Chapter 1: A Leap of One Hundred Years

  Chapter 1: A Leap of One Hundred Years

  "Jump, jump—"

  As Meng Yao's urgent voice commands echoed, the companions of the 15th Airborne Army directly under the Central Cluster disappeared in an instant beneath a sea of white clouds. Now, except for the flight crew, the only one left in the vast cabin of the Yun-8 modified aircraft was a person staring at Meng Yao with a strange smile.

  "Next, jump!"

  Meng Yao's face didn't change color as he drank the order, at the same time taking off the safety hook.

  "Only us two left now, don't be so serious, let's have a smile first."

  The man with a strange smile refused to remove the safety belt hanging from his head, and continued to make faces at him. This little guy was none other than Cao Feibiao, also known as "One Book Daoist". The so-called "One Book Daoist" referred to this kid's habit of only reading books about time-travel since he joined the army. He would snub even the most acclaimed literary masterpieces if they weren't about time-travel. This focus, dedication, and passion were truly one-of-a-kind. Fortunately, this kid hadn't fallen in love yet, so he dared to shout every day that he wanted to time-travel. He had once wildly declared that on a certain day this year, he would follow his beloved brother Meng Yao and their special forces unit to time-travel to the battlefield of the War of Resistance against Japan, a place that made one's blood boil with excitement and heart ache at the same time.

  Meng Yao was too lazy to bother with him. This kind of nonsense was not even on the same level as him. Heh heh, nowadays, he was no longer just daydreaming, but secretly indulging in his own fantasies. So, in his assault camp, even his partner, Instructor Lu Tao, didn't know that he spent every day silently immersed in his own white daydreams, imagining himself and his airborne assault camp roaming freely among countless mountains and cities, coldly wiping out one enemy after another from his sight.

  This feeling is great, often making people involuntarily smile with satisfaction. And this smile that often appears at the corner of one's mouth is most refreshing when it suddenly brings about the largest full-scale, actual combat, cross-regional joint military exercise in the new era. Buying a cake, isn't this equivalent to experiencing a great patriotic war? Although the opponent is still the invincible Blue Army, but with real knives and guns, it's just this one time. Grandma's, he can imagine with his eyes closed that this exercise is not only for himself but also to show those idiots who often make small moves in front of him that my long-range mobile strike power is no longer a flower in a vase - it's not just for decoration anymore.

  It can be imagined that after hearing the drill command, the person who laughed the most brightly must have been Cao Feibiao. Until yesterday, when Meng Yao, representing the camp, finished assigning tasks and combat essentials, Cao Feibiao suddenly grabbed him excitedly, blurting out a sentence like a ventriloquist: "Boss, I have to tell you something, we're about to break through, you must make all preparations, this whole battalion of brothers is counting on you."

  "Uh-huh," Meng Yao responded casually, pinching Cao Fei Biao's extremely stiff muscles all over his body, staring at him seriously and saying: "Like this, Biaozi, tomorrow during the airdrop operation you tell your reconnaissance squad, you and I will be in the same group, we'll go through together to that place you mentioned."

  As soon as Cao Feibiao heard the word "crossing", his eyes sparkled with starlight, and he didn't notice the absurdity of this command that clearly didn't match the exercise regulations. Before he ran away, he kept reminding Meng Yao, because they were going to cross over, they should bring at least ten times the amount of ammunition, supplies, equipment, and medicine. "You know, with our battalion's number of people, we'll definitely need to develop armed forces after crossing over, this is for them to prepare. Also, what training outline, tactical exercises, can be brought, the more the better. And now, various mature technical materials should also be searched and prepared."

  "You're not afraid of choking to death." Lu Tao, who had been silent all along, couldn't bear it anymore and suddenly said a sentence that was completely inconsistent with his identity as an instructor.

  "We didn't die from choking, aren't we paratroopers? We have a ready-made labor force." Cao Feibiao chuckled.

  As soon as Cao Feibiao disappeared, Lu Tao's face turned stern and he called out "Meng Yao". He was intercepted by Meng Yao. He knew what he wanted to say, and even more so, according to the rules, he should have immediately excluded Cao Feibiao from the exercise team without hesitation. But, but...

  Meng Yao finally made up his mind, raised his eyes and stared at Lu Tao, saying only one sentence: "Tao'er, you also heard that tomorrow this kid won't be in his reconnaissance team, he'll be tied to my belt, I guarantee it."

  "This won't set a precedent." Lu Tao also fell into deep thought for a long time, before slowly squeezing out these few words. He then let out a sigh and said: "Alright, I'll go to the first plane, and be the first one down."

  Brother, what is brother?

  Looking at Lu Tao's back, Meng Yao knew he was truly lucky to have met his best partner. Now, he needed to focus all his attention on carefully checking Cao Feibiao's parachute equipment. At the moment, Cao Feibiao was a confused mess, and one small mistake could lead to big trouble.

  Looking at Meng Yao, who was tirelessly demonstrating the movements, Cao Feibiao, who had already lost his patience, finally couldn't bear it and walked towards the exit. Meng Yao could only look him up and down, emphasizing in a serious tone: "I'll repeat it again, focus your mind, pay attention to the key points of the movement, I'm right behind you."

