“Commissar, what do you mean by that?”
Squad Leader Wu showed a puzzled look. Just by looking at the surface, he couldn’t see how Zhao Yan was a good soldier material at all.
Squad Leader Liu laughed. “The commissar was just comforting you.”
“Hahahaha.” Squad Leader Si also laughed.
The audience watching the livestream also laughed.
“Brothers, cherish Squad Leader Liu and Squad Leader Si’s radiant smiles. You won’t get to see them much later.”
“Look how happy they are laughing. I really hope they can keep smiling like this later.”
“Laughing to death. Snatching back and forth, yet they missed the most awesome one. They’re gonna cry.”
Seeing Squad Leader Si and Squad Leader Liu’s happy smiles, Li Fei also smiled, “There’s something you guys don’t know yet. Three armed drug offenders broke into the train station today. Li Fei took them down bare-handed. If nothing unexpected happens, he’ll get a first class merit.”
Boom! The entire camp exploded.
All the new recruits and cadres in the battalion widened their eyes in disbelief as they stared at Zhao Yan.
The smiles disappeared from Squad Leader Si and Squad Leader Liu’s faces.
Happy times are always fleeting.
Regrets take up most of the long human life.
“Haha, you’ve had your laugh. Now it’s my turn to laugh.” Squad Leader Wu was visibly elated.
He really didn’t expect to pick up the leak.
Squad Leader Liu pointed at Zhao Yan, swallowed hard and said, “Commissar...you’re not kidding, right?”
“There are no jokes in the military.” Li Fei said lightly.
Squad Leader Liu and Squad Leader Si suddenly felt like crying.
Their expressions changed three times.
(o̴̶̷̤໐o̴̶̷̤)→!!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ→( ́•(•`)
Squad Leader Liu and Squad Leader Si looked at Squad Leader Wu at the same time.
Squad Leader Wu immediately stopped smiling and shouted, “Squad Leader Qi, take your men back to the barracks!”
“Yes! Come on, everyone follow me.” Squad Leader Qi was almost dragging Zhao Yan back to the barracks.
Seeing how Squad Leader Wu was guarding against him like he was a thief, Squad Leader Liu and Squad Leader Si knew they had no more hope.
At this point, their guts were twisting with regret.
They really wanted to drag Zhao Yan by his ears and yell, “You motherf*cking awesome guy. Why do you look so ordinary! This is fraud, you hear me! Fraud!”
Actually, Zhao Yan was quite disappointed by this too.
Li Fei’s looks completely didn’t match his Zhao somebody’s talent. He was just too plain.
But such a person was more suitable to be a soldier, especially for secret missions, because he doesn’t stand out much.
That day, not only the division and regiment headquarters called to say they would pay special attention to the recruit named Li Fei, but also a mysterious special operations force.
...
Day three of new recruit camp.
Noon, blazing sun high up in the sky.
The new recruits were standing in formation, sweating bullets.
“Heels together, feet apart 60 degrees, legs straight, knees tight, abdomen slightly tucked, chest naturally pushed out, shoulders level, slightly...”
Squad Leader Liu paced around with his hands behind his back, murmuring the key points of standing in formation, while occasionally glancing at Zhao Yan standing at the head of Squad Seven’s formation, then looking increasingly displeased at his own men.
“Look at you guys. You can’t even last that long, but see Squad Seven’s deputy squad leader over there? He hasn’t even broken a sweat!” Squad Leader Liu yelled.
Zhao Yan had been elected deputy squad leader of Squad Seven.
The whole Squad Six moaned inwardly. Why does our squad leader always compare us to that freak?
That guy could stand there all morning without sweating a drop.
What have we done to deserve being mentioned in the same breath as him?
In Squad Six’s formation, Zhang Teng glanced over at Zhao Yan from the corner of his eyes, gritting his teeth. I must catch up to him!
Just then, Squad Seven finished standing in formation and the deputy squad leader led them towards the pull-up bars and started doing pull-ups.
Squad Leader Qi demonstrated a few first, then called out, “Everybody come up one by one. Li Fei!”
“Here!” Zhao Yan stepped out in one stride.
“You’re the deputy squad leader, you go first.”
“Yes!” Zhao Yan walked under the pull-up bar, lightly leapt up to grab it, then started.
