Chapter 7: Week of Despair
There were nine dropouts in total – a high enough dropout rate in terms of rates, but that's an acceptable range considering they're all rookies from boot camp.
When Ye Xiao looked at these future war backbones with the eyes of eighteen years later, despair struck again.
"You can go back, no time limit, no means, well, if you have the ability, you can fly back like the birdmen of the Hundred Races Federation." The wolf said with a smile, but the rookies felt a strange chill from people.
"Add a ......" Sure enough, the words behind the wolf came cruelly.
"Wake up at five tomorrow and continue training! All you have is this training suit to wear, and if you don't wash it tomorrow, get out! The grooming of a soldier is the most important thing! By the way, your food can only be solved in the temporary camp, if you want to catch some game on the way, then congratulations, you can get rid of the bitter sea and enjoy the treatment of people! ”
"Take your time to rest, and when you have the energy, go back to Ang! Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, just arrive at five o'clock tomorrow......"
After the wolf finished speaking slowly, amid the cannibalistic looks of the rookies, Mei Zizi leaned back on the seat, holding a weed in her mouth and staring at the poor rookie flock.
Now it looks like six o'clock in the afternoon, a sixty-kilometer journey, and this group of tired rookies will need six hours to go back at the earliest......
And the biggest possibility is that they'll be back at the damn camp after two o'clock!
Despair, it's Week of Despair!
The rookies looked at each other and collectively sighed.
"No one has opted out, so let's carry it! Let's see together how horrible this week of despair is! The soldiers of the empire only died standing and did not live on their knees! After Ye Xiao encouraged the morale of the rookies, he took the lead and stood up and shouted:
"We are a collective! We will not abandon or give up any of our comrades who insist! Even if it's crawling, we're going to crawl back together! ”
"Don't abandon! Don't give up! ”
"Let's climb back together !!"
Young rookies are always particularly easy to be encouraged, and with the power of example, they support each other to stand up, and then support each other, and start to act along the way back with sweat.
"That's right, there is a king of birds in the rookie flock! Hehe, it's not easy! The wolf watched the tenacious movements of the rookies, and said to the recuperating wolf next to him with a smile.
The wolf warrior disdainfully said goodbye, how could the wolf who did not participate in the training of recruits know Ye Xiao's "difficulty" and tenacity, that grandson is a stone that can always squeeze out oil, and he can't fuck find the limit!
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The flares kept flying into the sky as if they didn't want money, and during the time they slowly landed, they frantically emitted snow-white light, and the brightness within their reach was a mess.
"I want to quit ......" a rookie lay straight on the ground, muttering, exhaustion and weakness frantically tormenting his senses, the thought of giving up expanding.
Zheng Zhichun struggled to help up the rookie who was about to give up, panting and said: "There is less than a quarter of the way to go, don't give up ......"
"No...... Don't give up ......" The rookie's sweat flowed non-stop, and there was no difference between the salty taste and the tears, the rookie repeated the words of not giving up, and finally pushed away Zheng Zhichun, who was struggling to help him, "I give up!" ”
The wolf-like old bird pounced on the rookie who gave up and carried it away, and then wickedly tempted it to see if there were any rookies who continued to withdraw, but most of the rookies continued to move numbly.
Ye Xiao's energy was terrifying, and the entire rookie flock almost collapsed, only he continued to encourage morale, running back and forth, as rigid as an iron puppeteer.
Many rookies who wanted to give up gritted their teeth and gave up their plans to shout after seeing Ye Xiao's constant back and forth, cursing the damn old bird madly in their hearts, and then continued to move step by step.
The temptation of the old birds has never stopped, and the smell of meat that often wafts from time to time torments the hungry bellies of the rookies, and the idea of giving up has resurfaced.
The desperate 60 kilometres were unimaginably long and even more time-consuming—by the time the camp lights were on, it was already three o'clock in the morning......
Only seven people quit and gave up on this desperate road, and the remaining eighty-eight rookies miraculously completed this desperate road that left them with countless sweat and tears, and the rookies who almost climbed the finish line can't wait to fall asleep now.
But the threat of the wolf was still echoing in his ears, Ye Xiao could only drag the tired rookies up one by one, gritted his teeth and came to the steaming cauldron, and swallowed the nutritious and energy-rich meal-
Rich in nutrients and energy can almost be equated with hard to swallow, but how can rookies who can't open their eyes care about these? Even the cup of concentrated nutrient solution was drunk in one gulp, and the green scary nutrient solution was a thick mess, but the rookies drank it very cleanly.
By the time the muddy clothes were washed, it was already nearly four o'clock, and the rookies had closed their eyes and touched the tent, and even fell asleep despite the fact that many people were crowded together......
The first day of Week of Despair was filled with despair, and even the time to sleep was full of despair - the rookies, who had slept for less than an hour and a half, were dragged out of their tents by the fierce old birds, and the rookies had not yet woken up from their sleep.
After putting on the damp clothes, another day of despair began.
Constant squeezing, constant destruction......
Under the torture of a week of despair that even the meal time adds up to 13 minutes, the wavering rookies are eliminated from it, and there are less than three hours of sleep every day, and twelve more choose to quit in tears for the next six days.
Ye Xiao still stood in front of all the rookies like a madman, and while winning the respect of all the rookies with his almost crazy behavior, he also won the attention of the old birds.
Like a benchmark, he gave the rest of the rookies unprecedented strength - the desperate week that was supposed to eliminate forty percent of the personnel, at the end of the last day, only played a record of eliminating twenty-eight people, once again setting a record for dragon blades.
The rookies, who had finally seen the end of the light from the abyss of despair, had not had time to cheer when they heard the wolf laugh again:
"Congratulations on making it out of Week of Despair, but that's just the beginning! Congratulations on your second week tomorrow, Week of Fear! ”
"I'm going to seriously appreciate how you struggle with fear - of course, as the old saying goes, if you choose to give up, you'll be treated as a human being, not a pitiful struggle to survive in fear!"
On this day, the wolf graciously let the rookies end their training at twelve o'clock and gave them a full five hours of sleep, but it was because of this that all the rookies became uneasy - everyone had an ominous premonition.