There was no morning training today, so time was not as tight. Lin Qiye leisurely soaked in the medicinal bath for a while longer before getting dressed and heading to the cafeteria.
Cao Yuan had been right. Today's cafeteria was finally serving something other than nauseating plain steamed buns and raw meat. There was a fragrant Chinese breakfast: soy milk, fried dough sticks, buns, flatbread, congee...
The cafeteria was packed with recruits. After that nightmare-like Extreme Training, they were truly starving, stuffing food into their mouths like hungry ghosts.
Lin Qiye watched as Baili Pangpang finished two entire steamer baskets of buns, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"Qiye, these buns are amazing. I wonder if that old geezer Sun finally found his conscience... Want one?" With his mouth full of food, Baili Pangpang handed Lin Qiye a bun.
Lin Qiye did not refuse. He took the bun, held his soy milk, and ate at an unhurried pace.
"By the way, Qiye, how did you get out of the mountain last night? Did you pass out, or get shot?" Seemingly remembering something, Baili Pangpang asked.
Since Lin Qiye had taken too long last night, the other recruits had long since been sent back to the Training Camp. Naturally, hardly anyone knew that Lin Qiye had crossed Jinnan Mountain alone.
"I walked out."
Baili Pangpang froze, not understanding what Lin Qiye meant at first. Then he spoke in shock:
"You mean... you really crossed all of Jinnan Mountain?"
"Mm."
"...What kind of freak are you?"
"..."
"You actually did it." Cao Yuan silently leaned over from the neighboring table and dropped the large meat bun in his hand into Lin Qiye's bowl. "At least you didn't disgrace us freaks."
Baili Pangpang scratched his head blankly. "Wait, you said 'us'