Volume One, Chapter 76: It Was the Han Family's Doing

"Commander Han, my fiancée and I went out of our way to prepare a welcome banquet for you, and this is how you treat her? If you didn’t want to attend, you could have just said so."

Upstairs, one of the wives watching the scene agreed loudly.

Now, however, Qiu Shoujing was threatening to break Wu Zijian’s limbs and throw him out of the academy in disgrace. Upon hearing this, Wu Zijian was instantly displeased.

Compared to the normal lifespan of the universe, this rate of decay was terrifying—like mankind encountering an incurable, instantly deadly super-virus.

Water and fire naturally restrain each other: flames can heat water into vapor, but water can also quench a raging fire.

"Enough. Tell our brothers from the Demon Sect rushing to the Flower Capital to get ready. Tomorrow night at midnight, the master demons will gather at Broken Warehouse Mountain on the west side of the city. We’ll set an ambush ahead of time and wipe them out in one fell swoop..." Tang Feng snorted coldly.

At that moment, the chubby man and the tall, skinny one emerged as well, lunging forward to grab the bodyguard who intended to kill Lin Yongxing.

Jiang Zhishui called his lawyer, instructing him to accompany him to the police station. This time, he would not let the one who had "falsely accused" him off lightly.

"Last time, there was an ability-type reward in the lottery, but the host simply didn’t notice it!" Stone responded promptly.

Wen Jing, accompanied by the Fortress Princess Yamato, Akagi, and Kaga, quietly crept to the area surrounding the BSM’s location. Wen Jing glanced at Akagi.

Surrounded by the excited, flushed faces of the outer disciples, Wu Zijian looked up at Qiu Shoujing, who gazed down at him with an air of superiority.

"Wow! So cold! So cold!" Marisa was forced back a few steps by the icy aura radiating from the magic, her eyes still glinting with amusement. The Hakurei Shrine had been smashed flat—how interesting.

The army marched eastward from the north bank, swaggering along for two days, then once again chopped wood to build rafts and crossed the river, as the mountain paths grew ever more treacherous. If not for Yongding Garrison blocking the way, there would have been no need to cross the river twice.

Gongsun Zhi’s face fell at once. Without the support of the merchant guild, even if he expanded his workshops, the goods produced would be second-rate, and who would buy such armor? If the emperor decreed no purchase, who would dare risk buying it?

The night passed. Only when dawn broke did Yu Yuanzhao and the Third Prince awaken. The Third Prince, being a military man, was in better health and naturally awoke first.

As soon as Liu Yunshan entered the company, Kailai entrusted him with the critical role of director of the Avionics Department. While the company’s leaders pulled strings in political and military circles, Liu Yunshan also worked hard to reconnect with former colleagues and leverage those relationships to outmaneuver his rivals.

Murayama’s war record ends here, as he soon fell in battle, killed while intercepting the "Sky Fleet" of Chinese "Wild Goose" strategic bombers.

The already renowned name of Lu Tianyu soared to new heights, making him a symbol of commercial success. His popularity rivaled that of a mysterious figure known only as the Interstellar Arbiter.

But the Gate of Despair was different. There were no demon beasts within, but it encompassed all the top ten powerhouses ever ranked on the fourth floor of the Illusion Tower’s Heavenly Stele.

In the dead of night, Lieutenant General Yershakov, commander of the 20th Army Group, and Political Commissar Semyonovsky arrived to take over operations. By dawn, the handover was complete. Then the phone rang—General Lukin urgently requested one or two divisions from the 16th Army Group for reinforcement, as his situation was dire.

In truth, Wang Mang implemented a series of epoch-making reforms. Though ultimately unsuccessful, these were meaningful attempts. By contrast, Dong Zhuo only knew how to destroy, not build, and was utterly unqualified to be compared with Wang Mang.