Wei School's Three Good Students

Chapter 288 No God can protect us, no Heaven can bless us.

On September 30th, 2108 of the Han calendar, at the base, Xuan Chong began selecting equipment for himself and his accompanying task force.

As the armory gates opened, there were automatic rifles with adjustable fire selectors, using lightweight plastic-cased ammunition; there were also diesel locomotives that could be airdropped, and so on. This equipment, in general, was thirty years ahead of its time.

Putting aside everything else, even the AK barrel itself, given the current metallurgical and processing capabilities of most of Han's arms factories, is not capable of producing a high-quality product.

Without a doubt, this is another product of the "Unknown" project controlled by the Lin Group. That is, these individual weapons are made by adding rare elements to alloy steel at any cost, and then secretly employing key industrial personnel to operate high-precision machine tools obtained from the future.

After receiving their weapons, the six hundred elite soldiers recruited from the northern garrison stood neatly on the drill ground, but did not set off immediately.

A member of the Dragon Group arrived at the training ground, opened his briefcase, and found it filled with countless chip-like objects.

As these chips were distributed to everyone, and each soldier placed the chip on their forehead, flashes of data appeared in their pupils, and memories of how to use these weapons were imprinted in their minds.

Liu Yi explained to Xuan Chong: "(This superpower technology) is a 'enlightenment' technology. The implanted memories can preserve the enlightened person's proficiency in operating this type of equipment for up to four months."

Xuan Chong: "What about four months later?"

Liu Yi said calmly, "If you don't master the operation within four months, your memory will fade after four months."

Half an hour later, the main gate of the base airport opened, and small vehicles and personnel drove to the waiting area to wait to board the plane.

Eight Kunpeng transport airships, each with a carrying capacity of 60 tons, took off from the Weihai base. These chubby aircraft are currently the super air vehicles used by the Han Dynasty for rapid deployment to the Western Regions. In just three days, the airship squadron can deliver thousands of tons of military equipment to the Western Regions.

The military airship encountered a civilian flight on its route while flying over the Great Wall.

From the perspective of the slowly moving passenger airship, passengers watched the rapidly passing aircraft, pressing their faces against the windows in astonishment. It was just like passengers on an airplane in a Hollywood movie seeing Iron Man flying through the porthole.

…No old friends remain west of Yangguan…

Meanwhile, just as Xuan Chong took off, Liu Wang (Lin Zhu) in Jianye learned that Xuan Chong had volunteered to take on the mission.

Lin Zhu: "Oh, this child. Why are you in such a hurry?" His tone was clearly one of reproach.

He knew the inside story about this mission. It was a rather dangerous mission because it involved an unknown alien invasion. Seriously, who knows why these alien monsters appeared the moment humanity entered the industrial age.

Yandu prepared eight Dragon Power users to deal with this emergency: six from the Dragon Group, one from the Xuanwu Group, and Xuan Chong from the Lin Group, who happened to be there, was selected and conscripted.

Logically speaking, Xuan Chong shouldn't be at the forefront of this emergency mission. After learning that Liu Haoxing was in the first wave, Lin Zhu immediately made a video call to the north, asking as soon as he opened the door, "Have the Dragon Group members been working too hard lately, making rain and clouds?"

This phrase carries a very impolite meaning. The phrase "行云布雨" (xíng yún bù yǔ) combined with "龙" (lóng, dragon) has a derogatory connotation. This is because another phrase, "云雨一番" (yún yǔ fān), implies that someone is a dragon when things are going well, but becomes a spineless coward when trouble arises.

Of course, the ruler of Lin did not say that. If Liu Lu, the emperor in the north, had understood that meaning, then he would have been "overthinking it."

As members of the same clan, Lord Lin was truly unafraid of the emperor's suspicions.

The "literary inquisition" couldn't punish Lin Zhu, a seasoned rogue who had weathered many storms in the future. When the current emperor was young, he never won a verbal battle against Lin Zhu.

After the lord of Lin unleashed his full power, the emperor put down his brush and made a promise: "If you lead the charge and are defeated, there will be no fault; if you are victorious, you will be recorded as a great merit."

The emperor of Yandu could not tolerate his younger brother's "discontent" south of Jianye. Considering the bigger picture, the emperor had no choice but to make a grand promise to the junior (Xuan Chong) for this mission.

On the Dragon Group's side, when Liu Yi was recruiting Xuan Chong, she casually assigned him this "vanguard mission".

As for his casual action attracting the attention of a powerful figure? He was too busy and overwhelmed these past few days to think about that. (Speaking of which, as the leader of the Dragon Group and a member of the Liu clan in Yandu, he mostly follows the rules these days, so there's no need to be so cautious.)
Because Xuan Chong was "unwilling to wait for the leaders and demanded that the Dragon Group be punctual," Liu Yi wanted to put Xuan Chong in his place and curb his rebellious spirit. She never expected that Xuan Chong would actually lead the mission with such a fierce attitude and arrive without any delay.

