Imperial Forum.
{Marshal Xi Yan: [Shared video: Join the Imperial Navy now!]}
{Cuteist Fox: +3, lemme salute ∠ first}
Reply: {Iron Purifier Overseas Envoy: +3, don't mind me}
Replies: ... (In short, lots of +3s, along with condemnations of defying Sun Li)
{Martian: This recruitment ad is pretty good, just a little hilariously weird}
{Cuteist Fox: Ha↑ ha↓... Look familiar? Scenes like this are happening all across the galaxy...}
Reply: {Martian: Thanks, I've almost got it memorized already}
{Professional Troll: What the hell is this? I'm not going}
Reply: {Marshal Xi Yan: We shall send your whole family in tonight!}
Reply: {Professional Troll: My bad, my bad! I was just talking shit, please don't!}
Reply: {Marshal Xi Yan: If you've got nothing better to do, find a job instead of acting unhinged online.}
{Iron Purifier Overseas Envoy: lol.}
As Xi Yan toured Cybrex Alpha University with Xu Yuejin, he engaged in some hydrogen-bonding banter with the forum users on his wristband.
After reading the comments, Xi Yan successfully reached the following conclusion: everything online was fake and useless, and everyone posting was just there for laughs. Better to look at real-world data.
So exhausting.
"We're here."
Xu Yuejin showed Xi Yan the temporary military sheet-metal building set up beside a classroom building and said, "This is our temporary recruitment office."
Xi Yan saw a large crowd of college kids lining up in an orderly fashion, all looking excited as they signed up outside the recruitment office.
"This many people?"
"Yes. Thanks to your reputation, Marshal, the students are very enthusiastic about joining the navy," Xu Yuejin explained. "The navy doesn't require much physical training. The main focus is learning to operate warships, and the pay and benefits are excellent, so it's very popular."
*Right. They get to pilot warships,