For Peter and Roque, sitting face-to-face for dinner with a prince was the first time in their lives.

For Ax, it was also the first time in his life that he was chatting with the boys in his class and nibbling on beef patties.

At first, there was a little awkwardness between each other - because they didn't know what to say.

They could only receive their own food, walk to a relative window position with a plate and sit down, and eat it all.

Olbi's signature beef patty is a pure meatloaf without a dough.

It is said that the best beef is selected, beaten and marinated, then seasoned and mixed to make a round cake with oil, and a special sauce is poured on it before serving, so it is delicious and delicious.

Every time the restaurant launches this staple dish, it must be fully booked early, especially for students after a lot of exercise, especially for this dish.

It's just that its name is a bit simple compared to other dishes, and the signature dishes of a place may be known for their characteristics, and may not meet everyone's appetite.

So if it weren't for the upperclassmen to tell their juniors, the freshmen who had just entered the school wouldn't have noticed it at all.

Lin Zexin's roommate has a brother who is also at Olbi National University, so he naturally has a lot of experience to teach his younger brother in life, and even Xiaolin has learned a lot.

After trying Olbi's signature beef patty once and "shocking the cake", Lin Zexin immediately shared the delicious food that needed to be "grabbed" with his friend Prince Ax.

At this time, the little prince who was tasting the beef patty gave a hundred likes to Kobayashi, a classmate who "reported the news", and the beef patty in front of him!

Peter and Roque, who were sitting across from Ax, were still very restrained at first, but the deliciousness of the food made everyone appetite, and they couldn't care about reserve and demeanor, and they couldn't stop biting into it, and with the refreshing lemonade, they couldn't stop.

When they had eaten the beef patties and other side dishes on their plates, they felt that their bodies had been hollowed out after a day of physical training had regained some vitality.

Roque patted his belly gently - so full! So satisfied!

It's often said that a smile and good food are the best way to get closer, and that's really not ineffective wherever you put it.

Roque smiled and said to Prince Ax: "Your Highness, you are so powerful, you can find such delicious things!" ”

It's not that you're too good at running, it's not that you're too good at studying, it's not that you're too good at pickling...... It's that it's good to eat, and I don't know if it's a compliment.

But if you think about it, it's very good to find good food, it's really no worse than the above, and it's even an excellent survival skill.

So Roque's tone seemed very sincere - this compliment was much more real than the previous compliments between Peter and Ax about physical training!

When Axes heard Roque's "compliment", he immediately said modestly: "It's all my friend who told me, otherwise I wouldn't have noticed this beef patty." ”

Roque nodded and agreed: "That's right, that's right, this name is not special at all, it's too unpretentious, who knew it was such a connotative meatloaf?" Hahahaha......"

Seeing that the other party was smiling heartily, Axes also showed a shallow smile, which made his already excellent face even more dazzling.

"It's really a meatloaf!" He said approvingly.

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Peter and Roque, dazzled by the bright color, were stunned for a moment, but they quickly came to their senses.

When he heard Akers' ridiculous words, he suddenly felt that it was very interesting to say such a common and down-to-earth thing from the prince's mouth.

With such a good start, the rest of the chat went a lot smoother.

"I heard that Carter's Shvik Palace occupies a super large area, and it is one-third larger than Samus's Selentu Palace, have you walked around where you live?" Roque asked curiously.

I felt that the other party's tone was particularly exaggerated when he said "super big", but it was difficult for Acers to feel too much about an unfamiliar place, so he could only say ambiguously: "That's still nothing...... Besides, there are some places where no one is allowed to enter......"

"I know, I know, it's the kind of dungeon that was built in ancient times!" Roque lowered his voice, as if they were saying something extremely secret, but he couldn't suppress the excitement and gossip in his heart: "I really envy you, this is going to play castle exploration, how interesting!" ”

Peter saw that Roque was not at all incomprehensible, and asked about the secret affairs of the palace, and quickly poked his arm under the table, signaling him to shut up quickly.

Who knows that the little prince never (has not) been (gone) to (go) (over), and smiled: "When our military training is about to end, we should also go on a jungle adventure, right?" ”

The "jungle adventure" he refers to is a simulated actual battle, which is actually a kind of detachment confrontation type of wilderness survival training.

