Girls und War

Feng Zheng led Xia Shu toward the factory from the main road.

Xia Shu took the lead and looked at the damaged cement road. This road surface was built hundreds or thousands of years ago and was severely weathered and cracked.

Apart from the deeply dug and compacted foundation where the shape of the road can be recognized, there is no trace of civilization anywhere else.

Those old buildings are also covered with various vines. You can see that many building walls have collapsed and the exposed steel frames are no longer there.

Human buildings that have not been maintained for many years are left with only collapsed ruins, which also indicate the prosperity that once existed here.

The weeds in the factory were half a person tall. Feng Kite led her through the path and came to a relatively intact factory warehouse.

It can be seen that this place has been renovated once. The frame of the warehouse has been repaired and the outer shell has been almost completely replaced.

If nothing unexpected happens, this warehouse must have been rebuilt by Feng Kite himself.

Otherwise, after so many years, it would be impossible for a building that has been weathered for so long to remain so intact.

Feng Zheng described the surrounding geographical environment to Xia Shu while taking her into the warehouse.

She has transformed this place into a simple training base, with various sandbags and dummies neatly arranged inside.

Xia Shu saw many cans and old cigarette pipes in the garbage pile in the corner, and guessed that kites must often fly here.

Sure enough, she rummaged through a cabinet and found a simple military map, which she then handed to Xia Shu.

"Please copy a map of this city." Feng Zheng said as he opened a can with a can opener. "I'll take you around the city later, and then we'll start special training."

Xia Shu nodded and prepared to turn on the camera to take a picture of the map, but found that the holographic panel could not be called up.

So I subconsciously asked, "Why is there no response?"

"Hahaha, so you're still a kid." Feng Zheng seemed to have finally discovered Xia Shu's lack of life experience and said smugly, "A holographic panel requires projection equipment. How can you possibly breathe out here?"

Xia Shu looked at the kite in confusion.

In the past ten years or so, she has never left the range of human activities, and no one has ever told her how the holographic panel works.

It’s like a child who has had a mobile phone since birth and has full-time WIFI everywhere around him, and has no idea what it means to have no signal.

"Listen carefully, the holographic network is almost everywhere in modern human life. But outside of human life, the network is not so convenient." Feng Zheng said with a smile, "Don't be fooled by the fact that the town we live in is so old and backward. In fact, the coils for the projection equipment are buried under the entire street.

"An abandoned old city like this certainly doesn't support projection. So don't waste your time and just start drawing it yourself."

Xia Shu had no choice but to take out a pen and paper and copy a city map by himself.

Feng Kite was eating a can of fruit she had just opened. Seeing Xia Shu's skillful brushwork, she said, "Your technique is quite good. Have you practiced before?"

"It's okay," Xia Shu said without turning around. But suddenly, a fruity fragrance came from her face, and a large piece of yellow peach appeared in front of her.

Xia Shu looked up and saw Feng Zheng had already fed the food to her mouth.

So she obediently opened her mouth and took a bite.

Feng Zheng waited for Xia Shu to finish eating, then sucked his fingers again and said, "Are you done with the painting? Then let's go. Let's go over the competition items first."

Xia Shu nodded after hearing this, and then followed the kite while chewing.

On the open space at the edge of the city, Feng Kite cleared out a large area and converted it into a training ground suitable for sniper competitions.

According to Feng Zheng herself, although she has retired for many years, she has not stopped studying sniper competitions.

After all, this is also a major international event, and there are still many amateur sniper enthusiasts like kite flying. Society has always encouraged such healthy hobbies.

Feng Kite was also fully aware of the changes in competition rules over the years. She even suggested several balance changes.

When it comes to understanding the rules of the competition, apart from the competition officials, Feng Kite is among the best.

It was for this reason that Jiamei recommended Xia Shu to find her.

Feng Zheng first explained the relevant rules of the competition to Xia Shu in detail from beginning to end at the training ground, and then briefly let her go over the three events of the skill competition - dynamic, static and precision shooting.

