This meticulous attention to detail is what makes a master of the craft!

After saying that, he didn't give Lin Yuan any chance to react. He stepped forward and grabbed Lin Yuan's back collar like an eagle catching a chick.

That force was steady and irresistible.

“Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing!”

Lin Yuan was instantly displeased. He struggled twice, but found that his old man was determined this time; those hands were like iron pincers, not budging an inch.

“Old man! This is unlawful detention! I’m going to sue you!”

Lin Yuan protested loudly while being dragged away.

However, Lin Jianguo just kept a cold face and didn't say a word, his steps never pausing for a second.

His resolute face was written with the determination of 'even if the King of Heaven himself came today, I would still take you away, you brat.'

“I'm warning you! If you don't let go, I'm going to fight back!”

Lin Yuan was still making a final struggle.

“Just try it.”

Lin Jianguo coldly spat out those three words.

Lin Yuan instantly wilted.

He wouldn't even blink when hitting others.

But hitting his own father... he really couldn't bring himself to do it.

“Tch, you win.”

Lin Yuan curled his lip and gave up resistance, allowing himself to be dragged like a dead dog by his father and stuffed into a black military hovercar that had been waiting at the manor entrance.

“Roar—!”

The hovercar's engine let out a low growl and instantly turned into a streak of black lightning, soaring into the sky and speeding toward the capital.

Inside the car.

Lin Yuan slumped unhappily in the back seat, looking at Lin Jianguo, who was sitting upright and looking straight ahead, and couldn't help but complain.

“I say, Dad, it's just a bunch of big idiots fighting in the north. Is it really necessary to make such a big fuss?”

“The entire high command is waiting for me? Are they bored with nothing to do, or do they think I'm handsome and want to watch me as a group?”

Lin Jianguo kept his eyes closed, the veins on his temples throbbing violently.

He was afraid that if he opened his eyes again, he wouldn't be able to resist slapping this rebellious son to death.

“Those big idiots flattened the Frozen Pass of North Bear Country in nine minutes.”

Lin Jianguo squeezed these words out from between his teeth.

“Oh, that's pretty impressive.”

Lin Yuan picked his ear, looking as if it had nothing to do with him. “Give them an award then.”

Lin Jianguo: “...”

He took a deep breath, then another.

He forcibly swallowed back the surge of blood that had already reached his throat.

Communicating with this son was definitely the most torturous and Heart-Nature-testing thing in the world.

Without exception... Tianshu Base, Supreme Command Center.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it felt as if even the air had frozen.

Dozens of military bigwigs with stars on their shoulders, any of whom could make Longxia tremble with a stomp of their feet, were now sitting upright, staring solemnly at the meeting room door.

On the giant holographic screen in front of them, a loop of hellish footage from the far north was playing.

The massive black crack spanning heaven and earth.

The endless, hideous Snow Fiends pouring out like a white plague.

The ice plains instantly dyed red, and the steel fortresses turned to ruins.

Every frame was like a heavy hammer, striking hard against everyone's heart.

“Report! General Lin Jianguo has arrived at the base!”

The voice of a communications officer broke the deathly silence.

Everyone's spirits were jolted!

He’s here!

The heavy alloy doors of the meeting room slowly opened.

Lin Jianguo's upright figure was the first to walk in.

His face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.

Behind him followed a young man with sleepy eyes and an impatient look, looking as if he could fall asleep on the spot at any moment.

It was precisely Lin Yuan.

He had been hauled all the way by Lin Jianguo and hadn't even had time to change his clothes.

When his extremely lazy appearance entered the sight of all the bigwigs present.

The air in the entire meeting room froze once again.

Everyone stared at him blankly with their mouths open.

This is... the peerless powerhouse who slashed the Divine Court with one sword and wiped out the Divine Officials with one palm?

This is... Consultant Lin Yuan, hailed as the future of Longxia and the hope of humanity?

Isn't this style... a bit too off?!

“Cough!”

The person in the top seat, Number One, was the first to react. He gave a dry cough, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.

He pointed to the empty seat next to Lin Yuan and tried to make his voice sound as kind as possible.

“Consultant Lin Yuan, please, have a seat.”

“Oh.”

