148: I want to give Lin Ye a death-free gold medal

Even if Park Jung-young wasn't the sharpest, he could sense that something was amiss.

The 1.3 million combined naval and air forces of Great Harmony and the Korean Alliance had been utterly crushed by Mao Xiong Country.

Now, with Ma Country's 500,000 troops going head-to-head with Mao Xiong Country, would there truly be a chance of victory?

Lee Tae-yong looked at Park Jung-young, a cold sneer on his face.

"Park Jung-young, do you think I can't see the intentions of Kim Geun-seok and his group?"

"It's nothing more than everyone else paving the way for War Chariot Country, helping War Chariot Country launch a surprise attack on Mao Xiong Country's main city, and unexpectedly completing the dungeon mission."

"I admit that the chances of winning are greater, but my Korean people would be made a complete fool of."

"Even if we win, how will the world judge my South Korea? They'll just say we were led to victory by German."

"Commander Park Chengwan and the others don't understand one thing, and that is what my Korean people truly need now is not simply to clear the dungeon; what we need is an opportunity to restore our prestige!"

Park Jung-young frowned, feeling somewhat speechless.

"But if we directly engage Mao Xiong Country, it will only hasten our demise."

"Lee Tae-yong, if we die early in the dungeon, won't we get nothing..."

"Heh, Park Jung-young, you think too little of me. Did I say we would directly engage Mao Xiong Country head-on?"

"Retreating while fighting—we're not going to use the terrain to trap Mao Xiong Country, but to use the terrain to eliminate Mao Xiong Country's forces."

Lee Tae-yong clenched his fists tightly.

"At the very least, we cannot lose face in front of so many observers on Azure Star!"

"Commander Park Chengwan is dead, and Kim Geun-seok is too young. The glory of Korea will now be protected by us."

Park Jung-young naturally couldn't argue with Lee Tae-yong, especially since Lee Tae-yong was currently the Commander of Ma Country's dungeon.

So, he could only gather his forces and move towards the border of Mao Xiong Country in the north.

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Great Xia Settlement.

Central City Great Xia Dungeon Research Center.

Ding Chang, General Li Yunlong, and others, just like last time, gathered in the lecture hall to watch the live broadcast of Winter is Coming.

However, unlike before, only the highest-ranking personnel of Dragon Country's dungeon research were present, so the number of people seemed much smaller.

Additionally, this time, Dragon Yuan, the supreme Commander of Dragon Country, also appeared at the meeting.

As the supreme Commander of Dragon Country and an absolute powerhouse ranked seventh on the Hero Ranking, the name Dragon Yuan gave off a sense of dominance.

But in reality, Dragon Yuan looked like a scrawny old man with dark skin, wearing a tank top, and a very bright smile on his face.

He even had a bit of that old-fashioned, rustic charm of the loess land.

Dressed in plain cloth, he surprisingly gave off the impression of a rough man.

If he were outside, no one would know that this was the seventh-ranked person on the Hero Ranking.

Ten minutes outside the dungeon represented one day inside the dungeon.

Almost a day had passed inside the dungeon, but in reality, outside the dungeon, this meeting for the high-ranking officials of Dragon Country had just begun.

There were no battles for the time being, so everyone directly exited the live stream.

"Elder Dragon, that's the situation," General Li Yunlong said impatiently, speaking first.

"South Korea has gathered Great Harmony and German to jointly challenge Lin Ye's Winter is Coming!"

"Fortunately, from the current situation, Lin Ye has withstood the first wave of attacks. But what about next..."

Dragon Yuan gently picked up the rust-stained iron cup on the table and took a sip of tea.

Ten days ago, he had entered a state of seclusion, working hard to perfect his dungeon, the Underground Dragon Palace, to challenge the Infernal Grade dungeon difficulty rating.

Great Xia was weak, with only one Dragon Yuan in the TOP100. In fact, Dragon Yuan had always been carrying the Settlement by himself.

So, although Dragon Yuan was nominally the Commander, he spent most of his time researching his own dungeon.

If all went well, the Underground Dragon Palace was expected to become the world's first Infernal Grade dungeon.

As a result, within these ten days, Azure Star underwent drastic changes.

Lin Ye's sudden emergence could be said to have changed the entire landscape of Azure Star.

This young man from Great Xia already had two Infernal Grade dungeons under his belt!

And in less than ten days, he had already climbed into the TOP50.

When Dragon Yuan was pulled out of Genesis Space and informed of this, he was astonished, truly amazed.

Such super geniuses had appeared a few times in the history of Azure Star, all of them figures who could lead an era.

As a result, such a figure had fallen to Great Xia.

After so many years of bad luck for Great Xia, was their fortune finally turning?

"You all are speaking so impatiently. In my opinion, this Lin Ye is really bringing honor to our Great Xia."

"His technical level and dungeon settings are far ahead of their time. Honestly, if I were to make a dungeon, I couldn't achieve this level at all."

"After so many years, our Great Xia has finally produced a talent. I feel like this old man can finally retire."

"Hahaha. What a joy."

Saying that, Dragon Yuan crossed his legs and grinned.

"You should have pulled this old man out of Genesis Space sooner."

"Elder Dragon, you... please don't be so optimistic yet," Ding Chang sighed helplessly.

"In terms of strength, I do think Lin Ye is a once-in-a-million genius, but he is still young after all."

"If he were fighting against just South Korea or Great Harmony this time, we would still have some confidence, after all, he won once before in Raging Sea, but this time... there's also Ri Man Er Settlement."

"Heer and the Three Generals of German have all appeared in the dungeon. Their combat power is immeasurable."

As an old hand in dungeon design, Ding Chang was very familiar with German's strength.

Heer and the Three Generals were all LV4 existences. It could be said that in this Winter is Coming, German's strength accounted for at least eighty percent!

Although Great Harmony and South Korea had suffered heavy losses, and even Park Chengwan had been driven out of the dungeon, in terms of actual combat power, the core combat power of the Challenger Alliance was still very much intact.

"I also believe in Lin Ye's strength, but it's always better to be safe than sorry... But at this time, if our Great Xia loses Lin Ye, then it would truly be..."

"So I wanted to ask the Commander if there's any good solution."

Dragon Yuan nodded, his expression also becoming a bit more serious, but then he grinned again.

Revealing two large yellow buck teeth.

"What other solution could there be for something like this? Just do it!"

"Lin Ye is the luck of our Great Xia right now. These people are trying to cut off our Great Xia's luck. What more is there to be shy about?"

"These people want to harm my Great Xia genius, but they'll have to see if this old man agrees."

"I will use 10 million points to exchange for an Anti-Erasure Privilege Card for Lin Ye."