Durin's Diary

Chapter 865: Have Fun

"Sir, what do you think of the action in a few days?"

When this sentence came out of the mouth of the Chief of Police, Du Lin was a little surprised - if this question was asked by Sun Youcai, then Du Lin thought it was okay, this guy who had never served in the military would not understand what confidentiality was; as for Chen Xiaohu, this kid could confine himself to a mental hospital without saying a word, so he would never ask this question.

But how can you, a white-haired bastard, ask such a question?

There is no sign of this matter so far, and the assembly order has not been issued yet. All the units have received are orders to intensify training. After all, it is not easy to find a big demon on the four islands. Divination and fortune-telling may not always be effective, not to mention the last big demon of the kind grandmother. If this only seedling falls into the hands of an unknown person, what unspeakable things will happen next? That would be really interesting, right?

Perhaps realizing his question was too secretive, the White-Headed Turtle Spirit sighed, "I have two younger brothers, both in the military. They were originally resting, but recently they suddenly started landing training. Others might think this is just routine Marine Corps training, but I'm from the Marine Corps myself. Back then, we started landing training, and two weeks later we landed on Luzon Island. We found the monsters' spiritual tower, and we gave the coordinates to a battleship, so they blew up the tower. Over half of our eight thousand brothers died because of this... Little Mister doesn't understand this, but Little Tiger does."

"My brother really can't be blamed for this matter." Chen Xiaohu sighed and told Du Lin about what happened that year.

He and Old White (the white-headed turtle's surname is White) were in the Marine Corps back then, and he was an eyewitness to this incident. When they first arrived on the island, nothing happened. Everyone was prepared for sacrifice, but the Marines refused to abandon the wounded, so they were slow to retreat. When they returned to the retreat point, they found that the damn Marine dogs had run away first, leaving four destroyers for the Marines.

When the monster's pursuers were getting closer, half of the people had not evacuated the beach. The Marine commander had already boarded the ship. Seeing this, he took his three sons back to the beach and drove them away, risking running aground and bombarding them. In the end, 600 people remained on the beach forever.

The commander's three sons died in the battle, but he personally refused to retreat, and eventually his family line died out.

The surviving Marines were told that the naval commander had ordered the main fleet to move away from the beach in order to ensure the safety of the aircraft carrier. In fact, his eldest son was in the Tianshi Squadron on the aircraft carrier at the time, but the monsters had no air power that day, and the Tianshi Squadron ignored the beach's requests for help from beginning to end.

The commander had no descendants, and nearly 6,000 brothers were left on that damn island. Seventeen of the wounded returned to the team after recovering from their injuries. In order to avenge the commander and the 6,000 brothers, they stole guns and ammunition and turned around to fight the commander who had given the order at the time.

But how could they defeat the opponent's ability user? In the end, all seventeen people died in the surprise attack.

As soon as this incident happened, there was a war of words in the Changtang newspapers. Most of the marines came from the south of Qiantang, and they kept criticizing the northern navy for being so careless about human lives, while the northern newspapers avoided the main issue.

"It was the Little Old Master who was willing to speak up for us. Upon hearing this, he was enraged and flew a day and a night from Yumen Pass with four dwarf demons, the Candle Dragons, back to Shangjing. There, they assassinated the naval commander and his father in the street. Then, they slaughtered the various people who came to support them, as well as the seventeen Heavenly Masters from the Heavenly Masters' Mansion." Old Bai sighed at this point. "Later, the Candle Dragon Hall was established. From then on, the Dwarf Demon Heavenly Masters became a separate lineage, only obeying His Majesty's orders and no longer heeding naval dispatches. It was also because of this incident that the Little Old Master fell out with the then-Navy Commander-in-Chief, the Liu family. They were once friends, but they stopped communicating until Commander Liu's death."

Du Lin sighed: "Is this the human world? What happened next?"

"Later, His Majesty issued a decree, exiling the commander's entire family. The three children who had achieved Heavenly Master status had their talents wasted and sent to the Penitentiary Camp, where they died long ago," Xiaohu said. "Since you've mentioned it, I can't share the specifics, but I can promise that once my work is done, I'll stay with any Army or Marine who hasn't withdrawn." Du Lin finally understood: "My son was dismissed from the military because of this incident. He was an Army officer, after all, and couldn't have any influence over the Navy. But the Army wouldn't approve of his arrest, let alone the Air Force. So, in the end, he was dismissed and returned to the rear to become an idler."

"Yes." The two young men nodded in unison and replied, "But the Marines will always remember the kindness of the old master. He spoke for us about the hatred and suffering we could not express."

"Then I can tell you that Sun Guan and I traveled to the four islands to slay the last great demon of Kind Grandmother. All our actions and sacrifices were to create an opportunity for us. As long as we can slay the great demon and dig out Kind Grandmother's secret from his head, we can kill her completely... Do you think it was all worth it?"

Facing Du Lin's question, the White-headed Turtle Spirit was the first to answer: "It's worth it. If you say so, it means that all three armies will take action. People like you are willing to fight to the death. Even if my two brothers die on the beach, it's worth it."

"Me too... It's a pity that I'm an orphan and the army won't allow me to go back." Chen Xiaohu sighed.

"Don't go up there. My brothers and sisters are still in the navy, and they'll definitely be deployed when the time comes. Don't worry, dying for such a great cause is truly worth it." Sun Youcai said this, looking around. "Luckily, we just used the soundproofing array. What was said here is only known to the four of us. Mr. Du Lin's move was truly impressive. Although I know that powerful people can activate the soundproofing array alone, I've never seen someone as young as you do it with just a flick of your finger."

"This thing should still be working for a while." Du Lin said, looking at the three young people in front of him: "Wait a little longer, I have to go back and rest. After all, today's incident will only reach the ears of you three. Don't spread it to anyone else, understand?"

The three young men took the oath without hesitation.

Since no one has sworn an oath, what else can Du Lin say?

Now that they had finished talking, the young man from the Bai family was about to leave - he just found the dragon bone outside the building interesting, and after hearing about what had happened, he came in to see what was going on. He was just like Chen Xiaohu, who would feel itchy all over if he didn't see the excitement.

As soon as he said he was leaving, Chen Xiaohu followed suit. So when they both left, Sun Youcai sighed: "I was too fat back then and couldn't join the army. To be honest, I really regret it because I've always lacked the most important thing in life, which is my network. Chang Tang said that there are four irons in life, and I was born without one of them."

Du Lin smiled and patted the fat man's shoulder.

It’s okay. Look at Liu and the old man. In the end, they went from being friends to being enemies.

Who can understand a person's fate?

(End of this chapter)