My Military Career in a Parallel World

In the dream space, Jiang Chen rested his head on the quilt, his feet on the bed rails, a cigarette in his mouth, and the "Discipline Regulations" in his hand, reading it carefully.

If this behavior happened in the real world, Jiang Chen would probably die without knowing how he died...

creak...

While I was reciting the rules and regulations, there was a sudden creaking sound from the bunk bed above my head, followed by footsteps and the sound of a door opening and closing.

"What's wrong with Zhang Meng these past two days? He runs to the toilet late at night every night..." After muttering to himself, Jiang Chen turned his attention back to the book in front of him.

After watching for more than an hour, Jiang Chen felt that it was enough, so he stood up and stretched his body, and prepared to continue his physical training.

"Could this kid have fallen into the toilet? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

Although his attention was always on the book, Jiang Chen could still pay attention to the situation outside as long as he was not doing strenuous exercise.

He had been watching for more than an hour just now. Counting it as real-world time, it had been at least seven or eight minutes, but he hadn't heard any sign of Zhang Meng coming back.

Just when I was thinking about whether to go out and take a look, the dormitory door suddenly creaked open.

Zhang Meng tiptoed in and was about to go back to bed when a figure on the bed next to him suddenly sat up and grabbed his arm.

Zhang Meng was startled and subconsciously wanted to scream, but as soon as he opened his mouth, a big hand covered his mouth tightly.

"Shut up!" A low shout came from his ear, and Zhang Meng, who was still struggling, became obedient in an instant.

"Hmph! You took so long to go to the toilet? Did you go to clean the pit toilet?" Li Gang's cold voice reached Zhang Meng's ears. His heart trembled. He was already feeling guilty, and now his calves couldn't help but start to tremble.

This was just the beginning. Just when Zhang Meng was feeling uneasy, Li Gang slowly approached him, his nose twitched slightly, and a faint smell of tobacco rushed into his nose.

"I'm done for now!" Zhang Meng's heart skipped a beat, knowing that his smoking habit was exposed.

"Hmph, I was wondering why you run to the toilet every night..." Li Gang's voice was like the cold wind in February, which made Zhang Meng's back chill.

"I'll give you one chance. Take out all the hidden things tomorrow at noon. Don't let me search them myself, otherwise..."

"Yes." Zhang Meng nodded quickly in agreement.

Li Gang didn't hold on to him in the middle of the night. He let go of his hand and said, "Go back to sleep. I'll deal with you tomorrow!"

Although Jiang Chen could not see the outside world in the dream space, the sounds alone were enough to understand what was happening.

"Fuck! Zhang Meng looks like an honest guy, but I didn't expect him to be so cunning. How did he bring the cigarettes in without being discovered by Li Dapao?!"

You know, when Li Gang checked the items, he took the opportunity to conduct a surprise inspection while they were in the bathroom.

Everyone was wearing vests and shorts, and slippers on their feet. There was no place on their bodies to put anything.

Well...except for pants.

Without any warning or preparation, Zhang Meng actually had the time to hide something, and it hadn't been discovered by Li Dapao. No wonder Jiang Chen was so surprised.

"No wonder this kid kept running to the toilet these past two nights. It turns out he went there to satisfy his craving for a cigarette." Jiang Chen clicked his tongue as he listened to the noise coming from above his head.

"I don't know how this kid will handle it tomorrow. I don't know how the squad leader will deal with him. I hope Li Dapao will be gentler." After shaking his head and praying for Zhang Meng in his heart, Jiang Chen left the dormitory and continued his journey as a hard-working person.

……

As the deputy monitor, Jiang Chen no longer had to get up at four o'clock every morning to fold his quilt like everyone else.

He can sleep an hour longer than others and get up after five o'clock.

The reason why it is not six o'clock is not that Li Gang does not keep his promise, but that as the deputy monitor, Jiang Chen has the responsibility and obligation to manage the class's internal affairs.

Besides, it takes a lot of time to fold a new quilt. Even if Jiang Chen is very skilled, it will take him at least twenty minutes to fold a quilt that meets the standards.

However, Jiang Chen was already very satisfied to have an hour's rest time longer than others.

If he sleeps one more hour, he can have ten more hours of time for internal competition...

At four o'clock in the morning, the dormitory building, which had been silent all night, was awakened on time, and the lights were turned on along with the roars of the squad leaders.

"Wake up!! Everyone, get up and make your quilts!!!"

Class 5 was no exception. Li Gang woke everyone up one by one.

No one dared to stay in bed, but as the recruits woke up, bursts of wailing suddenly rang out in the dormitory building.

