Chapter 223
Chapter 223: Episode 029 Can I hit you if I find you annoying? (10)
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"How are you two doing?"
Janice Wood, who only had a few minor scrapes, walked over and asked them worriedly when Flossie Wright and Becca Reyes were sprawled motionless on the beach.
Seeing her, Becca Reyes weakly crawled over to Flossie Wright’s side, stretched out a thumbs up to Janice, with sincerity in her eyes, "You’re really like an iron wall."
Flossie Wright barely lifted her eyelids and didn’t bother speaking much.
She had already adjusted to the weakness of her body, just like she had adjusted to Janice’s body’s formidable strength.
Janice scratched her head shyly, then sat down next to them, chatting off and on with Becca Reyes.
Rest time was short, for recruits who were extremely fatigued, it seemed to pass in the blink of an eye.
So, at the moment when everyone was about to doze off, Nathan Foster’s nightmare-like voice once again came over—
"Five thousand meters of armed swimming!"
Instantly, the beach was filled with complaints, some with local accents, but each one carrying the word "tired".
Actually, a five-thousand-meter armed swim wouldn’t be particularly difficult, but the key point was they were currently injured. They knew going into the water in such condition would be self-torture, fearing infection and pus later. Just thinking about it was terrifying.
But, they really had no reason to resist.
Unless you chose to leave voluntarily.
With no other choice, all the recruits, under Nathan Foster’s command, put on their packs and were directly pushed into the ocean.
𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎
This armed swim was more grueling than any they had experienced before.
Such bone-piercing pain, they thought they would remember forever.
Yet they didn’t realize they would face even more difficult and painful moments in the future. By then, they would barely remember this day, and wouldn’t believe just how much this bit of pain had bothered them for so long.
That day was their slowest five-thousand-meter armed swim in history. Usually, they would make it back to the base around sunset, and despite being covered in sticky, sandy sweat, they could easily grab food from the cafeteria and shovel it into their mouths.
No one cared about whether it was clean or tasted good.
But today, after the sun set, the darkness deepened.
Exhausted from their intense training and the pain from their injuries, if it weren’t for the cafeteria food beckoning them, they probably would’ve simply floated on the sea, too tired to move.
"Eh, it’s so lively on shore."
In the crowd that was gradually reaching shore, someone started the comment, gradually drawing most people’s attention to the beach where a bonfire was burning.
At a glance, there were people dressed in camouflage uniforms all around. They didn’t take up a lot of space, but they had lit dozens of bonfires. There were dozens of people sitting around each fire, with lots of grills nearby. It seemed lively. You could even hear their hearty laughter.
And then, their sense of smell began to awaken.
The smell of barbecue, as if coming from all directions, made mouths water. The worms of hunger stirred in their stomachs, and saliva nearly dribbled out of their mouths.
"I’m so hungry."
Becca Reyes, who had finally made it to shore, forced herself to stand up from the sand, and greedily eyed the lively crowd.
Damn, it was too tempting!
Flossie Wright squinted her eyes and looked around.
She did seem a bit hungry.
— End of Chapter 223 —