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Chapter 225 The Great Xia's Ace Restriction is Lifted
After the last batch of lightly wounded soldiers finished receiving treatment, Lin Mo wiped the sweat from his forehead.
His face was a little pale.
Kyle handed over several magic crystals.
"Absorb this and restore your magic power."
Elder Muyu also took out a few blue fruits.
"Eat this, and you'll recover quickly."
Lin Mo took it, thanked him, and put it in his mouth.
The fruit melted in my mouth, and a cool sensation washed over me, relieving my fatigue considerably.
He turned to look at the guard.
"Is the army assembled?"
Guards, stand at attention!
"They're still gathering; they'll be almost there by the time we get there."
He paused, then added,
"General Long divided the army into two groups to treat patients. Some of them had other tasks to perform and would wait for the first group to take over."
Lin Mo nodded.
"This arrangement is indeed more reasonable; it was my oversight. Lead the way."
The guard saluted, turned, and walked ahead.
Lin Mo followed behind, and Kyle, Elder Muyu, Thorin, Grom and others also caught up.
The group walked through the battlefield riddled with shell craters and debris, heading towards the center of the expeditionary force's position.
In the center of the expeditionary force's position, a huge open space was temporarily cleared out.
Tens of thousands of soldiers who had finished fighting assembled in battalions, a dark mass standing silently.
The air was filled with a pungent smell of gunpowder, blood, and ozone.
Lin Mo, Kyle, and several holy human healing mages stood at the front of the group.
As Lin Mo raised his hand, a vast expanse of holy light surged forth like a tide, covering the entire gathering point.
A warm light enveloped each soldier.
"Ah, that feels good. I was feeling nauseous and wanted to vomit, but now I feel all warm and cozy." An old soldier let out a long sigh of relief and stretched his shoulders.
A young soldier nearby felt the changes in his body, his face filled with surprise and admiration:
"Commander, this magic is amazing! It's a hundred times more effective than the iodine tablets we get!"
"That's right, Chief Lin is a living bodhisattva."
Similar murmurs rose softly in the queue, but soon fell silent again.
The soldiers felt a sense of comfort from the inside out, dispelling the nausea and fatigue caused by radiation exposure.
In their gaze toward Lin Mo, there was not only awe but also a touch of fanaticism.
Taking advantage of the intervals between the soldiers' shift changes, Long Zhan strode over.
Lin Mo turned his head and saw that the other person's figure was as straight as a pine tree, and his steps were still steady and powerful.
Why are your eyes red and teary?
He said somewhat embarrassedly:
"General Long, there's no need to be so moved. I was just doing what I could, it's nothing."
Long Zhan: "???"
The bodyguard behind him glanced at Lin Mo, then at Long Zhan. Seeing that his superior remained silent, he quickly took two steps forward and said anxiously:
"Commander Lin, the general... he observed the center of the nuclear explosion with binoculars, and his eyes... were injured."
Lin Mo: "!!!"
He looked at Long Zhan, whose eyes were still bloodshot and filled with tears.
He immediately felt embarrassed, thinking that the general was so moved by his act of kindness because he had saved the soldiers' lives.
This misunderstanding caused him to dig his toes into the ground.
But it must be said, this is a formidable person who dared to look directly at a nuclear explosion.
Lin Mo mentally gave him a thumbs up.
He continued chanting incantations, afraid that the other party would see through his narcissistic overthinking.
A gentle holy light healing spell covered Long Zhan's eyes.
As the light faded, Long Zhan's eyelids trembled and slowly turned.
The lingering light spots and the pricking sensation in my vision completely disappeared.
"Thanks." Long Zhan's voice was as hoarse and deep as ever, revealing no emotion.
In the distance, rockets trailed long plumes of flame as they pierced the night sky, relentlessly unleashing firepower on the outer perimeter of the blast zone.
Lin Mo had noticed this scene earlier, and with Long Zhan present, he immediately confirmed it:
"That seventh-tier demon lord... isn't dead yet?"
"Unsure," Long Zhan shook his head.
"The drone is still searching, but it has not found its body or any trace."
"What about all this artillery fire?"
"Clean up the battlefield. There are many who aren't quite dead yet in the area near the nuclear explosion's edge."
Lin Mo nodded upon hearing these murderous words.
The sky had completely darkened, and the firelight illuminated Long Zhan's resolute profile.
"So what do we do next?" Lin Mo asked.
"The entire army will rest tonight, and artillery fire will continue throughout the night." Long Zhan took out a folded tactical map from his pocket and spread it out on the hood of an infantry fighting vehicle with a "snap".
He drew a winding red line on the map with his index finger.
"The radiation contamination at the nuclear explosion center was extremely severe. Although it was an airburst, the extent of the fallout was greater than expected."
"The original marching route must be abandoned."
His finger moved along the red line, bypassing a large area marked with a red marker as "heavily polluted".
"We need to go around the mountains to the west. The terrain in this area is complicated and will seriously slow down the army's progress."
Lin Mo stared at the long, curved line, his brows furrowing in a frown.
"A detour? That'll...take two more days, won't it?"
"At least two days." Long Zhan's voice carried a suppressed frustration and helplessness.
"This is under the condition that the march went smoothly and there was no harassment from small groups of demons."
Lin Mo frowned.
On Earth, the joint fleet exercise of the Eagle Nation is underway, and every minute and second is incredibly precious.
Wasting two more days would be far too long for the rapidly changing battlefield and the equally tense situation on Earth.
He stared at the glaring red area on the map and said:
"General Long, perhaps... we don't need to take the detour."
Upon hearing this, Long Zhan frowned and looked at Lin Mo.
"What do you mean?"
"I discovered this while treating the wounded," Lin Mo stated, recounting his earlier discovery.
"Nuclear radiation can be completely eliminated through holy light purification."
"What did you say?!"
Long Zhan raised his voice sharply after hearing this.
His staff and guards all heard the barely suppressed, violent tremor in that voice.
"I said, nuclear radiation can be purified," Lin Mo repeated, pointing to the contaminated area on the map and proposing a simple solution.
"Tomorrow I'll ride my griffin into the sky and perform a large-scale mass purification of this area. That should open up a safe passage."
"And," he added, as if remembering something, "..."
"In the future, when we use nuclear bombs, we won't have to worry about radiation contamination; I can purify it."
The air seemed to freeze completely at that moment.
Long Zhan froze, his posture of bending over to look at the map frozen in place.
His staff officer stood beside him, mouth agape, nearly dropping the tactical tablet in his hand.
The guards stared wide-eyed at Lin Mo, then at their general, their faces filled with disbelief.
Purify...nuclear radiation?
No need to worry about...nuclear radiation anymore?
These words exploded in Long Zhan's mind like a thunderclap.
What is a country's biggest trump card?
It's a nuclear bomb.
But why can't this card be used easily?
Because of nuclear radiation.
It will pollute the land, pollute the water sources, destroy the ecosystem, and turn the fruits of victory into highly toxic sludge.
On Earth, this would mean mutual destruction!
In Terra, this means turning a fertile land into a barren wasteland!
This is a dead end.
An ultimate shackle that has plagued Great Xia and all nuclear-armed nations on Earth!
But now, Lin Mo is saying this lock... can be opened?