At first, it was almost a disaster.

"Slow down! Tangtang, don't pull me!"

"Zhou Xia, watch your step! There are trees ahead!"

"Ouch!"

Before they had gone a hundred meters, the three of them tumbled together because they were out of sync. The ropes dug deep into their flesh, causing excruciating pain.

"Get up! Stop playing dead!"

Despite her face being covered in mud, Liu Shiyun gripped the rope tightly and dragged the other two people off the ground.

This time, no one complained.

Because they knew more than ever that their lives were tied to the other two ends of the rope.

This extreme bondage forced them to form a bizarre symbiotic relationship.

To survive, you must cooperate.

To survive, you must adapt to the rhythm of someone you once looked down upon or even wanted to abandon.

One kilometer, two kilometers...

Gradually, the originally chaotic footsteps began to become more unified.

"Left! Right! Left! Right!"

Zhou Xia started calling out work chants.

Tangtang stopped crying, but gritted her teeth and desperately followed.

Liu Shiyun carefully observed the terrain and used the slightest pull of the rope on her wrist to send directional signals to her companions.

Chen Zheng followed at a distance, watching the three stumbling figures, and couldn't help but nod.

"Humans are just inherently worthless."

He chuckled and flicked a pebble from his fingertip, knocking the head off a lone wolf that was trying to flank him.

"They have to do it this way to learn to cooperate. It seems these people can't be kept around."

This high-intensity running continued until the morning of the fifth day.

The three were already exhausted and were only able to stay alive by sheer willpower and the instinct to survive.

Soon, a gurgling stream appeared ahead, with stones covered in silt underwater.

"Jump over!" Liu Shiyun shouted.

The three of them jumped almost simultaneously.

However, the moment she landed, severe dehydration and calcium deficiency caused Tangtang's calf muscles to suddenly spasm.

"what!"

She screamed in agony as her right leg completely lost its support, and she fell forward to her knees uncontrollably.

Normally, this fall would just be another injury.

But now, they are tied together.

The immense pulling force was instantly transmitted along the rope. Liu Shiyun and Zhou Xia, who had just landed, had no time to adjust their center of gravity before they were rudely pulled down by this brutal force.

Pfft!

The three of them plunged into the icy stream one after another, and were instantly swallowed up by the rushing water.

……

After half an hour.

Splash!

Three soaking wet figures struggled to climb up.

Liu Shiyun's body curves, which she has always been proud of, are now covered by thick silt from the riverbed.

Tangtang was in an even worse state; her face was swollen like a steamed bun, and she was coughing up river water.

Zhou Xia was in slightly better condition, but she was still quite strangled by the nylon rope connecting the three of them.

They tumbled in the turbulent river for a full two kilometers, nearly perishing at the bottom.

The only good news is that the smell that attracted the wolves has finally been washed away.

"I...I survived..."

Tang Tang lay sprawled on her back on the gravel beach, her chest heaving violently.

However, he hadn't even caught his breath yet.

A shadow fell silently over the area.

Liu Shiyun struggled to open her eyes and saw that Chen Zheng had been standing quietly in front of them for some time.

"Tsk."

Chen Zheng smacked his lips lightly, saying nothing, yet it seemed as if he had said everything.

Liu Shiyun felt a rush of blood to her head, and she felt so ashamed and angry that she wanted to die.

She wanted to argue back, but found that the muscles on the inside of her thighs were constantly spasming after being soaked in cold water and exercising, and she couldn't muster any strength.

"Instructor... I can't move..." Zhou Xia cried, her arm dislocated while she was rolling around in the water.

Chen Zheng raised an eyebrow and slowly squatted down: "Can't move?"

"Alright, seeing how miserable you are, I'll give you a massage."

Liu Shiyun's heart skipped a beat, and a strong sense of foreboding instantly washed over her.

She had tried Chen Zheng's massage before.

Before she could think it through, Chen Zheng's large hand had already grabbed Zhou Xia's dislocated arm.

"Bear with it, it might be a little..."

Click!

"what!"

Zhou Xia's scream had barely escaped her throat when her bones were already back in place.

"...It's sour and refreshing." Chen Zheng slowly finished the second half of the sentence, a wicked smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

His gaze then fell on Tang Tang.

The girl was curled up like a shrimp, her back stiffly arched, clearly due to muscle spasms.

"Your major back muscles are so stiff, if they're ruined, how will you train them in the future?"

Chen Zheng stepped forward, placed one knee on Tang Tang's side, and pressed his hands firmly against the sides of her tense spine.

"Don't!"

Tangtang screamed in terror and instinctively twisted her body to try to get away.

"Behave yourself!"

Chen Zheng gave a low shout and pressed his palm down sharply.

An indescribable, piercing, and excruciating sensation instantly shot up my spine and straight to the top of my head.

"Hmm~"

Tangtang's neck tilted back uncontrollably, her eyes rolled back, and she instantly went limp.

Chen Zheng's technique was extremely domineering, showing no mercy whatsoever, precisely grasping every piece of fused muscle.

"It's your turn."

After finishing preparing the sugar candy, Chen Zheng turned his head and fixed his gaze on Liu Shiyun.

Liu Shiyun was desperately using her elbows to support herself as she moved backward, her face filled with terror.

"No...no need! I...I can manage on my own! I have a master's degree in physics, I understand biomechanics..."

"Shut up."

"ah!"

A heart-wrenching scream shattered the tranquility of the riverbank, startling a flock of birds into flight.

……

A few minutes later.

The riverbank was a mess.

The three girls lay sprawled on the ground in strange positions, their bodies occasionally twitching uncontrollably, and they kept uttering incomprehensible groans.

"Alright, stop playing dead." Chen Zheng stood up, shaking the mud off his hands. "Your meridians are open, and your blood and qi are flowing smoothly. Now it's time to get down to business."

"Attention, everyone! Stand up!"

This loud shout carried an undeniable authority.

Although the three girls' legs were still trembling uncontrollably, none of them dared to disobey the order.

"Weighted squats, 500, immediately!"

Chen Zheng pointed to several stones of different sizes next to him.

"Do I need to teach you how to do it? Pick them up!"

He's a devil.

After two days and two nights of non-stop travel, they thought Chen Zheng had a change of heart and was willing to let them rest, even giving them massages.

Although the process is somewhat difficult to describe, its effects are ultimately undeniable.

But right after the massage, when my body had just recovered a little, I wasn't even allowed to catch my breath before having to do this kind of intense training.

At that moment, the three of them felt that death wasn't so terrible after all.

But when they actually met Chen Zheng's cold eyes, all their protests vanished.

Liu Shiyun gritted her teeth, trembling as she picked up a rock weighing at least twenty pounds, and began to squat down.

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