Chapter 13
A certain military district in Jinling.
After training for an entire day and returning to the dormitory half-collapsed like mud, Su Chunjun came back to life the instant he got his phone.
He was a student who had just graduated from military academy this year. Because he had performed outstandingly at school and had always carried one dream in his heart—to become an excellent special forces soldier and shine in the most dangerous places on the front line— after graduation, he got his wish and was assigned to this special forces unit in Jinling.
But dreams were blazing hot, and only after entering did he realize how trash he was.
The physical fitness that had allowed him to handle his courses at school with ease was, in a special forces unit, simply garbage.
Too hard. Too hard.
Just today’s cross-country training alone made him feel like he was about to fall apart.
If he did not relax a little, he would be gone!
First, open Douyin. The clever Douyin would continuously recommend beautiful women to him, followed by funny videos, silly news, and finally a few red songs and official accounts to elevate his moral sentiment.
However, Su Chunjun’s plan failed.
Today, the moment he opened Douyin, it was all edited clips from season three of What Kind of Person Are You?
He swiped through ten videos in a row, and four of them were related to the show.
Tsk. This season’s theme was actually wilderness survival.
The virtual setting of this show looked even more proper than their cross-country training grounds.
Were these big stars going to be tortured until they cried?
Su Chunjun’s burning heart of curiosity and gossip was ignited.
He excitedly kept scrolling and scrolling, and then his expression froze.
Hm? Catching fish was this easy? How was his accuracy even better than when Su Chunjun aimed with bullets?
Those were moving “targets”! And there was also the water current interfering with his line of sight!
Whoa, making fire by drilling wood. He had just happened to learn this some time ago.
But why did Shen Jinfeng’s posture look even more relaxed and simple than his instructor’s?
Holy crap, he knocked down coconuts with just a few stones?
This kid had something going on. He looked really cool. Next time, if Su Chunjun went on a mission to a place with coconuts, he would try it too.
Wait. Wait a second.
Was that handsome guy in the video seriously whooshing up a tree as if walking on it?
He did not even need a flying tiger claw. He just whooshed straight up like that?
He actually walked up!
Could this video have been reversed? Was that tree actually horizontal?
Or had gravity failed?
In reality, Shen Jinfeng had only used a few seconds to climb the tree, but this video had slowed the speed down tenfold so that everyone could barely see his movements clearly.
Su Chunjun was dumbfounded.
Sorry, but one of his training projects today had happened to be climbing.
His climbing result had been pretty good. He had even taken first place among the new recruits!
Seeing how pleased he was, the company commander had specially come over to “strike him down” and told him that there were always people beyond people and heavens beyond heavens. His little achievement did not count for anything at all.
Originally, Su Chunjun had thought the company commander had said that on purpose to keep him from being too proud and knock down his inflated confidence a bit.
But after seeing this video,
that little bit of pride in his heart shattered with a splat.
Was this really something a person could do?
Laymen watched for excitement; experts watched for skill.
The comment section was full of people thinking Shen Jinfeng had practiced some kind of “martial art,” such as qinggong.
Of course, they were only joking.
But Su Chunjun was also watching for excitement, and from the bottom of his heart rose a trace of fear, followed by enthusiasm after he suppressed that fear!
Since Shen Jinfeng could do it, that meant it was something human strength could achieve!
So what the company commander said about him being far from good enough was true.
He had a new goal for improvement!
It was a bit late today.
Tomorrow, he would go ask the company commander whether he knew how to climb a tree horizontally like that!
He wanted to learn too!
A new day arrived, dawn splitting through the darkness.
Before training began, Su Chunjun eagerly went to find the company commander, wanting to get extra lessons and secretly learn the skill!
The company commander originally did not take it seriously.
He was older and had high political awareness. At night, he only watched the news broadcast and the military channel. He did not know about the show What Kind of Person Are You?
After hearing Su Chunjun’s purpose for coming, he felt a headache.
Because what he had said yesterday about “not counting for anything at all” had indeed been a bluff. Su Chunjun’s result in the climbing event alone was already comparable to the very best in the unit.
How could a pampered celebrity from the entertainment industry be even better than the strongest special forces soldiers?
