Chapter 1013
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Chapter 1013: Devil’s Training
This is…
Under the bridge,
The little beggar looked at the brand new 2000 yuan in her hand, raised her head, and stared blankly at Lu Baoyou in front of her.
Lu Baoyou calmly said, “This is a thank-you gift for yesterday’s sausage.”
“But that sausage only cost one yuan?”
“It was delicious.”
“…”
“The bridge is too cold, find somewhere else to live.”
The little beggar pressed her lips together and firmly shook her head, trying to push the money back into Lu Baoyou’s hands.
“This is too much, I can’t accept it. I’ll be an adult in just over two months, then I can support myself by working…”
Lu Baoyou gracefully stepped backward, making it impossible for the little beggar to touch him.
He took one last look at the little beggar, turned around, picked up the black case beside his feet, and walked away.
“Once I’ve given my thank-you gift, there’s no reason to take it back… if you feel too guilty about it, you can return it to me next time we meet by chance.”
“Wait…”
Before the little beggar could finish, Lu Baoyou had disappeared from her sight.
The little beggar opened her mouth, looked down at the 2000 yuan in her hand, and pressed her lips together somewhat dejectedly.
“But you haven’t told me your name…”
…
“Is everyone here?”
“Yes.”
Lin Qiye looked at the neatly lined-up recruits before him and nodded slightly.
“Everyone get in the vehicles.”
The recruits quickly boarded the vehicles, which started up and drove them into the distance.
Inside the vehicle, the recruits’ spirits were completely different.
Compared to their half-dead state three days ago, after experiencing a brief but pleasant holiday, they were all energetic, their eyes filled with vigor and anticipation, seemingly eager to complete the remaining seven days of training.
“Hmm? This doesn’t seem to be the route back to the training camp?”
“Indeed… where are we going?”
“We’re getting further away from the training camp…”
The recruits on the vehicle quickly noticed something was wrong and began discussing among themselves.
Even Li Zhenzhen, who was closest to the instructors, looked completely confused – they hadn’t heard Instructor Lin or Uncle Yuan mention anything about this during the New Year’s Eve dinner.
Amid the recruits’ confusion, the vehicles slowly came to a stop at a military airport.
A huge military transport aircraft had been waiting at the airport for some time.
For some reason, the moment they saw this transport aircraft, the recruits had a sudden sense of foreboding.
“Taking a plane? Where is Instructor Lin taking us?”
“Seven days of training? Isn’t it supposed to be at the training camp?”
“At this point, it definitely won’t be at the training camp!”
“Has any previous training ever involved taking recruits away by plane?”
“No, never…”
“…”
Amid the recruits’ whispers, Lin Qiye and others, wearing deep red cloaks, calmly got off the vehicle and pointed toward the military aircraft.
“Board the plane.”
Without explaining what they would do or where they were going, just these three simple words, filled with undeniable authority.
The recruits had no objections and efficiently boarded the plane in an orderly manner.
A few minutes later, the plane’s engines roared to life and soared into the clouds.
In the silent cabin, with the slight vibration of the fuselage, the recruits’ sense of unease grew stronger.
Finally, Lin Qiye slowly walked to the front of everyone, a smile appearing on his face:
“I trust these three days of rest have been quite good for everyone… I hope you can bring your best state of mind to face these final seven days of training.”
“Report!”
“Speak.”
“Instructor Lin, where are we going?”
Lin Qiye’s gaze swept across everyone’s puzzled faces as he slowly uttered:
“Pamirs Plateau.”
Hearing this name, everyone present was stunned.
“The Pamirs Plateau, located on the western border of Great Xia, has an average altitude of 4000 to 7700 meters. At this time of year, the mountain temperature should be around minus 25 degrees,” Lin Qiye said calmly:
“There, you will undergo seven days of hell training.”
Upon hearing these words, the recruits’ faces immediately turned grim.
Hell training on the Pamirs Plateau mountains? Is that even a place where humans can survive?
“But instructor, we haven’t brought anything except our straight knives…”
“You don’t need to bring anything,” Lin Qiye said flatly. “In a moment, each of you will receive a set of cold weather gear, a bottle of water, some compressed rations, and a map with marked routes. These will be your basic supplies for survival over these seven days.
If you want more, you’ll have to earn it through your own abilities… Of course, no matter what happens, you cannot steal from the local residents or threaten their personal safety.
If I discover such behavior, I will personally break your limbs and throw you into the meditation chamber.”
Lin Qiye’s tone was unprecedentedly serious.
“Then Instructor Lin, what exactly are we training for?”
“On the map each of you holds, there is a marked route. Your task is to follow this route and cross the Pamirs mountain range on foot within six days, reaching the peak of Mount Kongur, without using any prohibited techniques or items.
Every day at midnight, we will conduct a ranking count. The bottom 80 people in the team will be eliminated and their training will end early.
And these people… will have their qualifications to become Night Watchmen revoked.”
As Lin Qiye’s words fell, the cabin fell into dead silence.
The recruits were momentarily stunned, their eyes widening in disbelief. “Revoke our qualifications to become Night Watchmen?!”
Eliminating the bottom 80 people every night at twelve… meaning that before the seventh day, 480 recruits would lose their qualification to become Night Watchmen?
That’s eliminating more than two-thirds of the recruits!
“Isn’t revoking the qualification to become a Night Watchman too harsh as a punishment?” someone among the recruits couldn’t help but speak up. “We’ve endured so much training to get this far… if we’re eliminated, wouldn’t all that suffering be for nothing?”
“You should know that the number of recruits the Night Watchmen are accepting today far exceeds previous years,” Lin Qiye’s gaze swept calmly over the recruits. “Do you know why?”
“Isn’t it because war is coming?”
“That’s only part of the reason,” Lin Qiye said without batting an eye. “Expanding recruitment is also about better selecting talent.
Can anyone tell me, with war approaching, if your own abilities aren’t sufficient to shoulder the responsibility of protecting Great Xia, then why step onto the battlefield?”
The recruits fell silent, no one answered.
A barely noticeable look of disappointment flashed in Lin Qiye’s eyes.
“In any case, each of you must give your all to complete this training, and you cannot attack each other or sabotage your companions in any way to create malicious competition.”
