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

Lin Mo opened his mouth, his throat feeling dry: "But... that's another world, nobody knows what might happen. Aren't you scared? What if—"

"Fear?"

Long Fei looked like he'd heard a joke; a wide grin spread across his face, and the crow's feet around his eyes bunched up.

He took a deep drag of his cigarette, then threw the butt on the ground and crushed it out with his toe.

"Lin Mo, do you know what? The thing we people fear most is mediocrity."

Long Fei stood up, walked to the front of the bench, and opened his arms as if to embrace the air in front of him.

"From childhood to adulthood, I've listened to scientists on TV talking about black holes, parallel universes, and higher dimensions."

"They talked a good game, spouting formulas and models. But what's the result? Decades have passed, and who has seen anything?"

Long Fei turned around, his eyes flashing with an almost fanatical light:

"But now, I'm different."

He pointed to his nose, his voice rising slightly with excitement:

"I, Long Fei, am a rough-around-the-edges guy with only a high school education. But I am the second person out of billions to set foot in another world!"

"What does this mean?"

Long Fei strode up to Lin Mo, placed his hands on his knees, and brought his face very close:

"This means I am writing history! I am participating in a great moment that could change the course of all human civilization!"

"This is so sci-fi! So exciting!"

Long Fei straightened up, looked up at the dappled shadows of the trees overhead, and his voice was filled with a sense of pride:

"I used to think that being a top special forces soldier was the limit. Looking back now, I realize how narrow-minded I was."

"Thank you, Lin Mo. You've given me an opportunity to have my family genealogy recorded separately, and more likely, to be written into history!"

Long Fei lowered his head, looking at Lin Mo with sincere eyes:

"You gave me the opportunity to see things that only existed in my imagination. You made my life more exciting than anyone else's!"

Lin Mo stared blankly at Long Fei.

He had never seen Long Fei like this before.

Previously, Long Fei in missions was a calm commander and a killing machine;

In real life, he is a rough-around-the-edges man and a doting father who spoils his daughter.

But standing before him now was an adventurer eager to explore the unknown, a warrior with burning passion.

Long Fei's excitement infected him, warming his cold heart as well.

"Really...no regrets?"

Lin Mo turned his head, his gaze fixed on Long Fei's profile, his voice trembling slightly:

"What if... I mean, what if, they really can't come back?"

Upon hearing this, Long Fei was taken aback for a moment, then burst into a hearty laugh.

"Hahaha!"

The laughter startled the sparrows in the tree, and a flock of them fluttered away.

Long Fei laughed until tears almost streamed down his face. He rubbed his stomach and pointed at Lin Mo:

"Hey, Consultant Lin, College Student Lin, don't you usually read novels?"

"A novel?" Lin Mo was a little confused by this sudden turn of events.

"Yeah! Time-travel novels!"

Long Fei plopped back down next to Lin Mo, crossed his legs, and looked completely at ease.

"Don't young people these days love watching those kinds of shows? Like 'Rebirth: I'm a Special Forces Soldier' ​​and 'Transmigrating to Another World to Become a Prodigy'?"

Long Fei raised an eyebrow, his tone becoming playful:

"Think about it, what's the difference between what we're doing now and what's in a novel?"

"We have a system—that broken door of yours. We have a golden touch—high-tech equipment that the country provided for us."

"We're practically blessed with protagonist's halo right now—look at all those goblins and minotaurs last time, they didn't kill us."

Long Fei patted Lin Mo's shoulder with such force that Lin Mo winced.

"A man's ambition lies in all corners of the world! What's there to be afraid of!"

"If we really can't come back, we can just settle down there! We can live our lives with your avant-garde view of interspecies romance~ hahaha~"

Long Fei became more and more excited as he spoke, his eyes shining:

"With our skills and the knowledge in our heads, even without backup, we can still thrive over there!"

He stretched out his rough, large hand and gestured in the air:

"I am skilled in wilderness survival, know how to use traps and hunt, and am also capable of hand-to-hand combat and assassination."

"Let's find a mountain and become kings! When we're hungry, we'll hunt; when we're thirsty, we'll drink from the mountain spring. If we encounter any foolish monsters, we'll teach them what modern special operations are all about!"

"Maybe after a few years, I can become a great general in another world, ta-da!"

"When the time comes, we'll build a new China over there. And when the gates reopen, we'll return with a massive army to expand China's military! How glorious that would be!"

Although the scene Long Fei depicted was absurd, it was full of vitality. His magnanimity in disregarding life and death and his optimism in treating desperate situations as a game severely impacted Lin Mo's senses.

Looking at Long Fei's nonchalant face, Lin Mo's tightly clenched lips finally relaxed.

A hint of a smile appeared in his eyes and then quickly spread across his entire face.

"puff……"

Lin Mo finally couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Hahaha……"

The laughter grew louder and louder, and Lin Mo laughed so hard that he was doubled over, and tears even welled up in his eyes.

The heaviness in Lin Mo's heart seemed to be dispelled by Long Fei's rough and powerful laughter at this moment.

"good!"

Lin Mo wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and said loudly:

"Captain Long, if that day ever comes, I'll be with you!"

"That's more like it!"

Long Fei patted Lin Mo's back vigorously, laughing heartily, "That's more like a man! We Chinese can't die anywhere! Not only can we not die, we'll live a good life!"

The two sat on a bench and laughed loudly at the distant sunset.

Just then.

A slightly hesitant voice came from the intersection not far away.

"Mo'er? Is that you?"

The laughter stopped abruptly.

Lin Mo froze, quickly wiped the smile off his face, and turned his head away.

Under the shade of a tree at the intersection, stood a middle-aged woman wearing a floral shirt.

She was carrying two full supermarket shopping bags, filled with celery, pork ribs, and a live fish that was wagging its tail.

That was Lin Mo's mother, Wang Guifen.

She was squinting, looking in this direction with some uncertainty.

Seeing Lin Mo turn his head, Wang Guifen's eyes lit up instantly, the wrinkles on her face smoothed out, and she quickly walked over:

"Oh my! It really is Mo'er! I thought it looked just from behind, but I didn't recognize it!"

Lin Mo quickly stood up and hurried to greet her: "Mom."

Upon hearing this shout, Long Fei's roguish air vanished instantly, replaced by a gentle smile.

He stood up, straightened his slightly wrinkled camouflage uniform, but did not follow.

"Hurry back, don't keep your aunt waiting."

Long Fei smiled and pointed to a building in the distance:

"I also need to go back and check on my little devil at home, otherwise I'll be kneeling on a washboard before I even have a chance to warm up this first-class merit medal."