Chapter 160: Drawing Lots
People with secrets in their hearts live a bit more tiredly than others, and Chang Ning is just such a person.
Usually giggling and joking with his comrades like a carefree big boy without any worries, but whenever it’s late at night and quiet, he often spaces out alone, clearing his mind of everything.
The transmigrator’s identity brings Chang Ning not only the convenience of knowing the plot well, but also a faint gap with everyone.
He is very confused about this, not knowing what he should do to eliminate the gap.
This problem has troubled him for a long time, and yet Chang Ning can’t seek help from others and has to figure out a solution by himself.
“Sha Po Lang, report your situation.”
Gao Zhong Dui’s familiar voice in the earpiece pulled Chang Ning back from his chaotic thoughts.
“This is Sha Po Lang, currently in good condition, no adverse reaction.
Slowly approaching your side.”
While Chang Ning was thinking, his altitude was dropping quickly.
The white guide lights on the ground were clearly visible, and he could even see his comrades on the ground who looked as small as ants. That one leaning by the car talking, no matter how he looked, seemed like the Ostrich.
“Wild Wolf received, be careful.”
Hearing the tone in Gao Zhong Dui’s words, it sounded like he was relieved that he hadn’t had a problem. Last time was an accident, okay? It wasn’t intentional!
Chang Ning immediately guessed what the other side was thinking from Gao Zhong Dui’s tone. For this, he could only leave everything to time; time would prove who was the most reliable person in 026.
Last time it was due to a sudden wind shift, plus he wasn’t familiar with parachute operations, that he drifted far away. If he could do it over, he would definitely show Gao Zhong Dui what a textbook-level perfect landing looked like.
Mentioning the last parachute jump, Chang Ning couldn’t help but think of Lin Miaomiao, who was still a junior high student. The little girl should still be struggling with her homework right now.
At the same time, Lin Miaomiao, who was lying on the desk thinking about a reading comprehension question, sneezed.
“Caught a cold? My throat doesn’t hurt either.”
Suddenly sneezing, Lin Miaomiao’s first reaction was to check if she had caught a cold.
But she didn’t feel any discomfort in her body; instead, her stomach started growling.
“So hungry~”
Lin Miaomiao rested her cheek on her hand and rubbed her belly, thinking that after finishing this question, she would go out and see if there were any snacks in the refrigerator.
The small interlude at night couldn’t connect two people who had nothing to do with each other. As he was about to land, Chang Ning skillfully prepared to dissipate the force.
He ran forward a short distance along the inertia when his feet touched the ground, stopping only when he felt the inertia was under control.
The comrades who had been prepared nearby saw Chang Ning land successfully and immediately came forward to help fold the parachute.
In principle, this kind of thing is usually done personally, but Chang Ning didn’t refuse his comrades’ kindness.
He didn’t believe that Xiao Zhuang and the others would deliberately fold the parachute poorly to cause him an accident in the next parachute jump. They were all people who could entrust their lives to each other, and there was no deep hatred between them to go to such lengths.
“All assemble!”
After everyone had successfully landed, Gao Zhong Dui had everyone assemble.
Under the lights, Chang Ning didn’t see any unusual expression on Gao Zhong Dui’s stern face, which meant Gao Zhong Dui wouldn’t mess with them in some tricky way tonight, so Chang Ning relaxed.
“Your progress honestly surprises me. You can say you are the most talented and best team members I have ever led!”
Gao Zhong Dui was completely different from usual today; instead of verbally attacking everyone, he praised them endlessly.
But Chang Ning didn’t appreciate the contrast. He hadn’t forgotten that it was Ma Da who kicked him off the airplane the first time he parachuted, nor had he forgotten the process of overcoming his acrophobia under Gao Zhong Dui’s training.
It was all tears when he thought about it!
There’s something suspicious when things are out of the ordinary. Chang Ning wouldn’t think that Gao Zhong Dui had suddenly changed his nature today.
He was more inclined to believe that Gao Zhong Dui was praising them first to suppress them later, with a pit definitely waiting for them ahead.
But that said, even if Gao Zhong Dui pitted them, what could Chang Ning do? Was he supposed to defy orders? Unless he didn’t want to stay in the military unit.
As long as they were in Wolf Fang for one day, not to mention Gao Zhong Dui vaguely digging pits today, even if Gao Zhong Dui openly told them “I’m going to pit you today,” they would have to jump into the pit knowing it was there.
Soldiers take obeying orders as their duty. For this kind of pit-digging aimed at training, Chang Ning and the others had no room for resistance.
As expected, just as Chang Ning anticipated, after praising everyone, Gao Zhong Dui revealed his fox tail.
“I have a deck of poker cards here. Send a representative to draw lots. The final result will decide whether you are the Red Team or the Blue Team.”
“Report!”
Seeing that the one reporting was Chang Ning, Gao Zhong Dui had a bad premonition lingering in his heart.
“Speak.”
“I have two questions about the draw. What is the reason for the draw? And what is the difference between the Red and Blue Sides?”
Because it wasn’t like an exercise between military regions, the Red and Blue Sides had significant differences in tactics and rules, so Chang Ning had to clarify the differences between the two this time.
“I can answer your question now.
The reason for the draw is that we want to conduct an assessment on you recently.
The Red and Blue Sides have obvious gaps in weapon equipment and role-playing.”
At this point, Chang Ning and Group B basically knew exactly what Gao Zhong Dui wanted them to do.
Veteran soldiers like Lao Pao didn’t know how many military exercises they had participated in, and even Chang Ning had such experience and had earned military merits, so they could all understand Gao Zhong Dui’s explanation.
“Report!”
This time it was Geng Jihui.
“Speak.”
“I want to know when the specific time for the assessment is.”
Hearing Geng Jihui’s question, Gao Zhong Dui smiled.
“Random. It could be the next second or a day later. It depends on my mood.”
It was clearly aimed at making things difficult for everyone, but the group’s reaction was quite restrained. Even Xiao Zhuang didn’t act impulsively.
Having been pitted so many times, it was impossible for them to fall in the same place again. Anyone who didn’t improve had been eliminated.
Actually, this time it was completely Gao Zhong Dui taking the blame for He Da Dui. The specific start time of the assessment depended on when He Da Dui had time.
Since he mentioned this to the Captain that day and submitted the report, he still hadn’t received any notice from the Captain. Gao Zhong Dui said he had no choice but to wait.
“Any more questions? While my mood is still good.”
Seeing no one speaking, Gao Zhong Dui asked.
What responded to him was the silence of Chang Ning and Group B.
“Looks like no more questions. Then send your representative to draw lots. The higher number is the Blue Team.”
At such times, usually the Captain steps forward to represent everyone in drawing. So Geng Jihui stepped out, came before Gao Zhong Dui, and randomly drew one card from a freshly opened deck of poker cards.
Next was Gao Zhong Dui, and then the two revealed the cards they had drawn.
