Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared-Chapter 79 - Expansion Training
79: Chapter 79 Expansion Training
79 -79 Expansion Training
Just as there are underachievers in the world, there are overachievers too.
Lv Wei is one of the latter — not only is he scholarly inclined, bagging scholarships year in, year out, but he has also repeatedly won major prizes in nationwide competitions.
Moreover, he is not just a bookworm whose world revolves solely around books.
He actively participates in club activities, honing his social and communication abilities in the process.
He’s a key player in the student union and has earned teachers’ trust.
Rumor has it, he was tapped as the student union chairman.
Today, union members are gathered as the teacher announces an upcoming team-building event.
The intention is to foster a sense of collaboration amongst the students.
Everyone thought it was a good idea, one with substantial purpose.
Gu Fan and Lu Yi, feeling they were merely wasting time partying, were excited about finally being able to do something of value.
So it was set.
Led by the teachers, supported by the key union members, all union members were to participate, scheduling it for a weekend.
To make the event more grand, the student union decides to offer more prizes — the goal is to attract as many participants as possible.
The more, the merrier.
The idea, reportedly, was Lv Wei’s.
The school, indeed, needed a large-scale event to boost campus spirit.
Upon hearing the news, Du Jun showed great interest and even took the initiative to contact a company that could organize such outdoor training activities.
Unexpectedly, he credited Lv Wei for finding it.
Lv Wei’s ability to leverage resources and connections has earned the praise of his teachers.
So much so, it seems they are keen on him being the next student union chairman.
Next to Lv Wei, Gu Fan’s abilities were somewhat overshadowed.
Although teachers acknowledge his aptitude, they lean more toward Lv Wei.
To this, Lu Yi comforted him.
“No matter how good you are, there is always someone better…” He glanced at Du Jun, who was conversing with Lv Wei.
It seemed like Du Jun also acknowledged Lv Wei’s competence.
“Can’t help it.
He’s the top dog with real skills.” Gu Fan shrugged it off.
While he recognized there were those stronger and more capable, he was not overly competitive.
On the day of the event, a total of fifty students attended.
They arrived at a training base, where Lv Wei had secured a sponsorship deal that provided event uniforms and prizes.
“My god, this guy managed to get us sponsored.
Impressive!” Gu Fan and Lu Yi were impressed.
This took care of the cost of the prizes and rendered Lv Wei even more important in the teacher’s eyes.
If Lv Wei gained a few years of real-world experience, he would be unstoppable.
Naturally, Gu Fan wanted to involve Lin Xi in events like these.
It was all about having a good time together after all.
Under the guidance of the event organizer, the students are divided into five groups of ten.
Each team must work together to complete the race and challenge other groups.
Teams were quickly formed.
Gu Fan, Lu Yi, Jie, Lin Xi, and a few other students formed one team, while Du Jun and Lv Wei were in another.
After the teams were formed, Du Jun glanced at Gu Fan, his eyes blazing with competitiveness.
It seemed he really wanted to win, to be number one.
The first activity was a puzzle decoding corresponding numbers from fifty cards within a minute.
Each team gets five tries with a minute break to discuss strategy in between without the use of mobile phones to take pictures.
Upon hearing these instructions, Gu Fan knew this was no simple task.
Their first interaction with the fifty cards turned out really confusing.
The first opportunity was thus wasted.
Gu Fan’s group lacked clues to understand the meaning of the pictures.
Inexperienced and disheartened, they stepped out of the classroom, finding the other four groups on the same table.
With only a minute to rest before the next round, the state of chaos wasn’t likely to change in round two if the first round lacked progress and was scrambled.
As expected, during the second round, everyone dealt with their cards individually.
They swiftly dissected the picture cards to guess the implied number but promptly moved on to a different card if unable to guess.
Doing the same as the rest, Gu Fan was clueless about the meaning of the cards and which number they corresponded to.
The bewildered expressions of his teammates revealed they were not doing any better.
The minute ended abruptly, with Gu Fan’s group leaving the classroom once again.
They hadn’t managed a breakthrough, and the expressions of the other four groups suggested they hadn’t made progress either.
However, Lv Wei made a move, calling his team members to a concealed spot, which piqued Gu Fan’s curiosity.
Could Lv Wei have thought of a winning strategy to crack the puzzle?