…The spring breeze still reaches Yumen Pass…

In Jianye, the Lin Lord walked into the "Heaven" area of ​​the "Heaven, Earth, Black and Yellow" formation within the base.

After a series of intelligent verification sounds, rows of mechanical doors opened, and the Lin Master opened his equipment warehouse.

Inside the equipment, which resembles a mechanical coffin, lie groups of two-meter-tall "humanoid" mechanical creations.

This is not some low-grade stuff like "combat robots" or "biochemical tyrants." Neither of those types deserve to be stored in the Sky Zone.

These hundreds of powered armor suits are "artificial mechanical muscles" powered combat suits from four hundred years in the future.

The power source for this nanoarmor is a palm-sized metal box hanging on the lower back; this is a "carbon nuclear battery".

The "carbon nuclear battery" consists of uranium and plutonium encapsulated in a diamond structure. The diamonds are arranged like transistors and immersed in a heavy water structure. They are ignited by laser excitation, generating heat energy, which is then converted into electrical energy through a tungsten alloy steel structure.

Although the energy is disposable, its energy density is two orders of magnitude higher than that of lithium batteries.

Four hundred years later, in the interstellar era, this thing will be ubiquitous; you can find a whole bunch of scrap metal in any junkyard on the moon.

Just like in Xuan Chong's previous life, even third-world countries in Africa could use second-hand solar panels.

Technology often works like this: through mature processes, technological creations that were once hailed as marvels in the previous era can be reduced to dirt cheap prices.

The Lin Lord currently has over 60,000 of these batteries in reserve! None of them were created by the Lin Group itself in its own timeline; they were all acquired by consuming the superpower of "seeing the future."

After all, they'll be dirt cheap in the future. Setting up a stall like "old mobile phone recycling" will allow you to collect them in bulk, which is much simpler than collecting railways built by companies with "China" in their names.

As for the combat armor lying in coffins, it belongs to the individual soldier's equipment of the future.

The mechanical muscles inside the mecha have a power output forty times that of human muscles; this is a core technology mastered by the Jianye Imperial Ancestral Temple Research Institute.

If there were a crime of "possessing armor" in modern times, this crime would indeed apply to the emperor, because such armor could indeed enable an elite squad to storm the palace and carry out a coup.

Lin Zhu looked at the data jumping on the control screen inside the armor. These data markers corresponded synchronously to certain people within the base who were cultivating true qi.

In the future, the "armor" and "warrior" of technology are highly compatible.

Just like adjusting the seat when driving, so that your eyes are at a comfortable height and your feet can just reach the clutch.

The martial arts practitioners who were recruited at the Lin Group base had to enter the training ground in the "yellow zone" every day.

After the data on Lu Changfeng and his entourage was collected, it was synchronized to the powered armor units in the "Sky Zone." The armor units, separated from their human bodies, lay in two locations within the base with different levels of security.

After supervising the "armor-clad" training of fifty combat personnel at the base, the Qilin Lord addressed them, saying, "I have nurtured you for a thousand days, and now the nation needs you."

The team members who removed their masks immediately picked up the drinks on the table and drank them down, all readily accepting their mission.

Although they joined the Lin Group, received training, and resources were invested in them, they remained considered "bad people" unless they achieved merit. Fighting for one's country, however, was the true leap in status.

Thus, a group of heavy alloy warriors assembled and received orders to meet with Xuan Chong and accept his leadership.

After watching this group of "Lin Group" guards leave for the north, the Lin Lord said helplessly: I hope this kid doesn't cause me too much trouble.

Liu Haoxing is too young, and it's too sudden that he was assigned to lead troops on the front lines.

In Liu Wang's opinion, Liu Haoxing was too impulsive. He should have at least made some excuses and discussed it with his family; instead, he just blindly picked a reconnaissance mission.

To prevent Liu Haoxing from being parachuted into the army and becoming a commander without any real power, a personal guard was quickly assembled. ...A single thread, connecting a thousand coins...

On the airship, Xuan Chong has now changed his breathing technique to "Swimming Dragon Skill".

In the martial arts world, switching between techniques so frequently is a major taboo, as it makes it difficult to accumulate internal energy. But for Xuan Chong, whether his "true qi" increases or not is meaningless, since he can replenish it with "Grass Rejuvenating Liquid." What he wants is a balance in his physical stats.

Physical balance naturally declines with irregular lifestyles such as work. For Xuan Chong, sacrificing his inner energy to maintain physical coordination is worthwhile.

On the airship, most of the soldiers were thrown around in a daze, while Xuan Chong was able to enter into a state of calm and thoughtful reflection as a "general".

