Lu Zhenguo was completely baffled now.
The old man was his former superior, Xu Tongzhi. He was the Central War Zone's No. 3 figure—and a Lieutenant General to boot.
The two of them had been superior and subordinate for many years. They usually communicated with great tacit understanding; often, they did not even need to spell things out before instantly understanding one another.
But today, he had already made himself so clear, yet the other party was still declining. This left Lu Zhenguo utterly confused.
"Commander, I don't quite understand!"
Lieutenant General Xu pondered for a moment upon hearing that.
"Zhenguo, this matter was originally a secret and hasn't been made public yet!"
"But since you brought it up today, I don't think we can get past this unless I explain it clearly. So I'll make an exception this once!"
"However, remember this: listen now, forget it now, and don't reveal a single word of it to anyone!"
Hearing the gravity in Xu Tongzhi's words, Lu Zhenguo immediately became serious.
"Yes!"
Xu Tongzhi nodded.
"The Central War Zone is preparing to bring in a true Prodigy this year!"
"This Prodigy's strength is no weaker than Jiang Fan's—in fact, he's even younger. He's only nineteen this year!"
"This matter has already been approved by General Liu of our war zone. It's a done deal. Furthermore, according to the Commander's instructions, this Prodigy is to be cultivated as our war zone's strongest rising star!"
"So under these circumstances, it's impossible to bring Jiang Fan over as well!"
Lu Zhenguo was puzzled.
"Why not?"
"The more Prodigies our Central War Zone has, the more advantageous it is for us!"
"With more and more places suffering from the mutated beast disaster, signs of an outbreak are gradually emerging. Every war zone is actively stockpiling