[{"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-42":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},2315092,4527,"Chapter 42: Parting","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-42",42,"\u003Cp>“What are you doing? Are you talking nonsense? Is the army yours or mine? The army belongs to the state, to the people.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, Miao Lian turned solemnly to the entire company and delivered his final address:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The state and the people appointed me as company commander, so I will be a good one.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in a low voice, he continued: “If the state and the people no longer want me as company commander, I will obey orders.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Obey orders. Do you understand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miao Lian shouted loudly to the whole company, then picked up his luggage and headed for the train station.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There, he found Doghead Lao Gao and Guo Jing waiting for him; Miao Lian walked up and scolded Guo Jing and the others:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What are you doing here? Don’t you fear disrupting training?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing scratched his head, grinning foolishly, and replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t worry, Miao Lian, we won’t disrupt training—we’ve already requested leave from the battalion commander.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doghead Lao Gao, watching Miao Lian prepare to leave, struggled to hold back tears, determined not to lose composure in front of his juniors—but he found he couldn’t stop himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After pressing their foreheads together, Doghead Lao Gao wiped his tears and choked out: “There’s still one thing missing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he handed Miao Lian the sunglasses he was holding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miao Lian smiled bitterly: “Would I look good wearing these?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’d look great in them. Only you would.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doghead Lao Gao shouted through his sobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Miao Lian reached to take off the sunglasses, Doghead Lao Gao shouted loudly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t take them off. Put them on.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doghead grabbed Miao Lian in a tight embrace and burst into uncontrollable sobs like a child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Doghead Lao Gao weeping before them, Xiao Zhuang and the others stared in disbelief; during this time, they’d believed their devilish instructor had no emotions—otherwise, how could he be so cruel?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today’s events told them they were wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man had feelings. He could cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For men like him, tears rarely came from pain or suffering—they more often came from loss or departure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every man here considered himself a tough guy, yet at this moment, none could hold back their tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing realized that at the moment of parting, he simply couldn’t stop crying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, the men embraced Miao Lian in tears, then watched as he boarded the train and departed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doghead Lao Gao turned back to the weeping group and laughed: “Alright, we’ve all cried our hearts out here—let’s call it a shared humiliation. Nobody mocks anyone else. Let’s go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lao Pao and the others wiped their tears and returned to camp to resume training; none of them would speak of today’s events.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back at camp, Guo Jing stared at Miao Lian’s contact information, lost in thought: Miao Lian had left the company to become chief of the narcotics division—he had spent his whole life fighting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had spent his entire life always ready.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Doghead Lao Gao had taught him how to fight, then Miao Lian had taught him how to be a soldier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A soldier who spent his life steadfastly fighting—Guo Jing’s gaze grew resolute: If the state and the people have appointed me as commander of this special forces team, then I will be a good commander.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew by; during this period, Guo Jing learned much about the Ma family from Miao Lian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He then uploaded the information to the group chat, but the data was too sparse—the breakthrough still lay with Ma Qitong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the annual military exercise was approaching; to counter the Red Army’s Wolf’s Teeth Battalion, the Blue Army specially recruited Lei Keming, commander of the Black Tiger Special Forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang knew this man was ruthless—his strength and strategy far surpassed Doghead Lao Gao’s, since in the plot, Doghead Lao Gao was captured by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his first deep-penetration mission, he eliminated thirty-two enemy soldiers, destroyed an enemy arms depot, and successfully retrieved the heads of fallen comrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, the four of them met again to plan for the Spring Thunder military exercise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang: “This Spring Thunder exercise is crucial—not just to win the competition, but more importantly, to win Ma Qitong’s favor and see who she falls for at first sight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang: “For safety’s sake, we should bring Xiao Zhuang along. If Ma Qitong doesn’t like any of us, there’s nothing we can do, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing: “Fine. Whoever she falls for, that’s the one who carries out the hero-saves-beauty plan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Xiaofan: “I agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Chu’an: “I agree too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing everyone agree, Nie Huaishang was overjoyed inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He truly felt dating was not his thing—whether from his own experience or otherwise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Few women had ever shown interest in him; his profession was acting and directing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought Guo Jing and Zhang Xiaofan had a better chance, since both had girls who liked them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ma Qitong fell for either of them, he wouldn’t be able to escape anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For them, defeating Lei Keming was secondary in this Spring Thunder operation—wooing Ma Qitong was the main goal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I wonder if Lei Keming would spit blood if he knew their real intentions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, above all, they believed no exercise, no matter how important, could compare to real combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, they already knew from the plot how Xiao Zhuang and the others annihilated Lei Keming: seize control of the Blue Army’s air command system, issue orders to redirect Blue Army pilots to bomb their own special forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the decapitation strike should go to Zhang Chu’an—he’s the strongest fighter. If that bullet hits the heart, Xiao Zhuang would die for nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The background of this Spring Thunder military exercise: the enemy’s powerful navy, army, and air force have landed on the Red Army’s coastal regions; the Red Army is forced into homeland defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To avoid the Blue Army’s omnipresent reconnaissance, the Red Army used no vehicles to enter the combat zone—instead, they chose foot marches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a sudden invasion: on a certain morning, the Blue Army’s powerful combined amphibious forces launched a surprise attack on the Red Army.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of Red Army special operators were unquestionably stranded behind enemy lines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, if not for knowing the plot, Guo Jing could never have imagined how they could possibly win.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under these conditions, Guo Jing and Nie Huaishang instructed their respective teams: break into small units, fight independently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two teams then formed pairs and began disguising themselves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this time, each group launched their own unconventional operations: Tuyang disguised himself as a ragpicker and infiltrated the mess hall to drug the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Zhenhua and Shi Dafan disguised themselves as paratroopers and infiltrated the paratrooper division headquarters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhang Chu’an and Guo Jing and the others disguised themselves as backpackers and approached Ma Qitong’s group—but during an argument with that pretty boy, they noticed Ma Qitong looked at them as if they were strangers, so they left on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guo Jing: “Nie Huaishang, Zhang Chu’an and I are out of luck—you and Zhang Xiaofan have to go after her now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang: “Zhang Xiaofan and I will try our best—if it fails, we’ll let Xiao Zhuang go.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Huaishang truly wasn’t cut out for dating.\u003C\u002Fp>",1206,"2026-06-20T13:48:22.834Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5f1ecd0d79371151bea7c0192b49f4016df56ff9823e0858329d77832a631344","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-43","from-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-chapter-41",205,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Ffrom-special-forces-to-the-multiverse-cover.jpg"]