Chapter 22: The Military Camp

  When I arrived at the camp of the 1008 team, when Huang Guohui woke me up, I felt my head throbbing with pain and my stomach churning.

  There were many soldiers in the camp, all busy with their work. I didn't know what they were doing, just following Huang Guohui to a temporary residence arranged for me.

  Many soldiers on the way first saluted Huang Guohui and then looked at me with a puzzled expression, before walking away with a strange face.

  I feel like many people are staring at me, making me very uncomfortable.

  Huang Guohui smiled and said: "Carsick is uncomfortable, right? Take a good rest for a while and you'll be fine. I'll send someone over to take care of things, just call him if there's anything."

  I feel a bit embarrassed, but I really hope someone will introduce me around here or chat with me, and then I won't decline.

  At this time, someone ran over and said to Huang Guohui: "Captain, it's an emergency."

  Huang Guohui looked at me and said: "Wait for me a moment." He turned to the soldier who ran over and asked: "What's the emergency?"

  The soldier said: "Report to the captain, just received a notice from the division headquarters, a group of **** appeared in the campus of Yihua University, suspected members of the Wanlong Association."

  Huang Guohui furrowed his brow: "How could this be? Yi Hua University is in the capital of our country, heavily guarded and thousands of miles away from here. How could people from Wan Long Hui appear there?"

  The soldier shook his head: "I don't know what's going on either, I received a report from the division headquarters, that's what it said. And the division headquarters requires us to figure out the distribution of the members of the Wanlong Society as soon as possible, and capture the leader of the Wanlong Society."

  Huang Guohui nodded: "In that case, we can only rush to re-examine the captured members of the Wanlong Society, figure out their distribution situation, and find the hiding place of their leader."

  The soldier immediately took orders and left, while Huang Guohui turned around and said to me: "Sorry, I have something to do now, I'll come see you again when I have time." He paused for a moment, then turned to a soldier beside him and said: "Little Li, take Jin Cang with you to his residence, arrange things properly, then go to the logistics department and let them send someone over to take care of Jin Cang."

  "Little Li" responded with a "yes", stretched out his hand to me, said "please follow me", and then led the way, walking towards the back of the military camp.

  I followed Xiao Li all the way, seeing no less than a thousand soldiers busy with their own tasks, and also saw several big men being escorted away, who appeared to be captured members of the Wanlong Association.

  Here is the translation:

  "Come to a row of neat temporary board houses, Xiao Li pointed to one near the middle and said: "This is the room prepared for you, you will live here from now on. I'll go to the logistics department to get someone to take care of your personal needs, if you need anything just find him."

  I quickly thanked him and watched as Little Li walked towards another row of temporary plank houses on the left. I then entered my own temporary residence, preparing to spend some time in this military camp.

  There is a folding bed in the room, and everything including the quilt is complete. Compared to my previous days on the cruise ship, this place is simply paradise.

  I'm really feeling a bit carsick, I feel very uncomfortable, my head is splitting and I'm feeling nauseous and weak. Just now Huang Guohui was here, I didn't dare say much, but now that I see the bed, I just can't hold on anymore, I'll lie down and sleep.

  I actually had a bit of carsickness, but it wasn't severe, I just felt a little dizzy after sitting in the car for too long. Now, however, after sitting in the car for over ten minutes, I feel like I've been seriously ill, and it's really uncomfortable.

  I don't know how long I slept this time, anyway, I was still dizzy and felt like I was sitting on the bus. When I woke up, my head was still a bit dizzy, but it was much better than before.

  There was no one in the room and nothing could be heard. It was probably late at night, and the soldiers had also rested.

  My stomach is hungry, the hunger of the past period has given me a deep fear of hunger, as soon as I feel my stomach is empty, I immediately want to eat something.

  So I searched around in the room, thinking there might be many daily necessities here, and maybe even something edible.

  Unfortunately, I searched the room thoroughly and didn't find anything to eat. It seems that this place is quite particular about eating, and you can only go to places like the cafeteria to eat.

  I pushed open the slightly ajar door and was just about to go out to find something to eat when I heard a voice: "Are you awake? I just heard the sound and thought it was you turning over."

  I hastily looked up to see a soldier standing right in front of me, and he continued saying: "I just went to get you some food, now you must be hungry, eat quickly."

