Chapter 045: The Road to Elite (II)

On the day Qiao Nan entered the competition, Qiao Jianjun had a very strange dream. He didn't dream much, but one night, he suddenly dreamed of his mother, who had been dead for many years. In the dream, he was lighting a fire on the stove in his hometown, and saw his mother coming from outside from a distance. But the two of them seem to be separated in two planes, his mother has never been able to walk beside him, and he has never been able to touch his mother.

"Mother, aren't you, aren't you dead, why are you back?" Qiao Jianjun asked strangely.

"I can't rest assured of you, come back and see!" The old lady was thin, hunched over, and unable to speak.

"The family is very good, and I have to go and burn paper for you a year ago. ”

"Where's Nan Nan? Will Nan Nan come with you? And Lulu, I haven't seen her for a long time!"

Qiao Jianjun said: "Didn't I tell you when I burned the paper on the eleventh, Lulu went to the United States and couldn't come back, so I burned a paper for her." Qiao Nan went to participate in the competition, if he can come back, I will definitely take him there! Mother, Qiao Nan has a future, and he must be a general in the future. Bless him!"

Mrs. Qiao trembled, but changed her crying appearance: "I want to see Nan Nan, I miss Nan Nan......"

No matter how Qiao Jianjun comforted him, the old mother would only repeat these words faintly, and the words "Nan Nan" in his mouth made Qiao Jianjun's heart furious, echoing in the room like a spell. I don't know how long it took for him to suddenly open his eyes, and then he realized that he had a dream.

This dream was too realistic, the mattress was soaked with cold sweat, and Qiao Jianjun's heart was pounding. He glanced at his phone, it was three o'clock in the morning, and he didn't feel sleepy anymore.

Her mother has passed away for many years, and Qiao Jianjun sweeps the tomb several times a year, so she rarely comes to her dreams. She kept muttering "Nan Nan", could it be that she was reminding herself that Qiao Nan was in danger?

No, it won't.

Qiao Jianjun looked for someone to see it, Qiao Nan's life was hard!

At that time, Qiao Nan had just been born, and Qiao Jianjun took his son's birth date and happily went to find a well-known fortune teller. The fortune teller said that Qiao Nan's five elements lacked wood, and the name was very good. He will be as tall and strong as his name, as hard as a nanmu, and extremely long-lived.

The fortune teller always picks up good things to say, and Qiao Jianjun is happy to believe it. Fortunately, Qiao Nan really grew tall and strong, like a towering nanmu. Qiao Jianjun thought to himself, it turned out that the fortune teller was not lying. In the future, no matter what difficulties Qiao Nan encounters, Qiao Jianjun will always remember this passage to comfort himself and tell himself that his son will be fine.

But after all, the game was full of danger, Qiao Jianjun was restless, and watched the sky outside light up little by little. He silently called out the familiar and distant name in his heartβ€”

Nan Nan, Nan Nan, hurry up and go home!

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In a mountainous area in central China, the winter rain fell all day and finally stopped at midnight. The temperature plummeted, freezing people's brains were not good, and many contestants had signs of cold.

Qiao Nan's physical fitness is very good, although he didn't catch a cold, he barely slept at night, and his physical strength was a little overdrawn. At the critical moment, willpower plays a decisive role, and Qiao Nan's willpower is tenacious, so he is still energetic like a chicken blood.

Yesterday, all the staff performed well, and Qiao Nan's group was ranked at the top of the list almost without suspense, revealing the king's spirit early. Before the departure of the second day, the members of the group formed a circle as usual to boost the morale of today's race.

Different from other groups shouting empty slogans, Qiao Nan was ingenious and thought of a new trick. He asked in a low voice: "In the college entrance examination, which is the most difficult military school to get into?"

The other eight people said in unison, resounding in the sky: "University of Science and Technology!"

Qiao Nan continued to ask, "Which military school has the highest requirements for cadets?"

"HKUST!"

"Which military school has the best grades and skills?"

"HKUST!"

"Where can the Sword of Elite belong?"

"HKUST!HKUST!HKD!!"

The majestic and powerful voice echoed in the martial arts arena, and the others didn't know what Qiao Nan said, and only heard several "University of Science and Technology". In addition to being inexplicable, they are very curious, and they are also a little jealous - looking at the momentum of the University of Science and Technology, they are aiming for the first place. The aura of the strong team is really not ordinary!