What happened next shocked everyone.
A new recruit, without even panting once, steadily did over a hundred pull-ups.
And it didn’t look like he was gonna stop any time soon.
“F*ck me! Is he using hacks?”
“Did he start training in the womb?!”
“Damn. He gives me a complex. Every time I see him I suspect I’m useless.”
“Don’t suspect, you are useless.”
“What’s the big deal, any veteran can do this.”
“Hey kid, don’t drag me in when you’re boasting. I was a four-year veteran and I definitely can’t do it.”
Zhang Teng’s mouth twitched. He silently gave up the idea of catching up to Zhao Yan because he suddenly realized cars can never catch up to rockets.
“Cough. That’s good enough, stop.” At the one hundred and seventieth pull up, Squad Leader Qi quickly yelled for him to stop.
Otherwise too much training time would be wasted. Judging by Zhao Yan’s condition, he suspected the other party could just keep going all day.
Chen Yurou indicated there’s no need to suspect, Zhao Yan really could just keep going all day. She’d experienced it firsthand.
Life in the new recruit camp was dull. The first month was all about formation training, housekeeping duties and physical training.
The whole regiment had heard there was an awesome new recruit this year - did 300 pull-ups in one go, ran 3km heavily loaded in 10 minutes without even panting...
What they didn’t know was this was Zhao Yan already holding back. Otherwise he could be even more freakish.
And so all the new recruits spent the first training phase living under the shadow of the great demon Zhao Yan. Only as they entered the second phase did the real deal start.
Shooting, grenade throwing, 400m obstacle course, firearms disassembly and assembly...these were all contents of this phase.
Many rubbed their fists and palms, thinking that even if their physique couldn’t match Zhao Yan’s, maybe they could still dominate on the shooting range.
Zhao Yan just smiled at this. So naive.
He would let these new recruits know what despair means.
At the same time, with the airing of the “New Recruits” show, news about Zhao Yan kept appearing.
He was called the strongest new recruit in history.
The king hiding among the new recruits.
Yet afterwards, news about Zhao Yan suddenly lessened. The show’s production team also reduced his screen time.
“Today’s training will be firearms disassembly and assembly!”
As Squad Leader Wu spoke, he picked up a 95 rifle and swiftly dismantled then reassembled it. “Anyone wants to come try?”
He only demonstrated once and hadn’t even taught them yet, so of course he didn’t expect anyone to succeed. He just asked to liven up the atmosphere a little.
“Reporting! I’ll do it!” Zhao Yan stepped out.
Everyone swallowed nervously in unison.
Can’t be. We’re already in phase two yet still have to live under his shadow?
Squad Leader Wu laughed. “Alright, come try. I won’t time you, just treat it as fun.”
He didn’t expect Zhao Yan to succeed in disassembling and assembling the rifle.
That would be unscientific.
“Yes!” Zhao Yan stood at attention in front of the table.
At Squad Leader Wu’s command, he started.
The next moment, everyone watched Zhao Yan grab the rifle, shake it twice, run his hands over it, and the intact 95 rifle turned into a pile of parts just like that.
Even Squad Leader Wu jumped in shock.
Not to mention everyone else, staring at Zhao Yan wide-eyed and numb.
He’s here again...he’s here again...
While everyone was still flabbergasted, Zhao Yan’s movements were dazzling. In just over ten seconds, he’d assembled all the parts back into a complete rifle.
From disassembly to assembly took no more than fifteen seconds max.
“Reporting! Done!” Zhao Yan saluted.
The advanced enhancements serums boosted him comprehensively. His memory reached freakish levels long ago. After only watching the demonstration once, he could memorize all the steps.
“You’ve really never received military training before? How did you do it?” Squad Leader Wu’s voice quavered.
He suspected Zhao Yan was a walking 500,000.
At this level of fluency, even he couldn't achieve it. Was this really a new soldier without any military training?
Could he be an elite spy sent from abroad?
No, that wasn't right either. Those elite spies from abroad couldn't achieve this level, was this still a human?
Zhao Yan grinned, "It's very simple, isn't it? As long as you have hands, you can do it. Just remember the steps you took and I'll repeat them faster."
Everyone: "............"
Listen to this, was he even speaking human words?
They suddenly felt like disabled people without hands.