I transformed into a cute girl and lived a carefree life in the apocalypse.

"Oh... Oh, I understand."

Fang He suddenly came to his senses, only to find himself overwhelmed, and he slunk away with his son.

On the other side, Yan Ziming had already passed the second layer of identity verification and officially entered the base to meet up with Xiao Qi and Yuan Yuan.

I wonder if Mu Mu and the others have arrived yet...

Yan Ziming thought to himself, "My phone has been confiscated, so I can't contact Mu Mu and the others. But if they arrive, Mu Mu should be able to find me easily, given her abilities."

There are a lot of superhumans here, numbering in the hundreds. This is because the superhuman guardians from various universities have all gathered here; otherwise, there wouldn't be so many.

During this time, Yan Zimo encountered an acquaintance again.

"Oh, it's you."

Yan Ziming patted the young man on the shoulder and greeted him warmly, but the young man gave Yan Ziming a sour look.

"Tsk, how come I run into you here? You're a college student too?" Murong Haiyi looked annoyed, as if he had swallowed a fly.

"Why are you, a grown man, so hung up on the past? Besides... hey, what did you just say? What do you mean 'I'm a college student too'?"

"Huh? I came here as a college student, and my sister is here too," Murong Haiyi said matter-of-factly.

"Why would a high-level superhuman like you go to university?"

"You don't know anything! This is just for show, just to put on a show. I'll never actually go there."

"...You rich people are so slutty."

Yan Ziming said speechlessly, "As expected, the thoughts of the rich cannot be judged by common sense."

In this day and age, what's the point of gilding yourself? Hard power is the most shining part of your whole body; everything else is worthless.

"Wait a minute, if you went to university to get a prestigious degree, then what are you doing here this time?" Yan Ziming noticed the blind spot.

and.......

Upon closer inspection, she could see many other young men from prominent families gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

"You don't know?" Murong Haiyi asked in surprise.

"What do you mean, 'know' or 'don't know'?"

"Eighty percent of the funds spent by all the schools in Bei'an this time were funded by major wealthy and powerful families."

Yan Ziming was taken aback, then remembered what Aunt Xia, Mu Mu's mother, had said, and immediately understood.

It seems they're still unwilling to give up on building their commercial empire in Yong'an and other new cities!

Indeed, with such a large piece of the pie, how could the major families who control the capital give it up so easily?

In addition, the national leadership has recently expressed its stance that it will not allow any "monopoly" or "commercial monopoly." As a result, companies in several new cities, led by Yong'an, have had to compromise and decide to let the younger generation handle the business, which led to this large-scale trip.

So don't be fooled by the large number of scions of prominent families here; in fact, a large portion of them are only enrolled temporarily.

"Alright, I won't say any more. Goodbye."

Turning around, Yan Ziming found that Fang He had already arrived, and everyone was present. He then returned to the queue, waiting for the moment when military training would begin.

After chatting with several officers not far away, Meng Shaojun walked over and shouted loudly, "Now, military training begins! Male and female students, line up in a row and step forward!"

"Xiaoqi, Yuanyuan, keep it up." Yan Ziming patted the two little girls on the head one last time to encourage them.

"Hey, Sister Zimo, aren't you going to participate?"

“The guardianship is voluntary, so I won’t ask for trouble.”

Yan Ziming thought she could finally reunite with Mu Mu and the others and spend this hard-won time together, but Meng Shaojun's next sentence made her want to kill him:

"During the military training, parents are free to participate, but those who do not participate are not allowed to move around freely and can only rest in place."

"........"

Well, that was expected. After all, the guardians aren't here for tourism; they're here to accompany their children. Seeing their parents leisurely strolling around, how could the students possibly be in the mood for military training?

Chapter Twenty-Three: It's the same again!

The sky had gradually darkened. It was already past April, and the temperature had begun to rise. Even at night, there was no sign of it getting cooler.

Surrounding Yan Ziming were students dressed in dark green military uniforms, including junior high, high school, and university students, divided into several large formations, undergoing training of varying intensities.

"I am bored......."

Yan Ziming sat under the shade of a tree, the dim light falling on her. She yawned, occasionally teasing the insects, utterly bored.

As expected, not many parents were willing to participate in the military training; there were only about ten parents in the entire junior high school.

There are more high school students, around twenty or so, and university students... university students still need their parents to accompany them! They're not little kids anymore.

In short, the number of parents was pitifully small.

