Chapter 16 War is Coming
In the early morning, when the distant sky was just beginning to turn pale, Wang Yao was awakened by the alarm on his cell phone.

Wang Yao dazedly picked up the phone on the bedside table and looked at the time on the screen.

5:03 pm.

Because of yesterday's experience, Wang Yao set an alarm clock before going to bed last night. After all, for a lazy person like him who has no habit of getting up early, it is almost impossible to wake up automatically within the specified time.

But one thing that made Wang Yao feel strange was that the battery level displayed on the phone screen had always been 98%. Two days had passed since Wang Yao got the phone from Liu Bei. Although Wang Yao rarely turned on the phone, the powerful standby battery life was somewhat amazing. Not even 1% of the battery was consumed in two days.

"Who cares?" Muttering, Wang Yao got up and started putting on his military uniform.

After all, this strange mobile phone has a mysterious equipment purchasing interface and can materialize virtual items, which is unscientific in itself. It is not surprising that it has such a magical battery life function. Anyway, it is a good thing for him. After all, in this foreign world of cold weapons, there is probably no place to charge the mobile phone. This indirectly saves Wang Yao a lot of worries.

The three steps of brushing teeth, washing face and eating were completed at 5:24. Luna's bedroom door was still ajar. She was probably still sleeping. Wang Yao did not disturb her. He left some breakfast on the table and went out.

At this time, it was just dawn and most of the civilians in Jingzhou City were still resting. The vast streets were very quiet and the air was cool and refreshing, which lifted Wang Yao's spirits. He was used to the city life of going to bed late and getting up late, and he didn't know how long it had been since he had breathed fresh air like this in the early morning.

When we arrived at the gathering place at Rocky Hill, perhaps because it was still early, there were only three soldiers chatting there.

"Good morning, Maomao, Captain, Erda." Wang Yao greeted them with a smile.

"You are on time today." Maomao grinned at Wang Yao. This girl always had a sunny smile. Su An turned to look at Wang Yao and nodded in approval. Erda glanced at Wang Yao and said nothing, remaining silent as always.

Soon after, Shi Liang and Xiao Ye followed behind and arrived. When they saw Wang Yao who was already in the team, Shi Liang said in a strange voice: "Hey, new recruits are here so early today?"

Xiao Ye also said: "Yesterday, you looked so depressed that I thought you would lie in bed and not get up today."

"I'm so sorry that I don't have the chance to drag you guys to be punished together." Wang Yao rudely raised the standard Global Communication middle finger at the two of them.

Maybe because they had spent a day together yesterday, Wang Yao was no longer so reserved and learned to joke with his teammates.

But it was strange. After such intense training yesterday, according to common sense, the body would definitely feel sore and other discomforts the next day. However, when Wang Yao woke up, he not only did not have these feelings, but was full of energy. He even felt that his own strength was showing signs of exploding. This was truly magical.

Could it be that I am also of Super Saiyan descent?
Just as Wang Yao was daydreaming, Su An clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention: "Okay, let's end the small talk. Now that everyone is here, let's start training as usual. Let's run 30 laps around the rocky hill to warm up!"

This damn physical training again
Wang Yao pursed his lips and couldn't help asking, "Captain, why are we doing physical training again? Aren't you going to teach us some skills?"

Su An stopped, looked at Wang Yao, and then asked, seemingly irrelevantly, "Which do you think is more dangerous, a child with a sword or an unarmed adult man?"

Wang Yao thought for a moment and said, "Adult man."

"Very good." Su An nodded: "To me, you are now like the kid with the sword. Although you have a weapon, I am not afraid at all, because I know that no matter how fancy your sword dance is, it will be useless. In my opinion, I am fully capable of avoiding all your attacks, but!" Then his face turned cold: "If I catch you once, I can break your neck with one hand!"

Looking at Su An's square face which suddenly became ferocious, Wang Yao swallowed and said nothing.

Su An said: "In the battle, physical strength is the basis for a soldier's survival. Now you just need to know some basic fighting skills. The rest of the focus should be on physical training. Because of your weak physique, you don't have the capital to master any combat skills, and you can't exert the power of skills. In this case, what's the point of learning? Do you understand?"

Well, with such a vivid metaphor, if Wang Yao didn’t understand it, he would be a fool. He could only shut up and follow the team’s pace to start running in circles.

However, halfway through the run, Wang Yao caught a glimpse of Maomao's face turning red for no apparent reason, as if he had heard a joke but was trying hard to hold back his laughter.

"What are you so happy about?" Wang Yao couldn't help asking.

Maomao glanced at Wang Yao, and saw that they were at the back of the rocky hill. He couldn't help laughing: "Haha, I just found it funny. The captain's serious look just now, pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, was really hilarious!"

"What do you mean?" Wang Yao was confused.

"That's the skill you mentioned." Maomao explained as he ran, "Skills! Those are the heroes' natural killer moves. How can we soldiers have them? If we soldiers can also learn skills, then what are heroes for? Why can heroes be the kings of this land and the most valuable human resources? It's because they are one in a million and have powerful skills that millions of people want to learn but can't. Don't you understand?"

"Huh?!" Wang Yao almost stumbled and fell to the ground.

