Chapter 381: Natural Interaction

Lu Yibin didn't introduce Gu Qingjiu to the other members of the Shooting Department but merely introduced Gu Qingjiu simply as a new member to everyone.

"This is our new member in the Shooting Department, Gu Qingjiu. She is very talented in the shooting. Everyone, please welcome her."

As Lu Yibin introduced her, uniform clapping sounds could be heard from the group.

Gu Qingjiu smiled at those people.

She observed that most of the members were male, and when they welcomed her, they even whistled at her.

Several female seniors were smiling as well.

After all, they were two years senior to Gu Qingjiu. After training at the military school for such a long time, it had corrected their way of thinking, which was now prim and proper.

Hence, they were rather welcoming of Gu Qingjiu.

Lu Yibin led the group onto a bus.

Once on the bus, he explained to Gu Qingjiu the main objective of this activity.

"We're going to an outdoor training venue in the wilderness. Although it is called a training ground, it is a hunting ground that our country specially developed for us to train. It occupies a large area. There are mountain forests and bushes, and many animals are raised there and can be hunted. Apart from our universities, there are two more universities that would organize a hunting activity there once every two weeks."

After Lu Yibin finished speaking, a girl seated next to Gu Qingjiu scoffed. "It's called an activity, but in actual fact, it's more like a competition?"

"Then what other solution do you propose?"

Lu Yibin shrugged helplessly.

Gu Qingjiu instantly understood what was going on. She gazed at the two of them and asked, "You mean we need to compete with the other two schools to see who captures the most number of prey?"

"Something like that. Although there are no open rankings, there would be a shooting competition every year. Hence, naturally, a competitive spirit ignites in such activities when different schools meet each other. But since our school ranks bottom every single year, all we do is go there once every two weeks just for the other schools to humiliate us."

The girl rolled her eyes.

Upon hearing this, the other members burst into laughter. They didn't at all appear to be mad about this.

"Well, we don't exactly rank bottom every single year. There's no need to talk ourselves down!"

Lu Yibin flicked the girl's forehead. She instantly held a hand over her forehead and glared at him. "Ouch!"

The interaction between the two seemed rather intimate. Upon seeing Gu Qingjiu's curious gaze, Lu Yibin introduced the girl to her. "This is my younger sister, Lu Yixin."

Lu Yixin instantly looked up at Gu Qingjiu and smiled at her, revealing the standard eight teeth. "Hello, I am Lu Yixin."

Gu Qingjiu felt astonished. "You two are siblings? And both of you made it to the Shooting Department?"

Seems like this family had exceptional talent in shooting.

"Not just that. My eldest sister is the Commander, and right now she's waiting for us over there!"

Lu Yixin revealed an even more shocking fact.

Gu Qingjiu was stunned.

The eldest sister is the Commander, and the older brother is the Vice-Commander, whereas the younger sister also belongs to the Shooting Department.

This family had exceptional genetics!

"Hahaha, our family has awesome genes, don't we?"

Lu Yibin let out a burst of cheerful laughter, making Lu Yibin shake his head helplessly by the side.

Gu Qingjiu also realized that the others didn't seem to have an opinion about the fact that this family occupied key positions in the Shooting Department.

Moreover, the atmosphere was rather good.

There wasn't any solemn air of soldiers like when they were in military school. Here, everyone was of similar ages. Hence, their interaction was very natural.

Chapter 382: International Battlefield

After she was introduced to Gu Qingjiu, Lu Yixin filled in the history of the Shooting Department to Gu Qingjiu on Lu Yibin's behalf for the rest of the journey. She also took the chance to ask some questions to satisfy her own curiosity.

"My older brother said you transferred here from the local troops and that you have exceptional talent in shooting. Did you really hit a twenty-meter stationary target bullseye at your first shot?"

This astonished Lu Yixin.

Gu Qingjiu nodded in a reserved manner. "Can't consider it the first time. More accurately speaking, I had hit the bullseye after practicing for a while the first time."

She had familiarized herself by firing several shots prior to hitting the bullseye.

"That's hitting the bullseye the first time! Incredible!" Lu Yixin couldn't help but praise.

