Chapter 70: Chang Ning’s Physical Fitness Problem
Hui Lang crawled up from the mud and saw Chang Ning acting all innocent after getting the upper hand, which made him laugh out of anger.
Having trained so many rookies that many times, he had never seen one like Chang Ning.
“Interesting, everyone listen to me, add another hundred push-ups. Aren’t you guys able to make a fuss? As long as you’re not tired, I’ll play along with you!”
Now the rookies couldn’t laugh anymore; in the blink of an eye, they had to do two hundred more push-ups, and in the middle of the night, their stamina hadn’t recovered yet.
“Speed up, fast! Fast! Fast!
If you can’t hold on, just quit, it’s not shameful, no one will mock you.”
Gradually, some rookies couldn’t take it anymore; humans are group animals, usually when one takes the lead, it brings others along.
Hui Lang’s series of maneuvers directly made ten rookies quit the selection training camp.
This was Hell Week; every day Chang Ning’s ears were filled with gunshots, the sound of explosive charges detonating, the instructors’ inducing voices persuading the rookies to quit the selection, and endless physical fitness training.
In the selection training camp, there was no time to think about how much time had passed, because physical exhaustion would numb the nerves.
In the 400-meter obstacle training ground, the special forces soldiers raised their firearms and kept shooting into the sky, bullets pouring out as if they were free.
The rookies kept dodging and weaving in the complex terrain full of mud pits and flames. Anyone who was a bit slow would have the ground under their feet splashed with mud by a burst of bullets drifting from who knows where.
These were all live ammunition; even though everyone knew the special forces soldiers wouldn’t really hit them, the psychological pressure still became very great.
Gao Zhong Dui held a loudspeaker and roared into Chang Ning’s ear: “Tell me, are you a sissy?
The old lady selling popsicles across from my place can do it faster than you! Do you want to quit?”
Chang Ning was quickly crawling under the iron wire, to be honest, if his speed was considered slow, then no one present could be called fast.
Gao Zhong Dui said Chang Ning’s speed couldn’t even match the legendary old lady selling popsicles at Wolf Fang’s entrance, clearly picking a fight.
“Report! An old lady selling popsicles has appeared at Wolf Fang’s entrance, I have every reason to suspect she’s an enemy spy.
It’s no problem that someone professionally trained runs faster than a rookie like me; on the contrary, Wolf Fang let someone get right to the entrance without any reaction, I suspect Wolf Fang’s strength might not be up to par.”
Due to Wolf Fang’s special unit nature, strangers were prohibited from appearing around the barracks.
Since it was picking a fight, Chang Ning certainly wouldn’t back down; he could lie through his teeth too!
“Rookie, answer my question, do you want to quit?
Since you doubt Wolf Fang’s strength, what are you still doing here? Might as well quit early!”
How could Gao Zhong Dui be someone easy to deal with; he immediately used Chang Ning’s own words to counterattack.
Chang Ning: “Report, I don’t want to quit!”
Gao Zhong Dui: “If you don’t want to quit, then crawl faster for me!”
“Yes!”
Chang Ning gritted his teeth and crawled out from under the iron wire, heading to the next obstacle.
Gao Zhong Dui waved his hand: “Give them some water for a bath, it’s such a hot day, not easy.”
Whoosh!
The high-pressure water guns turned on, and the rookies were once again showered by the water gun attack.
The obstacle course ended, and load bearing practice was still waiting for everyone.
The rookies were herded by the special forces soldiers to the lake edge, where Gao Zhong Dui had them stand in groups of eight in waist-deep water, shouting cadence while holding rubber boats.
Not sure if it was fate, but Chang Ning was grouped with the main characters from the original plot.
Gao Zhong Dui stood on the rubber boat, following its ups and downs while holding a loudspeaker and shouting: “Let me see who drops me? If you drop me, the eight rookies in the same group will all be eliminated!”
The exhausted Ostrich was desperately supporting the rubber boat from below, with Chang Ning right beside him.
“Chang Ning, your talent is too perverted; how come you don’t look tired at all.”
Ostrich glanced at Chang Ning and saw him with no flushed face or gasping breath, instantly in awe.
“Hey, Ostrich, this is nothing for Chang Ning; this guy is different from us.”
Xiao Zhuang saw Ostrich’s shocked look and immediately felt the same, remembering how he had been shocked by Chang Ning back then.
“It’s not that exaggerated, I get tired too, just recover a bit faster than you guys; after a sleep, I’m almost recovered.”
Chang Ning casually lied; actually, he had a cheat, giving him four times the stamina of a normal person, making him stronger than ordinary people. The cheat was hard to explain and couldn’t be said, so Chang Ning had to lie.
Every day during training, some eliminated rookies would leave; under the national flag at the barracks, the steel helmets formed an increasingly large square formation.
And the training seemed endless; called Devil Week, the rookies always felt like Wolf Fang had some superpower that slowed down time.
Otherwise, why did time always feel as slow as a snail crawling.
In reality, it wasn’t that mystical; it was just that the rookies were trained to exhaustion and didn’t notice time passing.
Everyone slept as soon as training ended each day, then got dragged up before dawn for more training; no energy to pay attention to how much time had passed, they only hoped for a bit more rest time each day.
On the mountain road, a paratrooper assault vehicle drove ahead of the rookies, with Gao Zhong Dui standing in the vehicle holding a loudspeaker and shouting back: “What are you?”
“Rookies!”
