Boom!
Those words exploded like a thunderclap in everyone's mind.
The entire exhibition hall fell into deathly silence once more.
Even Xu Anbang, the hundred-year-old Navy Commander, could not help shuddering slightly as he heard those words.
The confusion and bewilderment on Li Erniu's and the other veterans' faces instantly gave way to profound shock and solemn respect.
They finally understood...
Why Lu Zhenhua had given up the glory within his reach.
Because this man's vision had long since stretched beyond the battle before him, and even beyond the entire war!
He had seen the root of the Dragon Kingdom's century of weakness!
What he wanted was not merely to win a war, but to fundamentally and completely change the nation's fate!
Killing enemies was merely brute courage.
What he wanted to accomplish was the work of a sage: securing peace for generations to come!
What extraordinary ambition! What tremendous breadth of spirit!
Yue Xiaofei stood rooted to the spot, utterly stunned, turning his Granduncle's words over and over in his mind.
"I want to make the Dragon Kingdom truly prosperous and strong..."
He finally understood why his grandmother, Lu Lanxin, had written in her letter that her younger brother was the true pride of the Lu family.
That pride was not merely born of his almost miraculous combat record!
It came even more from his foresight, which transcended his era and saw into the nation's future!
In an age when everyone else thought only of surviving and driving out the invaders...
He had already been thinking about how to ensure this country would never be subjected to such aggression again!
"Then... what happened afterward?"
Yue Xiaofei's voice was a little hoarse. He desperately wanted to know what followed.
The regret on the curator's face deepened.
"There was no afterward."