Due to the fact that the details of the members were only accessible by higher-ups like the Vice-Commander, Lu Yixin only learned of certain matters from her older brother.

"The first time I practiced it was with a ten-meter target. It took me quite a few days to hit the bullseye. But I have been training since I was young. I come from a family of soldiers. My father used to be in the Shooting Department, so us three siblings had inherited his talent in shooting."

Lu Yixin revealed her own background with no reservations.

"Hence, we enrolled in a military school and entered the same department."

"You guys are incredible. Many people yearn to enter these places but don't have the ability to."

Gu Qingjiu was complimenting from the bottom of her heart. Regardless, for all three siblings to enter a special department, it was something to be proud of.

"After all, we came in touch with training ever since we were young. We can't compare with geniuses like you! You're so gifted that I suspect you can compete with that perversely talented guy from National Defense University."

Lu Yixin's eyes were sparkling. Upon hearing the word 'perversely', Gu Qingjiu instantly recalled the sharpshooter from the National Defense University whom Lu Yibin had mentioned to her.

"Perversely?" Her brows furrowed slightly as she revealed an amused expression. "I seemed to have heard your older brother mention him before."

"That's the sharpshooter Yin Ruoyi!"

At the mention of him, Lu Yixin gave off a helpless and powerless vibe. "He comes from an influential military family background. His grandpa is the governor of the Suhe Province. All three generations of his family served in the military.

"He's the first sharpshooter in his family. He's the first person to achieve and consistently maintain a perfect individual score in the shooting competition among all the military schools. Perfect score. Do you know what that represents? He has the highest score in all the individual segments. There's no way anyone can surpass him! Even in the group category, just him alone can put his team way ahead of the competition. They're guaranteed a win in the group category with him in it."

Lu Yixin's high praises of him made Gu Qingjiu feel that this person was unimaginably formidable. She, too, let out a sigh. "He's indeed incredible."

"Incredible isn't quite enough to describe him. Just like in school you have academic losers and straight-A students. This kind of person is like the legendary god of students."

Gu Qingjiu looked towards Lu Yixin. "You mean we're going to bump into him at this event?"

"Oh no no no." Lu Yixin wagged a finger. "He's not interested in an event of this level. He spends most of his time overseas these days and has already started taking part in international competitions. This October will be the last time he takes part in a local competition, and that's because he competes in the international battlefield now."

Chapter 383: Secretly Taking Photos

A beautiful scenario conjured in Gu Qingjiu's heart as she listened to Lu Yixin's description.

International?

She hoped that she would be able to take part in international competitions in the future as well.

She desired to stand at a higher position.

"I feel that you can do it, too." Lu Yixin, who seemed to have noticed the desire on Gu Qingjiu's face, patted her on her shoulders.

"Even Instructor Xiong sang such high praises of you. I feel that you will certainly become a top-notch sharpshooter in the future."

"I won't dare to imagine that. I'd better focus on my learning for now."

She smiled modestly. Even though she wished for that in her heart, she had to work towards that step by step, instead of fantasizing about the high position she wanted to achieve in the future.

"Haha, you're being too modest!"

Lu Yixin laughed out loud.

With someone chatting with her and explaining things to her all throughout the journey, time passed very quickly.

Since they had set off in the afternoon, by the time they reached the fringe area of the capital, it was already night time. However, as it was already dark, they had to rest there for a while.

"The National Defense University is located relatively near the area, so they will come over early in the morning tomorrow. Since it's more troublesome for us, we had to come over earlier to rest first. The school pays all the accommodation expenses."

Lu Yixin explained all these to Gu Qingjiu.

Gu Qingjiu more or less understood the situation by then.

They went up the stairs, carrying all sorts of stuff with them.

The rooms were booked in advance and even the staff at the front desk recognized them.

Lu Yibin walked over and handed a room card to Lu Yixin. "Yours and Qingjiu's room is located on the seventh level. We'll be on the fifth level, so if something crops up just call me."

"Alright. Surely we will not get lost here?"

Lu Yixin pouted as she took the room card from him, before happily leading Gu Qingjiu upstairs.

But at the same time, Gu Qingjiu suddenly felt a light flashing at her!

