After Transmigrating Into a Book, I Became That Omega - Chapter 19

Being dragged out in the middle of the night to run ten laps left the students, who had originally still been a bit sleepy, full of energy one by one—aside from being a little tired.

After finishing the run, everyone returned to the dorms, turned off the lights, and went back to sleep, waiting for the real training to begin the next morning.

“Honestly, don’t you guys think Instructor Nie is way too dog? After all this fuss, how many hours can we even sleep?”

The one speaking was one of the ten students from Yun City University, Lu Ci, an Alpha from the Physical Education Department. His name sounded refined and gentle, but his build was huge—a proper muscular tough guy.

“So stop talking and hurry up to sleep. If we don’t sleep now, we really won’t get any sleep at all.” Someone muttered this, and the dorm immediately fell silent.

The emergency assembly had started at one in the morning, and by the time they were done messing around and returned, it was already past two.

The wake-up call at the base rang at five in the morning. There truly were not many hours left to sleep.

The wake-up call sounded right on time. The students, who had already been through a period of military training, struggled up by conditioned reflex. If they got up late, who knew what kind of perverted punishment would appear?

On the field, Nie Yun stood on a raised platform with a squad of soldiers, holding a megaphone in his hand.

“My name is Nie Yun. I am your chief instructor.”

“I won’t bother with words of welcome. I’ll state the rules directly.”

“Entering nationwide training does not mean you can escape your professional courses.”

“During the day, you will train. At night, you will receive tutoring for your professional courses. After training ends, you can check where your classes will be held.”

“Nationwide training will use an elimination system. There will be small assessments every three days and major assessments every five days.”

“Both physical fitness and cultural academics will be counted toward your total score.”

“Every five days, the bottom fifty students will be eliminated directly. Eliminated personnel will return to school, while the remaining personnel will stay and continue training.”

“In the end, we will only select ten people. Those ten people will undoubtedly be elites among elites.”

“Now, everyone listen to my command. Collect the supplies behind you. Five-kilometer weighted run. Begin now.”

After Nie Yun finished speaking, he directly led the squad of soldiers down from the platform. Each soldier led the students from one school to collect their supply packs.

A slight commotion appeared among the students, but they quickly quieted down again.

Although they had a lot of opinions about the chief instructor making them do a weighted run right from the start, once they thought about the elimination system he had mentioned, they suppressed their dissatisfaction.

If they angered him and he deliberately made things difficult for them in the assessment scores, then among the group who had come together, they would truly become the first batch to be sent back. Just thinking about that loss of face was unbearable.

The students silently shouldered the heavy packs. Fortunately, almost everyone who had come was an Alpha. Although a twenty-five-kilogram load was somewhat heavy, their physiques could handle it.

Nie Yun looked at Sang Yuan. Seeing him lift the pack easily without any strained expression, Nie Yun finally withdrew his gaze.

As for Sang Yuan’s identity as an Omega, although the higher-ups did not mind, as the chief instructor this time, Nie Yun still needed to pay a little more attention to him.

Everyone knew Omegas were fragile. This Sang Yuan, however, was rather different from ordinary Omegas.

There was an instructor leading the way in front of them, taking them out through the base gate.

West Mountain Base was located within West Mountain itself. Once they left the base, endless mountains stretched out before them.

The small path had already been trampled out by countless soldiers. One could tell that it had not originally been a road; it had only gradually formed because people had walked over it so many times.

Although West Mountain could not be considered especially steep, it was not exactly flat either.

Carrying their packs, the students could still follow the instructor’s pace easily at first. But later, once they encountered places where they had to climb up and down, their energy was no longer so abundant.

Normally, it might still have been fine. The main issue was that they were carrying twenty-five-kilogram packs.

Do not look down on twenty-five kilograms. When first shouldered, it truly did not seem like much.

But as time passed, those twenty-five kilograms would become heavier and heavier, and a person’s limit and fatigue would gradually show.

The road the instructor led them on became harder and harder to walk. The dense forest and weeds reaching their calves severely limited the students’ speed.

Some people had already become so tired that their legs felt as if they had lead blocks tied to them. They had been tormented once in the night and had not slept well to begin with. Now they had not even eaten, yet they were starting a five-kilometer weighted run. Was there something wrong with this chief instructor?

“Keep up, keep up. Students, move those legs and follow the steps ahead. Whatever you do, don’t fall behind.” An instructor held a megaphone with ease and shouted at the students.

“Come on, I believe you can do it. This student here, keep your rhythm. Don’t stop. If you stop and the students behind you crash into you, that won’t be pretty.”

Sang Yuan’s training uniform was already soaked through with sweat, and steam was rising from the top of his head.

He wiped his face and swept his hair back, revealing his entire face. It made him look even more bright and radiant.

Ji Tang glanced at Sang Yuan and suddenly understood why the other roommates said Sang Yuan did not look like a Beta at all. This was truly the first time he had seen a Beta this beautiful.

“What’s wrong?” Sang Yuan sensed Ji Tang’s gaze and looked over. “Tired? Need help?”

Ji Tang looked at Sang Yuan’s outstretched hand, directly slapped it, and revealed a confident smile. “Looking down on me?”

As he spoke, he took a few quick steps forward, then turned back and said to Sang Yuan, “Can you keep up?”

“Of course.” Sang Yuan laughed and followed Ji Tang forward.

The five-kilometer weighted run had long since scattered the original formation. Students from every school had mixed together, and the instructors did not make any strict requirements about it.

Only Sang Yuan and Ji Tang walked far ahead of the line, never falling behind.

“Hey, brothers, are you two from the same school?” A fair and clean-looking boy moved closer.

“Yes.” Sang Yuan nodded.

“My name is Zhou Yan. I’m from Ning City University. Everyone from my school is behind us. I’m the only one who can still keep up near the front.”

“Ah, I really don’t know what this instructor is thinking. Making us carry weight first thing in the morning without giving us breakfast.”

“I feel like I could eat a whole cow right now. I’m starving. When I look at the sun, I think of fried eggs.”

“Damn it, I really want to eat a sandwich right now.”

“Soft bread, with a fragrant fried egg inside, squeezed with salad dressing, then some thinly sliced ham, and a few pieces of lettuce stuffed in.”

“Oh my god, my drool is about to come out. Boohoo, how nice would it be if a sandwich could fall from the sky right now?”

Sang Yuan and Ji Tang looked at each other, both seeing amusement in the other’s eyes.

Zhou Yan basically did not even need anyone to respond. That little mouth of his could keep babbling and complaining endlessly.

Sang Yuan had originally still been able to endure it, but after listening to Zhou Yan vividly describe all kinds of delicious food, his stomach also growled.

This guy’s descriptions were far too lifelike. Not only did they make him drool, but anyone else who heard them would find it even harder to bear.

“Hey, can you stop talking? We were already hungry, but after hearing you talk, I feel even hungrier.” Finally, someone could not take it anymore and tugged at Zhou Yan with a bitter expression.

“Ah, shouldn’t this be like quenching thirst by imagining plums? Hearing about so many delicious things makes it feel like I’ve eaten them myself. That way, I won’t feel so hungry.” Zhou Yan was surprised and could not help wondering whether these people had opened this method the wrong way.