Chapter 59: The Notice Arrives
“Do you have something or not? If not, then leave. You’re already the Regiment Commander, aren’t you busy?”
Miao Lian saw that Kang Regiment Commander was so shameless. Clearly, his face was full of “not welcome,” but the guy could completely ignore it.
“It’s okay, my partner is a workaholic, so I basically have nothing to do!
To be honest, between us brothers, who with whom? If you really have something, just say it, how could I not help you?”
Kang Regiment Commander’s tone was sincere, not joking with Miao Lian.
This batch of people who came down from the battlefield all had more or less some problems on their bodies, either this hurt or that hurt, or mental issues.
Treatment was also troublesome, so Kang Regiment Commander was really afraid that Miao Lian had some problem with his body.
“Alright, stop being mushy with me. I really have nothing, just that one of my Platoon Leaders has a body problem. I’m afraid that kid is fooling me again, so I followed to take a look.”
Miao Lian was annoyed by Kang Regiment Commander’s persistence and had no temper left, so he quickly explained why he was at the hospital. Otherwise, with Old Kang’s honest personality, he would definitely insist on helping.
“Oh, like that. Since you have nothing, I’ll head back.”
Seeing that Miao Lian really had nothing, Kang Regiment Commander felt relieved and immediately suggested returning to the regiment.
“Okay, Chang Ning, see Kang Regiment Commander off.”
Miao Lian said while giving Chang Ning a look.
“Yes.”
Chang Ning nodded lightly and said. Actually, he didn’t understand what information Miao Lian wanted to give him, but no matter, he would respond to changes with no change.
After the two left the Outpatient Department, Kang Regiment Commander said with a smile, “Chang Ning, are you really not considering it?
Our Sharpshooter Fourth Company is also an excellent company with a glorious company history, one that can be shown off.”
“Kang Regiment Commander, if our Miao Lian agrees, I’ll go. I’m just a small soldier.”
Chang Ning politely refused Kang Regiment Commander’s invitation. After all, he had come here, and not experiencing Wolf Fang’s life felt a bit lacking.
Just like eating noodles without garlic, it lacks flavor.
“Alright then. Last time I saw your shooting skills were good. When you have time, come to our regiment and give a lesson to the soldiers of Sharpshooter Fourth Company, so they don’t always think they’re the best in the world!”
Seeing that the direct invitation didn’t work, Kang Regiment Commander came up with another plan. As long as Chang Ning came to their Iron Fist Regiment, he would try to keep him no matter what.
Worst case, talk to the Brigade Commander, everything can be negotiated.
Even if Chang Ning wasn’t poached in the end, he wouldn’t lose. Stimulating the kids in Fourth Company with Chang Ning’s shooting skills to improve their business capability would be good too.
Don’t look at Kang Regiment Commander’s smiling, harmless face; actually, his mind was scheming loudly, of course, provided he didn’t drink.
“Okay, since Kang Regiment Commander said so, I’ll go to Iron Fist Regiment when I have time.”
How could Chang Ning be a match for an old fox like Kang Regiment Commander? Unknowingly, he fell into his scheme.
“Hahaha, it’s a deal, no taking it back.
Alright, you go back.”
Kang Regiment Commander laughed happily, let Chang Ning go back to accompany their Miao Lian, and he himself got into a military vehicle.
Chang Ning couldn’t guess what Kang Regiment Commander was thinking, but he was sensitive and felt something off seeing Kang Regiment Commander so happy.
‘Kang Regiment Commander isn’t so happy just because I agreed to exchange with Sharpshooter Fourth Company, right?’
Chang Ning recalled in his mind his conversation with Kang Regiment Commander by the car; logically it made sense, it did seem like that.
With doubt, Chang Ning arrived outside the office where Chen Guotao was being examined and saw that Chen Guotao had already come out.
At this moment, he was sitting on a chair with Miao Lian, whispering something. Chang Ning guessed they were discussing the condition.
“Chang Ning, you’re back. What did Old Kang say to you before leaving?”
Miao Lian was instructing Chen Guotao to pay attention to his body when he looked up and saw Chang Ning coming.
Seeing his thoughtful look, he immediately knew Kang Regiment Commander must have said something.
“Miao Lian, how did you know?”
Chang Ning said with a surprised expression. Miao Lian wasn’t next to them when he talked with Kang Regiment Commander.
“It’s all over your face.”
Miao Lian said grumpily.
“What’s obvious? It’s like this, Kang Regiment Commander…”
Chang Ning honestly told Miao Lian what happened.
“Hey, this Old Kang, he’s relentless.”
Miao Lian was amused and annoyed by Kang Regiment Commander’s persistence.
“Don’t worry about this. You don’t need to go to Iron Fist Regiment. This Kang Lei isn’t up to any good!”
“Why?”
Chang Ning was stunned and quickly asked.
“First, Iron Fist Regiment is his turf; if you go, he’ll find a way to make you stay. Second, even if you don’t agree to stay in the end, your exchange with Sharpshooter Fourth Company can still help improve their combat power.
No matter how you calculate, Kang Regiment Commander won’t lose.”
The one speaking was Chen Guotao; he explained the pros and cons clearly.
When Chang Ning went to see off Kang Regiment Commander, his diagnosis had ended. Miao Lian told Chen Guotao about Kang Regiment Commander poaching talent, just for fun. How could Chang Ning possibly go to Iron Fist Regiment?
So Chen Guotao could analyze it so thoroughly.
