Instructing her daughter to practice throwing knives, the police were frightened and asked to file

"You have not let the country down." Before leaving, Lieutenant General Gao Shiwei gave Qin Tian a look of satisfaction and affirmation.

"Aim high and forge ahead; this is what the nation expects of you." These were the words he said to Qin Tian when he last inspected the red blood cells.

The fact that he brought this up again now means that he is indeed very satisfied with Qin Tian.

"Colonel Qin Tian!" After seeing off General Lü Zheng and Lieutenant General Gao Shiwei, Brigade Commander He Zhijun returned and smiled at Qin Tian, ​​saying, "Very good, my men have made history! I am proud of you!"

Ding!
Immediately afterwards, Qin Tian heard a system notification in his ear.

Ding!
As Qin Tian was promoted to colonel, the system issued a notification.

This delighted Qin Tian, ​​who knew that, just like when he was promoted to captain, he would receive a system reward again.

Sure enough, the system then issued the rewards: "Congratulations, host, you have been promoted to colonel. Your military career mission completion rate is outstanding. You are rewarded with 200,000 experience points, and you will also receive one skill lottery, one item lottery, and one special lottery!"

"Two hundred thousand experience points, three lottery draws, and one special lottery draw?" Upon hearing this reward, Qin Tian was overjoyed; it was quite generous. Especially the special lottery draw—thinking of the spatial ring and teleportation ability he had previously obtained through it—filled him with anticipation.

With 200,000 experience points, plus the 120,000 he had left, he now has a total of 320,000 experience points, which is quite a fortune.

"In addition, as the host has been promoted to colonel, the throwing knife shop has been opened. From now on, the host can purchase existing items in the throwing knife shop." The system then sent another notification.

"Flying Knife Shop?" Qin Tian was taken aback. "What's that? Open it and take a look."

"The Flying Knife Shop is now open," the system announced.

Immediately, a purchase page appeared in Qin Tian's mind, listing all the throwing knives he had already acquired.

For example, an alloy throwing knife costs 100,000 yuan.

Exploding throwing knives, 200,000 yuan each.

Armor-piercing throwing knives, each worth 500,000 yuan.

Invisible throwing knives, each worth one million yuan.

...The throwing knives he has already acquired can all be found in the throwing knife shop.

"Yuan? Was this purchased with RMB?" After looking at it once, Qin Tian couldn't help but ask curiously. Purchasing with money was indeed quite unusual.

"That's right, all items in the Flying Knife Shop can be purchased with the host's real wealth," the system replied.

"I just happened to get a few hundred million from Nuoka's lair and I have nowhere to spend it..." Upon hearing this, Qin Tian couldn't help but smile. Buying with money is much more cost-effective than buying with experience.

Anyway, he doesn't have any particular need to spend money in real life.

"Can I buy the same items I currently own using the spatial ring?" Qin Tian searched in the shop and indeed found the spatial ring.

He glanced at the price and his lips twitched involuntarily.

Space Ring: 100 million (ten cubic meters)

That price could buy a transport plane.

Of course, spatial rings have an advantage that transport planes cannot match: they can be carried around without fear of being discovered.

However, he doesn't need to buy a new one for now, as the existing space ring is sufficient.

"System, could you help me exchange all the gold bars and other currencies in my spatial ring into RMB?" Qin Tian asked after thinking for a moment. It would be too troublesome for him to handle these things himself; it was better to leave it to the system.

"Okay, a 10% handling fee will be charged," the system replied.

"That's outrageous... then please exchange them all for RMB." Qin Tian's lips twitched, but he ultimately confirmed the deal.

After all, if he were to sell these gold bars himself, he could only do so on the black market, where the transaction fees would be substantial, possibly even higher than what the system would charge. Exchanging them directly now eliminates any worries.

"Okay, starting the settlement... Calculation in progress... Settlement results: Gold is worth 320 million RMB, other currencies are worth 30 million RMB, total wealth is 330 million RMB. After deducting the 10% handling fee, the host will receive a total of 300 million RMB, which has been processed and deposited into the host's account. The source is legal and will not be detected." The system's voice came through.

"Three hundred million?" Upon hearing this, Qin Tian felt a surge of sudden wealth, meaning he was now a multi-millionaire. Instantly, he felt incredibly rich and said, "Then give me twenty explosive throwing knives, a few of those invisible throwing knives, and some armor-piercing throwing knives..."

