After a hearty meal, the two of them quickly returned to the detention room. Li Xiang and Chen Fan were not stupid. They pretended that they had suffered a lot to avoid being targeted. They received special treatment from Han Shi. Some of the cliques that wanted to rely on them had quietly distanced themselves from them, including the cute girl, Number 44, who was very clingy to Li Xiang.
When they left, Number 9, who was silent and received the whip, instantly reached the peak of his popularity. His character and steadiness made people feel a sense of security in this environment.
Interestingly, Han Shi whipped the few people who were suspected of forming a gang, but he did not stop them from doing so.
The 22 of them stayed in the detention room for a few more hours. At nine o 'clock, the iron gate opened on time. A group of mercenaries yelled for them to run to the field and collect the packages piled up on the ground.
The packages contained some daily necessities. The luggage they had brought with them was all confiscated.
The twenty-two people who had been squatting for more than ten hours didn't rest even though they were hungry. Han Shi walked out of the darkness and brought them to an empty field. There were many young boys and girls in the same prison uniform training in the dark. The mercenaries' shouts were deafening. The training field was very large. They stood in a row on a field marked with a large 'I'.
What followed was two hours of regular training. Strength, speed, and reflexes. The training method was similar to high school, but the training volume was huge. Many people felt that they could not hold on any longer, but as long as there was a slight hesitation in their movements, they would be severely whipped.
In the end, everyone's body was basically numb. Only their remaining willpower supported them to complete one routine after another. After a day of punishment and observation, they all understood the cruelty of the Extreme Night Training Camp. Here, if you didn't grit your teeth and survive, you would die quietly.
Since they had chosen this path, they had to do their best to get back to the starting line with those who had already widened the gap between them.
Li Xiang needed the talent to become a player. As long as he could get it here, he would not complain no matter how hard or tiring it was. The hardships he had experienced in his previous life were worse than this, but he had gritted his teeth and endured it. Therefore, he was probably the most relaxed and least stressed out of all of them.
After the training, Han Shi was silent. He led the tired group to the dark and tall dormitory building not far away. In the darkness, there were a few other instructors leading their classes to the dormitory building.
Li Xiang did a rough count. There were six classes, including their class. On average, there were about 30 people in each class, so there were almost 200 people.
The instructors occasionally communicated with each other. All trainees were forbidden to speak. Han Shi was called Old Demon Han by them. The one who spoke the loudest was Instructor Ge Wei, who had bickered with Han Shi during the day.
She was the only female instructor. She had a slim figure and was over 1.7 meters tall. She was very conspicuous in the crowd. The class behind her seemed to have a high proportion of girls, which attracted a lot of attention.
The dormitory building was an old cement building. There were six metal doors at the bottom, corresponding to classes one to six. The stairs were filled with an unpleasant damp smell. The corridor was only lit by the flickering steam lamps.
After seeing the sumptuous food in the cafeteria, Li Xiang was not too shocked by the decent environment of the dormitory. There was a glimmer of light in the eyes of the others. Obviously, they did not expect the living conditions to be okay. In their minds, the two months of training camp life would probably be worse than pigs and dogs.
The trainees' dormitory had four bunk beds and could accommodate eight people. There was a separate bathroom, a complete set of bedding, and the beds were very comfortable. The cabinets and other basic furniture were all there. It was clean and tidy, completely different from the dirty and messy dormitory outside.
However, everyone had to wash up in the same bathroom. Their own daily necessities were placed in designated spots. Men and women could wash up together.
After a simple tidying up, Li Xiang lay down on the bed. Chen Fan was on the top bunk, and he seemed to be cuddling his feet. The others did not even bother to wash up. They just lay on the bed like dead dogs. Because of the gag order, they did not communicate with each other.
Li Xiang had been whipped and kicked by Han Shi a few times. For the time being, he could only sleep on his stomach. During the free time he had to wash up, he secretly touched a lot of steam machines. He gradually understood that after using the gray liquid accumulated in the gray scale bar, his Machinery Mastery ability seemed to have improved a little.
The description of the machines was more detailed, and his control ability had also improved a little. However, just touching them would not increase the gray liquid. Using them would increase the amount, but the amount was very small. Only when he repaired them would there be an obvious increase.
The sliver of gray liquid he had accumulated now was from fiddling with the steam lamp in the old man's house during the day. Li Xiang did not know how to use the gray liquid for the time being, but it was certain that he could use it to enhance the power of his weapons.
The first day of training made Li Xiang feel a little tired. It had only been half a day, but it felt as long as a century. There were still two months of training left. To ordinary people, this was no different from purgatory.