Not to mention what the girls in the class think, anyway, the three boys feel very yearning and looking forward to it.

So as soon as Axes mentioned this, Roque no longer thought about the place that he couldn't explore in his life, and instead focused on simulating actual combat.

"I heard Mr. Peng Jieli say that we have to be divided into groups in this simulated actual battle, and the whole class of 18 students is divided into three groups to act, and we boys can't stay in one group according to the convention, and one person will add a team at that time." Peter told Roque and Ax what he had gotten.

"Isn't it?! It's hard to play, do you still have to carry five drag oil bottles?! Roque shouted quietly and plaintively.

Peter glanced at him and felt that this kid was really naïve, and he said softly: "What do you mean by playing, simulating actual combat is the most difficult part of the entire military training, okay?!" It turned out that many seniors passed the military training with the passing line, just because they didn't get a single point in the simulated actual combat! ”

"It's so hard?" Roque was startled, he looked at Axes and asked, "Have you heard of it, Your Highness?" It seems that he is a little unconvinced, and wants to find the "backstage hard" Acx to confirm.

- How could he have heard of anything!

Arkes felt that Peter had no reason to be alarmist, so he said vaguely, "Do your best, it won't be too bad." ”

Feeling that the little prince finally said a "official word" that matched his identity, Roque sneered: "When you pray to the God of Light, please be sure to help us beg him together, so that we can pass with a high score!" ”

Ax: "......"

After a day of physical training, everyone is already very tired.

Although they had just had a full meal and had an extremely delicious beef patty, it was just as important for the teenagers to have enough rest as they had enough food.

In addition, they have to go on a day and a night of hiking and training the next day, and they need to recharge their energy very much.

Axes and Peter sat in the dining room and talked for about ten minutes, digesting themselves, and then walked out of the dining room together, said goodbye at the intersection, and went to their respective dormitories.

The little prince, who was in a good mood, hummed the tune he usually hummed to Xiao Zhengtai, and slowly walked towards the special dormitory area.

"So happy?" Ball Ball asked in Akers' consciousness.

"Okay." The little prince was obviously very happy, and his eyes smiled like two crooked moons.

Sometimes I pass the time with my friends, I don't say anything meaningful, and I even talk about some strange or silly things the whole time, but I feel very relaxed and comfortable.

Thinking about it this way, it won't be a terrible thing to hike dozens of kilometers tomorrow.

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No, he's going to take back what he said yesterday!

Fifty kilometers of trekking is terrifying!!

Ax carried his backpack, his heels filled with lead, like a walking corpse, and walked mechanically on his legs as if they were no longer his own, so numb that he couldn't even feel tired.

The classmates around you, whether they are strong and brave, or squeamish and cowardly...... They all have the same movements, the same expressions, and the same state as Ax.

They no longer have the strength and energy to do the extra movements, to say the extra words, and to have only one goal in mind.

- Hurry up to the finish line!!

In fact, when we first started gathering in the morning, everyone was not like this at all.

They are the sun at eight or nine o'clock, full of energy!

Everyone carried their own bags, as simple as Axes, which contained only drinking water, bread, canned meat and some electrolyte supplements.

In addition to their own "lunch", many boys and girls also stuff their backpacks with such as potato chips, spicy strips (fog), dried strawberries, and beef jerky...... This is a large pile of "spring outing" snacks.

They had excitement and joy on their faces – today's physical training was just hiking, no running, no sit-ups, no other training...... Just walk and you're good to go!

I thought that this trip would be very pleasant, very happy, and very relaxed, so the new students all embarked on the journey of hiking with the heart that they could arrive at their destination early today.

For the first five kilometers, the huge procession is simply not too lively - everyone chatting, taking selfies...... It's busy.

In the next ten kilometers, the students slowly felt a little tired, and the speed of the whole team slowed down significantly, but most of them could cope with it, especially the sentries with better physical fitness.

By the next 10 kilometers, many people have gradually begun to experience uncomfortable reactions, including dehydration, tinnitus, dizziness......

At this time, it was already noon, and everyone paused according to the plan, rested and began to eat their own lunch.

It's a pity that only the sentinels in the team have a good appetite now, and those ordinary classmates and guides, when they take out their own food, have the illusion that they don't even have the strength to chew.

