Navy headquarters.
Elite recruit camp.
At this moment, in the training room.
Hundreds of youths were training hard.
As the Chief Instructor of the elite battalion, Zefa watched from the side with a dignified expression.
When he saw two of the youths, his expression relaxed and he nodded to himself.
One of them had a cross wound on his chin, while the other had a head full of silver hair.
It was Drake and Smoggy.
These two people were influential figures in the elite camp.
The former was an ancient dinosaur fruit ability user. After staying in the elite camp for two years, he displayed shocking talent and suppressed all the elite veterans, becoming the leader of the elite.
As for the latter, he was an elite recruit who had entered the camp this year. He had the natural smoke ability. In just a year, he had risen to become a rising star and was on par with Drake.
From these two people, Zefa could vaguely see the shadow of the Red Hound Yellow Ape. He believed that in time, these two people would definitely have extraordinary achievements.
Then, Zefa's gaze continued to scan the area. When it landed on the handsome young man in the corner, he couldn't help but sigh.
"What a pity."
This young man was called Xia Ming. He was also training meticulously, and his movements were even more accurate than Drake and Smogg's. However, Zefa shook his head slightly.
He knew that no matter how hard Xia Ming tried, he would never be able to catch up to Drake and Smoggy.
It was worth mentioning that Xia Ming had entered the elite camp a year earlier than Drake. He had already been in the elite camp for almost three years.
However, his strength was far inferior to Drake's, and even worse than Smoggy's.
It wasn't that Xia Ming wasn't working hard. On the contrary, Zefa had led the elite battalion for so many years and had never seen anyone who worked harder than Xia Ming.
The elite recruit camp was known as the cradle of naval generals. One could imagine how tough the training was.
The training time alone was definitely more than eight hours a day!
On the other hand, Xia Ming's daily training time was sixteen hours!
It was twice as much as others!
Zefa also knew that Xia Ming was meticulous in his training and never felt tired!
Even so, Xia Ming's strength was still at the bottom among the many new recruits of the elite camp.
He had no choice because his talent was too low.
Many times, what others could learn in a day, he might not understand in three days.
As a result, even though Xia Ming had been working very hard in his cultivation, he was still gradually pulled apart by the others over the past three years. In the end, he was ranked last.
To be honest, Zefa also felt that it was not worth it for Xia Ming, but he really could not help.
Because he also felt that pure hard work was useless.
Without the corresponding talent, no matter how hard you work, you can't compare to those with strong talent.
Aunt Charlotte Lingling was an obvious example.
This woman was born with divine strength and had copper skin and iron bones. She had never cultivated before, but she had destroyed the Giant Country when she was five years old.
There was no need to say how terrifying his talent was.
No matter how hard Xia Ming tried, he might not be able to reach Charlotte Lingling's starting point of five.
Of course.
Xia Ming's efforts were not completely useless.
From Zefa's point of view, Xia Ming's aptitude was at most the life of a normal battalion recruit. Three years ago, he was able to pass the normal battalion assessment and enter the elite battalion, which was already a small miracle.
But that was all.
Xia Ming might not even be qualified to take part in the graduation exam.
Thinking of this, Zefa fell silent.
Two hours later.
After the training ended, Zefa ordered the team to disperse and left.
The recruits scattered like birds and beasts.
As influential figures in the elite camp, Drake and Smoggy were naturally surrounded by the other recruits, leaving while laughing and joking.
As for Xia Ming, he had no intention of leaving. He continued to do push-ups meticulously.
Drops of sweat rolled down from his forehead, forming a puddle under his body.
However, his efforts did not receive any praise. Instead, it attracted waves of ridicule.
"Haha, that kid is training harder again!”
"Hey, Senior Xia Ming, stop struggling and obediently leave the elite camp!”
"Good luck, I'm waiting to see you counterattack! Haha!"
The ones who mocked the loudest were Bergood and Hughen.
The former was Doudou's fruit ability user, while the latter was Rust's fruit ability user.
The two of them were in the same batch as Drake and had entered the elite camp a year later than Xia Ming. However, humiliating Xia Ming, a senior who was more hardworking but weaker than them, made them feel very refreshed.
As for Xia Ming's classmates, they were naturally ashamed to be associated with Xia Ming, who was at the bottom of the list. Therefore, even if someone humiliated Xia Ming, they would turn a blind eye.
However, Xia Ming did not pay attention to Berigold and Huen's taunts. Instead, he gritted his teeth and continued training.
Bergood and Hughen naturally mocked even louder.
"It's fine if you don't reply to us, but you have to work hard. Don't get kicked out of the elite camp.”
Xia Ming still didn't reply, but there was some fluctuation in his eyes.
It was worth mentioning that the elite camp had a large-scale assessment every year.
For Xia Ming, who had been in the elite camp for three years, this assessment was equivalent to a graduation assessment.
There were no passing grades in this graduation assessment, only grades. In other words, after the recruit assessment, the navy government would assign different positions according to their assessment results.
However, there was another prerequisite here. Before participating in the graduation assessment, there would be a Dao Power Value test.
This Dao Power Test was actually used to test whether the veterans of the elite camp had the ability to become a navy general after graduation.
If they couldn't even meet a certain standard, then there was no need for them to participate in the graduation assessment. They would even be transferred out of the elite camp and become a low-level navy officer. In that case, it would be no different from being kicked out of the elite camp.
Xia Ming was at a level where he could barely pass the test of Dao Power.
Realizing this, Xia Ming's eyes turned gloomy.
Was hard work really useless?
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