They couldn't see the end of the river and there was no bridge too . Besides crossing the river, there was no other way . No one knew what to do .
"Does anyone have a knife?" Someone asked .
The people around him stared at him with judgment in their eyes . It was forbidden to bring any sharp weapons such as a dagger or a knife into a mecha clan . Once they were caught, their weapons would be taken away . Some of them didn't know this rule and brought along their weapons . Everything was confiscated when they entered the 23rd division .
The person who asked the question realized he had asked a stupid question . He sighed as he looked at the tree around him . It seemed like he can't use the trees .
Everyone looked at the river in a daze . Besides swimming across, there was no other way . They hoped that their regiment commander didn't breed any water monsters .
Before stepping into the river, they threw a rock inside . Nothing appeared on the surface .
Guo Rongqi looked at everyone and asked, "Who wants to get down first?"
No one replied to him . Everyone knew that it was dangerous to be the first person to enter the river so they just looked at each other . No one wanted to volunteer themselves . Everyone just cared about their own wellbeing . Guo Rongqi was furious . However, he was only the temporary leader so he didn't have the right to force anyone . Seems like I have to do it myself .
Just as Guo Rongqi was about to volunteer himself, Chen Yifan said, "Let my brother and I go down first . "
Everyone was elated to hear someone volunteering themselves . They quickly cleared the path for him .
Guo Rongqi was grateful to Chen Yifan . He asked, "Thank you . May I know what is your name?"
Chen Yifan smiled . "I'm Chen Yifan . " He pointed at his younger brother, "Chen Yi'an . "
"The Chen brothers . We will have to rely on you this time . " Guo Rongqi wanted to pat Chen Yifan's shoulders but Chen Yifan had already pulled his younger brother to the river bed .
Zhou Yu watched the two brothers stepped into the river . He remembered the times when he trained with Chen Yi'an and gritted his teeth . "Brother Yifan, Yi'an, I will come with you two . "
Chen Yifan looked back at Zhou Yu . He nodded his head in agreement . Chen Yi'an even smiled and waved at Zhou Yu .
Chen Yifan took out a few rubber bands from his backpack and asked Chen Yi'an and Zhou Yu to tie up the ends of their sleeves and trousers . Their military uniform looked normal but they were actually waterproof . As long as the water didn't enter their uniform, their uniforms would not get wet .
When all of them finished tying up their clothes, Chen Yifan asked Chen Yi'an and Zhou Yu to follow behind him as he entered the river .
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His words caught everyone's attention . Yuan Youyun asked curiously, "What game?"
"Let's guess if Li Yingjie's team will attack them . " He Chaoyang remembered Li Yingjie's face when he picked the river as his position . He wanted to laugh . At the start, Li Yingjie was so confident that he would not pick the toughest location . Unfortunately, ever since he became the team leader of Team 10, he had been very unlucky .
"I don't think so," Li Shiyu was the first to answer .
"I don't think so too . " Luo Shaoyun followed .
"No," Yuan Youyun said firmly .
"Three people is too little for him . " Li Jinghong smiled . He was the third inheritor of the Li family . Yet, he was working harder than him . Li Jinghong knew that Li Yingjie would not be satisfied with just taking down three recruits .
"Li Yingjie would pretend that there is no ambush and let the three of them pass . As for the rest, I'm not sure whether he will attack them," Lin Zhong-qing replied . There was an even larger group of people behind this group so he wasn't sure who Li Yingjie wanted to ambush .
"You all think that he won't . That's not fun . Seems like this question is too easy . " He Chaoyang was sad . He felt that Li Yingjie would not attack them too .
Ling Lan glanced at them and smiled . "You should instead ask them why they think that Chen Yifan wanted to enter the river first . "
Lin Zhong-qing thought about it for a moment and replied instantly, "He knew that they would be fine . "
"Be it a test or an ambush, the other party would definitely want to get the most out of their ambush . Hence, the first person to enter the river would be the safest . " Ling Lan sat on her fancy chair and placed her hand on her chin . She looked at Chen Yifan with satisfaction . He was a smart and strong person . If his character was good, she would train him personally .
"Seems like he understands what we are thinking . "Lin Zhong-qing was unhappy . He didn't like a contestant who knew what the examiner was thinking .
"It's fine . After most of the recruits get taken down, it will be their turn, Also…" Ling Lan smiled . "Qi Long only looks at how strong his opponent is . He doesn't care about the result . "
Everyone smiled . After two more ambushes, they would reach the place where Qi Long was at . If Chen Yifan still had this mentality, he would be in danger .
Very soon, Chen Yifan and the other two reached the other side of the river safely . The other people felt relieved when they saw that nothing happened to them . They jumped into the river with a light heart . At the same time, the second group of people who managed to escape from Xie Yi arrived at the river too . They also saw Chen Yifan and the other two crossed the river safely and, they jumped in without any hesitation too .
They wanted to take advantage of this time and outrun the first group . The first group didn't want to lose out too so they started jumping into the river . In an instant, there were almost 100 people in the river .
Suddenly, an accident happened . One of the recruits who was swimming was knocked unconscious . He floated on the surface of the river . His military uniform prevented him from sinking into the river .
"There's someone!" Guo Rongqi didn't jump in like the others so he saw the black shadows under the surface of the water .
