The War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Begins in Songhu

Chapter 598 Gourmet System (Two-in-One Chapter)

For the first time, a completely emotionless, synthesized female voice rang in the minds of the surviving transmigrators. The content was as follows:
"Congratulations, fellow time travelers, your journey is about to come to an end."

Because the entity has just undergone a comprehensive upgrade and has gained more authority and capabilities, some adjustments have been made to the rewards given to the corresponding transmigrators.

In short, there are the following points.

First, transmigrators who died in the previous mission will still have the opportunity to participate in the next mission; note that it is an opportunity, not a guarantee of participation.

Second, rewards for the physical fitness improvements of the time-traveling team members.

It is no longer the case that every time someone participates in a crossing, they gain an opportunity to comprehensively improve their physical fitness.

Instead, the standard is based on Hu Biao. The number of times Hu Biao improved his physical fitness is calculated. Other members of the transmigrator team who have transmigrated twice or more will receive one less improvement than Hu Biao.

If there is only one chance to travel through time, the upgrade will be done once; only after two travels will the upgrade be done to the point where Hu Biao has one less chance.

For example, it's calculated like this:

Including this upgrade bonus, Hu Biao will have improved his physical fitness a total of eight times.

Great! AT, Black Star, Uncle Bo, Chaozi, Huang Adi, Xufeng, Mo Shuiyan, Chen Tang, Huang Yizhi, Annie, Zana, Lao Yu, Mr. Nanze, Van Gogh, Wizard, Lao Ma.

The team of time travelers includes Xiao Henan, Mina, Xiao Cui, Warehouse Manager, Lao San, Thug, Lao K, Guard, Foreman, Lao Che, Xin Huo, Shi Zi, and other senior members.

Regardless of how many times physical fitness has been improved, the total number of improvements will now be increased to seven.

Evaluation after the upgrade! You are now humanoid, striped tigers, which is quite impressive by the standards of ordinary humans.

Unfortunately, even so, they are still just ordinary human beings.

Members such as Ji Shouxing, 803, Zhixiang, Dali, Siyu, and Hangong have currently traveled through time once and have accumulated one physical fitness improvement.

The evaluation after the upgrade! They're just some slightly stronger greyhounds.

But it doesn't matter, as long as you participate in another time travel, you can become awesome from now on.

Third, Hu Biao was officially designated as the commander of the transmigrator team by Ben Cun; in addition to the reward of improved physical fitness, he also received the reward of mastering Hunan cuisine.

Fourth, the additional rewards for the Chinese family in the modern world 84 years later have been determined and will be distributed subsequently.

Please note that the above number of times physical attributes have improved only represents the number of times and data that the transmigrator has improved, and does not represent the individual's final strength.

An individual's ultimate strength must also include their physical attributes, individual combat skills, and so on...

After the synthesized female voice stopped, Hu Biao and the others looked at each other in disbelief, their eyes filled with immense shock, and remained silent for a long time due to the sheer volume of information contained within.

Overall, however, they were mostly overjoyed.

The changes brought about by the mysterious entity are generally beneficial to them.

On the one hand, they have more opportunities to travel through time, unlike before when once they died in battle, they often didn't know how long it would be before they could participate again.

On the other hand, even among the most senior members of the time-traveler team...

Compared to Hu Biao, the holdout, they had traveled through time two or three fewer times, and their advancements were also two or three fewer.

After this change, each of the mysterious beings will be promoted multiple times.

Not only did they personally benefit from the experience, but their individual strength was also greatly enhanced; more importantly, the strength of the transmigrator team was also greatly improved.

As for Ji Shouxing and others who only participated in the time travel once, why can't they get more promotions? Why can't they be immediately promoted to the level of Hu Biao, who only had one less time?

It seems that some time travelers have been taken into consideration that they will only participate in time travel once.

They won't want to go next time, which is why we're losing money.