  I only then saw that he was holding a military canteen in his hand, with something inside that couldn't be seen, but as soon as I heard him say it was food, I took it over without hesitation and sat down on a chair to eat.

  The soldier brought a box of rice, with some fatty meat and green vegetables. I ate quickly because I was starving, everything tasted good, so I finished it all in one go, not leaving any leftovers.

  The soldier didn't speak until I finished eating, then he said: "My name is Feng Dayuan, you are Jin Cang, right? Our leader has mentioned you before. If you need anything, just call me, I'm in the barracks next to yours."

  I nodded, feeling a bit embarrassed, and said: "Feng Da Yuan? You're older than me, I'll call you Brother Feng. Brother Feng, can you get me something to eat? I'm really starving, didn't eat enough..."

  Feng Dà Yuān listened to what I said and suddenly burst out laughing: "No problem, whatever you want to eat just tell me, I'm a professional cook..."

  I understand he's from the kitchen crew, so I thanked him: "Then trouble you."

  Feng Dà Yuān smiled and left, I took a look at the mobile phone given to me by Huang Guohui, the leader of the 1008 team, it was already two o'clock in the middle of the night, I had slept long enough.

  Soon, Feng Dà Yuán brought another big bowl of rice and dishes. This time I ate more slowly, but still cleaned up every last bit, without leaving a single grain behind.

  Feng Dàyuán was also used to seeing people with big appetites, after all, soldiers can eat a lot - I've heard. He waited until I finished eating, then asked me: "Do you want some more? There's still some left."

  I smiled: "I'm full. Thank you, Brother Feng."

  Feng Dà Yuān smiled and said: "You're welcome, no need to thank me! If you need anything, just tell me directly, don't be polite."

  I nodded: "I'll talk to you when I need it."

  Feng Dà Yuān smiled and left, saying "you continue sleeping" as he walked away.

  I really continued to sleep, sleeping is good for my physical recovery, I of course continued to sleep. I originally thought that such a large military camp would be noisy at night, but unexpectedly when it got dark, all around was quiet, very conducive to sleep, so I slept again until dawn.

  After daybreak, Feng Da-yuan brought me water to wash my face. He was also very considerate and had even prepared toothpaste and a toothbrush for me, so I could wash my face and brush my teeth as soon as I woke up.

  After I finished washing up, he said to me: "You will be staying with us for a while, so today I'll take you around our barracks to get familiar with the place, it's convenient for you to come and go."

  I nodded gratefully: "Then I'll trouble you."

  Feng Dà Yuán smiled and said: "This is my task, no need to be polite. You can just treat me as your friend." He said this, suddenly remembering something: "Right, the captain said you cannot leave our military camp, at least not until we notify you, then you can leave here. Remember, this is for your own good!"

  I knew the reason and didn't ask much, I just nodded "yes" and followed Feng Da Yuan out of the room.

  Feng Dà Yuán took me to the canteen in the military camp first. The canteen was also built with activity boards, which belonged to temporary buildings, so it looked a bit simple.

  The dining hall is very large and can accommodate 500-600 people for meals at the same time.

  When I went in, there were several hundred people eating in the cafeteria. Everyone was chatting and laughing together while they ate, and the whole cafeteria was very lively.

  Feng Dà Yuán took me all the way to a small compartment at the very back of the dining hall without stopping. It was only then that he said to me, "From now on, you'll come here to eat. This is where our regimental commander and several other main leaders eat. The commander has said that you can also eat with them. If you want to eat something, just tell me, as long as we have it, you can eat whatever you like, and as much as you like."

  I smiled and thanked him, then followed Feng Da-yuan into the "small private room". Inside the small private room, there was only one person. This person had his back to us and was eating, so I couldn't see who it was.

  Feng Dà Yuàn, however, was familiar with him and stepped forward to salute: "Instructor, I've brought Jin Cang over for a meal, please give us directions."

  That person straightened up, turned his head and looked at me with a smile: "Jin Cang, right? Come sit down, from now on you'll eat here."

  I took a few steps forward, thinking to myself: The instructor is actually a woman... I hastily said: "Hello Instructor, my name is Jin Cang, sorry for the trouble!"

