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If you want to become a top mech pilot, you must first train your own abilities.

Since the second day when he came to Storm Fortress, Cheng Zhen has conducted a series of basic training under the leadership of Shadow Team Captain Randall.

"Although all of your five abilities have reached the level above A-level. However, due to the rapid breakthrough, your ability is not stable. And your physical fitness is also very problematic." After Randall finished speaking, he began to deal with it. Cheng Zhen made training arrangements.

What Cheng Zhen is doing is part of the daily training of the Shadow Team, physical fitness and fighting skills training.

The practice of fighting skills is mainly based on actual combat, and Cheng Zhen is training with a young member of the Shadow Squad.

"hack!"

The hand knife waved in the wind, with the sound of whistling wind.

Cheng Zhen raised his right arm to block, and staggered back a few steps.However, after only defending against one blow, the opponent's offensive came like a continuous attack.

During the battle, facing the opponent's continuous and powerful rapid attacks, Cheng Zhen was a little tired of coping.

The members of the Shadow Squad are much higher than him in terms of speed and skill.However, Cheng Zhen did not intend to give up any chance to fight back.At the moment he grabbed the opponent and leaped back to a standstill, he quickly swept across with a sweeping leg.

However, the opponent seemed to have expected it, and jumped up to avoid the attack, and seized the opportunity of Cheng Zhen's unsteady foot to buckle one of his feet and hold his calf tightly.

Before Cheng Zhen could react, he was caught upside down in his hand and thrown out!

"Bam—"

Even on the impact-resistant field used for training, there was a heavy sound when Cheng Zhen landed, which made people feel heartache.

The moment he was thrown, Cheng Zhen was ready to protect his body from the impact.So he only fainted for a while, then quickly shook his head and got up from the ground again.This was already the No. 17 time he was thrown out during martial arts training today, and the other nine times he was pinned down and unable to move.A total of 26 duels ended in Cheng Zhen's failure.

"Are you still coming?"

The black-haired boy who stood up rubbed his shoulders and asked.

The Bertutan youth named Yasai shook his head. "The team will continue to train outside, and today's practice with you will end here." As he spoke, he stretched his arms and walked towards the training room.

Hearing what Yasai said about outdoor training, Cheng Zhen's eyes showed a flash of envy.

The Shadow Squad has fixed training items every day, among which, the outdoor mecha combat practice is extremely important.

On this planet ravaged by storms, the eight members of the Shadow Squad will drive mechs to fight in stormy areas with visibility less than ten meters.The gravity environment on the planet and the invasion of wind and sand made this kind of mech training quite unusual.The challenge and unpredictability are also the biggest highlights.

Cheng Zhen has coveted this kind of practice for a long time.

"Wait a minute, Asai."

Finally today, the black-haired boy couldn't help calling Yasai to stop after training.

The Botutan youth turned around and looked at him suspiciously.

"I want to know when I will be able to participate in outdoor training. If I am not qualified yet, what is the way to qualify?" Cheng Zhen asked seriously, looking straight at the Shadow Squad member with dark eyes . "Please tell me what I must meet."

A slight surprise flashed in his eyes, and Yasai asked instead. "Do you want to participate in outdoor mecha practice?"

"Yes."

"That's still a very dangerous thing for you now." Yasai frowned. "In a storm with extremely low visibility, apart from your opponents, you don't know what other dangers are lurking in the wind and sand. If you can't predict and avoid these dangers, sometimes you may even risk your life."

Cheng Zhen understood the undisguised rejection in his words, and was not discouraged.

"I know, maybe I can't participate in outdoor training with my current ability. I just want to ask you to give me a standard, a standard that can meet the qualifications for outdoor training." In this way, at least I can work hard according to this goal.Check your progress every day.

Cheng Zhenxin thought so.

"Standard?" Looking at the black-haired boy standing not far away, Yasai said after thinking for a moment. "Then, if you can successfully avoid every attack from me during combat training next time, I will propose to the captain to let you participate in outdoor practice."

