WTYTIAAN Chapter 191

[Fire’s Loneliness], the mage who had just used a few Fireball spells, squatted on the ground, disregarding his image. He didn’t care that the dirt would stain his mage robe, sighing, “This mage is too hard to play. Why is the skill damage so low? The NPCs use magic so coolly. I knew I should have chosen the Swordsman group.”

“[Bin Storm] mocked him, “Who told you that as soon as you heard there was magic, you insisted on joining the magic group? You said your only dream since childhood was to learn magic. Now you’re honest, huh?”

“Come on, this is magic. Dare you say you weren’t tempted at first? If there hadn’t been a limit on the number of people in the magic group, I bet you would have signed up,” [Fire’s Loneliness] snorted, with a “I saw through you long ago” expression. “Who’s still believing in Ultraman to this day?”

[Bin Storm] looked away, his ear tips a little hot. “Don’t talk nonsense. What Ultraman?”

[Fire’s Loneliness] looked teasing. “Oh? Then whose Tiga figurine was confiscated by the dormitory inspector during the last dormitory internal affairs check? It’s so hard to guess? Could it be that someone among us still believes in light? What do you say, Brother Wang?”

[Bin Storm] angrily said, “You!”

[Woof Woof Squad] chuckled, not participating in the bickering between the two.

[Hell Cruiser] yawned. “Yan and Bin are still so close. No wonder they grew up together and joined the army together, childhood sweethearts~”

That last word made the two people involved simultaneously reveal disgusted expressions, glaring at [Hell Cruiser] with perfect understanding, and saying in unison, “What childhood sweethearts!”

[Woof Woof Squad] laughed even harder, saying, “Exactly, Little Yang, you’re not being rigorous. Childhood sweethearts describe a boy and a girl. Our Yan and Bin, two boys, aren’t suitable for childhood sweethearts. Bamboo horses are more like it.”

[Hell Cruiser] was glared at by the two, rolled his eyes, hugged a staff, and looked lifeless. “Oh, okay, bamboo horses.”

[Fire’s Loneliness] and [Bin Storm] still wanted to argue, but were interrupted by [Ying Yi]. “Alright.”

As soon as the captain spoke, the somewhat tense atmosphere immediately disappeared, and the five-person squad returned to their usual harmony. Although they were all under the military, they weren’t from the same place, and their units were also different.

Three years ago, after a secret meeting was held, a special transfer order was issued to their respective units. After signing confidentiality agreements, thousands of talented people from different specialties were transferred from different units and entered this secret action unit.

The five members of their squad were selected by special transfer orders, entered the secret action unit after signing confidentiality agreements, formed a five-person squad, and began a three-year long training period. Three months ago, they didn’t even know what their target was.

It was also a coincidence that there were two pairs of friends in this five-person squad.

They were Li Yan and Li Bin, who often bickered but came from the same village and grew up together; and Captain Zhai Yingyi and the oldest Uncle Wang Wang Cheng.

Yuan Haiyang, the only one who wasn’t familiar with the four, was a real technical staff member, with a pale face from training all day, looking half-dead as if he was about to die in the next second.

After nearly three years of training, just when they thought this secret unit was no different from ordinary units, their mission finally revealed its mysterious veil.

Three months ago, the secret unit held a collective meeting and placed the game “Homeward Journey” in front of them, telling them that this was their next target—playing the game.

“Rest for fifteen minutes, then continue to go deeper,” [Ying Yi] looked up at the sky and ordered.

[Fire’s Loneliness] cheered, while [Hell Cruiser] had already sat down on the spot, almost lying down directly. The staff as tall as a person was thrown aside by him, looking as if he was about to die.

[Ying Yi] glanced at him. “Don’t throw weapons around casually. Have you forgotten discipline?”

[Hell Cruiser] struggled to move his body, his fingertips hooked on the edge of the staff, and dragged it over little by little, placing it on his legs. His face seemed to have become paler because of this short action.

The others were used to it. [Hell Cruiser] wasn’t in their squad from the beginning, but joined halfway. His training time was only a little over a year, and in this year, they had long been accustomed to [Hell Cruiser]’s appearance of being half-dead after training.

At first, they would be surprised, but now they could ignore it skillfully.

