Socially anxious people transmigrate to another world; living in seclusion is too difficult.

Chapter 270 The Entire Army Sets Off

After Su Yang and Zhu Ning arrived at the prepared tent, they each went to put away their luggage. Zhu Ning packed faster, so he sat on the simple hammock and looked at Su Yang, who was packing, and asked, "Brother Su, have you had any unpleasantness with General Qin?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yang was taken aback. He hadn't expected Zhu Ning to initiate a conversation with him. But after thinking about it carefully, he realized he and Qin Wei hadn't had any disagreements. He didn't understand why Zhu Ning would ask this question. Given his good impression of Zhu Ning, Su Yang stopped what he was doing and sat down on the hammock to reply:

"No, this is the first time I've met General Qin."

“Uh, the General Qin I’m talking about isn’t the one from earlier.” Zhu Ning was a little embarrassed, but then thought that maybe he hadn’t expressed himself clearly, so he added, “It’s General Qin who commands the Shence Army.”

"Oh, I don't think so."

"Really not?" Zhu Ning asked incredulously.

"I don't think so. I wanted to stay at headquarters, but she disagreed, so I came here." Su Yang briefly described what had happened between him and Qin Xiyun.

After listening, Zhu Ning thought about it carefully and said, "According to you, you mentioned three times that you wanted to stay at headquarters, but General Qin wouldn't allow it. In the end, he got impatient and used a military order?"

"This should be."

"I understand now, hahaha." Zhu Ning understood; so this was what Qin Xiyun meant by "those who disobey orders will be executed without mercy."

Seeing Zhu Ning smile, Su Yang didn't understand what he was laughing about, so he simply continued packing his luggage.

"But Brother Su, you'd better be careful in the future."

"?" Seeing Su Yang looking at him with a puzzled expression, Zhu Ning explained, "Just now when you entered the main tent, you didn't use any titles when addressing General Qin Wei. In this 50th Army, he is the commander-in-chief. We are both here to assist him, and in the end, we still have to listen to him. If you don't use any titles, it means you are not respecting him."

Su Yang suddenly realized why the three lieutenants had challenged him to sparring right away. He realized he had unknowingly offended them. He sighed inwardly, thinking how complicated it was to deal with people. He would rather deal with ferocious beasts or spirit beasts like Little Orange.

"Oh, I understand, thank you."

"It's alright, we're all members of the Shence Army, we're brothers, there's no distinction between you and me." Zhu Ning waved his hand, lay down on the hammock, and continued, "The 50th Army was the last army to be dispatched for support. If there are no major situations at the front, we're expected to be away from the battlefield for a long time. This period of time is a good opportunity to familiarize ourselves with the environment and try our best to become a true soldier."

“I recognize you.” Hearing Zhu Ning’s words, Su Yang knew that he had always been a student at the academy and had no experience in the military. He understood why Zhu Ning would say that. He wanted to say that he understood him, but the words just slipped out of his mouth.

"Oh? What do you mean?" Upon hearing that Su Yang recognized her, Zhu Ning became interested and turned over to ask.

"A martial arts competition at the academy," Su Yang replied briefly.

"So you went to watch the martial arts competition at the academy, Brother Su. What a coincidence! You must know Cao Hongyun, Xu Wu, and Ren Shuangwen, right?"

Su Yang nodded, which was taken as an admission.

“When you watched the martial arts competition, you must have thought that Cao Hongyun’s methods were somewhat despicable, and he has suffered a lot of infamy for it. But the four of us came to the Shence Army together and talked a lot along the way. In fact, Cao Hongyun had no choice. That’s how the martial arts competition is. As elementals, improving our strength and gaining glory is our lifelong pursuit.”

"I can understand Cao Hongyun, and he's actually a good person. When he heard he could join the Shence Army to serve the country, he agreed without hesitation. And Xu Wu, I'm so glad he stayed at headquarters. He's the smartest member of our Qinwang Academy's martial arts team throughout history. With him here, I believe we will definitely win this war against the Demon Kingdom. And Ren Shuangwen, she..."

Once Zhu Ning opened up, he poured out all his thoughts. Before meeting him, Su Yang had always thought he was a man of few words, but he didn't expect him to be so talkative. Moreover, Su Yang felt that Zhu Ning was the protagonist, with his tolerant, strong, capable, and adaptable nature. He was practically a dragon overlord.

"Although Shuangwen is a girl, I really admire her indomitable spirit." Zhu Ning finally finished telling her opinions about the other three. Su Yang also finished packing his luggage and lay down in the hammock. For a moment, the tent was quiet.

However, Zhu Ning quickly broke the silence and steered the conversation toward Su Yang: "Brother Su, I just saw you sparring with the three deputy generals. I'd like to ask you, what is your rank?"

"Sixth level."

"But I don't think you're a sixth-tier player. Your strength is at least at the second level of the sixth tier, right? Moreover, you have rich combat experience, and the moves you use don't seem like those of a student. They're practical and efficient, and you can finish a fight in just a few punches. You and I should be about the same age. I'm very curious about how you improved yourself before?"

This question stumped Su Yang, who didn't know how to answer. He was indeed not a student, but he hadn't experienced many battles either. Although he had been in a few life-or-death battles, he had improved through practice most of the time. After thinking it over, he decided to use his identity as an adventurer.

"I used to be an adventurer."

"An adventurer? Then your level must be very high, Crimson Storm or Orange Sky?"

"Uh, Ziyang level..."

"How is this possible!" Zhu Ning's eyes widened. "How could you, a sixth-tier elementalist, only be a Purple Sun-level adventurer?"

"Well... that's a long story."

Just as Su Yang was debating whether or not to tell Zhu Ning about his Qingxu Squad, a loud bugle call sounded outside the tent, followed by shouts: "All troops assemble!"

“We’ve gathered. Let’s go take a look. Tell me your story when we get back,” Zhu Ning said, sitting up from the bed.

The two stepped out of the tent and followed the soldiers to the assembly point. There, an adjutant beckoned them over. Following the directions, they went to the adjutant's side, where Qin Wei was also present. He walked to the front of the ranks and shouted, "Brothers! The Demon Kingdom is slaughtering our people, our comrades, and our loved ones on the front lines. Tell me, can our 50th Army tolerate this?"

"No!" the soldiers shouted in unison.

"Good! These are the good brothers of my 50th Army. The army headquarters ordered us to wait here for orders. The soldiers at the front are bleeding. Tell me with your weapons, can we wait?"

The response to Qin Wei was the crisp sound of swords being drawn, and the gleaming light of swords in the sunlight.

The adjutant beside him whispered to the two men, "Officers, this is a tradition of the 50th Army. They come here every time they are about to break camp, which means that we are not far from going into battle."

"Go into battle? Didn't the military order tell us to stay put and wait?" Zhu Ning asked, puzzled.

Qin Wei's words answered his confusion: "Brothers, there are no cowards in our 50th Army. The headquarters can wait, but we cannot. Now listen to my order, the entire army marches out!"