The company commander took the video disapprovingly. Then, gradually, his eyes widened.
He silently watched the video back and forth several times.
No, could it be that his rank was too low,
so he did not know that true experts had already evolved?
With a serious expression, the company commander patted Su Chunjun’s shoulder. “What extra lessons?”
“Aim too high and you’ll bite off more than you can chew. Come talk to me about wanting to learn new things after you take first place in all your other projects too.”
Su Chunjun’s face fell.
Then, blazing fighting spirit ignited in him. He saluted and shouted loudly, “Guaranteed to complete the mission!”
The company commander wiped his sweat, took out his own phone, searched for the video, and watched it several more times.
Then he sent the video to his old squad leader.
A few minutes later, the old squad leader called him back. “Yishan, where did you discover such a good seedling? I’m not afraid of you laughing at me, but I’ve only ever seen this kind of skill on TV.”
The company commander froze. “Ah?”
“I saw him on TV.”
“What?”
At this moment, Shen Jinfeng, completely unaware that he had attracted the military’s attention, heard Mo Fan’s emotional sigh that “spending a lifetime on the deserted island wouldn’t be bad either” and turned back in disbelief.
“Why wouldn’t we be able to go back?”
There was no television on this island, no air conditioning, no advanced technology.
Ingredients were limited, clothes were difficult to make, transportation depended on walking, and even shelter had to be built by hand.
The retirement world he had only obtained after completing 999 quick-transmigration missions through untold hardship was not for living this kind of “bitter” life!
Although the survival difficulty of this deserted island was not high, and dealing with it was not hard for him, what he wanted from 888, that unreliable thing, was not “not hard.” It was enjoyment.
Lying flat like a salted fish and enjoying life was his plan for a retirement world.
But the original owner of this identity was actually someone who loved exploration, and a big shot at that. Right at the start, he had led a bunch of companions and ended up stranded on a deserted island.
He had not even inherited the money in the bank card yet.
He had not dated either.
Ahem. Thinking of dating,
Shen Jinfeng subconsciously glanced at Qin Ye. Sure enough, he met his gaze.
He pretended to be calm and turned his head away.
Shit, why was Qin Ye always looking at him? Having such a secret admirer was way too annoying—embarrassing.
Only, the others who heard his question did not take it seriously.
Gu Shengsheng looked utterly dejected. “Can we only wait for rescue? The ship we came on drifted away. The sea is endless, and we can’t contact the outside world.”
He Erwang said, “Robinson Crusoe drifted alone on a deserted island for twenty-eight years. We won’t have to wait that long too, right…”
Mo Fan’s tone was different. “I think this place is pretty good. Beautiful scenery, full of wild charm, no scheming, no survival of the fittest. It’s like a paradise beyond the world…”
Qi Xiu could not help interrupting him. “Uncle, I finally finished the college entrance exam with great difficulty. I just finished submitting my university choices, and the result isn’t out yet. I still want to go to university.”
As soon as he said this, the bullet comments immediately could not hold back.
[Pfft, I laughed when I heard this sentence. Is this the gene carved into the bones of the Chinese people? He hasn’t gone to university yet!]
[The production team really isn’t human! How could they let someone be stranded on a deserted island before even finding out their admission result? If it were me, I’d be furious!!!]
[After putting myself in his shoes, I’m already scratching my ears and cheeks.]
[Exactly. If Gu Shengsheng and Qi Xiu stayed on the deserted island for three months and then realized they missed university, wouldn’t they cry?]
[Holy crap, now that I think about it, I’m sad. After studying bitterly for so many years, how could he not even get to go to university!]
Even Mo Fan changed his tune and became anxious. “For an unexpected situation like ours, if he misses the start date, can the university make an exception and let him enroll?”
Qi Xiu was somewhat dejected. “I don’t know.”
He Erwang could not help being curious. “Qi Xiu, how were your grades? What school did you apply for?”
Qi Xiu’s face revealed a trace of yearning. “Jingdu University. I was in the top thirty in the province, so there shouldn’t be a problem.”
[Holy crap! My fists are hard!]