Xuan Chong was impulsive when he first accepted the task, but he became meticulous after receiving it.

"Reckless" means having a sense of responsibility. Xuan Chong's logic is that he has received the favor of the great Han Dynasty in this world, and if the country is in trouble, he has to take the lead!

If one comfortably enjoys the benefits of the group's supply and immediately prioritizes oneself when faced with problems, emphasizing how reasonable one's "freedom" is, then that is not the heart of a man.

Moreover, when Xuan Chong transmigrated, he was deliberately killed by the school system. Because of his trust in the school, he was certain that he could solve any problem that was assigned to him.

…raising a big flag…

"Where are we now?" Xuan Chong asked. After learning that the airship had passed through a series of areas, Xuan Chong turned on the radio communication on the plane and, at the same time, invoked Liu Yi's "support" to start making a big fuss about the garrison troops and local officials in various regions.

Back at the Dragon Group base, Liu Yi hadn't had a moment's rest since sending Xuan Chong away.

Xuan Chong continuously sent telegrams along the route to all departments he came into contact with, demanding that train stations be on high alert and warehouses immediately cooperate with military control. Officials and ministers in various cities also immediately held mobilization meetings!
Xuan Chong was like a whip, urging everyone forward, and the "whip" he held was Liu Yi.

Back at headquarters, Liu Yi was in charge of the operation. As the phone rang incessantly, in each call, Liu Yi repeatedly said, "Listen to him." "Just listen to him." "Okay, there's a meeting. There are no documents, but it's the Emperor's highest order. We have two heads, let's give it a try!"

Just as she hung up the phone, another call came in. Liu Yi put down the phone, took a breath, and cursed, "Damn it, they really gave me trouble!" This was clearly a complaint against Xuan Chong.

Xuan Chong mobilized all the departments he could provoke along the way!
This massive amount of confirmed information momentarily stunned Liu Yi. His secretary asked, "Sir, should we give him (Xuan Chong) a strict order, forbidding him from contacting the local authorities and making him wait for our instructions?"

Liu Yi, her eyes bloodshot, said, "Stop trying to be clever! He's now protected by every god and heaven."

The phrase "Without gods, there is no protection; without heaven, there is no blessing" comes from Journey to the West, and the Modern Han Dimension also has this work.

The journey of Tang Sanzang and his disciples, a small "department" traveling westward, was actually a project closely watched by the powerful figures of the Three Realms. During this project, if Tang Sanzang and his disciples felt that "any deity failed to protect them" or "any local deity failed to cooperate," these could be escalated to the level of a major case like "the Dragon King of the Jing River withholding raindrops."

To use a modern example, the "Journey to the West" between Tang Sanzang and his disciples is a super project like the "first time astronauts went to the space station" or the "first manned lunar landing." It received top-level attention and was given the highest priority by all departments, receiving the green light all the way.

When astronauts wander around the project site after training, if they find any discrepancies between the work procedures and regulations, no matter how minor the violation, if those "a few astronauts" decide to make a big deal out of it, it becomes a very serious matter.

Back to the present, something unknown is falling from the sky, and communications between the two divisions stationed in the west have been cut off.

The Emperor and the six high-ranking officials of the court were all keeping a close eye on the situation. The five super-powered groups—Dragon, Tiger, Phoenix, Qilin, and Xuan—had all been summoned.

Liu Yi assigned Xuan Chong a difficult task: to "take the lead." But wasn't this task also an opportunity for Xuan Chong to soar to great heights?
On the airship, Xuan Chong used the phased array torque network to scan the ground and bring up all the problems, big and small, to weigh.

Furthermore, Xuan Chong was good at math and could calculate that the railway line was not under wartime control at all, and where the subsequent troop mobilization and support would be affected, so he gave the responsible departments a heads-up in advance.

These issues were originally the "duty" of the various departments below, and normally even if superiors pointed them out, it wouldn't make a difference. But now, Xuan Chong is "untouchable by any god or heaven!" If he's pointed out but things don't change, and if Liu Yi "supports" him, then if similar situations arise again in the future, he'll definitely be blamed!
Liu Yi had witnessed Xuan Chong leaving traces along the way when he entered the Weihai base and was waiting to be deployed.

As the liaison between the Dragon Group and the Lin Group, Liu Yi also assumed responsibility for managing Xuan Chong. However, even if he was a minute late and missed the handover, it would be "recorded." Then, Xuan Chong would report this through the Lin Group's bureaucratic network, directly to the higher-ups (the Emperor).

The principle of "a higher-ranking official can crush a lower one" does not apply in situations involving "multiple parties and high-level leadership attention." At this point, the system is paramount; the system is the holy sword in Xuan Chong's hand, sweeping away all obstacles.