“I see!”
After Chen Guotao’s analysis, Chang Ning suddenly understood.
Afterward, the three accompanied Chen Guotao to buy medicine, picked up Xiao Zhuang, and then returned to the company.
When finding Xiao Zhuang, Chang Ning had the honor of seeing Xiao Ying; she was indeed pretty.
“Chen Pai, how’s your body?”
After reluctantly parting with his girlfriend, as soon as he got in the car, Xiao Zhuang asked about Chen Guotao’s condition.
“What else? Take medicine. Still need to go to the hospital for physiotherapy every month.”
Chen Guotao was not in high spirits; after all, starting today, his dream of becoming a Special Forces Soldier was shattered.
The atmosphere in the car gradually became heavy. Chang Ning had no solution; his system sold treatment medicine, but he couldn’t afford it.
Fortunately in the misfortune, Chen Guotao could at least do basic military training, but high-intensity was out of the question.
Luckily, as Platoon Leader now, he had to share some administrative matters, so the training intensity wasn’t as high as ordinary scouts. Otherwise, he couldn’t stay in Reconnaissance Company anymore; he’d have to submit a report to go to Logistics.
A week later, Chang Ning finally saved up 200 Merit Points. Excitedly opening the Mall Panel, he found the discount notice was gone.
The stun gun he had eyed earlier returned to original price; now it required 1000 Merit Points, which he couldn’t afford.
“System, query products I can afford now.”
Chang Ning had to check what 200 points could buy; maybe there’d be a surprise.
“Please wait, host…”
“Query successful!”
“Explosive Bullet*3: 200 Merit Points”
“Ice Bullet*3: 200 Merit Points”
Seeing only two kinds of special bullets, Chang Ning couldn’t believe his eyes; clearly last query had many products.
“Why only these two products?”
“Because host’s level is too low.”
The system mercilessly struck Chang Ning, making him face reality.
“Fine, fine.”
Chang Ning closed the Mall Panel; he wasn’t buying. His golden finger didn’t come with space; nowhere to store if bought.
Bad review!
They usually kept firearms and bullets separate except during target training.
If bullets appeared on him now and were discovered, Chang Ning couldn’t explain even with a hundred mouths.
Today during shooting training, he seemed to hear the system’s prompt sound, but at the time Chang Ning was focused on training and didn’t pay attention.
“Let’s check it out.”
Chang Ning opened the System Panel and saw that his “Sniper Rifle Shooting” experience bar had changed.
“Name: Chang Ning”
“Age: 19 years old”
“Military Rank: Second Lieutenant (Platoon Leader)”
“Merit Points: 200”
“Stamina: 410/??? （Ordinary adult male’s stamina is 100 ）”
“Rifle Shooting: 100/100↑ (Upgradable)”
“Knife Skills: 100/100 (Not upgradable)”
“Sniper Rifle Shooting: 100/100↑ (Upgradable)”
“Note: This system’s level is linked to host’s military rank. Please strive hard, host!”
“Ah, max level!”
Seeing the experience bar fully maxed, Chang Ning felt joyful; this was proof of his hard training.
Chang Ning clicked upgrade without hesitation.
System: “Confirm upgrade?”
Chang Ning: “Confirm.”
System: “Upgrade successful!”
After Chang Ning reopened the System Panel, his info etc. didn’t change, but the experience bars did.
“Rifle Shooting” and “Sniper Rifle Shooting” merged into “Shooting Mastery”.
Upgrade experience needed became 1000 points.
According to the system’s explanation, after upgrade, Chang Ning could use his previous shooting assist function with any gun.
Just that besides assault rifles and sniper rifles, other guns wouldn’t be as pervert-level, but still stronger than normal people.
Within effective range, hit rate would get a boost. This meant once Chang Ning got proficient with other firearms, no one in the firearm domain could beat him.
Chang Ning’s heart, hurt by the mall, was slightly healed by the benefits of the experience bar upgrade.
“Chang Ning, what are you spacing out for? Come play cards.”
Xiao Zhuang held a deck of cards, sat in front of Chang Ning on a folding stool, and said with a grin.
Today Miao Lian went to Regiment Headquarters for a meeting without bringing Xiao Zhuang, so he could slack off legitimately.
As soon as he had time, he came to play cards with Chang Ning.
“What cards? I still need to write the application form.” Chang Ning refused Xiao Zhuang’s invitation.
“No way, you’re going to Wolf Fang too? With your military quality, you can achieve great things without Wolf Fang. Why go to Special Forces to get abused?”
Xiao Zhuang didn’t understand Chang Ning’s behavior, or rather, he didn’t understand the whole company’s comrades’ behavior.
Moreover, he didn’t have a good impression of Gao Zhong Dui, so by “love me love my dog,” he had no good feelings for Wolf Fang either.
“I promised Chen Pai to help him fulfill his dream of becoming a Special Forces Soldier. Besides, I want to go to Wolf Fang to see for myself.”
Xiao Zhuang’s ideological work needed Miao Lian; Chang Ning didn’t plan to explain what Special Forces meant to scouts.
“Fine, I’ll go check other squads.”
Xiao Zhuang didn’t believe the whole company wanted to go to Special Forces; there must be a few who didn’t.
Just as Xiao Zhuang stood up, the emergency assembly whistle sounded.
At this moment, everyone in the company, no matter what they were doing—even if in the toilet—had to pull up their pants and rush downstairs to assemble!
10 PM, one more chapter
