Combat Training Class 4
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Sucheng University had arranged Shao Zifeng into Combat Training Class 4. He was in the class early as he told himself he needed to get serious.
His presence had aroused the curiosity of some students. But since they did not know each other, those students could not bring themselves to make the first move to chat him up. There were still a few girls who stole a glance of him occasionally, before quickly looking away and laughed among themselves.
Shao Zifeng turned to gaze out of the window, twirling his pen between his fingers in boredom as he recalled the information he saw last night. The choice of which pet beast to use as his front was troubling him.
Due to the unique situation in Daxia, many species had disappeared from this ancient land after the extinction-level hunting. Later, as the country implemented rigorous protection measures, some species could thrive.
After the Unknown Revival Event broke out 20 years ago, and Daxia had solved its internal problems, the country had gazetted many animal habitats into nature reserves, one of which was Tianfu Wolong Nature Reserve where the panda species led by Ironeater Pandas lived. Only those who had contributed much to the country could apply for covenanting a panda for himself or his offspring, and the covenant must not be forced.
Other than the nature reserves where only those who had honor and position could apply for covenant, some nature reserves were open to the public. Because the species in these nature reserves could reproduce rapidly and they were numerous, people could enter the nature reserves once for an opportunity to covenant a pet beast as long as they were willing to pay for it.
Shao Zifeng had checked a few such nature reserves, but he did not really find any suitable mutant creatures inside these places. Such as the macaques in the Wulongkou Nature Reserve, long before the changes happened in the world and because of their stubbornness, were notorious for stealing, robbery, and hurting others. After the Unknown Revival Event, the macaques' behavior turned worse.
In the beginning, a group of combat trainers took the chance to train and evolve the macaques. But they found that the personality of the evolved macaques, the Rascal Macaques, and Bully Macaques, were even more unbearable.
This had led many parents not to choose macaques as pet beasts for their children, although the macaques' initial strength was looking good. Not to mention that there had been no particularly powerful individuals born in the macaque nature reserves in the country.
It was a shame that except for the macaques, other mutant creatures in the open nature reserves with no preconditioned imposed were mild in temperament and had a low desire to fight.
Not that there were no creatures with a strong fighting desire and potential in such a nature reserve. The thing was, he could not afford to go to such places, where if he were to enter, he would become broke.
Shao Zifeng, who was a little depressed, accidentally dropped his pen on the floor. As he came out of his thoughts and picked up the pen, the conversation at the table in front of him caught his attention.
Two boys were talking to each other, almost in a whisper. Their backs were facing him, so Shao Zifeng could not see their faces. If not for his physique getting a slight enhancement from the bonding reaction yesterday, he would not have heard what they were saying.
"Hey, have you heard of it? The university is going to train us in the wilderness."
"Really? The wilderness is such a dangerous place. Besides, even our seniors have never had such activity, have they?"
"Seriously, my elder sister who is in Combat Training Year 3 has departed at dawn today. Besides, Sucheng City has few natural resources, going out there is better than covenanting creatures like cats and dogs, don't you think so? Why become a combat trainer if we are afraid of danger?"
"Afraid? Hell, not! I-I am just excited about leaving the city for the first time. Hey, did your elder sister contact you? Did she encounter any mutant creatures?"
"She said she saw a weasel—"
"Be quiet!" Before the boy in front could finish his sentence, a sturdy bald man came into the classroom. This man was over two-meter-tall, with thick brows and big eyes. The muscles on his arms were larger than Shao Zifeng's waist. He was wearing a vest, army trousers, and a pair of army boots. His muscles looked as if they were going to burst out of his vest. He exuded an overpowering aura by just standing on the spot with his arms folded.
"Kids, listen, I have two things to announce today: One, let us welcome our new fellow student, Shao Zifeng," Qiang, the man said with his eyes wide open, his voice forceful.
The classroom plunged into silence; no one spoke. Qiang scanned around, but no one responded. Feeling awkward, he raised his brows and shouted, "Applause!"
These students of Combat Training Class 4 came to their senses and clapped their hands vehemently.
"Good! Now, stop it!" Qiang nodded in satisfaction, and he grinned at Shao Zifeng.
"We are done with the welcoming. Save the self-introduction. Don't prank him. You all can get to know each other later." Qiang looked intimidating, but Shao Zifeng's impression of him was that he was forthright. So he had no idea why his new classmates were so afraid of him.
"Second, gather at the university's entrance at 0300 tomorrow. We will go to have some fun. In principle, this is a voluntary exercise, but for our class, anyone who dares to skip…" Qiang scanned his eyes around with an evil smile. He looked pretty evil.
There was a round of quiet argy-bargy. Some students were not too happy but too afraid to challenge Qiang's authority. A few girls even laid their heads on the table and sobbed quietly.
Shao Zifeng's mouth twitched at seeing this scene. Why cry? Qiang is a forthright man!
"That's all for today. Go home and pack your clothes and some food. Everything must not exceed three kilograms." Qiang looked in satisfaction at his students. Feeling that he had achieved his purpose of honing them, he grinned at Shao Zifeng and left.
After the Combat Training Class 4 students left, Shao Zifeng gazed at the empty classroom vacantly, wondering who he was, where he was, and what he was doing here.
While he had made up his mind to study, everyone was dismissed. Why was it so hard to study even?
"Awwk!"
Ballie poked its head out from Shao Zifeng's pocket, glancing at him with its groggy eyes, then at the empty classroom.
"Eek!"
Where had all those two-legged beasts gone?
Shao Zifeng carried Ballie in his arms and was looking forward to the training in the wilderness.
"We are going out of the city tomorrow. Are you excited about it, Ballie?"
"Eek?"
Ballie was still in a stupor. Since its birth, Shao Zifeng was all it knew. It had no idea what 'going out of the city' meant. But it could feel Shao Zifeng's anticipation, so it grinned as if it was excited.
"Eeeek!"
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