In [Hell Cruiser]’s words, this was his special resting mode.

[Fire’s Loneliness], who used a small staff, didn’t have this kind of trouble. He casually inserted the staff, pinned it to his waistband, and took out a box of [Honey Cakes] from his backpack. He opened the box, took one and held it in his mouth, then threw it to [Bin Storm].

[Bin Storm] caught it with quick eyes and hands, and distributed rations to the other members of the squad. Even the captain [Ying Yi] took a piece.

[Woof Woof Squad] glanced at the honey cake in his hand. “Did you use all the remaining copper coins to buy food?”

[Fire’s Loneliness] replied vaguely, “Yeah, anyway, basic weapons will be issued by the higher-ups, and if it doesn’t work, there’s a chance to drop equipment by fighting monsters. Just leave a little money to repair equipment. Didn’t the higher-ups say that we can use the coins left to us ourselves?”

“That’s true,” [Woof Woof Squad] said, “But it’s better to use this money to buy other equipment or props. After all, you can’t take the things you eat here back with you. You still have to eat when you return to the real world.”

This game world was very real, but after all, they were two worlds. When players were full in the game, it only replenished the stamina bar of the game character, and it had no effect on the body in the real world. Therefore, this behavior of spending money to buy food in the game was not cost-effective in the eyes of most people in their strategy team.

[Fire’s Loneliness] waved his hand. “Brother Wang, what’s the big deal? Some squads even secretly buy alcohol to drink. I haven’t bought it!”

They were playing games on official orders, and the process of playing games was equivalent to going on a mission. Drinking alcohol during the mission was a blatant violation of discipline. If they were caught in the real-world army, they would be given a major demerit. It was only in the game that the management wasn’t so strict, so that guy was able to muddle through.

He was just using pocket money to buy some delicious food to satisfy his appetite, which was already very obedient!

[Woof Woof Squad] shook his head and glanced at [Ying Yi]. Seeing that the captain didn’t care, he didn’t say anything more. Most of the gold and silver coins they had earned had been handed over, and only some copper coins were indeed left for them to use on their own.

He took a bite of the honey cake, and the sweet and soft taste danced on his taste buds. He couldn’t bear to stop after one bite. [Woof Woof Squad] paused, and after thinking about it, he wondered if he could get the recipe for honey cakes and replicate them in the real world after going back. Even if there were materials that didn’t exist in the real world, it would be easy to find substitutes, right?

He felt that his daughter would definitely like the taste of this honey cake. Thinking of his daughter who had just been born not long ago, [Woof Woof Squad]’s expression couldn’t help but soften.

He was caught by [Bin Storm], who looked teasing. “Brother Wang, are you thinking about your wife and daughter again? Then work hard later and complete this month’s mission quickly so you can apply to leave the army and go home earlier.”

[Woof Woof Squad] was interrupted in his thoughts, but wasn’t annoyed. He said with a smile, “I guess it won’t work. The higher-ups have sent down some more tasks. We probably have to work non-stop for another half a month before we can get some free time.”

[Bin Storm] and [Fire’s Loneliness], who suddenly learned of this bad news, immediately slumped, comparable to [Hell Cruiser].

“Really? We’re already spending eight consecutive hours in this game every day, and after returning to reality, we have to do six hours of training. Does the higher-ups really think we’re made of iron?” [Bin Storm] had a sad face. “Even if the body is in deep sleep in the game, this state of high mental activity can’t be completely regarded as sleep, right!”

“Exactly, exactly!” [Fire’s Loneliness] echoed, and asked the captain [Ying Yi] for confirmation, “Captain, this can’t be true, right?”

[Ying Yi] pursed his lips and looked at the sky. “Well… maybe it’s more than that.”

Everyone showed an expression as if struck by lightning.

[Hell Cruiser], who had been silent and replenishing energy, became even more gray-faced after learning of this bad news.

“However,” [Ying Yi] said, “When the newbies are almost familiar with this, um, game, we’ll be able to relax a bit.”

What he was talking about was naturally the people in their secret action unit among the newly added seven thousand players. Because they had been prepared, and this internal beta signup link didn’t pop up in the middle of the night, their unit had won a lot of places. Nearly a thousand places had been won by the unit.

