The Spell's Range Covers the Entire Territory of China? Hand It Over to the Nation

15: Chapter 15: The Treatment of National Heroes and the Joy of RMB PlayersThe helicopter landed in the heart of a seemingly unremarkable mountain range.

If not seen with one’s own eyes, it would be hard to believe that beneath this ordinary-looking air-raid shelter entrance lay Kunlun Palace, known as the ”Eye of the Dragon Vein of Dragon Summer.”

After passing through seven identity verification procedures more cumbersome than those for a nuclear missile silo, the heavy lead-steel door slowly opened, pushed by hydraulic rods.

Greeting Su Yun was not a cold, damp underground passage, but rather a burst of sunshine so brilliant it felt unreal.

Su Yun instinctively raised his hand to shield his eyes.

Above his head was an artificial dome simulating natural light; the light was soft, with the color temperature adjusted to a warm white tone that felt most comfortable for the human body.

The air lacked any of the musty or oily smells typical of underground facilities; instead, it was filled with a crisp, sweet scent of vegetation.

With every breath, his lungs felt as if they had been carefully ironed, and even the mental fatigue from using his skills just moments ago was washed away completely.

”The atmospheric circulation System here connects directly to the Kunlun earth vein.”

Dragon One, who was walking in front, slowed his pace. Having resolved the border crisis—a huge burden on his heart—he was finally able to relax.

He casually pointed to a few wild-looking purple flowers on the lawn by the roadside to educate Su Yun: ”The concentration of Spiritual Qi particles in the air here is about fifty times that of the outside world. See those grasses? If placed in an auction house outside, this single stalk of ’Purple Rhyme Grass’ could be traded for an apartment in the city center of Jinghai. Unfortunately, here, it’s just a weed in the green belt, and the gardeners complain every month that it grows too fast.”

Su Yun looked at the ”weeds”: ”...”

That’s a bit of a flex, old man.

If the freelance professionals outside, who would break their heads fighting for a spot in a D-Rank dungeon, saw this, they would probably cry themselves to sleep in the bathroom on the spot.

This place didn’t look like a military base; rather, it resembled a meticulously maintained Suzhou-style garden.

Detached villas with white walls and black tiles were scattered in an orderly fashion along the banks of a stream. In the distance, one could even see a few elderly people in Tang suits practicing Tai Chi. Their movements were slow, but Su Yun only glanced at them, and his eyelids twitched.

This wasn’t just Tai Chi; every time the old men pushed their hands, the surrounding space twisted slightly. Clearly, they were unfathomable big shots.

”Those are the Seniors from the Hall of Worship. They followed the team before the founding of the country and are now basically here enjoying their twilight years, suppressing the national fortune.” Dragon One introduced them casually, then stopped in front of a two-story building by the water.

This was Villa No. 1.

”We’re here.” Dragon One turned to the side, a smile appearing on his face, ”Your parents are already inside.”

Su Yun’s heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat.

He could face pressure outside without changing his expression and handle the praise of generals with indifference, but standing at his own doorstep, a thin layer of sweat beaded on his palms.

This feeling was just like scoring a hundred on a test when he was a child, running home with the paper in hand, waiting for praise—both excited and nervous.

Of course, having lived two lifetimes, he quickly calmed down.

However, before he could knock, the door was pulled open from the inside.

Su Jianguo was wearing an apron and holding a spatula; he had obviously rushed out upon hearing the movement outside.

Seeing it was Su Yun, he walked over quickly, grabbed Su Yun, and looked him up and down. His hands squeezed his arms again and again, confirming that he was missing no limbs, before he finally breathed a sigh of relief: ”Are you okay?”

”I’m fine, full of energy.” Su Yun replied with a smile.

While Su Jianguo was examining him, he also noticed that Su Jianguo’s previously greying temples had turned black for the most part, and the deep wrinkles left by years of hard labor on his face had smoothed out under the nourishment of the high-concentration Spiritual Qi. The whole person looked at least ten years younger, with enough spirit to run a five-kilometer weighted cross-country.

