Chapter 1 Crossing Over to 1917

  In the 1950s, the concept of network flourished, and the term "crossing" was remembered by more people. As early as decades ago, the country had an interest in crossing time and space, and began to study the technology of time-space crossing.

  This project was secretly carried out by the state, with its base established in a certain military region. After decades of hard work and repeated experimentation, this project has basically been completed.

  This achievement will make China's scientific and technological development lead the world, and no one can surpass it in a short period of time. Once announced, it will shock people all over the world.

  But this study is the country's top secret.

  A high-level command system of a certain military region in China, the scientists at the Military Science and Technology Institute have been exploring day and night, and at this moment they are busy with the space-time tunnel control platform.

  The research is at a critical moment, and after half a month of tension, the space-time traversal system is roughly completed. The scientists let out a sigh of relief and fell into a deep sleep in the institute, with an uncontrollable excitement on their faces.

  This sleep lasted for a whole day and night before the scientists came to, whereupon they immediately invited high-ranking military officers to set up a celebratory banquet.

  At the celebratory banquet, Military Region Commander Hu gave a speech of congratulations to the scientists in recognition of their great achievements.

  After the celebration banquet, report the successful research to the Central Government. The central leaders sent a congratulatory telegram: Comrades have worked hard for the development of the country's science and technology, and express sincere respect from the heart. It is hoped that breakthroughs will be sought as soon as possible, and suitable personnel will be selected for the matter of crossing.

  The director of the institute received a congratulatory telegram and invited Hu Jun to come over for discussion. The highest commander of this military region came here quickly, looked at the telegram sent by the central leaders, and fell silent in an instant.

  The director of the institute looked at Hu Jun's long silence and his face was filled with doubts. Seeing Hu Jun's embarrassed expression, he knew that things were not going to be easy.

  After a long silence, the director of the institute became anxious: "General Hu, the time-space crossing system is basically completed, now we need someone to test it, what do you think?" His eyes revealed expectation as he looked at General Hu.

  For a moment, Hu Junlang let out a sigh, his worried face filled with concern: "What I'm afraid of is that this time-travel system isn't really complete yet. If something goes wrong, it'll be hard to explain as the leader of the army!"

  The director of the institute listened to Hu Jun's tone and only then knew why Hu Jun had been silent until now. In nearly a decade of research, many animals had been sent to different times and spaces, but they all disappeared when passing through the time tunnel. This time, however, the subject of the experiment was human.

  The director of the institute thought for a moment and said, "General, I fully understand your concerns, but I can assure you that those biological specimens from previous experiments are not dead. Now, to further improve this research, we must take real action."

  The words of the researcher entered Hu Jun's ears but did not receive a response, instead presenting Hu Jun with a frown and silence.

  The director of the institute saw General Hu fall silent again, and couldn't understand what he was worried about at this moment. He anxiously spoke up: "General, remember ten years ago we already had a candidate for today, I wonder if that person is still in the army."

  The director's words made Hu Jun's eyebrows even more tightly locked: "Indeed, this guy has a great memory, but his achievements far exceeded my imagination." At this moment, Hu Jun's heart was stirred up by the person mentioned by the director.

  "Did something unexpected happen to him? Well, in that case, we can re-elect another one in the military district." Hu Jun's prolonged silence made the director of the institute look very uncomfortable, and his tone was not pleasant either.

  At this moment, Hu Junlang knew that he had a slight dissatisfaction in his heart. This was not the result that Hu Junlang wanted. However, he finally let out a long sigh: "Ah, he's still here, only his achievements have exceeded my imagination, it's really hard to give up."

  The director of the institute understood Hu Jun's mind, and that hint of dissatisfaction was released, letting out a sigh: "Hmm, so now he has become an important figure in the military region." As he spoke, the director not only furrowed his brow, but also knew that the emergence of outstanding talents like Yi Ming was something that even ten BMWs couldn't buy, for these people were more precious than gold.

  The entire nation, and even the soldiers here, are feared by the whole world. The training that is more rigorous than international standards, trains soldiers in a devil-like way, which has no equal.

  "Not bad, now Long Zhongtian is already the captain of the special forces battalion and also serves as the chief instructor. You tell me, as a military commander, how should I make this choice?" Commander Hu's face had a bitter smile, and he shrugged his shoulders to represent his current helplessness."

