The Favored Son of Heaven

After all, no one relied on the Sky Battle Net to become a billionaire nowadays. Qin Fen also didn’t believe that he could become a billionaire in the Sky Battle Net. He just needed to take advantage of the time he had in the military, where he didn’t have any living expenses, to earn a bit more money.

Under everyone’s constant urging, Qin Fen returned to the Sky Battle Net. He gave his comrades a twenty percent discount and recruited them all into Dragon Hall. Only then did he discover that he already had a dozen or so unfamiliar people join Dragon Hall.

As he looked at the sudden sum of money appearing in his account, Qin Fen couldn’t help but secretly whisper to himself in happiness.  I’m rich! 

With the founding of Dragon Hall, Qin Fen gave the spot of vice sect master to Zhang Xiangyang. This mysterious young man possessed strong abilities, and he did not give off malicious nor conspiratorial feelings. Qin Fen gave all privileges to him, besides the privilege to accept payment. Qin Fen felt quite assured about all this.

Everything went quickly and smoothly. Qin Fen didn’t tarry too long in the Sky Battle Net. He would certainly need ample strength for tomorrow’s training. One couldn’t get enough rest and sleep.

The other recruit comrades copied Qin Fen in logging off and resting. They had been copying Qin Fen’s training volume these days, so they were far more tired than Qin Fen.

After a night of training in his sleep, the reveille bugle call rang throughout camp, and Qin Fen opened his hazy eyes.

After a month or so of militarized training, the recruits had made enormous improvement compared to when they first joined the military. Everyone was able to assemble at the training grounds in an extremely short period of time.

Because of the group fight last time, quite a few members of the company weren’t in orderly shape. Squad Leader Hao’s squad only had an attendance record of three people, so he simply merged his squad temporarily with another squad for training.

Because of the situation, Squad Leader Hao wasn’t going to appear at the training grounds for morning training.

But today Squad Leader Hao suddenly appeared. Many recruits felt that this was quite strange. Could this man with a big smile and evil intentions be in a bad mood? So he planned to come to bully people?

Standing before the recruits, Squad Leader Hao beamed as he swept his gaze over everyone. Even Du Peng felt a shiver down to his bones when caught by Squad Leader Hao’s gaze. The hairs on his entire body all stood on end.

“Qin Fen, you’re coming with me.”

Squad Leader Hao beckoned with his fingers, turned around and walked to the side. The recruits looked at Qin Fen with unbounded sympathy in their eyes as he left the squad formation. To have caught the attention of a man with a big smile and evil intentions was truly the most sorrowful thing that can happen to a person.

Qin Fen found it strange as well. Normally, he would head to the secret training location after normal training. What was this all about today? The direction that Squad Leader Hao was heading toward should be that same secret training location.

“Qin Fen’s going to be busy with some things in the next few days. He won’t be taking part in this training.”

Company Commander Yan, who was known among the recruits to be the definition of cruelty, uttered this statement with an expression akin to one of devils and monsters. The recruits became very curious about what Qin Fen was going to be busy with. J ust what was it that would make him not participate in training for the next few days?

Such questions could only be stifled in the bellies of the recruits. They would wait until the next time they meet Qin Fen to ask about it. If someone were to go asking Company Commander Yan right now, it would be very likely for that person to receive personal instruction for an additional twenty kilometers of field training.

“All right, all right! Stop looking at Qin Fen!” Company Commander Yan raised his hands high, clapping, as he said, “The recruit wilderness survival training will be starting in a bit. I heard this time we’ll be going to a newly discovered planet for the wilderness survival training. Give this boss your all and work hard in your training! When the time comes, don’t be outdone by the recruits of the Southwest Asia region, thereby causing this boss to lose face!”

Recruit field training? The recruits were suddenly pumped when they heard these words. That could be considered the initial selection process for the Military Recruit Tournament. If a recruit had a prominent performance in-field training, it was very likely for him to be favored by the higher-ups, thereby receiving the opportunity for small solo training and entering the internal elimination phase afterward.

Even if the recruit was knocked-out during the internal elimination phase, there were still good future prospects for him upon returning to the military.

A soldier who didn’t want to become a high ranking soldier was not a good soldier! Every man possessed the passion of competition. Nobody would easily give up if there was even a sliver of a chance as long that it would be offered to him.

Company Commander Yan’s lips curved into a hint of a delighted smile. The quality of this batch of recruits was quite decent. They were much better than the previous two batches, at least in terms of fighting spirit. They, who had been a bit timid, weren’t scared when they heard about the field training. Instead, grand hearts flourished within every one of them.

Qin Fen followed Squad Leader Hao in walking a series of turns in the military camp, feeling more and more strange about the situation. They had clearly passed the location of their secret training spot. Why did Squad Leader Hao show no intention of stopping?

They passed a few other military camps that Qin Fen had never been to, and Qin Fen’s ears twitched twice. Was that an armed supersonic helicopter?

Though Qin Fen had never seen a genuine armed supersonic helicopter with vertical takeoff, Qin Fen had encountered many types of aircraft in the virtual Aerial Combat Network during his training with Squadron Leader Trash. He had long since seen more varieties and quantities of aircrafts than a typical soldier from the Air Force.

He didn’t need to be looking at one with his eyes. Just using his ears alone, Qin Fen knew that this armed supersonic helicopter was the Sparrowhawk.

With the rapid growth of the modern era, batches and batches of space fighters were added to the military, as well as batches of mobile armors brought in to replace the old tanks. The spot of armed helicopters in the military became much more of a treasure to the Army.

