I enlisted four times! My former unit blacklisted me.

At dawn, the reveille sounded throughout the camp.

The new recruits were startled awake, and a chill ran down their spines.

Some people sat up resentfully, while others instantly snapped out of it, jumped out of bed, and quickly got dressed.

The new recruits in the first platoon got up as usual.

Zhao Yihang, with sleepy eyes and yawning repeatedly, tied his shoelaces.

In his dazed state, he glanced at Wu Hanfeng's bed out of the corner of his eye.

The bed was empty; the person was gone, and the tofu blankets were neatly folded.

Zhao Yihang: !!!

Immediately afterwards, his gaze shifted and he saw Wu Hanfeng standing by the bed.

Wu Hanfeng was warming up by moving his wrists and ankles.

Zhao Yihang rubbed his eyes in disbelief and looked again.

He wasn't wrong about Wu; Hanfeng is all sorted out now.

Wu Hanfeng is known in the recruit company for being a late sleeper, so why is he up so early today?

Zhao Yihang asked in confusion, "Brother Feng?"

"Did the company commander let you participate in the assessment alone?"

Wu Hanfeng: "No."

Zhao Yihang: "What wrong thing have you done?"

Wu Hanfeng: "No."

Zhao Yihang: "Then why are you up so early?"

"There are still ten minutes until it's time for morning exercises."

Wu Hanfeng: "The early bird catches the worm, so get up early to train."

"We should cherish the morning hours and get up a little earlier."

Zhao Yihang: "The early bird catches the worm? Brother Feng, who possessed you? How could you say something like that?"

Wu Hanfeng, feigning seriousness, lectured him, "Young comrade, how can you judge people with such an unchanging perspective?"

People change.

"Besides, I'm naturally quite diligent and like to get up early."

Zhao Yihang: ? ? ?

Are you diligent?

Do you like waking up early?

Every day, the class monitor comes to your bedside, yelling and cursing to get you out of bed.

Then you slowly get out of bed.

Zhao Yihang and Qian Kun exchanged a glance and then stealthily leaned closer to him.

While tying his shoelaces, he whispered, "Kun'er, don't you think Brother Feng is acting strange today?"

Qian Kun nodded and said, "I felt it."

"No, he's been acting strange since last night."

"After the lights were turned off yesterday, he went to the bathroom and came back to lie on the bed, staring at the ceiling, looking thoughtful."

"That look in his eyes was different from usual."

Zhao Yihang: "Brother Feng, are you planning something big?"

Qian Kun: "I guess so. That look in his eyes was a bit scary, like he was going to fight a battle he was sure to win."

As Qian Kun finished speaking, he subconsciously looked at Zhao Yihang, and the two exchanged a glance.

It gave me the creeps.

The two whispered in unison, "Is Brother Feng about to do something big again?"

Qian Kun: "After Brother Feng made a similar expression last time, the entire disciplinary team almost got wiped out."

Zhao Yihang: "This morning's morning exercises are probably not going to be peaceful."

Qian Kun: "Let's stick close to Brother Feng, just in case he needs our help."

Zhao Yihang: "Okay!"

At 6:10, the assembly whistle rang out precisely on time in the open space in front of the dormitory building.

Chen Zhiyuan stood at the front of the line, his face grim as he looked at the many new recruits.

He said sternly, "This morning's exercise is a lightly equipped 5-kilometer cross-country run. We'll run it according to the assessment criteria."

"Requirement: Passing in 23 minutes, and increasing the overall passing rate of the class by 5 percentage points."

New recruit: "Yes...yes..."

The responses were few and scattered.

Chen Zhiyuan's face darkened even more instantly, and he angrily reprimanded, "You can't even say 'yes' in unison, what kind of breakfast are you going to eat later?!"

Many new recruits were scolded, and now they are all on high alert.

"yes!!!"

Chen Zhiyuan: "Everyone, please! Let's go!"

As is customary, Zhou Haibo stepped out of the group, organized the ranks, and then led the team to set off.

Five kilometers is already very familiar to the new recruits.

Although I still complain and resist every time I run, at least my legs don't feel weak after running like they did in the first few days after I arrived, and they don't hurt the next day.

As Chen Zhiyuan watched the team preparing to depart, his attention was immediately drawn to Wu Hanfeng out of the corner of his eye.

Wu Hanfeng stood at the end of the first squad's formation, maintaining a perfect military posture and looking straight ahead.

He had known Wu Hanfeng for several years and knew Wu Hanfeng's habits very well.

This person usually stands in formation, and although his military posture is standard, there is a sense of relaxation in his bones.

Today, however, he gives off the feeling of being tense and strained all over.

It's like an arrow on the bowstring, ready to be launched at any moment.

In Chen Zhiyuan's memory, he had only seen Wu Hanfeng in this state once before, and today was the second time.

The first time was seven years ago, when Wu Hanfeng first joined the army and stood at attention for the first time. He was punished by his squad leader to stand for an hour.

He was just as tense back then.

But that time I was nervous, so tired I couldn't hold back anymore, and I was trying my best to stay calm.

This time it was clearly not like that; it sounded more like excitement.

Chen Zhiyuan's heart tightened, and he thought to himself: This guy, could he be plotting something again?

Nothing much has happened lately, which is unusual.

While he was still wondering, Zhou Haibo had already organized the team.

"preparation--"

"run!"

At the command, all the new recruits rushed out.

At first, as always, the morning exercises were conducted in the same manner as usual.