Lin Yuan gave a lazy response and plopped down. Then, in front of everyone, he let out a huge yawn.

“Speak, what's the matter? Let's make it quick.”

“I have an appointment to play games this afternoon. Time is tight.”

“Pfft—!”

The hot-tempered General Li could no longer hold it in.

He couldn't catch his breath and almost performed a spontaneous explosion on the spot.

He pointed at Lin Yuan, trembling with anger: “You... you... you're still in the mood to play games?!”

“Otherwise?”

Lin Yuan looked at him as if he were an idiot. “The sky hasn't fallen yet. What else would I do if not play games? Should I sit here and stare blankly like you?”

“You—!”

General Li's face turned purple with rage.

“That's enough, Old Li!”

Number One stopped him with a deep voice, then turned his gaze to Lin Yuan, his expression becoming incredibly serious.

“Consultant Lin Yuan, I believe your father has already told you about the situation on the way here.”

He pointed at the footage on the screen, his voice low.

“These things are called the Snow Fiend Race, one of the alien races—even one of the Myriad Races—that were sealed in Sub-space a hundred years ago. Their strength far exceeds any mutated beasts we've encountered before.”

“According to the latest intelligence, their vanguard has already broken through North Bear Country's second line of defense and is pushing south at a speed of three hundred kilometers per day.”

“In ten days at most, they will reach our country's Northern Great Wall.”

“And their numbers... are endless.”

Number One's voice was powerful, every word carrying the heavy pressure of an impending storm.

However, after listening, Lin Yuan just curled his lip.

“And so?”

“You just want me to be the hired muscle and wipe them all out, right?”

He leaned lazily against the chair and held up one finger.

“Fine, for one appearance, this much.”

“One hundred million?”

A general asked subconsciously.

“Are you treating me like a beggar?”

Lin Yuan rolled his eyes. “I'm talking about one month of absolute vacation! The kind where even the King of Heaven can't disturb me!”

“Also...”

He paused. Just when everyone thought he was going to propose some earth-shattering condition.

He suddenly stared intently at the screen, at that massive spatial rift from which Snow Fiends were continuously pouring out.

His originally lazy eyes suddenly contracted in that instant!

Something's wrong!

This rift... A plot point from the original novel flashed through Lin Yuan's mind.

It was a brief description of the world background that had been glossed over.

[...Spiritual Qi recovered, and ancient races from all over the Universe and even Sub-space clashed with humans. Among them, the ten major races like the Void Zerg were the most terrifying. They fed on worlds and were natural disasters to all planes... The sign of their descent was the irregular appearance of Void Scars, whose edges showed characteristics of chaotic erosion...]

Lin Yuan's gaze was locked onto the edge of that spatial rift on the screen!

There, a faint trace of chaotic color, almost imperceptible to the naked eye, was slowly spreading!

Void Scar!

Shit!

Lin Yuan cursed inwardly.

He finally understood why this Snow Fiend Race had suddenly appeared!

They didn't break the Seal themselves at all!

They were being used by the Void Zerg as cannon fodder, as a one-time 'battering ram' to break open the world barrier!

The Snow Fiend invasion was just the appetizer!

The real horror was the Void Zerg behind them, which were about to descend and were enough to devour the entire world!

In the original work, it was precisely because this incident was handled improperly that the main force of the Void Zerg descended ahead of schedule.

That battle was fought until the heavens collapsed and the earth split, and the sun and moon lost their light.

Even his grandfather, Lin Zhan, who had already stepped into a higher Realm, was severely injured in that battle and almost perished!

The entire world was beaten to pieces, almost returning directly to Chaos!

And the consequence of all this was... his easy salted-fish life of drinking cola, looking at beauties, and playing games every day was completely ruined!

He was forced to go everywhere to put out fires, to fight, and to clean up those messes!

For decades, he couldn't get a single good night's sleep!

At the thought of that dark and miserable future... Lin Yuan was instantly enraged!

“Damn it!”

He slammed the table and stood up.

That loud bang startled everyone present.

Lin Yuan's originally lazy face was now filled with unprecedented, towering rage!

“A bunch of bugs who don't know whether to live or die!”

“How dare you disturb my vacation!”

“You're looking for death!”