Reborn as the Darling of the Delta

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9527: (╬▔ Pan▔)╯

Unaware of the truth, Zhang Hao was still indulging in his dream. In his dream, he helped Said drive away the Hafk Group, successfully liberated Asara, and returned to China to live a peaceful life. He even won the world championship in the game competition!

"Hehehe, we are the champions, hehehe."

Time flew by and it was already the morning of the next day. After Mai Xiaowen woke up, she opened her eyes to see her precious little Hao Hao talking in his sleep. After listening for a while, Mai Xiaowen was both amused and exasperated. Sigh, this child... as long as he's happy.

It's not that Mai Xiaowen is pessimistic about Zhang Hao, it's just that Mai Xiaowen really thinks that if Xiao Hao and Shen Lan played the same game separately, Zhang Hao would probably be completely outmatched by Shen Lan!

"Hehehe, pentakill! Hey, speak up!"

Suddenly, Zhang Hao seemed to be dreaming of an exciting place, which woke him up. However, after opening his eyes, he found that he was not at the competition venue. After a few seconds of silence, Zhang Hao closed his eyes again and lay down.

"Hey! Hao Hao, get out of bed and go to the gym to exercise, okay? Even though we don't have any missions to take care of right now, we still need to keep exercising, understand?"

Mai Xiaowen dragged Zhang Hao, who was pretending to be dead, out of bed and rushed him to the bathroom to wash up. Honestly, if this were China, Mai Xiaowen would naturally allow Zhang Hao to stay in bed, and might even stay in bed with him.

But this is Asara, and no one here can guarantee their safety. The absence of missions does not mean they can relax. As soldiers, they must be ready for battle at any time. So, after seeing Zhang Hao so engrossed in the internet, a few people from the Special Operations Department secretly held a meeting behind Zhang Hao and Roy's backs. The purpose was to make Zhang Hao aware of the need to be ready for combat at any time.

"Hey! Xiao Hao, you're up so early today. Want to go for a run with me later? I'll give you a good workout."

When Zhang Hao finished and went downstairs, he ran into Red Wolf, who was also going downstairs for breakfast. Just as Zhang Hao was about to politely decline, a familiar voice rang in his mind.

"Go away, you're too weak right now."

Zhang Hao: This isn't the sound of 9527, is it?

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Hao immediately realized that this was the [Zero] who had helped him escape from Reiss before.

"You! You're awake!"

"Yes, listen to me, go exercise. You need to exercise now."

After saying that, Zero fell silent.

"Hey! Xiao Hao, hello? Inviting someone to run can burn out the CPU? That shouldn't be possible!"

By the time Zhang Hao came to his senses, Red Wolf was already waving his hands incessantly in front of him.

"Hmm! Oh, Uncle Red Wolf, I need to train too."

Red Wolf breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Zhang Hao come online again. If Xiao Hao's CPU overheated again, Deep Blue would definitely secretly drag him into extra training when Xiao Hao wasn't paying attention. His little body couldn't take it.

"Okay, let's go have breakfast first!"

When Zhang Hao and Red Wolf came downstairs, they found that everyone had already started eating their breakfast at the dining table. Even Sister Zoya, who usually likes to stay up late and get up late, was holding a newspaper and reading the latest news.

"What? The Hafk Group has already declared war on Reis. If Reis and his people don't hand over those reporters and Mandel bricks, they will start sending troops to launch a war against Reis's Longbow Valley in three days."

Looking at the headline in the newspaper, Zoya announced the headline news from the Hafk Daily to everyone.

"Damn, if a fight breaks out, then I think our vacation is probably coming to an end."

After taking a sip of milk, Wei Long said, "Thinking about it, it makes sense. There's no such thing as a vacation on the battlefield. This is just taking a break during the ceasefire."

"Hey, Xiaohao and I are going for a run later, do you want to come?"

After finishing his meal, Red Wolf asked Wei Long, "Last time we had a sparring match, that shameless Wei Long actually used my jetpack during the final sprint. The worst part is that he even said it was part of his strength."

Red Wolf was furious at the time. The two had a "friendly" free fight outside the Special Operations Department, and in the end, Wei Long narrowly won and returned to the Special Operations Department. Red Wolf has been holding a grudge about this ever since.

"Oh! I have to go, Xiao Hao. This time you can watch how I'll turn Red Wolf into a red dog."

However, Zhang Hao wasn't paying attention to them at the moment; he was busy disturbing the aloof [Zero] in his head.

"Wow, you look just like me! But why do you look like this... Hey, smile a little more! Why are you all serious? By the way, why did you help me before? What's our relationship...?"

In his mental world, Zhang Hao looked at [Zero], who had the face of his "former" self, and his mouth kept asking him these questions like a machine gun.

[Zero] was originally aloof and closed his eyes, ignoring Zhang Hao, but under Zhang Hao's constant barrage of words, he impatiently opened his eyes.

