Announcement to the entire army! That lazy bum has become my superior?

A single announcement, like a bomb, instantly set off a massive wave within the military's internal communication network!

[Decision Regarding the Conferment of the Title 'Longxia Country Special Grade Honorary Consultant' on Lin Yuan!]

[By the unanimous resolution of the Military Department's Supreme Committee, in recognition of Lin Yuan's potential outstanding contributions to maintaining national security and enhancing national potential, he is hereby granted the title of 'Special Grade Honorary Consultant', with a military Rank equivalent to Senior Colonel. This appointment takes effect immediately!]

...This announcement offered no excessive explanation and no detailed list of achievements.

It was just that simple! Brutal! Direct!

When countless officers and soldiers across the country, in every theater and at every post, saw this top-priority red-headed document...

Everyone's first reaction was utter bewilderment!

Complete and total bewilderment!

"Lin Yuan... who is that? Why have I never heard of this name before?"

"Special Grade Honorary Consultant? Senior Colonel Rank?! Holy crap! Am I seeing this right?!"

"You've got to be kidding me! I've been fighting exotic beasts on the border for ten years, surviving by the skin of my teeth just to reach the Rank of Major! Who the hell is this guy? Parachuting straight to Senior Colonel?!"

"Investigate! Hurry and find out what Lin Yuan's background is! Is he some big shot's illegitimate son?"

"Found it! The Lin Family of Yan Capital! Son of Great General Protecting the Nation Lin Jianguo, and grandson of the Martial God Lin Zhan!"

"Holy cow! So he's a top-tier second-generation elite! No wonder!"

"But this is too ridiculous! Even with a powerful background, you can't do things this way! Is military Rank just for show? What about the efforts of us low-level soldiers?!"

"Shady dealings! Absolute shady dealings! I don't accept this!"

...For a time, the entire military was filled with complaints!

Countless doubts, dissatisfactions, and feelings of anger spread like a virus.

Especially among the commoner officers who, like Lu Chengfeng, had climbed up step by step from the bottom, this emotion reached its peak!

To them, this was not just an unjust appointment.

It was the most heartless trampling of those strivers who used their blood, sweat, and lives to practice military honor!

...In stark contrast to the noise and anger of the outside world...

...was the eternal tranquility and peace of the Lin Family's backyard.

Lin Yuan had just let out a long yawn, slowly waking up from a sound afternoon nap.

He felt every cell in his body filled with power.

Refreshed and invigorated!

"Not bad, not bad. My cultivation has improved quite a bit after this sleep."

He nodded with satisfaction.

He was about to roll over and continue his great cause of lying flat.

However.

A flurry of hurried footsteps broke the silence of the small courtyard.

Great General Protecting the Nation Lin Jianguo, his square face as dark as the bottom of a pot, came storming in with a document in his hand.

"You rebellious son! Get up!"

Lin Jianguo was practically roaring as he slammed the document hard onto the stone table in front of Lin Yuan.

Bang!

A loud crash.

Lin Yuan was startled awake and opened his eyes with great dissatisfaction: "What's all the shouting for? Can't a person get some sleep?"

He glanced at his old man, who was trembling with rage.

Then he looked at the red-headed document on the table and asked lazily, "What is this thing now?"

"What is this thing?!"

Lin Jianguo felt his blood pressure soaring to the breaking point once again!

He pointed at the document, his fingers trembling.

"See for yourself! This is an appointment just issued by the Military Department! You rebellious son, you are now a Special Grade Honorary Consultant of Dragon Xia Kingdom! With the Rank of Senior Colonel!"

"Because of you!"

"The entire Military Department is in an uproar! Countless people are cursing our Lin Family for abusing power for personal gain! My old face has been completely disgraced by you!"

"I, Lin Jianguo, have been upright and honest all my life with illustrious military achievements, yet in the end, I have to bear the infamy of nepotism because of you!"

"I... how did I give birth to something like you!"

He became angrier as he spoke, his chest heaving violently as if he might faint the next second.

However.

After hearing these words, there was not the slightest ripple on Lin Yuan's face.

Oh, Senior Colonel.

He thought it was something serious.

"What's the big deal?"

He lay back down.

Adjusting to a comfortable position, he said in an indifferent tone, "If they want to curse, let them curse. It's not like I'll lose any weight over it."

"Besides, didn't you always hope I could bring honor to the Family and make a name for myself in the Military Department?"

"Now, I've become a Senior Colonel without lifting a finger. You should be happy."

Pfft—!!!

Lin Jianguo couldn't catch his breath and almost had a myocardial infarction on the spot!

Happy?

Happy my ass!

He pointed at Lin Yuan, his lips trembling for a long time, only to find that he couldn't even utter a single word of rebuttal.

It was true.

This rebellious son wasn't wrong.

He had done it!

In a way that Lin Jianguo himself could neither understand nor accept, he had done it!

"Sigh..."

Finally, all the anger turned into a long... sigh filled with a sense of powerlessness.

He had finally understood.

One could never reason with this rebellious son.

A moment later... Lin Jianguo took a deep breath, seemingly having made a decision.

He looked at Lin Yuan and said in a tone that was almost like a formal notice:

"Pack your things."

"Huh?" Lin Yuan didn't even lift his eyelids. "For what?"

"The Marshal has given the order."

A complex expression of schadenfreude appeared on Lin Jianguo's face.

"To provide you, the newly appointed Honorary Consultant, with a better environment for recuperation, the Military Department has decided to invite you to stay at Tianshu Base for a while."

"The car is already waiting outside."

Having said that, he no longer looked at Lin Yuan and turned to leave.

His back even carried a bit of lighthearted relief.

Great!

This rebellious son was finally being sent away!

If he let him stay at home any longer, he would be angered to death sooner or later!

As for that place, Tianshu Base... Heh!

That was the most mysterious and harshest Super Soldier Training Camp in Dragon Xia Kingdom!

The instructors inside were all Living Yamas who killed without blinking!

The soldiers inside had all stepped out from mountains of corpses and seas of blood!

Hopefully, when this rebellious son got there, he would still be able to lie down as leisurely as he did now!

Lin Jianguo could already foresee the scene of his rebellious son being tortured by those iron-blooded instructors until he cried for his parents!

Thinking of this, his steps couldn't help but become even lighter.