At that moment, Ge Xiaolun and the others were at an unknown location at the South Sea Fleet base, taking part in a 5v5 combat exercise. Halfway through, a plane hurtled straight toward Ge Xiaolun. He stared at it, completely stunned, and instinctively forgot to dodge. All he could do was listen to Jiawen and the others shouting anxiously. They could only watch helplessly as the plane slammed into Ge Xiaolun and sent him flying several meters. Lena saw Ge Xiaolun attacked right before her eyes, while she herself could do nothing at all. Standing where she was, she began to sob softly and said she was useless, able only to watch her teammate get attacked without being able to help. As Lena wept with guilt, Jiawen and the others hurried over anxiously. They saw Ge Xiaolun looking as if he were about to die. They heard him muttering to himself, "Mom, Dad, your son is about to die. I haven't even started fighting the aliens, and I'm already going to die in the line of duty." Lena and the others had followed him over and looked at him speechlessly. "You're about to die, yet you still have the strength to talk. How could a Super Soldier with a Divine Body be killed so easily?" Hearing that, Ge Xiaolun thought, That does sound right. He got to his feet and looked himself over. It seemed he really wasn't hurt much at all. Ge Xiaolun said nothing, while the others looked at him in speechless disbelief. "Don't you know your own body? Honestly, what a false alarm. But speaking of which, where did that plane come from?" Zhaoxin asked in amazement. Just then, the communicator sounded: "Urgent mission. Return to base immediately." Ge Xiaolun and the others put aside what had just happened and hurried back to base. Meanwhile, atop Flower Fruit Mountain, Li Yu watched through the system's Xiao Na and her limitless video surveillance. In the dark night sky, a striking scarlet figure leaped across a whole province from far away. Li Yu looked up at the figure, excitement in his eyes, and murmured, "I've waited so long. You've finally arrived." At the same time, Ge Xiaolun and the others rushed back to base and met the newly arrived General Dukao. With a grave expression, Dukao addressed them. "Just now, one of our fighter jets was attacked. Our allied troops were also trapped while intercepting the enemy. Some enemies can be dealt with using conventional weapons, but others come from the post-nuclear era and are completely immune to conventional weapons. Our weapons can't cause them any meaningful harm." Ge Xiaolun, this is the moment the country needs you. I'll ask you plainly: do you have confidence?" Dukao asked. Though the others were bewildered, even afraid, at the danger awaiting them, they still shouted firmly, "Yes!" for the sake of their country and the allied troops trapped in the field. "Good. Then board the newly developed Dawn One and set out," Dukao said. The group saluted Dukao, then hurried aboard the Dawn One and departed. During the flight, Ge Xiaolun kept calling his parents, telling them about what had happened recently and that he was about to head to the battlefield. His parents told him, "This is the country's call. Go, son." After Ge Xiaolun ended the call, silence fell over the plane. Everyone felt lost, unsure what to do as they faced the prospect of going to war. Just a few months earlier, they had been students, enjoying the peaceful life of campus. Now they were heading to the battlefield. Seeing everyone so quiet, Ge Xiaolun sat off to one side in silence too, thinking over everything that had happened over the past few months. But war was fickle; it could come at any moment. As the plane neared its destination, everyone was still afraid, but they had no choice but to brace themselves and go in. Ge Xiaolun and the others disembarked three kilometers from their destination to avoid alerting the enemy. They steeled themselves and spread out in a fan-shaped formation. "Caitlyn, find a sniping position. Jiawen, provide support. Zhaoxin, give us ranged cover. Ge Xiaolun, protect Caitlyn. Move out!" Lena ordered, charging ahead alone.
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