Since the second day of entering the recruit company, this scene seems to have become a routine every morning.

Arms, thighs, back...

There is no place on my body that feels comfortable.

They were forcibly dragged out of bed, and everyone had an ugly face, especially when they saw that the culprit who disturbed their sleep woke them up and then went back to sleep, everyone's resentment was even greater.

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, why don't you die in sleep on the bed!" Chu Fei opened and closed his mouth constantly, but he didn't dare to make a sound.

Li Gang is the squad leader and a veteran. Even if they are resentful, they don't have the courage to cause trouble for Li Gang.

But how come this guy next door can also sleep in? ! !

Seeing Jiang Chen still lying quietly on the bed without moving at all despite the big commotion just now, everyone felt unbalanced instantly.

If I can't afford to offend the monitor, can't I punish you? !

Several recruits who were closer to Jiang Chen looked at each other tacitly, then all came to Jiang Chen's bed with quilts and surrounded him.

"Hey, Xiao Ming, what should I do to get here?"

"Why are you so stupid? Using your fist as a ruler..."

"Oh, it started so fast that I forgot about it!"

……

These guys were very cunning. In order to avoid disturbing Li Gang, they kept their voices very low, but they were just loud enough for Jiang Chen on the bed to hear.

Four or five people buzzed around Jiang Chen's ears like a group of mosquitoes.

What's worse, when she saw that Jiang Chen still didn't move, she pretended to shake the bed legs unintentionally while pressing down the quilt, tormenting Jiang Chen in various ways, just because she didn't want him to have a good sleep.

Unfortunately, all their plans failed.

In the dream space, Jiang Chen was running five kilometers, sweating all over, and breathing heavily through his mouth and nose like a bellows. How could he have the time to pay attention to the situation outside?

"My physical fitness is still too weak. I almost got a stitch in the side after running five kilometers with light luggage. What will happen if I carry a weight?" After resting for a while with his hands on his knees, Jiang Chen felt that his physical strength had almost recovered. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and continued with the next training.

Physical fitness is important, but willpower is equally important.

For many military trainings, physical strength alone is not enough and requires inhuman willpower.

After figuring this out, Jiang Chen would never go back in time easily unless he really couldn't hold on any longer.

……

"Fuck, this can't wake him up?!"

"If I hadn't seen his chest still rising and falling, I would have thought that this guy was dead in bed!"

"Qiangzi, Jiang Chen's sleep quality is comparable to yours!"

"Uh... I was like this when I first joined the army. I don't dare to sleep like this now."

Li Qiang touched his head. A few days later, when he thought about what happened that morning, he still felt a little scared.

He was indeed a heavy sleeper, and he was often late for school because of this reason. But ever since Li Gang woke him up with a bucket of cold water, it was like he had an alarm clock in his head. He would wake up at a certain time without anyone waking him up, and he couldn't stay in bed even if he wanted to...

A few people were still chatting in low voices when Jiang Chen on the bed finally moved.

"what……"

Jiang Chen sat up from the bed, stretched his waist, looked at them innocently, and asked curiously, "Hey, why are you all surrounding me? Do you want to kowtow and become my disciple like Fei Zai?"

"Fuck, didn't we agree not to mention this matter?!" Chu Fei instantly got furious. If Li Qiang hadn't pulled him over, he would have come over to fight Jiang Chen to the death.

"Why are you making such a fuss? You've been doing this for a few days but there's been no progress. How dare you make a fuss!" Chu Fei's voice was a little loud and woke Li Gang up.

Li Gang's loud roar made it so deafening in the dormitory that one could hear a pin drop.

"And you, Jiang Chen! How do you manage to be the deputy monitor? Don't you know how to maintain discipline?!"

Veterans tend to sleep lightly. Even though the few people just now deliberately lowered their voices, they still couldn't escape Li Gang's ears. He just didn't want to pay attention to these guys.

Now that he saw Jiang Chen, he simply took advantage of the situation to make a fuss.

"You are the deputy squad leader. How can you sleep well when your comrades in the squad fold their quilts so poorly?!"

"Go teach them how to fold their quilts!"

After scolding Jiang Chen, Li Gang lay down again and went back to sleep.

"Uh……"

What else could Jiang Chen do? He had to get up and get dressed.

"Come on, make some room." After packing up the mosquito net and putting it in the closet, Jiang Chen put on his physical training suit and walked to the center of the dormitory holding the quilt.

"Everyone, please stop what you are doing for a moment. I will slow down this time so you can all watch how I fold it!"

We were busy until almost six o'clock before everyone stopped.

