northernbook Chapter 203: No Less Effort
Chapter 203: No Less Effort
The soldiers were fine, they knew what path they were taking from the beginning, so their physical training was as normal as their three meals a day. Sometimes it was not surprising that they would run for 10 to 20 hours a day to break through their limits.
But the contract masters can't do that. Their genes tend to strengthen their mental strength. Normally, running one or two kilometers is difficult for them. Now asking them to run a hundred kilometers? That would almost kill them!
However, there are countermeasures to every policy. After a month of military training, the students became familiar with each other. As soon as they ran out of the playground, a male student smiled and asked if there were any female students who needed car service.
The assessment rules are very simple, which is that they are not allowed to use various means of transportation and are not allowed to seek help from outside personnel. Everything else is up to them.
Wei Jing and Qiu Ze found Qiu Ling. Qiu Ze ran to her and squatted down, "Come up, little sister. I'll take you for a run, and then I'll let Wei Jing take you for a run."
As long as we keep running, we will definitely be in the top 100!"
Wei Jing also nodded, "Sister Ling, we have been training hard every day since we received the invitation letter from the Temple Academy. We have also taken the elixir, and now we are much stronger than before. Even if we do it behind your back, we can still work hard to get a good ranking..."
Qiu Ling smiled and shook his head, then walked slowly with the team, "No, didn't you see the camera robot floating above your head?
I guess our military training assessment competition is being broadcast live. If we get into the top 100, Mingce will say that I violated the rules and my results will be invalidated."
Qiu Ze pursed his lips and said nothing, moving side by side with her as the team moved. Wei Jing also did not say anything, accompanying Qiu Ling on the other side.
Qiu Ling's class was the last to start. At the beginning, she couldn't run at all because there were people in front of her, like an iron barrel blocking her.
More than 35,000 students were packed together, and it took 20 to 30 minutes just to run out of the playground. There were various signs along the way, which showed how far away the next supply station was, and there was basically one sign every kilometer. The students were told to run a shallow five kilometers, and then take the first test after they had a good distance. There were also warnings for students not to cheat, otherwise their scores would be invalidated and they would not be allowed to attend the Temple Academy again within five years.
After leaving the playground, the crowd was a little more relaxed, and Qiu Ling was like a catfish, slipping into any gap he saw, his body agile and nimble.
Qiu Ze and Wei Jing followed her closely, shouting "sorry", "excuse me" and "excuse me" countless times along the way.
But after about 2,000 meters, 20% of the contract masters had been left behind. They were too tired to run and they all walked and rested, holding their waists.
Qiu Ling finally started running, his pair of white and slender legs moving very fast, overtaking wave after wave of students. Qiu Ze and Wei Jing were not willing to fall behind, and followed easily.
She ran five kilometers in one breath and successfully surpassed 7% of the students!
Looking at the robot's prompt, she was not surprised. After all, there were not many contract masters, and the warriors were as strong as calves. They were running ahead, and she deliberately controlled the speed a little, so it was normal to reach this level.
She queued up to receive a bottle of energy drink, a piece of bread and a pack of wet wipes. She slowly took two sips of the drink, finished the bread, wiped the sweat off her face and continued running.
The first task was to cross a 2,000-meter-long, fast-flowing, 30-meter-wide river. This crossing was not a simple walk across various bridges to the other side, but a 2,000-meter walk along the densely packed wooden stakes in the river! The stakes were five meters above the river surface, and each stake was 50 centimeters apart. The stakes were not thick, and at most they could allow the contract master to stand on both feet at the same time.
If you fall into the water during the process, you have to start the level again from the shore!
As soon as he reached the shore, Qiu Ling heard the miserable cries of the contract masters, "Ah, I can't look down, the stakes are so high, I'm scared..."
"The river is so turbulent, I feel dizzy... Mom, someone please save me..."
Basically, there are two or three warriors beside each contract master waiting to lend a helping hand.
There are only eight wooden stakes in a row, and there is congestion in front. Basically, everyone moves one step at a time, and the gap between them and the students in front will only get bigger and bigger!
Qiu Ling raised her eyebrows. Tsk, it seems that Ming Ce has put a lot of effort into preventing her from making it into the top 100.
She turned her head to look at Qiu Ze and Wei Jing, and said with a smile: "Brothers, I'm going to go first. Let's see when you can catch up."
As she said this, she put on her gloves and jumped onto the wooden pole, shouting, "Classmate, please lend me your arm. I'm quite reckless, please don't let me push you down... Classmate, please lend me your arm..."
She was quite flexible, so she would jump onto wooden stakes where there were any. If there were no wooden stakes, she would just use the soldiers' arms as swings and swing to the next wooden stake, or continue to use the force to gain leverage!
The beautiful rise and fall caused the soldiers to cheer and they stretched out their arms waiting for her to lend them leverage.
She covered the two-kilometer river section in just five minutes, which was well within the running standards of the other contract masters.
Qiu Ling jumped steadily to the shore, smiled and waved to everyone, "Thank you everyone, I'll treat you to dinner later!"
Having said that, she casually threw a few crystals onto the shore and set up a small formation to restore people's strength and relieve muscle soreness.
Any student who steps into the formation will have all their fatigue swept away, just like they were just finishing warm-up and getting ready to run.
Qiu Ling continued to run for five kilometers without stopping, successfully surpassing 19% of the students. She replenished some water and ate a little, then started the second challenge, the water adventure!
Various levels of difficulty are made of various rubbers on the artificial lake. Even the soldiers themselves need to challenge them three to five times or even seven to eight times before they can figure out the skills to pass each level.
Some warriors need to carry a contract master on their back, which doubles the difficulty of passing the level.
If he were an ordinary contract master, he would not be able to pass the level relying on his own physical fitness, except for letting the warriors help him pass the level.
While waiting in line, Qiu Ling watched the soldiers pass the levels and familiarized himself with the items and clearance techniques.
Warriors who failed the challenge need to stand at the end of the line and queue up again!
The team moved forward very quickly. When it was Qiu Ling's turn, she looked at the team of hundreds of people and did not continue to hide her incompetence. She pretended to be trying hard and stumbling, and finally passed the level in one go!
Mingce had been waiting in the live broadcast room, wanting to see how Qiu Ling could grab a place in the top 100 when he couldn't even finish a full 100-kilometer run.
But the more I looked at him, the darker his face became!
The levels he personally set up and tested many times, which eliminated the weak in all aspects, became a convenience for Qiu Ling to catch up leisurely.
At this moment, everyone in the live broadcast room was discussing how powerful Qiu Ling was, and there was also a student who anonymously spread the news of the bet between Ming Ce and Yan Zhao!