Chapter Seventy-Nine: Do You Dare?
The Great Xia has never forgotten you!
This simple sentence brought tears to the eyes of Zhao Guochen, who had remained stoic even when facing death by his own hand.
Elder Jin raised his right arm in a standard salute. “Zhao Guochen, listen to my command!”
“Zhao Guochen reporting!”
“Your mission has been perfectly accomplished! Your undercover assignment is canceled. Return to the borders of Great Xia with me,” Elder Jin said with a smile. “Great Xia has come to bring you home!”
At that moment, Zhao Guochen’s whole body trembled, his vision blurred with tears.
Great Xia has come to bring you home!
Scenes of bitterness and loneliness from the past ten years surged in his heart, and with tear-filled eyes, Zhao Guochen answered, “Yes, sir! Returning to Great Xia!”
The bowl of dan dan noodles he had dreamed of for so long—finally, he could taste it!
“Let’s go, come home with me.” Elder Jin looked at the group. Each bore wounds and stains of blood.
Clearly, they had survived a fierce battle. To last this long, they were already at their limits.
Following Elder Jin, the group slowly walked across the rocky shore toward the small boat, disregarding the surrounding Free State soldiers as if they didn’t exist.
“They’re leaving!”
“Should we open fire?”
“Are we just going to let them escape right in front of us?”
“Damn it, they’re completely ignoring us! Great Xia is way too arrogant!”
The Free State soldiers were resentful but dared not shoot.
On the sea, a thousand warships loomed like giant beasts, their short-range missiles aimed at them, the dark cannon barrels like a forest, locking onto their positions.
Red flags fluttered in the wind!
It was an invisible deterrent!
This old man came alone, but behind him stood all of Great Xia!
He could be shot down, but Great Xia would drag them into hell!
“Do not open fire! Hold your fire!” Free State officers shouted, terrified that someone might make a reckless decision.
The group walked toward the small boat.
“Elder Jin,” Lin Fan whispered, “didn’t you say that if we were exposed, Great Xia wouldn’t be able to support us, and might not even acknowledge us officially?”
“So how come...?”
“Heh, that was just the Chairman scaring you, kid,” Elder Jin chuckled, rubbing his nose. “The Supreme Leader said that to make you more cautious.”
“When you set out, the Chairman had already ordered two fleets conducting exercises in international waters to head here, and specifically sent me to command the rescue.”
“And yet you were actually frightened by the Chairman. Don’t forget, the whole world knows...”
“Great Xia never abandons any citizen in danger!”
Elder Jin’s words rang out powerfully!
Never give up!
That is the bottom line of Great Xia!
Not a single inch of land will be abandoned, and even more so, not a single citizen!
Because citizens are countless times more precious than land!
Fourteen billion Great Xia people share the same blood!
Whenever a crisis erupts, whenever danger descends, Great Xia’s warships appear, evacuating every citizen holding a Great Xia passport from danger!
Just like now!
Elder Jin, alone, stepped into a foreign land, facing soldiers’ guns, leading Lin Fan away with ease.
Behind him stood Great Xia’s fleet!
Behind him stood all of Great Xia!
Though alone, he was worth thousands of troops!
His silhouette made the Free State soldiers too afraid to pull the trigger!
“All right, time to go home.” Elder Jin stepped onto the final rock, calling Lin Fan aboard the speedboat.
Just then—
“Do you really think you can just leave? Isn’t that a bit naive?” A voice sounded from behind.
A jeep was parked at the edge of the rocky shore. A middle-aged white man in a white suit jumped out, expressionless, staring at Lin Fan and the others.
It was Tang, the councilor from the Salvation Conference.
“What do you want?” Elder Jin turned expressionless toward Tang.
“Leave him behind!”
“And if we don’t?” Elder Jin replied coldly.
“You...” Tang’s eyes reddened, clutching his radio. “All units, prepare firepower...”
“Heh.” Elder Jin sneered, a wild grin on his face. “I’m standing right here. If you have the guts, blow me away! I’m asking you—do you dare?”
On the seaward side behind Elder Jin, a thousand warships subtly shifted their gun barrels.
Tang was silent for a long time, ultimately lacking the courage to order an attack. He slammed the radio to the ground, clenched his fists, and watched as Elder Jin led his group onto the boat and sped away!
He knew that if he gave the order, those warships would be unstoppable—not even remotely comparable to the Free State soldiers present.
“This isn’t over!”
“I demand an explanation from Great Xia!” Tang gritted his teeth, returned to the jeep, and shouted, “Back to the White Palace! Notify Pruchuan, have him hold a press conference!”
“Theme: Great Xia invades Free State, forcibly abducting a murderer from Free State!”
“I want Great Xia to become the enemy of the entire world!”
Meanwhile,
The small boat sped toward the warships, and eventually, Lin Fan, Elder Jin, and the others boarded the foremost giant aircraft carrier.
Only then did Lin Fan feel a sense of safety.
On the vast deck, ten thousand Great Xia navy soldiers stood in formation, a red carpet spread across the ground.
From the loudspeakers, stirring songs echoed!
As Lin Fan and the others stepped onto the deck, they were taken aback by the spectacle. “You guys…”
Before he could finish—
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
“Bang…”
The soldiers fired seven shots skyward, like a salute!
On every face was profound respect and awe, as they shouted,
“Welcome home, heroes!”
“Ahem,” Lin Fan blushed and coughed, turning to Elder Jin, “Why all this…”
“Heh, they heard you wiped out the Phoenix Society who were capturing our people in Great Xia. They all admire you,” Elder Jin smiled. “Plus, your video of slaying the general has been circulating in Great Xia—they’ve always revered you.”
“And,” Elder Jin pointed to his earpiece, “they heard just now that you could’ve escaped safely, but you risked everything to save Zhao Guochen…”
The soldiers’ gaze toward Lin Fan was full of admiration!
As iron-blooded warriors, they rarely sincerely admired anyone.
But Lin Fan’s three deeds, each one, commanded their respect!
Slaying the general, rescuing Great Xia citizens!
Saving those captured by the Phoenix Society, even venturing alone into Free State to destroy Phoenix Society!
And, for the sake of saving a mere worker, Zhao Guochen, he returned to danger yet again.
The first two deeds were enough to earn respect.
But the last one moved them even more!
Who was Lin Fan?
The Supreme Commander at Great Xia’s highest command center.
Unmatched in strength, extraordinary in status, with the God-Slayer Army under his command.
A figure from television!
Yet, for the sake of an obscure worker, he risked his life once more.