Chapter 140: Inhuman Training (1)

At noon in midsummer, the scorching sun was like a fireball, hot and dazzling. Five thousand soldiers stood in line in front of the camp. They had only stood for a quarter of an hour, and their clothes were already soaked with sweat, and their faces and necks were full of water marks from sweat. Even so, everyone's expression was calm as usual. Their dark skin and straight standing posture showed that they had received the strictest training on weekdays. Even if they stood in the scorching sun for a few hours, they would never groan.

The soldiers were waiting with their heads held high, but Su Ren was anxious. Noon was coming soon, but Gu Yun still didn't appear. Since the morning, he hadn't seen her figure. Big Brother hated unpunctuality the most. Yesterday, Yu Shijun didn't return at the Xu hour. Although there was a reason, he was still punished with twenty military sticks.

Su Ren was still worried when Gu Yun's figure appeared in the camp. Su Ren breathed a sigh of relief and laughed, "Sister-in-law."

Su Ling stood proudly at the front of the team, his sharp eyes like knives staring coldly at her. Gu Yun turned her head and pretended not to see it, and laughed at Su Ren, "I shouldn't be late, right?"

Looking at the sundial in the center of the military camp, the time was exactly noon. Coughing lightly, Su Ren replied, "No, it's exactly noon."

Gu Yun squinted at Su Ling, who was slightly angry behind her. Although Gu Yun didn't speak, the pretty face that was clearly written with "What can you do to me" made Su Ling furious but unable to vent.

Gu Yun, in a good mood, tied the cloth bag she had been holding in her hand to her waist and said, "Let's go."

Su Ren wondered, "Where to?"

Gu Yun laughed, "To know the rainforest, naturally you have to enter the environment of the rainforest, otherwise how would they know what they are going to face."

What she said made sense. Before Su Ren could issue an order, Gu Yun had already said loudly, "Goal—the forest twenty miles ahead, run forward."

"Yes." The neat and uniform shouts were majestic and loud, and even the running forward was as regular as when standing still. Gu Yun secretly sighed, elite soldiers are indeed elite soldiers, really much better than that group of stinky boys!

Gu Yun secretly slandered, Su Ren had already led a black horse, and said, "Will you ride this one?"

Gu Yun looked back, Su Ling and Mu Yi were both leading a horse beside them. Her thoughts turned slightly, Gu Yun suddenly shook her head and asked loudly, "There is no need to ride a horse for such a short distance, or is Great General Su used to being pampered and can't run?"

She originally planned to run over, and she had to drag him into the water! The Great General running with the soldiers, this matter spread out is a good story, she is helping him!

Su Ling's hand holding the reins tightened. If he continued to ride a horse, wouldn't it confirm the reputation of being pampered! Forget it, anyway, he hadn't run for a long time, so it's good to run. Su Ling threw the reins and joined the running team.

Gu Yun secretly laughed in her heart, and also stepped up to catch up with the team in front. Su Ren stood there a little dumbfounded, and finally had to let go of the reins and run forward.

The Great General is running, can he still ride a horse?! Hey...

Mu Yi raised his phoenix eyes, stroked the horse's back, and laughed in a low voice, "Okay, I'm still more suitable for a pampered life." Ling probably didn't notice that he was too easily provoked by a little woman. Looking at Su Ling and Su Ren running half to death, Mu Yi shook his head. As expected, a family full of big men is not enough.

The distance of twenty miles is really nothing to the elite division, but the last five miles have entered the rainforest. The ground is slippery and muddy, the humidity is sticky, and when they reached the location specified by Gu Yun, the queue was already in chaos, but the five thousand soldiers were only panting, and soon stood in line.

Gu Yun secretly adjusted her breath before walking toward Leng Xiao and Liu Xing, who had been waiting there, and asked, "Are the things ready?"

Liu Xing looked at the two big bags on the ground, swallowed, and nodded hard. Leng Xiao was much calmer and replied in a deep voice, "Ready."

Gu Yun laughed with satisfaction, "Thank you for your hard work, you two go back to the team."

"Yes."

Gu Yun turned around and saw Mu Yi in red staring at the cloth bag on the ground with curiosity. Gu Yun was a little puzzled. Horses couldn't enter such a dense rainforest. He should have walked a lot of roads, but he was still as refreshed as ever, not stained with dust. And Su Ling, who also ran over, was also not red or breathless. Is this the so-called internal energy cultivation?! It's really annoying.

Full of doubts, but facing the firm and eager eyes, Gu Yun withdrew her gaze, looked at the soldiers in front, and said loudly, "You will appear here, you should all understand what your next task is. Everyone is an elite selected from the Su Family Army. I absolutely believe that your physical fitness and adaptability are very outstanding. If you fight the rebels head-on, you will definitely be able to subdue them. It's just that the opponent of your battle this time is this rainforest first, and then the rebels."