She instantly turned her face over and saw a man in a T-shirt in the lobby raising a camera and taking photos of her.

This lobby was in front of the front desk, and at that moment there weren't many people around. When Gu Qingjiu turned around, Lu Yixin also noticed it. She instantly called out to that man. "You're taking photos of us?"

That man, who was wearing glasses, seemed like a decent and civilized person. But upon hearing Lu Yixin's words, he shifted the camera away from his eyes, and he said, "So what if I'm taking a photo of her? I'm only taking a photo of her because she looks pretty."

His words made Gu Qingjiu frown in irritation. "Delete it! What right do you have to take photos of me without my permission?"

"Don't be like that. You're so good looking, it'd be a waste not to take more photos."

As the bespectacled man spoke, he raised his camera again without showing a tinge of remorse. He actually wanted to take more photos of her!

Just then, Lu Yibin came forward and blocked his camera with his hands. "Sir, we're students from the military school. Our school has rules that our photos cannot be publicized. Please try to understand and delete the photos."

It wasn't that their photos couldn't appear in public. But it was inappropriate because they were currently wearing military uniforms.

Lu Yibin spoke in a very polite manner, in a tone that one couldn't find any fault with.

But that bespectacled man refused to cooperate. He raised his camera and retreated several steps to avoid Lu Yibin. "Why? Is it illegal for a civilian to take photos these days?"

It was evident he was trying to be difficult.

Gu Qingjiu walked up to that man and, with a cold gaze, shouted loudly at him, "Delete it!"

Chapter 384: Endless Pestering

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Her voice sounded so icy that it made one shiver.

It shocked the other members of the Shooting Department to see this. Usually, when people from the military got into such a situation, they would try their best to avoid a conflict with civilians.

But apparently, Gu Qingjiu refused to tolerate it.

That bespectacled man gulped down his saliva but went on to press the shutter to take a few more photos of Gu Qingjiu up close.

As Gu Qingjiu's eyes focused, she moved forward several steps before speedily snatching the camera away from that man.

"Ah, what are you doing? How dare you snatch my camera away from me! Give it back to me!"

That bespectacled man got agitated and twisted his body to pounce over.

However, Lu Yibin stepped forward and pinned down that man in one swoop.

How could this bespectacled man be able to fight someone who received training in a military school every single day? Lu Yibin firmly held him in place, and he could not budge an inch.

With the camera in her hands, Gu Qingjiu asked Lu Yixin, "I don't know how to delete the photos from this. Do you have any idea?"

Lu Yixin looked at it. She then nodded and took the camera from her. "I do."

She quickly deleted Gu Qingjiu's photos that the man had secretly taken. All the while, that man could only helplessly watch on.

After they had completely deleted the photos, Gu Qingjiu handed the camera to Lu Yibin, who then let go of that man.

"Take it back. It's illegal to secretly take photos of others. We'll be magnanimous this time, but you ought to wise up!"

They were, after all, students. Although they typically would avoid getting into conflict with civilians, they still had the rashness of students and wouldn't quietly tolerate everything.

Who knew, the instant that man got back his camera, he let out a cry and fell backward. "Soldiers are beating civilians up!"

He had no idea that this group of people were just students, and he simply assumed that they were soldiers because he saw them wearing their military uniform.

His cries stunned everyone.

They had never encountered such a situation before.

Moreover, this man fell to the floor on his butt according to his own accord. And in a manner of a shameless rogue, he started to shout. "Soldiers are beating civilians up here! Soldiers are beating civilians up here! There are no humanitarian rights in this country!"

Everyone was itching to give him two punches upon hearing this!

The members of the Shooting Department spoke up. "Who beat you up? Don't malign the innocent!"

"You secretly took photos of someone without permission, and you're in the right?"

"Stop behaving like a wretch here!"

Those staff who were observing the situation at the front desk started getting uneasy. They stepped forward and said to Gu Qingjiu and her group, "It's alright, you guys can go up first. We'll take care of this."

Lu Yibin and the group were their regular patrons who would frequently come over.

They were courteous students from the military school. It was clear to everyone present what was going on, so of course, they wouldn't allow him to continue acting as a rogue.

