Chapter 106: Congrattions, You’ve graduated from
Kindergarten
Trantor: Dragon Boat Trantion Editor: Dragon Boat Trantion
The lineup assessment that afternoon unexpectedly ended before four o’clock. Wu Jianfeng had nned for everyone to rest for an hour and gather at five o’clock, but ss Five and most of the other sses had alreadypleted their assessments.
Some squads were dragging out soldiers who had been deducted from the lineup, while others were running as a whole unit.
On the track, ss Five ran forward in one mind.
Qin Li, on Wang Ye’s left, was gasping for breath heavily, struggling to keep up. His steps were unsteady, and his running posture was wavering. He felt like he was about to copse, and if it weren’t for the support of those around him, he would have fallen to the ground.
“Take deep breaths… Pay attention to your breathing, focus on the rhythm, and get into the flow of the game. Cooperate… follow your footsteps!” Even Wang Ye was panting while offering encouragement to Qin Li.
The rigorous training was taking its toll on everyone, but they persisted, pushing their limits to the maximum.
If he were alone, he wouldn’t be in such a situation. But now, he had to run and support others. The rapid increase in physical strain was draining his energy.
“Hurry up…Hurry… Ninth ss…ss 9 is catching up!” Ye Sanshi, the guy who threatened to punish him, was also part of the team. He looked back, pulled the two people beside him, and rushed forward.
But they were all struggling.
There were eleven people in the ss. How could he possibly carry them all by himself?
“All… They’re all running…Hurry… ss 9 is catching up!”
“Keep going… We can’t catch up…We have to… ss monitor… Don’t… Don’t shout… They’re really running…! can’t run anymore!”
As a sports student, he felt utterly exhausted.
They had no choice. The few of them with good physical strength now had to bear the burden of motivating the entire ss.
The exhaustion was overwhelming.
However, as Liang Fan had said, ss 9 behind them wasn’t faring any better.
They, too, ran hand in hand like ss 5.
Because if they didn’t, someone would undoubtedly fall behind.
Soldiers couldn’t leave theirrades behind, so they had no choice but to run like this.
Nevertheless, due to the fiercepetition between the two sses, the initial 100-meter sprint and the following 400-meterp had drained everyone’s strength.
Usually, three kilometers weren’t that challenging.
By gritting his teeth and pushing and pulling those with good physical fitness, he could usually manage.
But today, it was five kilometers.
With thesest two kilometers, surviving like this seemed too difficult…
“Fuck…”
Lying on the slightly wet track, Wang Ye gazed up at the sky. His entire body sprawled out, breathing heavily while cursing helplessly in his heart.
He didn’t want to lie there, and he hadn’t finished running the full five kilometers.
The reason he ended up like this was that someone had fallen on the side, causing others to exhaust their strength and copse on the track together.
“Get up… Get up… Get up…” Even after Ye Sanshi fell, he tried to get up and pull himself together.
However, no one could manage to get up.
In fact, ss 9 behind them had also copsed on the track.
They had been relying on ss 5’s runners to set the pace for their breathing.
When ss 5 fell, they, too, were disheartened.
In this situation, Wang Ye’s attempt toplete the five kilometers for his skill transformation could be considered a failure.
If he hadn’t run the full distance, how could he have sessfully transformed his skill?
As Wang Yey on the track, he turned his head to look behind him.
The two sses were now more than twenty meters apart.
No one made a sound. They were all heavily panting, unable to utter a word as they were when they first started running.
In this state, there was no time or energy to mock each other…
After resting for about 50 to 60 seconds, the two sses finally stood up again under the persistent shouts of their squad leaders. They saw the recruits from the other side getting up one by one as well.
They had to continue…
Wang Ye was determined not to give up on the military camp until he achieved his goal.
Although everyone hadn’t fully recovered their strength yet, the five-kilometer goal was set, and it became a mission they were determined to aplish.
Even if they fell down halfway, they were still alive. As long as they could get up, the mission had to continue.
“Come on, gather up!”
After the grueling five-kilometer run, ss Five arrived at the assembly point seven or eight seconds earlier. Ye Sanshi took deep breaths, trying to calm his racing heart.
When ss 9 arrived, Ye Sanshi gave them a stern warning while they were still catching their breaths.
Then, he left with ss 5.
He didn’t even give the 9th ss monitor a chance to catch his breath before responding.
This made the 9th Squad Leader, who was still panting, look helplessly at Ye Sanshi’s departing figure.
He really wanted to say that it wasn’t like he won either.
Their ss had already started running ahead of their ss. It’s not as if they began from the same starting line.
But now, he was gasping heavily and couldn’t even form a coherent sentence.
Stammering, he managed to utter something that made him appear even more uncertain.
Oh well.
He was already used to Ye Sanshi’s antics.
Five o’clock.
When ss 5 returned to the dormitory, they didn’t bother changing their clothes or sitting on their chairs before the assembly whistle sounded downstairs.
“Do you think you can breathe a sigh of relief just because you passed the test?”
Today’s gathering was different from the usual routine.
Normally, Wu Jianfeng wouldn’t waste time with unnecessary talk. After the gathering, he would simply give a few instructions and lead everyone straight into training.
But today, Wu Jianfeng seemed unhurried as they gathered downstairs.
Looking at the recruits in front of him, Wu Jianfeng shouted, “Let me tell you, you shouldn’t rx just because you passed the initial test. The real test is about to begin.”
“Forming a formation and running three kilometers, do you think that’s what real training is? That’s merely the kindergarten stage – teaching you how to behave like students in a ssroom, but we’re far from done!”
With a smile on his face, he continued, “Of course, 1 must congratte you as well. Congrattions on ‘graduating’ from kindergarten today!”
Upon hearing this, Wang Ye couldn’t help but feel a sense of awkwardness. Is this the kind of metaphor they were using?
After a month of relentless hard work, their sweat could probably fill a bucket.
Yet, in Wu Jianfeng’s words, it was all reduced to kindergarten y.
He couldn’t help but feel speechless at theparison.
At this moment, Wu Jianfeng spoke again, addressing the potential difort among the recruits. “Are you all feeling unconvinced that 1pared you to preschoolers? Do you find it inappropriate?”
“Hehe, actually, what 1 want to say is, don’t be offended.”
“A real soldier needs to be capable of fighting and havebat effectiveness. What about you guys? At the moment, you can only be described as soldiers who can stand, walk, and sit. Do you possess any fighting capacity?”
“You haven’t even touched a gun, and you don’t know how to fight. If you’re not like kindergartners, then what are you?”
Wu Jianfeng showed no concern for the recruits’ feelings as he continued to provoke them.
“But don’t worry, I just mentioned that you guys have ‘graduated’ from kindergarten. Now, you will enter primary school.”
“From this point onwards, we will train you to transform from soldiers who merely know how to stand, walk, and sit into soldiers withbat effectiveness.”
“Attention!”
A toon leader stepped forward and bellowed themand.
Then, he led the team in the opposite direction of the usual training ground where everyone had been practicing.