The Rise of a Special Forces Soldier Abandoned by a Wealthy Family

The training grounds of the fortress were crudely divided into different areas.

Each region echoes with a completely different yet equally brutal rhythm.

The special training of the members of Squad Zero began to delve deeper into their respective professional fields.

Act One: Iron Pier's "Heavy Metal Symphony"

The main construction site of Tiedun is a paradise of noise, smoke, and steel.

His mentor was the fortress's armorer, a burly man nearly two meters tall with arms thicker than an iron block's thigh, named "The Butcher."

The butcher believes that a love for heavy firepower is an innate belief.

Training should begin with the basics.

Weapon Structure and Principles:

The butcher roughly disassembled an M2HB Browning heavy machine gun, scattering parts all over the ground.

"Kid! Put it back together! If you put one part in the wrong place, I'll smash one of your fingers with a wrench!"

Tie Dun was covered in sweat as he looked at the cold steel components.

But he had a simple intuition for machinery; his strong hands seemed born to handle these heavy machines.

After experiencing several bouts of finger swelling and pain, he could assemble and disassemble a heavy machine gun in minutes with his eyes closed.

Ballistics and Firepower Calculations:

This nearly killed Tie Dun.

The butcher drew crooked parabolas on the ground:

"Wind speed! Humidity! Gravity! Damn distance! If your brain can't remember it, use your body!"

He had Tiedun carry heavy ammunition boxes and conduct live-fire exercises at different distances to feel the recoil and observe the distribution of bullet impact points.

"Three meters to the left! Lowered two! Damn it! Are you trying to shoot a bullet all the way to the moon to feed the rabbits?!"

Tie Dun was often verbally abused, but he gritted his teeth and persevered, using the most basic and simplest method—

Muscle memory developed from countless shots compensates for the shortcomings of theoretical calculations.

He gradually became able to use his senses to carry out effective fire suppression.

Sustained Fire and Barrel Management

"The heavy machine gun is for splashing water? Bullshit! It's for controlling the river!" the butcher roared.

The gunners conducted continuous shooting training for several hours, with hot shell casings falling like raindrops and the gun barrels glowing red-hot.

He had to learn to change barrels while firing at high speed (wearing thick asbestos gloves that were covered in burn marks), calculate ammunition consumption, and judge barrel life.

His shoulder was covered in bruises from the recoil, turning it a deep purple, but he didn't utter a sound.

Application of Vehicle Weapon Platforms

The butcher even managed to get his hands on a beat-up armed pickup truck with a PKM general-purpose machine gun welded to its roof.

"Now you're the commander! And the gunner too! You'd better drive and shoot at the same time!"

Iron Pile drives wildly across the bumpy terrain while simultaneously operating a machine gun to fire at moving targets.

He was so dizzy and vomited profusely, but he managed to drive while yelling and firing long bursts at the target area.

The scene was both comical and shocking.

Zero would sometimes come over to "crash" the class.

He couldn't learn the pure strength and muscle memory of Irondun, but he could quickly memorize the effective range, rate of fire, ammunition type, and weaknesses of various weapons.

He would point to the rocket launcher and say to the iron block, "It's like Baroque throwing stones. If you can't dodge, find cover, or rush over before he throws it."

Iron Pile nodded as if he understood, but Zero's words always made a lot of sense.

Act Two: Cold Thorn's "Path of the Lonely"

Cold Thorn's training grounds are unlike any other place; extreme silence and patience are their main characteristics.

His mentor, besides being silent, was a veteran who was once a top sniper but had to retire from the front line due to injury, codenamed "Hawkeye".

Hawkeye is taciturn, but his eyes are as sharp as an eagle's, as if they can pierce through people's hearts.

The training subjects are precise and brutal:

Stealth and Disguise.

This is not as simple as just hiding in the bushes.

Hawkeye taught him:

How to use shadows.

How to remove outlines.

How to control the landing point of each step to avoid making a sound.

How to use natural sounds (wind, birdsong) to mask the noise of movement.

Silence will suddenly appear.

Point out the problem with his breathing rhythm.

Or, body odor (sweat, earthy smell) can become a fatal flaw in certain environments.

Tottenham Hotspur are exceptionally gifted in this regard.

He often disappears into his surroundings like a ghost.

Even if Zero is not concentrating, it is difficult to detect.

Observation and Target Recognition.