But when he shouted, people started crowding at the hotel entrance, curious about what was going on.

When those people came in, the first thing they did was to raise their cameras to film the situation.

To avoid unnecessary trouble, the front desk staff asked Gu Qingjiu and the rest to go up first.

After entering the lift, Lu Yixin couldn't help but grumble, "That person is sick in the head. He thinks he's in the right when he's the one secretly taking photos of someone? My older brother merely held him in place so that we could delete the photos. Who hit him?"

"That's his problem. But let's stop talking about it."

Lu Yibin's countenance looked quite terrible. "It's alright if no trouble arises out of this. If this escalates, we might get into trouble with the school."

"It's not our fault."

The members of the Shooting Department all spoke up.

Chapter 385: No Idea If It's Tough or Tiring

Gu Qingjiu, too, kept quiet.

"Sorry, it was my fault. I was too rash."

If students got into a conflict with civilians outside, for some reason, the school would certainly side with the civilians.

When that happens, it will be unavoidable that punishment will be issued out.

The entire Shooting Department will probably get into trouble.

"How can we blame this on you? It's not your fault."

Lu Yibin said it so simply.

Lu Yixin shook her head. "It's that guy who has a problem. I hope he can wise up and let this matter rest."

Towards the end, she murmured, "This is the first time I met such a lunatic in all my years of schooling."

"But Qingjiu is indeed pretty."

Someone changed the topic and everyone started laughing. Soon enough, the atmosphere wasn't as tight as earlier.

When they got to their room, although Lu Yixin kept saying forget it, she couldn't resist opening the window to check out what was going on downstairs.

From where they were staying, they could see the exterior of the hotel's front desk.

Upon seeing the huge crowd that had formed outside, Lu Yixin frowned.

Gu Qingjiu walked over to take a look, and she got uneasy at the sight. "I'm afraid that's not the end of this matter."

Even though they were quite a distance away, she could hear that man's shrewish howls.

How unlucky. She wondered why something like that would happen the first time she came out with them.

"I'll go downstairs to take a look."

Lu Yixin ultimately decided to head downstairs.

However, this time, she opened her bag and retrieved a set of casual clothes to change into before going down.

Upon seeing this, Gu Qingjiu instantly went up and held Lu Yixin's hand. She shook her head at her. "No, I'll go. Lend me your clothes."

She only brought along her military uniform, but under such circumstances, she couldn't very well go down in her military uniform.

This was also the reason Lu Yixin wanted to change into these clothes before going down.

"It's alright. He was the one who took photos of you without your permission in the first place. If you go down, it might lead to a greater fiasco. I'm merely going downstairs to check out the situation..."

Lu Yixin disagreed. Just as she was arguing with Gu Qingjiu, they suddenly heard police sirens ringing in the air.

The duo instantly looked out the window, wondering if it was the hotel that had called the police.

When the police came, they did a simple questioning, before quickly bringing away this troublemaker.

The police didn't go up to look for them.

Upon seeing the guy being brought away, Lu Yixin heaved a sigh of relief. "I'll see how that lunatic can continue making a scene when he is brought to the police station!"

But as Gu Qingjiu watched the police take the man away, her brows furrowed. For some reason, she felt uneasy.

She felt that this matter would lead to a commotion that wasn't so minor.

But she only hoped that when that happened, the others wouldn't be implicated.

She was too rash back then. If she had tolerated it...

But if she had tolerated it, she wouldn't know what that guy was going to do with the photos of her.

This was what Gu Qingjiu found intolerable.

She detested this act of taking photos of others without their permission.

She and Lu Yixin stayed in a twin bedroom in the hotel and they each had a bed to themselves.

As it was rare for them to be able to come out, even though it was pretty late already, Lu Yixin wanted to drag Gu Qingjiu out to play. However, as Gu Qingjiu didn't bring along other clothes, they could only dismiss the idea.

Moreover, with the terrible traffic jam, Gu Qingjiu merely laid on her bed and played with her phone for a while before dozing off.

In her sleep, she wondered what the Chief Instructor was doing at the moment.

He had said he was going to the fringe. She wondered if it was tough or tiring over at the border...