"It's a trap!" The people in the river turned desperate . Some swam forward furiously while others stopped in the middle of the river . Some even tried to climb out of the river .
Chen Yi'an and Zhou Yu saw the situation in the river and felt frightened . They didn't expect the river they just crossed to be filled with people . They felt fortunate .
"Brother Yifan, what do we do now?" Zhou Yu was didn't know what to do . They had only finished a quarter of the journey but there were only 3 of them left .
"Don't worry . Let's wait for them at the front . " Chen Yifan saw the agile movements of their seniors in the river and knew that they were not normal soldiers . They must be experienced soldiers . With his current capabilities, he would be unable to resist against them if he was attacked by more than two veterans at the same time . He didn't know whether these people would climb up the river banks so it was dangerous to stay near the river .
Chen Yifan quickly brought the two people away from the river . After running for some distance, he panted and found a place to rest .
Chen Yifan would not let the three of them lead the way for the rest of the recruits . They already met two ambushes after one-quarter of the journey . There would most definitely be more ambushes later in their journey . If they led the way, they might enter the lion's den . Chen Yifan wanted to walk with the main crowd and find the chance to escape the traps along the way .
As Chen Yifan waited patiently for the people behind them to catch up with him, Guo Rongqi was in a difficult situation . The recruits were in a mess . No matter what he said, they wouldn't calm down . He knew that the situation was out of his control .
He calmly looked at the river surface and gauged the area and number of opponents there were . Then, he ran for a certain distance to gain some momentum . As the opponents were busy attacking the 100 recruits, he took the opportunity and swam across the river .
Some people followed behind Guo Rongqi and jumped in after running for some distance as well . They used all their energy and quickly swam to the other side of the river . Everyone knew that they only had a small opening for them to swim across the river . Once their opponents finished subduing the 100 recruits, they would have the time to come over and attack them . By then, they could forget about reaching the other side of the river .
No one thought about working together to fight off Li Yingjie's team . Everyone just wanted to reach the other side of the river before they were targeted . Only those who were already attacked fought with Li Yingjie and his team .
By the time Li Yingjie's team subduing the recruits, the other recruits had already crossed the river .
"Damn . I stayed in the river for half a day and only manage to catch this much?" One of the mecha operators complained unhappily .
Li Yingjie snorted . "What can we do? We are still not powerful enough . If the regiment commander was here, he could stop everyone with just his Ice Blockade . "
Li Yingjie's team members were speechless . Leader, can you not compare us with a monster? Are you thinking too highly of us?
Li Yingjie's team was not satisfied with their results but their mission had already ended . Their boss told them that once the recruits passed the river, they couldn't chase them anymore . Hence, they could only watch the recruits leave .
"Lin Zhong-qing, go and check for the results of their mission . " Ling Lan saw that the river mission was completed so she gave Lin Zhong-qing an order .
"Yes, regiment commander . " Lin Zhong-qing quickly contacted Li Yingjie . "Regiment commander, they managed to take down 82 recruits . "
"That means that almost 20 recruits escaped . The river hindered the recruits more than their team . This means that the combat ability of Li Yingjie's team underwater is not high . " Ling Lan was in deep thought .
"The other teams have this problem too . " Lin Zhong-qing didn't want to see Li Yingjie be scolded again so he spoke up for him .
"My men cannot have such an obvious weakness . From tomorrow onwards, the entire mecha clan will have two additional hours of underwater combat training . " The people in the room all groaned . They looked at Lin Zhong-qing furiously . You spoke up for Li Yingjie but you implicated all of us .
Ling Lan had a heartless and vicious image but she was a fair person too . The mecha operators' training was scary but the members of Lingtian Battle Team would take part in even more training than them . Hence, if she gave an order to the entire mecha clan, it meant that the Lingtian Battle Team had to follow her order too . This was why the members of the Lingtian Battle Team groaned .
Lin Zhong-qing's face turned pale . He tried to control his emotions as he accepted Ling Lan's order . As expected, Li Yingjie only brings me bad luck . If I speak up for him again, I will change my surname to Li .
Guo Rongqi was the first person to reach the place where Chen Yifan was resting . When he saw Chen Yifan, Guo Rongqi finally felt at ease . He collapsed on the ground and couldn't get up for a while .
"What's the situation at the back?" Chen Yifan asked .
"Bad . Not many people managed to escape . Luckily, you three are fine . " Guo Rongqi felt that the three of them were really lucky .
"Yes . I feel scared just thinking about it," Chen Yifan replied calmly to Guo Rongqi .
Chen Yi'an looked at his brother curiously . His forever calm and composed brother would feel scared too?
"However, the second group came and managed to take advantage of us . " Guo Rongqi gritted his teeth angrily . Now, he knew why these people didn't join them at the start . They were waiting for them to open up the path .
"They didn't have an easy time too . Did you see how many people were left? Their expression seemed anxious too . " Chen Yifan was an observant person so he noticed the differences in their expressions .
Guo Rongqi recalled what he saw and thought about something . "You mean…"
"There must have been a trap in the forest . However, the people there let us pass and only attacked the second group . " Chen Yifan told him his conclusion .
"Hah . They deserved it . " Guo Rongqi felt better .
His mood went down again . He took so much effort to form a team but most of them were already gone . He said tiredly, "What do we do now?"
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