Long Qisheng, after assuming the position of War God Hall Master, stepped down as Marshal of the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department, returning the marshal's seat to Qi Wufu.
Originally, Long Qisheng was to return the marshal's seat on the same day that Jiang Wuming 'revived' Qi Wufu.
At that time, Jiang Wuming had asked Long Qisheng to do so after he took office as the War God Hall Master.
As it turned out, Jiang Wuming's decision was correct.
Because of the powerful deterrent force of his killing Saint Lun @ Roman and Anthony @ Roman, father and son, and annihilating the Roman family, coupled with Long Qisheng's identity as the Marshal of the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department, Long Qisheng smoothly took over as the War God Hall Master.
And Long Qisheng did not disappoint Jiang Wuming. With the strategic help of Long Zhe, and relying on his rich combat experience and methods, he integrated and controlled the War God Hall in less than a month, becoming the de facto ruler of the War God Hall.
However, after fully taking control of the War God Hall, Long Qisheng did not become arrogant as before. Instead, he kept his promise and obeyed Jiang Wuming's orders completely, consulting Jiang Wuming on all important matters.
To be precise, reporting.
Under such circumstances, the War God Hall and the War Dragon Hall cooperated closely in the following half year, jointly resisting extraterrestrial enemies and achieving one victory after another.
Of course, this was also because, in the following half year, the number and quality of extraterrestrial enemies descending sharply decreased. Not to mention semi-divine realm powerhouses, even five-star War Gods did not descend.
This also gave people a glimpse of victory in the extraterrestrial war.
And Jiang Wuming spent almost all of this half year in closed-door cultivation.
However, his closed-door cultivation location was changed from the City of Sin to Hanghu.
Not only him, but also some members of the War Dragon Hall came to the Dragon Kingdom to cooperate with the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department in resisting extraterrestrial enemies, with Qi Changyun, Qi Wufu's younger brother, as the person in charge.
Because of Jiang Wuming's relationship, the brothers resolved their years of conflict and reconciled.
Half a year later, one day.
At 5:50 PM, Jiang Wuming drove to the War God Pharmaceutical Research Institute.
In the past half year, apart from closed-door cultivation, he would take one or two days each month to spend time with Li Lianyi.
Today was no different.
Li Lianyi had already been informed that Jiang Wuming was coming to pick her up. At 5:30, she stopped her work, tidied herself up, and went downstairs at exactly 6:00.
"Lianyi, what do you want to eat today?"
After Li Lianyi got into the car, Jiang Wuming asked with a smile.
"Let's go home and cook together," Li Lianyi said without hesitation.
"Eat at home?" Jiang Wuming was startled.
"Yes. I don't want to be gawked at anymore."
Li Lianyi said with a smile.
Jiang Wuming had now become a globally recognized supreme powerhouse and a national hero. His publicity was everywhere on the internet and in real life, and he had even sparked a trend of wearing ghost face masks.
Under such circumstances, not only martial artists worldwide but also ordinary citizens knew Jiang Wuming and could recognize him at a glance.
The last two times Li Lianyi and Jiang Wuming went out to eat, they were discovered, causing a sensation. They were gawked at like giant pandas.
"Okay, let's go home and eat. But don't you lift a finger, I'll do the cooking."
Jiang Wuming said gently.
In the past half year, although he was in Hanghu, due to his long periods of closed-door cultivation, he had met Li Lianyi fewer than ten times, and the time spent together was even less.
He understood that Li Lianyi did not want outsiders to interfere with their rare time together.
After returning to the villa, Jiang Wuming asked Li Lianyi to rest while he went to the kitchen to cook.
Li Lianyi knew that Jiang Wuming thought she was too busy with work and was being considerate and caring, but she still wanted to cook with Jiang Wuming. Finally, unable to refuse Jiang Wuming, she sat on the sofa and logged into the Divine Net forum.
Logging into the Divine Net forum to browse posts had become Li Lianyi's biggest hobby outside of work.
Even though the Divine Net forum rarely had any information about Jiang Wuming anymore, she still maintained this habit.
Hmm?
Suddenly, Li Lianyi saw a post on the Divine Net forum, and her pupils dilated slightly.
"Shocking, a great curtain has appeared in the ancient city of Loulan, generating intense energy fluctuations!"
This was the title of the post.
"News from the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department reports that ten minutes ago, a great curtain appeared in the ancient city of Loulan, generating intense energy fluctuations. Although the special magnetic field of the ancient city of Loulan shields all electronic devices, preventing the monitoring of the specific intensity of the energy fluctuations, according to the soldiers of the Loulan Legion of the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department guarding the ancient city of Loulan, the energy fluctuations of the great curtain in the ancient city of Loulan this time are the most terrifying in history!
Moreover, since the great curtain began to generate energy fluctuations, the magnetic field of the ancient city of Loulan has changed again, and it no longer interferes with electronic devices!
Currently, the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department is monitoring the ancient city of Loulan in real-time and is on high alert, prepared for battle!"
