Stuck in a Chinese novel

"What are you looking at, private?" A burly man asked a timid-looking man who wasn't even half his size.

The timid man, however, couldn't do anything in response. All he could do was lower his gaze and let himself be treated as he was.

Private. The lowest rank in any army. That was the rank of the timid man. Not to mention, he wasn't even an extraordinary cultivator. So he had no choice but to remain silent and just go through the procedure in front of him and get it over with.

The burly man scoffed at the timid man and moved on. He stopped again, this time in front of a handsome man. A man so handsome that any man would be overcome with jealousy in an instant.

He was no exception. Seeing a man that handsome, the man couldn't help but feel jealous and of course, he had to act on that jealousy. He yelled, "What's your name, private?!"

"Fu*k off." A simple reply came. A reply that shocked not only the man but everyone in the room because the army had one simple rule, 'Superior rank above all.'

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Defiance to your superior was akin to a sin and was punishable by military laws which mostly included jail time. However, there was someone in the room who hadn't just defied the burly man, a superior officer, but had also cursed at him.

"Wha—What!!!" The burly man's Qi went on a rampage, suffocating many in the room. The Qi of a Qi sense realm cultivator was overbearing to many in the room and for those that it wasn't, they still chose to remain silent because the burly man was, in the end, their superior.

However, the young handsome man was not in the mood to have all of that so he just looked into the eyes of the superior officer and simply did this…

[Terror]

[Target has a lower level than the user]

[Skill success]

The superior froze in place. He couldn't move at all, making others very, very confused. However, the next step confused them, or even disgusted some, even more.

Dribble… Dribble…

Water drops trickled on the ground below the superior which many soon came to know was water from somewhere else. The ultimate humiliation and that had just happened in front of everyone else.

In front of his subordinates no less. It was safe to assume one thing. His career was over since there was no chance he would be respected here anymore.

~~

The scene was quick to end and the crowd was led by another superior who didn't make the mistake as his predecessor who left while yelling about the devil or something.

As for the man who did that, he remained in his spot, straight as a pole and didn't defy anyone anymore since no one made the mistake of messing with him.

'What a load of bull cr*p.' Wei Jun cursed once again as he settled on his bunk bed. He had no problem living in this closed space with men and basking in the musky scent of sweat. What truly annoyed him was his rank.

Granted he was also annoyed by the fact that he was forced to serve under someone else and even more annoyed by the fact that he had to endure all of this. Had it not been for the sect master who used one of his favors on this ask, Wei Jun would have never joined the military.

As the emperor ordered, all men over the age of twenty and below the age of thirty five were to serve in the army for eighteen months. Not only that, they would also be denied discharge if they weren't able to make it up to at least the rank of Master Sergeant, noncommissioned class.

Getting commissioned was a choice Wei Jun wasn't even aiming for so his focus was on the noncommissioned sector.

The ranks he needed to go through were simple.

In the enlistment class, the list went like this. Private, private first class, Corporal, and finally Sergeant.

For the noncommissioned officers that Wei Jun had to go through, the rank went like this. Staff Sergeant, Sergeant First Class, Master Sergeant, and finally, Sergeant Major.

Wei Jun's goal was until Master Sergeant and then he would just quietly end his service and get discharged. All the while, he would also make sure to deal with the newest quest he obtained.

As for the military, his task was simple. Clean the formed instance dungeons. Wei Jun welcomed that task and that was also a reason why Wei Jun hadn't denied enlistment. Otherwise, Wei Jun had many ways of avoiding that but the problem was that the empire, and in doing so, the military had first rights to the formed instant dungeons.

No sect or the newly formed anything had the rights to the instant dungeons. Only the military did and according to one's rank, they would be granted more dungeons.

Wei Jun's rank was private and regardless of his cultivation, he was to deal with E rank dungeons with his squad members which was led by a private first class.

He needed 5000 contribution points to promote to the private first class. That depended on his entire participation in the dungeon. And then, either he would be granted his own squad, or he would have to remain in the same squad but still act under the soldier who was here before him.

The contribution was calculated by a military styles AI which was developed with the help of mages. Wei Jun was a little interested in that thing as well. The watch on his wrist provided him with daily expenditure and his total contribution to his service.

Wei Jun was annoyed by another thing. It was that he couldn't use the outside money. He had to use the military-provided money in the military facilities.

However, the amount of money he would gain as a private every day would be just 1000 yuan. It wasn't a little amount but the cost of various products in the military or services was also quite high so if Wei Jun wanted to purchase a set of daily utilities, he would have to save at least 5000 yuan which was five days' worth of savings.

Not to mention those utilities would only last him a week so that was another minus point. If he wanted luxury, he would have to get promoted as soon as possible.

Fortunately, such an opportunity was only a week away. After a week of basic training, Wei Jun, along with his squad, would have to clear an E tier dungeon.

Wei Jun now only had to deal with the more annoying matters such as his superiors, possible ragging, and useless training which wouldn't benefit him in the least.

~~

As expected, there was ragging but given Wei Jun's name on the outside, no one made the foolish mistake of messing with him. Other than that, the training was plain and simple physical training.

Wei Jun, as expected, didn't benefit in the least from it. It was a spectacle though, to see Wei Jun breeze past the training that made many huff and puff with exhaustion and muscle pain.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Wei Jun was excited about today because he would be officially entering a dungeon. He made his way to the briefing room where he, along with others, was briefed about the dungeon. Its dangers, what to expect, and definitely what to do and what not to do.

Wei Jun already knew of that so he listened from one ear and let it out from the other. Besides, he had the system to provide him with information better than anyone else so he wasn't worried about that as well.

However, one point came up which Wei Jun frowned upon. It wasn't something annoying, well, to him it was, quite an important point, but to Wei Jun, it was annoying as well.

"You must display perfect team play. If you act on your own, your contribution points will be deducted." The private first class explained the rule.

Wei Jun wasn't a team player at all. even when he was a child, he would rather play in the sandbox alone than with other children.

Wei Jun would have dismissed this rule had it not been for his precious contribution points which were his tickets out of there.

However, his mood was spoiled further when he heard the next sentence, "The maximum contribution points you can gain from this dungeon are 1000. Your contribution wouldn't be counted beyond that."

1000 points from one dungeon meant he would have to clear 5 dungeons to clear the requirement of promoting. Five dungeons meant five weeks. That was almost a month.

'Fu*k!' Wei Jun yelled inside with all his might but pinched his thigh on the outside to make sure he wouldn't do it out loud.

"I'm so excited." A girl sitting next to him said but when he turned to look at her with his angered expression, alas, she was scarred for life.