CHAPTER 1025: CHAPTER 1023: I CAN MAKE YOU KINGS OF THE NEW WORLD

"Alright, Menglong, from now on, I appoint you as the Legion Commander of the IPX-001 Legion," Luo Ze said, "I can agree to those conditions you mentioned, but I have one request."

"Please, go ahead."

"You know, we’ve recently gone through a very harsh battle in Universe Seven, with a massive reduction in numbers, especially among high-ranking officers. I don’t have any spares to reassign to you from other legions, and newly recruited personnel need to be replenished into existing legions."

"That’s not a problem. I can train them myself," Zhang Menglong said, "But surely you’re not going to give me no one at all, right?"

"Naturally not," Luo Ze replied, "This time, with the new recruits, I can give you 1 billion Level Five Peak Life Forms as warriors. That’s the best I can do for you."

"1 billion!" Zhang Menglong hadn’t expected Luo Ze to be so generous.

Typically, a legion consists of several hundred combat sequences, with each sequence numbering around a few million to ten million warriors. A billion warriors is equivalent to a small-scale legion.

Of course, as of now, these individuals are considered mere cannon fodder.

For a newly formed legion, receiving so many people was beyond Zhang Menglong’s expectations.

"There’s one thing I need to tell you," Luo Ze said, "Due to personnel shortages, the 1 billion people for your legion are not selected according to our strict recruitment standards, which require force and speed ratings of 100 points during previous tests."

"But we did try to find the tallest ones among the short ones, so everyone’s scores range between 60 to 99 points. Can you accept this?"

"I can."

Luo Ze revealed a smile, as he saw a kind of unflappable confidence in Zhang Menglong’s expression, as if whether he was given a batch of cannon fodder or elite warriors made no difference to him.

"In the near term, your IPX-001 Legion won’t have any combat missions. I will assign our most powerful legion to garrison the base cities you just conquered, and you should focus on training this unit in the rear, quickly forming their combat capabilities."

"Mission guaranteed to be completed!"

...

After chatting for a few hours, Zhang Menglong finally exited Luo Ze’s room.

"Boss/Headmaster, what did you discuss? Why did it take so long?" Super God Academy students immediately rushed forward one after another.

"Yes, Menglong, I’m very curious. Is there anything you can share with us?" Xinos asked curiously.

"Not much," Zhang Menglong said, "The General wants to form a new legion and has appointed me as its Legion Commander."

"Whoa! Awesome!"

"Headmaster, take me with you, give me a commander’s role!"

"Headmaster, what’s the name of this legion?"

"A name? Obviously, you don’t understand military. In the military, it’s not called a name; it’s called a designation!" someone from a military family said.

"Yeah, right, you think you know it all," several people rolled their eyes, "What kind of designation? I’ve only heard of one such designation!"

"Our legion’s designation is IPX-001!"

"??"

"Whoa?"

"As expected of the Headmaster!"

"What a show-off, aren’t you afraid it’ll get changed to the 404 Legion?"

The male students of the Super God Academy were excitedly discussing. Talk about this, and they were wide awake!

"Seedy!"

"A bunch of funny guys."

"Heh, men!"

This was the reaction from the female students of the Super God Academy.

"???" was Xinos’s reaction. Although the designation seemed odd, he was more curious why everyone was so excited upon hearing this designation. Did it have a special meaning?

...

After a few days of mobilization, the original 404 Legion directly moved out of its previous base to the 20 or so base cities Zhang Menglong recently conquered.

The 404 Legion was the most powerful legion in Universe Seven, with their Legion Commander being a Level Eight Peak Life Form. They had a total of 270 combat sequences, with each sequence exceeding 15 million members, and each sequence having more than 20 Level Seven Life Forms and over 3000 Level Six Life Forms.

These base cities held significant combat value for resisting or counterattacking the armies of Universe Thirty-Seven/Thirty-Eight in the future for Universe Seven, so stationing them there was most appropriate.

On the third day, the 1 billion people Luo Ze promised Zhang Menglong, after undergoing basic training at the headquarters, were sent to the garrison of their IPX-637 Legion.

"Nervous, Headmaster?" The Super God Academy students were all raring to go. They could fight, but leading and training troops was a first for them.

The most exposure they’d had to military was high school and college military training drills, at best.

"Nervous my foot, it’s no big deal!" Zhang Menglong said. He once participated in military parades with regular units while developing weapons in Huaxia, just with fewer people.

A 1 billion-strong unit was almost catching up to Huaxia’s total population.

The 1 billion warriors stood neatly in the military area of the legion’s base.

Strictly speaking, over 90% of them felt like quitting when they learned about the battlefield beyond the world. They were attracted by the huge retirement benefits, but knowing they’d face such a dangerous place chilled their hearts.

The survival rate for Level Five Peak Life Forms over a 500-year service term was less than 0.25%. This meant, at most, only 2.5 million out of 1 billion could survive, and with bad luck, even 1 million surviving would be normal.

They even heard that they were joining a newly formed unit! And that the unit’s structure wasn’t even complete!

An entirely new recruit unit going into battle, wasn’t that just cannon fodder among cannon fodder?

Though they stood there, their hearts were beating nervously.

"They’re here!"

A magnificent Star Watcher ship landed on the training ground, and a group of young people emerged from the ship.

"So young?"

"Could they be the leaders of this legion?"

"This is no joke, this is war, not a game!"

"We’re done for, forget 500 years; we may not even survive 5 years. What can such young people accomplish in war?"

"Quiet, all of you!" Zhang Menglong was not surprised at the uproarious training ground because, if it were a group of young people in the Huaxia military, they would certainly be considered some military family’s offspring using connections.

"Let’s introduce ourselves. I’m the Legion Commander of IPX-001, my name is Zhang Menglong!"

"Zhang Menglong? The Zhang Menglong of the Ritian Sect? Is it him?"

"Why has he come here? And as Legion Commander?"

"You know him?"

"Dude, you don’t even know Ritian Sect? Are you still in the 2G era?"

"A few months ago, he was still a Level Five Life Form, wasn’t he? Now he’s already a Level Six Life Form?"

"And those around him, they’re from the Ritian Sect too, right?"

"In just a few months, hundreds of people went from Level Five Life Forms to Level Six Life Forms? How did they do it?"

Zhang Menglong’s introduction made the training ground even noisier.

"I know you must feel very apprehensive right now," Zhang Menglong said, "You must be wondering why a young person like me, a Level Six Life Form, can lead an army into battle?"

No one spoke. Even though some knew Zhang Menglong was indeed formidable, with a very formidable background, here, personal strength was all that mattered, with no background leverage possible.

"I want to tell you, joining my legion is your fortune," Zhang Menglong stated. "I, Zhang Menglong, will lead you to become the kings of this new world! The IPX-001 Legion will become the most feared legion on the outer battlefield!"