Pioneer Garrison

"How about it? Will you come with me?" In just a few words, Chen Wenlin had mapped out a way for Wang Yu to obtain the Blood Burning Method, then continued to use it as bait.

It had to be said, the man was remarkably sincere. If his identity as an officer had not been genuine, Wang Yu would have thought he was running a scam.

After all, they had never met before, yet Chen Wenlin was being a little too enthusiastic.

Wang Yu was tempted.

The Blood Burning Method was what he wanted most right now.

Without the Blood Burning Method, he would have no way to continue down the path of martial arts.

What Chen Wenlin said had struck directly at his sore spot.

His goal essentially achieved, Wang Yu did not ask for too much. He nodded solemnly. "If the matter of the Blood Burning Method can be resolved, then I'd be truly grateful."

The implication was that he had agreed.

"Don't worry. You won't be treated poorly," Chen Wenlin said earnestly.

He firmly believed that his eye for talent could not be wrong. This kid named Wang Yu was absolutely a super-high-potential prospect!

The two chatted a little longer. When Chen Wenlin learned that Wang Yu had yet to find a place to stay after arriving in Capital City, he immediately arranged for someone to take Wang Yu to a nearby military hotel for temporary lodging.

All he needed to do next was wait for the final enlistment notice.

Under normal procedures, the enlistment notice would not be issued until at least August, after the new recruit selection had fully concluded.

However, with Chen Wenlin pulling strings behind the scenes, this new recruit Wang Yu had clearly entered through the back door.

In only three days, the enlistment notice was delivered into his hands.

And his reporting date was the day after he received it. The efficiency was as swift as swift could be.

Thus, before Wang Yu even had time to properly look around Capital City, he packed his luggage and took a military vehicle that day to report to a military fortress outside the city.

The fortress was like a steel castle sprawled across the horizon. One side lay relatively close to the coast, like a watchman protecting Capital City and standing guard against dangers that might emerge from the islands or the sea.

Towering inner and outer walls had been built on all four sides, forming a diamond shape.

From each of the diamond's four corners extended an arrowhead-like area, each containing a tall stone watchtower, with soldiers taking shifts at the top to keep watch.

As the vehicle approached, Wang Yu saw a plaque hanging above the massive iron gate.

It read: "Pioneer Garrison Third Battalion Headquarters."

The unit he had enlisted in was precisely this Third Battalion, and he had been assigned to Chen Wenlin's Eleventh Corps.

After the soldiers outside the iron gate verified his identity, they made a hand signal.

The huge iron gate slowly rose, like an iron beast opening its jaws.

The vehicle drove inside.

As they passed through, Wang Yu saw one of the soldiers taking shifts to guard the gate smile at him.

"Welcome to Third Battalion."

The man seemed to know him?

Before Wang Yu could respond, the vehicle had already entered the fortress.

At its center was a broad open field, where quite a few military vehicles were parked, while various training equipment had been piled in the corners.

Several soldiers, their sturdy, muscular upper bodies bare, were vigorously cleaning some of the fortress's large equipment.

With a touch of curiosity, they looked Wang Yu over.

Chen Wenlin was also standing in the open field, having come personally to welcome Wang Yu.

"It's been a few days. Have you gotten used to life in Capital City?" Chen Wenlin asked with a smile.

He knew Wang Yu came from the Silver Belt Sea, and that this was Wang Yu's first time in Capital City.

"Capital City is more prosperous and lively than anywhere I've ever seen. There are also more martial arts schools and martial artists in the streets, and the martial culture is flourishing," Wang Yu briefly described what he had seen over the past few days.

"For the nation, a flourishing martial culture is a good thing. But accordingly, public security both inside and outside the city is no small issue.

The hidden dangers brought by martial artists run deep. If a wanted criminal is a martial artist, the harm he can cause far exceeds that of a whole group of ordinary criminals.

Therefore, capturing these wanted criminals fleeing in all directions is also one of our military's duties."

Wang Yu nodded. From this moment onward, his identity had changed.

The angle from which he considered matters also had to change, lest someone seize on a weakness against him in the future.

"The Pioneer Garrison has a total of eight battalions, each assigned to one of eight fortresses. This is where nearly six thousand soldiers and officers of our Third Battalion are stationed."

Chen Wenlin led Wang Yu around the fortress, introducing its various areas one by one.

It had to be said, the fortress was truly massive. Let alone housing six thousand people, Wang Yu felt it would have room to spare even if twenty or thirty thousand people had to be stationed here in an emergency.

Training grounds, armory, equipment depot, military cafeteria, seclusion chambers, dormitory buildings.

After looking through them all, the conditions and facilities here were quite good.

It was clear that the Nanxi Empire's annual military funding had been properly allocated.

"By rights, all new recruits must attend new recruit camp for one month, to adapt to and understand life in the military.

"But my requirements for you are different. I'll give you one week to adapt on your own. One week from now, I'll come inspect the results.

"I imagine you don't want to waste an entire month playing those new recruit games alongside them either," Chen Wenlin said at last.

Wang Yu nodded. He had also asked around about the new recruit camp Chen Wenlin mentioned.

It truly meant little to him, and he did not need as long as a month to adapt to military life.

As for the strictness of discipline, this place could not compare at all to the iron discipline of the military in his previous life.

This Chen Wenlin was quite meticulous, having thought of everything for Wang Yu.

That gave Wang Yu a rather good impression of both him and this Third Battalion.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and Wang Yu smoothly and swiftly completed his new recruit adjustment period.

He had become thoroughly familiar with military discipline and gained a certain understanding of the Pioneer Garrison.

If one traced its history, one would discover just how immense and profound this legion's achievements had been.

When the Nanxi Empire first set foot on Fragment Star No. 5, in that wild and untamed era, this legion named Pioneer had played an indispensable role.

Of the 136 islands currently occupied by Nanxi, more than sixty had been seized by this legion.

On that bloody battlefield in the Conquest Sea, it had once fought the legions of Canaan and Ximos, two great nations, without yielding a single step.

Later, it had also defended Capital City to the death, earning the name Hope of Dawn from the city's people.

Without question, this was a powerful legion with a glorious history and a long legacy.

It possessed its own glory, like an ancient warrior forever standing at the forefront of the nation, never having fallen.

Of course, Wang Yu could not deeply feel the glory of those past moments, since he had never taken part in them.

Perhaps only those who had experienced those days could still remember them.

That day, Wang Yu came to the Secret Martial Building.

It could be said that every fortress had a Secret Martial Building like this.

Inside were large numbers of copied cultivation methods, available for all soldiers in the legion to study and master.

Among them were the Blood Burning Methods Wang Yu needed, placed on the second floor of the Secret Martial Building.

Naturally, Wang Yu was not yet qualified to go up and study them.

Chen Wenlin was applying for the so-called "special talent clause" on his behalf, but the result certainly would not come so quickly.

After all, such a special clause was not so easily triggered.

He had not come today for the Blood Burning Method.