After successfully being the first to stand on top of the second wall, Austine finally seemed to realize something. He looked somewhat blankly at the distance between the two walls.
"So as long as I'm decisive, I can also do it."
At this time, among the others, Dai Mubai — who had the fastest progress — had just climbed over the first wall. Dai Mubai had never been the type to plan his way through obstacles beforehand. Without thinking, he directly jumped down from the top of the first wall, took a few steps forward, and then jumped up wanting to reach the top of the second wall.
But the second wall was fifty centimeters higher than the first wall, and with only three meters of horizontal distance between the two walls, Dai Mubai simply could not gain enough acceleration with such limited space.
On top of that, his body still hadn't adapted to the suddenly increased gravity. His first attempt actually failed to grab the top of the wall, and his whole body slammed into the wall with a "thud."
This scene instantly made Tang San stop his own movement when he was about to jump down from the first wall. He also stopped Ma Hongjun beside him, who had also been about to jump.
In the end, it was Austine — who had already recovered — that reached down from the top of the wall and pulled Dai Mubai up, allowing him to successfully climb onto the wall.
During this process, Austine noticed the number displayed on Dai Mubai's soul tool waist screen: "3," meaning Dai Mubai was under triple gravity.
Austine lifted his eyebrows and looked at the numbers on Tang San and Ma Hongjun's waists. As expected, everyone's numbers were different.
"Wasn't it supposed to be unified weight? Triple gravity… no wonder Boss Dai was so miserable just now, even needing my help."
Thinking this, Austine suddenly realized a problem — could every obstacle on this track really be passed relying on one's own strength alone?
Thinking of this, Austine quickly grabbed Dai Mubai, who wanted to continue running forward. The confused Dai Mubai turned back, and from the higher vantage point, both of them saw a sight that made their expressions darken.
Ning Rongrong, whose physical fitness was the worst, couldn't even climb up the first wall after the weight was applied.
In the end, Oscar had to crouch under the wall to serve as a stepping point, and Tang San and Ma Hongjun pulled her up from the wall top so Ning Rongrong could successfully climb up.
Once everyone stood on the top of the first wall, Tang San explained Dai Mubai's situation.
"Mubai's physical fitness is the best among us. Since even he couldn't directly flip onto the second wall, I think the others shouldn't be able to do it either."
"Then how did Little Ao get up there?" Ma Hongjun had been one step behind Tang San earlier and didn't see Austine's movement, so he asked in confusion.
"Little Ao jumped over directly from this wall. I saw his movements just now — very smooth and stretched, clearly something he has practiced. If we can't grasp that technique, it may not be easy to jump over directly.
After all, the weight is very heavy now, and we cannot use soul power to enhance our physical ability. In practice, our bodies are no different from ordinary people. Otherwise, how could Rongrong fail to climb up?"
Austine had nothing to say about Tang San's observation ability. His movements belonged to parkour techniques — something that indeed required a fair amount of practice to master.
Parkour skills appeared in the All-Knowledge Library as part of the long-range attack specialization learning category.
Although Austine didn't understand why a skill more useful for escaping appeared in the attack specialization category, the visuals in the videos looked so cool that he followed his heart and practiced them seriously.
Seeing Austine agreeing with Tang San's explanation and confirming his movement indeed required technique, the others didn't look very happy.
Did this mean they could only pull each person up one by one? Waste of time aside — it consumed too much energy.
Although they didn't know the specifics of the training project like Austine did, they didn't need to think to understand that the mission arranged by the Master wouldn't be easy. Every bit of stamina had to be used at the key moment.
Finally, Tang San broke the silence.
"Mubai and Little Ao first catch Rongrong. The rest of you try on your own. If it really doesn't work, then pull them up.
Standing on the wall isn't a good idea. Let's clear this part and get to flat ground before discussing further."
Although Dai Mubai didn't like Tang San's behavior, he wouldn't reject a correct suggestion.
"Let's do as Little San said. You guys toss Rongrong; Little Ao and I will catch her."
Once Ning Rongrong was safely caught by Austine and Dai Mubai and landed smoothly, the others began jumping down one by one from the top of the first wall and attempting to climb the second wall relying on their own strength.
In the end, only Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing succeeded. Oscar and Ma Hongjun had to be pulled up by others on the wall.
Standing behind the obstacle wall, everyone fell into silence. They already realized the difficulty of the Master's task.
Their stamina was still at its fullest, yet there were already obstacles they couldn't pass relying solely on themselves. Once stamina dropped later, it would definitely be worse.
Austine, who was debating whether to speak, accidentally met Tang San's gaze and saw the kind of awkward expression on Tang San's face — wanting to speak but holding back.
Raising his eyebrows, Austine understood. Tang San had clearly figured out the Master's intention already, but because of his current relationship with everyone else, saying it himself might cause unnecessary misunderstandings, so he didn't want to speak.
Taking a deep breath, Austine knew it was time to play his usual role in the team.
After the calm time earlier and after completing a movement he wouldn't have attempted before, even though Austine still couldn't completely overcome the psychological pressure of possibly failing the task, his mind was clear enough to think through the best strategy. After all, he had already known the Master's intention from the beginning.
Before Tang San joined them, Austine had always played the strategist role in their four-man group.
Dai Mubai, although Captain with great leadership, preferred relying on strength and direct action to push the team forward. Only when he encountered something he absolutely couldn't brute force would he start using his brain.
Given his personality, whenever they acted as a group, Dai Mubai only led and made decisions. Analysis and thinking always fell to Austine.
Lightly coughing twice to draw everyone's attention, Austine finally spoke:
"The situation is already very clear. This mission is absolutely not something everyone can complete alone, and relying on one person's power is impossible.
Think about the Master's last sentence. That was definitely not meaningless nonsense. Based on my analysis, this entire training mission from the start was meant to be completed through cooperation — like a real team — combining everyone's strength to finish it."
Hearing this, the previously hesitant Ning Rongrong finally hardened her resolve to speak.
"Even though this is just the beginning, and even though I don't want to admit that I'm much worse than all of you…
But what happened just now made me understand clearly — even with only 0.5× gravity, I probably can't complete this alone."
After Ning Rongrong finished, Oscar followed:
"I checked everyone's gravity weights. Rongrong is 0.5×, Little Ao and I are 1.5×, Zhuqing, Fatty, and Xiao Wu are 2×, Dai Boss and Little San are 3×.
Among these, Rongrong, Fatty, and I should already be past our limits. Zhuqing, Dai Boss, Little San, and Xiao Wu are roughly at their suitable limits. Little Ao probably has a bit of spare capacity.
Given this situation, I think from now on we should move at the pace of the slowest person, all running together at a uniform speed. When needed, we can exchange weights.
After all, the Master only said we cannot use soul power; he never said we cannot exchange the gravity belts.
I agree with Little Ao. The Master must want us to help each other and complete the mission together. Otherwise, there's no way to explain why he specifically said that sentence."
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