Lin Qiye sat on the top of the cliff and witnessed Su Yuan jumping off the mountain with his own eyes, but he did not try to stop him. Instead, he smiled helplessly.

"This pair of siblings... is rare."

He whispered softly, and a whirlwind lifted Su Yuan's body and slowly landed it on the ground.

Hearing the last name, Su Zhe, who was lying on the snow, suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes full of disbelief.

"Su Yuan? How is that possible?"

As Su Yuan's biological brother, no one knows better than him how strong his sister is. From the very beginning, he firmly believed that these seven days of training would not be a difficult task for Su Yuan... Even if she couldn't get the first place, it would be impossible for her to be eliminated on the second day.

But somehow, her name appeared on the elimination list.

Under the star-studded night sky, a young girl wrapped in winter clothes walked slowly in the wind and snow.

Boots stepping on the snow, Su Yuan stood beside him, looked down at him, and stretched out a hand to him expressionlessly.

"Hey, can you get up?"

"I'm not calling you hello, I'm your brother..." Su Zhe couldn't help but complain, and said in confusion, "Didn't you already turn over? Why are you back again?"

"I'm lost." Su Yuan replied indifferently.

Su Zhe: ...

Su Yuan grabbed Su Zhe's wrist with one hand and easily pulled him up from the ground.

"Hey, sister, you didn't come back just to be with your brother, did you?" Su Zhe blinked.

"? Who would come back specially to accompany you, you pervert." Su Yuan rolled his eyes at him, "I told you, I'm lost."

"…What about the Night Watch? Didn't you always want to be a Night Watchman and protect others?"

"It's just an identity, not that important." Su Yuan glanced at Su Zhe and quickly turned his head away. "Anyway, I have learned what I should learn in the past few months. Without a cloak and a medal, I can still protect the people I want to protect.

and……"

Su Yuan paused, looked at the figure sitting quietly on the top of the cliff, and said, "I always feel that... things may turn around."

There was confusion in Su Zhe's eyes.

In the distance, on the snow, the sound of buzzing vehicles was speeding towards them, and the bright spotlights shone on the siblings Su Zhe and Su Yuan, making them squint their eyes at the same time.

The vehicle stopped beside them, and an instructor got out of the car, holding a list in his hand, and spoke calmly:

"Su Zhe and Su Yuan, you are eliminated. Come with me."

The Su siblings looked at each other and reluctantly followed the instructor into the car.

The car door closed and Su Zhe sat by the window, feeling extremely tired.

He turned around and was about to say something, but saw Su Yuan looking through the car window, lost in thought at the new recruits on the cliff who were moving forward with staggering steps.

Su Zhe pursed his lips slightly.

"Instructor, where are we going? Are we going to be repatriated tonight?" Su Zhe couldn't help but ask, "Can we wait until the seven-day training is over before leaving? It doesn't matter if we don't have food or a place to stay, at least... can we watch the oath-taking ceremony of the Night Watchmen with our own eyes?"

"Repatriate?" The instructor raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "Who said we're going to repatriate you?"

Su Zhe and Su Yuan were both stunned.

"Being eliminated at the end only means that you have to quit this extreme hiking journey, but it does not mean that the seven-day training is over." The instructor said leisurely, "For the next four days, you have to go to a new place and continue your training."

Hearing these words, Su Yuan's eyes lit up.

"A new place? Where?"

"The western border of Daxia, Kayushi 019 Border Defense Company."

…

precipice.

Lu Baoyou supported his body and climbed to the top of the cliff. White hot air came out of his mouth and quickly condensed into frost on the plateau at night.

He turned his head and glanced downwards. There were no other figures on the cliff at this moment. The new recruits who were still lagging behind him had been eliminated. It was pitch black and dead silent below, like a bottomless abyss of despair.

Beside him, a figure in a crimson cloak slowly stood up.

Lin Qiye patted the snow off his body, walked up to him, and spoke calmly:

"You shouldn't be in this position, Lu Baoyou."

Lu Baoyou lowered his head and remained silent.

"If you had listened to my advice and stopped to rest before your first climb, you would be ahead of everyone else now." Lin Qiye paused, "Unfortunately, your pride and arrogance made you miss this opportunity, and even almost ruined you forever."

"I……"

“I know you are strong. The power hidden in your body and your amazing willpower give you the capital of confidence and pride...but excessive arrogance and conceit can kill people.

This time you can climb out of the valley with your own strength and luck, but what about next time?

If you can't control your pride, sooner or later, you and your companions will die because of it."

Lu Baoyou's mouth, which was originally open, slowly closed. She did not refute Lin Qiye's words, but stood there in silence with her head down for a long time, then walked away alone.

…

dawn.

Dozens of cars drove across the barren land. The pale sky tore through the darkness. At the end of the horizon, the outlines of several buildings were vaguely visible.

There were a few small buildings painted white with red roofs. They didn't look new, but they were very neat. The walls outside the buildings were tall, and on the stone tablet in front of the door were engraved a few bright red characters:

——Kayushi 019 Border Defense Company.

The vehicle stopped in front of the gate for a moment, and after checking their identities, it slowly drove in with the eliminated recruits.

Su Yuan and Su Zhe got off the car and stood in line under the guidance of the instructors. A rough-looking man in camouflage uniform walked out of the small building. After talking with the instructors for a while, he set his eyes on the eighty recruits.

"Is this what they said above, temporary volunteers for border defense?" The man asked in surprise, "You're all so young? And you look like you have the temperament to join the army... Hey, which military region are you from? How did you think of running to such a remote place like ours to be volunteers?"

"Keep it secret." The instructor smiled mysteriously, "They will be in your hands for the next few days. Don't be polite to them. You can order them around however you want."

"Okay, I understand."

Soon, the instructors got in the car and drove away under the puzzled gazes of the recruits.

The man walked up to them and glanced at everyone:

"At ease."

"stand at attention!"

Looking at the neatly lined up recruits, the man nodded with satisfaction and said:

"In the next four days, you will serve as volunteers and participate in the border defense life on the western border of Daxia. On behalf of the Kayushi 019 Border Defense Company, I welcome you."