  "Alas..." The director of the institute sighed and fell silent, he knew that Long Zhongtian's value now was such that any military district would not be willing to give him up unless there was an equally excellent soldier to replace him.

  For a moment, both sides fell into a dilemma, but both parties understood that scientific research is crucial in today's world. At the time when Long Zhongtian joined the military, they would also meet once, and Long Zhongtian was willing to make sacrifices for his country. Of course, he was chosen mainly because Long Zhongtian was an orphan.

  Twelve years have passed, and Long Zhongtian is now thirty years old. He has made immeasurable contributions to the country. Now that he is being sacrificed, both of them feel the same way in their hearts - they cannot bring themselves to do it, yet at this moment there is no other choice but silence.

  After a long silence, the two finally decided to choose another person, and this year's special forces selection will start ahead of schedule.

  In the minds of both, a time-traveler must master all military skills, especially survival, as recorded in historical records, one hundred years ago, the land of China was filled with war and fire.

  If you were to travel back to World War II in the 19th century, choosing a special forces soldier would increase the survival rate of the time traveler.

  The special forces stationed in the military region, thousands of special forces are busy, today is the day for new blood, don't know what reason it was advanced several months earlier than previous years.

  They were busy with this selection.

  "Let me tell you, you greenhorns, the country doesn't have extra food to feed you. In three months, if you still haven't matured, then get discharged and go home."

  A bare-chested soldier with dark skin and muscles like iron was loudly shouting orders.

  In front of him stood a hundred officers and men. This man was named Long Zhongtian, the instructor of the special forces in this military region, also the commander of the special forces battalion.

  "Yes!" shouted a hundred soldiers in unison, their voices thundering, as they held their breath and gazed at the instructor before them, who was as fierce as a tiger.

  But they are filled with unknown fears about the military journey they will face in the future, and they don't know what to expect, because now they know that special forces are just ordinary company soldiers.

  "Do you know who he is?" a warrant officer whispered, as if about to reveal something earth-shattering.

  "Who is it?" The sentence hung up and piqued the curiosity of the officer next door, filling his heart with anticipation.

  "This man is Long Zhongtian, a special forces instructor and commander of the special forces battalion. He has extraordinary skills, and his most terrifying training method is to train us, these Qing soldiers, into endurance trainers who can survive for seven days and seven nights without food or water." The officer speaking had an expression of awe.

  "Who the hell is speaking out of turn? Fall in!" Long Zhongtian's eyes were sharp as an eagle, with a murderous aura surrounding the officers before him.

  "Yes!" The officer took a step forward.

  Long Zhongtian's keen sense of hearing caught this conversation, and his mouth curled up at the corner, he liked it very much.

  This kind of lively and bold soldier is his most favorite, such soldiers are always the best in the end because they dare to do things that others don't.

  "Hey kid, you're not bad! What's your name?" Long Zhongtian asked with a smiling face.

  "Report to the instructor, I am Ma Xiao-jun." The soldier who stepped out replied solemnly.

  "Hehe, this name is not bad, but you have already violated the rules by coming here."

  Long Zhongtian's smiling face suddenly changed in front of Ma Xiaojuan, making her heart skip a beat. A bad omen rose to her mind, and she swallowed her saliva.

  In Ma Xiao Jun's eyes, Long Zhong Tian suddenly became serious and his face was once again filled with a smile. Ma Xiao Jun gave a sly grin towards Long Zhong Tian.

  'Ma Xiao Jun, this name is quite impressive.' Long Zhong Tian muttered to himself, secretly admiring the young man.

  The sentence was caught by Ma Xiao Jun, his ears immediately perked up, and he became excited in his heart.

  "Damn, isn't it awesome? I gave myself this name because I don't take being a soldier seriously. What's the big deal, it's just training. But to get praised by someone like him, I'm thrilled, damn it, too excited. Looks like Long Zhongtian isn't as scary as rumored."

  Just then, Ma Xiao Jun was excited when Long Zhong Tian revealed a sinister smile at the corner of his mouth, causing Ma Xiao Jun's body to shudder and his face to change color suddenly.

  As expected, Long Zhongtian patted Ma Xiao's shoulder and let out a loud roar that made Ma Xiao's heart tremble: "Get down, 900 push-ups."

  Affected by Long Zhongtian's shock, Ma Xiao Jun's body reacted uncontrollably, his fists supporting the ground and propping up his body.

