When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 215 Challenging a Higher Level!

Xu Ge glanced at the steep slope ahead, then looked left and right, and immediately pointed to the left.

"The slope is over 20 degrees, go around to the left!"

"it is good!"

Without wasting any words, Kaiyumu immediately led the way and ran to the left.

Li Dongshui, puzzled and panting, asked, "Why not go around to the right? I think it's shorter on the right!"

Xu Ge: "That's your illusion. You feel closer because there's also an uphill slope on the right, but the slope isn't very steep, which makes it feel closer."

Hula la.

More than a hundred people rushed over immediately, and the group split into three in an instant.

Some people chose to go straight up the slope, while others chose to go around it from both sides.

There were no novices among those who participated in the Sirius selection; to be precise, they were all experts.

In less than 5 minutes, Xu Ge and his two companions' lead was overtaken, and more than 20 other people who had also chosen to detour on the left had caught up.

Xu Ge saw many familiar faces among these people; they were all people he had participated in the Warriors Competition with. Chen Wei was also among them, and he even grinned at Xu Ge and his two companions.

As it turned out, Xu Ge's judgment was correct.

After bypassing the big slope, their group of twenty or thirty people maintained their lead.

As for the two groups that charged uphill directly and those that went around to the right, they had to adjust their pace after exhausting their physical strength, otherwise they would easily be overwhelmed.

A dozen minutes later, a cluster of tents came into view.

"Come on, brothers!"

"What's the rush? We're in the top tier, so we definitely don't need to worry about not having a bed."

"It would be good to get a good spot; I don't want to sleep on the top bunk."

"Holy crap, you're right!"

"Kaiyoumu, you go and grab three spots too!" Xu Ge shouted to Kaiyoumu, who was pulling Li Dongshui along on the other side.

"it is good!"

Those in the first tier were all formidable individuals, and immediately more than a dozen people accelerated again, including Kaiyoumu.

As for Xu Ge, he continued to run wildly, clutching Li Dongshui's bag strap.

Li Dongshui's physical fitness was almost the worst among these 100-plus people. He was already risking his life to keep up. If Xu Ge didn't pay attention to him, he might easily be overtaken by the people behind him.

When it comes to elimination, everyone gives it their all.

Finally, just when Li Dongshui felt he was about to be strangled to death by Xu Ge with his satchel strap, the finish line was reached.

The temporary camp was surrounded by a simple wall made of water-filled barriers. Several members of the Sirius team were chatting idly on both sides of the gate, and surprisingly, Wang Long, an old acquaintance, was also there.

When Xu Ge pulled Li Dongshui through the gate, he patted her arm as a greeting.

You should know that he was so exhausted that he could only pant and couldn't speak.

Xu Ge even suspected that Li Dongshui, that bastard, was deliberately slamming on the brakes in the last part!

Damn, the more I pull, the greater the resistance becomes.

"Not bad, not bad, keep it up!" Wang Long recognized the two new recruits and shouted with a smile.

The other team members asked curiously, "Wang Long, do you know these two people?"

"I know him. The guy in front bit me last year, and I still have the teeth marks on my thigh!" Wang Long couldn't help but laugh and cry when he thought about it.

The others laughed too: "Hahaha, those two guys who threw rocks at you on the mountain, right? These two recruits are pretty wild, they've even made it into our Sirius selection team!"

Wang Long nodded: "I saw them during the operation on New Year's Eve. Both of them should have military merits."

"The recruits who come to participate in the selection must either be brave or have special skills!"

Someone else remembered something, "I remember there was a recruit in the First Regiment's Warrior Competition this year who got a rapid-fire time of 3.68 seconds, is that them?"

"Wow! That's really awesome!"

"Even if they come, we'll still get wrecked, right? Hahaha, I'm actually looking forward to it!"

Wang Long glanced at his watch: "Alright, enough chit-chat, it's almost time. How many people went in just now?"

"I didn't count carefully, but there's no need to. The last five who didn't get a bed just left, right?" another person said.

Wang Long looked around the Gobi Desert and saw that only two people were still running this way. He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go inside and check the situation first!"

. . .

. . .

"Stop...stop it!"

Li Dongshui's voice was almost like a duck's as she hurriedly grabbed the strap of her shoulder bag, "They...they're all here, damn it!"

Xu Ge then remembered that he was still holding onto this thing, so he immediately let go, bent over and gasped for breath, while looking around.

There are three large tents in the camp, all filled with iron bunk beds. According to Yang Shaojie, each tent has 36 beds.

At this moment, the people in the first group had each taken their desired positions and were resting on the bed boards.