  "Don't worry," Cao Feibiao grinned, suddenly shouting in his ear, "Boss, hurry up, next we'll meet again on the battlefield against Japan."

  As Cao Feibiao's figure jumped out and became smaller, a pair of large hands also quietly landed on Meng Yao's backpack. He turned his head to look, and it was the team leader Yu Dongfang. Thinking that everyone had jumped down, he felt a bit more at ease, so he came out to take a stroll. As an old paratrooper, he knew some pilots' habits, and strolling around when there was nothing to do showed a high level of skill. However, for him, this wasn't a good thing.

  Meng Yao couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, as Yu Dongfang stuffed two packs of Great Wall cigarettes into his backpack. He opened his eyes wide and said: "I know you're busy leading troops, so I'm sure you don't have enough ammo. Consider this my bad luck - I'll give you my cigarettes first. Hmph! If it weren't for the fact that you need to be mobile for two weeks this time, I'd definitely hit you on the head for Lili's sake."

  "You really have to say goodbye to Lili for me, time is indeed too tight." Meng Yao shook his head with some regret, and the charming eyes of Lili floated before him.

  "What nonsense, it's not like we're parting ways forever, what's the point of saying goodbye? If something comes up, come back and talk to her yourself." Yu Dongfang scolded angrily, really wanting to slap him. He turned his head, but Meng Yao was nowhere to be seen. "Hey, you little rascal——" he could only shout at the empty cabin door in disappointment: "Remember to pack more of the Blue Army's dumplings, don't waste the extra things I prepared for you."

  He thought of this and secretly laughed to himself. For the sake of a bright future, where he could eat his fill and wear warm clothes, as the leader of the base, this small corruption was still acceptable. Just thinking about it, not far away, an Il-2 seemed to have heard his inner voice, flapping its wings vigorously. There weren't many things inside, but there were enough; with such a big belly, the things that could be spat out would still be enough to make that little brat dizzy for a while.

  Chapter 2: Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals

  "Xiao Hua, go take a look at the front mountain, what's making that rumbling noise, is it going to thunder and rain again?"

  Xiao Hua looked out at the sun shining brightly outside, dazzling her eyes, without a hint of rain. But she glanced at her brother's angry face and uttered an "oh" before rushing out.

  All the way, the rumbling sound never stopped. Xiaohua was too lazy to lift her head again. Anyway, it's either raining or the government soldiers or another mountain is going to fight again, looking at it is useless. Now she just wants to pinch off a piece of leaves with all her might, twist them in her hands, or trample the grass on the ground fiercely, making them no longer hold their heads high. It's unfair, God is really unfair, we've all hidden in the mountains, made a gesture of lowering our heads, what else do you want us to do? Just occasionally go down the mountain to grab some grain from the landlord, not grabbing people, not bullying poor people like us, do you need to bully us so much? Without land or money, can't we just starve to death with our eyes open?

  Xiao Hua panted, couldn't help but turn her head to take a glance, looking for her younger brother, but he seemed to have disappeared. Alas, poor sister, having to worry about others coming to fight and taking care of so many people's mouths to feed, if it were me, I'd be worried to death. Just as she was thinking this, she wanted to sit down in the grass heap to catch her breath, when suddenly Lin Er Gou came running over with a whoosh, and then ran past with another whoosh.

  "Hey," Xiaohua shouted loudly, and then suddenly found that the people in the village seemed to have all come out at once. They were like they had been cast with a petrifying spell, stupidly tilting their necks upwards, and the fire tongs in their hands were also thrown behind their heads.

  Isn't it a ghost that appeared in broad daylight? Xiaohua thought, and when she looked closely, she suddenly covered her mouth with an "ah" sound and sat down on the ground with a thud.

  "Oh my god, it's really a ghost!" Xiaohua felt like crying but couldn't. She could only shake her head vigorously, staring fixedly at one place, although she didn't dare to look, yet somehow following the crowd's gaze, even losing the strength to stand up, only knowing how to open her mouth wide and stare with goosebumps at thing after thing falling from the sky.

  "No, it's not a ghost, it's an immortal, an immortal descending to the mortal world, an immortal manifesting its spirit."

  "It seems like, it seems like the Mountain God has come down."

  "Let your dog fart, it's the Thunder God, haven't you seen that they're still emitting flames?"

  Listening to the low, muffled quarrels around her, Xiaohua suddenly had an idea. Ah, wait a minute, Xiangdi is still alone at home, I'd better hurry and call her over.

  Stumbling and staggering, she ran halfway before finally being able to see the small cottage again. However, Xiaohua felt her body trembling more and more violently. In the end, she simply knelt down with a thud, burying her head deep in her arms. Good heavens! How did she suddenly run right into someone's face, almost crashing into them? This person in front of her, who seemed both divine and human, what kind of sacred being were they that could appear before her eyes in an instant?

