[COD] Newbie's Rise to Power

That's what you think, but reality leaves you in a terrible mess.

At five o'clock in the morning, the wake-up bell rang, and you quickly got dressed and ran to the training ground of the base with your roommates.

Next was a five-kilometer morning run. Although you weren't carrying any weights, your physical fitness was significantly lower than the others, and you finished the run almost half a lap behind.

After you finish running, you lie on the ground, panting heavily, so tired that you don't want to move a single finger.

Actually, you can jog five kilometers normally, but the people here are too fast, and you exhaust yourself quickly in order to keep up.

The blizzard walks over and extends its hand to you: "Are you alright?"

You took her hand and used it to stand up.

"It's not a big problem."

You smiled and gave a forced answer.

After exercising, I wash up and make my bed.

Should you be glad that you don't need to fold your blankets into neat squares here?

Then it's breakfast time, and you go to the base's canteen with Blizzard.

You finished all the food on your plate and drank two large glasses of milk before you were done.

Everything tastes better after exercising!

After some physical training, we had lunch.

After lunch break comes the most important part of the day!

The afternoon sessions typically involve actual military training, including but not limited to: firearms and weapons instruction, shooting, hand-to-hand combat, demolition, combat evasion, and hostage rescue.

Today's training involved disassembling and assembling firearms, and the instructor in charge was...

Zimo! ! ?

"Disassembling and assembling firearms not only trains your reaction speed but also gives you a more comprehensive understanding of firearms. In actual combat, many unexpected situations arise. The more you understand the structure and knowledge of weapons, the faster you can react, and the higher your safety level will be!"

"I don't care where you come from or how much experience you have. You are all new recruits now, so you need to approach learning with a serious attitude! I guarantee you will gain a lot here."

After Wang Zhiqiang finished speaking, he asked everyone to go up and receive a pistol. Then, as he disassembled the pistol, he explained what part of the pistol it was and what its function was.

After explaining, he let the new recruits present start disassembling the parts freely.

He wandered among the crowd, observing silently.

Most of the people here are experienced, so disassembling them isn't too difficult.

But to his surprise, you managed to disassemble it accurately, and you weren't slow at all.

Wang Zhiqiang walked up to you and exclaimed, "I never expected you to have experience in this area."

Yes, experience. Even the most talented person couldn't learn it at a glance, let alone with such smooth movements.

You immediately responded seriously, "Reporting to the instructor, I received this kind of training when I was in school during military training."

Although you know each other, we are in training now, so you know what attitude to use in what situation.

Therefore, your attitude towards him is the same as a soldier's attitude towards an instructor, and you respond in English.

He nodded: "Yes, very good, there are no problems with the disassembly."

Then he walked around again and returned to the front, where he taught how to maintain the guns and how to put them back in place.

In one afternoon, you learned about the structure and assembly techniques of five types of firearms.

I did an extra 3km night run that evening before the day's training was over.

This went on for more than half a month before you finally finished training on guns, bombs, and drones.

"Brother, after this training assessment, what will we train on next?"

In the cafeteria, you tentatively inquired about Wang Zhiqiang.

Wang Zhiqiang stopped eating and frankly said:

"If nothing unexpected happens, the next thing to be arranged is live-fire training."

Blizzard, standing nearby, asked curiously, "So, are you still teaching us, Instructor?"

You also want to know, and even hope, that you can get a different instructor.

It's not that you dislike Wang Zhiqiang, it's just that he was too strict when he was an instructor, so now when you see him you feel like you're seeing a teacher, and you can't chat with him naturally anymore.

Normally, I would avoid them like a mouse would avoid a cat.

Wang Zhiqiang took the initiative to come over so we could have dinner together today.

So you hope to change your instructor, at least to make the atmosphere between you fellow villagers less awkward.

Of course, it would be best if we could have a less strict instructor.

However, Wang Zhiqiang, with his 37-degree mouth, uttered a sentence that chilled you to the bone.

"No, Lieutenant Ghost is in charge of shooting training."

