Chapter 15 - Bygones of Past Years

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Just as Mu Yunxi was surprised, Mu Yunlong had already turned and left.

Ye Tian and Fatty stood on one side of the podium, like air, unnoticed by anyone.

“Huh, Instructor Zhang, what are these two doing standing here?” Mu Yunlong turned, just happened to see Ye Tian and Fatty, and asked the black-skinned instructor beside him.

“Oh, these two students were just late, strolled over unhurriedly, so I had them stand here as punishment,” the instructor surnamed Zhang said to Mu Yunlong.

When Mu Yunlong heard the black instructor say this, his interest was immediately piqued, he hadn’t expected someone to stick out like a sore thumb on the first day of military training, it was truly incredible.

Mu Yunlong walked towards Ye Tian and Fatty, Ye Tian, however, remained calm, looking around, a smile on his face as he watched the students below the stage.

“Brother Tian, can you stop looking around?

This place isn’t that big, once military training starts, your Fatty here will show you around the whole school, now try to look a bit more serious, the instructor’s coming.”

Seeing Ye Tian so relaxed, Fatty couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat for him inwardly.

It all happened in a flash.

Mu Yunlong had already walked up to Ye Tian and Fatty, looking at Fatty with a stoic expression.

“You two are the late freshmen, do you know the consequences of sticking out?

If all soldiers were as lazy as you, how could we defend the country?” Mu Yunlong reprimanded loudly.

“Instructor, I’m sorry, we were indeed late just now, because your unit’s formation was just too magnificent, we were both completely mesmerized.

I’ve admired soldiers my whole life, in fact, I’ve aspired to be a soldier since I was a child, but my physique doesn’t allow it, ah, we promise it won’t happen again.”

As the saying goes, flattery will get you everywhere, seeing Fatty’s praise, Mu Yunlong also scratched his head, a bit embarrassed, but the gesture was fleeting.

“Alright, next time, be sure to remember the discipline.

Go back to your class, prepare to start training.”

After Mu Yunlong finished speaking, he lifted his foot, about to leave.

Fatty quickly pulled Ye Tian and ran down.

In that instant, Mu Yunlong brushed past Ye Tian, Mu Yunlong’s eyes happened to glance at Ye Tian, and out of a soldier’s keen senses, he felt an extremely dangerous sensation.

But there was also another feeling, a very strong sense of familiarity, Mu Yunlong felt he greatly resembled a certain man.

Once, Mu Yunlong’s Wolf Fang Unit received orders from superiors to go to Africa and eliminate a drug trafficking syndicate.

After a fierce battle, the combat effectiveness of the drug traffickers was naturally far inferior to that of Huaxia’s elite soldiers, and soon they were utterly routed.

Just when Mu Yunlong and the others thought the mission was easily concluded, several drug lords fled into a forest.

As Mu Yunlong and his team were preparing to carry out the capture, they came under heavy artillery fire.

It turned out this drug syndicate was just bait, intended to lure them in and then annihilate Mu Yunlong’s squad.

After a fierce battle, Mu Yunlong and his men, due to their numerical disadvantage, had to adopt a strategy of mobile defense.

These terrorists chose to ambush in the forest mainly to use the geographical advantage to defeat Mu Yunlong.

However, they had underestimated the strength of Huaxia’s special forces, Mu Yunlong and his team used their calm minds and switched to jungle warfare tactics in order to gain a sliver of hope for survival.

They eventually hid in a cave, but the entire team was already battered and bruised, and their firearms and ammunition were almost depleted.

Mu Yunlong chose to call for help and reported the situation to his superiors, upon receiving Mu Yunlong’s plea, the superiors initially expressed their inability to help.

Mu Yunlong once thought he would die young and gloriously for his country, preparing for a final, desperate fight with the enemy.

Just as Mu Yunlong was about to hang up the phone, he faintly heard someone say, “The General seems to be carrying out a rescue mission there, do you think these two matters could be related?”

There was a moment of silence on the phone, then he heard, “Call the General, ask him if he can go and help the Wolf Fang Unit.”

