Chapter 205: Fiery Competition (Part one)

This military region competition was an important annual event for the 36 armies in the nation, and it was the gathering of the sharpest elites of each region.

The natural dense jungle area near Yanjing was chosen to be the location for this year, and the rules of the competition dictated that, with limited equipment, ammunition, and supplies, the 36 armies would compete in a chaotic free-for-all battle against each other. They could defend or attack, and there was no time limit. The last one to survive and occupy this jungle would be crowned the winner of this competition. In simple terms, you need to do whatever it took to survive, and the conditions of this competition was more suitable for lone wolves. In this kind of competition, one could get a good assessment of the soldiers abilities in areas such as camouflage, breaking through sieges, eliminating teams, tactical team plays, and wilderness survival.

And for this competition, the country also prepared ample job opportunities for the winners.

The last 30 soldiers that survive could be enlisted into the elite guardian-class soldier list.

These people would be trained and assigned to a subsidiary department under the Dragon Division, and the particularly outstanding ones would have a chance to join the Dragon Division.

Those ranking from the 31th to 100th position would be hired into various important institutions in Yanjing.

Those who made it to the 101th-200th positions would have a chance to be promoted to training instructors and be assigned to military regions of various locations.

Those in the 201th-300th positions would have a chance to join their local police systems and be assigned a high level position. It wouldnt be positions like patrol officers, but directly a middle-level deputy post with the opportunity to be promoted right after they finish adapting to the job.

So, for these promotion opportunities, soldiers every year would go all out.

Xu Cheng and the others got to a dedicated hotel by bus, and other military regions buses also arrived. This hotel was temporarily reserved for the time being, and no media nor unrelated personnel were allowed to enter.

After getting off the bus, they saw crowds of soldiers from other military regions. Xu Cheng also saw a few familiar faces that were also veterans that had been in service for years and had to come to babysit the rookies. But, most of them were new recruits.

Xu Cheng? Holy crap, you are participating this year as well? At this moment, veterans of other military regions spotted Xu Cheng and came to greet him. I thought the Three Swordsmen all left the 5th MR already?

Xu Cheng bitterly smiled. Nah. We never got into the big top 300 list and I dont want to give up, so here I am, here to battle again. Gao Zhan, what about you?

Gao Zhan saw the people coming out of Xu Chengs bus were all rookies and said a bit sympathetically, Looks like your back is going to break from trying to carry them all. Hey, how about we get our teams to cooperate and just try to hold out for as long as possible. Its fine as long as we arent last.

Im afraid that I cant make the decision, Xu Cheng said awkwardly.

Wait, what? Gao Zhan thought he heard it wrong. You are not the captain?

Xu Cheng shook his head.

At this time, Hu Bing walked past them. Xu Cheng looked that way and said, Thats our protagonist right there.

Gao Zhan grinned. He looks quite impotent to me. Oh well, looks like the 5th MRs going to be cannon fodder again.

You talk like your 23rd MR isnt also cannon fodder. You are all just free points. At that moment, a soldier recognized the badge on his sleeves and taunted.

Gao Zhan wanted to respond, but seeing that it was someone from the 13th MR that was talking, he poossied out right away. Last year, the 13th MR got second place, and those beasts all went onto the elite guardian list. That Wen Zhao guy that Xu Cheng sparred with was also from that MR.

Chapter 205: Fiery Competition (Part two)

Xu Cheng, just ignore him. I hope that they get screwed this year, Gao Zhan pulled Xu Cheng to the side and said, not wanting this guy to ridicule them even more and demoralize their team.

Xu Cheng? Who would have thought that the guy that was ridiculing them asked in curiosity upon hearing Xu Chengs name, You are the Xu Cheng from the 5th MR?

Xu Cheng looked back at him in curiosity. You know me?

That guy snorted right away. I dont, and I dont get why our Senior Wen Zhao actually went to the head instructor to ask him to recruit you. Anyways, just dont let me see you at the competition, I will take you out first.

Oh really? Xu Cheng wasnt mad. He was pretty used to the pre-game trash talk. Alright, I will wait for you.

Right after that guy left, Xu Cheng saw three more familiar faces Wu Hao, Yan Wei, and Wang Ying of the 8th MR.

Long time no see. The three of them laughed and came over to greet him.

Long time no see. Xu Cheng looked at Wang Ying in full uniform and asked, You are also participating in this competition?

Wang Ying glared at him. Are you discriminating against female soldiers? The competition didnt say that female soldiers arent allowed, and I also passed the assessment with my own capabilities.

Yan Wei patted Xu Cheng on the shoulder, laughed, and said, If your team ends up at the bottom again this year, how about you consider joining our military region?

Xu Cheng grinned and replied, We can talk about it when we finish last. But this year, Im planning to really stir up this water.

Wu Hao: Lets make an agreement first, dont be in a hurry to take us out when we meet. Lets just be peaceful and take points from the other MRs first.

Xu Cheng: You are overpraising me. I probably wont even make it far, we will see later.

Dont be so modest. I didnt know how strong someone could be before meeting you, but ever since that day, even I feel a bit unconfident. Anyway, if we meet you on the battlefield, we already thought about it. We will team up with others and take you out first, Yan Wei said.

Xu Cheng didnt know whether he should laugh or cry. Those three then left and went to greet other familiar faces. At this moment, more buses came and a lot more people got off.

Instructor Yan appeared beside Xu Cheng shortly after, and he said as he looked at the people that were getting off of the buses, That bald guy, pay attention to him. Hes Bagh and comes from a minority race by the nations border. Hes a dark horse this year. The 6th MR never lacks beasts on their team every year, and this year, its this guy. His shooting skills and melee combat skills are all on point, and hes a slippery snake in the jungle, very hard to get rid of.

And that shortie. Tie Shi. (TL Note: means iron rock in direct translation) Hes very strong and agile, and he can cut into the enemy backline by himself. This guys very good at hiding himself. If you ever run out of bullets against him, dont fight him head on. His melee combat skills are whats most terrifying about him.

And that scar face, you dont need me to remind you, right? He took you out last year, and he had been preying on you for two consecutive years now.

Xu Cheng looked at the guy with a scar on his face and nodded. I know.

He looked at Scar-face, and that guy also noticed him. He directly walked towards Xu Cheng and grinned. Are your teeth gritting after seeing me?

Xu Cheng didnt reply.

Scar-face: I just like to look at the face people have when they are unhappy about me but cant do anything.

Xu Cheng said nonchalantly, Then do you know what would happen to you if the guy thats unhappy about you could actually do something?

Sorry. Scar-face laughed out loud and replied, Ive never thought about it, but I look forward to it.