A generation of soldiers begins with Feng Yuxiu traveling through time and space with Xu Sanduo

Chapter 500 Wolf Hunting
Chen Guotao wiped his sweat and looked at the barren mountains in the distance.

After taking a sip of water, he remembered something and immediately spat the water out of his mouth.

He only has three days; if water resources are scarce, he can't afford to be so extravagant now.

He was prepared to drink his own urine if there was no water.

"I wonder how Xiao Zhuang is doing. That child has never suffered like this before..."

His biggest worry was Zhuang Yan. The boy lacked a firm resolve and only came because of Miao Lian.

It's easy to give up on such a goal.

However, he couldn't think about that now. The three days had only just begun, and he had to persevere to the end.

He believed that this might be the final part of the special forces assessment.

The carp leaps over the dragon gate, and this is its chance.

Therefore, even in death, his corpse must have the willpower to climb to the finish line.

This was his lifelong dream, a dream he had been preparing for since high school.

He would give anything for this dream, including his life.

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In the dark woods, the occasional howls of wild animals could be heard, sending chills down one's spine.

Xiao Zhuang gripped his machete and hacked at tree branches, shuffling forward step by step.

He finally found a clearing, leaned against a rock and gasped for breath. When he looked up, his right hand was covered in blisters.

He haphazardly wrapped the bandages from the first-aid kit around his neck, then pulled out a red flashlight and examined the map and compass.

Having roughly found his way, he had just gotten up to leave when it was already dawn.

Xiao Zhuang was so exhausted he was almost paralyzed. He used his bayonet to pry open the last branch and looked up, dumbfounded.

The stone is still in the same place.

"Isn't it?"

He rubbed his eyes, making sure he wasn't seeing things, then staggered over and plopped down on the ground: "I've been walking all night, and I've come full circle..."

He licked his dry, cracked lips, his bandaged hands still trembling, but he still took out the map and compass to compare them again.

Taking a breath, he grabbed his weapon and gritted his teeth as he walked back into the woods.

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The sun was so hot it made his scalp throb. Shi Dafan, clutching his collar, shuffled along the edge of the cliff when he suddenly heard someone shout from below: "Help! Is anyone there?!"

He leaned down and shouted, "Where?"

"You're right here! Quick, pull me up!"

Deng Zhenhua clung to a protruding rock, clutching a nearly broken sapling in his hand, his face pale: "How was I supposed to end up here! In the pitch black, I just followed the compass straight ahead, and now I'm trapped here! I only saw it hanging in mid-air when it got light, please save me!"

“Save you? I’ll be eliminated too,” Shi Dafan said.

Deng Zhenhua became agitated: "Aren't you a medic? Are you just going to stand by and watch someone die?"

"If the drill instructor sees us, we're both fired!"

"So you're just going to watch me fall? This tree's about to break!"

"I'm not kidding! Fifty meters high, and I didn't bring an umbrella, I'd be a meat pie if I went down!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than another clump of soil fell from the sapling. Deng Zhenhua's voice was hoarse from shouting, "What are you all standing there for? Do you want to watch me smash to pieces?"

Suddenly, Shi Dafan tied the climbing rope to a tree, tugged at it, and lowered himself down from the edge of the cliff, laughing and teasing him, "Say it! I'm an ostrich!"

You're the one who burys your head in the sand!

The rope stopped immediately.

Shi Dafan laughed: "No, I should say I'm an ostrich!"

"You're dreaming!"

The rope remained motionless, while the sapling swayed slightly.

Deng Zhenhua swallowed hard and gave in: "I'm an ostrich! I'm an ostrich, okay!"

Shi Dafan then continued to lower the rope: "It would have been so much better if we had done it this way earlier."

Just as Deng Zhenhua grabbed the rope, the sapling fell down.

He cursed as he climbed up, "I'm going to beat you up when I get to the top!"

Shi Dafan suddenly pulled out his machete and made a move to cut the rope.

Deng Zhenhua's face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly shouted, "Don't chop! I'm an ostrich! I really am an ostrich!"

"Climb on your own, I'm leaving now." Shi Dafan turned to leave.

"Hey! Which way do we go?"

"Can paratroopers get lost?"

"How could a paratrooper who falls down relying on a compass not get lost?!"

Shi Dafan pointed to the sun: "Use the sun to find your direction. I'm not going to waste time with you."

After saying that, he left, singing as he went: "If you feel happy, clap your hands!"

Deng Zhenhua climbed up, pointed his gun at his back, and shouted, "I didn't say that! I'm not an ostrich!"

Inside the tent, the people watching the monitor were laughing hysterically.

Ma Da slammed his hand on the table and said, "These two clowns, keep them! They're funnier than any comedy!"

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In the dense forest, Geng Jihui used his bayonet to pry open the branches and saw a team member lying on the ground, grimacing in pain.

"My leg is ruined!" the team member said.

Geng Jihui looked down and saw that the other person was wearing sneakers: "Why aren't you wearing military boots?"

"I saw that foreign special forces soldiers wore sneakers in combat, so I bought a pair. I never expected..." The team member was in so much pain that he couldn't speak.

