It was not until more than a month later that Guan Ningying recovered from her injuries and could finally get out of bed and walk around.
The nightmare-like guard battle that night not only cost him his best friend, but also left a scar on his originally handsome face that extended from his brow bone to his lip.
The military medical officer said that this was a blood curse of resentment from the faceless shadow ape. Not only could it not be eliminated, it would also produce a paralyzing reaction similar to toxins, solidifying the expression on his face.
As time goes by, you may not be able to smile anymore and keep this expression forever.
"So, I will be the legendary 'Scarface' from now on?"
Guan Ningying laughed at himself, and the muscles on his face trembled as if twitching. He walked out of the rows of accommodation buildings in the defense area on crutches.
Along the way, I also met many new faces, all of whom were newly recruited guards from the rear these days. They were all from the Relic Academy, and no matter which branch they were from, they were all called seniors and juniors.
Perhaps after some time, the Heritage Academy will no longer be divided into seven colleges.
The junior students looked enthusiastically at the medal on Guan Ningying's chest, stopped to salute, and after passing by, whispered excitedly.
Guan Ningying lowered his head and looked at the "Guard Hero" medal. The flames in his chest instantly rose up, burning fiercely, and his blood surged up, making him flush with shame and anger.
In the eyes of others, this represents supreme glory.
It was these medal recipients who defended the first wave of offensive on that night now known as "Nanjiang First Night", so that Nanjiang Fortress was not attacked by sub-monsters like the other three fortresses and turned into a miserable ruins of purgatory.
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That night, not only the Nanjiang Fortress guarded by the Relic Academy was attacked, but more than half of the twenty-one ground fortresses in the entire Huaya Federation were attacked by sub-monsters at night.
Three forts guarded by the Military Department and the Detective Association respectively fell that night.
When the reinforcements arrived, they saw densely packed corpses piled up under the collapsed iron wall. Many civilians were still trying desperately to break out of the fortress iron wall before they died. Their upper bodies had already broken out, but their lower bodies were gone forever.
The land remained in the fortress.
In the following month, sub-monster attacks on the city occurred frequently. Even if there was no news from the front line, everyone was talking and speculating that the battle ahead did not seem to be as smooth as the rumors.
The continuous rainy days made the huge fortress, from the mountain city to the river plains, look so obscure and cold.
Strings of raindrops crackled into the water intake above the towering iron city wall, flowing along the long copper pipe to the reservoir, making a rustling sound along the way, like the heavy and slow breathing of the fortress.
Guan Ningying stood quietly under the city wall, looking at the city head poured with black iron and the gray sky, motionless.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard footsteps behind me.
Guan Ningying knew who it was without turning around. The "scar" on her face began to tremble, and the burning feeling on her cheeks not only did not stop, but became even hotter.
He hesitated for a moment, then leaned on crutches and tried to walk away.
"Wait a minute."
A clear and sweet female voice sounded.
Guan Ningying swallowed her saliva, moved her lips, and finally stopped.
"Do you... have any news about him?" Guan Ningying asked awkwardly.
Behind him, the girl standing tall was silent for a moment and whispered: "No."
Guan Ningying's body trembled, and she turned around suddenly: "No...impossible! He is your cousin. For you, he did not hesitate to declare war on the descendants of the great grand master with his own strength! How could he abandon him?
You don't care? How could he leave behind... so many people?"
Gu Ruoxi's pretty face gradually turned cold, and she said calmly: "Why not?"
"But..." Guan Ningying was stunned and was about to speak when she was interrupted by Gu Ruoxi.
"You were also present at what happened back then. Have you really forgotten who forced him to leave?"
Guan Ningying was silent.
"My cousin, he doesn't owe anyone. On the contrary, it's the federation, the military, and the Lei family that owe him. So, please don't say these ignorant words again in the future."
After saying that, Gu Ruoxi shook her head in disappointment, turned around, and left with her back to Guan Ningying.
Guan Ningying's face was slightly red and her eyes were complicated: "Where are you going?"
Gu Ruoxi's steps stagnated slightly and she whispered: "I'm going to apply to join the Rangers. I originally wanted to come over and tell you. After all, you are one of the few friends I have here."
"Are they just friends..."
Guan Ningying looked at the girl's figure retreating in the rain, her eyes changing complicatedly.
For a long time, he looked down at the medal on his chest. The more he looked at it, the more he felt his face getting hot and he felt uncomfortable all over.
Snap!
He waved his hand, pulled off the medal on his chest, stuffed it into his pocket, then turned around and looked beyond the high wall.
"Ranger Group..."
