Chapter 1 The Beginning

Within Earth, Dajiang Province, Weiyu Brigade Headquarters.

Jiang Xiao stood in Erwei's office, looking at Erwei behind the desk, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on? Why such an emergency?"

Erwei's expression was solemn as he said, "A large number of Arrow Mountain Other Dimensions have appeared in the northeastern part of Dajiang Province, at the border with the Da Meng Empire."

Behind Jiang Xiao stood Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue.

Xia Yan was visibly stunned, and said, "Arrow Mountain? Platinum Arrow Mountain? The Da Meng Empire's Other Dimension? Opened within our Dajiang Province?"

The Arrow Mountain Other Dimension was a very terrifying space. Even on a global scale, the danger level of this space was among the highest.

The creatures within were at the minimum Gold rank, and at the maximum Platinum rank. Their skills were all explosive output-type Star Techniques.

Most people believed that the Arrow Mountain Other Dimension belonged to the Da Meng Empire.

This was also the reason why Hai Rigu, a competitor in the previous World Cup, including all the students from the Da Meng Empire, held deep hostility towards the Hua Xia Captain, Hou Mingming.

Because for people like Hai Rigu, all of Hou Mingming's archery Star Techniques were signature Star Techniques of the Da Meng Empire.

But the problem was...

Hua Xia's land was vast and expansive, and some Arrow Mountain Other Dimensions did open within Hua Xia's Da Meng Province.

Even if a small portion of these Arrow Mountains opened on the border between the two countries, the territory was still Hua Xia's, and there was no use in trying to deny it.

Erwei nodded, and said, "Yes, and a large number of them."

As he spoke, Erwei stood up, walked to the window, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the night outside the window, and said, "En Jie's second regiment is closest to that area and has already gone up to support. The three squads within the regiment are the Withered Squad (Captain Hou Mingming), the Wenlong Squad (Captain Zhao Wenlong) and the Ronin Squad (Captain Wang Lang).

Hou Mingming's style is relatively aggressive, and Wang Lang is also the type with a wild imagination. I'm a little worried, and currently, the Other Dimensions are opening in large numbers, you go up and provide support."

Jiang Xiao nodded repeatedly, and said, "No problem, we'll go now."

"Mm." Erwei ordered, "This mission is different from the past, you must wear your military uniforms, and take your identification. There will be multiple military branches providing support there, and your identification is your proof of identity."

As he spoke, Erwei glanced at Jiang Xiao.

Everyone knew that Jiang Xiao's face was basically "globally recognized", but this was, after all, a mission within the military, extremely serious, so Erwei's request was very normal.

In fact, this kind of request from Erwei should not have been necessary to mention. Any proper soldier, when going out to perform a mission, unless it was a special mission that required plain clothes, must be properly dressed for the mission.

The reason why Erwei specifically mentioned it was because Jiang Xiao's team was too special.

And... due to the existence of the Devouring Sea Soul, she was worried that there would be misunderstandings.

It was now past 9 o'clock at night, and in winter, the sky in Dajiang Province was dark relatively early. In this pitch-black darkness, there were so many military branches, all performing emergency missions. It was better to avoid trouble than to cause it.

What was really important to pay attention to was that this was an operation on the border. Any misunderstanding could really blow things up.

Erwei said, "As pioneers, you have performed missions on the peninsula, you know the rules, go."

"Yes!" The trio nodded in agreement, and Jiang Xiao directly opened the door to the World of Calamity Shadow, and the trio went home to change clothes.

In this race against time, Jiang Xiao didn't bother to let his Star Pets play. He put the Star Pets one by one into the Star Chart, and after hesitating for a moment, Jiang Xiao still didn't disturb Gu Shi'an and Yi Qingchen.

Their current primary goal was to reach Star Ocean rank!

To charge single-mindedly!

The faster, the better!

When Jiang Xiao came out again, he was alone. He could teleport around the world, and although he had not opened the map of the northeastern border of Dajiang Province, he could quickly reach the scene with a few blinks.

Erwei sat on the windowsill, with his arms crossed and held in front of him, and said, "Thank you for your hard work. You probably won't have time to rest tonight."

"It's okay." Jiang Xiao shook his head with a smile.

If anyone was working hard, Erwei was the hardest working person.

Since he became the highest commander of the Weiyu Brigade in Dajiang Province, he had spent most of his time at the headquarters. He not only had to manage his own Light-Chasing Regiment.

