Shadows of the Deep Space
Chapter 437 - 326: Gaining Fame (Five in One)_4

Chapter 437: Chapter 326: Gaining Fame (Five in One)_4

Soon they entered the city, walking on the cold steel streets. Su Ming looked at the densely packed birds lofts around him.

He found that many of the birds lofts were occupied and he asked Lieutenant Zhang Xiang thoughtfully.

"Have the other troops all gone up to the fortress?"

"There are still some that haven’t arrived, but they should be here in the next two days; the fortress is set to sail in three days."

"That soon?"

Su Ming responded with slight surprise.

"There’s no helping it, the situation is too urgent now. We keep receiving calls for assistance from the Three Neutral Countries, and the Imperial Army is attacking them from time to time."

Lieutenant Zhang Xiang explained with a sigh.

Hearing this, Su Ming and the others fell silent.

...

Several hours later, all the personnel of the Third Regiment were settled in.

Zhang Xiang led Su Ming and two others to a standalone metal house with a fifty-square-meter courtyard.

"Lieutenant Su Ming, this will be your accommodation. The key is in the door. I’ll go ahead and take Captain Hejassi and Captain Shu’en to their places."

Zhang Xiang said politely to Su Ming.

"Okay!"

Su Ming replied calmly.

At that moment, Zhang Xiang led the other two towards another house.

Su Ming watched them go and couldn’t help but touch his forehead, thinking now he would be neighbors with that big, silly guy, and it was likely going to be lively in the future.

Su Ming quickly opened the door and went inside.

Inside, there was nothing but a bed, a desk and reclining chair, and a bathroom.

"Ah, I’ll make do."

Su Ming threw his luggage onto the floor and lay down on the bed to rest for a bit.

...

The next morning, early.

Su Ming got up early and went to the commercial district.

He saw a supermarket had opened and walked over, planning to buy some daily necessities.

As he entered the supermarket, he saw many people carrying shopping baskets and picking out items.

Su Ming casually grabbed a basket and swiftly took items like body wash from the shelves.

Before long, he had a full basket of goods and joined the queue at the counter to pay.

Just then, a familiar figure walked past him, and Su Ming paused before calling out.

"Mink!"

Mink, hearing Su Ming’s voice, was startled, stopped in his tracks, and looked over.

Seeing Su Ming, he reached out his hands excitedly and embraced him.

"Su Ming!"

"Haha, what a coincidence!"

Su Ming opened his arms and embraced Mink.

"It really is too coincidental; I didn’t expect you to have joined the Thirteenth Legion too."

Mink said, very excited.

"Yeah, are you here to shop?"

"Uh huh, I didn’t have anything to do this morning, so the officers gave us some time off to buy daily necessities."

"Oh, have you had breakfast yet?"

"Nope!"

"Just in time, I haven’t either! Hurry up with your shopping and let’s go eat together."

Su Ming suggested to Mink.

"Okay, wait for me!"

Mink nodded in agreement.

...

Soon after, Su Ming and Mink arrived at a newly-opened breakfast shop.

Su Ming ordered two baskets of meat buns and two bowls of synthetic rice porridge.

"How come you are part of the Thirteenth Legion? You shouldn’t normally be drafted."

Su Ming asked curiously while eating his bun.

"I volunteered, and after passing the review, I joined the Thirteenth Legion."

Mink was frank with Su Ming.

"Ah? Why?"

Su Ming asked with slight surprise.

"Volunteering gets me assigned a mech. Under normal circumstances, I’d probably never touch a Second Generation Mecha in my life, especially since my school really is quite average."

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"I see, which team are you assigned to?"

"The twenty-fifth unit, in a squad under the seventh team."

"Didn’t you get to be a squad leader? With your skills, it should be a no-brainer."

Su Ming frowned and said.

"No way; I don’t have any achievements."

Mink responded with a wry smile.

"Oh, how’s the morale over there?"

"Ahh, to be honest with you, it’s not great. Everyone is pessimistic about this rescue operation; many even feel like it’s a suicide mission. But what can you do? You can’t just watch your own people get trapped and not go rescue them, right?"

"That really is terrible."

"Su Ming, what about you? Which unit are you in?"

"Me? I’m with the Third Regiment; feel free to come find me if you need anything."

Su Ming said with a smile to Mink.

"Sure!"

Mink didn’t stand on ceremony with Su Ming.

...

An hour later.

Su Ming said goodbye to Mink and walked alone on the street.

At that moment, his wristband vibrated, displaying a notification.

"All Mechanical Groups, expedite reorganization; Starshine Fortress will set sail at eight o’clock the day after tomorrow."

Shortly after, Su Ming received a message from Shu’en requesting them to gather at Mecha Training Field No. 3 at two in the afternoon.

"Ah..."

Su Ming shook his head helplessly.

Regardless, these were his troops, and no matter how troublesome, he had to lead them well.

...

At one fifty in the afternoon.

Mecha Training Field No. 3 · Waiting Area

One could see officers wearing different military uniforms and exoskeleton armor gathering together.

At that time, a muscular man with a square face, dressed in a captain’s uniform, said to a companion.

"Ah, Captain Hejassi has already left with his team. And we’ve been assigned to work under that officer with connections—such bad luck! I even doubt if he has the ability to train us properly."

"Deng Yu, isn’t that Lieutenant Su Ming from the Imperial Court Academy? And didn’t he win the second prize in the tri-school competition in his freshman year? He shouldn’t be that bad, right?"