Chapter 250: It’s Difficult to lineup
After Han Cheng shouted, "assemble," the people of the Green Sparrow Tribe immediately began to act, preparing to line up the team quickly to show the Shaman their abilities.
However
Contrary to expectations, what should have been a straightforward lineup became extremely difficult at this moment.
"Zhuang, you're here"
"Qi Qiu, don't run around"
With Han Cheng's call to assemble came chaos and noise.
Confident individuals became bewildered and lost at this moment. Some had already taken positions, while others were still spinning in circles. The most exaggerated was Mu Tou, a person holding a spear who had somehow ended up in the shield team.
"Mu Tou, you're over here," someone shouted at him.
Mu Tou, completely confused, hadn't even settled into his position when someone said he was in the wrong place and should be in the back.
Mu Tou moved back.
But just as he got there, before he could stabilize himself, someone said his place was in the front, so Mu Tou, holding his spear, returned to the front again.
"Your place is in the back"
Amidst the hustle and bustle, Han Cheng, standing in front, slowly counted.
"Twenty-nine."
"Thirty."
Thirty counts had passed, but the simple four-column formation still hadn't formed properly. Some were still spinning in circles, unable to find their positions.
Han Cheng didn't stop them from doing so. Instead, he continued to count calmly, counting to one hundred and nineteen before the four columns finally formed, albeit crookedly.
Yet, many people were still in the wrong positions.
Seeing the Divine Child's amused yet stern gaze, those who had previously thought it was no big deal felt ashamed and hung their heads.
Some quietly complained that they couldn't find their positions.
"Do you still think this is a simple task?" Han Cheng's tone grew serious.
No one said a word.
Han Cheng didn't say much more. Instead, he corrected the positions of those in the wrong place and reminded them to remember who was in front and behind them before announcing the dismissal.
Before announcing the dismissal, Han Cheng said to everyone, "This time, you still have thirty counts. The entire team will be punished if any team fails to line up properly within these thirty counts."
As for what the punishment would be, Han Cheng didn't say.
With the previous experience, everyone dared not take it lightly this time, and each one sharpened their focus.
Some prone to losing their positions used some clever tricks, such as Mu Tou, who had been spinning around with his spear, standing still in his original position.
"Assemble!"
Han Cheng shouted again.
Although they had the experience from the last time, more than half of the people still didn't think lining up was difficult.
They believed that they hadn't lined up properly last time because they hadn't tried hard enough, and as long as they put in the effort this time, there wouldn't be any problems.
However, lining up wasn't solely an individual's task; it involved the entire collective, and many times, it wasn't just a matter of whether you wanted to do it well or not.
As Han Cheng shouted "assemble" again, although everyone was spirited and put in effort, chaos was still inevitable.
By the time Han Cheng counted to thirty, it was only then that the Third Senior Brother's archery team and the Eldest Senior Brother's shield team managed to stand properly.
However, the teams led by Second Senior Brother and Shang continued to be chaotic.
The main cause of chaos in Second Senior Brother's slingshot team was that their leader kept losing his position.
As for the spear team led by Shang, the biggest problem was with Mu Tou.
When Han Cheng counted to sixty-seven, the Second Senior Brother finally found his position, but the spear team was still in chaos.
Mu Tou stood there stiff-necked, holding his spear, while Shang and others said he was in the wrong place.
Learning from the last time when he was told to run around but still couldn't find the correct position, Mu Tou had firmly decided this time to stay put, no matter what anyone said. He remembered very clearly that from the Divine Child's announcement of dismissal to the call to assemble, he hadn't moved from this spot. This time, he wouldn't be wrong, no matter what.
When Han Cheng reached one hundred and twenty, he stopped and looked somewhat sternly at the still chaotic spear team.
As the shouting people felt the Divine Child's gaze and the change in atmosphere, they gradually quieted down.
Mu Tou, standing stiff-necked, straightened his neck.
Seeing Mu Tou standing there like a donkey among a flock of sheep, clearly out of sync with the others, Han Cheng asked him why he refused to move.
Facing the Divine Child's question, Mu Tou said with some grievance, "I've been standing here without moving"
Following Mu Tou's thought, Han Cheng realized it was unfair. Afraid of making a mistake, Mu Tou hadn't dared to move, but he still got it wrong in the end.
It seemed like there needed to be an opportunity to explain to Mu Tou the relationship between absolute motion and relative stillness. If he didn't grasp Ma Lao's theory well, not only would his intellectual level not improve, but he wouldn't even be able to line up correctly
Han Cheng found this quite amusing in his mind.
