Gold shines wherever it is. On the first day of military training, Yan Chaoge decided to give this sentence to Qin Muge, especially after seeing Qin Muge easily score full marks on all the training content for the countless times.
Fortunately, the character Chaoge was wearing was also in good physical condition. Especially when she saw the sweating backs of the kids who hadn't finished their training during meals, she wanted to share some of her sympathy with them.
Since the first-year military training was a school-wide event, and there wasn't a significant difference in majors, everyone ate together in the cafeteria at lunchtime, except for the two of them.
"Have I ever said that I absolutely, extremely, and particularly hate military training?" Chaoge looked at the nutrient solution in the cup, her expression one of utter shock.
Why make military training so grueling when we can eat better in the cafeteria? Did the cafeteria even consider how people who would die if they didn't eat meat feel?
"Hmm, I can tell." Qin Muge smiled and finished drinking his drink without changing his expression while Chaoge made all sorts of miserable faces at the cup. Now he was basically enjoying Chaoge's expressions.
Chaoge rubbed her stomach, which was growling with hunger, rested her chin on the table, and muttered, "I really want to eat meat."
Qin Muge was still wearing gloves; the gloves she wore during military training were almost never taken off, except when she was talking to Chaoge in the dormitory. She tapped the table absently, silently creating a rhythm. Seeing Chaoge's expression, she chuckled and asked, "Are you trying to be cute with me?"
"No!" For some reason, Chaoge's face flushed slightly under Qin Muge's gaze, and she instinctively sat up straight, picking up her cup to block Qin Muge's view. Her eyes must be cursed; otherwise, why would she feel something was off when Qin Muge stared at her?
"It's your thinking that's toxic; you can even get the wrong ideas about yourself in another time and space," Little Red Riding Hood retorted righteously in her mind.
"Bullshit, that's impossible. I'm not so narcissistic as to love myself." Chaoge suddenly felt that the nutrient solution in the cup wasn't so hard to swallow after all. She picked up the cup and drank while mentally refuting Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood glanced at the system's assessment of the relationship between Chaoge and Qin Muge, and reserved her opinion on the answer to this question.
The moment it entered her mouth, her brows furrowed, and she nearly dropped the glass. She covered her mouth with her hand, and it took her a long time to swallow the liquid with difficulty. She felt as if her tongue had lost all feeling. After a long while, she finally managed to say, "I clearly got watermelon flavored, so why does it taste like wasabi and mint?"
Qin Muge blinked, her voice carrying a hint of innocence as she replied, "I thought you knew that the watermelons here aren't red."
...You must have done this on purpose.
Even after returning to the dormitory for lunch break, Chaoge felt as if her mind was clear and her senses were sharp, almost to the point of having the illusion of ascending to heaven.
Throughout the entire time, she covered her mouth and pretended to have a toothache, which kept Qin Muge smiling. Watching her made Chaoge feel like her own teeth were starting to hurt.
Qin Muge sat on the edge of the bed, took off her gloves, and waved to her. Chaoge covered her mouth, staring at her warily, her eyes asking what she wanted.
"You're so stupid. Don't you have a cheat code? Cut off your sense of taste." Qin Muge had seen enough of her miserable state before reminding her.
"How did she know you had a cheat code?" Little Red Riding Hood was stunned.
[Wow, Little Red Riding Hood, you're so amazing! Come on, let's have a go.] Chaoge has once again missed the point.
Little Red Riding Hood suddenly wanted to post something online titled "#My owner is so stupid! Help! Are there any drugs that can improve intelligence? Urgent request!"
[At my current level, I can only cut off for one minute.] Little Red Riding Hood's friendly reminder.
Chaoge didn't care about anything else; she just wanted to enjoy herself for a while. Sitting on her bed, looking at Qin Muge's expression across from her, she thought it was incredibly irritating. Suddenly, an idea popped into her head, and she curled her lips into a smile.
He got up and walked towards Qin Muge. Qin Muge narrowed his eyes slightly: "Your expression doesn't look like you're up to anything good."
"Correct answer, no extra points." Chaoge walked up to her, thought for a moment, looked down at her, and then remembered what she looked like when she first saw her. She asked, "What exactly do you look like?"