Take five minutes to quickly wash your face and brush your teeth, change your clothes, and line up to go downstairs to gather.

Another hard day begins.

……

At noon, after coming back from lunch, Li Gang did not ask everyone to fold their quilts or recite rules and regulations.

Because there is still one very important thing that has not been dealt with.

At the entrance of Class 5's dormitory, ten recruits stood in a row with their backs against the gate. Seeing this, the recruits from other classes looked over curiously, not understanding what Class 5 was up to.

"Zhang Meng!"

Zhang Meng shivered visibly, and said with a bitter face, "Here!"

"Exit!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Meng gritted his teeth and walked out of the queue.

"Take out all the things. It will give everyone an opportunity to broaden their horizons." Although Li Gang had a smile on his face, Jiang Chen, who knew what had happened, felt horrified no matter how he looked at it.

As for the others, they were still confused and had no idea what was about to happen.

"Yes."

Zhang Meng lowered his head even lower.

Under the gaze of everyone, Zhang Meng lowered his head and entered the dormitory.

Returning to the position where he had just stood, Zhang Meng timidly spread out his hands at Li Gang's command, and everyone's eyes subconsciously gathered around him.

In his two hands, one side held two things wrapped tightly in toilet paper, and in the other hand, in the palm of his right hand, there were more than ten cigarettes in total.

"Fuck!!!"

Not only the recruits from Class 5, but also the recruits from other classes who were besieging them were all shocked and their eyes widened.

"Open the toilet paper in your hand!" Li Gang's tone was still calm, but everyone could hear the anger hidden in it.

"Yes……"

Zhang Meng lowered his head and opened the toilet paper in his hand.

What is wrapped in the toilet paper is not something else, but matches, which are essential for smoking.

But it’s different from the matches you usually see.

In order to avoid the army's search, Zhang Meng cut the matchsticks very short. Apart from the reddish-brown match heads, the remaining sticks were less than one centimeter long. If he was not careful when lighting a cigarette, he might burn his hands.

As for the other ball of toilet paper, it contains the essential item for lighting the match, tissue paper.

Like matchsticks, paper erasers are cut into very small pieces, only the size of a normal person's fingernail.

Jiang Chen was stunned. While he mourned for Zhang Meng in his heart, he couldn't help but admire this guy. He could think of any tricks to get a cigarette.

Putting aside other things, just being able to light a match with such a small piece of paper and light a cigarette before burning your hands is probably not something that ordinary people can accomplish...

“Brother, you’re on your own. I can’t save you this time even if I want to…” Jiang Chen silently made the sign of the cross in his heart.

"Haha, quite interesting. There are really more solutions than problems. I didn't realize that you hid it so well!" Li Gang sneered as he looked at what Zhang Meng was holding in his hand.

Zhang Meng lowered her head, not daring to look at Li Gang's expression, let alone make any excuses.

"Hmph, you like smoking, right? Okay, I'll let you smoke as much as you want today!" Li Gang snatched the cigarette from Zhang Meng's hand.

"Open your mouth!"

Zhang Meng raised his head and met Li Gang's cold gaze. Perhaps he was frightened, he stood there in a daze, not moving for a long time.

"Open your mouth!!" Li Gang repeated.

Zhang Meng came back to his senses and opened his mouth.

"Open wider!"

Zhang Meng opened her mouth wide, and then everyone saw that Li Gang took out half of the cigarettes in his hand, about five or six cigarettes, and stuffed them into Zhang Meng's mouth.

"Come on, show me how you light a cigarette with this thing."

Under everyone's gaze, Zhang Meng tremblingly picked up the matches and eraser paper.

I don't know how this guy trained himself like that, his hands were shaking like sifting chaff, but it didn't affect his movements when lighting the fire at all.

The match head struck the eraser paper and a flame rose up. Before the flame burned to her fingertips, Zhang Meng quickly lit the nearest cigarette.

After repeating this five or six times, all the cigarettes in his mouth were lit, and in an instant Zhang Meng's face was shrouded in smoke.

"Jiang Chen!"

"To!"

"Go to the balcony and bring me the bucket."

"Yes!"

Jiang Chen responded and trotted out the bucket.

The army has strict discipline, and there will be no water in the bucket unless it is needed.

Boom!

Li Gang used his backhand to put the bucket on Zhang Meng's head.

"Be careful when you smoke, don't burn the barrel!

"Finally, Li Gang did not forget to add one more sentence.

The story doesn’t end here. If this is the only punishment for smoking, believe it or not, the toilet will turn into a fairyland again the next day…