Luo Hongwu had once been a professional soldier. After retiring, he joined a mercenary company.
He had received all kinds of specialized training. Marksmanship and hand-to-hand combat were essential subjects.
Physical conditioning and willpower training were the foundational subjects of military training.
He wanted to give Lin Fei a taste of what was coming and let him know that training was grueling.
He returned to Earth and brought back some of the equipment he had used for training.
Before dawn, he went to fetch Lin Fei and bring him to the hills behind the city.
"Lin Fei, here's a set of training clothes I prepared for you, along with a backpack, a gun, and ammunition."
"Carry all of this with you. Today, we'll start with physical training. I want to see how fit you are."
"Run around that patch of woods up ahead. Don't stop until I tell you to. Unless you're so exhausted you can't even crawl, keep going."
The backpack was stuffed with rocks, and with the gun and ammunition added, the total weight came to more than thirty kilograms.
For an ordinary person without formal training, running with that much weight would leave them flat on their back after a kilometer.
Three kilometers at most—that would be their limit.
Luo Hongwu glanced at his watch, then said, "My legs aren't up to it, so you'll have to run on your own. I'll wait here."
Lin Fei nodded and ran off into the distance.
Carrying thirty kilograms was still pretty easy for him.
Luo Hongwu watched Lin Fei's every move through his binoculars.
When he saw Lin Fei finish a kilometer and keep running at the same speed, he couldn't help but freeze for a moment.
"I didn't expect this kid, all fair-skinned and delicate-looking, to have such