"Everyone …"
When they finished adjusting the combat parameters and adapting to the new standard equipment, the frontline commander of the reconnaissance and search and rescue mission, Long Feijun, the Red Dragon Army colonel and Railway Gun, gathered the ten exploration squads together.
"In less than twenty-four hours, the Survival Committee will send out the highest mobilization order. All the manpower and resources in the city will be gathered together to join the final battle.
"So, we don't have to doubt the outcome of the war. Dragon City will definitely win!
"But how will Dragon City's civilization put a perfect end to this brutal war that has lasted for decades?
"Just how many resources will be wasted in the fog and the depths of the forest? How many superhumans' hot-bloodedness will be devoured by the endless swamp? How many youths who have the possibility of becoming famous generals and pillars of the country will end up as corpses and skeletons in the flood? It will all depend on our performance!
"If we can accurately locate the ultimate nest of the monster civilization and figure out whether the monster civilization still has a final trump card, we can use the smallest price to welcome the most glorious victory. Then, Dragon City will be at its peak condition and rush to the boundless Other World.
"If we fail, there's a high possibility that Dragon City will face a pyrrhic victory where we have to sacrifice eight hundred men to kill our enemies. We will return to the era of scarcity, and because of the economic crisis, social order will collapse again. We will return to the lawless, bloody era that no one wants to repeat!
"I believe that no one wants to return to the past.
"Regardless of whether it's the era of scarcity or the bloody era, it's gone forever. We are the Red Dragon Army, the investigators, the hunters, and the powerful people who have awakened to supernatural abilities from all walks of life. We are all existences who stand at the peak of human evolution. We are the guardians of our home and civilization. We will definitely use our blood and even our lives to create a brighter future for Dragon City's civilization!"
These words were not new.
Instead, they were beliefs that had long since been carved into the depths of everyone's blood.
In fact, they were even the genes they were born with hidden in their cells.
Hence, when Long Feijun ended his brief mobilization and raised his right arm, everyone, including Meng Chao, naturally raised their right arms and clenched their fists. Then, they let out a war cry that sounded as natural as breathing.
"Dragon City will win! Earth will win! Humans will win! "
"Let's go!"
Long Feijun waved his hand, and the ten exploration teams boarded the ten armored airships.
Since Meng Chao had to escort the parts for the portal, he boarded Kun-peng, the largest armored airship Dragon City had built up to this point, together with Long Feijun.
The airbag was more than three hundred meters long, and its volume reached a terrifying four hundred thousand cubic meters. It was equipped with monster skin soft armor, and it was divided into nearly one hundred airtight cabins. It relied on sixteen crystal engines to drive propellers to provide great power. Each propeller had a diameter of more than five meters.
This was definitely a monster in the air. Before maglev airships were created using brand new technology, it had sworn to protect Dragon City's airspace.
He had once forcefully broken through the aerial killing formation formed by dozens of Demonic Air Ripping Eyes and used the propellers that were as sharp as blades to tear seven or eight Demonic Air Ripping Eyes into pieces.
Now that maglev technology was becoming more and more mature, it was only a matter of time before this dominator of the air retired.
But regardless of whether it was the deafening roars of the engines, the airwaves stirred up by the propellers that could send motorized armor flying, the armor and heavy cannons on the airship, or the brand new emblem, all of them released visible fighting spirit. It was clear that the airship longed for the grandest ending.
Under Kun-peng's lead, ten transport airships carrying a large number of people and equipment slowly rose into the air. They were protected by five times the number of offensive armored airships, and they flew southwest.
Meng Chao leaned against the porthole and looked down at the wild.
He could see hundreds of construction machines working hard. They had temporarily created hardened roads and standard gauge railways that stretched from Dragon City to the depths of the mountains in the southwest.
Main battle tanks, self-propelled cannons, infantry fighting vehicles, and self-thinking rune machines, as well as military trains whose ends could not be seen, formed dozens of glittering silver dragons that galloped on the newly constructed main lines of communication. Together with the mechanized infantry wearing motorized armor, they marched in neat steps and stirred up a cloud of dust. The essence of 'Steel Torrent' was vividly displayed.
Even though the highest mobilization order had not been given yet …
The Red Dragon Army and the mega corporations had already responded to it beforehand.
In the next twenty-four to thirty-six hours, most of the powerful fighters, assets, and fresh blood that Dragon City had gathered over the past half a century would be thrown into Hidden Fog.
When the war ended, what would this mighty steel army look like? Would it be ten times sharper than in Meng Chao's previous life and sweep through the Other World?
"Junior Brother Meng?"
Long Feijun's voice broke Meng Chao's thoughts.
