Chapter 39 - Last Place and First Place (1/2)

Dawn had completely broken out. Qin Fen and the others had finished their pre-breakfast training. They walked into the chow hall and were about to eat when the enormous transport ship suddenly jolted. Then it stopped moving.

At the recruit’s moment of puzzlement, the loudspeaker carried the voices of the seasoned soldiers, “Tit-suckers! Your good days are over! We’ve arrived at Australia! You have two minutes. Go to the deck immediately.”

With a few days of training under their belt, the recruits were already used to appearing at whatever location within a few minutes, as ordered. Everyone casually tossed away their plates of food, turned around, and ran toward deck.

The transport ship had long since stopped its advance within the vast ocean. It was stopped quietly at a spot some distance to port.

“Tit-suckers, do you see the continent before you?”

“Reporting as ordered, sir! Yes, sir!” The roar of two thousand people was extremely earthshaking.

“Excellent! There are rope prepared by the ship’s railing. Right now I order you to use them to jump into the ocean and swim to shore!”

The people of the crowd, including Qin Fen, were stunned. They were to swim over? These were ocean waters. It was completely different from swimming in a pool.

One could swim a thousand meters in a swimming pool but might not be able to swim five hundred meters in the ocean. Heaven knows if there were any sharks in these ocean waters.

“What’s the matter? Have questions? If you don’t want to use the rope, I don’t mind just tossing you overboard myself.”

Before the commanding officer could finish roaring his words, people had already began to break away from formation. Everyone had learned to obey orders during their days on the ship.

“Oh right. The last one hundred people who make it to shore won’t get dinner tonight. The last one to make it to shore will make it so that his or her entire squad won’t have dinner. These are the rules of recruit boot camp!”

When these words were shouted out, the recruits began to fight over the mere ten ropes by the ship’s railing. The deck was lively beyond compare for a time.

Qin Fen stood a bit far from the ship’s railing. He sized the situation for a moment before turning around and dashing toward the bow of the ship.

“Ol’ Squad Leader, your soldier….” The commanding officer stood at the highest spot on the ship. He pointed at Qin Fen, who was moving at high speed, in great surprise, “It can’t be. He wants to….”

After several days of training, Qin Fen had a good understanding of his squad-mate Jin Kui. He was the last one to finish practically every one of their trainings. After finishing training, he would jibber jabber without end. Jin Kui just wanted the days to pass. He waited for the day when he would obtain funds after separating from the military. He would use these funds to become a businessman.

Qin Fen didn’t care if it was only Jin Kui himself who couldn’t eat dinner. But if Jin Kui got last place and caused Qin Fen to not be able to eat dinner too, well that would be too unfortunate!

Standing at the forefront of the ship, Qin Fen glanced at the ocean waters below. His heart shivered a bit, this was no diving platform a few meters high. This was a diving platform of several dozen meters. It was uncertain that the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art would be able to resist the impact from free fall.

As Qin Fen drew in a deep breath, he suddenly heard the footsteps from high speed movement coming from behind him. He turned around and revealed a faint smile. Du Peng, the recruit who refused to lose in any matter, had come to join him in jumping into the ocean.