Chapter 736: 736

“Everyone…”

When the adjustment of combat parameters and the adaptability training for the new standard equipment were completed, the first-line commander of the reconnaissance and rescue mission, colonel of the Red Dragon Army and Railway Gun, Long Feijun, gathered ten exploration teams together.

“In less than 24 hours, the Survival Committee will issue the highest mobilization order. All of the city’s manpower and material resources will be gathered and put into the final battle.

“Therefore, we absolutely do not need to doubt the outcome of the war. Dragon City will win!

“However, in what way will the Dragon City civilization draw a satisfactory conclusion to the brutal war that has been going on for decades?

“How many resources will be wasted in the depths of the fog and the forests, how many superhumans’ hot blood will be swallowed by the endless swamps, and how many young people who are likely to become famous ministers, generals, and pillars of the future will become rotting corpses and dry bones soaked in the flood will all depend on our performance!

“If we can pinpoint the location of the monster civilization’s ultimate lair and find out whether or not the monster civilization has any trump cards left, we might be able to usher in the most glorious victory at the lowest cost. That will allow Dragon City to charge into the boundless Other World in its fullest state.

“If we fail, Dragon City will most likely usher in a miserable victory of ‘killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 to ourselves’, returning to the era of scarcity of resources, or even the collapse of social order due to the economic crisis. We would return to the lawless, bloody era that no one wants to repeat!

“I believe that no one is willing to go back to the past.

“Whether it’s the era of scarcity or the bloody era, they are all gone for good. We—whether it’s the Red Dragon Army, the investigators, the hunters, or the experts from all walks of life who have awakened extraordinary powers—are all existences at the peak of human evolution. We are all guardians of our homeland and civilization. We will certainly use our blood and even our lives to create a brighter future for the Dragon City Civilization!”

These words were not new.

They were the beliefs that had long been engraved in the depths of everyone’s blood.

They were even the genes that were inherent in the cells.

Therefore, when Long Feijun ended the short mobilization and raised his right arm, everyone, including Meng Chao, naturally raised their right arm and clenched their iron fists, letting out battle roars that were as natural as breathing:

“Dragon City will win! Earth will win! Humanity will win!”

“Let’s go!”

Long Feijun waved his hand, and ten exploration teams boarded ten armored airships.

Since Meng Chao had to transport the components of the “portal”, he boarded the Kun Peng1, the largest armored airship that Dragon City had ever built, together with Long Feijun.

The airbags were more than 300 meters long, with a capacity of more than 400,000 cubic meters. The outer shell of the airbags was made of monster skin and was separated into nearly a hundred airtight cabins. The airships were powered by sixteen crystal engines to produce unrivaled power, each propeller had a diameter of more than five meters.

It was an out-and-out aerial monster. It was the absolute overlord of Dragon City’s airspace before the birth of the maglev airship that used brand-new technology.

It had once forcibly broken through the aerial killing array formed by dozens of Demonic Air Ripping Eyes and used the propellers that were as sharp as blades to tear seven or eight of them into pieces.

Although the maglev technology was becoming more and more mature today, it had become a matter of time for the overlord of the sky to leave.

However, whether it was the deafening roar of the engine, the airwaves raised by the propellers that were enough to blow away the power armor, the armor and heavy cannons attached to the hull of the ship, or the brand-new war emblems, all of them were emitting a fighting will that could be seen with the naked eye. That showed an eagerness for the most magnificent ending.

Under the leadership of the Kun Peng, ten transport ships carrying a large number of people and equipment slowly rose into the air. Under the protection of an even more number of five times the number of attack armored airships, they flew all the way toward the southwest.

Meng Chao leaned against the porthole and looked down at the wilderness below.

He could see that hundreds of construction machinery were working in a hurry. They had temporarily opened up hardened roads and standard gauge railways that extended all the way from Dragon City to the depths of the mountains in the southwest.

One after another, the main battle tanks, self-propelled artillery, infantry war chariots, and self-thinking runic machinery, as well as the endless military columns, formed dozens of shining silver dragons that galloped on the newly laid main traffic line. In addition, mechanized infantrymen in power armor walked in neat steps, raising smoke and dust in the air, fully displaying the essence of the words “steel torrent”.

Although the highest mobilization order had not yet been issued…

The Red Dragon Army and the mega corporations had already responded in advance.

In the next 24 to 36 hours, Dragon City had traveled through half a century, and more than half of the experts, belongings, and fresh blood that it had painstakingly accumulated would be thrown at the Hidden Mist Domain.

When the war ended, what would this awe-inspiring steel torrent look like? Would it be able to sweep across the entire Other World in a posture ten times sharper than in his previous life?

“Junior Brother Meng?”

Long Feijun’s voice snapped Meng Chao out of his thoughts.

