Solving the case: Combining the police dog's olfactory genes at the beginning

By the time all the competitions for the day ended, it was already midnight in Dibai.

But back in China, it was early morning. Countless netizens who had stayed up all night watching the game or woke up early, as well as the team members in Dibai, were wide awake and discussed with heavy hearts the reasons for the collective Waterloo of the three teams today.

"How could this happen? It was fine yesterday, but it's completely broken down today?"

"Did you get arrogant after winning the first game? Did you get cocky?"

"Impossible! Look at the fighting spirit of the Ganjiang team, do they look arrogant?"

"And have you noticed that not only us, but even the Akhmat team's performance today was mediocre, far worse than on the first day?"

"Yeah...there's something fishy about this..."

The online discussions were also a major focus of discussion among the team members offline.

The atmosphere in the Ganjiang team's rest room was somewhat tense. Although they had successfully advanced, their ranking had plummeted to twelfth, leaving everyone seething with anger.

"Something's not right... There's definitely something wrong with today's gun!"

Vice Captain Shen Junjie, a recognized shooting expert in the team, was the first to speak with a frown, repeatedly demonstrating the action of holding a gun.

"Especially that M16, the center of gravity felt completely off, and the trigger pull was weird too. It felt so different from the one I used during my acclimatization training! If I hadn't just forced it back to its original feel, I probably would have missed even more shots!"

His words immediately resonated with the other team members.

"Exactly! Mine was the same; the aiming baseline always felt crooked!"

"I thought it was just me not feeling well, but it turns out everyone else was sensing it?"

"Someone must have tampered with it!"

Luo Fei sat to the side, his eyes cold. He nodded, confirming his teammates' guess.

“Jun Jie’s feeling was right. It’s not just our guns, I suspect… the guns of the Akhmat team have also been ‘specially treated’.”

"what?"

Wu Peixiong's eyes widened suddenly, and he roared angrily.

"Damn it! Playing dirty tricks, huh?"
"These sons of bitches! Fei-ge, what's the point of this competition? It's too much! Should we just withdraw?"

Upon hearing this, all the team members turned their gaze to Luo Fei, awaiting his decision.

Looking at his indignant teammates, Luo Fei revealed a cold, bloodthirsty smile.

"Withdraw from the competition? Why withdraw? When has there ever been absolute fairness on the battlefield? The enemy will try to trip us up, are we just going to be deserters?"

He stood up, his gaze sweeping over every unwilling face.

"They resort to underhanded tactics because they're afraid! Afraid that we'll trample them underfoot again! But we also have 'trump cards' they can't even imagine!"

"The trump card?"

The team members were stunned at first, then suddenly realized what was happening, and their eyes lit up instantly!

"That's right! Fei-ge, you haven't gone on stage yet!"

"Damn it! I forgot about that!"

"Brother Fei, you go tomorrow! Kill those bastards!"

"With Fei-ge here, we're safe!"

The morale of the Ganjiang team members was immediately boosted, as if they could already see Luo Fei dominating the battlefield and leading them to a comeback victory.

They had an almost blind trust in Luo Fei's abilities.

Meanwhile, the members of the Shanghai team, upon hearing the discussions from the Jiangxi team, showed expressions of doubt on their faces.

They acknowledged that Luo Fei was very good at training his team members, but they still had doubts about his personal combat abilities, especially in such head-to-head international competitions.

After all, Luo Fei is too young and has never had any international competition experience before.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere in the Flying Tigers' rest room was even more somber.

Although they successfully advanced to the semi-finals, their sixteenth-place finish made their pre-competition goal of "securing a top-ten finish and striving for a top-five finish" precarious.

What put even more pressure on them was the competition rules—there would be no elimination in the first three rounds, but after the three rounds, 45 teams would be eliminated!
The final and most unpredictable event is the newly added [Mixed Martial Arts Competition], which only the top eight teams in the overall rankings are eligible to participate in!

This means that if they can't significantly improve their ranking into the top eight in the fourth match, they won't even qualify for the final fight! They'll be completely out of the running for a medal!
"There's definitely something wrong with today's gun."

Zeng Zhiqiang concluded with a gloomy expression, realizing that something was amiss.

"But complaining is useless; the rules won't change for us. Tomorrow's 'Extreme Comprehensive Physical Fitness' event is a head-to-head competition of physical abilities, making it relatively difficult for the organizers to tamper with it. This is our last chance!"

