In the apocalypse, I hoarded goods and handed over my storage space to the government.

Meanwhile, at the front lines.

The cleaning work is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Heavy bulldozers roared as they pushed aside piles of wreckage.

Engineers wearing protective suits used specially made detectors to carefully search for the crystal core's reaction in the blood and gore.

Long Ivan leaned against a low wall that hadn't been completely destroyed.

His severed arm had already been given emergency bandaging by the medics of the Great Xia Dynasty.

Looking at the busy yet orderly cleaning team in front of him, he held the cigarette that Wang Bin had given him, but didn't light it.

"What are you spacing out for?"

Wang Bin walked over carrying an entrenching tool and plopped down next to him.

"What? Is this cigarette made of pure gold? You're reluctant to smoke it?"

He wiped the soot off his face and grinned, making a joke.

"I just find it...unbelievable."

Long Yiwan's Adam's apple bobbed, and he tucked the cigarette behind his ear.

"Are you all so...clean and efficient after a battle?"

"What else? Keep it for the New Year?"

Wang Bin rolled his eyes.

"If these monster corpses are not handled properly, they could rot and cause a large-scale plague."

As for the crystal cores, those were military funds earned by our brothers with their lives, so of course we have to take them all.

After a moment of silence, Long Yiwan suddenly said something out of the blue.

"If you hadn't stopped me today, I would be dead already."

"Hey, it's no big deal. We're all brothers!"

Wang Bin responded with a smile.

He never expected that this foreigner would remember this.

If Long Yiwan hadn't mentioned it, Wang Bin would have forgotten about it long ago.

Brother. Comrade.

These two words struck Lon Ivan's heart, which was gradually becoming cold and numb.

He raised his remaining left hand again and pointed in the direction of the Xuan Nu fighter jet.

"Are Su Shen and the other two the strongest Awakened Ones in Great Xia?"

Wang Bin looked in the direction he was pointing.

"It's hard to say, but those guys are definitely headquarters' top talents. However..."

Wang Bin grinned, his tone revealing undisguised pride.

"I don't know how many trump cards our Great Xia Dynasty has hidden."

Long Yiwan stared intently at Wang Bin, his eyes filled with an extremely complex expression.

Shock, awe, and envy ultimately transformed into a resolute resolve.

"I've made up my mind."

"What decision?" Wang Bin took out his water bottle and took a sip.

"I want to become a citizen of Great Xia! I want to become a true citizen of Great Xia!"

"???"

Wang Bin felt embarrassed to directly dampen this guy's enthusiasm.

Those who want to become citizens of Great Britain now could line up from the Himalayas to the Seine.

It's your decision now.

It's like they went through a huge internal struggle.

"Ahem!"

Wang Bin coughed twice, but instead of directly exposing him, he patted him on the shoulder and said...

"Brother, haven't you already registered and are on the same page? Now we're practically family, and our working relationship is going really well."

"No! That's far from enough!"

Long Yiwan's tone was firm.

"I want to completely integrate into the Great Xia system. From now on, I'll dedicate my life to Great Xia."

Wang Bin felt a chill run down his spine and pursed his lips.

The Great Xia Immigration Bureau has no shortage of candidates, whether they are ordinary people or awakened individuals.

Everyone has to patiently wait in line for approval.

"Brother, the military uniform of the Great Xia Dynasty isn't something just anyone can wear."

Wang Bin sighed, intending to make him face reality.

"Now……"

"Yes, now!"

Long Yiwan got up to leave.

"I'm going to see my superior right now! I want to become a citizen! I want to be a Great Xia citizen!!"

"No, brother, you..."

Before Wang Bin could finish speaking, Long Yiwan had already run a long way.

……

Beside the command vehicle not far away.

Zhao Tiejun strode down from the porthole.

The adjutant followed behind, carrying a thick stack of reports on frontline combat losses and morale.

"Commander, we just received a message from the political commissar who is a special envoy for foreign auxiliary troops."

The adjutant reported, "After this battle, the foreign awakened individuals have undergone a tremendous change in their mindset and attitude!"

It has significantly enhanced the cohesion of our Great Xia.

There were even quite a few foreign conscripts inquiring about how to join the Great Xia army.

Zhao Tiejun stopped and turned to look at him.

"Join the regular army of Great Xia?"

"That's right."

The adjutant nodded emphatically, his tone resolute, "They want to truly become soldiers of the Great Xia."

A slight smile finally appeared on Zhao Tiejun's usually cold and hard lips.

"It seems that Consultant Su was right."

Fear cannot truly subdue a person.

Only by shedding blood alongside us and facing despair together will they know who the only hope in this wasteland is.

He took the report from his adjutant, rolled it up without even looking at it, and held it in his hand.

"Tell the medical team to treat all foreign wounded soldiers equally, and to use the best medicine to cure them."

Zhao Tiejun's eyes were piercing, and his voice was booming.

"Tell them that to become a true soldier of Great Xia, a moment of impulsiveness in a single battle is not enough. Great Xia values ​​their enduring loyalty!"

"yes!"

Zhao Tiejun raised his head and looked in the direction of the Paris city area.

The horde of five million zombies was wiped out.

It's only a matter of time before we recapture this city and plant the red flag of Great Xia atop the Eiffel Tower!

"All troops, listen up! Rest in place for twelve hours!"

Zhao Tiejun issued the order in a stern voice.

"Twelve hours from now, the armored forces will lead the way! We're going to drive the Great Xia's tanks straight into the heart of Paris!"

……

Meanwhile, Long Yiwan strode through the devastated battlefield.

He walked very fast, and the bandage on his left arm was once again seeping crimson blood.

But he couldn't care less about any of that.

All he could think about was Wang Bin's words: "The uniforms of the Great Xia are not something anyone can just wear."

Long Yiwan wanted to wear it.

The sight of those Xia soldiers dragging their comrades through the artillery fire burned his optic nerve like a branding iron.

He was going to find the highest-ranking official of the Great Xia Dynasty.

He wants to apply for citizenship.

He wanted to become the Great Xia man who could turn his back on the enemy amidst gunfire.

"Sir! Excuse me, where is General Zhao's command post?"

Long Yiwan asked everyone he met in broken Chinese.

Several Xia soldiers who were cleaning shell casings looked at him as if he were an idiot.

"The foreign troops camp is over there; you're going the wrong way."

A squad leader, holding a rifle, pointed to the isolation zone on the right.

"No! I'm not going to the foreign troops camp! I want to see your supreme commander!"

Long Yiwan stared with bloodshot eyes, like a stubborn bull.

After a series of accidental discoveries, the massive holographic communication antenna of the forward command post was now right in front of them.

Just then, a figure walked out from inside.

The newcomer was dressed in a black tactical uniform and stood tall and straight; it was Su Ran.

The two bumped into each other.

Long Yiwan paused, his eyes widening.

"Su Shen!"

His pronunciation was clear and accurate, though his intonation had a slightly foreign feel to it.

Su Ran stopped and looked at the foreign man in front of her.

There was no simultaneous interpretation device between the two, but the other person's Chinese was quite fluent.

"You can speak Chinese?" Su Ran asked casually.

His purpose in coming here was to check on the post-war condition of these foreign auxiliaries.

Unexpectedly, he ran into Long Yiwan as soon as he arrived at the perimeter of the command post.

Long Yiwan straightened his back and gave a somewhat awkward Great Xia military salute with his intact left hand.

"Sir, I want to become a citizen of Great Xia!"

His words were startling.

The air was silent for two seconds.

Su Ran: "Huh?"