47: Chapter 47 We are a force of justice! Even the instructors have recognized us!

Wilderness Frontline Base, central drill ground.

Thousands of freshmen were emergency assembled.

They were all downcast, like defeated roosters.

Everyone thought a storm of punishment was about to descend.

After all, they had just "abused" a classmate in a group and were caught red-handed by the chief instructor.

According to Instructor Lei Zhan's devilish style.

Not making them run a marathon with 200kg weights would be considered an act of mercy.

Lei Hu stood at the front of the line, his face pale.

He had already prepared to be singled out as an example to warn others.

He had even thought of his last words.

The atmosphere was suffocatingly tense.

Instructor Lei Zhan stood on the high platform, his single eye slowly scanning the anxious faces below.

He was silent for a long time, so long that everyone was almost suffocating.

Just when everyone thought he was going to announce the punishment, Instructor Lei Zhan suddenly spoke.

His voice, through the loudspeaker, spread across the entire drill ground.

"I already know everything that happened at the abandoned laboratory this morning."

Here it comes!

Everyone's heart sank, their bodies tensing even more.

However, Instructor Lei Zhan's next words made everyone petrified on the spot.

"Your behavior pleasantly surprised me!"

"What did I see? I saw your unity! I saw your cohesion!"

"I saw the excellent qualities of self-organization, clear division of labor, and coordinated combat for a common goal!"

Huh?

What the hell?

On the drill ground, a huge question mark appeared on thousands of heads simultaneously.

Everyone was stunned.

We bullied a classmate, and you call this unity? Cohesion?

Instructor, did you not wake up this morning? Was your brain eaten by a mutant beast?

Even Lin Fan, who was standing in the last row yawning, was stunned for a second.

The script is wrong!

According to the normal process, shouldn't Instructor Lei Zhan be furious?

Then announce collective punishment!

Run 100 laps!

Then he himself, as the culprit, be singled out for training?

Why is he praising us?

On the platform.

Instructor Lei Zhan ignored the dull gazes below.

He continued his impassioned speech.

"A group of level 1 and level 2 rookies, without any command, were able to combine more than a dozen different talents into an effective combo skill!"

"Noise interference for the mind, poisonous gas to weaken the body, extreme temperature to shake the will!"

"Although the methods... were a bit unscrupulous! But this creativity and action are worthy of affirmation!"

"What does this mean? It means you are not a bunch of trash who only know how to fight alone! You understand what a team is!"

"In the wilderness, on the real battlefield, a hundred-man squad that knows how to cooperate is far more terrifying than a hundred martial artists fighting on their own!"

Instructor Lei Zhan became more excited as he spoke, waving his large hand.

"You have shown me hope! The hope for the future of our human race!"

"Therefore, I have decided!"

He paused, his voice rising by an octave.

"To reward you for this precious team spirit!"

"All training plans originally scheduled for this morning are cancelled! Everyone has the day off!"

"Yay—!!"

After a brief silence, the entire drill ground erupted into mountain-shaking cheers.

The ecstasy of surviving the disaster overwhelmed everyone's mind.

"Holy crap! No punishment!"

"Long live the instructor! Instructor Lei is wise!"

"I said it! We are a righteous army! The instructor has recognized us!"

Lei Hu was so excited that his eyes were filled with tears.

He didn't expect that not only was he not punished, but he became a model of praise.

At this moment, he felt his life had reached its peak.

Only a few people remained clear-headed.

Li Hao stood in the crowd, looking at the cheering classmates around him.

He looked at the righteous Instructor Lei Zhan on the stage again.

Then he glanced at Lin Fan, who looked unhappy at the end of the line.

He always felt that things were not that simple.

This Instructor Lei Zhan looked rough and tough, not like someone who would play mind games.

But this move of his, no matter how you look at it, feels off.

On the other side, Murong Yan leaned on Xia Wanqiu, a playful smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Interesting." She whispered, "This Instructor Lei Zhan is much more shrewd than he looks."

"He is using 'praise to kill'."

Xia Wanqiu was a little puzzled: "Praise to kill?"

"Yes." Murong Yan pointed at the cheering students, "He defined bullying as team cooperation and rewarded it. Guess what will happen next?"

Xia Wanqiu thought for a moment, her face changed slightly.

"They will... target Lin Fan even more unscrupulously?"

"Bingo!" Murong Yan snapped her fingers, "And they will think they are doing the right thing, that they are practicing team spirit. This move by Instructor Lei Zhan not only didn't solve the conflict, but stoked the fire even more."

"He wants to use the hands of the entire school to properly train this tough nut, Lin Fan."

Xia Wanqiu was dumbfounded.

She discovered for the first time that human hearts could be so complex.

As the center of the event, the only one who was unhappy might be Lin Fan.

He looked at the cheering crowd around him, feeling like a husky mixed into a pack of wolves, out of place.

"Day off? What day off?"

"What I need is training! To be beaten! To be tortured!"

"Cancel training? Is this a reward? This is clearly a punishment! It is the greatest punishment for me, Lin Fan!"

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. A perfectly good morning.

He could have maxed out his resistances, and maybe unlocked a new passive.

Now it's all ruined!

It's all that old guy Instructor Lei Zhan's fault!

Lin Fan raised his head, his resentful gaze cast toward the platform.

Instructor Lei Zhan seemed to feel this burning gaze and made eye contact with Lin Fan.

He read four words in Lin Fan's eyes.

"You ruined my plan!"

Instructor Lei Zhan's eyelid began to twitch wildly again.

He took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the urge to rush over and beat Lin Fan up.

No, must endure.

Patience is key to great plans.

This kid must be dealt with using a more advanced method!