Chapter 840
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Chapter 840: Escape Training
A sharp whistle echoed above the training camp, and all the new recruits on the playground frantically scattered in all directions. The attendants surrounding them grinned menacingly and quickly pursued.
Thus began a grand and thrilling chase.
Lin Qiye and the others stood on the empty playground, finally starting to communicate.
“Qiye, did we wake up this early just to stand here?” Bai Li Pangpang yawned. “It’s only three in the morning… I was so sleepy I could have dozed off standing up.”
“After all, it’s the first day of training. We need to be present to establish some authority,” An Qingyu explained. “But after this, we won’t have much to do. We just need to prepare lunch for them at ten.”
“Qingyu, how did the meal plan discussion with the instructors go last night?” Lin Qiye asked, as if recalling something.
“It’s basically settled, but it’s a bit complicated to prepare,” An Qingyu shrugged. “We need to ensure the food is nutritious enough to meet the training needs of the recruits, but also ensure it tastes bad… Is that too complicated? Do we really need to go that far?”
“We do,” Lin Qiye nodded decisively. “Most of these recruits have lived comfortable lives and haven’t experienced hardship. But if they really end up on the battlefield, there won’t be such lavish and delicious meals waiting for them…
We need to break their lower limits of food acceptance here, so that when they face extreme environments, their chances of survival will be higher.”
“But they are still new recruits. Even if war really comes, the ones going to the battlefield first will be the more experienced Night Watchers. They will mostly just take over the duties of the veterans, stationed in various cities… They might not actually see combat,” Cao Yuan pondered.
“What if one day all the veterans are killed in battle?”
Cao Yuan was taken aback.
“No one knows how long this war will last or how many will sacrifice… Regardless, we need to prepare for the worst.”
Cao Yuan fell silent for a moment and nodded. “You’re right…”
“I’ll take care of the next steps. You all go back and catch up on some sleep, and prepare for your respective classes tomorrow,” Lin Qiye said, turning to look at the distant sounds of surprise.
“Understood.”
…
Roar roar roar—!!
A “mysterious” roar echoed above the training camp.
“Quick! Another one is chasing us from behind! Run faster!”
“No way, there’s a large open space in front of the teaching building. Without any obstacles, we’ll be caught soon!”
“I can’t anymore… I’m so tired, I can’t run… Let’s find a place to rest for a bit.”
“Rest? We’ve only been running for half an hour.”
“Bro, we’re being chased! Running for our lives is exhausting!”
“True… How about this: when we turn the corner ahead, we jump over the wall to the teaching building and hide in a classroom. It shouldn’t be able to find us!”
“Okay!”
Several new recruits dashed into the teaching building, their eyes immediately locking onto a classroom at the end of the corridor. They glanced back and saw that the “mysterious” creature hadn’t caught up yet, then hurriedly dove into the classroom and locked the door behind them.
This classroom was located at the innermost part of the teaching building, with only a small window. The group leaned against the wall in the corner by the window, slowly sitting down and gasping for breath.
From the beginning until now, they had been running frantically under the pursuit of the “mysterious” creature. Although the creature chasing them was only at the “Pool” level, they had no choice but to run for their lives since it couldn’t attack them directly.
“Hey, this place seems pretty hidden?” one of the recruits looked around and whispered.
“I think so too. That ‘mysterious’ creature seems to have lost track of us. We should be safe.”
“How about we just hide here until the afternoon training ends?”
“That’s exactly what I was thinking!”
The recruits quickly agreed, their expressions relaxing.
Avoiding the pursuit of these “mysterious” creatures was exhausting. After just half an hour, their stamina was nearly depleted, and with eleven and a half hours left until the end of their escape, they had little chance of holding out until then.
Just thinking about that terrifying little storage room filled with screams sent a chill down their spines.
No! They absolutely couldn’t be caught by these “mysterious” creatures!
They would hide here until the end of time!
“Jie jie jie jie jie…” A sinister and eerie laughter came from behind the recruits.
The recruits jolted, quickly looking up at the small window in the classroom. They saw a shadow in a dark green attendant uniform slowly standing upright on the windowsill, the dawn light casting a menacing and towering shadow on the classroom wall.
The recruits’ pupils dilated in shock!
“Have we been discovered?!”
“How is that possible? No other ‘mysterious’ creature should have seen us when we came in!”
“Isn’t this a visual blind spot? How did it find us standing outside the window?”
“Quick! Run!!”
“…”
Several recruits sprang up from the ground, rushing toward the classroom door. Just then, the door swung open automatically, revealing a pale, giant spider quietly perched at the entrance, its crimson compound eyes glinting ominously as it stared at them.
“Ahhhhh!!!”
Seeing the spider, the recruits’ fear levels skyrocketed!
This was the same spider that had terrified them during the initial assessment and had a reputation for capturing people and tossing them into the dark little storage room. All the recruits felt extreme dread; among all the “mysterious” creatures in this training camp, this spider was the last one any recruit wanted to encounter head-on…
It embodied the deepest fears of the recruits.
As they collided with A Zhu, several recruits were so frightened that they rolled their eyes and fainted on the spot. A few bolder ones turned and dashed toward the windowsill where another “mysterious” creature was, hoping to escape to a different place.
However, at that moment, several strands of spider silk shot out from A Zhu, instantly binding all the recruits in the classroom and sticking them to a massive web in the sky outside, swaying in the wind.
“Ha…”
Outside the window, the “mysterious” creature that had first frightened the recruits let out a sigh of relief, patting its chest as it stepped out from the shadows.
It was a raccoon.
“Minister… why do I have to laugh like ‘jie jie jie jie’? It sounds so strange when I do that.”
The raccoon rubbed its face, which had become stiff from trying to look fierce, and asked in confusion.