  "Run, sister, run!" Luckily, Xiaohua buried her head and could still hear that she had finally shouted like this, even if she died, it would be worth it for her sister who was waiting for her brother.

  But it seems like that's not right either, after waiting for a long time, why didn't they come over to eat with her?

  Xiao Hua plucked up the courage, took a peek from her sleeve, and suddenly found that the courage had returned a bit. Look, it seems to be not some kind of monster, although it's quite strange, but it seems more like a human being. You see, he has two legs, constantly pedaling on the ground, as if afraid of falling over. Right, he was also using his two arms to pull hard at that pile of things that looked like clouds and big umbrellas, as if very angry that they were entwining him.

  Finally, he came out.

  Like watching a play, the little flower couldn't help but let out a sigh, as if that pile of cumbersome things was tied to its own body.

  Oh no, he's coming!

  Xiao Hua suddenly tensed up all over again.

  "You, don't come over here! We're bandits, and we're very fierce!" Xiaohua shouted out in an attempt to intimidate the other side.

  It's okay, the other party really stopped. However, he seemed to be laughing. What is he laughing at? Xiaohua suddenly became flustered and frantically searched her own body while hearing her own heartbeat. She saw clearly now. This strange person, although his appearance was scary with a face smeared with soot, but his teeth were really white. Why, why would he deliberately smear his face with soot?

  She stared blankly for a moment, and suddenly saw the other person smiling, with their eyes fixed on her face, but facing her wrist and saying a sentence: "All units attention, all units attention, please respond if heard, please respond if heard. Over."

  "Are you talking to me?" Xiaohua asked hesitantly and timidly.

  The other party's teeth flashed brightly for a moment, and then changed to a more gentle tone of voice and asked: "You just said that you and they are bandits, is that true?"

  There's nothing to hide, Xiaohua nodded, "We're bandits."

  "Oh," the other party was clearly not surprised at all, just nodded slightly and said, "It's okay, since we're here, let's make the most of it. Since history has chosen us, let's write a chapter in history."

  Xiao Hua was completely bewildered and couldn't help but stare with wide eyes. He, what he said she just couldn't understand.

  "Oh, right," Xiaohua suddenly remembered the people floating down from all over the mountain, they should be with him, looking at him looking around everywhere, he must be looking for them. "Over there, and over there, there are many people like you who floated down from the sky, if you climb up that hill, you can find them."

  "Really?" The other person's eyes lit up and smiled at her, "Thank you, can you tell me what this place is and what year it is now?"

  Xiao Hua shook her head, unable to resist the urge to reach out and touch him. Not for any other reason, she just wanted to feel with her own hands the things on his body, and she felt that her brain was not enough. "You... you're really a person who fell from the sky, not a god. If you're not a god, why didn't you die from the fall?"

  "This question," the other person seemed to scratch their hair in distress, then suddenly raised their chin and smiled. "You tell me first, I'll answer you slowly."

  "Oh," Xiaohua suddenly looked down in embarrassment, "I have to ask my sister before I can tell you."

  "Your sister, what does she do? Is she also a bandit?"

  Xiao Hua suddenly detected some flavors, strange and yet couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong with them. Was he... wasn't he despising people? Xiao Hua hesitated, then was startled by him all of a sudden. Good heavens, how could his body also talk?!

  "I am Meng Yao, repeat, I am Meng Yao. All units approach me immediately." He said, raising his hand to look at something on top, then shouted again in an unknown direction: "Direction 321, sector 1800 hours, direction 321, sector 1800 hours, finished."

  His name was Meng Yao. This is his nickname, sounds good. Xiaohua was thinking, when suddenly a grunt came from beside her ear: "Buying cake, really didn't think that after crossing over this guy would still be useful."

  "What did you say?" Xiaohua felt a wave of dizziness.

  "Oh, nothing, just talking to myself." Meng Yao said, looking at Xiaohua with concern, stretching out his hand in front of him and quickly withdrawing it. "What's wrong, are you okay?"

  Xiao Hua shook her head, and her stomach growled again with a rumble of emptiness.

  "Go ahead and eat, this thing is delicious. Try it, I guarantee it's not poison." Suddenly, in front of Xiaohua, a colorful object appeared out of nowhere, looking like a green sugar cube, square-shaped, slightly smaller than the palm of her hand. Xiaohua stared at it for a while, then suddenly turned around and said, "Let's go, I'll take you to meet my sister, she knows everything, she's our tribe leader."

  "Interesting, really interesting," Meng Yao's face flashed a strange smile. "That rascal Biaozi definitely wouldn't have thought that we'd actually cross over into the Women's Country, and even the chieftain is a woman."

  "We're not girls," Xiaohua suddenly protested, "In our village, we are just a few big sisters."

  Meng Yao was also taken aback, then burst out laughing, "You're not the one who asks sister everything? I thought you knew what a female country is! Then I apologize to you, please don't mind. Oh right, what's your name, this should be tellable, right?"

  "Little flower." Little flower responded with her mouth, but her eyes suddenly flew to a very distant place. Good heavens, why does he always smile in a way that's so captivating?

  ;