The recruits belonged to the third cla.s.s of soldiers. As Kane was a first cla.s.s soldier, this meant that his rank was higher than Steve's.

"The army does not look at a person's military rank, but at his strength and contribution. So, you don't need to address me as Sir. Let me take you to the reporting counter," Kane said with a laugh.

"Thank you! Soldier Kane!" Steve laughed.

Kane led Steve to the place where the recruits checked in. Because Steve was the last to arrive, he was the only recruit there.

Kane knocked on the door and a voice replied from inside, "Come in!"

Steve opened the door, walked in, and immediately saluted. "Recruit Steve, reporting for duty!"

Though his eyes were looking straight ahead, he was observing this surroundings. In the small conference hall, there were five people, including General Wendy, a woman, and three men, all of whom were lieutenants.

"You are Steve, who didn't report yesterday?" Lieutenant Terry looked at Steve and laughed.

"I am sorry for being late today. I am willing to accept any punishment for this!" Steve responded loudly.

"Ha ha, you're an interesting young man. It is no wonder that you are the Number 1 recruit," Officer f.a.n.n.y said with a smile.

"Well, we already know the reason that you didn't report," General Wendy said. "You did a good job in destroying Collic's evil plot in the Magical Beast Mountain and calming the upsurge of magical beasts ahead of time, which saved tens of thousands of students and their parents!"

The incident of the Magical Beast Mountain had been widely reported by the media apparently. In fact, Steve was being hailed as a gentleman hero.

Many women, who saw the reports, were moved by such heroics. The army, who was the first to know the situation, had at first thought that Steve was dead. To dispel this myth, Steve had hurried back, expecting to be punished. But he was now being praised instead!

"You did a good job! Soldiers should fight like you to protect mankind!" The tall and magnificent Lieutenant Brown stood up, then laughed and patted Steve on the shoulder.

"Sir, I was simply fulfilling my duty!" Steve responded seriously.

"In order to recognize your deeds, the army will reward you with 1,000 contribution points," Wendy said calmly.

When Kane heard the amount of contribution points, his eyes were wide and filled with envy. After all, it would take numerous missions to earn 1,000 contribution points! Even many veterans earned less than that in an entire year!

"From now on, you are a regular soldier. Please take out your identification doc.u.ment." Lieutenant Brown took Steve's old identification doc.u.ment and added new ones to his smart bracelet, along with the information about the military base camp.

"This is your new identification doc.u.ment. There are also statistics on your contribution and details of the military base camp. Your authority status has also been changed. You can go through the details later on your own time."

Lieutenant Brown then turned to address Kane, instructing, "Soldier Kane, take him back to his new residence."

"Yes, Sir!" Kane said.

Steve did not have time to study the information on the new identification doc.u.ment before he had to follow Kane.

"What are the contribution points for?" Steve asked Kane curiously.

"The contribution points are to encourage and reward the soldiers for protecting the human beings. Every year, our contribution points are fixed at 100 points. Our contribution points can be used to buy many weapons that are not available outside the army, as well as resources for various training needs." Kane explained to Steve as they walked on. "But, the most important use of the contribution points relates to the amount of time one can spend in the Original Gravity Tower."

"The Original Gravity tower? What is that?" Steve asked, puzzled.