Chapter 39: Cowhide Sugar Tactics

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  Including Hao Ren, all eight contestants were launched almost simultaneously.

  Hao Ren's starting position looked like the most forward, but in fact it was far from the inner lane. Since 1500m can cut into the inner lane at the start, Hao Ren ran diagonally to get closer to the inner lane. When he got close to the inner lane, he only managed to grab the second-to-last position, while the positions ahead were already occupied by athletes who started closer to the inner lane.

  As for Huang Xu Jie, due to his extremely strong explosive power in the 100m sprint, despite being in seventh place on the track, he still managed to seize first place. This means that if Hao Ren wants to take first place, he must at least surpass six of the other seven people and ultimately face off against Huang Xu Jie, while also ensuring that after surpassing others, he cannot be overtaken again.

  On the podium, Xie Yu Jia saw Hao Ren Qi's position being overtaken and furrowed his brow slightly. Zhao Yan Zi was also tensely staring at the track, seemingly worried about Hao Ren Qi's ranking as well.

  At this moment, the eight players on the track have formed a line, with Hao Ren at the end of the team, and he is not in a hurry to overtake. Like him, others are also conserving their strength, temporarily satisfied with the status quo, preparing to counterattack at critical moments.

  Then Huang Xujie led the way in front, with others closely following behind. This scene was just like a long-distance running training session, except that Huang Xujie was at the front shouting slogans.

  "Huang Xujie, jiayou! Huang Xujie, jiayou!"

  Translation: "Huang Xujie, add oil! Huang Xujie, add oil!"

  The girls' shouting voices gradually rose higher and higher.

  There were also many girls who rushed down from the stands and entered the playground to cheer for Huang Xujie.

  Due to the large number of people, volunteers who maintained order at the sports meeting could not stop them either. As long as they did not affect the normal progress of the competition, they had no choice but to allow their cheering actions.

  They stood in a circle on the track surrounded by the playground, close to Huang Xujie, shouting and cheering as if watching a car race.

  Xie Yu Jia thought for a moment and also walked down from the stands to go inside the stadium to cheer on Hao Ren.

  Now that the 1500m long run has completed a lap of the playground, which is about 400 meters, the players are slightly showing some fatigue, and their footsteps are not as fast as they were at the start.

  The real test of endurance has arrived.

  Hao Ren launched a counterattack first!

  He overtook two people from seventh place!

  "Great!" Xie Yu Jia stood on the playground, raising both hands to cheer him on.

  Hao Ren's counter-attack from the end of the team did not attract much attention. More people were concerned about the constant counter-attacks between the two candidates in second and third place.

  Huang Xujie is currently far ahead and no one can threaten his position.

  Hao Ren surpassed two, stabilized his body shape, adjusted his breathing, and then exerted force again, surpassing one more!

  The player who was originally in fourth place deliberately blocked to the right, but Hao Ren skillfully dodged his block and easily passed him!

  This sudden movement made Xie Yu Jia somewhat surprised.

  Zhao Yanzi, who was sitting in the stands, also couldn't help but brighten up at the sight. Hao Ren's previous foot movement contained the Bagua's positional life and death numbers, one step dead, one step alive, yet it wasn't intentionally learned from any particular stepping method.

  Could it be that this guy has unknowingly broken through the first layer of the Concentrated Spirit Technique and grasped the Way of Heaven and Earth? Zhao Yanzi's heart was filled with some doubt.

  She really wanted to go down to the playground to take a closer look, but she knew that her height was not high enough, even if she went down, she wouldn't be able to see anything in the crowd, so she could only stay obediently on the platform.

  After Hao Ren took over the fourth place, he gradually approached the second and third places that were entangled in front of him.

  At this time, people finally saw Hao Ren's figure in their line of sight.

  On the platform, Zhao Jiateng and several others were always very concerned about Hao Ren's racing situation, not because they cared about Hao Ren, but because it was related to their bets.

  As Hao Ren's ranking got closer and closer to the top, Zhao Jiaxin held up his binoculars with a joyful smile. It was well-known that most of the boys in the class had bet that Hao Ren would be ranked last or near last, so if he managed to get fourth place, Zhao would make a huge profit!

  "It's useless, now running fast, but still will be overtaken later!" Yu Rong, who was second to last with a time of 100 seconds, said in a very affirmative tone.

