bookandnovel Chapter 221 Departure
Chapter 221 Departure
Chapter 221 Departure
Thirteen years after arriving in Rongshan Universe Kingdom, Chen Yuan finally received an email from the company.
The email was concise, mainly recounting the historical grievances between the Rongshan Universe Kingdom and the Black Mist Clan, and formally announcing that the Rongshan Kingdom's ruler had declared war on the Black Mist Clan.
Given the unique nature of this event—a full-scale war between different races might be a once-in-a-lifetime event for a cosmic nation—and the fact that this was an action initiated by the ruler of Rongshan Kingdom personally, it is theoretically unrelated to the company.
Therefore, the company provided Chen Yuan with two options in the email.
First, you can relinquish your position as "Special Envoy for Supervision" at the Rongshan branch of the virtual universe and be transferred to another universe country without conditions.
Secondly, he will remain in Rongshan Universe Kingdom and join the army to fight against the Black Mist Clan.
Clearly, the second option was orchestrated by his senior classmates; otherwise, following the usual procedure, he would have only received a transfer order.
But things are different now.
If he chooses to stay, the company will activate his military merit system ahead of schedule, grant him a special operations squad membership, and allow him free movement on the battlefield.
Killing enemies will earn you military merits, which can be exchanged for mixed units or points after the battle at a certain ratio.
However, if Chen Yuan decides to participate in the Black Mist Clan war, then the Virtual Universe Company will also set a "military merit quota" for him as a requirement for training missions.
Chen Yuan must complete the prescribed number of military merits before he can freely choose to leave the battlefield; otherwise, he is strictly prohibited from withdrawing midway.
"There's even a military merit bonus; this is like me getting a taste of the battlefield outside the region ahead of time."
Chen Yuan had waited for this moment for more than a decade, so of course he wouldn't choose to leave; he would definitely stay here.
Immediately after making his choice, he received another email, this time from the military system, which read:
"Chen Yuan, you have been incorporated into the 'Cosmic Army System.' Please immediately rendezvous with the Rongshan Cosmic Fleet and proceed with them to the Black Mist Clan's territory, the 'Nine Domains Continent.'"
"Since your identity is that of a 'Special Operations Squad,' you are allowed to detach from the main army and act independently upon arrival at the Nine Realms Continent. Any alien enemies you kill during this time will be counted as military merit."
"Chen Yuan, based on the strength you demonstrated in the virtual universe, the military system has assessed your military merit as 100 million. You are not allowed to leave the Nine Domains Continent before reaching this limit; otherwise, all your military merit will be reset to zero, and you will be required to incur a debt of 10 billion military merit."
"The following are the military merit standards corresponding to each level of enemy—"
The email from this military system was quite long, describing not only the amount of military merit represented by each level of enemy, but also explaining the value of those merits.
Overall, the value of military merits is the same as that of military merits in the extraterritorial battlefield: 10 military merits can be exchanged for 1 Hunyuan unit or 1 point.
However, considering Chen Yuan's special status as a domain lord participating in the inter-clan war, the Virtual Universe Company granted him a special privilege: the ratio of military merits to points was increased tenfold.
In other words, the 10 military merits he earned could be exchanged for 10 points, which was far more worthwhile than exchanging them for money.
After carefully reading the email, Chen Yuan exited the virtual universe and returned to his manor in reality. He transmitted his voice through his Force, saying, "Li Shan, immediately assemble the entire guard force and head to the Rongshan Space Fleet base outside the Imperial Capital Star."
"clear!"
When Chen Yuan chose to stay and join the military system, his guards also received this information at the same time.
Li Shan knew some of the inside story beforehand and was prepared. Upon hearing Chen Yuan's order, he immediately began to organize the guards.
As for his guards, they were unaware of this matter and were all dumbfounded after receiving emails from the Virtual Universe Company and the military system.
They were somewhat puzzled as to why this promising prince would get involved in such a major event as tribal war, given that their guards were practically insignificant in the face of such a conflict.
"Commander," a captain at the Realm Lord level couldn't help but privately approach Li Shan, "It's too dangerous for Your Highness to participate in this war. With the strength of our Guard Army, I'm afraid it will be difficult to protect Your Highness's safety."
Li Shan knew the true strength of this "Junior Uncle": Marquis-level law comprehension, a hundredfold gene, and a treasure bestowed by his master. It could be said that he could practically do whatever he wanted below the Immortal level, and even if an Immortal came, he would have a way to protect himself.
