Chapter 81, Lesson One: Everyone Sleep!
"Are you kidding me?! This is your special training plan?!"
Regiment Commander Lei's roar was like a clap of thunder on flat ground, shaking the accumulated snow on the training field until it fell in rustles.
Veins bulged on the one-eyed regiment commander's forehead, and he clutched a crumpled piece of A4 paper, his gaze seemingly ready to eat someone alive.
On the paper were only two crooked, large characters: Sleep.
On the bitterly cold Northern Territory training field, three thousand new recruits stood in neat rows, their noses red from the cold, yet their eyes were filled with confusion.
They had originally expected this legendary "young Grandmaster" to teach them some peerless divine skill, but what they got instead was...
A specially made, luxurious reclining chair covered with thick, soft cushions.
Jiang Chen was nestled comfortably in the recliner, covered by a snow-white animal fur blanket of unknown origin (suspected to be a contribution from a certain Saintess), holding a steaming cup of goji berry and red date tea in his hands.
"Regiment Commander Lei, calm down."
Jiang Chen blew the foam off the surface of his tea without even raising his eyelids. "Having a loud voice doesn't mean you're right. Medical research shows that long-term sleep deprivation leads to endocrine disorders, hair loss, and even... becoming ugly."
He pointed at Regiment Commander Lei's bald forehead with a sincere expression. "Look, this is a negative example."
Regiment Commander Lei: "..."
He felt his blood pressure skyrocketing at 180 miles per hour. If he weren't unable to beat this kid, he would have drawn his blade by now.
"Attention, everyone!"
Jiang Chen suddenly put down his teacup. His voice wasn't loud, but it carried a lazy authority. "The current task is very simple. Everyone find a comfortable position and lie down. The goal: enter deep sleep within ten minutes. Anyone who fails will have their braised pork quota for tonight deducted."
The entire field was deathly silent.
The recruits looked at each other. They came to the Northern Territory to kill enemies and shed blood, yet the first lesson was sleeping?
"Report!"
From the crowd, a burly, bald recruit with a face full of flesh suddenly stepped forward. He radiated the formidable aura of the third level of the Organ Refining Realm; he was clearly a troublemaker.
"I am Lei Bao, from a collateral branch of the Lei family! I refuse to accept this!"
Lei Bao pointed at Jiang Chen, his eyes full of disdain. "We came here to become stronger, not to be pigs! An instructor like you who only knows how to sleep has no right to teach us! I want to challenge you!"
【Ding! Low-level noise source detected.】
【Identity determination: Experience baby / First bird to be shot.】
【System suggestion: Flies that only know how to buzz are generally silenced once swatted flat.】
Jiang Chen sighed and rubbed his temples in resignation.
"Why are young people these days so hot-headed?"
He lay back down, pulled the blanket over his head, and his muffled voice came out: "Want to challenge me? Sure. I'll just lie here; if you can make me move even an inch, you win. If you lose... then from now on, you're responsible for pouring my foot-washing water."
"Arrogant!"
Lei Bao was furious. Although he had heard rumors about Jiang Chen, they were just rumors! In his view, how strong could a freshman be? It must have been blown out of proportion!
"Get down here!"
Boom!
Lei Bao stomped his foot, and the ground cracked. He charged toward the recliner like a wild bull descending a mountain, accompanied by a whistling gale. On his sandbag-sized fist, lightning flickered; he was clearly using his full strength.
This punch was enough to shatter rock!
The surrounding recruits gasped, and some even closed their eyes, unable to bear watching.
However.
Just as Lei Bao's fist wind was about to blow away Jiang Chen's blanket.
Jiang Chen, who had been as motionless as a corpse, suddenly turned over.
This movement was extremely natural, just as if he felt uncomfortable in his sleep and wanted to switch sides.
But as he turned over, one hand "coincidentally" swung out.
That hand looked limp and soft, without any force.
But the trajectory it traced through the air seemed to slice through space.
"Slap!"
An incredibly crisp sound of a slap echoed across the empty training field.
The moment Lei Bao's massive body made contact with that hand, it was as if he had been hit head-on by a speeding high-speed train.
He didn't even have time to scream; his entire body spun 720 degrees in the air, his facial muscles twisting and deforming under the immense centrifugal force.
"Bang!"
Lei Bao landed head-first, like a radish, straight into a snowdrift dozens of meters away, with only his two legs left outside, twitching helplessly.
One-hit kill.
And a highly humiliating one-hit kill at that.
On the recliner, Jiang Chen withdrew his hand, rubbed it against the blanket, and muttered in his sleep:
"Where did that big mosquito come from... its skin is so thick, it made my hand hurt..."
The entire field was deathly silent once again.
The three thousand recruits looked at the "human-shaped sign" stuck in the snow, then looked at the instructor who had turned over and continued to sleep, and felt a chill shoot straight from their tailbones to their crowns.
Is this the Sleep God?
Is this the legendary... killing in one's sleep?
"What are you still standing there for?"
Mu Qingxue, who had been watching the battle from the side, walked out. Although she had long been accustomed to Jiang Chen's perversity, she still couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth at this moment.
She scanned the field coldly. "Did you not hear the chief instructor? Sleep! Whoever dares to stay awake, I will make them go and stand upside down with that Lei Bao!"
Whoosh—
This time, no one dared to hesitate.
Three thousand iron-blooded men displayed astonishing execution at this moment.
They all fell onto the cold snow in unison, closed their eyes, and some even forced themselves to snore to show how fast they fell asleep.
For a time, on the Northern Territory fortress training field, the sound of snoring rose and fell, a truly spectacular sight.
Regiment Commander Lei stood on the high platform, watching this scene, unaware that the cigarette in his mouth had fallen to the ground.
"How the hell... can this work?"
He looked at Jiang Chen, who was lying at the very front and sleeping most soundly, and a trace of awe flashed in his one eye.
"This kid... is a bit weird."
At this moment, Jiang Chen's consciousness had already sunk into the System space.
【Ding! Congratulations, host, you have activated the "Group Dream Teaching" mode.】
【Constructing "Nightmare Training Ground"...】
【Scene loading: Endless Beast Tide (Purgatory Level).】
【Goal: Torture this group of rookies into elites in their dreams.】
A cruel arc curled up at the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth.
"Sleep, sleep... everything is in dreams."
"For example... ten thousand mad dogs chasing you and biting."
Not far away, Mu Qingxue, seeing the slight upturn of Jiang Chen's mouth, suddenly shuddered for some reason. She subconsciously wrapped her coat tighter, but her gaze couldn't help but fall on the empty space beside Jiang Chen.
That spot... seems quite warm?
Her face flushed slightly, and the Cold Poison in her body seemed to be stirring again.
"Tonight... should I go and 'check' his physical condition again?"
Mu Qingxue bit her red lip, falling into an intense internal struggle.