At the 425th Regiment’s stall, the recruits stared in collective bewilderment at a lone person standing among the ranks of platoon leaders and deputy platoon leaders.

It was their acting head instructor for the latter half of their training, Lao Jian.

“Why’s Instructor Lao standing there? Is Platoon 752 looking for recruits?”

“No, can’t you see? It’s a newly formed platoon, Platoon 1777.”

“Huh? Instructor Lao isn’t going back to his original platoon? Didn’t he say he would go back once we graduate?”

“He can’t. I overheard somebody saying just now that Instructor Lao hasn’t been allowed to return since he was called in for investigation at regimental headquarters for losing a raw source energy chunk. Apparently, the military decided it would be better if he was separated from his original platoon members. It seems the acting platoon leader has been doing a good job too, so they just left it as ...