Devouring the Stars: The Lord of the Sky

Chapter 38 Glorious Achievements
With the bright moon high in the sky, this first-level beast tide that broke out on the land of Yanhuang this year has finally come to a complete end.

The next day, Lu Jin didn't wake up until the sun was high in the sky, in a single room inside the war base.

"Tch~, they all spout nonsense and call themselves the God of Wine, is that all?"

Recalling the celebration banquet last night, where Jiang Long, Lu Gang, and the others, who all called themselves wine gods and insisted on making him drink, saying that refusing to drink was disrespectful, ended up collapsing before him, Lu Jin curled his lip in disdain.

To be fair, the physical condition of the War God Warrior is indeed excellent. Even though he drank quite a lot last night, he still didn't have a headache when he woke up.

After washing up, Lu Jin stepped out of the room and saw a young guard standing outside, who looked like he had been waiting for a long time.

"Comrade Lu Jin, I am Chief Yu's assistant. Chief Yu requests your presence."

"That's what the young guard said."

Nodding, Lu Jin followed the young guard to Yu Zhenbang's office.

When Lu Jin entered the office, he saw Yu Zhenbang sitting on the sofa.

Beside Yu Zhenbang sat a middle-aged man in a hoodie.

"Commander Yu."

Lu Jin bowed to Yu Zhenbang.

"Haha, welcome our great hero."

Upon seeing Lu Jin arrive, Yu Zhenbang and the other man stood up with smiles to welcome him.

Then, Yu Zhenbang pointed to the middle-aged man beside him and said, "Lu Jin, let me introduce you. This is my deputy, Chief Zhu Xuezhi."

"Wishing you well, Commander."

Lu Jin saluted.

"Comrade Lu Jin, please have a seat."

Zhu Xuezhi warmly invited Lu Jin to sit down.

After a few casual words, Yu Zhenbang got down to business, saying, "Yesterday's beast tide was all thanks to you. On behalf of the soldiers of the Guard District and all the people of the base city, I thank you for your contribution."

"You're too kind, sir. It's what I should do."

Lu Jin said modestly.

In Lu Jin's view, he made a significant contribution to yesterday's beast tide.

However, it wouldn't be accurate to say that it played a crucial role or even turned the tide.

Since the Great Nirvana, dozens of beast tides have broken out across the country every year, including some of the highest level, but all of them ended with the monsters being defeated.

Why?

There's no other reason; the monsters of one region, and not even all the monsters in that region, can't defeat the best monsters in the country.

The warriors who participated in the fight against the beast tide yesterday were only a part of the Wei faction.

If it weren't for Lu Jin, when the satellite detected too many lord monsters in the beast tide, the Huashan Organization, headquartered in Kyoto Base City, would have sent more experts to provide support.

In critical situations, experts from the two major martial arts schools, the HR Alliance, and other forces will rush to the war base to fight off the beast tide.

After all, once the base city is destroyed, how good will they be?
You see, monsters aren't Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldiers might take in traitors, but monsters don't want human lackeys.

It can be said that unless the country is destroyed, the beast tide will definitely be defeated; the only difference will be the casualties.

"Alright, kid, stop being modest."

The logistics department has compiled a list of the monsters you hunted during yesterday's beast tide.

You participated in the killing of a total of 65 Lord-level monsters and 468 Beast General-level monsters.

Among these sixty-five lord-level monsters, there are five high-ranking lords, nine mid-ranking lords, and fifty-one low-ranking lords, with varying percentages of contribution from each kill. As for the beast general-level monsters, due to the use of incendiary bombs during the beast tide, many monster corpses were destroyed. Of the beast general-level monsters you killed, only a little over one hundred remained intact. I hope you understand.

As he spoke, Yu Zhenbang handed a document from the table in front of him to Lu Jin.

Since Lu Jin's kill record was mainly obtained during team battles, most of the monster materials do not belong entirely to him; his teammates also have a small share. The calculation needs to be based on the percentage of kill contribution.

Even with the help of his teammates, Lu Jin's achievement still amazed all the statisticians in the logistics department. This achievement can only be described as brilliant.

It can only be said that the monster-killing efficiency of a mentalist is truly unmatched by martial artists of the same level.

After taking the document and glancing at it briefly, Lu Jin said, "Chief Yu, forget about the materials for the Beast General-level monster."

As for the materials from lord-level monsters, we can just buy my share ourselves.

For the Guardians, there are two ways to handle the monster materials harvested during the beast tide: one is to sell them directly to their own Guardian District's logistics department, and the other is to sell them to the HR Alliance.

Lu Jin no longer cares much about money on Earth.

Moreover, although Wei Fang's acquisition price was only two-thirds of HR Alliance's, it included contribution points, which was exactly what he lacked.

After all, his rank will definitely rise steadily in the future, and it would be unreasonable for him to hold a high position with his current contribution points.

"Great, the money will be transferred to your bank account shortly."

Yu Zhenbang smiled and nodded.

After finalizing the sale of the spoils, Lu Jin asked, "Commander Yu, may I ask how many casualties there were during yesterday's beast tide?"

Although the beast tide did not breach the walls of the war base yesterday, there were still some monsters that managed to climb the walls.

After all, not every defensive area has a mentalist, and not every mentalist has Lu Jin's strength.

Even if a monster of the Beast General level were to attack the city wall and be killed by a War God warrior a second later, that one second would still be enough for the Beast General level monster to cause casualties to ordinary soldiers and low-level warriors.

"More than 1,500 ordinary soldiers were killed in action, and more than 2,000 were wounded."

More than 300 warriors below the rank of War God were killed in action, and more than 700 were wounded.

No warriors were killed, but three were seriously injured.

Speaking of the casualties, even Yu Zhenbang, who is used to seeing life and death, still felt a pang of sadness.

They were all soldiers he trained; how could he not have feelings for them?
Most importantly, Yu Zhenbang knew that the monsters' overall strength was far greater than that of humans, and he saw no hope of ending this situation.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin fell silent.

With over 1,800 killed and over 2,700 wounded, the casualties were considerable.

Moreover, the more than 2,700 wounded were either ordinary soldiers or martial artists below the level of a war god, and they did not have the resources to purchase the expensive Water of Life to recover, so they were destined to be disabled for the rest of their lives.

"Hey~"

Yu Zhenbang sighed, then patted Lu Jin on the shoulder and said, "War is always cruel. Lu Jin, you are the most talented genius I have ever seen. Keep up the good work. Maybe you will be the one to end the monster era in the future."

Lu Jin was not yet eighteen years old, but he had already become a high-level War God Spiritual Master.

In Yu Zhenbang's view, Lu Jin may well become a stronger figure than Thor and Hong in the future.

While the monsters are far stronger than humans overall, their strength lies not in the quality of individual monsters, but in their sheer numbers.

If Lu Jin can become an unparalleled powerhouse surpassing Hong in the future, ending the monster era with his superb group attack skills as a mentalist is not just wishful thinking.

"I will."

Lu Jin nodded solemnly.

(End of this chapter)