Chapter 498: Opening the Spatial Portal, Expedition!

“Qin Da, how has the Ministry of Works been lately?”

Zhu Ying suddenly inquired of Qin Da, the Minister of Works. Seeing this, Qin Da naturally did not dare to hesitate and immediately replied, “Reporting to His Imperial Grandson, the Ministry of Works has been quite idle lately; it has not been busy.”

Zhu Ying suddenly chuckled. “It is about to become very busy.”

Having said that, Zhu Ying took out a drawing of iron armor and handed it to Minister Qin Da.

Upon receiving the drawing, the latter immediately guessed it was for iron armor.

“His Imperial Grandson, could this be the new model of iron armor you have developed?” Minister Qin Da asked curiously.

Zhu Ying nodded and continued, “This armor is no ordinary iron armor; it is the hardest iron armor in the current Great Ming Empire.”

“From this moment on, the Ministry of Works must hasten to produce them according to these drawings!”

“They are needed urgently!”

“Furthermore, when forging the armor, you must make it very clear to the craftsmen: the casting must be seamless. This is a suit of battle armor with no flesh exposed, and it must be able to withstand the bites of wild beasts!”

To be honest, once Zhu Ying informed Qin Da of his requirements, the latter was left with a face full of confusion and utter incomprehension!

“His Imperial Grandson, if this armor is forged to be completely seamless, will it not become extremely heavy and cumbersome? That is by no means a good thing on the battlefield!” Qin Da hurriedly reminded him.

However, Zhu Ying said expressionlessly, “I am naturally aware of that.”

“But this armor is meant to be exactly like this. You only need to forge it according to my requirements!”

Once Zhu Ying finished speaking, Qin Da immediately accepted the command.

“This minister obeys! Please rest assured, Your Imperial Grandson, the Ministry of Works will certainly intensify the production of the iron armor during this period! We shall not delay your use of them!”

For Qin Da, although he did not know what the purpose of this was, he still resolutely executed Zhu Ying's decree!

At that moment.

Lan Yu, serving as the Great General of the Cavalry Camp, stood up from his seat. With an expression of excitement on his face, Lan Yu pressed Zhu Ying for answers, “His Imperial Grandson, just tell us—where exactly are we going to campaign!”

“You are selecting troops again, and you are forging iron armor!”

“This is entirely in preparation for a campaign!”

“Do not keep us in the dark! Speak quickly!”

The reason Lan Yu was so agitated was primarily because he had not led an army into battle for quite some time. Therefore, as soon as Lan Yu heard that Zhu Ying was screening troops and forging armor, he naturally associated it with going to war.

As a Great General, Lan Yu naturally craved a campaign... He had long since had enough of peaceful days; for Lan Yu, he longed to be on the battlefield every single day!

In fact, within the current Great Ming Empire, there were many who shared Lan Yu's sentiments, including Mu Ying, Chang Mao, and Xu Huizu!

After Lan Yu finished speaking, Mu Ying, Xu Huizu, and the others also hurriedly stood up from their chairs.

They shouted in unison toward Zhu Ying, “His Imperial Grandson, please tell us! Who is the enemy!”

“Yes, Your Highness, stop teasing us! Your subordinates can hardly wait!”

However.

No matter how much this group of generals spoke, Zhu Ying's face remained extremely calm.

“You will know when the time comes.”

“But you can rest easy. This time, everyone will have a part in the campaign!”

Upon hearing Zhu Ying's words, the generals were naturally moved to excitement. In the depths of these Great Ming generals' hearts, they began to hope that the day of the campaign would arrive as soon as possible.

...

A few months later.

Great Ming Empire.

The Northern Frontier.

In a certain desert and wasteland, fifty thousand troops of the Great Ming Empire were stationed.

This place was a naturally isolated land.

Looking as far as the eye could see, the surroundings were nothing but barren deserts without a single blade of grass. For thousands of miles, there was no sign of human life; even birds and beasts would not come to such a place.

It could be said that this region was completely incompatible with the Great Ming Empire.

In order to find this area, Zhu Biao had personally driven a Pterosaur for ten full days!

Finally, hard work paid off.

Zhu Biao had indeed found this excellent location!

Although to outsiders this Gobi desert appeared to be a wasteland where nothing could grow, this was exactly what Zhu Ying wanted to see.

Now.

This isolated land had become an important military camp for the Great Ming Empire.

Furthermore.

