226: Chapter 226 One Corpse a Day

Lin Xiao certainly wouldn't just give up like this, so he immediately called the Counselor again.

"Um, Teacher, I have some family matters, can I take leave from the upcoming military training?"

"No."

On the other end of the line, the Counselor refused very decisively.

Perhaps worried that Lin Xiao wouldn't give up, the Counselor added, "Others might be able to skip it, but you have been specifically named by the school, so you must go."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xiao lay flat on his bed.

In this desperate situation, he could only drift off at times, or contemplate life.

At this moment, the others in the dormitory also returned.

Just like Lin Xiao, they all had bitter expressions on their faces.

The entire dormitory and even the whole dormitory building were filled with sighs.

Zhang Xiaofu called and asked to meet Lin Xiao downstairs at the dormitory building.

After Lin Xiao went downstairs, he saw that Zhang Xiaofu also looked equally dejected.

"Brother Lin, think of a way, I don't want to go to military training!"

"..."

"Brother Lin, look at my body, it's already on the verge of collapsing. If I go to military training now, I might really go in standing up and come back lying down!"

"..."

"Brother Lin, say something!"

Zhang Xiaofu grabbed Lin Xiao's shoulders, his eyes full of pleading.

But Lin Xiao could barely take care of himself, let alone worry about others.

At this moment, a charming voice came from afar.

"A-Xiao!"

Qiu Xiaoyan was seen walking from afar, carrying a large bag in her hand.

The bag looked quite heavy, so Lin Xiao quickly stepped forward to take it.

"Why are you here? And what is this?"

"I helped you pack your luggage for military training."

Qiu Xiaoyan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said with crescent-shaped smiling eyes, "A-Xiao, you should also go and properly exercise your body."

If someone else had said this, Lin Xiao wouldn't have felt anything.

But coming from Qiu Xiaoyan, he always felt it was a bit strange.

Is she saying his stamina is not good enough?

Qiu Xiaoyan seemed to realize something too, her cheeks turning bright red.

She gently grabbed Lin Xiao's hand and whispered, "Hubby, I'll wait for you to come back."

After saying that, she trotted away.

Lin Xiao turned his head and exchanged a look with Zhang Xiaofu.

"Good brothers should exercise together."

...

The next morning, the truck sent to pick them up stopped downstairs at the dormitory building.

It was a green truck.

The students threw their luggage up one by one, and then climbed up themselves.

The principal stood by, and seeing the students' slightly disheveled appearance as they climbed, he couldn't help but be even more satisfied with his decision.

"Students, train hard. I look forward to your transformation in fourteen days!"

"I hope you will all become strong and healthy by then, and become the best versions of yourselves!"

"..."

The students were already irritable from waking up early, and upon hearing these words, they cursed the principal countless times in their hearts.

Lin Xiao held his luggage and squatted in the back of the truck.

Like the others, his eyes were hollow, and there wasn't a trace of vitality to be seen on him.

As the vehicle started, the bodies of the people in the truck bed swayed.

Lin Xiao suddenly felt like they were little piglets being taken from a farm, ready to be driven to the city to be sold.

He even felt a bit dazed.

Clearly two days ago he was still lying on that comfortable big bed in his own room, how did everything suddenly change?

About an hour later, the truck slowly stopped.

The students jumped down one by one again and followed the team instructor into the fire brigade's training ground.

The environment here was indeed as imagined; it wasn't too arduous, but it also wasn't a place for one to enjoy life.

The dormitory was a large communal room, with over twenty people sleeping in one room.

Lin Xiao thought about The Boy, over twenty of them, taking off their shoes together after training; what a terrifying scene that would be...

Actually, regarding the training, Lin Xiao wasn't too worried.

His skills were good, and his physical fitness was also quite decent.

After a day of training, he wasn't exhausted like a dog as others were.

It was just that what he hadn't expected was that the challenges aimed at him were still to come.

When he arrived at the bathhouse, he was a bit stunned.

Although he had been to large bathhouses without doors before, in this bathhouse, the distance between each showerhead was very close.

And after training, everyone came to shower together, and there weren't enough showerheads.

Several people actually had to crowd into one!

Being completely naked and crowding with others was one thing, but more importantly, men always subconsciously compared certain aspects.

And because he was exceptionally prominent, he quickly attracted many people's gazes.

He could never have imagined before that not only would he be watched by a group of young nurses at the Hospital, but one day he would actually be stared at by a group of grown men.

That feeling made him inexplicably a bit...

Scared.

...

On the first day of training, everyone was still full of enthusiasm.

But by the second day, when they each crawled out of bed, the soreness all over their bodies made them all put on masks of pain.

Standing under the scorching sun once again, they looked even more deathly pale.

Finally, they made it to the break time, and a group of people quietly found Lin Xiao.

"Lin Xiao, I remember you know the Thunder Summoning Technique; can you try to make it rain here so we can rest!"

Looking at their serious expressions, Lin Xiao only replied with five words: "Believe in science."

Zhang Xiaofu also crowded over.

After a day of training, he looked even weaker than before.

His legs trembled from time to time, his lips were chapped, and the dark circles under his eyes were almost about to solidify.

"Brother Lin, please, think of a way! You are so amazing, you must have a way!"

Zhang Xiaofu prayed devoutly.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of something, his eyes lighting up, "Right, Brother Lin, aren't you best at finding corpses? How about you dig up a corpse here on the spot?"

"..."

Is he hallucinating from being physically weak?

Does he want to listen to what he is saying?

Lin Xiao took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to beat this guy up.

He was afraid that if he wasn't careful, he might really beat this extremely weak Zhang Xiaofu to death.

The others seemed very interested in this topic and actually started discussing it seriously.

"Oh yeah, this is also a good idea!"

"But one corpse can only delay things for one day at most; what should we do if we want to delay until the end?"

"..."

While Lin Xiao was inwardly complaining that these people were getting more and more ridiculous, he also involuntarily started to ponder in his heart.

[One corpse delays for one day, then what if...]

Hearing Lin Xiao's inner voice, Zhang Xiaofu suddenly shuddered.

He was joking!

Why does Lin Xiao seem to be taking it seriously?

Could it be that Lin Xiao is really considering letting a dozen corpses appear here?

What kind of situation would have to happen for this to occur?

A natural disaster or a man-made one?

A fire, an earthquake, or a terrorist attack?

Zhang Xiaofu looked at Lin Xiao's expression of serious contemplation, and felt a faint chill down his back.

Lin Xiao isn't really going to do something, right?

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaofu wanted to slap himself a few times.