  The instructor smiled and said, "Don't be so formal, you're not one of our troops, no need to do that. Just call me by my name, I'm Chen Guozhen."

  "Hurry up and say: 'Hello, Instructor Chen.'"

  Chen Guizhen shook her head and smiled: "It's better to just call me the instructor. Let's eat first, what are you used to eating in the morning? Have Feng Dayuan go get it for you."

  "I thought for a moment: 'Let's just have noodles.'"

  Feng Dà Yuán immediately said: "I'll go get it right away, would you like a bowl too, Instructor?"

  Chen Guizhen waved her hand: "I'm already full, I'll eat your noodles next time."

  Feng Dà Yuān turned around and left, I also found a place to sit down.

  Chen Guozhen looked at me and said, "You're a good kid, so young and yet you've achieved great things, saving hundreds of students. You're really someone to learn from... If you weren't still a student, I'd really want you to stay with our team and contribute to the country."

  I was taken aback, and then smiled: "You're overpraising me, I just did my part. It wasn't just my credit that time either, if it weren't for all the classmates and teachers working together, we wouldn't have been able to escape disaster."

  Chen Guizhen nodded: "That's also true. But I've also heard that if you hadn't taken decisive action at the critical moment, letting a group of scattered students unite to resist **** together, it wouldn't have been possible to achieve zero casualties during the resistance against ****. Your contributions are undeniable, and you deserve the title of hero."

  I felt a flush rise to my face and I didn't dare say any more on this subject, but instead asked her very sincerely: "Do you think I can walk around the barracks freely?"

  Chen Guizhen thought for a moment: "Except for a few individual places, you can move around freely. However, I suggest that when you want to take a look around, call Feng Dayuan to accompany you. With him leading the way, first, you won't get lost, and second, you won't mistakenly enter some places you shouldn't go, which would cause misunderstandings."

  I nodded and stopped talking. Chen Guizhen smiled and stood up: "I've finished eating, I'll leave first, you eat slowly."

  I responded with a sound, got up and sent Chen Guozhen away, then waited for Feng Dayuan to get me a bowl of noodles.

  When I first arrived at the barracks, I didn't know anything, so I had to trouble others for help with many things. After a few days when I get familiar with it, I can do things like eating and fetching water by myself.

  After having breakfast, I was about to take Feng Dayuan to the barracks for a stroll and get familiar with it. But Feng Dayuan said mysteriously: "I know you're bored, I have a great place to play, do you want to go and have some fun?"

  I suddenly became interested, it's been a long time since I've really played. Now even if I'm allowed to go online for a while or listen to music for a while, I'll feel very happy.

  Feng Dà Yuán took me all the way to a place where two soldiers were standing guard, and with a smile said to them: "This is Jin Cang, he wants to go in and have some fun, you two brothers see..."

  Those two soldiers looked at me carefully for a while, and one of them said: "Feng Dayuan, you don't know the rules..."

  Feng Dayuan immediately pulled out two cigarettes from his pocket, lit them for the two soldiers, and said: "I understand the rules, isn't it just two cigarettes? I have..."

  Can one still smoke while on sentry duty? I secretly felt it strange, but seeing Feng Da-yuan's nonchalant expression, I too let go of my doubts.

  The soldier who spoke up took a deep drag on his cigarette, blew out a large smoke ring, and waved his hand, saying: "Go in, remember, come out within an hour, otherwise we can't guarantee that the next shift won't report you."

  "Feng Dà Yuān smiled and replied: 'Don't worry, we're just going out to have some fun for a bit, and we'll be back soon.'"

  I felt a bit uneasy and had some misgivings in my heart, but when Feng Da Yuan pulled me along, I followed him inside.

  After entering, I couldn't help but laugh: it turned out that this was a computer room with over a dozen computers, and several of them had people playing games or chatting. This was just an internet cafe inside the military camp, nothing special at all.

  Feng Dà Yuán hastily found a machine and sat down, indicating that I could play casually.

  I turned on a computer, logged onto QQ and prepared to contact some of my classmates and teachers to see how they were doing.

  There aren't many people on QQ, I took a look around and only saw two familiar faces, but surprisingly Da Zhang is also online.

  I quickly sent him a message, asking where he was now and whether school had started classes...