Qin Muge reached out and removed the headband from her head. Her long black hair fell down and spread out behind her. Her eyes, which were the same color as hers, held a strange smile, somewhat similar to the one she had seen before. She parted her red lips and said two words: "Guess."
Chaoge: ...Rage level maxed out!
He leaned down close to her smiling face, kissed her red lips, and extended his tongue to her mouth, sending the lingering strong flavor of wasabi and mint into her mouth.
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned by her actions, and froze for three seconds: […Who just told me they wouldn't fall in love with themselves?]
"No love, just being a scoundrel, I learned it from her." Chaoge answered it earnestly in her heart.
Little Red Riding Hood was utterly speechless at her master's absurd logic.
Qin Muge neither dodged nor dodged, her smile undiminished. After Chaoge stepped back, she touched the corner of her lips and said leisurely, "Very well, Yan Chaoge, I'm telling you now, you're dead."
Chaoge: Is it too late for me to admit I had a brain fart just now? Tune in your murderous aura, you idiot!
☆ Chapter 12: The Twelfth Evaluation of General Qin
In the end, Qin Muge didn't do anything to Chaoge. She just stared at Chaoge with that extremely beautiful smile, making Chaoge turn into a coward in a second and roll back to her bed without stopping. Then, within three seconds, she completed the steps of covering herself with a blanket, closing her eyes, and taking a nap.
Qin Muge's gaze followed her departing figure as if pricked by needles. A hint of interest flickered in his dark eyes. When he saw her pretending to be asleep with her eyes closed, he merely curled his lips slightly before looking away.
Her thoughts drifted to the military headquarters. Qin Muge was curious to know how these guys would behave after she disappeared. Apart from Min Kaiyang, she didn't trust anyone.
Thinking of this, her gaze returned to the guy pretending to be asleep. She guessed that Chaoge must have been younger than her in her original world, otherwise she wouldn't be so naive. Perhaps, she would have to add one more person to the list of people she trusted.
afternoon.
Chaoge spent the afternoon as carefree as ever. Whether it was running with weights, swimming, or climbing walls and crawling on the ground, none of it was a problem. He heard that basic mecha operation training would be added in a few days, and that was the only thing Chaoge was worried about.
However, she was doing well. There's always a group of people at the bottom of the social ladder who are looked down upon by the collective, especially in this world where everything depends on privileges. Basically, if someone with higher privileges wants to know something, they can simply scan their wristband to access the information recorded in the AI of someone with lower privileges.
Chaoge didn't think much of it at first, because she didn't have the hobby of looking at other people's AI records, so she didn't realize how much personal space this society had, until this afternoon.
Chaoge usually didn't pay attention to who was in her class, and even with people in the same line, she only remembered their faces, not their names. She only remembered faces so she could find her place in line. However, this time she couldn't help but remember, because it was the girl standing to her right, who had been dragged out for extra training countless times since the start of military training.
The girl's name was Luo Qinghe. She was probably from an ordinary working-class family. She came to Yuandu, a place full of all sorts of rich kids, with an infinite dream of attending a military academy.
Because her physical fitness was just up to standard and not particularly outstanding, coupled with the fact that she had never had military training before, she couldn't find the rhythm for a while. The instructors often made the whole class do extra training because of her uncoordinated movements. All kinds of psychological pressure made her unable to feel the deep love for her here.
During military training, the training content for boys and girls differs slightly. At this point, only the girls in this team remain. As long as Luo Qinghe's extra training is not completed, they cannot be disbanded.
The instructor got annoyed and, quite unkindly, left with the words: "You supervise Min Ge, who came in first, and the others will tutor her. We'll be dismissed when she meets the standard."
Chaoge knew without a doubt that Qin Muge was using General Min's identity. She was just marveling at how great it was that the AI had the highest access level on Tianzixing. Even if she wandered the streets with her original face, no one would know that their idol was passing by her.
No one felt anything about the girl Qin Muge was impersonating; she was just incredibly strong, especially since she was a relative of the Min family. Everyone was too busy trying to curry favor with her to dare to mess with her.
Yan Chaoge was the same. As the youngest daughter of one of the three major families in the military, even though there were rumors that she and Yan Xi had a bad relationship, no one dared to suppress her in order to curry favor with Yan Xi when the situation was still unclear. In fact, for these people of the same rank, it was much easier to get along with her than to get along with Yan Xi, who might not have any interaction for a long time.