  One two three four five six seven... He quickly started doing push-ups.

  The other officers beside him widened their eyes: "No need to rush, nine hundred, damn it, this is impossible, no one can do it! Looks like the saying 'the bird that sticks its head out gets shot' is true after all!"

  At this moment, all the soldiers' thoughts in their hearts are so similar, they look at Ma Xiao with eyes full of pity.

  Nine hundred push-ups was impossible, they all knew the highest record in the entire army was only five hundred, but special forces were an exception, their data was unknown to anyone except military institutions, it was a secret for both the military district and the whole world.

  The soldier who answered Ma Xiao's words couldn't help but feel a little flustered in his heart, looking at Ma Xiao doing crazy push-ups, feeling that he was more uncomfortable than being punished.

  But he didn't want to suffer such punishment either, and his heart was torn apart, it was a kind of torture for him.

  Long Zhongtian and the other officers were all watching, Long Zhongtian's eyes narrowed into a line: "This kid looks pretty good, huh, no wonder he's one of us!"

  Long Zhongtian had all the information about everyone in front of him, but Ma Xiaojuan was a bit special and grew up with Long Zhongtian in the same orphanage.

  893...900, 901, 902,...1, thousand.

  With a thud, Ma Xiao Jun fell to the ground, thousand. This word was the last one before Ma Xiao Jun fainted.

  Actually, when he reached 400, Ma Xiaojuan already felt exhausted, but he refused to give up, relying on his willpower to reach 1,000, and he also wanted to know what his current limit was, how many times he could pass out.

  At this moment, all the soldiers stared with wide eyes, unable to believe how Ma Xiao Jun did it. Every single push-up ended up not being one plus one equals two in terms of weight-bearing level.

  "Not bad, physical quality is qualified, come on, take this greenhorn down." Long Zhongtian's voice was calm, but his heart was also filled with surprise.

  "This little guy is even more terrifying than I was back then." A glint of light flashed in Ma Xiao Jun's eyes as he watched him being carried away.

  Three months later, one hundred officer candidates were eliminated with only twenty percent passing the test, today is the last elimination training.

  "You twenty half-baked brats, you should be proud to have made it this far, but today is the final assessment training and also the most resolute challenge. Come on, let's go!" Long Zhongtian bellowed loudly.

  It was in the midst of a cold winter, but Long Zhongtian still had his upper body exposed, with skin like red copper, just like an iron man.

  Among the twenty strong men, nineteen were wearing vests, with bulging muscles on their bodies. However, only one, Ma Xiao Jun, like Long Zhong Tian, was bare-chested, with his muscles as black as ink.

  In Long Zhong Tian's heart, Ma Xiao Jun is the only qualified special forces soldier and even better than those veteran special forces soldiers.

  Long Zhongtian's words had just fallen when a truck drove over and the compartment opened, with twenty cylindrical logs rolling out.

  "Do you know what this is? This is a log, and it's the assessment with the highest elimination rate." Looking at these logs, everyone knows what to do. They've heard that these logs are called iron logs, each one worth 400 points.

  Every trained officer must carry it and run 100 kilometers without stopping, those who stop halfway will be eliminated, and the last one standing is considered qualified.

  "On every single wooden stick, there is a tracker that records your every move. Alright, you've also heard my three months of scolding, I believe your ears have formed calluses, let's start!" A fierce glint flashed across Long Zhongtian's eyes.

  "As a special forces soldier, there is only one sentence: be ruthless to the enemy and even more ruthless to yourself." Looking at the officers who had already run very far away, Long Zhongtian loudly roared.

  Long Zhongtian was very proud of this batch of trainees, who were all excellent and met the standards of special forces soldiers. The only problem was that he had set his expectations too high.

  But he told himself in his heart: "As long as I complete three-fifths, there will be a reason to stay." However, he did not do so, because he knew that he was going to leave this world, and this was his last time teaching.

  Not long ago, Hu Jun Chang had a conversation with Long Zhong Tian and knew it was time for him to leave. However, he understood that although this time the candidate had changed, Long Zhong Tian did not want others to take the path that he should have taken himself.

  Long Zhongtian recalled Ma Xiao's face: "He didn't know what he would face after training, but I must let you take this road for me?"

  Long Zhongtian clenched his fists tightly, a determined look on his face.

