Ambitions Before Entering No. 1 Secret Realm

Under the night sky above East Blade Military Academy, hundreds of massive, brightly lit floating platforms resembled suspended star islands, illuminating this resting place of heroes as if it were broad daylight.

On the main platform, long tables were crisscrossed, laden with delicacies and fine wine.

The fragrance of wine mingled with the aroma of food, drifting on the night breeze and forming a peculiar contrast with the solemn Stele Forest below.

No one felt there was anything amiss with this.

Because those heroic souls who once slept in the Stele Forest were now sitting beside them, raising their glasses to drink and laughing heartily.

"Come, come, Vice Principal—no, wait, old Nie, you have to finish this glass!" Chen Yu stood up with his wine glass. "I've gone over our experiences in detail, especially that final moment; I've watched it over and over again."

Nie Chang sat opposite him, and upon hearing this, he picked up his glass with a helpless smile. "You brat, why watch it so many times?"

"To reminisce, of course!" Chen Yu tilted his head back and downed the wine, wiped the corner of his mouth, and grinned. "The way our 83227 Fortress blew up was spectacular! In the footage, the entire jump point area was cleared out by our self-detonation energy wave! Not even a scrap of meteorite was left."

He slapped the table hard, laughing even louder. "Hahaha! I never expected my way of dying to be so tragic and heroic! It was worth it, truly worth it."

The veterans at the surrounding tables all began to laugh, and someone heckled, "Vice Commander Chen, your way of dying is certainly something! When our battle group was ambushed in the Star Shatterer Belt, the entire bridge was hit by three energy cannons at once; the