"The environment of the rainforest is different from the outside. The humidity here is very heavy and it is also very stuffy. Is there a feeling of difficulty in breathing?" After Gu Yun finished asking, what answered her was a face that was firmer and expressionless.

Her brows furrowed slightly. It seems that becoming a so-called elite soldier is not good. She prefers people with flesh and blood. With her arms around her chest, Gu Yun laughed lightly, "There are only five days, in fact, the content of training is not much. Today is the first day, so don't be too difficult."

As soon as she said this, the new recruits who had been trained under her couldn't help but gasp. Dead, dead... Last time she also said with a smile that it shouldn't be too difficult, but the result...

Without analyzing their expressions, Gu Yun had already seen their thoughts from the momentum revealed. Still smiling like that, Gu Yun said calmly, "Walking here for an hour consumes the physical strength of running for three hours in a normal environment. And the grass and trees are overgrown, the ground is wet and slippery, and you have to be careful about the poisonous insects, snakes, and leeches that can be seen everywhere. If you can walk a hundred miles a day on weekdays, then in the rainforest, you can only walk—ten miles."

Ten miles? Impossible, this is already a forest, and they only spent an hour walking five miles just now, how could they only walk ten miles a day!

Most people just heard about this Madam's actions, and they were all curious. What they saw today was far from what they imagined!

Whether they were listening or not, Gu Yun still said her own way, "The purpose of your entry is to find the rebels' camp. The rainforest is very vast. Once you enter, you must be prepared to not come out for ten days or eight days. If you can't start a fire in it, the trouble will be big. Without fire, you will have a hard time at night, and you can't eat hot, cooked things. These are all small things. The most important thing is that your clothes cannot be dried. Your feet will begin to rot because of the long-term stuffy and humid environment. Once your feet begin to rot in the dense forest, you are not far from death."

Su Ling stood at the end of the army, staring at the thin woman who was almost submerged in a group of strong men. Although she only said a few words, Su Ling already believed that she absolutely had a rich understanding of the forest, otherwise she would not be relaxed and confident. What experience made her grow into such a woman? For the first time in his life, he was... curious about a woman.

That deep and probing gaze always fell on her. Gu Yun had long felt it. It was really not easy to ignore it. That man really had a strong sense of existence!

Gu Yun didn't say much, and said directly, "So, now start a fire and let me see."

As soon as her voice fell, hands were raised in a row. Looking over, it seemed that everyone was confident that they could ignite it. Gu Yun raised her willow eyebrows, pointed to the few in front, and said, "Just you five."

Gu Yun took the cloth bag from her waist and threw it to Leng Xiao, saying, "Leng Xiao, give them the fire folder."

Leng Xiao opened the cloth bag, and inside were full of fire folders, but they were buried in a bag of grass and wood ash. He took out a few from it and distributed them to the five people.

The five people took the fire folder and were about to light the fire, but Gu Yun suddenly said, "Wait, put the fire folder in the place you think is the least likely to get wet, run to that biggest tree over there, circle around and come back, set off."

Everyone looked up. The big tree about a mile away was indeed there. The five didn't understand Gu Yun's intention, but the order could not be violated. They put the fire folder into their clothes and rushed toward the big tree.

The distance was not far, but the speed of the five people was getting slower and slower. Gu Yun's lips raised slightly. The closer to the big tree, the more branches and vines there were, and the heavier the humidity. When they came back, the fire folder was estimated to be unusable.

Su Ling's cold eyes narrowed slightly. The round trip of two miles, the five people actually spent more than half an hour. This is just the edge of the rainforest. If they really go deep...

Returning to Gu Yun, the five people's clothes were completely wet, and they didn't expect that there would be so much water mist next to the big tree, and water could drip from the tree trunk.

Gu Yun laughed, "You can start a fire."

The five came back to their senses and opened the fire folder, but the fire light flashed and went out. One of them roared in disbelief, "The fire folder is actually wet?!" He had carefully put it in his chest, but it was still wet?!

Gu Yun laughed secretly. They still didn't understand the power of humidity. At this time, Leng Xiao finally realized that the grass and wood ash in the Chief's cloth bag were used to absorb humidity.

The five retreated to the queue in frustration. Gu Yun continued to laugh, "Is there anyone else who wants to try?"

This time no one dared to raise their hands again. Just now it was a fever in the brain, and now thinking carefully, even if the fire folder is not wet, everything around is wet, and there is nothing to use as a primer, how can a fire be lit?!

After waiting for a long time, no one spoke, and Gu Yun said loudly, "There is a technique to starting a fire in the rainforest, I can teach you this." Looking at the cloth bag on the ground, Gu Yun's eyes flickered, and the conversation turned, laughing, "But before that, I think there is something more important."

Since they are so self-righteous, it is not her character not to give them a slap in the face.

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