Lu Mingyu looked at the gray prompt on the screen that read, “Your teammate Naza has left the team,” and he couldn't help but smile wryly.
He put away his phone and exited the game interface.
He turned his head and met four pairs of eyes flickering with intense gossip.
Li Xiaoniu, Zhou Chenguang, Wu Tianlong, and Wang Yanbing—not one was missing.
They were all Surround around him, with barely suppressed mischievous smiles on their faces.
The helplessness on Lu Mingyu’s face instantly faded, replaced by his usual ice-cold captain’s demeanor.
His gaze swept over each team member’s face.
“It seems your training volume is too low; you even have time to gossip here.”
Lu Mingyu’s voice was not loud, but it carried an undeniable chill.
It felt as if the surrounding temperature had dropped by several degrees.
“Attention, everyone! Today’s training volume will be doubled.”
As soon as he said this, the smiles on the four people’s faces instantly froze.
“Ah? Captain, no!” Li Xiaoniu was the first to cry out.
“We were wrong, Captain!”
“We’ll never dare again!” Zhou Chenguang also quickly pleaded for mercy.
“Doubling it will kill us!” Wang Yanbing wailed.
Wu Tianlong also had a bitter expression, full of regret.
Lu Mingyu completely ignored their wailing and added faintly,
“To test your training results, today I will randomly select one team member for a one-on-one combat drill.”
This sentence was like a thunderclap, exploding among the four.
Everyone in the Megakaryocyte Special Operations Group knew what kind of existence their captain, Lu Mingyu, was.
He was the combat power ceiling of the entire special operations group.
For five consecutive years, he had led the Megakaryocyte Special Operations Group.
They had won the championship in the world’s top international special forces competition.
Not to mention, he also had extensive overseas special training experience, having danced with death on the most brutal battlefields.
Drilling with Lu Mingyu wasn't a drill; it was a unilateral beating.
It wasn’t fighting a person; it was wrestling with a “non-human” in human skin.
“Captain, I protest!” Li Xiaoniu bravely raised his hand.
“Protest denied.” Lu Mingyu coldly spat out four words.
“This is punishment for your meddling just now.”
After speaking, he no longer looked at the team members’ faces, which were as bitter as gourds.
He turned directly, took long strides, and walked towards the training ground.
His back was as straight as a pine, his steps steady and powerful, without the slightest hesitation.
The team members looked at each other, their expressions worse than crying.
But the captain’s orders were absolute; they dared not disobey.
The few of them could only follow Lu Mingyu dejectedly, like a group of prisoners about to be led to the execution ground.
Along the way, the few of them exchanged frantic glances, silently praying in their hearts.
Please don’t pick me.
Please don’t pick me.
Gods and Buddhas protect me, it must not be me.
Soon, the group arrived at the open-air training ground.
Lu Mingyu stopped in front of a complex obstacle course.
He turned around, his sharp gaze slowly sweeping over each team member.
Everyone he looked at involuntarily straightened their backs, while also burying their heads even lower in their hearts.
The air seemed to solidify.
Finally, Lu Mingyu’s gaze settled on Li Xiaoniu.
“Li Xiaoniu, step forward.”
Li Xiaoniu’s body trembled violently.
He almost collapsed; he reluctantly shuffled out of the line.
“Captain… Is it really me?” he asked with a last glimmer of hope.
“Otherwise?” Lu Mingyu raised an eyebrow, “Weren’t you the loudest just now?”
Li Xiaoniu immediately wanted to cry but had no tears.
“The event is armed obstacle course traversal.”
Lu Mingyu pointed to the obstacle area in front of them, which consisted of high walls, barbed wire, a log bridge, and a mud pit.
“I’ll give you a thirty-second head start.”
Upon hearing this, Li Xiaoniu immediately perked up; this was an unprecedented concession from the captain.
He immediately adjusted his state, took a deep breath, and prepared to sprint.
At Lu Mingyu’s command, Li Xiaoniu shot out like an arrow from a bow.
Thirty seconds later, Lu Mingyu’s figure also moved.
He was like a nimble leopard, his movements clean and precise, without the slightest wasted motion.
When climbing over the high wall, he only needed a few running steps and pushes, using his arm strength, and he had already lightly flipped over.
When passing through the low barbed wire, his body was close to the ground, moving as fast as a crawling lightning bolt.
Zhou Chenguang, Wu Tianlong, and Wang Yanbing, who were standing by, watched in stunned silence.
The gap between them and the captain was like the difference between a regular player and a max-level game master.
Not long after, Lu Mingyu’s figure had already appeared at the finish line.
He looked at the timer on his wrist, his expression unchanged, and even his breathing was not disturbed.
It was another five full minutes before Li Xiaoniu, dragging himself covered in mud and looking like a dead dog, crossed the finish line.
He collapsed onto the ground, gasping for air.
“My goodness, Xiaoniu is so miserable.” Wu Tianlong whispered to Zhou Chenguang.
“Yeah, he was a full five minutes slower, and that was with the captain giving him thirty seconds.” Zhou Chenguang also sighed.
Li Xiaoniu, lying on the ground, heard their discussion and was furious.
He roared with all his strength, “You two are talking without feeling the pain!”
“If you’re so capable, you try training with the captain!”
Lu Mingyu walked over to Li Xiaoniu and looked down at him.
He reached out and patted Li Xiaoniu’s muddy shoulder.
“Good speed, but your explosive power needs improvement; keep up the good work.”
After speaking, he turned and left the training ground, leaving behind a dashing figure.
Returning to his independent office, Lu Mingyu closed the door, shutting out the outside noise.
He took out his phone from his pocket and opened the familiar chat application.
On the screen, a chat box with a “Naza” avatar displayed an unread message.
It was from Gu Lina Zha.
“Mingyu, I checked the express delivery information.”
“The item I sent you the day before yesterday seems to have been signed for by the Haining City Military Sub-district Headquarters.”
Lu Mingyu saw the message, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved slightly upwards as his fingers quickly tapped on the screen.
“Yes, I received it.”
“The military has regulations that all incoming express deliveries must undergo security checks.”
As soon as the message was sent, the other party replied almost instantly.
“Ah? Checked? Then... will the package be opened?”
Between the lines, Lu Mingyu could feel her nervousness.
He thought for a moment and replied, “What’s wrong?”
“Is there contraband inside?”
Gu Lina Zha sent a frantic emoji.
“Of course not!”
“It’s just... there’s a photo of me inside... I’m afraid of others seeing it...”