Pre-battle preparations! General Lin's imposing presence: Are you telling me what to do?

"Dad, Brother... he... has he finished his Breakthrough?"

At this moment, Lin Ke'er also trotted over on her short legs, pattering as she ran.

She tilted her little head, her big eyes filled with worshipful little stars.

"Hmm, it's done."

Lin Jianguo took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing the stormy waves in his heart.

He patted Lin Yuan on the shoulder, squeezing out a smile on his face that had been as cold as an iceberg for ten thousand years—a smile that looked even worse than crying.

"Good! Good! As expected of my, Lin Jianguo's, son!"

"My Lin family has a successor! The future of the Dragon Summer Country is promising!"

He no longer knew what words to use to describe the level of his son's status as a Prodigy.

He could only use the most simple and unadorned language to express his overwhelming pride!

"Alright, alright, Old Dad, stop being so sentimental here."

"It was just a routine operation, everyone sit down, don't get so excited."

Lin Yuan waved his hand impatiently.

"..."

Lin Jianguo's mouth twitched.

A routine operation?

You call this a routine operation?!

If those so-called "Geniuses" outside saw this operation of yours, they would probably have their Dao Heart shattered on the spot and become autistic to death!

Just then, a shadow guard appeared behind Lin Jianguo like a ghost and knelt on one knee.

"Report! Great General Protecting the Nation!"

"Large-scale, low-level Vicious Beast movements have appeared on the outskirts of the Black Wind Mountain Range! They are rapidly migrating towards Yanjing City!"

"The Border Defense Reconnaissance Battalion reports that it is suspected to be... the precursor to a beast tide!"

Boom!

This sentence instantly solidified the warm and slightly pretentious atmosphere at the scene!

Lin Jianguo's pupils contracted sharply!

It's here!

It really came!

Yuan'er's prediction has come true!

"Understood."

Lin Jianguo waved his hand, and the shadow guard disappeared again.

His expression instantly became incomparably grave.

"Yuan'er, you go back to rest first. Leave the rest to me."

Before the words fell, his figure had already disappeared from the spot.

...

Yanjing City, Command Headquarters of the City Defense Army.

The atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.

Lin Jianguo wore a dark green military uniform, sitting upright in the main seat, his face as calm as water, naturally imposing without anger.

Below him were over a dozen Advanced generals with stars on their shoulders, exuding an aura of iron-blooded killing.

They were the highest decision-making body of the entire Yanjing City defense System!

"The situation is like this."

A staff officer had just finished reporting the latest intelligence transmitted from the front line.

"The movements in the Black Wind Mountain Range are growing in scale. Although currently, they are all low-level Vicious Beasts of the first and second ranks, their numbers have already exceeded one hundred thousand! And they are still increasing!"

"According to the energy reaction monitoring of the Heavenly Eye System, multiple powerful energy sources are awakening deep within the mountain range!"

The voice fell.

Inside the command post, there was dead silence.

A moment later, a burly general with a full beard and a rather fiery temper slammed the table and stood up.

"What are you afraid of!"

"They are just some low-level beasts! No matter how many come, we will kill them all!"

"Great General Protecting the Nation! This subordinate requests to fight! Give me thirty thousand elite soldiers, and I guarantee I will kill those beasts until not a single piece of armor remains!"

This person was the West District Commander of Yanjing City, Zhao Tianlong!

A powerhouse at the Peak Huagang Realm!

He was known for his bravery in battle and fearlessness of death!

"General Zhao, calm down."

Another general, who looked refined and wore gold-rimmed glasses, also stood up.

"Great General Protecting the Nation, I believe General Zhao's view is a bit too optimistic."

"Every year during the change of seasons from autumn to winter, there are small-scale beast tides in the Black Wind Mountain Range, which is very normal. But this time, the scale is so large, and the time has been Advanced; I Fear there is more to this than meets the eye."

"Furthermore, Great General, you ordered the whole city to enter the highest state of combat readiness just a few days ago. Now it seems your prediction was completely correct!"

"We must absolutely not let our guard down!"

This person was the East District Commander, Wang Junyi!

Also a Peak Huagang Realm expert, known for being meticulous and good at using strategy.

His words immediately drew agreement from some of the generals.

"That's right! The Great General is far-sighted, we admire him!"

"Fortunately, we made preparations in advance, otherwise we would definitely be in a panic now!"

However, there were also those who raised different opinions.

