Soldiers' Assault: Veteran Special Agents and New Recruits

Each backpack had a Velcro strap with a different number written on it.

Obviously.

This is the number that Lü Tu just mentioned, a unique number for each reserve player.

Running with a backpack is a whole level more difficult than running without a backpack; it requires a stronger physique and is much more physically demanding.

Lu Tu was a typical person who was stubborn on the outside but soft on the inside, so he deliberately reduced his speed by three kilometers.

The car slowed down, making it much easier to drive.

The White Dragon and Lone Wolf, who had been leading the way, took this opportunity to adjust their physical condition in order to improve their endurance.

As the first group slowed down, the second group gradually caught up.

"Private First Class? I'm not seeing things, am I?"

A second-class sergeant showed great potential, surpassing Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie, who were ahead of the second echelon. Upon seeing the ranks on their uniforms, he was filled with surprise and skepticism.

"What? You have a problem with that?"

Xiao Yunjie was already exhausted from running, and someone still came over to show off their superiority. He retorted angrily on the spot.

"Out of these fifty of us, only the two of you hold the rank of Private First Class. The rest of you are at least Corporal. You two aren't in this position because of connections, are you?"

The second-class sergeant's baseless speculation was extremely impolite, and Xiao Yunjie, enraged, immediately snapped back, "Can't you speak properly? Who are you calling a crony? Just because you're a sergeant doesn't mean you're above the law. What? You want to try?"

"You're all talk and no action. If you're so capable, come and catch up with me first."

After the second-class sergeant finished his provocation, he accelerated and overtook the other officer.

"Old Xiao, hurry, chase after them."

Yan Poyue doesn't like to engage in verbal sparring, but that doesn't mean he has no temper. Being ridiculed for no reason successfully ignited his competitive spirit.

No longer caring about Xiao Yunjie's speed, he took off chasing after him.

"Wow, you still have the energy to chat? Looks like you guys have plenty of stamina and inexhaustible energy. Great, I like that kind of thing."

Lu Tu vaguely heard the bickering behind him and ordered the carriages to speed up again.

Still not recovered, Bai Long and Gu Lang had no choice but to increase their speed again and catch up, resuming their previous energetic sprint.

They ran for a full hour, and all the trainees were almost dizzy from running.

But the torment wasn't over yet!

Lu Tu led the way to a hillside several tens of meters high. He drove up without any problems, but the contestants encountered big trouble when they followed him up.

As the runners prepared to go uphill, a group of armed police suddenly appeared on both sides of the road.

They were all holding high-pressure water guns. When they saw the runners preparing to go uphill, they immediately turned on the switches, and high-pressure water jets gushed out.

"Pfft~ Pfft~ Pfft..."

The high-pressure water spray not only soaked the reserve team members, but also turned the muddy slope into a slippery playground.

The athletes lost their grip on the ground and fell down, sliding off the platform.

There's no way to run up there!

Lu Tu, who had driven the car to the top of the hill and stopped, was still holding a megaphone and said "shamelessly": "You bunch of greenhorns haven't showered for days, you're all covered in dirt and smelly."

This is a perk specially arranged by the captain, so you can take a good shower before entering the base…”

The reserve team members were all itching to curse, but they could only make the most of the time, using both their hands and feet to increase friction and slowly climb up step by step.

Once the reserve team members had finally climbed up, Lü Tu drove the car forward again.

However, they did announce some new information.

That is to tell the trainees that there is a nutritious and delicious hot soup prepared ahead, enticing them to speed up their run again.

Those who made it into the training team were all well aware of what was going on.

Once recruits or cadets participate in training or selection, the commanding officers like to use various methods to give them a shocking lesson when they arrive at the camp.

In short, it's a show of force!

No matter how many times the military has been reformed, how many rounds of equipment upgrades have been carried out, or how advanced the technology has become, this has always existed.

It's like it's etched into your DNA, something that can't be changed by anything.

Therefore, on the first night of the training camp, on the way to the Cheetah Commando base, the trainees were tortured by Lü Tu in various ways, but they did not feel angry.

Everyone knows this step is essential, and there are even bigger pitfalls waiting for them to fall into later.

So, in this unchangeable situation, all the trainees had only one thought in their minds: persevere, persevere, and persevere some more.