Ke Luo Qinghe is different. Yan Ziyu let out a mocking laugh, "Hey, that one who's dragging you down, the AI recorded that you studied dance for six years when you were a child. It seems that even six years of dance couldn't save you from your lack of coordination."
Using her authority, which was only slightly lower than that of the military, she could easily obtain records of Luo Qinghe's daily behavior on her AI. As long as it wasn't related to economic matters, basic information on the AI could be accessed with high privileges.
Yan Ziyu is the cousin of Yan Zihe, the head of the Yan family, one of the three major families in the military. Her name alone shows that she holds a high position in the Yan family.
As soon as Yan Ziyu entered, she was accompanied by several followers, all from the Yan family's faction within the military. Upon hearing Yan Zihe's words, they immediately smiled in agreement. Luo Qinghe's face turned pale. Having just been reprimanded by the instructor, and now being mocked like this by her peers, she felt utterly humiliated.
Chaoge clicked her tongue softly. She didn't want to get involved in this matter, but the others were only focused on using their taunting skills instead of offering guidance. This would only make Luo Qinghe more ostracized, which wouldn't do them any good.
They do things that harm others without benefiting themselves; Chaoge really doesn't want to figure out their bizarre logic.
Qin Muge was sitting next to her. Hearing her voice, a smile curved her lips. She, who usually had little expression, was easily stirred by Chaoge's words. "What? Want to interfere?"
"Not really... I was just helping her out." Chaoge wasn't someone who liked to join in the fun or meddle in other people's business, but today was a special case.
He took a few steps forward, ignoring the laughter of those around him who were clinging to Yan Ziyu. The others, who had initially wanted to help, didn't dare offend Yan Ziyu after seeing her stance and could only watch from the sidelines. Seeing Yan Chaoge step in, they breathed a sigh of relief; they could still hope for the day's disbandment to proceed.
"You're too tense. Your limbs are stiff like that. Relax, I'll demonstrate for you. That wall is easy to climb." This part is a continuous project. From the start, the AI on your body will begin recording, and then until the finish line, the AI will automatically transmit the time to the computer recording for this project. Five minutes is the passing score.
When Yan Ziyu saw Chaoge approach, his mocking expression was mixed with a hint of disdain. "Ah, I was wondering who had such long arms. It's you, Yan Chaoge."
Chaoge didn't even turn her head to pay attention, focusing wholeheartedly on sharing her experience with Luo Qinghe. Although the truth was that she didn't have much experience, relying entirely on her physical abilities when going through these things, she was just recalling some of her movements.
After racking her brains for a while, she still couldn't figure out if her movements were correct. She turned to look at Qin Muge and waved to her.
At that moment, Qin Muge was looking at Yan Ziyu and the others with his incredibly lethal gaze. The killing intent of someone who had actually been on the battlefield was something they couldn't withstand. They immediately felt enveloped by an extremely powerful aura and couldn't utter a single word.
"I'm a supervisor, not an instructor." Qin Muge walked over, his gaze falling on Chaoge, very gentle, but his words were clearly nonsense.
Luo Qinghe was somewhat apprehensive when she was being taught by Chaoge, but now that a top student had come up and said the same thing, she was completely dumbfounded.
“She’s timid by nature, and your words will scare her. Come and demonstrate the proper movements.” Chaoge reached out and pulled Qin Muge against the wall, somewhat speechless, and made the demand without any politeness.
Qin Muge raised an eyebrow, looking at Chaoge who had become less afraid of him recently because they had become more and more familiar with each other. He curled his lips, leaned close to Chaoge's face, and whispered, "Don't you know who I am? I charge for demonstrating the moves."
Before Chaoge could ask her about the pricing, Qin Muge turned to Luo Qinghe and said, "Look carefully." Then she turned and climbed onto the wall. Her movements were fluid and seamless, without any unnecessary steps. In fact, the perfect execution of each movement even gave off a subtle sense of beauty.
After Luo Qinghe calmed down, she looked up and saw only Qin Muge's back. He then disappeared completely on the other side of the wall. Then she saw the person walking back around the wall.
