Apocalypse: the Most Ruthless Person

Chapter 750: Chapter 621: Zhao Dezhu’s Integrity

“Leader, don’t have so much confidence in us, it’s too high. At least eighty percent of people won’t meet the standard!”

The wailing voice from the crowd was none other than Wang Zhetao, who failed the first two-hundred-meter test.

“Yes, Leader, please lower the difficulty a bit…”

“Thank you for your trust, but I’m not very confident!”

“Begging you to lower the difficulty.”

The atmosphere was relaxed, so as long as someone led the way, there would inevitably be followers.

“Cough, cough!”

Zhang Su coughed, waited for the scene to quiet down, and pointed to the top of the pole, saying, “At any time, you must hold on to the belief in victory, besides, this is a selection, not child’s play!”

After speaking, Zhang Su jumped up in place, casually making a leap.

“Oh my gosh!”

“Brother, give us a break.”

“Isn’t this letting us live?”

Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Zhang Su jumped up and touched the top of the pole lightly with his forehead, then floated back to the ground, seeming to exert no effort at all.

“See, I can do it so easily, so naturally, it shouldn’t be too hard for you. That’s the standard! Ladies, look over here, that’s your standard, two meters and seventy centimeters.”

Zhang Su pointed to the pole held by Ju Mumio and said.

During the high jump stage, Zhang Su slightly lowered the requirements for women, but even so, it still put pressure on many female members because the way to exert force when jumping is different from sprinting.

During the previous survival process, running was required almost every day, but jumping wasn’t necessarily.

Male members had already pleaded once, to no avail, so the female members didn’t bother with unnecessary protests and accepted it calmly.

After clarifying the test rules, they split into male and female teams quickly, and the process was fast, with one person after another, passing or not was clear at a glance, and recording it was equally straightforward.

The female members’ test took less than two minutes to complete, while the male members took about ten minutes.

In fact, it turned out that some things couldn’t be taken for granted; a three-point-two-meter high jump standard for men wasn’t hard, with a compliance rate as high as eighty percent, which many couldn’t quite believe themselves.

Twenty-five people who didn’t meet the standard felt very frustrated, some because they weren’t ready and wasted their chance by jumping early, and some twisted their ankles in the first running test…

Some just couldn’t make it, like Wang Zhetao, who was causing a commotion at first, while his father, Wang Guangjun, passed the test again, proving the father stronger than the son!

The test didn’t have specific numbers, but through simple observation, Zhang Su could confirm that the champion was the limping Xie Guangfa!

His height is barely one meter seventy, one leg has an old injury making it inconvenient, yet he could jump up and touch the top of the pole with his wrist. There were others who touched the pole with their wrists too, but they were all tall, and the tallest, Knight of Light Fan Dahai, even touched the top of the pole with the middle of his forearm.

However, Fan Dahai and Xie Guangfa’s height had a twenty-centimeter difference, which meant in absolute jumping height, Xie Guangfa was still ahead, showcasing his incredible leg explosive power!

The female members, on the other hand, were quite lacking. Even though Zhang Su showed special consideration for the women, only five reached the standard.

The most dazzling among them was still Ma Xueyan, surpassing the standard by at least thirty centimeters, light as a swallow as her name suggests. The most unfortunate was Su Xiaoya, who was so close that growing her nails for ten more days might have made her succeed, or she could have succeeded with a second chance by summarizing her experience, but unfortunately, there is no if.

“Hmm… In terms of jumping ability, ladies, you need to up your game, it’s really bad!”

Zhang Su unreservedly criticized and then pointed to the direction of the Village No.1 entrance, saying, “For the final test, we change location, follow me!”

After that, he led everyone toward the village.

The distance of two or three hundred meters was covered quickly, and the busy people in the village curiously eyed the crowd, with some who weren’t very busy joining to see what was happening.

Zhang Su pointed to the big object lying on the ground next to an abandoned house at the village entrance and said to everyone, “This is the final test.”

People followed Zhang Su’s finger in amazement, seeing an enormous tire, seemingly about one and a half meters in diameter, with an unknown weight…

This tire was from an excavator, dragged back from Niuquanzi Town, already scrapped, but Zhang Su kept it thinking it would be useful, and sure enough, it is now.

Some people nodded slowly in realization, evidently understanding what’s next, while others were utterly baffled.