Geng Jihui gasped: "Do you know how much those tourist shoes cost for foreign troops? Even wearing canvas shoes is better than these cheap knock-offs!"

"I understand now..."

Geng Jihui squatted down to untie his shoelaces, but the teammate suddenly screamed, "Don't untie them! My foot might be stuck to the insole!"

Where did you buy these shoes?

"Specialty stores are too expensive in the market, I think this is about right..."

Geng Jihui sighed: "It's far from the same! Theirs is made of G-TEX material, yours is counterfeit! Trying to save a little money will only lead to bigger problems!"

He pulled out a dagger. "The shoes can't be taken off, so I have to cut them open."

"These shoes cost over a hundred yuan!" the team member said, feeling the pinch.

"Your soles are all worn out, and you still care about the shoes?" Geng Jihui cut open the sole of the shoe, gasped, and saw that the flesh and blood were indeed stuck to the insole.

He pulled out a first-aid kit: "Bear with it!"

The team member quickly bit into a twig.

Geng Jihui sprinkled the powder on the team member, who trembled in pain, large beads of sweat dripping down his face.

After bandaging it up, Geng Jihui said, "You have to withdraw from training and recover for at least a month. If you want to be a reconnaissance soldier again, you'll have to rebuild the calluses on the soles of your feet."

"Then I'm doomed this year..." The team member sighed, staring at the sky.

"Come again next year," Geng Jihui said, lifting his teammate up and then putting the other person's backpack on his own chest.

"What are you doing? I weigh 67 kilograms, plus 40 kilograms of equipment, you can't carry me! Put me down, you could have stayed, you can't be eliminated because of me! I'm not going to make it, put me down!"

"We can't leave you here overnight, something bad will happen. The nights in the mountains can be deadly."

"The instructor said that if you don't help each other, you'll be eliminated too! Put me down, I appreciate your kindness."

“Then I’ll come back next year.” Geng Jihui leaned on his rifle and walked step by step out of the forest. “If being a special forces soldier means standing by and watching someone die, then I’d rather not be one. Stop talking, I need to save my energy.”

Inside the tent, Captain Gao stared at the monitor and nodded: "A good kid. Coyote!" "Here!"

"Hurry in and get the wounded out. Don't let him waste any more energy. Let him keep going."

The hyena grabbed its equipment and charged out.

The motor was silent for a moment; two columns had already violated regulations.

However, compared to so-called rigid rules, what is even more chilling is failing to rescue teammates in the face of danger.

In war, rules are rigid, but comrades are alive.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why the team leader proposed this assessment.

Who would dare to turn their back on someone who ignores their teammates when faced with life and death?

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On the mountain road, Qiangzi, holding a map and with his clothes tattered, had just stepped out of the woods when he saw a hand tractor driving by.

He stood by the roadside, waiting for the tractor to pass.

"Wait! Qiangzi!" The team members in the tractor's back called out to him, "Come on, let's go together! This guy's kid is also in the army, and he's willing to take us to the vicinity of the assembly point. We can stay in the mountains for as long as we want before going back, which will save us a lot of effort! Come on, come on, let's go together."

Qiangzi licked his dry, cracked lips and shook his head.

"What's wrong? You're really going to walk for three days? No food or water? That's impossible. You'll definitely make us find a way to get to our destination."

"Thank you, I'll go by myself."

"Don't be silly! Come on up. We're out in the middle of nowhere, and there's someone to talk to. We can't all be burying people in the woods, can we? We've been walking for so long."

"I advise you to come down too. Cheating is no joke. We've come this far, why get eliminated at Lingmen with just one kick?"

The team member scoffed, "No good deed goes unpunished! Driver, please drive!"

Just as the tractor rounded the bend, an angry shout rang out: "Get off! Get out of the training camp!"

The team member cried out, "I was wrong! I was wrong! I'll never do it again, please give me another chance."

"It's too late now! Get off the bus right now! Pack your things and get out!"

Qiangzi heard the sound, gave a wry smile, and continued to move forward.

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On the riverbank, Lao Pao stood in the water, holding a tree branch with a dagger tied to it, and stabbed a fish with it.

He went ashore, gutted the fish, found a piece of wood, and started to make a fire by rubbing sticks together.

Soon, the campfire was lit. Lao Pao skewered the fish on a tree branch and grilled it. Watching the fish slowly change color, he swallowed hard.

"Who's starting a fire? How dare you have a picnic here!" A shout suddenly came from the woods.

The old man quickly dropped the fish, grabbed his rifle, and hid behind a rock.

A hunting dog ran out, barking wildly at the rocks, followed by a forest ranger dressed in Miao ethnic clothing, carrying a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle: "Come out now! I see you. This is a nature reserve. Lighting fires is strictly prohibited! Didn't you see the big sign?"

The veteran, recognizing the forest ranger, awkwardly stepped forward: "I'm sorry, we were conducting training. I'm really sorry..."

The forest ranger was taken aback: "Oh, it's the People's Liberation Army. Hello, hello. Duoduo, stop calling out, you're making such a fuss."

The hunting dog immediately stopped barking and even went over to pick up the grilled fish and eat it.

