the woman, although the girl who had always had a calm face was more beautiful than the adult woman, but it was also clear that she did not use some clothing to highlight the charm of women.

Tianxia turned her gaze, she looked at the woman carefully, and she felt quite familiar, "It's you," she suddenly shouted, "Liu Liu? “

This woman was the mayor's daughter, and ---- Liuliu, a top student at the Federal Language University in Whitewater, heard Tianxia's unconscious shout, so she immediately turned her head, she seemed unwilling to see Tianxia, and pretended to ignore her.

"I thought you went to Whitewater?" Tianxia strode forward, "You actually came to Changhe Town and participated in recruit training." Liu Liu's face turned pale, and she glanced at Tianxia with an unstable look, "Tianxia," she didn't answer her question directly, but asked her rhetorically, "Why are you here?" “

Tianxia pointed behind him, "The Changhe military base is already overcrowded, so I naturally went with the flow and came here, but it's you, why didn't I see those people with you?" Of course, she pointed to the few men and women who had followed her and made up her mind to go to Whitewater, but right now....... All of them were missing, and she had three more puppies by her side.

"They're all dead, on the run," she said, looking at the other side of the country.

"One night, a terrible monster dragged them from behind," she swallowed, "and then two, three, and more and more, and they ........," said this, her eyes clouded and darkened, "I was the only one who ran out." ”

Those boys who looked strong didn't run out, but they were run out by a pampered female student of yours, this is really hard to believe, and her bloodshot depressed eyes, that skinny face, the red cream between her lips can't hide the panic in her heart, the pink and white makeup can't hide the worry between her eyebrows, the makeup on her eyebrows can't hide her lingering uneasiness, and her snorting tone that can't speak clearly is completely devoid of the almost domineering self-confidence in the past, Tianxia knows, She's hiding something.

"You're alone now?? I didn't think to go to look for your former companions, I'm talking about the few who survived," Tianxia looked at her with a smile, "Those companions of yours are still in the Changhe base." ”

"How many survived?"

"Leon and Leoff are surrounded by monsters, and with them is the girl who doesn't like to talk, most of them are dead, and the rest of the survivors have fled to the Changhe military base."

"It turns out that Li Ang is dead," the mayor's daughter, who used to call for wind and rain, now just turned her head unnaturally, remembered her former friends a little, and then cleaned up her mood, "I'm also good here, and I've met a few friends who are quite close to each other, so there's no need to go over and stay with them." ”