“The first test was running speed, the second was jumping height, and the third is overall strength. The method is simple; you just need to flip this tire over!”

Upon hearing Zhang Su’s words, some visibly sighed in relief, thinking flipping a tire shouldn’t be hard.

The female members’ faces turned pale…

Unlike running and jumping, the big tire on the ground weighed at least two to three hundred pounds. Flipping it was physically demanding work requiring raw strength. While technique was necessary, without the power, all technique was futile!

Everyone had learned their lesson not to protest anymore, as it was pointless, but some things were unclear and needed to be asked.

“Brother Zhang, what’s the standard, flip it once?”

The person asking was Liu Lan, someone Zhang Su recognized from a conversation with Qiu Hui.

Recently, during his patrols, Zhang Su had paid special attention to Liu Lan, noticing nothing unusual, planning to find an opportunity to have someone sound her out since there’s no solid evidence and one couldn’t rely solely on Qiu Hui’s words.

Liu Lan’s performance in the previous two tests was average, passing the running but failing the high jump, ensuring at least her entrance into the Reserve Corps. If she was ambitious, the final test would be crucial.

“The standard will be announced later. Zhuzi, help move the tire to a spacious area!”

Zhang Su waved to Zhao Dezhu, giving him a subtle look at the same time.

“Alright!”

Zhao Dezhu, although not good at decision-making, wasn’t stupid and instantly grasped Zhang Su’s meaning through his gaze.

“This project is quite niche, surely many haven’t encountered it before. When lining up for the test, those who know how go upfront, watch and learn for those who don’t. Come, let Zhao Dezhu demonstrate first.”

Zhang Su said to the crowd.

The crowd spontaneously erupted in applause.

“Just a sloppy performance, sloppy performance!”

Zhao Dezhu waved to the crowd and approached the tire.

With Yama Corps’ elder brother demonstrating personally, they had to watch intently, focusing their gaze on Zhao Dezhu.

Standing in front of the tire, Zhao Dezhu squatted and slightly cleaned the dirt from the edge of the tire, found a grip, then with his fingers probing in, his shoulder tensed, and with a light grunt, he lifted one side of the tire, then adeptly used his body’s combined strength to cleverly flip it over with fluid movements.

Swish, thud!

The crowd, seeing Zhao Dezhu effortlessly do it, thought the tire must have hollowed out and weighed next to nothing, but when it hit the ground with a heavy thud, it startled them, revealing that heavy is relative!

“Humph, ha, hey…”

Although Zhang Su and Ju Mumio’s combat powers were almost at T0 level within the Yama Corps, Zhao Dezhu followed closely, topping the first tier without any apparent weaknesses in combat capabilities, his physical fitness was top-notch, handling such a comprehensive test with ease.

Zhang Su roughly timed it; in ten seconds, Zhao Dezhu flipped the tire seven times. He wasn’t certain about the significance of this achievement, but judging by Zhao Dezhu’s expression, he seemed to retain some energy, though not much.

Amidst the swirling dust, the giant tire was moved to a vacant lot.

Bang!

“Phew…”

Amidst the dust, Zhao Dezhu turned to Zhang Su: “Brother, is this spot alright?”

Feeling the admiring gazes around, he rejoiced internally.

“OK!”

Zhang Su smiled and gestured with a thumbs-up.

“Brother Zhuzi, exhausted? Look, you’re already breaking a sweat. Let me help you wipe it off; don’t catch a cold.”

A charming beauty stepped out from the crowd of onlookers toward Zhao Dezhu, gracefully reaching out to help wipe his sweat.

Such occurrences were commonplace among ordinary members; currying favor with capable individuals wasn’t embarrassing and was taken for granted, but it was unusual among Yama Corps members, including Zhao Dezhu himself!

On Celestial Horse Island, such temptation was relatively rare. He wasn’t used to such things, but as the fragrant scent wafted in, he felt a wave of delight, but upon seeing the teasing gazes of Zhang Su, Qi Xiaoshuai, Pan Guoliang, and the slightly icy look from Yuwen, he shivered all over.

“No need, no need, step aside. I’m done; please don’t block the others from testing!”

With that, Zhao Dezhu pushed away the beauty who wanted to wipe his sweat, walking towards the Yama Corps crowd with a steadfast expression.