Reborn as a Cube Man in the Late Ming Dynasty

"Yeah, I never thought being slow had its advantages. Otherwise, we wouldn't be living such good lives now! Those who ran away are really pitiful, hahaha."

"Hey, none of you are as smart as me. I knelt down without hesitation!"

They laughed happily and joked around.

"Hey, I heard that if we perform well, we might be able to continue serving in the army. The benefits there are more than double what we get now. Not only will we get paid, but we'll also eat meat every day, and..." the leader lowered his voice, "everyone in there has a magical artifact!"

"A celestial artifact?" Curious onlookers crowded around. "Is it the one worn by that guy who was shot with an arrow but remained unharmed?"

"That's right, that person's name is Wei Shi. His entire body is covered in celestial artifacts bestowed by Immortal Lord Bai, making him virtually invulnerable to swords and spears, as well as water and fire! The stone sword in his hand was also given to him by Immortal Lord Bai. It is said to be forged from a divine stone from heaven and is even sharper than an iron sword."

Wow, that's amazing!

"So we need to speed things up now and try to be among the first to go and join the army. Right now there are fewer people, so we can still get the immortal artifacts. But if there are more people later, we might not get any! Maybe we can even eat the divine fish! That taste is simply amazing."

"Is this the fish whose broken leg healed after we ate it? Too bad I was too scared to taste it properly. Hey, wasn't that fish about half a meter long?"

"vomit!"

As they were chatting, a sound of gagging suddenly came from the side. They turned around and saw Gao Feiguang with his head held high, his mouth bulging, and some soup dripping from his lips. He swallowed after a long while.

The others exchanged glances and made up their minds never to mention the fish to Gao Feiguang again.

"Let's go, let's wash up first. It's said that the White Immortal Lord is very clean, so we need to wash ourselves clean too. You can use the water however you like. It's said to be divine water that the White Immortal Lord took down from heaven, so it's inexhaustible," the leader said to Gao Feiguang. "After we're done, I'll take you to see where you're staying."

"That's so extravagant!"

Gao Feiguang scooped up a full bucket of water from the pool and looked at the clean water source with some emotion.

Who would have thought that they used to be so reluctant to drink water, but now they have plenty of water to squander at will?

He splashed water on himself, washed himself clean, and followed his leader into a red mushroom house.

Because there were too many militiamen, Miao Zhiming simply had Liu Wusan and the others plant several mushrooms at roughly the same distance and then accelerate their ripening, so that the mushroom houses could be connected together.

Simply chisel open the one-meter-wide mushroom-shaped wall in the middle, and you can get a large space that can accommodate many people.

"You'll sleep there." The boss pointed to the corner of the mushroom-shaped house, giving Gao Feiguang a meaningful look. "I imagine you're not thinking of running away tonight, are you?"

"Of course not!" Gao Feiguang said softly.

"That's for the best."

After the boss finished speaking, he turned and left the mushroom-shaped hut.

Gao Feiguang was added to the team midway through, so naturally he wasn't in the same room as the rest of the team. Moreover, even if Gao Feiguang escaped, the leader wasn't worried about being implicated.

Bai Xianjun never intended to force these people to stay; this was something Miao Zhiming himself said.

After the boss left, Gao Feiguang went to a corner of the mushroom house and lay down on the straw mat that had been laid out.

Of course, that straw mat was simply a bed of dry straw.

He had just settled down to sleep when he sensed someone stealthily approaching him in the darkness. Before Gao Feiguang could utter a sound, the person spoke first in a low voice.

"We plan to escape under the cover of night."

"What does your escape have to do with me?" Gao Feiguang glanced around, making sure no one else suspected anything, and said coldly.

The man's eyes flickered, and he lowered his voice and said, "When I was pushing the clods of earth earlier, I heard your screams, and your face looked like new skin was growing. I guess you must have suffered a lot during that time."

"And most importantly, I remember you once said that you have a younger brother who has just come of age?"

Gao Feiguang was taken aback upon hearing this.

Once you become a military household, you will be a military household for generations and cannot escape military service.

Each military household must guarantee that at all times, one soldier will be available to serve in the army.

If a soldier dies of illness, in battle, or in other unforeseen circumstances while in service, the corresponding military household must provide a new male replacement.

In other words, if he doesn't go back soon, his younger brother will take his place in the army.

Military households also need to be responsible for their own clothing and travel expenses during their service, so their families have no extra money to spare.

Moreover, with the recent uprisings so fierce, if my younger brother were to go up at this time, wouldn't he be sending himself to his death?

No wonder they came looking for me.

"Is this also your reason for wanting to escape?" Gao Feiguang pondered for a moment, then frowned and said, "Why didn't you leave earlier, but waited until now?"

The man nodded: "If I can't go back, my dad will be the one in the army. We originally planned to wait until they lowered their guard before escaping at night, but we didn't expect them to be preparing to build a wall. If we leave now, it will be too late."

"Aren't you afraid that Immortal Lord Bai will find out?"

"Well," the man stammered, his voice faltering, "Bai Xianjun's magic power is suppressed, so he shouldn't be able to hear us, otherwise we would have been captured yesterday."

"When do you plan to leave?"

"..." The man didn't speak, but stared intently at Gao Feiguang.

"Let me think about it some more." Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of him, Gao Feiguang looked conflicted. He pondered for a long time, until the person opposite him lost patience and was about to leave, before finally saying, "Okay, when...?"

The man gestured for Gao Feiguang to extend one hand, and Gao Feiguang secretly wrote the time on that hand.

After the man left, Gao Feiguang lay on the straw mat, unable to calm down for a long time. Moreover, whenever he moved, he felt several eyes staring at him.

To be honest, he hesitated. He didn't want to run away with them. After all, the thought of that confined space made Gao Feiguang tremble.

Moreover, he had reasons to go back.

……

"Is anyone there? Grandpa God? Can you hear me? I really know I was wrong. I promise I'll do good deeds from now on and never do bad things again. Please, please let me down!" Wu Zhen huddled up, sniffling, and stammered, "Ugh, so cold, so cold!"

He looked around at the pitch blackness, feeling sleepy, hungry, thirsty, and cold. His eyelids were heavy, and he could fall asleep at any moment.

But Wu Zhen didn't dare, afraid that if he accidentally fell asleep, he might roll off the bed without realizing it.

I'm even more afraid that this place will suddenly collapse.

He was really scared.