When the lights-out signal sounded at the base, Qin Lan still had not returned.
Li Wei lay on her bed and sighed helplessly.
This time, she had probably really pushed her too far.
She turned over, thinking that tomorrow she absolutely had to have a proper talk with her.
Working hard was a good thing. Improving her strength would always be beneficial, whether on the battlefield or after she was demobilized and returned home.
But training like this, without sleep or rest, was no different from self-mutilation.
Too much of anything was as bad as too little, wasn't it?
With these tangled thoughts swirling through her mind, Li Wei gradually drifted into a dream.
And at the instant she fell completely asleep, the fan-shaped Jade Token hanging inside the tactical waist pouch on the bedpost suddenly lit up.
A wash of azure light rippled outward like water, silently swallowing Li Wei whole.
In her sleep, Li Wei's brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.
She seemed to sense something and subconsciously tried to open her eyes, wanting to break free of the shimmering light.
But in the next moment, an even more powerful wave of drowsiness swept over her, dragging her into a deeper, heavier slumber.
A short while earlier.
Inside a temporarily assigned officers' dormitory at the Mingsha Fort Training Base.
Shen Yaochi wore a bathrobe, her freshly washed black hair still carrying traces of undried moisture.
She had not tied it up, instead letting it fall loosely over her shoulders. Droplets rolled from the ends of her hair and spread a small patch of dampness across her jade-like collarbones.
She sat quietly on the edge of the bed, her slender fingers rubbing the fan-shaped Jade Token.
Her cool, beautiful face was focused and serene.
After a moment, she seemed to have