Chapter 1960: Year-End Assembly (6)

Lu Yibing grew more and more impassioned as she spoke.

Not in expression, but in tone.

She also realized the problem.

"Sigh… I said too much again.

"After all, we humans had a glorious past in history, but now… forget it…

"Let's return to the chart.

"Please note, this chart is only information we've summarized based on current intelligence; the actual situation will certainly differ, and may even differ greatly.

"So these figures are for reference only; please don't copy them wholesale or believe them blindly.

"Finally, I want to say…

"I know I'm a thorn in many people's eyes, and I've been the target of multiple assassinations.

"But I'm still alive.

"And living very well.

"Thanks to your assassination attempts, I gained several more pieces of key intelligence and rooted out dozens of moles.

"Everyone is welcome to keep trying to assassinate me!

"Alright, that's all I have to say.

"May the World-Breaking Army grow ever stronger, and may the damned werewolves and nobles be wiped out one day sooner.

"I also wish everyone a great leap in strength in the new year.

"Thank you all."

Thunderous applause broke out.

Amid the applause, Lu Yibing quickly stepped down and sat in the front row, next to the seat beside Li Ruanyu.

Su Qin sighed: "What a cool sister."

Zhao Chi agreed: "Indeed, she's clearly not a combat-type lord, yet I feel her words carry real power."

Su Qin asked softly: "Tell me, since she's not a combat-type lord, how did she defend against those assassination attempts?"

"She herself isn't combat-type, but her subordinate heroes definitely include combat-types, and her soldiers probably aren't weak either. Plus she must be under the World-Breaking Army's protection—intelligence operatives are usually hidden. Since she dared to show herself in public, she must have very thorough protection."

"Oh, that's true."

While they were talking, Captain-General Guan Zhiyong walked up.

"Thank you Vice Captain-General Lu for the summary. Intelligence operatives face the greatest danger; they often work alone deep inside enemy territory, and are isolated and without support most of the time. This year we lost over a hundred outstanding intelligence operatives—a tremendous loss for the entire World-Breaking Army. Let's give another round of applause for all our comrades responsible for intelligence, and thank them."

Applause broke out again.

Lu Yibing's expression remained unchanged; she only let out a faint sigh.

Guan Zhiyong continued:

"This year is rather special; we're still in wartime, so many of the usual segments have to be cut.

"Next, please welcome Vice Captain-General Gu to announce the mission rankings for this month and for the entire year for each squadron.

"Of course, each of our squadrons is in different circumstances, and their personnel composition differs as well.

"Some squadrons only recently joined, and some have very few members, so a direct comparison would certainly show huge gaps.

"Squadrons ranked lower, don't get upset—there are still a series of awards based on individual performance and other factors to come.

"Let's welcome Vice Captain-General Gu!"

Applause broke out.

Gu Zhan walked up to the stage and laughed:

"I originally thought the one giving the final mission report for each squad this year would be Captain-General Guan, but I still couldn't escape it after all.

"Then let me do the announcing.

"First, the December mission completion status for each squadron…"

As Gu Zhan announced, the data appeared simultaneously on the light screen above.

【December Mission Status】

1. Jade Squadron: 20.07 million

2. Phantom Squadron: 17.36 million

3. Star Squadron: 11.31 million

4. Eternal Squadron: 9.69 million

5. Blaze Squadron: 6.97 million

6. Valley Squadron: 5.43 million

7. ……

9. Stream Squadron: 4.57 million

12. ……

【End of Status】

The audience below listened quietly at first.

As the information appeared one by one, murmurs of discussion gradually arose.

Even arguments broke out.

"Holy crap! Everyone really went all out this month—how are the numbers all so high?"

"Yeah, it's the last month, everyone wants to bump up their ranking—the rewards are real."

"Look, our Stream Squadron has 4.57 million, 1 million more than last month, and the ranking went up by one too."

"Still can't compare with the ones ahead though."

"My god, our Star Squad broke past 10 million this time."

"It broke past 11 million!"

"Yeah, that's what I meant. This month really wasn't fought for nothing."

"Oh, our Eternal Squad almost broke past 10 million. What a pity."

"Nothing to pity. My hands are about to break. This month was really tough — couldn't afford too many losses, but still had to rack up more achievements. Really hard."

"Of course you can't afford too many losses. This is just doing missions, not fighting a war."

"Doing missions IS fighting a war."

"Wow, look quick — Phantom hit over 17 million? That's insane!"

"Worthy of Phantom Squad. Captain Shangguan is still badass."

"Yeah, no wonder she's so arrogant. She has the capital."

"What capital does she have? Captain Li has more capital."

"Captain Li is indeed very strong too, but not as much as Captain Shangguan, right? They had more months falling behind this year."

"I'm talking about CAPITAL. You get it or not? CAPITAL!"

"Capital? The fuck are you talking about — bust size?"

"Shit! Cut the crap!"

"If you put it that way… Captain Shangguan is indeed a bit flat."

"Keep your voices down. Looking to die? If Captain Shangguan hears you, will you still be able to live?"

"Right, right… stop talking."

"Hey, wait — how did Jade Squad hit over 20 million? Am I reading this right?"

"Huh? Holy shit!"

"Insane! Broke past 20 million? This is the first time in our entire brigade's history, right!"

"No idea."

"Holy shit, Phantom Squad got surpassed by over 2 million? What happened to Jade Squad this month?"

"Yeah, what's going on?"

A few minutes earlier.

Shangguan Ting gazed at the light screen on the stage, her expression relaxed.

She had been very busy this month.