”Still able to joke with me, it seems you’re really fine.”

The old man’s eyes suddenly turned red, and he slapped Su Yun on the shoulder hard: ”Good boy! You didn’t disgrace the old Su family! You didn’t disgrace the country!”

Hasty footsteps came from inside the house. Ms. Li Shulan, still holding two unpeeled cloves of garlic, rushed out and pulled Su Yun over, looking left and right, afraid that her son might be missing a piece of flesh.

”You’ve lost weight.” Ms. Li Shulan gave the universal conclusion of mothers all over the world, even though Su Yun had only been separated from them for a few hours. ”Hurry inside, the braised pork has just come out of the pot. It uses the special black pig provided here; the meat is so fragrant... I’m afraid I might swallow my tongue.”

The family of three crowded into the house.

Dragon One did not follow them inside to disturb this warmth; he just stood at the door and said to Su Jianguo with a smile, ”Old Squad Leader, your son is now a treasure of our country. As long as the country stands for a day, you two can live here in Kunlun Palace with peace of mind. No one will be able to touch the Su family.”

Su Jianguo’s hand holding the spatula was trembling. He nodded repeatedly to Dragon One: ”Chief, don’t worry! If this kid dares to get cocky and do something that lets down the country, I’ll be the first to break his legs!”

...

The atmosphere at the dinner table was lively.

The braised pork was indeed, as his mother said, fatty but not greasy, melting in the mouth. The energy contained within made Su Yun feel warm all over after eating it.

Su Yun ate his rice while listening to his parents chatter.

From the shock of moving here to discovering that the neighbors were actually high-ranking officials he had only seen on TV, to how delicious the vegetables and fruits here were. The two elders did not ask what specific mission Su Yun had done or what dangers he had experienced.

They knew the rules.

Since the country had provided the highest level of confidentiality, things that shouldn’t be asked would remain buried in their stomachs for a lifetime. They only needed to know that their son was serving the country faithfully, and that was enough.

This silent understanding and support allowed the tightly wound string in Su Yun’s heart to finally relax.

At night.

Rarely, Su Yun slept well.

Waking up in the morning, he felt refreshed.

After a simple wash and breakfast, Su Yun came to the cultivation room on the second floor.

Someone was already waiting for him here.

Qin Shuangyue had changed out of her military uniform into a capable training suit, with ten silver-white metal boxes neatly stacked at her feet. Each box was printed with a conspicuous yellow radiation warning symbol and the word ”Top Secret.”

”These are the first batch of resources.”

Qin Shuangyue pointed to the boxes and said, ”Ten boxes of high-purity Source Energy Crystals. These crystals are only produced with a very small probability in the core areas of S-Rank dungeons and above. Every single one could pay for a small country’s military expenditure on the black market. Elder Long has specially approved them to be allocated to you.”

Then she added, ”If it’s not enough, just say so; there are more in the warehouse.”

”Also, regarding your need to change classes after you finish leveling up, we have already identified an SSS-Rank class transfer item, ’Divine Shaman,’ which will be handed over to you soon.”

Su Yun raised an eyebrow, temporarily ignoring the class transfer item, and walked over to open one of the boxes.

Click.

The lid popped open, and a deep blue light instantly filled the room. The one hundred neatly stacked crystals, like some kind of deep-sea gem, emitted intoxicatingly pure energy fluctuations.

Wow, what a big move.

Ordinary professionals wanting to level up have to bitterly grind monsters, run dungeons, and save up experience bars for a year or a half before moving. And now, what is in front of Su Yun is the accumulated family wealth of the country for decades.

Is this the joy of having a backer?

”Thanks.” Su Yun didn’t stand on ceremony either, sitting cross-legged on the carpet and casually grabbing a crystal.

If professionals from the outside saw this scene, they would definitely curse him for wasting heaven’s gifts. Crystals of this level are usually used to be inlaid on S-Rank equipment or as the core energy for large-scale defensive magic arrays.

