Chapter 487: Those Rabbits Are So Cute

In a flash, a week flew by.

Thanks to their good training results, everyone enjoyed an early first official rest in their new unit.

Although they only had half a day, although they couldn't go out, although they still had to do a major cleanup, and they also had to help in the cafeteria.

But as long as they didn't have training, everyone was happy and relaxed.

Just as everyone was busy with the big cleanup, however, someone received orders to go to the drill field.

These people, without exception, were all soldiers whose training rankings had been near the top in recent days.

"Move quickly, come gather!"

Lu Yang stood on the drill field, shouting loudly.

Zhou Kaidong, Chen Panpan, Ding Tengfei and the others who had received the orders immediately ran over to him, quickly forming a team of about twenty.

At that moment, they noticed a bulging woven bag at Lu Yang's feet; they didn't know what was inside, but it was moving, seeming quite lively.

"At ease!"

"Attention!"

"Now, it's break time; I've called you here to play a game!"

Lu Yang's words left everyone baffled, but they also knew it definitely wouldn't be as simple as just playing a game.

Lu Yang then said: "The game is called Catch the Rabbit; there are ten rabbits total, one minute to catch them—whoever catches a rabbit can successfully advance and earn a reward, fun, right?"

Ding Tengfei shouted a report, asking: "Company Commander, if we win, what's the reward?"

"The winners get an extra meal tonight."

"Kind of interesting?"

Getting an extra meal is still pretty good.

After all, the food here is considerably worse than at the Sea Training Base back then.

We'll work with our own hands to have enough food and clothing—let's do it!

Seeing everyone eager to try, Lu Yang stopped talking nonsense, directly opened the bag and poured out the rabbits inside.

However, I don't know if it's because they were stuffed in the woven bag too long, but these rabbits came out looking dazed and silly, quite unintelligent.

To everyone's surprise, all the rabbits were gray, not the white, cute domestic rabbit they'd imagined.

"They're actually wild rabbits?"

"No more talk, start timing!"

Lu Yang announced the start, pressing the stopwatch to begin the countdown.

About twenty soldiers glanced at each other, each choosing a target and charging forward.

The startled rabbits began scattering in all directions, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.

The lively scene here immediately caught the attention of others still doing cleaning; they all dropped their chores and hurried over to the drill field.

"What are they doing, running back and forth?"

"Looks like they're catching something small, maybe a rabbit?"

"Must be wild rabbits—a gray blur; can this little thing run that fast?"

"Still as a maiden, moving like a sly rabbit—do you think we're just playing? This training is interesting, it hones agility; those who run slow or react slowly might not even catch up."

Besides the ordinary soldiers, Gao Feng, Ma Qing'an and others outside the drill field fence were also curiously looking on.

"Using rabbit-catching to decide the combat team roster—won't that be a bit too easy?"

"Easy? Have you ever chased a rabbit? Do you know how fast wild rabbits run?"

"How fast?"

"Wild rabbits can reach a top speed of seventy to eighty kilometers per hour, their agility maxed out, their hearing also very sharp......"

No sooner had the words finished than we saw Chen Panpan, while chasing a rabbit, get violently shaken by the rabbit's various evasive moves and tumble face-first into the mud.

This sight made the others burst out laughing, while Lu Yang loudly reminded them that thirty seconds had already passed.

Hearing that only half the time remained, everyone got serious, and Zhou Kaidong also brought out his full strength.

He locked onto his target and pursued relentlessly; no matter how the rabbit dodged or jumped, it was useless.

In the end, Zhou Kaidong lunged forward and successfully grabbed the first rabbit, lifting it up by its two ears.

"I caught it!"

Right after, Chen Panpan also caught one.

Because she was overjoyed, her face got too close, and she directly ate a series of invisible kicks from the rabbit.

Then came Sun Chen, Liu Ziqiang, and even Kang Changyi each caught one.

"Iron Foot is kicking into gear!"

