I Have a Date with a Thousand-year-old Female Corpse

Chapter 70 Practice Courage_1

Chapter 70: Chapter 70 Practice Courage_1The early autumn military training had one advantage: since it was still hot, we only needed to wear one training uniform, so we quickly got dressed.

When we all rushed to the parade ground and lined up, a stocky man strode over.

He was Li Yang, our instructor.

After Li Yang straightened out the formation, he suddenly changed his usually serious expression and smiled at us, "Do you know what time it is?"

In the past ten or so days, although Li Yang hadn’t resorted to fisticuffs or kicks, he often barked orders, demanding strict discipline and precision in our movements, so we didn’t have a good impression of him.

In contrast, the girls’ side was daily filled with laughter and sounded like a scene straight out of a chirping, fragrant idyll.

It’s the age-old story: comparing ourselves to others can be frustrating as hell.

Seeing that no one answered, Li Yang didn’t get angry but still smiled as he said, "It’s eleven-forty now. Next, you will experience the most prestigious and interesting training exercise of the New Recruit Training Camp, a test of courage!"

Hearing this, you, at the front of the line, couldn’t help but frown slightly.

In fact, on the way to the camp, you noticed that the roads were flanked by desolate hills dotted with graves, and few people lived there.

Once we entered the camp, you spotted a problem: the training camp seemed long-abandoned. Not only were the outer walls mottled and damaged, but even the corridors of our dormitory building were showing their age. The only things that were new were the beds we slept in and some training equipment. At the time, you hadn’t thought much about it, assuming the training camp had been reopened just for the college freshmen’s military training.

Since the training was taxing, most of us would fall asleep as soon as it got dark, rarely coming out at such a late hour. Now, standing in front of the empty dormitory building, you suddenly noticed a chill in the wind blowing from the mountains.

"Instructor, a courage test? How do we do that?" Yang Kai asked, yawning.

If it were any other time, Li Yang would have scolded him first, but tonight his smile had become somewhat eerie.

"I can’t tell you now. You’ll find out soon enough," Li Yang said as he straightened his body and commanded, "All units, attention! Left turn! March at a run!"

We were a single company, four platoons tall, twelve squads in all—exactly one hundred and twenty people. Li Yang soon led us with great fanfare towards another small gate in the camp.

"Hey, strange. We’ve been here for more than ten days. How come we’ve never noticed there was another gate here?"

Liao Yong whispered just behind you.

You didn’t say anything, but your frown grew even deeper.

In Liao Yong’s eyes, it was a small gate, but to you, it was an Array!

The gate seemed open, but there were Talisman Papers stuck all around it, and the Rune Seals on them were like none you had ever seen.

Could it be that they couldn’t see them?

You glanced at Yang Kai and saw that he was jogging while yawning. Noticing you looking at him, Yang Kai shot back a helpless look.

Given Yang Kai’s personality, if he had seen talismans on the gate, he would have kicked up a fuss right away. But now he was nonchalant, which meant aside from you, no one else could see them.

Thinking it over, you decided it was best not to alarm everyone else. After all, it was a group action. Aside from Li Yang, there were four other instructors nearby, so things should be okay.

Once we all passed through the small gate and the

But now it was different. Death is taboo for everyone; anyone who is human frightens at the thought of death, and at things already dead, including humans themselves.

"Everyone, keep holding hands. Don’t get lost," you say.

You were at the front of the pack, and you should’ve been the most frightened, but to you, this was child’s play. You wouldn’t even be scared if something jumped out of the graves.

"No offense, no offense, we’re just passing through," you muttered.

The extent of the Burial Mound was so vast it seemed strange.

Since your dorm is on the third floor, you’d often stand on the rooftop during your rest time to look at the scenery. Based on your memory, there shouldn’t be such a large graveyard in the area.

With that thought, you suddenly stopped walking and slipped your hand into your pocket.

Just as you were about to pull out a piece of Talisman Paper from your pocket, someone in the crowd let out a shrill scream!

"There’s something there! Something is moving!"

"Over there too!"

"Ah! Something’s grabbing my foot!"

"It’s coming this way!"

The crowd was instantly thrown into chaos!

Turning your head, you noticed that the previously calm Burial Mound had suddenly become bustling with activity, with numerous entities crawling out from the graves.

"Run for it!"

A portion of the people started sprinting back the way you came, while only a small group remained, forming a circle.

Arts students are usually more emotional, and the richer and finer one’s feelings are, the more fearful they become of these entities, so their behavior isn’t surprising. However, out of about a hundred people, there are always a few who are braver or think faster.

The fewer than twenty who remained knew that Li Yang had made it clear that the name of the exercise was "Courage training", so the things they were seeing were either illusions or people in disguise.

If they were illusions, they would be easy to deal with; but if people were pretending, that could be a headache.

"Old Shu, think of something. We can’t let them surround us like this," someone said.

After the last ordeal at the Seventh Central Primary School, Yang Kai’s courage had grown considerably. He wasn’t scared, just annoyed. Anyone would be annoyed seeing all these things scattering around.

"They’re just illusions," you say with a smile, pulling out a Talisman Paper from your pocket. "Everyone, close your eyes, I’ll count to seven, then we’ll all open our eyes together."

Your training performance has always been outstanding, so when you spoke, everyone obediently closed their eyes.

"One, two, three..."