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

28: Doesn’t Chapter 28 seem strange?Kunlun Palace, Villa No. 1.

Sunlight filtered through the floor-to-ceiling glass, dappling the dark red solid wood floor.

In the spacious Chinese-style living room, a purple-gold censer was gently emitting pale smoke, intertwining with the fragrance of the specially supplied Da Hong Pao tea lingering in the air, settling into a mellow atmosphere of tranquility.

This stillness formed an almost jarring contrast with the noise coming from the other side of the screen.

On the giant screen, although the image still occasionally flickered due to residual electromagnetic interference, it was generally clear now.

The background sound was the whistling sea wind above the South China Sea, and the booming voice of Lin Weiguo that he clearly couldn’t keep suppressed.

”Commander, can you hear me? Hello, hello? This terrible signal. I’ll definitely make those brats in the technical department write self-criticisms later. They dropped the ball at a critical moment. If this delays reporting good news to you, I swear I’ll kick their butts!”

Long Yi, sitting on the redwood sofa, stroked a Zisha teacup in his hand, a smile playing on his lips. He spoke back without much heat, ”Alright, Old Lin, stop shouting. Are you afraid the whole world won’t hear you showing off? I just ask you, have you rounded them all up?”

”Rounded them up! Absolutely! If even one is missing, I, Lin Weiguo, will twist my own head off for you to use as a ball!”

Hearing this, Lin Weiguo tilted the camera aside.

The view instantly zoomed out, revealing a string of damaged Western warships tethered by heavy towing cables in the background.

Those steel behemoths, once majestic and arrogant on the ocean, now looked like a bunch of eggplants battered by frost, their hulls listing, emitting black smoke, trailing dejectedly behind the Zhenhai ’Zhenhai Hao’ and eating its exhaust.

”Reporting to the Commander, all the ’illegal structures’ have been packed up for you and are being towed home. As for the lead foreman, George...” Lin Weiguo said this with a mischievous tone, deliberately lowering his voice as if sharing gossip with an old man at the village entrance, ”The military doctor just took a look. Besides some dehydration and mental confusion, he has no major issues. It’s just his pants... tsk tsk, they were soaked through, and the smell is quite strong. I was worried the flavor of that pickle brine would permanently mar the deck.”

Long Yi couldn’t help but laugh, scolding, ”You old fellow, not a single proper word comes out of your mouth. He was a Four-Star General, show him some Face.”

”Show him Face? Who shows me Face?” Lin Weiguo glared, then quickly shifted his expression to one of fervent excitement, ”Commander, you weren’t there to feel that shock! National Scholar Su’s move... it was divine!”

He held up his thumb: ”He slammed that golden wall onto the sea surface, and whatever so-called shockwaves, magma tsunamis—they were all suppressed without even making a sound! I’ve been a soldier my whole life, fought many battles, and never felt my backbone stand so straight!”

Lin Weiguo grew more animated as he spoke: ”Let me say it plainly, Commander. In the past, I, Old Lin, only respected you. Now I have to add one more. National Scholar Su’s ability—even calling him the ’Nation-Guarding Heavenly Master’ wouldn’t be an exaggeration!”

Su Yun, sitting on the side single sofa, was lowering his head, blowing the floating leaves off his tea. His hand paused slightly upon hearing this. He looked up with a faint, helpless smile.

”Commander Lin, please don’t praise me into a trap. It’s because our nation has deep foundations. I merely borrowed the flowers to offer to the Buddha, acting according to the situation.”

Hearing Su Yun’s voice, Lin Weiguo on the screen immediately dropped his playful demeanor, his tone becoming extremely respectful: ”National Scholar Su, you are too modest. If you hadn’t acted according to the situation, thousands of us might have ended up feeding the fish today. If you can’t bear that title, who in the entire world can?”

