Volume 1: The Starting Point Chapter 28: Confrontation

  This time, the gathering method was again unique. Ten fully armored soldiers wearing steel helmets and night vision goggles, holding riot shields and batons, rushed into Xia Wenjie's dormitory from outside. After entering, without saying a word, they launched a chaotic beating of the students in the dormitory.

  Earlier, the soldiers in the training camp liked to sneak in and launch surprise attacks. Later, the trainees also learned from them and set up various mechanisms and traps in their dormitories, often making the sneaking soldiers suffer a crushing defeat.

  After several times, the soldiers no longer rashly sneaked into the dormitory of the students, but instead used sneakily releasing poisonous snakes and rats as a sinister tactic. This time they repeated their old tricks, only not sneaking in quietly, but rather fully armed and storming in with great fanfare.

  Xia Wenjie and others had long been trained to be extremely vigilant, and as soon as the soldiers burst in, they woke up from their sleep, but the soldiers were too fast, wearing night vision goggles, and their hands were extremely accurate, even Xia Wenjie's head was hit by a baton.

  This stick hit him so hard that stars were flashing before his eyes, and he almost fainted on the spot. However, he recovered quickly and reacted even faster. When the soldier raised his baton to strike again, he sprang out of bed and rushed at the soldier with a crash.

  The soldier raised the riot shield to resist, and with a loud crash, Xia Wenjie crashed into the riot shield. He was battered all over, but the soldier also retreated two steps, leaning back.

  Before the other party could steady himself, he took advantage of the momentum to move forward and close in, at the same time kicking down with one foot, fiercely treading on the soldier's ankle.

  The soldier stood unsteadily, his body involuntarily leaning forward, Xia Wenjie first rolled to the side to avoid the fallen soldier, and then his thumb and index finger, middle finger stretched out, tightly grasping the soldier's throat.

  "Platoon leader, you're dead." He pinched the soldier's throat, but didn't use force, and whispered a sentence in the soldier's ear. If he had added more strength, with his current grip, he could have crushed the soldier's laryngeal cartilage.

  The soldier sighed and lay motionless on the ground. Before Xia Wenjie could get up from the ground, another soldier rushed over and swung his baton at him.

  Xia Wenjie didn't even think about it, picked up the police baton that he had just "killed", and swung it upwards. Bam! The opponent's baton hit his own, rebounding high into the air, Xia Wenjie himself was also shaken, his mouth numb with shock.

  One strike missed, the soldier immediately smashed down another one, but this time Xia Wanjie snatched the "dead" soldier's shield and held it in front of himself.

  Bang! The baton hit the shield again, and before the opponent could strike a third time, Xia Wenjie sprang up from the ground like a spring, using his momentum to push the shield in his hand fiercely towards the opponent.

  Bang! The two shields collided, Xia Wenjie didn't move a muscle, but the soldier couldn't withstand the impact and retreated repeatedly with his body leaning back. Xia Wenjie launched another attack, his body leaped high, using the inertia of the fall to strike down with all his might once again.

  Bang! Even if the soldier reacted quickly and used his shield to block it, he was still knocked to the ground by Xia Wenjie's powerful blow. The entire arm holding the shield felt numb, as if it had just been electrocuted.

  He realized something was wrong and wanted to stand up and retreat, but Xia Wanjie wouldn't give him such an opportunity. He threw away his shield, extended two fingers, and stabbed straight at the soldier's eyes.

  His fingertips touched the night vision mirror and stopped, then said: "Class leader, you're dead too."

  The soldier's face turned red as he glared at him, then shook his head and removed his night vision goggles. Just two months ago, he was a rookie who knew nothing but had a strong physique, but now he was completely different from before.

  Xia Wenjie took down two soldiers by himself, and Shao Bing did the same. Tang Xin, Yao Jia, Zhang Zhaoyang, and Xu Jiehui each took down one soldier. The remaining two soldiers retreated from the dormitory after realizing they were outnumbered.

  In about a minute, all the trainees gathered together. Looking at the grassland again, there were only about fifty people scattered around. It can be said that the remaining trainees are the elite among the elite. Even if they were soldiers in the training camp, two or three of them might not be able to beat any one of them.

  Looking at the students present, Yan Du felt a sigh of emotion. The people in front of him were his beloved disciples. Now, no matter who was eliminated next, he couldn't bear to part with them, but the reality was cruel and didn't allow for personal preferences.

  "He cleared his throat and said, 'I have some good news to share with everyone. From now on, we will be implementing a scoring system for the small groups. Today is the first day, let's give everyone a little excitement, group battles are about to begin.'"

  "One group against sixteen groups, two groups against fifteen groups, three groups against fourteen groups, and so on. When competing, each group sends one person, the winner stays, the loser exits, which group's member can stand to the end, that group wins, the winning group scores five points, the losing group scores zero points, does everyone understand?"

  "I understand."

  "Ten minutes ready."

  "Yes."

  "Disperse now."

  As soon as Yan's voice fell, Yao Jia pulled Xia Wenjie and others to one side, the six people formed a circle, Yao Jia excitedly said: "Finally started the group competition, have you all calculated clearly? This time we are competing against Group 6."

  "Six groups......" The crowd had no concept of the sixth group, and in their daily lives, they didn't have any extra thoughts to study the situation of other small groups.

