September 11, 7:00 p.m. sharp.
Northern Sector, entrance to Tunnel N-03.
According to the battle plan, all forces participating in the counterattack would enter their designated assembly positions twelve hours in advance.
A vast flood of steel moved in orderly ranks beneath the night sky.
The Hua Nation Support Legion's military truck convoy was among them, driving one vehicle after another into the brightly lit mountain tunnel.
Surrounding them was even more massive heavy equipment from the Arctic Alliance.
There were infantry fighting vehicles, military trucks, engineering vehicles, and heavy mechs known as "Chess-M," among many others.
Countless soldiers wearing rugged, industrial-style powered exoskeletons either sat silently atop the various vehicles or crowded into the truck beds.
Most of them wore stern, focused expressions, while the more lively ones were laughing and bantering with their comrades.
Yet their voices were drowned out by the deep rumble of countless engines.
On the military road more than two hundred meters from the tunnel entrance, a command SUV turned off the paved road and stopped in the wilderness.
Li Wei lowered the window from the passenger seat, stuck her head out, and looked at Ma Baoguo standing silently and solemnly outside the vehicle.
She wore a smile and asked cheekily, "Does Teacher Ma have any other instructions?"
Ma Baoguo pressed his thin lips together, his expression filled with speechlessness and helplessness.
This precious little troublemaker couldn't be beaten or scolded, and she had given him a terrible headache these past few days.
But what could he do?
Who could blame him when "Jiang Xue" was the future hope of humanity he had recognized?
He could only indulge her a little and let things slide a little.
Of course, Ma Baoguo was a dignified man. He couldn't possibly let Li Wei tease people recklessly.