"You are noisy."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Hao shut his mouth, but tears gradually welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Zhang Hao: Waaaaah! ???

Zero, who was initially relieved that things had quieted down, couldn't help but feel a hint of panic in his voice after seeing Zhang Hao's appearance.

"Don't cry. You are indeed making a fuss. I don't want to talk about the many questions you've asked. Your system said it will tell you everything later."

[Zero] expressed that he was in a real bind. Although the time he spent in the Tower of Babel was boring, at least it wasn't as troublesome as it was now. At that time, he was not very aware of anything and everything was in a daze. He only knew that a man wearing glasses would use a computer to input some combat knowledge for him every day.

He would also give himself injections, which were very painful, so painful that he wanted to give up his life. He didn't know how he came to be, he only knew that as soon as he opened his eyes, the bespectacled man was always by his side and liked to call him "Zero".

But after the injection, he would become very strong. When he tried to escape from the place full of equipment, he simply pushed one of the people in front of him, and the person smashed through the glass behind him and flew out.

"You...you didn't look down on me?"

Zhang Hao instantly wiped away his tears, a move that stunned Zero.

Zero: He seems to be smarter than me, I like him.

Chapter 140 Resumption of Training

After waiting for Zhang Hao to finish breakfast, they went outside with Red Wolf and Wei Long to digest their food and do some simple stretching.

Just now, Zero said to Zhang Hao at the end:

"If I want to help you control your body in battle, you need to train your body to the maximum extent. Otherwise, I will have to hold back every time, or I'm afraid I'll damage your body."

Zhang Hao: A private Marseille race, I'm sorry I couldn't give you enough fun. ≡(▔﹏▔)≡

Therefore, [Zero] also set a goal for Zhang Hao: he must insist on exercising every day, and solemnly told Zhang Hao:

"You say you have a talent for shooting, which is a good thing, but have you thought about what you'll do when the enemy gets close? I may not know much else, but I have all the knowledge about how to kill people etched in my head. You're wasting your health, and when real disaster strikes, your life will be easily taken by the enemy."

Zhang Hao was thinking of refuting it at the time.

"Um, I have a 9527, I can use the trial card!"

"Can you guarantee that 9527 will always be by your side? What if he's not there? Are you just going to stand there and wait to die?"

Zero's tone gradually became more intense. He found the little boy pleasing to the eye and didn't want him to die in this world like that, because it would be very painful, just like... his past self.

Zhang Hao lowered his head and said with a wronged expression, "I know, I will exercise every day."

Seeing this, [Zero] didn't know what was wrong with her, and involuntarily reached out to rub Zhang Hao's head, but unfortunately this was only Zhang Hao's mental world, so even if she put her hand on his head, she would not feel anything.

Are you... are you lonely?

Seeing that Zero also had a forlorn look in his eyes, Zhang Hao asked.

"What is loneliness? I've always been like this. I haven't met many people, except for you and a man wearing glasses. He used his device to transmit basic life skills and everything usable on the battlefield to me. You, no, your system, was the first person to talk to me. You are the second, but I like you more."

Zhang Hao: Should I be happy that I'm liked? (???`?)

"Then I'll tell you stories every night before I go to sleep, stories about this world, okay?"

[Zero] Looking at Zhang Hao's sparkling eyes, he blurted out something without thinking:

Shifting the focus to the present, after the three finished stretching and warming up, Wei Long and Hong Lang discussed taking Zhang Hao for a 10-kilometer run. As for their competition, they would discuss it when Xiao Hao returned, since there was a free-fighting match scheduled after the competition, and they didn't want Xiao Hao to watch anything too violent.

"Xiao Hao, are you ready? If you think it's too slow, just speed up! Your big brother Wei Long is now the fastest runner in the entire Special Operations Department!"

Wei Long patted his chest in front of Zhang Hao and said confidently.

"Tch, his speed hasn't improved much, but his tongue has gotten sharper. Xiao Hao, don't mind him, let's go."

Red Wolf spat disdainfully at Wei Long, then immediately started running with Zhang Hao.

"Damn it, Red Wolf, hey! Wait for me!"

The three of them started running across the desert.

Perhaps because Zhang Hao spent all his time locked in his room playing video games instead of training, he started panting heavily when he reached 6 or 7 kilometers. His running speed gradually slowed down, and his legs felt increasingly heavy, as if they were filled with lead.

Wei Long, who was following behind Zhang Hao, also noticed this scene and immediately shouted to Hong Lang, who was leading the race:

"Red Wolf, slow down, Xiao Hao is struggling to keep up."

After hearing this, Red Wolf slowed down a bit so that Zhang Hao could keep up closely behind.

Zhang Hao can now clearly see how bad his physical condition has become. He used to be able to keep up with Red Wolf and Wei Long easily for 10 kilometers, but this time, his rapid breathing made him realize the reality.

If I continue to indulge myself like before, I will not be able to survive on this land. This land is a place that eats people!

