Chapter 15: The Snow Mountain Trial
Wren thought about it while cooking, until Thomas came back to his senses after a plate of shredded potatoes, a plate of dried fragrant potatoes, and a bowl of scrambled eggs with chili, Wren and Thomas sat together and waited for the rice.
You must know that even in the training corps, not every meal has rice, and many times it is bread and porridge soup.
Wren saw Alan and them coming in for lunch, and beckoned them to come over.
Mikasa, Allen, and Amin sat across from Wren and Thomas.
"You're cooking, it's rare." Allen: They have also eaten Wren's cooking, but Wren doesn't cook much.
"Humph!" Thomas snorted unhappily and told Wren about selling his teammates just now.
Alan and Amin were speechless, what is this called. Wren is a cheat, and as roommates, they actually know about it, but they didn't expect him to be so pitted!
Mikasa's voice was cold and pleasant: "It's really a little ghost." β
Wren shrugged his shoulders and only took Mikasa's words as wind in his ears, going in and out of his left ear. The third master has been unhappy with him since the incident of "On Beauty" ten days ago.
"I think it's better to think about climbing over the snowy mountains!" Wren forcibly changed the subject.
"Amin has already planned, do you want to join us." Alan asked.
Wren smiled: "We have made an appointment with Jean and Marco, and it should go well." β
"If the weather is normal, there shouldn't be any accidents." Amin analyzed.
If you stand this flag, will there really be no accidents? Wren suddenly felt bad, and there was a chance that he would be a moth now!
Wren has only watched the first part of the giant anime, and he hasn't finished watching it yet, and it was several years ago, and he has no impression at all in this trial in the snow, so he can only take one step at a time to watch it.
As soon as lunch was finished at noon, Instructor Keith told everyone to assemble in the playground.
A group of training soldiers lined up in a neat phalanx in the playground, no one whispered, and after 6 months, this group of teenagers already had the appearance of an army.
Instructor Keith wore a gray-green military uniform and a rare military hat on a black bald head.
He put his hands behind his back, paced up to the crowd and said, "Very good, you little devils are finally a little decent. Today I'm going to talk about the snow trial. β
Instructor Keith moistened his throat: "The time has been decided, the day after tomorrow to start the snow mountain trial, the total distance of the trial is nearly 25 kilometers, including 20 kilometers on the flat land, 5 kilometers on the snow mountain highlands, set off early in the morning, the earlier you arrive, the higher the results!"
Remember, the results of this trial will be counted towards the final assessment, and you will have one day tomorrow to prepare the equipment and supplies, the winter clothes have been distributed, and the oil lamps can be picked up at the warehouse. Remember! Don't deviate from the route, do what you can, if you can't do it, you don't have to participate, if you fall in the snow, the rescue may be too late! β
Snow trials are no joke, as the weather gets colder and the weight of physical training increases, the physical strength of the trainers increases, but it is still a challenge to travel in the snow and cross a hill to reach the camp at the bottom of the mountain.
After Instructor Keith finished speaking, he beckoned a young instructor with a roster to come over: "Now, if you want to participate, you can go to my office to register today." Disband! β
Keith walked away with the roster, and the trainers who wanted to participate were all following him.
Wren didn't hesitate, and they followed directly with Alan Connie. There are also people who stand still and hesitate, and those who leave directly and are not ready to participate. After all, only the top 10 in the final score can join the military police regiment, and most people have little hope.
A young and somewhat aged trainer stood still for a long time with a struggling expression, and finally walked to Instructor Keith's office.
Some people are inconspicuous, and Daz is one of them, he has poor training results, and he is not as theoretically unique as Amin, and mediocrity refers to people like him. But he is not reconciled, he hopes to prove himself through this snowy mountain trial, he is no worse than Wren, Allen, and let them.
However, Daz didn't realize that he didn't have the physical strength to pass the snowy mountain trial. His unwillingness is just unwillingness, and he doesn't usually train as hard as Alan Wren and them.
In the evening, Instructor Keith looked at the roster in his hand, and now there are 257 people in total, and the number of applicants is 151, which is more than he thought, and he thought that there were not even half of them.
He took a closer look and found a few guys who made him frown, he didn't know the level of all the trainers, but he still knew which ones were excellent and which crane tails.
"Forget it, people have to be responsible for their own choices!" Instructor Keith muttered to himself.
He has no right to make choices for others, only good luck for them.
The next day, Wren and Thomas prepare their gear such as dry rations, hot water cups, glass oil lamps, etc. No one dared to say that they would be able to reach the camp at the foot of the hill in the distance before dark, after all, the current season and the weather would be dark before 6 p.m. Nowadays, the snow is more than 10 centimeters thick, 25 kilometers is not close, and it also includes 5 kilometers of mountain roads. This is also the reason why nearly a hundred people gave up directly.
