Wu Yuanzhong offered no further explanations.

He collected the agreements signed by various assessing instructors, his smile resembling that of an Old Fox who had stealthily snatched a chicken.

On the training ground, the ten-kilometer cross-country run had begun.

The figures from the eight Special Forces squads, like a pack of starving wolves, sprinted forward vigorously.

The fierce competition among the various Special Forces squads heated up right from the start.

This type of physical endurance training was the most fundamental, containing no technical content.

However, it was also what the assessing instructors valued the most.

Under the watchful eyes of all, it was the easiest to catch the instructors' attention.

Therefore, at the outset, every member of the eight Special Forces squads gathered their strength for the long-distance run.

They were like hurricanes, like lightning, like cheetahs.

Carrying a 12.3-kilogram combat backpack, surprisingly, it hardly affected their speed.

Looking at the big screen where the red dots representing the eight Special Forces squads formed a series of sharp arrows, the assessing instructors were full of praise.

"Not bad, this year's soldiers are exceptionally well-conditioned in terms of physical fitness."

"Tsk tsk, look at Mulan Team, they have a very strong momentum. Very good indeed."

"Cheetah Squad is also doing well, leading from the very beginning. I expect they have many promising talents."

...

No one paid attention to the run of the Affiliated Troops.

Based on past experience, if the soldiers from the Affiliated Troops could keep up, that was already commendable.

In terms of speed and endurance, they were in no way comparable to the Special Forces.

Because of the Old General Wu Yuanzhong's strange behavior, Wang Qishan glanced at the Cooking Squad from Company A.

He saw a group of soldiers running lazily, as slow as a tortoise.

Forget catching up with the Elite Special Forces Soldiers, they were even slower than the engineering and communications companies.

Wang Qishan burst into laughter.

"Old Leader, it seems you've miscalculated this time, your Cook Soldiers have not brought you any surprises."

Wu Yuanzhong chuckled, his eyes gleaming cunningly.

"The game has just begun, what's the rush?"

On the training ground, Long Xia, Shen Feng, and Lonely Madman were running while chatting and laughing.

"Three Swords, why did the instructor ask us to conserve our strength and run at a slower pace?"

"Yeah, yeah, running like this is like going for a walk, I'm almost falling asleep."

"The instructor is a sneaky one. I guess they want to blow the minds of the headquarters' leaders. Let's conserve our strength for now and wait for the instructor's order."

"Pfft, do we even need to conserve our strength for this kind of basic training?"

...

About seven kilometers into the ten-kilometer race, Cheetah Squad, Mulan Team, and Sharp Sword Squad had taken the top three spots.

Meanwhile, the Affiliated Troops had begun falling behind, their formation scattered and trailing by about three kilometers.

The formation of Company A had also started to deteriorate, except for Cooking Squad 004, which continued to move forward steadily, maintaining a neat formation.

At headquarters, the focus of everyone's attention was on the squads of Cheetah, Mulan, and Sharp Sword.

The powerful and abundant physical fitness of the Special Forces indicated their elite military quality.

To be able to seize the top three positions often meant that a squad had more promising candidates.

Several assessing instructors fixed their gaze on the surveillance video.

At that moment, within the Affiliated Troops, a neatly arranged blue arrow caught everyone's attention.

The blue arrow, like a startled tuna, swiftly overtook one squad after another, its speed as fast as lightning.

Even through the big screen, everyone could sense the blue arrow's fierce momentum.

Such rapid marching speed was unprecedented.

Wang Qishan exclaimed, "What unit is that? How can they be so fast?"

His exclamation drew more people's attention, and they all fixated on the swiftly advancing blue arrow.

This is a macro view map, where each blue little arrow represents a soldier.

What's strange was that after such a long period of high-intensity cross-country running, many teams had started to scatter in their formation.

However, this blue arrow remained perfectly orderly, its formation incredibly neat.

As Wang Qishan exclaimed in surprise, this blue little arrow, like a White Feather Arrow shot forth, had already surpassed all of the Affiliated Troops and had caught up with the first Special Forces team.

"It's actually an Affiliated Troop that's so impressive!"

"Switch to the local map; let's see which Affiliated Troop it is. Just in terms of physical endurance, this Affiliated Troop is no worse than the Special Forces teams."

...

Amid the astonishment and shouts of the crowd.

A staff officer used the remote control to switch from the macro view map to the local map.

In the local map, a well-organized team was sprinting at high speed.

Each of them was like a cheetah on the hunt, their running conveying a sense of graceful beauty.

Seeing the uniform of this team, everyone was shocked.

It was the 004 Cooking Squad!

This bunch of guys, who usually wielded cooking spoons, were now sprinting forward at a speed far surpassing that of the Special Forces.

What's more impressive is that their formation had remained as neat as at the beginning, not a single person falling behind.

What did this imply?

The assessing instructors present all understood very clearly.

It meant that the soldiers of the 004 Cooking Squad had uniform military qualities and physical endurance, with not one person dropping out.

Or, it meant that their physical strength was sufficient to comfortably handle this level of training.

So, while everyone was advancing at full speed, they still had the energy to consider the neatness of their formation.

Moreover, seeing their leisurely appearance indicated that these guys had not yet released their full strength.

The staff officer switched the monitoring video back to the macro view map.

All the people shouted in surprise again.

In just the blink of an eye, the soldiers of the 004 Cooking Squad had successively overtaken two Special Forces teams and were still advancing at high speed.

That blue little arrow was still moving across the screen like lightning.

All the assessing instructors' eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets.

This group of soldiers were Cook Soldiers, yet how could their physical strength surpass that of the Special Forces?

Fu Biao also became alert.

In previous Special Forces training, such a situation had never arisen.

The reason why everyone had overlooked the Affiliated Troops wasn't entirely without basis either.

The crowd turned to look at the Old Leader Wu Yuanzhong's smug and mysterious smile.

From his smile, they tasted something different.

"Old Leader, you've really set an ambush for us, what's going on with this 004 Cooking Squad?"

"Damn, Old General, that's not honorable of you, setting a trap for us like this."

...

The crowd's voices were filled with dissatisfaction or surprise.

The blue little arrow again surged past the Fourth Special Squad like lightning.

They kept on advancing, charging forward, their speed never slowing, rather it was getting even faster.

At the seven kilometer mark, the 004 Cooking Squad overtook the Fifth Special Squad.

At seven and a half kilometers, the 004 Cooking Squad overtook the Sixth Special Squad.

At nine kilometers, the 004 Cooking Squad overtook the Seventh Special Squad.

...

Watching the fierce and sharp momentum of the blue arrow on the screen.

Everyone in the command center held their breath.

With bated breath, everyone watched the first-ranked Cheetah Squad and the 004 Cooking Squad, which was less than half a kilometer behind them.

These two teams would compete for first place in the ten-kilometer load-bearing cross-country running exercise.

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