CHAPTER 1734: CHAPTER 1735: FORCING HER TO QUIT (THIRD UPDATE)

Carrying thirty kilograms and having to walk 80 kilometers cross-country within ten hours, this is simply an impossible task for many people. When they heard this information, those officers who didn’t participate were dumbfounded. They couldn’t tell if they were lucky or unlucky for not joining the selection trial.

Among these 180 people, the twenty-five female soldiers were particularly conspicuous. They walked in groups of three or five, slowly, without speaking to each other, each showing determination in their eyes.

Among them, Wei Yingyue was the most eye-catching, not just because of her looks, but more importantly, her speed. Unlike other female soldiers, she walked alone at the front of the group, with hardly more than a dozen people ahead of her.

Long-distance cross-country tests not only a person’s physical strength but also their coordination, endurance, and mind.

kilometers is equivalent to the distance between two prefecture-level cities, and you chose a particularly difficult route for them.

Although the whole journey had cement roads, stone bridges, mountain road steps, this seemingly endless route easily brought on feelings of despair, especially under the load of thirty kilograms of gear.

During the trek, naturally, many problems appeared. Some warriors twisted their ankles on the mountain road steps, others developed blisters, but what comforted the surrounding instructors was that so far, no one shouted to quit.

Even those officers who appeared very slack at the start were the same. Although some of them had other motives, at least they still had the unique blood of Chinese soldiers.

"The weather’s nice today."

At noon, you looked up at the vast blue sky above.

At this moment, you were standing with a few instructors at an old activity base in Mao Family Village. High walls were built around, and opposite was a large iron gate.

In front of you, only a little more than ten people stood, while many others were slowly walking on the road ahead. The closer they got to the finish, the slower their speed became.

"Captain, with the quality of these people, I doubt they’ll be of much use," Gong Wu said sarcastically, sounding even more jarring to those dozen who had already arrived.

You glanced at your watch and said to Wei Lei beside you, "The time has suddenly changed, close the gate in half an hour."

"But..." Wei Lei didn’t expect you’d change your mind just like that, reducing the time by half an hour, thereby eliminating many just in the first round.

"The battlefield is unpredictable, who can guarantee absolute time," you said indifferently, adding, "You take a few instructors up to remind the team members that in half an hour the iron gate will close. Those outside the gate are eliminated."

"Okay." Wei Lei quickly took over a dozen people and rushed out of the farmhouse courtyard in a jeep.

Upon hearing the wind, the members’ speed clearly picked up, and another dozen people rushed into the courtyard.

And at this moment, you saw a figure you didn’t want to see.

Wei Yingyue was leaning forward, slowly approaching where you stood.

When she was still a few dozen meters from the gate, you said coldly to Wei Yingyue, "Squat down."

Wei Yingyue didn’t understand, just stared at you.

"I said squat down."

Wei Yingyue slowly squatted. Her legs were almost numb, and as her knees bent to a certain angle, they suddenly lost support, and she sat on the ground.

Unperturbed, you continued in a cold tone, "Waddle in like a duck."

At this time, two female soldiers happened to pass by, supporting each other, giving Wei Yingyue and you an extra look.

"Why target me?"

"If you don’t like it, you can choose to quit now," you said calmly on the side.

Controlling the anger in her chest, Wei Yingyue gritted her teeth and painfully waddled forward like a duck.

Wei Yingyue bit her lip and finished the last stretch, Dong Zi placed a tag number 66 on her shoulder.

Seeing Wei Yingyue’s pale face, Dong Zi sighed softly, "I say President Wei, you’re the head of a major corporation in Yuhang, why come here to suffer?"

Wei Yingyue said nothing; at this moment, she was more like competing stubbornly with you.

Wei Yingyue and a few other arrived female soldiers sat together resting, not talking to each other, leaning back-to-back, and trying to replenish strength. One soldier whispered, "Everyone, don’t talk, drink some water, eat some rations to replenish energy. Don’t think the difficulties are over, the pain is yet to come, so keep your strength."

Gu Dong glanced and nodded, then walked to you, softly saying, "Captain, you’re too harsh on her, aren’t you afraid she’ll have lasting injuries?"

"Weren’t you the same before?"

"I’m different from her."

"I know you’re different, which is why I must push her to quit."

Gu Dong looked at Wei Yingyue, who was resting with her eyes closed, and sighed: "I think she won’t be eliminated anytime soon, but won’t you feel bad seeing her suffer like this?"

"Precisely because I can’t bear it, I need to make her leave. She shouldn’t be here but should be sitting comfortably in the office."

You looked at your watch, walked to Wei Lei, and said, "Time’s up, close the gate."

The iron gate slammed shut, even though someone was struggling to move close a dozen meters away.

"Gong Wu, you’re responsible for transporting the comrades outside the gate back."

"Yes!" Gong Wu briskly headed for the iron gate, which didn’t open. Under your watchful eyes, Gong Wu easily climbed over the two-meter-high iron gate.

You looked at Wei Lei and continued, "Get them in the truck."

Wei Lei nodded, picked up the walkie-talkie, said a few words into it, and shortly after, the gate opened again as several trucks approached slowly.

"Get on the truck!"

"Quickly, quickly! Did you come from turtles or what? So slow?"

"What’s there to look at, get on it!"

Under the instructors’ shouts and curses, the 96 soldiers who passed the first round of elimination were crammed into four trucks, including the ten female soldiers, among them Wei Yingyue, who were squeezed together with the men.

With female soldiers present, the men naturally weren’t as unruly as usual, but among them was the bold Big Bear, who Wei Yingyue had defeated before.

At this moment, Big Bear was sitting not far from Wei Yingyue, and he said to Wei Yingyue, whose face was slightly pale, "Hey, beautiful, do you know the instructor very well?"

Wei Yingyue didn’t respond, just closed her eyes and rested. At this moment, she was more exhausted than ever. If it weren’t for the willpower in her heart keeping her going, she might have given up long ago.