  "It's now, if we don't conserve our strength, how can we run for the next few laps?" Others also echoed in agreement.

  Hao Ren, this kid, doesn't seem like much, but in this sports meet where experts are everywhere, he actually managed to run all the way to fourth place. Even if it's just temporary fourth place, it's still not easy, Zhao Jiatian thought to himself.

  Zhao Jiayun is very aware of the strength of these students on the track, and even knows a few of them from playing basketball. They are either city champions or provincial runners-up. If they were to compete with the people on the field now, I estimate that they would have been left far behind by now. And yet, Hao Ren was still able to rush to fourth place, which is really not easy.

  His gaze fell on Xie Yu Jia, who was running alongside Hao Ren on the playground, cheering him on. Looking at Xie Yu Jia's youthful figure, he felt a sense of admiration. With a beauty by his side to encourage him, it was no wonder that Hao Ren's personality had exploded in such a big way.

  Boom! Boom!

  Hao Ren's feet stomped firmly on the plastic track, his arms also swinging in rhythm.

  His footsteps seemed heavy, but as he swept past the spectators, a gust of wind was stirred up. And until Hao Ren took over the fourth place, the students on and off the platform only noticed that this inconspicuous No. 8 player had been steadily advancing, his face ruddy, without showing too much fatigue.

  "Who is this person......"

  "Is it from the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering?"

  "It seems like I started running from way behind..."

  People started discussing Hao Ren. Because everyone could see that this No. 8 contestant was running very steadily, while others were slowing down, he continued to move forward at a uniform speed, occasionally even accelerating slightly.

  Xie Yu Jia gazed intently as Hao Ren passed by the curved path in front of her, clearly seeing the tiny tremble of the sweat on his cheek. His resolute expression moved her slightly.

  His gaze was fixed firmly on the road ahead, without a glance at the contestants from various colleges beside him or the many beauties cheering for Huang Xujie.

  This serious and persistent expression made Xie Yu Jia feel a unique attraction. To know, just now when watching the women's competition, this Hao Ren was like other boys, very "enthusiastically" paying attention to the performance of the beauties on the track.

  But when something really fell on Hao Ren's shoulders...

  Sweat dripped down his chin, some wetting his jersey and the rest falling onto the track, shattering into fragments before seeping into it.

  While other girls were still infatuated with Huang Xu's handsomeness and couldn't stop cheering, Xie Yu Jia was completely attracted to Hao Ren.

  On the stage, Zhao Yanzi's gaze was fixed on Hao Ren, and she gradually saw some clues. Hao Ren's every move seemed to contain the way of heaven and earth, steady and unmatched. Around him, there seemed to be a special aura, the natural energy of the heavens and the earth flowed through his body, bringing about changes in the atmosphere around him.

  Zhaoyan Zi couldn't see through it, nor could she see through it, but she knew that if Su Han was by her side, he would definitely be able to explain what kind of state Hao Ren was in now.

  She didn't think that the so-called boundary was most important in unifying one's heart and spirit, but Hao Ren surpassed her by far in this aspect.

  Not far away, on the rooftop of the stadium, Su Han stood in a blue dress against the blue sky background, silently gazing down at the track, nodding her head in appreciation. Then, a blue shadow flashed by and disappeared without a trace.

  Just as the second and third places were in a state of combat stalemate, Hao Ren seemed like a light and airy ghost, easily surpassing both of them.

  But these two were overtaken by Hao Ren and showed a look of great surprise, they hurriedly wanted to counterattack again, but Hao Ren had already left them behind!

  In their panic, they didn't realize that Hao Ren's footsteps were so light and silent, not even his breathing was labored, calm as if he was just walking. How could they have detected it? How could they have defended against it?! This... was almost like qinggong!

  "What?!" The boys in Hao Ren's class stood up collectively in the spectator area, revealing their exceptionally surprised expressions.

  It was as if in the blink of an eye, Hao Ren rose from his original seventh place to his current second place!

  Everyone was almost unable to react, how did all this happen! And Mingming, Hao Ren was right in front of them, one by one surpassing the past!

  As the crowd gasped in surprise, Huang Xujie, who was originally strolling leisurely at the front "leading the way", turned his head and only then did he incredulously discover that the second place runner behind him was threatening his position!