With such strength, as long as they are careful, they shouldn't have any major problems facing an ordinary race.
So Li Shan shook his head and said, "I know what I'm doing. You should go and assemble quickly, don't delay His Highness's time."
"—Your subordinate obeys." The captain hesitated for a moment, but still accepted the order and left to gather his team members.
Before long, the entire guard force of over a thousand men had assembled in the manor. Li Shan transmitted his voice, "Junior Uncle, the guard force has assembled and is ready to depart at any time."
"Um."
Chen Yuan appeared before the crowd, glanced at the neatly lined-up guards, and gave a brief order: "Let's move out. The space fleet is already stationed outside the Imperial Capital Star."
After saying that, he took off first and flew out of the atmosphere, while Li Shan led his guards to follow closely behind, maintaining a strict formation.
Before long, they broke through the atmosphere and arrived in the vast void.
With Chen Yuan's eyesight, he could already clearly see the densely packed fleet of spaceships anchored tens of thousands of kilometers away.
Yes, these are not ordinary spaceships, but warships loaded with a large number of lethal weapons.
Following the instructions of the military system, Chen Yuan and his group flew towards the warship docking area. Along the way, they could see countless figures following the same route, all flying towards the warship assembly point.
Moreover, as the distance closed, Chen Yuan also sensed that in the more distant universe, countless warships were leaving the dark universe and converging on this spaceport.
"That's an incredible number of spaceships."
Upon arriving at the airport, Chen Yuan glanced around and was immediately amazed.
The number of space warships in front of us is at least 30 million. If we include the reinforcement fleets that are constantly arriving from all over the space nation, the final size will probably not be less than 100 million!
Although these warships are not top-tier overall, they are at least D-class, with no C-class warships in sight.
D-class and E-class warships make up the vast majority, while the number of F-class and above warships is much smaller, accounting for only about one percent of the total. Each F-class warship is equipped with at least one immortal god and a large number of warriors below the level of world lord.
Given Chen Yuan's status and the strength of his guard, the military system naturally assigned him a relatively high-class F-class warship. However, he was not the actual controller of this warship; he was merely hitching a ride.
Once they reached the battlefield, he and his guards would leave the fleet and venture deep into enemy territory to fight on their own.
Following the directions, Chen Yuan and his entourage arrived at a massive F-class warship. The warship's owner, an Immortal Military Lord, personally came to the hatch to greet them: "Welcome, Special Envoy Chen Yuan, to our ship. It is a great honor for Aiger."
"Are you Commander Aeger of the military?"
Upon hearing the name, Chen Yuan nodded slightly, a polite smile appearing on his face: "I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence that I would meet someone from the military as a special envoy for supervision. He naturally knows the list of important personnel in the Rongshan branch well. This Aiger is one of the military's management personnel, possessing the strength of a high-level military master immortal."
"Lord Black Sword had already made arrangements for this matter, and His Highness's warships were also specially allocated to him."
Aigel smiled and replied, "Please board the ship, everyone. His Highness and the guards' rest area is ready."
Chen Yuan knew that the Black Sword Marquis the other party was referring to was the military tycoon who had visited him before, so he nodded and said, "Thank you for your trouble."
Led by Eger, Chen Yuan and the others arrived at the rest area on the upper deck of the spaceship. According to the other party, this entire floor of cabins was reserved for their use, so luxurious that each cosmic-level warrior could have a private room.
It's important to understand that in wartime, spaceships are responsible for transporting soldiers. According to Chen Yuan's understanding, F-class warships like this...
Each ship must carry at least 100,000 space warriors.
Despite the severe shortage of transport space, the other party still reserved a large area for Chen Yuan and his group, demonstrating their eagerness to curry favor.
Ultimately, this is all due to the privileges afforded by the identity of "Special Envoy for Oversight".
Chen Yuan didn't make a fuss and didn't say anything silly like changing rooms. He accepted the preferential treatment without hesitation. After Eger told him the specific departure time, he tactfully took his leave.
Ten hours later, the entire army was assembled, and the densely packed spaceships accelerated into the dark universe in an orderly fashion.
Because the Black Mist Clan's territory borders the Rongshan Universe Kingdom, and is extremely close to it...
So just two and a half days later, the fleet arrived at its destination—the Nine Realms Continent!