Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.
During these three months, apart from the daily unshakable long-distance running endurance training, there was the "Survival Teaching Course", which was a general term. Obviously, it had withstood the test of time here. It was mainly divided into two major categories: "Foraging" and "Collecting Resources"!
These were also the basic abilities that Scavengers must master!
"Foraging" was further divided into several courses, namely "Water Source", "Shelter", "Obtaining Food", and "Survival".
Each course contained extremely extensive content. First of all, the "Water Source" course taught how to find water sources in different environments. These environments were divided into four major categories in total: jungle, desert, mountainous area, and swamp!
It was the easiest to find water sources in the jungle, but there were often hidden dangers in the jungle. How to avoid these dangers was the content taught in the "Survival" course.
In addition to finding water sources, there were also water source filtration and the detection of different water qualities, and so on.
Obviously, Scavengers not only had to survive outside the Great Wall themselves but also needed to collect water source specimens from different places and bring them back to the Great Wall for research. The entire Sylvia Great Wall was a huge and sturdy shelter!
In addition to "Foraging", "Collecting Resources" was also divided into four major courses, with a huge amount of knowledge. They were "Mining", "Collecting Herbs", "Geological Survey", and "Exploration".
Any one of these courses was a specialized course taught in an individual academy outside!
That is to say, any one of these courses required three years of study in an outside academy, and only those who were smart and diligent could graduate! But here, they had to learn all of them within just three years!
Only by mastering all of them could they meet the requirements set by Tob and be able to survive!
In these three months, for Dudian, the most difficult thing was not the eight courses but the endurance training and the physical training in the "Mining" course. Every time it was as strenuous as if he were on the verge of death. However, his progress in these three months was also extremely obvious. From the initial result of running five laps in thirty minutes on the first day, after a week, he was able to run five laps in twenty minutes. By the end of half a month, he could already run five laps in fifteen minutes!
It was not until a month later that he finally earned the right to have breakfast, and he was still the last one among the children!
The two breakfast opportunities he had initially obtained were used by him on the second day and the fifteenth day of the month respectively, which helped him get through the difficult times.
The continuous improvement in speed was not only due to the gradual elimination of the aftereffects of the freezing chamber but also mainly because of his own willpower, which allowed him to hold on even when he was on the verge of fainting from exhaustion time and time again.
In the second month, the aftereffects of the freezing chamber were completely eliminated. Normally, it would have taken another three or four months to be completely eliminated, but the intense training in this month accelerated this process. After the aftereffects of the freezing chamber were completely eliminated, his speed immediately increased astonishingly. In the daily endurance training, he was already able to steadily rank among the top ten!
By the third month, he was already among the top three every time!
This astonishing rate of progress made the other children look at him with new eyes. Especially Mekin and the other two children who lived in the same room as Dudian gave him a nickname, "Crazy Bull"!
"Law, Chapter Two, The Regulatory Function of Law..."
In the quiet library, Dudian stood in front of the law bookshelf, holding a basic law introduction book in his hand and reading it quietly. Since the start of the third month, he had been setting aside ten minutes every day to study law in the library. This was the longest time he could spare.
"Dian, why are you reading the law again? Teacher Tob said that there is an exam today. We should review carefully. If we don't pass, we will be eliminated," Mekin, who was in front of a geological bookshelf next to him, looked at Dudian, who had gone to the law bookshelf again, and said with a bit of helplessness.
Dudian made a "shh" gesture. Without looking sideways, he continued to focus on reading the basic law book in his hand.
Soon, ten minutes passed. Although he had just read to the middle of a paragraph, he still closed the book and put it back. Then he turned back to the herb bookshelf, skillfully took out a book named "Encyclopedia of Plants", flipped through it, quickly reviewed it, and after confirming that he hadn't missed anything, he casually put it back on the bookshelf and turned to leave.
"Dian!" Mekin quickly caught up and said, "What do you think will be in today's exam?"
"I don't know," Dudian said truthfully.
"I hope it won't be a geological survey. I haven't had time to study this course yet," Mekin's eyes lit up, and he smiled. "How about this? If it's something I know, I'll help you. If it's something you know, you help me. What do you think?"
Dudian said unhappily, "With our little tricks, we'd better not think about cheating."
"Just give it a try. We can do it secretly," Mekin said with a pitiful face. "I don't want to be eliminated. Teacher Tob said that those who are eliminated will lose their qualifications to be guards, and we have to pay for the training expenses during this period ourselves. My family can't afford such expensive fees."
Dudian shrugged, indicating that he was powerless to help.
Indeed, on the third day of the special training, Tob had said these words. But Dudian already knew that this training was nominally for selecting guards, but in fact, it was to train Scavengers. So, most of the people who were eliminated would probably still become guards. Moreover, Tob's words were like a self-contradictory statement, which confirmed Dudian's guess.
Of course, for the other children, this was undoubtedly a bad news!
It was precisely these words that made many children who had long wanted to give up grit their teeth and persevere.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the drill ground before the specified time. Many people had already gathered here, whispering and seemingly guessing what the exam questions would be this time.
Before long, Tob appeared on time. Before he appeared, everyone had already stood in line neatly and meticulously. This was, of course, learned by many people through the painful experience of being kicked in the stomach.
However, this time Tob didn't appear alone. Beside him was a slender and tall graceful figure, a girl in her early twenties with a wheat-colored complexion. Her face had long since shed its childishness, exuding a mature and sexy charm while still retaining the youthful aura of her age. There was a faint smile on her face, making many children in their teens open their mouths slightly and stare in a daze.
In fact, the phenomenon of precocity was not unique to this world. Even in the old era, children in their teens knew much more about certain aspects of knowledge than adults thought. In this world, the legal marriage age was thirteen, and by the age of twenty, if one wasn't married, they were already at the "eager to get married" age. After all, under the erosion of radiation, it was already very difficult for most people to live to the age of sixty.
Sensing the restlessness in the eyes of some older children, Tob sneered coldly and said in his usual deep voice, "After three months of training, you useless people have barely acquired the basic qualifications of guards. From today on, there will be a major exam every six months. Anyone who fails will be eliminated!"
All the children showed a faint look of nervousness on their faces.
Dudian also realized that this exam was by no means a simple knowledge test. Soon, Tob's words confirmed his thoughts: "This assessment is very simple. Later, Instructor Chris will take you to a place, and you just need to survive there for ten days to pass!"