Chapter 203: Wu Liuyi’s Choice!!
Cheng Cai received Chen Jun’s secret mission, so his original intention and goal for going to A Company completely changed, and his mentality would also change when facing challenges.
This destined him to take a different path, becoming a completely new and different Cheng Cai.
Chen Jun deployed Cheng Cai as this one hidden move, and to ensure the recruitment plan achieved maximum effect, he also prepared to deploy another open and overt move.
The overt move and hidden move would not link up in any way, focusing instead on an intangible resonance.
The overt move needed to be crafted into the banner of the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, so that everyone would absolutely acknowledge his strength, allowing him to play his role.
All those participating in the training selection were Soldier Kings, and it wouldn’t be easy to stand out among them.
There were only two candidates who could serve as the overt move.
First was the “Son of the Plane” with numerous buffs. Before awakening, he learned everything very slowly like a blockhead, but after awakening, it was like he had cheats—learning anything instantly, and encountering difficulties would bring benefactors to help, Xu Sanduo.
In the original drama, Xu Sanduo had a preliminary awakening in Steel Seventh Company and could already go toe-to-toe with Yuan Lang in leg and foot kung fu.
After entering A Company, it was even more remarkable—that body that never knew fatigue or tiredness allowed him to easily handle all training.
He breezed through the entire selection training camp and became an official member of A Company.
And the fully formed Xu Sanduo’s combat effectiveness didn’t need much description—an elbow strike that could kill a female drug dealer was enough to surpass 99% of people.
The human neck is a weak point, but it’s not made of tofu.
In unarmed combat without weapon assistance, the female drug dealer was already prepared for the struggle, her muscles tensed, with no objects behind her to block, so upon impact, her body would naturally retreat, mitigating most of the charge.
Killing someone with one elbow wasn’t just hard—it was extremely, extremely hard.
Ordinary people could almost never do it!
Yet Xu Sanduo could do it, and it wasn’t even a deliberate full-power strike, just an unconscious turning elbow during the struggle.
This was enough to prove that after awakening, Xu Sanduo’s individual physical fitness was already extremely formidable.
Using Xu Sanduo as the overt move was flawless in terms of strength, enough to make the other cadets believe that the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment was something special.
Unfortunately.
Xu Sanduo’s personality was too pure, with no emotional intelligence at all.
If he were made the overt move to help with promotion and brainwash the other cadets that the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment was special, he’d probably give away even his underwear.
Chen Jun didn’t want that when A Company training arrived, Xu Sanduo would point at Yuan Lang in front of him and say: “Our deputy company commander told me to tell you that our Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment is awesome, and to come to our regiment.”
No one else could do something like that, but Xu Sanduo really could.
So the overt move candidate was left with only Wu Liu Yi.
If Wu Liu Yi hadn’t had ongoing injuries and no one specifically tuning his body, he would just rely on his solid foundation to brute force it.
No matter how good the physical fitness, it needed scientific training—it couldn’t withstand brainless abuse.
Unrestrained effort would similarly lead to burnout.
In the original drama, Wu Liu Yi was too desperate, always tense without ever relaxing, and he wrecked his naturally tough body.
In the end, his body was severely overdrawn ahead of time, and he collapsed at the entrance to A Company.
Otherwise.
With Wu Liu Yi’s persistent and resilient personality, intellect and emotional intelligence not low, nearly all-around military talent, plus excellent physical fitness.
His potential height would absolutely surpass Xu Sanduo, and Yuan Lang’s evaluation would be even higher than Cheng Cai’s.
Chen Jun knew Wu Liu Yi’s strengths and weaknesses, so in the two years since crossing over this life, he had intentionally adjusted Wu Liu Yi’s training rhythm using his “superior” identity.
Now Wu Liu Yi was stronger overall, and his physical fitness was better than before.
This was the advantage of scientific training!
Wu Liu Yi met the standard in every aspect, and Chen Jun wanted to entrust this mission to him, but he wasn’t sure what Wu Liu Yi was thinking.
What if Wu Liu Yi wanted to be a special forces soldier himself, went to A Company and didn’t want to come back—that would be a huge loss.
A clear case of failing to steal the chicken and losing the rice!
To avoid this unexpected situation, Chen Jun decided to first call Wu Liu Yi out and talk to him privately to understand the situation.
That evening, Chen Jun called Wu Liu Yi to the parade ground, chatting while strolling around it.
He first got straight to the point, telling Wu Liu Yi that there was a special forces unit called A Company preparing to recruit a batch of training cadets from the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment—passing the selection training would make one a special forces soldier.