The first project of the second day was to build a rope bridge, and after receiving the task, Qiao Nan followed the steps and skillfully ordered: "Hadron swims over first, and the others are on guard in the direction of the opposite bank to cover Hadron Tzu!"

Everyone was in place, and the young man called Hadron jumped into the water without hesitation and swam to the opposite side. The river water is bitterly cold in winter, and the rain last night has made the water flow turbulent. If the water is not good, it is very likely to be washed away by the current. Qiangzi grew up on the edge of the Yangtze River since he was a child, so Qiao Nan asked him to swim over, and then threw the rope to him, and set up ropes on both sides, and the others passed over the rope bridge.

Qiao Nan looked at his teammates in the water very nervously, it stands to reason that he should have swam in a few seconds, but Qiangzi didn't swim for a long time, and could only see him lying together in the water. Time passed minute by minute, Qiao Nan was worried, and shouted at the water, but there was no response.

He suddenly had a very bad premonition: "Oh no, is he drowning?"

The river is too cold, and if you have cramps in your feet, you can easily drown.

The referee next to him asked, "Are you going to quit the project?" ”

"Nope. Qiao Nan's eyebrows tightened, and he said calmly: "I'll rescue the strong son back, and then go to the opposite side to build a bridge, you are still on guard in place, and the deputy captain is in charge of commanding, understand?"

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Understood!"

While being on guard, Tsering muttered, "Why is the captain also from the seaside, and the water is not much worse, right?"

In fact, except for hadrons, everyone else's water nature is half a catty. Although Qiao Nan can swim since he was a child, he has not been specially trained, and he doesn't need to have superb swimming skills to take a bath, so he is not much better than others. This time, it was a huge test of physical strength to drag people back from the water and swim to the opposite rope bridge. Qiao Nan is the commander, but his physical fitness is top-notch, so he can only let him go.

Qiao Nan had never hated water so much, and the moment he entered the water, he was so cold that his soul went out of his body. He risked being swept away by the current, and struggled to drag his comrades back. Hadron did have a leg cramp, and he himself was annoyed by this unexpected mistake.

Qiao Nan asked, "Can you continue to play?"

Qiangzi reluctantly said, "No problem, just break your thumb." ”

Qiao Nan didn't have time to say anything else, so he turned around and swam towards the opposite bank. In order to win, he didn't even have time to feel the cold. He quickly set up the rope bridge and shouted at the other side: "Don't forget to wear a protective rope!

The team members crawled over vigorously, and the strong son with leg cramps did not drag his legs, gritted his teeth, and supported it with a tenacious will, and his comrades-in-arms were moved. The team was determined to win the event, but they wasted more than ten minutes than expected, and they only finished fifth in the event.

"It's all my fault!" Qiangzi was so annoyed that he almost burst into tears.

"It's okay, who would have thought of cramping underwater?" Qiao Nan's heart was dripping blood at the thought of the points that had been deducted. He wanted to jump like thunder, but he restrained and restrained, and finally comforted his teammates without changing his face.

Navigator Zhao Yu said: "Accurate shooting and marching are our strengths, don't be discouraged, there are still opportunities in the future!"

"Yes, cheer up, from now on, don't make a mistake once!" Qiao Nan led the team and shouted again: "Which is the most difficult military school to get into?"

"HKUST!"

"Which is the strongest military school?"

"HKUST!"

"Who does the Sword of Elite belong to in the end?"

"HKUST!HKUST!HKD!!"

The word "University of Science and Technology" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of this group of young people, and they shouted it out with all their might, so that the name "University of Science and Technology" echoed in the hot competition field and in this sky belonging to young people. They are not afraid to be known, they are meant to win, and to win beautifully!

Two more events were compared, and although one group won the competition, it was unable to distance itself from others. The mistake of the rope bridge caused them to fall off the ranking all of a sudden, and now although they have recovered a little, they are thrown behind a certain land courtyard and temporarily ranked second.

There was only one last item left, and Qiao Nan's heart was like being bitten by hundreds of millions of ants, and he couldn't be at peace for a moment. But the guys from the Lu Courtyard came over to tease them, and when they walked past Qiao Nan, they whistled.

"Hey, do you know which military school is the most difficult and strongest?"

"Isn't it the University of Science and Technology? Aren't the people of the University of Science and Technology so proud that their eyes have grown to the sky?"

"It's a pity, it's just that the slogan is shouted loudly, and we have been abused by us a few times before!"