As for the potato chips, dried strawberries, beef jerky, etc., they were either eaten as early as the first five kilometers, while walking and chatting, or they were simply thrown away.

- Don't look at a small bag by a small bag, after throwing it away, I feel that the backpack is a lot lighter, and people are suddenly a lot more relaxed!

Ax opened his canned luncheon meat and ate it together in bread, and the salty and fragrant taste immediately filled his mouth, making him can't help but speed up his eating - the aroma of the food stimulates the taste buds and finally makes people have an appetite.

Peter and Ax were in about the same shape, but Roque was a little closer, he hastily ate his lunch, used his backpack as a pillow, and fell asleep for a while - he was so tired!

There were not a few people who did this, and even Akers took a nap with his knees hugged for twenty minutes.

The students who were traveling with them, Mr. Peng Jieli, who were suffering from heat stroke, went to the medical vehicle to have a look, and the other students were staggering and all of them took time to rest.

By the afternoon, after lunch and a short break, everyone had recovered a little, and the pace of the march for the next few kilometers was noticeably faster than it had been near noon in the morning.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and everyone was tired much faster, and by the last five kilometers of the day, except for the sentinels, everyone else had already shown a state of "a group of zombies".

Because he was walking in a class, Ax tilted his head slightly, and saw Dominica wearing a navy blue tracksuit and carrying a maroon backpack, and she was also slowly moving forward.

There was a constant shouting in the class about going to the "containment vehicle" next to the team.

Even Roque nagged several times that he wanted to get Prince Ax and Peter to take the car—His Royal Highness, the "fine-skinned and tender-skinned" and "pampered" prince, should take the car!

It's a pity that the two boys were unmoved, and they didn't plan to "communicate" with him, so they continued to walk forward in silence.

Later, some people did not hold on and got into the "containment vehicle".

- Once something starts, it can never be stopped.

When I feel tired when I walk, I get more and more tired when I walk, until I am tired and a little numb, and I may persevere until the end...... But when I got in the car, it was so comfortable, and I was lazy, so I became more and more unwilling to walk honestly.

And once someone starts this kind of thing, the people behind will not dare to make a choice because of shame, so there are more and more people in the car.

There were many girls in Ax's class, and by the last few kilometers, the number of people in the car had almost reached half of the total number of people in their class.

The rest of the girls who were still practicing on foot were naturally divided into three piles, a pile of three people, a pile of four people, and a pile, Dominica.

Akers watched this tall cold beauty walk forward step by step, looking a little thin, but also strong.

She wiped the sweat with the towel on her wrist, adjusted her backpack, and continued walking, seemingly unaware of Ax's gaze.

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By the time they arrived at the camp that night, most of the students were so exhausted that they didn't even want to eat dinner and fell asleep.

Their all-day route was actually in and around the National University of Olbi, and the final stop was at the Olbi Barracks, about eight kilometers from the university.

Today, I have been going around all day, but I can go around a distance of forty kilometers, and Akers also admires the teachers who do the route planning.

However, this crankiness did not last long, after taking a shower and communicating with Xiao Zhengtai for a few minutes, Ax fell asleep on the bed.

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The next morning, after walking 10 kilometers back to school, all the new students had a feeling of "rebirth".

The soreness in the muscles can be eliminated, but that persistent belief has begun to take root in the hearts of some students.

What they experience from the simplest step by step will affect them for a long time.

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The two days after the hike were the same physical training as at the beginning.

It is not only for everyone to maintain a certain amount of exercise, but also to slowly recover their strength through training, and to repair the painful places - no matter how good the shoes are, those who persist in hiking and training to the end have invariably rubbed their feet into blisters.

Then the instructor arranged the content of obstacle training for everyone, including mud pools, crawling forward, climbing and so on.

After the previous hiking training, this obstacle course is not too much of a problem for most people, except for the embarrassment when crossing the mud, the uncoordinated when crawling too low, and the slower climbing, everything else is very good.

Hardly anyone deducts points on this one, because these items at least don't leave the soles of their feet with blisters and thick calluses.

In the blink of an eye, the last two days of military training are coming, and they will begin a two-day simulated actual combat.

The simulated site is on Sardington Hill, north of the National University of Olbi.

The new students enter Mount Sardtington in groups of five to seven in groups of five and each other, complete pre-arranged tasks, assemble and return.

