Chapter 5

Liu Shuya looked at the young face in front of her and wondered if she was prematurely aging, having misheard that he wanted to sign up for the ground assault team.

"Is there even a ground assault team these days?" Liu Shuya asked instinctively. Despite working here, she really didn't know the answer to this question.

Liu Shuya had suffered a blow to her romantic life a couple of years ago. When she was feeling dejected, her family insisted she get a job. Reluctantly, she chose this position, which was known to be the most leisurely—Director of the Ground Assault Team Recruitment Office.

Yes, although she sat in the main hall, she was actually in charge of the entire recruitment office. There were only three staff members: a security guard, a cleaner, and herself, the director.

After working here for a year, it was indeed the most leisurely position. Zhang Qifan was the first person to come in and claim he wanted to sign up, but the question was, did the ground assault team still exist?

The ground assault team had its glorious era, as evidenced by the spacious recruitment hall. But now, it was the age of battleships and heavy artillery. The main pursuit of humans was giant warships and starship-class main guns. Ground assault tasks were mostly carried out by light gunships and remote-controlled robots.

Perhaps due to its past glory, the recruitment office had been retained, but whether the ground assault team still existed, Liu Shuya couldn't say for sure.

Hearing Liu Shuya's spontaneous question, even with Zhang Qifan's cold demeanor, he couldn't help but sigh inwardly. It seemed he had made a foolish choice, but the question was, apart from the ground assault team, which department engaged in direct, face-to-face combat? He had no interest in hiding in a warship's gun turret and firing through a scope.

However, since he was here, he had to give it a try. Zhang Qifan didn't directly answer her question but opened his personal terminal and projected the screen in front of Liu Shuya.

He quickly logged into the military's homepage, navigated through the department listings, and finally clicked into the ground assault team section.

This was an introduction to the current active military structure. The presence of a section meant that the military had the corresponding unit. Zhang Qifan had decided to enlist after seeing this, and he found the address of the recruitment office in the section.

"So it hasn't been disbanded?" Liu Shuya muttered to herself. If the unit hadn't been disbanded, it meant her recruitment office had work to do.

But what were the steps for recruitment? What should be the first step?

Since Liu Shuya had never handled a single case since joining this department and had skipped the business training for a leisurely job, she could only frantically connect to a search engine to look up the relevant steps when faced with Zhang Qifan, her first client.

Seeing her state, Zhang Qifan sighed inwardly again. This was his second sigh. To be pushed to this extent, Liu Shuya was quite something.

"The first step is to give me a data form to fill out. Then, check age, family relations, social relations, education, etc. If I meet the criteria, give me a medical examination form to go for a check-up..." To save time, Zhang Qifan reluctantly guided her.

Before coming, he had done thorough preparation and collected a lot of information. He just didn't expect the reality to be so different from the information.

"Oh, right, fill out the form. Uh? Where's the form?" Liu Shuya, who couldn't find the data form in the drawers, looked timidly at the expressionless Zhang Qifan, wishing she could find a hole to hide in.

Zhang Qifan took the initiative, found the data registration form on the military's official website, printed it out with photosensitive paper, and filled it out himself. Liu Shuya, with a red face, followed beside him, her only role being to use her authority to activate the printer.

After filling out the data form, Zhang Qifan didn't let Liu Shuya review it. He directly found the 'Qualified' stamp on her desk and stamped it on the form.

"Hey, I... I haven't seen it yet." Liu Shuya instinctively called out because she remembered the steps Zhang Qifan mentioned—checking age and other criteria before stamping. But she hadn't seen it yet.

However, as soon as she spoke, Zhang Qifan gave her a cold glance. This ordinary glance was filled with authority, like what she felt from her father, making her words falter.

Only after she spoke did she realize—authority? A young man, probably just an adult, with such a young face, could have an authoritative gaze? And it seemed even stronger than what she felt from her father. Could she have been mistaken?

Zhang Qifan handed her the stamped data form and immediately downloaded the medical examination form from the military's official website. He knew that with Liu Shuya's level of business, there wouldn't be a medical examination form.

"Zhang Qifan, 18 years old, just became an adult yesterday. Social relations: Father, Zhang Yuanshan, Captain of the Yuanwang exploration ship. Your father is a captain? You come to sign up for the ground assault team?" Liu Shuya's eyes widened in surprise.

Zhang Qifan gave her another cold glance, though he didn't speak, his eyes clearly conveyed: What's it to you?

Liu Shuya's heart skipped a beat. She couldn't ask any more detailed questions because Zhang Qifan's casual glance really carried an unintentional authority, like that of a long-time leader, impossible to hide.

Damn, what kind of background does this kid have? Just because his father is a captain, does he naturally carry a leadership aura? Liu Shuya thought with some resentment, but this resentment wasn't directed at Zhang Qifan but at herself, because she realized that under his authority, she felt an urge to obey, just like when facing her father.

To cover her embarrassment, Liu Shuya quickly returned her gaze to the data form. She didn't know that even Captain Zhang Yuanshan wouldn't have such a strong aura.

This was the aura cultivated by a ruler of billions, the supreme being in the universe.

"Graduated from Gao Su A+?" After a moment, Liu Shuya couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, her gaze becoming even more astonished. She had thought that someone coming to sign up for the ground assault team, a violent department, wouldn't have good grades. Ground assault teams needed muscles more than brains, so why would someone with excellent grades want to join?

Gao Su means higher education. After Gao Su, one would enter vocational education. An A+ graduate indicates a level above the standard, as rare as a top scorer in the college entrance exam on Earth.

With such excellent grades, any vocational school would beg and plead to have you, offering free tuition and high scholarships. After a few years of study, the earnings would be higher than a job.

With such excellent grades, he actually came to sign up for the ground assault team? A nearly obsolete unit? Liu Shuya strongly suspected that today was April Fool's Day, and someone had sent this kid to fool her.

Zhang Qifan silently handed her the completed medical examination form, saying nothing, just looking at her expressionlessly.

Liu Shuya couldn't bear his gaze, awkwardly smiling as she took the medical examination form, quickly worrying about how to conduct the medical examination.