79: Chapter 79: Little Dot and Su Qingcheng bump into each other

On the training ground, the female soldiers who had completed the 20-kilometer weighted cross-country run collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.

Sweat soaked through their combat uniforms, and every face was filled with exhaustion and unwillingness to accept defeat.

Su Han paced slowly in front of them with his hands behind his back, a harmless smile on his face: "Not bad, a little stronger than I imagined."

"Report!" A female soldier with a ponytail stood up abruptly. Although her legs were still shaking, her eyes were exceptionally sharp: "Chief Instructor, I have a question!"

Su Han's tone was gentle: "Speak."

"I believe today's training standards are unreasonable!" The female soldier's voice was loud, carrying suppressed anger: "A 20-kilometer cross-country run with a 50-kilogram load far exceeds the normal training standards! I think you are deliberately making things difficult for us female soldiers!"

Her words resonated with the other female soldiers, and many nodded in agreement.

"Exactly! This isn't a selection, it's clearly torture!"

"The male soldiers don't even train like this, right?"

"The Chief Instructor is just targeting us female soldiers!"

The smile on Su Han's face did not diminish in the slightest. He turned to look at Instructor Zhou: "Instructor Zhou, go to my office and bring me the document in the third drawer on the left."

Instructor Zhou was stunned for a moment, then reacted and ran quickly toward the command room.

Before long, he returned with a stack of yellowed documents.

Su Han took the documents and waved them in front of the female soldiers: "Do you know what this is?"

No one answered.

"This is the training plan from previous years for the Falcon Special Forces Brigade male soldier selection."

Su Han opened the document and pointed to the red stamp and date on it: "See that? It's stamped by the Military Region Training Department, and the date is clear."

He handed the document to the female soldier who had asked the question earlier: "See for yourself."

The female soldier hesitantly took the document and carefully examined it.

Her expression gradually changed from anger to shock, and then to disbelief.

"This... how is this possible..." Her voice trembled: "Do the male soldiers really train according to this standard?"

The document stated in black and white: 20-kilometer 50-kilogram load extreme cross-country, to be completed in 3 hours.

Even more shocking were the even more brutal items below:

"Underwater breath-holding training: 5-minute basic standard"

"Extreme cold resistance training: 30 minutes of soaking in minus 10-degree ice water"

"..."

The intensity of every item far exceeded their training today!

Su Han took back the document, his tone relaxed: "Does anyone still think I am making things difficult for you?"

The female soldiers were silent.

The female soldier who had been indignant a moment ago lowered her head, her voice so soft it was almost inaudible: "I'm sorry, Chief Instructor... I misunderstood you..."

Su Han waved his hand, looking "magnanimous": "It's fine, it's fine, you just didn't understand the situation."

He looked around and suddenly sighed: "But then again, the training intensity that male soldiers can endure is indeed too much for you."

The female soldiers suddenly looked up.

"How about this," Su Han suggested "thoughtfully": "I'll apply to the Military Region to lower the selection standards for the Womens Special Operations Team? After all, there are differences between men and women..."

"No need!"

Zhang Meng was the first to jump up. Although her legs were still shaking, her eyes were exceptionally firm: "What male soldiers can do, we can do just as well!"

"Exactly! We don't need special treatment!"

"Please train us according to the male soldier standards, Chief Instructor!"

"We aren't afraid of hardship!"

The female soldiers stood up straight one by one, their fighting spirit even more fervent than before.

Su Han scratched his head in "dilemma": "This... isn't that good, is it? Look, it's only the first training item today, and so many people almost fainted..."

"That's because we haven't adapted yet!" Lin Yu said loudly, "Give us three days, and we will definitely reach the standard!"

"Yes! Three days!" The other female soldiers chimed in.

Su Han "hesitated" for a moment, and finally nodded "reluctantly": "Fine, since you insist... then starting tomorrow, we will train according to the full male soldier standards."

"As for this morning, let everyone have a good rest first and adapt."

"And take the opportunity to consider carefully whether you want to continue participating in the selection."

He paused, his lips curling up imperceptibly: "But I must warn you, the subsequent training will only become more and more brutal. Even 90 percent of male soldiers can't hold on, you female soldiers..."

"We won't quit!" the female soldiers shouted in unison.

Su Han shrugged "helplessly": "Alright then, it's settled."

He turned to leave, then as if suddenly remembering something, he turned back and "kindly" reminded them: "Right, for the afternoon assembly, the first training item might be very strenuous, remember to eat your fill~"

Female soldiers: "..."

Watching Su Han's retreating back, they suddenly had the feeling of having fallen into a trap.

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War Eagle Squad dormitory.

"Hahaha!" Monkey laughed so hard he slapped his thigh: "Su Han, that kid, is too devious! Those female soldiers are completely led by the nose by him!"

Big Bear shook his head: "If I were them, I'd write a resignation application right now."

Wildcat was thoughtful: "But then again, is that document real? Why don't I remember us having such perverted training back then?"

Instructor Zhou sighed: "The document is real, but that was the training standard formulated by the staff department of the Falcon Special Forces Brigade two years ago, but it was later deemed unfeasible and replaced."

The three of them: "!!!"

"Holy crap!" Monkey's eyes widened: "Then isn't Su Han cheating them?"

Instructor Zhou smiled bitterly: "It's not entirely cheating, the document does exist, it's just..."

"It's just that male soldiers don't need to train like that anymore!" Big Bear interjected: "Su Han has dug a massive pit for the female soldiers!"

Wildcat suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for those female soldiers.

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The female soldiers dragged their exhausted bodies back to the dormitory, collapsing onto the beds in twos and threes, with barely enough energy left to speak.

"My legs... are no longer mine..." Lin Yu lay on the bed, her voice muffled by the pillow.

Li Xue carefully took off her combat uniform. The bloody welts on her shoulders caused by the backpack straps were shocking.

She gritted her teeth and gently wiped the wounds with a wet towel.

Su Qingcheng lay on the bed, recalling everything that happened today.

She had seen that training document very clearly; it was indeed an official document from the Military Region, but she always felt something was wrong.

"Chengzi, what are you thinking about?" Lin Yu leaned over and asked.

Su Qingcheng hesitated for a moment: "Don't you think... the Chief Instructor's behavior today is a bit strange?"

"Strange?" Lin Yu snorted: "He just looks down on us female soldiers! He thinks we aren't as good as the male soldiers, and doesn't believe we can persist at all!"

"But..." Su Qingcheng stopped mid-sentence.

She always felt that Su Han's behavioral pattern was exactly the same as how the elders in the clan trained their juniors—first provoke your defiance, then make you willingly accept brutal training.

"Don't think so much," Li Xue handed her a cup of hot water, "There might be even more brutal training in the afternoon, hurry up and rest."

Su Qingcheng sat on the bed by the window, staring blankly at the training ground in the distance. In her mind, she kept replaying Su Han's every move—that half-smiling expression, the slightly raised eyebrows when he spoke, and those seemingly gentle yet unfathomable eyes...

"He's too much like the elders in the clan..." she muttered to herself.

Just then, a burst of crisp laughter came from outside the window.

"Uncle, look! There are so many big sisters over there!"

Su Qingcheng turned her head abruptly and saw a six or seven-year-old little girl skipping toward the dormitory, followed by a Special Forces Soldier.

The little girl wore two small braids and a camouflage T-shirt, her chubby face beaming with a bright smile.

Su Qingcheng's pupils shrank suddenly, and the towel in her hand dropped to the floor with a "thud".

"Xiao... Xiao Budian?!"

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