Chapter Thirty-Eight Wilderness Training

  A distant gaze swept over all the soldiers one by one, and under that distant gaze, all the soldiers involuntarily shut their mouths.

  Without saying a word, Gaoyuan turned around and ran out.

  "What are you still standing there for? Follow the military officer!" Sun Xiao stamped her foot and chased after Gao Yuan's footsteps. Yan Haibo gritted his teeth and also ran out.

  The soldiers ran silently one after another out of the barracks, following a few people in front, and rushed towards the distant Nanshan Mountain that had just revealed its vague outline.

  The October morning wind already had a bit of an icy taste, high and far apart, happily running, it's been a long time since he felt so exhilarated. Since coming to this world, he hadn't done such a long-distance, large-scale run, but he was confident in himself. Compared to his previous life where he ran alone on the cold city streets, today he felt especially comfortable and warm, because behind him, nearly a hundred men were following in his footsteps.

  The road stretched out before him, with small stones rolling lively under his feet, splashing mud flying up, leaving deep footprints on the ground. Gao Yuan felt his blood boiling and burning within him, he wanted to throw back his head and let out a long roar, using his loud voice to express his heroic passion.

  In his previous life, he lived like a ghost in the steel and concrete city, wandering among the crowds like a specter, with the fresh blood of others being the only thing that could excite him. He lived a lonely existence in that world, always fighting alone.

  But in this life, behind him followed over a hundred men, they would join forces with him to create an era that belonged to them.

  Yes, their era, his era.

  Gao Yuan felt his body was very light, he ran faster and faster.

  Sun Xiao desperately tried to keep up with the distant footsteps, initially managing to follow, but gradually he felt his lungs burning like a ball of fire, his chest tight and suffocating, his throat dry as if he had swallowed a handful of sand, wanting to swallow a mouthful of saliva, but there was nothing in his mouth, and his stomach also started to ache.

  He looked up at the distant back in front of him, Gao Bing Cao seemed to be unaffected, still running forward at a steady pace, and compared to when he left the camp gate, his speed didn't seem to have changed at all.

  Sun Xiao panted desperately with his mouth wide open, like a fish that had been carelessly thrown onto the ground, trying to breathe in some fresh air, his two hands were too weak to move and could only be placed on his waist, his feet felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, every step forward required great effort.

  Footsteps sounded behind him, he forced himself to turn around, it was Yan Haibo, watching as he got closer and closer to himself, no way, he absolutely couldn't let this little guy surpass him, otherwise what face would he have left as the leader, before Gao Bingcao arrived, he had always been the big boss here, the old man that everyone admired, now that Gao Bingcao was here, he was the undisputed big boss, Sun Xiao also conceded, but he couldn't be the big boss anymore, this second-in-command position he must hold onto firmly.

  He summoned up his remaining courage and continued forward.

  Yan Haibo has also reached his limit. His original goal was to catch up with Sun Xiao, but seeing the already struggling Sun Xiao suddenly speed up like he had been injected with chicken blood, and the distance between them getting farther and farther away, he couldn't help but feel discouraged. With this morale gone, the distance between him and Sun Xiao grew even wider.

  Nanshan is already in sight, but Gao Bing Cao has disappeared. Sun Xiao is panting heavily and says it's strange that after he got through the most difficult part, he actually felt lighter as he ran, although still tired, he could hold on, unlike a while ago when he thought he might collapse at any moment.

  Looking at the lush Nanshan in front of him, looking at the winding and tortuous small path like a snake, Sun Xiao knew that he would encounter new difficulties next.

  He let out a long sigh, gritted his teeth, and with his head down, he rushed up the mountain. As he rushed up, he turned back to take a look, and in his field of vision, there was still only Yan Haibo.

  This kid is indeed a character, no wonder Gao Bingcao took a liking to him, Sun Xiao silently praised, he can indeed endure hardships and dare to take risks.

  When Sun Xiao started climbing the mountain, Gao Yuan was already standing at the top of Nan Mountain. From here, the entire Fufeng County city could be seen in one glance. Standing here, he could also see clearly that his troops were forming a long queue, rushing towards this place, and the farthest ones had only run half the distance. Gao Yuan couldn't help but shake his head.