Chapter 386: The Activity Area

Early the next morning, Lu Yixin and Gu Qingjiu got up and took the bus to the training venue with the other Shooting Department members.

There were designated troops guarding the training venue so that ordinary people wouldn't be able to get near.

Since it was located in the suburbs, it was desolate with plenty of weeds and nobody was around.

But when one looked from higher ground, they could see the glamorous view of the capital from there.

However, when the bus reached a certain place, they could visibly see a route that was fenced up with green and high fences.

On it was a signboard that bore the words 'military site' written in large.

Although the place was solely for military school students to carry out their activities, some people from other departments would use the place for special purposes as well.

The Shooting Department students reached the entrance on their bus where there were armed soldiers guarding.

People in their right mind and of normal intelligence wouldn't barge in by force, because the soldiers stationed there were given a special order.

Under emergency situations, they were allowed to shoot at sight.

The two minivans drove some distance ahead before the Shooting Department members got out of the vehicles.

Gu Qingjiu naturally got off with the rest. She then saw Lu Yibin holding something like a permit for the guarding soldiers to verify.

After the verification was done, the Shooting Department members had to scan their Shooting Department card at the screening system before they were allowed to enter.

Having been reminded by Lu Yibin, Gu Qingjiu naturally brought everything she needed with her.

However, since it was her first time there, she had to do a registration.

Gu Qingjiu had never been to a military zone like such a place before. Hence, she felt rather excited.

She thought there would be some important architecture inside, but after she entered she realized that the inner region wasn't that much different from what she saw outside.

After leaving the entrance and going through the verification, they entered a vast field.

In between, there were several low-rise buildings.

And a high mountain by the side.

Lu Yixin pointed at that mountain. "Other than pheasants and rabbits, there are more dangerous animals like snakes. You need to be careful when we go up there, lest you suffer unnecessary injuries."

She then pointed at those low-rise buildings. "We can rest over there. There are more buildings after going past the mountain, but that's where the students from the National Defense University rest."

"You mean we're going to stay here overnight?"

Having rested outside for a night, and since it was a Saturday, they naturally wouldn't go back that very day. But Gu Qingjiu never expected that they would be resting at the training venue.

Lu Yixin nodded. Next to her, Lu Yibin chimed in, "It's quite fun here at night. We can hold picnics here, but we wouldn't be able to go to areas with restrictions. Where we are is still a military site, but it's only a peripheral region so we can still move freely here. There aren't many restrictions, except that we're not allowed to go to places where there are warning signs."

Gu Qingjiu looked into the distance and didn't see the warning signs that Lu Yibin mentioned. Lu Yibin smiled and pointed somewhere far away. "It's quite far away from here. In any case, we wouldn't usually go over there. Up until now, I haven't been there myself. In fact, I don't know what makes this military site a military site."

"Oh."

Gu Qingjiu revealed an enlightened expression. Since it was clearly explained to her, Gu Qingjiu wouldn't go near such places for no reason.

Chapter 387: What I'm Afraid of Is That He Would Do Something Unbecoming

"Come, follow us. My older sister is waiting for us over there. We won't be able to use our phones since wireless communication is blocked here."

Gu Qingjiu was surprised that the inner area had strict rules. Seems like their only form of entertainment around the place was hunting.

The group walked towards those low-rise buildings.

The low-rise building seemed constructed from ordinary wooden materials. However, it was covered with a layer of green paint all over. They looked rather similar to the building Gu Qingjiu saw back in the troops.

But as these buildings were situated in the wilderness, they gave off an independent and quiet vibe.

Gu Qingjiu fell in love with the place at first sight.

Those low-rise buildings surrounded an area the size of a villa, and in the center was a courtyard that a high hurdle had blocked on the outside.

Through the gaps, one could see that there was a group of soldiers standing straight in the courtyard.

However, looking at their attire, they seemed to be from the National Military University of China.

Gu Qingjiu guessed that they were the remaining members from the Shooting Department.

Because the one standing in front was a girl in an army green T-shirt.

She gave off a valiant and energetic vibe.

Lu Yibin called them to fall in with the rest. In an orderly manner, they marched over uniformly.

At the sight of them, the girl revealed a smile.