Qin Muge stood by the wall with his arms crossed, gesturing to Luo Qinghe, who was still standing still, "Go if you understand." He completely disregarded the possibility that others hadn't even seen his actions clearly.
That's right. If you can get over this wall, everything else is not a problem, and passing is easy. But little Luo Qinghe just can't get over it. This is not a problem that can be solved quickly. If she can't find a way, she will basically be stuck here.
Seeing that the expert who scored full marks in all the training programs had already demonstrated it to her, Luo Qinghe was too embarrassed to say that she 'didn't see it clearly'.
Chaoge had thought of that. Seeing Luo Qinghe's flushed face as she stared at the wall, looking as if she wanted to bang her head against it, she said, "Didn't you watch carefully? Why don't you let her demonstrate again?"
Qin Muge's gaze immediately fell on her, and a smile returned to his lips, but his expression was quite clear: Oh, you're getting addicted to ordering me around, aren't you?
Chaoge, naturally not to be outdone, met her gaze in return: "I have plenty of debts, so I don't worry about them."
Qin Muge chuckled softly, nodded knowingly, looked at Luo Qinghe, and pointed to Chaoge beside her: "No problem, all the rewards will be on her head. You can ask me to demonstrate as many times as you want."
Yan Chaoge felt a chill on her neck.
She had a feeling this guy had ulterior motives, but she was the one who asked for his help first. Chaoge hesitated for a while, and in the short time she was lost in thought, Qin Muge had already gone up and instructed Luo Qinghe on a few key points to apply force, managing to get her up there once.
Before long, Luo Qinghe had become more proficient and began to challenge the entire training program again.
Seeing Qin Muge and Yan Chaoge's reaction, Yan Ziyu and the others simply watched from the sidelines. When they saw that Luo Qinghe had finally met the requirements, she turned around and left without hesitation, seemingly having no interest in what was happening before her.
On the contrary, Luo Qinghe was covered in sweat and ran over to thank them repeatedly. Qin Muge usually treated others with indifference, but she only acted normally when facing Chaoge. Hearing their thanks, she just nodded lightly, put her arm around Chaoge's neck, and walked towards the cafeteria.
Seeing that they didn't intend to take her along, Luo Qinghe's bright eyes dimmed for a moment before she quickly cheered herself up, taking this small step forward as a good start.
Only Chaoge was being pulled so close to Qin Muge that she had to reach out and pry her arm off, asking, "Hey, why are you walking so fast all of a sudden?"
Qin Muge responded quickly, glancing down at her stumbling progress, and loosened her grip. With a height difference of a few centimeters, walking like this was easy for her. "Um, are you in a hurry to finish your meal and get back to the dorm to receive your award? Be prepared."
Chaoge: ...I almost forgot this guy is a pervert, how am I supposed to prepare myself? She felt that she could never be prepared for anything this guy came up with, help! QAQ
Chapter 13: The Thirteenth Evaluation of General Qin
On the way back to the dormitory, Chaoge was still debating whether to continue her desperate struggle when Little Red Riding Hood made her long-awaited appearance: [Helping a classmate earns favorability, reward: 10 points.]
Chaoge was quite happy about this unexpected gain. Although she didn't know what Little Red Riding Hood's points could be used for, it sounded like they could be exchanged for good things.
【Chaoge, I have to tell you something, you're in trouble.】 Little Red Riding Hood's long-absent way of making her presence known is by dropping a piece of news that sends chills down your spine.
Chaoge: ...
She twitched her lips, and ultimately, speechless, answered Little Red Riding Hood in her heart: "Come on, I can handle it."
[Given that you've recently raised General Qin's favorability exceptionally high, surpassing everyone else, her portrait has been added to the [Strategy Guide]. Furthermore, because she's the highest-level player on Tianzi Star, you've directly entered the ultimate strategy mode, activating the 'Strategy for General Qin' quest. Upon successful completion of the quest, I will immediately reach the maximum level, and all modes will be fully unlocked.] Little Red Riding Hood's actions were indeed extraordinary, directly unleashing a super bombshell of the Nine Heavens Mystic Thunder level.
They successfully stunned Chaoge.
What the heck?! How did I jump straight into ultimate mode?!