Chapter 1 The Aftermath

When everyone came out of the game pods after exiting the game, they were still in a daze.

After being on edge for "a month," all they got was a "game over," and a feeling of dissatisfaction welled up in their hearts.

But when they thought about it, wasn't their goal to finish the game?

But this game over wasn't what they had imagined.

The moment the door of the Sixth Legion's game training room opened, a streak of rose-red broke through the horizon, attracting the attention of everyone in the room.

This was a sunrise unique to the Sixth Legion.

The pink sun, after a night of immersion, brought a stunning sunrise the moment it broke through the ground, making everyone realize in a daze that they had only been playing the game for one night.

"I feel like it's been so long."

"Who says it isn't? It was so long, and the ending..."

Speaking of the game's ending, which felt like a rushed job, some students were very depressed.

Who would put in serious effort only to get that in the end?

Even though they were rewarded with fifty points each for completing the game, they were still not happy.

"I'm starving. I was full in the game, but we haven't eaten anything out here all night."

While everyone was expressing their dissatisfaction with the game's ending, some honest players suddenly changed the subject.

"That's right, now that you mention it, I'm hungry too."

"Oh, yes, I want to eat something good too. But it's not just that I'm hungry, it's mainly that the water and food in the game made me suspect that something was wrong with my sense of taste."

"Isn't there boxed lunch?"

"But don't you need a lot of points?"

"You guys... am I the only one who didn't meet her?"

Not all players met Mingmei, and not everyone was willing to spend points to buy Mingmei's boxed lunches.

As more people talked about the boxed lunches, Mingmei suddenly felt many gazes falling on her while she was admiring the sunrise.

Mingmei: ???

"Meimei!"

At this moment, Lu Xiaoyao immediately came over and looked at Mingmei, asking curiously, "That..."

"What?"

"How does it feel to exploit a bug and play the role of a mysterious merchant?"

Lu Xiaoyao was still thinking about how Mingmei had become a mysterious merchant because of a game bug. She thought about how many times she had saved her own life with boxed lunches, and now she was curious about how Mingmei felt playing the role of a mysterious merchant.

"It's okay."

Mingmei's answer was very unenthusiastic, which naturally disappointed Lu Xiaoyao.

"That's it?"

"Yeah, it's not like I made it myself, so what's there to feel? Eating it myself also costs points. And I have to carry the boxed lunches everywhere..."

Mingmei's tone was flat, as if she had been tricked and didn't want to say more, which stunned Lu Xiaoyao and made her stop asking.

"Okay, let's go ask if there's breakfast, and then we'll see what the arrangements are later after we eat."

Mingmei patted Lu Xiaoyao on the shoulder and shifted her curiosity elsewhere, "I don't know if the Sixth Legion's food is good. I haven't eaten here before."

"That's right, I don't know if there's (Lu Xiaoyao listing dishes)."

"Shall we go?"

At this time, Mu Chen also walked to Mingmei's side. Mingmei motioned to Lu Xiaoyao, who was still talking, that she didn't want to interrupt.

Mu Chen didn't indulge her, took Mingmei's hand, and simply said to Lu Xiaoyao, "Let's go."

"Okay, boss!"

Subconscious (seeking) (survival) (desire) made Lu Xiaoyao make a choice in an instant.

...

Everyone walked out of the training room one after another, stood on the long corridor, and looked at the rising sun, taking a long breath, as if they could sweep away all their depression.

Mingmei was also coincidental. When she slightly turned her head to look at Mu Chen, she happened to see Mu Chen also looking in one direction. She followed his gaze and saw a group of students with dusty faces.

Soon, others noticed the movement over there.

"They don't seem to be from our school."

"Nonsense, everyone from our school is here, of course they're not from our school."

At this time, a sense of superiority and honor suddenly rose in the people around Mingmei. None of them from the Central Military Academy had any accidents. Everyone was standing here safe and sound.

The group over there even had their uniforms torn, looking quite miserable.

"Big brother, what happened over there?"

There were also senior students on guard at the entrance of the training room. Some people on Mingmei's side were curious, so they politely walked to the side and whispered to them to inquire.

"It's nothing, they were just robbed by space pirates."

Space pirates, this term was very familiar to the players of the Central Military Academy.

The content of space pirates was very high in the game just now.

"Why are there space pirates even out here..."

Some players felt like they were getting space pirate PTSD and couldn't help complaining in their hearts how they were everywhere!

"Are you stupid? Can these space pirates be the same as the ones in the game?"

Suddenly, someone reminded the complaining student.

Lu Xiaoyao stood beside Mingmei, watching Mingmei look at the group of students passing by them, and then glancing at the few players behind them who were communicating.

Lu Xiaoyao couldn't hide her thoughts. She also sensed something was wrong. Seeing Mingmei's appearance, she wasn't uninterested, so she leaned over to Mingmei and whispered.

"Meimei, do you think...they are...could it be..."

For some reason, Mingmei still understood what she meant from Lu Xiaoyao's expressive face, even though Lu Xiaoyao didn't say anything.

Even Lu Xiaoyao could see that they were being tricked by the Sixth Legion. How could those dejected people who were being tricked not know?

Of course, they knew.

After Mingmei and the others went to the cafeteria to eat under the guidance of the veterans, they went to the new recruit assembly square according to the other party's instructions.

After arriving, Mingmei and the others saw more miserable students.

A group of people with dusty faces and dispirited appearances formed a sharp contrast with Mingmei and the others, who were clean, tidy, and full of energy.

Some of them were even injured. For example, Sun Yunzhong, whom Mingmei had met in the game before, had traces of medicine on his head. Judging from those traces, his head had definitely been cracked open before.

"Isn't he the commander? It looks like he's injured even more seriously than those around him."

Mingmei didn't understand how Sun Yunzhong could be injured like this. Mu Chen, who was beside her, heard Mingmei's soft doubts, and his gaze swept around Sun Yunzhong and the others before finally figuring out what was going on.

"That kid probably didn't behave himself and resisted. Most likely, because he was the mastermind, he was caught and treated especially miserably."

As the commander, Sun Yunzhong had some obedient people around him. Carefully following Mu Chen's explanation, Mingmei also saw some people around him who were obviously injured, but now only had traces of medicine left because they had received timely treatment.

Looking at their appearance around Sun Yunzhong now, it was very likely that it was as Mu Chen said.

Mingmei and her group were curious about others, and others were also curious about them.

How could this group of people be so clean and tidy at this time?

Before the two sides could have a thorough exchange, Hu Mingli had already walked in front of everyone. Under everyone's gaze, he only said one sentence: "I am very dissatisfied with the performance of most of you!"