CHAPTER 734: CHAPTER 734: TAKING HITS PASSIVELY

Snowflakes came quickly and left quickly, but at least half of the students were affected. Not only were their clothes dirty, but their heads were also covered with remnants of stink bombs.

Across dozens of miles, an unbearable stench pervaded the air...

The students felt faint, but since the drill was only halfway through, they couldn’t stop, so they had to pinch their noses and continue.

Ji You, Shen Changqing, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiyuan, and 10 other fast-running students had gained a distance from the others, but the stench was inescapable.

Ji You shouted loudly, "Did anyone get hit?"

Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, and others: "No!"

Ji You pinched her nose, cut a piece from her protective clothing with a small knife, made a makeshift mask, and said, "This stench might be toxic; let’s make masks from what we have on hand."

Hearing this, the others became alert and followed Ji You’s method, cutting their clothing to make masks.

As they talked and ran, the 100km drill had a fixed route, meaning Ji You and her group couldn’t deviate from it, or else they would fail.

After they made masks, Ji You turned around and realized that many students had caught up, though in much smaller numbers than the original 900.

Ji You looked back and noticed only about 500 students.

Ji You puzzled, "What happened?"

And these 500 students either hadn’t been hit by the bombs or had covered their mouths and noses in time.

Sheng Qingyan pinched her nose and said, "Maybe they were stinked to death... What in the world is this? It’s so foul; even Stinky Grass is ashamed by comparison."

During the online team competition, Ji You and Sheng Qingyan using Stinky Grass disrupted the arena, overcoming fearsome creatures like the Peak Eagle and Flame Beast with its smell.

Shen Changqing reflected for a moment and said, "This contains Stinky Grass elements, but not just one type; the snowflake stink bombs must be composed of at least five substances!"

Chu Jiaojiao, frowning, said, "Feels kind of familiar," and then—

"Ah!" Chu Jiaojiao suddenly slapped her thigh and exclaimed loudly, "I remember now! Inhaling a certain amount of this odor can induce unconsciousness!"

Lou, Lance, and others suddenly realized, "No wonder! No wonder so many students are missing!"

Chu Jiaojiao explained, "I once spent time in my aunt’s Legion and saw them use these stink bombs in training," she laughed and added, "Ji You is really clever! Five minutes of continuous inhalation, and we’d all be kneeling!"

With these masks, they were temporarily protected.

In the sky, the annoying flying device steadily followed above the students, prompting Ji You to squint and warn, "Don’t lower your guard."

Of course, no one dared.

Then, they ran for another stretch.

And then—

It started drizzling!

Now, everyone understood one thing:

"Rain without a source, an omen of misfortune!"

At what moment, without needing orders, the students started sprinting! Naturally, some ran slowly and ended up drenched, internally screaming, "Damn, my life is over!"

And then—

Many found, to their surprise, they hadn’t fainted?

Nor died.

But...

Were still bouncing around!

Only their hair and clothes were wet!

"Hahaha..."

"I didn’t die!"

"Don’t panic!"

"Everyone, stop running!"

"This is just like taking a cold shower! It even got rid of the stink!"

...

The slower ones, hearing this, couldn’t help but slow their pace and also got drenched, only to find really nothing wrong happened.

The rain was just ordinary rain, as simple as that.

For a moment, many students stopped fleeing, gasping for breath and already exhausted, they let themselves slow down and allowed the rain to drench them.

...

Listening to the noise behind, Yue Qiguang couldn’t help saying, "I say, should we also stop since it’s just ordinary rain?"

Ji You rolled her eyes, "Where did this Iron Fool come from? Can I decide to kick him out of the team?"

Chu Jiaojiao responded, "Agreed!"

Sheng Qingyan didn’t hesitate, "I agree too."

Yue Qiyuan shook his head, "Even though you’re my brother, I decide to sacrifice our kinship for justice!"

Lou, Lance, Zhang Ye, and Xuzhou didn’t say a word, but they all nodded.

Shen Changqing thought for a moment and said, "Don’t take it lightly, getting drenched in this rain is definitely not good."

As soon as he said this, suddenly, the voice of Teacher Mu Jianling echoed overhead through a loudspeaker, not very loud, but loud enough for all the students to hear:

"Those knocked out by stink bombs will be scored zero for this training."

Damn!

The students stared in shock!

This wasn’t over yet!

Next.

The cold, emotionless voice of Mu Jianling continued, "Anyone who gets drenched by the rain will have their lunch canceled."

Hiss—

Everyone gasped, and those who got drenched were now beating their chests and stomping their feet in regret.

If only they had known, they had spent a high price on just a low-level nutrition earlier in the day!

Now, they had digested it and were starving, and their lunch was being deducted?

After Mu Jianling finished speaking, disregarding the students’ gloomy faces, she said, "Continue the training, and whoever dares to stop—"

The students: "..."

So, everyone pulled themselves together, re-equipped, and continued the training.

Startled, almost losing lunch, Yue Qiguang slapped his head fiercely and decided to obediently follow the large group of Squad 44 from now on.

Next.

From the sky, flying devices intermittently dropped various traps like stink bombs, Flying Arrows, etc., making it hard to cope and defend against.

From the original 971 people in the large troop, people were continuously being eliminated, and some groups had even been completely eliminated.

When the training had covered two-thirds of the distance, only less than 150 students of the 131st Combat Department remained.

Such a high elimination rate!

Being tormented to their limits, no one dared to relax anymore and remained alert to Teacher Mu’s next move.

Ji You led her teammates, constantly running at the front, extremely tired, legs weak and sore, and she couldn’t let her guard down. Ji You looked up at the flying devices overhead, grinding her teeth in anger!

But—

There was no way out.

With nowhere to hide in the open surroundings, the students could only passively take what came at them.

This passive beating was truly unpleasant.

Ji You gritted her teeth and decided to keep running—

But!!!

At that moment—

From the high-flying devices, a rumbling noise came again!

"Damn!"

"Here it comes again!"

"What is it this time?"

...

As many students grumbled annoyedly, suddenly, they heard Ji You loudly commanding from the front, "Everyone, follow my orders—"