The next day, the first day of the Chinese New Year, before dawn.
The Lin family, along with Ouyang Chengshan and his descendants, had already packed their gear and set off.
Liu Ruolan, Ouyang Chengshan's wife and the highest-ranking female elder of the family, along with Ouyang Xinlan, An Rongrong, several granddaughters-in-law, and Zhang Lingxiu, did not come out to see them off.
Instead, they sat at the table eating breakfast with the other women of the family. Seeing Zhang Lingxiu crying profusely and wanting to see them off, the old lady stopped her.
"Girl, sit down properly. Our men don't need us to see them off, because our men always return home safe and sound, no matter the time or the battle. As women, what we need to do is eat well, sleep well, and not worry our men. When they return, we'll greet them with a rosy-cheeked and beautiful wife. That's what our women should do."
The old lady's husband, son, and grandson were all fighting on the battlefield. If anything were to happen, the old lady would not be able to live on.
However, facing her descendants, she had to hide her worries and grit her teeth. Because Liu Ruolan knew that only by doing so could she prevent the men fighting on the battlefield from worrying about her. A moment of distraction on the battlefield could be fatal.
Zhang Lingxiu choked out, "I understand, Grandma. I'll take care of myself."
The old lady comforted her, "Girl, don't worry. Good people never live long, but villains live for a thousand years. That brat of yours, full of bad ideas, does everything but good deeds. The person who can trick him hasn't even been born yet."
On the other side, the brat with bad ideas, as referred to by the old lady Liu, had arrived with everyone else in a special space at the Capital Military Department.
Lin Zhan looked at the scene before him with curiosity. A giant teleportation gate, shimmering with dazzling light, stood between heaven and earth.
Ouyang Chengshan looked at Lin Zhan's astonished expression and said, "Zhan'er, surprised, aren't you? Doesn't it look spectacular?"
Lin Zhan nodded and said, "Grandpa, who built such a huge teleportation gate? This is too wasteful. If all these spatial treasures were made into bombs, I could flatten dozens of places like the Ghost Realm back then."
It turned out that after returning to the Capital, Lin Zhan had taken the three little ones to visit various famous weapons masters and demolition experts.
After numerous improvements, they finally created a strengthened integrated bomb, not only increasing its power but also developing five different models.
The most powerful one, after deduction, had Lin Zhan and the three little ones add nearly a hundred kilograms of spatial stones, the primary material for forging teleportation gates and spatial equipment.
They directly modified the integrated bomb into a black hole bomb, a natural and pollution-free black hole bomb powered by elemental reactions.
Lin Zhan and the military experts made a total of five black hole bombs. It was the Human King Ying Zheng himself who personally carved the elemental stabilization formations on these five bombs, otherwise, they would have exploded as soon as they were loaded.
Three of them were currently lying in the storage spaces of Lin Zhan, Lin Shanhe, and Zhang Zhen. The remaining two were transported to the uninhabited areas of the Great Northwest of China for weapons and demolition experts to research and upgrade.
With Lin Zhan's reluctant gaze, everyone passed through the teleportation gate and entered the true Myriad Races Battlefield.
Looking at the fortress before them, Ouyang Chengshan introduced to Lin Zhan, "This fortress is the Human King's Palace, renowned throughout the Myriad Races. It is not only guarded by the Human King ancestor himself all year round but also by the four great generals of the human race: Bai Qi the Man-slayer, General Wang Jian, and the great general who was known as the 'Number One Warrior of China' and struck terror into the Xiongnu for a thousand miles, Meng Tian, and Gaius Julius Caesar of ancient Rome."
Lin Zhan asked with a look of disdain, "Is that blond-haired Caesar considered a great general? Any great general in our China could defeat him by leaps and bounds."
"There's no helping it. General Han Xin, the God of War, lost to him in a game of rock-paper-scissors, and armies from other special zones are also fighting on the battlefield, so they brought this fellow over. However, I must say, his skills are not as good as your father's, and he's really not as good as the other three great generals," Ouyang Chengshan said somewhat sheepishly.
As they walked and talked, the group arrived at a service hall. A soldier in armor approached them and said, "Generals, Great General Bai Qi requests your presence."
Lin Zhan followed the steps of the others and finally saw the great general, the Man-slayer, who was famous in Chinese history but had a terrible reputation. After all, he had killed too many people. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, half of the soldiers who died were eliminated by this great general himself. How could such a figure have a good reputation?
It was like Lin Zhan, anywhere outside of China, if his photo were seen in another special zone, people would step forward and spit on it.
When they entered the conference room, they found that not only General Bai Qi was present, but also Ancestor Di Xin and the other three guarding generals.
Bai Qi looked at them and said, "Are you all ready? The main pressure on the front line will be on you this time. I will assign the 30,000-strong Killing God Army to you to lead as a reserve force."
Ouyang Chengshan and the others responded in unison, "Yes."
"Go and prepare. Leave this brat with me," Bai Qi said after issuing the military order to the others, and kept Lin Zhan behind.
Lin Zhan looked at Bai Qi curiously and said, "Old Ancestor, you are a King, so why is it rumored outside that the four guarding generals of the Human King's Palace are all quasi-kings?"
"Even that scoundrel Wei Qing could become a King, and which of us three brothers is not stronger than him? It's just that blondie is useless and dragging down the overall level," Bai Qi said, pointing at Caesar.
Lin Zhan carefully examined Caesar, who had blond hair, and then turned to Bai Qi, "Great Ancestor, is this guy reliable? Those bastards from the Roman Papacy are not good people. If not, why don't you and the others make a move and get rid of this guy? I'll slaughter that special zone when I get back."
Caesar said helplessly, "Bai, this little brat is very rude. Can I teach him a lesson? And you have to tell him that I am a true human, a human, a human. Important things must be said three times. I am different from those birdmen of the Papacy."
Bai Qi said angrily to Caesar, "You want to deal with this kid? He just killed over 2.7 million people a few days ago. Aren't you afraid he'll slaughter your Rome?"
Then he pointed to Di Xin and said, "Also, this brat's parents are sitting right there. If you want to deal with him, I won't stop you."
Caesar exclaimed, "He was the one who ordered the execution of those people who were doing well in Japan? My God, how old is he? This is too terrifying."
"Ancestor Di Xin, I think you need to discipline him strictly, otherwise no one will be able to control him."
Di Xin glanced at Caesar, thinking to himself that this blondie who couldn't read the room dared to speak to his descendant. "I can't control him. I've decided to exile him to your Rome and let him fend for himself."