Chapter 1018
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Chapter 1018: Elimination
The Pamir Plateau.
The night was growing deeper.
Lin Qiye, sitting on the cliff edge, slowly opened his eyes and looked down to check the time.
23:57.
Only three minutes left until the first day’s elimination…
Wonder where those new recruits have gotten to?
He spread out his spiritual force, but couldn’t detect any human presence within several kilometers, or even tens of kilometers.
This was normal though. It was only the first day, and no matter how energetic the new recruits were, it would be difficult for them to consecutively pass through the snow plain and frozen lake areas to reach this third section with its sheer cliffs.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to close his eyes and continue resting, a figure suddenly entered the edge of his spiritual sense.
“Hm?”
He turned his head in surprise.
In the cold wilderness, a one-eyed youth wearing winter clothing was slowly walking over from the direction of the frozen lake, step by step.
It was now deep night, and the temperature on the Pamir Plateau had dropped to around -30 degrees. Even though the complete set of winter clothing covered the recruit’s body, it still couldn’t fully protect against such low temperatures. White frost had already formed on the youth’s brows and eyes.
Lu Baoyou hadn’t touched any of the allocated compressed biscuits in his coat. He just kept determinedly looking ahead, moving forward slowly like a tireless machine.
Lin Qiye was moved upon seeing this figure.
In such dark and cold conditions, without using any forbidden domains, without eating anything, relying solely on exceptional physical fitness and willpower to make it here…
And this was just the first day.
According to Lin Qiye and the others’ estimates, it would take average recruits at least a day and a half to reach here, and some slower ones might need over two days… but Lu Baoyou’s speed far exceeded his expectations.
Lin Qiye sensed Lu Baoyou walking step by step toward the cliff, while he himself sat motionless in the snow.
Although Lu Baoyou had appeared within range of his spiritual sense, it would still take at least half a day to reach the cliff from Lu Baoyou’s position. Adding time for rest and sleep, it would be good if he could climb this cliff by tomorrow evening.
After Lu Baoyou had walked for some time, three more figures appeared at the edge of Lin Qiye’s spiritual sense.
“Phew… we’ve crossed the frozen lake.” Ding Chongfeng took out a map and heaved a long sigh, collapsing onto the wasteland. “Now… we should be at the front of the main group, right?”
Since leaving Su Zhe, the three of them had been advancing at high speed, only stopping to eat a compressed biscuit and drink some water, without taking any other breaks.
Even with Ding Chongfeng’s physical fitness, walking continuously for so long had worn him out.
He had to rest here for a while.
Beside him, Su Yuan bit his pale lips and slowly sat down as well, taking out a compressed biscuit from his coat and starting to eat.
“No, Lu Baoyou has already passed through here.”
Fang Mo stood on the wasteland, sniffing the lingering scent in the air.
“Him? He’s a monster, I won’t compare myself to him.” Ding Chongfeng shrugged. “Making it here in one go is already the limit for us normal humans… but Su Yuan, I really didn’t expect your physical fitness to be so good?”
“It’s okay,” Su Yuan replied calmly. “This journey is a bit shorter than when I crossed the Taklamakan Desert on foot years ago… just that there’s no time to rest along the way, which makes it more tiring.”
“…I forgot you’re an extreme sports enthusiast.”
Ding Chongfeng turned his head to see Fang Mo still standing alone at the front, gazing in the direction Lu Baoyou had left.
“Fang Mo, don’t mind us, go chase after Lu Baoyou,” Ding Chongfeng suddenly said after a moment of silence.
Fang Mo started and turned to look.
“Aren’t you two sworn rivals? You must not be happy falling behind him, right?” Ding Chongfeng smiled. “Su Yuan and I really can’t walk anymore, but you probably haven’t reached your limit yet…
You should go. With our physical fitness, Su Yuan and I should be able to endure this devil’s training, we don’t need you to look after us.
Go chase Lu Baoyou, go surpass him.
You can’t just give up the position of top recruit in this training class, can you?”
Fang Mo looked at the two with a complex expression, then turned to gaze in the direction Lu Baoyou had left. After hesitating for a moment, he nodded.
“Alright, I’ll wait for you at the peak of Mount Gongger.”
With those words, he set off, gliding swiftly across the wasteland, soon disappearing from Ding Chongfeng’s sight.
“Ah…” Ding Chongfeng sighed. “These two monsters… wonder which one will end up taking first place.”
“Fifty-fifty chance,” Su Yuan said absently while munching on his biscuit.
Whoosh–!!
As he finished speaking, dozens of drones flew over the wasteland, immediately attracting the attention of all recruits on this route.
“This is…”
“It’s time,” Ding Chongfeng checked the time with a complicated expression. “The eighty people to be eliminated today must have been decided…”
“Now announcing the list of eliminated personnel.” A mechanical electronic voice broadcast from speakers mounted on the drones, echoing through every corner of this route so everyone could hear clearly.
“Rank 612, Xia Long, eliminated;
Rank 611, Chen Xuanya, eliminated;
Rank 610, Li Xuanyi, eliminated…”
All recruits stopped in their tracks, anxiously listening to the list, worried they might hear their own name next.
Due to the length of the route and the large area covered, except for the few at the very front, other recruits couldn’t judge how many people were ahead or behind them, or what position they were in.
“You don’t think your brother would be eliminated on the first day, right?” Ding Chongfeng couldn’t help asking.
“No, he’s currently in position 516,” Su Yuan said calmly.
“How do you know?”
“Did you forget I can sense the life waves of all things?”
“So you’ve been secretly monitoring your brother’s position this whole time? No wonder you seemed distracted.” Ding Chongfeng shrugged.
Su Yuan lowered his head and silently continued eating his biscuit without responding.
After the list was finished, recruits who hadn’t heard their names finally breathed sighs of relief. Some stopped for a short rest, while others continued moving forward.
At the end of the route, on the endless wasteland, off-road vehicles came racing out, quickly finding the location of each eliminated recruit and taking them away from the original route to an unknown destination.