The fourth round of the competition is officially called "Extreme Comprehensive Physical Fitness," but it also has a more widely known and more adrenaline-pumping name—"Titan Games"!
This project originated from a hit reality TV show hosted by the famous actor "The Rock" Johnson in the United States, which has been hailed by netizens around the world as "the tough guy game that men should play the most!"
Its core is a contest of pure strength, endurance, and willpower, with technique playing a relatively minor role.

Originally, this was a stage for individuals to demonstrate their absolute strength, but this competition has been adapted into a team competition.

The five team members need to take turns challenging different extreme challenges, like in a relay race, with each person responsible for a segment, and the team's total time will determine the winner.

The reason why the US organizing committee and participating teams strongly recommended and introduced this project is because they recognized the objective gap between East Asians and strong Europeans in terms of physique and absolute strength.

They believe this is an innate advantage caused by genes and living environment. Every member of the US SWAT team is a muscular behemoth with a height of nearly 1.95 meters and a weight of more than 200 kilograms. In this kind of pure strength confrontation, they have an unshakable dominance!

To ensure their advantage, the Sakura Kingdom also "thoughtfully" selected a group of equally robust and strong team members to participate in the competition.

Faced with a project that was clearly designed to target Asian teams like Daxia, Luo Fei poured cold water on the team members who were eager to compete and seemed to have all their hopes on him at the pre-match meeting.

"Listen up, everyone," Luo Fei said with an unprecedentedly serious expression.

"Titan Games is a relay race. No matter how good I am, I can't possibly handle every stage."

Even if I can shorten my time to the absolute minimum, if any one of you falters in your respective环节 (section/stage) and holds us back, we still can't win!

His sharp gaze swept over Shen Junjie, Chen Fan, Wu Peixiong, and others.

"In tomorrow's match, we can't put all our hopes on me alone! Each and every one of you must treat yourselves as the last line of defense, fight with all your might, and hold your ground! Understand?!"

"clear!!"

The team members roared in unison, their eyes burning with renewed fervor.

They knew that the real test was only just beginning.

On the stage of absolute strength, can these "ordinary-looking" special police officers from Great Xia shake those giant-like European and American opponents? Everyone was holding back a strong desire to prove themselves!
After the organizers worked tirelessly through the night to set up the stadium, when the sun shone on the Spartan Arena the next day, a giant arena full of steel and power was presented to the world – the exclusive props for [Titan Games] were installed!

What really got the atmosphere going was the presence of the show's creator, international movie star "The Rock" Johnson, known for his tough-guy image. He will be the special guest host and supervisor for today's competition!

This team competition will use the most challenging and absolute strength-testing ultimate level in Titan Games – Mount Olympus!
Before the competition, Luo Fei gathered all the team members to watch the project videos repeatedly and familiarize themselves with the details of each level. The original individual challenge was adapted into a team relay, but the difficulty increased exponentially!
The "thousand-pound wall" that originally needed to be pushed has become a steel behemoth weighing three tons!
The "cliff" that needed to be climbed has changed from a height of 3 meters to a dizzying 9 meters!
The "iron ball" that needed to be towed has increased from 500 kilograms to a terrifying two tons!

The entire track consists of eight extreme challenges, which require five team members to complete in a relay format.

This means that one team member must be responsible for the challenge of more than one level!

How to allocate the levels became the most difficult problem facing all teams.

Luo Fei possesses both a god-level physique and god-level strength, making him fully capable of single-handedly conquering all eight levels.

However, the rules stipulate that each of the five team members must complete at least one checkpoint.

After a moment of contemplation, Luo Fei made a decision that left all his teammates speechless.

"List of players to be fielded."

Wu Peixiong, Han Tongyang, Cui Zhenqiang, Li Bin, and me.

"Tactics."

"The first four levels, each of you four will be responsible for one. The remaining four levels... are all mine."

"what?!"

"Brother Fei! You...you carried four of them all by yourself?!"

"Those last few levels were incredibly difficult! Especially that two-ton iron ball and the nine-meter cliff!"

"This is too risky! Fei-ge, can your body handle it?"

Not only the players about to take the field, but even the veteran players watching from the sidelines were anxious, feeling that Luo Fei's decision was simply insane!

Luo Fei simply waved his hand, his eyes resolute.

