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"Well, since you're praising me so much, I guess I'll reluctantly join your team!"
Lin Yao thought it was unnecessary to force herself, fearing that the boy might throw her out if he got upset. Right now, her combat power was zero, and she couldn't possibly defeat him. However, it was indeed a bit surreal. She had been worried about whether she could gather enough teammates before the midterm exam, but unexpectedly, fate had delivered her double.
In the first few days of military training, due to the high-intensity workouts, everyone was so exhausted that they didn't even have the energy to chat, so they all behaved themselves. After two days of adapting and getting used to the rigorous training, everyone finally had the energy to start moving around.
Early one morning, before training had even begun, Lin Yao and Wan Xiaoqi's roommate, Ye Yun, came over with Youmi to find them.
"Wow, I’m really impressed! Your class is full of talented people!" Ye Yun exclaimed as soon as she arrived.
Hearing her loud voice draw attention from others, Wan Xiaoqi awkwardly pulled her aside. "Ye Yun, what are you doing here? Has your training finished?"
"Not yet. But I have some experience now; I should be able to finish my training in about six hours. So I came to see if I could learn something from you top students and improve myself."
"If you want to know anything, just ask me! I'll tell you what I know. If I don't know the answer, I'll help you find out," Wan Xiaoqi replied enthusiastically regarding inquiries on this topic.
"I want to ask everything! Strength, speed, endurance, resistance to strikes, reaction time—none of them meet the standard! Besides practicing every day, I don't know where else to focus my efforts," Lin Yao said.
"If none of the five areas meet the standard, then you should train comprehensively and improve all aspects," Lin Yao advised. "We're still young; this is the time to build a foundation. We can't neglect any of the five areas; we need to train together and improve together! The foundation we lay now will make it much easier for us to specialize later on."
Ye Yun nodded: "What you just said might not be very intuitive. Lin Yao once told us about a theory called the 'barrel theory.' She said that in ancient times, wooden planks were used to make barrels for holding water. The amount of water a barrel can hold depends on its shortest plank."
Seeing that she seemed confused, Wan Xiaoqi opened her holographic brain device and projected an illustration of a barrel: "Look at how the wooden planks used to make the barrel are of different lengths. When filling it with water, if it exceeds the height of the shortest plank, water will spill out. So how much water we can hold depends on how long that shortest plank is. This is similar to our future combat abilities; what level we can reach later will depend on our weakest foundational aspect."
"I understand what you mean now," Ye Yun replied. "But I just feel like after training for so many days, I can't see any progress at all; it's a bit demotivating."
"It's normal not to see progress right now," Wan Xiaoqi reassured her. "You're spreading your energy across five areas; your improvement won't be as fast as if you were focusing on just one area. This requires accumulation over time before it can yield significant results."
"Ah! Since we have to train for so long and military training only lasts fifteen days, what's the point?" Wan Xiaoqi frowned in disagreement. "Ye Yun, you don't think that just because we've trained during military training means we can stop practicing afterward, do you?"
Ye Yun:
Military training only teaches us methods for improvement and helps us develop habits. Once we return, we need to practice every day!
But when we get back, we’ll have classes, and there won’t be much time to practice.
That will depend on how you allocate your time then.
Here, Wan Xiaoqi and Ye Yun are discussing this issue while Lin Yao chats with You Mi.
What are you not meeting the standards in?
Strength, endurance, and resistance to impact.
Lin Yao found a strength testing machine for her. Test your strength for me to see.
You Mi complied and operated the machine.
After testing her strength, Lin Yao tested her endurance and resistance to impact. After reviewing the results of these three tests, she had You Mi retest her speed and reaction time.
Did you use your ability? Wind ability.
You Mi paused for a moment before nodding.
You used it quite skillfully; your instructor didn’t even notice. However, these five basic tests cannot use abilities. Stop using your ability and retest.
You really have a knack for it.
If Lin Yao hadn’t felt that the data was off and used her Extreme Vision to take a look, then sensed it with her mental ability, she wouldn’t have noticed the slight fluctuations of the ability.
I—
Lin Yao frowned. Can’t you stop your ability yourself?
Well, not exactly. It’s just that I subconsciously use it. Her voice was small, as if she felt ashamed of her actions.
Not bad; you’ve trained your ability well enough to turn it into a skill. If you can’t stop it now, just take a suppression potion to temporarily seal your ability before retesting.
As Lin Yao spoke, she took out a vial from her spatial pocket and handed it to her.
You Mi took it without hesitation and gulped it down.
Lin Yao glanced at her but didn’t say much. She had You Mi retest her speed and reaction time again.
The speed indeed showed a significant difference, while the reaction time data was not far off.
"Can you show me your training plan?"
Yumi had no hesitation and directly sent her training plan through the holographic interface.
Lin Yao received the plan and began to jot down notes and make adjustments before sending it back. "Your foundation is too weak. I've made some adjustments to your plan; focus on building your basics for now."
Yumi accepted the revised plan, glanced through it, and nodded in agreement. "The intensity of military training has been quite high these days. I'll adjust your plan further once we return to school."
Meanwhile, Ye Yun was chatting with Wan Xiaoqi while observing the exchange. Once Yumi's matter was settled, she hurried over. "Lin Yao, can you help me look at mine too?"
Lin Yao glanced at her and nodded. "Sure, send me your previous test data and training plan."
"Uh, do I need to retake the tests?"
"If you’ve done normal testing, there shouldn't be any issues."
"Okay, I'll send it to you."
After comparing the test data, Lin Yao examined the training plan and said, "The plan customized by the instructor is very comprehensive. If you complete all of it without any shortcuts during these fifteen days of military training, your performance metrics will definitely improve significantly after it's over."
Hearing this, Ye Yun's face lit up with excitement. "Really?"
"Yes," Lin Yao confirmed with a nod.
"That's amazing!"
Wan Xiaoqi noticed Ye Yun's joy and pouted in dissatisfaction. "I’ve been telling you this for ages, but you didn’t believe me. Look how happy you are now that Lin Yao said it."
"Who can blame her? Lin Yao is just that capable," Ye Yun replied cheerfully.
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