Azure Sword, King of the Skies! Thunder God Arrives!

Gao Zisheng was making excuses, but there was some sense in his challenge.

In the Dragon Kingdom,

the medals awarded for First-Class Merit differed by service branch.

The Army medal bore crossed rifles!

The Navy medal bore an anchor!

The Air Force medal bore wings!

Yue Qinhu was an old Army hero. How could he have First-Class Merit Medals from the Navy and Air Force?

Even the live-stream comments began to waver.

[Right! How do you explain medals from different service branches?]

[Could something really be wrong?]

[Gao Zisheng is a bastard, but he has a point!]

"My grandfather isn't a thief!"

Yue Xiaofei's face flushed red—not with fear, but with fury!

"These medals must have a history! Old Lin, please help investigate!"

"I want to clear my grandfather's name!"

"And I want that scumbag to know exactly why he's finished!"

In truth, Yue Xiaofei also wondered where the medals had come from.

They couldn't all belong to his grandfather!

They were very likely his father's!

When his father went to prison five years ago, he had left him with only one instruction: "Take care of your grandfather." Yue Xiaofei had always felt there was more to his father's identity.

That was why he wanted the Military Region to investigate!

"All right. I'll look into it!"

Lin Tiejun nodded, then turned to Xiao Zhan.

"Division Commander Xiao, contact the Navy and Air Force! Every First-Class Merit Medal has a unique serial number. We can trace where they came from!"

"Yes, sir!"

Xiao Zhan immediately bent down and picked up an Air Force medal.

A golden eagle spread its wings across the front.

The lines on its wings were sharp as knife cuts, while the worn edges carried the weight of years.

On the back was the serial number—81129!

Like a code, it concealed a story no one knew.

He picked up the Satellite Phone and spoke in a ringing voice:

"This is Xiao Zhan. Connect me to the Jiangcheng Air Force Base!"

"Find the owner of First-Class Merit Medal number 81129!"

"This is urgent!"

At the Combat Operations Center of the Jiangcheng Air Force Base,

Political Commissar Zhang Feng received the call. He did not dare delay and immediately pulled up the database.

The cursor raced across the screen before a red warning appeared.

"I'm sorry, Division Commander Xiao!"

Zhang Feng sounded apologetic. "The clearance for this number is too high. I can't access it. I'll have to report it to the provincial Air Force base!"

A short while later, the commander of the provincial Air Force base tried personally.

Layer after layer of database security appeared, ending with the message: "Insufficient clearance."

"Report it higher up!"

The commander gritted his teeth. "There's something unusual about this number!"

The message shot up the chain like a rocket.

It passed through the Military Region and the Theater, reaching the Dragon Kingdom's capital—Air Force Headquarters!

Inside a secret base,

the lights blazed like daylight, and flight data flickered across the screens.

A general with two gold stars on his shoulders was studying the test-flight parameters of the latest fighter jet.

His name was Lei Zhen!

His nickname was "Thunder God"!

He was the current commander of the Air Force Ace Unit, Azure Sword.

"Chief!"

A Communications Officer rushed in like a madman, clutching an encrypted file. His voice shook.

"We've found the family of Martyr Yue Zhangkong, serial number 81129!"

"His nephew is in Jiangcheng. His name is Yue Xiaofei!"

"A rich kid named Gao Zisheng bullied him. He took the First-Class Merit Medal to the military subdistrict headquarters and knelt outside to seek justice!"

What?!

Lei Zhen's head snapped up. His pupils contracted, and he slammed his fist onto the desk, leaving a shallow dent!

81129!

That number struck his memory like lightning!

"Who was Yue Zhangkong?"

Lei Zhen sprang to his feet and roared at the officers around him.

"He was Azure Sword's first captain, the finest Test Pilot in the Dragon Kingdom!"

"To test the latest Falcon-20 Supersonic Fighter Jet, he wrestled with death a hundred times at Ten-Thousand-Meter Altitude!"

"Fifteen emergency landings! Seven severe injuries! And every time, he brought the data back safely!"

At this point, Lei Zhen's eyes reddened and his voice caught.

"On his final test flight, the plane went out of control and was about to crash into a residential area!"

"He had three chances to eject, but he didn't!"

"In the last ten seconds, he forced the jet into a climb and flew it into a barren mountain outside the city!"

"After the explosion, nothing remained. They found only half a charred flight tag!"

