That female pioneer, after decisively taking down the mutated beast pouncing on the city wall, disregarded the disgusting mucus and stinky beast blood on her body. She rolled on the spot, picked up the automatic rifle of the pioneer who had fled earlier, and fired both guns simultaneously, blasting the mutated beasts that had climbed to the top of the city wall into pieces.

Lu Chi’s forward steps also halted.

The female pioneer stood at the forefront of the battle line, wielding two guns, exceptionally brave.

This scene seemed to stimulate the other pioneer warriors as well. They stepped forward, stood beside their comrades, steadied their minds, and began to replace magazines and kill mutated beasts in an orderly manner.

In fact, these three-meter-level mutated beasts were not very threatening or lethal.

An equal number of ordinary human soldiers who had undergone systematic training could basically annihilate the mutated beasts without injury while armed with guns!

Moreover, with the advantage of the city wall, if the pioneers cooperated well and had accurate marksmanship, these mutated beasts would not be able to break through within thirty meters!

Earlier, due to fear and panic, the pioneer legion’s formation had become chaotic. But now, with this female pioneer taking the lead, the pioneers began to counterattack frantically. Bullets rained down like a storm, and soon the city wall was filled with stinky liquid and fragmented corpses.

"Da da da!"

With the last few gunshots, the body of a worm-like mutated beast was shattered, and its remains fell from the top of the city wall, splattering into minced meat.

The entire city wall became quiet.

"Ugh!"

Someone began to vomit.

During the battle, everyone's adrenaline had surged to the limit, and both fear and pain were minimized. Now that they suddenly relaxed, the effect of adrenaline disappeared, and they looked at the corpses and broken internal organs all over the ground, like a living hell.

Although the members of these pioneer legions had personally experienced disasters before, they had only acted as "witnesses" in the disasters. This time, however, they were asked to resist the disasters themselves, which were two completely different experiences.

"Thump!"

Someone collapsed to the ground, panting heavily, then covered their face and began to cry bitterly.

Although they had undergone a week of training, it was their first time on the battlefield, and Li Tianran was not surprised by their reaction.

In fact, Li Tianran was very satisfied that the pioneer legion could perform like this in their first real battle.

"Start counting the wounded and battle damage!" Soon, the female pioneer came to Lu Chi and began to report to him the precise casualty data of the first battle.

In this battle, which lasted only three minutes, a total of seventy-two mutated beasts were killed, and the pioneer legion also had twenty-seven minor injuries, three serious injuries, and no deaths...

Li Tianran glanced at the battlefield and saw that the pioneers had forcibly broken free from the emotions of vomiting and fear, and began to get up and rescue their injured comrades.

On the other side, the female pioneer also finished reporting to Lu Chi and stood aside.

"After experiencing a bloody battle, I believe they will grow very quickly. Although this training method is a bit cruel, it is indeed the fastest way for them to integrate into the role." Li Tianran said softly. Soldiers who have seen blood are completely different combatants from new recruits who are only on the training ground.

Only when they have seen the enemy's blood and their own blood flowing on the earth on the battlefield can they truly deserve the title of warrior.

"In such a dangerous situation just now, those strong men next to you didn't dare to pounce on it. How dare you jump up and kill that mutated beast?" Li Tianran beckoned to the female pioneer standing in the distance and asked, "What drove you to do this? Faith or loyalty?"

The female pioneer was stunned when she heard this. She was extremely excited and nervous at this time. She knew very well that she was facing an excellent opportunity. If she answered this question to Li Tianran's satisfaction, then she would definitely be able to stand out and occupy an important position in the pioneer legion!

Loyalty…

Faith…

Fearlessness…

Serving you…

Countless gorgeous, beautiful, and noble words appeared in her mind. She believed that as long as she said any of the above reasons, she would be appreciated by Li Tianran.

But the words that came to her lips were: "I didn't think about faith, and I didn't think about any loyalty..."

"My parents are in the logistics department of the pioneer legion. They are all very ordinary people and are destined not to make much of a contribution..."

"I am the only one who can participate in the war. If I can't show my value on the battlefield, then I will probably be kicked out of the team. If I am eliminated, my parents will definitely not be able to stay here."

"And I don't want anything to happen to this land, because it is our last sanctuary. In order to make it last forever, in order to let my parents in the rear live in peace, I am willing to risk my life to defend it."

What the female pioneer said was not great, nor loyal enough, and even a little selfish.

But Li Tianran was not angry, but laughed.

This is the most human way of saying it. Those reasons for fighting for faith, for loyalty, and for the future are too far and too big for the pioneer legion at this time.

Faith will collapse.

Loyalty will change.

The future will be deceived.

The combat power that erupts from these three goals may be disintegrated.

Only the goal of defending the homeland and defending the family, which seems to be the most selfish and basic goal in human blood, cannot be disintegrated by any lies or powerful enemies.

If everyone in the pioneer legion has a sense of belonging to Kuangxi Island and regards Kuangxi Island as their home, then fighting for this goal, they will explode with the most powerful combat power.

"You answered very well, I remember you." Li Tianran nodded and smiled.

Lu Chi turned and walked towards her, whispering a few words in her ear. Soon, an excited expression appeared on her face. Obviously, her performance had made Lu Chi notice her, and she had also been promoted from an ordinary soldier to squad leader.

"Instructor Lu...I, I..." At this moment, the male pioneer who had fled the battlefield earlier walked up to Lu Chi and stuttered: "I was too scared before, you...you punish me! Punish me for cross-country running! Punish me for carrying weight..."

"Do you know what crime a deserter on the battlefield should be convicted of?" Lu Chi asked expressionlessly.

"..." The male pioneer trembled.

"I won't kill you, get out of Kuangxi Island." Lu Chi waved his hand and said coldly.

"Instructor Lu! I beg you, don't drive me away! I will never be a deserter again next time!" The male pioneer knelt on the ground with a thump, slapping himself hard on the ears, crying bitterly: "I'm not afraid of death myself, my wife and children are still young, I'm worried about what will happen to them if something happens to me..."

"Don't you think about what will happen to your comrades if you become a deserter?" Lu Chi kicked the other party to the ground and pointed at his nose and said, "Get out!"

The pioneer warriors around were silently watching this scene, and no one dared to intercede, because they knew that the other party had made an unforgivable mistake.

"My children are still young..." The male pioneer trembled.

"Your wife and children can continue to stay here." Li Tianran put his hands in his pockets, looked into the distance, and suddenly said softly.

The male pioneer was stunned, then his body softened and he kowtowed to Li Tianran repeatedly: "Thank you! Thank you!"

A few minutes later, a small wooden raft entered the sea from the north of Kuangxi Island. The male pioneer took the raft out to sea and slowly drifted away. A wave rolled up, and the raft completely disappeared from sight.

"Clean up the battlefield." Li Tianran waved his hand and walked towards the foot of the city wall, then, as if he had remembered something, he instructed: "If this man's wife and children ask about him, just say...he died in this battle, a warrior who died to protect his home!"

Lu Chi frowned: "Is there any need for this?"

"He paid the price for being a deserter, there's no need to implicate his family..." Li Tianran rubbed his nose: "If he bears this kind of shame, I'm afraid it won't be long before the mother and daughter will collapse."

"That is the responsibility of that coward. He should have considered this before he became a deserter!" Lu Chi said coldly.

Li Tianran was silent for a moment: "If we fabricate a lie, perhaps this child will take this fictional father as an example in the future and become a loyal and powerful warrior..."

"And if we tell them the truth, in the end, this child will only become a twisted pervert in shame..."

"The wrongdoer is dead, why destroy a child?"