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He begged for mercy again and again, and slowly, the wind seemed to become weaker, as if the darkness was gradually becoming brighter.
efficient!
Everyone was excited, their shouts became louder, and their kneeling postures became more pious.
After an unknown amount of time, the wind stopped, the dark clouds dissipated, and the midday sun shone on the earth, falling on their shoulders and backs, bringing a hint of warmth.
They pressed their foreheads against the snow for a long time, not daring to stand up. Half an hour later, when they were sure that all the strange phenomena had disappeared, they stood up, propping up their almost unconscious thighs.
The captain first carefully looked at the stone sculpture, then looked around.
The tent stayed safely in place and was not blown away by the strong wind. Even its shape remained the same without any tilt, as if the strong wind had never come.
The frightened soldier came over and asked, "Captain, what's going on?"
"I just guessed, maybe..." The captain suddenly turned around, "Quick, contact your superiors immediately to report the situation!"
"Yes!" the soldier responded, turned around and rushed into the tent.
A few seconds later, the soldier walked out with stiff steps, holding a few irregular pieces of plastic in his hands.
The captain looked at him and said, "Why are you in a daze? Hurry up..."
"Captain." He opened his mouth and hesitated for a long time before continuing, "I swear, I just picked up the satellite phone gently, but... it broke."
"Broken? Broken what? The satellite phone?"
"Yes, it is."
"What are you talking about?"
The soldier seemed to have thought of something. He looked at the rifle hanging on the captain's chest, then glanced at his companions' rifles in turn, and finally looked down at his own rifle.
He pursed his lips, suppressed the turmoil in his heart, and tried not to scream: "I, uh, you, you better check your guns."
Everyone subconsciously lowered their heads and saw several concave fingerprints on the side of the gun above the trigger.
The top of the mountain fell into silence, with only the sound of the breeze blowing past my ears.
After a long time, someone finally woke up, jumping up and down in disbelief, as if testing his physical strength. Everyone was awakened by his actions, and then there was an uproar.
Chapter 370: We can’t ban it, we have to promote it
The team of soldiers responsible for guarding the stone sculptures suddenly became "supermen" in human cognition.
Although he is not as strong as Spider-Man, who can use spider silk and climb walls, and his strength has simply increased a bit, there is still a gap between him and ordinary people.
At least even a well-trained person would not unconsciously use force to leave fingerprints on the rifle body.
The information quickly reached the Kremlin, and the president immediately ordered a helicopter to pick up the team.
The helicopter traveled day and night and landed at the airport with the next day's sunrise on its back. The long-awaited special car picked up the soldiers and went all the way to the Kremlin to meet the president.
Although he knew that such an important matter could not be a joke, the president always felt it was unreal.
So the first thing he did when he saw the soldiers was to ask them to demonstrate.
The captain walked out of the team and borrowed a gun from the guard next to him.
The president demonstrated and the guard ejected the bullets and handed the gun to the captain.
He didn't say much, nor did he make any preparations like accumulating strength. He grabbed the gun and exerted slight force with his right thumb.
"Click--" With a crisp sound, the sturdy gun body was pressed into a finger-sized hole as if it were plastic.
The president stepped forward and took the gun, staring at the internal parts under the hole for a long time: "What is the limit force?"
"Your Excellency the President, the test has not yet been conducted."
"Right away... No, Secretary."
"exist."
"Go get some testing equipment and relevant experts."
"Yes!"
The secretary was ordered to leave.
While the equipment was being moved in, the president discussed the matter with his staff.
"Is this extraordinary?" The president handed them the gun.
After the staff observed in turn, one of them said, "According to our current definition of extraordinary, they don't count."
"Yes, the most notable feature of the extraordinary is the use of 'energy' to release various magics and spells, such as the examiner's gigantic size, the sword energy of the mountain gate Xuxianren, the sandstorm of Mr. Dumbledore of Hogwarts, and the huge fireball summoned by Mr. Gao.
Compared to them, no matter how powerful you are, you have not crossed the line and entered the extraordinary realm."
