National Fate: Eight Yin Generals Guard China from Their Sleeping Coffins

At the breach in the Bald Eagle's position, the air was filled with a pungent, burnt smell.

David lay on his back in the pile of rubble, his left shoulder exposed, surrounded by rotten flesh carbonized by the high temperature.

Half a minute ago, the system's mechanical voice announced the end of the second round of the fourth wave of city defense.

Immediately afterwards, twenty-eight golden beams of light cleaved down from the sky, striking precisely the center of the surviving national positions.

The light panel floated in mid-air, with alluring energy fluctuations flowing across it.

David gritted his teeth, gripped the ground with his only remaining right hand, and dragged his crippled body forward.

He didn't care about the few civilian teammates behind him who were trembling in the trenches.

As long as I live, the Bald Eagle Kingdom will exist.

He pressed his blood-stained right hand onto the golden plate.

A burst of intense red light instantly enveloped him.

David stared wide-eyed as the severed blood vessels in his left shoulder throbbed rapidly, and granulation tissue intertwined. In just a few seconds, a perfectly intact left arm had grown back!

Not only that, the hollowed-out flesh in his chest cavity was completely filled, and dark red feather patterns even faintly appeared on his body surface.

[Gained S-rank passive ability: Phoenix Rebirth.]

[Effect: Automatically restores full health and removes all negative status effects whenever the user is near death from fatal damage. Current available uses: 3/3.]

David sat up abruptly, clenching his newborn left fist, his knuckles cracking repeatedly.

He raised his head and stared intently at the shirtless corpse retriever on the Chinese sub-screen in the center of the sky.

So what if the Chinese rely on brute force?

I have three chances to be resurrected!

That's like having three extra lives!

In this meat grinder-like battlefield, the margin for error is the only truth.

If they can weather the storm, the rules will still favor the West.

At the same time, on the Japanese front.

Tanaka's lower body had long since rotted into a pulp. He coughed up mouthfuls of blood and foam, and with all his might, he banged his head against the bare board.

The blinding silver light penetrated his lumbar spine.

The previously mangled leg muscles were stripped away, replaced by a layer of titanium alloy skeleton with a cold, gleaming sheen.

The liquid metal traveled along the blood vessels, reconstructing his lower body.

[Gained A-level passive ability: Alloy Skeleton.]

Tanaka straightened up, leaning against the dilapidated city wall, and tentatively took a step forward with his right foot.

"Snap!"

A bulletproof steel plate under his foot was pierced through, but he didn't feel any pain in his leg.

Tanaka touched the metal thigh, and the paleness on his face faded, replaced by a surge of ecstasy.

He turned his head and looked at the four Japanese high school students huddled in the corner, quickly making plans in his mind.

With those tireless, incredibly tough legs, the next wave could easily shatter these kids' knees and throw them out as bait to buy time.

The Yamato people will never lose.

The Russian bear's position.

Dmitry, who replaced Ivan as the new captain, was even more muscular than before.

He smashed the bare panel in front of him.

The cold air burst out from his pores.

In less than two seconds, Dmitri was covered in a ten-centimeter-thick layer of dark blue ice armor.

He roared and slammed his right fist heavily onto the scorched earth in front of him.

boom!

The ground within a three-meter radius collapsed on the spot, and rubble mixed with ice shards flew everywhere.

Dmitry grinned widely, stroking the icicles on his chin as he laughed, "Captain Ivan, just you wait! With this armor, I can tear apart any monster that comes my way!"

On the Singapore front, the young man who had lost his sight while deflecting plasma cannon fire now sat quietly in a pool of blood.

After touching the light panel, he gained a perceptual ability called "Mind's Eye".

Although the world before him was still dark, the spiritual outlines of all objects within a hundred meters radius were clearly presented in his mind.

The monster's corpse, the rhythm of his teammates' breathing, and even the path of the wind blowing across the city wall were all clearly visible.

The remaining athletes from various countries received powerful boosts, which dramatically reversed the downward trend on the field.

In the international online comment section of the global online forum, foreigners have finally regained their lost confidence.

[Commander David's hand has grown back! God bless the bald eagle!]

[S-Rank Rebirth! I knew our superpower path would be right!]

[Lord Tanaka's alloy legs are so cool! This is a true cyberpunk warrior! Next wave, wipe out those monsters!]

[There's hope for the Russian Bear Nation too! Dmitry's ice armor probably can't even be penetrated by armor-piercing bullets, right?]

[The correct way to play the national destiny system is to survive and become stronger.]

Look at China; they've given up the rewards ten times in a row, their physical capabilities have long since reached their limit.

