Free Web NovelChapter 435: Chapter 353: Not Good, the Opponent Can Cheat_2
But when he heard Li Kui say "The training has nothing to do with firefighting," Fang Huai felt somewhat tense inside.
Damn, I am here specifically for the professional firefighting training, getting ready for the Grand Martial Arts Competition, and you’re telling me the training here has nothing to do with firefighting?
Am I playing the fool here?
The adjacent Li Kui, however, said, "If your foot truly hurts, you can file a report and withdraw from the training! But you can’t drag everyone else down, you got that?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Huai thought it over and then sighed inside.
For this reason, I’ve already taken three days off. When leaving, a bunch of old squad leaders gave me all sorts of instructions, from packing the backpack to fetching medicine. If I were to go back now, I’d lose so much face.
Forget it, I’m already here.
"Yes! I absolutely won’t drag anyone down!"
Hu Peizhou, however, said in a lecturing tone, "Don’t make big talk, it’s actions that count! Fang Huai, I have high hopes for you. Your performance in Beichuan proved that you have the potential to complete this training, but our goal is not to train someone to the ground. If you’re genuinely injured and cannot continue, report it immediately! We don’t want to waste a talent by breaking them down!"
This statement was delivered with too much sincerity.
It was the kind of sincerity that felt patronizing.
Even Fang Huai, who never bought into all that motivational nonsense, felt a bit provoked.
"Report! I will not drop out!"
A group of old soldiers laughed.
"I’m being serious here, don’t try to play the hero. Let me tell you, in the previous two periods, we’ve had people who broke down because they were too stubborn. We have a medical officer, but we can’t monitor your condition in real-time. So, if there’s something wrong with your body, don’t fake it!"
Fang Huai took a deep breath and said, "Report, I’m not faking it! But, I have a question!"
Hu Peizhou nodded, "Ask, but I can’t guarantee an answer."
Looking at them, Fang Huai said with a hint of challenge, "Are you participating in the training with us?" freewēbnoveℓ.com
If you dare say you’re participating, it’ll be hard to say who will break down.
But, Hu Peizhou smiled calmly, "It depends on the mood. We’re human too and after doing this for two periods, if we can’t handle it, we can choose not to go through with it."
Fang Huai was stupefied.
Dammit, they have a cheat code, they can turn on invincibility mode at any time; just four words: obey the orders.
This just became less fun.
The other side can actually admit weakness, and our side can only endure it stoically.
Fang Huai still wanted to ask "Can I challenge you?"
But forget it, leave it to those who are willing to be the scapegoats to ask. Given this situation, it’s likely someone will.
"Yes, Captain Hu!"
A group of people left.
They didn’t leave him any instructions, just left.
The other side not making a move made him feel rather helpless.
Without any rules, his cunning might just amount to nothing.
From the pressure coming from above, if you want to live better, you either conspire with your peers to resist or join them, and together you torment your peers.
Let’s wait and see how the situation unfolds.
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Fang Huai very much regretted it, he really came too early.
It’s so damn boring.
Li Kui quickly confiscated his cell phone and did an inspection of his backpack.
There’s nothing in the room; everything had already been tidied up, not even a chance to show off.
At noon, when food was served, Li Kui didn’t even speak to him, just put the food on the table and left.
Finally, after finishing his meal and discarding his lunch box, Fang Huai managed to find a wooden stool from Squad Three and sat down at the table.
He closed his eyes to rest his mind and decided to play with the System.
If this place really only focused on physical ability without any opportunity to practice skills, then he must plan ahead. For many skill subjects, good physical fitness wouldn’t be enough to score high marks. It was better to prepare early than to embarrass himself at the Grand Martial Arts Competition.
With that thought, he opened the military merit shop and browsed the Firefighting Skills category, looking all the way down, and then searched to see if there were any crash course skills for the Grand Martial Arts Competition events.
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Upstairs.
A big gang of people were gathered around a huge table covered with a map, writing and drawing on it.
Kui Li, known as "Li Kui," was at leisure, full after a meal, peeling and eating a bag of sugar mandarins he took out; from time to time, he checked the campsite surveillance, but since he couldn’t see Fang Huai behind the walls of Squad One, he lost interest. He turned on the internet-connected computer to watch "Bright Sword" on some video-sharing site.
A lieutenant, unable to bear Kui Li’s smacking sounds, turned his head and said,
"Hey, Old Kui, don’t you think you’re overdoing it? We’re all working here, and it’s fine if you’re just fooling around, but do you really have to eat such a big bag of mandarins like that?"
Kui Li laughed, "This kind of brain work is for you guys who sit in vehicles. As for me, someone who relies on their legs, I have to eat well. I rarely get a break like this, so don’t spoil my mood."
At this moment, Hu Peizhou turned his head towards Kui Li with a smile and said,
"You rely on your legs? Alright then, once everyone’s here, I’ll assign you a few guys who are physically fitter so you can get some good leg training in?"
As soon as Kui Li heard that, his face changed, and he stood up from the bench.
"No, no, no, give them to Chen Qingzhao! Those scoundrels from the last period really tormented me enough! If something happens again, I really won’t be able to hold them back!"
A voice filled with mockery responded, "Heh, you’re talking about the special project from the last period, right? It’s just Mount Everest after all, you didn’t even make it to the top, and it was still the window period, which makes me laugh."
On hearing this, Kui Li slapped the table with a "pah" and said angrily yet helplessly,
"Bullshit! It was the guides who commanded us to wait at Camp One at 7028 meters for a week before climbing, but then a big storm came, and we couldn’t wait anymore!
Above that is the Windy Passage at 7400! The strongest winds there are Grade 12, hurricane-level! And you hit big winds, you go up there and let me see?
Bei Ao, that’s not like your Advance Camp at 6500! Walk a few more steps above that, and you have to catch your breath!
And do you know how frightening the snow is up there? I sneezed a big one at Bei Ao Campsite, and the snow shook off in heaps, I felt like I almost triggered an avalanche!
The North Peak is much more difficult than the South Peak! When I was climbing up there, I felt like I couldn’t even breathe through my nose!
Those of you watching from below, really, it’s easy for you to talk when you don’t have to suffer the pain! freewёbnoνel.com
Those beasts still wanted to climb higher! If I hadn’t been holding onto them, some might well have died up there, dying while still in military uniform no less, which would have been such a disgrace! Would our Firefighting Troops not be cursed by the entire national troops then?"
At this point, Captain Hu laughed and scratched the back of his head, apologetically saying,
"That was my oversight. Before we left, I only knew there was a window period, I didn’t realize we had to avoid sudden weather changes too, the waiting time was too long, we had to come back down. Ah, such a waste of everyone’s time, and now the window period for summiting has passed, there’s no chance this period either. This time, let’s plan something more stable."
At that moment, the lieutenant from before yawned.
"Ah, the South Peak in Nepal is so much better! As long as you’re willing to spend the money, they’ll even carry you up!"
Captain Hu chuckled, "That’s not the meaning of mountaineering."
Kui Li spat out contemptuously,
"Right, you’re correct! The meaning of mountaineering is to die! To die up there!"
