144: Chapter 144 Conferring the Title of Commander-in-Chief of a Million-Strong Army!

Regarding the resolution set by Elder Long, all the military titans present had not the slightest objection.

If it were any one of those present, who would have the ability to single-handedly capture three major enemy strongholds in a row? Who would have the guts to confront and repel the enemy's supreme leader head-on?

Lin Feng sitting in this position of Commander-in-Chief was absolutely well-deserved; no one could find a single fault with it.

"As for your studies at Starry Sky University, you don't need to worry at all. I've already had someone handle your early graduation paperwork."

Elder Long's tone was very easygoing. As the official president of Starry Sky University, arranging for a student to graduate early was just a matter of a single sentence.

"Alright! Thank you, President!"

Lin Feng pondered for a moment before decisively nodding in agreement.

He would sooner or later have to tear off the mask with the True Gods above the Main World to compete for faith essence.

Rather than bumping around blindly, it was better to establish an invincible prestige in the hearts of the Great Xia Alliance's citizens as soon as possible.

With this foundation of national favor, harvesting faith in the future would definitely yield twice the result with half the effort.

Seeing Lin Feng nod in agreement, thunderous applause erupted once again in the spacious council hall.

Following that, after completing a concise and solemn commissioning process, Lin Feng officially received the scepter and became the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Alliance United Front Zone!

From today on, the four major ace war zones under the Alliance—Imperial Capital, East Sea, Central Plains, and Star Sea—would all be under Lin Feng's sole command.

Including the various large and small branch garrison forces, Lin Feng directly held command over a million-strong superhuman army!

Of course, the high-end combat power capable of reaching the 5th-Order or higher only amounted to about a hundred thousand people at most.

After all, the recruitment thresholds for other military districts were not as insane as the Imperial Capital United Front Zone.

The commissioning ended. The identity iron plate in Lin Feng's pocket automatically refreshed its data.

[Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Great Xia Alliance United Front Zone, concurrently Commander of the Imperial Capital War Zone]

With this status, Lin Feng would possess absolute say in any core decision-making of the Great Xia Alliance from now on.

...

The ceremony concluded. Elder Long quickly switched states and began deploying the next strategic defense line against the Blood Moon Empire.

Every high-ranking general present listened with rapt attention. After all, every subsequent order concerned the life and death of the entire Great Xia Alliance.

Lin Feng also listened in attentively, and the core meaning was easy to understand.

After losing three major core strongholds in a row and its supreme Empress suffering a defeat, the Blood Moon Empire had unexpectedly chosen to turtle up and endure.

Not only did they significantly reduce probing harassment against the Great Xia defense lines, but they didn't even issue a single protest statement demanding the return of their lost territory.

When things are abnormal, there must be a demon at work.

Elder Long concluded that the higher-ups of the Blood Moon Empire must be brewing some big move in the shadows. Especially in the last few days, they had been in extremely frequent contact with the high-level officials of the White Eagle Federation.

Although the enemy's specific movements were unclear, reinforcing the air defense network and hoarding strategic supplies in advance was absolutely the safest response plan.

After the meeting, the various generals left the command center one after another. Lin Feng stayed behind alone and walked up to Elder Long.

"President, I urgently need a large amount of Origin Energy Crystals." Lin Feng didn't bother with pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"Origin Crystals?" Elder Long frowned slightly. "According to the military's highest welfare standards, as the Commander-in-Chief of the entire army, you can receive one 8th-Order core from the national treasury for free every three months."

Only one 8th-Order core every three months? This pace was slower than a snail climbing a tree for Lin Feng.

If Elder Long knew Lin Feng's true thoughts, he would probably be so angry he'd vomit blood on the spot.

One must know that even someone as wealthy as Tang Tianchen couldn't get a 7th-Order crystal after spending decades.

8th-Order cores were all produced from Void Ruins of the 8th-Order or higher, and the difficulty of mining them was hellish.

The Great Xia national treasury currently only had a dozen or so 8th-Order cores in stock.

Of course, Elder Long had no idea that Lin Feng could not be measured by common logic at all.

For an ordinary 8th-Order God, pioneering an 8th-Order continent was a life-and-death gamble. But in Lin Feng's eyes, it was just an experience pack to be swept away with a wave of his hand.

"This... is indeed a bit low." Elder Long pondered for a moment and offered a compromise. "As the Alliance leader, I cannot openly break the rules and empty the national treasury for you."

"How about this: from now on, the independent mining rights for the No. 3 Core Mining Zone will be entirely handed over to you."

"I will withdraw all other troops stationed in the surrounding area."

As the supreme ruler, Elder Long could not blatantly favor Lin Feng. But directly assigning the mining rights of a super galaxy to Lin Feng's name was completely reasonable and justifiable.

Moreover, Lin Feng had just helped the Alliance seize back three major strongholds; who would dare to have even a word of complaint about him taking the revenue of one stronghold?

"No problem, thank you for your favor, President." Lin Feng nodded and thanked him readily.

Right now, he urgently needed three 9th-Order Origins to impact the True God realm. If his divine beasts wanted to climb higher, they also had to eat 8th-Order crystals like meals.

As for the low-end 6th and 7th-Order goods, the more the better. Smashing them all and integrating them into his territory could greatly perfect the laws of heaven and earth and raise the territory's carrying capacity limit.

He would leave a few for Gu Ze and Tang You when the time came. Once he ascended to the True God throne in the future, the order of the Main World would also need his own people to help manage it; cultivating a few capable subordinates in advance was definitely not a loss.

...

