Fierce Love: Bringing Wife Home
Chapter 391 - 12 Physical Fitness Assessment Concludes

Chapter 391: Chapter 12 Physical Fitness Assessment Concludes

When Song Jingyi and Qin Chu finished their fiftieth lap, they looked at Gu Xiaoxi with a smile, then collapsed heavily onto the ground, feeling as if all their limbs had given out.

But they had won.

Even if they couldn’t stand up at the moment and couldn’t run any further, they were still happy in their hearts.

Meanwhile, Gu Xiaoxi and the others were really exhausted; they had been doing push-ups continuously, with almost everyone down to their last breath.

Sun Ru immediately blew her whistle and shouted loudly, "Everyone, assemble!"

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao immediately went over, helped Song Jingyi and Qin Chu to their feet, and then everyone stood in line.

Just as Sun Ru had wished, in less than half a month, out of one hundred and twenty people, only twenty remained.

He glanced at the two rows of troops, a smirk on his lips, "Don’t think that you can rest now. Do you know what extreme training is? It’s when you pass out on the training field, until you use up your last breath. Now it’s eleven o’clock at night, starting from here, I give you twenty minutes to reach the back mountain."

At Sun Ru’s words, a male soldier completely lost his temper. "Is this what you call training? This is simply extermination. If we use up our last breath, we will die."

"Is this how Special Forces treats people? I must have been brain-dead to want to come here," another male soldier also said angrily, with a pale face.

As they spoke, the two men turned around without hesitation and walked out of the training area.

As they passed the national flag, they put down their weapons and helmets and then left with reluctance.

Each time, thinking that by holding on a little longer, they could rest.

Each time, they gritted their teeth and walked a certain distance.

But in the end, what faced them was never-ending training, one after another.

Now that the weather was cool, at eleven o’clock at night, they still could not rest.

Gu Xiaoxi clenched her fists; she did not know if the veterans had undergone such training, but at least she felt it was much more brutal than she had imagined.

Just for a moment, two more male soldiers dropped out.

Now, in less than half a month, only sixteen people remained in the team.

"Everyone, march towards the back mountain. I will wait for you at the destination," Sun Ru said coldly, looking at the departing soldiers with indifferent eyes.

He ostentatiously drove a Hummer, then headed towards the road to the back mountain, leaving the group of soldiers looking at each other in dismay.

Gu Xiaoxi adjusted her heavy backpack, then said to everyone, "Let’s go! What’s with that dumb look? As long as there is still breath in us, we will never admit defeat."

"As long as there is still breath, we will absolutely not admit defeat." Everyone repeated her words, shouldered their backpacks, and continued forward.

On the way, they once again sang military songs.

Tired!

Beyond this word, they had no other thoughts.

Spiritually, they were nearly broken... but the training never ended, and all they could do was to persist, not to give in.

An hour later, at half-past midnight, they reached the halfway point of the back mountain.

Sun Ru had been sitting in the car waiting for them all along.

When he saw their figures, he frowned deeply, expressing dissatisfaction, "Too slow. For a twenty-kilometer distance, you actually took an hour and a half."

"Instructor, if you were to train with us, you might not last this long. We haven’t seen a bed in more than a dozen days and only had a full meal at noon. Where would I get the energy to run that fast?" Gao Shou couldn’t help but retort.

"Yeah! You’re being too cruel. If you have any powerful moves, just bring them on. We won’t give up easily," Wang Ke shouted angrily.

"Good, those are your words," Sun Ru said haughtily, lifting her head while Chi Huo and Lei He and others were already standing there, watching them with smiles.

All they saw was Sun Ru standing in the darkness, speaking coldly, "There’s a lake up ahead, I order you to jump in and swim for an hour."

"Damn!" Zhong Ming cursed involuntarily.

Swimming for an hour in the middle of the night, they were practically ready to cross the ocean; why still train in swimming? Wasn’t this just purely messing with them?

Gu Xiaoxi felt she should persevere and see just how intense their training could get.

So, she was the first to put down her pack and weapon and head towards the small lake behind the instructor.

Only when she got close did she discover that wisps of steam were floating off the lake’s surface, even the air around seemed a few degrees warmer.

A natural hot spring?

