Chapter 8

Finally, the female soldier shouted out 30 seconds. One of the students could no longer bear the pressure and shouted loudly, "I give up, I give up the physical examination."

The female soldier's face showed a look of disdain, "Those who decide to give up the physical examination can stand to one side. Hmph! You’re afraid to even take off your pants, how can you talk about defending the country!" The only emotion in her voice was disdain. Several students lowered their heads and walked to the side. The female soldier looked at her watch again, "20 seconds."

"Take them off, so what? If you’re not afraid, why should we be!" A loud and carefree voice sounded, and Liu Yansong couldn't help but look at the third row of students. He saw that the male student actually quickly undid his belt and pulled down his pants.

The student was about 1.72 meters tall. Since Liu Yansong was standing in the last row, he naturally couldn't see his face. However, this student's words reminded many of his classmates. Liu Yansong was also taken aback. Although he couldn't yet guess the female soldier's motives, as a male, it was somewhat embarrassing to take off his pants in front of a female, but ultimately, it should be more embarrassing for the female. She was a female soldier and a nurse, and she wasn't afraid, so why should he be?

With the lead of that male student, the remaining students also put down their burdens and began to hurriedly take off their long pants. The female soldier's face turned slightly red, but she quickly regained her composure. Her eyes quickly scanned over the many students, and she sneered, "I told you to take off all your pants. You’ve only taken off your long pants, so you’re still afraid!"

"Really? Do we have to take off our underwear too?" A student's face changed, and he began to look around.

The female soldier huffed, "You can choose not to take them off, but then please step out and stand with those who have given up."

"Since you’ve already seen everything, I don’t care about this pair of underwear. I’ll take it off." It was still that carefree voice. He didn’t hesitate at all and quickly took off his underwear.

"Ah!" The female soldier was slightly taken aback. Her eyes darted away, and Liu Yansong clearly heard the emotion in her voice. However, the female soldier had seen many big scenes before. Although she let out a startled cry, she didn’t back down. Instead, she looked at the other students provocatively. "Look at all of you, big and strong, supposedly high-quality, high-education people. I really can’t imagine that in front of a female, you don’t even have the courage to take off your pants!"

"Comrade, taking off clothes in front of a stranger isn’t about courage. After all, you also acknowledge that we are highly educated and high-quality people. Do you really not feel embarrassed with dozens of males undressing in front of you?" A student in the second row asked solemnly. Liu Yansong noticed that the student lifted his hand slightly to adjust his glasses.

Liu Yansong recognized that this student was the one who had asked the male soldier in the office earlier. The female soldier laughed, "Your question is interesting. Do you think we have nothing better to do and are just making you take off your pants for fun? Fellow students, I must tell you that taking off your pants is for a simple physical examination. So you don’t need to overthink it, just cooperate."

"Is that so? Comrade, if you had explained it clearly earlier, it would have been better." The student with glasses nodded and slowly pulled his underwear down to his thighs.

"Take them off, take them off, and do it faster. This weather is too cold, and the room doesn’t even have air conditioning. Let’s finish the examination quickly so we can put our pants back on!" The carefree voice sounded again, and Liu Yansong almost laughed out loud. This person was quite straightforward.

The female soldier gave the student a meaningful look, "Alright, everyone, do it faster. The weather is bad, be careful not to catch a cold."

The female soldier's tone finally became a bit more gentle. The remaining students, knowing that this was just a simple physical examination, temporarily put aside their pride. As they all took off their underwear, the female soldier turned to the back, "Commander, can we start now?"

The commander's eyes swept over the few students who had given up, "Xiao Yang, please take these students out."

Xiao Yang, the male soldier who had registered the materials, quickly responded and walked to the six students who had given up, "Fellow students, I’m sorry, but you have lost your eligibility to apply. Please follow me out."

Xiao Yang led the students away, and the commander lifted his wrist to look at his watch, "Alright, the physical examination will begin in five minutes."

The female soldier saluted and responded, then turned to face the students who had taken off their pants. "Everyone, please be patient. We will start the physical examination in five minutes."

Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what the commander and the female soldier were up to. Liu Yansong frowned, feeling that the commander wouldn’t do something without a reason. These five minutes might have some significance. He turned his head to look around and noticed that a few students with weaker constitutions were already trembling slightly. "So, they’re going to freeze us for five minutes first!" Liu Yansong finally understood, and he also saw that several students' eyes were shining, indicating they had also figured it out.

After five minutes, the female soldier walked to the first student in the first row. She extended the thin stick in her hand toward the student's leg. The student looked at the female soldier's actions in surprise, his face turning red. The female soldier ignored him and, without any visible movement, the thin stick suddenly struck a certain spot on the student's leg. "Ah!" The student screamed in fear, his voice filled with fear, confusion, and more so, shame.

Liu Yansong, standing at the back, couldn't see what exactly happened to the student. However, the students standing next to him clearly saw that something on the student's leg suddenly jumped up, becoming like an inflated stick.

It was no wonder the student reacted that way. No one would easily accept such an embarrassing situation in public. The female soldier, however, didn't even glance at him and coldly moved to the second student. As she walked, she said indifferently, "Alright, you’ve passed the examination. Put your pants back on and stand to one side."

The first student awkwardly put on his pants, and the second student became nervous. The female soldier didn't care about his attitude and directly extended the thin stick, repeating the same action.

Soon, the female soldier continued to strike each student in turn. Even though Liu Yansong was at the back, he finally noticed something unusual. Every student who was struck, whether the female soldier said they passed or failed, had a face as red as if it had been burned.

The female soldier quickly examined the first four rows of students, and the fifth row was getting smaller. Finally, she came to Liu Yansong. Liu Yansong, at 1.78 meters tall, was the tallest among the students. He already knew that the female soldier's so-called physical examination was to test the students' potential. Although the room wasn't as cold as outside, it wasn't warm either. The temperature outside was around minus ten degrees Celsius, and the room, while warmer, was still around minus seven or eight degrees.

Liu Yansong understood that although everyone was still wearing clothes, their lower bodies, exposed without pants, were not protected. Instead, with the upper body still warm and the lower body in the cold, the willpower of a person would be even more strongly tested.

The female soldier coldly approached Liu Yansong, her face expressionless, and extended the thin stick to the middle of his inner thigh. Liu Yansong could clearly feel the coldness from the stick, and the female soldier didn't give him any time to adjust. He suddenly felt a sharp pain in his inner thigh, and then the female soldier withdrew the stick.

She looked at Liu Yansong with disdain, her eyes full of contempt, "Failed."

The female soldier's cold voice made Liu Yansong slightly dazed, but he quickly realized that he had failed. At this moment, Liu Yansong finally understood that according to the female soldier's standards, only if a male's "treasure" jumped up did it count as passing. Those whose "treasure" didn't jump up probably had no potential to be developed. The look the female soldier gave him was full of disdain. Was it because he was the tallest among the students but didn't pass the examination?

Liu Yansong pondered in his heart, feeling that it was indeed strange that he didn't pass the examination. Although his body in his previous life had a terminal illness, Liu Yansong knew that he had practiced martial arts since childhood. Even if his physical strength wasn't top-notch, there was no reason he shouldn't pass such a simple examination. As he thought, he quickly put on his pants, but his mind was still troubled. "Could it be that my 'treasure' doesn't have that function?"

Regardless of Liu Yansong's inner turmoil, the female soldier returned to the commander and saluted, "Report, Commander, the physical examination is complete. Sixteen students passed, and twenty-eight did not. Please give your instructions."

The commander was slightly taken aback and his face became serious, "Less than twenty? This is a bit troublesome. Do we have to recruit from other schools again?"