137: Chapter 137 Lin Feng's First Day as Commander

After finishing the development of his Chaos Territory, Lin Feng severed the connection, and his consciousness returned to reality.

He collapsed onto the soft, plush bed and pulled the covers over his head to sleep immediately.

Having been intensely focused for so long, even an iron constitution couldn't hold up.

As long as he lived in the Main World, he had to abide by its physical laws.

Eating and sleeping were essential.

But inside the Chaos Territory, Lin Feng was an immortal creator, and he didn't need to consider such physiological needs at all.

He didn't know how long he had slept, but Lin Feng was woken up by a harsh electronic sound.

"Ding! You have 99+ new emails waiting to be reviewed!"

The villa's smart butler dutifully provided the notification.

Lin Feng: "..."

99+?

Is this machine malfunctioning?

Seeing the dense cluster of red dots on the screen, Lin Feng felt a headache coming on.

Moreover, the senders were all labeled as the Imperial Capital United Front Zone, occasionally interspersed with urgent dispatches from the Alliance's Supreme Military and Political Department.

He opened one and let out a long sigh of relief.

He had thought the front line had been breached.

It turned out they were all trivial daily official documents.

Lists of new recruits, promotion approvals for junior officers, and even budget reports from the Logistics Department for renovating warehouses...

Lin Feng suddenly remembered.

He had taken over for General Yan Xiao and become the official Commander of the Imperial Capital Military Region!

All the dirty, tiring work that General Yan Xiao used to do had been dumped on him.

Facing an endless mountain of paperwork, Lin Feng wished he could resign on the spot.

Fortunately, his subordinates were reliable, and the various plans were well-prepared.

Lin Feng only needed to act as a heartless rubber-stamping machine, clicking "Approve" all the way.

Having lived two lifetimes, handling this kind of workplace procedure was easy for him.

After spending over an hour, he finally cleared out all the junk mail sent by the military region.

Only a few final official documents from the Military and Political Department remained.

He opened one to take a look.

They were all notifications for him to attend top-secret meetings.

He glanced at the sent times; they were either from yesterday or the day before.

In other words, they had all expired...

Lin Feng: "..."

He was, after all, a high-ranking general of the Great Xia Alliance, holding a certain amount of core decision-making power.

Yet, he had spent the last few days hiding under the covers, sleeping, and had even forgotten about the meetings.

If he had known being a leader was so tiring, he would never have taken this lousy job, even if it killed him.

But he was already on the pirate ship; it was too late to jump off now.

He could only go see Old Long and check the situation.

Lin Feng sighed, put on his coat, and prepared to go out.

He looked at the notifications carefully and realized that six top-secret meetings had been held in just a few days.

The Alliance's high-level officials were usually bored out of their minds; they would never meet so frequently.

Something earth-shattering must have happened.

He thought of the bloody conflict with the Red Sun Empire a few days ago.

Lin Feng's heart tightened.

He hurriedly activated the Laws of Space, his figure turning into a blur as he teleported directly to the Military and Political Department building.

If the two countries had already started fighting, and he, as the highest combat power, had been sleeping at home, that would be a huge joke.

...

After several short-distance teleports, it only took Lin Feng one minute to land steadily in front of the steps of the Military and Political Department building.

He flashed his Commander's military badge, passed through without any obstruction, and pushed open the door to Old Long's exclusive office.

Behind a large mahogany desk, Old Long was frowning, busily writing as he reviewed classified documents.

On the wall behind him was carved a majestic Starry Sky Divine Dragon totem.

"Lin Feng, you've finally arrived."

Seeing Lin Feng enter, Old Long put down his pen and pointed to the leather chair opposite him, signaling him to sit.

"Principal, what major changes have occurred in the last few days?"

Lin Feng pulled out the chair, sat down, and got straight to the point.

"In the few days you were in seclusion adjusting your exclusive plane, the Great Xia Alliance and the Red Sun Empire officially declared war," Old Long said, dropping a bombshell.

"However, the current combat areas are all controlled within the Outer Realm Battlefield."

"War on the Outer Realm Battlefield?"

Lin Feng frowned, not quite understanding the implications.

"That's right. Opening fire in the Main World would be too costly."

"Before completely tearing off the masks and fighting a decisive battle, both sides will only send their main expeditionary forces to engage in slaughter deep within the void."

After Old Long's patient explanation, Lin Feng understood completely.

The two superpowers were already at full-scale war, but they had chosen the periphery of the void defense line as the battlefield.

All the citizens' livelihoods were hidden within the air defense network.

If they fought on home soil, just throwing a few forbidden spells would cause tens of millions of people to lose their homes and families.

Before having 100% certainty of annihilating the opponent, no one dared to easily detonate a bomb at home.

The only choice was to go to the Outer Realm to fight with bayonets.

Sending the most elite troops to fight to the death in the void, never-ending until one side fell.

Until one side yielded and surrendered, or until they fought until their eyes turned red, disregarding everything, tearing open the opponent's air defense network and triggering an apocalyptic catastrophe.

This was similar to proxy wars on Earth, where only soldiers died and civilians were spared.

"Currently, our Great Xia Alliance holds four Outer Realm resource points, and the Red Sun Empire controls six."

"These ten strongholds are the core targets of this national war," Old Long continued, his voice deep.

The so-called resource points were super ruin clusters, exactly like the galaxy where Lin Feng had previously gone to dig for Tier 9 cores.

At the very center of these resource points, the remains of a Tier 9 Main World were hidden!

For hundreds of years, both empires had sent heavy troops to guard these treasure lands.

The goal was only one: to frantically excavate the source crystals bred within them.

After all, whoever controlled the production site of the source cores was equivalent to monopolizing the assembly line for mass-producing high-order gods!

