Chapter 101: Squad Five Of The Grasslands Delivers “billion-level” Shock!
Grassland Fifth Squad.
“Hey, hey, hey, have you guys heard? Our regiment has a new recruit, claimed to be the strongest new recruit, incredibly fierce, took several first places in the regiment competition.”
Li Meng rushed excitedly into the dormitory, chattering noisily to Old Ma and the other two who were playing cards.
“What new recruit is fierce or not, I don’t know, I only know our squad has a freak, messing around pointlessly every day doing useless cleanups.”
Old Wei shook his head as he spoke, drew two cards and threw them on the table, shouting: “A pair of 5s.”
“Raise you, a pair of 8s.”
Old Ma threw his cards down, asked curiously: “We’re isolated here, no one for miles around, where did you hear it? From ghosts?”
“Old Ma, I’m telling you for real, this regiment’s competition this time was a big deal.”
Li Meng animatedly leaned over, pulled up a chair and sat next to Old Ma, saying: “Just now outside under the tree, I was brainstorming the plot for my great work, and happened to run into an old hometown buddy driving by.
We hadn’t seen each other in half a year, so we chatted a bit.
And guess what…”
Li Meng stopped halfway to build suspense, Old Ma hadn’t even spoken yet, and Xue Lin, who loved gossip news, couldn’t even focus on cards anymore.
He urged: “I say, great writer, can you finish your story in one go.”
“It’s great writer Dreiser.”
Li Meng deliberately corrected Xue Lin, then continued mysteriously: “My hometown buddy is something else, he just came back from the regiment competition.
He told me, this was originally the regiment’s secret, the regiment commander didn’t let anyone talk outside.
But I happened to catch him at the right time, the division has already started their competition today, it’s just declassified, so he dared tell me…”
“Can you stop dragging it out? Get to the point, finish quick and go back to being your great writer, don’t affect us playing cards here.” Old Wei impatiently urged.
“Don’t rush, here it is.”
Old Wei was Fifth Squad’s non-commissioned officer squad deputy leader, Li Meng this private first class was still afraid of him, and quickly got to the main topic: “My hometown buddy told me, this competition produced a big dark horse, no one expected it.
Steel Seventh Company, you know, the one that took third in last year’s competition, this year they were incredibly fierce, took first in the regiment competition.
And they took individual firsts in eleven out of the fourteen competition projects.”
“What??”
This news was so explosive, it startled Old Ma and the other two, their card-playing interest gone, all drawn in by the gossip.
“Firsts in fourteen projects, Steel Seventh Company one company took eleven? Real or fake?”
This result was too exaggerated, Old Wei expressed strong doubt.
“Of course it’s real, that’s my hometown buddy, how could he lie to me.” Li Meng said confidently.
“I know Steel Seventh Company, several soldiers I trained are backbones in Seventh Company, Seventh Company is an old strong company, it’s normal they have strength, just last year they only took one individual first, this improvement is a bit fast.”
Old Ma as a third-class veteran non-commissioned officer, Shi Jin was a soldier he trained, had a much more mature mentality, surprised but not making a fuss.
“This isn’t just fast, this speed… even riding a rocket isn’t that fast.” Xue Lin said speechlessly.
“Hey, I remember, didn’t you just say there’s a super awesome strongest new recruit? Could it be him? Did he take them all?” Old Wei grasped the key point and asked.
“Right, he took two individual firsts, broke regiment records, very fierce, but…”
Li Meng said halfway, suddenly changed tone: “I’m telling you, as a new recruit he’s already very fierce, way stronger than the dummy in our squad who only knows road repair.
But the fiercest isn’t him, there are two others way fiercer than him.”
The dummy Li Meng mentioned was Xu Sanduo.
Xu Sanduo, who had been in Fifth Squad for over five months, because he couldn’t fit into Fifth Squad’s lax life at all, stuck firmly to his idea of doing meaningful things.
He was now fully into road repair work, and had been repairing for two or three months already.
“Two others fiercer than him? Who?” Even Old Ma couldn’t stay calm.
“One is a second-class non-commissioned officer, named Wu Liu Yi, Old Ma you definitely know him.” Li Meng said.
“I know Wu Liu Yi, soldier trained by Shi Jin, participated in division grand competition a couple years ago, took second place good result, indeed an excellent soldier.” Old Ma said.
“How awesome is this Wu Liu Yi? Don’t tell me the remaining firsts are all his?” Old Wei asked curiously.
“Not just awesome, he’s flying high, he participated in six competition projects total, took first in four of them, second in the other two, strong to an outrageous degree.” Li Meng said with eyes full of envy.
“My god, is this still human? Regiment competition, not company level, how did he do it, I wouldn’t even dare dream it.”
Xue Lin was shocked speechless, couldn’t believe it was humanly possible.
“Hey, wait.”
Old Wei, fat as a lump, had a sharp mind, like suddenly spotting the key point.
He said seriously: “New recruit two, Wu Liu Yi four, adds up to six, but Steel Seventh Company took eleven firsts, eleven minus six leaves five.
So, there’s someone even more awesome?”
Hearing Old Wei’s kindergarten math analysis, Old Ma and Xue Lin immediately sat up straight, looking at Li Meng with expectant eyes.
“Right, indeed there’s someone even more awesome.”
Light burst from Li Meng’s eyes, a kind of ultimate admiring devotion, he tilted his head 45 degrees looking at the ceiling, spread his hands and declared loudly: “That’s a god-like existence, my great work seems to have found its protagonist.
If heaven gives me one chance to interview him once, I’d even be willing to die for it.”
Everyone’s appetite was whetted, curious who was so fierce, but Li Meng was still there pretending to be profound, making everyone’s blood pressure rise.
And Old Wei became the action type, anxiously stood up and slapped Li Meng on the head, urging: “Hurry up and say it.”
Li Meng got slapped, his artistic vibe shattered.
Then he described vividly: “This person is amazing, he only went down to Steel Seventh Company as a cadet last year, just turned platoon leader this year not long ago.
Before the competition he had no standout performances, no one had ever heard of him.
But in this regiment competition, he became the fiercest dark horse.
Not only did he take five firsts in one go, the fiercest part is two of them broke division records, the other three all broke regiment records.
Strong to a perverted degree, just like Superman in a Hollywood movie.”
“Still human?”
Hearing Li Meng’s words, the seated Old Ma, Old Wei, and Xue Lin were all petrified, feeling like they were hearing a fairy tale.
And what the four of them didn’t expect even more was…
Such a heavenly super dark horse, and a place known as the veteran soldier graveyard completely unrelated, seeming forever impossible to intersect.
Yet on some day in the future, by a freak coincidence, they produced a connection.
Li Meng’s great work finally welcomed its protagonist.