Through the screening processes of Lan Yu, Chang Mao, Mu Ying, and the others, the elites from the entire Great Ming army had arrived here.

A full fifty thousand elites among elites!

At the same time.

Over the past three months, the Ministry of Works had worked through the night to rush the production of full-body heavy armor! This heavy armor was quite weighty, and its defensive power was extremely high!

Basically, it would be difficult for fierce beasts to break through this iron armor!

At this moment.

The soldiers were chatting and laughing within the military camp. Although the soldiers did not yet know who their opponent was, the thought of fighting for the country and establishing military merit made them feel excited and exhilarated from the bottom of their hearts!

Of course.

The generals of the Great Ming were the same.

Lan Yu, Mu Ying, and Chang Mao stood at the front of the camp, discussing the target of the campaign with one another.

“It has been over three months, and His Imperial Grandson has still not revealed the target of the campaign. This is too strange. Could it be... that the opponent this time is very strong?” Chang Mao said with some doubt.

At this time, Lan Yu was the first to speak, “That is only natural.”

“This time, the Great Ming Empire has assembled a full fifty thousand elites. The soldiers capable of coming to this barren wasteland are all masters of the Fifth Stage of Body Refining!”

“Moreover, His Imperial Grandson specifically had the Ministry of Works forge fifty thousand sets of heavy armor!”

“One can imagine that the strength of the opponent in this campaign must be quite formidable, perhaps even the strongest opponent in history.”

To be fair, Lan Yu did have a brain.

During these past few months, Lan Yu had been constantly thinking about the target of the campaign.

“Lan Yu, then you tell us, which faction are we going to attack?” Mu Ying also inquired with a hint of curiosity.

However.

Facing this question, Lan Yu shook his head and said somewhat awkwardly, “I do not know about that.”

“After all, neither the Emperor, nor the Crown Prince, nor even His Imperial Grandson has ever revealed it!”

“Perhaps, we will only know the opponent on the day the war truly begins.”

And just then.

High in the sky, the sun was suddenly obscured.

Lan Yu instinctively looked up and saw thousands of Pterosaurs spreading their wings and flying through the high altitude!

“It is the Royal Guard Pterosaur Army!”

“If nothing goes wrong, it should be His Imperial Grandson!”

As Lan Yu uttered these words, the expressions on the other generals' faces also became incredibly excited. This was the first time Zhu Ying had come since the military camp was established.

This meant that this time, Zhu Ying would reveal the target of the campaign!

A moment later.

Zhu Ying, riding a Wind God Pterosaur, dove down rapidly. Following a burst of wild wind, Zhu Ying stood upon the back of the Wind God Pterosaur, his gaze falling upon the fifty thousand elite soldiers.

At this moment.

All the soldiers and generals knelt on the ground one after another, saluting Zhu Ying!

“This general greets His Imperial Grandson! May Your Highness live for ten thousand years!!”

The crowd shouted in unison.

Zhu Ying responded with an extremely deep and resonant voice, “Rise!”

“Thank you, His Imperial Grandson!”

In an instant, both the generals and the soldiers immediately stood up, their bodies straight, and their eyes all fell upon Zhu Ying.

At this time.

Lan Yu was the first to speak, “His Imperial Grandson, why have you come to the military camp today? Could it be that...”

Before Lan Yu could finish, Zhu Ying interrupted, “I have come this time, naturally, to announce a major matter.”

Once Zhu Ying finished this sentence, suddenly, the faces of all the generals, including the soldiers, were filled with excitement!

One must know.

They had been waiting for this day for far too long.

Since the Great Ming Empire unified the world, most soldiers had not fought a war for nearly ten years!

At this moment.

Whether they were generals of the Great Ming Empire or ordinary soldiers, what they craved most in their hearts was to campaign and go to war!

Because only by establishing military merit could these soldiers and generals receive rewards... and have the chance to obtain the Longevity Fruit...

“Liu Lei!!”

“This general is here!” As the commander of the Royal Guard, Liu Lei immediately stood before Zhu Ying.

Then.

Zhu Ying directly ordered, “Distribute the iron armor to all the soldiers!”

“This general obeys!”

Soon, under Liu Lei's arrangements, the Royal Guard Pterosaur Army transported the full fifty thousand sets of iron armor into the military camp, after which the soldiers received the heavy armor in an orderly fashion.

Although the heavy armor was quite weighty, and the soldiers' movements would be restricted after putting it on!

But. That was only for ordinary soldiers.

