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The whole picture was reflected in Raymond Lam's pupils.

A standard military formation, with rows of Skyhorn warriors standing shoulder to shoulder in a horizontal line.

Lin Feng's fingers tightened.

He saw something incredible.

One after another, war behemoths, even larger than the Nether Dragons, carried towers on their backs.

At the top of the tower was some kind of luminous device, exactly like those cylinders.

One head, two heads, five heads, ten heads.

......

There are too many to count.

They stood at the back of the formation, like moving mountain peaks.

Push your mental energy to a deeper level.

It was pushed for several kilometers.

The edge of the square formation hadn't even ended yet.

Lin Feng withdrew his mental energy when it reached its limit.

He did not count the total.

Because there are too many to count.

Duan Hongyuan's panting could be heard through the communicator.

He was watching too.

The remote psionic monitoring system of the East China Sea defense line projected the image from the other side onto the holographic screen of the command post through the crack.

Duan Hongyuan remained silent.

His breathing was heavy, coming in short bursts.

Chen Guoliang stood next to him, his mouth agape for a long time.

The images on the holographic screen continued to move slowly, the camera sweeping across rows of neat square formations, across the towers on the backs of those giant beasts, and across the endless flags on the distant horizon.

Inside the command post, everyone stopped what they were doing.

No one spoke.

"withdraw."

Lin Feng's voice came through the communicator, consisting of only one word.

Duan Hongyuan clenched his fist, then relaxed it.

"withdraw."

He did not hesitate.

Duan Hongyuan knew better than anyone how many people he, Lin Feng, and the Nether Flood Dragon could kill if they charged in. A thousand? Two thousand?

The number on the other side is in the tens of thousands.

"Charging in now would mean wiping out the Dragon Kingdom's only remaining Martial Emperor-level combat force."

"This intelligence is more important than our two lives combined."

Lin Feng didn't waste any words.

He patted the Nether Dragon's neck.

The Nether Dragon turned around, its hundred-meter-long body skimming across the edge of the crevice, and flew back towards the East China Sea defense line.

Behind them, the cracks were still trembling.

After the bone bridge array was destroyed, the structure of the cracks remained unstable.

The walls of the space were repeatedly stretched between self-repair and self-tear, and the red light at the edges flickered.

But the opposing Skyhorn Clan formation did not move.

They stood still, silently watching this side of the crack.

They didn't rush over.

This is even more chilling than if someone were rushing towards you.

They are waiting.

Wait for the cracks to stabilize.

The next batch of engineers will repave the bone bridge array.

By then, this passage will be fully open.

The entire army was mobilized.

The Dark Dragon landed on the outer perimeter of the East China Sea defense line.

Lin Feng flipped off the dragon's back and strode into the command post.

Duan Hongyuan was already at the control panel.

His hand rested on the communication panel, his face even more somber than before.

"Have you finished capturing the image?"

"All done."

Chen Guoliang's voice was hoarse. "The entire process was recorded in the highest definition."

"Encrypted, highest level of security."

Duan Hongyuan's fingers moved rapidly across the panel. "Send directly to the National Defense Commission's central command."

He paused for a moment.

"Attached is my assessment."

"What about the content?"

Duan Hongyuan looked up at the image frozen on the holographic screen.

The Skyhorn Clan's phalanx, war behemoths, endless banners.

"Four words."

His voice was deep.

"Nation-destroying level."

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The encrypted data packet was transmitted back to the Dragon Kingdom's central hub at the speed of light.

The moment the data packet is decompressed.

The air in the command center seemed to freeze.

The holographic projection unfolded in the center of the room.

The image occupied the entire projection space, presenting the scene on the other side of the crack to everyone with the highest fidelity.

More than a dozen of the nation's top military decision-makers stood in front of the projection.

No one was sitting.

The scene slowly pans across the first rank of heavily armored infantry, the patterns on the bone plates clearly visible.

Spearmen, war behemoths, churning black energy.

The video stopped there.

In the command center, someone's hands were trembling uncontrollably.

"What the hell is this...?"

An old general's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth.

He placed his hands on the edge of the table, trying his best to steady himself.

"What about Duan Hongyuan's assessment?"

Four characters appeared below the projection.

The level of national annihilation.

The command center fell completely silent.

All that remained was the hum of the air circulation system.

"Convene a top-level war preparedness meeting."

"Everyone, the commanders-in-chief of the four military regions, and the nine senior statesmen in office."

He raised his head.

"Not one was left out."

"Arrive within three hours."

The message was sent simultaneously to the four military regions with the highest priority.

The encrypted radio waves traveled through mountains, oceans, and plains, reaching the most remote corners of the Dragon Kingdom.

The northern border, the eastern sea, the southern frontier, and the northwest.

Everyone who received the message had the same first reaction after seeing the attached screenshot.

silence.

Transport planes took off urgently from airfields in major military regions.

The escort fleet accompanied the convoy throughout the entire journey.

The flight path was specially cleared, and all civilian aircraft gave way.

No one was late for the three-hour deadline.

But during those three hours, some people did other things.

In a private residence in the capital of the Dragon Kingdom.

Wei Zheng put down the communicator in his hand.

One of the nine great elders.

He had just finished watching that footage.

His expression didn't change much.

"They're here."

He picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. "What was bound to happen has finally happened."

Sitting opposite him was a middle-aged man in military uniform.

The rank insignia on his chest is Major General.

"Elder, if this matter were made public..."

"It cannot be made public."

Wei Zheng put down his teacup and said, "If 1.4 billion people knew that a foreign army capable of destroying a nation was hanging over their heads, what do you think would happen?"

"If the morale of the people collapses, the morale of the army will collapse along with it. If the morale of the army collapses, the battle will be lost before it even begins."

The middle-aged man nodded, then hesitated for a moment.

"But Duan Hongyuan and Lin Feng probably won't agree to keep it a secret..."

Wei Zheng tapped his finger on the rim of the teacup.

"Raymond Lam".

He pronounced the name with little intonation.

Who caused this crack to widen?

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment.

"After the Bone Bridge Formation was destroyed, the cracks expanded uncontrollably. Whose actions caused this?"

The middle-aged man opened his mouth slightly.

Wei Zheng didn't wait for his reply.

"I'm not saying he did anything wrong."

Wei Zheng's lips curled up slightly. "But in some people's eyes, cause and effect are that simple."

"The crack has widened because someone blew up the Bone Bridge Formation. The person who blew up the Bone Bridge Formation was Lin Feng."

He stood up and straightened his collar.

"Help me contact a few people."

He gave out four names.

"Tell them that I want to talk to them before the meeting starts."

The middle-aged man stood up and was about to walk out.

Wei Zheng added another sentence.

"Don't use encrypted bands, use private channels."

The middle-aged man paused for a moment.

"Yes."

The door closed.

Wei Zheng's hands were behind his back, and his fingers slowly clenched.

"Raymond Lam, oh Raymond Lam..."

He muttered to himself.

"You've been too ruthless and made too many enemies."

"This time, I'll see if you can withstand it."

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