Four days later, the portal between the Heavenly Dragon Twin Rankings lit up, and the system once again sent out a message.
[Global National War begins, the portal will remain open for three days. For the first entry, only 5 million people are allowed inside. Later, if our side seizes a district flag, the portal will reopen for a limited time. Please prepare in advance for reinforcements.]
The military's units immediately became tense, with several hundred people organizing the great army to enter in an orderly fashion.
Hua Tianchen stood to the side, watching the vast army march into the portal. He turned to Luo Ye beside him and said, "4,999,999, one short. Do you think that person will come?"
Luo Ye shook his head. "This spot was reserved for Jiang Kai. But whether he will come or not, I don't dare hold out hope anymore."
Hua Tianchen also shook his head. "In the past, we all counted on Jiang Kai to create miracles. This time, it's turned into us having to create the miracle ourselves."
Luo Ye quietly watched the army file into the portal in neat order.
Among them were several people assisting the military troops with counting numbers.
They were Xuan Yuan Zhen and the others, the commanders of this national war.
Tian Feng walked over, his gaze also falling on Xuan Yuan Zhen.
"I wonder what the final rewards and punishments of the national war will be!"
Neither Luo Ye nor Hua Tianchen responded, since right now no one knew the answer.
The massive army successively entered the national war zone.
Xuan Yuan Zhen, along with Zhang Xuan and Wang Xuchu, the three commanders, also stepped into the portal.
Their current location was an expansive plain area, quite convenient for massing the army.
Four hours later, Huaxia's army finished assembling. Before the teleportation array, they stretched out in great numbers. With one glance, the entire field was filled with Huaxia players.
A standard division was only ten or twenty thousand people, yet here stood five million—equivalent to several hundred divisions!
However, for the moment, no one knew how the national war was supposed to start, so they temporarily stayed put, awaiting orders.
In the ranks, Hu Yan, Ruan Yu, Zhao Tiequan, and Ouyang Yi looked around wide-eyed at the sea of people.
Ouyang Yi sighed. "Damn, there are way too many people! When fighting map bosses, people were spread out, so even with five million it didn't feel like much. But now, seeing it like this—it's unbelievable."
Zhao Tiequan said in a deep voice, "Stop gawking around. Don't forget what we came here for."
Hu Yan also spoke. "We don't know what happened to Captain Kai, but if the national war is lost, he'll definitely be despised by all Huaxia players. We have to help Captain Kai hold the line!"
"Right!" Ruan Yu nodded forcefully.
After five months of special training in the War God's Hall, the four had improved their strength further. But after learning about Jiang Kai's situation, they knew Captain Kai had run into huge trouble.
The four of them figured it out: if they went to search for Captain Kai, it was impossible to be more efficient than those war gods. They might as well join the national war.
"What's happening now?" Ruan Yu asked.
"Should be waiting for the system's new notice," Zhao Tiequan said. "Our national flag and district flags haven't appeared yet."
"Ghost Star's events are always like this. The rules are only told at the last moment, never letting us prepare in advance."
Ouyang Yi frowned. "So right now, in some other place, there must also be hundreds of these million-strong armies on standby."
Ruan Yu shook his head. "Wow, just imagining it is magnificent. This is going to be one brutal fight after another."
Two hours later, the system indeed sent out another announcement.
[The national map has been opened. All participants can view their nation's map. The map edges come with invasion alerts to detect enemy activity.]
[During the national war, those killed will die permanently and be forced offline, unable to return to the national war zone. When a participant dies, it will also affect other linked participants, causing them to die together. The affected players will experience the exact same death process as that player and must accept the death penalty.]
[The affected players will be chosen as the closest in relationship value to that player, up to a certain number. If insufficient, random players will be added. The number of affected players will depend on each nation's total population.]
[For Huaxia, the ratio of affected players is 1 to 50.]
[Establishing affected player lists… Establishment complete… Participating players can now contact their linked players via their wristwatches. Affected players will be teleported back to the nearest main city and cannot leave or log off.]
When this message was released, Xuan Yuan Zhen and the others' eyes went wide.
"What does this mean? Affected players?!"
"If we die, fifty other related participants will die together with us?"
"This… this is way too much!"
As soon as the news spread, the main cities lit up with countless beams of light. Many people who had been out hunting and leveling were forcibly teleported back to the main city.
"Who the hell? The elite had just a sliver of health left, why am I back here? What the hell!"
A disheveled pair of man and woman suddenly found themselves on the teleportation plaza, terrified—the moment before, they had been fooling around in a grove.
"This…" The man quickly helped the woman put her clothes back on.
A severely injured player looked around in shock.
"Damn, did my prayer work? I was almost killed by a wild monster, and now I'm back? Too miraculous!"
Soon they also received the same system prompt: they had become affected players linked to participants.
"The national war is this forceful, directly dragging people back to the city? That means our little lives are now completely tied to the national war!"
"What does this mean? If they die in there, we die too?"
"Damn, this time the national war is for real!"
Hu Yan discovered that his own affected list had fifty names.
He knew most of them—many were friends of more than ten years. But what puzzled him was that Captain Kai was not on the list.
Could it be he ended up on Ruan Yu's list instead…? Captain Kai isn't the closest to me?
"Hey, do your lists have Captain Kai?" Hu Yan asked. "If he's sent back to the main city, we should be able to find him!"
"I don't have him," Ruan Yu said. "Where could he be?"
Zhao Tiequan shook his head. "I don't have him either… Damn, my mom and dad are both on it. If I die, they'll have to die in battle with me?"
Zhao Tiequan's background was extremely luxurious, so his list was also unusually prestigious, filled with big-name figures who probably hadn't died in ages.
Ouyang Yi looked at his own list. Many were old guildmates, and some were creditors who had lent him guild points… but still no Jiang Kai.
"I don't have Captain Kai either."
The four of them were all puzzled, not knowing whose list Jiang Kai had ended up on.
The system's voice continued.
[Huaxia's national war national flag has been generated. Number of district flags: two. District flags are movable, national flag immovable. The items can be carded, but carrying them will display a special marker, and they will definitely drop on death.]
Xuan Yuan Zhen spotted a red flag not far away. Beside the red flag were two yellow flags, noticeably smaller.
He quickly led people over.
"Zhang Xuan, Wang Xuchu, each of you take a yellow flag!"
"Remember, people can die, the flags cannot be lost!"
"Yes!" Zhang Xuan and Wang Xuchu responded together, then pulled up the two yellow flags.
At that moment, the system's voice rang out.
[Global Mortal National War, now begins!]
Xuan Yuan Zhen looked at the red flag, its fabric billowing in the wind.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, then loudly shouted to the army behind him, "Huaxia's national war flag is here! We swear to protect the red flag to the death!"
Five million troops roared in unison, "Swear to protect the red flag to the death!"
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