The Crybaby Alpha is Actually Really Cool - Chapter 3
After everyone had filled out their forms, the instructor yelled at the top of his lungs: “Those who chose Main DPS stand in the red circle, Secondary DPS in the blue circle, Support in the green circle, Healer in the yellow circle, and Logistics in the white circle! Move quickly, you have thirty seconds!”
Only then did Ruan Qingyao realize there were five circles painted on the open ground. He was luckily in the white circle to begin with and didn’t have to move, just watching everyone else shoving each other to find their circles, creating a whole scene of chaos and violence. Alphas could almost be equated with violent aggression. Ruan Qingyao squatting down and hugging himself fearfully. Just thinking about having to stay here for five years made his future feel utterly bleak.
By the time Ruan Qingyao secretly finished crying and stood up again, he found that he was surrounded by Betas rather than Alphas. He hadn’t even noticed that this group wasn’t entirely made up of Alphas.
He remembered now: military service was mandatory for Alphas, but Betas could volunteer to join the army. Only Omegas had no contact with the military.
Wuwuwu (a soft crying sound), with so many heroes who proactively defend their home and go to the battlefield, why do they have to cling to a weak little A like him?
The surrounding Betas were clearly surprised to see an Alpha in the white circle. It could be said with certainty that there wasn’t a single Alpha among the active logistics personnel.
In the Empire, everyone attended primary school together, but by junior high, students tested and judged to be Alphas and Omegas began attending specialized schools and were trained in corresponding directions. For example, Alphas started physical training and combat skills in junior high, preparing for the battlefield, while Omegas were nurtured towards being good wives and mothers, and suitable for the home.
Consequently, Alphas are all combat personnel; even technical types are rare, let alone logistics.
An outgoing and enthusiastic Beta walked up to Ruan Qingyao and asked, “This is the white circle, the logistics circle. Are you sure you haven’t made a mistake?”
They suspected this handsome Alpha might be colorblind; otherwise, why would he be here?
Ruan Qingyao shook his head obediently: “No, I haven’t.”
Being surrounded by a group of Betas allowed Ruan Qingyao, the former Omega, to relax both physically and mentally. His sweet smile made the Beta discard all his previous suspicions—someone so beautiful and cute was perfect for their big logistics team!
The Beta wanted to chat a bit more, but the instructor issued another command. He handed out a stack of stickers with numbers written on them, telling everyone to take one and stick it on themselves. The outgoing Beta proactively took the stickers to distribute them to everyone. He gave the first one to Ruan Qingyao—after all, he was an Alpha, so giving him Number One was normal. He decided to take Number Two for himself.
Ruan Qingyao thanked him, looked at the sticker slapped onto his chest, and felt like tearing it off, but he was too embarrassed. The black sticker with white text was so ugly, and it had a horrible glue smell that made him feel like throwing up.
His mouth pouted, and Ruan Qingyao felt like shedding tears again, but he held back, only letting his eyes turn red.
The Beta finished distributing the stickers and turned around, finding the sight of the beauty on the verge of crying truly heart-wrenching. He patted Ruan Qingyao’s shoulder: “You don’t need to be so touched.” He had mentally created a whole backstory of Alphas being ostracized.
Ruan Qingyao looked at the big, muddy handprint on his shoulder, and the tears fell uncontrollably.
Wuwuwu~
The sticker distribution went smoothly for the Betas, but the Alpha side was a bloody mess. The “top-dog syndrome” was deeply ingrained; everyone wanted to grab Number One even on a simple sticker.
The instructor watched the show, smiling and gnawing on a watermelon he found from who knows where. Coming here to lead these little brats was just for fun; the fiercer they fought, the more amusing it was.
Only after the dust had settled did the instructor continue with the procedure.
During the one-year recruit period, every six people will form a bound team, live in the same dormitory, and share honor and disgrace. The team members are randomly combined by the instructor, ensuring at least one Main DPS, one Secondary DPS, one Support, and one Logistics personnel.
Ruan Qingyao saw the instructor point at him and call out before slowly walking over.
The instructor glanced at his sticker: “Remember, your codename from now on is White One.”
He immediately yelled again: “You are all the same. Here, we only recognize codenames, not names. Don’t be clueless when we call you.”
The next five people were called by codenames: Red One, Blue One, Green One, Yellow One, and Yellow Ninety-Eight.