"You haven't changed, but they have. You also need to change with them Don't remember where you originally stood; remember the people in front and behind you" After correcting Mu Tou's position again, Han Cheng said to him.
Mu Tou wouldn't listen to others but obeyed the Divine Child's commands.
"The slingshot team and the spear team have not completed the task. You will now receive your punishment. Each member of the slingshot team will do ten push-ups, and within one hundred and twenty counts, the spear team has failed to line up properly and must do twenty." Returning to the front of the line, Han Cheng said sternly.
Everyone looked at each other, obviously not understanding what the Divine Child meant by push-ups.
Han Cheng demonstrated.
This peculiar movement, which the people of the Green Sparrow Tribe had seen the Divine Child do before but didn't know what it was called, suddenly dawned on them. It turned out this strange movement was called push-ups.
Han Cheng had always kept up with physical exercise in his room, so doing a dozen push-ups didn't make him look tired, although his hands were cold from pressing against the frozen ground.
The Divine Child was still a child, not particularly strong. This was a consensus in the Green Sparrow Tribe.
Seeing the Divine Child do a dozen push-ups without blushing or panting, looking quite relaxed, the others didn't take this so-called punishment seriously anymore.
After all, they were all adults, and each one was stronger than the Divine Child. They had never dared to think about being on par or surpassing the Divine Child in intelligence, but when it came to strength, they didn't accept it.
Push-ups weren't a complicated exercise and were easy to learn.
After seeing Han Cheng's demonstration, the slingshot team and the spear team members dispersed under Han Cheng's command, placing their hands on the cold ground and performing what they now knew to be called push-ups.
"One," Han Cheng counted.
Following Han Cheng's instructions, everyone bent their arms down and pushed back up.
This simple action made many people realize that this punishment wasn't simple, especially the Second Senior Brother, who was overweight, and Qi Qiu, who had ballooned up like a puff of air.
Just this one time, their arms couldn't help but tremble.
"Two," Han Cheng paused momentarily, then continued counting.
Second Senior Brother and Qi Qiu, who were suffering from pushing up their arms, quickly bent their arms down again and pushed up, their buttocks unwittingly raised
After Han Cheng shouted, "assemble," the people of the Green Sparrow Tribe immediately began to act, preparing to line up the team quickly to show the Shaman their abilities.
However
Contrary to expectations, what should have been a straightforward lineup became extremely difficult at this moment.
"Zhuang, you're here"
"Qi Qiu, don't run around"
With Han Cheng's call to assemble came chaos and noise.
Confident individuals became bewildered and lost at this moment. Some had already taken positions, while others were still spinning in circles. The most exaggerated was Mu Tou, a person holding a spear who had somehow ended up in the shield team.
"Mu Tou, you're over here," someone shouted at him.
Mu Tou, completely confused, hadn't even settled into his position when someone said he was in the wrong place and should be in the back.
Mu Tou moved back.
But just as he got there, before he could stabilize himself, someone said his place was in the front, so Mu Tou, holding his spear, returned to the front again.
"Your place is in the back"
Amidst the hustle and bustle, Han Cheng, standing in front, slowly counted.
"Twenty-nine."
"Thirty."
Thirty counts had passed, but the simple four-column formation still hadn't formed properly. Some were still spinning in circles, unable to find their positions.
Han Cheng didn't stop them from doing so. Instead, he continued to count calmly, counting to one hundred and nineteen before the four columns finally formed, albeit crookedly.
Yet, many people were still in the wrong positions.
Seeing the Divine Child's amused yet stern gaze, those who had previously thought it was no big deal felt ashamed and hung their heads.
Some quietly complained that they couldn't find their positions.
"Do you still think this is a simple task?" Han Cheng's tone grew serious.
No one said a word.
Han Cheng didn't say much more. Instead, he corrected the positions of those in the wrong place and reminded them to remember who was in front and behind them before announcing the dismissal.
Before announcing the dismissal, Han Cheng said to everyone, "This time, you still have thirty counts. The entire team will be punished if any team fails to line up properly within these thirty counts."
As for what the punishment would be, Han Cheng didn't say.
With the previous experience, everyone dared not take it lightly this time, and each one sharpened their focus.
Some prone to losing their positions used some clever tricks, such as Mu Tou, who had been spinning around with his spear, standing still in his original position.
"Assemble!"