“Okay, with the General taking action, it will definitely be successful.”

Then, while Mu Yunlong was still pondering, the voice on the other end of the phone said, “Yunlong, send over your location, someone will come to rescue you shortly, stay put and don’t move an inch.”

“Also, don’t ask about that person’s identity later, just maintain your respect.”

Beep…

beep, the call ended.

“Boss, did the higher-ups say someone’s coming to save us?

If not, let’s just go out and fight it out.”

As soon as the words fell, several team members were already poised for action, their eyes filled with a do-or-die determination.

Mu Yunlong came back to his senses and said, “Someone will come back to save us, and I heard it seems to be a General.

We’ll just stay here and not move.”

Even Mu Yunlong himself didn’t quite believe it after saying it, let alone his other teammates.

“A General?

Boss, you’re not talking nonsense, are you?”

“Enough nonsense, we’re brothers, at a time like this, we can only trust.

My duty isn’t finished yet, I don’t want to die.”

While they were talking, time passed quickly.

A few minutes later.

Mu Yunlong suddenly saw a man wearing a mask standing silently before him, and he was holding a very beautiful woman in his arms.

Just as Mu Yunlong was about to grab the gun beside him, the masked man gently put down the woman he was holding.

“Take care of her, I’m here to save you.”

After saying that, he turned and walked into the forest, leaving the stunned members of the Wolf Fang Unit behind.

A few minutes later, the masked man returned, and there wasn’t a single scratch or trace of blood on him.

“Alright, they’re dealt with, you can leave now.”

With that, he picked up the woman leaning against the tree and left the forest.

“Boss, he’s not messing with us, is he?

It’s only been a few minutes, there were at least 50 people out there, all taken down so quickly?”

“Let’s go, do you want to stay here forever?

Trust him.”

After going out, they saw that most of them had their throats slit by a blade, and it was a single, fatal blow.

Another group had been directly crushed to death by a tree, and a broken tree could vaguely be seen in the distance.

Mu Yunlong and the others were truly stunned, even though they were well-trained and it was hard for anything to faze them, this was simply unbelievable.

“Boss…

B-boss, is this even human?

He’s too strong.

When we get back, I’m definitely going to find out who he is.”

“Is this the strength of a Huaxia General?

It seems our perspective has really been too narrow.

We need to intensify our training when we get back, investigate what?

The higher-ups said we’re not allowed to investigate anything about him.

Understand?

Let’s go, quickly.”

This incident remained etched in Mu Yunlong’s mind, but what was even more indelible was the man’s god-and-demon-like figure, although he wore a mask, the general contours of his face could be discerned.

After the mission ended, Mu Yunlong learned that the drug syndicate was just a front, the real masterminds were a group of mercenaries who extorted money by kidnapping wealthy individuals.

Mu Yunlong then hastily recalled that the beautiful woman was the world-famous superstar Tang Yuyin, a renowned actress and singer with hundreds of millions of fans, known by the title of “Global Goddess.”

Of course, Mu Yunlong, still curious, asked about the man’s identity, but his superiors adamantly refused to answer.

Mu Yunlong was the type to obsess over things, he went to ask every day, finally, his superiors seemed to be moved by his persistence and left him with a sentence.

“That person is the soul of Huaxia, I won’t tell you his true identity, because I don’t know much myself.

You’ll learn something if you manage to enter Dragon Soul.”

“However, getting into Dragon Soul is extremely difficult, you need to be mentally prepared.

Don’t ask about this again in the future.”

Mu Yunlong’s coming out this time, the military training was merely incidental, more importantly, it was to complete missions to earn military merit points, which could be used to obtain an opportunity for the Dragon Soul assessment.

Mu Yunlong’s thoughts were pulled back to reality, he stopped dwelling on these past events, and Ye Tian and Fatty had also returned to the ranks.

“Don’t be like this in the future, next time, you go first.”

Seeing Ye Tian return, Lin Chumo jogged over to Ye Tian’s side and said,

“Alright, I know…”