Chen Jun asked Wu Liu Yi what his thoughts and ideas were about this matter.
Wu Liu Yi was direct.
He straightforwardly said he wanted to give it a try.
But just as Chen Jun frowned feeling something was off, Wu Liu Yi scratched his head embarrassedly, rarely showing a bit of bashfulness as he explained.
He wanted to participate in A Company’s special forces selection not because he really wanted to go to A Company.
But to prove to his company commander Gao Cheng who trusted him, Chen Jun who had always trained and cultivated him from behind, and the high-and-mighty Blue Army old A’s.
That he, Wu Liu Yi, had the ability to become an old A, and he was no worse than anyone in A Company.
When the training finally ended and passed the assessment, Wu Liu Yi, having achieved his goal of proving himself, would without hesitation choose to return to the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment.
The reason he gave was very direct and simple.
That was—
As long as one day he was a soldier of Steel Seventh Company, he would be a soldier of Steel Seventh Company for life—no abandoning, no giving up; Steel Seventh Company was his true home.
No abandoning, no giving up.
The company soul formed by these six words was deeply etched into the bones of every Seventh Company warrior, making Steel Seventh Company united like steel.
If others said such words, Chen Jun might think it was hypocritical cover.
But coming from Wu Liu Yi’s mouth…
Chen Jun had no doubt!
Because that was Wu Liu Yi’s personality—he was stubborn and single-minded, with clear distinctions between love and hate, unchanging by any interests.
For example, Wu Liu Yi was so capable that before Chen Jun arrived, he got second in the division grand competition; in any company, he’d absolutely be squad leader backbone.
But just because Shi Jin brought him out, he was willing to be deputy squad leader under Shi Jin.
A person this persistent…
If Steel Seventh Company was disbanded, maybe he’d seek another path.
But now Steel Seventh Company was still there.
Chen Jun had sufficient reason to believe that Wu Liu Yi, who grew step by step in Steel Seventh Company, would absolutely not betray it to become a special forces soldier.
Out of this absolute trust, Chen Jun confidently told the plan to Wu Liu Yi.
Learning that Chen Jun planned to recruit special forces soldiers—this crazy idea almost no one dared to think—Wu Liu Yi immediately idolized Chen Jun.
Thinking he could participate as a key figure and make Steel Seventh Company even stronger.
Wu Liu Yi was so excited his face turned red!
To ensure the plan completed perfectly, the worried Wu Liu Yi humbly asked Chen Jun for advice, not missing any details.
Such as what methods to use for promotion, what language had more influence, how to brainwash more effectively, etc.
Chen Jun had some research in psychology, and to improve Wu Liu Yi’s eloquence and language ability, he decided to do crash teaching for a week.
Before A Company came for the baseline testing, raise Wu Liu Yi’s eloquence as much as possible.
To lure people to the Seventh Hundred and Second Regiment, first you needed to speak well and have good eloquence, with a set of professional rhetoric to make it work.
Chen Jun tailored a set of rhetoric specifically for Wu Liu Yi’s personality.
Everything was going smoothly on Chen Jun’s side, with layouts perfectly unfolding in all aspects, just waiting for A Company to start recruitment, and the “recruitment plan” could officially launch.
On the other side, Yuan Lang from A Company never imagined Chen Jun had such great ambitions.
Wanting five old A’s was just a facade.
Deliberately shown to Yuan Lang to relax his vigilance, while secretly making moves with answers.
Yuan Lang brought the three requirements Chen Jun mentioned back to A Company and immediately went to the meeting room with Tie Lu, detailing the situation to him.
“Hahahahaha…”
After hearing the three requirements from Yuan Lang, Tie Lu’s first reaction was to throw his head back and laugh.
Not laughing out of anger, but genuinely laughing.
“Since A Company was established, we’ve only gone to other troops to take people—this is the first time someone set their sights on us. This Chen Jun… interesting, really too interesting. I’m liking him more and more.”
Tie Lu wasn’t joking; from his eyes, it was clear that Chen Jun, who didn’t play by the rules, was truly to his taste.
Special operations on paper meant unconventional warfare, plainly put, fighting without playing by the rules.
And from the first moment Tie Lu met Chen Jun, he sensed Chen Jun was never “normal”—whether tactical arrangements on the training ground or style in life and work, all emphasized not playing by the rules.
To Tie Lu, this…
Was simply a born special forces soldier!
Even a candidate for A Company’s next generation leadership, perfectly succeeding Yuan Lang.
It was precisely out of heartfelt appreciation for Chen Jun that Tie Lu faced his three aggressive requirements—not giving A Company any face—and felt no dissatisfaction, but rather increasing satisfaction.