In the route traveled, there will be competition because there are a certain number of places where the task can be completed.

Axes They were indeed as Peter said, the three boys were put into different teams, and when Akers saw the name of their team captain, it was Dominica!

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The captain was not chosen by democratic vote, nor by the counselor, Mr. Pengjieli, but by the school's random arrangement.

After they successfully form a team, the school system will choose one of the team members' student numbers and automatically become the captain.

This mode is to increase the difficulty of their simulated actual combat, which is to show that in actual combat, many unpredictable things will happen at any time.

Perhaps the youngest, weakest, and most timid person in your team will have to make a decision at a critical time, and how to deal with it at that time.

In short, with Dominica as the captain, Aks inexplicably feels super secure (fog)!

But the other girls on the same team were not as relaxed and happy as Axes, and they were happy.

Lilith said to Grace, "Oh my God, we are going into the mountains with the Poker Girl and the Little Prince, and it feels like a disaster before we even set off!" ”

Grace glanced at Dominica, who was helping them get the manual, and Ax, who was standing not far away, and lowered her voice and said to Lilith: "Dominica has scored full marks in her previous physical training, hiking and obstacle courses, and this time with us as a team will definitely help us." ”

"It's so strange for a girl to have such well-developed limbs!" Lilith listened to Grace's words, and although she felt that it made sense, she still found a few criticisms.

Simulated actual combat accounts for 30 percent of the entire military training score, that is, 30 points.

After the students are divided into small groups to start the training, after hard work, everyone will get a common basic score, which is divided into three levels.

A score of 0-10 is a fail, a score of 10-20 is a pass and a score of 20-30 is good, and the group chapter files in these three brackets of scores.

To put it simply, if a person's team gets a "pass", it means that all members have a score between 10 and 20 points, and then they are scored according to their performance and contribution value.

However, if a person is on a team that receives a "fail", then even if one of the team members performs extremely well, he or she will not score more than 10 points.

This is the time to test the ability of the team to fight - a team with strong individual ability and a very united team is likely to get a high score.

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After receiving the players' manuals, the captain of each team began to organize their own team members' group meetings.

Akers smiled at Dominica, who nodded at him though he didn't smile in return.

"Tomorrow at six o'clock we will enter through Entrance Six of Mount Sardington, and the map shows it very clearly, and we will assemble here at half past five."

"Half past five?! It's too early, isn't it? Not only Lilith, but several other classmates also frowned.

"We need to check our luggage before entering the Sardington Mountains, and if there are special circumstances, we can adjust them in time." In line with the responsibility for the team, Dominica did not be ruthless to the end this time, and it can be said that she explained in detail.

It's a pity that the girls didn't understand what she meant, and they were still a little reluctant: "Entrance No. 6 is obviously very close to us, and it is more than enough to arrive ten minutes earlier, and you can sleep for 20 more minutes, and then go in again, isn't it better?" ”

"Gather at half past five, I'm the captain, I hope you can follow my arrangement."

Feeling that the atmosphere was a little awkward, Akes hurriedly played a round and said, "Let's end the meeting early today, hurry back and tidy up and rest, we will definitely be able to recuperate...... Moreover, tomorrow there will be a referee teacher at the entrance to register our information, maybe a little early, can leave a good impression on them, and then give us a little more points, which is not bad. ”

Although everyone was a little unhappy because of Dominica's "□□", what Prince Ax said also made sense.

The students here are all top students, and they have always been sensitive to scores - who doesn't want to get along with high scores!

So I finally reluctantly said that I would obey the captain's arrangement.

Finally, the group meeting was over, and the students left the classroom one after another.

Seeing that Dominica had no intention of leaving, Axes walked over and found that she was still reading the booklet handed out by the team and recording something on the terminal.

After looking at it for a while, Ax realized that Dominica was actually planning a route.

"Isn't there a route up there?" Akers asked, puzzled.

Dominica didn't turn her head, but continued to write and draw, and said to the little prince: "The route above is available to all the teams that enter from Entrance Six, do you think that according to the steps of our girls, we can win the men's team with sentinels?" ”

Akers nodded in admiration and retorted, "There are still boys in our team." ”

Dominica paused, turned her head to look at Ax, looked up and down, and didn't speak.

"......" Akers.

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