When this batch of newbies got started, their mission would be easier.

Hearing the captain’s comfort, although everyone’s expressions were still not very good, it also eased a little. At least there was still some hope of resting, not an endless overtime hell.

“Speaking of which, Yan, why are you wearing a sad face? Don’t you like playing games very much?” [Woof Woof Squad] couldn’t help but say, “Before, during the training period, you had to find time to secretly play that what… Genshin? Shouting about Electro Archon something Mei wife every day, how come you’re not happy when you’re really allowed to play? This is also a game.”

[Fire’s Loneliness]: …

“Genshin is a General wife, Raiden Mei is another game!” [Fire’s Loneliness] corrected seriously, “Although they all have purple hair and neat bangs, they have different beauty!”

[Hell Cruiser] muttered silently: “Si Zhai zhen e xin.” (Disgusting otaku)

[Fire’s Loneliness] blushed. “I said, I’m just a game player, not a dead otaku!”

“Besides, you can only feel happy when you play the game for entertainment, right? Playing the game as a job is also tiring!”

This statement was recognized by everyone present, especially [Woof Woof Squad], who was older and not interested in games himself. He was really confused for a long time when he knew that the next mission was to play games on official orders.

“I’m already old, and I didn’t expect to have the opportunity to ‘indulge’ in games.” [Woof Woof Squad] sighed, “It’s a pity that I signed a confidentiality agreement, otherwise I would definitely complain to my wife about this.”

“Brother Wang, you’re not old, only forty-something.” [Fire’s Loneliness] disagreed.

“Haha, I’m already very old. There are only a few people in the entire secret action unit who are older than me, and they’re basically all commanders,” [Woof Woof Squad] shook his head.

“Speaking of which, Brother Wang, if you had known that this secret action meant playing games, would you still have accepted the transfer order?”

“Um? If I had known at the beginning… it’s hard to say, but I probably would have accepted it,” [Woof Woof Squad] thought for a while. “Since the higher-ups have chosen me, there must be special considerations, and the confidentiality level is so high, I can guess that this task is very important, so I would still accept it.”

After speaking, the few people looked at each other and fell silent tacitly.

If they had any doubts about this mission of playing games on official orders at the beginning, but when they personally experienced this so-called holographic game, and based on the mission content issued by the higher-ups, they could more or less guess some of the things that the higher-ups were hiding.

It was very incredible, but after excluding all impossibilities, only this answer could explain everything.

The future of Blue Star may change because of this game that came out of nowhere.

And they, these so-called players, will become pioneers.

Even they found it difficult to refuse the opportunity to unveil the veil of the mysterious world.

The five were quiet for a while, [Ying Yi] ate the last bite of honey cake and clapped his hands, “That’s about it, let’s continue the mission, we can finish earlier today and rest more after going back.”

“Stand up.”

With an order, the four stood up quickly, without any extra conversation.

Obeying orders, this was something that only people from the army would have.

The little black cat, who had been squatting in the tree, took everything into his eyes. Seeing that they were finally preparing to continue moving forward, he stretched lazily and prepared to continue following them.

Yan Yunqing had followed these people since they encountered the Ghost-Faced Earthworm, and he had also listened to all their banter during rest. Although some of the things they said were relatively vague, Yan Yunqing could also guess a thing or two by substituting some of the information he already knew, so he wouldn’t be completely confused.

After listening to everything, he also had a certain understanding of the actions of the national daddy.

They had been preparing for this since three years ago? There was even a secret action unit.

This was actually just for a game. If Yan Yunqing was still on Blue Star, he definitely wouldn’t believe such rumors if he heard them.

Yan Yunqing even heard a meaning from their conversation: their secret action unit was collecting a large number of items from the “Homeward Journey” world, tradable props, monster drops, dungeon drops, and so on.

This didn’t seem to be of much use at first glance. After all, large game player guilds would also do this, integrating a large number of game resources in the early stage to focus on improving the top combat power of some top players.

But it was different when placed on the official people.

They collected these items… probably for research.

But what’s the use of researching items in a game? Unless… the official people thought that these items could also be replicated in the real world?

Yan Yunqing was a little frightened by his own speculation. He glanced at the five-person squad who had already walked a distance away, and leaped forward to catch up with their pace.