Special Forces: I Can See the Experience Bar

Chapter 69 Targeting
The dormitory was very spacious; in fact, it would be more accurate to call it a warehouse than a dormitory.

It was clearly a converted old military warehouse, with dozens of bunk beds in the dormitory.

Soaked to the bone, the rookies were led into the dormitory by the special forces soldiers. Mada was shouting loudly through a megaphone, and his voice echoed throughout the warehouse.

"This is your dormitory. You will live here from today until the end of your training!"
Your names are written on the beds; find them yourself. Please note, we are soldiers, this is a military dormitory, and basic skills are essential, so we conduct daily room checks!
Since you call yourselves some kind of bullshit king of soldiers, I don't need to remind you how to do housekeeping, do I?

Go make your beds, everyone. We need to get up at 5 a.m. tomorrow for training.

After finishing his sentence, Mada turned to leave.

"report!"

Mada turned around and saw it was Qiangzi. He asked, "What's wrong?"

The rookies were soaked to the bone. The temperature in the mountains was much higher than at the camp. Qiangzi was starting to feel cold all over. He said to Gray Wolf, "Gray Wolf, is there any hot water?"

Ma Da sneered at the rookie's wild ideas. At this point, he still hadn't come to terms with reality. What did he take the selection training camp for? A paid outing?

"Should I prepare some tea for you? There's a tap in the corner."

Qiangzi persisted: "Then... what about the toilet?"

Mada pushed Qiangzi to the doorway and pointed to a pitch-black wasteland: "See that?"

Qiangzi looked in the direction the gray wolf was pointing, but there was nothing but wasteland: "What?"

"What did you see?"

"wasteland……"

"Yes, there's plenty of room for growth in this vast world; we should solve our own problems."

After saying that, Gray Wolf left, slamming the warehouse gate shut with a loud bang.

The newbies stared at each other at the closed iron gate, unsure of what to say.

Chang Ning knew something about the selection training camp, and he didn't waste time talking to Gray Wolf like Qiangzi did.

Chang Ning found her spot and quickly made her bed, taking off all her wet clothes. She was already in bed.

"Brothers, since you're here, don't expect any good conditions. Just having a place to stay is good enough."

Hurry up and pack your things, go to sleep. Today is just a warning; the real hardship is yet to come.

I reckon that by the end, even sleeping will be a luxury; these veterans will definitely find ways to mess with us.

"Hey, Changning, don't sleep yet. It seems you know something. Tell us about it."

Upon hearing Chang Ning's words, Deng Zhenhua leaned over the headboard, wanting Chang Ning to analyze the situation for him.

Although he hadn't known Chang Ning for long, he observed that Chang Ning was definitely not simple.

First of all, Chang Ning was frighteningly calm.

No matter how vicious those veterans' words were, he didn't see Chang Ning's expression change at all.

Chang Ning maintained a blank expression throughout, and her physical fitness far surpassed that of everyone present!

Therefore, Deng Zhenhua became even more determined to curry favor with a powerful figure. Seeing that Chang Ning seemed to know the inside story, he quickly went up to inquire.

"I don't know anything, I'm just guessing."

We're here for training, and the special forces of Wolf Fang will definitely use a strict selection process to choose the right people.

I don't know what the selection mechanism is, but it's definitely not going to make us comfortable.

So all I can say is to hurry up and get some rest.

After saying that, Chang Ning closed her eyes, as if to say, "Don't disturb my rest."

Seeing that Chang Ning really didn't want to talk, Deng Zhenhua could only leave dejectedly. Sticking to her would only annoy her and contradict his original intention of currying favor with her.

Actually, Ostrich misunderstood Chang Ning; he genuinely didn't know the inside story. While Chang Ning did know some of the original plot, he himself had transmigrated here, so who knew what changes might occur?

Besides, the original plot didn't go into some details, and Chang Ning only knew the general outline. He couldn't talk about these things. If what he said didn't match reality, he would be blamed, which wasn't worth it.

After a long day, Chang Ning fell asleep very quickly when he wasn't disturbed. He was asleep as soon as the ostrich left.

Forget about the emergency assembly at dawn! Getting some rest is the most important thing.

If we rush out too fast, the high school team will become suspicious and make us do it all over again under tear gas. Why suffer that? If we can do it once, why do it a second time?
Chang Ning fell asleep too quickly, causing him to miss the famous scene where the nickname "Ostrich" was born.

But it's nothing much. It's just a seasoning in the training. For Chang Ning, it's like a chicken rib—it's okay to have it, but it's also okay not to have it.

At two in the morning, the exhausted rookies in the dormitory were snoring loudly. Gao Zhong, along with Gray Wolf and others, arrived at the dormitory entrance at the exact moment and asked the sentry on guard duty, "How are the rookies doing?"

"They are already asleep."

The high school team leader nodded in satisfaction and said, "Let's begin."

"Yes!"

The sentry grinned wickedly, removed the tear gas canister from his chest, and carefully opened a gap in the iron gate large enough to accommodate the canister.

"Click!"

The sentry and his men pulled out more than a dozen tear gas canisters, removed the pins, and threw them into the dormitory.

