Chapter 5: A Member of the Marine Corps

  Section 1

  Goodbyes are always painful, the reluctance to part with family, the bittersweet sorrow of parting with loved ones, the discomfort of parting with friends. No one likes goodbyes. Li Wei's mood was not good on the road of farewell, and her farewell was like that of a lover? He didn't know, but he knew their relationship was more than just friendship. He didn't want to leave, but had no choice. Whether it was lamenting his lack of control or the impermanence of things, life's journey must go on. The 200-kilometer journey from Tian Gang City to Yangzhou City was a whirlwind, Li Wei's body was in the car, but her heart flew somewhere else. Was she chasing after that fleeting tear drop? Or was she reminiscing about that momentary **? Would she regret today's missed opportunity years later?

  Among the countless thoughts, Yangzhou City has arrived. As the capital of a province, it is a prosperous place in Jiangnan, with high-rise buildings standing tall. Li Wei came to the provincial capital for the first time and felt like a frog being scooped out of a well, as Tian Gang City had already made him dizzy. This Yangzhou City cannot be described by just one word. The traffic was heavy, and the speed was slow, it took more than an hour to finally arrive at the destination, the Yangzhou branch of Yu Tong Logistics Group. After getting off the car, Li Wei looked up and couldn't count how many floors the building had.

  Yu Tong Logistics Group had a few big words that were quite majestic and flying. At the gate, waiting to receive Li Wei was the general manager of the Yangzhou branch company. He stretched out both hands and walked over to shake hands with Li Wei, exchanging pleasantries while introducing himself:

  "Li Guwen, you've had a long and tiring journey. I really don't know how Tian Gang's Xiao Bi arranged things, why didn't he arrange for Li Guwen to take a private plane over? I'm Zhang Chenghai, the general manager of the Yangzhou branch company. I've long admired your great name, Li Guwen, and today I see that you're indeed young and promising!"

  Li Wei thought to himself, if this person continues talking, I'll really be embarrassed, so he hastily took over the conversation and said: "Director Zhang is being too kind, no need to go to such great lengths, this road is fine, I've never taken a plane before, if it's not too far, taking a car would be better." After Li Wei finished speaking, he regretted it, wondering if he sounded like a country bumpkin.

  "Li Gu asked with a smile, now it's past ten o'clock, should I arrange for you to have dinner first or take you to the rooftop?" Zhang Chenghai asked with a smile.

  "Let's prioritize work for now!" Li Wei hastily replied, eager to know about You Tong Company's plan for handling the situation.

  "Alright, Mr. Li invites you over here."

  Section 2

  As Li Wei entered the elevator, he found that there were 18 floors and 4 underground levels. Zhang Chenghai pressed the button for the 17th floor. When they arrived at the 17th floor, only Li Wei got out of the elevator. The doorman was standing upright this time, with a posture as straight as a national flag guard, his expression as stiff as a sculpture. This doorman gave people the feeling of being a wax figure. Li Wei didn't want to speak first, so he just stood in front of him and stared at him. Unexpectedly, this person didn't even blink for 1 minute, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, or 40 minutes. Li Wei was about to collapse and couldn't wait any longer. He walked up to the doorman, ready to push him, but 30 seconds later, he regretted his decision. Just as Li Wei's hand was about to touch the doorman, the doorman gave a strange smile and threw Li Wei to the ground with an over-the-shoulder throw. A grappling hook locked Li Wei in place, making it impossible for him to move. This sudden throw and lock really made Li Wei suffer, and he gritted his teeth in pain.

  "Ghost, what's wrong with you? Have you really lost your memory? Others would have reacted already, how come you're so slow? Hahaha..." As he spoke, the strange man helped Li Wei up, and before Li Wei could say a word, he continued:

  "Brother, you look pretty good this time, quite young! You old monster, what age are you daring to dress up as? But I still like it when you dress up as a beauty, hehe!"

  Li Wei rubbed his shoulders and wrists, saying angrily:

  "Who are you, big brother! Why is your hand so heavy?!"

  "My hand is heavy, you played with me before but never saw my hand being light, how come, don't recognize brothers anymore!" The weirdo said with a smile.

  "Knowing you can't be like this, your bones will all be broken." Li Wei cried out in distress.

  "Let's not quarrel anymore, Ghost, I'm your old friend Lao Qiang."

  "Laoqiang, I don't have a good impression of you. Looking at how you're treating me with this attitude, we don't seem like good friends." Li Wei said indignantly.

  "It's even more real now, let's just say I'm not good enough for you guys, shall we go in?" Lao Qiang said.