  At this time, a bright off-road Jeep stopped beside Long Zhongtian. Long Zhongtian widened his eyes and stared at Hu Junlang getting out of the car and walking step by step to the side.

  "Dragon Middle Heaven, I've come for someone!" Hu Jun Zhang said with a radiant smile as he patted Dragon Middle Heaven's shoulder.

  "Hmm!" A flash of light flickered across the eyes of Long Zhentian, he knew it was time, his reluctant gaze swept around the base, his eyes were very serious, as if to carve everything here into his mind.

  Hu Jun didn't suspect anything else, he just thought Long Zhongtian was thinking about something and waited for him to speak up.

  After a long time, Long Zhongtian's eyes were fixed on Hu Junchang's face. At this moment, Hu Junchang felt the gaze of Long Zhongtian, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he stared straight at Long Zhongtian.

  "No need, I'll follow you, Ma Xiao Jun's military training is very solid. If he goes to Shaolin Temple for two years of further study, when he returns, his achievements will definitely surpass mine. I'll go with you." Long Zhong Tian's attitude was very firm.

  It's indeed the case, sighed General Hu.

  "Why bother asking Ma Xiao Jun if he's willing or not, if he's not then it's best, don't let those damned scientists use people as test subjects." Hu Jun Chang said with a tone of disgust.

  "For the sake of our country's scientific achievements, I am willing to sacrifice myself. I'm already thirty years old and have no family members left. The motherland has raised me, it's time for me to repay her."

  After finishing speaking, Long Zhongtian got on the jeep.

  "But you've already done enough." Hu Jun sighed, looking at Long Zhongtian with a reluctant gaze.

  Long Zhongtian gazed at Hu Junchang with a faint smile: "This is my duty, there's nothing to be nostalgic about. Do you think I'll get off the car once I'm on it?"

  Hu Jun saw that Long Zhongtian was very determined, he understood Long Zhongtian, Long Zhongtian was his soldier, and once he made up his mind, nothing could change it. The jeep quickly drove out of the special forces base.

  Ma Xiao Jun is now carrying a log and running quickly, but he doesn't know that his fate has started to change, and the one who will bring about this change is Long Zhong Tian.

  Scientific Research Institute, Long Zhongtian has arrived here and is currently sitting in a wheelchair.

  Hundreds of control consoles were placed around the wheelchair, and Long Zhongtian sat in the center. A circular electronic crystal tunnel slowly enveloped Long Zhongtian's entire body above the wheelchair.

  "Are you ready? Remember, the device on your wrist is a trans-temporal tracker. You will be sent back in exactly ten years." The director of the institute asked, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

  At this moment, Hu Jun's gaze towards the director of the institute flashed a hint of disgust.

  "Alright, let's get started." Long Zhongtian replied succinctly. Whether he could come back or not was unimportant; in his opinion, he could survive anywhere.

  Ding ding!

  Long Zhongtian only heard two "ding" sounds and didn't know anything anymore.

  Long Zhongtian: Deputy commander of a special forces brigade in a certain military region of China, rank of Senior Colonel, specialty: all-around military skills.

  In 1917, in a certain region of China, Long Zhongtian was standing at the gate of a large courtyard.

  He is now in great pain, his eyes raised, looking at the top of the gate of the large courtyard: "Dragon Mansion."

  "Damn it, those bloody scientists, I've had eight lifetimes of bad luck. You've succeeded, but it's also damn unbelievable. Now I've actually become a baby."

  Long Zhongtian's crazy scolding caused his cells to disintegrate and reassemble, turning him into a baby. He felt it was simply too crazy.

  Unfortunately, all his loud scolding was just a baby's crying sound.

  Inside the Dragon Mansion, it's now a flurry of activity, Long Yun and his wife are in labor.

  But soon the excitement on his face turned gloomy, and a soldier stood in front of him.

  "Captain, the child has been born, it's a boy, but unfortunately it's stillborn."

  Long Yun was paralyzed and echoed what his deputy said.

  "What should I do!"

  Long Yun loved his wife very much and was extremely reluctant to see this outcome. He knew that she would never be able to accept it.

  At this moment, Long Zhongtian's crying voice happened to enter Long Yun's ears.

  "Li Deputy Officer, what did you hear? What did you hear?"

  Long Yun rushed out of the mansion in search of a sound and happened to see Long Zhongtian, who had just arrived from the modern world, a soldier born in 1917.

  "Whose child is this..."

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