My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World

Chapter 597 516: Night of the Poisonous Bramble Path (1)

"Me? I'm doing pretty well right now, got along well with my roommates, and there's a special instructor taking care of me."

With her shoulder against the phone, Chichu Chun pressed her cheek to the screen, returning to her dormitory. The empty dorm only had her, as she changed out of her training clothes while talking to the girl on the other side.

The metal locker door slammed shut, Chichu Chun put on her light casual wear, sat on her bunk, flipped over the cell phone lid, and calmly watched the glowing screen.

"Training isn't that tough. I wasn't slacking at all. I'm really taking it seriously this time!"

"How's Youzi doing over there?"

Hearing the girl's words, Chichu Chun paused momentarily.

"Has Sister Tang been having a cold war with Youzi recently?"

"Eh, why?"

"What did Youzi do to upset Sister Tang again?"

On the other end, Tang Xin, in a trench coat, stood with arms crossed at the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing at the most magnificent building in the center of Oasis City, her pupils reflecting the neon-lit bustling night of the city.

Seeing the other party not really wanting to answer the question, Chichu Chun didn't pry, instead, she remarked:

"Blame it on that old witch, I really want to join everyone in the next competition."

"Old witch?"

"Ah, nothing, nothing." Realizing she let slip, Chichu Chun hurriedly changed the subject, at that moment, the assembly alarm resounded in the sky above the barracks.

"I've just got something to do, gotta go, Sister Tang. Next time we meet, I'll definitely show you a different me."

The call ended hurriedly, Tang Xin sighed softly, her eyes closed without a word.

Lately, she's been troubled by many things, and various dilemmas from the Miracle of Evil Land. After being with him for so long, she's long gotten used to his character and wouldn't quarrel with Xu Xiaoyou over small matters anymore.

Most importantly, she felt an inexplicable unease beginning to loom over her heart.

Where did this unease come from?

...

Inside the military camp, upon hearing the assembly order, soldiers quickly set into motion, their footsteps chaotic for a moment, everyone headed in the same direction. As Chichu Chun was rushing towards the training ground, she noticed a squad heading against the flow towards a clump of trees outside the barracks.

She recognized the squad leader, Xilin.

Chichu Chun frowned in confusion, thought briefly, then shook her head and continued forward with the crowd.

A few minutes later, inside the training ground, thousands of soldiers and officers stood ready. From above, the organized formation divided the training ground into several different areas, with eyes focused on one section.

"Assemble complete, each squad report number!" Thistle Xuedong shouted from above.

Responses came from the nearly hundred-person phalanx, with each squad leader beginning to count their members.

"Cold Crow Team members all present."

"Forest Sheep Team members all present."

"Qinglu Team members all present..."

"Desert Fox Team..."

"Red Glow Team members all present!" Chichu Chun checked off, loudly responding.

In the distance, firelight from Tower City, the woman's stern face, the smell of gunpowder in the air, hinted that this emergency assembly was unlike usual. These soldiers who had yet to truly set foot on the battlefield felt a nervousness that came with the excitement when a thing called order was breaking apart.

"Where is the Far Traveler Team? Did they really think they were here for tourism!?" Thistle Xuedong frowned, yelling in anger.

Soldiers below looked at each other, only to find out that an entire squad was absent tonight.

"Reporting, I just saw them head towards the southwest woods." Chichu Chun shouted.

Southwest woods?

That's the quickest direction to leave the camp area, at this urgent moment, what were the Far Traveler Team members going there for?

Thistle Xuedong keenly sensed the anomaly, exchanged a look with the near instructors, several of them nodded, then quickly went towards the southwest direction.

Afterward, Thistle Xuedong cleared his throat, his voice energetic and loud: "Tonight is a critical situation, I'll be brief, two more strongholds at the Nightmare Tower City front have been breached by the Insect Race, most importantly, a team of researchers in armored convoys is heading towards our camp, we need to clear the surrounding area as swiftly as possible to ensure the safety of their route."

"So, we are going to the battlefield?" Someone instinctively spoke, unable to hide the excitement that made his voice tremble slightly.

That was a member of her own team, Chichu Chun heard it clearly.

Someone spoke up, and the discussions around surged one after another.

"Been stuck in a virtual combat room every day, I've wanted to try it out on the field for so long."

"Those insects' weak spots, I remember better than anyone!"

Not just her team, every squad seemed to be itching for action right now.

Thistle Xuedong found it pointless to further emphasize the brutality and discipline of battlefield to these hot-headed new recruits. No one could take these words seriously in such a situation, and maybe after tonight, many faces will be gone, and once they've personally experienced the baptism of war, they'll naturally understand.

But gazing at those youthful faces, she couldn't help but shout loudly to stop all discussions:

"This is our company's first real combat, I won't be directly participating in this operation, follow the directives from your team's advisors and captains for all combat matters, I'll put it upfront, this is not a drill, there will be casualties!"

"Subsequent matters will be handed to each squad's advisor, any combat-related issues can be directed to them, the main force is immediately disbanded!"

"Yes!"

The organized array turned into dozens of streams, dispersing in different directions, Chichu Chun briskly led her team forward, meanwhile, a small transport vehicle drove up in front of everyone.

"Little guys, get on, must be dying to get out of here. Careful during the patrol, don't step on the sentry insect eggs, I won't guarantee everyone will return alive."

The man had sleepy eyes, a scraggly beard on his chin, seemingly woken up not long ago, his shabby appearance made it hard to imagine someone like him being in the military zone.

"Uncle Yin."

Chichu Chun pulled the car door, got into the back compartment. Three teammates followed her behind, either carrying guns, or donning combat suits from Logic Studio, one even installing the gun barrel on his M182 sniper rifle cradled in his arms.

"Hey, little miss, no reverence, calling me casually is fine otherwise, but now it's combat, Rice Wine Soldier, call me Advisor Yin." Yin Yusheng corrected.

Not long after, armored vehicles passed through the checkpoint, leaving the barracks, Yin Yusheng's hands on the wheel, still not in the stance to start driving, the group seemed a bit impatient waiting, only then did the man slowly turn around and ask Chichu Chun:

"Where are we going?"

"You're asking me for this kind of thing?" Chichu Chun froze, "Aren't you the advisor?"

"The command said all combat affairs for Red Glow Team are decided by the captain this time, I only give combat advice."

"Set a direction, captain?"

Shouldering a heavy burden all of a sudden, Chichu Chun was briefly silent, not quite sure why Thistle Xuedong made an exception for Red Glow Team alone, maybe it was the brother's idea.

She recalled the earlier anomaly of the Far Traveler Team, decisively saying:

"Southwest direction, we're going to clear the southwest area."