IMAO Chapter 41

Gu Bai noticed Ji Rong taking out his communicator and smiled at him, asking, “Ji Rong, do you have a single room, too?”

When he was asked, Ji Rong put away his communicator and said with a straight face, “Let me tell you a secret.”

Everyone’s eyes immediately fell on Ji Rong, their curiosity piqued by his words.

Ji Rong’s gaze swept across the group. “Because my dad isn’t a big shot enough, I’m still in a four-person room.”

Gu Bai: “…”

Cyril, who had been eavesdropping nearby, immediately rolled his eyes. “…”

Meanwhile, on Planet Noth.

In the icy landscape, the biting wind howled, sharp as knives against the cheeks.

A man in a crisp military uniform trudged through the snow, his footsteps crunching.

People were still training on the parade ground, and Ji Chong paused briefly.

He stood in the snow, his tall figure like a pine in winter. His handsome face betrayed no emotion as his gaze casually swept over the soldiers on the training field.

The howling wind whipped around a group of new recruits standing in the snow, frosting their brows white. Noticing Ji Chong’s appearance, their already straight backs instantly snapped even straighter. Their hearts pounded rapidly, blood seemingly boiling in that instant, warming bodies chilled by the cold wind.

The group of new recruits were inwardly thrilled, outwardly maintaining expressionless faces as they diligently practiced their stance. Inside, they were screaming like excited dogs: “Ahhh! The Marshal is watching us train!”

Moments later, even after Ji Chong had left, the group of new recruits were so excited they could barely speak without stuttering. The training instructor looked at these new recruits with amusement. If they were this excited just from a glance, wouldn’t they faint from excitement if they knew the Marshal would be training with them?

Ji Chong walked indoors, removing his military cap and lightly brushing off the snow with his hand. Scattered ice shards fell into his palm, the cold sensation seeping into his skin. He stared at the melting snowflakes in his hand, lost in thought, clearly reminded of something.

“Marshal, have some water to warm up!” An officer quickly approached, holding out a cup of water to Ji Chong.

“Thank you,” Ji Chong glanced at the officer. “Prepare some more hot water for the new recruits training outside. They’ve just arrived on Noth and still need time to acclimate to the weather here.”

The officer stood at attention and saluted. “Yes, sir!”

After giving his orders, Ji Chong walked into his office to handle military affairs. About an hour later, someone knocked on his office door.

Without looking up, Ji Chong said casually, “Come in.”

Shen Si entered and flopped sideways into a chair, grinning as he asked, “Ji-ge, I heard the military department called you back for a debriefing?”

Ji Chong glanced at him. “Hmm?”

“I think this ‘debriefing’ is just a cover—they really called you back for matchmaking. Even if you’re actually frigid, they still want to push their family’s Omegas on you!”

Ji Chong’s handsome brow furrowed slightly.

“Seriously, Ji-ge, if I hadn’t seen the paternity test confirming you and little Ji Rong are father and son, I’d suspect you were still a virgin Alpha.”

Shen Si’s words grew increasingly outrageous. Ji Chong set down what he was holding and stood up. “Are you asking for trouble, kid?”

Seeing this, Shen Si immediately backed down. “I can’t take a beating from you. Please spare me.”

Ji Chong shook his head. Shen Si placed both hands on Ji Chong’s desk and asked, “Ji-ge, be honest. Are you still waiting for Ji Rong’s mysterious Omega father?”

Hearing this question, Ji Chong’s previously impassive face showed a slight frown on his handsome brow.

Seeing Ji Chong not answering his question, Shen Si didn’t press further. Relying on their lifelong friendship, he grinned mischievously at Ji Chong and asked, “Ji-ge, why exactly were you dumped? It’s been so many years, just tell me! I promise not to tell anyone else!”

Ji Chong stood up. “Boring,” he said as he walked out.

Watching Ji Chong’s straight figure leave, Shen Si shook his head—who could have imagined that the Federation’s undefeated War God, the youngest Marshal, had encountered a scumbag Omega nineteen years ago? They dated for less than two months before Ji Chong was unceremoniously dumped.

…

The next day.

Although their lodgings had been moved to the warship, the single rooms there were even better than Jiang Yuan’s room at school, so he slept well at night.

After breakfast in the cafeteria at six in the morning and a half-hour rest, training officially began.

Having assigned training tasks to the others, Huzi¹胡子 (hú zi) – beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair. turned to Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong, saying, “They’ve already undergone some training. Since it’s your first day, today’s training will be simple, starting with the military stance.”

“Start now and stand until you can’t anymore,” Huzi said casually, glancing at the time.

Gu Bai stuck out his tongue. They had been put through this on their first day too. Standing at attention was definitely their most hated training! It was so uncomfortable, and they absolutely couldn’t move. Compared to this, other training courses were like angels.

On their first day of standing at attention, it was fine at first, but after six hours, no one could maintain stillness anymore.

Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong nodded. The first day would serve as a test.

Eight hours later, the two were still standing there, motionless. At five in the afternoon, Huzi frowned and said uncertainly, “You two just do your best, don’t force yourselves!”

However, Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong ignored him and continued standing. Finally, Huzi had to order them to stop, and the two went to have some food and rest.

Huzi’s eyes were full of surprise. These two were too intense. If he hadn’t called it off, they wouldn’t have stopped at all. Their physical fitness was certainly above the standard.

With the first day’s test, Huzi had a good grasp of Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong’s abilities. Fully believing He Chuan’s words, he directly put the two in training with the previous six.

Running, military stance, formation drills—the six who had trained before had already practiced these basics. Due to time constraints, Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong naturally couldn’t train for a week like Gu Bai’s group before starting formal training. After the first day of standing at attention, they began official training.

A week later, even Cyril, who had many objections to the two paratroopers, had no complaints left. Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong were incredibly strong! They witnessed firsthand how Instructor He got beaten, and all six of them had each received a heavy beating from these two.

The instructor had informed them of today’s course yesterday. They would be taught by the best marksman on the Apollo.

Marksmanship class was his favorite course and his strongest skill. He had been taught from childhood by his father, known as the “God of Sniping,” and was fully confident that no one could outdo him in shooting. This course was his home turf!

While he couldn’t match Jiang Yuan and Ji Rong in other courses—those two were simply freaks—this was his forte!

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  胡子 (hú zi) – beard / mustache or whiskers / facial hair.