104: Oh no, it turns out I was just here to wash the floor!

It exploded, the video released by the Demon Suppression Army completely exploded.

Before the video came out, even the most optimistic citizens unanimously believed that it would take at least two or three days of bloody battle to retake Linyuan City from the Nether race.

But Lu Ming showed them with his actions.

It really wasn't as difficult as they thought.

The city was lost last night, and the monsters were cleared out this afternoon.

“Hiss, this guy is holding a poet! I watched the first video thirty times, and he didn't even take a single pill. Please note, not a single one!”

“My girlfriend asked me why I was looking at my phone on my knees, so I broke her leg.”

“Too fierce! He alone is a person! Slaughtering three thousand alien races is easier than eating and drinking!”

“Haha, that's hilarious, that four-meter-tall one was a commander, right? Not to mention fighting back and forth, he was at least utterly helpless!”

Even official media were rapidly re-sharing it, with the caption: “The backbone of Great Xia, it should be so! With Linyuan City restored, we should follow their example and protect our land!”

The online buzz was like pouring oil on a fire, in just half an hour.

#LinyuanCityRestored

#LuMingSoloBreaksTenThousand

#GreatXiaBackbone

Three topics directly rushed into the top three trending searches, followed by a dazzling “EXPLODED” tag.

The homepages of major social platforms were almost dominated by that combat video.

Someonecutcut a GIF of Lu Ming unleashing a lightning spear, set to an inspiring battle song, and it instantly surpassed a million shares.

Even the Extraordinary Academy, usually known for its seriousness, had a thread discussing “Lu Ming's balance mechanism between spiritual power consumption and recovery during combat.”

A group of proud prodigies below were arguing fiercely.

Someone said, “I just asked my senior, who has opened a top-tier Sea of Qi, and he said that even with a vast Sea of Qi, he couldn't do what Lu Ming did. Anyway, you say he didn't take medicine, but I don't believe it.”

Immediately someone retorted, “You frog in a well, what do you know? It's long been speculated that there are other Seas of Qi above the vast sea. Just because your senior can't do it doesn't mean others can't.”

And the Demon Suppression Army's recruitment office was going crazy!

Within an hour of the video's release, the inquiry lines at recruitment centers nationwide were jammed.

The operators' voices were almost hoarse, and the most common questions were:

“If I sign up now, can I be in the same team as Warrior Lu Ming?”

“I have good talent, can I become like Lu Ming?”

The autumn recruitment, originally scheduled to start next month, received over a thousand applications in advance, including many graduates from the Extraordinary Academy.

And the most excited was Jiangcheng.

The streets and alleys were filled with cheering crowds.

One second they were worried about the alien army attacking at any moment.

The next second they saw the exciting news of Linyuan City being recaptured.

After extreme suppression came complete jubilation.

The big screen, which was originally playing emergency evacuation notices, was now switched to the video released by the Demon Suppression Army.

Whenever Lu Ming swung his blade to kill a Black Bone Army soldier or punched an alien commander, the square would erupt in thunderous cheers.

And Wei Changfeng and others were already in tears.

This morning, he was still trying to persuade his elderly mother to evacuate north.

But the old woman was very stubborn.

In her words, she was already half in the grave; Jiangcheng was her roots, and even if she died, she would die on the land of Jiangcheng.

Wei Changfeng was immediately in a dilemma.

He was so anxious that he stomped his feet, even thinking of forcing his mother into the car.

But looking at the gray hairs at his mother's temples and the stubbornness in her eyes, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to do it.

After returning to the Night Watch Division, he stared at the Jiangcheng defense deployment map on his desk, feeling a heavy stone in his heart.

No one knew if the Nether race would suddenly attack.

As a seasoned Night Watcher, and Jiangcheng's last line of defense, he had no confidence at all.

Until the afternoon, a colleague suddenly slapped him on the shoulder and screamed.

“Patrolman Lu is awesome!”

“Watcher Wei! Look at your phone! Linyuan City has been restored! Patrolman Lu led the team directly and fought back into Linyuan City!”

He initially thought it was a rumor, but then he clicked on the video released by the Demon Suppression Army.

Watching that black figure moving through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, lightning spears breaking formations, saber glints slaying enemies, and finally punching an alien commander into smithereens.

He abruptly stood up from his chair, tears welling up without warning.

That man was simply the embodiment of a miracle!

…The Xu family's Twin Sisters and Zhao Li naturally also saw this news.

When they saw Lu Ming standing safely on Linyuan City.

Xu Lulu's eyes sparkled with tears, and she excitedly grabbed Xu Youyou's arm.

“It's really my husband! Sister, my husband is fine!”

Xu Youyou's arm hurt from her sister's grip, but she didn't have the mind to pull away.

Her gaze was fixed on the black figure on the screen, but her eyes were even redder than her sister's.

“It's good that he's fine, it's good that he's fine.”

Zhao Li's face no longer held its usual coldness; earlier, when she saw Lu Ming being besieged by three thousand Black Bone Army soldiers, her worry almost overflowed from her eyes.

Fortunately, that little rascal didn't disappoint her.

After Xu Lulu cried her heart out, her little face immediately crumpled into a frown.

She picked up her phone and started arguing fiercely with someone.

“Shut up, you hussy, that's my husband!”

…Meanwhile.

Several military transport planes successfully landed near the Southern Pass.

Murong Nan was in military uniform, with traces of solidified black blood still on his shoulder armor.

The other Demon Suppression Army soldiers behind him were not much better.

Some were bandaged.

Some still had leg injuries.

These hundreds of people were the elite of the Demon Suppression Army's elite.

Last night, the forbidden zone they were guarding experienced unrest, and Murong Nan led his troops to suppress it.

After a bitter battle, before they even had time to rest, they went straight to Linyuan City, a thousand miles away.

But the enemy situation was an order; arriving one minute earlier meant one less minute of risk.

Fortunately, they fulfilled their mission and arrived at the designated location half a day early.

As soon as Murong Nan stepped onto the land of the Southern Pass, the strong scent of blood rushed at him with the wind.

“Oh no!”

Murong Nan's heart immediately sank.

His figure suddenly shot forward.

He saw that the open space in front of the bronze gate had already turned into a bloody purgatory.

Three thousand alien corpses lay scattered haphazardly.

The skeletons of the Black Bone Army were shattered into pieces, and dark red blood pooled into small streams on the ground, seeping down through the cracks in the stones.

A massive Star Devouring Beast carcass was particularly conspicuous.

“The alien race still broke through the pass, and even the Star Devouring Beast was released! It's just…”

Murong Nan quickly noticed something was wrong.

There wasn't a single human corpse at the scene, and all the alien creatures' wounds were fatal in one blow.

“Could it be that other friendly units arrived before us?”

Just as he was pondering this, his adjutant walked over with a strange expression.

“The higher-ups just issued a new order, telling us to quickly enter Linyuan City for defense!”

Murong Nan suddenly turned his head, his face full of bewilderment.

What the hell? They said to guard the pass and wait for an opportunity to counterattack?

Damn it, so I was just here to clean up the mess!

In the few minutes they were bewildered.

Lu Ming and the others' hair stood on end!

A black figure, carrying an aura of destruction, plunged straight into Linyuan City…