( Sorry there's a mistake that I forgot to put the main character's real name)(Main character's former name in his former world is Zhang Wei but now he's in the body of Lin Hao)
The truck engine roared.
As they drove away, Qinghe Village shrank behind them. Lin Hao did not look back. He had no attachment to a reputation that wasn't even his.
The training base came into view three hours later.
Massive steel gates. Armed guards holding QBZ-191 assault rifles. Snipers stationed in watchtowers.
A banner stretched across the entrance:
"Through Blood and Steel, We Forge Heroes."
The recruits lined up.
A woman in combat uniform stepped forward. Short black hair, Cold gaze.
Rank insignia: Captain.
Name badge: Captain Su Yueran.
Commander of Azure Dragon Battalion's 3rd Company.
"This is not school," she said.
"This is not a playground."
Her voice cut like a blade.
"You are standing at the edge of the Red Frontier. The Northern Iron Coalition does not care about your fear. They will not give you second chances."
She walked past them slowly.
When she stopped in front of Lin Hao, her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Name."
"Lin Hao."
Her gaze sharpened.
"I've read your file."
So she knew.
Village troublemaker. Disciplinary history. Low evaluation.
She leaned closer.
"If you break my formation, I will personally send you to the most dangerous frontline trench."
The former Lin Hao would have panicked.
But Zhang Wei's soul remained calm.
"Understood, Captain."
Something flickered in her eyes.
Surprise.
Good.
The first crack in the old reputation.
Training began immediately.
Obstacle course, live-fire drills, weapon familiarization.
Lin Hao held a QBZ-95 rifle for the first time.Cold steel. Real weight. Not digital.
When the first shot fired—
His body reacted instinctively.
SYSTEM NOTIFICATION
Enhanced Reflex Active
His aim stabilized faster than expected.
Shot grouping tightened.
Chen Ming glanced sideways.
"…You've handled rifles before?"
"No."
But maybe in another life.
Hours passed.
Sweat soaked uniforms. Muscles screamed. Recruits collapsed.
One by one.
But Lin Hao endured.
Because deep inside—
He felt something new.
Not just survival and also not just power but at here he found his purpose.
As the sun set behind the base, artillery boomed faintly in the distance. The Red Frontier was active tonight. Captain Su Yueran watched the recruits from afar.
Her gaze lingered on Lin Hao.
"Strange," she muttered.
"The file says coward."
But what she saw—
Was a predator learning to control his instincts.
That night, lying on his bunk in Barracks 3A, Lin Hao stared at the ceiling.
Zhang Wei had died as a nobody.
Lin Hao was reborn as a disgrace.
But perhaps—
On the Red Frontier—
He could become something else.
Not a gamer.
Not a scumbag.
But a soldier.