…ruler and minister…

On the second day of the march, Liu Yi remained awake, maintaining constant communication with Xuan Chong. Throughout the journey, Xuan Chong used the name of the Dragon Group to coordinate the movement of personnel related to the railway, the prefectural governor, and the warehouses.

Therefore, many local officials wanted to determine whether Xuan Chong was "qualified" enough.

Liu Yi had no choice but to "confirm" and "affirm" the calls she received from various parties.

If Liu Yi doesn't reply and the lower-level officials dawdle, Xuan Chong will record the situation and present it directly to all parties as evidence of "Dragon Group's inaction and lack of responsibility."

Xuan Chong's reports were potentially fatal, and by now, due to the delayed response of some officials, they have already been apprehended.

To some extent, when Liu Yi, Liu's superior, was dealing with Xuan Chong's initiative to connect with local officials, who in turn kept requesting confirmation from their superiors whether Xuan Chong's dispatching of information along the way was correct, Xuan Chong became the one issuing orders.

This is quite easy to understand. Historically, Li Shimin was a subordinate, but Li Yuan and Li Jiancheng were both unable to handle several military crises in the Tang Dynasty. If these problems couldn't be resolved, the serious consequence would be "moving the capital." Therefore, it was necessary to delegate the highest authority to Li Shimin indefinitely to handle each specific area.

Finally, Li Shimin became "General of Heavenly Strategy, Grand Commandant, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat of Shaanxi East Circuit, Minister of the Imperial Secretariat of Yizhou Circuit, Governor of Yongzhou, Governor of Puzhou, General of the Twelve Guards, Chancellor, Pillar of State, Prince of Qin".

Each of Li Shimin's titles and official positions represented his contributions after a major crisis during the founding of the Tang Dynasty was resolved.

Meanwhile, in Yandu, the emperor also took notice of this situation.

Inside the palace, Liu Lu looked at the map marked with "Railway Line Information" by Xuan Chong and opened the Lin Group's communication. He asked Lin Master Liu Wang: "This Liu Haoxing, the dragon power attribute recorded is 'kinetic energy control', right?"

Liu Wang: "Yes, awakening in 2103."

Liu Lu: "So which level exactly?"

There are differences in dragon species. Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow—four stages in total. Both Liu Wang and Liu Lu possess Heavenly-level dragon power! This gives them strategic effectiveness.

A year ago, Xuanchong maneuvered like a snake at sea, showing signs of creating a "single-ship myth" in tactics from then on.

At this moment, Xuan Chong's "kinetic energy control" can report the "heavy load data" of the train on the railway within a range of 1,000 kilometers after the airship travels 1,000 kilometers to the west. It can even be accurate to the load in each carriage of the train. This is a strategic cheat code!
Such a tactic, when used in war, is contrary to the natural order and will inevitably backfire. In this timeline, there's an idiom, "Seven stars cannot continue," which refers to the story of someone who used the east wind to control fire, only to be ultimately punished by heaven.

Returning to the present, the impact torque is like a spider web, spreading across the train lines. The vast web now being "spun" covers thousands of kilometers of railway lines.

Liu Wang was also somewhat surprised, but he maintained his composure on the surface.

Liu Wang: "The previous measurements were at the Xuan level, mainly focusing on the internal torque structure of the warship. Therefore, the focus was on the torque transmission efficiency. The measurement was somewhat neglected, as the sensitivity was not measured. It might be a Di level. If it is confirmed, I will tell you."

Emperor Liu gritted his teeth and insincerely praised the abundance of talented people.

…The emperor regretted it for the first time…

Currently, among the Dragon Force members of Han, there are only three at the Heaven Rank and fifteen at the Earth Rank, such as Liu Yi, who is at the Earth Rank. The Earth Rank members are already the backbone, and the Dragon Group has now recruited ten of them.

The Lin Group currently only has two Earth Ranks. Geographically, Xuan Chong should belong to the Dragon Power cultivators of the North. The "worship" of his social group is connected to "Heaven and Earth" in the North.

At the time, the Dragon Group was very puzzled. Liu Haoxing was not a local of Hangzhou, had not long worshipped the soil, and had not established a "Heavenly Heart Connection" with the center of the planet. So how did he awaken during the "Five Oceans Festival"?
Now it seems that it's not surprising if it's a "Dragon of Earth Rank". The "human-inhabited areas" associated with Earth Rank Dragons are two orders of magnitude higher than those of the Profound Rank!

Because of their deep connection with the planet's will, chosen superhumans receive great rewards even if they don't stay in their birthplace.

When the power of the Earth-rank Dragon awakens, the "state" associated with Xuan Chong is no longer just the place of Dongtu, but rather half of the present Han Dynasty!
Linzu happened to see this situation. Liu Lu, who should have been magnanimous, was displeased with his younger brother’s smug look as he took advantage of the situation in the south.

(End of this chapter)