119: To be received by the Supreme Commander is an unprecedented honor for a national hero!

When Lu Chen's self-questioning, filled with philosophical speculation and grand vision— "Where should the new 'Dragon' fly?"—echoed clearly in the control room of the Kunlun Mountain Underground Base, the superbrain of heavenly craft, composed of infinite data, once again fell into a long silence.

Within those brilliant, intelligent eyes, there was an incomparable sense of adoration and devotion!

The next day. A brand-new, unmarked "Red Flag" special aircraft landed silently on the secret tarmac of the Kunlun Mountain Underground Base.

The aircraft's cabin door opened slowly. The person who stepped out was none other than him. He was alone.

"Hahaha! Little comrade!" As soon as he saw Lu Chen, who had come to welcome him, he erupted into an unprecedented, hearty laugh!

He strode forward and gripped Lu Chen's hand tightly! Those wise eyes were filled with an excitement and pride that could not be described in words!

"Well done!" "That was fucking brilliant!" It was clear just how incomparable the excitement in his heart had reached at this moment!

"Do you know!" "Just last night!" "The newly appointed acting commander of the Western Alliance called me personally!" "Guess what he said to me?"

"Hmm?" Lu Chen raised an eyebrow.

"A fifty-something-year-old man!" "He was crying like a three-hundred-pound baby over the phone!" "Begging me! Begging me to restore their country's network for the sake of 'humanitarianism'!"

"He even promised me!" "From now on, the Western Alliance is willing to unconditionally join all the technological systems led by our Xia Kingdom!" "And they are willing to open up all their technical patents!"

"They only ask—" A look of triumphant gratification curled the corners of his mouth! "They only ask that we raise our hands in mercy and spare their pathetic lives!" "Hahahaha!"

Lu Chen couldn't help but laugh too. He knew. From today on. The three great mountains that had weighed on the head of the Xia Kingdom for over a hundred years! Had finally been completely toppled by his own hands!

"Come!" "Accompany me to a place!" Half an hour later. The summit of the Kunlun Mountains.

Two figures, one old and one young, stood side by side on the edge of the cliff, shrouded in clouds and mist. Overlooking the magnificent landscape of ten thousand miles beneath their feet!

"Is it beautiful?" "Yes." Lu Chen nodded. "Yes, it is very beautiful."

Those wise eyes were filled with endless vicissitudes and memories. "Back in the day—" "When I was your age." "This place was still a scorched earth torn by the flames of war."

"At that time, our greatest dream was—" "To be able to let all our compatriots have a full meal." "And now—"

He turned around, his cloudy old eyes filled with incomparable gratification and pride! He looked at the young man before him who had changed the fate of the entire nation with his own strength! His voice became incomparably solemn!

"Because of you." "We not only let everyone eat their fill." "But we also let them straighten their—" "Backbones that had been bent for over a hundred years!"

"Comrade Lu Chen." He looked at Lu Chen and said clearly, word by word: "Thank you." After saying this, he bowed deeply once again to this young man who was even younger than his own grandson!

"You mustn't." Lu Chen quickly helped him up, a helpless, bitter smile appearing on his face. "I only did what I was supposed to do."

"No." He straightened up, his kind face filled with unquestionable majesty! "You have done far more than we ever imagined." "Therefore—" "What we give you will also be more than you can imagine!"

He paused, took a deep breath, and then said slowly in a tone that was almost like entrusting a legacy: "Lu Chen." "From today on."

Boom!!! This sentence was like a black lightning bolt capable of splitting the entire history of the Xia Kingdom! It struck fiercely into the depths of Lu Chen's soul! He was completely stunned!

He looked at the old man before him, who wore an expression of solemnity and trust! That heart, which had always been as still as an ancient well, surged with monstrous waves for the first time! This was clearly an act of entrusting the national destiny!

Even with the state of mind Lu Chen had honed to be as solid as a rock through all kinds of black technology! His voice couldn't help but tremble at this moment! "Do you trust me that much?"

"No." It was a kingly smile filled with absolute trust and absolute heroism. "I don't just trust you." "I trust my own judgment." "And I trust the national destiny of our Xia Kingdom, which has been passed down for five thousand years!"

He turned around and looked again at the magnificent landscape of ten thousand miles beneath their feet! Those wise eyes were filled with endless anticipation and heroism! "Go, child." "Let go and do it!" "Do not have any scruples!"

"This old world is already too corrupt and too dirty." "It is time." "To establish a brand-new order led by our Xia Kingdom!"

He did not know. Just as he spoke these words filled with lofty aspirations. The calm young man behind him. In those pitch-black eyes, as vast as the universe, a trace of faint disdain flashed. A new order?

No. My journey is not just this tiny azure planet.

He slowly raised his head and looked up at the endless, deep starry sky. The corners of his mouth curled into an arc filled with madness and ambition. His voice was very, very soft. So soft that only he himself and heavenly craft in his mind could hear it.

"heavenly craft." "Hmm?" "Do you think if one day comes." "How much 'interstellar toll' should we charge then?"