Lantern Sister is still very capable.

Chapter 39 Potential

“Lights, lights, and—how many more circles…” Jin Xiaoyue asked, pausing frequently.

"This is the 14th lap, we'll be done soon," Chu Deng said calmly.

"..." Tu Leqi was both tired and wanted to laugh. She had only run 14 laps. She and Zhang Mengmeng had 6 laps left to finish and felt that they could still hold on, but Chu Deng and Jin Xiaoyue had only run halfway.

Zhang Mengmeng's face was flushed. She was too tired to speak and was being pulled along mechanically by Tu Leqi.

Jin Xiaoyue was stunned by Chu Deng's calm expression. She felt that she was about to finish the race. Regardless of whether she was physically tired, the psychological pressure was relieved. So Chu Deng continued to shout the slogan "one, two, one".

After another lap, Jin Xiaoyue was still in a daze when she heard cheers behind her. She couldn't help but turn around and look, only to see many people walking slowly.

"Lights, lights, them?" Jin Xiaoyue couldn't help but ask.

The kids are so tired from running, Chu Deng said with affection, looking at her friend. "They only had fifteen laps left, and they've already finished. We'll just have two more."

"Oh, oh." Jin Xiaoyue remembered that the two of them had to run more than others to be late.

Huo Xuan continued to lecture those who immediately drank water and collapsed after finishing their run, "Get up and walk slowly!!!"

After two or three more laps, most of the latecomers began to leave, slowly walking to relax their tense muscles.

By this time, they had been running for nearly an hour and a half, averaging one lap every five minutes. The sky had completely darkened, but the lights on the track were as bright as day.

Chu Deng continued chanting the slogans without showing any signs of fatigue. She didn't care about anyone else, only Jin Xiaoyue and the others, because she was chanting the slogans for them.

On lap 19, Zhang Mengmeng was dragged along by Tu Leqi with a dazed look in her eyes. Both of them were panting heavily from exhaustion. Fortunately, it was only the last lap, so they could run slowly.

After confirming the situation, Chu Deng led Jin Xiaoyue to continue moving forward at a steady pace.

"Xiaoyue is so lucky to have a friend like Chu Deng." Zhang Mengmeng chuckled.

In fact, many people in the class are very interested in Chu Deng. She is beautiful and studies well. Not only in Class 1, but also in other classes, people are curious about Chu Deng. Some even come to her class under the pretense of passing by to see her after class.

At first, it was just shyness. But when everyone finally mustered up the courage to be friends with Chu Deng, Jin Xiaoyue had already taken her place. In addition, Chu Deng didn't like to communicate with others at school and was always with Jin Xiaoyue. Gradually, everyone could only be Chu Deng's classmate.

“You have me too!” Tu Leqi patted Zhang Mengmeng, whose eyes were full of envy.

"Yes!" Zhang Mengmeng smiled. "I'm very happy too!"

The two crossed the starting line and finally finished twenty laps, then began to chat as they walked.

Huo Xuan gave everyone a half-hour break before leading them to continue practicing standing in formation. While everyone rested, he also needed to organize the data and develop training plans tailored to each person's physical condition.

Of course, these are all excuses; the real reason is to assess potential.

This physical training is divided into three stages. The first stage is pure physical training for more than half a month. In April, the first round of physical fitness tests will begin, accounting for 35% of the test, to screen out those who do not have the potential to become superhumans.

After another month of intensive training, the second round of exams will begin in May, accounting for 35% of the total score. This is particularly important as it determines whether or not one can enter the training base.

The final round is internal training. By this round, the identities of those who have awakened their superpowers have been basically confirmed, and they are now considered one of us. The third round of awakening exams will begin in June, accounting for 30% of the total.

The base will invest heavily in nurturing these individuals with the potential to become high-level superhumans, and even hopes to encounter promising talents at the captain level.

I just don't know how many new students can be selected from the 984 students in the senior year of Haishi No.1 High School. Will there be even one?

Huo Xuan turned off his privacy-protected personal terminal and thought indifferently.

The selection of people with special abilities is even more brutal than the one in ten thousand.

That's why Huo Xuan thought it was a complete waste of their team's training time. The training that these sixty students considered extremely difficult was child's play in his eyes. Until now, none of them had a chance to become superhumans.

Only one person impressed him, someone who was extraordinary from the very beginning—

Chu Lantern.

Huo Xuan had no doubt that she would become a superhuman. What interested him was what type of ability she would awaken, and what level she would reach upon her first awakening.

What made Huo Xuan even more suspicious was that Chu Deng might already be a superhuman, the kind of superhuman that the base management both loved and hated, hiding her special abilities and remaining an unpredictable ticking time bomb.

Just like the potential danger of a group of people passing by carrying a knife, who can guarantee that he won't hurt others because of a bad mood?

After all, everyone has their share of disappointments.

Even Huo Xuan couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't do something troublesome out of boredom if he wasn't being tightly suppressed by his superiors.

A sudden gust of wind swept across the playground, making the sweating students exclaim with delight.

A sudden gust of wind made Chu Deng squint. She glanced at the instructor standing not far away, took Jin Xiaoyue's wrist, and crossed the starting line, completing the 23rd lap.

"We have ten minutes of rest left," Huo Xuan announced.

"Even if you can't finish the run, you still have to train. If you really can't finish, we'll have to sacrifice your rest time."

As of now, only Chu Deng, Jin Xiaoyue, Meng Qiuhe, and Pei Hanxing are still running laps on the playground.

In fact, ten minutes was more than enough for Chu Deng to run four laps, but she didn't want to reveal her identity as a superhuman directly, because she couldn't explain how she had advanced to level four on her own. So she pretended not to hear and continued running at her own pace, unhurried.

Meng Qiuhe, however, was being urged on. He took a deep breath, grabbed Pei Hanxing's sleeve, and started sprinting. They had two laps left.

Pei Hanxing stumbled and almost fell. He said weakly, "If you're in a hurry, go ahead. I'll run slowly."

Meng Qiuhe glanced at his good brother and nodded.

So Pei Hanxing ran silently, following behind Chu Deng.

"Don't run with your back bent, inhale, exhale."

Pei Hanxing subconsciously straightened her back and began to breathe.

"Come on, give me your hand." Chu Deng's voice seemed to carry a hint of laughter.

Whether it was the heat in his ears or something else, Pei Hanxing felt so hot that his heart softened. He couldn't help but reach out his hand with trembling hands, but in the next moment he suddenly came to his senses and realized that Chu Deng was not talking to him.

Chu Deng took Jin Xiaoyue's hand and walked away.

Pei Hanxing silently withdrew her hand, her face flushed, but her pace slowed down, not daring to approach the two people in front of her.

Meng Qiuhe, who was on the last lap, passed by him and said, "We're not brothers, so why do you look like you're about to cry? Is it really that bad?"

It felt like my whole body was about to shatter.

"..." Pei Hanxing lowered her head. "It's nothing."

The carefree Meng Qiuhe was full of doubt. After thinking for a moment, he went around behind Pei Hanxing, stretched out his hands, and pushed his good brother to run.

"Hurry up, hurry up, there's only a little left." The loyal friend Meng Qiuhe not only pushed Pei Hanxing to finish his lap, but also ran another lap with Pei Hanxing. Under the watchful eye of instructor Huo Xuan, he shook off the sweat from his head like a golden retriever emerging from water, and then got kicked by Huo Xuan.

"Let's go for one more lap."