Chapter 2 Cannon Fodder
Three days later, Wang Fei lay on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

Wang Fei had no idea how he had gotten through the past few days. As the countdown shortened, anxiety and fear spread in his heart.

Fear of death is the instinct of all living things.

Will the end of the countdown be death?

Wang Fei didn't know, but he soon found out.

ten seconds...

five seconds...

three seconds...

00: 00: 00: 00
The moment the countdown ended, Wang Fei knew that what was coming was not death, but the arrival of the golden finger.

The string of zeros gradually broke apart and eventually merged into a text box.

[You might try asking, system, where is my newbie gift pack? ]

[Number of prompts: 0]

【23:59:59】

Along with Wang Fei's consciousness, the text box either disappeared or appeared under Wang Fei's control.

The words in the text box seem to be a hint.

A new countdown appears, and it seems that as time goes by, you will get new reminder opportunities.

The prompts have appeared, there is no reason for Wang Fei not to accept the suggestions.

I thought to myself, "System, where is my novice gift pack?"

As if hearing Wang Fei's call, a warm current appeared in Wang Fei's body.

An unprecedented feeling of comfort enveloped Wang Fei's spirit, and even the old injury on his waist felt much better.

a long time.

Wang Fei regained consciousness. The feeling of comfort had faded, but the old injury on his waist was still there.

The so-called novice gift package seems to have changed something, but it also seems to have changed nothing.

The body doesn't seem to have changed, but the content of the text box has changed.

[You have received the novice gift pack, which has changed your physique. From now on, your body will be perfectly adapted to any plan to enhance vitality without any side effects.]

This is not a hint, but seems to be an answer to the previous hint.

"Life force?"

Wang Fei muttered to himself.

When the Federation launched its counterattack, it obtained the aliens' life technology, which can enhance human vitality.

With the improvement of vitality, humans gain unimaginable individual combat capabilities.

According to the gossip from his old comrades, if one can raise his vitality to the extreme, he will become... a god.

The terminal suddenly vibrated:

[Federal Military Headquarters] Due to the intense fighting situation in the Sixth Channel, you have been called up and demobilized and reassigned to the Second Corps. Please report to the [Fourth District Federal Armed Forces Headquarters] before six o'clock tonight.

I looked at the time and there were still six hours left.

The terminal vibrated again:

You have been invited to join the group chat [A 100-year-old veteran beats up the alien cubs]

98-year-old Lao Zheng likes 18-year-old: Where are they? Where are they? Where are they? I have already arrived at the Armed Forces Department! Where are you?

98-year-old Lao Fang likes 38 years old: It’s almost there, it’s almost there, you might as well ask Lao Wang, he hasn’t been bubbling for three days, he won’t be cold, right?
Looking at the group names of the two people in the group, Wang Fei silently changed his remarks and then spoke.

100-year-old Lao Wang doesn’t want to fall in love: I live in a resettlement community, just a hundred meters walk, thank you.

After finishing his speech and informing the two old guys that he was still alive, Wang Fei went out without even taking his keys.

Although the system has received the money, it does not seem to be very effective. The probability of returning home alive is not high. As Wang Fei said, the armed forces department is just opposite the resettlement community. In less than five minutes, Wang Fei arrived at the armed forces department.

When he arrived at the armed forces department, Wang Fei was dumbfounded.

Wow, there are so many people, all of them are old men!
Occasionally I see a few young people, some of whom are from the armed forces.

Wang Fei was very satisfied after getting the new military uniform and putting it on, perhaps because it took the elderly into consideration.

The military uniform has a built-in powered exoskeleton, which allows an old man like Wang Fei, who has weak muscles below the waist, to walk faster.

The assembly area is the square in front of the Armed Forces Department, which is large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people.

Looking around, there was a sea of ​​white. There were nearly ten thousand old men waiting in the entire square.

Group chat [A 100-year-old veteran beats up an alien cub]

98-year-old Lao Zheng likes being 18 years old: Come to the front of the square. This is such a big event, it will definitely be on the news, so come to the front and show your face.

98-year-old Lao Fang likes 38-year-old: Here I come, here I see you, damn, how come you dyed your hair all white? Didn’t you just dye your hair black with me not long ago?

98-year-old Mr. Zheng likes being 18: white hair is in line with his age, otherwise he will look like those young people in their sixties and seventies.

98-year-old Lao Fang likes 38-year-old: Damn! Old things are insidious! Fortunately, I brought a knife. I'll go to the toilet and shave my hair!
100-year-old Wang doesn't want to fall in love: 6
Ten minutes later, Wang Fei successfully met Zheng Yang and Fang Yu at the front of the square.

There wasn't a single black hair on Zheng Yang's head; it was dazzlingly white.

There was not a single hair on Fang Yu's head, it was very bald.

The three began to whisper.

Zheng Yang said: "This conscription is a bit strange, and it's also very urgent."

Fang Yu nodded in agreement: "Yes, the military uniform comes with an exoskeleton. It seems that they are ready to go to the battlefield in a short time."

After thinking for a while, Wang Fei said:

"Why is the battle in the Sixth Channel so intense? Something serious must have happened."

"Besides, how can we conscript only old men? I see that the youngest man in this square is almost 80 years old."

As soon as Wang Fei finished speaking, the young people from the armed forces began to act.

The reporters that Zheng Yang had expected did not appear, but instead a number of troop carriers appeared.

Wang Fei and two other people were at the front of the square and were the first group to be arranged to get on the bus.

Inside the troop carrier, a gray-haired veteran was waiting there in advance.

Unlike Wang Fei and the other two, this veteran was not called up for demobilization this time, but is a soldier who has always been fighting on the front line.

"Everyone, my name is Zhang Ba. This battle is urgent. We will now go directly to the sixth channel."

"The other side of the Sixth Channel is not on Blue Star, but the Second Corps has already stationed there."

"After arriving at the base, each of you will receive an S-01 sequence potion."

"You all should have retired during the first phase of the war and have not received any life science enhancement. The information about the sequence potion has been sent to your personal terminals."

"Finally, the goal of this mission is to defend the sixth passage."

After Zhang Ba finished speaking, he fell silent, and the entire troop carrier fell into dead silence.

Defend the Sixth Channel?

Wang Fei and the other two looked at each other in surprise.

Is there really something wrong with Channel 6?

Has it reached the point where we need to defend to the death?
But why should we let these old guys come to guard it?
Do these old guys really have the fighting power to defend to the death?
They have not even received any so-called life technology enhancement.

If we ask them to defend the city to the death, how can they survive? They are just cannon fodder.

Finally, someone broke the silence: "Why are you asking us to defend? Are we just cannon fodder?"

Zhang Ba gave a bitter smile: "Because anyone under the age of seventy will die."

(End of this chapter)