Only by participating in two consecutive time travels can one be considered to have officially joined the time traveler team and will continue to participate in it for a long time. Only then will one be qualified to receive a major promotion.

Also! Why did Hu Biao get one more promotion than everyone else?
After all, he was the first member among them to travel through time, and now he has been designated as the commander by a mysterious entity, enjoying the privilege of being promoted by everyone. It seems that he can accept this treatment not at all.

In short, this change in the mysterious entity is a good thing for everyone and for the entire transmigrator team.

After figuring these things out, everyone's expressions became increasingly eager and joyful; they felt that the mysterious entity that had always been a pain in the neck had finally become a human for once.

However, they soon learned that even more good things were to come.

The mysterious being's generosity this time was somewhat frightening; it excited Hu Biao and others so much that they were ready to call him "godfather"...

At that time, the veteran transmigrators were all silently calculating on their fingers how many times they would be promoted in succession and how powerful they would become.

Without warning, that synthesized female voice in my head rang out once again:

"Attention all time travelers, you will be teleported back to the modern world at midnight tonight."

If that were all, Hu Biao and the others wouldn't have thought much of it; since the mysterious entity had even announced the rewards and evaluations, it was naturally time to teleport them back.

They also gave them more than ten hours to prepare, which was much more generous than before, enough for them to arrange things before leaving.

The key issue remains the mysterious existence of synthesized female voices, which continues to this day:

"Annie, a member of the time traveler team, has been detected to be in mortal danger in the modern world, and the time traveler team is about to head to the island nation for a rescue operation."

In view of the need to keep the existence of this entity confidential and to ensure the continuation of the subsequent journey.

This account will provide some temporary arrangements and props to increase the success rate of the team's trip to the island nation; the props will be distributed shortly, please prepare to check them.

Attention! The above temporary arrangements and items are valid for one week and will be automatically removed after that time.

After the sound ended, Hu Biao and the others only felt a faint spatial fluctuation flash by.

Then each of them now had a vegetable basket in their left hand.

That is, the kind of briefcase that was popular for a period of time in the last century by their parents, or even their grandparents' generation, made of bamboo or nylon, and somewhat resembled a small briefcase.

In addition to the ones in their hands, there were also some identical vegetable baskets on the ground; if you add them all up, there are about 30 in total.

Don't let its outdated design fool you; its functionality is absolutely amazing.

When Hu Biao focused his attention on the shopping basket, something quite magical happened: a piece of information immediately appeared in his mind:

Basic Space Vegetable Basket. This item is a basic space equipment.

The dimensions are 10 meters in length, width, and height, with a total capacity of 1000 cubic meters; items that do not exceed the capacity and dimensions can be stored inside regardless of weight.

To collect an object, you need to touch it with your palm; to release it, you can use mental lock.

Upon seeing the above statement, Hu Biao instinctively focused on feeling the vegetable basket in his hand; instantly, a square space appeared in his mind.

Several small items were already placed in the space.

Hu Biao only thought for a moment before 'releasing' them, and these little creatures appeared at his feet.

After squatting down, Hu Biao picked up each item and began to examine them one by one. After picking up each item, related prompts would appear in his mind.

A British passport, no matter how you check it, will always be genuine.

The name on the passport is Nicholas Sangbiao, and the appearance in the photo is completely different from Hu Biao's current appearance.

However, when paired with another nanomask that is also undetectable by machines, there are absolutely no problems.

No one could recognize that this was the young owner of Deyuelou.

A white flour bun the size of a child's fist, when consumed, has the effect of being continuously boosted in physical fitness 10 times, with all-round improvements in strength, stamina, speed, and so on.

An electronic watch that looks like a child's smartwatch is actually a cutting-edge technology from the future, with communication, positioning, and perfect translation functions that cannot be blocked in the modern world.

After examining these items for a while, Hu Biao couldn't help but gasp. Immediately afterward, the other transmigrators around him followed suit, as if they had all collectively developed a toothache.