Ruan Qingyao looked at the tall and muscular Alphas, recalling their brutal fighting moments, and only felt dizzy. It wasn’t that he was afraid of being beaten—who would win was uncertain if they actually fought—he just didn’t want to live with dangerous individuals.
That Number One sticker was a jinx!
Until one person emerged from behind the magnificent, bear-like physique of Blue One, Ruan Qingyao’s eyes lit up. There was actually a petite Beta, which instantly calmed his frantically beating heart.
Ruan Qingyao dada-da (a light running sound) ran to the Beta’s side. Everyone could sense his delight, which was utterly baffling.
The petite Beta, Cheng Shu, was also quite surprised. He didn’t think he had any special affinity to make Ruan Qingyao immediately trust him. He wondered if Ruan Sheng had introduced him to Ruan Qingyao beforehand.
The instructor interrupted Cheng Shu’s thoughts: “Alright, divide the six keys yourselves. Dormitory 201 is over there; get yourselves over.”
Ruan Qingyao looked at the bunch of keys suddenly thrown into his hand. As if the keys were red-hot iron, he anxiously ripped one off, tossed the rest to Cheng Shu, and then thoroughly cleaned his key.
Cheng Shu: …
Cheng Shu also ripped one off and handed the rest to the person next to him. As for cleaning it, he wasn’t that delicate.
The dormitory building was not far away, with a plaque reading “Recruit Dormitory” hanging above the main entrance. Inside was a spacious lobby, with a large mirror on the left and a duty room on the right.
There was a corridor on both the left and right sides. Closest to the lobby were Dorms 220 and 221. The group of six turned left, walked a short distance, and then went up the stairs. Dormitory 201, facing the sun, was on the far left of the second-floor corridor.
Cheng Shu watched the Alphas, who looked like pampered lords with their hands in their pockets, and resignedly took out the key to open the door. Nowadays, everyone used iris scans, voice commands, etc., to open doors; physical keys were only seen in museums.
As the key was inserted into the lock, a sudden realization was sighed from behind. Cheng Shu felt helpless.
When the door opened, everyone was helpless.
That concrete floor, those iron bunk beds, that wooden table with a broken leg, those cabinets built with bricks, those windows with rusty bars…
Forget the delicate young master; even the rugged Alphas couldn’t tolerate this harsh environment!
Five people froze motionlessly at the doorway. Cheng Shu, who had already gone inside, observed the sanitary conditions, decided they were acceptable, put his backpack on the wooden table, and turned to them, asking, “What’s wrong? Come in. This is 201. We didn’t get lost.”
“Come in, my ass! No one would live in this damn place!” The Healer, Wen Yuchen, who had a black sticker with yellow text on his chest, furiously kicked the door.
Immediately afterward, the wooden door made a sound of collapse and fell straight to the ground with a loud “CLANG.”
Everyone flinched, and Ruan Qingyao exaggeratedly jumped back a large step.
Angrily, Wen Yuchen kicked the door again, splitting it directly in half.
By this time, quite a few people had gathered in the corridor. Even those from ordinary families couldn’t stand the harsh environment. They crowded the corridor, chattering and complaining, while thinking about what to do.
It wasn’t until the instructor finished distributing dorms to everyone and walked in, smiling and yelling at the top of his voice: “Those who don’t want to live in the dorm can sleep outside with the sky as your blanket and the ground as your mattress. Every year’s recruits have managed this. Those who think they’re too good can try to negotiate some benefits for everyone.”
The corridor instantly fell silent. Many people showed looks of lingering fear and immediately scurried into their dorms, without any of the disdain they had shown moments ago.
Ruan Qingyao saw this strange phenomenon, wiped a tear, and walked into the dorm glumly, spraying disinfectant as he went. Didn’t you prepare yourself before coming? Ruan Qingyao cheered himself up internally. It’s only five years. Five years will pass quickly!
The other four also walked in. As for the door that Wen Yuchen had kicked into pieces, no one cared about it for the moment. The instructor just smiled when he saw it and said nothing else.
Cheng Shu was the oldest and the kind of person who worried a lot. Seeing that no one was speaking, he proactively spoke up: “Since we’ll all be spending a year together, I hope we have a pleasant time. How about we introduce ourselves first and then divide the beds?”