"Over here! Come quick!"

Kaiyoumu called out from the first tent he entered.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui rushed inside and found Kaiyoumu sitting on the outermost of the three lower bunks. The two inner bunks were clearly reserved for the two of them.

"Quick! Make the bed! Who knows what kind of trouble Tianlang and the others might cause later!"

Kaiyoumu's reminder not only prompted Xu Ge and Li Dongshui, but also immediately motivated the other athletes who were resting in the tent.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Xu Ge noticed that most of the people in the tent looked familiar, suggesting they were all from the same group.

"Xu Ge, Li Dongshui, I knew you two would come too!" Chen Wei, who was in the lower bunk across from me, greeted him with a smile.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui nodded in agreement: "Yes, what a coincidence!"

"Is this guy also in your class? I remember he was the first to warn everyone to run. Has he been here before?" Chen Wei asked, pointing at Kaiyoumu.

"Yeah, his name is Kaiyoumu. The three of us have been together since basic training, and we were even in the same platoon after we were assigned to a unit. Hahaha, isn't that amazing?" Li Dongshui said with a smug look on his face.

This piqued the interest of everyone else as well.

"Basic training? This guy's a sergeant! Holy crap, is he a repeat recruit?"

"You know what, he looks somewhat familiar..."

"Damn! I remember now! This guy went up on stage to receive an award at our last team meeting!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Wei immediately remembered and looked at the three of them with surprise: "So it turns out that the three of you are all from the 9th Platoon of the 6th Company!"

Xu Ge was taken aback: "What happened to the ninth platoon of the sixth company?"

"Wow! When they went up to receive the awards, they were all warriors and heroes, with all sorts of third-class and second-class merits, and even two collective second-class merits!"

Chen Wei looked on with envy, "Our company commander's eyes were practically red with envy down there! He was cursing your company commander for getting lucky, hahaha!"

"The brigade commander even came over to present your squad leader with an award, touching his face and patting his shoulder. Damn! When have we ever seen the brigade commander smile like that? By the way, why didn't I see you two at the time?"

"Oh, we were both on a business trip at the time," Xu Ge said casually.

At this moment, another second-term sergeant spoke up: "Let me tell you, Chen Wei, Sergeant Guo of the Ninth Platoon is no ordinary soldier. I heard from the battalion commander that when he was young, he dominated the entire brigade and won the All-Round Soldier King title for seven consecutive years!"

Everyone else was also taken aback.

Holy crap! That's incredible?!

"No wonder!"

"The fact that three people from one class came to participate in the Sirius selection shows that you two are the only new recruits this year..."

As everyone was discussing, three figures carrying backpacks rushed in. One of them, a tall sergeant, shouted, "Where are the recruits?!"

Everyone looked over and saw that the three of them were covered in sweat, clearly having just run there.

The three looked around and immediately spotted Xu Ge and Li Dongshui, then walked over.

"You two, give up your beds! What are you new recruits doing here? Come back next year!" the burly sergeant said casually, tossing his backpack onto Li Dongshui's bed.

Kaiyoumu kicked the other person's backpack to the ground, pointed at the person's nose and said coldly, "Haha, do you believe I'll squeeze your light purple one out of the bag!"

Chen Wei and his group immediately surrounded them, each with an unfriendly expression.

"What the hell are you trying to do? Steal the bed, huh?"

"Get lost, or I'll beat you up!"

"Damn it! Which regiment are you from? Running wild here!"

These men would be top-notch soldiers in any other unit, and they all have explosive tempers. When they saw that the new recruits in their regiment were about to be bullied, they all rushed over without saying a word.

Not to mention there were four men from the Sixth Company inside, who immediately started pushing people out.

The three men who arrived later changed their expressions drastically. The leading sergeant shouted as he retreated, "What kind of skill is it to bully the few with your numbers? If you're so capable, let's have a one-on-one fight..."

"Come on, come on, I'll fight you one-on-one!" Kaiyumu immediately perked up.

"Count me in!"

"And I!"

"Stop it, all of you! What are you doing here?!" A sharp shout rang out, and several members of the Sky Wolf team walked in.

Wang Long first glanced at the three sergeants carrying backpacks: "What are you doing here?"

"us..."

"They arrived last, trying to steal the recruits' beds!" someone immediately shouted.

The expressions of the Sirius team members immediately changed, and they all looked at the three of them.