It seems to be a harsh thing for Cheng Zhen, who has been fighting and losing so many times, to be unharmed under Yasai's hands.But the black-haired boy was overjoyed and replied loudly.

"Thank you very much! I will continue to work hard!"

Before leaving, Yasai took one last look at him and left a sentence.

"You don't fully understand the ability of potential people."

But behind him, looking at Yasai's back gradually going away, Cheng Zhen was thoughtful.Does Yasai's words have any deeper meaning?

So far, Cheng Zhen has not fully grasped the abilities of potential people, and the advice given by Yasai, a senior, has an unusual meaning.

Whether the ability of the potential person can be qualified to participate in outdoor training when this is truly clear.

Shen Mo stood there thinking for a while, then Cheng Zhen went back to the room and changed into the combat training uniform.Before he figured out the ability of the potential person, he still had other trainings that he hadn't completed today--today's physical training.

Since the physical fitness and fighting skills are generally lower than the average level of the shadow team, before keeping up with the shadow training, Cheng Zhen must first improve himself to their average.

Fighting means that shadow players come to practice fighting against him every day, while physical training is the most primitive method - long-distance running.

As an aerobic exercise with a long history, running has been a very popular and convenient public sport in the human earth period.Long-distance running requires more physical energy and physical strength, so it has been passed down as a part of physical training.

Within the Bertutan tribe in the interstellar era, long-distance running is an essential sport for training even if they are called differently.Because Cheng Zhen's purpose is not to specifically exercise certain muscles, but to increase physical fitness, so long-term aerobic running is the fastest way for him.

As for the distance of the long-distance running, there is only one lap, and it is enough to run around the entire basement level of the Storm Fortress.

Although there is only one lap, it is a surprising distance to run down the entire fortress.Cheng Zhen's first long-distance run took him six hours to return to the starting point, and that night he was so tired that he almost fell asleep on the pillow, and woke up the next day with unbearable pain all over his body.

However, the benefits of long-distance running are also obvious.Long uninterrupted long-distance running not only exercised Cheng Zhen's physical fitness, but also greatly improved his cardiopulmonary function.In this way, whether it is the anaerobic environment in space warfare or the aerobic environment inside the atmosphere, it is conducive to increasing long-term high-consumption operations.

And Cheng Zhen's fortress long-distance running also had some other gains. After several days of long-distance running, he met many ordinary non-commissioned officers in the fortress, and made good friends with many people.Knowing these Bertutan non-commissioned officers working in the most basic positions provided him with a lot of unexpected knowledge and experience.

As for the long-distance running time, it has also been shortened from the initial six hours to about four hours.Although the progress is not very fast, it is accumulated bit by bit.For Cheng Zhen, whose base is not stable due to rapid growth, the accumulated progress in this way is the most important.

"Yo, I'm running again today!"

When passing by the fortress of the mechanical class, the Botutan technical officer who was overhauling greeted Cheng Zhen with a smile.The boy waved his hand, and then ran to the next target.

With these days of contact, he also gradually understands these mysterious and unpredictable golden clans in the eyes of the outside world.Although they are excellent, they are not as lonely and defiant as in the legend.The basic ability better than ordinary races is indeed the inherent advantage of the Bertutan race, but the reason why they can become the most powerful race in the interstellar is because of their own efforts.

Compared with other races, the talented Bertutans pay more attention to the cultivation of personal abilities. They are never complacent because of some innate advantages. Therefore, these serious and dedicated Bertutans also happily accepted Cheng Zhen—this The human beings brought back by His Excellency the Chief of the United Front.

To gain the approval of others, you don't need to do anything special, as long as you earn respect with real performance.In the Botutan society where strength is the most important thing, Cheng Zhen worked hard and earnestly, and undoubtedly gradually gained the recognition of these Botutan people.

Along the way, I greeted some Bertutan non-commissioned officers.Many of them made fun of Cheng Zhen's bruised nose and swollen face by Ya Saibian, but the black-haired boy always laughed it off.

