578: Who came up with this training method? It's so ruthless.

By the time Xiao Niannian woke up, it was already past ten in the morning.

She came to the mud pit and saw that the dozen or so Team Members from last time had transformed into Instructors, currently training the Team Members in the pit.

"Why are you so slow?"

"Speed up!"

"Get up."

"Your speed is too slow, do it again."

"Faster, faster, run."

Shouts were everywhere. Shen Yan wasn't training all the time; he had been assigned the job of hosing people down. When he saw some Team Members running over, he sprayed them with the hose.

"Come over here, hurry up, I'll help you wash."

This was a good job! They were so hot and still had to train, and if he got hot, he could spray himself with water.

Shen Yan spotted Captain Zhang and Captain Qi not far away and cheered up.

"Captain Zhang, Captain Qi, hurry over."

Shen Yan deliberately increased the water pressure slightly and sprayed Captain Zhang and Captain Qi.

These two Captains did have decent physical fitness, but this was the first time they had encountered training of this intensity, and their mental state was starting to crack.

They were Captains, yet now they had to participate in this kind of training and be scolded by these Instructors with painted faces.

They didn't know who these people were, but they must be from the First Team.

During training now, no matter how unconvinced they were, they couldn't say anything.

After being kicked into the mud pit several times in a row, Captain Zhang's composure started to waver.

"Are you targeting me?"

Before Captain Zhang could finish speaking, another Team Member was kicked in. He had his mouth open, and the splashing mud water landed right inside.

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey."

Captain Zhang looked up and saw another Team Member being kicked in.

The one who kicked the person down was none other than Captain Chen, and Captain Zhang immediately fell silent.

He looked at Lu Jing not far away, and Lu Jing was also kicking people down.

He had never encountered this training before. Although the previous training sessions were tough, the current training was much more brutal than before.

Who came up with this training method? It's vicious!

Could it be Lu Jing?

His gaze met Lu Jing's, and then he quickly looked away.

He needed to stay away from Lu Jing. Now Lu Jing could openly deal with him.

However, Old Lu, though fierce and strict during training, truly hadn't used his position to unfairly target him.

"Take a fifteen-minute break."

The Team Members who had been training for seven or eight hours all sat down on the ground after hearing the command for a fifteen-minute break.

Seeing the Team Members covered in mud, they finally understood why they had seen those other Team Members covered in mud a few days ago.

"Holy cow! So that's why they looked like mud men a few days ago—it was this training."

"No wonder those guys were so tight-lipped and didn't say a word."

"It definitely wasn't for secrecy; they knew their other comrades-in-arms would also have to participate, so they deliberately didn't tell us."

"We're not going to train for seven days, are we? If the training is this intense every day, I'm going to go crazy."

Xiao Niannian heard the Team Members discussing.

Since these Team Members were talking so enthusiastically, it seemed the training intensity today wasn't high enough.

However, in such hot weather, she wouldn't increase the intensity further.

By the time dinner arrived, all of them were covered in mud. Although many had washed their hands and faces, some still had mud on their faces.

The other Team Members started discussing when they saw the appearance of these hundred-plus people.

"We saw those mud men a few days ago, but why are there so many today?"

"Are they training in the mud?"

"I haven't heard that this training subject was added?"

"With so many people, it really looks interesting."

Captain Zhang used to pay close attention to his image, but today, he was so tired he didn't even want to lift his hands. He only briefly washed his face and rinsed the mud off his clothes with water, just ensuring his hands were clean.

In the mess hall, Xiao Niannian saw over a hundred mud-covered men standing there, holding their metal lunchboxes with their hands and eating.

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing sat on chairs, looking at the sight of the hundred-plus people, and Xiao Niannian couldn't help but laugh.

Captain Chen and Captain Li were walking and chatting. When they looked up and saw this pile of mud men, Captain Chen started laughing.

"These brats, coming to eat without washing up."

"Old Chen, you have to admit, they look quite amusing like this." Captain Li also laughed.

Captain Chen looked at the Cadre next to him and said.

"Go tell them that if they don't wash up before coming in from now on, they have to clean the mess hall."

"Yes."

When Captain Zhang and Captain Qiao heard the Cadre's words, their eyes immediately shot toward Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian.

They suspected that Lu Jing and Xiao Niannian claiming there wasn't enough water, and thus not giving them enough to wash thoroughly, was just a ploy to make them clean the mess hall.

Xiao Niannian saw the stares from Captain Zhang and Captain Qiao, and she curved her lips into a smile.

That's right, she did it on purpose.

Of course, there was enough water, but they couldn't be allowed to waste it like that.

Later, she would let them go wash thoroughly in the pond over there. One bath a day was enough.

The other Soldiers who had finished eating saw the hundred mud-covered men cleaning the kitchen.

"They weren't punished by the Captains for failing training, were they?"

In the evening, Xiao Niannian checked her watch; it was three o'clock.

She got up and walked toward the training ground.

Before long, she heard the wake-up whistle.

She saw over a hundred comrades-in-arms running out of the building.

This building was also newly constructed, and the assembly whistle here wouldn't disturb the Soldiers sleeping in other areas.

"Your speed is too slow. Those over three minutes, run five kilometers. Everyone else, run three kilometers..."

Lu Jing's voice rang out.

The Soldiers hadn't expected to be penalized for slow assembly. But they didn't dare argue anymore. Those who argued yesterday during the day had all been punished.

After they finished running the five kilometers and three kilometers, they were allowed to rest again.

But at five o'clock, the wake-up whistle sounded again.

Xiao Niannian arrived at the training ground at ten in the morning and saw Military Doctor Shen, Little Wu, and Little Liu running quickly.

"What's wrong?"

"Someone has heatstroke."

Hearing this, Xiao Niannian also started running.

Before long, she saw a Soldier sitting there with a flushed face.

The other Soldiers were pouring water on him, and some were rubbing him down.

"comrade, are you feeling better?"

"Thank you, everyone. I'm much better."

"Military Doctor Shen and the others are here."

Military Doctor Shen carefully examined the Soldier.

"He definitely has heatstroke."

"Here is a bottle of Huoxiang Zhengqi Water. Drink it first."

Military Doctor Shen took the Soldier back to the Clinic with his two apprentices.

Xiao Niannian followed along.