“This Chen Jun guy is indeed a talent, almost no flaws. If I had to say one shortcoming, it’s that he’s too excellent—taking advantage from him is harder than climbing to heaven.”
Yuan Lang thought of various clashes with Chen Jun, his expression involuntarily wry.
“The more excellent the person, the more unique their thinking, the harder to figure out. Actually, in many ways, he’s really like you—both sly foxes.”
Tie Lu recalled the troublesome process of recruiting Yuan Lang back then and couldn’t help teasing.
“Not recruiting such a talent to A Company is truly a big loss for us, but his attitude is firm, plus the combined arms tactics he’s developing now are highly valued above—getting him over would be tough…”
Yuan Lang shook his head, not finishing the rest.
Then he frowned and continued: “We can only settle for second best now. We need to think of some method to get his special warfare theory.”
“He only raised these three requirements? No additional conditions?” Tie Lu asked.
“Yeah, just these three.”
Yuan Lang sighed, very helplessly: “The first requirement is no problem—for him to come as teaching assistant would better help us understand his theories and tactics, actually benefiting us more.
His second requirement… is a bit odd. I always feel something’s off, but no evidence, no choice—I think we can reluctantly agree.
But the third requirement is excessive; even if we break down talks here, it’s that.”
Tie Lu listened but didn’t speak immediately. Instead, he picked up the cigarettes on the table, took one and tossed it to Yuan Lang, then took another for himself.
He lit it, took a drag, slowly exhaled, and pondered with head down.
A moment later.
“The things in his hands are irreplaceable. With them in his hands, we’re passive. If he really doesn’t want to give, any means we use are meaningless.”
Tie Lu clearly understood the current situation between both sides. After a deep drag, he said: “The theory behind those three articles—if it really has practical value, for us, the cost of five old A’s is very worth it.
And if we can negotiate well this time, it paves the way for future cooperation.
He can come up with these theories and tactics now—not ruling out that in some future time, he could research other special operations tactics.
So we have no choice—this transaction must happen.
But in what form the final transaction takes, I believe with your ability, Yuan Lang, you can handle it best—no need for me to say more.
So that’s it…”
Tie Lu decisively began arranging: “Go to Steel Seventh Company again tomorrow. First have him hand over the theories for you to examine carefully.
If confirmed no issues and not worthless empty shells.
Then settle the matter early. I authorize you full discretion, within the framework of his three requirements—play it freely.”
Tie Lu lived up to being captain, with a broader strategic view than Yuan Lang.
When it was time to act, he was straightforward.
“Alright, I’ll go down again tomorrow.”
Yuan Lang still felt something off, but unable to pinpoint it, could only frown and accept the task.
Planning to meet Chen Jun in Seventh Company tomorrow and find a way to probe for answers.
Yuan Lang’s sixth sense was indeed freakishly sharp—without any evidence, despite Chen Jun’s superb acting skills, it still triggered his intuition.
Originally planning to properly pry words from Chen Jun and find the answers he wanted.
Unfortunately.
The daoist is one foot high, the demon one zhang higher.
Chen Jun, who appeared young, was actually more seasoned than even Tie Lu.
Yuan Lang, an old fox in front of others, was completely outmatched before Chen Jun—just a little fox.
Thus, when Yuan Lang came to Steel Seventh Company the next day to continue discussing cooperation with Chen Jun.
Yuan Lang used every trick until he was out of moves, yet couldn’t find the unsettling point on Chen Jun; instead, he was led by the nose by Chen Jun.
In the end, under Chen Jun’s dominance, he paid a huge price to exchange for Chen Jun’s “lifeblood.”
The first and second requirements unchanged, for the third’s five old A quotas, after over an hour of haggling, only one was cut.
Compared to the three Chen Jun initially expected in his mind, it ended up with one more quota.
Chen Jun was naturally grinning!
Handwrote a protocol in black and white, crystal clear; both sides signed names and pressed handprints.
Then readily handed over the three sets of theories—thick letter paper totaling dozens of sheets—put them in a document bag and gave them all to Yuan Lang.
Though pinched by Chen Jun and feeling very displeased, ultimately hard-snatched four old A’s.
Yuan Lang felt worse than eating shit!
But upon getting Chen Jun’s three sets of special warfare theories, verifying each was genuine, thinking of the huge boost they could bring to A Company.
Yuan Lang’s originally depressed and upset mood was instantly replaced by eagerness.
Without lingering, he left Steel Seventh Company, hurrying back to A Company to share with the eagerly awaiting Captain Tie at company headquarters.
