Ye Lan was certain that Gongsun Shen was joking, so naturally, he wouldn’t stand up just because of Gongsun Shen’s gaze.
After all, his reputation was already socially dead, and he didn’t want to get dragged through the mud again.
Seeing that Ye Lan still made no move, Gongsun Shen felt he could only make things clearer.
“Well then, let’s invite our latecomer to introduce himself! How about it?”
At this point, if Ye Lan still didn’t stand up, it would seem far too spineless.
What’s more, Ye Lan had also noticed the stares of others.
Many people had already spotted him and started whispering.
Ye Lan felt extremely helpless inside, but he had no choice but to follow Gongsun Shen’s lead.
“Hello everyone, my name is Ye Lan, from the planet New Lainis.”
Ye Lan stood up, facing the gaze of the entire class, and bowed slightly to express his apology.
“I’m sorry. Because of my injuries, I was unconscious for two days, which delayed everyone’s lessons.”
Ye Lan behaved with composure, neither arrogant nor servile, and his manners were polite and refined—nothing like the despicable image in the rumors.
Since his first impression among classmates was already ruined, he could only make up for it slowly through time and actions.
Gongsun Shen secretly nodded at Ye Lan’s performance.
Perhaps Ye Lan didn’t even need his help—by relying on proper etiquette, he could restore his image among classmates.
“Alright, everyone quiet down. Ye Lan, sit down first.”
Gongsun Shen let Ye Lan sit and began on the main topic.
He looked around at the students in the class and said, “Now that all thirty-six students of Class E are finally present, it’s time to do what should have been done two days ago.”
“You need to form groups: an assault squad, a heavy support squad, a scout squad, a reconnaissance squad, and a logistics support squad. Each squad has different roles and tasks. The details have already been sent to your badges, and you can directly choose your squad on your badge’s page.”
With thirty-six students in one class, naturally not everyone could do the same job.
They needed to be divided: some for offense, some for defense, some for harassment, some for logistics.
This was the most basic composition of a regular team.
Clap!
Gongsun Shen snapped his fingers, and the holographic projection beside him turned into a chart.
This chart would update in real time with Class E’s grouping situation.
The students of Class E all opened their badge pages and got busy.
Gongsun Shen took the chance to walk among them, observing how they chose.
After watching a few, he frowned and said, “If you’re not skilled in something, don’t choose it. Don’t take a ‘let’s just try’ attitude—or it could cost you your life.”
“And when you fill in your codename, don’t use your real name. Using your real name only shows one thing—that you don’t think you’re dying fast enough.”
At these words, a chill ran down many students’ backs.
It was as if a hidden dagger lurked in the darkness, ready to stab once a real name was exposed.
In the military, using codenames to address one another was essential.
No one could guarantee communications wouldn’t be intercepted, nor that there wasn’t a spy or assassin among them.
Using real names would expose both themselves and their comrades to danger.
Gongsun Shen said, “I’ll give you another chance to choose carefully. Start over now.”
He had long prepared for this, since the class he led—Class E—was the weakest overall.
It was only natural that they lacked some basic common sense.
The so-called weakest overall didn’t just mean no gifted abilities or poor physical fitness—knowledge and education levels were also part of the evaluation.
Gongsun Shen’s eyes swept over every student in the room.
As Class E’s homeroom teacher, he knew the most he could do was grant his students the rights they deserved.
But whether they could break through and defy the school’s rules depended entirely on their own efforts.
Gongsun Shen returned to the podium and opened his terminal.
On his teacher’s page, he could see the chart being filled out, including both the codenames and the real names of students.
[Class E Grouping Results:]
Assault Squad (8 people):
Heavy Support Squad (8 people):
Scout Squad (4 people):
Reconnaissance Squad (2 people):
Logistics Support Squad (12 people):
When he saw Ye Lan’s name, Gongsun Shen almost choked on his own saliva.
He had thought that with Ye Lan’s poor physique, it was fine if he didn’t choose the assault squad.
At the very least, he could have chosen reconnaissance, since his main weapon happened to be a sniper rifle.
But to his surprise, Ye Lan went straight for logistics.
And he didn’t even choose to be a captain—he signed on under a student with the codename “Corn.”
But then again—why were all the codenames in the logistics squad various vegetables and foods?
Did they all secretly think logistics was meant to be “eaten”?
Actually, Ye Lan’s choice was simple.
The logistics squad’s tasks were lighter, giving him more time for his own training plan.
As for squad captains—they had the most work, so he definitely wouldn’t do it.
Why did he pick the codename “Salted Fish” instead of some flashy, edgy name like in his past life?
Because Ye Lan needed to give everyone the impression that he had “already given up.”
When the tide recedes, fish left in shallow pools on the beach will eventually dry out under the sun and turn into salty dead fish.
Thus, “Salted Fish” could also be a metaphor, used to describe those who waste time and take no action.
“Achoo!”
While carefully planning out his future days, Ye Lan suddenly sneezed.
Sensing something, he glanced at Gongsun Shen—only to meet his teacher’s gaze.
That gaze clearly said: “You sly brat.”
Ye Lan could only give an awkward smile.
He couldn’t tell Gongsun Shen about his grand plan.
After all, it was too important—linked even to his survival.
But at least he could give Gongsun Shen one promise:
He would never fall behind in training.
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