Gu Xiaoxi excitedly strode into it, as a wave of warmth instantly enveloped her entire body, washing away the fatigue of the past few days as if in an instant.

By then, the others had followed suit, and immediately someone screamed, "My God, am I dreaming? Is this a hot spring?"

"It’s so warm. You should’ve said something earlier, Instructor! You nearly broke my heart earlier," Zhong Ming couldn’t believe it as he plunged into the water, rolling around in the warm spring.

The most comfortable were undoubtedly Song Jingyi and Qin Chu.

They had braced themselves for a grim fate, yet instead of plummeting into Hell, they had unexpectedly fallen into a slice of paradise.

"Hahaha! I love this kind of swimming!" Zhao Zilong did a roll in the water; especially after being drenched in Autumn Rain all day, the hot spring was like a life-saving straw.

"I’m very pleased. After this journey, sixteen of you are still standing. Normally, only twelve people make it to this stage. There are four more this year than we expected," Sun Ru also showed a hint of a smile on her face.

He stood by the edge of the hot spring, looking at the dozen or so people in the water, his expression less stern than before, and said, "Congratulations, you’ve passed the physical fitness test. Of the four assessments for Special Forces, the toughest hurdle has been cleared by you all."

"Just now, two people dropped out midway, they really lost out! Just a little further, and they would have achieved victory," Wang Ke felt it was a shame, shaking his head. Luckily, he had persevered. He couldn’t believe that the physical training was over just like that. It seemed almost unbelievable.

Sun Ru glanced at everyone and explained, "The exercise is to train your will. Only those who maintain hope and persevere to the end can succeed. Even if you are on the verge of success, if you give up at the last step, then you’re a failure. Charge forward bravely, and you are kings. Go ahead and soak, and after that, go back to sleep. Tomorrow at noon, everyone will be informed about the next assessment event."

His words were met with exuberant cheers from the edge of the hot spring.

Gu Xiaoxi and Yun Xiao lay back in the hot spring, closing their eyes, savoring the blissful moment.

The lake must be manmade, but the water is naturally occurring underground. It seemed that Quan Shaoqing knew well how to use the terrain. For them, who had been exhausted for more than ten days, stumbling upon this lake brought more satisfaction than heaven itself.

Song Jingyi felt happy that she could persevere and continue to strive alongside Gu Xiaoxi.

Qin Chu just smiled without a word.

An hour later, two vehicles parked by the roadside, taking them back to the dormitory.

Now, looking at the spartan dormitory, the familiar blankets didn’t bother anyone, whether the floor was overgrown with weeds, the ceiling leaked, or the wind blew in from the doorway.

Everyone stripped down and dove into their beds, ready for a good sleep.

It felt like the warmest, most comfortable bedding they had ever slept in.

**

When they awoke, it was already the next afternoon.

On the training ground, a loud whistle blew, and everyone immediately jumped out of bed and assembled with alacrity.

Now, everyone wore smiles, full of energy and liveliness.

Clearly, this sleep had reinvigorated them.

Sun Ru looked around at everyone, under the sunshine, these soldiers stood tall and proud, with defiant gazes.

He appeared very satisfied and smilingly said, "It seems everyone had a good night rest. Tell me, how do you like our dormitory?"

"Good!" Everyone almost unanimously exclaimed. Had this question been asked ten days earlier, he definitely would have heard the word ’bad.’

"Good! Your performance has been good as well. So I announce the next round of assessments: shooting, combat, personal file review, and written examination. Once you complete these four, I believe you can enter the Land of Kings and become Special Forces soldiers, beginning your formal training."

"What, there’s even a written test?" Zhong Ming immediately panicked and cried out. "Wasn’t there one last year?"

Sun Ru looked towards Zhong Ming with a smile, "Last year’s selection for Special Forces was alternating between training and elimination, keeping the best at the end. This year, it’s simpler: a direct ultimate physical challenge. Anyone who passes can join in Special Forces training. In the subsequent training, only those who complete all the exercises will officially become Special Forces and begin frontline combat. You are the first batch to carry out this plan. It seems to be very effective."

The corners of everyone’s mouths twitched at his words!

Isn’t this even stricter after all?

They weed out a group first through physical fitness, then there are shooting, combat, written exams, and even the personal files are scrutinized repeatedly.

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