That's right, they're only holding on with those few strange skills. Once they encounter a specific monster, they'll definitely be exposed for what they really are.

[Superpowers are the ultimate answer; the next wave will show China what Western power truly is!]

The system is fair; our side offers high risk and high reward. China's triumph won't last long!

【..........】

While the international community revels in celebration, the front lines in China remain unchanged.

Chen Xiao yawned and stood up from beside the black wooden coffin.

Guan Shan was wiping the blood-patterned iron knife with a rag.

Ma Ling leaned against the wall and continued cracking walnuts for the little girl named Mu Xiaoman.

No one paid attention to the huge golden light panel floating in mid-air, representing the team's enhancement.

Chen Xiao pulled out the handy little iron hammer from his lower back and slowly walked to the bare board.

"Here we go again."

He curled his lip, raised the hammer, aimed it at the center of the bare board, and smashed it down without even looking.

Whoosh!

Golden specks of light scattered across the sky.

The system's announcement instantly resounded throughout the world.

[The entire Huaxia Defense Line team has forfeited their individual enhancement rewards for the eleventh time.]

The rewards will be transformed into national fortune, benefiting the Chinese people.

[Current cumulative value of China's national fortune: 360%.]

The barrage of comments on foreign websites was abruptly cut off by this announcement.

360% of the nation's destiny?

The physical laws of Earth become utterly worthless in the face of these numbers.

A dramatic change has occurred in the celestial phenomena within China!

Without any clouds gathering, a torrential downpour began to fall over the entire 9.6 million square kilometers of sky.

These are not ordinary water droplets, but pure spiritual energy so concentrated it's almost liquid!

Within minutes, the parched Lop Nur was filled with pale blue spiritual liquid, and half-meter-tall exotic vines sprouted in the desert; roars of beasts echoed from the Taihang Mountains, and hundreds of wild boars doubled in size, directly crossing the species boundary to become primary spiritual beasts, yet they obediently lay on the ground and kowtowed towards the direction of Yanjing.

Ordinary people walking on the street were drenched by the rain.

An elderly man in a wheelchair suddenly felt his legs getting warm, kicked off the blanket and stood up, even managing to jump three times in a row; a student with 800 degrees of myopia took off his glasses and could see a sparrow on a telephone pole two kilometers away.

.........

Yanjing, the strategic command center 100 meters underground.

The piercing alarm wasn't due to danger, but because three of the energy detectors had gone off the charts and burned out!

"Commander!"

Staff Officer Li gripped the tactical tablet so tightly his hands were trembling so badly he could barely hold it.

"News from Dragon Soul Special Forces Base! Three Grandmaster-level captains from one squad just got caught in the rain on the training ground..."

Zhou Yaoguo gripped the edge of the sand table, breathing heavily: "Explain yourself! What's wrong!"

The screen quickly switched to the Dragon Soul Base.

In the heavy rain, three special forces soldiers in camouflage uniforms exerted no pressure or used any anti-gravity equipment.

They were suspended in mid-air, twenty meters above the ground!

A visible blue aura swirled around the three people.

One of them put two fingers together and casually gestured towards the distant shooting range.

A crescent-shaped blade of cyan spiritual energy shot out and smoothly sliced ​​a wrecked Type 59 tank in half!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror, and there was no deformation caused by high temperature.

"Spiritual energy released, soaring through the air..." Zhou Yaoguo stared at the large screen, his tough voice cracking, "This is the legendary Grandmaster realm!"

Staff Officer Li swallowed hard: "The system has completely shattered the barriers. In just this one minute, the number of awakened individuals nationwide has surpassed eight million!"

In the exclusive live stream room for China, the chat was completely insane.

[Those scum on the internet are still bragging about getting a three-time exemption from death? It's hilarious!]

Alloy thighs? Ice shard armor? Are you guys playing house?!

[Look out the window! I just jumped and touched the security bars on the second-floor balcony!]

My grandma's decades-long rheumatism is cured! She just carried a 50-pound bag of rice up six flights of stairs in one go, and I couldn't keep up with her!

[Holy crap, did you see the internal live stream clip from Dragon Soul Base? Those three soldiers can fly! They really can fly!]

Our ancestors long ago nailed the coffin lid of science to death; now it's the era of cultivating immortality!

While others are experimenting with cyberpunk transformations and mutations to become monsters, the entire Chinese are directly cultivating immortality?

[National fortune increased by 360%! This isn't Earth civilization anymore, we're practically a cultivation world now!]

[You foreign devils, keep hiding yourselves! You're not even worthy to carry the shoes of our Grandmaster!]

[Our ancestors are mighty! The Underworld Team is awesome!]

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