CHAPTER 1737: CHAPTER 1738: SISTER-IN-LAW (SIXTH UPDATE)

Wei Yingyue flicked her long ponytail, put on her helmet, and pointed straight ahead, "Do you see the light in the distance?"

The three women nodded.

"That light would only appear over a town. The instructor just said our destination is a training ground. Since it’s a training ground, it’s definitely far from the town, so that direction won’t work." She then pointed backwards, "Behind us is the swamp we came from, which is also impossible. Among the two points he mentioned, one was northwest. If I’m not mistaken, the town ahead should be Meixi Town, which is northwest of Jingning City. If we want to reach the Stream Heart Training Field, we just need to veer towards the direction of the town’s light."

"Oh!" The three women exclaimed simultaneously, "Yingyue, you’re so smart!"

"It’s not that I’m smart, actually. If everyone thinks carefully, they can figure it out too. But in this kind of situation, it’s hard to think clearly." Wei Yingyue said, puffing out her chest, "Let’s move quickly. Even though we know the general direction, if the journey is too far, we might not make it in time."

The three women nodded, quickly following in Wei Yingyue’s steps.

After Wei Yingyue and the others left, you and Gong Wu emerged from the nearby forest.

Gong Wu said to you, "Captain, why not just let Sister-in-law stay by your side? I can see she’s determined to stick with you to the end. Moreover, you both seem to be evenly matched; she can counter your moves. Having such an assistant..."

Seeing you turn and glare at him, Gong Wu hurriedly stopped, smiling, "Heh heh, just pretend I was talking nonsense."

You said nothing, took two steps forward, and suddenly flickered, quickly disappearing into the darkness.

Shortly after you left, Gu Dong came over, stood beside Gong Wu, and chuckled softly, "Our Boss, with his sharp tongue and soft heart, acts all tough, but inside, he really cares about her."

"Dong Zi, I’m like that too... Ow, be gentle!"

Before Gong Wu could finish, Dong Zi’s hand quickly reached into his waist, grabbing a piece of flesh and twisted it hard!

"You’ve gained some weight, becoming lazy, tell me, which Fox Fairy has been feeding you?"

"Ouch, ouch, my dear lady, I wouldn’t dare!" Gong Wu cried out, hastily trying to appease her.

Dong Zi, however, wasn’t impressed, "Oh really? Then why were your eyes glued on that short female soldier?"

With that, Dong Zi twisted again, hard!

"Ow, ow! Heaven and earth be my witness! I wasn’t looking at that short female soldier. I wasn’t looking at anyone!"

"Ahem, isn’t it time to move?" Wei Lei reminded the two from not far away.

"Hmph! We’ll settle accounts properly after the selection is over!"

Gu Dong left the words filled with vengeance, disappearing into the darkness.

Gong Wu looked up at the sky and sighed long.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, a helmet flew over, hit Gong Wu on the body.

"Get your butt over here, drive!"

"Yes, Great King, I’m coming right away!"

"Call me Her Highness the Queen!"

"Yes, Great King, right away, Great King!"

You kept following behind Wei Yingyue and her group of four.

Though Wei Yingyue is quite intelligent and usually in good shape, in this purgatory-like selection, her physical strength was exhausted several times.

Yesterday, she only drank a few sips of water, forced down two plain buns, then after a nap, continued marching in the dark without eating, repeatedly falling. Without her companions’ constant help, she wouldn’t have been able to keep going.

"Let’s rest for a bit, I really can’t walk anymore." At this moment, a female soldier stopped by a tree.

"Don’t sit down!" Wei Yingyue, also leaning on a tree, shouted urgently.

"I can’t make it, I really can’t walk anymore, I give up," said the female soldier, sitting straight down. She took a flare from her waist and said to Wei Yingyue, "Glad to have come this far with you all, let me use this to send you off."

The soldier fired the flare, and a brilliant firework exploded in midair.

Wei Yingyue sighed lightly, continuing forward with the two beside her.

"Yingyue, what exactly drives you to be so strong? I joined the army at fifteen, and you’ve just come into the troops. Compared to you, my past eight years in the military seem wasted," a female soldier asked while walking.

Seeing Wei Yingyue remain silent, another female soldier said, "It must have something to do with the instructor, right? Well, since no one is around, tell us."

"It’s a secret, how can it be shared?"

Wei Yingyue was silent for a while before speaking, "It’s nothing really, I fell in love with a man, but he has always been indifferent to me. To reclaim my love, I gave up everything to come here."

"Love truly is all-powerful!" a female soldier exclaimed.

Another female soldier, however, was indignant, "Hmph! If my man dared treat me like that, I would have beaten him with my shoe long ago!"

"But he is Tianzhu, do you think you can beat him?"

"I... never mind, saving our strength to walk is more important. Dawn is about to break, and we still don’t know if we’ve gone the wrong way."

Wei Yingyue suddenly stopped, looking up at the northwest sky, "We probably haven’t gone the wrong way, but I don’t know if we can make it at this pace."

As the first light of dawn broke, Wei Yingyue and her group of four limped into your view.

Seeing the four appear, Dong Zi seemed excited, smiling at you, "Captain, Sister-in-law really impressed me this time!"

You said nothing, only stared at Wei Yingyue, at her lower body, her left foot.

At this moment, Wei Yingyue held a thick branch in her hand. Most of her advance relied on the branch’s support.

Wei Yingyue’s left foot could no longer walk properly, slightly bent. Every time she touched the ground with her left toe, her already furrowed brows tightened, showing her struggle and pain.

Seeing this, under Wei Yingyue’s gaze, you immediately turned around and walked away.

At this moment, Wei Yingyue suddenly felt her heart become empty, as if something most important had been taken away.

She stood there, unsure whether to move forward or back.

"Little Yue, just a few dozen meters more, let’s push on. Even if we get eliminated, we need to persist until the end!" Two female soldiers came over to support her, slowly walking toward the front gate.

As they crossed the camp gate, everyone present gave these four female soldiers a thunderous round of applause.