Chapter 53: Ancient People Astonished by Military-Style Training

Chapter 53

Is this the emperor that the Zhou Family has pledged to support for generations?

Is this right?

Do the soldiers ultimately remain loyal to the emperor's benevolence or to the common people?

Zhou Qichen did not know, but suddenly he no longer wanted to support that supreme ruler, compared to the Elder Princess who had personally gone to the disaster area and saved hundreds of thousands of people without regard for her own infection!

Pei Changying is truly incompetent and heartless!

Pei Changying's actions today have completely shattered Zhou Qichen's last shred of hope.

He suddenly thought—

Whatever Sang chooses, he will choose the same!

"Sang, if you used to want to support him as emperor, I would guard the borders for you."

"But now, if you really want to choose the Elder Princess, I'll still listen to you. I once said that I would always stand behind you and protect you, and I'm not like Pei Changying—I keep my word."

"After I settle my family, I will go to Lingnan to find the Elder Princess!"

The next day.

At the training base.

After verifying her identity through multiple layers, Gu Sang finally arrived at the inner area. As she looked up, she saw rows of soldiers training in the mud.

She found a shady spot to sit down and opened the live stream.

Scenes from Xuyang Palace, the grand hall, the capital city, the plague city, and more flashed across the live broadcast!

The ancient people who had already gathered to watch raised their heads out of habit.

On the screen, they saw mud figures that were indistinguishable, and if not for their moving limbs, they would have been identical to real mud statues.

At various training grounds around them, people gaped in astonishment.

Before the officials and commoners could figure out the obvious explanation, they saw the instructor standing high up start spraying the soldiers below with a high-pressure water gun.

"You have ten minutes to shower. Regroup in ten minutes!" the instructor shouted loudly.

As soon as the words left his mouth, the soldiers scurried up and dashed to the showers.

The instructor walked over to Gu Sang, and she immediately stood up.

"Hello, Instructor. I'm Gu Sang, here for training."

The instructor nodded with a calm expression: "Not everyone has arrived yet. Training for you all will start tomorrow. You can put your things in the dorm first."

This was a closed-door training session, so Gu Sang would have to stay at the training base until it ended.

In the dorm, only two beds had luggage on them, but no one was there.

After putting down her luggage, Gu Sang went out to watch the soldiers train.

"So loud! Much louder than a cannon firing. It seems to have come from that black thing in the instructor's hand..."

"What is that? So strange! The sound came from that black object?"

Before the ancient people could figure out what was going on, the next scene left them stunned!

They witnessed with their own eyes—at the moment the gunshot rang out, all the soldiers swiftly split into two rows, dashing towards the obstacles ahead at blinding speeds.

The ancients first marveled at the soldiers' speed for a few seconds.

Then, seeing the soldiers charging at the obstacles, they dismissed it with a laugh: "Are they stupid?"

"Wouldn't it be faster to just run straight ahead? Why are they running towards those obstacles?"

"Yeah, I think I get it now. This must be a soldiers' footrace, their speed is really fast, they're just a bit dumb."

"Boom—"

A thunderous explosion drowned out their discussions, and in an instant, the field erupted in flames.

Half the screen was engulfed in fire and billowing smoke.

The ancients who had just prided themselves on being clever tumbled to the ground, no longer caring about decorum as they cried out in terror:

"Look quickly! Look! Is this divine punishment raining down on us?"

"I just saw something streak down and strike those soldiers dead."

"This... This is too horrifying. The training involves death?"

However—

Just as the ancients thought the soldiers had been struck dead by divine lightning, the next instant, one soldier stood up from the thick smoke.

Then continued charging forward.

A second one stood up too!

A third appeared as well!

Another thunderous sound, as if the ground itself had been shaken.

Amid the dense smoke, the silhouettes of people could be seen darting about, with bursts of gunfire unable to impede their advance.

All the soldiers charged towards the iron mesh, crawling forward.

Their movements were agile.

Their gazes were resolute.

Mud pits, wooden bridges, climbing, leaping - one soldier stood at the foot of the wall, and another used their comrade's hands as a boost to vault up -

Gradually, the generals inside the palace grew restless.

They rushed up to the screen, aghast. "How could it be so fast! How are they so united?"

"The speed, reflexes, stamina, strength, climbing ability of these soldiers, we cannot match them, your humble officer cannot fathom this......"