A nation's industrial development begins with junior engineers.

Uh, don't ask why that badge is so common.

This was still Old Li's decision from the old lair.

The thing that brat made for the headquarters is nice-looking, but it's still a bit conspicuous. Old Li is reluctant to replace it. So he simply gave one to every member.

Regardless of what others thought, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the soldiers in the unit really liked the badge.

When you're going through a tough time, touch your chest, and an invisible force will surge up!

For example, in the western border region of China.

Squad Leader Wang of the border post touched the badge on his chest and stared intently at the group of figures.

"Squad leader? Do these guys think we're blind?"

Squad Leader Wang looked at the person in front of him with a large bump on his head, crawling slowly on the snow, and was somewhat speechless.

If you want to disguise yourself, you could at least drape a white sheet over yourself.

Dressed in flashy clothes, lying there on the pristine white snow, do they think we border patrol soldiers have all gone snow blind?

"Squad leader, we've scouted them out! There are about 60 of them. Should we fire?"

Squad Leader Wang picked up his binoculars, looked at the group of people, and pouted with some regret.

"We haven't crossed the line yet. What's the point of firing a shot? Besides, the company headquarters held a meeting a couple of days ago and reiterated our outpost's mission. We, the Chinese people, desire peace and absolutely cannot fire the first shot. Do you all understand?"

"Yes! Hold the line, do not retreat an inch!"

"Okay, I'll continue to observe. You go back inside and get something hot for our comrade who's come from so far away. It must have been tough for him to travel all this way!"

"Yes, sir!" The young soldier patted his squad leader on the shoulder and shrank back.

Another soldier took his place and patted the squad leader on the right shoulder.

The class monitor nodded slightly, indicating that he had received the message.

The bright moon shone down, making the snow-capped mountains look no different from daytime. Squad Leader Wang coldly looked at the figures below the hillside, which resembled maggots and pupae, with disdain on his face.

"Zhazha!"

The young soldier took a few steps back, stood up, and crawled into a shack behind him.

Yes, it's just a shack. But this is the "house" that Squad Leader Wang was talking about!

Two huge rocks leaned against each other, forming an angle between them. Several pieces of wood were pieced together along this angle to form the shape of a hut.

The only slightly upscale item was the sheepskin used to block the wind at the entrance of the shack.

The young soldier lifted the sheepskin curtain and slipped inside.

Inside the shack, a man with a large beard was starting a fire.

"Hey, comrade! Let me do it!"

The young soldier quickly stepped forward and gently pushed the man aside.

"Comrade, you've just climbed such a high snow-capped mountain and are carrying so much stuff, you must be exhausted. Take a rest!"

"By the time you wake up, my goat meat should be ready! Hey, this goat meat was caught by the class monitor on his way to a meeting the other day..."

As he spoke, the young soldier fiddled with the pot that his squad leader had brought back from the meeting. "Hehe, comrade, this pot is simply amazing! Before, we could only eat dried meat, but with this, we can finally have a hot drink."

"Before I came to the outpost, an old woman taught me how to make butter tea, but I've never been able to make it successfully. But now that I have this pot, I'll make some for you to try later!"

As he spoke, the young soldier pulled out a piece about the length of his little finger from his bag and showed his white teeth to the bearded man.

"Good stuff! Ghee! That old woman said we were 'Golden Pearl Mami' and insisted on giving it to us, but I didn't take it for nothing. I left her my allowance for that month!"

"Now that you're awake, tell us your story again..."

The young soldier's face lit up with a smile, and he became quite talkative.

There was nothing they could do; with no one around in the snowy mountains, the soldiers at this outpost had already shared most of their experiences, except for staring at those malevolent maggots across the way.

To put it bluntly, they knew exactly how many hairs each other had on their bodies.

The young soldier also knew how many people were in the squad leader's family, how many chickens they had, and that the little yellow dog in the yard loved to catch sparrows. The squad leader, of course, also knew that the young soldier had a little sister at home, who was probably very capable, as she was quick and efficient at cutting pig feed.

He wiped his face with his large beard.

"Alright! Let's rest for a bit, then I'll tell you about my encounter with the mountain tiger in the old forests of Northeast China! Hey, do you know what a mountain tiger is?"

"But before that, take these pieces of equipment to your squad leader first!"

As he spoke, the bearded man rummaged through his large backpack and pulled out several vest-like items.

Then, he took out several steel plates wrapped in cloth strips, took one out and inserted it into his vest.

"You use it like this: when you're on guard duty, you insert the steel plate, and when you're resting, you can take it out! Just be careful when using it, it'll stick to your hands, and if it gets stuck, you'll have to peel off a layer of skin! You have to be careful, be sure to wrap it with a strip of cloth!"

The young soldier was stunned. Although he didn't know what this thing was for, he knew his comrades wouldn't harm him.

He put the pot aside, picked up the pile of equipment, and crawled out again.

After a while, the young soldier returned to the low shack.

With a small knife, I cut the mutton into small pieces, filled the pot with clean snow water, and then placed the pressure cooker on the coal stove.

The young soldier moved very quietly while doing all this, afraid of waking up the big-bearded man snoring beside him.

Look at what the bearded man is carrying: a large backpack and two long wooden crates.

The young soldier had just weighed these things; they probably weighed over a hundred pounds.

That's amazing! To be able to carry so much stuff on your first visit to the outpost.

The young soldier recalled his experience when he first arrived here, carrying coal back to the company headquarters. It took him a whole day to carry a mere thirty pounds of coal back to the outpost. It was truly exhausting; he had to catch his breath after every three steps, and rest for a while after climbing even a small hill.

The company's "Monpa General" told him that this was a normal phenomenon caused by high-altitude hypoxia. But the young soldier stubbornly believed that it was caused by his weak physique.

"Yes, I'm not physically strong. How can I protect Beijing like this? But now I can carry forty pounds of coal!" The young soldier thought to himself, a smile returning to his face.

"Puff puff puff~~~"

The escaping gas from the pressure cooker pushed up the safety valve, and it slowly started to make a hissing sound.

"Ugh! That's too loud! It's disturbing my sleep!"

The young soldier stretched out his palm, the tips of which were slightly blackened, and removed the safety valve from the air valve port.

As a result, the sound of the pressure cooker subsided, and the steam emanating from the pot warmed the small shack. Even the big-bearded man next to him seemed to feel the warmth, smacked his lips, and uttered a few meaningless murmurs.

Great! In a little while, we'll have hot mutton to eat.

However, that's not enough. The new comrades have come all this way to send things, and a little mutton can't express the sentiments of their outpost.

"Grandma said that butter tea is the best way to express one's feelings, hehehe..."

Thinking of this, the young soldier took out a small piece of ghee and a small piece of dark tea brick.

"Stop! Don't come any closer! You've crossed the border!"

The squad leader's furious shout rang out outside the shack.

"Ah la lu lu lu~~ playing in the mud lu lu lu~~~" A series of awkward sounds rang out.

Then a gunshot rang out.

"Monitor!"