As they approached the high mountain, the Flying Vehicle suddenly ascended, and Xia Chujian even felt a moment of weightless dizziness.
She said speechlessly, "What's going on? Why did we suddenly climb so fast?"
The staff member driving the Flying Vehicle in front said nonchalantly, "The terrain here is like this, you'll get used to it."
Xia Chujian clicked her tongue inwardly, thinking, Is the flight training here different from ordinary flight training?
She carefully looked at the terrain there and asked Meng Guanghui in confusion, "Chief, I checked the information about the Flying Base on the Star Network. They are all located in spacious plains, where there are no mountain obstacles, and the flying space is more unobstructed."
"These are very important for beginners, because learning to fly requires enough space to maneuver."
"Moreover, the plains have stable airflow and low wind force, which are suitable for beginners to practice."
"The mountainous terrain will cause complex airflow changes, such as updrafts, downdrafts, or turbulence, and the wind force in the mountains is more intense than in the plains. These will create considerable obstacles to flight control and safety performance."
"So why is this Flying Base not in the big plains over there, but in the mountainous area at the end of the plains?"
Their Flying Vehicle suddenly climbed five thousand meters and began to fly over a series of undulating mountain ridges.
Meng Guanghui was even more surprised and said, "You've even learned the basic knowledge?"
"Chief, I have a strong learning ability." Xia Chujian blinked, "Didn't I learn those mechas at a glance?"
Meng Guanghui thought it was normal. That "One Shot Kill" record had been unbroken for more than two months.
That place was a gathering of elites, and since that record was listed, it had become an object of worship and competition for everyone.
So Xia Chujian was not being arrogant or bragging when she said that.
Meng Guanghui patiently explained to her, "Because this is not a Civil Aviation Flying Base, this is a Military Flying Base."
"And the Flying Base is deliberately set up here so that students can adapt to changes in different terrains and environments as soon as possible, and improve their flying skills and ability to respond to different environments as soon as possible."
Xia Chujian was even more speechless.
So they deliberately chose this mountainous terrain to give beginners a baptism of fire! She said thoughtfully, "This place should be for experienced pilots to come for advanced training, right? It doesn't look like it's for beginners..."
Meng Guanghui was once again secretly amazed by Xia Chujian's keenness.
He thought about it and decided to tell Xia Chujian everything he knew.
He could see that Xia Chujian had unlimited potential. Marshal Huo was working hard to examine her, cultivate her, and build her up. As her direct superior, he also had to give her more information so that she wouldn't take detours blindly.
Since Huo Yushen had specifically asked Xia Chujian to come to this Flying Base for special training, Meng Guanghui would of course fully obey the order.
But there was no need to tell Xia Chujian this.
The Flying Vehicle flew to the highest point of the mountain ridge and stopped on a platform there.
Looking down from here, one could only see a wide and flat basin, shrouded in misty rain.
The pilot said, "My Flying Vehicle can't fly any further in. I don't have the authority. I can only take you here. Get out."
Xia Chujian got out of the Flying Vehicle and looked around on the platform at the top of the mountain, "Where's the base? Where's the Flying Base?"
Looking down from the top of the mountain, the basin shrouded in misty rain was a primeval forest.
It felt like standing on a high place and looking at the Exotic Beast Forest growing in the basin.
Meng Guanghui smiled and waved to the pilot, "We're here, you can go."
The pilot glanced at Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian felt a slight tingling in the place on her wrist where she wore the Quantum Optical Brain wrist watch carrier.
Who is using Mental Strength on her?
Xia Chujian's eyes flickered slightly. She looked down and found that the number was only 50, which represented mid-E-Rank Mental Strength, which was very low, but it was still a Mental Strength attack.
She immediately covered her head and took a few steps back, saying painfully, "It hurts... my head hurts!"
Meng Guanghui immediately turned to look at the pilot and said coldly, "What are you doing?"
As he spoke, his Mental Strength pressure was also exerted.
The pilot groaned and quickly said, "Colonel Meng, you misunderstood. I was just checking the Mental Strength level of your new recruit... I didn't expect it to be so low..."
He only used Mental Strength equivalent to mid-E-Rank, only a little higher than the lowest E-Rank initial stage.
I didn't expect her reaction to be so intense...
How low is her Mental Strength?
The lowest E-Rank Initial Stage? And she can come here for special training? And Colonel Meng Guanghui is personally accompanying her? Looks like she's a scion of a wealthy and powerful family here for experience...
The pilot was a little disappointed, and said lightly to Xia Chujian, "I'm sorry, my bad, I shouldn't have used my Mental Strength on you."
Xia Chujian didn't expect to be attacked for no reason!
And it was someone on her own side! Xia Chujian was very angry, but as a newcomer, she couldn't just fall out with someone.
