Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 348: 44 Longcheng Flying General, For the Country and the People

Chapter 348: Chapter 44 Longcheng Flying General, For the Country and the People
 

Part of the dinner was provided by the canteen, and Lin Ning made a few additional dishes. After everyone had eaten, the men of the Shenxing Battle Team couldn’t stop praising Lin Ning’s cooking skills.

The girls, however, had little appetite. After fasting, their bodies’ demand for food and water had decreased to the minimum, and they could no longer enjoy the pleasure of feeling full.

In the eyes of the Shenxing Battle Team, it seemed as if the Zhenhai Team was tired of such delicacies, which immediately sparked a strong desire among them to have their own chef.

“Sisi, it’s up to you,” Zhang Yang sent her a secret message, “Become the divine chef of our Shenxing Battle Team!”

“Crazy,” Chang Sisi replied irritably, “Since when should women be the ones to cook?”

“Then let’s see how the others cook,” Zhang Yang started listing for her, “Captain Qiu loves spicy food, he would put three tons of chili in one ton of meat; Vice-Captain Sun eats egg soup all day, if he cooks, our daily menu would have to align with his; Old Song likes to add crazy amounts of cilantro to his meals, and you can’t stand cilantro; as for me, I can only boil instant noodles…”

“Then don’t cook, hire a private chef!” Chang Sisi said exasperatedly.

After confronting her clueless teammate, she quietly sent a message to Lin Ning, trying to curry favor with her:

“Sister Ning, the food you made is so delicious! How long have you been practicing cooking?”

“I haven’t formally practiced,” Lin Ning replied modestly, “I just helped my mother in the kitchen back home, and after a few years, I gradually got the hang of it.”

“Wow, that’s impressive,” Chang Sisi complimented, “I thought you had specially trained for the team, haha.”

“Who would train in cooking for him!” Lin Ning panicked and quickly defended, “He’s lucky to have anything to eat at all, let alone me training in cooking for him! In his dreams! Let him cook whatever he wants to eat himself!”

Chang Sisi: ………

Sister, I was talking about “the team,” not “Captain Yan”! Did you misunderstand?

And where did that ancient Tsundere line come from!

She then sent a message to Su Yunjin, making small talk:

“Sister Yun Jin, does Captain Yan have a girlfriend?”

Su Yunjin looked up calmly, glancing at Chang Sisi.

Just one look made Chang Sisi’s hair stand on end, as if she were a herbivore locked in the predatory gaze of a carnivore, every cell in her body screaming alarm.

It wasn’t until a while later that she received a response:

“Nope~”

“Hahaha, I was just asking casually,” Chang Sisi hurriedly explained, “Nothing more.”

“Mhm,” Su Yunjin replied indifferently, “I know.”

Is… is it because she knew that she let me off? I have a feeling if there was a misunderstanding, she might have killed me…

Glancing again at Chen Lingyun, Xie Ruoxi, and Zhao Yuanzhen, Chang Sisi no longer had the courage to strike up a conversation.

The girls of the Zhenhai Team were really intimidating. Could this be the strength of the Zhendong Army’s top team?

It’s hard to imagine how Captain Yan can manage such a team…

After a satisfying meal, the members of the Shenxing Battle Team took their leave.

Now was the time for evening free activities, and the girls went their separate ways to do their own things.

Yan Yu played with his phone for a while and, unusually, found that nobody was online to chat with him.

What’s going on? No new messages? Could my phone be broken?

Might as well be the one to send a message. Let’s start by asking how Anna is doing.

“What are you doing?” Yan Yu typed.

Anna’s response came quickly:

“Killing someone.”

Yan Yu: ………

“Who?”

“The Rakshasa spirit communicator, who else?” Anna replied.

The woman’s attitude seemed a bit cold, even though just a few months ago she was practically living on the phone with that clingy obsession… Perhaps this was a strategy of pretending to push away what she actually desired?

It made me laugh, did she really think I’d fall for that?

Yan Yu calmly typed in response:

“Alright then, I won’t bother you, you’re busy.”