The reason for this is that the contents of the shopping baskets in other people's hands, as well as the functions they possess, are exactly the same as those in Hu Biao's hands.

They didn't look at the vegetable baskets on the ground, but they figured they must be exactly the same.

This is intended for team members who have died in battle or did not participate in the time travel but are preparing to go to the island nation.

So, just when Hu Biao and his group were about to cause trouble, this mysterious entity arranged for them to receive this batch of items. What does it all mean?
This represents that mysterious entity, completely afraid that they won't make a big enough scene in the island nation of the modern world this time.

You should know that ever since this time I traveled here, I decided to go back to the modern world and do a heist in the island nation.

Hu Biao and his team had been planning how to cause trouble and had already drafted an action plan.

However, they are limited by key issues such as how to cover their identities, how to erase all traces of their trip to the island nation, how to take weapons and equipment there and there, and how to evacuate and return home after succeeding.

To be honest, this action plan is rather conservative.

But now, not only have all these concerns been resolved by the mysterious entity, but their personal strength has also been further enhanced. Given these guys' personalities, they're bound to cause a huge upheaval in the island nation.

They have absolutely no goodwill towards the Japanese devils, the foreign devils of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and they wouldn't mind killing as many as possible.

And that was indeed the case. With the constant stream of news stimulating them, no one had any interest in fishing, cooking, or having a big meal.

They immediately gathered together and discussed it with great interest.

Besides clarifying all the arrangements for leaving this world, the most important thing was to completely revise the plan to cause trouble in the island nation.

The above discussions continued until after 1:30 p.m.

After hastily eating two bowls of brown rice, they prepared to split up and take action according to the plan they had just discussed.

While shoveling rice into his mouth, Huang Yizhi suddenly remembered something and muttered, "A vegetable basket, steamed buns, and he even rewarded Hu Biao with so much cooking skill."

If this mysterious entity were a system, wouldn't it be a food system?

We're probably among the first to be forced to fight the Japanese invaders by a food-themed system...

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At 2:07, AT, Wizard, and Elephant walked into the armory of the Hunan Provincial Supplementary Regiment of the Northern Jiangsu Independent Regiment.

Upon entering the armory, one can immediately see a large number of Japanese weapons neatly arranged, ranging from cannons to rifles, most of which are standard Japanese equipment.

The numbers are quite astonishing; they could easily arm an entire reinforced regiment.

The main reason is that Hu Biao and his ilk are unwilling to suffer losses. They are fierce when fighting, and they can only be even fiercer when fighting for spoils of war.

The three of them came here to select weapons for their future trip to the island nation.

In comparison, weapons in the modern dimension are naturally more advanced. In many places, you can buy anything as long as you have money, but it takes a considerable amount of time.

Unfortunately, after Annie returned to the modern world, she ended up in the trunk of a QA agents' car. They had to act quickly, so they had no choice but to use these World War II-era antique weapons.

However, on the other hand, if their plan goes smoothly, these old World War II weapons seem to be more than enough, given their deliberate strategy and lack of awareness.

Sure enough, AT and the wizard kept placing their hands on some Maxim heavy machine guns, Type 96 light machine guns, and Type 38 rifles.

With a gentle touch, these weapons vanished completely.

These old-fashioned weapons may have one problem or another, but because the bullets are loaded with enough propellant, their power is by no means small.

Especially compared to the Japanese sergeants, whose small pistols were so powerful they could barely kill a dog, this was far more formidable.

In addition, various calibers of ammunition, DIY rocket launchers, grenade launchers, wooden-handled grenades, melon grenades, and a small amount of leftover DIY grenades were also continuously added to their shopping baskets.

As for the elephant, it first took a Type 92 infantry gun and thirty shells into the vegetable basket.

Logically speaking, in their previous plans, they never even dared to imagine taking a cannon to the island nation.

Even now, thanks to the legendary space equipment, Zhi Xiang still feels quite dissatisfied, believing that the caliber of this thing is too small and the blasting is not exciting enough.

