Chapter 1 The Twenty-Fifth of October, Two Thousand and Seventeen

October 25, 2017, east of the Imperial Capital, in a military camp.

Four fully armed pioneers, led by Chief Instructor Qin Wangchuan, arrived at the military camp airport.

Although Jiang Xiao and his group of four had just been officially transferred, they had learned the pioneer's attire in a very decent manner. Jiang Xiao, Gu Shi'an, and Han Jiangxue were dressed in proper desert camouflage, wearing camouflage military caps, with an "Arid" armband on their right arms.

But Jiang Xiao was a rogue, and Xia Yan was beautiful.

Xia Yan wore a desert-colored windbreaker, pants, and military boots. The windbreaker was wide open, revealing a gray-yellow turtleneck cashmere sweater underneath, and a gray-yellow knitted scarf around her neck.

The scarf was simply a stroke of genius, loosely wrapped around her, covering Xia Yan's lower jaw, showing a lazy posture. However, Xia Yan's beautiful eyes were bright and fiery, even a little sharp, making people couldn't help but secretly admire her heroic appearance.

In fact, Xia Yan also bought a set for Han Jiangxue, but Han Jiangxue refused with disdain, choosing the regular pioneer military uniform.

Jiang Xiao, on the other hand, was very rogue.

Also wearing desert camouflage, Jiang Xiao managed to wear the feeling of a bandit.

The main thing was the gray-yellow windproof mask, which had already deviated from the category of "lower half face mask." Jiang Xiao's face from the bridge of his nose down to his neck was completely wrapped in the windproof mask.

Jiang Xiao also wore a round-brimmed camouflage fisherman hat on his head. He didn't show much of his face in the first place, and now he could only see his eyes. All Jiang Xiao needed was an Ak47 in his hand.

"Officer!"

"Hello!"

Qin Wangchuan and a pioneer soldier saluted each other, indicating that the team members had arrived.

Qin Wangchuan turned to look at the four and said, "This is Officer Chen Qi Dao, who is fully responsible for your mission this time. His orders must be obeyed unconditionally!"

The officer called Chen Qi Dao sized up the group of four, his gaze clearly lingering on Han Jiangxue for a few seconds. He must have recognized this World Cup player.

So... the tightly wrapped "bandit" should be the Jiu Xing Du Nai, right?

The group of four was also secretly sizing up Chen Qi Dao. He wasn't wearing a military uniform either. The main color was gray-yellow, and he was as tall as Gu Shi'an, who was 193 centimeters, but he was thin and looked a whole size smaller than Gu Shi'an.

Chen Qi Dao's face was chiseled, but his expression was not serious. There was even a hint of a smile in his eyes as he looked at Jiang Xiao, and he said, "Which one is the captain?"

Qin Wangchuan simply couldn't bear to look at Jiang Xiao. He was helpless in his heart. Which one is the captain? The most rogue one, the most jumpy one, is the captain!

Qin Wangchuan pointed to the bandit and said, "Jiang Xiaopi, a student in the first class of pioneer apprentices, is the captain of this pioneer apprentice team."

Chen Qi Dao softly muttered two sentences, "Jiang Xiaopi... Jiang Xiaopi..."

Jiang Xiao's voice was loud: "Here!"

Chen Qi Dao nodded: "Board the plane, remember to get the information."

"Yes!"

Gu Shi'an led the way, and the group of four quickly boarded the plane under the gaze of Qin Wangchuan. After entering the cabin, they received information about the dimensional space around the 38th parallel from a soldier.

Outside the cabin, Qin Wangchuan and Chen Qi Dao were still exchanging something, while Jiang Xiao and the others quickly took their seats.

Jiang Xiao had been on this kind of transport plane many times. The seats here were two rows of benches, but the middle was not empty. There were many large boxes, which looked like supplies.

Jiang Xiao opened the material package in his hand and also flipped through the information about the Fairy Flower Different Dimension Space. In fact, in the past few days, under the leadership of Qin Wangchuan, the team members had gained enough understanding of the different-dimensional space blooming on the 38th parallel.

The peninsula was not large, and the dimensional space was relatively simple. In addition to the Fairy Flower Dimensional Space, only the Jinshan Different Dimension Space needed to be paid attention to, but that dimensional space was rarely seen on the dividing line.

There were also some different-dimensional spaces in the sea area of the peninsula, but the creatures there were very kind and had no ability to land.

Xia Yan pouted and sat next to Jiang Xiao, leaning her head over and looking at the paper in Jiang Xiao's hand.

She felt a little awkward every time she saw creatures like the Earth Hibiscus.

The Earth Hibiscus is called "Zhe" (meaning person), because it is humanoid.

But this was not the main point. The key was that although it had limbs and walked upright in a human form, it had no face.

It was simply a faceless person, with no facial features at all. And its head could be opened, blooming a huge flower, either purple or pink.

It was very strange!

This was also a relatively rare different-dimensional creature with a star bead contained in its chest.

It was precisely because of this form, coupled with its vice-phase star technique, that it could possess a second face and disguise itself as a human, mixing into the crowd.

And for civilians, this was a very dangerous creature, because the flower blooming on the head of the Earth Hibiscus was man-eating...

Once deceived by the Earth Hibiscus's vice-phase star technique, even if a kind person approached slightly, this man-eating flower would reveal its true form.

They were not the type of ape-ghost kings who could fly into the sky and escape from the earth, capable of fighting ten thousand enemies. But don't forget, the Earth Hibiscus was also a true gold-level king creature!

And to some extent, the threat of the Earth Hibiscus was even higher! Even more terrifying!

The Earth Hibiscus would wear human clothes and actively imitate human movements, postures, and expressions. If given enough time, it could even learn human language!