Maomao smiled and said, "Actually, don't blame the captain. The captain usually pays attention to his image in front of his subordinates. It might be difficult for him to admit that he has no skills because of his self-esteem. That's why I didn't point it out just now." At this time, a burst of laughter suddenly broke out in front. It was Shi Liang and the others.

Well, everyone knows the truth, but I am the only one who is like a fool and is stunned by the captain's intimidation. The captain is really unfair!

Wang Yao said somewhat depressedly: "Are the heroes' skills very powerful?"

Maomao thought for a moment and said, "In fact, I have only seen it once. It was two years ago. The captain and I were blocked by a vanguard unit of the Wu Kingdom. Just when we were desperate, General Guan arrived. Do you know the Blade Cavalry?"

Wang Yao nodded: "Guan Yu's skills?"

"Yes." Maomao looked up at the sky, a trace of fear on his face: "General Guan was just like a god at that time. With a strike of lightning, he directly destroyed the entire army of 100 people of Wu State! Can you imagine it? Countless people were struck and flew into the air, falling like raindrops. It was not so spectacular as it was a terrible scene!"

Wang Yao was speechless. For a player like him who used to control heroes through the screen with his mobile phone, this kind of scene was really unimaginable.

"Oh, right, I suddenly thought of a question. What does the number of times a hero can be resurrected mean?" Wang Yao suddenly remembered that when Hua Mulan was drinking with the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang a few days ago, they accidentally mentioned the topic that "Guan Yu can no longer lead troops to fight because he has consumed too many times of resurrection." He has always been concerned about this topic.

"This is the blessing from the God of Creation to the heroes." Maomao said, "Actually, I don't really understand these things. After all, I'm not a hero. But I heard that if heroes are unfortunately killed by enemy heroes on the battlefield, they can be resurrected after a period of dormancy. I don't know the specific details, but that is to say, heroes will not die. For them, death is just falling into some mysterious dormant state."

Wang Yao asked blankly, "In other words, they have the passive ability of unlimited resurrection?"

Maomao shook his head: "It's a bit unrealistic to say that they can be resurrected infinitely. It is said that the more times heroes die, the longer they will sleep each time they are resurrected. After a certain number of deaths, the time they spend waiting to be resurrected may reach hundreds of years! Such a long sleep time may be the real death for the heroes!"

At this point, Maomao suddenly looked around cautiously. After confirming that there were no other outsiders around, he whispered to Wang Yao, "In fact, there has always been a rumor in the army that the reason why General Guan has not appeared on the battlefield since two years ago is because the next time General Guan dies and resurrects is in 53 years!"

Speaking of this, Maomao looked a little sad. "Back then, when our Shu Kingdom was still in a weak period, the only hero who could serve as the pillar of our country was General Guan. Later, perhaps because they realized that General Guan was too powerful, the insidious Wu Kingdom set traps many times and organized the heroes of Wu Kingdom to kill General Guan. This led to General Guan being forced to withdraw from the battlefield forever."

"So that's how it is." Wang Yao nodded thoughtfully. No wonder Guan Yu looked so dejected when he mentioned the number of times he could be reborn. For a person who aspires to fame and success, the most tormenting thing is not being able to achieve success.
Maomao continued, "You may think that the captain is very strict, but I want to tell you that it's not just our 17th team, but all the teams in the entire top legion that have very strict requirements!"

"Why is this again?"

"You are so stupid. Of course it's because of General Guan! General Guan is actually the commander of our top army. The mission of our vanguard unit is to roam the battlefield and support various fronts. This is the same as General Guan. He used to be a hero responsible for support. But now, General Guan is only in name in the army, so our top soldiers have worked very hard in the past two years. Everyone is looking forward to becoming the next hero and the commander-in-chief of the new top army and vanguard unit!"

"Become a hero?!" This time Wang Yao was really shocked. A soldier became a hero? There is actually such a thing?!
Maomao stared at Wang Yao as if he was looking at something strange: "You don't even know this? As long as you work hard and survive long enough in the canyon battlefield, any soldier has the opportunity to be promoted to a hero. Otherwise, who would be willing to live on the edge of a knife in the canyon for no reason? It's fun, right? Of course, the captain is an exception."

"The captain is an exception?"

"Well, I won't tell you about this. When the captain is willing to tell you later, you will naturally know it."

Maomao kept it a secret, but when she looked at Wang Yao, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "Do you know what our soldiers' motto is? Fight for glory, to become the next hero! I'm curious, if you don't even know these, why did you join the legion?"

"I came here against my will." Wang Yao pursed his lips, and just when he was about to complain -

Without any warning, a burst of rapid drum and gong sounds suddenly came from the direction of Jingzhou City.

The voice was loud and rapid, but it also had a familiar rhythm that made people feel their blood boiling.

Wait, isn’t this the music on the Honor of Kings login screen?

How to say it, this awkward feeling made Wang Yao want to complain, but at this moment, he found that Maomao beside him had stopped at some point.

Wang Yao turned around curiously, only to see that the black-haired girl who usually had a sunny face now had a solemn look on her face.

"What's wrong? You look so scary."

Maomao replied in a low voice: "This is the call for an emergency assembly of the army. Something is happening on the front line. We are going to fight!"

(End of this chapter)