After entering Jinnan Mountain for eight hours.

With the heavy load on his back, Lin Qiye and Cao Yuan climbed over who knows how many mountain peaks. The night sky became even darker, and the mountain range in front of them was completely engulfed in darkness.

In this environment filled with branches and pits, it was almost impossible to move without a flashlight. No one knew if the next step would be on flat ground or in a pit full of thorns.

At this time, the vast Jinnan Mountain was silent.

“How many are left?” The instructors sat together, and Instructor Hong looked at the time and asked.

“There are three left, including the special forces soldier Zheng Zhong, Lin Qiye, and Cao Yuan.”

“Damn, how did those two kids hold on until now? This is not scientific…” muttered one of the instructors.

“Cao Yuan’s body has been tempered by the ‘Black King’s Annihilation,’ so it’s not surprising that he can hold on. But Lin Qiye… how did he do it?” Instructor Hong rubbed his chin, full of doubt.

“Now there are only two left,” the instructor who was constantly watching the screen spoke, “Just now, Zheng Zhong slipped and fell down the mountain in the dark, and he passed out. The medical team has already gone over.”

“It’s already this late, should we end the extreme training for now?”

“Yeah, it’s too dark to see anything in the mountains, and there might be accidents if we continue like this.”

Instructor Hong fell silent for a moment, “Let’s not rush. Send all the drones to those two kids, and the medical team should be ready to rescue them at all times.

I want to see… where the limits of these two kids really lie.”

…

In the pitch-black jungle.

Lin Qiye’s eyes flickered, and the knife in his hand accurately cut through the thorns in front of him as he bent down and passed through.

Cao Yuan followed closely behind him, not falling behind.

“It’s so dark, can you still see?” Cao Yuan couldn’t help but ask as he held a small spoon.

“Yes,” Lin Qiye replied calmly.

“…Then walk slower, I can’t see anything at all now.”

“I’m already walking slowly.”

“No, you said you were at your limit an hour and a half ago, how come you’re so energetic now?” Cao Yuan complained, “Are you a night owl?”

“More or less.”

Lin Qiye was indeed exhausted a long time ago, but as the sky grew darker, his stamina began to recover at an astonishing speed. As long as he rested for a while, his spirit was even better than when he first entered Jinnan Mountain!

Although he didn’t want to use his abilities to cheat, this passive ability couldn’t be turned off!

He wanted to train well and push his body to its limits, but every time he felt he was close to his limit, his stamina inexplicably recovered…

On the other hand, although Cao Yuan’s physical fitness was greatly enhanced by the Forbidden Ruin, endurance still had its limits, and he was also approaching his limit.

In other words, Lin Qiye was like a freak with a 1000% mana regeneration rate, while Cao Yuan’s mana bar was long, but the regeneration rate was too slow, and it would eventually be depleted.

“It’s been a long time since I heard the sound of punishment. Are we the only ones left in the mountains?”

“There was one ten minutes ago, now it’s just the two of us.”

“How do you know all this?”

Lin Qiye didn’t answer, he just glanced at the bat that had just flown overhead.

In this late-night mountain, earthworms, centipedes, lizards, bats… all the nocturnal creatures were Lin Qiye’s eyes and ears. About an hour ago, Lin Qiye had completely grasped the situation of this mountain through them.

He even knew about the medical team following behind him and the several drones hovering above. If he wanted to, he could hide in the deep mountains now and no one would be able to find him.

Now, this mountain had become Lin Qiye’s home ground.

“I think I can’t go on.” After walking for a while, Cao Yuan’s faltering steps came to a stop, and he stood behind Lin Qiye.

Lin Qiye raised an eyebrow, “Not going to try a little harder?”

“I can’t pass out,” Cao Yuan shook his head, “Once I lose consciousness, the Forbidden Ruin might take control of my body, and it will be even more troublesome.”

“It seems that having a high Sequence in the Forbidden Ruin is not a good thing,” Lin Qiye sighed.

“You go on, I’ll wait here. If nothing unexpected happens, you’ll hear me being punished in a while,” Cao Yuan sat down where he was, smiling slightly at Lin Qiye.

“Then I’ll go first.”

“See you at the training camp.”

“Mm.”

Lin Qiye turned around, tightened the knife in his hand, and strode into the dark mountains.

Down the mountain.

“Cao Yuan has given up, now only Lin Qiye is left,” one of the instructors spoke.

“This kid… always manages to surprise us,” Instructor Hong raised his eyebrows, feeling emotional.

“And…?”

“What?”

“He’s been walking in a straight line for over an hour.”

“What?” The instructors in the tent were stunned, “How is that possible? We’ve been changing the path of Jinnan Mountain, how could he be walking in a straight line?”

“I don’t know, but he did it. At this speed… in at most three hours, he can really cross the entire Jinnan Mountain!”

“Three hours? Does he have enough stamina?”

“Although I want to say he doesn’t, common sense seems to never apply to him.”

Instructor Hong fell silent for a moment and then spoke slowly, “Take down all the tents here, leave one person to punish Cao Yuan, and the rest of us will go to the other end of Jinnan Mountain…

We’ll wait for him there.”

“Instructor Hong, do you really think he can do it?”

“If it were someone else, I might not believe it, but if it’s him… that’s another story.”

…

After entering Jinnan Mountain for nine hours.Lin Qiye was running faster and faster through the mountain forest at midnight, like a phantom freely weaving through the wilderness, as if he were in his own home.

Suddenly, a voice came from the burden on his back.

“Cao Yuan?”

“Mm.”

“You’ve done quite well.”

“I know.”

“But unfortunately… you still have to accept punishment.”

“I know.”

“Not many can hear our conversation right now, aside from a few instructors, there’s only your comrade still struggling in the mountains. You can relax a bit.”

“Ask away.”

“What type of girl do you like?”

“I don’t like girls.”

“??? You’re not…?”

“I like mature, voluptuous women, preferably those with past partners… intellectual women…”

“Thank goodness… wait, did you just say something outrageous?” The instructor’s face changed, “Your taste…”

“…”

“Cough cough, Cao the thief, let’s change the subject… What’s your biggest regret in life?”

Cao Yuan fell into a brief silence on the other end.

“When I was six years old, I failed to drown myself in the river.”

“Why?”

“If I had died then, none of what followed would have happened.” Cao Yuan spoke calmly, “I wouldn’t have returned to the village, wouldn’t have picked up the sickle out of curiosity…

I wouldn’t have let my Forbidden Ruin go berserk, killing all 172 innocent villagers.

Nor would I have been locked up in the police station, only to kill all 161 souls there with a nail clipper…”

“…It’s not your fault.”

“It is my fault, I won’t run from it.”

“You just couldn’t control the power within you, it wasn’t your intention.”

“My body, my failure to control it, that’s my fault.”

“…” The instructor fell silent for a moment, “So now, do you have anything you want to say to that comrade in the mountains?”

Cao Yuan smiled faintly, turning his head towards the Jinan Mountains under the night sky, and slowly said:

“Lin Qiye, don’t disgrace us heretics…”