These projects involved all aspects of Xia Shu's usual training, so it was very easy for her to complete them.

Even from Feng Kite's critical perspective, Xia Shu's training level was absolutely top-notch. She could hardly imagine that she was a seventeen-year-old girl who had been in the army for less than a year.

But everyone has their own strengths, and perhaps there are some geniuses like this in the world.

Then, there's no need to be too nervous about the skill-based competitions. While winning the championship isn't a sure thing, achieving above-average performance is certainly possible.

Feng Zheng simply pointed out some details that could easily lead to deduction of points, making her competition movements appear more professional and perfect.

"Of course, a game is a game, and fighting is fighting. Although these on-field moves are useless, if the audience and referees are happy to watch, your score will be higher.

"You can completely forget about these useless little details after you leave the arena and do whatever you feel comfortable with. But when it comes to the arena, it's better for you to listen to me. After all, I'm a woman who has won two championships."

Feng Kite also made some comments from the champion.

Xia Shu nodded, indicating that he completely understood.

Feng Zheng said "OK" with satisfaction, and then took Xia Shu to continue walking towards the center of the old city.

"There's nothing much to say about the skill confrontations. Your level is there. If you perform well, your results won't be too bad. What you need to focus on now is the actual competition. I don't expect you to take first place in the actual competition, but as long as you place high, combined with the ranking points in the skill confrontation, you'll definitely be in the top ten." Feng Zheng said to Xia Shu with a serious expression, "Your strength and record are worthy of this ranking. I believe you have the level."

Xia Shu also showed a serious expression and asked Feng Zheng, "How high in the competition rankings do we need to get to be in the top ten?"

Feng Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Depending on the situation, there should be at least twenty or more people."

Xia Shu thought about it and nodded again.

511. Training Plan in the Wasteland

What lies before us is a dilapidated, desolate, abandoned city covered in lush greenery.

Because it is winter, some deciduous plants have turned a sad yellow color of decay.

The ground was covered with a thick layer of saprophytic vegetation, and the city streets and building walls were covered with cracks and marks of weathering.

The steel jungle of the past has now truly become a steel jungle.

The old city, devoid of human life, is gradually being eroded and decomposed by nature.

Perhaps in a few thousand or tens of thousands of years, this place will lose all traces of human existence and be weathered into nothingness bit by bit.

Actually, it’s quite interesting to think about.

I just came out of the underground nuclear shelter this morning, and what I saw was a ruined city a thousand years later, with no one in sight.

Xia Shu even found a daily necessity of "ancient people" in a well-preserved "ancient ruins" - an industrial iron-walled handheld magnetic coil water storage tank - that is, an electric kettle.

It feels very interesting.

However, there are not many historical traces like this. Most daily necessities have turned into unknown strange parts due to years of weathering.

Only those items that were in a good preservation environment by chance were able to be preserved intact.

This is somewhat similar to the way ancient artifacts are preserved.

At the same time, Xia Shu looked at the dilapidated scene of the city and thought of another interesting thing.

It is this kind of environment that is actually very popular among wasteland culture enthusiasts.

Several apocalyptic science fiction movies and games have been filmed in the old town.

Even Natsuki himself had played this opening game.

However, visiting such a scene by yourself and experiencing the wasteland atmosphere firsthand is a completely different feeling.

At least for Xia Shu, this was a completely new viewing experience.

The foundations of several high-rise buildings in the city were severely weathered, and the cracks in their surfaces were filled with vines, making them likely to collapse at any time.

So those areas were marked as high-risk, and Xia Shu would not go near these places.

She was currently in a dilapidated house near what appeared to be a commercial street.

The architectural structure here is quite complete, and judging by the craftsmanship, it should be far ahead of the era of reinforced concrete.

So the structure of the house is still clearly visible.

Xia Shu poked half of his head out from behind the half-collapsed wall to observe for a while, then spoke into the headset, "I found the sixth one. It's fifty meters north of the intersection. The target dummy is wearing a camouflage helmet with a bunch of leaves hanging on it, right?"