"Da da da"

Gray Wolf's motor pulled the trigger into the air, and the gunshot shattered the silence.

"Emergency gathering!"

The newbies were jolted awake. Tear gas canisters spun on the ground, spewing white smoke. The pungent smell of the gas had an immediate, incredibly effective effect. Snotty-nosed and tear-streaked, they groped their way into their clothes in the dark. The newbies couldn't even open their eyes; the moment they did, tears streamed down their faces.

They hurriedly dressed and ran towards the gate. Chang Ning was relatively rational among the newbies, even though she herself was utterly disheveled from the fumes.

"Quick, there's water in the corner. Everyone, wet your clothes and wrap them around your heads."

Whether it works or not, let's give it a try first.

Hearing someone remind them, the novices rushed to the pool and did as Chang Ning said.

Chang Ning was already standing at the dormitory door. He didn't knock on the iron gate, because he had just tried and found that the dormitory door was impossible to open.

Once everyone had their heads covered with wet clothes and felt a bit better, they rushed back to the dormitory door. They pounded on the iron gate, shouting and begging the high school team leader to let them out.

The high school team outside the door remained unmoved by the shouts from inside the dormitory. He knew the gas levels inside the dormitory and was confident in how long the rookies could hold out.

"Okay."

Once they figured it was about time, the high school team leader had the sentry open the door.

Upon seeing the door open, the newbies coughed and rushed out of the warehouse in a panic.

The high school team stood at the door, watching the rookies rush out. Not all the rookies were dressed as neatly as Chang Ning; some came out wearing only a vest and shorts.

Ma Da and the other special forces soldiers showed no mercy as they pushed them into the dormitory: "Put on your clothes! You're not allowed to come out without clothes on!"

Seeing that Chang Ning was the only one dressed properly, Captain Gao gave Chang Ning a cold look but said nothing.

Chang Ning was even prepared to be asked to do it all over again, just like Chen Guotao in the original storyline, but the high school team didn't follow the script.

After fiddling around for a while, the newbies finally lined up outside the warehouse.

The senior officer coldly looked at the rookies: "How was it? Did you rest well? I think you've all experienced the hospitality of our Wolf Fang Special Forces. Now answer me, does anyone regret it?"

All the newbies: "Loyal to the motherland! Loyal to the people!"

"Okay, you've all got guts."

I hope you will still have the energy to shout slogans in the days to come.

It's 2 a.m., and because I was very satisfied with some of your performance just now, I've decided you'll do 500 push-ups!

At this point, the high school team leader glanced at Chang Ning, clearly indicating that the "some people" he was referring to were Chang Ning.

"From this moment on, if I see any of the Grey Wolves feeling comfortable for even a second, I'll make sure they feel uncomfortable for a month!"

"Yes, everyone, run to the mud puddle."

Once the newbies were in the mud pit, Gray Wolf shouted, "500 push-ups, start!"

The mud in the mud pit wasn't thick, but when newbies did push-ups, the mud was enough to cover everyone's face.

"Newbie, tell me, are you hungry?"

Gray Wolf walked up to Chang Ning and spoke through a megaphone.

"Report! I'm not hungry!"

He helped the medics carry some field rations, and with what he had eaten before, Changning was indeed not hungry.

"Great, rookie, you seem very energetic now. I'll put some pressure on you."

Gray Wolf Mada sat cross-legged on Chang Ning's back. Chang Ning didn't expect Gray Wolf to do this. He was directly pressed into the mud, and the feeling of suffocation immediately hit him.

Chang Ning, covered in mud, struggled to sit up while carrying Gray Wolf on his back: "Wow, Gray Wolf, how much do you weigh? You need to lose weight."

"What nonsense are you spouting, kid? Do you think I need to lose weight with all this muscle?"

"Are you kidding me? Muscles? I feel like your ass is pretty soft."

Chang Ning was doing push-ups, but having a man on his back made him uncomfortable. Since he was uncomfortable, why should Gray Wolf sit comfortably on him?

"Haha~"

The newbies burst into laughter upon hearing Chang Ning's witty remark, and some even ended up lying in the mud because of it.

Gray Wolf was even more furious at what Chang Ning said. He stood up and stepped on Chang Ning's back, pressing down hard: "Very good, you don't seem tired at all."

"Then I'll add some extra burden for you, one hundred more push-ups!"

The newbies quieted down, but Chang Ning was really hurt.

"Hey, Gray Wolf. Can you stop bullying me all the time?"

"Hehe, newbie, hurry up!"

Gray Wolf wasn't about to let Chang Ning off the hook after being teased by him.

'Fine, target me then. If it makes you comfortable, I'll take your surname!'

"Grey Wolf, you said it yourself."

"Ok?"

While Gray Wolf was still wondering what Chang Ning meant by those words, a tremendous force struck him from below. Because his other foot was still on Chang Ning, Gray Wolf instantly lost his balance and fell into the mud pit.

Of course, Chang Ning wasn't having an easy time either. The gray wolf had fallen too close to him, and the mud splashed up and covered his face in it.

"Grey Wolf, this isn't my fault. You're the one who made me speed up."

Chang Ning deliberately put on a "I feel wronged" look as she looked at Gray Wolf Mada.

(End of this chapter)