# 1017
Chapter 1018: Elimination
The Pamir Plateau.
Night was deepening.
Lin Qiye, seated atop the sheer cliff face, slowly opened his eyes and glanced at the time.
23:57.
Only three minutes left until the first day's eliminations...
I wonder how far those recruits have gotten?
He extended his spiritual感知, but within several kilometers, even tens of kilometers, there were no signs of anyone.
But this was to be expected. It was only the first day, and even with their stamina, it would be difficult for the recruits to consecutively cross the snow plains and frozen lake—two major regions—to reach the third section's snowy cliff face.
Just as Lin Qiye was about to close his eyes and continue resting, a figure suddenly appeared at the edge of his spiritual perception.
"Hmm?"
He turned his head in surprise.
In the frozen world between heaven and earth, a one-eyed boy in winter gear was making his way steadily from the direction of the frozen lake.
It was already deep night, and the temperature on the Pamir Plateau had dropped to around minus thirty degrees Celsius. Even though the full set of winter gear covered the recruit's body, it still couldn't ward off such extreme cold. At this moment, frost had already formed on the boy's eyebrows and eyelashes.
In Lu Baoyou's arms, the allocated compressed biscuits remained untouched. He simply gazed resolutely ahead, like an tireless machine, moving forward slowly.
Lin Qiye，看到那身影，微微动容。
In such darkness and cold, without动用Forbidden Ruins, without eating anything, relying only on exceptional physical素质 and willpower to get here...
You have to know, this was only the first day.
According to Lin Qiye and the others' estimates, an average recruit would need at least a day and a half to reach here, while slower ones might need more than two days... But Lu Baoyou's speed truly exceeded their expectations.
Lin Qiye感知着Lu Baoyou，一步步向这座绝壁走来，身形坐在雪中，纹丝不动。
Although Lu Baoyou had already appeared within his spiritual perception range, from Lu Baoyou's current position to this cliff face, it would still take at least half a day. Adding in time for rest and sleep along the way, he would be doing well to climb this cliff face before tomorrow evening.
After Lu Baoyou had walked on for some time, three more figures appeared at the edge of Lin Qiye's spiritual感知。
"Hu..." Ding Chongfeng held the map and let out a long breath. "We crossed the frozen lake." His legs gave out and he collapsed onto the wilderness. "This way... we should be at the very front of the group now, right?"
After leaving Su Zhe, the three of them had been moving at high speed forward, only stopping to chew on a compressed biscuit and drink some water along the way, never resting for even a moment.
Even with Ding Chongfeng's physical素质, walking continuously for so long had already pushed him beyond his limits.
He had to rest here for a while.
Beside him, Su Yuan bit her pale lips and slowly sat down as well, pulling out a compressed biscuit from her coat and beginning to eat.
"No, Lu Baoyou has already been here."
Fang Mo stood on the wilderness, sniffing the residual scent in the air, and said.
"Him? He's a monster. I'm not comparing myself to him." Ding Chongfeng shrugged. "Being able to walk all the way here in one go is already the limit for us mortals... But Su Yuan, I didn't expect you to have such good physical素质?"
"Not bad." Su Yuan replied calmly. "This distance is a bit shorter than when I trekked across the Taklamakan Desert... it's just that there's no time to rest along the way, which is a bit exhausting."
"...Forgot you're an extreme sports enthusiast."
Ding Chongfeng turned his head, only to see that Fang Mo still hadn't sat down. Instead, he stood alone in front, gazing in the direction Lu Baoyou had departed.
"Fang Mo, don't worry about us. Go catch up to Lu Baoyou." Ding Chongfeng fell silent for a moment, then suddenly spoke.
Fang Mo was stunned. He turned to look.
"Aren't you two rivals? Aren't you dissatisfied about falling behind him?" Ding Chongfeng smiled. "Li Deyang and Su Yuan, we really can't go on anymore, but you shouldn't have reached your limit yet...
You go ahead. With Li Deyang and Su Yuan's physical素质, we shouldn't have trouble getting through this devilish training. We don't need you to look after us.
Go chase Lu Baoyou, go surpass him.
You can't just hand over the position of first place in this new recruit training to someone else, can you?"
Fang Mo looked at the two of them with a complex expression, then turned to look in the direction Lu Baoyou had gone. After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded.
"Alright. I'll wait for you at the summit of Mount Kongur."
With those words, he started running, swift and light across the wilderness, quickly disappearing from Ding Chongfeng's field of vision.
"Sigh..." Ding Chongfeng sighed. "These two monsters... I wonder who will ultimately get first place in the end."
"Fifty-fifty, I'd say." Su Yuan，一边啃着饼干，一边漫不经心的说道。
"嘶——！！"
The话音落下，数十架无人机掠过了荒原的上空，顿时吸引了这条路线上所有新兵的注意力。
"This is..."
"It's time." Ding Chongfeng glanced at the time, his expression somewhat complicated. "The eighty people to be eliminated today should be appearing now..."
"现在公布淘汰人员名单。" The mechanical electronic voice sounded from the speakers mounted on the drones, echoing through every corner of this route, allowing everyone to hear it clearly.
"第六百一十二名，夏龙，淘汰；
第六百一十一名，陈璇雅，淘汰；
第六百一十名，李轩逸，淘汰……"
All the recruits stopped in their tracks, their hearts clenched, listening carefully to this list, worried that the next name they heard might be their own.
Because the route was too long and the area coverage was too large, except for a few at the very front, the other recruits couldn't determine how many people were ahead or behind them, or what position they were in.
"Do you think your brother won't be eliminated on the first day?" Ding Chongfeng couldn't help but ask.
"He won't. He's currently in 516th place." Su Yuan said calmly.
"How do you know?"
"Did you forget that I can perceive the life fluctuations of all things?"
"So you've been secretly monitoring your brother's position this whole time? No wonder you always seem distracted." Ding Chongfeng shrugged.
Su Yuan lowered her head and silently chewed on the biscuit, not speaking.
When the list finished being announced, the recruits who hadn't heard their names finally breathed a sigh of relief. Some stopped for a brief rest, while others continued forward.
And at the very end of the route, on the endless wilderness, multiple Jeeps sped out, quickly finding the position of each eliminated recruit and directly taking them onto the vehicle, leaving the original route, heading somewhere unknown.