Chapter 267: 267, More skills don't weigh you down

In Li Qingzheng's imagination, when they arrived at the 313 position, the soldiers there would surely line the streets to welcome them, even offering hot dishes and rice, for that was how it had been all along.

But when Ren Xiaosu led his private army to the 313 position, he found the soldiers in the camp seemed indifferent to their arrival, their attitude starkly different from the forward base.

The soldiers on the transport trucks glanced at them with cold, unwelcoming eyes, and when the private army reached the camp, there was no one to meet them.

Li Qingzheng scratched his head at the camp entrance: "What's going on? Are they not welcoming us?"

Ren Xiaosu chuckled: "Anyone can welcome us, but the soldiers at 313 won't. As Chen Wudi said, if you can guess we've become a target on the battlefield, then the commander of 313 must have figured it out too."

Now Li Qingzheng understood—the forward base welcomed them because they had a promising future, while 313's lack of welcome meant that their arrival likely meant Qing Zhen might concentrate heavy forces here.

The soldiers at 313 thought of the brutal battles ahead, so their mood could hardly be good.

However, Ren Xiaosu didn't care about such things. He completed the entry procedures at the watchtower and swaggered into the camp with over five hundred private soldiers.

At that moment, an officer blocked Ren Xiaosu's path. He looked at the soldiers behind Ren and saw that each private soldier stood awkwardly, their formation nonexistent. What kind of army was this?

Though Ren Xiaosu had annihilated Qing's special operations battalion, the problem was that it couldn't change the nature of the refugees in his ranks. Not only did they stand askew, but their uniforms were also disheveled.

Originally, the 313 officer had thought, "Let them come; if they're truly an elite force, that's fine too."

But now, this so-called Hero Camp was nothing but a pile of dog shit!

The officer frowned and said, "You are Ren Xiaosu."

"Yes, it's me," Ren Xiaosu replied with a smile.

"How do you command your troops?" the officer said coldly. "Each squad can't even stand in formation—do you never train?"

"Who are you?" Ren Xiaosu said unhappily. "Are you looking down on our Hero Camp?"

The other party was taken aback for a moment. The officer paused and said, "I am Ma Kai, the commander of 313, a major general! I built this 313 position with my own hands, and I know every defensive structure here!"

Ren Xiaosu quickly grasped his hand and said, "Hard work, hard work! A consortium needs someone like you who gets things done!"

Ma Kai: "???"

Ma Kai had just spoken to make Ren understand that 313 was his domain, and even a Hero Camp had to obey his orders.

But Ren Xiaosu ended up consoling him instead!

Ma Kai's face darkened as he said, "Don't pretend to be confused. I don't know how you annihilated Qing's special battalion, but in my eyes, you're just a pile of dog shit. You've been sent here to burden us. I hope you have some self-awareness and don't act like you're truly heroes."

The private soldiers dared not speak a word. They had been treated like royalty all the way, only to be exposed here.

Ren Xiaosu didn't say much. He followed the deputy officer Zhang toward the north, observing the surrounding terrain.

The 313 position was the general term for defensive positions, serving as the backbone of the Shuanglong Mountain frontline. Located at the northernmost part of the battlefield, it was also the closest to Qing's army.

The entire defensive position covered over a thousand acres, extending into the Shuanglong Mountain's hinterland. Modern warfare wasn't about stubbornly holding a high ground; anyone foolish enough to do so would be blown to pieces by enemy artillery in minutes.

But if anyone thought defensive positions were useless against modern artillery, they were dead wrong.

Sometimes, after drinking a little wine, the locals in the fortifications would often say, "Missiles are omnipotent," but those who had actually fought knew better. Missiles required human lives to be precise, to find opportunities for guided targeting.

Moreover, key defensive positions had medium-range tactical trucks for low-altitude defense. These were excellent at intercepting non-supersonic missiles, such as grenades, artillery shells, and rockets that didn't require precision guidance.

Humanity didn't just focus on offensive methods; now, under equal firepower, whoever had a more advanced defense system would hold the advantage.

Qing could bombard the land with artillery, but the battlefield was so vast—who could plow through it all? It was all about money!

War was for profit. If the war ended with more costs than gains, it couldn't be called victory.

Ren Xiaosu walked on, staring at the strange medium-sized military trucks parked behind each bunker. He didn't even know what they were for.

After all, when he had replicated Yang Xiaojin's skills, he hadn't copied this knowledge. Now, holding a skill learning map unused, Ren was considering whether to use it on Ma Kai to learn some solid military tactics...

Thinking this, Ren directly said in his mind, "Use the skill learning map."

The palace's voice echoed in his mind: "Randomly learn the target's skill."

"A low-level rock-paper-scissors skill has been randomly selected. Do you wish to learn it?"

Ren was stunned. What was a rock-paper-scissors skill?

Five Kui Shou 666?

Ren felt a pang of pain. The Li family's prohibition on alcohol was taken too lightly. The officers under him even had rock-paper-scissors skills—was no one managing them?

And to draw a rock-paper-scissors skill was bad enough, but it was low-level. How could he use it to compete in drinking games without getting killed?

However, Ren already knew the skill learning map had a low chance of success. When he had drawn Luo Xinyu's skill before, he had probably used up his luck for years. So this time, failing to learn a useful skill didn't make him particularly depressed.

At that moment, Ren asked the palace, "What level is Ma Kai's command skill?"

"Target skill learned. It can be disclosed. The target's land warfare command skill is high-level," the palace replied.

Ren was surprised. It was a high-level player, no wonder he was assigned to 313 as commander.

In the end, Ren still learned the rock-paper-scissors skill...

After all, it's better to learn than not. More skills don't hurt.

He had even learned jump rope—was he going to skip this low-level rock-paper-scissors skill? Love of learning is not shameful!