The next day, Shi Lei clearly felt that something was different with Finance Class One during training.
It was hard to tell what exactly was different, but as someone who had trained many recruits over the years, Shi Lei noticed that these students were much more in sync compared to yesterday.
This made Shi Lei even more convinced that his training methods were correct.
After all, in the military camp, it was all about training, training, and more training. Eventually, people would habitually follow the discipline, having been more or less molded by the process.
However, such methods were clearly not suitable for the students of Minghua University.
The second day of running again passed without a word from anyone.
Those with better physical strength supported those with less, and everyone gritted their teeth and persevered under the sympathetic gazes of students from other classes.
On the third day, the temperature soared even higher, making the ground look like it was about to emit white smoke.
The news reported that the power of the "autumn tiger" was unusual this year, almost matching the hottest summer days.
People wondered if pouring a basin of water on the ground would immediately produce white steam.
"Attention! Keep your bodies tight for me!"
Shi Lei walked through the orderly ranks, his stern gaze sweeping over each person.
Yue Qingqing always felt that Shi Lei’s gaze lingered on her a bit longer, but she couldn’t be sure if it was just her imagination.
Yue Qingqing stood straight, her posture impeccable, practically a model example.
Moreover, after three days, it was clear that her physical stamina was the best, and she often helped other classmates.
She had high prestige among the students in the class.
Shi Lei grew increasingly puzzled about how she had previously been labeled as a troublemaker for defying her senior and breaking the rules. She didn’t look like that at all.
But due to his personality, even though he was somewhat doubtful, Shi Lei became more indignant and instead increased the amount of training.
Some girls couldn’t endure the high temperature and their bodies swayed.
Shi Lei immediately frowned, "Don’t move!"
"You all live in comfortable times. Many students are physically lazy and don’t know basic agricultural skills! Some even like to avoid hard work. Military training is a great opportunity to build resilience. I hope you can all develop a steely will, which will make you more determined in your future studies and life."
Shi Lei’s speech sounded grand, but the extraordinary training load over the past few days had already exhausted everyone’s bodies.
Like strings stretched to their limit, they only needed a little more weight to snap.
After dismissal that day, everyone felt pain all over their bodies. Many had peeling skin on their faces from sunburn.
Scratching made the skin red and swollen, a clear sign of sunburn.
Even though many girls applied sunscreen, it was quite heavy and clogged their pores. Moreover, it didn’t work well once they started sweating.
Basically, everyone’s face was red.
The girls also shared their sunscreen with the boys in their class to lessen the severity of their sunburns.
Even those from farming families were struggling. The instructor’s training schedule was clearly problematic.
That night, in the dormitory.
Pan Muling couldn’t help but marvel at Yue Qingqing.
"Qingqing, you don’t usually use sunscreen, but your skin still looks so fair and glowing, not at all tanned. Unlike me, I’ve gotten several shades darker."
Yue Qingqing would wash away impurities each time she leveled up, making her skin naturally different.
"No worries, it’ll get better after a few days of recovery."
"Ugh, there’s still half a month to go. King Yama Shi is utterly ruthless. I don’t know if I’ll be able to hang on until the end."
Pan Muling grew sadder the more she thought about it and went to the bathroom with her washbasin.
While removing her clothes outside the bathroom, Pan Muling was called by a girl she didn’t know very well.
"Your class has it so tough."
Pan Muling didn’t even have the energy to complain, she just sighed, "Yeah..."
"But I heard there’s a reason behind all this."
"It seems it’s because of that girl named Yue Qingqing in your class. She offended someone in the student council when she registered, so they told the instructor to train you all hard. That’s why your whole class is suffering because of her."