Late at night.

The massive Yu Gong Plan had already entered its final stages.

Trucks were racing along the battered roads, transporting Celestial Shattered Iron day and night.

Fan Daping sat upright in the driver's seat, gripping the steering wheel tightly, cautiously driving the vehicle.

Under the headlights' illumination, the uneven road looked like it was filled with countless black holes.

Each black hole represented a dip in the road; the bigger the hole, the deeper the dip.

Fan Daping constantly turned the steering wheel, almost never pausing for a moment.

From a bird's-eye view, the path the truck wheels took avoided most of the holes.

This was evidence of the truck driver's exceptional driving skills.

A soldier, holding an assault rifle, sat in the passenger seat and couldn't help but say, "Old Fan, your driving skills are truly impressive."

This was the soldier responsible for accompanying the journey; his name was Zhang Shifeng, and his rank was corporal.

To ensure safety, the military had specifically arranged for a batch of soldiers to accompany the convoy, to guard against unexpected incidents on the way.

In addition to this,

the military had also set up checkpoints at intervals along the road.

Fan Daping's eyes never left the road as he smiled and said, "I've been driving trucks for over twenty years at Eastern Logistics Group, and I've never had an accident."

Zhang Shifeng gave a thumbs-up: "Awesome!"

He habitually glanced at the roadsides and curiously asked, "Old Fan, why did you sign up for the Yu Gong Plan?"

Fan Daping chuckled, "They said it's a crucial mission that could change the fate of the Great Xia Kingdom. They also offered a three-year salary bonus. Who wouldn't want to serve the country and make money at the same time?"

Zhang Shifeng asked again, "This mission carries certain risks; there was an accident just yesterday, and three drivers died. Aren't you afraid?"

Fan Daping's tone was calm: "I retired from the military, so this bit of danger is nothing."

The driver laughed again, "Besides, accidents happen with truck driving too, and people die. I've seen at least two dozen fellow truckers die in accidents over the years."

This optimistic and fearless attitude made the soldier give another thumbs up: "As expected of a veteran!"

Fan Daping laughed happily.

A few minutes later.

Ahead in the darkness, a series of red dots appeared.

They were all the taillights of trucks.

Fan Daping quickly tapped the brakes, frowning, "Looks like there's another traffic jam ahead."

Zhang Shifeng said, "I guess the road's been damaged again."

Fan Daping shook his head, "We'll just have to wait for the engineering team to fix it quickly!"

This road was of poor quality, and such incidents happened frequently.

It's not surprising to have traffic jams several or even a dozen times a day.

The two had long since become accustomed to it.

Fan Daping drove the truck slowly forward and joined the end of the convoy.

He pulled the handbrake, grabbed a pack of cigarettes, and turned to the soldier, "Want one to perk up?"

Zhang Shifeng nodded, "Sure!"

Fan Daping handed over the cigarette pack and opened the window with his left hand.

At that moment.

"Whoosh~"

A gust of chilly cold qi rushed in through the gap.

Fan Daping shivered and cursed softly, "Damn, why is it so cold?"

Zhang Shifeng said, "The command center issued a notice during the day, saying there would be a big temperature drop tonight."

Fan Daping rolled the window up a bit, incredulous, "I feel like it's dropped to about five degrees. Shapudian is a tropical area; how could it drop so much?"

Zhang Shifeng wasn't surprised, "There are disasters everywhere nowadays; it wouldn't be strange if it even snowed here."

As soon as he finished speaking.

"Woo~"

A cold wind swept through.

"Bang! Bang!"

The window glass suddenly made several sounds, like sand hitting the glass.

Fan Daping glanced at it, "What's that?"

Zhang Shifeng looked down at his wrist, his face full of surprise, "It seems to be really snowing."

He raised his right hand, "A snowflake just drifted in through the window and landed on my hand."

Fan Daping leaned closer and, under the vehicle's interior lighting, vaguely saw a transparent ice crystal.

The driver clicked his tongue in wonder, "It really is a snowflake. You actually guessed right!"

"Bang! Bang!"

The knocking sounds became more frequent.

Through the light of the headlights, you could see patches of shadows passing rapidly.

Zhang Shifeng stared ahead, "This snowfall is not small. It seems to be mixed with a lot of hail."

Fan Daping decided not to smoke, "It's really something to see snow in the tropics. I'm going to take a look."

He opened the door and jumped out of the driver's seat.

Zhang Shifeng extinguished the cigarette and closed the window; it wasn't that he didn't want to smoke, but it was simply too cold with the window open.

During the escort, unless encountering an emergency, the soldiers accompanying the convoy were not allowed to leave the driver's seat—this was the rule from above.

After five seconds.

The door was opened.

Fan Daping climbed back up, his face contorted, "It's damn cold outside, like the deep winter."

He opened his right hand and said, "I just grabbed a bit of snow, and I feel this snowflake is odd."

Zhang Shifeng asked, "Odd how?"

Fan Daping said, "Shine your flashlight on it."

Zhang Shifeng took out a tactical flashlight, turned it on, and aimed it at the driver's palm. A beam of light instantly lit up the hand.

And there it was.

