Chapter 10: “boom”—breaking The 702nd Regiment Record!
When the first echelon reached the last kilometer, the warriors running slowly had already been lapped twice.
Chen Jun, who had been following behind eating the wind break all along, began to unleash all his energy, suddenly overtaking Wu Liu Yi from the right for the final sprint.
And Chen Jun’s overtaking move completely ignited the whole audience.
“Damn? How is that possible?”
“The baggage overtook the Third Squad deputy? Did this guy get chicken blood today?”
“Grandma’s legs, is he transforming into a Saiyan? How is Chen Jun so fierce today, charging from dead last to first? Am I not awake yet? Still dreaming?”
“Damn, the sun rose from the west!”
…
The veterans of Steel Seventh Company all exploded, even forgetting they were still in the assessment, shouting in disbelief one after another.
Political Instructor Hong Xingguo on the sidelines was exhilarated, staring wide-eyed and exclaiming in shock: “He overtook, he overtook, Chen Jun overtook, he actually passed Wu Liu Yi!”
The student who ranked dead last in the class exam suddenly took first in the class.
As the political instructor acting as class teacher, one can imagine how intense his emotions were.
“He actually did it?”
Gao Cheng stared blankly as Chen Jun overtook Wu Liu Yi, continuing to accelerate forward; this scene had too much impact on him and needed time to digest.
The onlookers were all shocked so greatly; as the person involved, Wu Liu Yi was even more so.
“Chen Jun’s hidden strength??”
Looking at the back that appeared in front of him, this sentence uncontrollably popped into Wu Liu Yi’s mind; otherwise, he couldn’t understand it at all.
Chen Jun, who smoothly completed the overtake, showed no mockery, no extra movements.
Only burying his head for the forward sprint!
However, after just one week of intensive training, being able to keep up with Wu Liu Yi for so long and still having the ability to sprint was already Chen Jun’s limit.
How long could he sprint with one burst of energy, and could he persist to complete the last 1 kilometer.
Chen Jun had no confidence in his heart.
And after a few seconds of shock, Wu Liu Yi quickly reacted; that stubborn refusal to admit defeat surged out from the bottom of his heart like a tsunami.
If it were an ordinary person at this time, with stamina nearing the limit, they could only watch Chen Jun pull away.
But a stubborn person is different.
A stubborn person, once set on something foolish, even a cow couldn’t pull them back; facing the unwillingness of being overtaken by Chen Jun at this moment surprisingly stimulated Wu Liu Yi’s potential.
Like a long drought meeting sweet rain, the depleted strength burst forth again from the cells.
Letting stamina-consumed Wu Liu Yi, who couldn’t run anymore, have a continuous source of energy again to reclaim his first place.
Plus, with Chen Jun now breaking the wind in front, Wu Liu Yi conversely became the beneficiary.
Wu Liu Yi, whom Chen Jun expected to be shaken off, stubbornly chased up again, instead biting tightly behind Chen Jun.
This evenly matched duel between two heroes was too infectious, affecting the entire parade ground.
This moment…
No one cared anymore if Chen Jun was baggage, no one was surprised anymore at Chen Jun’s exaggerated progress speed, no one remembered anymore that Wu Liu Yi was the regiment’s first in light gear 5 kilometers.
Everyone’s eyes had only one thing—
Locked tightly on the two racing like lightning, witnessing who was the final king.
“Awesome, he can even have a second burst; as expected of Wu Liu Yi, as expected of one of Steel Seventh Company’s strongest veterans, he really has some tricks.”
Seeing Wu Liu Yi right behind in his peripheral vision, Chen Jun’s competitiveness was completely aroused, sprinting with all his might.
800 meters…
Chen Jun led Wu Liu Yi.
600 meters…
Chen Jun still led Wu Liu Yi.
400 meters…
In the ultimate showdown of the final lap, Chen Jun leading and breaking wind consumed huge stamina; his body began to feel a hollow emptiness of being drained.
This was the reaction of severe stamina depletion.
And Wu Liu Yi’s condition was even worse than Chen Jun’s; his face had turned an abnormal white, breathing ragged like a bull.
But his movements showed no slowdown, even showing signs of counter-overtaking again.
This was the foundation of a solid base!
200 meters…
Chen Jun really felt weakness; his legs were as heavy as a thousand pounds, each step extremely strenuous, lungs burning like they would explode.
And Wu Liu Yi’s eyes were already dazed, but his focus was locked tightly ahead.
As if entranced, supported purely by willpower.
100 meters…
The final sprint arrived.
The whole audience, including the company commander and political instructor, were all infected by this tense moment; no one made a sound anymore, even their breathing tensed to a stop.
“Ah—”
Chen Jun, whose whole body was already squeezed dry, roared and charged toward the finish line.
Unfortunately, in the face of absolute hard power, skill could only serve as a supplement; the gap in foundational strength meant Chen Jun couldn’t sustain the burst for long.
Even less able to, like the deep-rooted Wu Liu Yi, burst a second wave of potential.
In the end, no matter how hard Chen Jun tried, he could only watch Wu Liu Yi slowly catch up, gradually coming level from behind.
Fortunately, Chen Jun had persisted long enough; the distance where he couldn’t hold on was only one hundred meters.
So…
Just as Wu Liu Yi, relying on powerful physical fitness, burst his second wave of potential and finally caught up level, wanting to overtake Chen Jun and lead again.
The finish line arrived!
Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi crossed the finish line together; the contest between the dark horse and the king ended, concluding with a tied first place.
“A tie??”
Everyone witnessed this unbelievable scene and couldn’t come back to their senses for a long time.
If it were a professional running competition, with slow-motion playback timing to a fraction of a second, Chen Jun and Wu Liu Yi would definitely have a clear order.
But the troops didn’t have such professional equipment; everything was based on the clerk’s handheld stopwatch.
Gao Cheng was the first to react from the shock, impatiently shouting from the stands to the clerk by the track: “Clerk, results, what are their results.”
The clerk had no way to judge who was first and could only report his judgment as basis, shouting loudly to Gao Cheng on the stands: “Report company commander, their two times are both 16 minutes 25 seconds 47, tied for first.”
“16 minutes 25 seconds??”
The clerk’s voice was very loud; everyone on the entire parade ground heard it. Faced with this exaggerated result, everyone was stunned for a full minute.
The remaining people still needed to run three more laps to finish but at this moment all stopped.
This result was too shocking; everyone was stunned!
“16 minutes 25 seconds?? Old Seven, I didn’t hear wrong, did I? Their two results are 16 minutes 25 seconds??” Hong Xingguo asked with trembling lips.
He was truly excited!
“Hahaha, hahaha.”
But Gao Cheng suddenly burst into laughter, his two eyes gleaming excitedly: “Good guy, I thought it was a hard and smelly stone, but unexpectedly, cracking open the stone skin revealed gold inside.
This result has broken our regiment’s record; next year’s mid-year grand competition really has a chance now.”