Gu Fan knew there had to be a correct way to play the game, but he couldn’t think of it for the time being.
He could only watch as precious time ticked away.
The feeling of helplessness was unbearable for him, as he despised it.
The third opportunity came quickly.
With no progress from the previous two times, and without any effective strategy, everyone wasn’t very hopeful.
However, an idea suddenly struck Gu Fan.
“Of course, this is about team effort.
Firstly, the duties must be clearly divided,” Gu Fan thought and almost immediately felt energized, then he turned towards his team members and said, “Listen, each of you, once inside, grab five pictures.
If you can solve the number on the picture, do it, if not, remember what the picture is.
We will discuss it later.”
Upon hearing this, everyone perked up while the organizers gave Gu Fan an approving look.
Under Gu Fan’s command, everyone took five pictures, remembering the images on the pictures according to his instructions.
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Another minute passed, and the third opportunity ended.
Gu Fan’s team exited the classroom without having solved any picture, which caused their morale to be rather low.
However, when Lv Wei and Du Jun’s team emerged, their faces were relaxed.
It seemed that under Lv Wei’s guidance, their progress was faring well.
Now was a turning point.
Gu Fan gathered everyone in a corner to discuss what the pictures they saw represented.
For example, a picture of a T-shirt could also be interpreted as a shirt.
The pronunciation of the Chinese character for ‘shirt’ is close to ‘one’, so this picture represented the number ‘one’.
Gu Fan took out a pen and paper and started jotting down the findings.
Under Gu Fan’s leadership, everyone brainstormed to solve more pictures; a picture of the Lantern Festival represented the number fifteen, a picture of a person dancing represented the number five, etc.
However, after one minute, they only managed to solve thirty-five pictures, but Gu Fan wasn’t panicking.
They had one minute for the fourth opportunity and another minute of rest time afterward i.e., two more minutes to solve all the pictures.
As expected, during the fourth opportunity, they managed to solve an additional ten pictures.
They solved the remaining five during the break.
Now, on Gu Fan’s paper were the numbers one to fifty and the corresponding pictures for each number.
The last step would be to correctly arrange all the pictures according to the number sequence during the fifth and final opportunity.
Finally, the fifth and final opportunity arrived.
Everyone took a deep breath before stepping into the classroom.
Gu Fan glanced at Lv Wei and Du Jun’s team.
They all carried an aura of unwavering confidence.
Gu Fan was also confident.
They had solved all the pictures, they could definitely win.
The decisive moment started.
Gu Fan, holding the paper, started to call, “The first one is a shirt, the second one….”
Under Gu Fan’s direction, the pictures were systematically handed over to Lin Xi.
The chaos and each for their own motto of the first two rounds were no longer there.
Team cooperation was felt by everyone.
In the final moment, they managed to piece together all fifty pictures and handed them over to the organizers, successfully completing the task.
“We did it!” Gu Fan heaved a sigh of relief, feeling pretty good about avoiding embarrassment.
Lin Xi also felt that their success was largely thanks to Gu Fan.
She noticed the admiration in everyone’s eyes when they looked at Gu Fan.
Just when everyone thought they were the only successful team, hence the first, the organizers announced that the first prize went to Lv Wei and Du Jun’s team, who completed the task in only forty-five seconds, faster than Gu Fan’s team.
“Are you kidding?” Gu Fan found it hard to believe.
He thought that his team had already reached their limit, but it turned out the other team was even faster.
Wow, that was impressive.
The organizers released Lv Wei’s method.
It was about teamwork and clear division of tasks.
If the way Gu Fan solved the pictures was more or less similar to Lv Wei’s, they went wrong in the way they collected the pictures.
Gu Fan called out a number and everyone looked for the picture, collected them one by one.
However, Lv Wei had a different approach.
Everyone had a specific task under his command.
For example, Lv Wei was in charge of finding pictures one to five, while Du Jun looked for pictures six to ten.
Finally, everyone combined their findings.
This was much more efficient than Gu Fan’s method of collecting pictures one by one.
After knowing this, Gu Fan admitted defeat.
The way Lv Wei solved and collected the pictures, emphasizing clear division of duties and maximizing team cooperation, Gu Fan had to admit that Lv Wei was really smart.