She just smiled faintly: "You're a Captain? Your teammates must have trouble sleeping at night, right?"
"...What do you mean?" The man's face darkened.
"It's simple, you always have to be wary of your own people attacking you..." Xia Chujian said nonchalantly, "I also have my own teammates, but we never do such things. We are the kind of people who can entrust our backs to each other on the battlefield."
The pilot didn't expect that a casual probe from him would lead this little girl to bring up internal strife.
He looked at her deeply, stopped talking, and directly started the Flying Vehicle, soaring into the sky.
Meng Guanghui's face was gloomy as he said to Xia Chujian, "Don't worry, I will avenge you. You're right, we are all comrades. To use such methods on our first meeting is unworthy of a soldier!"
Xia Chujian smiled, remembering the man's large-knuckled hands and the traces of wind and frost on his face, which made him look much older than his peers.
It reminded her of San Zong, and many other ordinary people struggling to survive at the bottom of society.
She said softly, "Chief, no need, it's just that I'm too incompetent. If I had even a little Mental Strength, I wouldn't have been like that just now. He probably didn't have any malicious intent either."
Meng Guanghui looked at her in surprise: "You're actually going to let him off?"
Xia Chujian twitched the corner of her mouth: "Of course not! But I want to get my own revenge, don't interfere. If I meet him again in the future, I will definitely challenge him!"
Of course, the key was that the other party really only used the lowest level of Mental Strength to test her, and she had acted a little too much just now...
Meng Guanghui thought for a while and said, "Alright. Although that person's military rank is only Captain, there is a silver star on his arm badge, which is a commendation for meritorious service in the army. He really didn't have any malicious intent, he just wanted to test you and give you a reminder, but his method was wrong."
Moreover, the other party probably didn't expect that their Special Security Bureau would send someone with absolutely no Mental Strength here for special training.
Xia Chujian was stunned: "Reminder? Remind me of what? Remind me that I have no Mental Strength?"
Meng Guanghui looked at the misty clouds and drizzle at the foot of the mountain and said, "Of course, because to go down the mountain from here, we must use Mental Strength to clear obstacles for ourselves."
Xia Chujian: "!!!"
Holy crap, just going down the mountain requires using Mental Strength?
Then is a waste like her, who has no Mental Strength, here to die or to be beaten?
Xia Chujian gritted her teeth, very much wanting to release her Shao Siming Black Silver Mecha.
But looking at Meng Guanghui's clueless appearance, she chickened out again.
She didn't dare imagine Meng Guanghui's anger after knowing the truth...
Meng Guanghui ignored her, turned around and walked down the mountain a few steps, one hand forward, touching a patch of snow-white clouds.
Then, like a magic trick, the misty clouds and drizzle suddenly split in two, and a mountain path appeared in front of them, winding downwards.
On both sides of the path were ancient trees and weeds half the height of a person.
Xia Chujian watched for a long time, and continued to ask, "Where's the Flying Base? Where's the Flying Base?"
Meng Guanghui pointed to the bottom of the path: "It's down there."
Xia Chujian looked at the path that was almost invisible to the end, turned her head and glanced at Meng Guanghui again: "Chief, are you serious? No matter how you look at it, this doesn't look like there's a Flying Base here."
Even if it's a mountainous area, it's impossible to be in a place like this primeval forest.
Meng Guanghui said with a smile, "Of course there is camouflage here. The entire airspace above the base is covered by a large screen, just like the stealth coating on the Flying Vehicle, controlled by the Mechanical Intelligence of the Central System. Going down the mountain into the base from here is also part of the special training."
Xia Chujian looked at him inexplicably, but didn't ask any more questions, and followed him into the path in the clouds.
As soon as they stepped in, the clouds and mist in the mountains emitted a wave-like undulation, and then behind them, the clouds and mist gathered.
The top of the mountain disappeared.
Xia Chujian looked back and only saw a path extending into the depths of the forest.
The direction from which the small path came was also deep forest, making it impossible to see the mountaintop landing pad where they had just arrived.
Meng Guanghui knew what she was thinking and said without turning his head, "Concentrate. The assessment has already begun."
Xia Chujian felt baffled and was about to ask when suddenly, the area where the Quantum Optical Brain watch was on her wrist began to throb again.
This time, it was much higher than the pilot who had probed her level earlier.
She casually raised her left wrist to look at it, and the number displayed was 701, which was already the Mental Strength level of early Rank B.
Xia Chujian quickly groaned and hurriedly took out the Lily-of-the-Valley Purple Silk Hat from her tactical backpack and put it on her head.
Meng Guanghui turned back and said in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"...There's a Mental Strength attack... and the level isn't low..." Xia Chujian pretended to have a headache. "It's many times higher than that pilot just now..."
"Really? So fast? I didn't feel anything..." Meng Guanghui said in confusion, but the next second, he felt it.
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