What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?

Jacob was awoken the next day to a loud horn echoing outside his room. He got up and dressed quickly while still wearing his waistband and suit. It was a chore initially but he finally got dressed. He found that Emmanuel had long been dressed and was waiting outside the door.

Jacob nodded to him then proceeded to the training field. Everyone was handed a snack bar and instructed to eat. Everyone was then lined up near a running track, and the drill instructor simply said, "Run until I feel tired." A few looked like they were ready to protest, but the drill instructor simply

During a long-distance run, which this surely looked like it was going to be, pacing is important. Some people did not understand this, and were running rather fastly, sometimes lapping the slower runners. Jacob took some time to find a steady rhythm, then went into a semi auto-pilot.

Very quickly some people noticed something wrong, some people started to feel like their stomachs were going to bloat, and keeled over in pain. The drill instructor laughed, "Those snack bars were compressed meat bars made from the meat of star level 5 exo beasts. Normally, your energy cycle will break down the meat into pure energy, increasing your cultivation, but since you have energy stagnation waistbands… well, if your body can't process the meat fast enough, then you will have some fun on the toilet later."

Quite a few people paled. Jacob too was feeling cramps, he sped up his pacing a bit and felt that his cramps hurt a little less, but it also presented a problem. He did not feel his fatigue lessening with the processing of the meat bar, so if he kept an accelerated pace, we will tire out quicker, but if he slows down his cramps will hurt more. Other people also quickly noted this issue.

The drill instructor 'helpfully' provided an explanation, "The meat bars will convert into pure universe energy, and would normally increase your cultivation, but because of the stagnation bands… everything is held back. Though a bit of the energy tempers your body, it will still require some rest time for it to work its magic, your body is too busy working on breaking down the energy."

There were other underlying things that were not said, such as the preciousness of star level 5 exo beast meat. While the drill instructor said that their energy cycle could quickly break down the meat, he didn't mention how there was a three level difference between star level 2 and star level 5 that is not only quantity, but also quality.

Except for maybe Jacob's ridiculous energy cycle, no one else could possibly do it. But to have their bodies do it, while the only downside seemed to be excessive bathroom time, some of the smarter people realized the opportunity and started to find a way to exhaust every point of energy their bodies can bare.

Jacob stealthily summoned some pond water into his mouth, but it seemed to have no effect at all. Jacob ruminated on what it means and came to a conclusion based on his current understanding. Of the three categories of Mental, Physical, and Energy, His dimension seemed to be a source of unlimited energy, and could not help out when it came to physical increases, he also made a subjective judgement that it would not help him out in the mental department either.

Eventually, it was down to five people, the rest had collapsed from either exhaustion or pain. It was Jacob, Emmanuel, and the three delicate flowers that somehow got enough points to be ranked in the top 100, and were selected to go to the Federal University instead of Heaven Star. It seemed though, that the only reason they were still holding on was because they did not want to fall behind Jacob.

Jacob on the other hand, while he was not breezing by with ease, was not lying dead like a dog on the ground. He attributes this to the fact that his entire body was thoroughly refined during the Body Refinement Stage, giving him a much deeper foundation than most. Jacob wonders if there are ways to use energy to temper his body, because it seems like except for during the body refinement stage, the pond water has no effect on him whatsoever.

After another long while of running, the three delicate flowers have long given out, only Jacob, who is also tired, and Emmanuel, who is slightly winded. Jacob was a little baffled by this, and wondered what this guy ate to be like this.

Eventually, Jacob kicked the bucket as well and everyone just watched Emmanuel continue on for another 30 minutes before the commander called him to stop. He then waved his hand, and some people quickly brought a bunch of desks over. Each desk had a pencil and a book named '101 Brain Puzzles for Kids!'.

The drill instructor said, "When your body is tired, we will train your mind, when your mind turns to mush, we will train your body, rinse and repeat." Everyone then sat down to start doing brain puzzles.

'What can be seen once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?'

'Which tire doesn't move when the car turns right?'

'I am not alive, but I have five fingers, what am I?'

Normally for Jacob, these questions would be easy, but he is about to pass out from exhaustion and would rather sleep, still he answered each question one by one. As he was writing he heard a loud air horn and jumped up. He looked up to see someone who had obviously just fallen asleep clutching his head in pain.

Jacob made sure to not fall asleep like that pitiful guy. Jacob then continued writing in answers to the simple, yet sometimes tricky questions. As Jacob was nearing the end, the drill instructor made a comment, "Oh, those who have wrong answers have to swim 10 laps in the pool to wake up their minds." This led to many people to break out into a cold sweat. "Oh, your partner too." Jacob had a little bit of relief here as he looked at the near unaffected Emmanuel.

The rest of the day continued with physical training, then mental training, by the end, even Emmanuel looked a little bit worn out, finally everyone was dismissed back to their rooms. Jacob looked at Emmanuel curiously, today this person was absolutely beast like when it came to training. Emmanuel looked at Jacob and merely said, "I cultivate a non-mainstream method that focuses on Mental and Physical fitness." with that he ignored Jacob and went to bed, Jacob soon followed.