And today's long-distance run unknowingly passed two-thirds of the distance. Seeing that it was much faster than usual, Cheng Zhen wondered whether he should run another half lap.Just do what you want, in order to reach the standard that Yasai said as soon as possible, he is ready to make every effort to hone himself.

So, after just finishing the first lap, Cheng Zhen decided to change direction and continue for another half lap.

The second lap was obviously a lot more tiring than the first lap, but after getting past the limit of physical fitness, I gradually relaxed again.Just as Cheng Zhen took a deep breath and was about to concentrate on running the rest of the distance.

"Cheng Zhen?!"

A familiar voice came from nearby.

Cheng Zhen was slightly startled, looked sideways, and saw an unexpected acquaintance.No, it is unexpected, but it is also expected.After all, this is the fortress belonging to Rhine's troops, so it is not an exaggeration for this person to appear here - as the younger brother of His Excellency the Chief of the United Front.

Leiber was different from his usual ease and calmness. At this time, he was covered with sweat, and the golden sweat was wet and clinging to his neck, and the slight panting from his mouth also showed his current fatigue.Looking at Cheng Zhen's dark golden eyes, he was full of surprise.

"Why are you here?"

Seeing Leiber's appearance, Cheng Zhen smiled thoughtfully. "Are you running too?"

"Well, there is still one lap." Leiber said without changing his expression.

Judging from the tone of this Bertutan classmate, it seems that he runs more than one lap every day, which makes Cheng Zhen, who has only started the second lap today, feel a little ashamed.However, before he could speak first, Leiber had already asked.

"You haven't told me yet, why are you here?"

This problem can't be explained clearly for a while.Therefore, Cheng Zhen can only say. "Let's end today's training first, and then let's find a place to talk."

Leiber thought about it. "Okay, wait for me for two hours, and I'll go find you." After speaking, he sped up and ran in the opposite direction to Cheng Zhen.

And Cheng Zhen, who watched Leiber go away, felt ashamed for a while. It only took two hours to run around the fortress.Is it because Leiber is too physically fit, or is he really too physically deficient?

Two hours later, Cheng Zhen was in the dormitory.

Leiber was refreshed, obviously coming here after washing up.Once inside, the Clemus College classmate cut to the chase.

"Can you tell me why you're here?"

Cheng Zhen thought about it and felt that there was nothing to hide.After all, in order to protect him from being sent to the General Council, Leiber also made a bet with Rhine.It was only later that the bet was changed by Rhine. After the Battle of Klein, Cheng Zhen returned directly to the [-]th District of the Human Alliance on the ship of the Emperor Class Troop.In the meantime, there was no chance to explain the situation to Leiber.

After Cheng Zhen explained to Leiber with a slightly apologetic mood, the chief of the Golden Clan frowned slightly.

"After we were defeated in the Battle of Klein, I went to ask him for your news, but he never told me." Leiber remembered something and seemed unhappy.

"He did it on purpose," Leiber asserted. "Obviously I didn't send you to the General Council, but I didn't tell me about it, and I was worried in vain."

"Uh... I think, maybe your Excellency has some difficulties." After Cheng Zhen finished speaking, Leiber rolled his eyes.He smiled wryly, and he himself felt that this reason was untenable.For Rhine, who has always been cautious, it is hard to imagine a situation where he has unspeakable reasons to hide the facts from Leiber.

Basically, there is really only one reason, that is, the United Front Commander is really unwilling to tell his brother Cheng Zhen's situation.As for the specific reason, it is not clear.

"How long are you going to train here? Will you stay here after the vacation?" Leiber asked again at this time.

"No, before the end of the vacation, I will go back to the academy to continue the course."

Leiber was obviously relieved when he heard this.

"Leave with me when the time comes, and I will also train here during this holiday." The chief of the Golden Clan said, looking at the humans at the same level.

As for Cheng Zhen, his thoughts were a little scattered at this time.He remembered that night when he woke up and found Rhine in his room.

Since then, Cheng Zhen has never seen Rhine again.

And that night, the United Front Work Chief said this to Cheng Zhen.