Building a skyscraper to survive, all the female colleagues in the company begged me to carry them.

It was evening.

A pale golden afterglow fell upon the walls of Julian City.

Huang Tang stood on the city wall, with Hu Panxi and a dozen female soldiers behind him.

Below, members of the Cardinal Church were going in and out of the tank compartment, conducting final gun muzzle calibration training.

Hu Panxi walked to Huang Tang's side, stood at attention, and reported: "The members of the Cardinal Papacy have completed their basic training and have mastered aiming and firing. Although they cannot yet perform advanced operations, they have no problem hitting fixed targets."

Huang Tang nodded: "Thank you for your hard work."

He didn't want a precise strike; he just wanted the shells to be fired.

Whether or not the target is hit is not important.

after all……

If one shot misses, will ten thousand shots miss in return?

Then, Huang Tang opened the system space and took out a stack of silver-gray metal rings.

There are more than a dozen in total.

The surface is engraved with fine energy circuits, and a faint blue light flows slowly around the edge.

Energy Shield Bracelet - Standard Version!

Huang Tang handed the bracelets to the female soldiers one by one, saying, "Major Hu and Lieutenant Li already have them; these are for you."

The female soldiers looked at each other, all extremely surprised, but none of them dared to accept it.

They all knew that in addition to a level-one power core, a specific blueprint was also needed to create the energy shield bracelet!

This item isn't even considered a mass-produced item across the entire server; even the core members of Huang Tang's house don't all have it!

Do these people who are about to leave deserve to have such valuable things?

All the female soldiers turned to look at Hu Panxi without prior arrangement.

Huang Tang chuckled: "No need to look at Major Hu."

"This is the promise I made to you before. Before you leave, each of you will be given an energy shield."

Li Shuang bit her lip and said, "I was just joking... how could you take it seriously?!"

Huang Tang said, "I never joke around, and I always keep my promises."

Hu Panxi also spoke up, saying, "The Level 1 power energy core is a key material for upgrading houses. Isn't it too wasteful of you to just give it away like this?"

Huang Tang waved his hand, his tone casual: "How can it be considered a waste? The great battle later will depend on you to command the members of the Cardinal Church."

"Besides, this is just a regular version of the energy shield, so it's not very valuable to me."

"But you must remember, it can't stop cannonballs and mid-to-high-level magic, but it can withstand ordinary ranged attacks and melee impacts without any problem."

He paused, looking intently at the female soldiers in front of him:

"Most importantly! I don't want any unnecessary casualties before you officially join my household."

The city wall fell silent for a moment.

The female soldiers remained silent, none of them uttering a word, but they had already begun to quietly sob.

These days, Huang Tang has been very kind to each of them!

They never skimp on supplies, never put them at the forefront of dangerous missions, and now, even as they're about to go to the battlefield, they're still worried about their safety...

The more this happened, the more upset they felt.

Because everyone knew that, according to the agreement, they would soon have to leave Huang Tang's house like traitors!

Li Shuang's eyes reddened slightly. She cleared her throat and casually asked, "You're so generous, aren't you afraid your women will get jealous?"

Huang Tang smiled and said, "They won't. Because we're family."

This statement once again broke the defenses of the female soldiers.

Li Shuang turned her head away, her eyes already starting to well up with tears.

After the female soldiers accepted the energy shield bracelets, Huang Tang's expression turned serious:

"What I'm about to say might make you uncomfortable, but you must obey!"

The female soldiers immediately focused their attention on him.

Huang Tang said:

"Once the battle begins, you will all stay in the city and let the Cardinals and the knights that Lan Mutang has recruited charge ahead."

"They are NPCs in this instance; if they die, there's a possibility of resetting."

"And if we players die, there's a real possibility we'll be wiped out by the system!"

"Did you understand?"

After a moment of silence, the female soldiers nodded in agreement.

No one raised any objections.

Huang Tang then pulled out a stack of teleportation scrolls from his system space and handed one to each person:

"If you encounter an emergency, don't hesitate, use this to teleport home immediately!"

The atmosphere on the city wall changed completely.

Several of the younger female soldiers' eyes instantly reddened, and they even choked up.

How could a man be so considerate and gentle...?

They finally understood why all the women in Huang Tang's house were so inseparable from him!

At this moment, a sharp-eyed female soldier pulled the person next to her and said, "Alright, alright, we've got the stuff. Let's go down and practice activating the energy shield again."

"Major, Lieutenant Li, you two discuss the battle plan with Huang Tang again."

After saying that, he and the others went downstairs in a flurry.

Soon only Huang Tang, Hu Panxi, and Li Shuang remained on the city wall.

The setting sun cast long shadows of the three people, overlapping on the brick surface of the city wall.

Huang Tang turned his head to look at Hu Panxi.

She was dressed in a dark, fitted outfit today, her hair neatly tied up, and she stood upright yet relaxed beside the battlements.

Huang Tang moved half a step closer to Hu Panxi, just about to reach out...

Suddenly a shadow flew over from the side and snapped his hand away.

Li Shuang, hands on her hips, said, "Don't you dare touch our major with your pig's trotters!"

Huang Tang withdrew his hand, looking speechless: "Lieutenant Li, Major Hu and I have already... you know... done that. What's wrong with holding hands?"

Li Shuang raised her head and said, "I don't care! It's just not allowed in front of me."

"Can't you be reasonable?"

"Am I not being reasonable?" Li Shuang glared at him. "If I had known from the beginning that you were after our major, I would have stayed up every night watching you and making sure you had no chance at all."

Huang Tang raised his hands and said with utmost sincerity:

"I swear, I really didn't have any ulterior motives at first, but then I don't know how it happened, things just..."

He shouldn't have said anything; what he did made Li Shuang even angrier:

"Our major only humbled himself before you to protect us, but who knew you'd be so two-timing, even taking me along..."

She choked up halfway through her sentence.

Huang Tang looked at her and laughed: "I've never seen you refuse, you've even been quite cooperative."

Li Shuang's face flushed red instantly, and she reached out and pinched Huang Tang's arm hard.

Huang Tang winced in pain.

"Stop talking nonsense in front of Major Hu!"

"Cough cough..."

Hu Panxi had to cough lightly to interrupt the topic, otherwise all three of them would feel awkward.

Huang Tang and Li Shuang finally quieted down.

Just then, the city wall beneath their feet suddenly trembled.

Then came the second strike, the third strike...

Even the dust on the battlements seemed to be dancing.