He addressed Meng Chao as a member of Battle God Palace and closed the distance between them. It also meant that they were about to have a private conversation as fellow disciples.
"Senior Brother Long?"
Meng Chao turned his head around.
"I'm sorry for dragging you into this reconnaissance mission before the war," Long Feijun said.
Long Feijun said. "Logically speaking, you've already risked your life for Dragon City so many times and even obtained a blood badge. You have absolutely the right to refuse taking any more risks and just sit at home to enjoy flowers and glory." However, the disappearance of the exploration teams before us is just too strange. Perhaps it's just as Man-eating Shark Zhou Chong said, aside from professional skills, we also need some instincts and luck.
"Senior Brother Long, I haven't even graduated from university. Are you thinking that I should retire to the second line so early and rest on my laurels?" Meng Chao grinned.
Then, he narrowed his eyes, and a sharp light shone in them. "Besides, Lu Siya and I are comrades who have gone through thick and thin with each other. She saved my life in the lair, and now that we don't know whether she's dead or alive, it's naturally my turn to save her!
"Besides, I still have some small 'problems' with the mastermind of the monster civilization that I need to solve!
"So, I should thank you for trusting me and giving me the chance to enter Hidden Fog. Don't worry, I won't disappoint you!"
"We'll fight together, and we won't disappoint all Dragon Citizens!"
Long Feijun grabbed Meng Chao's shoulder and said hesitantly, "By the way, did you … leave any messages for your family?"
Meng Chao was a little stunned.
Then, he registered what he meant.
Long Feijun was talking about a will.
The world of superhumans was filled with danger. Regardless of whether they went on a mission, practiced profound and complicated martial arts, or took violent gene medicine to reach a higher cultivation realm, there was a possibility that they would go through spirit energy deviation or die.
Even though it was not very auspicious, it was common practice for someone to leave a will before a dangerous mission like exploring Hidden Fog.
Meng Chao had never written a will before.
Because he instinctively believed that since he returned from the apocalypse and had Kindling protecting him, unless the apocalypse descended again, he would not die easily.
However, after witnessing how vast, mysterious, and bizarre this world was in the Primordial Ruins, his way of thinking gradually changed.
There were countless powerful and mysterious powers in the universe.
If he wanted to unlock, challenge, or even cultivate these powers, he had to take the risk of dying at any moment.
Leaving a final message for his family could be considered as an explanation to himself and the world.
Hence, when Long Feijun found an excuse to leave, Meng Chao thought about it for a while before he left a letter for his younger sister on his tactical watch.
"Young Cao, if you receive this letter, it means that I've already transmigrated to another world.
"Don't be too sad. In any case, I was lucky enough to be able to see you and your parents live happily in brand new ways. Every day I live is worth it!
"I just … feel a little regretful. I regret that I can't see just how exciting and brilliant the future is with my own eyes, and I can't personally create this future.
"But I'm not worried at all.
"Because I believe that my arrival has already stirred up a ripple in this brand new world. When the ripples collide, it will create an unbelievable chain reaction.
"As the butterfly effect dances, even if I'm not around, you will definitely be able to create an even more exciting future. It will be one hundred times more exciting than the future I'm imagining right now.
"So, you really don't have to be too sad. Even if you're going to be sad, at most, you'll be fine for a while. Then, wipe away your tears, grit your teeth, and continue walking down the path you desire the most and the future you look forward to the most. Stride forward and don't even look back. That's how my little sister should be!
"Finally, go to my room and flip open my bed. There's a laptop in the hidden compartment.
"Promise me that you won't open it. Use the most thorough method to destroy it. Burn it, and then throw the ashes into Red Dragon River.
"Then, there's a very secret compartment under the hidden compartment. There's a key in there. Take the key to Dragon City Development Bank. Once the staff there verify your identity, they will naturally use the key to open the safety vault and give you a codebook.
"I've left the method to crack the codebook at the bottom of our family's safety vault.
"Remember, only you or your parents can personally take the key to Dragon City Development Bank to get the codebook.
"It records … a long and strange nightmare. It's a shocking and soul-stirring story. It's a legend of a civilization struggling to survive, and in the end, it's destroyed.
"I've been conflicted as to whether I should tell you this story as it is.
"Because this story is related to unbelievable power and danger. It might drag you into an unpredictable vortex.
"You're my dearest little sister. I don't want you to be hurt.
"It was your performance at the Stairway to Heaven that helped me make up my mind.
"My little sister has already grown up.
"I can't protect you forever. In the end, we have to face our own fates and rely on our own strength to seize its throat.
"So, do your best, Bai Jiacao. Fight with everything you have, work hard, build, create, crush the apocalypse, and enjoy the most glorious dawn after you crush the apocalypse!"
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