The Combat Operations Center fell deathly silent.

Only Lei Zhen's voice echoed through it. "He was posthumously recognized as a Martyr and hailed as the 'King of the Skies'!"

"But we searched for his relatives for five years. We looked across the entire country and found no one!"

"And today, they've appeared like this!"

"His nephew was beaten by a rich kid outside a military subdistrict headquarters?!"

Boom!

His words poured fuel on the fire, setting the whole room ablaze with fury.

More than a dozen officers in flight suits shot to their feet!

They were all members of Azure Sword. They had fought alongside Yue Zhangkong through life and death, and now their eyes were red!

"Our captain's family was bullied. Are we supposed to take it?!"

"Permission to deploy! I'm going to Jiangcheng!"

"The Jiangcheng Gao Family? Wipe them off the map!"

Their roars rose one after another, shaking the roof!

Azure Sword!

The spearhead of the Dragon Kingdom's Air Force, built by Yue Zhangkong himself!

A force that struck fear into the enemy!

Since its founding, it had shot down 27 enemy aircraft without suffering a single casualty!

Equipped with the latest Falcon-20 fighter jets, capable of supersonic cruise, it had no equal anywhere in the world!

And today, their former captain's nephew had been wronged. How could they stand by?

Whew...

Lei Zhen drew a deep breath and gave his orders.

"Azure Sword squadron, deploy in full!"

"Twenty Falcon-20 fighter jets. Take off in formation!"

"Destination—Jiangcheng!"

"Chief!"

A staff officer hurried forward, his face pale and his voice trembling. "That's against procedure! It would break the rules!"

"Rules?"

Lei Zhen whipped around, his gaze sharp as a blade.

"A Martyr's nephew gets bullied on our doorstep, and you want to talk to me about rules?"

"I'm making an exception today! If there are consequences, I'll take responsibility!"

"Our old captain gave his life for the people!"

"Now a rich kid has trampled his family underfoot. If the Air Force can't make this right, how can we still call ourselves Azure Sword?"

"Does anyone object?!"

No one in the Combat Operations Center spoke.

Only the pilots' fists tightened, their knuckles cracking.

"Carry out the order. Now!"

Lei Zhen's voice was firm and left no room for argument.

"Yes, sir!"

The next second, the base's hangar doors slowly opened.

Twenty silver-gray Falcon-20 fighter jets revealed their deadly forms!

Rumble!

The roar of their engines tore through the sky and shook the earth!

"Take off!"

At the tower's command, fighter jets pierced the clouds one after another, racing toward Jiangcheng like lightning!

Civilians looked up, pointing at the sky in amazement.

"What's that? A fighter formation!"

"There are so many—twenty! Is a war starting?"

"Look, they're heading south!"

The news spread like wildfire.

"Emergency! A large number of Air Force fighters have deployed! Destination: Jiangcheng!"

"What happened?"

"Is there some kind of crisis?"

Meanwhile,

everyone outside the Jiangcheng military subdistrict headquarters had waited for over ten minutes.

"Any news?" Lin Tiejun could not help urging.

Xiao Zhan shook his head grimly. "Old Lin, we can't trace it! This Air Force First-Class Merit Medal is numbered 81129. We don't have sufficient clearance, and there's still no word from the Air Force base!"

Before he had even finished, Gao Zisheng sprang up as if resurrected, his arrogance restored.

"Hahaha! I told you it had to be stolen!"

Forgetting the pain in his face, he pointed at Yue Xiaofei and cursed. "The Yue Family is a den of thieves! Stealing medals makes your crime even worse!"

"Division Commander Xiao, arrest him and throw him in prison!"

Crack!

Just then, a tremendous sound rang out—not a slap, but thunder!

Rumble!

A deafening roar tore across the sky!

Like the roar of an ancient beast awakening!

Like ten thousand wild horses galloping through the clouds!

The ground itself trembled!

Gao Zisheng's shrieking stopped dead!

Everyone jerked their heads up, eyes wide, forgetting even to breathe!

Before them, an unbelievable sight appeared—

The clouds split open!

Behind them were twenty Falcon-20 fighter jets!

Their silver-gray bodies gleamed coldly!

Their wings spread like eagles', blotting out the sky!

Like twenty meteors, they hurtled toward the Jiangcheng military subdistrict!

The whole world seemed to tremble at their arrival!!!