Hawkeye gave him a high-powered telescope and a blank notebook.

"Keep your eyes on that valley and note all the changes:"

"The area of ​​moss on the third stone."

"A few branches have fallen from that dead tree in the southeast direction."

"The exact time and frequency of a bird flying by..."

This kind of staring could last for hours, or even a whole day.

It is extremely tedious, but it can greatly improve concentration and observation skills.

Later, the training shifted to quickly identifying camouflaged targets and determining their value priority in complex environments.

Advanced Sniping Theory:

The teachings of silence and eagle eyes are passed down in turn.

Ballistic calculations are far more sophisticated and complex than what Tiedun learned:

The Coriolis effect, the influence of humidity and air density on bullets, and the mirage effect caused by temperature gradients can all distort aiming.

Coldthorn must learn to use a rangefinder and anemometer, and perform rapid mental calculations.

His quiet nature actually became an advantage, allowing him to immerse himself completely in the data.

Endurance Limit Training:

He was required to maintain an extremely uncomfortable shooting posture for an extended period of time.

All the muscles in the body must maintain a delicate balance, without the slightest tremor.

Ants crawled across his face, sweat streamed into his eyes, and he couldn't move.

Hawkeye would shine a laser pointer at him, and the slightest movement would result in a cold reprimand or even punishment.

This is a dual test of both body and will.

Counter-Sniper and Battlefield Survival:

"Fire one shot, then move to another. Always assume someone is already watching you."

Hawkeye and Silent will personally act as hunters, conducting counter-sniper training against Cold Spike in complex terrain.

Cold Thorn must learn to use every means to evade tracking, set up booby traps, and create false targets.

This was his most dangerous lesson, and he narrowly escaped injury several times.

Zero will also come to observe Cold Spurs' training.

He didn't aspire to be a sniper, but he learned that extreme patience and observation skills.

Learn how to assess a situation from a distance.

Learn those camouflage and stealth techniques and integrate them into your own comprehensive tactical system.

He would say to Cold Thorn, "The point where your gun is pointed is the sharpest point of our blades."

Act Three: Zero's "Greedy" Absorption and Leadership Trial.

Zero's figure frequently appeared at various training grounds.

He was the busiest one.

In language and culture class, he was already a top student, taking the initiative to read the news and military manuals provided by the Nightingale, trying to understand the underlying logic and thought patterns.

In his silent theory classes, he posed increasingly tricky questions.

In Xue Yan's laboratory, he was not satisfied with just identifying and preparing the medicines; he inquired about the underlying principles and even secretly recorded Xue Yan's operating habits and the rules for storing the medicines.

He absorbed knowledge like a sponge, and his learning speed surprised and even unsettled all his mentors.

Baroque watched the monitor and muttered to Xue Yan, "This little monster... learns too fast, frighteningly fast."

But Zero was not the only one greedily learning.

He subconsciously took on the roles of "converter" and "connector".

He transformed the tacit tactical theories into something that Iron Pier could understand: "smash" and "block".

He likened the electronic signal characteristics of a sparrow to the subtle movements of a bird that Cold Thorn pays close attention to.

He summarized Xue Yan's knowledge of poisons into a practical guide and shared it with everyone.

His leadership is based on an understanding of everyone's abilities and knowledge.

Fuzzy perception: How to forge squad traits into powerful weapons.

However, this all-encompassing pressure almost crushed him.

At night, he often wakes up from nightmares.

In my dream, there were interwoven foreign language words, complex chemical formulas, ballistic curves, and human anatomy diagrams.

Sometimes, he would walk into the yard alone.

Looking at the cold moon, a hint of extreme weariness and confusion would flash in those precocious black eyes.

But he never revealed this to others.

Every time dawn breaks, he remains the same calm, fast learner, who occasionally teases his mentor with dark humor and silently cares for his companions.

Xue Yan wrote in his notebook:

"Subject Zero's cognitive load is approaching the theoretical limit."

However, its performance did not decline; on the contrary, it showed an accelerating trend.

Its brain's neural network may be undergoing adaptive restructuring.

Leadership behavior has evolved from survival instincts to strategic planning.

His mental stability needs to be closely monitored.

The silent shadows seem to linger more at the training grounds for number zero.

The observation period has also been extended.

The fangs and claws of the young beasts are being honed and grown at an astonishing rate in their respective purgatories.

The ultimate test will require them to integrate all of this.