At dawn on the third day, at 7 o'clock in the morning, more than 100 people who participated in the trial set off.
The time is calculated according to 7 o'clock in the morning, you can't leave early, of course, you can also start later, this is not in anyone's mind.
Jean, dressed in an off-white marching uniform, complained: "What the hell is Wren doing, Allen and they are all gone, why hasn't he come yet?" β
Thomas's look under the hood was a little embarrassed: "Wren said that he still wants to sleep, let's go first." β
"What the hell, he didn't take it to heart at all!" Jean was very dissatisfied.
Marco and the mud said: "Then let's go first, Wren is fine, we don't have to worry about him at all." β
"Hmph, forget it this time, let's go first."
Thomas was a little helpless, in the morning he asked Wren to leave, Wren actually told him not to rush, let him sleep for a while.
When everyone had already set off, Wren wore an off-white padded jacket and set off with luggage on his back. Follow behind the crowd, and whoever falls behind will take him by the hand, so that no one will rush into the street.
That's it, Wren set off slowly, as for the grades, that thing doesn't matter, he doesn't want to join the Gendarmerie Corps, as long as he successfully graduates, and he is not afraid of death, he can join the Survey Corps.
Alvin Smith: Welcome recruits who aren't afraid of death to join us.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, when Wren set off, he met the Keith instructor who had not left at the beginning of the trial route, of course, the Keith instructor did not have to participate in the snowy mountain trial, and there were already several other instructors in the camp at the foot of the snowy mountain waiting for the trainees to arrive.
Keith looked unhurried, as if Wren was on a trip to sightsee, passing in front of him.
"Don't you care about the final assessment results in a few years?" Keith asked casually.
Wren smiled faintly: "For a person like me, it doesn't seem to make much sense, you don't need too beautiful grades to successfully graduate, and Alan hasn't realized this problem yet." He also told his friends that he wanted to join the Survey Corps, and Instructor Keith, who was more concerned about Wren, also knew about it.
Instructor Keith smiled rarely: "Then why are you still participating in the trial?" This trial won't be too difficult for you. β
"It's not difficult for me, but it's not necessarily for some people, and there are always people who can't recognize themselves."
"Oh? Then over to you! Keith walked to his office.
Wren shrugged his shoulders habitually, and his bald head was also funny, but he had seen Keith's worried expression just now, and he was obviously a little relieved that some of the trainers were not at ease.
Wren walked unhurriedly at the end of the line, this section of the flat ground was fine, although the snow was a little thick, but no one had any problems, after all, most of the people who came to participate were still physically good, and there were few of Daz's Shi Lezhi after all.
The real test is to get over that hill.
Exhaling a breath of white air, Wren noticed that the sky was getting darker, the wind was blowing harder and stronger, and snowflakes were floating in the air.
It was snowing again, and it was already 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the people in front were climbing the snowy mountain.
The weather is not beautiful, but you can still see some sunshine in the morning, and now there is snow, and someone may have something wrong, but I don't know who it is.
Wren slowly climbed the mountain, the road on the mountain can be complicated, if you accidentally slide down the ravine, it will be fun, Wren is also cautious, although he is very confident in himself, but the wind is not waves, and the headwind is not the real king.
There were more and more routes, and there was more than one road to the bottom of the mountain, and there were footprints on both roads, and Wren chose one at random, not forcing speed.
As it gets dark, Wren lights a glass-covered oil lamp, and finally, Wren finds a trainer sitting on the ground at the bottom of a steep slope ahead.
Wren trotted over and found that it was a boy, his face was pale, his whole body was trembling, and he was beating his right leg with a somewhat painful expression.
"Are you alright?" Wren asked.
The boy looked up at Wren and was a little surprised: "Wren, why are you behind?" β
"Tell me what's wrong with you?"
"I accidentally fell on my right leg, and now my right leg is almost unconscious." The trainer was a little helpless, he was still reluctant to move forward at first, but now he really can't walk.
Luckily, Wren didn't speak, handed him the glass lamp, and carried him on his back.
"Wait, this won't work, you better go to the camp and have someone come to rescue me."
"Men can't say no! It's getting dark, the instructor won't necessarily be able to find you, and by then, you'll probably be frozen to death. Wren picked up the guy and walked forward steadily.
"But you won't be able to hold it up!" The boy on his back shouted.
"It's almost the top of the mountain here, and it's almost down the mountain, don't worry, I'm better than you think."
"Okay, if you can't hold it out, just put me down, by the way, my name is Rob Pike, thank you for your help."
Rob Qi's physical ability is good, and his physical training performance is stable in the top 40 among the 257 people in the training corps, but he is a little lucky, and when he went to the convenience, he accidentally slipped and fell into a pit, and broke his leg.
When he crawled out with all his might, he found that his team was gone!
Rob: γ(; Β΄Πο½οΎ)
It is really called that the heavens should not be, and the earth is not spiritual!