The job change is a bizarre and calamity; the nation begs me to tone it down.

"To be honest, I hate meetings the most, and I hate listening to people talk nonsense the most, because that stuff is too abstract and makes me sleepy. I have to pretend I understand and clap my hands, which is really torturous."

"Instead of wasting this time, everyone should go back to the dorms to rest and recharge!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the soldiers below the stage laughed even louder.

This prompted Su Qiong, who was standing to the side, to roll her eyes.

He cursed inwardly, thinking how this guy dared to say anything.

"But today, I have to go through this process!"

"Because from the moment you stepped into this defense zone, your lives and my lives were completely tied together!"

"From now on, we'll be comrades who would risk their lives for each other!"

"A brother you can trust to entrust your back to on the battlefield!"

These words resonated deeply in the hearts of every soldier.

"Actually, I believe that even if I don't say it, everyone knows in their hearts that the world is becoming more and more turbulent."

"But today, I might as well put it in more detail and more bluntly."

At this point, Gu Xu looked up and pointed to the sky: "There's a group of guys up there who are eyeing us covetously. They think we're living too comfortably and want to cause us some trouble."

"These high and mighty so-called gods want to treat us like ants that they can manipulate at will, want to turn our homes into ruins, and want to take away everything we have."

At this point, the smiles of the soldiers below the stage visibly faded, and everyone's expression became serious.

"I, Gu Xu, don't understand all those complicated theories, but I'm stubborn!"

"Anyone who dares to cause trouble on my turf, anyone who dares to touch the people I protect, I'll chop off their hands!"

"Whether it's a false god or a new god, even if the sky falls, our Calamity Army will hold it back!"

"Gentlemen, do you dare follow me to drag those arrogant fools down from their pedestals and trample them underfoot?!"

"Dare! Dare! Dare!"

As Gu Xu finished speaking, tens of thousands of people roared in unison, and even the clouds above Shuzhou City in the distance seemed to be shaken and churned slightly by this momentum.

On the platform, Gu Xu stood at the very front, his gaze sweeping over the young and mature faces below.

He could feel that this newly formed legion, at this moment, was no longer just a number on paper, no longer just the cold, impersonal 19th Legion in the General Staff's documents.

It developed its own spirit and the first glimmer of its own as part of the Calamity Army.

……

However, just as Gu Xu was infusing the Calamity Army with military spirit.

On the northwestern border of Shenxia, ​​the atmosphere within the Qiongqi Legion's encampment was completely different.

There were no enthusiastic cheers, nor the high spirits of the newly formed army; only a solemn and oppressive atmosphere prevailed.

At the end of the endless forest, there is a huge dimensional rift. The rift is like a wound that has been forcibly torn open, hanging between heaven and earth, with pale green spatial ripples flowing constantly at its edges.

On the other side of the rift lies the Elf Forest.

Over the years, the conflict between Sherlock and the Elven Forest has never truly ended.

Small-scale frictions occur several times almost every month.

The elves would occasionally send scouts through the cracks to test the strength of the Sherlock Holmes defenses.

Sherlock Holmes also arranges elite squads of the Qiongqi Legion to regularly conduct reconnaissance missions in the area surrounding the Elf Forest.

Both sides knew that a major battle was inevitable sooner or later.

But not long ago, after the terrifying aftershocks of the battle that erupted from Blue Star directly shattered the barriers of the plane where the Elf Forest was located, the situation began to become strange.

The Elf Forest fell completely silent.

There was no harassment.

There was no probing.

Even the most common natural energy fluctuations have become extremely unstable in a short period of time.

As the elite legion stationed in the northwest rift of Shenxia, ​​the Qiongqi Legion could not possibly ignore this anomaly.

At this moment, inside the command hall of the Qiongqi Legion, a huge tactical sand table floated in mid-air.

On the sand table, all the fortresses, gun emplacements, outposts, and defensive formations along the northwestern defense line of Shenxia were marked with dots of different colors.

The most striking feature, without a doubt, is the dimensional rift in the Elf Forest.

At this moment, the location of the crack is flashing a blinding red light.

The alert level has been raised from the usual yellow to orange, and it's just one step away from the highest level, red.

Li Suyuan stood in front of the sand table, his hands resting on the edge of the command platform, his brows furrowed as he stared at the constantly fluctuating energy curves of the cracks on the sand table: "Confirm it again."

"Are you sure the energy fluctuations in the Elf Forest are unusual?"

Zhou Jingchuan, the deputy corps commander standing next to him, immediately stepped forward.

Zhou Jingchuan was the veteran strategist of the Qiongqi Legion.

He was also one of Li Suyuan's most trusted deputies.

He held a newly compiled reconnaissance report in his hand, his expression equally grave: "Commander, it has been confirmed three times already."

"Starting six hours ago, the concentration of natural energy on the other side of the Elf Forest dimensional rift began to rise abnormally."

"At first we thought they were repairing the dimensional barrier or rebuilding the Emerald Barrier, but two hours ago, the scout team ventured close to the edge of the rift and found that something was wrong."

At this point, Zhou Jingchuan raised his hand and tapped on the sand table.

The next second, several blurry reconnaissance images appeared in mid-air.

The scene depicts the border region of the Elf Forest, where a large number of Elf soldiers are gathering at the edge of the forest.

They were clad in rattan armor and carried longbows, staffs, and spears. Their ranks stretched deep into the dense forest, almost as far as the eye could see.

Further away, several massive ancient war trees can be vaguely seen moving slowly.

With each step those ancient trees took, the ground would tremble slightly.

"These are images sent back by the scout team at great risk."

Zhou Jingchuan said in a deep voice, "They are assembling a large number of troops, and it's not just a normal troop rotation. Archers, druids, elven knights, treant troops, and priestly mages are all being moved towards the rift."

"Based on the current scale, the Elf Forest has mobilized at least 60% of its combat-ready forces, and perhaps even more!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the command hall suddenly became tense.

The officers exchanged glances, all seeing the same conclusion in each other's faces: this was not a test, nor a border skirmish; it was a troop buildup before a large-scale war.

Li Suyuan didn't immediately offer his opinion. He simply stared at the reconnaissance footage, his eyes gradually turning cold: "That old bastard Elonnis just suffered quite a few losses at our hands!"

"Why is he suddenly concentrating all his forces at the crevice at this moment?"