Three days later.
Jonathan walked out of the cave, exhausted. He dragged his feet and walked all the way to the side of the stone bridge before he fell down and sat on the bridge.
"Failed again?" Griffon raised his head. His eyes were bloodshot, but in the deepest part of them there was still a little fire burning. "Well, it's my turn!"
"Wait a little longer! Remiga is still in there! "Jonathan replied weakly.
"Griffin, why don't you eat something? You haven't eaten anything for days! " Don Quixote and Panza approached cautiously. The geneticist soldiers had rested and retreated into the underground river. But this time they came in again, no amount of training counted. Don Quixote and Panza wanted to give Griffon and his companions a little help, so that they could continue their journey.
"Get out of my way!" Griffon said angrily, "Don't you cowards ever show your face in front of me again!"
"I know you're tired, hungry, and anxious. We were like you when we were young, and we know how it feels to be on the verge of madness! Eat something first and recover, or you won't be able to go on! "Don Quixote slipped a piece of chocolate to Griffon.
"Get out of my way! Do you think I need to cheat like this to pass? I'm a real strong man, a warrior who never says defeat, and I can pass the test with my own strength. Get out of my way! " Griffon knocked the chocolate out of Don Quixote's hand, and glared at his companions in front of him like a wounded bull.
"This isn't cheating," said Don Quixote with a smile. "It's just food we dropped here!"
"Let's go!" said Panza, quietly touching Don Quixote's arm.
The two left in a hurry.
All that was left was the piece of chocolate sitting there all alone.
Griffon stared at it for a long time, and raised his foot to crush it.
However, the rumbling of his stomach made him bend down involuntarily and reach out to pick it up.
He opened the package.
The griffin swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty.
The continuous challenges had drained both his physical and mental strength. In this underground river, he could still catch fish to satisfy his hunger on the first day, but later on, there were too many people catching too many fish. Coupled with his lack of physical strength, the Griffin had not eaten anything for two whole days. His stomach was as empty as a sack abandoned by a beggar. If he could rest and recover some of his energy through sleep, he would still be able to persist. The problem was that he hadn't slept for nearly ten days. This kind of mental exhaustion was even more painful than physical exhaustion.
There was no more pain in his head, only numbness and chaos.
If this continues.
Griffon suspected that he would soon go crazy or go brain dead and become a vegetable.
"You eat, I didn't see anything!" Jonathan collapsed on the bridge. "If you don't eat, you might die in the cave in your current state. Griffin, a piece of chocolate doesn't mean anything. What's important is your will right now! There's still a long way to go. This is just the beginning! "
"Me!" Griffon slowly brought the chocolate to his mouth.
But he gave up in the end.
Griffon let out a furious roar.
He crazily threw that piece of chocolate far away, all the way to the underground river dozens of meters away. He turned around and roared at Jonathan, "I definitely won't cheat within the rules. That way, even if I pass, there will be flaws. Lord God doesn't know, but I can't lie to myself! I will challenge my own limits according to the rules. Only then can I break through and surpass myself! Jonathan, don't think that you can beat me just because you're a genius from the Dark Palace. I won't give you any discounts even if you don't eat anything! What's a piece of chocolate to me? I will win my entire future! If I fear death and hunger, why would I come here to challenge you? I am the most fearless warrior in the world. If that's not enough, then I will work hard to achieve it! "
"Well said!" Someone applauded in the darkness. Fang Yizhi carried the bloodied Remiga and walked over step by step. "We are not challenging the monster, but our own fears! As long as we don't think it's possible, we won't pass! "
"Overcome your own fears?" Griffon trembled when he heard that.
"No matter how strong you are, only those who can overcome themselves can pass this test!" Fang Yizhi put the unconscious Remiga down and turned to walk away. "This is what I learned from the challenge. I hope it will be useful to you! I'll be leaving first. I hope you can catch up with me as soon as possible! "
"You passed?" Jonathan stood up in shock.
"Yes, just now!" Fang Yizhi stopped in his tracks. "I only used less than a minute. Actually, it's that simple!"
"As long as you surpass yourself, you can gain recognition and pass?" Jonathan still couldn't believe it.
"Do I have to lie to you?" Fang Yizhi shook his head and smiled bitterly. "Actually, the test has just begun after we passed the door guarded by the little clamp bug … The Bureau Chief won't let us pass easily. This is hellish training! I believe that there are more and more difficult tests waiting for us inside! I don't know how far I can go, but I can guarantee that I won't stop before I fall! Jonathan, and Griffin, do your best! "
"You go first, I'll be right there!" The fatigue in Jonathan's eyes disappeared, and his fighting spirit burned brightly.
"Hey, I should be the one going first!" Griffon said angrily.
"Griffin, are you sure you can do it?" Jonathan tried to make a deal with Griffon. "You stay here and watch over Remiga. If I pass, I'll come back and tell you what I learned just like Fang!"
"On the contrary, I should be the one saying this to you!" Griffon stared angrily at Jonathan.
"You found that feeling?" Jonathan was shocked.