The forest ranger said, "You can't start a fire here for survival in the wild. If a fire breaks out, the area is inconvenient to access and it will be difficult to put out. Since you're a soldier in the People's Liberation Army, I won't fine you. Just don't start a fire here again."

The old man nodded: "Yes, yes, we'll never have any more children."

The forest ranger opened his bag, took out two cans of food, and handed them to him: "Take these. You officials are too cruel, making you suffer here."

The old man looked at the canned food, swallowed hard, and shook his head: "I can't take it. That's cheating. I'll get expelled."

“Who could see us? It’s just me and this dog here, in the middle of nowhere, there’s nobody here.” The forest ranger shoved the can of food into his hand.

The old man held the can of food, hesitated for a moment, then suddenly ran over and shoved the can back into his hands: "I really can't take it! Even if there's no surveillance, I can't take it! This is my principle and bottom line."

"why?"

"If this were behind enemy lines, what if there were problems if I ate whatever the locals gave me? What if they poisoned me? I'd rather swallow a raw fish than eat anything they give me. Thank you, I'm leaving now!"

After the old man finished speaking, he quickly stomped out the embers, then used an entrenching tool to dig soil to fill the fire pit. He stomped it a few times before feeling relieved, picked up his equipment, and ran into the woods.

Watching his retreating figure, the forest ranger said to the hunting dog, "Did I give myself away, or is this kid really something else? Or is that what he really thinks?"

The hunting dog barked.

The forest ranger laughed: "Looks like this kid is really honest."

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"Wild Wolf, where did that kid go? He was the first one to leave. Everyone else is within our surveillance range, but that kid... We didn't find him either, even with the hidden sentries we set up. Could it be that he's not moving?"

After carefully reviewing the surveillance footage for a long time without finding Feng Yuxiu, Gray Wolf couldn't help but speak up.

Gao Zhong frowned as well; from the beginning, his goal was to keep an eye on Feng Yuxiu.

He was the first to go out, and judging from his physical strength and past performance, he was more than capable of leaving everyone behind.

However, neither the surveillance cameras nor the sentries in front of them detected Feng Yuxiu's presence.

The only one in first place is Chen Guotao, and Zhuang Yan is close to second place.

"No rush. We have three days anyway. If he doesn't meet the requirements by then, and if the higher-ups insist on keeping him, I will definitely report it to the military region. Special forces don't need such mavericks."

From the beginning until now, Feng Yuxiu has never followed his rules and has always had a rebellious nature.

He has an innate distrust of teamwork, which makes him a better fit for the solo path.

What special forces need least are lone wolves, as such lone wolves often end up killing their teammates.

"Oh no, where did that kid go? He's lost! The captain was fishing over there today!"

As Mada watched Zhuang Yan's route become increasingly familiar, he widened his eyes and shouted.

The high school team leader immediately straightened up. "This kid, didn't I give him a map? How could he be so far off course? Is he directionally challenged?"

The next second, a familiar figure flashed across the surveillance screen.

"Stop. Show me what just happened."

Inside the archived device, Captain Gao leaned forward and stared intently at the screen.

The scene slows down and freezes, revealing Feng Yuxiu's face, his overall posture suggesting he's running.

"What is that? Can it be magnified? It's on his shoulder."

The technicians began to zoom in on the blurry pattern, and Gao Zhong's pupils immediately contracted as he approached.

Mada also curiously came over, and after seeing what it looked like, he was speechless.

"W-w-is that a wolf? Right, there are wolves in these mountains. These newbies weren't issued live ammunition, and there weren't any wild animals in the area on the map; it was all cleared out. Could it be that they took us to hunt wolves?"

Ma hastily unfurled a more detailed military map, clearly depicting every tree, every mountain, and every underground river.

Even how far away there are houses, and how many small roads and side streets there are, are all meticulously recorded.

"The wolf... is 130 miles away. No wonder he was the first to set off and is still lagging behind..."

After a long silence, the high school team said, "I underestimated him. All the rookies, including those from the past, are thinking about how to get through this area as quickly as possible. Most of them don't even think about storing food and finding water until the next day."

"On his first day, instead of moving forward, he took a detour."

Mada asked in confusion, "But the problem is, I guarantee they've never been to this area before. How did he know there were wolves there?"

The high school team leader lowered his head and stared at the map, his finger hovering over it. "On the way here, you passed through a village. He must have heard the noise from the village while blindfolded. The sound of so many cars traveling at night would definitely have caused the village dogs to bark."

Mada thought for a moment and nodded, "Yes, there was indeed the sound of dogs barking when we arrived."

"So instead of advancing, he retreated and went specifically to find this village. The villagers in the mountains all make a living by hunting, so they must know where there are wild animals."

Ma Da was so shocked that he remained silent for a long time. It was hard to imagine that his ability to act and his capacity for thinking were so exaggerated.

After turning back more than 100 miles, they still managed to catch up and reach the top three.

"However, he and Zhuang Yan are on the same route, so they'll definitely run into the captain. What will we do then?"

Gao Zhong stared at Feng Yuxiu on the surveillance screen for a long time without saying a word.

(End of this chapter)