  The burden is heavy and the road is long.

  He casually took off his already drenched clothes and hung them on a tree branch. The rising sun shone on Gao Yuan's bare arms, revealing block-like muscles with distinct edges. He drew out three military daggers from his waist, let out a loud shout, took a big stride forward, and stabbed fiercely.

  Up step, thrust. Up step, thrust again. The three-edged military spear shone with a faint blue light under the reflection of sunlight, its high and far movement was as simple as he said, thrust, cut, chop, back and forth, just these three movements, the biggest feature is fast, second is powerful, every time it thrusts out, it will bring out a sharp whistling sound in the air.

  He swung out hundreds of times in a row, and even Gao Yuan couldn't help but gasp for breath. The simple action was extremely dull to practice, and very few people could persist for years on end. This was also the greatest secret weapon that Gao Yuan had when he was invincible on the life-and-death arena - he never wasted time practicing those dazzling moves that were meant to impress others; his goal was to kill.

  One hit kill, as long as I am stronger than you by a fraction, faster than you by a fraction, and react faster than you by a bit, that's enough.

  He reversed his grip on the three-edged military dagger and slid it into its sheath, turned around, and finally saw Sun Xiao appear before his eyes. "Military advisor, I'm truly impressed!" Sun Xiao sighed and fell to the ground with a thud, sprawling out in all directions at the top of the mountain, not even bothering to lift a finger. Behind Sun Xiao, Yan Haibo also stumbled up, and without saying a word, he too lay down on the ground just like Sun Xiao.

  Looking at their appearance, Gao Yuan shook his head and said it was still too poor! Too lazy to care about them, let them lie here for a while, took off the clothes from the branches, dressed up, sat on the top of the mountain, staring at the foot of the mountain, his soldiers were struggling to climb up.

  Cao Tiancheng had obtained a special permit from Gao Yuan and did not need to participate in such wilderness training. He stayed at home as a partner, counting the time, and should have returned by now. He scooped the hot soup into a bucket and carried it to the center of the field, then put the steamed buns into a basket and placed them next to the vegetable bucket. He also prepared each bowl and plate one by one. When he finished all this, footsteps were already coming from the road in front of the camp gate. Gao Yuan ran back quickly with light footsteps, but where were the others?

  Behind Gao Bingcao, there was no one.

  "Adjutant, where are they?" Cao Tiancheng asked in surprise.

  "Later!" He simply spat out two words and Gao Yuan walked to the front of Cao Tiancheng's prepared meal, took a steamed bun, scooped up a bowl of vegetable soup, and carried it to the camp gate, eating and drinking while looking at the road in front of the camp gate.

  As time passed, Cao Tiancheng's surprise grew more and more intense. Gao Bingcao had already finished his meal and was strolling around the arena to digest, while Sun Xiao and the others were still nowhere to be seen.

  After a good half an hour had passed, the steaming hot soup had cooled down, and Cao Tiancheng finally saw Sun Xiao appear before his eyes. Behind Sun Xiao was Yan Haibo, and behind them, even further away, another soldier appeared.

  Sun Xiao rushed into the camp gate, panting heavily like a cow, and Yan Haibo was not much better off.

  "Xiao Sun, dinner's ready!" Cao Tiancheng had barely finished speaking when he saw Xiao Sun collapse forward, lying flat in the courtyard, unable to utter a word, his chest rising and falling with each breath.

  "Old Sun, dinner is ready!" Cao Tiancheng scooped a bowl of vegetable soup, but saw Sun Xiao lying on the ground, weakly shaking his head at him.

  More and more soldiers ran back, like Sun Xiao, they all rushed into the camp gate and fell to the ground, some even collapsed on the ground, vomiting non-stop.

  Cao Tiānchéng looked at the soldiers lying all over the ground, his eyes wide with shock. In front of the entire camp gate, except for himself and Gāo Yuǎn, there wasn't a single person standing.