161: Chapter 161 [Sealing the Wolf and Dwelling in the Mountain]

In the live broadcast room, the mockery had vanished, replaced by a rational analysis that felt almost like a final verdict:

"Honestly, for the Dragon Kingdom to reach this point is already a miracle."

"Third place is already very good; there's really no need to ask for anything more..."

"A frontal assault on a sea of Demon Prince? No matter how strong General Huo Qubing is, this is an impossible mission!"

All voices, all data, and all rational judgments were proclaiming that there was no possibility for the Dragon Kingdom to catch up to the USA and Prussia.

There was only one day left until the end of the campaign.

Chen Aoyun did not seem to have given up!

While calculating the point gap between him and the two countries in the first tier, he guided the Heroic Spirit General Huo Qubing to shuttle through the underground world, raiding those medium-sized portals.

The gap was constantly closing, but time remained a heavy burden weighing on the Dragon Kingdom.

"This can't go on like this.

The Famous Scholar phase was so complicated, so how could it be enough for the summoned General Huo Qubing to only get third place in the first act?

This ranking not only fails to do justice to your efforts, but it also fails to do justice to the prestige of General Huo Qubing, the Marquis of Champion!

First place!

It must be first place!"

If it had been any other Heroic Spirit, Chen Aoyun might have held his nose and accepted third place.

But General Huo Qubing not!

General Huo Qubing, the Marquis of Champion, was renowned in the Old Era as the pinnacle of Huaxia Civilization's generals.

Let a Huaxia Civilization general be relegated to a position below the USA's Jackson?

To be ranked after two Heroic Spirits from Prussia that Chen Aoyun didn't even know?

Sorry, Chen Aoyun truly could not accept that.

The four members of the Dragon Kingdom also realized at this moment that if they wanted to catch up to and even surpass the first-tier USA and Prussia within such a short time, that 'Final Portal' in the central area was their only chance.

Who would be willing to settle for third if they could get first?

The question was, how?

Zhao Hongxiu looked at the sand table, staring at the countless Demon Princes near the 'Final Portal', and couldn't help but sigh.

"Sigh~

We cannot launch a tunneling sneak attack on the 'Final Portal'.

Demon Princes are extremely powerful, whether in terms of combat strength or intelligence."

"I cannot find any path on the sand table that avoids these terrifying existences and leads directly to the portal.

Even using tunneling to raid the nearby portal would be the same."

"Perhaps this 'Final Portal' cannot be handled by a single country alone.

Someone needs to be responsible for distraction, someone for the assault, someone for interception, and finally, someone for delivering the fatal blow to the portal.

Perhaps all countries joining forces is the only possibility to destroy this 'Final Portal'."

"General Huo Qubing is very strong, and the exclusive skill already constructed fits the battlefield situation well, but to expect that General Huo Qubing alone can accomplish what all the countries' Heroic Spirits combined could barely do is still a bit..."

Zhao Hongxiu saw no need to pour cold water on her own team, so she stopped mid-sentence.

"Only by joining forces can countries possibly destroy that 'Final Portal'?"

Zhao Hongxiu's careless remark made Chen Aoyun pause slightly.

Was the Game of National Destiny intentionally or unintentionally guiding the countries to unite?

But if that were the case, what was the deal with the Famous Scholar phase?

The quota limit in the Famous Scholar phase was clearly provoking competition between countries—compete first, then unite?

The existing estrangement between countries had long been magnified during the Famous Scholar phase.

Unite?

It would be a miracle if they could unite!

Furthermore, killing demons and destroying portals required ranking.

In such a situation, how could countries possibly unite?

"The threat of the alien races is like a Sword of Damocles hanging over humanity, ready to fall at any moment.

If the will of the Game of National Destiny is intentionally guiding countries to unite to face the threat together, then the design of this first act itself does not align with that concept."

Chen Aoyun was lost in thought, and suddenly he had his own understanding of the situation.

"Unite?

Even if one day humanity must unite under the threat of alien races, such a union would require a Leader!"

"What kind of civilization is suitable to be such a Leader?

Naturally, a civilization powerful enough to face the enemy alone!

Huaxia Civilization is such a civilization!"

Perhaps this speculation was a misunderstanding of this act, and perhaps the Game of National Destiny didn't have so many twists and turns or any subtext.

But whether it was or wasn't, whether it existed or not, at this moment, it no longer mattered to Chen Aoyun.

"Things that other countries cannot do, the Dragon Kingdom will do!

If an enemy requires all civilizations to unite to be dealt with, and other civilizations won't cooperate, then why not let Huaxia Civilization shoulder it alone!"

"If a Leader is truly needed, then demonstrating the strength of the Dragon Kingdom and Huaxia Civilization is necessary!

Having been a suzerain state for so long in the Old Era, could I not understand this much?!"

By destroying the 'Final Portal' alone, Chen Aoyun was not just doing it for the whole world to see; he also had a strange idea in his heart: he wanted to do it for the will of the Game of National Destiny to see!

There was only half a day left until the end of the campaign.

Without Construction Power, he could still construct two exclusive skills for the Heroic Spirit.

'Ability' and 'Achievement'.

Under these limitations, [If the enemy can go, I can also go] was the exclusive skill Chen Aoyun constructed based on General Huo Qubing's own 'Ability'.

It could not be repeated; General Huo Qubing's other exclusive skill could only be constructed based on his 'Achievement'.

What was General Huo Qubing's most powerful, most special, and most epic achievement?

That was undoubtedly [Mount Langju Ceremony]!

And [Mount Langju Ceremony] vaguely fit the current situation perfectly!

Closing his eyes slightly, Chen Aoyun used historical facts as an allusion to construct the ability of [Mount Langju Ceremony]:

Where others cannot go, I, General Huo Qubing, can!

The Heroic Spirit General Huo Qubing can simply appear in any place that neither friend nor foe can predict!