"Let's trample on the first military academy of Huaxia, so how many are we in line?"

The sound of ridicule and ridicule continued to reach their ears, and several sophomore students couldn't hold it back, and almost rushed up to fight with the students of the Lu Academy, but they were stopped by the seniors. Qiao Nan was silent, his face turned the color of pig liver, and no one knew what he was thinking.

When the captain of the Lu Academy was about to walk over, Qiao Nan grabbed him and said, "The game is not over yet, we might as well make a bet." ”

The captain of the Lu Academy was also a hot-blooded young man, and he readily agreed: "Okay, what do you say to bet?"

"If HKUST wins, how about you lead your team members and shout three times, 'HKUST is the best, HKUST is the strongest, HKUST is the champion!'

Captain Lu Yuan smiled: "Yes, but I firmly believe that there will be no such thing." The final victory must be ours, isn't it, brothers?"

The students of the Lu Academy cheered loudly, and when the cheers subsided, the captain of the Lu Academy said again: "But it's okay to make a bet, if it is us who wins in the end, then please shout three times from your University of Science and Technology, 'The Lu Academy is the most powerful, the University of Science and Technology can't beat it, and the University of Science and Technology is willing to bow down', how about it?"

The students of the University of Science and Technology were angry and their eyes were red, Qiao Nan clenched his fists and asked, "Brothers, do you dare to make this bet?"

"Dare!

In the end, if the referee hadn't come to pull them, it is estimated that the two gangs would have been able to fight. has been provoked like this, even if the team of the University of Science and Technology risked their lives, they had to run back first.

The most important thing is to test the navigator's ability to distinguish and the captain's ability to judge, to see if he has 100% trust in the navigator and lead the whole team to embark on the right path at the critical moment, so as to greatly save the marching time, and time is victory.

Navigator Zhao Yu studied meteorology, and he had the most knowledge of geography among this group of people. After getting the map, he quickly made a judgment and said to Qiao Nan: "If you go around Forest A, it will take two hours to be the most optimistic, but you see there is a cliff here, if you can climb it, you can reach it over the mountain." ”

Qiao Nan confirmed: "You read that right? Are you sure that the camp is over the cliff?"

Zhao Yu was afraid that he would lead the wrong way, so he squinted his eyes again, and then said: "I'm sure, climb the cliff, and then run five hundred meters down the mountain, and you will reach the camp." ”

Qiao Nan asked again, "How high is this cliff?"

Zhao Yu frowned and counted it, and said, "Conservative estimate, it will not exceed fifteen meters." ”

"Are you sure?"

Faced with Qiao Nan's confirmation again and again, Zhao Yu was also a little weak-hearted. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, calmed down and counted again, and finally said firmly, "I can be sure!"

Fifteen meters, this height can be climbed with bare hands, Qiao Nan is still very confident in his strength. Besides, they also have the Tibetan elite Tsering, who has been running all over the mountains since he was a child, and it is not a problem to climb up. As long as one person climbs up and lowers the rope, the others will do the same.

Anyway, the group of referees didn't say that they were not allowed to use ropes, and Qiao Nan could use them confidently.

But considering this, Qiao Nan always felt that it would not be so smooth. The purpose is to make them waste their time, and in the end they can only give up and obediently sum up the lessons - there is no shortcut to take, and if you take a shortcut, it is easy to fall into the trap!

If you go around the woods in a regular manner, if you are lucky, you can find a few paths, and you may be able to reach it in two hours, but those guys in the Lu Yuan are also very good, and they will not be worse than Qiao Nan and them; according to the navigator's judgment, if you take this cliff, you can reduce the time by at least half, but if the navigator makes a mistake in judgment, there is no hope of turning over.

Time was passing, and Qiao Nan felt that a mountain was pressing on his shoulders.

The navigator urged: "Captain, we must make a decision as soon as possible!"

Qiao Nan was heartbroken and decided to take a gamble. His eyes were as sharp as eagles, and he swept over each team member: "Brothers, on the battlefield, should we trust each other?"

"Yes!"

"I trust the navigator's judgment, what about you?"

"Believe in it, and believe that the captain will lead us to victory!" Each student was bright-eyed and flashed with a desire for victory.

"Alright, let's work together and head for the cliff. Comrades, rush!"

* Note: The appearance in this article is not a regular sequence, and it has been adjusted according to the plot, so don't take it too seriously.