Chapter 634: Physical fitness is strengthening

The selection test rules were clear, and everyone had no more questions.

Zhang Su saw that the crowd was quiet and said: "Starting from the Barracks branch, ten people per group. Xiaoshuai, you, Dakun, and Zhou Haotian are responsible for organizing everyone to line up. Teacher Yu, you are responsible for recording the results, and I will time it!"

After saying that, he took a mobile phone out of his bag and walked toward the finish line.

Excluding the members of the Yama Legion, there were a total of 152 combat personnel participating in the selection, of which exactly 130 were men and 22 were women. Most of the women came from the previous "Women's Army," and there were very few new female combat personnel—only a mere four, not even as many as the female members of the Yama Legion.

From this aspect, one could see the attitude of the vast survivor camp toward female members. It was not comprehensive from the beginning. When men and women fight together, women naturally have a kind of "buff" that can stimulate men's desire to compete during battle.

If they could be trained like beasts just like the Yama Legion, that would be even better...

Two or three hundred people gathered on the wasteland to watch. In the outer area, more than a dozen Yama Legion members held guns on guard. With shouts of "Ready, start," dust flew on the test field, and everyone participating in the test put their all into running wildly.

The first item, the 200-meter run, proceeded very quickly.

A group of ten people didn't even take a minute to finish testing. There were thirteen groups of men and two groups of twenty-two women, totaling fifteen groups. It was all finished in a quarter of an hour, and the efficiency of each link was very high.

The standard set by Zhang Su was close to the level of a national second-level athlete, and the standard for women was even stricter than that of a second-level athlete.

In the five months of the apocalypse, everyone had been fully exercised, squeezing their potential on the edge of life and death. But even so, under such harsh standards, 53 men qualified, more than one-third, and 7 women qualified, close to one-third. This result still seemed too exaggerated! Regarding this result, Zhang Su and Yu Wen looked at each other and nodded.

Among them, the performance of a few people attracted Zhang Su's special attention.

First was the first place. He originally thought it would be born from a few people with fierce combat power, but he didn't expect it to be that bamboo pole, the "Bright Knight" Fan Dahai!

Fan Dahai took the championship with a result of 22.96 seconds. If this were on a regular track and he wore competition spikes, running under 22 seconds would be easy—that is, the level of a national first-level athlete!

There was no suspense in the women's group; it was Ma Xueyan, who had raised the objection earlier. Her performance was very dazzling, already touching the threshold of the national first-level athlete standard. According to Zhang Su's judgment, if electronic timing were used, she should have reached the first-level athlete standard; the hand-held stopwatch was just a little bit slow.

Among the people who surprised Zhang Su, the lame Xie Guangfa was one. Because of his lame leg, his running posture was slightly strange, and he didn't qualify, but he was only 0.2 seconds off, which is about a distance of one meter or so—quite a pity.

The performance of the milkman Old Wang was also surprising. Wang Guangjun's age was considered old among all combat personnel, but he actually qualified by scraping the passing line. Zheng Ziwen had a similar level! Interestingly, Wang Zhetao, despite being young, was not as good as his father and was even half a second slower than Xie Guangfa. Among the people who took the test, his result was about in the bottom twenty. If it were in the past, it would be okay, maybe he could win an award in college, but now it looked very poor.

Tian Fan, an acquaintance from the same residential area as Zhang Su, even with one arm missing, ran faster than Wang Zhetao, but unfortunately, he didn't qualify either.

Su Xiaoya also didn't qualify. Her foundation was a bit weak. Even though her body had been strengthened and she had undergone training, her running speed was still at the bottom among female members, which was within Zhang Su's expectations.

As for those who were the "combat power pillars" in their former teams, there were no surprises; they all qualified. Because Zhang Su wanted to provide the results to Yu Wen, some members participating in the selection heard their results and felt incredible—either surprised at how they could be so fast, or sighing that they were just awesome.

"Old Yu, it seems your previous feeling was not wrong!"

Zhang Su took the notebook from Yu Wen and looked at the rows of seconds recorded on it, saying softly.

"Yes, if they hadn't been strengthened, everyone wouldn't have had such excellent performances."

Yu Wen had joy and relief on his face. He was already in his late fifties, approaching sixty. According to the modern human life cycle, he had completely entered his old age, and all physical indicators should be in a state of decline. But now, he had a feeling of vaguely revitalizing his vitality! The improvement of physical fitness after the apocalypse was confirmed. If the human body hadn't been fundamentally improved and strengthened, some people wouldn't have been able to run at such speeds even if they practiced until they were crippled, such as those combat members in their forties or fifties.

They could be very strong, swinging a sledgehammer with a *whoosh*, but running had always been a weakness because it wasn't needed in life. Now, everyone could approach the level of a second-level athlete, and that was under such harsh conditions.

"If today's test were held in a regular stadium and replaced with professional equipment, everyone's speed could be increased by at least two seconds! This damn thing is almost catching up to the level of the National Games!"

Zhang Su clicked his tongue. These survivors were a mixed bag, and they had done all sorts of things before the disaster broke out. There were very few regular athletes, but now everyone could participate in provincial games, and some could even participate in the Asian Games without any problem!

Of course, it didn't rule out some "water-goods" (inferior goods) in the team. Actually, they were also much stronger than before. It was probably because of individual differences; the degree of physical strengthening varied, and coupled with a lack of training, a large gap was opened.

"Since that's the case, let's raise the standard a bit for the next item!" Zhang Su pondered in his heart and walked to the front of the crowd.

"Speed explosion is the foundation of saving one's life. Judging from this test, your performance is okay, but I can see that many people are particularly reluctant. This is only 200 meters. According to the current situation, at most, you can pull a distance of less than 50 meters from ordinary zombies. If you need to run for a longer time, it will be dangerous, so you have to keep working hard!"

The results were indeed good, but the crisis still existed. Everyone knew this was a fact and didn't feel relaxed because of it. Having confidence was not arrogance.

"Next, let's conduct the second item: high jump. This is not a traditional sports event, but there are related tests in the police department. The male standard is 2.65 meters, and the female is 2.3 meters. However, as you know, the police uncles deal with criminals, while we have to face zombies that are as strong as mad dogs, so the standard must be raised!"

After hearing Zhang Su's words, everyone curled their lips helplessly.

2.65 meters and 2.3 meters were basically within reach for everyone now. Sure enough, there was no such good thing.

"Come, look here!" Zhang Su signaled Pang Dakun to lift the pole: "This pole is the standard for male members, 3.2 meters, 15 centimeters higher than a basketball hoop. I believe everyone will have no problem!"

The height of a competition basketball hoop is 3.05 meters. Adult men over 1.75 meters tall, after training and with a running start, are not difficult to touch. Now, adding 15 centimeters, and only allowing a standing jump, coupled with the harsh venue and inferior equipment, made many people feel pressure in their hearts.

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