Outside the field, Ma Qing'an excitedly waved his fists.

Gao Feng rolled his eyes, sourly remarking that you guys are only good with your legs, then shouted at the field.

"Ding Tengfei, Guo Yongwen, you two are just standing there like corpses—over there, go catch them, hurry up!"

"Oh oh oh!"

The two of them exerted all their strength, rolling and crawling, finally capturing one rabbit together.

But since Ding Tengfei had grabbed it first, Guo Yongwen yielded it to him and turned to find another target.

Lu Yang watched, saying nothing, just raised his hand to check the watch and began the countdown: "Four, three, two, one, time's up!"

"I caught it!"

The last rabbit was caught by the lieutenant who had previously been dealt with by Lu Yang.

His name is Wu Sida; he was originally a platoon leader in a reconnaissance unit of the Army.

"Hehe, I got caught!"

Wu Sida laughed, shaking his prey at Guo Yongwen, his face full of the victor's joy.

Guo Yongwen panted, gave him a thumbs-up, then went over to fall in with the ranks.

Only a minute had passed, yet everyone was already panting badly.

This shows how agile these wild rabbits are, and how hard they are to catch.

Fortunately it was the drill ground; otherwise, if it were the wild with bushes and thickets for cover, even giving them an hour would not let them catch all.

Lu Yang said: "Those who caught a rabbit, stay; the others may leave."

The victors held up their rabbits, heads high, faces full of smiles.

Those who didn't catch one could only leave reluctantly, but they didn't go far.

They wanted to stay and see what reward the winners would get next, or what other game there might be.

Lu Yang reformed the ranks with a command, his gaze sweeping over these ten people in turn: Zhou Kaidong, Chen Panpan, Sun Chen, Liu Ziqiang, Kang Changyi—just the Iron Foot alone accounted for five spots.

Then came Ding Tengfei, Wu Sida, and three others.

Needless to say, the Iron Foot's swift legs certainly held an advantage.

However, the Quick Reaction Force's combat teams, as vanguard, need to advance onto the battlefield, penetrate hazardous zones, cooperate in executing high-risk missions, and must possess high mobility.

So Lu Yang's arrangement is actually fine; after all, other units' troops simply do not have the high mobility of motorized infantry.

Lu Yang smiled: "Congratulations, you have stood out; truly deserving of being army elites, each of you agile, skilled at running and pursuit."

As for the Iron Foot, no need to say more; Ding Tengfei and the others also curled the corners of their mouths slightly, feeling a little pride.

They could all see that, although called a game, it was actually a disguised evaluation.

Those who could participate in the game and successfully advance were the relatively capable soldiers.

"Shall we play a game next?"

"Good!"

"The game is called, Kill the Rabbit."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's expressions stiffened.

Before they could react, sharp knives were flung before them.

Lu Yang wore a smile and said: "Each person gets five minutes; individually, gut the rabbit and skin it whole; as a reward, the cafeteria will cook rabbit meat tonight for an extra meal."

"Timing starts now."

They looked at each other, most showing reluctance.

A gentleman stays far from the kitchen; eating meat and slaughtering are two different matters.

Regular troops spend most of their time staying in the camp.

Even during field drills, such extremely harsh survival training is rare, so naturally they have never experienced the blood‑sucking life of hunting rats and snakes.

Ding Tengfei squatted to pick up the knife on the ground, feeling the icy chill of the blade, then looked at the lively, fluffy rabbit in his hand.

Having never killed even a chicken since childhood, faced with such an adorable, lovable little creature, he instinctively felt a physiological repulsion.

"Company Commander, the bunny is so cute, can't we......?"

"Pfft!"

Just as everyone hesitated, unsure what to do, someone pressed the rabbit to the ground and slit its throat with a single stroke.

Watching the rabbit continually kick and struggle, with blood spurting from the wound, everyone stood stunned—even Lu Yang was surprised.

He never expected that the first to draw a knife, and so decisively, would be Chen Panpan.