He looked at the wooden planks above his head and thought of his sister, Li Yetong, and Fei Yujing, who might have already left for City 0001. In his previous life, he had chosen to leave and part ways with his childhood sweetheart. This time, fate played a trick on him. It seemed that he had returned to the past.
Fei Yujing would probably hate him.
Chen Fan's snoring came from the top bunk, and the surroundings were filled with the sound of even breathing. Li Xiang closed his eyes and stopped thinking about the past. His only goal now was to survive in the Polar night training camp and obtain the qualifications to become a player.
At six o 'clock in the morning, the shrill bell rang in all the dormitories. Everyone immediately got up, tidied up their beds, dressed neatly, and ran to the bathroom to wash up.
A few girls were still sleepy. It seemed that they had not adapted to life in the Polar night training camp. Li Xiang adjusted his condition as quickly as possible and sprinted downstairs. Han Shi was waiting for them at the metal gate.
The last two people to arrive were each whipped, and Li Xiang suddenly realized that there were only twenty people present. There were still two people who had not come down from upstairs.
Han Shi walked in front and talked with a few mercenaries. From the conversation, Li Xiang knew that the two people had not woken up from their beds.
"How unlucky. The training hasn't officially started, and there are only twenty people left in the class." Han Shi looked at them as if they were products in the process of being manufactured. It was different from the way the teachers looked at them in school.
The huge difference made it difficult for many trainees to adapt, but if they could not adapt, they would be eliminated. This was the rule of the Polar night training camp.
There was no one in the cafeteria. The other five classes were waiting at the back. Class One went in first to eat breakfast. In ten minutes, the food was sumptuous. Most people ate very sparingly. Who knew what kind of terrifying training would follow? If they ate too much and then continued training, they would just be waiting to vomit to death.
At first, Li Xiang thought that many people in the class would not be able to bear it, or would not be able to keep up with the pace and would be quickly eliminated. But in fact, even the few girls who looked weak and delicate quickly adapted to the various systems and rules of the Polar night training camp.
After all, those who were able to come here were basically candidates with a certain amount of talent. Everyone was just looking for the possibility of becoming a player. They might have been the so-called top students in their original school.
During breakfast, Han Shi mentioned that in the Polar night training camp, all the resources were distributed according to results, including the amount and order. On the first day, Class One was first in the sequence. After that, they would be determined according to their results. Individual resources depended on the individual, and group resources depended on the group. Later on, they would understand that in the Polar night training camp, there was never enough time, so the impact of being first in the sequence would be greater later on.
From the first class to the sixth class, there was a gap of fifty minutes. The last class would lose almost an hour. Over time, the gap would naturally be reflected.
After breakfast, the 20 people from Class 1 were brought to another building. Inside were classrooms, and in each of the four corners of the classroom stood a fully armed mercenary. Han Shi slammed the door shut and told them to sit down according to their serial numbers from the front to the back in an'S 'shape.
Han Shi walked to the front of the podium and slammed the blackboard behind it.
"Little bastards, you are very lucky. According to the rules, you don't have to train on the first morning. I'll give you a lesson and talk about the system of 'Polar Night'. All you have to do is use your brain to remember every word I say! But I have a habit of not repeating myself, so if you don't hear or are distracted, you will have to think of a way to solve it yourself! "
The twenty people held their breath and quietly waited for Han Shi's explanation.
"I won't repeat what I said outside the training camp. There is a document on each of your desks, which details all the rules of the Polar night training and the punishment if you violate them. Now, I will mainly talk about the Polar night system. Listen carefully, the Polar night training will last for two months, basically without rest. After the first month, there will be a mid-term test, and at the end, there will be a final test. After passing the final test, you will officially graduate from the Polar night training camp. I know that your minds are filled with thoughts of becoming players. Some of you must be muttering that these instructors are not players. What qualifications do they have to say that they can train people like us, who have no qualifications, to become players? "
Han Shi slammed the podium and said coldly, "Yes, we are not players, but we are all magic apprentices who have mastered magic circuits, and there are even magicians among us! What are you entering so-called universities for? It is nothing more than to do your best to master the magic circuits you have awakened in those four or five years to take the player qualification test. And during these two months of Polar night, we can 100% make you all have player qualifications! No need to question it! Of course, the premise is that you can walk out of here alive. You are the tenth batch of trainees for Polar night. Your seniors have already made a great name for Polar night. The last batch of trainees recruited a total of three hundred people, and sixteen of them went out. Now, they are all studying in those very famous player universities. "
Hearing this, Li Xiang and the others were surprised and delighted. The data would not lie, but at the same time, this terrifying mortality rate meant that most of them would stay here forever after two months.
Nervousness, excitement, excitement, all kinds of feelings welled up in their hearts.
And behind Li Xiang, Chen Fan quietly clenched his fists.
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