Not waiting for Tang Geng to reply, Tang Haoran asked Han Lang with a smile, "Brother Han, do you still remember what I told you about the special forces when we first met?"
"Special forces?" Han Lang and Ma Long exclaimed in unison.
Tang Haoran was also a little surprised, "What? Ma Long, you know about the special forces too?"
Ma Long replied, "I heard some rumors when I was in the army, but I never knew if they were true. I didn't expect them to actually exist!"
Hearing this explanation, Tang Haoran was instantly relieved.
Han Lang then asked, "But, what does this have to do with the second way the country selects talents that Tang Geng mentioned?"
Tang Haoran smiled, "Of course it's related! Because joining the army is the second way the country selects and cultivates talents!"
After speaking, Tang Haoran began to introduce the special forces to Han Lang and the others.
In a broad sense, the Xia Kingdom's special forces can be understood as an inclusive super sect;
Why is it called inclusive?
Because its purpose is to widely recruit more aspiring and capable cultivators to join the ranks of protecting the country.
In other words, any cultivator belonging to the Xia Kingdom's cultivator world has the opportunity to join if they have the ability;
This is not only a fair and just way of resource sharing, but also the best way to not miss out on talent in this era of spiritual energy scarcity!
For these talents, the country will naturally not be stingy!
All sorts of high-level cultivation techniques, martial arts techniques; various offensive spiritual weapons, auxiliary magical treasures; incredibly precious life-saving elixirs, etc., as long as you can officially join and earn military merits, these things are not out of reach.
Most importantly,
Within the Xia Kingdom, the sixth top-tier massive spiritual脉 is used by the state to provide cultivation for members of the special forces!
In other words, even if you are mediocre and have no military merits, as long as you become a member of the special forces, you can enjoy the same top-tier cultivation treatment as the five major sects!
This point alone is enough to drive cultivators in the entire cultivator world into a frenzy!
However, all of this naturally comes with conditions!
The Xia Kingdom does not support the mediocre!
The special forces do not need selfish cowards!
Therefore, joining also requires passing through rigorous assessments.
First, the simplest part is that leaders from various levels of the Special Investigation Bureau recommend nominations, pass the initial screening, and finally submit them to the provincial review. Only after passing this review and voting can one officially become a reserve special forces member!
Of course, this process is not absolute!
You can also apply for an exception through meritorious deeds, that is, outstanding contributions made in the Special Investigation Bureau. As long as the merits are sufficient, you can be admitted without review.
In addition, prodigies with extremely high cultivation talent, special physiques, etc., are also eligible for exceptional admission!
However, after admission, you cannot rest easy!
Because for the next three months, you will be arranged in the recruit camp for a period of comfortable yet extremely stressful arduous training.
During this time, it can be considered an opportunity for everyone admitted to make a breakthrough!
After that, the second assessment will follow.
The purpose of the assessment is not only to test the results of arduous training but also to prevent individual regions from abusing their power and sending inferior cultivators to occupy national cultivation resources.
Therefore, in this stage, those whose strength does not meet the requirements are eliminated first.
Martial cultivators below the mid-stage of Martial Apprentice, and immortal cultivators below the Foundation Establishment stage will be immediately sent back.
In each session, almost half of the cultivators are eliminated at this stage. After all, the current cultivation environment is indeed too poor!
Those who remain are not 100% safe.
You still need to pass the challenge arena to eliminate those whose combat power is not up to standard, to prevent some people from being mere show-offs.
Finally, those who remain will be assigned to teams and become formal members of the special forces, enjoying the best cultivation resources while participating in various combat missions arranged by the special forces.
Three years!
With three years as the limit!
The special forces will review every member.
According to the time of service corresponding to military merits, those who do not meet the standards will be ordered to retire.
Those with excellent strength may be re-hired by the state for other positions, while those with insufficient strength can only become ordinary cultivators and serve as guest elders for major immortal cultivation families or small sects;
"So, joining the special forces is almost the dream of every cultivator in the cultivator world! Not only can you obtain resources, but you can also fulfill your military dream. It's a win-win situation!"
After listening to Tang Haoran's introduction, Han Lang and Ma Long's eyes lit up.
Ma Long was out of the question; he had already retired due to injury, leaving him with regrets. Now that he had a chance to make up for it, he was naturally full of anticipation.
But what about Han Lang?
Before he had integrated the memories of Shennong Heavenly Doctor and the Medicine Master from Another World, he was an extremely patriotic person;
Although at that time he was still a useless rich second-generation, all he could do was donate money for every natural disaster and man-made calamity that occurred in the Xia Kingdom.
The reason for this was that joining the army and serving was his dream!
Now that he had the opportunity to fulfill his dream, he naturally did not want to miss it.
Seeing their eager gazes, Tang Haoran quickly replied, "Of course! Of course! Not only you, but Tang Geng and Tang Qin will also go to the army for further studies. With your current strength, plus our recommendation, it shouldn't be a big problem. Haha..."
Tang Geng also chimed in, "However, there are only two to three months left until this year's special forces recruitment. Brother Ma Long, your strength is still a bit lacking! If you can't improve properly in these few months, you'll still be eliminated even if you get in! "
Ma Long said confidently, "Don't worry about that, Tang Geng! With my current strength of nearly Qi Condensation level 9, and with these few months, plus the three months after getting in, I will definitely be able to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!"
However, soon, he had a new question: "But, you just said that the nominated list will enter provincial review after screening. Which department is responsible for the review in Star City? Is it the provincial Special Investigation Bureau?"
Hearing this question, Tang Haoran and Tang Geng both shook their heads.
Tang Geng replied, "The review in Star City is conducted by a review committee jointly formed by the two strongest families in Star City, namely our Tang family and the Zhao family. Only by obtaining more than half of the votes can it pass, among which..."
At this point, Tang Geng suddenly hesitated.
This made Ma Long and Han Lang anxious.
They quickly asked, "Among which?"
Tang Geng didn't know how to answer and looked to Tang Haoran for help.
Tang Haoran was also a little embarrassed. He coughed deliberately to ease the awkwardness, and then stammered, "This... it's like this! The structure of each province is actually similar. Taking Star City as an example, the Special Investigation Bureaus in various cities, counties, and towns are almost controlled by the Tang and Zhao families respectively. In other words, the people nominated by the Special Investigation Bureau are almost all from these two families, and the personnel are evenly split!"
"When voting, the members of the Star City Review Committee are also half from the Tang family and half from the Zhao family. With two tigers on one mountain, naturally, both have their own selfish interests."
"Under normal circumstances, no one will vote for the other party's people! Therefore, only about 8-10 people who are not direct or collateral members of the two families can pass the review each year. Others can only try through other channels or try their luck again next year."
"And direct members of the two families are automatically given an extra vote. So, as long as their abilities meet the requirements, they are almost 100% guaranteed to get in!"
"Ah?"
Han Lang and Ma Long were stunned by these words, their eyes widening in surprise, and they questioned in unison.
"Then where is the fairness in that? Aren't you monopolizing it?"
Tang Geng gave an embarrassed smile, "There's some truth to that, but after you get into the army, everything will be fair!"