Goodbye

But after coming to his senses, Jiang Yan Hai was a little surprised. What the hell was this Special Forces Experience Card?

Did it mean that after using it, he would instantly turn into a special forces soldier?

However, Jiang Yan Hai couldn't use this thing right now. Wouldn't that be a waste? He didn't need it anyway, so he'd keep it for now.

Taking a deep breath, Jiang Yan Hai didn't dare to sit down. Instead, he started to slowly walk to recover his stamina, especially the tingling sensation that kept coming from within his body. His muscles seemed to be constantly recovering their energy.

Although the speed was very slow, it was precisely because of this tingling sensation during the burpees that his muscles were able to hold on. Otherwise, Jiang Yan Hai suspected that he would have suffered from rhabdomyolysis long ago.

However, at this moment, Jiang Yan Hai didn't know that his Squad Leader was currently talking to a man in a Colonel's uniform, holding a thick stack of reports.

"This is all his information. I don't know what he encountered, but his whole person feels... as if he has lost all hope," the Squad Leader reported with a serious expression.

If Jiang Yan Hai were here, he would discover that this Colonel was none other than Fan Tian Lei, whom he had met before. And at this moment, Fan Tian Lei was intently flipping through the documents in his hands.

After finishing reading, Fan Tian Lei was silent for a moment, then raised his head and asked with a serious expression, "Are these documents real records?"

"Report! Yes, Commander!" The Squad Leader immediately saluted loudly.

Fan Tian Lei fell silent again. What exactly had happened to make the genius young man he had met before, who was full of confidence and whose eyes were filled with vitality and self-assurance, become like this?!

The change happened during his basic training. At first, Fan Tian Lei and the others suspected that someone had bullied him, but after careful investigation, they found nothing.

It was as if he had changed overnight. All the information from Jiang Yan Hai's short eighteen years of life was in his office. It could be said that he was an out-and-out genius!

And during his school years, he was a genius with terrifying self-control and perseverance at such a young age!

Such a genius, if cultivated properly in the army, could potentially become an outstanding general in the future!

This was why, when Jiang Yan Hai had been a Salted Fish throughout basic training and was finally assigned here, Fan Tian Lei personally spoke to his superiors and instructed the Squad Leader here to take care of him.

But now... it seemed they still hadn't found the reason!

This made Fan Tian Lei very heartbroken. If this continued, this child would be ruined!

In this state, even if he didn't join the army and went into scientific research, he wouldn't be able to do it. Did he not want to join the army?

But whether it was the Squad Leader or He Chen Guang and the others from before, they had all subtly inquired, and he hadn't said anything.

"I'll go talk to him. I'll give you an answer on whether to continue taking care of him after that," Fan Tian Lei said after a moment of silence, tidied his uniform, and stood up.

"Yes! Commander!" The old Squad Leader immediately saluted.

Fan Tian Lei returned the salute, and the two of them went out directly, then quickly walked towards the barracks of the farm.

At this moment, Jiang Yan Hai had been walking slowly for more than ten minutes. The tingling sensation kept coming from within his body. Strangely, Jiang Yan Hai didn't even feel muscle soreness, and his strength seemed to have recovered quite a bit.

Just as Jiang Yan Hai was marveling to himself, a mechanical voice suddenly sounded in his mind again.

"Training mission 2 initiated. Maximum speed, 300 standard burpees. Countdown starts in 1 minute."

Hearing this, Jiang Yan Hai's mouth formed an O-shape. Damn, they're trying to kill me!

But after only a dozen seconds of hesitation, Jiang Yan Hai gritted his teeth and continued doing burpees. What's there to fear? With this Auxiliary Training System, I probably won't die.

Jiang Yan Hai immediately resumed his burpees, still at the maximum speed his current body could manage.

However, what Jiang Yan Hai didn't see was that as he was doing his tenth-something rep, Fan Tian Lei and the Squad Leader walked over from the road next to the farm's pigsty. The two of them happened to see Jiang Yan Hai doing burpees on the open ground in front of the barracks.

Fan Tian Lei's eyes lit up at the sight. He then subconsciously glanced at Jiang Yan Hai's Squad Leader beside him. Is this the Salted Fish you mentioned in your report?

But looking back at the Squad Leader's astonished O-shaped mouth, Fan Tian Lei knew that his Squad Leader was probably just as unaware of this scene.

It was quite a distance from Jiang Yan Hai, and the terrain was considerably higher, so Jiang Yan Hai couldn't see them. Moreover, he had his back to them.

"Don't disturb him. Start counting," Fan Tian Lei said in a low voice.

"Yes!" Jiang Yan Hai's Squad Leader immediately gave a quiet salute and began counting.

By the time he reached the 50th rep, Jiang Yan Hai felt as if all his muscles were starting to ache. He felt like life was worse than death.

But the tingling sensation in his muscle groups suddenly intensified, accompanied by a strong tremor. He felt the muscles throughout his body vibrating continuously.

New strength was constantly being generated within his muscles, preventing him from collapsing immediately and being unable to continue.

His speed had decreased significantly, but Jiang Yan Hai was still performing burpees at his maximum possible speed.

"297... 298... 299... 300!" When the count in Jiang Yan Hai's mind reached the last one, he collapsed onto the ground, completely limp.

"How many?" Fan Tian Lei, who was far away, turned back and immediately asked.

"288," Jiang Yan Hai's Squad Leader gave an accurate number.

"So that means he did at least 300 consecutive reps." Since Jiang Yan Hai had already started when they arrived, Fan Tian Lei quickly deduced the answer. It was likely exactly 300.

300 consecutive burpees at maximum speed... Fan Tian Lei fell silent for a moment. Even the Special Forces Soldiers he led probably couldn't complete this number easily. Any training is about pushing limits. If you're just going through the motions, it's fine, but doing it with all your might is a different concept.

This is because burpees test explosive power, not endurance.

It might sound incredible, but an ordinary person who never engages in strenuous exercise could suffer from rhabdomyolysis from doing continuous squats for 10 minutes.

The standard burpee Jiang Yan Hai was doing included a maximum power jump, landing and squatting, then placing hands on the ground, jumping legs back into a push-up position, completing a standard push-up, then jumping legs forward into a squatting position. This counts as one rep, followed by another jump to the highest point, and then repeating the cycle.

Given Jiang Yan Hai's physical condition in the recruit camp, it was almost impossible for him to complete this. But now he had actually done it! How much willpower did this require?

Fan Tian Lei took a deep breath. It seemed he had underestimated this kid. Although he didn't know the reason, he suspected this kid harbored many hidden stories within him.