  I typed out nearly a hundred words in one breath, asking all the things I wanted to know. Dazhang replied quickly on the other end, and after reading through it once, I suddenly felt very moved.

  After the attack that day, he returned to his hometown and didn't know about the current situation at school. He came to the internet cafe today to understand the situation at school.

  I asked him what he also wanted to know, and it was a hundred questions.

  But at least I now know about Da Zhang's current situation. He has decided not to return to school and attend classes anymore. He wants to find a job and prepare to work from now on.

  I wanted to persuade him to finish college and then go to work after graduation, but he insisted on his own idea, saying that he was open-minded and wanted to reduce the burden on his family as soon as possible.

  He is a rural child just like me, and his family's condition is not good. Supporting a university student is very difficult. Moreover, due to the Wanlong Society now, the situation is unstable, he worries that he will be involved in terrorist incidents, so he decides to find a job in his hometown and no longer return to school.

  We chatted for a few more sentences, and I learned that Xiaolizi and Aqiang also narrowly escaped that day. When the dormitory building was attacked, the three of them happened to be away, so they were lucky enough to escape unharmed.

  However, Ah Qiang was also injured. One of his legs was hit by a stray bullet and he lost too much blood. He fainted when he arrived at the hospital. So when counting the wounded, they didn't get his real name, and I couldn't find him either.

  As for Little Li, his parents took him away after receiving him. It is said that the whole family went abroad together, but it is not known whether it is true or not. What Da Zhang said was partly what he saw with his own eyes and partly what he heard from others, so it's unclear what's true and what's not.

  An hour's time passed quickly, and Feng Da Yuan was punctual. As soon as the time arrived, he pulled me out and said he wanted to take me somewhere else to have a look.

  I followed him, walking and stopping, in his introduction, we walked through more than half of the camp, and also entered more than a dozen barracks. Most of the barracks here are the residences of soldiers, and other places like canteens and bathhouses. We didn't enter any sensitive areas, although when passing by the legendary armory, I really wanted to go in and take a look at those legendary weapons.

  When we got tired, we would rest for a while in some temporary shelters, and then continue to wander around as if we had nothing to do, which made many soldiers on duty or doing things look at us from time to time and make low whispers.

  I was also tired from walking, and since I was drawing too much attention, I thought of going back to rest. Just then, my phone in my pocket rang. When I took out the phone to look at it, it was an unfamiliar number.

  I was about to ignore it, but Feng Dà Yuán recognized the phone number at a glance and hastily said: "It's our captain's call, answer it quickly!"

  I quickly picked up the phone and heard Huang Guohui's voice: "Jin Cang, is that you? I'm Huang Guohui. You and Feng Dayuan come to my place right away."

  Before I could respond, he had already hung up the phone. I turned around to look at Feng Dayuan, and Feng Dayuan immediately said: "If the captain wants us to go, there must be something going on, let's hurry up and not be late."

  I followed Feng Dayuan and almost ran all the way. Soon I saw Huang Guohui standing in front of a barracks.

  After bowing respectfully to Director Feng Daoyuan, I stepped forward: "Is there something you need me for?"

  "Huang Guohui smiled and said, 'That's right, we've already contacted the public security department in your hometown and had your parents taken to the county government where they are now living. You can rest assured of their safety.'"

  I felt slightly relieved: "Thank you, thank you so much."

  "Huang Guohui waved his hand: "No need to be polite, this is what we should do. By the way, there's something else I want to tell you. This morning, I saw a news report that said the **** found in Yihua University had nothing to do with the Wanlong Society. But when the anchor was reporting on this story, she mentioned that someone asked her for help finding you! I thought it was strange, so I took note of the person's information who is looking for you, and I'll have someone bring it over to you later, take a look yourself."

  I also find it strange, who would look for me on TV? The incident happened at Yihua University, could it be someone from Yihua University looking for me?

  At Yinghua University, I don't have many acquaintances. Apart from a few classmates and teachers that I've interacted with during group discussions, I don't know anyone else. But even these people wouldn't look for me, we're not close enough to warrant appearing on TV to find me.

  I racked my brains, but still couldn't think of who it could be that was looking for me. I furrowed my brow and fell into deep thought.