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"...Wandering in the wilderness outside the fortress, investigating the truth, gathering intelligence, helping to defend the fortress, rescuing the remaining civilians, and cooperating with the spirit master in the spiritual battle, this is the main mission of our Legacy Academy Ranger Group."
"From a functional point of view, the Ranger Regiment is higher than the garrison stationed in the fortress defense area, and moves more freely. Except for being at the mercy of the Federal Parliament when necessary to cooperate and assist in the battle of Lingdao, all other matters are covered.
It can be decided internally.”
"However, the mission of the Rangers is hundreds of times more dangerous than that of the garrison. In the wilderness, sub-monsters and shadowy creatures may appear at any time. And those who have signed temporary contracts with you are all non-mainstream combat types.
Miraculous creatures. In recent years, the death rate of the Ranger Regiment has been as high as 30%, so you should consider it carefully before making a decision."
In the hall, a young woman wearing a green robe introduced.
Next to her stood a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and on his shoulder stood a miraculous crow-like creature with gray feathers and a white belly.
The dozen or so young men and women listening attentively below were all guard captains who had performed outstandingly in the Nanjiang Fortress in the past month.
"We've thought it through."
"Yes, everyone is here, there is no need to think about it at all!"
"Captain Qiong, let's start the signing ceremony!"
The woman in the robe swept her eyes across the crowd, resting on the calm-looking girl for a moment, and then nodded slightly.
"The signing ceremony will be held five days later. On behalf of the college's Rangers, I welcome you to join. No surprise, I will be your captain in the next year. Let me introduce myself formally. My name is Qiong Haiqing. I am a cultivator.
Fifth transfer, graduated from Capital College. Vice-captain Ma Jizu, fourth transfer, also graduated from Capital College."
Hearing the words "Qiong Haiqing", Gu Ruoxi's originally calm eyes flashed with a slight ripple, and she slowly raised her head.
At the same time, Qiong Haiqing also looked at Gu Ruoxi.
The two people's eyes met instantly.
Five days later, in front of the forest valley on the west side of the fortress, a dozen reserve members of the Ranger Regiment looked excitedly at the dozen miraculous creatures in front of them.
Although today, signing a contract with Miracle Creatures is no longer as difficult as it was three years ago, and there is no need to decipher the daunting ancient stripes.
But all cultivators know that the contract between human beings and miraculous creatures is no longer what it used to be.
They are all temporary contracts.
Unless the cultivation level is high enough and the performance is excellent enough to reach the level of participating in the spiritual battle, then it will be possible to become an equal partner contract.
But even the captains of the Ranger Regiment are not qualified to go deep into the hinterland of the ruins to engage in spiritual battles, let alone these newcomers?
Gu Ruoxi, Guan Ningying and a dozen other new reserve members followed what they had learned in the past five days and sat cross-legged in the river valley, releasing the power of affinity and trying to establish a connection with the dozen miraculous creatures in front of them.
Next to the pines and cypresses above the river valley.
Qiong Haiqing's eyes never left the only girl among the dozen or so people.
After a while, she asked in a low voice: "Jizu, what kind of miraculous creature do you think Gu Ruoxi will sign a contract with?"
Ma Jizu spread his hands: "Ask me, how do I know? Among them, the strongest one is the only mainstream fighting creature, the Miracle Fire Frog. But if I have to say, her partner must be a black cat after all.
, or Water Ape. After all, she is that man’s cousin. The premise is that if that man is still alive..."
Qiong Haiqing's eyes flickered: "Why is he... not here? He is just retreating behind the scenes. I don't believe that he will really stay out of the matter, even ignoring his only cousin."
Ma Jizu smiled bitterly: "Then how do you explain that in the past two years or so, Gu Ruoxi has not received any special care either in the capital or at Zhonglu College. The Federal Parliament and the Military Ministry sent Grandmaster level masters to follow up and investigate. After two years,
, there are no clues. She and her cousin have simply cut off contact."
Qiong Haiqing shook his head slightly: "It's not that simple. The behavior of that person is always unpredictable. Have you forgotten how you signed a contract with this sleeping crow? One of his spiritual pet partners is also a sleeping crow.
.Perhaps, your every move has been under the watchful eye of him and that organization from beginning to end."
Ma Jizu was startled, with a look of sadness on his face.
Time in my memory began to flow backwards, and in the blink of an eye I returned to three years ago.
He, Qiong Haiqing and other outstanding new students in the capital met that person for the first time in that first-generation sub-space, but suffered a huge defeat.
As for him, he was abandoned by his contract partner at the time, "Leopard Head", and was hit hard and disheartened.
Later, news came that the mysterious organization had half of the contract quota in the world. With the mentality of giving it a try, he went to Canghai Academy with Qiong Haiqing and others, and witnessed that person's feat of defeating the capital representative team by himself.
