The news that Commander Chen Yongming was inspecting the Heya plane spread quickly, and the entire Lin family was overjoyed. They gathered together and enthusiastically discussed what etiquette to use to receive Commander Chen. The clan leader Lin Youde also discussed the reception arrangements with his sons and Lin Haolin.
With the birth of two more true gods in the family, the entire family already had four true gods in addition to Lin Xu and Lin Xiao, especially Lin Haolin and Lin Xiao, father and son, who were both true gods.
No matter where you are, strength has always been linked to status. So since the birth of the fourth true god of the Lin family, the patriarch has gradually handed over part of the power to Lin Haolin. The most critical of these is that the family's development of another newly acquired plane group is handed over to Lin Xiao's father.
This means that the core of the next generation of the family is Lin Haolin, directly bypassing the second uncle Lin Changhong.
In the past, there might have been problems such as internal family conflicts, but since Lin Xu married into the Shi family, Second Uncle Lin Changhong seemed to have lost his spirit all of a sudden and had no interest in these family affairs. He had given up many of the family's territories and concentrated on managing his own territories in foreign lands.
In other words, apart from the patriarch, the most powerful person in the Lin family now is Lin Xiao's father, Lin Haolin.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that if Second Uncle did not fight for it, he would most likely be the next patriarch of the family.
No one in the family had any objection to this.
As the saying goes, a father's honor depends on his son. His son has a promising future, so the father can also benefit from it.
Soon, a small void fleet led by a medium-sized void ship appeared in the Heya plane. The aircraft that Colonel Chen Yongming was riding entered the Heya plane. After patrolling along the predetermined route, it appeared in front of the floating city in the center of the plane. Hundreds of people from Lin Xiao's family were already waiting there.
The aircraft stopped in the central square of the floating city, and a group of elite soldiers came out escorting a tall middle-aged man.
"The Lin family welcomes Commander Chen Yongming!"
Chen Yongming smiled and walked forward to shake Lin Youde's hand, laughing and saying,
"Patriarch Lin, you are too polite. I am here to visit you in a private capacity today. There is no need to be so grand."
Lin Xiao's grandfather smiled brightly and said enthusiastically,
"How can we ignore the superior's visit? I have prepared a banquet. Please invite Commander Chen to take a seat."
Commander Chen laughed loudly, looking very happy. He pulled Lin Youde inside and asked as they walked:
"Who is Mr. Lin Haolin?"
His eyes turned and fell directly on Lin's father. Without waiting for his response, he took the initiative to step forward and took his hand and said,
"This must be Mr. Lin Haolin, right? It is true that a tiger father will have a dog son. Brother Lin, congratulations!"
Not only did the other people around him not react to these words, but Father Lin was also stunned. He reacted after a while but was actually still very confused and replied:
"Commander Chen, you are too polite."
Commander Chen took his hand and said with a smile:
"I'm not being polite. You'll know when Division Commander Lin comes back. Come, let's go first."
As he said this, he seemed to have taken the initiative and pulled Lin's father, who was still confused, into the hall. Everyone else was a little confused.
Compared to the festive Lin family with all the lights and decorations, the Zhang family is now filled with gloom. Family patriarch Zhang Yan and Zhang Lingfeng, the only two true gods of the Zhang family, are now sitting in the main castle. In front of them is a light curtain, which shows the lively Lin family with all the lights and decorations. The two look at the Lin family shown on the light curtain, and think back to the Zhang family's former splendor and current situation. They are filled with resentment and anger.
"boom!"
The castle gate was pushed open by brute force, and several younger members of the tribe walked in.
If it were in the past, he would definitely scold them for being so ignorant of etiquette, but now the whole family has become like this and no one even follows the rules.
The leader was Zhang Yan's grandson Zhang Zecheng. He came up to Zhang Yan and said in a deep voice:
"Grandpa, we can't go on like this. This is a slow death."
Zhang Yan raised his head and glanced at his grandson, then said calmly,
"Do you have any solution?"
Zhang Zecheng said loudly:
"Today, Commander Chen Yongming came to inspect the Heya plane. In fact, he came to see Lin. Chen Yongming's attitude is very clear. It is unlikely that we can influence him. However, there are other high-level officials from the base who came with Colonel Chen Yongming. We can pay a huge price to ask one of them to speak well for us and let Zhang go this time."
"What else do we in the Zhang family have that can make others take risks and speak for us? We tried it a long time ago, and no one spoke for us."
Zhang Yan neither agreed nor opposed, and his tone remained the same as before.
Zhang Zecheng didn't care. He had seen this kind of situation many times. He continued,
"I heard that a senior officer was transferred out of the base not long ago. A new officer was transferred in. I heard that he retired from the front line. He probably doesn't know much about the situation here. We can persuade him."
Zhang Yan had no expression on his face and did not speak. Zhang Lingfeng, who had been silent, asked:
"What else can we do to impress them now?"
"us!"
Zhang Zecheng said categorically:
"We will give up our sovereignty and become their servants."
Everyone fell into deep thought. After a while, Zhang Yan said,
"Your idea is very good. If we can't get over this hurdle, our Zhang family will be gone. Rather than the whole family disappearing, it is better to become slaves. At least we can save the lives of our family members."
