Upon hearing this, Lin Qiye's lips curled up slightly.He gripped the knife in his backhand and moved through the jungle like a ghost, holding nothing back and pushing his speed to its limit.
Although the mysterious forbidden artifact was there to suppress him, it didn't have much effect on [Starry Night Dancer]. He was like a player with cheat codes, possessing "dark vision," "double recovery," "super endurance," "double speed," and "fully revealed map"!
According to the positioning devices in the instructors' hands, Lin Qiye was rapidly traversing the entire Jinan Mountain, rushing straight towards the other side.
By this time, the four buses carrying the other new recruits had already left, leaving only one vehicle loaded with supplies and instructors, heading towards the exit of Jinan Mountain under the cover of night.
As the drone's battery gradually ran out, it had no choice but to return to base. The numerous medics who had been chasing after Lin Qiye began to struggle and were gradually left behind, eventually disappearing completely from sight.
If it weren't for the small red dot on the map still moving forward rapidly, the instructors would have almost thought that Lin Qiye had lost contact.
Nine hours to reach Jinan Mountain
...
Ten hours into Jinan Mountain...
The instructors' bus had already arrived at the other side of Jinan Mountain. They got off the bus and used their night vision binoculars to observe the movements ahead.
How much longer do they have?
"It's so close... only two hours! How did he manage to do that?" The instructor holding the tablet couldn't help but ask, "Even if the [Suppressing Ruins Stele] can't completely suppress his forbidden ruins, this speed is just too outrageous!"
"Did they become ghosts and float out directly?"
"Are all divine agents this abnormal? How long did the King's last extreme training last time take?" Instructor Han Li asked.
"His best time was six hours, but that was almost the end of his training. In the five extreme training sessions before that, he had never actually traversed the entire terrain." Instructor Hong gazed at the black mountain peak before him.
"Although the previous training camp location was not at Jinan Mountain, the two are almost identical, and Jinan Mountain even has a more rugged terrain..."
"Not only him, but in the history of the recruit training camp, very few people have ever truly passed the extreme training, and none have passed it on their very first training session."
"If Lin Qiye and Lin Xi Chen can really get through this time, then they will have made history for our training camp..."
"They're coming out soon," the instructor's voice came again.
All the instructors fell silent, raised their binoculars, and carefully looked ahead.
Suddenly, from beneath the black mountain ahead, a mud-covered boy slowly emerged...
His uniform was covered in scratches from branches and dirt, and his military cap was nowhere to be seen. He was clutching a knife tightly in his hand, his palms bleeding from the friction.
Under the moonlight, his handsome face became even clearer. He slowly walked up to the group of instructors and stopped.
"Am I done?"
Lin Qiye spoke in a hoarse voice.
"Finally! Ugh, I hate those mosquitoes!" Following Lin Qiye with a look of pure, excited delight was Lin Xi Chen. Her face was smeared with mud, and her hair was matted with leaves and dry twigs. She patted Lin Qiye on the shoulder and said, "I told you so, stinky brother! Swinging takes less effort than running when we use physics! Work smarter, not harder!"
The instructors were stunned. After a moment, Instructor Hong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder.
"You guys have done it," he said. "You've made history."
Lin Qiye swayed slightly and fell forward uncontrollably, but Instructor Hong caught him with quick reflexes.
Lin Qiye was truly exhausted. Even with the boost from [Starry Night Dancer], he had pushed himself to his limits during such intense training, and had even completely broken through them!
He was able to persevere here not only because of the darkness of night, but also because of his amazing willpower and persistence!
Instructor Hong helped him to sit down, and Instructor Han Li handed him his water bottle and gave him a thumbs up.
"Impressive!"
Lin Qiye smiled slightly, took the water bottle, and gulped down the water.
For a full ten hours, apart from drinking some stream water in between, he hadn't drunk anything at all, and his throat was parched and burning.
"Drink slowly, drink slowly," Instructor Han Li smacked his lips.
"I suddenly remembered something."
"What."
"You haven't given us our compensation yet," Lin Qiye said seriously.
"Compensation?" Instructor Han Li was taken aback. "What compensation?"
Instructor Han Li only arrived this morning and was unaware of yesterday's battle between the recruits and the masked man, but the other instructors knew exactly what was going on. When Lin Qiye mentioned it, they all turned their heads away in embarrassment.
"Don't worry, you'll get your share. Make time to visit me tomorrow."
Instructor Hong walked to his side, holding a ring in his hand, and spoke with a hint of helplessness.
"Okay." Lin Qiye nodded.
"As the creator of history, wouldn't you like to try and accept some punishment?"
Lin Qiye was taken aback, as for Lin Xi Chen, she choked upon hearing the punishment—she certainly didn't want them to know about her deep, dark fantasy! "We succeeded, why are we still being punished?"
"Hey, just kidding! Nobody's listening anyway, we'll just ask one question!"
Lin Qiye hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "Alright."
He took the [Truth Ring] and put it on his ring finger.
Instructor Hong hesitated for a long time before solemnly asking that one and only question.
"What is the thing you regret most in your life?"
Lin Qiye was taken aback.
Even he himself didn't know the answer to this question.
He seemed to have many regrets. That night, he climbed onto the roof and saw the Seraphim. He went blind and lost the childhood that ordinary people could easily have.
Or he fell from the roof and was sent to a mental hospital, where he was regarded as a heretic from then on.
Or perhaps it was because they couldn't provide a good life for Aunt and Ah Jin...
Maybe the regret for bring depression and anxiety to Lin Xi Chen
His life seemed to be full of tragedy and regret.
He remained silent for an unknown period of time, then turned to look at the dark night sky in the distance, and slowly and heavily uttered the answer he had subconsciously ignored:
"I couldn't save him..."
...
In a daze, Baili Pangpang opened his eyes.
"Huh? How did I end up in a tub?" He stared blankly at himself, now completely naked, lying in a large bath tub filled with some kind of liquid that reeked of a foul stench.
Subconsciously, he wanted to get out of it.
"You'd better lie back down quietly," Lin Qiye reminded him, who was also soaking in the tub.
"Qiye, what... what's going on?"
"I got back later than you, so I don't know for sure, but the instructors prepared a tub of medicinal bath for each of us, apparently specifically to relieve fatigue and strengthen our bodies."
"And what are my clothes...?"
"I don't know. When I came back, you were already lying inside looking like a boiled chicken."
"..."
Baili Pangpang scratched his head, feeling that his arm, which had been incredibly sore, seemed to have returned to normal. He asked in surprise:
"This medicinal bath seems to be working quite well."
"The Night's Watch recipe is certainly good."
The dormitory door was pushed open, and Cao Yuan, with a toothbrush in his mouth, stood at the door and calmly spoke.
"Why didn't you take a medicinal bath?" Baili Pangpang asked in confusion.
"I'm already out." Cao Yuan rolled his eyes and pointed to the clear sky outside. "It's morning already. The instructor said morning training is suspended today, and we'll go straight to the cafeteria for lunch."
"The cafeteria..." Baili Pangpang's eyes lit up, but then quickly dimmed as if he had thought of something.
Cao Yuan turned and left, leaving behind a single sentence:
"I heard that the cafeteria served steamed buns, fried dough sticks, and soy milk for breakfast today."
Whoosh—!
The chubby Baili suddenly stood up from the wooden tub, his eyes wide open. Without saying a word, he stepped out of the tub, put on his shoes, and rushed out of the dormitory.
Lin Qiye turned his head and fell into deep thought, staring at the clothes that Baili Pangpang had forgotten to wear on his bed...
The next moment, a girl's scream suddenly rang out from outside the window!