[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse":3,"chapter-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-142":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","From Special Forces to the Multiverse",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315192,4527,"Chapter 142: Can't Afford to Lose","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-142",142,"\u003Cp>In this battle, they have assembled all the elite forces of the nation; if they lose, the revolutionary army will unhesitatingly seize Zhongdu from Hebei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, they have discerned the revolutionary army’s intent: to besiege Zhongdu and force the Jin garrisons elsewhere to send reinforcements, allowing other revolutionary forces to expand their bases—this strategy has already succeeded, as Henan and the Qi-Lu lands now lie entirely in their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a few days ago, the southern frontier troops reported that the Song state in the south is stirring restlessly, and the Mongols in the west have massed troops along the border; even if they win this battle, several grueling fights still lie ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they lose, the Great Jin will either lose all of central China and retreat to the northeast, or face total annihilation; they know full well what they have done to the Han people over the past century, and with the Han’s hatred for them, they will not let the Jurchens survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They cannot afford to lose this war; at this moment, the Wanyan clan, which had been divided for a century, united as never before, and every officer embraced the resolve to fight to the death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It must be said that the Jurchen people always unleash an unimaginable cohesion and combat power at moments of national peril.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it is a great pity that, whether in the original timeline or this one, their enemies are terrifyingly strong; in the original timeline, they faced the Mongol cavalry that swept across Eurasia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this timeline, they face a group of people with cheat codes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the Jin officers believe they cannot afford to lose this battle, then every single one of the revolutionary army’s two hundred thousand soldiers believes the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days ago, they learned of the Jin army’s scorched-earth strategy and the horrific fate of the slaughtered villages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Comrade instructor, I will kill those reactionaries to avenge my wife and children,” a soldier roared at the pre-deployment assembly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just moments before, when the instructor described the massacre in the village, he froze on the spot, tears streaming down his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t that slaughtered village the one where he was born and raised? Wasn’t the pregnant woman with her belly slit open his own wife?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yesterday, he had still been thinking about what name to give his unborn son—then came this terrible news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor sighed and looked at the soldier: “Comrade, calm down first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t calm down, instructor! My home is gone—my parents who raised me, my wife who lived with me, my unborn son—all murdered by those dog-born landlords and gentry!” The soldier collapsed to his knees, sobbing uncontrollably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instructor sighed and spoke sternly to the soldier: “Comrade, stand up. As a soldier, especially a revolutionary soldier, you must not sink into despair now—you must rise, take up your weapon, and overthrow those reactionaries, so they know the proletariat cannot be bullied, and those who bully us will lose their heads.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You are not without a home—the People’s Revolutionary Army, the People’s Government—they are your home. All your comrades who train and fight beside you to overthrow the reactionaries are your family. Your hatred is our revolutionary army’s hatred. Ask the comrades behind you: should we avenge the blood of our slaughtered villages?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We must avenge it!” The entire company shouted in unison, their voices thick with hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each of them had suffered losses similar to this soldier’s; they naturally felt his pain as their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If such a thing happened to them, how unbearable the grief would be—they could not allow it to happen to their own hometowns, to their own families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To prevent this, they must win this battle, annihilate every Jin soldier, and kill the landlords and gentry who ordered “burn the thatch, cut the stones, and change the people’s bloodline”—they must use the heads of those landlords to honor their dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hatred of two hundred thousand revolutionary soldiers converged in an instant; at this moment, every revolutionary soldier shared the same righteous fury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, inside the Jin army camp, veteran soldiers gorged themselves at the pot, knowing battle was imminent and this meal might be their last; yet among the veterans, a few remained calm and unhurried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This puzzled their comrades who were wolfing down their food; one of them, still eating, asked: “Big Eye, we’re heading into battle soon—if you don’t hurry, you won’t even finish your last meal!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dayan waved his hand: “No rush, no rush, Li Gouer, just eat fast yourself.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Gouer, who knew Wang Dayan never passed up a chance to take advantage, realized this man must have a way to survive the battlefield—he put down his bowl and chopsticks and gave a glance to several fellow villagers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The villagers understood and surrounded Wang Dayan, watching him with warm, friendly expressions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Faced with these kindly stares, Wang Dayan broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly said: “Big brothers, don’t get rough—I’ll tell you what I know, but you mustn’t spread it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, our lips are sealed,” Li Gouer waved dismissively, reassuring Wang Dayan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Dayan glanced around, motioned for them to lean in, then whispered carefully: “I’ll tell you—the revolutionary army treats prisoners well. When the battle comes, we just surrender.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The men’s faces turned cold; they immediately moved to teach Wang Dayan a lesson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brothers, this kid’s fooling us like idiots—we’ve got to give him a beating,” Li Gouer rolled up his sleeves, ready to pound Wang Dayan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who in this age would believe “good treatment of prisoners”? That’s just a lie to make you lay down your arms—then you’re at their mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not lying! I swear! The revolutionary army really does treat prisoners well—they have rules: clean, spacious quarters, enough food, no more than four hours of labor per day, no beating or yelling at prisoners—that’s their policy, I’m not lying!” Wang Dayan was near tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then why do they do it?” Li Gouer asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They say they’re liberating the poor masses of the world. We conscripts, all of us, are part of the working people—so they can’t abuse prisoners,” Wang Dayan blurted out the words at his fastest speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Li Gouer, you mustn’t tell anyone about this—if the Jin find out, they’ll execute me to raise the battle flag,” Wang Dayan stammered—but Li Gouer didn’t respond.\u003C\u002Fp>",1062,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d93fe22e3bf2e87fe8ab42efa33deb8976182deb97b345b3659b3ad44467eaeb","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-143","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-141",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]