The airship began to significantly reduce its altitude at dawn. The destination is just around the corner.

A ray of morning light shot in and shone on Qianye's face. He had already woken up, jumped out of the cab and walked to the porthole to look out.

In front of you is the sloping earth, and the steel city that has submerged the horizon seems to be upside down at any moment.

The most striking thing in the field of vision is a tall tower, located in the center of the city, with a dazzling silver and white body, like a thousand peaks, and the top of it spews out white steam like a cloud. The base of the tower is incomparably wide, covering three or four blocks.

That was the first time Thousand Nights saw the heart of the Terran city, the Perpetual Tower. The cheapest blackstone, the cheapest steel, is built into a miraculous perpetual tower, which runs day and night, supplying the energy for the entire city to run.

Cargo floats slowly rowed through the southwest of the city, and the airships in the airspace in front of them slowly increased, with different styles, several of which were in the style of light boats, and the bow reliefs were delicate and intricate.

Sure enough, there were too many airships applying to enter the port, and they had to queue up, and the cargo ships began to circle in the sky. From the driver's foul language and complaints, Qianye learned that in addition to public passenger post boats and cargo boats, there are many more private airships today, and the family crests embossed on the bow of the ship are all symbols of monstrous power and massive wealth.

Yangyang was one of the permanent places of recruitment for the Imperial Military Department, and this time of year attracts thousands of young people from all directions. There are a lot of people who have come this year, and there are many noble children among them, because there are two more behemoths on the recruitment list: the winged angel and the red scorpion.

The Great Qin Empire attaches great importance to military merits, even if it is a big clan, it is also a shortcut for the children of the clan to join the army and make meritorious contributions. Being able to enter a special legion is almost synonymous with soaring.

And the Winged Angel and the Red Scorpion have always been in the top five among the hundreds of special legions in the Empire. It was their recruitment that alarmed many gate valve clans, and they did not hesitate to send the best children of the clan over to participate in the assessment.

Because the floating boat carried by Qianye belongs to the military, it has achieved a relatively high position in the port. He waited until he landed to feel the pomp and circumstance of the conscription day.

The airship base should be just one of the traffic distribution centers, and it was already crowded with all kinds of people in the morning, most of them were young people in their twenties, confident, energetic, and full of hope. Outside the base, a long queue of various land vehicles has formed.

Shi Yan started the heavy-duty truck, which was still a big guy even among the many vehicles, roaring out of the military passage. Xiangyang is the third largest military city in the entire empire, except for half of the city's block, which is a military control area, both ground roads and air lanes, have set up special military passages.

Qianye has been looking out of the window dizzily, the route they are driving is the military zone, compared to the Huangquan training camp only talks about practicality and does not talk about aesthetics, the architectural style on both sides has added a lot of decorative sense, but it still loses its toughness and majesty.

The boot camp was at the end of the road, and in the distance, you could see that the long line of applicants had already cleared the arch.

In the noisy crowd, Shi Yan said loudly to the officer in charge of registration: "I want to go directly to the review area!"

He showed his identification, took Qianye directly into the camp, checked him in, and then handed Qianye a bronze nameplate representing his identity. The nameplate was mechanically stamped out of the three words Lin Qianye.

Looking at the Lin character on the nameplate, Qianye had an indescribable feeling in his heart. For the first time in his life, he felt like he belonged. This Lin character is not only imprinted on the nameplate, but also imprinted in his heart.

Next, Qianye was brought into the inner camp by a soldier. The inner camp is an assessment area, and Shi Yan can't go in.

It wasn't until she walked into the inner camp that Qianye realized that this barracks was much bigger than it looked outside the door.

Thousands of young people who had passed the initial screening for basic qualities were placed in the barracks according to the numbers on the nameplates. Tomorrow is the day of the official assessment, and today they will have a day off in order to perform at their best.

Many of the young men came by car or even passenger stageboat, and the public transport for the vast majority of civilians was all powered by Blackstone's steam, and the common feature was noise and jolting. Such a long journey is very hard, and it has a great impact on their physical fitness, which naturally affects their exam performance.

When it comes to the assessment of the army, the empire has always been very fair, and rarely gives special care to the children of the gate lord family.

This is also the foundation of the empire. Otherwise, if an incompetent person leads troops to the battlefield, it will be a disaster. The dark race kills, but it doesn't matter what status you have.

There are three exams for Imperial Recruitment, which are the Force, Fighting Skills, and Firearm Use.

After dinner, the candidates were driven back to the dormitory to go to bed. Chiya was accustomed to obeying orders, went to bed as soon as the light was turned off, and soon fell into a deep sleep. But the other candidates in the dormitory were some excited, some were nervous, and they couldn't sleep. Two young people from the same remote city chatted quietly.

I don't know how long it took, Qianye, who had been sleeping soundly, suddenly had a palpitation and immediately opened his eyes. His body didn't move on the surface, in fact, all the muscles were tense, ready to burst out and kill at any time, and his eyes were just open a slit, quietly observing his surroundings.

At this moment, Qianye was shocked to find that a middle-aged man's face appeared in the small window of the door at some point, looking at everyone in the room expressionlessly!