After his eyes darted around for a while, suddenly his eyes lit up.

He saw a Type 91 105mm howitzer, something that could be put into a grocery basket.

The key point is that when the Japanese abandoned this cannon, although they did some damage, perhaps due to the haste, the wheels were broken and the breechblock had some problems, so the problems were relatively minor.

Having thought of this, he couldn't help but turn to the wizard and ask:
"Sanpang! Can you fix this thing before midnight tonight?"

Upon hearing this, the wizard immediately wore an expression of insult, and muttered a curse as he gave a reply:
"Who do you think you are! Remove that 'ma' character, and of course I can fix it."

And it doesn't even need to be before midnight; it's usually around dinnertime.

After hearing the above answer, Zhi Xiang ignored the insults and placed one hand on the cannon barrel. With a thought, the cannon was immediately transferred to his vegetable basket.

The above anecdote shows that when they went to modern-day island nations to cause trouble, they already had these 105mm thick cannon barrels.

The only regret for Zhixiang was that there were only 13 shells in total, and they were all obtained from the 74th Army.

The ammunition carried by the Japanese soldiers was either completely depleted during the few days of the war of attrition, or it was destroyed when they gave up.

However, it would be a grave mistake to assume that the Type 91 105mm howitzer was the most powerful weapon Hu Biao and his men possessed during their operations in the island nation.

You're seriously underestimating these guys; they're incredibly capable of causing trouble...

At 4:25, in the office of Commander Xue of the 9th War Zone Command.

After letting out a long sigh, Commander Xue turned to Hu Biao, who was sitting opposite him, and asked one last question: "Brother Yitong! Are you really determined to do this?"

Upon hearing this, Hu Biao gave a helpless, bitter smile.

He said, "Otherwise! Could it be that someone who married Miss Kong Er, a man who is neither male nor female, cold-hearted and tyrannical by nature, would actually stay?"
Rather than stubbornly confronting those people and offending them, it's better to just run away and lay low to avoid a complete falling out.

After Annie and I left, the brothers from the Hunan Provincial Supplementary Regiment asked you to look after them.

Besides! I'm just temporarily running away, not disappearing forever; once this mess dies down, I'll naturally come back to find you, brother, for a drink and a good chat."

That's right! After leaving, Hu Biao planned to have Commander Xue take care of the group of soldiers he brought from his hometown of Xinning.

More precisely, before Hu Biao and his men left, they left a secret letter for Hu Yong and other trusted officers in the regiment; the letter instructed them to return to their hometown of Xinning immediately starting the next day.

The excuse, of course, was that the replenishment regiment had suffered heavy casualties and needed to go back to rest, replenish its troops, and train.

We'll stay for a while, and then make further arrangements using a high-powered radio when they come back next time.

During this period, a well-equipped, highly combat-effective force that was almost the size of a division would certainly attract the attention of many people who would try to annex it.

This necessitates the presence of someone with sufficient status and strength to help fend off various malicious attacks.

Furthermore, while these transmigrators didn't care about merits and rewards, they couldn't let go of the contributions their brothers had made by risking their lives.

The deserved reward must not be missed.

It can be said that no one would be more suitable than Hu Biao, this cheap older brother; so Hu Biao made a special trip to the war zone headquarters to ask Commander Xue for a favor.

It's probably because they were thinking of that Miss Kong Er, and all the strange things about her that were rumored.

Commander Xue shook his head speechlessly before saying to Hu Biao, "It's good to leave for a while to avoid the limelight! Don't worry about the supply regiment; I'll take good care of it."

Afterwards, Hu Biao explained some details that required Commander Xue's help, and then took his leave.

Before leaving, he hesitated for a moment but still said to Commander Xue, "Brother! After we drive out the Japanese, if you have the chance, go abroad. If you don't have enough money, just let me know."

After saying that, without even looking at Xue Changguan's reaction, he went straight out the door...

(End of this chapter)