Réinitialisation de l'Apocalypse - Chapitre 57

Lin Chao and survivors boarded the truck of the muscular second lieutenant and were driven to the impoverished site of the base.

It used to be a huge square, but now a large number of camping tents filled the space. Survivors dressed in tatters wandered around outside the tents, there were pregnant ladies, elder people, et les enfants; these are the vulnerable groups in the post-apocalyptic world. When they heard the truck, they stopped what they were doing. Clear eyes contrasted their dirtied faces that they had not washed up for a long time, gazed at the truck timidly.

The truck stopped and the passengers hopped off on by one.

The muscly first lieutenant came down as well. Standing in front Lin Chao and the survivors, he stated loudly, “Toutes les personnes, this is your living quarters from now on. Soldiers will send food here every day! Those of you who are twelve years old and above, and sixty years old and below will have to work. Autrement, there will be no food for you!”

His icy gaze swept across the group. “All of you have two choices. D'abord, join the military, enlist and set out to kill the monsters! If you’ve got no balls and are scared of dying, then stay in the base. There’ll be others to assign you work.”

“I don’t want to enlist in the army. Those monsters can’t even be killed,” a twenty-something young man grumbled and asked, “What work do we do in the base?”

The muscly first lieutenant looked at him coldly and continued. “I believe that all of you have already seen the fortress wall that is under construction when you entered the base just now. We need a lot of manpower.”

“You want us to become coolies?” the young man could not help crying out, “Isn’t there other jobs? I’m a university graduate. I’ve never done labor like that. Is there any job related to computers?”

“You can learn if you’ve never done it. Someone will come later to register all of you. If you have any prominent expertise, there’ll be jobs suited for you. If you’re just an ordinary university graduate… Boy, do you want to become a coolie or do you want to be thrown out of the base and become those monsters’ aliments?” the muscly first lieutenant spoke coldly.

Catching the merciless intent in his voice, the young man shuddered and shut up, afraid of becoming a sore loser.

The muscly first lieutenant’s tone was frosty. “Those who want to enlist, sors!”

The survivors were silent. No one wanted to join the army. That young man was right. Those monsters could not be killed. Enlist? They would only become the cannon fodder. They had barely survived and found safety in the base; why would they run out to commit suicide again?

Expression slightly darkened, the muscly first lieutenant was about to say more when a soft looking fair young man stood out from the group. Si c'était avant, he would have called this boy who was so fair and delicate a girl, but he thought that this young man was truly ballsy right now!

After Lin Chao, Hei Yue, Lin Shiyu, Fan Xiangyu, and You Qian stepped up as well.

The other survivors did not expect so many of them to join the army voluntarily, especially the three girls among them. There was one who was only seven or eight years old…”Petite fille, you sure of what you’re currently doing?”

A smile pulled at the muscly first lieutenant’s displeased face. “Little sis, marvelous! Females are no more inferior to males. Your courage is much bigger than those cowards! je t'admire! But you’re too young. You can’t join the army yet. Stay in the living quarters first. The military is obligated to take care of you. If you don’t get enough food, dites-moi, I’ll take care of you!”

Lin Shiyu looked up at Lin Chao in seeking his opinion.

Considering for a moment, the latter then asked the muscular military officer, “Do you know Chu Shanhe? Can you send a recommendation for me? I’m his friend.”

“You know General Chu? Uh… Whether or not you’re telling the truth, it’s a critical time now, so even if you’re General Chu’s friend, you won’t be able to meet him through shortcuts,” answered the muscly first lieutenant after skimming Lin Chao.

Lin Chao was secretly surprised. He did not expect Chu Shanhe to have been promoted to a general from a captain. He mused and told Lin Shiyu, “Stay here for now. I’ll make your arrangement when I get to see Chu Shanhe.”

“Très bien alors.” Lin Shiyu could only agree reluctantly.

After persuading Lin Shiyu to stay, the muscly first lieutenant glanced at the group again and asked, “Quelqu'un d'autre?”

A middle-aged man stood out after a while. He was doleful, speaking with clenched fists, “I want to enlist in the military. I want to revenge for my daughter and kill those fucking monsters!”

The muscly first lieutenant nodded and announced, “Viens avec moi, all of you.”

Lin Chao and those who wished to join boarded the truck again and were driven to the enlistment registration area on the other side of the base. It was a site renovated from a supermarket. The supermarket’s sign was already taken off and was painted “Enlistment Registrar”.

The officer responsible for filling in the registration form was a woman dressed in a black uniform. A first lieutenant badge was pinned on her chest. She gave a form each to Lin Chao and group; other than name, sexe, âge, previous identity, et autres informations de base, there was a blank for a specialty.

Nom: Lin Chao

Sex: Homme

Âge: 20

Previous identity: University student

Spécialité: Spear

Lin Chao took a glimpse at Fan Xiangyu, Hei Yue and You Qian who were still writing when he had filled up his form.

Hei Yue wrote shooting and soldier’s saber as her specialty while Fan Xiangyu filled the blank with “une analyse” after cracking her head. You Qian wrote down…”en train de dormir”!

Lin Chao was so close to kicking him.

Collecting the forms, the lady first lieutenant raked through them and when she saw You Qian’s sheet, she looked up at them with a cool expression and asked, “Who’s You Qian?”

“Moi,” answered the young man.

She stared at him icily and said, “This is not a game. Your specialty is relevant to the military camp you’ll go to. If you want to live longer, it’s better for you to think properly about what you’re good at.”

You Qian thought hard holding his chin. “Does eating count?”

The female first lieutenant put down the forms. “Très bien.” She pointed at the group. “We’ll start with the military physical test now. Xiao Liu, take them there.”

“Viens avec moi,” a young soldier who was waiting at the side told the group coming to them.

Behind the registrar was a piece of spacious land with a variety of military machines. The young soldier told them, “Your vision, endurance, force physique, la vitesse, endurance, and various aspects will be tested here. You’ll be distributed to different camps according to your overall results!”

“The camps are divided into four classes, UNE, B, C, and D! Class A is Camp Ace, Class B is Camp Elite, Class C is Camp Excellent while Class D is Camp Average!”

“I hope you perform your best on the test. The better the camp you’re assigned to, the better the treatment you get!”

The group nodded and knew that the young soldier refrained from saying another line. – The better the camp one was assigned to, the higher the chances of one surviving!

“Are there only these four classes of camp?” Avez-vous demandé curieusement Qian.

The young cadet shook his head and said, “Above these all, there’s Class S camp, called Camp Ability! It’s said that people in this camp are superhumans who have strength, la vitesse, and endurance of which you cannot imagine. Even without training, they could easily kill a fierce tiger. For you guys to enter the Class S camp, you must achieve a value of more than two hundred kilograms on this power-test machine! This is only one requirement for Class S camp. You’ll only be selected when you pass all other tests.”