My Military Career in a Parallel World

After calculating the time, it should be just after three in the morning in reality. In order to verify his guess, Jiang Chen decisively exited the dream space.

Jiang Chen opened his eyes and crawled up in the dark through the starlight shining through the window.

As soon as he sat up, he felt the changes in his body. The changes were very subtle, so subtle that they would be basically unnoticeable if he was not prepared in advance.

However, the changes are small, but real.

Jiang Chen's smile widened. Just as he was about to enter the dream space to continue his training, he suddenly felt as if his bladder was about to explode.

Not daring to delay, he quickly gathered his thoughts and forced himself to stop the urge to open the floodgates. Jiang Chen tiptoed out of bed, opened the dormitory door, and went straight to the toilet.

"Fortunately, I got out in time, otherwise, the scandal of my wetting the bed would have spread throughout the entire recruit company tomorrow..."

He trotted all the way to the toilet, took out the faucet and opened the valve to let the water flow. Jiang Chen couldn't help feeling a sense of luck.

What I discovered in the dream space just now was really too shocking. If I hadn't wanted to exit quickly to see if there were any changes in the real world, if I had delayed a little longer, who knows...

"Phew, feel good."

Jiang Chen groaned and couldn't help shaking twice. When he pulled up his pants and was about to leave, he suddenly heard some movement in the corner of the toilet.

I subconsciously turned my head and saw wisps of light smoke floating above the innermost toilet stall. I pricked up my ears and listened carefully, and could vaguely hear the sound of exhalation.

"Damn it, there really are people who are not afraid of death. They dare to commit crimes just after being dealt with?!"

But then again, this is none of his business. Jiang Chen has no interest in caring about it, and he won't have the leisure to go and tell tales.

When turning to walk out of the toilet, Jiang Chen clearly heard a commotion coming from inside. It should be the new recruit who was smoking. He stood up and took a peek to see if he was the sentry who was patrolling at night.

Before going to bed at night, Li Gang gave everyone a lot of knowledge about the rules and regulations of the recruit company.

For example, the daily schedule, what you need to pay attention to, what you can't do, what you can only do during certain time periods, etc...

In addition to these new recruits and the veterans serving as squad leaders, the recruit company also has two squads of soldiers.

These soldiers do not participate in routine training, but are only responsible for standing guard and night patrol tasks.

Apparently the squad leaders of other classes also said something similar before going to bed, otherwise, the new recruit wouldn't have been so nervous.

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I returned to the dormitory, closed the door gently, and was about to return to my bed when I suddenly heard the voice of squad leader Li Gang: "Where have you been?"

Jiang Chen was startled, and when he came to his senses, he quickly responded in a low voice: "Report, go to the toilet!"

"Well, that's enough, go to bed quickly, you still have two hours to rest."

At this hour, this guy still reminds me to get up at five in the morning. He is deliberately not letting me sleep well...

After mumbling a few words in his heart, Jiang Chen obediently went back to bed and lay down.

On the other side, after hearing the sound of Jiang Chen lying down, Li Gang slowly closed his eyes.

In fact, he had already woken up when Jiang Chen pushed the door and left. He also glanced at his watch and calculated silently in his mind.

If Jiang Chen still hasn't come back in two minutes, then...

This is not an isolated case, nor is it Li Gang's personal bad taste, but the norm for the entire recruit company.

On the surface, this is done to prevent recruits from sneaking into the toilet at night and doing things that violate discipline.

However, there is actually another very important reason to do this.

Avoid the situation where some new recruits cannot stand the constraints of the army or the training of the recruit company when they first arrive at the army and have extreme thoughts such as desertion.

The night sentry patrols, coupled with the veteran squad leaders' deep-seated vigilance, provide a double insurance policy that can minimize the likelihood of such incidents occurring.

The reason they do this is not because the army is afraid that you will escape, but rather Ge Hongtao and his men are trying their best to protect Jiang Chen and other children who have just graduated from school.

For the army, one less or one more of you will not make any difference. Even if someone really deserts, the officers in the recruit company like Ge Hongtao will at most punish them one by one for their poor performance.

But for the new recruits who ran away, the consequences of having the word "deserter" in their files are far beyond what they can bear at the moment.

There have been many similar examples in the army before.

Young people act on impulse without considering the consequences. Even though there are better options, they choose to take the most extreme approach.

The consequences will not only be a stain on his own record, but will also affect the future of future generations.

If you really don't want to be a soldier, you can confront the instructor, company commander and other company management. After several unsuccessful persuasions, generally the company commander and instructor will send the recruit back to his hometown on the grounds that the soldier's physical condition does not meet certain standards or for some other irrelevant issues.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, no company commander or instructor would be willing to accuse a 18 or 19-year-old boy who has just entered society of the crime of desertion.

It’s just that young people all understand these three words, and when they are full of passion, they never consider the consequences.

Most of the time, the recruits regard this as discipline from the unit and the squad leader, and few can understand the deeper meaning behind it.

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Just as he lay down and entered the dream space, preparing to do a few more five-kilometer warm-up exercises, Jiang Chen vaguely heard some movement outside the corridor, followed by the rustling sound of someone putting on clothes.

"Could it be that the guy who was smoking in the toilet just now was caught?"

"What is the squad leader doing wearing clothes?"

Judging from the direction the sound came from, the person who got up must be Li Gang.

Other people didn't put on clothes when they got up to go to the toilet, so the person who got up just now must be the class monitor!

"The monitor didn't think I went to the toilet to smoke just now!"

I won't be implicated by that guy!

Hearing the sound of Li Gang pushing the door and leaving, Jiang Chen felt more and more that something was wrong. He was about to exit the dream space and explain to Li Gang, but then he thought again that if he really did that, it might be that he would end up getting into trouble instead of being involved in any incident.

After all, if we really want to investigate, he knew that someone was hiding in the toilet smoking, but deliberately concealed the knowledge and did not report it... He will definitely be the one to suffer the consequences.

If the monitor really asks, I will just say I know nothing...

Having made up his mind, Jiang Chen no longer cared about trivial matters in the outside world and focused all his attention on the dream space.

It would have been fine if he hadn't discovered the function of the golden finger before, but now that he knows it, Jiang Chen naturally wants to make the best use of it.