Chapter 24

"We all suspect you've been doing side jobs in the Golden Triangle!"

"Did you ever mow down the big drug lords there with an AK?"

Faced with the curious babies' pressing questions,

Lu Shu's main strategy was to pretend he hadn't heard a thing.

Then he used one question to completely shift everyone's attention.

"What class do we have this afternoon?"

The moment they thought of that,

the smiles instantly vanished from every classmate's face.

"Shit! I just remembered, this afternoon's class got swapped out."

"Seems like it's because we keep getting called 'crispy college students'"

"so the school said they're going to put us through devilish physical training."

"They even specially invited instructors from the military—full military-style mode."

"I heard this time there's even live-fire shooting experience, that's a real big deal!"

Right at that moment,

the department's counselor rushed into the classroom during the break,

came in and slammed the desk.

"Announcing something!"

"From now on, every afternoon class will be replaced with physical training!"

"The Education Bureau, in order to strictly improve our college students' physical fitness, has specifically issued directives."

"This time the school is partnering with the military, going to great lengths to bring in instructors for training."

"Let me give you a heads-up first—this training counts for credits! It's tied to your year-end overall grades."

"So all of you need to train well, unafraid of hardship, unafraid of fatigue!"

The moment the counselor finished speaking,

the classroom erupted in wails of misery.

"Huh? We still have to earn credits for this? Does it have to be this strict..."

"Counselor, I was already failing this year—aren't you just making things worse for me?!"

"I'm done for, I hate training the most."

"Sigh, I really feel for this layer of fat I worked so hard to raise—it's about to be gone now."

Looking at the most outspoken students,

the counselor glared,

"What's all the noise?"

"Look at the state of your physical fitness."

"Every couple of days you're coming to me asking for sick leave."

"You should get a good workout."

"With physical fitness like this, before you've even repaid the motherland, you'll have written yourselves off first."

"Train hard! I'll be there supervising you!"

After saying that, the counselor strode off,

and soon,

the same wails of misery came from the neighboring classroom too.

In the 【Inspirational Youth】 livestream, the netizens were gloating.

"Haha! College students' physical fitness really is no good these days."

"A while back 'crispy college students' even made the trending searches."

"It's time to get a good workout!"

"But this time Beihai University's resolve isn't small—they're actually going for militarized training?"

"And live-fire shooting too, that's actually pretty interesting."

"Hehe, this time a lot of people are probably going to be trained to tears."

It wasn't even afternoon yet,

when the students of Beihai University saw green military trucks driving into the campus one after another,

squads of soldiers and instructors marching in step, beginning to move into the dormitories.

And one of the school's sports fields

had long since been converted into a dedicated training ground.

Looking at the half-person-thick wooden stakes, the over-ten-meter-tall climbing boards,

and the winding, twisting obstacle course,

the students of Beihai University felt like they were already having trouble breathing.

At two-thirty in the afternoon,

several classes were first herded out to the sports field.

Lu Shu's class was first in line,

and everyone was required to change into olive-green training uniforms.

Under the blazing sun,

they awaited the first training command.

"Everyone!"

"At attention!"

"Hold the military posture for one hour!"

After one hour,

when the command "At ease" finally came,

all the students in the class collapsed stiffly onto the ground,

feeling as if their legs were no longer their own.

During the brief rest period,

the skin-darkened instructor smiled and asked,

"Tired?"

"Tired..."

"So tired I just want to lie on the ground right now."

"Instructor, can't you start off a little less brutally?"

"Let us rest a bit longer."

The instructor nodded with a sunny smile,

"Want to rest? Fine!"

"You can rest properly after training."

"Everyone!"

"Follow me—march in step for one hour!"

"Instructor, you really aren't human..."

"Bad news, Instructor! Someone collapsed from heatstroke!"

"Splash water on him!"

"I will train you like soldiers!"

"Besides standing at attention and marching in step—basic movements—"

"Your next drills include long-distance running, loaded marches, obstacle cross-country, hand-to-hand combat, and more..."

In the span of one afternoon,