23: Chapter 23 confirms he was rock climbing, not dancing?

"Qin Feng! Tang Yun! Stay where you are!"

"The Military Region will dispatch professionals to retrieve the firearms! Your mission is to ensure your own safety!"

The instructor's hoarse roar came through the drone, his voice slightly distorted by anxiety.

In front of the large screen at the training ground, everyone felt their scalps tingle; the scene instantly erupted into chaos.

"Damn! The gun fell!"

"This is trouble! A training gun is still a gun; losing it is a big problem!"

"Oh my god! That scared the hell out of me! I thought Tang Yun was really going to fall!"

"Qin Feng is too intense! That reaction speed, that strength! Pulling someone back from the edge of a cliff with one hand?"

"Is... is this something a human can do? Is he even human?"

"Damn! You guys look, is that kid Qin Feng thinking about going down to retrieve the gun?"

At this moment.

Qin Feng, with an anxious look, was lying on the edge of the cliff, carefully observing where the firearm was stuck.

Believe it or not! He really wanted to go down and get the gun.

Seeing this scene.

The instructor's voice sounded from the drone again, his tone even more severe.

"Qin Feng! Did you hear me? Don't worry about the gun! Leave the danger zone immediately! That's an order!"

Tang Yun, panting heavily and still shaken, looked at the gun hanging in mid-air and grabbed Qin Feng's arm.

"Qin Feng, don't be impulsive! The instructor said someone would come to handle it! Let's go, it's too dangerous!"

The look in his eyes when he looked at Qin Feng now was somewhat complex.

Qin Feng ignored him, and also ignored the drone's warning.

In his mind, a cold mechanical voice suddenly sounded.

[Ding! Detected that the host has upheld the camaraderie of "never abandon, never give up," saved a comrade at a critical moment, and truly embodied the responsibility and courage of a soldier!]

[Special Reward: Master-level Military Rock Climbing Technique!]

[Reward being distributed...]

Master-level?

Qin Feng was stunned!

In his past life, as the National Soldier King, his rock climbing skills hadn't even reached this level.

In this life, he didn't expect to obtain it so effortlessly.

In an instant, a massive stream of information flooded into Qin Feng's mind.

All the knowledge, techniques, and muscle memory regarding rock climbing... were instantly mastered!

Things like three-point fixation, side pulls, crossovers, dynamic sprints, rock point analysis, route planning...

These terms, which were originally unfamiliar, felt like his innate instincts.

He looked at the steep cliff again, and the feeling was completely different.

In his eyes, it was no longer a dead end, but a roadmap filled with challenges and opportunities.

Every protrusion and every indentation became a step he could use for leverage.

He slowly broke free from Tang Yun's hand, his gaze fixed firmly on the gun stuck on the cliff.

"A gun! It is a soldier's second life."

Qin Feng's voice was very soft, but it carried an unquestionable determination.

"If the gun is here, the man is here. If the gun is destroyed, the man is dead!"

This was the creed engraved in his bones as the National Soldier King.

In his past life, he had danced with death countless times in a hail of bullets; even when severely wounded and on the verge of death, the steel gun in his arms had never slipped from his grasp.

Now, let him watch his own gun fall down and wait for someone else to pick it up?

Impossible!

"You... are you crazy?!"

Tang Yun was frightened by the look in Qin Feng's eyes; it was a look he had never seen before—beneath the calmness lay a madness and persistence like a sea of corpses and blood.

"This is just a training gun! It's not real! You're risking your life for this?"

Qin Feng did not answer him, only saying indifferently: "You go first."

After speaking, he no longer hesitated and turned to walk towards the edge of the cliff.

This scene, transmitted back to the training ground via the drone's camera, once again sparked frantic discussion among the crowd.

"What is he doing? Is he really going down to get the gun?"

"My god! Is this guy sick in the head? The instructor gave an order, and he dares to defy a military order?"

"He's such a poser! Saving someone wasn't enough, now he wants to perform a one-man hero act of retrieving the gun? That's not how you grab attention!"

"I think it's just his vanity acting up; he wants to show off in front of everyone!"

Wei Kai sneered and said to Shi Lei beside him:

"See that? This is just a brainless brute. With a little bit of skill, he doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Sooner or later, he'll die because of his own stupidity."

Shi Lei nodded in deep agreement, his eyes full of resentment: "It would be best if he fell to his death!"

Wang Zhibin's face, which was almost turning green, now showed a trace of morbid hope.

Let him fall to his death!

Fall to his death quickly!

As long as he dies, I won't have to eat shit!

"Qin Feng! I order you to come back immediately!"

Company Commander Zhou Hailong roared into the command post's microphone, his voice resounding throughout the training ground.

However, it was already too late.

Qin Feng's figure had already disappeared over the edge of the cliff.

Tang Yun stood where he was, staring blankly at the place where Qin Feng had disappeared, a mix of complex emotions in his heart.

This guy... what kind of person is he exactly?

He saved me, and I advised him not to go to his death, so I've done my duty.

Damn it, he's the one who insists on courting death, can't blame me.

The competition... the competition isn't over yet!

Tang Yun gritted his teeth, a strong thought driving him.

He saved me, and I am very grateful.

But by doing this, he's wasting time, and I can just shake him off!

I still want to win this competition!

Yes!

I want to win!

Thinking of this, Tang Yun no longer hesitated; he took one last look at the cliff and turned to continue the competition.

...

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Qin Feng really went down to retrieve the gun.

Through the footage transmitted by the drone, thousands of people in the audience watched him in disbelief.

Just like that, Qin Feng vaulted over the cliff without hesitation.

"It's over, it's over, this kid is dead for sure!"

"This cliff is at least seventy or eighty degrees steep, and the rocks are covered in moss. Going down with bare hands? Even a god couldn't do it!"

"He tried too hard to show off, now he's going to turn into a dead show-off!"

The jeers and mocking laughter hadn't even had a chance to fully disperse before they were all stuck in their throats.

Because the image on the large screen completely overturned their perception.

They saw Qin Feng's body clinging to the rock wall like a gecko, his fingers hooking precisely into tiny rock crevices like iron hooks.

His movements had no superfluous actions, flowing as smoothly as if he were walking on flat ground.

No!

More elegant than walking!

He would occasionally side-step, his toes lightly tapping on the smooth rock wall, and his body would drift several meters;

Sometimes he would hang by one hand, his other hand darting out like lightning to grab the next support point.

He wasn't rock climbing.

He was dancing a ballet belonging to the God of Death on this vertical precipice!

"Damn... this... this..."

An instructor didn't even notice the cigarette in his mouth fall to the ground, his eyes wide as copper bells.

"This is impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

"Our Reconnaissance Company veterans have evaluated this cliff; the success rate for free climbing is less than one percent!"

"How... how did he do it?"

Another instructor muttered to himself: "Look at his exertion method, core strength, finger strength, body coordination..."

"Every single one has reached the limit of humanity! Is this kid a monster?"

Company Commander Zhou Hailong didn't speak, but the look in his eyes had changed from initial anger to extreme shock, and finally into a burning flame.

This kid is really a genius!