Behind the vehicle, the exhausted rookies carried logs while running after the car.
Gao Zhong Dui looked dissatisfied and raised his voice: “Louder, haven’t you eaten? What are you?”
“Rookies!”
This time the rookies gave it their all, their voices louder.
“Who gave you your names?”
“Old birds!”
This time the rookies’ shouts carried a hysterical tone, not without some venting.
“Why do old birds call you rookies?”
“Because we’re dumb! Because we’re stupid! Because we have no brains! Because we’re missing a screw!”
At the mountaintop, the rookies put down the logs and began putting on protective suits.
“Put on the protective suits in front of you, wear the masks properly. Then run down the mountain to assemble firearms; the last ten will be eliminated!
Move, rookies!” Hui Lang shouted loudly.
Chang Ning in the queue saw the protective suit in front of him and his face immediately turned grim; in this weather, plus the stuffiness in the protective suit, they wouldn’t get heatstroke but dehydration.
With his physical quality, he could barely handle it, but others might not.
“Report!”
“Speak!”
Hui Lang saw it was Chang Ning speaking, and his temples started throbbing; he hadn’t forgotten that night’s incident.
So Hui Lang mentally prepared himself to handle the issue.
“Hui Lang, playing like this will cause deaths!”
Hm!
Chang Ning’s reaction was beyond Hui Lang’s expectation; he thought Chang Ning was going to cause trouble, but it turned out he was worried about comrades having problems.
“Rookie, this isn’t your concern; we have foolproof measures.
Next, I don’t want to see you with the energy to ask me questions; everyone put on protective suits and run!”
Under Hui Lang’s urging, the rookies endured physical and mental discomfort and started downhill. At the same time, resentment towards Chang Ning slowly brewed in their hearts.
Because since training began, they had been implicated by Chang Ning more than once; the instructors always increased training volume because of Chang Ning’s issues.
Everyone was a veteran soldier and knew the unit followed the principle of “one person sick, whole company takes medicine,” but they couldn’t do this every day; over time, who could stand it?
Under the blazing sun, wearing gas masks, protective suits, fully armed with large backpacks, the rookies staggered exhaustedly through the mountain land.
“Huff… puff…”
Xiao Zhuang saw double images of the person in front of him through the goggles, followed by his own body feeling powerless; he didn’t know if it was dehydration or heatstroke, either way not good.
He couldn’t be eliminated now; Miao Lian would be disappointed.
“Miao Lian…”
Thinking of Miao Lian, Xiao Zhuang mustered his spirits and persisted, even though his head was splitting and his stomach churning with nausea.
‘I knew something would go wrong.’
Chang Ning deliberately stayed towards the back, observing everyone; he could ignore others, but helping those he was close to was fine since he had the strength.
Wolf Fang had preparations for this training; two Red Cross vehicles followed the training team, clearly for emergency aid.
Needing emergency aid meant some rookies had collapsed. Gao Zhong Dui had said beforehand the last ten would be eliminated, so those needing aid were no different from eliminated.
Seeing Xiao Zhuang off, Chang Ning went up and supported him.
Xiao Zhuang’s weight suddenly pressed onto him alone.
Chang Ning had 50 kg load bearing, plus Xiao Zhuang’s, now totaling an exaggerated 100 kg!
“Captain…”
Hui Lang saw Chang Ning helping Xiao Zhuang and turned to look at Gao Zhong Dui, hesitating to speak.
“Why are you looking at me? We didn’t say no helping each other; this doesn’t count as violating rules.
Besides, Chang Ning’s load now isn’t light; since he chose to help, let’s see how long he can hold out?
This guy’s physical fitness is outstanding; Devil Week’s physical fitness training challenges the rookies’ physical limits, but for Chang Ning, though not easy, it’s far from his limit.
Let’s take this opportunity to see where his limit is.”
Gao Zhong Dui said calmly, everything under his control.
“But will this affect his body?”
“Relax, the best doctor in our military region is on the medical vehicle behind.”
“You mean…”
Hearing Gao Zhong Dui’s words, the worry on Hui Lang’s face turned from cloudy to sunny like the weather.
“That’s right, Tong Youyou.” Gao Zhong Dui said.
Tong Youyou was the best doctor at the Southeast Military Region General Hospital, expert in Western medicine internal and external surgery, and also accomplished in traditional Chinese medicine.
Several generations in her family were doctors; rumor has it ancestors even served as imperial physicians.
Not sure how the Southeast Military Region managed to recruit this genius girl.
Right, a girl who just earned her doctorate this year. As for age, not convenient to disclose.
“It really is her, then I’m relieved.”
“Hui Lang, after partnering for so many years, do you think I’m unreliable?”
Hui Lang, knowing Tong Youyou was there, relaxed and smiled back: “Who knows, today I was pretty worried you’d mess up.”
“By the way, how did you get this big shot to come.”
Seeing Gao Zhong Dui about to get angry, Hui Lang quickly changed the topic.
“Of course it was Chang Ning; I thought these doctors might be interested in someone with abnormal physical quality.
So I gave a general introduction of Chang Ning’s situation, and she agreed to my invitation.”
“This is a kill two birds with one stone; it ensures no accidents for the rookies, and we can understand Chang Ning’s physical condition to make a custom training plan for him.
Because of his physical reasons, the training we set for rookies can’t probe his limits.
With Dr. Tong’s help, we can carry out a lot of work.” Hui Lang remarked.