Nowadays, armed helicopters were on the verge of being phased out. Most of them were used as weaponry to provide air support to the special police forces.

Qin Fen felt a bit shocked to be able to see an armed supersonic helicopter in the military camp.

They walked onto the airfield of the armed supersonic helicopter where Butcher, dressed in a brand-name suit, was sitting boldly in the rumbling armed supersonic helicopter.

Phoenix wore a female professional suit and sat in the front row of the armed helicopter. Her outlined curves carried a different beauty from her female soldier look.

Squad Leader Hao smacked Qin Fen on the butt. “Kid, get on the chopper.”

“The chopper?” Qin Fen was a bit puzzled.

“Get on.” Squad Leader Hao pushed Qin Fen from behind to make him walk forward. “The normal training you do in the squad is a waste of time for you, and we should be increasing your chances to engage in actual combat with the things we teach you. It is impossible to become truly strong if you don’t truly experience the battlefield. If you don’t see the spray of fresh blood and the splatter of limbs, you don’t experience life. You could be vigorous and healthy once second and be gone the next.”

“Of course, this is all based on the assumption you’ll survive through this.” Gun King walked over and patted Qin Fen on the shoulder. “Go then! Don’t cause us to lose face. Butcher will talk to you about what the mission is about.”

To be suddenly told to execute a mission upon waking up in the morning… Qin Fen felt uncomfortable about it.

Qin Fen stepped into the armed helicopter, and Butcher handed Qin Fen a map. “You must arrive at the spot marked with a red ‘X’. Someone will provide you support there.”

Qin Fen’s mind went blank. Butcher’s words seemed to imply that he wouldn’t be going with Qin Fen.

“We will rendezvous here.” Butcher opened his mouth to continue speaking, “Part of the mission is to travel alone to the support location.”

Qin Fen didn’t ask much else. He lowered his head and looked at the mission location. It was the special administration city of the State of Korea, Seoul.

Having seen the mission location, Qin Fen quickly memorized the street map closest to the rendezvous point. Then Butcher silently handed him a gun.

Qin Fen didn’t even need to look at it. Just by feeling the gun in his hand, Qin Fen knew that Butcher had handed him an HK45 series firearm. This was the unmodified compact model of the HK45.

The HK45C was the compact model of the HK45. The gun used 0.45 ACP ammunition and the size of the gun was relatively small, making it easy to carry. Data about the gun immediately emerged in Qin Fen’s mind, thanks to Gun King’s cramming-style of training.

Qin Fen lowered his head and gently inspected the firearm in his hand before carefully putting it away.

The corner of Butcher’s eyes revealed a faint smile of satisfaction. One must have enough caution and prudence when executing a mission. Inspecting a firearm didn’t mean that one didn’t trust his comrades. It was a necessary procedure.

“Are you nervous?” Butcher asked while staring ahead.

“Yes, a little bit.” Qin Fen gently nodded. He felt the signs of his blood boiling within his body.

Butcher was quite happy with Qin Fen’s response. This recruit had been a student a mere two months ago. He should have been doing recruit training at the moment, but now he received a mission. Strong as Qin Fen might be in terms of mental coolness, it was still hard for Qin Fen to be completely undisturbed.

If Qin Fen had said that he wasn’t nervous, Butcher would feel that there were problems. Acting strong and not nervous was a common failing for young men. Such an attitude was unacceptable when executing a mission. A qualified warrior was able to know and recognize his body and mental state with a clear head.

The pilot of the helicopter, sitting up ahead, was a bit surprised when he heard the dialogue between the two. One of them was a young man whose face carried the air of a recruit, yet the young man had responded so calmly. These were very rarely seen. The pilot wondered which military household this man came from. The young man had to have come from a military family. It wouldn’t be possible for him to be this calm otherwise.

The aircraft flew off at high speeds and Qin Fen turned to look at the scenery outside the window. He had never sat in an aircraft since he was born. He wanted to take in the experience, the feeling of looking down from a space high above.

Compared to Song Jia’s maglev flying saucer sports car, the armed helicopter could fly to even higher heights. The feeling of looking down from such heights was completely different.

To be able to sit in an aircraft for the first time for a first mission….how great. Qin Fen’s lips curved into a smile, one that he hadn’t noticed himself.

Butcher glanced at Qin Fen out of the corner of his eyes. This was the first time the kid was doing a mission, yet he was still in the mood to look at the scenery outside. Was the kid’s mental quality up to the mark? Or were his nerves too thick?

After looking at the scenery outside the aircraft for a bit, Qin Fen slowly closed his eyes to rest. Though this was a high-performance armed helicopter, it would still take six hours to reach Seoul of the State of Korea. Just sitting around doing nothing was really too much of a luxurious waste of time.

He closed his eyes, sucked in his chest, and straightened his back. The Dragon Elephant Prajna Art slowly circulated within his body. In the last fight, Bull Demon King didn’t look to be that old, yet he showed signs of breaking through to the meteor level from the four-star level. This greatly stimulated Qin Fen’s desire to get to the next level.

He’s seizing the moment to improve himself. Excellent! Phoenix, who sat in the front row of the aircraft, turned to give Qin Fen a smile of praise.

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Seoul was the largest city of the State of Korea peninsula. It was known as the seventh-largest city in the world, and it was the heart of all of the State of Korea’s politics, economy, culture, and education. Seoul was also the State of Korea’s traffic hub for land, air, and sea.