Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 286: Earth Vein Anomaly and Remnant Array

Su Ming took the token, its touch warm and smooth.

One thousand military merit points.

In the rear, one would have to complete ten tedious formation plate repair tasks to earn this much.

Walking out of the command post, the wind outside seemed even stronger.

Zhao Tiji walked ahead, remaining silent the entire way.

Only when they returned to the third squad's defense sector did he stop, turn around, and look at Su Ming.

His rock-like, cold, and hard face held a somewhat complex expression.

"Just now in front of the Commandant, you didn't shirk responsibility, nor did you claim credit for being the one who discovered it," Zhao Tiji said in a muffled voice.

Su Ming smiled, straightening his wind-ruffled robe hem. "I'm a soldier brought up by the squad leader. The squad leader's oversight is my dereliction of duty. Fixing it was just our squad's good luck."

This was the wisdom of the "Way of Survival."In the workplace, especially on a battlefield where death could come at any moment, stepping on your superior to climb higher was the dumbest move.

Giving face to your superior while pocketing the actual benefits (military merit) for yourself was the strategy for long-term survival.

Zhao Tiji stared at Su Ming for a long moment, then suddenly grinned, the scar on his face twisting with the motion, making him look somewhat ferocious, yet also adding a touch of sincerity.

He extended his large, palm-fan-like hand and gave Su Ming's shoulder a heavy pat.

"You, kid, you're alright."

Zhao Tiji's voice no longer carried the explosive edge it had before. "Don't call me 'squad leader' anymore. In private, call me Brother Zhao. On this stretch of wall, as long as Brother Zhao still has a breath in him, no one will be able to lay a finger on you, Brother Su."

Su Ming swayed from the pat, grimacing as he rubbed his shoulder.

"Then, many thanks, Brother Zhao."

In his Consciousness Sea, Lin Yu clicked his tongue in admiration. "Not bad, disciple. That move of 'returning good for evil' was played smoothly. Now you've firmly established your footing within this small group."

Su Ming watched Zhao Tiji's retreating back, his gaze clear.

"This isn't about playing tricks," Su Ming said inwardly. "In a place like this, having one more comrade willing to take a blade for you is more useful than having one more magical implement."

his grip on the military merit token in

thousand points short

ahead is long and

you spacing out for? Chow time!" Zhao Tiji's booming voice came from afar. "There's second-tier savage beef

"Coming!"

Ming responded and

......

in the Bing District were black, a hue born from years of erosion by the earth vein's murderous

that precarious, shimmering curtain. Inside the stone house, a heavy chill permeated the air. Even with warmth-preservation seals

oil lamp cast a dim, bean-sized

finger lightly

pale yellow sensing talisman transmitted

"Thump... thump-thump... thump..."

the ears; it traveled directly through his finger bones, striking against his Consciousness

hundred and thirty-seventh

Ming counted silently in his mind, his brow furrowing almost imperceptibly. "The frequency has changed. Earlier in the night, it was three long, one short. Now it's two short, one rapid, and the epicenter's location has shifted about thirty zhang towards the 'Celestial Pivot

mid-air, holding a non-existent, illusory notebook,

carried a note of certainty. "When an earth vein shifts, it's a grand, sweeping movement, like a person turning over in sleep—heavy and

gnawing at the foundation," Su Ming finished

beast called the 'Earth-Devouring

slowly withdrew his finger, rubbing his slightly stiff

What's terrifying is them swarming together to hollow out the foundation underground. If a beast tide arrives one day, and fighting

image was too grim. Su

the vibration frequency,

"This is evidence."

now, no one will believe it. They won't mobilize manpower to excavate the foundation based solely

gaze to the cyan jade slip resting

Trace Incomplete

emitting a faint glow. In this frigid stone house, it was like the

and

his sitting posture, straightening

days, whenever he had a spare moment, he would immerse his divine sense into

every single time, the result was a

"Let's begin."

sense poured forth like quicksilver, instantly penetrating the jade

world before his