  Yao Jia said: "Against the sixth group, we will definitely win. Guess how many people are left in the sixth group now?" He asked with a sly smile on his face.

  Tang Xiang rolled her eyes and said, "Stop beating around the bush, what do you know? Spit it out quickly."

  Yao Jia smiled and stretched out two fingers, waving them in front of everyone, saying: "Group 6 is now left with only two people, six to two, aren't we sure to win?"

  "Only two people are left?" Tang Xin's eyes widened in surprise, looking at Yao Jia incredulously.

  "Haha, that's right, only two people, one is Guan Yutang and the other is Shen Luo." Yao Jia said with a complacent tone: "I have specifically investigated, now there are still six full groups, except for our group, there is also Group Seven. So now if we compete in small groups, our group's strength is absolutely among the top."

  "It's not necessarily." Shao Bing, who had been quiet all along, suddenly spoke up: "Guan Yutang and Shen Luo are both very strong, especially Shen Luo."

  "Even if they're strong, there are only two of them. Two fists can't defeat four hands. A good tiger can't withstand our pack of wolves either. We have six to their two, what do we have to fear?" Yao Jia said confidently to Tang Xin: "Captain, you come up with the battle plan."

  "I'm the team leader, I'll be first, Jiehui second, Zhao Yang third, Xiao Jia fourth, Wen Jie fifth, and Lao Shao sixth. What do you all think?"

  Yao Jia shook her head like a rattle drum and said, "No, no, Lao Shao's strength is the strongest, should be ranked first, guaranteed to win in one round, can also boost our team's morale."

  Tang Xian rubbed her chin thoughtfully and felt that Yao Jia had a point. She looked at Shao Bing and asked, "What do you think, Old Shao?"

  Shao Bing shrugged and said calmly: "I don't care."

  "Alright then, let's follow Xiao Jia's idea, Lao Shao will make his first appearance, and we'll follow the same order as before."

  Yao Jia smiled and stretched her waist, saying: "Lao Shuai is the first to take the stage, I guess it's not my turn yet."

  Xia Wenjie smiled wryly. Yao Jia was ranked ahead of him. If Yao Jia didn't even get a chance to play, then he had no hope at all.

  He knew in his heart that he was always the weakest one in everyone's mind, no matter how hard he tried or what achievements he made, this impression had already been fixed in everyone's mind and it was difficult to change.

  He also thinks that in a six-to-two situation, it's indeed very hard to have his own chance to perform, after all he is ranked last.

  The ten-minute preparation time is over, and the sixteen teams start their group matches.

  As Yao Jia said, the sixth group only had two people left, a man and a woman. The man was named Guan Yutang, and the woman was named Shen Luo. Both of them were taciturn and rarely spoke, even their appearances were somewhat similar, tall and sturdy.

  Guan Yutang was about 1.85 meters tall, and Shen Luo was also around 1.80 meters tall. The two of them standing together were like two door gods.

  Shao Bing led the way down, and Guan Yutang and Shen Luo exchanged a glance across from him. The former walked towards Shao Bing.

  "I heard you're the king of soldiers in your military district." Guan Yutang asked emotionlessly, sizing up Shao Bing.

  "Does it matter?"

  "It's very important."

  "Why?"

  "Defeat you, I am the uncrowned king of your military region."

  "Does it matter?"

  "It's very important."

  "Why?"

  I like to show off.

  "Can you two be any more boring? This is a battle, not a comedy routine!" Yao Jia couldn't help but shout out loud as she listened to the two of them exchanging blows.

  She glanced back at him and said seriously to Guan Yutang, "I don't like to show off."

  "Why?" Guan Yutang asked in puzzlement.

  "Gun, fight, out, head, bird." As he spoke, Shao Bing suddenly sprinted forward a few steps without warning, and with both fists simultaneously striking Guan Yutang's left and right temples.

  Guan Yutang reacted extremely quickly, his massive body seemingly like a nimble monkey, rapidly lowering himself to avoid Shao Bing's double fists. Immediately after, he lowered his head and charged forward, BAM! His forehead directly collided with Shao Bing's chest.

  Shao Bing took two steps back, his body still unsteady, when Guan Yutang suddenly leaped high into the air, punching towards Shao Bing's face. Shao Bing dodged to the side, avoiding the attack, and at the same time reached out to grab Guan Yutang's waistband, using his momentum to send him flying away with a loud crash.

  He was about to pursue, but unexpectedly Guan Yutang jumped up from the ground and kicked out a sweeping leg, knocking Shao Bing to the ground. Then he flew over and pounced, but before he could land on Shao Bing's body, the latter curled up his legs and then kicked upwards, sending Guan Yutang flying back.

  The two of them went back and forth, fighting to a draw. In terms of physical quality, the two were almost identical. As for technique, reaction speed, and adaptability, they were also evenly matched. It was precisely because their strength was too close that the fight between them was exceptionally thrilling, and it was difficult to distinguish who would win. You could take advantage of me, but I could also make a comeback at your expense.

  The two of them fought for five minutes, and after the five minutes were up, both of their bodies were covered in bruises. They panted heavily, staring each other down with dead eyes, but neither was willing to concede defeat.