Upon hearing Su Yi's words, Vivi, who had initially held no hope and thought Su Yi was only there to tell her that the previously agreed-upon time wouldn't be met, was first stunned, then felt completely enveloped by a sense of happiness.
Heaven knows, the past two days had been nothing but bad news.
Finally, some good news!
"Is it really that fast? A massive army of tens of thousands, and they're all various technical personnel—have you prepared all of them?" Vivi still found it a bit hard to believe.
Because she had more contact with Su Yi and had also encountered modern equipment from Su Yi's side, she had a certain understanding of the composition of Blue Star's army.
She knew that the number of technical branches like artillery and engineers wasn't that high in a regular army.
It would be difficult to find so many in a short period, not to mention preparing a large amount of matching equipment, which would be even harder.
Not only were all the people found and assembled, but the Jiuzhou Military, to preempt criticism and avoid giving anyone an excuse, didn't even recruit from active-duty forces; instead, it sought out experienced retired veterans.
The conditions offered by the Jiuzhou Military and Tianyu Group were enough to tempt anyone, including those retired individuals who needed to work for a living.
Although this matter was dangerous, there were clearly many who were willing to undertake it.
However, retired soldiers are distributed across the country, and after finding them, it was necessary to explain the danger and importance of the mission, giving them time to consider.
It was precisely for this reason that the Jiuzhou Military spent nearly two days recruiting people.
As for equipment mobilization, that wasn't a problem; these armaments were already heavily stocked in the combat readiness warehouses of several war zones, and Su Yi just needed to pick them up.
Finding a group of experienced, suitable, and valiant individuals who wouldn't give anyone an excuse was the most difficult part.
If they had directly drawn people from active-duty forces, it wouldn't have taken so long; the army could have set off the day after Su Yi and the Jiuzhou Military reached an agreement.
After briefly explaining the two-day delay to Vivi and seeing her shocked little face, Su Yi said nothing outwardly, but couldn't help but want to laugh inwardly.
Do you understand what modern society's mobilization capability is?
"So now I can just take your soldiers and army directly back to Dreamchuan City?" Vivi was still somewhat incredulous.
"No, you first need to give me the Junior Group Life Trading License Card," Su Yi said with a smile.
"Oh, oh!"
Vivi quickly used her member points to buy the Group Life Trading License Card and gave it to Su Yi.
After Su Yi used it, he immediately transferred countless military supplies from his dedicated trading space to Vivi, and then also transferred the 9,999 soldiers who were already on standby in the trading space to her via the Trading Platform.
Only then did he pull out the familiar face of Lin Yilong, who looked utterly shocked and bewildered.
This guy was originally an active-duty officer, but he had already retired before coming here to undertake this mission.
Regarding matters of the Otherworld, Lin Yilong's rank, of course, meant he knew nothing at all.
He only knew that he was to lead a force composed entirely of artillery, engineers, and similar long-range firepower units to carry out a very dangerous mission.
Not only were these soldiers all elite veterans temporarily recalled under the premise of resources, but in addition to their existing equipment, Tianyu Group also provided each of them with a Sentinel-3 Heavy Exoskeleton.
The Jiuzhou Military couldn't even buy this item.
But now, the assembled army was to be commanded by him; it was impossible for him not to be excited.
As for the mission rewards, let alone those retired soldiers struggling for a living, even he drooled at the prospect.
Under heavy rewards, there are bound to be brave men; it has always been so, and now is no exception.
The above was all the information Lin Yilong knew.
Then, after their group assembled at a military base in a deep mountain, they saw Su Yi arrive in a landing craft.
And then, he came to this place.
"Brother Su, what… what's going on here?"
Looking at this trading space, which appeared in the form of an ancient palace, and the boundless starry sky outside the palace.
Lin Yilong felt as if his brain wasn't quite keeping up.
"Don't inquire about things you shouldn't ask about," Su Yi, naturally, was too lazy to answer such a question from him, and immediately pointed to Vivi, saying:
"The place where you are needed to carry out the mission is an Otherworld with supernatural abilities. Your mission is to help Princess Vivi, who comes from the Chiyang Empire of this Otherworld, defend her fiefdom, Dreamchuan City. I don't care what methods you use, and no one will care whether they are humane or not."
"As long as you successfully defend the city, it will be a great achievement."
"During this period, you all need to obey Princess Vivi's command. Of course, she will not interfere or blindly direct in matters involving professional fields."
Upon hearing this, Vivi also stated:
"Professional matters are left to professionals. Don't worry, I won't meddle in that regard. Once you arrive there, this army will be under your full command, independent of Dreamchuan City's existing military system. You can directly participate in Dreamchuan City's high-level meetings, and your status in Dreamchuan City will be second only to mine; you won't need to curry favor with anyone."
In the Magic World, bloodline is paramount, so an army like Blue Star's, which has no family lineage or reputation and no foundation, doesn't need to integrate into Dreamchuan City's local military after arriving.
Vivi intended for them to form their own independent system, separate from Dreamchuan City's original military structure.
All that was needed was for Lin Yilong, as the leader, to participate in the formulation of tactics and strategies.
She wouldn't interfere with the remaining matters, and no one else in Dreamchuan City could interfere. She also wouldn't allow anyone to approach the barracks prepared for this Blue Star army.
Using the simplest and most direct method to avoid any potential conflicts.
In fact, this was also unavoidable; the worldviews of people from both sides differed too much.
Most of the upper-middle-class military officers in Dreamchuan City were knights from various noble backgrounds.
And Blue Star people simply had no custom of distinguishing nobility based on bloodline.
If the two sides were to truly engage in deep communication, conflict was almost inevitable.
Don't let internal strife break out before the external enemy is even driven away.
Lin Yilong still didn't know the situation over there and was a little surprised to hear this.
He secretly thought that the people of this Otherworld were quite good, actually giving an outsider like him such high authority.
This was equivalent to allowing an outsider to directly lead a large army independently within the city, showing evident trust.
Of course, he had this thought because he didn't understand the rules of the Trading Platform and didn't know that Su Yi's agreement with Vivi determined that these reinforcements could not betray the Trading Platform member in the Otherworld.
Compared to his original subordinates, whose loyalty was hard to gauge, Vivi would naturally trust this army bound by the Trading Platform more, and any amount of authority given was irrelevant.
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