Apocalypse Paradise

The alarm clock just rang in my ears, and the prelude of the song started to a tune. Before the vocals came out, Xu Zhaotong quickly turned it off!

Taking off his blindfold and yawning, Xu Zhaotong got out of bed holding the ladder, Ah Wei was wearing headphones and chasing anime, Ah Gang was playing Red Alert, and the others were still sleeping.

After going to the toilet and washing his face to refresh himself, Xu Zhaotong changed into loose clothes and walked toward the East District with his satchel on his back.

The satchel contained a water glass, some keys, some change, as well as some daily necessities such as toilet paper, pens and sticky notes.

It's the hottest time of the day now. The high temperature is burning the air, and there is a vague sense of distortion in the distance. There are quite a few students on the roads on campus. They should be in class, and some are carrying suitcases.

Students who live close to home can get a ride home.

It was not yet the appointed time, so Xu Zhaotong passed by the somewhat empty playground and walked straight towards the library.

In the library, I took a glass of warm water and put it under the table, picked up the book I hadn’t finished in the morning and continued.

The temperature of the air conditioner in the library was just right for him. Looking around, he saw only a few classmates reading and a few sleeping.

Leisure time always passes quickly, and the group becomes lively again.

Xu Zhaotong closed the book and put it back in its place, packed his things, got up and left with his bag on his back.

"Brothers, this is the basketball court I built for you." In the short video in the group, Chang Jin circled around with his mobile phone, and there were only three people on the court who belonged to them.

"Wait a minute, it's coming soon! Do you need another ball?"

"Take it, we girls want to play too!"

"Here comes Lao Xu, catch the ball!"

Xu Zhaotong caught the flying basketball before he had time to put down his bag. Then he looked at the basket not far away, took a good posture, took off and raised his hands, and a beautiful parabola hit the basket with a clang.

"Almost."

Chang Yuan took off and caught the falling basketball, then added it to the basket.

He put his cell phone into his bag, took out more than half a glass of water, and joined the battle.

"Damn, this handsome slam dunk, this big guy really didn't grow up in vain!"

A few people shot a basketball for a while, and people who had arranged to play basketball came over one after another.

"Come on, let's draw up camps! Black and white, Lao Xu and Lao Li, you two go out first!"

"Okay!" Xu Zhaotong rubbed his nose and looked at Li Dongliang. Their skills and advantages were too obvious. They could cooperate in foreign wars, but they could only be opponents in civil wars.

After dividing the camps, Zhu Kexin, as the referee, started tossing a coin to decide who would go first.

Looking at Li Dongliang's eager eyes in front of him, Xu Zhaotong failed to break through several fake moves and had to find an opportunity to pass the ball to his teammates.

Then he walked to the basket and tried to find an opportunity. The ball was not in his hands, and Li Dongliang relaxed his guard on Xu Zhaotong slightly.

After one game, Xu Zhaotong's team took a slight lead. Thanks to several beautiful three-pointers, they defeated the wild dog-like Li Dongliang in the basket.

During one game, all eight people were sweating profusely and their clothes were half soaked. They picked up the water glasses and drank half of them.

Zhang Xiyue came over with a bag of mineral water, "You can take it yourself!"

"Thank you, Sister Zhang. Sister Zhang is so generous!"

"Zhaotong, do you want to play badminton?"

"Oh..." Chang Jin on the other side was covered by Li Dongliang's mouth with lightning speed, and then pulled aside, and the ambiguous atmosphere here ended abruptly.

"Lao Xu, Sister Zhang, let's go shoot a few more balls!"

"Haha! Xu Zhaotong also scratched his head uncomfortably and said haha.

"You kid are making such a fool of yourself! This is not to prevent both of us from getting off the stage, but I'll give you the mineral water for free!"

"You have forgotten what happened to Niu Yun and Huo Lili when we were in the reserves!"

"It's not that serious!" Chang Yuan swallowed, with some uncertainty in his words.

Romance is not allowed in the national flag squad, even in the reserve ranks, but they are all young people who have just escaped from high school. In addition, the people I meet here do not say how outstanding they are, but their willpower alone is enough to move people. After being together for such a long time, it is natural for them to have feelings of love.

After passing various tests in the reserve service, most people cherish this opportunity. Only those involved can understand the feeling of raising the school flag with their own hands.

But never underestimate people's impulses, rationality or sensibility under the control of hormones. That kind of power is enough to break the shackles of the world, let alone the rules!

However, according to previous seniors, there are people in the team who are in love, but they are all "underground" and everyone understands this tacitly!

Xu Zhaotong took the racket and said, "I'm not very good at badminton, so please be merciful, Mr. Zhang!"

The racket made contact with the ball, and a clear sound sounded, followed by the sound of the badminton breaking through the air, flying high in the air over the blocker.

Xu Zhaotong swung his racket and the ball flew back faster.

Zhang Xiyue was wearing sports shorts, her high horse swaying from side to side following her body movements, and she was holding the racket and staring at the badminton in the air.

Xu Zhaotong's position is not very tricky, and it is not difficult to catch as long as he plays badminton regularly, not to mention Zhang Xiyue who has received systematic training.

