Chapter 59: First Assessment – Reaction Speed (1/2)

Wang Ying spoke with the other two soldiers and then left with Xu Cheng. She led him back to the military base she was instructing at and brought him to conduct combat-related assessments.

Shi Wenbin and his partner saw that the monster had just left with their goddess-like instructor.

Such an effective way of picking up girls!

The two practiced for a bit and also went back to their military base to see what Xu Cheng was doing.

At the base, there were many existing combat sites and equipment that could be provided to Xu Cheng for self-testing, so the environment was a lot better than the clubhouse they were just at.

“There’s a shooting range at our military, and the conventional assessment involves a machine that will shoot out flying discs randomly, and the disc will disappear into cover after only two seconds. If someone doesn’t have a fast reaction time, they won’t even be able to fire the shot in time, let alone hit it. This is the most difficult assessment setup we have in place.”

Shi Wenbin and his partner walked over as they nodded. Speaking of this, Shi Wenbin was still a little proud, because disc-shooting was his strong suit. Immediately, his mouth opened. “It’s not easy to perform well in this. We are all pretty good in other areas and we only go to those professional strength-training clubhouses when we need to work on our power and explosive strength.”

Xu Cheng didn’t reply. He was just thinking about what level to start his training at. If it was just shooting discs, he already perfected the skill back when he was still in the military, and it wouldn’t be useful for testing the limit of his reaction speed.

Seeing that Xu Cheng was hesitating, Wang Ying pointed at Xu Wenbin and said, “If you want someone as a benchmark to compare to, Shi Wenbin can compete with you. He’s pretty good when it comes to reaction speed, especially in this 2-second disc-shooting assessment; his score is pretty high up there in our entire military region. Many people might try their best and only hit 1 out of 10, and Shi Wenbin still holds the record of being able to hit 3. You can compare yourself to him.”

Finally seeing that his skills were recognized by Instructor Wang, Shi Wenbin was secretly laughing inside. He coughed and said, “Even during that run, I was lucky with one of the shots. It’s just really difficult because your brain can hardly react in time the second the disc flies out, which in turn affects your speed to move your hand and aim. Unlike other disc-shooting machines, this one doesn’t give you any notification and the disc will just come out without a sound. You can only rely on your eyes to detect it.”

Xu Cheng nodded. He really didn’t need this explanation. Of course, since Instructor Wang recommended this, he didn’t know how to reject, since there didn’t seem to be any better means to test his reaction speed.

“Okay, let me give it a try.”

Shi Wenbin immediately went to get the prop gun. Seeing how enthusiastic and excited he was, his partner obviously knew that Shi Wenbin had been waiting for a long time to show off in front of Wang Ying. Strictly speaking, Wang Ying was only an instructor for strength and physique training and wasn’t their general instructor. They were all about the same age, so it was inevitable for the male hormones to act up and the male to want to show off in front of the beautiful female. If it wasn’t for the rule in place in their military region, they would’ve started courting Instructor Wang.

Unfortunately, Wang Ying didn’t care about anything else other than their body and strength training when it came to these two. As a result, Shi Wenbin and his partner never got a chance to show off other skills they were good at.

So now, Shi Wenbin almost couldn’t wait for this opportunity. In addition, if he could outperform Xu Cheng, maybe it would make Instructor Wang even more impressed.

Thinking back to the day they saw Xu Cheng breaking the dynamometer, he realized that Wang Ying’s curiosity towards Xu Cheng was definitely through the roof. In other words, right now, Xu Cheng was definitely at the center of Wang Ying’s attention, and if Shi Wenbing could teach Xu Cheng a lesson and take his ego down a notch, then Wang Ying would definitely admire him too.