The wolf's howl seemed to have frightened the recruits at the outpost a little. A soldier asked, "Platoon Commander, what should we do? Why don't we run away? "
Li Qingzheng hesitated. "If we run away, we'll be considered deserters."
"It's still better than getting eaten by the wolf." One of the escapees said, "You haven't seen how big that wolf is, but we've seen it while we were fleeing. It's even bigger than a cow!"
"Are you serious?" Li Qingzheng had not seen a wolf in a long time, so he panicked a little when he heard how big the wolf was. However, he was the platoon commander, so he had to calm the troops down. "Don't be afraid. I didn't train my martial arts for nothing. Besides, don't we have guns?"
When the escapees heard about guns, they suddenly remembered that Ren Xiaosu and the others also had guns when they were on the road. Moreover, Ren Xiaosu and the others were very domineering at that time.
Just as they were about to say something, they realized Ren Xiaosu was staring at them with a half-smile. The escapees suddenly realized that if they were to snitch on them at this moment, they would have nowhere to run to!
They could only swallow their words.
Moreover, Li Qingzheng obviously disliked stronghold residents like them, so what obligation did they have to warn him?
For some reason, the escapees suddenly felt less afraid when they thought about how they were in the same outpost as Ren Xiaosu and the others.
Gradually, the only ones who were still afraid were Li Qingzheng and the real soldiers.
Li Qingzheng and his men waited for a long time with their guns, but the wolf did not come. He slowly felt a little relieved and said, "Clean up the house first. I think the wolf is afraid that we have a lot of people and guns, so it won't dare to come over."
The outpost seemed to have been abandoned for a long time. The pots and pans inside were covered in a thick layer of dust. It would take a lot of effort to clean up the place if anyone wanted to live there.
The escapees did their work numbly. Li Qingzheng's attitude made them feel like they were even worse than refugees. It was as though they had become the lowest rung in this world.
Ren Xiaosu did not sympathize with them, but he would not deliberately ostracize them either. The escapees knew he was a ruthless person, so they subconsciously wanted to get closer to him. Since Li Qingzheng did not like them, they had to find someone to rely on, right?
In a small outpost, everyone had their own ulterior motives, but the students worked in full swing and were especially efficient.
Due to the howling, Li Qingzheng was no longer in a relaxed mood. He kept thinking about calling the private army headquarters to request for reinforcements.
In the end, when he made the call, he was ridiculed and failed to call for the reinforcements he had been expecting. The other party even warned him not to make any false reports about the enemy, or he would be court-martialed.
Li Qingzheng looked at Ren Xiaosu, who was still leading the students in cleaning as if nothing had happened. He asked curiously, "Aren't you guys afraid?"
Ren Xiaosu hesitated for a moment. "I'm so scared."
The students hurriedly nodded. "Yes, we are very scared."
Li Qingzheng always felt that Ren Xiaosu and the others were just brushing him off. In fact, during their escape, Ren Xiaosu had already said in private that the wolves would not attack them. Although the students did not know why Ren Xiaosu said that, the facts proved that Ren Xiaosu was right.
Since Ren Xiaosu was not worried, what did they have to worry about?
Ren Xiaosu asked Li Qingzheng, "Platoon Commander, why did you want to be a soldier?"
"I get paid." Li Qingzheng explained, "If I had the money, who would want to come to this lousy place to be a soldier? Have you heard that the Pyro Company is buying the blood of supernatural beings? A drop of blood costs one million yuan! If I were a supernatural being, I'd sell my blood every day until the Pyro Company goes bankrupt! "
Ren Xiaosu did not know whether to laugh or cry. If they were already supernatural beings, which smart person would be willing to take the risk of selling their blood for money?
After cleaning up, everyone stared at each other and did not know what to do next. In fact, this was how it was in a remote outpost. Boredom was the norm here.
At this moment, Li Qingzheng lamented, "To be honest, it's really a pity that you students from the stronghold came here to be sentries. You're full of knowledge, but there's nowhere for you to use it. You've been studying for over a decade for nothing."
Ren Xiaosu was taken aback. He had heard from Jiang Wu that she hoped the students could continue their studies in the future. These children were all good seedlings, and all of them were very hardworking and smart.
He looked at the remaining eight students and suddenly said, "I've brought some textbooks with me. From today onward, you can study by yourselves if you have nothing to do. If there's a chance, I'll go to town and buy some more advanced textbooks for you. Even in a place like this, you can't fall behind in your studies."
The students were stunned. "We're going to study by ourselves in a place like this?"
Actually, what they wanted to learn now was how to hunt, protect themselves, and protect others. They did not want to continue studying in textbooks.
After experiencing this cruel world, the students' desire to study wavered. Sometimes, they even doubted whether studying was of any use at all.
Ren Xiaosu said patiently, "I'm your platoon commander. The school commissary has already said that the role of the platoon commander is to supervise your studies."
The students could not find any rebuttal. They heard Ren Xiaosu continue, "In your lives, your friends and lovers might betray you one day. But math, physics, and chemistry won't. If you don't know math, physics, and chemistry, you won't."
The students were speechless.
What kind of nonsense was this?!
Ren Xiaosu promised softly, "Study well. I'll take y 'all to the mountains to practice shooting tomorrow!"
This time, the students beamed with joy.
As Ren Xiaosu looked at the students, he suddenly thought that the Yang Clan should also be focusing on researching nanomachines. If there weren't any potential repercussions, it wouldn't be a bad idea to use the nanomachines to increase the students' self-defense capabilities.
Early the next morning, while Ren Xiaosu was still sleeping in his room, he heard Li Qingzheng shouting from outside, "Come out and have a look!"
Ren Xiaosu put on his clothes and went out to have a look. He saw a mountain goat lying at the entrance of the outpost's bungalow. There was still snow in front of the door, and there was a neat row of huge wolf footprints in the snow.
Ren Xiaosu suddenly looked around and saw that the Wolf King had reappeared on the mountain peak. When it saw Ren Xiaosu turn around, it turned around and went into the wilderness. It seemed like it was just greeting Ren Xiaosu.
This mountain goat was as big as a domesticated ox. It would probably take the entire outpost several days to finish eating it.
Although domesticated animals had changed, it was not as big as the ones in the wilderness. This mountain goat must have been hunted by the wolves in the mountains.
While Ren Xiaosu was pondering this, Li Qingzheng laughed heartily. "I didn't expect that when I, Li Qingzheng, came to the mountains, even the wolves would have to pay tribute to me. Don't call me Platoon Leader anymore. Call me Wolf King!"
The corner of Ren Xiaosu's eye twitched. This guy really knew how to flatter himself.
Off to the side, Chen Wudi wondered if he should give it a try since the Wolf King's name sounded like a monster.
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