The colleague next to him agreed: "Not bad.
Although their strength is obviously beyond that of normal people, and normal people cannot reach it through training, it is still far behind the extraordinary. "
One staff member expressed his personal opinion: "I have heard that in Chinese mythology there is a saying of 'proving the truth with strength', maybe it is feasible?"
Most of the staff did not understand Chinese culture, and their eyes were a little confused. They obviously did not understand what "proving the truth through force" meant.
The president didn't understand either and opened his mouth to ask, but was interrupted by the captain.
"Mr. President, I have something to say."
Everyone looked over and the president nodded: "Speak freely, don't be restrained."
“After I left the top of the mountain, the stone sculpture said something in my mind.”
"Stone sculpture? Talking?" The staff were a little surprised.
The president didn't care about that and asked hurriedly, "What did you say?"
"I will take back my grace from those who betray God."
"What do you mean?" the president asked subconsciously.
The captain scratched his head: "It should be, literally.
If we betray the god, er, the stone statue, he will take our power away."
His explanation did not enlighten the president, but made him even more confused.
"god?"
"That's what it calls itself."
The president glanced at the other soldiers: "You..."
The soldiers straightened up: "Yes, it told me too."
The president and his staff looked at each other, not knowing how to react.
god?
That has been proven to be extraordinary, right?
No one was confused, and an aide was about to ask for details, but he was interrupted by the secretary who came in hurriedly and the workers and experts who followed behind him.
The president waved his hand: "Let's finish the test first."
The experts seemed to have learned the situation from the secretary. They were all very excited and even helped to assemble the equipment.
After everything was ready, they couldn't wait to start working.
The captain took the lead, stepped onto the treadmill, and started running.
Experts stood around with pens and notebooks, writing and drawing from time to time.
The treadmill slowly accelerated, and the captain ran faster, soon reaching the machine's maximum power.
Seeing that the captain was still running steadily, an expert asked: "How do you feel? How far are you from the limit?"
“I feel like it could be a little faster.”
The experts whispered to each other and asked the captain to get off the treadmill to proceed to the next test.
The second item is strength.
The captain simply and directly punched the pressure counter, and the number continued to rise, with the experts recording it.
Later, he completed various tests such as jumping, body flexibility, grip strength, etc. Then the experts used CT and other instruments to conduct a comprehensive physical examination on him.
The test results came out soon.
The president hurried over and asked, "How is it?"
"Mr. President." The expert team leader turned around and said, "According to the test report, their strength has indeed increased a lot, but their physical fitness is not synchronized."
"Please report in layman's terms."
"What this means is that they have become stronger, but their physical fitness remains the same."
The president's face looks a bit dark. Is there any difference between these two statements?
Fortunately, the expert leader immediately explained: "Putting aside the strength-building techniques, the essence of human strength training is to train muscle tissue.
Normally, if a person's strength increases, then the muscle fibers must become thicker."
After a few seconds of pausing to let everyone digest the information, he continued, "The current situation is that this soldier's strength is several times greater than before, but the muscle fibers remain the same. This doesn't conform to the principle."
One of the staff members understood: "You mean, we can't replicate this method of increasing strength through research and analysis?"
"That's for sure." The expert looked puzzled. "After all, they didn't gain their strength through training. It's more like... it's like... God directly gave them the power."
An aide pondered for a long time, then interrupted and asked, "You just said that their physical fitness remains the same?"
"correct."
"Forces act on each other. He used a force far beyond the limit of his body's endurance. Will there be any harm?"
"Of course." The expert shrugged and pointed to the captain who was surrounded by doctors. "We just took a CT scan and found that his hand and leg bones have cracks or fractures of varying degrees."
The president looked at the captain, whose face was rosy as usual, with a surprised expression: "Isn't he in pain?"
"In theory, his body's protective mechanism would cause him to faint, but... you've seen what reality is like."
The captain was lying on a cot receiving emergency treatment. Hearing their conversation, he said loudly, "I have some ideas."
The group quickly walked to the bedside and pricked up their ears.