One of the sergeants looked at the three men with disgust: "Fuck you! I hate people like you the most. You're incompetent, so you bully new recruits just because you're in rank, right? You can't even outrun them, what gives you the nerve to try and steal their beds?" The three men blushed with embarrassment. The tall sergeant, enraged and defiant, shouted, "Who said I couldn't outrun them? I just ran out of energy while climbing the hill. If I were coming from the side..."

"I know, you're not only a piece of trash, you're also an idiot!"

The sergeant interrupted, "That slope was deliberately chosen by us, just to weed out people like you who are both incompetent and stupid!"

"Stop making a fool of yourself here! Get out of here right now! Wang Long, find out which unit they're from and have their superiors come and take them away!"

"Yes!"

The three of them panicked and tried to beg for mercy, but were forcibly driven out by Tianlang's men.

Joy returned to the tent, and everyone chatted and laughed as if they had won a battle.

"Thank you all for your support, class leaders! Hahaha!" Xu Ge and Li Dongshui quickly thanked everyone.

This incident brought the people in the tent closer together, and after making their beds, they all started chatting and joking around.

Li Dongshui sat on the bed, tugged at Xu Ge's sleeve, and whispered, "What did that old squad leader mean when he said that the big hill on the road was specially chosen by Tianlang?"

Xu Ge: "If you're strong enough, you can go straight up the slope. If you're not confident, then go around it from the side. As long as you choose the right path, you won't end up at the very back."

Li Dongshui suddenly realized: "Then the three of us really don't have the confidence to climb the slope."

Kaiyoumu looked at him irritably and said, "Xu Ge and I are confident, but we can't do that if we bring you along."

Li Dongshui: ...

. . .

. . .

Just as everyone was chatting inside the tent, shouts came from outside.

"Each tent will select a temporary team leader and gather at the entrance!"

A second-term sergeant stood up: "Then I'll go? Do you have any objections?"

"no!"

"Okay! My name is Zheng Tiannan."

"Captain Zheng, you've worked hard! Hahaha!"

It was that simple. The selection process was completed in three seconds, and the temporary team leader went straight out.

More than ten minutes later, Zheng Tiannan came in with a form: "Take a look, everyone. These are the assessment items and standards for tomorrow."

A group of people swarmed around them, and Xu Ge and Li Dongshui immediately moved aside to make way for them.

"Physical fitness, shooting, comprehensive tactics, climbing... these are similar to the events in the Warriors Championship."

"Yes! What does it mean that each project has a minimum standard?"

"The people from Sirius just explained that if any one of them fails to meet the minimum standard, the total score will not count, and the candidate will be eliminated!"

"Holy crap! Let me see if this standard is high or not!"

"It's alright, it's about the excellent level we usually achieve in training and assessments, so we should all be able to meet the standards."

Just as everyone was gathered there discussing, Chen Wei turned his head and saw two new recruits sitting on the bed, idly playing with their fingers, and was stunned:
"Why do you two seem so unconcerned about tomorrow's assessment? Are you planning to give up altogether?"

Li Dongshui looked up: "Huh? No! Neither of us needs to take the exam tomorrow."

The entire tent fell silent.

Everyone turned to look at Xu Ge and Li Dongshui.

Chen Wei thought he had misheard: "What? No exam?"

Li Dongshui nodded.

"Why?!" everyone asked in unison.

Kaiyu said irritably, "Those two have already gotten full marks in their basic subjects tomorrow!"

hum!
The tent erupted in chaos.

"Holy crap! A perfect score without even taking the exam? Why?"

"Do you two have such powerful backers that you can even get into Sirius's selection process through connections?"

"What the hell are you talking about? If you had that kind of relationship, would you need to share a tent with us?"

"Yeah, but why don't they have to take the exam?! I'm so damn jealous!"

At this moment, Chen Wei seemed to realize something and shouted, "I know why!"

Everyone looked at Chen Wei again: "Why?"

"Xu Ge's combined rapid shooting time was 3.68 seconds at the Warrior Competition, breaking the record! Li Dongshui is the top scorer in the sniper training course! This is Sirius's way of taking care of athletes with special skills!"

Chen Wei looked at the two of them and asked, "Am I right?"

Xu Ge wasn't really sure how to explain the real reason, but seeing that the other person had said that, he immediately nodded in agreement: "Yes! That's right, that's exactly it!"

"No wonder!"

Everyone then suddenly realized what was happening.

However, despite their envy, they realized they couldn't reach that level in terms of rapid fire and sniping, so they weren't envious.

Chen Wei looked at Xu Ge and joked, "If you don't take the test, then I'll take first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting competition, okay?"

Xu Ge said nonchalantly, "The assessment is tiring, good luck!"

Li Dongshui turned her head and asked with a puzzled look, "Didn't you say last time that you just like getting first place?"