"Do as I say. Trust me."

His unquestionable tone made the team members swallow back the words of dissuasion that were on the tip of their tongues, but a heavy weight was pressing on everyone's heart.

Domestically, the official Douyin account of the Ganjiang Special Police Team has seen its follower count surge to 18 million! Regarding the previous defeat, the vast majority of netizens expressed understanding and offered words of comfort, with the comment section filled with "Keep it up!"

"I believe in you!"

"Let's get it back!"

Encouragement.

Even before the competition started, online discussions about "Titan Games" and the qualification situation were already in full swing.

Netizens spontaneously analyzed the advancement situation.

"The Shanghai team has virtually no hope of making it into the top eight. Let's try to get a good ranking in this match to improve our overall standing."

"The Flying Tigers are ranked 16th. If they want to make it into the top eight, they'd have to get a top-five or even top-three finish in this game. It's too difficult!"

"Ganjiang team is ranked 12th. If they want to make it into the top eight, they need to be in the top five in this match to have a theoretical chance!"

"But this project is clearly designed for strong European and American men! Our physiques are at a huge disadvantage!"

Domestic mainstream media and analysts generally expressed pessimism about the two teams, Ganjiang and Feihu, making it to the top eight. Some extreme netizens even suggested that "they should withdraw from the competition and save their energy for next year."

On the opposing side, the Sakura Kingdom was clearly well-prepared, sending five team members, all of whom were physically strong. One of them, a burly man named Mizutani Jun, weighed a whopping 238 pounds and had never appeared before. He was obviously a secret weapon, prepared to be responsible for the last two checkpoints that required the most strength.

The US team fielded its best players, with all five members being tall, strong, and muscular giants.

As the country of origin of this competitive program, their team members not only have a natural physical advantage, but have also undergone months of targeted closed training. They are determined to win the championship this year, and are even willing to do anything to achieve it.

As its loyal follower, Japan naturally hopes to get a share of the profits as well.

On match day, the sun rose as usual.

Due to the time difference, this is prime time in China. The number of online viewers on major live streaming platforms easily surpassed 30 million!
Although it was a weekday, countless people still tried to find time to follow the game.

The unprecedented buzz surrounding this match even caught the attention of several high-ranking officials in Kyoto. One official personally called Director Lei Wanting to inquire about the specifics of Luo Fei and the Ganjiang team.

In Luo Fei's hometown of Jiangcheng, the attention was unprecedented. In the streets and alleys, in teahouses and restaurants, many people were talking about the competition and about the "reckless" genius who came from Jiangcheng.

Luo Fei's mentor, Zhou Gang, also called, offering words of comfort in a somber tone.

"Xiaofei, don't put too much pressure on yourself."

This project...we're at a disadvantage from the start, so even...even if we're eliminated, no one will blame you. Just do your best and come back safe and sound.

Luo Fei held the phone and simply answered calmly.

"Master, I understand, I will do my best."

Immediately afterwards, Li Guo, the former leader, also made a similar call, his words filled with concern and reluctance.

What made Luo Fei's heart tighten the most was Chen Xuanran's call.

On the other end of the phone, Chen Xuanran's voice was filled with barely concealed sobs and anxiety.

"Luo Fei! You bastard! When...when did you make this pledge?! You'll kill yourself if you don't get into the top three?! Are you crazy?!"

Clearly, she had somehow learned of this strictly confidential information.

Luo Fei paused for a moment, trying to make his tone sound relaxed.

"Who told you that? It's okay, don't worry."

"How could I not be worried?!"

Chen Xuanran was practically shouting.

"You're currently ranked 12th! If you want to make it into the top eight and participate in the final battle, you need to get at least a top-five finish in this match!"
This is simply an impossible task!
This is a team competition, not a game you can play as a hero by yourself!

Luo Fei sighed and said, half-jokingly and half-seriously.

"Don't worry, I'm here. In case... I mean, in case I really die, you can find a good man to remarry..."

"Luo Fei! Go to hell!"

Chen Xuanran was so angry that she slammed down the phone. In her office, she was both anxious and furious, and tears finally streamed down her face. In her heart, she cursed this domineering bastard who always had to shoulder everything a thousand times.

Just as Luo Fei hung up Chen Xuanran's call and his emotions hadn't fully calmed down, another important call came in. The caller ID showed—Commander Chen Weiguo! (End of Chapter)