Lu Yibin walked over with his group and standing in front of the girl, he saluted. "The members from the National Military University of China's Shooting Department are here to report!"

"Got it."

After the girl spoke, Lu Yibin instantly smiled at her. He shouted, "Sister."

"You're itching for a beating right after you report."

The girl tried to intimidate him. Next, her gaze swept over Lu Yixin, who similarly was full of smiles. She asked, "Who's that newly arrived genius?"

As she was speaking, she already noticed Gu Qingjiu.

As the Commander of the Shooting Department, how could she not be able to tell there was a new member amongst them?

Upon hearing herself be called a genius, Gu Qingjiu felt somewhat embarrassed.

She took the initiative to step forward.

"New member of the Shooting Department, Gu Qingjiu from the computer science and technology specialization Class C, is here to report!"

"Mm."

Lu Yimei nodded in satisfaction, then said to the rest, "So good looking. Seems like even if our Shooting Department results cannot make it, at least our marks in the looks department will be so much higher than the other two military schools."

Her words made the Shooting Department members burst into laughter.

They were laughing because they were tickled with laughter, not because they were being sarcastic.

Gu Qingjiu had long sensed that the results never gave any pressure to the people around her. Even the atmosphere was rather relaxed throughout.

Upon hearing this, she felt herself blush from being complimented on her good looks for the first time.

"However."

After she was done laughing, Lu Yimei's brows furrowed. The speed at which her expression changed was rather shocking. "I heard that something happened on your way here?"

The members behind Gu Qingjiu exchanged looks. She herself couldn't resist looking towards Lu Yibin.

Lu Yibin stepped forward, and he said, "Something did happen."

He then recounted the incident at the hotel last night.

He neither exaggerated things, nor deliberately played it down, and merely recounted the incident as it is.

The members of the Shooting Department frowned upon hearing this.

Lu Yimei's countenance grew quite terrible when she heard this.

Her terrible countenance wasn't targeted at Gu Qingjiu, but at the incident itself.

"You guys sure were unlucky to run into someone like that."

She pursed her lips, and she said, "What I'm afraid of is that he would do something unbecoming."

What she said was also what Gu Qingjiu was worrying about.

Chapter 388: Combat in the Wild

Currently, there existed conflict between civilians and soldiers.

Though it wasn't a conflict that showed on the surface, but rather a conflict of principles.

In a country with a large population, there were all kinds of people.

Among them, there were quite a few who were talked into turning against their country, or simply put, reactionaries who were brainwashed.

In some aspects, the military was the top target of such people.

In any case, those were the ones who complained about everything under the sun, including their country.

Moreover with the Internet being so advanced these days, it made for convenient communication, and even a small matter would easily make its way online.

Once it made its way online, that was when things got troublesome.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this. We've a newcomer with us, let's not talk about something so inauspicious."

Although this matter arose because of Gu Qingjiu, Lu Yimei was a person who could discern between right and wrong, hence she didn't at all reprimand Gu Qingjiu.

"The allocation of the rooms will be done according to the way it's always been done. Set down your things first and gather in the courtyard. The Vice-Commander and I will give out your guns and ammunition. Let's go into the mountains together. Whether we get a good feast tonight will depend on your performance."

Lu Yimei said in a joking tone, making everyone reveal relaxed smiles as they went into their rooms to set down their stuff.

Lu Yixin pulled Gu Qingjiu. "I'll bring you to my room."

She was new here and arrangements had to be made for her. Hence she nodded and followed Lu Yixin.

Gu Qingjiu and Lu Yixin's room was on the second floor. Just like the way it was in school, there were metal beds with army blankets laid over them.

However, there wasn't a fridge in the room, only a bathroom that could be considered luxurious.

But since they were here for the activity and not to enjoy, Gu Qingjiu was rather used to these.

After setting down their stuff, she went down with Lu Yixin.

As they gathered in the courtyard, Gu Qingjiu did a rough calculation and realized that there were merely about thirty people in the Shooting Department.

No wonder she was the only one who was chosen to enter the Shooting Department among all the first year students. It appeared that selection for entry was rather stringent.

But due to her immense progress, she didn't feel the stringency of it all.

