Chapter 42 – Different Opinions
“I never dreamed of becoming a soldier because I was afraid of death. But now, I have deep respect to soldiers! ” – Mu Yucheng’s blog.
Mu Yucheng is an IT programmer who works in Yangcheng. He is usually very busy with his daily work. Although he is well paid, he has lost his personal life.
Therefore, during his free time, he likes to watch novels, read online novels, and through people’s writing, finish his own fantasy of life.
Today, in the Editor’s Recommendation, he saw a military novel called “Soldier Assault.”
The name was plain and unremarkable, but it was recommended by one of his favorite editors, Qiang Zi, so Mu Yucheng was curious and clicked it.
Mu Yucheng habitually read the introduction and comments first.
But he was startled by the two extremely different opinions in the comments.
“It’s ugly! After reading two chapters, I decisively dropped it!”
“Highly toxic, be careful!”
“Thank you for testing the poison upstairs. Fortunately, I didn’t read it.”
“No rebirth, no cheat ability, tell me how does the protagonist got around?”
“Is the protagonist a good-for-nothing? He doesn’t dare to fight his fate. He has been scolded by his father for being a coward. If it were me, I would not be able to bear it!”
“I don’t understand. Who can tell me how the plot of the first chapter suddenly jumped back in the beginning in the second chapter? It’s a mess. I think I write better than the author.”
“Upstairs, that’s a flashback. Don’t shoot off your mouth if you don’t understand!”
“Writing an online novel and also make a flashback? The author has lost his mind.”
“Hey, who are you all to deceive me? The novel is so good that I almost cried reading it.”
“I agree with upstairs. You city-born children do not know the suffering of the countryside. I was born in the countryside, and I feel that the author wrote all my stories. I was almost sent to the barracks by my father.”
“By the way, don’t you think it’s funny that Xu Sanduo surrendered to the tank at the end of Chapter Two?”
“+1, I almost laughed out loud!”
“Is it really good for you to laugh so happily? Xu Sanduo was seen by the leaders and left a bad impression. I am afraid that his life will be difficult in the days to come!”
It can be said that the comments in the comment area are mixed. The people who like it are full of praise, but the people who don’t like it also have a clear-cut attitude, which makes Mu Yucheng somewhat puzzled.
But it also aroused his curiosity, and Mu Yucheng decided to buy the current chapters to read.
As soon as he opened it, the prologue chapter gave him a different feeling!
How to put it?
Very literary man! But it is not the kind of false words, the author’s language is very simple, but the ants are described in detail, and as a reader, Mu Yucheng can clearly understand that this ant, in fact, is only a military metaphor!
“Soldier ants don’t cry…” Mu Yucheng carefully reflected on this sentence, and felt his heart suffocated.
The first chapter is about Xu Sanduo and his teammates performing tasks. There are several names that appeared here, Cheng Cai, Yuan Lang, and Wu Zhe. Each person’s personality is different.
What makes Mu Yucheng remember more deeply is Xu Sanduo’s foolishness, as well as the coldness of Cheng Cai. Cheng Cai is a sniper, so it doesn’t matter if he’s cold. Even Mu Yucheng also feel that Xu Sanduo and Cheng Cai’s personality are to integrate!
However, during the retreat, Xu Sandu was ordered to cover, and the performance of Cheng Cai made Mu Yucheng’s heart touched.
“Cheng Cai: Xu Sanduo, I’m waiting for you.”
Xu Sanduo turned his head from a shot he had just completed: “Ah?”
Cheng Cai seemed to want to hit him, but he made a sign towards him under the sound of gunfire, and then followed behind Yuan Lang and Wu Zhe, who had withdrawn from the hidden position.
Xu Sanduo smiled when he saw that. He understood the meaning of the sign, and then he began to deal with the endless enemy by himself.
Mu Yucheng felt a bit bitter in his heart. He felt the friendship and tacit understanding between Cheng Cai and Xu Sanduo when they interact with each other. But he also vaguely felt that Xu Sanduo, who was left behind for covering the rear, would be in an unfortunate situation!
Sure enough, as he expected, Xu Sanduo failed to climb the broken bridge bracket and fell heavily from the high air into the ruins of the factory…
Mu Yucheng’s mind crazily shock. While feeling sorry for Xu Sanduo, he suddenly felt that something was not right.
D*mn, did the protagonist died in the first chapter?
He read on, only to understand why someone in the previous comments had mentioned flashbacks. When the protagonist’s consciousness was blurred, he seemed to see his father. Then, the story jumped back to the beginning, when Xu Sanduo was born.
Wait a minute!
Mu Yucheng was depressed again.
Did the protagonist die or not? Then, how does their combat mission look like a drill?
And then without a clear explanation, it just jumped back to the beginning?
Mu Yucheng felt like there’s a hundred claws scratching his heart. He feels very uncomfortable.
“Ah!” He couldn’t help shouting, which made the people in the subway stared at him. Only then did Mu Yucheng realized that he was wrong and smiled awkwardly.
The story was wonderful, and although he was upset, he couldn’t help reading it.
But then the following scene changed. It was no longer a tense battlefield, but to the backward, poor countryside. Not everyone likes the simple interaction of farmers and the trivial matters of their family. No wonder some readers were impatient to drop the novel after reading that part.
But Mu Yucheng is not so superficial, because of his fondness for the author’s writing, Mu Yucheng still has the patient to read on.
However, it is not as obscure as one might think.
Father Xu had three boys, the eldest is named Yile, the second is named Erhe, and third was Xu Sanduo!
By the way, the child of the village head’s family is Cheng Cai. It turns out that Cheng Cai is the neighbor of Xu Sanduo!
It’s just that their family circumstances were very different!
Cheng Cai was born into a wealthy family, and Xu Sanduo was born in a poor family. He was the third child, an extra mouth to feed, and a heavy load to Father Xu’s shoulder.
Because of his wife’s early death, Father Xu couldn’t afford to create conditions for his three children. He could only hope to send his children to serve as soldiers in the army and let the state help feed them with food rations. But whether it was Yile, or Erhe, they didn’t have any prospect, making Xu father disappointed.
In fact, the author’s writing is still very witty, but this kind of narrative describes the irresistible reality, but even more heavy.
Mu Yucheng wanted to laugh several times, but he couldn’t laugh. Several times, he felt desperate, but was diluted by some interesting moments.
How can there be such a brother?
Asking his younger brother to buy him a yellow book… (TN: Adult magazine)
But Yile’s sentence “I am more than 30 years old, why should I feel embarrassed”, made Mu Yucheng feel a little sad. Yes, more than 30 years old, and still not yet married, making people laugh!
Yile is too poor to get married, while Mu Yucheng is busy…
This chapter is very long, and unlike other online novels, Mu Yucheng read it very carefully and obsessively, almost missing his subway stop.
It’s time to start work!
Mu Yucheng was reluctant to put down his mobile phone, but before putting it down, he couldn’t help but pick it up.
“So hype. I was moved to tears. You sir deserved this reward! Mu Yuchen rewarded “Soldier Assault” with 10,000 reading coins.”
Not much, only 1,000 yuan, which is only a drop in the bucket for Mu Yucheng’s income, but to appreciate his works, Mu Yucheng was sincerely willing to!
“Don’t be a eunuch. I still need to know if Xu Sanduo has fallen to his death!” Mu Yucheng smiled and added a sentence. (TN: No idea what “Don’t be a eunuch means”.)
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TN: This chapter would be easier to understand if you watch the show “Soldier’s Assault” or “Soldier’s Sortie”. This is a link of the show: Here. (Update: The video was deleted.)
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