He immediately started clicking around in the flying knife shop, buying, buying, buying!
There's plenty of money!

Unfortunately, he could only buy items he already owned, which left him somewhat disappointed. He didn't need to carry too many throwing knives with him anyway; he had nowhere to spend his money!
However, at this moment, he remembered that he still had three chances to draw a prize, and maybe he could draw some more powerful items, which would then come in handy.

"System, start the lottery. First, the skill lottery, then the item lottery, and finally the special lottery!" he immediately instructed the system.

"Okay, host, now we'll proceed with the lottery."

"Skill lottery begins... Skill lottery in progress... Skill lottery ends. Congratulations, host, you have obtained the skill 'Beginner Hacking Mastery'." The system's voice announced.

"Hackers?" Qin Tian was taken aback; the lottery result was truly unexpected. However, after his encounter with the Wolf Warriors, he had indeed realized the importance of advanced technology. He had suffered quite a bit from it back then.

This hacking skill is quite useful. Even if you don't use it to hack into other people's systems, it's excellent for preventing others from hacking into your own systems.

"Item lottery begins... Item lottery in progress... Item lottery ends. Congratulations, host, you have obtained a bottle of body enhancement agent." The system's voice then came.

"Body Enhancement Agent? Is this used to enhance physical attributes?" Upon hearing the results of the item lottery, Qin Tian was somewhat puzzled, unsure of the specific purpose of this Body Enhancement Agent.

He originally had four attributes.

Strength represents the amount of force; the higher the strength, the greater the force. Moreover, increasing strength should also passively increase the range of throwing knives.

Agility refers to the body's dexterity, which determines running speed, dodging speed, and reaction speed, and is quite important in actual combat. Constitution refers to the body's strength, which can also be understood as defensive capability, determining how many injuries one can withstand and how long one can survive.

As for mental acuity, it can make one's thinking more agile and improve concentration, which should also help with using throwing knives.

Qin Tian guessed that this body enhancement agent was probably used to improve physical fitness, that is, to increase defense. Although his current physical fitness attribute had reached 8, it was still far inferior to General Bita's two guards who had undergone rock gene modification, after all, the latter's body couldn't even be penetrated by bullets.

If he were shot in a vital area, it would still be extremely dangerous. He just didn't know how much defense this body enhancer would increase; now was clearly not the time to test it out.

He then continued to listen to the system prompts.

"Special lottery begins... Special lottery in progress... Special lottery ends. Congratulations, host, you have obtained a spatial throwing knife! This throwing knife can traverse space and suddenly appear in front of the enemy, making it impossible for the enemy to defend against it."

"A spatial throwing knife?" Qin Tian's eyes lit up. The items he'd drawn from the special lottery were indeed extraordinary; this spatial throwing knife could actually traverse space—it was simply unbelievable. Imagine, the enemy sees you throw the knife from two thousand meters away, and the next instant it's already traversed space and arrived. How could an ordinary person possibly react in time?

The lottery draw concluded. Qin Tian was quite satisfied with the results. He glanced at the flying knife shop and discovered that the spatial flying knives were indeed ridiculously expensive, priced at one hundred million, just like the spatial rings.

As for the body enhancement agent, it wasn't cheap either, costing ten million per bottle, which left him speechless.

Qin Tian's communication with the system took place in the consciousness space, so although it felt like a long time had passed, it was actually only a moment.

At this point, He Zhijun began to confer titles upon the other members of the red blood cell group.

He Xuxiao, the pilot, and Xu Tianlong were all promoted one rank, becoming captains. This promotion speed was actually quite fast, but it was still somewhat slower than Qin Tian's.

Wang Yanbing and Li Erniu even made a leap in rank. They were originally just privates, but after following Qin Tian to South America and Thailand and making meritorious contributions, they were qualified for promotion to officers and both became second lieutenants.

Actually, they were the ones who upgraded the fastest this time.

"Wang Yanbing and Li Erniu, your educational backgrounds are insufficient. You need to strengthen your studies when you go back." However, He Zhijun still gave them some final advice.

The military also values ​​academic qualifications, especially for officers, who generally need to graduate from military academies and can only be promoted if they have made outstanding contributions.

In the end, everyone was overjoyed.

