I started with a portal, then turned around and handed it over to the nation.

"Dragon Team".

Long Fei's voice came through: "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? The medical team is coming right away."

"Need not."

"The door upgrade is complete," Lin Mo said. "Check the new parameters."

Lin Mo returned to the airport camp with the Tigers.

"Holy crap..." Gu Yuan was standing on the roof of the Mengshi vehicle, and his binoculars almost fell to the ground.

A gate, thirty meters high and fifty meters wide, came into view; it was enormous. Standing before it, the Type 99A main battle tanks looked like toy cars.

Lin Mo looked up at the colossal gate that stretched to the heavens and the earth.

Long Fei jumped out of the command vehicle and strode over to Lin Mo's side. He tilted his head back, his neck aching from looking up.

"It must be at least fifty meters wide, right?"

Long Fei's voice was somewhat dry.

"Thirty meters high, fifty meters wide."

Lin Mo turned his head: "Captain Long, want to give it a try?"

Long Fei took a deep breath, grabbed the walkie-talkie, and pressed down hard with his finger.

"Team 01, drag that guy over here."

"yes!"

In the distance, the hangar doors of the newly built Northern Air Force base slowly opened.

Not long after, at the other end of the portal, inside the Great Wall base, a tractor slowly passed through the portal and appeared in the sight of everyone at the airport camp!

Behind it, a huge, dark gray fighter jet was trailing behind.

Fat girl, Y-20 strategic transport aircraft.

Now, it has unfolded its enormous 45-meter-wide wings and is gliding proudly and completely across the runway!

Everyone held their breath.

The massive wingtips sliced ​​through the air.

Nearly.

The camera head passes through the light film.

Next came the wide fuselage, the huge vertical tail, and finally the pair of wings that blotted out the sky.

Without any hindrance.

This behemoth, weighing two hundred tons, passed through the barrier between the two worlds with ease and without any problems, and slowly moved toward the hangar doors that had just been opened in the camp!

The light membrane rippled slightly before returning to calm.

"They're here..."

Someone shouted.

This was followed by a deafening roar.

Long Fei looked at the Y-20, his eyes reddening. He slapped Lin Mo hard on the shoulder, so hard that Lin Mo staggered.

"It's connected."

Long Fei's voice was hoarse: "It's completely open. From now on, no matter what kind of heavy equipment it is, as long as Earth can manufacture it, it can drive directly over. This is a highway."

Lin Mo looked at the excited Long Fei, took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to him.

"Captain Long, there's something else."

Long Fei took the cigarette, his hand trembling slightly, whether from the cold or excitement, he couldn't tell: "Speak."

Is General Zhao online?

"Yes, I've been watching."

Long Fei pointed to the command vehicle: "The video connection is still working."

"Let's talk in the car." Lin Mo turned and walked towards the command vehicle.

Inside the command vehicle.

On the large screen, General Zhao Zhenguo is sitting upright in the command room of the Great Wall base.

Even through the screen, you could see the bloodshot in the old general's eyes.

The footage of the Y-20 passing by just now clearly stirred the emotions of the commander-in-chief.

"General Zhao." Lin Mo saluted, reverting to his usual form of address.

Zhao Zhenguo nodded: "Lin Mo, well done. This door is the lifeline of the country."

"It's not just the door. The system logic has been restructured."

Lin Mo continued, "During the settlement just now, the system prompted me to enter silent upgrade mode."

Zhao Zhenguo leaned forward: "What do you mean?"

"It means that the countdown that forced us to fight monsters is over."

Lin Mo spoke in a very calm tone, as if he were talking about a trivial matter:

"The system will no longer issue mandatory main quests. There is no erasure, no time limit. We can use this door normally; we can open it when we want and close it when we want."

The command vehicle was deathly silent.

In the video, Zhao Zhenguo's originally straight back seemed to relax for a moment, and he leaned back in his chair.

"Are you sure?" Zhao Zhenguo asked.

"Sure."

Zhao Zhenguo closed his eyes and let out a long breath: "Okay. Okay."

Zhao Zhenguo opened his eyes again, his gaze sweeping over Lin Mo and Long Fei in front of the screen.

"Pass the word down."

Zhao Zhenguo's voice was soft, yet it carried an unprecedented power.

"Level 1 combat readiness lifted."

"Switch to regular garrison mode."

Long Fei saluted: "Yes, sir!"

Zhao Zhenguo looked at Lin Mo, and a smile slowly appeared on his serious face.

That smile contained relief, heartache, and above all, a sense of relief.

"Lin Mo".

"arrive."

The words "You've worked hard" carry immense weight.

Lin Mo felt a lump in his throat, but he held it back.

He simply straightened his back and answered loudly, "Serve the people!"

The news spread like wildfire throughout the entire core group.

At the Great Wall Base, Professor Sun Dehai dropped a test tube on the ground, shattering it into pieces, but he didn't care at all; he simply took off his glasses and kept wiping them.

Soon, the screen in the conference room lit up again, and Zhao Zhenguo was holding a document stamped with a red seal.

"I am now reading the order from the Central Military Commission."

Zhao Zhenguo's voice was amplified and carried throughout the entire Northern Camp.

"Given the successful completion of the first phase of the 'Sky Gate Project' strategic objectives, and the fact that the threat level from the other world has been reduced below the safety threshold."

"With approval, all combat personnel, technical experts, and logistics backbone personnel in the first batch shall cease their stationing duties immediately."

Zhao Zhenguo paused for a moment, his gaze sweeping over every face on the screen.

"Rotation approved. Everyone, go home."

There was a two-second silence in the command vehicle.

Immediately afterwards, cheers nearly lifted the roof off the car.

Gu Yuan grabbed Fang Jin and patted his back hard.

Outside on the battlefield, soldiers threw their hats into the air.

Long Fei stood still, his eye twitching slightly. He took a deep breath and gave a crisp military salute to the screen.

"Yes, sir! We will carry out the order without hesitation!"

Half an hour later.

A massive portal light membrane rippled.

A large convoy drove over from the other side of the light membrane.

Leading the way were a fleet of Mengshi III assault vehicles, each painted with brand-new serial numbers. Following behind were heavy trucks and troop carriers fully loaded with supplies.

A new batch of rotating troops has arrived.

The new recruits jumped off the vehicle and lined up to assemble.

Their uniforms were crisp and their faces showed excitement and nervousness.

They looked at the mountain of bones made of dragon corpses in the distance, and then at the old soldier here, covered in oil and with his armor full of scratches.

The recruits' eyes changed. They looked on with awe.

The two teams crossed paths on the track.

There were no excessive pleasantries, only neat salutes and handovers.

On the other side of the runway.

Raymond rode his tall northern warhorse, followed by three thousand fully armed cavalrymen.

Raymond looked at the troops who were lining up and preparing, and raised the saber in his hand.

"All! Draw your swords!"

Clang——

Three thousand swords were drawn, their flashes forming a continuous expanse.

The cavalrymen struck their breastplates with the blades of their swords, producing a rhythmic clanging of metal.

This is the highest level of chivalry in the North.

"Salute to the warriors!" Raymond roared.

"Salute!" roared the three thousand cavalrymen in unison.

A carriage bearing the royal crest was parked not far away.