But right now, the Great Ming soldiers in this military camp were all masters of the Fifth Stage of Body Refining!

Therefore, such heavy armor felt almost weightless to them, and their movements were not restricted in the slightest!

At this time.

Zhu Ying spoke to the crowd again, “I know that each of you longs to go to the front to kill the enemy and establish military merit!”

“And now, you finally have this opportunity!”

When Zhu Ying reached this point, he deliberately paused for a few seconds to observe the soldiers' reactions.

It could be seen.

Looking around, the faces of the fifty thousand soldiers of the Great Ming Empire were written with excitement, agitation, and anticipation!

Then.

Zhu Ying continued to speak eloquently to the crowd, “However, what I want to tell you is that the destination of this campaign is a world you have never encountered before!”

“This is not a so-called prehistoric world, nor is it a dynasty world, but a new world! A much more dangerous world!”

At this time.

The fifty thousand elite troops and the Great Ming generals immediately began to discuss fervently.

“Ah? It seems the world we are campaigning in this time is indeed fraught with danger!”

“To hell with it! No matter what world we go to, our Great Ming Empire will surely be invincible!”

“Naturally! Long live the Great Ming Empire!”

“The Great Ming Empire fears no opponent!!”

...

Clearly.

These fifty thousand elite troops were full of confidence; almost everyone did not take this campaign world seriously.

In fact, this was not the situation Zhu Ying wanted to see.

Zhu Ying hoped the soldiers would take it more seriously!

Thus, in the next second, Zhu Ying spoke to the crowd again in a serious tone, “I will say it once more: the world of this campaign will be a mysterious world!”

“No one knows what this world looks like!”

“But what can be certain is that in this world, zombies will exist! And once you are infected by a zombie, you will also turn into a zombie!”

“Furthermore, this world possesses a vast amount of technology that far exceeds the current technological stage of the Great Ming Empire!”

“Therefore! I hope that every one of you can take this seriously and respect your opponents!”

“You are all the elites of the Great Ming Empire; if even one person is lost, I will be heartbroken!”

After Zhu Ying finished speaking, it must be said that the emotions of these fifty thousand Great Ming elite soldiers were quite mixed!

At this moment.

They gradually understood that the world of this campaign was different from the enemies they had faced before.

But even so.

These Great Ming elites were not afraid in the slightest!

They craved to go to the front to kill the enemy and craved to establish great achievements!

“Please rest assured, Your Imperial Grandson, we will certainly fight bravely and uphold the prestige of our Great Ming!”

The more than fifty thousand soldiers shouted in unison.

At this moment.

These soldiers were all prepared!

Zhu Ying nodded and continued to speak to the fifty thousand elites, “One more thing! If you return, every soldier will not be able to return to the Imperial Capital immediately, but will instead need to remain here on guard for two months!”

“Only after the two months have passed can you go home!”

“If anyone dares to violate this regulation, do not blame me for being heartless!”

Zhu Ying knew very well that this [Resident Evil World] would certainly be quite terrifying; he had to prepare every possible contingency!

“This general and the others obey!”

As Zhu Ying's voice fell, all the soldiers responded in unison.

Afterward.

Zhu Ying began to set up the formation.

Next, what Zhu Ying needed to do was to seal the isolation formation.

Zhu Ying suddenly summoned many formation flags and then covered the entire fifty-mile radius with this formation!

Suddenly.

Countless flags merged in the sky and then rapidly dispersed in all directions. In an instant, these flags formed a transparent air shield between one another.

Just like that.

Zhu Ying successfully sealed this area.

Now, without Zhu Ying's formation command, no one could go out, and of course, no one could come in.

Birds, beasts, insects, and ants were the same.

In this way, the military camp was isolated from the rest of the world to the maximum extent!

Once everything was ready.

Zhu Ying began to summon the spatial portal!

This time, the formation when the spatial portal opened was clearly much grander than when it had opened before.

Although it was also shimmering with golden light.

But this golden light was different from the previous golden light.

This time, the golden light emitted by the spatial portal was much more dazzling, and within the golden light, there was a hint of red! It gave people a chilling sensation!

This was the power of a First-Tier High-Grade world!

A moment later.

The spatial portal officially manifested.

Behind this spatial portal was the entrance to the [Resident Evil World]!

At this moment.

The fifty thousand elite troops were all fully equipped with their iron armor, and then, Zhu Ying personally rode the Wind God Pterosaur toward the spatial portal!

... (End of Chapter)