The Red Blood Cell team has now truly become a cadre force; anyone who leaves is an officer. Especially Qin Tian, ​​who led the team, has directly become a colonel, which is already at the regimental commander level. Gong Jian isn't here right now. Speaking of which, when Gong Jian first came to the Red Blood Cell team, he tried to use his rank to pressure Qin Tian. I wonder what he'll think when he returns from his training and sees that Qin Tian has become a colonel.

It's only been less than a year.

After the conferment of ranks is completed, as is customary, there will be a vacation after the mission is accomplished.

This was no exception after the Mekong River operation concluded.

The members of the Red Cell Special Operations Team were given a three-day holiday.

This operation, including preparation and travel time, had actually taken them almost half a month. Qin Tian naturally thought of An Ran immediately.

After all, the two had just confirmed their relationship, met each other's parents, and then parted ways in a hurry.

This time, he has to make it up to An Ran properly.

Before leaving the base, Fan Tianlei found Qin Tian again.

The two stood by the playground, Fan Tianlei looking at Qin Tian with mixed feelings.

"Good job, young man. You've become a colonel, just like me." Fan Tianlei patted Qin Tian's shoulder on the rank insignia and said with some emotion.

"I also have to thank the Chief of Staff for his guidance," Qin Tian said with a smile. This was the truth, after all, he was brought into the army by Fan Tianlei, and Fan Tianlei had always treated him well.

"Haha, but finding you is a testament to my good judgment, and I'm very satisfied with that. I should also have a promotion opportunity later, and I owe it all to you," Fan Tianlei added.

"Congratulations, Chief of Staff," Qin Tian said. Fan Tianlei is currently a colonel; the next promotion would be senior colonel. Senior colonels typically have lifetime appointments and it's very difficult to get promoted further.

This could be considered a bottleneck. Now, it's probably because the red blood cells have performed exceptionally well recently, and Fan Tianlei, the founder of the group, has benefited from this and had an opportunity.

“Once I get promoted, I probably won’t stay in Wolf Fang anymore,” Fan Tianlei said with a laugh. “My Red Cells team is truly in your hands now. But you’re a colonel now, and the higher-ups think so highly of you, so I reckon your Red Cells team will need to expand.”

"Oh?" This caught Qin Tian's attention. He was already a colonel, and it did seem a bit unreasonable to only lead a few people... Although Qin Tian was a colonel, he had no other specific duties assigned to him besides the position of red blood cell group leader. However, generally speaking, the rank of colonel corresponds to the main rank of deputy division-level (brigade-level) officers and regimental-level (deputy brigade-level) officers.

In other words, theoretically he could lead a regiment.

It's really not right that you only have a few people under you now.

Of course, when Red Blood Cell was first established, its goal was to build a cadre team, so it is understandable that it has some special features.

Therefore, Qin Tian is not in a hurry to expand the team. He plans to see the attitude of the higher-ups first, or wait until there are suitable candidates before considering adding members.

“You rascal, the Army Commander personally conferred your rank, which shows how highly the higher-ups regard you. Your future is definitely limitless,” Fan Tianlei said. “However, in my opinion, once word gets out that you killed General Bita, your reputation will definitely be exposed. You might even be approached by a special unit.”

"A special force? Aren't we special forces a special force?" Qin Tian was taken aback.

"I'm talking about a special unit within the special forces, a secret unit, and they're not in our military region. They might try to recruit you. Whether you join or not is up to you," Fan Tianlei explained.

"Is that the unit you and Captain Chen mentioned when I first joined Red Cell?" Qin Tian recalled that when he first joined the army, Fan Tianlei and Chen Shanming had a conversation about a mysterious unit. At that time, Chen Shanming even asked Fan Tianlei if he should report it, but Fan Tianlei yelled at him to shut up.

"That's right, you actually heard it back then?" Fan Tianlei was somewhat surprised. He and Chen Shanming were talking in hushed tones, but he didn't expect Qin Tian to have overheard them.

"My eyesight and hearing have always been good." Qin Tian smiled, then asked, "Are there many people in that unit with superhuman abilities?"

"I don't know the specifics, but what I do know is that their soldiers are incredibly strong! In the past, whenever our country had its most difficult missions, they were always assigned to them, and they never failed," Fan Tianlei said. "To be honest, it was also my own selfish reason. I had my eye on you from the start, how could I bear to let you go? Now, well, I can't control you anymore; the choice is yours." (End of Chapter)