As for Lü Tu, he constantly made sarcastic remarks and put a lot of pressure on everyone along the way.

The students all chose to ignore it!

Even under these circumstances where there was already no goodwill, the trainees split into several factions when Lu Tu kindly announced that there would be hot soup to drink.

Some students believed that such a good thing really existed, and were finally able to sit down, rest, and drink soup.

Some trainees were highly skeptical, not believing that the instructors who would try to torment them would suddenly become benevolent in this situation.

Some trainees were convinced that this was a trap, a new pit waiting for everyone to jump into.

A small minority are even more extreme.

They believed that even if it was a pit, it didn't matter, as long as there was food to eat and they could rest for a while, they didn't care how big the pit was later.

With various thoughts and ideas in mind, the trainees continued to run forward with all their might.

At this point, the team had split into three large groups.

With overwhelming physical prowess, White Wolf ran alone at the forefront, leaving everyone behind and creating a gap in the pack.

Lone Wolf's stamina was far inferior to White Wolf's, and he had already fallen down with Yan Poyue and the others.

The last remaining third-best team had completely lost their confidence in competing for first place; their only thought was not to be last.

When Yan Poyue and Lone Wolf arrived at the rest stop, they found that there was indeed food waiting for them.

A row of tables was set up under a field tent, with a row of food bowls on the tables, and cooks from the kitchen crew waiting behind them.

Meanwhile, the white dragon, who was running at the forefront and breaking through the barrier, was already eating his lunchbox.

Yan Poyue and the others were relatively fortunate; after the competition, they were given a meal upon returning to the camp. Although it wasn't lavish, it did replenish their hunger from the past two days.

However, more than ten hours have passed, and I'm hungry again.

The other 46 reserve players, who were further away and had more time to spare, were brought over immediately after the match.

There were no meals arranged in between.

On the way here, each person was given a small steamed bun and a small carton of milk, which was barely enough to fill a gap in their teeth.

After running for more than two hours, my stomach is growling with hunger.

Seeing the table laden with food and smelling the delicious aroma of the dishes, how could anyone resist? Their mouths watered.

"Line up, take out your food bowls, and take turns to get your food."

As Lu Tu shouted from the sidelines, the trainees quickly opened their waist bags, took out their lunchboxes, and rushed to the front to line up for food.

I thought I could have a good meal here, but when I got there and started queuing, I realized something was wrong.

The bowls were indeed full of things, but they weren't the braised pork they had imagined. Instead, they contained various kinds of insects that had been boiled and then deep-fried.

There were some kind of insect eggs, some kind of beetle, and something similar to a cicada.

Eating insects isn't something everyone can accept. People who like them can treasure them, while those who don't can have nightmares just from looking at them.

Most of the trainees had never eaten this before, and when they saw the insects in their lunchboxes, their faces looked worse than if they were crying.

Even though Lu Tu was loudly proclaiming that these things were full of protein and that we had to eat them all if we didn't want to be eliminated.

Many contestants simply couldn't bring themselves to eat it and stood there for a long time without taking a bite.

In order to help the trainees overcome their resistance, Lü Tu used the image of a lone wolf wolfing down its food as a positive example, saying, "Look at those female soldiers, and then look at your pathetic state."

Let me tell you, she is a sniper who can operate independently without a spotter.

She once survived for three weeks in the African jungle on just a bag of compressed biscuits. You can ask her what she survived on.

What delicious things you're holding in your hands must be to her.

After finishing his speech, Lü Tu turned and left, leaving the space to the trainees.

Bai Long glanced at Lone Wolf with surprise, a clear look of admiration flashing in his eyes, before looking away and settling into his meal.

For Bailong, who was enlisting for the second time, all of this was very familiar to him, just like being at home.

He can do what a lone wolf can do, and he can do it even better.

There's no need to go and join the fun!

The other trainees were not familiar with Lone Wolf, and because he always had a cold and aloof expression, he gave people the feeling of keeping them at arm's length.

Therefore, even though Lü Tu mentioned it before leaving, no one dared to actually go and ask.

Only Xiao Yunjie and Yan Poyue, who came from the same assessment group and had crossed paths with each other by chance, went over out of curiosity.

"025, what did you eat in the African jungle back then?" Xiao Yunjie asked curiously, sitting next to Lone Wolf.

