Survival in the Class: I'm the Only Boy on the Bus

Jinlincheng air-raid shelter, military command post.

The place was brightly lit and filled with military-grade computers, telephones, and other equipment.

Signalmen, intelligence analysts, and logistics coordinators were all busy at their computers or on their phones.

The pale blue light from the computer screen reflected on everyone's faces.

Some people's fingers fly across the keyboard, as if afraid that if they slow down even a little, more people will die.

Meanwhile, someone was quickly reporting the orders issued by the command center over a landline.

The sounds of keyboard typing, conversations, and printers rose and fell.

Two people stood in front of the equipment; they were the division commander and chief of staff of the Chinese military.

The division commander's name was Xiao Wangshan.

He was about 70 years old, but had very little gray hair. He was energetic and stood straight. His military uniform was crisp and without a single wrinkle, making him look like a man in his fifties.

But in his eyes, there seemed to be a hidden knife, ready to pierce any enemy at any moment.

Originally, Commander Xiao Wangshan was a very gentle person, like a retired university professor. He would even drink with the new recruits and talk about his embarrassing moments when he first joined the army. Everyone liked this approachable commander.

Even when commanding battles, Xiao Wangshan always maintained a gentle smile, as if everything was under his control.

But today was the first time anyone in the command center had ever seen Xiao Wangshan so menacing.

Everyone understood the reason: Xiao Wangshan's entire family was killed by Japanese soldiers in the major incident that happened in Jinlin City before.

Xiao Wangshan and the chief of staff stood in front of a row of large screens, analyzing the current situation.

These are screens manufactured by the Chinese military, not the giant screens used by the system to publish copy information.

The leftmost screen displays a 3D dynamic top-down view of Jinlin City, with red dots covering the four city gates and blue numbers marking the various battalions or companies.

The North Gate marks Li Xiaoyao's current location.

Jiang Chen and the girls were also marked in the northwest direction outside Jinlin City.

At this moment, the girls were speeding towards the South Gate on a large bus, while Jiang Chen was still assigning tasks to Zi Ying and the others.

There seems to be a protective circle around the blue dot representing the girls. Whenever a red dot representing a zombie enters this protective circle, it immediately disappears.

Division Commander Xiao Wangshan pointed to the rapidly moving blue dots representing the girls, and then to Jiang Chen's blue dot:

"Bring up all the players' screens."

A bird's-eye view of the bus quickly appeared on the large screen next to it.

The bus sped along the highway, and it was difficult to keep up with the view from behind.

Following the bus was a military drone.

Xiao Wangshan squinted at the large bus.

There are 18 menacing-looking attack modules on the roof.

However, only one of these attack modules was continuously spitting fire.

Scattered around the bus were red dots marked by drones, which disappeared as soon as they approached within 5km of the bus.

Xiao Wangshan knew, of course, that the attack modules on the roof of the bus were all S-class, and he even knew what kind of attack modules they were.

Not only did Xiao Wangshan, the division commander, know this, but even his chief of staff knew it.

Because war in this world and this era is not only about personnel and equipment, but also about awakened individuals and players.

Therefore, China collects information from awakened individuals who have already completed the trials, compiles the information into a book, and conducts systematic training for the military.

As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated."

With this understanding of Awakened Ones and Players, you can better utilize your own Awakened Ones and Players, and also respond to the Awakened Ones and Players of the opposing team.

The chief of staff nodded, looking at the group of S-class attack modules on the bus:

"Commander, this team of players is truly extraordinary. They've already acquired so many S-rank attack modules on just the third day. Even Lin Chen's team couldn't do that, right?"

Standing at an angle overlooking Jiang Chen, Xiao Wangshan witnessed the scene of Xiao Cui transforming into a dragon.

Xiao Wangshan's eyes widened slightly:

"This team should be the strongest among the first nine batches of players."

Xiao Wangshan pointed at Jiang Chen, his tone very certain:

"And the most outstanding player in this team is this young man."

Having seen countless people, Xiao Wangshan had long since developed a keen eye for talent. At first glance, he could tell that Jiang Chen was a young man who could become more powerful than all the awakened beings in China.

The key point is that Jiang Chen is willing to help Jinlin City, which is a big plus in Xiao Wangshan's mind.

The chief of staff raised a question:

"Weren't they going to the West Gate? Why did they leave this young man alone?"

Xiao Wangshan thought for a moment, then turned to the chief of staff and gave the order:

"They may have to split into two groups to guard different city gates."

"Have the drones follow these players and have the soldiers coordinate with them."

The chief of staff suddenly stood up straight and saluted Xiao Wangshan, then quickly turned around, picked up the radio, and issued orders to the troops guarding the west, south, and east gates, as well as the camps inside the city.

Suddenly, shouts of alarm rang out from the command center, because the screen was broadcasting live that Jiang Chen was speeding along in his Ferrari while casually blowing the head off a nearby A-class tank zombie.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Wangshan's lips curled into a slight smile.

Unlike the others, he didn't exclaim in surprise; instead, he pondered how to incorporate the power of these players into the strategic system for protecting Golden Scale City.

The chief of staff hurried over and handed a piece of paper to Xiao Wangshan, who had been watching Jiang Chen:

"Commander."

Meanwhile, on the map displaying the real-time dynamics of the battlefield, a huge dragon shadow was crossing Golden Scale City and flying towards the South Gate.

After taking the paper and glancing at the information on it, Xiao Wangshan understood Jiang Chen's arrangements.

For the first time, Xiao Wangshan, who had maintained a solemn expression, smiled.

"I didn't expect these young people to be so confident. It seems I underestimated them!"

"I originally thought they just wanted to guard the nearest West Gate and South Gate."

"I didn't expect them to even want to guard the East Gate!"

Upon hearing Xiao Wangshan's words, everyone in the command post was shocked.

Everyone was somewhat incredulous at what they were seeing.

A player team that had only been in the game for three days dared to split into three groups to fight against three [100,000-level zombie hordes]? And these three zombie hordes also contained [residents]!

The chief of staff was also somewhat shocked. Only the Awakened Squad could split their forces into three groups to fight against the [100,000-level zombie horde] and the [residents], but Jiang Chen and his group were only players on the third day!

Xiao Wangshan was also somewhat shocked, but as the highest commander of Jinlin City at this time, he had to remain calm.

He issued another order to the chief of staff:

"We must cooperate with them and protect them."

"These players might become even more powerful than the First Awakened Squad in the future!"

The chief of staff immediately saluted Xiao Wangshan and then quickly ran off to assign tasks.

Xiao Wangshan stared at the red Ferrari speeding across the screen and muttered to himself:

"Young man, I hope you can bring surprises to Jinlin City, the People's Liberation Army, and the people."

...

The red LaFerrari sped along the highway, Jiang Chen unaware that Commander Xiao Wangshan was placing high hopes on him.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He just wanted to do what he wanted to do, and no one could define him.

And participating in the protection of Jinlin City is what he wants to do at this moment.

Jiang Chen suddenly narrowed his eyes and saw a figure slowly walking towards him from the front of the road.

Jiang Chen slightly reduced the speed of the red sports car.

Upon closer inspection, he discovered that it was actually a little girl with pigtails wearing a tattered white dress!

The little girl raised her hands and kept wiping her eyes with the backs of her hands, crying out:

"Mom, where are you! I...I'm so scared!"