After a series of obstacles, just when he was about to give up, he accidentally established a connection with a sleeping crow that flew from nowhere, and finally signed a contract, and he still looked at the fact that it is almost impossible to do it again.
There is a partnership contract.
In the memory scene, Qiong Haiqing's behavior suddenly became strange. The night before she signed the contract, she went out and came back very late.
Ma Jizu took a deep look at his old friend beside him, and then whispered: "Then let's watch. If she can do something amazing in this signing, it may be able to show from the side that she is still connected with that person.
."
An hour later, the fourteen newly promoted rangers all completed the temporary contract ceremony.
Seeing the signing result, Qiong Haiqing and Ma Jizu were silent at the same time.
"The one she chose was actually the Zhumu bird with the second-lowest combat power among the fourteen miraculous creatures to be selected?" After a long time, Ma Jizu sighed softly.
The Everest Bird is a miraculous spiritual bird that can fly very high and absorb thunder and lightning.
However, these two skills of it are useless in battle and play almost no role. It can barely be classified as an auxiliary creature.
Among the fourteen miraculous creatures to be selected, their combat power is only slightly higher than that of the smiling civet cat.
A trace of disappointment flashed in Qiong Haiqing's eyes, and he laughed at himself: "It seems that I was wrong. If he said he didn't care, then he really wouldn't care anymore."
In the river valley, Gu Ruoxi gently stroked the feathers of the Zhumu bird.
Zhumu Bird blinked his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him curiously, with a rare hint of intimacy in his eyes.
Guan Ningying walked over, with a golden-winged snake wrapped around his arm.
The golden-winged snake spit out the snake message towards the Zhumu bird and made a hissing sound.
The eyes of the Zhumu bird rolled, and then it flapped its snow-white wings, as if it was responding to something.
Guan Ningying laughed in a low voice: "It's so strange. They look like they know each other."
Gu Ruoxi took a deep look at the golden-winged snake that was secretly wagging its tail at her, and smiled: "Yeah, maybe they really knew each other a long time ago."
This signing ceremony did not cause any waves in Nanjiang Fortress.
The battle to defend the city is still going on as usual, and the haze still hangs over the fortress, day after day, month after month, with no sign of dissipating.
After a short period of study and simulation training, the Ranger Regiment's team of less than twenty people, numbered 793, also began their wilderness mission.
Half a month later, the capital and military headquarters are above.
In the dark room with dim light and dull atmosphere, everyone present watched the scene of the girl flying in the wilderness with the Zhumu bird through the holographic projection.
Before that, they had seen the entire process of the girl from joining the garrison to signing a temporary contract with the Zhumu Bird.
After a while, the middle-aged man in military uniform with graying hair at the top withdrew his gaze and murmured in a low voice: "Without any care, the person signing the contract is still a Zhumu bird that can hardly fight... Are you really saying you don't care at all?"
The middle-aged man's voice was hoarse, like his deep eyes, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.
Mo Xingwu, the director of the Investigation Department on the side, hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Minister, the Lei family still refuses to reinforce. If this continues, the Lingyu team in front will not be able to hold on for long. Our Lingdao team
The battle is dangerous..."
Li Zhengxian's eyes flickered: "Where are those from the top team now?"
Mo Xingwuhui reported: "Yuan Shou Shi Qing has fought to the ruins of Riverrun City and has killed a total of ninety-five sub-monsters. The Crane Shou Ming family has fought to the ruins of Taihua City and has killed a total of 210 sub-monsters."
, Li Fanhe, a descendant of the great master..."
Before he finished speaking, the holographic projection screen changed, and a military cultivator covered in blood appeared flying on an eagle. Behind him were rushing smoke and dust, as well as a vague torrent of sub-monsters.
Everyone in the military department became nervous.
Li Zhengxian raised his thick eyebrows: "What happened?"
While fleeing, the cultivators of the military headquarters screamed at the camera: "Minister, something bad happened. In order to rescue the third ranger group of the military headquarters, the fifth group of the Peak Team fell into the ruins of Silla City! Please help! Please help! Please...
"
Before he could finish speaking, a long black tongue covered with barbs flew out from the smoke and dust beneath him, and rolled him off the eagle's back.
The shaking screen also turned black.
Li Zhengxian's face was expressionless, but his hands on his knees were clenched into fists and trembling slightly.
The 3rd Ranger Regiment of the Military Department is one of the few remaining fully-organized regiments of the Military Department.
The fifth team of the Peak Team is from the direct lineage of the military department.
The team leader Li Mu is the youngest Grandmaster of Capital Academy.