  "Alright, how will the company arrange me this time? Won't it be like you, unexpectedly making a big fuss and nearly killing me?"

  Li Wei hastily inquired about this strange friend.

  "What's going on? Your contribution this time is huge! You'll be promoted to a confidential rank, just you wait and see!" Lao Qiang said as he opened the glass door with a retinal scan.

  "I'll go in first, you scan later, that's the rule. You used to be able to get away with just waving your hand, but not now, the company has changed, they've got records of all your antics and can't find the real you, I reckon they're going to have you eliminated! You old codger thinks he's tough just because he's got a license to kill."

  After the strange person went in, Li Wei also did a scan, feeling anxious and uneasy. Would this company really kill people? Weren't they afraid of breaking the law?

  When the glass door opened, apart from Old Gun, there were several people waiting for him inside. The first person on Old Gun's left had sword-like eyebrows and a cold gaze, with a small scar on his cheek. The second person on the left was average-looking, without any distinctive features. On the right was a woman, around thirty years old, quite pretty, with a melon-seed face, not very big eyes, a small nose, and a small mouth, with a great figure.

  Old Gun nudged the person on his left with his shoulder and said:

  "Diao Zi, this is the amnesiac Gui Pu, it's as if he's become a different person. Now he's Li Wei. Qian Mian, Yin Hu, this is your teacher. You two have more contact with him, can you observe any remnants of his former self?"

  Qianmian and Yinhu walked over, took a close look, and the man said:

  "Master's disguise technique is so divine that even ghosts and gods can't tell, I'm far from reaching his level. Silver Fox, you're Master's favorite disciple, what do you think?"

  The woman shook her head and glared at the man. Li Wei thought to himself, when I'm with these two people, I have to be careful not to make any mistakes, or else that weirdo will definitely get me killed.

  "I just tried it out, and Gui Pu's memories and habits from before are completely gone. It seems we have to train him from scratch. Considering our past relationship, we must do our best. We can't let Gui Pu become a useless person. From tomorrow on, he'll be a new person, a young man named Li Wei." Lao Qiang said. The others nodded heavily in agreement. In his heart, Li Wei cursed, "Damn it, I'm done for. These monsters are going to drive me crazy..."

  Section 3

  An unnamed island, a certain Marine Corps training ground, Li Wei was thrown here and completely isolated from the world. The military instructor received an order to train Li Wei into a qualified Marine within 3 months.

  On the first day of 5km armed cross-country, Li Wei almost crawled back, returned to the barracks and didn't rest, the instructor and soldiers forcibly pried open Li Wei's legs, not caring about the pig-killing-like screams. Then started combat training.

  On the 5th day, 5km armed cross-country running, combat sanda training, shooting, grenade throwing, and individual tactics. The sanda training was simply a beating exercise, not a single shot hit the target, and what made people most grateful was that hand grenades wouldn't explode.

  Day 10, 5km armed cross-country, combat, sanda, judo training, shooting, grenade throwing, tactical formation, basic geography, NBC knowledge, weapon maintenance, 400m obstacle...

  On the 15th day, 10km armed cross-country, scattered fighting training, striking training, judo training, grappling training, 5000m, single and double bars, 500m obstacle shooting and throwing, throwing live ammunition (the kind that explodes, not the edible stone egg)

  On the 20th day, Li Wei never thought he could survive to the 20th day. Today, there was only one project - learning how to swim. A duck that can't swim learns how to swim in just one day? Isn't this like forcing a chicken to cross the river? As Li Wei was still thinking wildly, an instructor kicked him into the water. It turned out that seawater is really salty. I came here to suffer and had nothing better to do, so why did I have to pick up that damned box? The first time seeing the sea but unable to appreciate the scenery, having to busy himself with survival. The instructor was shouting hoarsely over and over again:

  "Pay attention to breathing and exchanging air, you must know that you will definitely float up. Move your hands downwards to paddle water, exhale, come up to inhale, paddle water and exhale. If you don't learn this, you will definitely drown. Don't expect someone to save you..."

  On the 25th day, Li Wei came back to life. Today's project was armed infiltration, physical training, and diving training. No one cared if he had just learned how to swim yesterday. He carried logs and assault boats with the old soldiers, they were already a team. If he fell behind, everyone would accompany him to continue training, if his physical strength didn't meet the standards, all the brothers would do physical exercises with him...

  On the 30th day, Li Wei had become a marine soldier in just one month. In this one month, he transformed himself and returned to Yutong Logistics ahead of schedule. The first person he saw was Lao Qiang, he wanted revenge, he wanted to take him down hard...