That night, Meng Liang'ao, commander of the Senhai First Machine Infantry Regiment, held a banquet at the Wantai Hotel in Yinsen Underground City to welcome Wang Chen.
As the empire's last stronghold on Senhai Planet, Yinsen Base is divided into two parts: the surface and the underground. The upper part is a military base, while the lower part is a city that accommodates hundreds of thousands of people.
Wang Chen's first impression of this underground city was that it was ancient.
It’s not that it has a very long history, but it’s like this city traveled hundreds of years ago to the present, or that it hasn’t been updated for hundreds of years since it was built.
Wang Chen had only seen the various buildings, public facilities, transportation, etc. in historical documentaries.
For example, all the cars running on the streets are fuel-powered!
And the most luxurious hotel where Meng Liang'ao hosted a banquet for him gave Wang Chen the illusion of dreaming back to his previous life.
Not a trace of the empire's high-tech technology can be seen here.
"Get used to it."
Meng Liang'ao was obviously worried that Wang Chen wouldn't adapt, so he comforted him: "When I first came here, I felt like I was exiled to a wild planet. It took me a long time to barely adapt."
The reason why Yinsen Base has such a scene is entirely because geomagnetic storms and energy tides interfere and invade high-tech products too much.
In fact, this underground city was built less than a hundred years ago. Although a variety of defense and shielding measures have been deployed, it cannot completely resist the influence from the outside world.
Those valuable technology products are often scrapped within a few weeks. No one can bear such losses for a long time.
That's why the things in Yinsen Dungeon look so old - simple and durable!
Although the situation at surface bases is better, it is not much better. Large equipment such as transport spacecraft usually stay on the space station in synchronous orbit, and will only land on the planet when a safe window appears.
This also resulted in the people on Senhai Planet being unable to access and use the star network, and becoming isolated existences among hundreds of life planets in the empire. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were sent here to be exiled.
The officers of the Mech Infantry Regiment sitting at the same table all showed empathetic expressions.
Wang Chen nodded: "It's okay, I can get used to it."
Senhaixing fell behind and returned, but for him, he could still live comfortably even on a real wild planet, so why would he care!
The most important thing is that the mission given to Wang Chen by the Seventh Fast Anti-Fleet Fleet is very short. No matter whether it is completed or not, he will have to return to the TK043 space fortress.
"That's good."
Meng Liang'ao said with a smile: "Come and drink, this is the unique peach wine on Senhai Planet!"
The mechanized infantry commander served Wang Chen tonight with a green-colored drink that smelled fruity and had a great taste in his mouth, making him feel refreshed.
Wang Chen drank a drink and nodded involuntarily: "Good wine."
"Drink more if you like!"
There was a hint of ambiguity in Meng Liangao's smile: "Let's have a good drink first, there will be a show later."
Wang Chen played with the empty cup in his hand, smiled and did not answer.
Although this kind of peach wine is not a technological product, it does have a weak hallucinogenic effect, but it is masked by its unique taste, making it impossible for ordinary people to distinguish it.
Then the more I drank, the happier I became.
The more you drink, the more you get drunk!
Are you so eager to pull yourself into the water?
Wang Chen could use his toes to figure out what the next show was going to be. It was nothing more than a sensual show.
But when he first arrived, he didn't know what was going on. Anyway, it was just a glass of wine to dry up, and he drank with Meng Liang'ao and other officers of the mechanized infantry regiment, and drank very happily.
After draining more than a dozen bottles of pecan wine, Meng Liang'ao and several officers were all red-faced, their eyes were wandering, their words were a bit tongue-in-cheek, and they were at least sixty-seven points drunk.
But Wang Chen, who drank the most, sat still without changing his expression, and his eyes became brighter.
"Consultant Wang has a good drinker!"
Meng Liang'ao realized that it was impossible to get Wang Chen drunk, so he sighed: "I can't bear it anymore. Let's just stop here tonight. What's our next show?"
There was a hint of solemnity in his tone.
Wang Chen said happily: "Okay."
This Wantai Hotel not only has restaurants, but also a large casino and nightclub, offering everything you need to eat, drink, and have fun.
Under Meng Liang'ao's warm reception, after Wang Chen had eaten and drank enough, he went to the casino to play and won hundreds of thousands of stars, and then went to a nightclub to spend all his money.
As the top military administrator of the Yinsen base, Meng Liang'ao is like the emperor of this underground city. He entertains Wang Chen with the best wine and the most beautiful women, and he doesn't even pay half of his own money!
Wang Chen did not refuse the other party's hospitality, but in the end he did not take the girl to stay in the hotel.
The first day he came to Senhaixing was a very fulfilling one.
The next day, Wang Chen saw his men in the surface base.
He came here as the staff officer and captain of the military police of the Senhai 1st Machine Infantry Regiment.
Although the former is the main duty, this army ranks very low in the imperial army and belongs to the local garrison of the third and fourth lines. In addition, Senhaixing is far away from the front line, so the staff officer is basically a decoration.
Even if Meng Liang'ao died suddenly and the deputy regiment and sergeant major took over, it would not be Wang Chen's turn to take over.
On the contrary, the gendarmerie captain has a real job.
The gendarmerie of the Senhai 1st Machinery Infantry Regiment has a strength of 100 people, but only 74 people actually reported to Wang Chen, including civilian personnel.
The other 26 people died or were injured in the previous civil strife, and the vacancies have not been filled yet.
As for Wang Chen, the young captain who landed by air, the military police sergeants did not show much welcome or respect. Most of them had doubts and vigilance in their eyes, as if the former was not a superior but an opponent.
This situation is obviously very abnormal.
Wang Chen didn't pay attention to this, and he didn't do anything to establish his authority. He just said a few words and asked everyone to go back to their places and do their own things.
In the next few days, Wang Chen was not in a hurry to investigate the rebel forces lurking on Senhai Planet. He gradually became familiar with his duties and gradually understood and mastered the internal situation of the Senhai First Infantry Regiment.
The soldiers and officers of the Senhai 1st Machine Infantry Regiment also gradually got to know the new major staff officer.
It's just that apart from the superficial courtesy, they don't have much respect for Wang Chen. Some of them hide their contempt and hostility in their hearts, and then keep a tacit understanding of keeping a distance from Wang Chen.
It smells like keeping a distance.
As a result, after half a month, Wang Chen had not successfully integrated into the army, but was instead vaguely excluded and isolated.
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