However to others, to enter the Shooting Department was harder than it was to ascend to heaven.

Lu Yimei and Lu Yibin gave out a gun to everyone. We'll be using blanks that contain anesthesia. However, the effect of this anesthesia took place rather quickly, basically acting up within half a minute. Hence after the prey was hit, if the prey ran off, they had to give chase for a bit.

Else if the prey fainted somewhere else and ended up being picked up by someone from another school, they would have wasted their effort.

But its effects worked slower the larger the size of the prey. On animals such as pheasants and wild rabbits, it took effect rather quickly.

"I'd like to reiterate one point: Although blanks don't have the power to cause severe injuries, it would still do a certain level of damage to a human's body when fired at close distance. There's also anesthesia in it, so if someone accidentally gets hit by it, you must make sure to return to a safe place with your teammates."

Lu Yimei spoke of the safety considerations in front of the troops.

Between the three military schools, there were several hundred people gathered in one place. As such, it was unavoidable that accidents would happen.

However all these years, such accidents were extremely rare.

But it could not be prevented.

Although everyone's gazes were focused on the prey, if after the shot was fired someone suddenly jumped out and got shot instead of the prey, it was unavoidable that he/she would get injured.

After Lu Yimei finished speaking, Lu Yixin explained things to Gu Qingjiu.

After all, she had just started practicing with a moving target, and here they were, combating in the wild.

There were some things that had to be said clearly.

Chapter 389: Snatched Away Prey

As the group entered the mountain forest, a slight wind blew on their way there.

The air was cool and there was no sun, making for pleasant weather.

Lu Yimei walked over with the group and saw that the students from the other two military schools had begun the activity.

Gu Qingjiu saw that too.

She saw a student from a military school she didn't recognize, standing at the edge of the mountain and looking towards them.

Since they were too far away, she couldn't see the person.

She could only sense that the other party was staring at them, before speedily disappearing into the forest.

"Hmph, they're collecting intelligence?" grunted Lu Yixin.

Another member of the shooting department suggested, "Seems like someone from the Haihe Military University."

Although excellent eyesight was required of a member of the shooting department, they were all too far away.

They could only roughly see from where they stood.

"Yeah, it's Haihe."

Lu Yixin sounded certain. "National Defense University must still be resting. They've always put up an incredible performance and would always arrive last."

Merely hearing this from Lu Yimei made Gu Qingjiu detect the conflict that perhaps existed between the military schools.

However, to be ranked fifth from the bottom, inevitably, that there was conflict...

It was normal for humans to show off.

But when they met at the forum, the three military schools got along pretty well.

But with a sharpshooter holding the fort, National Defense University clearly wouldn't come to such an event. Though, Gu Qingjiu felt rather curious about them.

With Lu Yimei leading the way, they got near the mountain forest very quickly. When they reached the foot of the mountain, Lu Yimei divided them into teams.

"Yixin, you need to take Gu Qingjiu with you. She's new here, do give her more guidance. Let's not aim for the number of prey we hit. Hit the limbs of the prey whenever it's possible and train up your accuracy."

After they had entered, they entered in teams. Lu Yimei paired Gu Qingjiu up with Lu Yixin.

Although Gu Qingjiu was a talented shooter, she definitely wouldn't be as good as the experienced members since it was her first time on a real battlefield.

As she got along pretty well with Lu Yixin, Lu Yimei assigned her younger sister to guide her.

Lu Yixin nodded, then chose a path and entered the mountain forest with Gu Qingjiu.

This mountain was situated in the suburbs and within an important military point, occupying quite a vast area.

This was even larger than the mountain where her troops were stationed before she came to military school.

As more than a hundred people were scattered throughout the mountain forest, they were quite spread out.

The mountain was green and luxuriant, and from time to time the chirping of birds could be heard. There was even the fragrance of flowers mixed with the smell of mud in the air.

It was rare to have such quality of air in the capital.

Gu Qingjiu and Lu Yixin ran halfway up the mountain, making cracking noises as they stepped upon the fallen tree branches on the ground.

Gu Qingjiu also noticed a figure flash by among the bushes from time to time.