Naturally, no one objected. Cheng Shu introduced himself first: “My name is Cheng Shu, the Cheng from ‘future’ and the Shu from ‘comfort.’ My spirit artifact is a thermos cup, which can generate a water mist with a diameter of three meters, increasing damage by five to ten percent.”
He summoned his spirit artifact while speaking to show everyone. An ordinary pure black thermos cup appeared in his hand. When he unscrewed the lid, white steam emerged. Looking closely, goji berries and red dates floated inside.
It looked less like increasing damage and more like nourishing health.
Facing everyone’s confusion, Cheng Shu smiled: “I steeped this myself. It’s a personal hobby, making the best use of the item.”
Since they weren’t familiar yet, no one commented on Cheng Shu’s hobby.
Next to introduce himself was Wen Yuchen, the one who kicked the door, who had thick red hair: “Wen Yuchen.”
Just three words, not a single half-word more. Given his impatient look and violent behavior just now, no one asked anything further.
Then came the most muscular one, Xiong Yan. He was two meters tall and had a simple, honest look: “My name is Xiong Yan, the Xiong of ‘black bear’ and the Yan of ‘rock.’ My spirit artifact is a bow. Right now, I can only hit a stone twenty meters away.”
The bow was a very girly bow, with a pink body and heart-shaped decorations at both ends. It had no bowstring or arrows.
“My name is You Xiaoxi. My spirit artifact is a flute. The sound of the flute can accelerate pheromone recovery, and it can also become longer and thicker to be used as a club.”
The flute was a translucent jade green. You Xiaoxi intended to use it as a club, so he also applied for the Secondary DPS role, but was mercilessly classified as Support by the instructor.
After he finished, only two people remained to introduce themselves.
Cheng Shu looked at Ruan Qingyao, then at the other person—a noble young master dressed lavishly, nose in the air, looking like he was waiting for a grand finale entrance—and finally focused his gaze on Ruan Qingyao.
Facing Cheng Shu’s gentle yet encouraging eyes and the gazes of the other five, Ruan Qingyao nervously let out a hiccup. When he first spoke, his voice was still trembling, but he quickly adjusted.
“My name is Ruan Qingyao, the Qing from ‘green mountain’ and the Yao from ‘distant.’ My spirit artifact is a space-type little box that can store things.”
A luxurious and exquisite golden treasure chest appeared in Ruan Qingyao’s fair and slender hand, like a beautiful piece of scenery. The other five were stunned.
However, Ruan Qingyao’s words quickly brought them back to their senses.
Ruan Qingyao made a request to his unfamiliar roommates: “Th-this place is really hard to live in. I brought some home furnishings. C-can we decorate the dormitory?”
His teary peach blossom eyes were full of pleading. No one could bear to refuse his request, especially since this was a good deed that would benefit the entire dorm.
Cheng Shu was stunned for a moment, then thought it was quite normal. The pampered young master and the dilapidated six-person dorm were truly incompatible. “What did you bring? Let’s take a look together first.”
“Mhm, mhm.” Ruan Qingyao nodded repeatedly.
Ruan Qingyao could project images of anything stored in the treasure chest and showed them one by one.
Everyone had only one thought: shock.
Oh my goodness, he didn’t just move his home here; he moved an entire decoration company!
They thought “home furnishings” meant things like wallpaper. Ruan Qingyao’s furnishings included, but were not limited to, a series of items such as beds, wardrobes, tables, flooring, carpets, chandeliers, curtains, mattresses, and bedding, and many styles to choose from.
The beds were even divided into three types: single beds, double beds, and bunk beds, all hand-made from solid wood.
At this moment, Ruan Qingyao’s “fastidious” persona and the immense storage capacity of his little box were deeply impressed upon everyone’s minds.
Next came the selection of styles. Everyone’s aesthetics were different. Seeing that the discussion was about to escalate from an argument to a fight, Cheng Shu intervened in time: “Since it was brought by Qingyao, let Qingyao choose. Let’s clean the room first.”
Wen Yuchen replied with a scowl: “Fine.”
He first threw out the door he had kicked to pieces. Seeing this, the others also got busy. Some dismantled the iron bunk beds and threw them out, and others moved the stools and tables outside.
Xu Lingguang was carrying a stool outside when he suddenly remembered he hadn’t introduced himself yet.
Damn it! That was his grand finale entrance that he had rehearsed N times!