Soon, a voice came from the headset, replying to Xia Shu, "Received, received. Information communication is smooth. You can rush to the next target location. I suggest you go to the south bank of the artificial river. There are several humanoid detection devices set up there. If you can completely avoid detection by these devices, you can get extra points in the competition!"

Feng Kite sounded unusually active in the headphones; it seemed like no one had played battlefield role-playing games with her for a while.

Xia Shu sighed helplessly, said "Got it" into the headset, then put away his gun and sneaked towards the next location.

She was currently using the wooden-handled antique gun that Feng Kite had given her. It didn't even have a scope, so it could only shoot at ranges of one or two hundred meters at best.

She followed Feng Kite's instructions, constantly searching for dummy targets in the city, and occasionally firing one or two shots as required to familiarize herself with the feeling.

In the kite hypothesis, the city's range of action shrinks from the outside to the inside.

Xia Shu must move towards the center of the city frequently to ensure that he will not be eliminated by the map's elimination mechanism.

The map they would use on site would definitely be different from the current combat environment. But what Xia Shu needed to do was to get familiar with the feeling of running around on the map.

Once you get the hang of it, you won’t panic when you encounter situations on the map of a field competition.

It's like giving a man a fish is not as good as teaching him how to fish.

After struggling like this for several hours, Xia Shu finally ran from the edge of the city to the center of the city.

This may have once been a city square, but now it is covered with various trees.

The ground is completely covered with fallen leaves and tree roots, and only if you look very hard can you find one or two marble bricks with patterns.

Feng Zheng sat on the edge of a tree cabin and looked at Xia Shu, who had been tormented for the whole morning, with a smile.

Xia Shu looked at Feng Zheng listlessly. Feng Zheng patted the tree trunk beside him and said, "Climb up now. It's time for dinner."

Xia Shu followed his instructions and climbed up the wooden ladder into the wooden house.

It's clean inside, no bad smell.

Feng Zheng was setting the table. Xia Shu cleaned the gun and hung it on the wall. He then asked Feng Zheng, "Who's cooking? I don't see a kitchen."

"Oh," Feng Zheng replied without even turning his head. "I asked Little Bit to prepare lunch at home. She'll bring it over later and we can have a picnic here. It's almost time..."

As he was speaking, a beeping horn was heard outside.

Xia Shu stuck his head out and saw that a small hovercraft was leisurely swaying down the avenue. Who else could the rider be but Bai Nanhua?

Bai Nanhua seemed very happy to see Xia Shu.

After she parked the car, she climbed up to the cabin in a few steps.

Xia Shu took the basket from her hand and opened it to take a look. Inside was a picnic meal that couldn't be more standard.

"Did you let the kitchen robot do it?" Xia Shu asked casually.

"Yes! Otherwise, what if the food I cook is not tasty?" Bai Nanhua said a little embarrassedly.

Xia Shu had no objection, so he and Feng Zheng set up lunch in the middle of the cabin.

While eating, Feng Zheng talked to Xia Shu about the origin of the cabin.

As expected, it was she and Bai Nanhua who built the secret base together.

Xia Shu thought of Jia's secret base on the seaside again, and couldn't help but wonder if all children would fall for this?

Like secret bases, special operations teams and so on.

After finishing lunch, Bai Nanhua did not leave the area.

She seemed particularly interested in Xia Shu's training, so she and Feng Zheng watched a live training performance of active-duty soldiers brought by Xia Shu.

But for Xia Shu, it was full of torture.

After a day of special training ended and when the training was summarized, Feng Zheng took out the records of the humanoid detection instruments.

"Let me check if you've been discovered..." Feng Zheng looked at the alarm marks on each instrument. "Hmm... one, two, three, four... all of these are records triggered by Bai Nanhua. Eh? The coordinates of recorder number 16 are wrong? What's going on?"

She raised her head and looked at Xia Shu.

Xia Shu shook his head and said, "I didn't move."

Feng Kite frowned and asked seriously:

"Is there anyone else here?"