132: Chapter 132 When the people need us, we are willing to sacrifice ourselves!

Inside the city building.

Upon learning that only one person returned from the Seventh Reconnaissance Team, Feng City's leader, Ye Qingkong, personally met with Senior Wang Rui and Lu Chen.

Ye Qingkong stared fixedly at Lu Chen and said to Senior Wang Rui, "Are you saying that you met him while you were retreating?"

"Reporting to the City Leader, that is correct. Lu Chen is a Beast Tamer, and his five beast pets are extremely powerful—they are the most powerful beast pets I have ever seen!"

Senior Wang Rui said earnestly and excitedly, "City Leader, with such a powerful Beast Tamer as Lu Chen assisting in the defense of Feng City, he will certainly play a huge role!"

"Oh?"

Ye Qingkong attempted to inspect Lu Chen's information, but was prompted that it could not be inspected, which surprised him. "Is your Rank above Tier 6?"

"Not quite. I am still a Tier 5 Beast Tamer. City Leader, in this time of national crisis, I should also do my part for the country and my home. I wonder what I can do for Feng City?"

Lu Chen volunteered.

"Good! The sons of our Great Xia should have this consciousness of defending their home and country. Only then can we expel the Invading Monsters, restore our motherland's mountains and rivers, and move toward stability and prosperity!"

Ye Qingkong felt a rare sense of joy.

At that moment, a staff member reported, "City Leader, there is an urgent matter. The remote Shi Village has sent out an emergency distress signal. A large number of Invading Monsters are about to invade Shi Village, and hundreds of villagers are in imminent danger. However, our rescue team is short-handed and cannot arrive in time to provide rescue!"

[Ding, 2nd Stage Mission Released — Commitment and Perseverance]

[Difficulty: C+ Rank]

[Mission Objective: Travel to a remote village that is about to be submerged by a tide of Invading Monsters, and evacuate the villagers to Feng City at all costs.]

Lu Chen requested, "City Leader Ye, let me go! I will definitely bring all the villagers of Shi Village back!"

"City Leader, I know the way to Shi Village. Please let me accompany Lu Chen to provide rescue!"

Senior Wang Rui requested firmly.

"Good!"

Ye Qingkong tightly grasped both of their hands. "You two must be extremely careful when you go. I will arrange a support team to meet you at the designated location. Remember, no matter what happens, you must not abandon a single compatriot!"

"Please rest assured, City Leader! We guarantee to complete the mission!"

Senior Wang Rui saluted.

Lu Chen was also moved and promised, "City Leader Ye, I will do my best to bring all the villagers of Shi Village back!"

Ye Qingkong said, "With your words, I can rest easy. Once you complete the mission, I will personally reward you. There is no time to lose, set off!"

Lu Chen and Senior Wang Rui immediately set off.

After the two left, Ye Qingkong immediately ordered, "Properly arrange for the people entering the city, count the number of people and supplies, and once the villagers of Shi Village arrive, we will initiate the Great Migration Plan!"

Relying solely on the strength of Feng City, this city cannot be defended.

Only by migrating the entire city to one of the four final war zones designated by the high-level officials of Great Xia before Feng City is besieged by Invading Monsters is it possible for more people to survive.

"Yes!"

All the personnel of Feng City were united as one, working hard together.

On the other side.

Lu Chen rode the Calamity Flame Spirit Skeleton King, taking the NPC Senior Wang Rui, and quickly headed toward Shi Village.

The 2nd Stage mission was not difficult; an average Tier 5 job changer could complete it, and for Lu Chen, it was even simpler.

But at this moment, Lu Chen's state of mind was undergoing a huge change.

Especially after arriving inside Feng City.

Seeing the powerful, Advanced job changers, and soldiers united to protect the people and fight against the Invading Monsters made Lu Chen feel very unaccustomed to it.

Because ever since he was reincarnated into this world, all Lu Chen had felt was the exploitation and oppression of the powerful, the skewing of resources, and the civilians living in dire straits.

Even if one successfully changed jobs.

To level up and advance, one still needed to join the guilds of the powerful, but that only made one a high-level beast of burden.