Even though Erwei was not the direct leader of the Dajiang Night Watch Army, the Dajiang Night Watch Army had too much information and intelligence gathered here, and even some of their movements had to be approved by him.

The changes in the location of garrisons, the distribution of military forces, the patrol range of each team, the changes in the number of personnel, too many things were involved in his energy, and what he needed to manage was not a simple Weiyu Brigade, but the entire Dajiang Night Watch Army.

Even the time for his training was squeezed out. Looking at his brothers going to the battlefield one by one, it was difficult for Jiang Xiao to understand his mood.

The good news was that Erwei, who was at the peak of the Star Ocean realm, had already touched the threshold of the Starry Sky realm.

The bad news was that under such high-intensity command and combat situations, it was difficult to guarantee his daily training. He didn't know how long it would take for him to truly break through to the Starry Sky realm.

Erwei said with a hoarse voice, "Come back safe."

"Mm." Jiang Xiao nodded, and his body disappeared in a flash.

Jiang Xiao, wearing the Devouring Sea Clothes, had a somewhat strange shape. The wide cloak was enough to cover his entire body, but Jiang Xiao requested the Devouring Sea Clothes to specifically leave out the position of his right arm, and also revealed his "Night" badge.

As Jiang Xiao teleported, he touched the Night Watch military officer's certificate in his chest pocket, and then he was relieved.

Teleporting all the way northeast, under Jiang Xiao's intentional control of the distance, when he teleported for the third time, in the pitch-black night, Jiang Xiao, standing in the high altitude, saw the pitch-black town in the distance.

This was not the most important thing. The key was that Jiang Xiao vaguely heard the sound of indiscriminate bombing!

Jiang Xiao's eyes turned red, and he immediately summoned the Tearful Rain series of Star Techniques. At the same time, he hurriedly opened the door to the Ruins of Calamity Shadow, and Han Jiangxue and Xia Yan, who were waiting at the door, immediately flew out.

Three people in cloaks stood in the dark night sky. Jiang Xiao put one hand on each of their shoulders, and their figures flashed instantly.

Whoosh...

Standing on a low building in the town, Xia Yan's eyes narrowed, and she hurriedly stepped forward.

She immediately stood in front of Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue, and the thick Greatsword of Desperation in her hand was already horizontal in front of her.

Xia Yan's slender figure arched slightly, turning her sword into a shield, and was repelled more than three meters by a series of dark black feather arrows!

The trio retreated one after another, and also heard the sound of bursts of black feather arrows shattering into mist.

"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!"

The dark black feather arrows shattered one after another. They were all familiar with this Star Technique. This was Hou Mingming's signature skill!

Seven Stars in a Row, Rapid Fire, with Tracking, Slight Explosions, and Interference with Vision effects!

This was a divine skill of the archery system on Earth!

Xia Yan's eyes were extremely sharp, and in her red eyes, without the guidance of Domain Tears, she had already seen the commoner woman pierced through the chest by a white feather arrow.

Without saying a word, Jiang Xiao threw a Bell of Peace towards the commoner woman!

At the same time, Jiang Xiao's heart was confused.

What was going on?

In the perception of the Domain Tears, this was an empty city!

There was no doubt that the civilians here had already been safely evacuated under the leadership of the military. This town may have even been abandoned for a long time!

At this time, the streets and alleys were full of creatures from the Arrow Mountain race. How did a human suddenly pop up?

"Die!" A delicate shout, accompanied by a Platinum-colored Greatsword of Desperation!

On Xia Yan's path of advancement, she directly shattered three white feather arrows. The fire lines drawn by the white feather arrows were instantly submerged by the Platinum color of the Greatsword of Desperation, and the thick and sharp Greatsword instantly pierced through a humanoid creature.

It was said to be humanoid, but it was a strange person.

It had two faces and four arms.

This guy... had no back of the head! And no back!

In other words, this creature looked like it had no front or back, only sides!

There were many varieties of humanoid creatures, and they were also divided into many grades.

The faces of the Savage race were undoubtedly the closest to humans that Jiang Xiao had ever seen.

If the Savage race could be ranked first, then the Arrow Mountain race could be ranked second!

No matter how bizarre the body structure of the Arrow Mountain race was, their faces were genuine human faces! And faces with extremely high looks for human society.

They were naked, with strong bodies and rough and bold faces, even heroic. The only thing that allowed people to distinguish the "front" from the "back" was its legs.

Under the shorts and skirts woven from leaves and grass were two normal human thighs.