"I already had that feeling two days ago, but I didn't dare to believe that it was my way of breaking through … Overcoming my own fear, haha, I'm such a fool! I've been scaring myself all this while. I actually failed because of my own fear. If the Heavenly God knew about this, he would probably laugh out loud! " Griffon's eyes gradually turned determined. He reached out and clenched his fist. "I'm betting my life on this. If I don't succeed, I'll die in the cave! I'd rather be a challenger who dies standing than take half a step back. This is me, the Griffin who never doubted himself since he was nine years old! I'm back. Let's fight, I'm fearless! "
He followed closely behind Fang Yizhi's footsteps.
Griffon took a long breath.
One step at a time.
He adjusted his state in the short distance.
Jonathan looked at Griffon's departing figure with some astonishment. He muttered to himself, "This guy, he might really succeed!"
Remiga, who was on the ground, had woken up. His bloody hands propped himself up with difficulty. "Do you really think we've caught up to this Griffin? Hehe, it's not that easy for us to catch up to him, let alone surpass him! "
"You're awake?" Jonathan turned around to look at his companion.
"I didn't faint in the first place. I was just reminiscing the feeling of imminent death! Jonathan, if you don't feel any better this time, please forgive me. I'm afraid I'll have to go first! " Remiga stood up shakily and took a deep breath. "I've already passed. I just didn't have enough strength to pass!"
"So you came back to tell me this news?" Jonathan calmed down. His eyes shone in the darkness.
"I just came back to humiliate you, who has always been ahead of me!" Remiga said and left without looking back.
"Is that so? Don't you want to hear me thank you? " Jonathan's lips curled into a smile. "In life, there are so many exciting competitors. How can I stop here? No, this is not my, Jonathan's, end. On the contrary, this is my starting point! "
It was different from Griffon, who hurriedly challenged the level as soon as he found the feeling.
Jonathan sat down.
He imitated the Eastern way of training. He sat cross-legged and breathed slowly. His whole body slowly adjusted the state of his body.
Time flew.
Maybe it was an hour, maybe it was two hours.
The battle at the karst cave had calmed down. After a long time, Jonathan suddenly heard a howl that was even louder than the roar of a monster. It was Griffon's roar of joy. "Ah … ah ah ah ah ah! I passed, I passed! Howl! Ah ah ah ah! "
"He passed! Now, it's my turn, Jonathan, to challenge the fear in my heart! " Jonathan stood up. His eyes shone like stars, but his hands were not nervous at all. They hung down naturally and swung gently. His steps were steady and relaxed. It was as if he was not going to challenge a monster, but taking a leisurely stroll in the park after dinner.
In the darkness.
In the distance, Don Quixote and Panza quietly looked at Jonathan.
No one knew who said, "Griffin succeeded. I believe Jonathan will succeed soon. I feel something in them that I can't describe!"
"They've become stronger. They've once again distanced themselves from us!" Don Quixote nodded.
"Now you regret quitting, don't you?" Panza asked.
"No!" Don Quixote shook his head.
"Really?" Panza didn't believe him.
"Hahaha, my old friend, do you think I gave up because I don't want to suffer? I gave up because I've reached my limit! If I could hold on, even if it was half an hour, I would have clenched my teeth and persevered! I've reached the limit that I can't bear, so I quit! " Don Quixote's eyes showed a deep hidden pain. "This is the difference between a genius and an ordinary man! Griffin and Jonathan are all geniuses. What they can do, we can't do it even if we try our best. This is the reality! Though I'm not smart, I've known this for a long time! I've defined myself as an ordinary man who can surpass himself, not an omnipotent genius! I want to challenge my limits and do what I can, that's who I am! "
"But if we give up, I'm afraid Mr. Wood won't give us another chance …" Some of the mercenaries sighed in despair.
"That's why we have to work harder!" Don Quixote suddenly roared.
"What?" Everyone was shocked.
"We're all ordinary people who are far inferior to geniuses. Our talents are limited. But the geniuses who are stronger and more promising than us are training hard, even risking their lives to challenge their limits. What reason do we have to be lazy?" Don Quixote shouted. "As for opportunities, do you think you've only failed once in your life? Let's not talk about the past, but from the moment we took the genetic potion, the gap between us and geniuses has widened! We've always had the same opportunities. Do you think all this really belongs to us? It's just Mr. Wood taking care of us! We can't keep up, and if we give up now, it's tantamount to letting down Mr. Wood's good intentions! Tell me, do we still want to waste our time? Do we want to waste these opportunities that didn't originally belong to us because of Mr. Wood's equal treatment? "
"No!"
"Absolutely not!"
The mercenaries howled like wolves. Don Quixote's words pierced their hearts like a hot knife.
It burned their hearts.
Don Quixote thundered like a madman. "Then what are you waiting for? What bullshit excuses are you giving for your mediocre talents? Get out of here! Get out of here and train! Every second you spend is a waste of Mr. Wood's time. How many more opportunities and time do you want him to give you? We may never be able to catch up with Griffin and the other geniuses in our lives, but we'll never stop moving forward! We'll show the whole world that we ordinary people can become truly strong by working a hundred times harder! "
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