It was almost impossible for civilians to escape their status as beasts of burden.

Although they barely had a stable living environment, life was very hard.

Yet in the old timeline, during the Early Stage of the job change era, what Lu Chen saw was a completely different scene. Here, the strong protected the weak, everyone was equal, job change resources were shared, and after changing jobs, as long as one had enough talent and potential, one did not need to worry about resources being monopolized, making it impossible to level up or advance.

Even.

The powerful in the city would cultivate you with all their might, allowing you to become as strong as possible so you could deal with even stronger Invading Monsters.

"Brother Lu Chen, what are you thinking about?"

Senior Wang Rui asked.

"If, and I mean if, the sacrifice and bloodshed we pay in this generation ultimately results in a future where people eat people, should we still risk our lives to fight for it?" Lu Chen asked.

"Brother Lu, how can you think that way? Of course we must fight! Even if the future is one where people eat people, our generation must still fight. As long as the Legacy of the fire is passed down, I believe that in the future of the future, someone who inherits the fire of hope will appear to lead everyone, restore our home, and reorganize the order of the mountains and rivers!"

"That future will definitely exist. The captain and the others told me the same thing. For this, we are all willing to risk our lives. Didn't our ancestors also walk this path and pass the fire down to our generation?"

Upon hearing Senior Wang Rui's words, Lu Chen did not speak again but whispered, "The Legacy of the fire, is it?"

"Brother Lu, your mount is so fast! We should be able to arrive at Shi Village in time to save the villagers!"

Senior Wang Rui did not care about the Rank or coolness of the mount; he only cared about whether they could save the villagers in time.

Lu Chen silently turned off the flame special effects of the Calamity Flame Spirit Skeleton King, and deep within his pupils, a flicker of flame began to burn.

Before long, the two arrived at Shi Village.

A number of low-level Invading Monsters had already appeared here.

Xiao Qing and the others were summoned, quickly clearing out these Invading Monsters.

"Fellow villagers, we have been ordered by the City Leader to come and rescue you. The elderly, weak, women, and children will walk in the middle, and the young and able-bodied will walk on the sides. We will definitely bring you to Feng City!"

Senior Wang Rui quickly directed the villagers to take action.

"Good! Young comrade, our village has detected that a large number of Invading Monsters are gathering on the other side of the mountain. I am afraid it will form a tide of Invading Monsters!"

The Village Chief said while calling on the villagers to cooperate.

"A tide of Invading Monsters!!!"

Senior Wang Rui's expression changed. "Brother Lu, we must leave quickly!"

At this moment, Lu Chen said, "You take the villagers and leave first. My beast pets will protect the villagers. I will go to the other side of the mountain to check. With the mount, I will be able to catch up with you and regroup very quickly."

"This—"

Seeing that Lu Chen was confident, Senior Wang Rui immediately led the villagers to set off. "Brother Lu, don't take risks. Retreat in time; our battlefield is not here!"

"Rest assured!"

Lu Chen dashed into the forest and quickly passed over several hills, seeing a large number of Invading Monsters ahead, rushing out from various invasion secret realms and gathering, clearly forming a tide of Invading Monsters.

Moreover, Lu Chen noticed.

This tide of Invading Monsters was not the only one; there were others on different hills as well. If they were allowed to charge at Feng City, it would definitely cause many deaths and injuries.

"Was the battle of our ancestors really this arduous?"

Lu Chen summoned a large number of beast pets, directly annihilating these tides of Invading Monsters, and left some beast pets to guard the entrances and exits of the invasion secret realms in this area before heading to regroup with Senior Wang Rui and the other NPCs.

With Lu Chen's escort, the villagers of Shi Village were all safe and sound.

When they arrived at the designated support location, Lu Chen saw that the support team seemed to have gone through a battle and had suffered casualties.

But they did not care at all.

In their words, "When the people need us, we will not hesitate to sacrifice!"

"Attention, everyone! Quickly escort the fellow villagers back to the city!"

The captain ordered.

The team members all protected the villagers in the middle.

Job changers protected the civilians with their lives.

This image.

Was deeply imprinted in Lu Chen's mind.