Chapter 628: If You

The General Headquarters of the Huaxia Federation is located in Shengjing.

The distance from Yilan City to Shengjing is slightly farther than from Yilan City to Changwu City.

But not by much.

The journey to Shengjing was not entirely safe.

The Great Earth Bear's danger sense had been strongly triggered once.

That was the true lethal threat.

Su Yang guessed it was either a King-tier apex beast or a Emperor-tier beast!

Occasionally, if they encountered Star Radiance-level or lower King-tier beasts, Su Yang would send his pet beasts to deal with them.

Just for practice.

It didn't waste much time, and Zhou Wanshan wouldn't mind.

After a journey filled with narrow escapes, they took over half a month to finally reach the border of Shengjing.

Before them stretched fields crisscrossed with paths and villages.

Farmers were harvesting grain.

And beast-tamers patrolling for threats.

Since ancient times, the Huaxia Federation has believed that strength lies in numbers.

After the Great Catastrophe, the federal government has always held that population is the most vital resource.

With population growth and expanded farmland, some civilians had to leave the cities and move into newly built towns and villages to cultivate surrounding fields.

As soon as Su Yang and the others drew near, they were spotted by a patrol team.

After seeing their military uniforms, they merely glanced at Su Yang and said nothing more.

Their duty was only to drive off beasts and guard against danger.

Half an hour later, Su Yang finally saw the capital of the Huaxia Federation—Shengjing.

The majestic city walls, built in classic Huaxia aesthetic, made Su Yang involuntarily sigh in awe.

Yet the dark cannon muzzles along the walls gave it a harsh, brutal appearance.

Zhou Wanshan shouted loudly: "Lieutenant Su, do you see the alert line outside the wall? Your pet beasts are not authorized to cross it—we must remain beyond the line."

"Understood!"

Su Yang saw that the alert line was about a thousand meters from the entrance of Shengjing's city gate.

Beast-tamers flying toward Shengjing's Ximen all obediently stopped beyond the alert line, dismissed their pets, and walked on foot toward the gate.

The Storm Eagle landed slowly on an open patch beyond the alert line; Zhou Wanshan and Liu Mengyun jumped down.

Su Yang stored the Storm Eagle and gazed at the Shengjing city wall a thousand meters away, slightly stirred.

He had only ever seen pictures of Shengjing in textbooks before.

Zhou Wanshan smiled and asked: "Lieutenant Su, Deputy Officer Liu, is this your first time in Shengjing?"

"Yes!"

Su Yang nodded.

Liu Mengyun said: "My father brought me here once when I was ten."

"I'm more familiar with this side—our Western Military Department has an office in Shengjing. Let's stay there!"

They walked along the pedestrian path toward Shengjing's Ximen.

Energy vehicles constantly zipped along the motor lanes.

The northwest also had energy vehicles, but nowhere near as widespread as in Shengjing.

At the Ximen, vehicles and pedestrians began lining up for inspection.

Zhou Wanshan led Su Yang and the others past the queue and directly approached a lieutenant colonel in charge of security.

No wonder it was Shengjing.

Even the gate guards were Platinum-level experts, lieutenant colonels.

The lieutenant colonel saluted Zhou Wanshan, then checked his credentials.

"Your credentials!"

Zhou Wanshan reminded him.

Su Yang and Liu Mengyun's credentials were flawless.

The problem lay with Su Yang.

The lieutenant colonel stared at Su Yang and asked: "You're Lieutenant Su, right? Could I see your face?"

Zhou Wanshan said: "Lieutenant Su was injured in battle!"

The lieutenant colonel insisted: "But, Colonel, it's my duty!"

Zhou Wanshan was about to speak again, but Su Yang raised his hand and shook his head, telling him to stop.

He came to Shengjing only to heal his injuries—he didn't want trouble.