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

Chapter 35, first place? No thanks!
The snow came and went quickly, and the sun came out the next day.

The air was still chilly, and the snowdrifts piled up along the walls and outside the barracks were the result of hundreds of new recruits working all afternoon.

Today is the last day of September, and also the day of the first assessment for new recruits in each company before the holiday.

Last night during roll call, Company Commander Liu Guoping said that the platoons and squads with the worst performance in the assessment must do extra training during the holiday.

Xu Ge had looked at the October schedule, which included additional combat, tactics, and shooting, but none of that mattered.

Most importantly, the seven days of uninterrupted rest were exciting.

"In the morning's drill assessment, our squad only got second place in the whole company."

Before the afternoon assessment, Du Hu had the new recruits change into their physical training uniforms and assemble. Looking at them, he said...

"If you don't get first place in the physical fitness test, don't even think about playing on your phone during the holiday!"

"Do you understand?"

"understand!"

"Go to the playground to warm up beforehand!"

As the class monitor, Du Hu's requirements were naturally not as simple as not getting the lowest score.

The temperature was still a bit cold after the snow. Xu Ge, who was wearing a short-sleeved shirt, immediately got goosebumps when the cold wind blew on him, and quickly did some leg raises to warm up.

Li Dongshui, standing next to him, slowly stretched his ligaments while muttering curses under his breath.

"Our class had the best drill performance during the formation test, but Class 7 got first place. It's disgusting!"

Qi Ruibiao sneered: "Hmph! Who told Platoon Leader Li Zhi to be a judge? Isn't it normal for him to rank himself third?"

"That's why I said it's disgusting! All these kinds of subjective judgments are disgusting!"

Li Dongshui said indignantly, "When I was in school, I was very good at humanities subjects. It was only because my Chinese teacher always said that my essays were off-topic that I switched to science. Science is so much better. Right is right and wrong is wrong. I no longer have to cater to those personal preferences!"

“My uncle told me that it’s the same in the army. How many minutes you run is how many minutes you do, how many pull-ups you do, how many rings you hit on the target – it’s all straightforward and fair! But I never expected something like this to still happen!”

Kaiyumu listened to the new recruits' words, shook his head and smiled: "You guys are so adorably naive."

Li Dongshui stopped saying anything and started muttering to himself.

"I'd trade three years of Xu Ge's lifespan for passing this test!"

Xu Ge laughed in anger: "You son of a bitch..."

"Assemble at the entrance of the first platoon!"

With the command to assemble, the physical fitness test began.

. . .

. . .

The physical fitness test consists of two parts: the first is the 5000-meter run, and the second is the parallel bars and horizontal bar.

Luo Shan's pre-assessment pep talk was exactly the same as Du Hu's: "5000 meters, pass in under 19 minutes. My requirement is simple: on the basis of everyone passing, the whole platoon must win first place in the company!"

"Do you have confidence?"

"Have!"

"Okay, let's warm up first."

Luo Shan waved his hand, "Spread out 30 centimeters apart! Get ready for push-ups!"

"One push-up, begin!"

Xu Ge: ? ? ?
No, I was just making things up that night. The platoon leader wouldn't actually believe me, would he?
No one found the platoon leader's pre-assessment ceremony strange, since everyone had experienced it firsthand that night.

Xu Ge didn't know what to say, so he silently lay down and did one.

He summoned the token and glanced at it. Physical fitness: LV2 (155/199). With his current physical fitness level, he figured he should have no problem getting into the top few places.

The assessment rules were simple: everyone had to run over the distant mountaintop, collect a playing card from the second platoon leader, and then return.

The entire route is a straight cement road, and all the class leaders will supervise along the way, so no one has a chance to cheat.

Upon arriving at the starting line, Luo Shan specifically sought out Xu Ge: "Hey kid, do you still remember our bet? How about I let you command us once we come back first in the whole company?" "Platoon leader, with our squad leader here, I don't even need to think about getting first place!"

Xu Ge was well aware of his own limitations; with his current physical abilities, he was no match for Kaiyumu.

Luo Shan smiled, said nothing more, and walked to the side to blow his whistle.

beep!
"Come on!"

Amidst shouts, all the new recruits rushed out.

Following Kaiyoumu's instructions, Xu Ge focused on accelerating from the start and maintained his position in the leading group.

After 400 meters, the team had already spread out.

When they reached the foot of the mountain and began to climb, the first group had only a dozen or so people left.

Xu Ge gasped for breath, trying to maintain his rhythm and stay in the lead.

He knew he couldn't rush to accelerate and overtake at this point, because he might easily be overtaken by others. The second half of the race was where he could truly shine.

He quickly looked around and saw that only Qi Ruibiao and Zhou Meng were still following behind him, but Kaiyoumu was nowhere to be seen.

Where is the deputy squad leader?

Xu Ge was somewhat puzzled. Given Kaiyoumu's speed, he should have reached the mountaintop by now.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! We can't stop while climbing, let's keep going!"

By the roadside, Liu Fei, the squad leader, was shouting, "Two thousand meters! Once we reach the top of the mountain, we'll see the turnaround point!"

Xu Ge stopped thinking about it and continued running.

After reaching the top of the mountain, we indeed saw someone standing in the middle of the road a few hundred meters away; it was the second platoon leader in charge of dealing the cards.

call!
After adjusting his breathing, Xu Ge slowly accelerated, overtaking the recruits in front of him one by one, and was the first to arrive at the turnaround point.

"Great, 8 minutes and 40 seconds!"

The second platoon leader praised him and handed him an Ace of Spades.

Xu Ge clipped the playing cards to the elastic band of his pants, turned around and ran back.

Because he was the first to arrive at the turnaround point, he would run into everyone on the return trip.

As one recruit after another passed by, Xu Ge still couldn't see Kaiyoumu. He even doubted whether he was seeing things.

Finally, just as they reached the summit and were about to descend the slope, Kaiyuki appeared.

They saw the other person struggling to climb the slope, holding onto the arm of soldier Zhang Haoyu. They were now at the rear of the entire company.

Zhang Haoyu, who was being pulled along, was the recruit with the worst physical fitness in the class. His face was pale, and he looked like he was lacking oxygen.

While pulling Zhang Haoyu along, Kaiyoumu would occasionally turn around and shout, "Li Dongshui, hurry up and keep up, don't fall behind!"

Xu Ge looked ahead and saw Li Dongshui limping along at the back of the group, gritting his teeth and looking pained.

Soon, Kaiyoumu and Xu Ge met face to face, and Kaiyoumu gave Xu Ge a thumbs up: "Well done, Xu Ge, keep it up, keep leading, and bring back first place in the whole company!"

Before Xu Ge could respond, the two had already passed each other.

Li Dongshui arrived shortly after, glanced at Xu Ge who was in first place, said nothing, and continued climbing the hill.

Behind him, two other recruits from another platoon were slowly accelerating, trying to overtake Xu Ge.

Xu Ge estimated his physical strength and concluded that if he accelerated from now on, he could lead all the way to the finish line.

But for some reason, I just feel a little uncomfortable.

Their pace slowed down as well.

Just as the two new recruits behind him were about to catch up, Xu Ge suddenly stopped, turned around, and cursed as he climbed the slope:
"Damn it, it's just first place, I don't want it!"

He was willing to sacrifice himself to save his classmates in his previous life because he was someone who couldn't bear to see his companions in trouble.

(End of this chapter)