"I eat ant eggs, all kinds of worms, as long as they contain protein and carbohydrates."

Lone Wolf spoke as if he were talking about someone else, without any change in expression. In fact, while speaking, he stuffed two more larvae into his mouth.

"Carbohydrates can be solved by protein, and there shouldn't be a lack of water in the jungle, so how do you replenish your salt?" Yan Poyue asked from the other side.

"Lick stones, eat dirt, salty stuff, it's everywhere from there," Lone Wolf replied calmly.

"ah??"

Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie exchanged a glance; these things were beyond their comprehension.

"Then...aren't you afraid of getting diarrhea? Or parasitic dysentery or something like that? It can be fatal." Xiao Yunjie asked, stammering in shock.

"Drink kerosene."

The lone wolf answered with just three simple words, then rummaged through the rice bowl, scooping out the crumbs and bits of food, tilting his head back and shoveling them all into his mouth.

But not a single bit is wasted!

Seeing how much she was enjoying the food, Yan Poyue realized he really couldn't eat such insects himself, so he held out his bowl and said, "I really can't eat this much, here, have some."

"Mine, and mine too."

Xiao Yunjie quickly brought the lunchbox over as well, asking Lone Wolf to eat some of it.

The food in the lunchbox cannot be thrown away. If you can't finish it, the best solution is to give it to someone else. That solves the problem perfectly.

The lone wolf was clearly not full and did not accept the two men's kindness without any courtesy.

They delivered the empty lunchbox.

Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie immediately started dumping, pouring most of the insect feast from their respective lunchboxes into Lone Wolf's lunchbox.

I also got half a box for Lone Wolf.

"What kind of skill is drinking kerosene? What's the use of drinking that stuff?" Xiao Yunjie asked curiously.

"Drinking a small spoonful every twelve hours can kill parasites in the body and effectively relieve dysentery."

Lone Wolf accepted the food from the two men, and then added, "That stuff doesn't taste very good; it makes me feel nauseous."

However, finding discarded kerosene in the absence of medical supplies is already extremely lucky for a sniper.

After saying that, Lone Wolf hugged the food bowl and began to wolf down her food, the insects crunching loudly in her mouth.

Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie were greatly shocked. It was not only that drinking kerosene had such a magical effect, but many of the lone wolves ate it with great relish without changing their expressions.

I couldn't help but keep scratching my head, feeling like something was growing in my brain.

"You two, aren't you going to eat? If you don't eat, you won't be able to hold on, and tonight won't end so easily," Lone Wolf kindly reminded him while eating.

It's astonishing that the proud and aloof Lone Wolf would be so kind as to say so many words.

He has said more than he has since the beginning of the event.

It's all thanks to the food that was divided up.

Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie really didn't want to eat it. They had never eaten this kind of thing before, and just looking at it made their scalps tingle.

But considering that there's still so much to go tonight, I definitely won't be able to hold on if I don't replenish my energy.

If you get eliminated in the first round of training, it would be incredibly embarrassing.

After much deliberation.

Yan Poyue and Xiao Yunjie could only grit their teeth, suppress their discomfort, and pinch a worm in their hands, wondering how to eat it.

"Use your teeth more and your tongue less; don't taste, just chew a few times and swallow, like I do."

Seeing how uncomfortable they were, Lone Wolf offered some tips and even demonstrated by putting one in his mouth.

"These are all deep-fried and have less salt, which is much better than eating them raw in the wild. Don't be shy, eat them quickly," Lone Wolf urged.

"Eat it raw??"

Yan Poyue was shocked once again.

Thinking that even a woman like Lone Wolf could act this way, how could a grown man like him be so pretentious? He hardened his heart, put the food in his mouth, chewed it a couple of times, and swallowed it.

After eating it, I found that the taste was actually not bad, and it even had a unique flavor.

The inability to eat is purely psychological.

Having overcome his psychological barrier by eating the first one, Yan Poyue immediately increased his speed, devouring one after another.

It was as if they wanted to take this opportunity to hone themselves and prove that they were no worse than anyone else.

Seeing his good brother eating so heartily, Xiao Yunjie was about to put some in his mouth, even though he was resisting, but he stopped just as it reached his lips.

His intense nausea made it impossible for him to do it.

(End of this chapter)