Anecdotes about the Seine

【Xiao Qian】Battle of Faith (One of the Empire Trilogy)

Many years later, when Qian Beiting, commander-in-chief of the cyber army, saw Kong Xiaoyin's file for the first time, she would think of the way Kong Xiaoyin looked at her at the public trial meeting 20 years ago.

([-]) I am a technical person

Qian Beiting is very nervous because today is a day about exams.

This is her last year majoring in Information Security at Dongchuan University of Science and Technology.Like other graduating students, she spent a lot of time browsing various recruitment information, submitting resumes, and taking written tests and interviews.To be honest, she is right, because she is quite confident in her major, and she has indeed received many offers.If it weren't for an advertisement that her good friend Lu Ting saw by chance, maybe she would eventually sign with an Internet company, become a programmer, and live an ordinary life in 996.But that day Lu Ting suddenly waved a leaflet excitedly and rushed into the dormitory in a hurry.

"Little Qian, I found a wonderful job opportunity!" She slapped the flyer on the table roughly.

Qian Beiting looked away from the codes on the computer screen, and saw the blue imperial flag fluttering impressively on the flyer, and the big characters looked strong and powerful: "Imperial Army Recruitment Notice".

"Conscription, big sister." Qian Beiting rolled her eyes and looked at the code again. "What kind of soldiers are we who are engaged in technology?"

"This is the key!" Lu Ting picked up the leaflet and dangled it in front of Qian Beiting's eyes. "As mentioned above, one of the important arms in this conscription is the cyber army. Fresh graduates, especially those with majors, are given priority in recruiting!"

Qian Beiting took the leaflet and saw the back, only to find that it contained the specific arms and requirements for conscription.Among them, the part of the cyber army is shown in bold, which introduces that this is a newly established military branch, in order to meet the needs of information warfare.Taking a closer look, this salary is indeed very impressive, and it looks much better than Internet companies.

"Being a soldier requires exercise, right? I can't do that." Qian Beiting hesitated.She is not like Lu Ting. Although the latter is also a computer major, her interests are more in the student union and the track and field team.Although she is much better than Lu Ting in terms of studies - she helped a lot in the latter's graduation project - but when it comes to physical fitness and interpersonal communication, she is far behind.

"It's okay." Lu Ting was still beaming, looking forward to this opportunity. "The physical requirements for technical soldiers will be relaxed. I've inquired about it." She grabbed Qian Beiting's computer keyboard, opened the browser, clicked, and opened the registration website. "I have a gossip." She said mysteriously: "Students like us from the School of Information, every time they go, they can be directly promoted to officers." She had already filled out her information and clicked Submitted, and put the keyboard in front of Qian Beiting: "It's your turn."

Of course Lu Ting is fine.She is the vice chairman of the student union, a popular person on campus, and she is like a duck to water in various places that require interpersonal relationships.Qian Beiting was thinking while filling out the form hesitantly.As for herself, she is a standard technical geek, and she is not good at interacting with people at all.Can such a personality be tolerated in the army?

After hesitating, the form has been filled out.Her hand paused for a few seconds before finally pressing the "send" button.

Who would have known that it was just this light touch that changed her life.

Neither she nor Lu Ting expected that the conscription process would be very complicated, including not only a physical examination, but also a written test and interview.All steps will be completed within one day, and today is the day to decide whether to be selected or not.From the moment she opened her eyes in the morning, Qian Beiting felt the tension spread from her brain to her stomach, and from her stomach back to her heart, as if she was swinging on a swing in her atrium. .She went to the examination room without eating anything.After the physical examination, Lu Ting bought soy milk and steamed buns, ate them with relish, and asked her vaguely, "Do you want some?"

"No, thank you." She was so nervous that she couldn't eat at all, and her mind went blank.

The so-called written test interview actually has nothing to do with professional skills.Qian Beiting originally thought that she would test some basic theoretical questions such as data structure, algorithm and even the seven-layer network model, but unexpectedly, the written test consisted of filling out a questionnaire that looked like a psychological test, and the interview was with two students in military uniforms. The officers chatted a few words about family matters.

When it was Qian Beiting's turn to interview, it was already evening, and the whole process was almost over.As she sat down, she saw two officers holding a document and whispering, and one of them glanced at her as if casually.The document was colorful, Qian Beiting squinted her eyes and tried to identify it, it felt like a morning medical report.She secretly worried: "Could it be that they got my physical examination report and thought my indicators were too poor, so they are going to be eliminated?"

Of the two officers, one is very young, the other looks old and serious, with more stars on his shoulders.The young officer spoke first: "Qian Beiting, right?"

Qian Beiting whispered nervously, "Yes."

The young officer continued to ask solemnly: "Why do you want to join the Imperial Army?"

Qian Beiting felt a sigh of relief in her heart—it really was to review such boring questions as "motivation" and "ideal", and it should be fine after a formality.So he talked a lot about the rhetoric of "serving the motherland" and "realizing value".