Lu Yixin clued her in from the side, "That's a wild rabbit. They run extremely fast and aren't easy to hit. It's easy to hit a pheasant, but they aren't as numerous in quantity as wild rabbits. If we're lucky, we might bump into a wild boar, but personally I've never seen one before. Someone from the National Defense University hit one though."

While she was explaining, Gu Qingjiu suddenly saw a speedy figure pounce towards them.

The speed was so amazingly fast that all one could see was a blur. But that figure came to a halt after leaping towards a pile of hay.

As its figure was blocked by the hay, they couldn't clearly see it.

But Gu Qingjiu could roughly figure out its exact location and was preparing to strike.

'Bang!'

A gunshot suddenly fired from above, accurately hitting the rabbit in the hay!

Chapter 390: Did the Pitiful Pheasant Offend You?

Gu Qingjiu narrowed her eyes and looked up towards the source of the gunshot.

She saw that there were three students from another military school above.

Two girls and a guy.

The three of them were grinning.

That guy pointed his finger to his temples using his finger and made a gesture of firing a gun, appearing very arrogant.

Lu Yixin was seething with anger. Gu Qingjiu, however, placed her gaze upon the corpse of that wild rabbit. Lu Yixin held her back. "There are regulations in the training venue. One says that the prey belongs to whoever's bullet hit it first. Let's go elsewhere. No worries, this is such a huge place."

Gu Qingjiu nodded, then followed Lu Yixin.

Upon getting a clear view of Gu Qingjiu's appearance, the guy above whistled and shouted, "Hi, you seem unfamiliar. Are you new here?"

Since there weren't many people in the Shooting Department and because of the annual competitions, everyone knew each other. Although not very well, but they could tell at one glance if someone was new here.

Gu Qingjiu and Lu Yixin paid no attention to him.

Gu Qingjiu had no idea how someone with such a hooligan vibe could come from the military school.

As she walked forward with Lu Yixin, Gu Qingjiu saw many plants she had never seen before.

The mountain was rather big and it would take a long time before they finished walking around.

Perhaps luck wasn't on their side, for they didn't see any prey along the way.

When they reached an intersection point, Lu Yixin pried away a bush and prepared to climb up.

Gu Qingjiu, who suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure dashing towards them, instantly raised her hand and pulled the trigger in one fluid movement.

'Bang!'

As the gunshot sound entered their ears, that figure abruptly came to a halt.

It was a gray wild rabbit.

The anesthesia would take half a minute to take effect, but that wild rabbit collapsed instantly due to the impact of the shot.

When it wanted to get back up and continue running, the anesthesia set in, causing it to fall unconscious.

Stunned by Gu Qingjiu's rapid speed, Lu Yixin instantly revealed a surprised smile. "Awesome, Qingjiu!"

The wild rabbit was akin to a moving target. Moreover, there wasn't a fixed point and the speed of the wild rabbit was even faster than the highest speed of the moving target.

It was surprising how Gu Qingjiu easily managed to strike this prey.

Gu Qingjiu shook her head. "But I didn't hit its legs."

It didn't seem too practical to hit the legs under such rapid speed.

But she had the confidence to hit the rabbit.

Her intuition had always been spot-on. The object she was targeting only needed to have an adequate surface area, and she could sense that she would be able to hit the target.

This couldn't be compared to hitting the bullseye of a moving target. After all, the rabbit was a much larger target comparatively.

"It's not bad considering it's your first time. Don't overthink this!"

Lu Yixin sighed helplessly. She hadn't expected Gu Qingjiu to look regretful.

Under those circumstances, she wasn't even sure if she could hit a rapidly moving wild rabbit.

This person not only hit it but even looked regretful that she didn't hit its legs.

One who behaved pretentiously would be hit by the lightning!

This was Gu Qingjiu's first time training in the wilderness, and already she was putting up a noteworthy performance.

She walked over with Gu Qingjiu, placing the unconscious rabbit into the bag used for containing prey.

Lu Yixin felt sorry for the little rabbit as she held it up by its ears. "Actually, I've never been fond of hunting. Wild rabbits are too adorable."

After a pause, she added, "I'd feel much better if this were a pheasant."

Gu Qingjiu was speechless.

Did the pitiful pheasant offend you?