Every stronghold was worth a fortune!

"Lin Feng, I intend to entrust you with full responsibility for the defense of one of the core resource points. Do you dare to accept?"

Old Long stared into Lin Feng's eyes and dropped a bombshell.

He actually intended to entrust the heavy responsibility of guarding the Third Resource Point entirely to Lin Feng.

Hearing this, Lin Feng was somewhat surprised.

The so-called resource point was actually a super galaxy cluster with Tier 9 Ruins as its axis.

The Tier 9 Ruins that Lin Feng had previously explored alone were not permanently garrisoned by the military because they were too far from the Great Xia Alliance.

As for the super galaxies near the Main World's defense line, the imperial military had long since sent heavy troops to guard them, declaring absolute sovereignty to the outside world.

These prime locations, rich in high-order crystals, were tightly held by the Great Xia Alliance (four) and the Blood Moon Empire (six).

Now that the two countries had completely torn off their masks and officially declared war, these ten core strongholds were bound to become the most brutal meat grinders.

For every resource point, the military had arranged for an 8th-Order God's exclusive plane to guard it to the death, ensuring that the extraction of elemental crystals would not be interrupted.

Just seconds after Old Long finished speaking, the United Front Zone Expeditionary Force Captain, Secretary-General Wu Zhengde, strode through the door.

"Secretary-General Wu Zhengde, this time you will cooperate with Lin Feng to jointly defend the Third Resource Point to the death," Old Long turned and issued the order.

"Please rest assured, Principal. I will do my utmost to ensure the position is foolproof," Secretary-General Wu Zhengde said with a very solemn tone, then turned to look at Lin Feng.

"Commander Lin, happy to work with you."

Facing Secretary-General Wu Zhengde's proactive show of goodwill, Lin Feng smiled and shook his hand in return.

"Besides defending the position, our Great Xia Alliance military must also do everything possible to snatch the Blood Moon Empire's strongholds as well!"

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Old Long added in a deep voice from the side.

"Everyone here is an 8th-Order God, and you should be very clear about the weight of the source crystals."

"Only by controlling more resource points can the Great Xia Alliance continuously mass-produce top-tier combat power!"

Old Long's words were slightly euphemistic, but Lin Feng instantly understood the deeper meaning.

It was now wartime, and the rules had all changed.

Not only did they need to defend, but whenever they caught an opportunity, they had to ruthlessly bite off a piece of the enemy's flesh!

"I understand, Principal."

Lin Feng readily agreed to all the arrangements.

"Very good. For the next period of time, you will be stationed at the Third Resource Point with Secretary-General Wu Zhengde."

"During this time, you can freely explore the Starry Sky Ruins inside the stronghold."

Old Long nodded with great satisfaction.

Lin Feng was now a genuine 8th-Order God; going to search for elemental cores alone was absolutely safe.

Previously, Old Long had been worried about Lin Feng having an accident, which was why he had forced him into the expeditionary force to just tag along.

Now, relying on Lin Feng's monstrous combat power as an 8th-Order titan, wanting to conquer a 7th-order plane with his bare hands was simply as easy as turning over one's hand.

If Old Long knew that Lin Feng had long since, on his own, almost swallowed an entire Tier 9 Main World ruin alive, he really didn't know what kind of amazing expression this Tier 9 True God would show.

...

After explaining the combat details, Lin Feng and Secretary-General Wu Zhengde walked out of the Military and Political Department building side by side.

"Commander Lin, the specific coordinates of the Third Resource Point are [X154114, Y241001]."

"I am stationed here year-round. Once you are prepared, you can teleport over at any time."

As they parted, Secretary-General Wu Zhengde recited a string of precise data.

The so-called garrisoning meant parking one's own exclusive plane like a space fortress on the periphery of the resource point to prevent any foreign enemy from invading.

"Understood. I will go to the position to rendezvous tonight."

Lin Feng nodded in agreement.

After speaking, the two parted ways.

Lin Feng raised his left wrist and turned on the military positioning device.

He did not immediately input the location of the Third Resource Point, but instead set the navigation destination to the place where he had last besieged the Blood Moon Empire's expeditionary force.

Deep inside these Tier 9 Ruins, there was still the last Tier 9 source crystal hidden that hadn't been dug out yet!

Last time, it was purely because his firepower wasn't enough, forcing a strategic retreat.

Now, the situation was completely different.

Azure Dragon had already powerfully reached the Tier 9, combined with White Tiger's hundredfold combat power amplification.

Lin Feng had absolute confidence that this time he would definitely be able to chop this demigod-level Cthulhu tentacle monster into mincemeat!

After safely putting the Tier 9 core into his pocket, it would still be perfectly fine to go to the Third Resource Point to report.

After setting the automatic jump route, Lin Feng lowered his wrist, preparing to return to the city first.

Just as he stepped into the gate of the exclusive villa area, he ran into an acquaintance.

Who else could it be but his best friend, Gu Ze?

"Lin Feng! I'm so pissed off! I ran to the Imperial Capital Military Region today to sign up for the army, and the bastards at the recruitment office actually kicked me out!"

As soon as they met, Gu Ze complained loudly with a face full of indignation.

"Joining the army?"

Lin Feng was slightly stunned.

He looked closely and realized that the spiritual power fluctuation emanating from Gu Ze had actually already crossed the threshold of the 6th Order!

It must have been the top-grade core he had given away earlier that had taken effect.

No wonder this kid suddenly had the idea of joining the army and going to the battlefield.

"Yeah! I want to go to the front line of the United Front Zone!"

Gu Ze stomped his feet in anger.

"I went to fill out the form today, and the officer actually kicked me out the door! They insisted that I must wait until I graduate from university before I can be specially approved to join!"

"It's just infuriating!"