After reading the content of the post, Li Lianyi realized that something was unusual and immediately took her phone to the kitchen.
"What's wrong?"
In the kitchen, Jiang Wuming was washing vegetables. Seeing Li Lianyi walk in with her phone, he couldn't help but ask.
"A great curtain has appeared in the ancient city of Loulan, and something is wrong. Take a look." Li Lianyi said, handing her phone to Jiang Wuming.
Jiang Wuming took the phone and carefully browsed the content of the post, his brow furrowing.
The ancient city of Loulan was the first place in Dragon Kingdom history where extraterrestrial enemies descended.
After the extraterrestrial enemies descended upon the ancient city of Loulan, its magnetic field changed, making it impossible for any electronic devices to be used there.
In the years since, more extraterrestrial enemies had descended upon the ancient city of Loulan.
However, even during the world-shaking divine war of that year, the energy fluctuations unleashed by the great curtain did not change the magnetic field of the ancient city of Loulan.
Now, the energy fluctuations generated by the great curtain in the ancient city of Loulan had caused its magnetic field to change, which naturally made Jiang Wuming realize that something was wrong!
"I'll make a call."
Jiang Wuming handed his phone back to Li Lianyi, then walked to the living room, picked up his own phone, and dialed the number of Li Rui, the Military Department's Chief of Staff.
"Grandpa Li, I just saw the news about the ancient city of Loulan. What exactly is going on?" Jiang Wuming asked directly once the call was connected.
"The great curtain appeared less than half an hour ago. The content is basically consistent with what was reported in the news, with only one exception."
Li Rui paused, his tone becoming extremely solemn, "The energy fluctuation generated at the moment the great curtain appeared was extremely terrifying, even surpassing that of the Mount Everest battlefield!"
"What?!"
Jiang Wuming's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.
The Mount Everest war was the most terrifying and difficult war Earth had ever faced, with true divine realm powerhouses descending from the extraterrestrial world.
And now, the fluctuations caused by the appearance of the great curtain in the ancient city of Loulan surpassed the Mount Everest war, which meant what?
"Wuming, Old Qi and I are preparing to head to the ancient city of Loulan, and Long Qisheng will also be going. Originally, we thought you were in closed-door cultivation, so we planned to decide whether to inform you after the situation became clearer," Li Rui explained.
"Grandpa Li, I will immediately inform Qi Changyun to bring people to rush over! Also, I will ask Master Dawson to bring his people and rush over from the City of Sin. I will also rush over as quickly as possible!" Jiang Wuming made a decision immediately.
"Wuming, let Qi Changyun lead the War Dragon Hall members to provide support. You and Dawson don't need to rush. We'll wait until the situation is clarified. If the extraterrestrial enemies descending this time are truly comparable to or surpass the Mount Everest battlefield, then they won't be able to descend directly and will require some time. You can still make it in time if you come later," Li Rui said after some thought.
"Alright."
Jiang Wuming accepted Li Rui's suggestion.
Although the time for extraterrestrial enemies to descend had greatly shortened, as long as extraterrestrial enemies surpassing the semi-divine realm descended, it would take several hours from the appearance of the enemy's figures in the great curtain to their complete emergence.
The time it took him to travel from Hanghu to the ancient city of Loulan was sufficient.
After all, Hanghu had a military airport, and he could take the fastest transport plane!
"I'll go cook, and you go get ready," Li Lianyi said after Jiang Wuming hung up the phone.
"Even if I have to participate in battle, there's nothing to pack. Moreover, as Grandpa Li said, the situation is unclear, so there's no need to rush. I'll continue cooking," Jiang Wuming said with a slight smile, stopping Li Lianyi.
For him, if the extraterrestrial enemies descending upon the ancient city of Loulan did not surpass the semi-divine realm, he might not need to take action. Conversely, if the strength and number of enemies surpassed the Mount Everest battlefield, it would be a very dangerous and difficult battle.
In either case, he wanted to finish this dinner for Li Lianyi.
However, while cooking, he used his own phone to log into the Divine Net live broadcast room.
Because the magnetic field of the ancient city of Loulan had changed and no longer shielded electronic devices, the Dragon Kingdom's Military Department could monitor everything in the ancient city of Loulan, and the Divine Net live broadcast room was broadcasting the entire event.
An hour later.
Jiang Wuming finished preparing dinner, placing four dishes and one soup on the table. Li Lianyi served two bowls of rice.
The two sat at the dining table, preparing to eat.
However—
Just then, in the Divine Net live broadcast room, the host suddenly shouted in panic:
"In... in the great curtain of the ancient city of Loulan, five figures have appeared!
According to the monitoring equipment just installed in the ancient city of Loulan, the weakest of the five people in the great curtain has already surpassed the divine realm extraterrestrial enemy on the Mount Everest battlefield!
My God, the ancient city of Loulan is highly likely to descend with five divine realm extraterrestrial enemies this time – this will be a disaster for all of humanity!!"