Seeing this, Long Yi tapped the table at the right moment, interrupting Lin Weiguo’s torrent of flattery: ”Alright, stop flattering him. Comrade Su Yun can hear you; it’s enough that he knows. Hurry up and bring the people back. Don’t linger out on the sea; avoid trouble brewing in the night.”

”Yes! I guarantee mission completion! We will deliver them back whole and sound!” Lin Weiguo snapped a military salute and immediately cut the communication.

The living room fell silent again.

Long Yi put down the Zisha cup, turned towards Su Yun, his smile deepening with a hint of teasing: ”Look at Lin Weiguo. He’s usually a proud man who respects no one. After fighting his whole life, in his old age, he’s become your little fanboy. I think if you ordered him right now to tear down The Pentagon, he’d charge to the front lines carrying explosives for you.”

Su Yun also thought about the change in Lin Weiguo’s attitude and shook his head with a gentle smile: ”Commander Lin has true character. Besides, if he hadn’t played his part in luring the enemy forward this time, I wouldn’t have had the chance to verify my skill.”

Saying this, Su Yun’s gaze drifted slightly, becoming unfocused.

The System panel, visible only to him, rippled open in the air like water waves.

[F-Rank Skill ”Sturdy Totem” is being released...]

[Judging... Talent ”Territory is Domain” intervenes.]

[Judgment passed. Current coverage area: 9.6 million square kilometers (and extended territorial waters area).]

[Detected skill energy level too low to match current range... Extracting historical foundation... Reshaping concept...]

[Skill mutation complete.]

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[National Cornerstone · The Great Wall of Ten Thousand Miles]

[Description: Starting from Lintao, extending to Liaodong, winding over ten thousand miles. It is a wall built of flesh and blood, the straight spine of a nation. Standing firm through millennia of wind and frost, protecting the Divine Land under the vast sky for eternity.]

[Effect: Passive trigger. When the national border suffers an attack (including but not limited to physical, energy, or Law levels), it automatically materializes as a concept-level barrier.]

[Defense Mechanism: Triggers the ”Peace and Prosperity” effect internally, absorbing all impact and shock, calming the fearful emotions of the citizens; triggers the ”Rejection” effect externally, absolutely blocking all damage judged as ”invasion,” until national fortune is exhausted.]

[Current Consumption: 10 Mana (deducted), Sustained Consumption: 0 (Compensated jointly by the faith of 1.4 billion citizens and the veins of mountains and rivers.)]

[Note: Where the Wall stands, the Nation stands. Want to enter? First ask if the ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers agree.]

Su Yun looked at the domineering note and couldn’t help but sigh inwardly.

This System thing, sometimes its words really have flair.

The upper limit of this skill wasn’t actually determined by his current Rank, but by how much history was buried beneath the land he stood on, and how much hot blood had flowed there.

The richer the history, the more indestructible this wall would become.

The so-called ”miracle” was merely the explosion of five thousand years of weight in a single instant.

”What are you thinking about?” Long Yi’s voice interrupted Su Yun’s thoughts.

The old man was observing Su Yun’s expression with keen interest, seemingly trying to read a flower blooming on the Face of the eighteen-year-old youth.

Su Yun snapped back to attention, lightly tapping the armrest of the sofa with his finger. The relaxed look on his Face slowly receded, replaced by a depth unfitting his age.

”Old Long, don’t you find it strange?”

”What’s strange?” Long Yi also dropped his smile, leaning slightly forward.

He understood Su Yun. Although this young man appeared gentle and easygoing usually, his heart held mountains and ravines; he would never speak without reason at a moment of celebration.

Su Yun pondered for a moment: ”The Eagle Nation’s probe, codenamed ’gods hammer’. In the second before it pierced the sea surface, my ’Cloud Dream Marsh’ Domain had already completely taken over the physical rules of that area. Logically, its oscillation program shouldn’t have had a chance to activate.”

”You mean...” Long Yi’s eyes narrowed, his hand holding the teacup freezing mid-air.