  And the one running in second place was none other than that "sophomore" he had looked down on!

  At this moment of distraction, he stumbled and almost fell. This dangerous behavior caused a burst of screams from the girls.

  Huang Xujie didn't think this was what the girls were worried about, but rather that he himself was very embarrassed. He gritted his teeth and no matter how Hao Ren had caught up, he absolutely couldn't let him get close to himself!

  Huang Xujie suddenly accelerated, and the girls' cheering voices also grew louder with his increasing footsteps.

  "Huang Xujie, jiayou!" A clear voice pierced through the crowd's shouting.

  Hao Ren slightly turned his head and saw that the so-called "school flower" Lin Li was actually cheering for Huang Xujie by the side of the track.

  "This is too much! That woman is going overboard!" Seeing Lin Li cheering for Huang Xujie on stage, Zhao Jiatan stood up in anger.

  Lin Li, even if she wasn't in the same class as them, still belonged to the same college and major. From the perspective of Class 2 and Class 3's numbers, they were neighboring classes. At this sports meeting, Lin Li not only didn't cheer for Hao Ren, but also cheered for Huang Xujie, Hao Ren's competitor from another college, which made Zhao Jiayu somewhat unacceptable.

  It's not just Zhao Jiaxin, but also other boys in Rao Ren's class, and even some boys from Class 3 can't stand it. Sports meeting, even if you don't participate in the competition, at least have a little collective honor?

  But on the track, Huang Xujie, who thought he could pull away from Hao Ren behind him, let out a slight sigh of relief and turned his head back, only to see Hao Ren catching up with him again in a leisurely manner.

  Then he accelerated again and turned back, but found that Hao Ren was still following him at a steady speed.

  This guy is like chewing gum... I saw his self-training last night and he shouldn't be my opponent at all...

  Huang Xujie felt a sense of crisis for the first time. He turned his head to look at Hao Ren again, only to find that he was calm and composed, with three steps inhaling and two steps exhaling, completely in the best running state!

  Doesn't he consider me as an opponent at all, is he just surpassing himself? In his eyes... I don't exist at all?

  Suddenly, this idea surged in Huang Xujie's heart.

  As Hao Ren approached step by step, Huang Xujie, who was determined to win the championship, did not dare to be careless and quickly adjusted his breathing, sprinting forward rapidly.

  As Huang Xujie's advantage gradually narrowed, Lin Li, wearing a youthful short skirt, became tense and once again desperately accelerated towards Huang Xujie.

  Xie Yu Jia, who was standing right next to her, got angrier and angrier as he looked at Lin Li bouncing around, and deliberately used his elbow to bump against her waist.

  "Oh no!" Lin Li covered her waist, her eyebrows furrowed, and turned her head to glare at the person beside her.

  When she saw that the person who bumped into her was actually Xie Yu Jia, the class president of Class 2, her momentum weakened a bit, but she still stared at Xie Yu Jia with an unpleasant gaze.

  "Sorry." Xie Yu Jia said indifferently, then suddenly put her hand to her mouth and formed a megaphone shape, "Hao Ren! Jiayou!"

  Lin Li clenched her teeth and stared at Xie Yu Jia beside her, feeling angry but not daring to do anything. She knew that Xie Yu Jia had a good reputation in the academy, and even some of the school's tough characters had a pretty good relationship with her.

  However, at this moment, seeing Xie Yu Jia loudly cheering for Hao Ren, Lin Li's face turned red with embarrassment, and she couldn't bear to continue cheering for Huang Xu Jie.

  As the game went on, the gap between each ranking became larger and larger. The first place and the last place were almost half a lap apart, while the competition for rankings within a small range continued unabated.

  Hao Ren and Huang Xujie are running in the front, with a considerable distance from the third place, while the fourth place is closely following the third place, with an opportunity to overtake at any time.

  As for other contestants, they are no longer the focus of everyone's attention.

  On the platform, Xiao Ling suddenly turned her head and said to Zhao Yanzi, "Ah Purple, that 'uncle' of yours is quite fierce at long-distance running."

  "Of course." Zhao Yan Zhi proudly puffed out her small mouth.

  (About 4000 words in a big chapter, and there's another update, let's see if I can finish it tonight!)