Several days passed in a flash. On the last night of Year 98 of Jianzhi, apart from the troops on garrison rotation, most of the Nether Capital Frontline held a grand bonfire banquet at Huanli Pavilion outside Nether Capital City.
Blazing bonfires were lit across the earth, while lights like sky lanterns drifted and flickered through the night. The open ground outside Nether Capital City seemed to have gathered into a Milky Way strewn with stars.
Above the army, more than two hundred airships hovered over different areas, serving as relays for field information.
On the ground, field creatures and information amplifiers worked together to form large field screens, broadcasting the events in the main venue directly to every scattered area.
This New Year, with the army's mission still unfinished, there was no way to withdraw. They could only celebrate the holiday in the Convergence Zone.
Though they could not return home for the New Year, the main war had fortunately already ended. What remained was merely cleanup work, with no further fighting expected, so the atmosphere was relatively relaxed.
Representatives from the Military Department attended the banquet, along with special commissioners sent by the Executive Government.
They publicly announced commendations for the officers and all soldiers, as well as appointments for certain meritorious personnel at the middle and lower levels, causing the atmosphere to suddenly become lively.
As the highest commander on the Frontline, Chen Chuan came forward and spoke briefly before declaring the banquet open.
In this era, with biotechnology having advanced greatly, food was the one thing never in short supply. As long as transport routes remained open, frontline logistics were more than sufficient. However, synthetic food could only ensure nutrition and convenience; it had little flavor.
Fortunately, after Nether Capital had been taken, its warehouses were