After closing the chat window with Anna, he opened a conversation with Ye Jun. Just as he was about to type, a message pop-up appeared on the screen:

“Nonsense! Yan Yu, don’t disgust me. Otherwise, I’ll find time to come to Lu Country and kidnap you.”

“Haha, no rush,” Yan Yu typed, “How are things on your end?”

“Not bad,” Anna said, “We’re too far from the Rakshasa’s spirit communication hub, and the expeditionary force hasn’t sent their main forces against us, so we can still hold on for now.”

Yan Yu recalled carefully. Since the establishment of the Rakshasa’s spirit communication hub, there had been three major expeditions launched to completely reclaim the map of Asia.

The first major attack was on the Siberian plains, turning nearly everything west of the Yenisei River into a no-man’s land, which eventually ended due to lack of reinforcements; the second attack went up to the Siberian Plateau, lasting nearly three years but still failing to capture it.

The two grand expeditions had greatly diminished the overall strength of the spirit communication hub and the numbers of civilian spirit communicators in central and western Siberia, which ultimately allowed the eastern Amur witches to pick up a bargain.

In some ways, the Eclipse Queen was indeed blessed with incredible fortune. She had never thought about entering the pass, but as the inside turned into a complete mess, suddenly the gates were flung wide open.

“Hang in there,” Yan Yu typed, “Eat your rice one bite at a time, take the cities one by one. The spirit communication hub can’t possibly come after you first, because even if they take the territory, they can’t connect it.”

“Sigh, it’s just a matter of dying sooner or later,” Anna expressed her pessimism with a sigh, “Once the spirit communication army breaks through the entirety of Siberia, then I’ll bring the sisters over to Lu Country to seek asylum. You better take us in.”

“Of course,” Yan Yu, knowing that the spirit communication hub didn’t have the strength, freely promised and presented grand visions, “I’ll personally go to Pingjing to lay out the pros and cons for them. If they still refuse to shelter the witches, I’ll just stop my involvement!”

“Don’t say such foolish things.” Anna was quite moved by his words and quickly discouraged him, “You’re now the Longcheng Flying General, since when can you just quit like that? If Lu Country won’t shelter us, it’s not a problem, we can just cross the Bering Strait and join the Miti Strategic Bureau… However, I personally don’t really want to go to Miti. It would be nice if I could return to my country in secret and live a life incognito.”

“You don’t need to worry too much,” Yan Yu comforted her, “Victory hasn’t been decided yet, just go and fight. Don’t forget, I’ll always have a way out for you here.”

“Yeah, I know,” Anna’s tone became firm, “I haven’t lost yet, I’ll definitely win this time!”

“Go for it! Take care of yourself.”

“You too, love you~”

After the chat ended, Yan Yu closed the message window, deep in thought.

Although I had offered to provide a way out for the Eclipse Queen, according to the timeline of my previous life, she was never actually in such a desperate situation to need it; she just didn’t know that.

This favor was certainly a sweet deal.

But why did elements of romantic feelings have to be mixed in?

Sigh, it’s all because of my powerful and reliable charm. At the Eclipse Queen’s most helpless moments, I quietly entered her heart!

I wasn’t after her beauty, but just to provide the spiritual support she needed most. That’s why I didn’t explicitly reject her—not because I’m unprincipled and morally bankrupt, but because my love for this land and its people is so deep that I am willing to put my reputation on the line, even at the risk of being misunderstood…

Yan Yu silently moved himself for a while, wiping away the non-existent tears from the corners of his eyes, then continued to message Ye Jun.

[Yi De Fu Ren]: Are you there?

[Zhu Jun]: Yes, what’s up?

[Yi De Fu Ren]: What’s the current situation on the northern border?

[Zhu Jun]: It’s been quite stable recently. Ever since the upper echelons reached an agreement with the Amur witches, they have been trying to control the spirit communicators in their territory. While they can’t achieve 100% control, it has greatly relieved our border defense pressures.

[Yi De Fu Ren]: That agreement, I personally secured it, you know.

[Zhu Jun]: I know, you have quite a connection with the people from the Amur witches.

[Zhu Jun]: Is it purely a deal for mutual benefits, or is there some unspeakable transaction? /laugh

Yan Yu frowned, sensing a subtle probe within the other party’s joking remarks.