Chapter 7: Hello fellow villagers, fellow villagers are even more...

At the end of each training session, an evaluation and assessment must be conducted.

The gun assessment involves randomly selecting three guns to disassemble into groups, and the shorter the time taken, the higher the ranking.

The test involves assembling an explosive device using provided materials; the more powerful the device, the higher the score.

Drones, on the other hand, are used to test flight and obstacle-crossing capabilities.

In order to have a chance to become a permanent employee, you have put in a lot of effort and almost used all your spare time to figure it out.

I hope to stand out among the new recruits this time.

So while others are relaxing, you are studying.

While others are building social connections, you are learning.

Even Blizzard has found a girlfriend, and you haven't even gotten to know the other girls in your dorm very well, let alone the other new recruits.

However, your time and effort were not in vain. In the final assessment, you won two second places and first place in the drone category, ranking third overall.

Looking at his fourteenth place ranking, Blizzard couldn't help but exclaim, "yn, are all you Chinese this hardworking?"

A complete novice with little experience got third place? Who would believe that?

She didn't understand why it was worth putting in so much effort for a basic assessment with no reward.

As long as you pass the basic line, that's fine. If you don't pass, you can just retake the test. Most people don't care too much about their ranking.

She thought it, and she said it aloud.

Hearing Blizzard's question, your joy at ranking high vanished instantly.

Yes, you worked so hard to get third place, but they just went through the motions and still got two people ahead of you.

It seems there's still a significant gap between you and them. Don't get complacent; you need to work even harder!

You felt a little ashamed: "I thought you would all give it your best, but it seems there is still a big gap between me and you."

Blizzard pats you on the shoulder, offering a casual reassurance: "Don't be discouraged, you were in the top three! That shows you've made great progress, shouldn't we celebrate!"

At this moment, Wang Zhiqiang walked over with a gratified smile on his face:

"Congratulations, YN, third place! That's a great result."

Encouraged by them, you felt somewhat better, but you still humbly said, "There's still a big gap."

Wang Zhiqiang didn't say anything, but simply took something out of his pocket and handed it to you.

"Here, take this as a memento of your hard work this time. Keep up this positive attitude in the future."

You take it; it's a photo of you holding a drone, a broad smile on your face.

This is... when you finished your drone assessment and found out your score, you didn't expect to be filmed.

"This is your first first place. I hope it will accompany you and help you win many more first places."

Wang Zhiqiang will continue to encourage you.

You look at him, touched: "Thank you, brother."

He patted your head like an elder, chatted for a few more minutes, and then left.

After Wang Zhiqiang left, Blizzard, who was standing nearby, finally couldn't help but whisper a question to you:

"Wow, YN. Your relationship with Zimo seems more than just casual~"

Upon hearing this, you quickly waved your hand and explained, "No, it's just that we're from the same hometown, so we're a little closer."

Blizzard, however, disagreed and continued to speak out boldly:

"It's good to be from the same hometown, it's even easier to... accidentally cause a conflict."

Then she smiled knowingly, "I never expected Zimo to have such a considerate side. Men who seem so composed usually have such surprising side! YN, tell me secretly, is Zimo actually quite passionate in private...?"

You quickly covered her mouth, looked around nervously, and then whispered to her:

"Shh! Don't say that, he and I really aren't in that kind of relationship! We have a very simple, extremely simple relationship, understand?"

Only after Blizzard nodded repeatedly did you release your hand from hers.

Then, after you let go, this woman said something in a cheeky way:

"You're shy!"

He spoke very loudly, then turned and ran away.

Feeling incredibly embarrassed by the curious stares of those around you, you immediately run after Blizzard.

"Blizzard! You better not let me catch you!"

This little squabble ended when you caught Blizzard, tickled her all over, and she surrendered.

After the first phase of training ended, the shooting training you least wanted to come was soon to arrive.

You don't know why, but you always feel uneasy when facing ghosts.

It could be his appearance, or it could be his personality, but in any case, you always feel inexplicably nervous and reserved in front of a ghost.