It was a triangular snowflake.

There are many hollow patterns in the middle, looking quite exquisite.

Fan Daping exclaimed immediately: "Holy crap!"

Zhang Shifeng was a bit puzzled: "What's wrong?"

Fan Daping's tone was somewhat excited: "Last year our family traveled north, while enjoying the snow scenery, my son told me something.

"I remember he said that water molecules are composed of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms, so water molecules can arrange themselves into hexagons when cooling.

"That's why the snowflakes on the Canglan Star all have hexagonal structures."

Zhang Shifeng finally understood: "These snowflakes are really abnormal?!"

Fan Daping nodded emphatically: "Of course!"

This driver let his imagination run wild: "According to my son's theory, this upsets the basic physical rules, and this affair might be related to the Primordial World."

The Primordial World is no secret to ordinary people, various media talk about it every day, so Fan Daping immediately thought of the Primordial World.

Zhang Shifeng glanced at the snowflakes, feeling slightly baffled.

This sergeant vaguely sensed that some major change might have occurred.

But he was merely a regular soldier, accustomed to following orders, and didn't know how to handle such a situation.

The two of them looked at each other, a bit confused for a moment.

After two seconds.

Zhang Shifeng finally had an idea: "I'll report this matter to the higher-ups immediately."

He picked up the communicator, pressed a button, just about to speak.

Suddenly, an accident occurred.

A figure emitting red light suddenly descended from the sky, silently landing in front.

From the outline, it appeared to be a human figure.

Yet, red brilliance surged around him, faint flames seemed to be burning.

Fan Daping, witnessing this scene, felt his hair stand on end, could not resist yelling: "Mother!"

In the pitch-black night, in the wilderness, such a flaming figure suddenly falling from the sky was indeed terrifying.

Zhang Shifeng dropped the communicator, quickly raised the assault rifle, aiming at the fiery silhouette ahead.

The fiery silhouette stood still for a second, glowing like rippling water, appearing mysterious and formidable.

At this moment.

Zhang Shifeng's mind flashed countless thoughts.

He finally made up his mind: "Fire!"

Recently, many incidents have occurred, leading to dozens of soldiers' deaths, so the higher-ups issued orders that if a threat is judged, they can shoot directly.

This sergeant felt the fiery silhouette appeared uninvited and blocked the vehicle transporting Celestial Shattered Iron, almost certainly an enemy.

If it were an ally, they would have identified themselves ahead of time, why act so intrusively?

Zhang Shifeng knew that the fiery silhouette was evidently a powerful Superpower User; if he shot, he would surely be killed by him.

But he knew he was a Great Xia Soldier, responsible for protecting Celestial Shattered Iron, and must act even if there was danger.

Zhang Shifeng turned to the driver, shouted: "Quickly lie down!"

Fan Daping uttered an "Ah" and subconsciously complied.

Zhang Shifeng urgently said: "No matter what happens next, stay hidden here, do you understand?"

Fan Daping nodded cluelessly: "Understood!"

With a mindset of "the wind is bleak near the Yi River," Zhang Shifeng pushed open the car door and jumped down.

If he fired inside the car, the enemy would definitely attack the vehicle, endangering the driver's life.

As a Great Xia Soldier, he upheld the steadfast creed of protecting the people and would certainly not do such a thing.

"Bang!"

Zhang Shifeng landed with both feet, rolled over once, dissipating the impact from jumping down.

He flipped up, kneeled on one leg, adjusted the gun angle, and directly pulled the trigger.

"Ta-da! Ta-da!"

Flames spewed from the gun barrel.

In the next moment.

Zhang Shifeng was astonished.

He clearly saw that the burst of bullets shot out was actually floating around the fiery silhouette.

Zhang Shifeng's heart sank deeply.

It's over!

But he gritted his teeth and pulled the trigger again.

"Ta-da! Ta-da!"

At this moment.

The stopped heavy truck suddenly started, charging at the fiery figure fiercely.

Zhang Shifeng was stunned for a moment, turned to look at the truck, and cursed loudly: "Fan Daping, get the hell out of here!"

Then.

Zhang Shifeng saw an even more astonishing scene.

The fiery silhouette slowly raised a hand, pushed it towards the heavy truck in the air.

"Pa!"

A muffled sound came from the air.

A visible shockwave appeared.

With shock, Zhang Shifeng saw the heavy truck as if encountering an invisible force resisting it; although the engine roared, it couldn't advance even a millimeter.

This soldier no longer had doubts that this was a Superpower User exerting a Power to block the truck.

And with a mere push, he controlled a heavy truck of tens of tons, truly overturning his understanding.

He had seen many Superpower Users in the army and heard about many supernatural incidents; he clearly understood that this opponent might be among the top-tier Superpower Users.

Zhang Shifeng steeled his resolve, discarded the firearm, drew a military knife, and prepared to rush in for melee combat.

A Great Xia Soldier would die with no regrets!

He had barely run two steps when a voice full of helplessness rang in his ears.

"Why are you two so bloodthirsty? I am a Great Xia Ghost; I have no hostility towards you."

Zhang Shifeng was dumbfounded instantly.

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