Han Cheng shouted again.
Although they had the experience from the last time, more than half of the people still didn't think lining up was difficult.
They believed that they hadn't lined up properly last time because they hadn't tried hard enough, and as long as they put in the effort this time, there wouldn't be any problems.
However, lining up wasn't solely an individual's task; it involved the entire collective, and many times, it wasn't just a matter of whether you wanted to do it well or not.
As Han Cheng shouted "assemble" again, although everyone was spirited and put in effort, chaos was still inevitable.
By the time Han Cheng counted to thirty, it was only then that the Third Senior Brother's archery team and the Eldest Senior Brother's shield team managed to stand properly.
However, the teams led by Second Senior Brother and Shang continued to be chaotic.
The main cause of chaos in Second Senior Brother's slingshot team was that their leader kept losing his position.
As for the spear team led by Shang, the biggest problem was with Mu Tou.
When Han Cheng counted to sixty-seven, the Second Senior Brother finally found his position, but the spear team was still in chaos.
Mu Tou stood there stiff-necked, holding his spear, while Shang and others said he was in the wrong place.
Learning from the last time when he was told to run around but still couldn't find the correct position, Mu Tou had firmly decided this time to stay put, no matter what anyone said. He remembered very clearly that from the Divine Child's announcement of dismissal to the call to assemble, he hadn't moved from this spot. This time, he wouldn't be wrong, no matter what.
When Han Cheng reached one hundred and twenty, he stopped and looked somewhat sternly at the still chaotic spear team.
As the shouting people felt the Divine Child's gaze and the change in atmosphere, they gradually quieted down.
Mu Tou, standing stiff-necked, straightened his neck.
Seeing Mu Tou standing there like a donkey among a flock of sheep, clearly out of sync with the others, Han Cheng asked him why he refused to move.
Facing the Divine Child's question, Mu Tou said with some grievance, "I've been standing here without moving"
Following Mu Tou's thought, Han Cheng realized it was unfair. Afraid of making a mistake, Mu Tou hadn't dared to move, but he still got it wrong in the end.
It seemed like there needed to be an opportunity to explain to Mu Tou the relationship between absolute motion and relative stillness. If he didn't grasp Ma Lao's theory well, not only would his intellectual level not improve, but he wouldn't even be able to line up correctly
Han Cheng found this quite amusing in his mind.
"You haven't changed, but they have. You also need to change with them Don't remember where you originally stood; remember the people in front and behind you" After correcting Mu Tou's position again, Han Cheng said to him.
Mu Tou wouldn't listen to others but obeyed the Divine Child's commands.
"The slingshot team and the spear team have not completed the task. You will now receive your punishment. Each member of the slingshot team will do ten push-ups, and within one hundred and twenty counts, the spear team has failed to line up properly and must do twenty." Returning to the front of the line, Han Cheng said sternly.
Everyone looked at each other, obviously not understanding what the Divine Child meant by push-ups.
Han Cheng demonstrated.
This peculiar movement, which the people of the Green Sparrow Tribe had seen the Divine Child do before but didn't know what it was called, suddenly dawned on them. It turned out this strange movement was called push-ups.
Han Cheng had always kept up with physical exercise in his room, so doing a dozen push-ups didn't make him look tired, although his hands were cold from pressing against the frozen ground.
The Divine Child was still a child, not particularly strong. This was a consensus in the Green Sparrow Tribe.
Seeing the Divine Child do a dozen push-ups without blushing or panting, looking quite relaxed, the others didn't take this so-called punishment seriously anymore.
After all, they were all adults, and each one was stronger than the Divine Child. They had never dared to think about being on par or surpassing the Divine Child in intelligence, but when it came to strength, they didn't accept it.
Push-ups weren't a complicated exercise and were easy to learn.
After seeing Han Cheng's demonstration, the slingshot team and the spear team members dispersed under Han Cheng's command, placing their hands on the cold ground and performing what they now knew to be called push-ups.
"One," Han Cheng counted.
Following Han Cheng's instructions, everyone bent their arms down and pushed back up.
This simple action made many people realize that this punishment wasn't simple, especially the Second Senior Brother, who was overweight, and Qi Qiu, who had ballooned up like a puff of air.
Just this one time, their arms couldn't help but tremble.
"Two," Han Cheng paused momentarily, then continued counting.
Second Senior Brother and Qi Qiu, who were suffering from pushing up their arms, quickly bent their arms down again and pushed up, their buttocks unwittingly raised
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