The two of them were going back and forth, and Zhang Xiyue gradually entered the state, seeming to have forgotten the original intention of inviting Xu Zhaotong. The angle of the ball became more and more tricky, and various techniques were at her fingertips.

Xu Zhaotong relied on his physical fitness to run for his life, panting heavily, and the sound of his shoes rubbing against the plastic field was endless. The two of them played very well, and the brothers on the side also enjoyed watching.

"it is good!"

"Pretty!"

"Oh, what a pity!"

"come on! Come on!"

"Come on, Lao Xu, come on, Sister Zhang!"

"Oops!" Xu Zhaotong couldn't keep up with his physical strength. He was just one step behind. The ball missed the racket, and Xu Zhaotong lost!

"Yeah!" Zhang Xiyue raised her arms with fists.

"My skills are not as good as others, thank you classmate Zhang for your advice!" Xu Zhaotong put down his racket, returned to the bench and took a deep gulp of water, and let out a long sigh of relief!

Although I lost, I was very happy.

"It's okay, Lao Xu, you don't know that Sister Zhang joined the badminton club at the beginning of school and beat the president to pieces! We didn't lose unfairly." Chang Yuan patted his shoulder and consoled him.

"Don't worry, it's okay. I'm not that fragile."

"Come on, Xiyue, let's play for a while!"

"Hmm~ Okay!" Zhang Xiyue looked at Xu Zhaotong sitting aside and felt a little guilty, wondering if she had gone too far! Oops, Zhang Xiyue, Zhang Xiyue, why do you forget about everything as soon as you play ball! Should I go over and comfort him? Well, he shouldn't be that fragile!

Before Zhang Xiyue had time to think more, her train of thought was interrupted and she absentmindedly played with Zheng Di.

"Brothers, let's play for now. I'll go back and take a shower. The West District is a bit far, and we have to meet up later!"

"goodbye!"

"goodbye!"

As evening approached, the temperature dropped a bit, and the sun lost its heat. Xu Zhaotong walked on the road, the sunlight lengthened his shadows, and his soaked clothes slowly dried.

Xu Zhaotong could see the heat in Zhang Xiyue's eyes, and of course he did not rule out the possibility that it was an illusion.

When the reserve force was screening people, their first test was long-term military posture.

At first, everyone didn't care about it and thought it was an ordinary military posture. It wasn't until the sound of the school bell came in the distance that they realized something was wrong. It was a sudden test, or a test that had been planned in advance.

The hot sun burned the exposed necks outside the training uniforms, and the pain spread from the toes to the whole body. As time went by, the pain turned into numbness, and everyone gritted their teeth and persisted.

Until the first person fell down, the people next to him tried to help him but found that his body was out of control and he couldn't move at all.

"No one is allowed to move, whoever moves will leave!"

Fortunately, there were seniors who were also wearing training uniforms behind them. They quickly ran over to help the fallen student, took her to a cool place, inquired about the situation, fed her water, wiped sweat, and massaged her, performing their duties.

"The test has only begun now. If you want to quit, you can always just make a report. No one will laugh at you. Being able to stand here means that you are better than many people! Does anyone want to leave?"

"Don't say anything but report, just stand! Understand!"

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"Hello squad leader!"

"Well, how are these seedlings doing?"

"Lack of practice!"

"Well, be careful!"

Sweat flowed down from his forehead. He blinked quickly to stop the sweat from flowing into his eyes. His lips were chapped and he felt like smoke was coming out of his throat. What was even more painful was that he couldn't feel the existence of his feet!

He glanced at the others with his peripheral vision. The girl in front of him was trembling slightly. The girl on her right had a long ponytail emerging from her hat. The fine hair on her neck was clearly visible in the sunlight.

Big drops of sweat dripped down the cheeks, why did it drip so fast! Xu Zhaotong was a little curious.

The senior on the side suddenly walked into the queue and began to quietly move the team members' arms, "Hey, you are lazy!"

The player whose arm was moved could only use his strength to close his arm tightly.

"Relax, don't be nervous, look at how sweaty you are. I won't eat you!"

"Are you tired? Look, it's so easy to report. What's the point of standing there? Your roommate is probably eating ice cream in the dormitory with the air conditioner on right now!"

"Not bad! Keep holding on! I hope you can make it to the end!"

"Come on, wipe your sweat!" A senior took out toilet paper to help the reserve team members wipe their sweat. "

"Move, keep moving. If it doesn't work, report it. No one is forcing you!"

"Come on, junior!"

"My junior is so handsome. Which college is he from?"

"Ah, why are you still crying? Is it okay? If it doesn't work, forget it. Sometimes it's just like giving up. Don't hold on. Your body is your own.

"Oh, I asked why they were flowing so fast. It turned out to be tears!" Xu Zhaotong's doubts were cleared with the words of his senior sister! But he had a hint of admiration for this girl, and later found out that this girl was Zhang Xiyue.

"report!"

"Exit!"

"Report, I can't move!" The boy's voice was choked with sobs.

Hearing the sound, the senior sister immediately rushed over, carried the boy to a cool place, and helped him relax his muscles.

After standing for a while, the seniors began to help the queue members roll up their sleeves and straighten their collars.