# 839
Chapter 840: Escape Training
The shrill whistle echoed across the training camp, and all the recruits on the drill ground frantically scattered in every direction. The orderlies surrounding them grinned wickedly and gave chase immediately.
A grand and thrilling chase had officially begun.
Lin Qiye and the others stood on the empty drill ground and finally began to converse.
"Qiye, did we wake up this early just to stand here?" Baili Pangpang yawned. "It's only three in the morning... I was so sleepy I almost fell asleep standing up."
"On the first day of training, all of us being present sends a message," An Qingyu explained. "But after this, we don't have much else to do. We just need to prepare lunch for them at ten."
"Qingyu, how did the menu discussion go with the instructors last night?" Lin Qiye asked, as if just remembering.
"It's basically finalized, but it'll be tricky to make," An Qingyu shrugged. "We need to ensure the food provides enough nutrition for the recruits' training while also tasting terrible... isn't that a bit too complicated? Do we really need to go that far?"
"Yes." Lin Qiye nodded firmly. "Most of these recruits have lived comfortable lives and haven't suffered much. But when they actually get to the battlefield, there won't be delicious meals waiting for them...
We need to break their acceptance threshold for food here, so when they're in extreme environments, their chances of survival will be higher."
"But they're just recruits. Even if war does come, the more experienced Night Watch will go to the front lines first. They'll mostly just replace the veterans' duties, guarding various cities... They might not actually end up on the battlefield." Cao Yuan said thoughtfully.
"And what if one day, all the veterans are dead?"
Cao Yuan froze.
"No one knows how long this war will last, how many people will sacrifice... No matter what, we have to prepare for the worst-case scenario."
Cao Yuan was silent for a moment, then nodded. "You're right..."
"I'll handle the rest. Go get some sleep and prepare for your respective lectures tomorrow." Lin Qiye turned to look at the distant sounds of exclamations.
"Understood."
...
Roooaaar——!!
The howls of "mysteries" echoed across the training camp.
"Quick! Another one's coming from behind! Run faster!"
"I can't! There's a big open area in front of the teaching building. Without obstacles, they'll catch us in no time!"
"I can't do this anymore... I'm so tired, I can't run... Let's find somewhere to rest."
"Rest? We've only been running for half an hour."
"Dude, we're being hunted! Escape running is the most exhausting!"
"Good point... There's a turn ahead. Let's climb the wall into the teaching building and find a classroom to hide in. They shouldn't be able to find us!"
"Alright!"
Several recruits rushed into the teaching building, their eyes instantly locking onto a classroom at the end of the hallway. They glanced back and saw that the "mystery" hadn't caught up yet, so they dove into the classroom and locked the door behind them.
This classroom was located at the innermost part of the building, with only a small window. The recruits leaned against the wall at the dead angle near the window and slowly sat down, breathing heavily.
From the start until now, they had been sprinting desperately under the chase of the "mystery." Although the "mystery" hunting them was also just in the "Pool" realm, given that they couldn't attack back, running for their lives was their only option.
"Hey, this place seems pretty hidden?" Among the recruits, someone scanned the room and lowered their voice.
"I think so too. The 'mystery' doesn't seem to have followed us. We should be safe."
"Should we just hide here until the afternoon training ends?"
"Exactly what I was thinking!"
Several recruits reached an agreement, and their expressions relaxed.
Escaping from those "mysteries" was simply too exhausting. In just half an hour, their stamina was nearly depleted, and there were still eleven and a half hours until the escape exercise ended. They had almost no chance of making it to the end.
The thought of that terrifying storage room filled with endless screams made all the recruits shudder.
No! We absolutely cannot be caught by these "mysteries"!
Let's just hide here until the end of time!
"Hehehehehe..." A sinister, terrifying laugh came from behind the recruits.
The recruits' bodies jolted violently. They猛地 looked up at the small window in the classroom, only to see a figure in a deep teal orderly uniform slowly standing upright on the windowsill outside. The faint light of dawn shone on its back, casting a grotesque and towering shadow on the classroom wall.
The recruits' pupils constricted!
"We've been found?!"
"How is this possible? There shouldn't have been any other 'mysteries' around when we came in!"
"Wasn't this a visual dead angle? How did it spot us from outside the window?"
"Quick! Run!!"
...
Several recruits sprang up from the ground, desperately rushing toward the classroom door. Just then, the classroom door swung open on its own, and a pale giant spider was quietly crouching at the entrance. Its scarlet compound eyes gleamed with an icy, sinister light as it stared at them.
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!"
At the sight of this spider, the fear level of all recruits maxed out!
Among all the "mysteries" in this training camp, this spider was the one no recruit wanted to encounter head-on—the one that had scared all the recruits witless during the assessment and dragged people off to that dark storage room. All the recruits felt extreme terror toward it.
It was the deepest fear lurking in every recruit's heart.
Coming face-to-face with A Zhu, several recruits' eyes rolled back and they fainted on the spot. A few with stronger nerves spun around and rushed toward the window where the other "mystery" was, hoping to find another escape route.
However, at that moment, several strands of spider silk shot out from A Zhu's body, instantly binding all the recruits in the classroom and sticking them to the massive web in the sky outside the window, where they swayed gently in the wind.
"Phew..."
Outside the window, the "mystery" that had initially appeared to scare the recruits let out a long breath and patted its chest as it stepped out from the shadows.
It was a raccoon.
"Captain... why did I have to laugh 'hehehehe'? That sounded so weird."
The raccoon rubbed its face, which had stiffened from forcing that fierce expression, looking somewhat puzzled.