Starting to Gain Experience from Push-Ups-Chapter 1205 - 586:

On the giant electronic screen, lines of red subtitles were scrolling.

[Physical Test Examination]

[Location: West Mountain Military Zone · B3 Defensive Subdivision]

[Subject Name: All-Terrain Cross-Country Run and Wilderness Survival]

[Exam Requirements: Candidates must hike across the designated area and reach the finish line on time.]

[The exam site provides additional: Combat Suit, marching gear, full load weighing 20 kilograms.]

"Going cross-country at West Mountain?"

Ma Donghe widened his eyes, staring at the screen with a puzzled look:

"Aren’t we supposed to be tested on weightlifting, long jump, and hundred-meter sprint? I even bought the latest Nike sports vest; why has it changed to mountain climbing?"

Fang Cheng faced upward, his gaze falling on the words "West Mountain," his eyes slightly flickering.

West Mountain is not a peaceful place.

Last November, a mysterious explosion occurred there.

At that time, the wildfire spread endlessly, followed by a strange black rain, causing panic throughout East Capital.

The situation even affected West Gate District and several surrounding cities, experiencing a whole month of strict control and lockdown.

After the fire was extinguished, the military directly set up a military zone in parts of West Mountain, erected barbed wire to restrict ordinary citizens from approaching.

Even now, the blockade hasn’t been completely lifted.

At night, the piercing sound of air raid sirens can occasionally be heard faintly coming from deep within West Mountain.

The aftershocks of this mysterious explosion also stirred strong undercurrents within the mutant circles, with profound influence.

Fang Cheng himself was either actively or passively involved multiple times.

Not to mention the past, the previous treasure battle at Mist Mountain Lu Family Manor was due to the Golden Benba Bottle flowing from West Mountain Ancient Tomb.

Recently, to save someone, he personally destroyed the Bloodthorn Mercenary Corps at Silver Wing Building, leading to a direct confrontation with the military.

The military’s unscrupulous capture of mutants as experimental materials seems to be related to an ancient civilization relic entrance located at West Mountain.

Fang Cheng rubbed his chin with his right hand, countless thoughts flickering through his mind.

The Special Search Team actually set the enrollment exam site in such a sensitive military zone...

Is it merely a simple venue arrangement, or is there another purpose?

A constant buzz of discussion arose in the hall.

The candidates around receiving entry tickets obviously saw this notification.

Everyone whispered to each other, all focused on the physical test on the third day.

"What’s going on? Wasn’t it always basic physical projects where passing scores were enough?"

"Cross-country running and wilderness survival? They haven’t even provided specific kilometers and time? I don’t understand how it’ll be tested."

"Ugh, I trained for half a year on the hundred-meter sprint and weightlifting, all wasted efforts now!"

"Yeah, temporarily changing exam projects, this is too irregular..."

Listening to the constant complaints around, Wei Zheng sighed slightly, lowered his voice to explain to Fang Cheng and Ma Donghe:

"This is a temporary change from above; the assessment plan was set, then Chief Ling suddenly intervened."

"He said the Special Search Team wants soldiers who can fight tough battles and have seen blood, not dead muscles trained in a gym."

"So he made a big change, canceled all quantifiable physical test items, and directly pulled people to West Mountain for a cross-country run."

Fang Cheng retracted his gaze from the electronic screen, casually asked:

"Were there similar precedents before?"

Wei Zheng furrowed his brows slightly, after a brief thought, replied:

"This assessment method was only used a few times when the Special Search Team underwent reformation over ten years ago."

"Later it was discontinued due to too many variables in the wilderness exam field, prone to accidents and corruption, plus poor quantification of results leading to too much controversy."

He seemed to remember something, then added:

"Oh, the reformation back then was also vigorously led by Ling Shaofeng, who established the current technology-heavy, martial arts-light structure within the team."

Fang Cheng, hearing this, squinted thoughtfully.

But Ma Donghe remained unconcerned, curled his lips:

"Who cares who led it, an exam is an exam."

Wei Zheng glanced at Ma Donghe, a hint of worry in his eyes:

"Honestly, I never thought after so long, they’d bring out the wilderness exam field again this year in the retests."

"You need to be mentally prepared; deep within West Mountain is still undeveloped, the terrain is extremely complex."

"And now it’s a military zone; since the exam includes a survival test, the difficulty is definitely high and possibly... dangerous."

"Dangerous?"

Ma Donghe, hearing this, instead of showing fear, grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth:

"That’s better; I hate running and jumping like a student, thought I was back at school for a sports meet."

"Real combat is my forte."

Then he forcefully patted his solid chest, displaying a swagger:

"Didn’t we also test extreme wilderness survival during the preliminary test?"

"I even ripped apart a genetically modified wild wolf with my bare hands! This time just carrying a backpack and running mountain roads, how big of a deal can it be?"

Seeing Ma Donghe’s carefree attitude, Wei Zheng shook his head helplessly.

The preliminary test was merely training and screening for societal scattered individuals.

How could it compare with a formal civil service examination?

He no longer paid attention to Ma Donghe, turned to Fang Cheng with a more solemn expression:

"Ling Shaofeng, this person is deeply schemed, never does something without prior planning; he certainly wouldn’t change the exam rules for no reason."