Chapter 13 New Recruits Report for Duty 11

  Lian Chang saw Zhang Nan get up and shouted again: "Since you can still run, then hurry up and run for me, don't let me see you fall to the ground again!"

  While Leilong was talking, more than a dozen people had already surpassed them. Now Leilong had fallen to the back half of the team again. Zhang Nan was desperately taking big strides forward this time. Afraid that Zhang Nan would fall again, Leilong slowed down and followed closely behind him.

  Not even 100 meters away, Zhang Nan's figure swayed and was about to fall to the ground again. Lei hurriedly stretched out his hand to support Zhang Nan and asked: "Are you okay?"

  Not waiting for Zhang Nan to respond, they heard Lian Chang shouting from a short distance behind them: "What are you two standing there for? Are you thinking of having me carry you on my back and run?"

  Zhang Nan turned his head and glanced at Lian Chang, then whispered to Lei: "It's okay, I'm not going to die yet." After that, he struggled to run forward again.

  Lei Ben wanted to let go of Zhang Nan, but this time Zhang Nan only took a step forward and his body fell to the side again. Lei used force to support Zhang Nan and chuckled: "Let's run together."

  Zhang Nan cast a grateful glance at Lei, and under his pulling, the two slowly moved forward. More and more people were overtaking them, and after running out another hundred meters or so, Lei began to feel like his legs were filled with lead, every step he took seemed to consume all his strength. Lei looked down at Zhang Nan again, only to see that Zhang's face was pale, his breathing frequency getting faster and faster. Lei thought to himself: "He should have given up long ago, but he believes that with my help, he can definitely make it to the finish line, so he keeps persevering." To give Zhang Nan confidence and not let Lian Chang look down on him, Lei gritted his teeth and continued to pull Zhang Nan forward. After moving forward another few dozen meters, Lei found that his breathing was also getting more and more rapid, and there was a faint taste of blood in his mouth, which seemed to be coming from his chest cavity, probably due to overexertion.

  Just as Lei felt that he couldn't drag Zhang Nan anymore, he suddenly felt that Zhang Nan had become much lighter. He looked at Zhang Nan in confusion and saw that there was another person on the other side of Zhang Nan pulling him along. With his help, Lei felt a lot more relaxed. "Li Yuan, is that you?" Lei called out softly.

  Li Yuan dragged Zhang Nan with all his might while smiling lightly at Lei and said, "Head Monitor, I couldn't possibly abandon you and run off by myself."

  Before Lei could react, he felt Zhang Nan's weight lighten a bit. He turned around to see another person pushing from behind, and Lei exclaimed: "Zhang!"

  Zhang Biao raised his head and smiled at Lei, saying: "I'm out of luck, who let us be in the same class? Of course, we have to rise and fall together."

  Lei turned to Li Yuan and Zhang Biao, exchanged a smile with them, then loudly shouted at Zhang Nan: "Alright! Let's advance and retreat together! You must hold on, Zhang Nan!"

  Zhang Nan weakly thanked the three: "Thanks, thank you." Under the push of the three, Zhang Nan continued to move forward.

  Lian Chang quietly watched the four from behind, then glanced at the medic beside him and whispered, "Follow them."

  The nurse smiled lightly and said, "Roger that."

  Lian Zhang accelerated his pace and ran to the front of Lei, shouting: "There are only four of you left, and there are only five minutes left. If you don't reach your destination, none of you will have dinner today!" After finishing speaking, Lian Zhang's figure quickly disappeared.

  Lei turned his head back and looked, indeed, except for them, only the sanitation worker was left. Lei looked forward again, this mountain road is like the eighteen bends in the song, can't see where the end is, nor can you see how far away the people in front are. Lei thought to himself: "Five minutes? Only five minutes left?", he pulled Zhang Nan forward with force, what else could be done besides insisting on moving forward?

  Time slowly passed, and after two minutes, Zhang Nan struggled with all his might and shouted: "You guys, let me go, don't bother about me anymore, there's no time left."

  Li Yuan shouted: "What are you doing? Don't you know that your reckless behavior will only waste more of our energy?"

  "Hey, we've all held on for so long, you can't just say give up now, it's going to make our class brothers very embarrassed!"

  "Never mind if we don't eat, one day without food won't kill us. No matter what, we must hold on till the end!" Zhang shouted from behind.

  Zhang Nan was extremely grateful to these new brothers and struggled to say: "One, one without food is better than everyone without food!"

  "Shut up! Didn't you hear what those two just said? We're classmates, brothers, we won't abandon you!"

  "A class of brothers." Zhang Nan whispered softly, a satisfied smile spreading across his face. With such a group of brothers, what more could he ask for?

  At this time, Lei felt the footsteps of the nurse behind him quickening, and soon the nurse appeared in front of Lei. He smiled lightly at Lei and said, "Only one minute left."

  "Cut it." Lei said disdainfully, apparently this medic also wanted to mock them.

  The medic saw Lei's unfriendly face and smiled lightly: "I'll go first, I just wanted to tell you that after passing the bend in front, we will arrive at Lao Wai Tree, which is also the terminal point." After finishing speaking, the medic accelerated his pace again.

  In front of that bend, Lei Fang looked up and saw that they were still more than 100 meters away from their destination. He cast a grateful glance at the retreating back of the medic. Now that he knew where the target location was, everyone's hearts were at ease. He called out to everyone: "Let's make one final effort, we've only got over 100 meters left! We'll definitely be able to arrive within the allotted time!"

  "Good, come on!" The three responded to Lei.

  Yes, if you don't know how far away the goal is, the psychology of giving up will affect the exertion of strength. Now that we know the goal is just over a hundred meters ahead, it seems like infinite power is flowing out from our bodies. Their footsteps slowly became lighter and more brisk.