He referred to Meng Chao as a member of Battle God Palace, bringing the two closer together. It also meant that the following was a private exchange between senior and junior brothers.

“Senior Brother Long?”

Meng Chao turned his head.

“I’m sorry for involving you in this pre-war reconnaissance mission.”

Long Feijun said, “Logically speaking, you’ve risked your life for Dragon City so many times, and you’ve even obtained the blood medal. You have the right to refuse any more risks and to sit at home enjoying flowers and honor. However, because of the disappearance of the previous exploration teams, things had become too strange. Perhaps it was really like what Man-Eating Shark Zhou Chong said. In addition to professional skills, we also need some intuition and luck, so…”

“Senior Brother Long, I haven’t even graduated from college yet. Don’t tell me that you want me to retire to the second tier so early and sleep on the merit list?”

“Of course.” Meng Chao grinned and narrowed his eyes, which were shining sharply. “Besides, Lu Siya and I are comrades who have gone through thick and thin together. She saved my life in the Lair. Now that her fate is unknown, it’s my turn to save her!

“Besides, there are still some minor ‘problems’ between me and the mastermind of the monster civilization that are waiting to be solved!

“Therefore, I should thank you for trusting me and giving me the opportunity to enter the Hidden Mist Domain. Don’t worry. I won’t let you down

“We will fight side by side. We will never disappoint all the citizens of Dragon City!”

Long Feijun held Meng Chao’s shoulder and hesitantly said, “By the way, did you leave any message for your family?”

Meng Chao was slightly stunned.

Then, he reacted.

Long Feijun was talking about a will.

The transcendent world was full of dangers. Whether it was a mission, cultivating a mysterious and complicated unique technique, or consuming an incomparably violent gene medicine to break through to a higher realm, there was a possibility of spirit energy deviation and death.

Although it was not very auspicious, it was still considered customary to leave a will before exploring a dangerous mission like the Hidden Mist Domain.

Before this, Meng Chao had never written a will.

This was because he subconsciously believed that since he had returned from the apocalypse and had the Kindling protecting him, he would not die so easily unless the apocalypse came again.

However, after seeing how vast, mysterious, and strange the world was in the ancient ruins, his thoughts gradually changed.

There were countless powerful and mysterious powers in this universe.

If he wanted to unlock, challenge, and even cultivate these powers, he had to take the risk of dying without a burial place at any time.

Leaving a last message to his family was an explanation for himself and this world.

Thus, after Long Feijun used the excuse to leave, Meng Chao pondered for a moment and left a letter for his little sister, Bai Jiacao, on his tactical watch.

“Xiaocao, if you receive this letter, it means that your big brother has already transmigrated to another world.

“Don’t be too sad. After all, Big Brother’s life has been saved. To be able to watch you and our parents live happily in a brand-new attitude, Big Brother will make a fortune every day he lives!

“I’m just… somewhat regretful. I’m regretful that I can’t see how wonderful and splendid the future is with my own eyes, and I can’t create such a future with my own hands.

“But I’m not worried at all.

“I believe that my arrival has already set off ripples in this brand-new world. When the ripples collide, it will trigger an incredible chain reaction.

“In the dancing of the butterfly effect, even without me, you will certainly be able to create an even more wonderful future — a hundred times more wonderful than the future I’m imagining right now.

“So, you really don’t have to be too sad. Even if you are sad, it will only take a short while at most. Then, wipe your tears, clench your teeth, and continue on the path that you desire the most, the future that you yearn for the most. Take big steps forward and walk down without looking back. This is my Meng Chao’s sister!

“Finally, go to my room and lift up my bedboard. There is a laptop in the secret compartment below.

“Promise me that you won’t open it. Use the most thorough means to destroy it, burn it directly, and throw the ashes into the Red Dragon River.

“Then, there is a very secret hidden compartment below the hidden compartment. There is a key inside. Take this key and go to the Dragon City Development Bank. After the staff there confirm your identity, they will naturally use this key to open the vault and give you a password book.

“I left the method to crack the password book at the bottom of our safe.

“Remember, only you or your parents can take the key to the Dragon City Development Bank in person and get the password book.

“It records… a long and weird nightmare, a soul-stirring and soul-stirring story, and a legend of a civilization struggling to survive and eventually being destroyed.

“I’ve been struggling to tell you the whole story.

“Since this story is related to unimaginable power and danger, which may drag you into an unpredictable vortex.

“You are my dearest sister, and I will never let you be hurt in the slightest.

“It was your performance on the Stairway to Heaven that helped me make up my mind.

“My sister has already grown up.

“Brother can not protect you from the wind and rain forever. We will have to face our own destinies in the end, and we will have to strangle it with our own strength.

“Therefore, do your best, Bai Jiacao. Fight, build, create, and crush the apocalypse. Enjoy the most glorious dawn after the apocalypse.”