Through the knees, and the way its legs bent when it ran, one could distinguish which was the person (face) that dominated the body.

This kind of creature came with a rear view, and was also equipped with a set of faces and hands that could operate normally, so it was relatively difficult to sneak attack them.

But it was precisely this special body structure that made their actions very strange.

One head was equipped with two faces, so if one side lowered its head, the other side would inevitably be in a "sky gazing" posture.

It was unknown how this kind of creature coordinated internally. In short, their upper body remained upright in any situation.

The Arrow Mountain race rarely bent over, and even in a fighting state, their bodies were unwilling to tilt forward or backward. They would only make left and right tilting, dodging movements.

"Did you find it? Jiang Xiao? Why can't I find the space door?" Xia Yan shouted delicately, her eyes red. In the Domain Tears, she only saw a ruined town.

But she didn't sense the existence of a space door.

Xia Yan's figure retreated repeatedly, and the thick Greatsword of Desperation blocked back and forth in front of her, and a series of black and white arrows bombarded her wildly.

Xia Yan's expression was startled, and she suddenly teleported, moving several meters to the other side.

She saw that in the position where Xia Yan had just stood, a huge ice-blue arrow, charging and smashing, unstoppable, shot past, and plunged into the houses on the right side of the street.

Rumble...

The houses were directly blasted down.

Arrow Mountain · Gold Rank · Ice Feather!

Ice Feather was one of the few Gold Rank creatures in the Arrow Mountain Other Dimension, but its Gold-grade Blue Feather Arrow was quite powerful!

"Underground! Underground! Northeast of the town, watch me teleport." Jiang Xiao shouted loudly, and under the pitter-patter of the small rain, Jiang Xiao grabbed Han Jiangxue next to him, and the two figures teleported immediately.

Jiang Xiao and Han Jiangxue stood on the roof of a low building, stepping on the edge of the building, Jiang Xiao shouted loudly, "No civilians!"

Huff...

Han Jiangxue immediately understood what Jiang Xiao meant, and aimed at the overturned soil below, who originally wanted to activate the Deep Blue Scepter, and directly threw out a Platinum-grade Ice Howl!

The soil, which had already been turned over, was immediately torn apart under the rapidly rotating ice vortex, and a large number of Arrow Mountain races were turned into broken limbs.

This race was a very typical type with strong offense and weak defense, and their output Star Techniques could explode the sky!

But their bodies were as fragile as a "whiteboard Star Warrior" in the Star River realm.

Han Jiangxue was high above, and the output environment was very good, but at this height, she naturally became the target of the Arrow Mountain race.

Jiang Xiao didn't care about many things, and directly activated Starry Sky · Domain Tears!

In an instant, a water ball with a diameter of eight meters enveloped the two of them. With the help of the Devouring Sea Soul, Han Jiangxue breathed freely in the water, and frantically threw Ice Howl downwards.

And Jiang Xiao kept condensing water balls, compressing water droplets, and doing his best to turn the outer layer of the water ball into a water shield.

At the same time, Xia Yan in the Domain Tears, following Jiang Xiao's position, teleported over, and also saw the extremely tragic scene below.

Jiang Xiao shouted loudly, "Get away from here, go indoors! Hide, use Domain Tears to judge the position, and directly cast Star Transformation into Weapon! Aim at this position!"

Xia Yan's body teleported, and directly entered a house three blocks away, one hand raised high, and the next moment, a giant sword quietly appeared in the sky.

"Mm?" Xia Yan suddenly turned around, grabbed behind her with one hand, and pinched the wrist of the person behind her tightly!

"Pa..."

"Eh, ouch..." The man screamed, and the kitchen knife in his hand fell to the ground.

Xia Yan immediately reacted, and her strength loosened, but her body reaction was too fast, and that action was definitely subconscious!

She saw her use a grappling technique to turn the man's arm behind his back, and push forward heavily with one hand.

"Dong!"

The man was directly pressed against the wall, and shouted, "Let me go, let me go..."

That voice was somewhat old.

Xia Yan was stunned. Was this an old man? A civilian?

Xia Yan hurriedly released the old man, stomping his feet in a hurry, "Why didn't you leave? Why didn't you follow the army to retreat?"

The old man cursed, "I won't leave my home! You get out of my house!"

As he spoke, the old man's body staggered, enduring the pain, and bent over to pick up the kitchen knife on the ground.

Seeing such a scene, Xia Yan's mentality almost exploded!