Zhang Yan fully affirmed his grandson's idea and said in a deep voice:
"In this case, you will be fully responsible for this matter. You will go and communicate with him. If the other party is willing, my entire Zhang family will join him."
Zhang Zecheng responded loudly and left with several companions excitedly.
Zhang Lingfeng watched the younger generations leave, then looked at his eldest brother and said,
"Why don't you tell them the truth?"
Zhang Yan shook his head and said,
"We have to give them a glimmer of hope."
"well!"
Zhang Lingfeng sighed, and after a long silence, he said:
"If we hadn't done that, we wouldn't be in this desperate situation now. Even if we were defeated by the Zhang family, we would still have the opportunity to evacuate, instead of being unable to leave now even if we want to."
Zhang Yan smiled bitterly and said,
"There is no if in this world. Even if I had to do it again, I would do it the same way. But if I did it again, I would be more fully prepared."
The castle fell into silence.
More than ten seconds later, the castle gate suddenly opened again. Zhang Zecheng, who had just left, pushed the gate open and rushed in. He shouted with panic on his face,
"Grandpa, second grandpa, go out and see what's in the sky?"
The two men looked at each other, strode away and came to the door. Before they went out, they already sensed something abnormal; the sky was too dark.
Walking out of the castle gate, there were already many tribesmen standing outside in the square pointing at the sky. He looked up and saw a huge monster in the sky that was beyond his sight and occupied all their vision, completely blocking the sunlight, making the bright day seem like dusk or near night.
"This is???"
Zhang Yan and Zhang Lingfeng exchanged a glance, and could see the horror in each other's eyes. After a moment of silence, they recited word by word:
"Void War Fortress!"
The indescribable behemoth brought a terrifying pressure. One after another, the tribesmen came out of the rooms and looked up to see the huge fortress that covered the sky and the sun. They were all speechless for a long time.
A few minutes later, large void warships drilled into the plane from the torn crystal wall of the plane, and dazzling streams of light flew out of the fortress and fell into the plane. The powerful aura of the true gods made everyone dare not breathe.
After a while, someone suddenly said,
"It seems to be coming towards us?"
Many people noticed that the auras of the true gods and the large void warships were indeed flying towards the Zhang family castle, and everyone was very nervous.
The clan leader Zhang Yan stood still and said in a low voice after a while:
"Are we really wrong?"
Zhang Lingfeng responded in a low voice:
"It is useless to say more now. I have anticipated this day and have sent a small number of descendants to a distant world. They are not allowed to return to the main world within a hundred years."
Zhang Yan nodded. He had already sent away some young clansmen. Those who remained here were those who had too much contact with the Lin family. Sending them away would easily lead to the Lin family's investigation.
Thinking of this, he felt much better and said to his cousin,
"It's better to lose the battle than the fight. Let's go meet this Lin family's genius who destroyed our Zhang family and see how powerful he is."
The two brothers soared into the sky at the same time to meet the oncoming fleet and soldiers of the regiment. Although they were dozens of kilometers apart, an indescribable terrifying force came down and immediately pressed them down from the sky.
"boom!"
As a super-large void battleship landed, the huge Zhang family castle complex collapsed into ruins with a loud bang, splashing smoke and dust all over the sky.
Soon all the Zhang clan members were trapped one by one and escorted to the central square. A thick beam of light descended from the sky onto the square, splashing a circle of smoke and dust. When the beam of light disappeared, Lin Xiao, holding Xie Yufei's hand, was suspended in the air, looking down at them expressionlessly.
When Zhang Yan saw the three golden stars on his shoulder that represented the rank of general, he suddenly realized,
"A general with real power, truly an unrivaled genius. Why don't we in the Zhang family have such a talented child?"
At this time, Zhang Yan was completely desperate. The glimmer of hope for a miracle in his heart completely disappeared. He shouted loudly to Lin Xiao:
"I, the Zhang clan, am willing to be slaughtered. Please, General Lin Xiao, spare the remaining descendants of the Zhang clan who are not descendants of the Divine Realm!"
Lin Xiao didn't even look at him, but turned around and asked Xie Yufei beside him:
"What do you say we should do with them?"
"kill!"
Lin Xiao nodded, turned around and said calmly:
"Kill!"
After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving behind Zhang Yan with a look of despair and his eyes closed, and many panicked members of the Zhang family.
Hua Xiang, the commander of the 4th Battalion of the Giant God Regiment, waved his hand and gave a cold and loud order:
"The Heya Zhang family assassinated a senior officer in the war zone. Under the order of the division commander, the entire Zhang family is to be killed!"
"kill!"
As soon as the words fell, the main guns of the void battleships, which had been ready to store energy, fired at the same time. Hundreds of light beams containing terrifying power fell from the sky and plowed the ruins of Zhang's castle again.
They were unable to teleport away under the war formation, and were completely unable to resist the covering bombardment from the main guns.
A wave of artillery fire swept the area, and 90% of the Zhang family members, including Zhang Lingfeng, were wiped out. Then hundreds of true gods descended and killed all the remaining Zhang family members.
Afterwards, the true god who is proficient in prophecy will take action to calculate the whereabouts of other main branches of the Zhang family and eliminate their roots.
(End of this chapter)