Parents who are too old for strenuous exercise like military training account for 70% of the total, about 20% are middle-aged people around 30 years old, and less than 10% are young people in their early 20s.

The total number of middle-aged and young people is around five hundred, and those with superpowers make up more than half of the young and middle-aged people.

However, only a tiny fraction of those who were willing to accompany their children during military training were actually one-tenth of the participants.

This is a dangerous sign.

Even those with superpowers are not proactive, which shows that the Bei'an area is too peaceful, causing the people here to become complacent and unwilling to endure hardship.

The military probably didn't expect so few guardians to participate. They had prepared at least ten instructors on standby, but only one was actually useful, which was incredibly awkward.

Yan Ziming was also one of those who didn't want to participate, but due to the rules, he could only sit here leisurely and pass the time.

Given her status, she could naturally leave whenever she wanted, but she had the responsibility of protecting Xiaoqi and Yuanyuan, so she endured it.

Meng Shaojun, who was not far away, ordered Xiao Qi and the others to maintain the right-footed marching posture before walking towards her.

Yan Ziming rolled her eyes at him: "What are you doing here? Don't expect me to make up the numbers."

"You can read minds? I haven't even told you yet and you already know."

Meng Shaojun shrugged helplessly and advised, "Please help us out. It's really embarrassing to see so few parents willing to sign up."

"Even if it's embarrassing, it's not your face that's being lost, so what's there to be afraid of?"

Meng Shaojun's temples have prominent blue veins.

"So what's shameful is someone like you, a lazy bum who's in the prime of your youth but hides under the shade of a tree and slacks off!"

Yan Ziming was not happy about this:

"Hey, that's going too far. I may only be nineteen, but I'm a high-level ability user, okay? Ordinary military training is completely useless to me. You want me to waste my precious time on useless work while trying to ease your awkwardness?"

"..." How could I not refute what Qi Xiu said?

"And look, I'm the youngest among the guardians, younger than some college students. It would be strange for me to go up there."

"It's precisely because you're young that you can inspire people in their twenties and thirties. When others see a young girl like you stepping forward, how can they remain indifferent?"

"..." Yan Ziming sighed deeply, and finally stood up helplessly: "Really, why do you, a lieutenant general, have so much free time!"

"Of course, it's still to find some talented people among these students. Longteng is about to start mass production, and we are in dire need of people who know this industry. We can't find enough people in the army, so we can only find them from this group. So don't think I'm so free, I also have a proper job."

Since they had persuaded him to this extent, Yan Ziming had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, okay, I'll help you this time, but you'll owe me a favor. Also, I won't take off my sunglasses, you'll have to explain that to the instructor yourself."

"......"

Yan Ziming reluctantly joined the line of guardians to report for duty, and gloriously stood at attention with them...

This was incredibly easy for Yan Ziming; with the physical abilities of a superhuman, he could stand for an entire day without any problem.

The effect is also immediate.

Seeing that such a delicate young girl had gone up, while he, a strong and burly man, was still hiding under the shade of a tree, he felt a sense of shame that he couldn't shake off.

Therefore, within two hours of Yan Ziming joining, more than seventy people eagerly joined, and the team of guardians quickly grew.

For some reason, Fang He, who had made a bet with Yan Ziming, was nowhere to be found. His whereabouts were unknown, which made Director Zhou's face turn frosty, but he was helpless.

After all, they have bigger fists, so what can we really do to them?

During the training, Yan Ziming completed the exercises given by the instructor with fairly standard and perfect movements. In the end, even the instructor had no choice but to let her stand at attention alone. The physical training of these mortals was just child's play for the superhumans.

Meanwhile, Yan Ziming, feeling bored, stood there motionless like a javelin.

Others thought she was diligently completing the training given by the instructor, but that wasn't the case. What her sunglasses concealed was her eyes, which were already closed.

She was thinking about how to ensure she could move at the speed of light.

She's pretty sure now that with her current abilities, achieving true light speed is just a pipe dream.

Since the speed of light is not feasible, she can only set her sights on sub-light speed or even lower standards. The speed of light is not a necessity for her at the moment.

So she started thinking about where to begin.

[Sub-light speed... that's still a bit of a stretch...]

She has enough energy, but the problem is that she can't unleash enough energy instantly at the same time.

To put it simply, it can be understood as having enough "power," but the "jet nozzle" is not big enough to send an airplane into the air.

Then Yan Ziming would have to find a way to widen this "mouth" so that the sub-light speed movement could be implemented smoothly.