171: Chapter 171 The Exercise Begins

A moment later, personnel from both sides quickly donned their equipment.

Both sides were uniformly equipped with QBZ-191 rifles, a dagger, and a pistol; apart from that, they did not carry any food or other supplies.

Before long, both sides were ready and gathered at the coastline. Everyone ultimately chose to swim to Cannibal Island, a total distance of nearly thirty kilometers.

For everyone, this was a huge challenge!

Brigade Commander walked behind the crowd, his gaze fixed on the boundless sea ahead, and roared, "Move out!"

Just as Brigade Commander finished speaking, the crowd on the scene, like wild horses released from their reins, rushed frantically toward the sea.

The scene immediately descended into chaos, with curses and roars filling the air. Everyone scrambled to dive into the sea, swimming desperately toward the front.

"Why are you still standing here? The competition has started!"

Instructor Hu, standing on the shore, saw that everyone had swum far away, while Qin Mo was still standing by the seaside in a daze, so he walked over and asked.

Qin Mo smiled mysteriously. "No rush! Wait a bit longer!"

"Wait?" Instructor Hu widened his eyes immediately. "What are you waiting for? Everyone has swum far away! If you wait any longer, you won't even be able to see their tails!"

Qin Mo ignored Instructor Hu, instead closing his eyes to carefully feel the incoming sea breeze.

Suddenly, Qin Mo opened his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly upturned. "It's here!"

"Wh... what's here?" Instructor Hu looked at Qin Mo, completely confused.

Qin Mo ran back to the tent and soon returned with a white cloak and a surfboard.

"A surfboard?" Instructor Hu exclaimed!

He finally knew what Qin Mo was waiting for; he was waiting for the waves, waiting for a wave that could be surfed.

As for why Qin Mo wanted to wear a white cloak, he didn't know; perhaps it would look cooler while surfing...

Having figured it out, Instructor Hu was delighted: "Good lad! You've got ideas!"

After all, how could swimming be as fast as surfing? He truly admired Qin Mo's unconventional nature!

"I'm off!" Qin Mo waved his hand.

Then, with a running start, he leaped onto the surfboard and rode the waves away.

At this moment, Qin Mo's actions immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the shore.

When Brigade Commander and the others realized it was Qin Mo, their jaws dropped, and everyone marveled at Qin Mo's thought process.

On the other side, the people from the Beautiful Country were livid. Their troops were full of surfing experts; why hadn't they thought of that?

Just then, Brigade Commander looked at the leaders from the Beautiful Country and mocked, "Mr. Navy Admiral, what do you think of this soldier from our Dragon Country?"

"Hmph! Just average!" Navy Admiral snorted coldly.

Brigade Commander was not discouraged by this and said calmly, "We have a story in our Dragon Country. It is said that once upon a time, there was a fox that saw many grapes growing on a tree, but the tree was too high, and no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't reach them."

"The fox thought, 'The grapes are growing so high, they must be sour!' I wonder what Navy Admiral thinks of our story? Isn't it interesting?"

"You..." The people from the Beautiful Country were instantly livid and couldn't say a word.

Wasn't this clearly saying that they were sour grapes because they couldn't reach the grapes?

"Hmph! Tom will let you know his power!"

Immediately, the group of Beautiful Country Navy Admirals stormed into their command post, leaving Brigade Commander and his group standing there.

"Hahahaha..." Watching the people from the Beautiful Country leave, everyone immediately burst into laughter.

Meanwhile, people from both sides were basically at the same level. Swimming at the very front was Platoon Leader Ji, followed by several members of the Beautiful Country's Sea Eagle Commando, while Ye and the others were trailing closely behind them.

"Strange, where is Squad Leader Qin?" As they swam, Shi Hao suddenly asked.

"Yeah? Where is Squad Leader Qin? He's so strong, how could he fall behind?" Zheng Xiaohu, who was nearby, was also full of confusion.

Then, Zhao Wu, who was next to him, said in horror, "He didn't meet with any accident, did he?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Squad Leader Qin meet with an accident?" Shi Hao immediately said crossly.

"Then where did Squad Leader Qin go? We've been swimming for nearly ten minutes, and I haven't seen him at all!"

"Yeah! Where on earth did Squad Leader Qin go..."

"You... everyone, look behind you!" Just then, someone shouted, and everyone subconsciously looked back.

They saw a white figure in the distance getting closer and closer.

The white figure stood tall on the sea surface, and behind him were endless waves. Looking from afar, it was as if the waves were carrying him forward.

At this moment, everyone had their mouths wide open, completely dumbfounded.

"You can even do that?" A soldier from the Beautiful Country exclaimed.

However, no one paid attention to him; everyone continued to stare blankly at the figure in the distance.

Some people even forgot to swim because they were too mesmerized, directly choking on a few mouthfuls of water, and others were regretting why they hadn't thought of it themselves...

"Qin... it's Squad Leader Qin!" As Qin Mo's figure got closer and closer, everyone finally saw who it was and immediately shouted with joy.

"No wonder we haven't seen Squad Leader Qin for a while, so that's why! This level of coolness is off the charts!" Shi Hao said with a face full of admiration.

"As expected of Squad Leader Qin! I give this move full marks! Damn! Too awesome!" Zheng Xiaohu, who was on the side, also chimed in.

"Hello everyone!" Qin Mo said with a smile as he elegantly stepped on the surfboard.

Then he glided past everyone calmly.

"Squad Leader Qin! You are so cool!" A New Recruit shouted at Qin Mo as he passed by.

Qin Mo smiled slightly: "Thank you!"

"Hmph! What's so great about it!" Tom, who was swimming in second place, gritted his teeth and said.

Then he roared: "Keep swimming!" As soon as he finished speaking, the people from the Beautiful Country exerted all their strength.

"This guy..." Platoon Leader Ji, who was swimming at the very front, noticed Qin Mo at this moment and couldn't help but shake her head with a smile.

"Kid! Don't let me catch you!" Watching Qin Mo pass by him, Tom gritted his teeth and said.

Upon hearing this, Qin Mo turned his head and gave a cold sneer.

The next moment, he bent down and slapped Tom hard in the face. "Smack!" A loud sound rang out.

Tom's eyes widened, staring at Qin Mo's mocking gaze, and he was stunned... It seemed he hadn't expected Qin Mo to be so lacking in martial ethics...

Reacting, Tom roared: "Damn it! I'm going to kill you!"

As he spoke, Tom immediately swam desperately toward Qin Mo like a wild beast.

However, no matter how hard he tried, how could his speed compare to Qin Mo, who was on a surfboard?

Qin Mo even deliberately kept the distance between them to less than a meter; yet, this one-meter distance felt like an unbridgeable chasm...

"Hehe! Chase me! If you catch me, I'll let you hehehe..." Qin Mo said while mocking him.

He even spat at Tom behind him from time to time... Tom was so angry he almost passed out, but he just couldn't touch Qin Mo...