A thin general with sinister eyes sneered and spoke slowly.

"General Wang, aren't you overestimating those beasts?"

"In my opinion, this is just a normal beast tide with a slightly larger scale."

"As for the Great General's 'prediction'?"

He looked at Lin Jianguo in the main seat with meaningful intent.

"A few days ago, Young Master Lin broke through, causing such a huge commotion that the whole city knew about it."

"It is only human nature for the Great General to be overly nervous out of love for his son."

"To make a million troops stand ready for battle over such a trivial matter, causing the whole city to be panicked—if this were to get out, wouldn't it make people laugh at our Yanjing City for being as timid as a mouse?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature in the entire command post seemed to drop by several degrees.

Everyone's eyes turned in unison to look at Lin Jianguo.

The thin general was the North District Commander, Li Mo.

He was a well-known old rival in the military who did not get along with Lin Jianguo.

His words seemed to be analyzing the situation on the surface, but in reality, every sentence was meant to attack the heart!

Not only did he question Lin Jianguo's decision, but he even dragged Lin Yuan into it!

It was simply malicious!

"Li Mo!"

Zhao Tianlong and Wang Junyi shouted angrily at the same time!

However, Lin Jianguo only slowly raised his head.

In his deep eyes, there was no anger, only a coldness to the extreme, indifference.

Boom—!!!

An indescribable, terrifying coercion that seemed capable of crushing the eternal blue sky suddenly erupted from his body.

The aura of a Juyuan Realm powerhouse swept through the entire command post without reservation!

Thump!

Li Mo, who had just been speaking sarcastically, didn't even have time to hum.

His whole body felt as if it had been hit hard by an invisible divine mountain.

His knees went weak, and he knelt heavily on the ground!

The hard alloy floor was dented with two clear indentations from his knees!

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Lin Jianguo's voice was very soft and light.

But to Li Mo's ears, it was no different from a death sentence!

That cold voice, like a cold wind from the Nine Netherworlds, instantly froze the entire command post.

Li Mo knelt on the ground, trembling violently like chaff.

The blood drained from his face, leaving it deathly pale!

Cold sweat poured down from his forehead like a stream.

He wanted to open his mouth to beg for mercy.

But he found that his throat seemed to be tightly gripped by an invisible giant hand, and he couldn't even make a sound.

Fear!

Endless Fear instantly drowned him.

Only then did he truly feel the absolute gap between himself and this Great General Protecting the Nation, a gap like a natural chasm!

In the face of this power, his cultivation at the Peak Huagang Realm was a joke!

"Great General, please calm your anger!"

"Great General, please calm your anger!"

The other generals were all so frightened that their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

They stood up one after another, bowed to Lin Jianguo, and didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

Lin Jianguo ignored them.

He just looked coldly at Li Mo, who was kneeling on the ground.

"I don't care what opinions you have about me personally."

"However, using the lives of tens of millions of people in the city as bargaining chips for your factionalism."

"Li Mo, you have some nerve!"

"I will ask you one more time."

"If this is not an ordinary beast tide."

"If the city is breached."

"If Yanjing City is washed in blood."

"Can you bear this responsibility?!"

Every word Lin Jianguo spat out was like a ten-thousand-pound hammer, smashing heavily against Li Mo's Divine Soul.

"I... I..."

Li Mo opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Could he bear it?

What could he use to bear it?!

"Hmph!"

Lin Jianguo snorted coldly and slowly withdrew that terrifying coercion.

Li Mo felt like he had been granted an amnesty, his whole body instantly collapsed on the ground, gasping for air like a dead fish out of water.

"Pass my order!"

Lin Jianguo's gaze swept across the room.

His voice was cold and overbearing.

"One, effective immediately, the entire army will enter a Level One combat readiness state! All soldiers on leave must return to their posts immediately!"

"Two, the defensive Formations of the four city gates—East, South, West, and North—must all be activated! Crank the energy to the maximum!"

"Three, the airship fleet, ascend! Conduct indiscriminate, carpet-style reconnaissance of the Black Wind Mountain Range! I not only want to know where those beasts are, I also want to know what they are doing!"

"Four, notify The Elder Council; the Divine Court may have already made a move! Tell them to be prepared for the worst at any time!"

"Do you understand?!"

"Yes! Great General!"

All the generals roared in unison, their voices shaking the clouds!

No one dared to utter another word of nonsense!