The young officer nodded casually while listening, and then asked about her professional achievements, and seemed very satisfied with her GPA and competition experience.He also asked a few questions about hacker attacks with great interest. Although it sounded very unprofessional, Qian Beiting still answered patiently.

The young officer looked satisfied and had nothing left to ask.Qian Beiting thought that the interview was probably over like this, but the senior officer suddenly spoke.He said, "Did you have a serious injury when you were a child?"

Qian Beiting's heart skipped a beat, and memories of the past flooded into her heart.Strange to say, since as long as she can remember, she has basically never been sick, and there is very little record of going to the hospital, except for the accident when she was five years old, which almost killed her.The specific reason is that she can't remember what happened. She only remembers that she fell from a height of about three floors. After feeling weightless for a while, the rest of her memories are all scattered images and fragments.She vaguely remembered that she seemed to be crying, and she remembered lying on the hospital bed, surrounded by white; when she woke up again, she had already returned home, except for the cast on the left knee, everything else was the same as before; She forgot even the feeling of pain.Many years later, when she asked about this vague memory, her family members only said lightly that she broke her leg, but fortunately her internal organs were fine, and her leg healed soon.She didn't ask any more questions, this was just a small episode in her childhood, since it didn't affect her current life, she also left it behind.

However, today, 15 years later, during the enlistment interview, the officer in front of him asked about this trivial childhood incident that was almost forgotten for a long time. How could Qian Beiting not be nervous?

Wouldn't it be because of the injury that you can't enlist in the army?She thought this way, and replied: "Yes, at that time, it seemed that I fell from the third floor and broke my leg, but it was fine later."

"Do you remember what it was like when you were injured?" the officer continued.

"It was too young at that time, probably less than five years old, so I really can't remember." Qian Beiting said apologetically, feeling uneasy that she couldn't answer this question perfectly.

The officer didn't ask any further questions, but just waved his hand and said, "Okay, that's it for today."

When walking back to the dormitory with Lu Ting, the night gradually darkened.The sunset is struggling in vain for the last afterglow in the sky.Qian Beiting's mood was as heavy as the night. She repeatedly recalled the question asked by the senior officer during the interview and the subtle expression she showed when she listened to her answer.The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she would not be able to choose the honor of joining the army anyway, so she might as well go back and calm down and continue looking for a job as a code farmer in an Internet company.

When she woke up the next morning, Qian Beiting was very depressed. She wondered if it was because of the exhaustion from yesterday's test.She simply ate something and didn't want to go out, so she climbed back to the bed in the dormitory, turned on her laptop, and began to think about whether to accept the offer from the Internet company or not.Just as she was concentrating on browsing the mail, the door of the dormitory was suddenly knocked open.

"Qian Beiting!" Lu Ting's loud voice came. "Hey, where are people?"

"Here it is." Qian Beiting poked her head out from the upper bunk.She was startled by Lu Ting just now and almost fell off the bed.

"Why are you still sleeping? You're so lazy." Lu Ting sat down at the table, picked up the water glass on the table and took a few sips. It seemed that she was very thirsty after running all the way. "Come down, I have news for you."

When Qian Beiting finally got out of bed and stood in front of Lu Ting, she suddenly burst out laughing, and slapped Qian Beiting on the back, almost knocking her back.

"You've been selected!" She proudly waved the mobile phone in her hand, which displayed the shortlist announced on the website. "Of course, me too."

Qian Beiting was stunned.She took the phone and carefully read the text on it.Sure enough, the three big characters "Qian Beiting" stood out in it.But wait, something seems wrong?She suddenly found that her name was listed under the heading "Quick Response Team".What about Lu Ting?She looked again carefully, only to find that Lu Ting's name was far below her, listed under the title of "Technical Team".

"Quick response team? What the hell?" Qian Beiting was puzzled.

"You're lucky, little brother." Lu Ting pretended to be mysterious. "The quick response unit is the elite unit of the entire Imperial Army. It is used to deal with all kinds of sudden combat missions. It can be called a sharp arrow of the Imperial Army. Wherever there is an enemy, it is like shooting it!" Lu Ting seemed to be reciting The text is mediocre, who knows which website she copied this passage from.

Qian Beiting secretly groaned.After hearing such a description, she at least knew that those who entered this unit must be the strongest military personnel in the entire imperial army, with excellent physical fitness, quick-reaction mind, rich military strategic knowledge and control of various weapons Ability.However, she, Qian Beiting, is a skilled person who can barely pass the 800-meter physical test. For such a girl, she is suddenly assigned to an elite team. Isn't it like a little sheep thrown into the In a group of ferocious wolves and tigers?

"What are you afraid of?" Lu Ting saw right through her. "What a great opportunity, I want to go but I can't!" She sighed exaggeratedly and put her phone away. "In the past two days, you should pay attention to your mailbox. There should be notices about reporting and preparing things. I have to explain the affairs of the student union. I'm leaving soon. I have to give them all the activity materials as soon as possible."

After finishing speaking, Lu Ting left like a gust of wind, leaving Qian Beiting alone in the dormitory, thinking wildly.