[Shit! I can’t take it anymore! That’s Jingdu University. If I knew I could get into that school but had to miss it, I would really die of anger!]
[I thought about it. It’s not just me who would die of anger. My great-grandfather would climb out of the ground from sheer rage!]
[Old Dog Sun’s persona and plot arrangement really aren’t human!]
In front of the screen, Sun Xinping’s expression kept shifting, blue and green mingling together.
Xiao Li, after putting himself into the situation, also got angry. Without thinking, he complained to Sun Xinping, “Director, why did you arrange this kind of persona for him?”
“That’s Jingdu University! Letting someone know they can get in but will have to miss it is way too torturous.”
Only after saying this did he realize that he had committed an act of rebellion against authority.
He hurriedly looked at Sun Xinping’s face.
But he saw that Sun Xinping was silent and said nothing.
The publicity team leader had great foresight and predicted, “It’s over. I feel like we’re going to get cursed at this time.”
Sun Xinping was sweating all over.
No need to feel like it. Even he kind of wanted to curse himself.
Qin Ye glanced at Qi Xiu and comforted him. “Don’t worry. I know the president of Jingdu University. He’s upright and reasonable. In an unexpected situation like this, he would help resolve it.”
The president of Jingdu University, who had been forwarded this video by relatives, friends, and school colleagues: “…”
No, why are you all tagging me?
This “little student” only thought he was going to attend Jingdu University. It wasn’t that he really was going!
How was he supposed to help resolve it?
The president and Qin Ye’s father, Qin Jianfeng, were old classmates.
He immediately forwarded the video to Qin Jianfeng and complained, “What nonsense is your son saying on a variety show?”
Qin Jianfeng replied, “What did my son say wrong? Aren’t you an upright and reasonable person?”
President: “…Well, that does make sense.”
Of course, Qin Ye did not know that he had unintentionally exposed a bit of his connections in front of netizens nationwide.
He was still comforting his pessimistic teammates. “Don’t be so discouraged. Someone will come rescue us soon.”
After all, Madam Yun and his father only had him as their sole son.
Now that he was missing, those two had probably hurriedly ended their trip and been called back to Qin Group to oversee the overall situation. They were probably wishing he would return quickly.
He did not doubt Qin Group’s ability to act or its power to find people.
“What we need to do is survive properly during the time ahead.”
At this point, he could not help looking toward Shen Jinfeng. His tone carried a hint of a smile. “With Little Captain here, I believe that won’t be difficult.”
Shen Jinfeng had not been paying attention to his teammates’ conversation just now. At this moment, being cued, he raised his head and saw Qin Ye’s gaze full of trust.
He was silent for a moment, then somewhat awkwardly nodded. “Don’t worry. We can go back.”
As he spoke, he raised the phone he had been repairing in his hand for everyone to see.
He Erwang froze. “Is that my phone?”
Shen Jinfeng nodded. “Yesterday, you said your phone got soaked and broke. I repaired it. There should be no problem now.”
Very coincidentally, in one of his past worlds, his identity had been that of a national-level craftsman. Something elementary like a phone, as long as it had not been completely scrapped, was still fairly easy to fix.
He had looked at it last night and felt that it should still be salvageable.
But it had been late at night, and he was too lazy to start another fire, so he had delayed it until today.
He had fiddled with it for a bit just now, and it should be fine.
As he spoke, he pressed the power button.
Sure enough, as the conspicuous HuaZi pinyin logo appeared, the phone screen lit up, and the phone resumed operation.
!!!
For some reason, once they had a phone, it felt like there was hope!
[Holy crap, Shen Jinfeng can even repair phones?]
[Is he this versatile? Is this also a persona arranged by Old Dog Sun?]
[Upstairs, are you stupid? If they arranged a phone-repairing persona for you, would you really know how to fix phones? Was Shen Jinfeng a phone repairman before debuting?]
[But actually, having a phone won’t help much, right? Isn’t it just like carrying a phone while transmigrating to ancient times? Other than taking photos and listening to music until the battery runs out, what else can it do?]
While the bullet comments were discussing, the calm young man in the center of the screen continued asking.
“This model of phone should have a satellite emergency rescue function. Do you remember what the relevant number is?”
