588: Go to the frontier, to the most arduous places.

"These next few days, I will be going to the City Name to select Team Members. The training will be handed over to Squad Leader He of the First Team. Feng Lin, Li Le, Xu Jia, I now appoint the three of you as temporary Squad Leaders..."

Hearing that Instructor Xiao was going to the City Name to select Team Members, the Womens Team members were a bit surprised.

They had heard about it before, but after nearly a month of training, Captain Xiao and the others were still here, so they thought there wouldn't be many members for the Womens Team this year.

"Yes."

Feng Lin, Li Le, and Xu Jia immediately responded upon hearing this.

He Rui and the others had trained many new Team Members over the past few years. These days, Xiao Niannian had also discussed many training matters with them, as Xiao Niannian had already made arrangements.

This past month, Xiao Niannian had also borrowed He Rui and the others for many days, and they were responsible for more than half of the training.

For the next few hours, Squad Leader He and his team trained the Womens Team members, while Xiao Niannian watched from the side.

Early in the morning, they got into a car. After ten-odd hours of driving, Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing arrived in the City Name.

By the time they reached the City Name, it was already almost dark.

Lu Jing took the team to the Division Commander's office.

By the time they returned to the Guesthouse, it was already past nine in the evening.

At the Military Academy, Shen Yan and his classmates had already learned that the Special Forces would be coming to select Team Members.

Shen Yan had been determined to join the Special Forces Brigade years ago, even though his family objected, saying that his elder brother Shen Mo had already joined the Special Forces Brigade, and that Shen Yan should stay in a regular Military Unit to avoid danger.

However, Shen Yan was set on joining, and his abilities had improved many times over the past few years, so the Shen Family had no choice but to let Shen Yan have his way.

"I wonder if it's Sister Xiao's team or another Special Forces Brigade. If it's Sister Xiao's team, I'll sign up. If it's another Special Forces Brigade, I won't go..."

Meng Ning listened to Shen Yan's words, glanced at him, and walked forward.

"Ningning, wait for me."

Gao Yao and Lin Shi followed Meng Ning forward.

They had now completed all their studies at the school, and their physical training was all excellent.

They could graduate early at any time.

Several classmates who were close to Shen Yan also signed up.

As they rode in the car to the Military Unit's training ground, they saw the training ground filled with people, and a classmate exclaimed,

"So many people want to join the Special Forces Brigade."

"I wonder if we'll be selected this time."

"Our physical fitness should be better than that of regular Military Unit soldiers, right?"

"It's a good thing Student Shen trained with us and improved our physical fitness."

Shen Yan's gaze swept to the distance, and seeing Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian in their military uniforms with camouflage paint on their faces, he happily waved to them.

Xiao Niannian saw Shen Yan in the distance and smiled.

In the days since school started, Shen Yan's skin had lightened a few shades; he wasn't as dark as he was at the training base.

Meng Ning saw Xiao Niannian and stopped.

"Is that Niannian?"

"Oh my goodness, it's been so long, Niannian's aura is truly amazing." Gao Yao looked at Xiao Niannian with admiration.

However, they didn't run towards Xiao Niannian, but instead lined up, ready to participate in the selection assessment.

Xiao Niannian looked at the list of female soldiers. There were several units in the City Name, and the total number of applicants was over a hundred.

Soon, the assessment began.

Xiao Niannian looked at the female soldiers' scores, her brows furrowing slightly.

These female soldiers' scores were not as good as those of the female soldiers from the Division Headquarters in Yangcheng.

When she saw Meng Ning, Gao Yao, and Lin Shi's assessment results, Xiao Niannian was very satisfied.

The scores of these three were similar to Li Le and Xu Jia's, and in some subjects, they even surpassed them.

After the first day of assessment, Xiao Niannian specifically went to a State-run Restaurant and packed a few dishes to bring back.

Shen Yan brought them to the Guesthouse.

"Sister Xiao."

"Niannian."

Shen Yan pushed open the conference room door and saw Xiao Niannian, Lu Jing, and his elder brother sitting there.

Initially, Meng Ning and the others had smiles on their faces upon seeing Xiao Niannian, but upon seeing Captain Lu and Military Doctor Shen and the other Team Members, Meng Ning and Gao Yao's hearts jumped.

They hadn't expected Captain Lu and Military Doctor Shen to be there too.

Shen Yan saw the delicious food on the table and immediately sat down.

"Sister Xiao, this must be what you bought, you're too kind."

"Sit down, eat."

"Thank you."

After Meng Ning sat down, she looked at Xiao Niannian. They had gotten several shades darker from training these past few months, but Niannian's complexion was still very fair.

"Your training results today were excellent."

Hearing Niannian's praise, Meng Ning said with a smile,

"We definitely won't disappoint you."

"There are so many braised dishes today, I'm going to eat a lot of rice."

Everyone ate quickly, finishing their meal in no time.

Shen Yan took the lunchboxes to wash them, and Lu Jing and Military Doctor Shen also left.

Xiao Niannian took Meng Ning and the others to the training ground.

Xiao Niannian listened to Meng Ning and the others talk about things at school.

After a while, Gao Yao asked Xiao Niannian,

"Niannian, how was your year in the Special Forces Brigade?"

Xiao Niannian said with a smile,

"I went on a few missions, and the rest of the time was spent training."

Hearing about training,

Gao Yao asked curiously,

"Shen Yan came back and told us about mud pit training, that he was thrown into a mud pit for over ten days and got beaten many times. Is that true?"

Hearing this, Xiao Niannian nodded.

"There was mud pit combat training. He was indeed thrown into a mud pit for over ten days. Everyone else trained for seven days, but he trained for fourteen days."

"No wonder he became so formidable after he came back; he even mocked us in front of us." Gao Yao snorted coldly.

"But even though Ningning's physical fitness isn't as good as Shen Yan's, her academic performance beat Shen Yan's."

Lin Shi asked about holidays.

"Niannian, if we get selected for the Special Forces Brigade, how many days of vacation do we get a year?"

"It varies from fifteen days to a month. Sometimes, after a mission, there will also be one to three days of vacation."

Hearing about so many holidays, Lin Shi was very happy.

"That's great."

"A while ago, the school was having us fill out forms for assignments. We wrote that we wanted to go to the Special Forces Brigade, and many other classmates wanted to go to the frontier and the Northwest..."

Listening to their words, Xiao Niannian thought about how she and her classmates had also thought the same way after graduation: to go to the frontier, to the toughest places.

Later, she joined the Special Forces Brigade, and many times when she went to difficult places, she would encounter her classmates. They were all shining and contributing in those places, dedicating themselves where the people needed them most.

"Actually, I also wanted to go to the toughest places before, but now I realize that not only border regions are the toughest; being a Special Forces Soldier is also very tough... I must work hard, and I will definitely become a Special Forces Member in a year."