But except for Qianye, no one else even noticed this middle-aged man! There was a candidate who clearly swept his eyes over the window, but he didn't seem to see it at all.

The middle-aged man suddenly glanced at Qianye and turned to leave.

It wasn't until after he disappeared that Chiya recovered from his horror. But this time, he couldn't sleep.

A moment later, a middle-aged man who didn't look amazing left the dormitory building and entered another one. When he walked through all the dorm buildings, most of the names on the thick stack of lists in his hand had X's next to them, and only a few names had numbers next to them, ranging from 1 to 9.

And next to the name of Thousand Nights, an asterisk is drawn. Only fourteen of the names in the thick list have this mark next to them.

Qianye didn't know what to do, he passed the first level unintentionally.

In the early morning of the next day, the piercing bell woke all the candidates from their sleep. Qianye rushed out of the barracks with the flow of people and stood in line on the playground. Here, candidates are divided into three groups and then take different exams.

The Thousand Nights group will first take the Force Firearms Shooting Test.

Candidates are issued with special Force guns for exams, which are significantly less powerful and less consumed. Even a first-class soldier can fire six or seven shots in a row. Only then will they be able to complete the entire exam subject. If you change to a regular Force gun, even if it is the most basic first-level firearm, I am afraid that even Qianye's thick and condensed Force that far surpasses his peers will be difficult to complete all the shooting subjects.

After checking the Force gun, Chiya stood in front of the firing line with nine other candidates. Ten fixed targets rose from a hundred meters away, all of which were in the image of a human-faced spider demon.

While familiarizing himself with the weapon and waiting for the shooting order to start, a young man on the left of Qianye glanced at him, suddenly grabbed his crotch, whistled again, and said, "Boy, have you ever played with a gun?"

With his frowning expression, this is a pun on the expression, extremely obscene provocation.

Qianye glanced at him and said lightly: "I haven't played it, but I've pinched a few shots, do you want to try it?"

The young man suddenly laughed exaggeratedly and said, "I'm really scared, boy, do you know who I am, and dare to talk to me like this?"

"No matter who you are, you won't add a single point to your score, will you?" asked Qianye calmly.

The young man's face suddenly turned red, and he said angrily: "Arrogant, boy! But don't talk nonsense, the imperial family, not so shameless, will do something in this kind of exam! Since Lao Tzu doesn't like you, of course you have to win clean and beautiful!"

"Win me? "Qianye is still the kind of indifference that can make people mad.

The young man's face immediately sank, "Then let's gamble?"

Qianye raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you betting on? I'm too young for me to be interested!"

The young man reached out and tore off the necklace around his neck, carrying it and handing it to Qianye. The necklace is silver with a thumb-sized square plaque engraved with an eagle's head engraved at the end.

The young man said, "Just use the results of this exam to gamble! If I lose, this thing is yours!"

Qianye stretched out his hand, twisted the small sign curiously, and asked, "How do I use this thing?" Listening to his tone, he obviously regarded the necklace as something in his bag.

The young man was so angry at the moment that he sneered, "Do you really think you have won?"

Qianye nodded seriously: "Of course." Then he asked, "How do you use this thing?"

The young man's teeth itched with hatred, and he said angrily: "This is my token! As long as it is within my authority, no matter what the requirements are, I can meet you!"

At this time, the other candidates also noticed the dispute between the two and looked over one after another. They all noticed the eagle's head on the square plate, and immediately some of them changed their faces, apparently recognizing the emblem.

"It's someone from the Wei family!" someone whispered.

Hearing the whispers of the people around him, the young man immediately perked up and raised his chin with the arrogance of a small rooster.

But Qianye didn't have the reaction he expected, just sighed, and then looked at the young man's eyes with more suspicion. The meaning is too obvious: how much so-called authority can you have as a bear?

The young man was angry again and shouted, "Gambling or not?"

Qianye finally nodded: "Bet." ”

The young man didn't say much, but picked up the Force gun and waited quietly for the exam to begin.

It's exam time. After a whistle, all ten candidates picked up their Force guns and began to aim seriously.

Most Force guns don't shoot very well, and it's easy to hit targets up to 100 meters away, but it's very difficult to hit the bull's-eye. You can get 100 rings in the bullseye area, but only the size of a fingernail. If it falls outside the bull's-eye, there will be a maximum of 80 rings. All types of targets are scored in this way.

It didn't take long for gunshots to ring. A thin red light hit the target, the metal target shook, and a small hole was opened in the middle and upper part of the one-man tall target. This shot is not small, but the accuracy is not very good, it is just barely on target.

"20 rings!" the examiner shouted and another examiner noted the results.

The gunshots rang out in order, and all eight people hit the target, but the highest one only had 50 rings. In the blink of an eye, only the young man and the thousand nights were left who did not shoot.

The young man had been looking at him for a long time, and Thousand Nights had been watching him from the sidelines. Under the gaze of a thousand nights, young people always have a feeling of impetuousness. The moment he pulled the trigger, he immediately shouted in his heart!