Trembling At A High Altitude

"You were all born into our Rebel organization since childhood, our kin and family, but you were captured by the evil Film and Television City. They cleansed and rewrote your original memories, using various methods to brainwash you,"

"The person just now was successfully brainwashed by Film and Television City and is now too far gone to return—a stubborn element we can no longer save. You all saw what happened to him,"

"I hope that after you return, you will reclaim your faith and join us in our fight for human freedom, to destroy the tyranny of Film and Television City!" the officer concluded his impassioned speech.

If Li Teng had not retained all his memories, he would have been fooled by now.

The so-called Rebel organization felt even more evil than Film and Television City.

If he had to choose one, he would rather pick Film and Television City.

After the officer's speech ended, a non-commissioned officer responsible for specific procedures came over, briefed everyone on the details of the base, and then went on to describe the everyday life, management rules, and the disciplines that must be followed.

Once the briefing was over, this non-commissioned officer took Li Teng and the other seven to their dormitory.

Then they visited the canteen, training facility, and other places.

Li Teng pretended to be indifferent and vacant, but with each new location he passed, he strained his memory to note everything he saw, observing who carried guns and what the terrain was like.

These details were crucial; as soon as he saw a new piece of terrain, his mind naturally formed a sort of conditional reflex on how to jump, where to hide, and how to advance in it...

The moment the Death God APP was cracked and the threat of the biological bomb in his head was lifted, he would immediately turn this place into a battlefield and destroy everything he saw, just as he had done for fifty-three years.

After touring the places for daily activities and training, the non-com handles took them to the canteen, where they officially began their life there.

The quality of the meals provided in the canteen was dreadful: a large bowl of mush made from God knows what, seemingly filled with numerous broken cockroach legs, along with a slice of bread both hard and sour, and a piece of meat from some animal that was hard, sour, and stinky.

"This is high-protein food, fortified with various nutritional elements to replenish what your bodies need. You must finish it within five minutes," the non-com officer ordered the seven.

The other six immediately began to wolf down the food.

Not wanting to stand out, Li Teng had no choice but to join them in the ravenous eating.

It was truly exceptionally disgusting, much like eating shit.

In Film and Television City, even if he starved for three days, Li Teng might not resort to eating such things.

But now there was no choice; he had to force himself to eat, and to do so voraciously.

Within five minutes, the plates in front of all seven were empty.

The non-com officer was satisfied and instructed them to return to the dormitory to rest for half an hour before he would come and notify them for the afternoon training.

The seven lined up and walked back to the dormitory.

The dormitory was slightly larger than Li Teng's college dorm, with four bunk beds and only one bathroom.

Upon entering the dormitory, all seven sat down with indifferent, vacant expressions.

No talking, no chatting, nothing at all, just like seven walking dead.

Despite its spartan conditions, there were cameras installed in each corner of the dormitory, and even the bathroom was under surveillance, covering every angle without blind spots.

This kind of living environment... Li Teng felt it was even worse than being back on the stone pillar.

...

Half an hour later, the non-com officer arrived at the dormitory and took them to the training ground.

The training ground was neither too big nor too small, and was indoors. Without anyone telling them the situation of the base, Li Teng had no way to know whether the base was built underground, inside a mountain, or something else.

An instructor took over the seven people from a sergeant.

The first training was running.

Running was Li Teng's strong point, but he did not show it, instead he ran in the team at an unhurried pace.

After running about two hundred meters per lap, someone in the team of seven began to slow down after five laps.

The instructor whipped out a leather whip and charged over, lashing the slow actor until he screamed and desperately caught up with the other six, then the instructor put away the whip.

After ten laps, all seven, including Li Teng, had suffered the coach's leather whip.

Li Teng could have avoided the whip, but he did not want to stand out too much and deliberately fell back once to get whipped.

After resting for half an hour, the second round of running began.

Then the third round.

By the end of the afternoon training, all seven were covered in bruises and bloodstains.

Medical personnel arrived at the scene and took them to the treatment room.

There was no healing pod in the treatment room, only a special medicinal liquid.

After being applied to the skin, it could heal the whip marks quickly, but the medicinal liquid caused excruciating pain as if chili water had been applied to the wounds, causing the seven to scream in agony.

...

Dinner was the same as lunch, a lot of mush made from cockroach legs and bread that was both hard and sour, and meat that was hard, sour, and stinking.

After dinner, they returned to the dormitory, and half an hour later, a sergeant came to take the seven to another training ground.

The hand-to-hand combat training ground.

A muscular man stood with his arms crossed, looking disdainfully at the seven.

"My name is Wang Benhao! You can call me Master Hao! From now on, I'm your hand-to-hand combat instructor!"

"I can teach you bunch of idiots how to fight! How to win a fight!"

"But first, you must learn how to take a beating!"

Wang Benhao walked over, slapped the first actor, punched the second actor in the stomach, and then kicked the third actor off his feet.

Perhaps finding Li Teng too handsome for his liking, which annoyed him, he left Li Teng for last.

After abusing the other six, Wang Benhao went behind Li Teng and kicked him hard in the anus, causing Li Teng to gasp in pain, then he kicked at Li Teng's knees, knocking him to the ground, stood on his face, and ground his foot into it.

Li Teng did not resist, knowing that any unusual behavior could lead to an explosion in his head, turning it into a firework display.

This debt, this person, he made a note of.

"In my place, being handsome is useless! You all have to take a beating! Get up!"

Wang Benhao returned to stand in front of the seven and roared at them.

The other six got up like robots, obediently standing.

Li Teng also stood up with them, like them, his eyes were fixed forward, void of hatred, empty and indifferent, with no expression.