And Su Yun is just taking them like candy?

As the crystal shattered in his palm, a massive, almost terrifying amount of pure energy poured into his body along his Meridians.

If an ordinary person dared to absorb it like this, their body would have exploded long ago from being unable to bear it. But Su Yun was different; his body had the [Territory is Domain] talent blessing and was not a mortal flesh body. At this moment, he was like a dry sponge that had been exposed to the sun in the desert for a long time, greedily devouring every wisp of energy.

[System Prompt: Absorbed high-purity Source Energy Crystal, EXP +10000!]

[System Prompt: Rank increased to LV2!]

[System Prompt: All attributes +10!]

The warm current of leveling up swept through his whole body, every cell cheering and leaping, his bones making fine popping sounds, as if undergoing a reborn reorganization.

This rocket-like leveling pleasure was indeed addictive.

Su Yun didn’t stop, using both hands to crush the crystals one by one. Blue light flickered in the room, as if holding a silent fireworks show.

[Rank increased to LV3...]

[Rank increased to LV4...]

Ten minutes later.

When the tenth box of crystals hit the bottom, the energy fluctuations around Su Yun were already so thick that they had almost materialized, forcing even Qin Shuangyue to retreat to the door to avoid being affected by the air waves.

[Rank increased to LV5 (Current Rank maxed, need to complete class transfer mission to Breakthrough)!]

Su Yun slowly opened his eyes, a phantom of mountains and rivers flashing across his pupils.

[Host: Su Yun]

[Class: Totem Shaman (Mutated)]

[Rank: 5]

[Mental Energy: 65 (Normal human limit is 10)]

[Physique: 48]

[Agility: 47]

[Class Skills: Totem Shaman (LV5): Summon a totem pillar, applying different effects within range depending on the totem. Current casting cost: 20 mana. Original range: Extends based on the caster’s Mental Energy. Current mutation limitation: 5 meters.]

Opening the System, Su Yun found that the panel data had been completely refreshed.

All attributes had increased by a full 40 points. Now, he could tear tigers and leopards apart with his physical strength alone, so he could be considered to have preliminary self-preservation ability.

However, what concerned him most was not the attributes, but the skills.

Reaching LV5, not only did the original skills upgrade, but four new basic skills were unlocked.

[Link Totem (F-Rank)]: Plant a totem to connect surrounding friendly forces, sharing 5% of damage received. [Note: As long as teammates die fast enough, pain can’t catch up to me.]

[Solid Totem (F-Rank)]: Summon a petrified totem, slightly increasing the physical defense of friendly forces in range. [Note: The bit of defense added can probably resist one more mosquito bite.]

[Mist Totem (F-Rank)]: Release a thin mist to slightly reduce the vision of enemies in range. [Note: If your enemy is highly nearsighted, this skill is simply a divine skill.]

[Source Tracing Totem (F-Rank)]: Displays the movement trajectory of items within a 5-meter range over the past hour. [Note: Maybe you can use it to find the remote control or keys lost in the couch cushions.]

Looking at the introductions of these four skills, Su Yun didn’t dislike them.

The most overbearing part of his [Territory is Domain] talent was—conceptual dimensional Ascension. As long as specific historical allusions or national concepts were combined, these trash skills could ascend on the spot.

The previous three skills had mutated into powerful effects, so what about these four?

Su Yun rubbed his chin, his brain beginning to ponder.

Link Totem... share damage? What if the connection object is changed to 9.6 million square kilometers of land? Who could hurt me? This is not just sharing damage; this is called ”If you have the guts, blow up the Earth.”

Solid Totem... increase defense? Can I get a concept of ”Great Wall of Steel”?

Mist Totem... this is even more interesting, Mist Kingdom, distinguishing friend from foe?

As for the Source Tracing Totem... maybe it can trace the source of any intelligence or item, or even reproduce the truth of the scene, making other people’s frame-ups have nowhere to hide in front of absolute evidence.