Of course, learning human language was still relatively difficult and really required a long time.

But the length of learning time was one thing,

The species' ability to learn human language was another thing!

They could skillfully use the second star technique, Concealment, to hide their star power fluctuations and disguise themselves as ordinary people.

They could also directly disguise themselves as star warriors, skillfully using the first star technique to conjure up a star map for themselves...

This was an extremely intelligent different-dimensional creature. However, what conflicted with human civilization was that the Earth Hibiscus had no brain at all. No one knew how it thought. Its head was just a flower...

Once this kind of creature flooded into human society in large numbers during the chaos, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The peninsula, this small piece of land, had no so-called "discernment" star beads at all. If your country was more closed off and could not obtain discernment star techniques from other countries, then the Earth Hibiscus could do whatever it wanted here.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that it would ruin the country and harm the people. Given enough time, according to their intelligence, they could even occupy a place in human society...

The Earth Hibiscus's attributes in this regard were frighteningly prominent, but this race had two fatal weaknesses:

First, its entire body of star techniques were only silver quality after all, making it relatively easy to be seen through.

Second, their talents were all focused on intelligence and learning ability. While one aspect was prominent, other aspects were severely lacking.

Their combat power was very poor. Hunting civilians was possible, but if they encountered a star warrior at the Star River stage or above, they would be lambs to the slaughter.

Even if the Earth Hibiscus encountered a Nebula-stage combat profession, their chances of winning were not high.

Logically speaking, any creature that was promoted to the gold level was equivalent to a human being promoted from the Nebula stage to the Star Sea stage, and their physical fitness would have a huge leap.

Think about the Lava Witch who abused the bait Jiang Xiao into a dog. That was a purely auxiliary type of Lava Witch, who relied entirely on her body to beat the bait Jiang Xiao to a pulp.

But these freely walking flowers, even if they were at the gold level, were still in this sorry state after their physical fitness leaped.

It was really hard to imagine how weak the Earth Hibiscus at the silver and bronze levels would be...

They were probably sickly, even having difficulty getting out of bed?

What truly killed people was another creature in the Fairy Flower Different Dimension Space: the Lily of the Valley!

Also being a walking flower, it did not take the disguise and learning path. The Lily of the Valley took the confusion and illusion path.

When you are dragged into an illusion by the Lily of the Valley's mist and slaughtered your teammates, the Lily of the Valley may still be laughing to itself.

Of course, it can't laugh, after all, it also has a human torso, and above the neck is a flower...

Xia Yan pouted, her muffled voice coming from behind the scarf: "This Fairy Flower Different Dimension Space sounds beautiful, but the creatures here are really weird."

Jiang Xiao turned to look at Gu Shi'an: "Heavensight Eyes (see through illusions, scout and track star technique residue), Heavensight Light (break illusions), Dark Ant Sense (collect information within a certain range), and Roar (clear head and bright eyes) are all arranged. This mission, you are the most critical link in the team."

Gu Shi'an nodded. He wasn't kidding about cooperating with the team to absorb star techniques. Under the efforts of the pioneer army, Gu Shi'an's body of star techniques made up for all the shortcomings of this team.

Han Jiangxue said softly: "There is no need to belittle yourself, you have Silence, everything can be solved."

Silence breaks all laws!

This was indeed Jiang Xiao's confidence.

Gu Shi'an did not argue. It could be seen that Jiang Xiao had deliberately elevated Gu Shi'an's role in the team, but Han Jiangxue was obviously not interested.

Gu Shi'an sighed inwardly: It seems that the road to prove my strength is still very long.

In the huge noise, the tail door of the transport plane slowly closed, and Officer Chen Qi Dao walked in, his eyes sweeping over the faces of these pioneer soldiers one by one.

The eight teams of the Imperial Capital Pioneer Army were all assembled, and all 32 people were present. Chen Qi Dao nodded in satisfaction and said loudly, "In three hours, you will step onto the battlefield. Adjust your state.

I don't know how long this battle will last. We can't control the blooming of the different-dimensional space, but what we can control is our own team, our combat ability, and our execution ability!

Each of the eight teams present is a complete combat system. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are restraining the Fairy Flower Dimension Space!

So, perk up your spirits and take care of your teammates! When we return home, none of the 32 people in this cabin can be missing! Do you understand!?"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

...

One after another, the voices were powerful, and Jiang Xiao's long-silent heart faintly agitated.

Anything that makes your blood boil is worth a try!

Jiang Xiao had tried fighting for the country, and it was fighting on all levels.

Compared to the arena, Jiang Xiao preferred the battlefield!

Chen Qi Dao's expression was serious, and he looked around at everyone: "Bring your military ID! Protect your armbands!"

Chen Qi Dao opened his mouth word by word and said, "One ID and one armband can confirm your identity! If you lose any one of them, you must report it immediately! When I shout the 'password' to you, you must answer me with six numbers, which are the date and minute at that time! Year, hour, and seconds are ignored."

Chen Qi Dao suddenly shouted, "Jiang Xiaopi! Password!"

Jiang Xiao glanced at the military-green military electronic watch. This was specially configured for the team members by Qin Wangchuan. It had many functions, and Jiang Xiao had studied the manual for a long time.

The "bandit" stood up and had a kind of mighty aura: "!"

Chen Qi Dao glanced at his watch, was silent for a long time, and said: "Jiang Xiaopi!"

Jiang Xiao's voice was loud and powerful: "Here!"

Chen Qi Dao walked towards the head of the plane and said casually: "Check the time with the other captains."

Jiang Xiao: "..."

Xia Yan covered her face with one hand, her persona collapsing...