Leaving the Military and Political Building, Lin Feng had just returned to his exclusive mansion in the suburbs when Elder Long's transfer order had already reached the front lines.

Upon receiving the order, Secretary-General Wu Zhengde immediately led his garrison army to withdraw from the No. 3 Resource Point.

Just after he left, an encrypted email from Secretary-General Wu Zhengde arrived on Lin Feng's optical computer.

"Brother, you're really something! You actually monopolized an entire super mining zone. You've made me green with envy."

"If you dig up any top-quality crystals, remember to leave a few for your brother!"

Looking at the message on the screen, Lin Feng shook his head with a smile and casually replied, "No problem."

After dealing with the email, Lin Feng leaned back on the leather sofa. He raised his hand to open the military positioning device. He locked the destination coordinates to the No. 3 Resource Point and directly activated the automatic cruise mode.

During the long voyage, he could just take the time to check the development progress of his Chaos Territory.

He wondered if this 6th-Order cultivator of the human faction had successfully broken through the bottleneck of the Tribulation Transcendence stage.

If the chaos purple qi could truly help mortals break the shackles of fate, then in the Chaos Plane, the first 7th-Order human in the history of the Main World might be about to be born!

Thinking of this, Lin Feng closed his eyes, and his consciousness instantly merged into the laws of chaos. His divine sense directly descended over the capital of the Holy Radiance Empire.

"It really broke through." Lin Feng immediately captured the extremely powerful spiritual energy fluctuations below.

The monarch of the Holy Radiance Empire had already successfully stepped into the 7th-Order threshold!

According to the realm division in cultivation novels, this could definitely be counted as an Earth Immortal-level terrestrial deity.

Looking around, the current Holy Radiance Empire had expanded its territory extremely, with over a hundred cities, and its total population had successfully broken through the one hundred million mark!

Moreover, the entire nation worshiped Baize.

In the magnificent holy temple at the very center of the capital, the jade statue radiating holy white light received worship from ten thousand people day and night, providing Baize with pure faith like a surging river bursting its banks.

The current Holy Radiance Empire had indisputably become the most prosperous human civilization in the Chaos Plane.

It had the largest population, the most extensive cities, and possessed the only 7th-Order human powerhouse in the entire server.

Therefore, Lin Feng took extra care of this country. He also wanted to witness with his own eyes where the limit of human potential really lay.

However, right now, Lin Feng did not intend to continue feeding it chaos purple qi.

Cultivation emphasizes steady progress; forcing growth will only lead to a shaky foundation.

Let this monarch first consolidate the foundation of the Earth Immortal realm properly.

"System, bring up the global attribute panel." Lin Feng issued the command.

"Ding! Holographic panel expanded..."

[Deity: Lin Feng]

[Divine Position: Chaos Overlord]

[Divine Rank: 8th-Order God (Promotion to 9th-Order requires 1 billion combat power, and one 9th-Order Five Elements Origin each, faith purity must reach 'Fanatic Faith')]

[Divine Domain Area: 33 million square kilometers (Activated 100x Evolution Frenzy, the higher the combat power, the more insane the multiplier)]

[Resources: Hundreds of thousands of top-tier spiritual veins, millions of top-tier herb fields, Flame Volcano, Treasure Basin, heaven-reaching thunder tribulation tree]

[Faith Dependents: 7 7th-Order Lords, 47 6th-Order Lords, 13,000 5th-Order Leaders, 190,000 4th-Order Commanders... (Total living beings on the map: approx. 30 billion)]

[Civilization Forces: 73,600 empires or large tribes]

[Civilization Evolution: Imperial Civilization]

[Exclusive Artifacts: blood moon god mirror, blood moon god jade, white tiger divine talisman, baize holy seal, Treasure Basin]

[Faith Purity: Deep Faith]

[Core Lords: Azure Dragon (9th-Order), Taotie (8th-Order), Baize (8th-Order), Pixiu (8th-Order), Zhulong (7th-Order), Phoenix (7th-Order), Xiangliu (7th-Order)]

[Divine Privileges: Thunder Tribulation Punishment (8th-Order), Indestructible Battle Intent (7th-Order), Absolute Devour (6th-Order), Immunity to All Evil (7th-Order), Time Stop (5th-Order), Nirvana Rebirth (6th-Order), Heavenly Auspiciousness (4th-Order), Monstrous Flood (5th-Order)]

[Comprehensive Combat Power: 730,000,000]

[Divine Power Reserve: 3.8 trillion (1 drop of divine power converted daily per 3 points of combat power)]

[Time Flow Rate: 1 to 500 (Adjustable)]

[Backpack: 9th-Order Metal Element Core, 9th-Order Wood Element Core...]

After a long period of AFK development, the comprehensive combat power of the Chaos Territory had skyrocketed to a terrifying 730 million!

The number of countries and large tribes had also expanded to over 70,000! Several 7th-Order wild great demons had even emerged, each dominating a region.

The various Divine Privileges had also gained rank improvements as the divine beasts' combat power increased.

What satisfied Lin Feng the most was that in the current Chaos World, one couldn't find a single piece of low-level resource.

Under the crazy baptism of Pixiu's "Heavenly Auspiciousness," all the spiritual veins and herb fields on the map had been sublimated into top-tier resources of the highest quality!

In the cognition of the Main World's public, this quality had already reached the limit of matter. But Lin Feng vaguely felt that these top-quality resources seemed to have the potential to continue breaking through.

It was just that the current rank of his Divine Privileges was still lacking a bit of heat, unable to forcefully break this upper limit.