”Defense, sharing, control, tracing.” Su Yun muttered to himself, ”Now the skills are getting richer, and there is much more room for operation.”

It is worth mentioning that Su Yun suddenly discovered that although the skills were upgraded, the effects of the skills after mutation influenced by the talent did not change. For example, [Purple Qi Coming From the East] and [Heavenly Candle Divine Illumination] had the same effects now as they did at the beginning.

This made him feel a bit of a pity; he just hoped that there would be changes after the class transfer later.

On the side, witnessing the commotion when Su Yun leveled up, and the crystals consumed, even Qin Shuangyue had to sigh at the power of Su Yun’s talent.

Seeing that Su Yun had successfully leveled up and was closing his eyes to digest, Qin Shuangyue intended to leave.

Suddenly, a hurried ringtone interrupted her actions.

It was the encrypted satellite phone that Qin Shuangyue carried with her. The specific ringtone meant the highest emergency state.

Qin Shuangyue answered the phone. After listening for only a few seconds, her face, which had been slightly relaxed because of Su Yun’s leveling up, instantly tightened.

”Understood! I will report to Comrade Su Yun immediately!”

Hanging up the phone, Qin Shuangyue took a deep breath and turned to look at Su Yun.

”Comrade Su Yun.”

”Just now, the intelligence department worked overnight to decipher the memory area of a spy you rooted out and discovered shocking intelligence.”

”What shocking intelligence?” Su Yun opened his eyes and asked in surprise.

Qin Shuangyue walked quickly to the electronic tactical map on the wall, her fingers sliding rapidly on the touch screen, locking the screen on a piece of blue sea in the depths of the South China Sea.

On the screen, a conspicuous red skull mark was flashing constantly.

”This is ’Longya Island’.”

Qin Shuangyue said in a deep voice: ”A few days ago, because of the violent movement of the seabed crust, this island just surfaced. Our exploration satellites transmitted data for the first time. There are high-energy mineral veins with amazing reserves under the island. The preliminary valuation even exceeds the total oil reserves of the entire Middle East.”

”We have already quickly blocked the news, but according to intelligence, Western countries led by the Eagle Federation had already discovered this island through their ’Heavenly Eye’ System.”

”Now, they have secretly assembled a joint task force codenamed ’Poseidon,’ under the guise of ’freedom of navigation’ and ’ocean scientific research,’ and are advancing at full speed toward Longya Island. And their real purpose is to execute a top-secret plan codenamed ’Dragon Slaying’.”

”They want to grab the island?” Su Yun narrowed his eyes.

”Not just grabbing.” Qin Shuangyue said coldly, ”The spy’s memory shows that their fleet is equipped with the latest ’crustal oscillation drill bomb’. If the seizure is blocked, or if they cannot swallow it alone, they will directly launch the oscillation bomb at the island’s earth vein.”

As she spoke, she simulated a spreading red circle on the map. The red circle instantly covered half of the South China Sea.

”This weapon will detonate the energy of the mineral vein, creating an artificial earthquake above magnitude 9 on the Richter scale, which will then trigger a super tsunami capable of engulfing half of Asia’s coastal cities!”

”That really is a big plan.” Su Yun said in surprise.

He originally thought the Eagle Federation’s previous concession was out of prudence. Now it seems this was a delaying tactic, to paralyze Dragon Summer so they could stab them in the back.

”The most troublesome thing is...”

Qin Shuangyue frowned, pointing out the distance between the two: ”Although Longya Island is located in our exclusive economic zone, it is far from the continental shelf. It will take our main fleet at least three hours to get there. And the enemy’s vanguard—the joint fleet disguised as an ocean scientific research fleet—is less than fifty nautical miles away from Longya Island.”

”Time difference.”

Su Yun instantly grasped the key to the problem.

By the time the Dragon Summer Navy arrives, the other side will probably have already completed the deployment, and may even have already pressed the button of destruction.

”It seems it is indeed difficult to handle?”

Su Yun rubbed his chin and said.