Xu Ge: ...

"I've decided to aim for first place overall in this selection process; I'm not interested in getting first place in any individual category."

Li Dongshui was a little confused: "Aren't you all first place? Besides, wouldn't it be easier for you to get the individual award?"

Xu Ge suddenly felt like slapping himself, but Li Dongshui's words brought him back to reality.

Yes, even if someone gets first place in a single category in this selection, that's still within the entire brigade and should meet the requirements of a Class C military order.

But he foolishly set his challenge as winning first place in the overall assessment.

Damn it! My cousin ruined my life!

Looking back now, Xu Ge realized that it was Thor's last words before leaving last night that made him set his sights on winning first place in the overall selection.

Seeing that Li Dongshui was still looking at him, Xu Ge said irritably, "I have limited energy. Can't I only get first place once at a time?"

Li Dongshui curled her lips: "If you don't want to take the exam, then you don't want to take it. You're really good at making excuses for yourself. Who says you can't get two first places at the same time?"

"What I said is, no!"

"Why don't you challenge yourself?"

"Why don't you go and challenge it... Holy crap! Yeah!"

When Xu Ge said this, he was thinking that he only had one chance to challenge a C-level class, but Li Dongshui's words made him suddenly realize that he had overlooked something.

So this military order allows for challenges beyond one's level!
However, since the challenges of the military order have always been quite difficult, Xu Ge has already struggled to cope with the current level of difficulty, so he has never had the opportunity to try again.

But this time was different; winning first place in the combined rapid shooting event was not difficult for him!
Although I only have one more chance to challenge a D-level difficulty, I can challenge a C-level difficulty level instead. After completing it, the system will still give me a C-level reward!

Furthermore, the results of the challenge will be available tomorrow.

Then I can use the 5000 general proficiency points I was awarded to further improve my strength, which will naturally give me more confidence in the subjects that will be available the day after tomorrow!
Once we secure first place overall, we will naturally have all the conditions to activate wartime mode.

Isn't this getting better and better?
Xu Ge became more and more excited as he thought about it, and immediately summoned his token, focusing his consciousness on the button for the military order.

[Level D Military Order Requirements: Achieve first place in any single subject during regimental-level unit training assessments, or complete other challenges of corresponding difficulty.]

[Do you want to confirm the challenge details now?]

"The challenge is confirmed to be winning first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting event during the Sirius selection process."

The challenge chosen by the host is to win first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting event during the Sirius Selection. This challenge has been assessed as Level C, which is considered a challenge beyond the required level.

Completing the challenge will reward you with 250 general skill points or 5000 general proficiency points; failing the challenge will result in corresponding penalties.

[Please confirm whether you accept this challenge that is beyond your level.]

"confirm!"

Xu Ge was thrilled; it really worked!

[Generating a Level C Military Order]

Please choose one of the following two versions and read it aloud in public.

[Version 1: I, (Host's Name), solemnly declare that I guarantee to win first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting event in the upcoming Sirius Selection. If I fail to do so, I voluntarily promise not to utter a single lie for two weeks.]

[Version Two: I, (Host's Name), solemnly declare that I guarantee to win first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting event in the upcoming Sirius Selection. If I fail to do so, my squad will be subject to a week of internal discipline.]

"What's wrong with you?" Li Dongshui and Chen Wei asked, seeing Xu Ge sitting there with his expression constantly changing.

Xu Ge looked at Chen Wei and smiled: "Sorry, you won't be able to get first place in the rapid shooting competition this time."

Chen Wei: ...

clap clap clap!
Xu Ge stood up, clapped his hands, and after everyone looked over, loudly announced, "I, Xu Ge, solemnly declare that I guarantee first place in the comprehensive rapid shooting event at the upcoming Sirius Selection... Mmmmmm!"

Halfway through his sentence, Kaiyoumu and Li Dongshui rushed over to cover his mouth, but Xu Ge still mumbled out the second half of the sentence. Whether the others heard him or not was none of his concern.

A group of people looked over with question marks, wondering why Kaiyoumu and Li Dongshui were reacting so dramatically. It was just that Xu Ge was about to announce his participation in the basic subjects. Why did they have to cover his mouth and not let him finish speaking?

Kaiyumu didn't bother explaining to everyone how accurate Xu Ge's jinx was, and glared at Xu Ge: "Are you going to say it or not?"

Xu Ge looked at the token, which showed that the military order had taken effect, and quickly shook his head.

The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and released Xu Ge, who had almost fainted from being suffocated.

(End of this chapter)