54: Chapter 54? What? The exercise isn't over yet? There's a surprise?

The logistics camp.

At this moment, it could no longer be called a camp.

It looked more like a large containment center for defeated personnel.

The temporary medical tent was packed with "fallen" freshmen covered in various colored camouflage paint.

The air was filled with a strange smell.

It was a mixture of sweat, dirt, disinfectant, and camouflage paint.

Most people had looks of anger and reluctance at being eliminated on their faces.

Wei Kai and Shi Lei were undoubtedly the two most unwilling to accept it.

"Damn it! We were so close! Just a little bit more and we would have crushed that kid Qin Feng!"

Wei Kai punched a nearby supply crate, producing a muffled "thud" that drew side-glances from those around him.

"Who's saying otherwise!"

Shi Lei chimed in from the side, his face alternating between shades of green and white.

"It's all because that kid is too cunning! He actually had an ace up his sleeve!"

"If it weren't for that damn trap of his, how could we have flipped over!"

"Exactly! Over a hundred of us! And we were turned upside down by just the three of them!"

"Who would believe this if we told them? It's a total disgrace!"

In the corner, Li Lang, who was applying medicine to his ankle, couldn't listen anymore and sneered.

"Give it a rest. You guys had over a hundred people and got beaten like this by the three of us, and you still have the nerve to complain here?"

"Trash is trash, don't make excuses for yourselves."

"You!" Wei Kai, having been poked in his sore spot, wanted to explode on the spot.

Just then, a commotion broke out at the tent entrance.

"Make way! Make way! Casualty! Serious casualty!"

Several medical soldiers carried a stretcher and rushed in.

Everyone in the tent looked over.

Why are there still casualties?

Wasn't the exercise already over?

Their main military units had been wiped out, and the remaining stragglers had surrendered, right?

When they saw who was on the stretcher, everyone froze.

It was Zhao Hu!

Zhao Hu from the Seventh Squad!

Wasn't he supposed to be with Qin Feng?

Zhao Hu on the stretcher was pale, but his spirits were high, and he kept shouting.

"I'm fine! I'm really fine! Put me down!"

"Alright, alright, stop acting tough!"

The medical soldier next to him said impatiently.

"There's such a big mark on your chest, the paint pellet is almost embedded in your skin, and you say you're fine? Lie down!"

Zhao Hu was carried to the back of the tent without further ado and placed on an empty cot.

Wei Kai and Shi Lei exchanged glances, both seeing a trace of schadenfreude in the other's eyes.

"Yo, isn't this the tiger general of the Seventh Squad? How did you end up getting wounded too?"

Shi Lei walked over with a sarcastic tone.

Wei Kai also laughed and said: "Zhao Hu, you're not that great! I thought you and Qin Feng would hold out until the end, so why are you down here too?"

"Where's Qin Feng? Did he get taken out too? Who did it? Tell us so we can all have a laugh!"

The hearts of Li Lang and everyone in the tent skipped a beat.

That's right, Zhao Hu is down here.

Then what about Qin Feng?

When Zhao Hu heard this, his temper flared up instantly.

He sat up abruptly and pointed at Wei Kai's nose, cursing.

"Laugh your mom! I was sniped by a sniper!"

"Otherwise, with a bunch of losers like you, even if a hundred more came, you wouldn't be a match for me and Brother Feng!"

A sniper?

These three words were like a bomb, instantly exploding in the noisy tent.

The entire tent fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was stunned.

"A... A sniper?"

A freshman asked, stuttering.

"Do we even have sniper rifles in this exercise?"

"How come I didn't know about this?"

"Are you kidding me! We haven't even seen what a sniper rifle looks like, where would a sniper come from?"

Zhao Hu panted heavily, his face full of anger.

"Why the hell would I lie to you! That guy is definitely a professional!"

"From eight hundred meters away, he took me out with a single shot!"

"That marksmanship, that tactical awareness—it's definitely not a level a student could have!"

He recounted everything that happened in the rainstorm exactly as it occurred.

From the appearance of the mysterious shadow, to being driven away, and finally being "sniped" by a single shot.

At this moment, only his heavy breathing remained in the tent.

Everyone was stunned.

Only now did they realize that this exercise was far from as simple as they had imagined.

Li Qingxue stood at the edge of the crowd, her face, which had little color to begin with, now as pale as a sheet of paper.

Her heart felt like it was being tightly gripped by an invisible hand, causing her so much pain that she could barely breathe.

Others only heard about the terror of the sniper.

But she had heard another crucial piece of information.

Zhao Hu had been eliminated.

Then... Qin Feng is now... on his own.

Alone, in the rainstorm, facing a professional-level sniper hidden in the shadows!

Just then.

All the LCD screens in the tent suddenly lit up at the same time.

On the screens, it was no longer the looping military promotional video, but a live broadcast!

In the footage, there was a torrential rainstorm, muddy mountainous terrain, and a figure desperately fleeing!

It was Qin Feng!

"Holy crap! A live broadcast?"

"What's going on?"

Everyone was stunned by this sudden turn of events and gathered around the screens.

They saw Qin Feng struggling in the rushing stream, seeing bullets like the scythe of death chasing after his figure.

They saw Qin Feng use his clothes to create a dummy, tricking out a fatal shot.

They saw Qin Feng in a desperate situation, risking his life to climb up that slippery rock wall!

The whole process was heart-stopping and full of danger!

Everyone watched with bated breath.

This had completely exceeded their understanding of an "exercise"!

Whether it was the amazing adaptability shown by Qin Feng,

or the terrifying suppression displayed by the sniper who could be heard but not seen, they were all left in shock.

...

Meanwhile, at the command center of the logistics camp.

Company Commander Zhou Hailong was watching the surveillance footage with a calm expression.

Beside him stood several instructors, each with varying degrees of shock on their faces.

"Company Commander, isn't this... a bit too much?"

One of the instructors couldn't help but ask.

"That's Instructor Ma Zhe!"

Company Commander Zhou Hailong didn't turn around, just saying calmly: "You've all seen this kid Qin Feng."

"Over these five days, his performance has completely exceeded the scope of a freshman."

"Military skills, combat awareness, strategic planning—which of these is not top-tier?"

"Using conventional training methods on him is just playing house; it has no meaning."

He paused, a flash of appreciation and expectation in his eyes.

"I just want to see how much potential he can unleash when faced with real pressure and a real desperate situation."

At this moment, Instructor Ma Zhe was lying on a sniper point on the cliff, his face devoid of emotion.

He was the "surprise" of this exercise.