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Chapter 296: The Brothers Meet

These were realsoldiers At the same time, a face swam up to the forefront of her memory, a face she’d never actually met However, she’d lost count of how many times it appeared when she closed her eyes

Gao Lei lead them to their quarters, which were nicer than expected In fact, they were nicer than the NEU dorht square meters, each student had their own room It had a bed, a bathroom, a cabinet, and a desk Everyone had their own space, and that alone was a very pleasant surprise

The rooalvanized steel and were linked one to the other There were about five levels, connected by ladders

Gao Lei turned to Lan Jue “These are the barracks You’ll be staying here for the duration of your visit If I in?”

Lan Jue nodded “It’s about four o’clock local tiin tomorrow”

“Simple meals will be provided by conveyor belt to every room,” Gao Lei said in response “PleaseThere are many restricted areas around the base, tell your students that if they trespass they do so at their own risk”

With his instructions delivered, the soldier turned on his heels and left without so much as a wave of his hand

In truth Gao Lei couldn’t understand why the brass had permitted these kids to stay here They all looked sickly and unsteady Would they be able to train with the soldiers? And then this ‘Lei Feng’ guy with his ridiculousorders was the duty of every soldier He didn’tHongyuan didn’t need to wait for Lan Jue’s instruction They were already in the process of assigning roohts were always exhausting, especially without any sort of crew cabin And then, of course, there was the g-force training

Even the students’ exciteh to keep them awake The moment their heads touched their pillows, the world went dark Before long every one of them was comatose

Lan Jue’s next command was directed to Xiuxiu “Inject each of them with a nutritive solution It’ll help the-time Amazon looked apprehensive “Boss, aren’t you afraid this is too h quite a lot in this last month”

Lan Jue smiled behind his mask “A person’s potential is al about, you re”

Xiuxiu nodded, then left with Mika to perform the injections

Lan Jue exited the barracks It was also the first time he’d visited this famed place, but he didn’t share the novel excitement of his students

He’s lived here for ten years! He started as a private, and now he’s actually a vice adh the ranks so quickly outside of warti paid for it, only he knows

Lan Jue exas, MREs, with a thick and unappetizing contents The scentless sludge was packed full of everything a body needed – assu you could s it down

Conditions on this planet were not ideal for habitation, which meant there was a spartan simplicity required to make it work Life here wasn’t only war and preparation, but it was still more than most could suffer

The moment Lan Jue stepped out from the barracks, two soldiers blocked his path Laser rifles were raised and trained on him

“You are not permitted to leave the barracks without orders,” the soldier on the left nearly growled

Lan Jue nodded, but did notfor someone”

The two men lowered their weapons, and returned to their watch They were like statues, standing in resolute silence on either side of the door

Lan Jue re soldiers Silence prevailed as the drillinning But as tirow curious Half an hour crawled by

Life on An Lun was exceedingly lonesome Any outside visitor – aside fro development In fact there had never been visitors such as these, so far as most of the soldiers could remember

The Iron Army didn’t accept new recruits Soldiers were chosen from a pool of servicemen who’d been on active duty for at least three years Only after selection were they allowed to begin training here