Zhang Hao gritted his teeth, trying to force himself to speed up, but Wei Long and the [Zero] in his mind spoke at the same time:

"Don't speed up yet. Training isn't something you can achieve overnight; you have to take it step by step. Now that you know your current situation, just keep training every day. For now, just finish the rest of the distance like this. Hang in there!"

[Zero]: Back then, I don't think I trained at all. I became invincible just by getting a few needles, but it hurt too much. Xiao Hao wouldn't like it.

After persistently following behind Red Wolf to finish the remaining distance, Zhang Hao was already panting heavily when Wei Long walked over.

"Xiao Hao, are you already tired? No, you need to keep practicing."

"Okay, Brother Weilong, I understand. Starting tomorrow, I won't stay in my room playing on my phone all day like before!"

When Wei Long heard that Zhang Hao was so enlightened, all the things he had been thinking of saying stuck in his throat, and he could only stare blankly at Zhang Hao.

"Hmph, go away, Xiao Hao. It's good that you know. We were all worried about you when we saw how you were. You know, this morning I was thinking about how to persuade you to go for a run if you didn't want to! But I'm happy that you're willing to run with us."

After listening, Zhang Hao realized how much everyone cared about his previous state, and for a moment he didn't know what to say to express his current emotions.

[Zero]: Is it really that complicated? Why not just say that you'll die if you don't exercise?

"I'm sorry, I was too naive before..."

Zhang Hao lowered his head, realizing how naive he had been. He had thought that the holidays here would be the same as when he was at school, which was a huge mistake.

"It's okay, it's good that you know. This way everyone can rest assured. I just messaged Shenlan, and he said it's great. He'll make you a nutritious lunch!"

Red Wolf patted Zhang Hao's head, then quietly wiped his sweat on Wei Long's pants.

"Red Wolf, you..."

"Alright, alright, everyone's rested enough, right? Come on up, Xiao Hao. You must be tired too. Let's jog back slowly this time. What are you looking at? We'll have another match later. What else do you want to say?"

Wei Long was about to explode, but when he saw Red Wolf quietly pointing at Xiao Hao, he swallowed his temper.

Wei Long: Hehe, it's okay. Anyway, it's Xiao Hao's sweat, not Red Wolf's. That guy's stinks.

Chapter 141 Checks and Balances

"Boss! That woman Demulan has started sending people to the vicinity of our Longbow Valley, making trouble! What should we do?"

One of Reis's bodyguards rushed in from outside and reported to Reis, who was lying on the bed playing on his phone.

"Wow, holy crap, this chick's hot! Huh? What did you just say?"

Reis put down his phone and asked the guard who was still panting heavily.

"Boss... Boss, Demulan has already announced to the outside world that if we don't hand over those beautiful female reporters and Mandel bricks we stole, they will launch a full-scale attack on us, and they're aiming to wipe us out."

"What! This is outrageous! I haven't even touched the woman I stole yet, and they're just sending her back! But to be fair, my backside isn't healed yet, so if we really fight, it's hard to say what will happen."

Reis scratched his long beard, as if that would grant him boundless wisdom.

"Take some men and shout to Demulan that we are not handing over the Mandel bricks. It will take at least a few months. Releasing these people back is already my biggest concession. If they don't accept it, then let's fight!"

After a series of calculations, Reis concluded that the big head ultimately controlled the small head. Women are good, but you still need to be alive to enjoy them.

"Oh my god?!"

One of the guards, stunned, pointed to himself, and Reis nodded affirmatively:

"Or do you want me to go myself? It's just about grabbing someone, beating them up, and having them deliver a message back, right? Seriously, whenever I ask you guys to do something, it's either windy or rainy. Hurry up and go, damn it, I didn't even get to taste those hot girls before."

Reis simply stopped thinking about it. After all, the more he thought about it, the more upset he became. So he simply stopped worrying about it and just treated it as if he had caught a few chickens to eat, but someone had stolen them in the middle of the night!

"Oh dear, we can't keep putting this off forever. What should we do with these Mandel bricks...?"

Lei Si lay on his super king-size bed in his room, sighing in frustration. "These days, it's so hard to make money and so tough," he thought. "It was so much better when I was a kid. I could just be a rich kid."

"Oh well, whatever, whatever. If they really ask, I'll just say that Saeed stole her. Hey, look at the beauty, hehehe."

If Audrey were here and saw Reese in this state, she'd probably be so angry she'd vomit blood. Damn it, is this how he gets paid? What's the difference between this and paying someone to be a tyrant?

Reese: No, no, no, at most I'd say I'm your grandfather, not your ancestor. o(*^＠^*)o

The guard who had been ordered by Reis also sent men to capture one of the Hafk soldiers who had come to provoke them. (Don't ask how he managed to capture him; I couldn't continue writing if I hadn't.)

Then, the soldier was invited to try some "special snacks from Longbow Valley." The soldier was so engrossed in the food that he foamed at the mouth and collapsed on the ground, convulsing violently.