Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 695 - 518 training_2

"I want to see what kind of spectacle he'll come up with this time?"

Bai E's position was as stable as Mount Tai, and even the generals who harbored continual resentment towards his origins as a man-made person no longer hoped to use such matters to pull him down from power. At most, they could only hope that after encountering difficulties, he would recognize the role of the original generals, so as to grant them a bit of actual authority.

In the military district, generals needed to have control over troops in order to have a say.

"Or how about we give him a suggestion? We say, let the soldiers who have completed his training exercise face off against our previous soldiers in a mock military exercise, and we won't bully him—we'll have one thousand of our men against his two thousand. If he can still bring those two thousand recruits back in one piece... how about that?"

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"Good!"

"That's settled then!"

"We must make him realize that we are useful too!"

A general suddenly remembered a key point and added, "But the commander isn't allowed to take part personally when the time comes."

"Right, right, right! The commander can only be in charge of commanding."

...

More than two thousand troops marched out of the military base with great momentum, heading straight for the wilderness.

Bai E told everyone that it was just a training exercise to experience the wilderness of the age, and if they encountered beastmen or creatures like alien species, they could consider clearing them out as well.

It was essentially an extermination force, sweeping a certain range around the city completely.

And that's exactly what he did.

Not long after leaving the base, Bai E allowed these man-made new recruits to elect some junior non-commissioned officers amongst themselves.

Even if he didn't plan to conceal his moves by sending the new recruits to Li Ming Town for training, he didn't want to bring along the original non-commissioned officers from the military base.

A troop completely his own, of course, had every detail belonging to himself from top to bottom.

The original non-commissioned officers carried a background that could not change the base's original colors. However, this newly formed army had to be entirely obedient to him. Therefore, the non-commissioned officers responsible for grassroots coordination also had to be selected from their own ranks.

Only in this way could he ensure that at the necessary moment in the future, they could execute his orders without hesitation.

And these new recruits did not disappoint Bai E.

They were different from the previous new recruits.

Now that the gene ban had been lifted, their minds were far more flexible than those of the past man-made soldiers. In fact, the instructors training them had already noticed this unprecedented trait.

But "a bit smarter" isn't something that can be quantified, and since no one as extreme as Bai E emerged from their ranks, no one spoke up.

It was only in such situations, requiring them to make decisions on their own, that this bit of "wisdom" and the changes it brought became apparent.

The junior non-commissioned officers needed by Bai E were soon elected by the recruits themselves, with the overall structure maintaining the style of the original military base.

Calling those elected junior non-commissioned officers before him, Bai E stood with his hands behind his back, calmly looking over them all, "I believe you all still remember me."

The newly elected non-commissioned officers stared at Bai E with a hint of excitement. They vividly remembered this commander who had made a profound impression on them at their birth, serving the same purpose as Weslin had initially, "Yes, Commander!"

"Over the next few days, I will lead you in a sweep around the city. Everyone but our kind is the enemy. I have only one demand of you—when I walk the paths you've cleared behind you, I must not see any moving creature! Can it be done?!"

"No problem, Commander!"

Bai E waved his hand coolly, "Then let's move out!"

The two thousand man-made new soldiers didn't carry any heavy weapons or drive any vehicles.

Apart from the weapons, ammunition, and food supplies they carried on themselves, Bai E didn't ask them to prepare anything else.

According to this plan, resources would undoubtedly run out by the week's end... but that didn't matter. Resources were scarce in this era, but not that scarce.

With appropriate execution standards, many things in the wild... could be eaten and used.

As for running out of bullets? Didn't they still have knives?

Bai E didn't plan on having them fight from beginning to end.

And he was only preparing to lead them to Li Ming Town for advanced training when the damage reached an opportune moment.

Only when faced with challenges that indeed exceeded their abilities did opportunities for growth become more precious to people.

This common problem applied not just to natural humans, but to artificial humans as well.

They were loyal, but they also had an inclination toward laziness.

Bai E emptied his mind and happily followed behind the large army.

From time to time, he would teach some clever rookies who came to him for advice a few useful skills—

Such as long-neglected "firearm maintenance," "bandaging," "dissection," "cooking," and so on.

Picking any one of these skills would amaze these naïve young men who had seen little of the world, leading them to exclaim in admiration, "Sir, you are so skilled!"

"Sir, how do you know everything?"

The exclamations from these pure-hearted children were far more pleasant to hear than those from the distracted, and of course, the most important thing was the accompanying increase in their charge values.

["Lucky Strike" charge +112.](Cumulative)

After several days of intense training, having encountered a herd of mutated wild buffalo and a small band of roaming orc assailants, most of the soldiers in the two-thousand-strong army showed signs of exhaustion on their faces.

But beneath that surface fatigue, there was an even brighter excitement in the depths of their pupils.

They could feel the significant progress their bodies had made during this process.

The first three days of basic training were indeed the period of most rapid enhancement for these artificial humans, but this continuous pushing of limits during the intense training also had an excellent effect on their development.

However, real combat training was not without accidents, and a single-digit number of casualties still occurred within the two-thousand-strong force.

"Take their dog tags!"

Bai E stood in the center of the crowd, listening to the non-commissioned officers who had been elected discussing their experiences after yet another encounter.

These artificial human recruits were newly manufactured and had not yet established rigid rules among themselves.

They had no concept of command hierarchy such as "non-commissioned officers," feeling instead that everyone should give their full effort.

The capable advance, the weak retreat.

All for the sake of accomplishing their goals.

The ranks of the non-commissioned officers were also adjusted many times after their internal discussions.

And at every rest, it was their own habit to hold a small meeting among the non-commissioned officers for a debrief.

Bai E just listened quietly, until the final moment when after several seconds of silence with no one speaking, he softly said, "Take their dog tags, death is not the end. It is this ever-growing list of the fallen that has forever changed the future of us humans!"

"Yes, Sir!"

["Lucky Strike" charge +50.]

Bai E looked up at the gradually sinking twilight in the sky.

Under his deliberate guidance, the army's route had reached the closest tangent to Li Ming Town.

The days of combat and fresh experiences had left all the soldiers utterly exhausted; perhaps a brief rest would allow them to have a better attitude for the next phase of intense training.

After all, circling the city was no small feat.

"After resting tonight, we will set out toward that direction in the morning." Bai E took command of the entire army for the first time, setting their direction for when they awoke the next day.

The loyal artificial human soldiers never asked why, simply responding in unison, "Received, Sir!"

...

With a smile on his lips after leaving the circle of artificial human non-commissioned officers, Bai E took out his communicator used to contact Kuang Xin and the other players, "The army is almost here, are you guys ready on your end?"