Chapter 15

With the tone of her voice, it was as if a certain unscrupulous boss was patting a young employee on the shoulder, smiling and saying, "You have a bright future ahead, keep up the good work! I have high hopes for you!"

Then, the young employee, like a greenhorn, was moved to tears, working day and night, sweating and bleeding, exhausted like a dog! In the end, he didn't even get a bonus!

After lying on the spot for half an hour, waiting for the terrible pain to gradually subside, he finally had the strength to struggle to his feet, hail a flying taxi, and hurriedly return to school to discuss a strategy with Sha Zhenghai.

But who would have thought that after listening to the whole story, that unscrupulous guy was completely unmoved and instead had an attitude of hoping for chaos: "Kid, you've hit the jackpot! This is a blessing that others can't even dream of! I wonder what good deeds you did in your past life to deserve such fortune!"

"So, cherish it!"

"But I feel like she's going to play me to death!" Qin Huang protested.

Sha Zhenghai had a look of frustration: "You brat, you really don't know how to appreciate a good thing! If it weren't for your usual dedication, I would have called Luo Tianxiong to give you a good lesson today!"

"I'm too lazy to argue with you anymore. I'll go home and prepare a plan: tomorrow, I'll continue to use the painkillers."

And so, regardless of whether Qin Huang was willing or not, that damn Qiluo Jianmu leaf stuck to him like a plaster!

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Deep into the night.

The young man lay weakly on the bed, his clothes, and even the sheets and blankets beneath him, were drenched in sweat.

Another wave of excruciating pain had just passed, making it the third time tonight. The endless agony almost made his mental state collapse completely!

Qin Huang had not failed to try to find a solution. He ordered several bottles of strong painkillers through his personal light brain, but even ten times the dose had no effect! Later, he tried special nerve anesthetics, sound wave hypnosis, and a series of biological nerve blockers!

However, that mysterious Qiluo Jianmu leaf seemed immune to any method. Even when Qin Huang tried to cut away part of the skin tissue, it still could not be removed.

"Perhaps... the only effective solution is to chop off this hand!" At the peak of the pain, such a thought even crossed his mind.

Of course, this was just a thought. If he really did it, even if he got a new cloned arm, it would significantly affect his cultivation progress! The new cells of the body had not been refined by energy and could not perform at their best!

After several failed attempts, Qin Huang could only reluctantly accept his fate!

Evaluating his physical condition, he temporarily gave up the idea of consulting the AI for a strategy and quietly practiced the "Alaya Vijnana Mind Method" to quickly restore his body to its peak state, ready to face the next unknown episode of intense pain.

Before the sun rose above the horizon, it indeed flared up twice more. However, Qin Huang found that while practicing the mind method, the pain's impact on him was somewhat reduced, and the duration was shortened, giving him a glimmer of hope to endure.

The next morning, it was the weekly physical fitness test.

"Boss, you look good today. Do you think you can pass the test?" At breakfast, Wu Neng scrutinized Qin Huang's face and asked.

"Sure, I should have a good chance!" The young man calmly drank the nutritional porridge in his bowl and replied.

Despite a sleepless night, his physical condition now showed no signs of being affected. His face was rosy, his spirit was high, and his energy was abundant, even his mental power index had increased slightly! Whether it was due to the mind method or the mysterious leaf, he wasn't sure.

Wu De snorted, "I believe in our boss. He will definitely surprise those guys!"

Qin Huang smiled but said nothing. Before the pain flared up, he looked no different from a normal person. As long as nothing went wrong in the middle, he felt confident he could pass the test.

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"The content of today's test is simple, still a weighted cross-country run! Each person must carry sufficient ammunition and energy equipment and complete an 80-kilometer run within the specified time to pass..."

In the wilderness, the fully equipped instructor Luo Tianxiong, holding a whip, loudly announced to the lined-up students:

"You already know the rules of the training, no need for me to repeat them! However, I must point out that the top ten in this test will each receive two boxes of military-grade special organic nutrients, as a reward from the school! I hope everyone performs well!"

Two boxes of organic nutrients were worth hundreds of star coins. For wealthy students, it might not be much, but for most ordinary students, it was a significant income.

"This time, you must perform well, understand?" Xiao Pingyue, while organizing his equipment backpack, whispered to Liu Caihui beside him:

"Organic nutrients aside, according to my information, the school's secret screening plan has already started. From now on, every test score will be recorded as a reference for selecting elite students! So, if you want to secure one of those fifteen spots, you can't mess up!"

"Yes, boss!" Liu Caihui nodded, his gloomy eyes scanning the distance, and he sneered:

"After this test, there will surely be a good show! That guy cheated last time, making you lose face. This time, it's a fair test, I don't think he can pull any new tricks!"

Xiao Pingyue glanced at the distant figure, shook his head indifferently, and said nothing.

Although he didn't say it, he still harbored resentment over the last defeat. If he could see Qin Huang in trouble, he would be delighted.

Many students looked troubled. This time, the weight they had to carry was ten kilograms more, but the time limit was shortened by fifteen minutes! Needless to say, many would fail the task and be punished!

In this era, due to the widespread use of gene optimization technology, human physical qualities had improved significantly compared to the Earth era, especially for military academy students who were trained to be future elite soldiers. However, completing such high-intensity training was still a challenging task.

An orange-red signal flare slowly rose into the sky, and the students all exerted themselves, silently rushing towards the 80-kilometer destination.

Qin Huang, carrying his equipment, ran at a steady pace in the middle of the group. It was far from the final moment, and it wasn't time to go all out, so he naturally wouldn't burst ahead.

Instructor Luo Tianxiong's military flying car patrolled the sky, and there were many miniature floating cameras along the way, recording the position and physiological state of each student. In such a situation, cheating was virtually impossible!

In just half an hour, some students began to fall behind. The originally dense and orderly marching formation gradually became sparse. The last few students had slightly pale faces, gritting their teeth and struggling.

"Others I don't know, but the first to collapse will definitely be that guy Qin Huang. I hope the instructor gives him a few more lashes this time, preferably keeping him in bed for three days and three nights!" Liu Caihui glanced back at the rear of the group, speaking with disdain.

Xiao Pingyue, beside him, a blonde girl with a slender waist and full hips, turned to look and asked in confusion, "Huh? I don't see Qin Huang at the back! What's going on?"

"Shu Luoya, are you sure you didn't see him wrong?" Liu Caihui was taken aback, turned back, and carefully scanned the end of the group, but indeed did not find the figure he despised.

"Strange, could that guy have fallen so far behind that he's out of sight? Even more exaggerated than last time!" Liu Caihui was both surprised and pleased.

Of course, he hoped his rival would suffer a great misfortune, and the worse, the better!

Qin Huang, Qin Huang, with such a poor test score this time, I wonder how many lashes Instructor Luo Tianxiong will give you! Perhaps, you will be directly disqualified from the final exam? He thought with a sense of schadenfreude.

Xiao Pingyue glanced back and said indifferently, "I think that guy is unsure of himself, so he automatically withdrew from the test. Although it's more embarrassing, at least he won't have to suffer the instructor's whip!"

Hearing this, Liu Caihui felt a bit disappointed and said resentfully, "Smart move, that guy! But the consequences he will face will be even more severe. When he is expelled from the school, we will gather a group to teach him a lesson, so he understands the consequences of offending us..."

Before he finished speaking, Shu Luoya's voice, filled with shock, suddenly rang out, "No, no! How... how did he get to the front?"

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