It was a cloudy Wednesday when Xiaoyun stood at the graveyard located in the town center.

Hundreds of thousands of civilians were standing outside the graveyard, watching in silence as Xiaoyun and the soldiers stood inside.

As Yezi tells Xiaoyun it is time, Xiaoyun finally begins the funeral.

"Comrades, today we gather here with heavy hearts and tearful eyes to pay tribute to the brave men and women who served as soldiers.

They had sacrificed their lives for a cause greater than themselves. An existential crisis humanity had ever seen."

Xiaoyun took a deep breath for a second as he spoke softly next.

"These soldiers were not just individuals in uniform. They were fathers and mothers, sons and daughters, friends and neighbors. And most importantly, they were the people that we could trust with our backs.

Each one of them made the ultimate sacrifice, leaving behind dreams, aspirations, and the warmth of home.

They were the embodiment of courage and commitment. In the face of adversity, they stood tall.

They chose to take a stand... They were determined to end the apocalypse by their own hand and for everyone''s future..."

As Xiaoyun began reading out the names of the fallen soldiers, hundreds of soldiers couldn''t help but have tears roll down their eyes as they thought back to the time they had trained together with them.

Outside the graveyard, several family was hit by grief as they heard their family member''s name, as well as their friend''s name.

Despite the noise, Xiaoyun didn''t ask them to stop and chose to continue.

"To the fallen soldiers, we say thank you... Thank you for your courage, your sacrifice, and your unwavering commitment to a cause greater than any one individual.

Though you are no longer with us in body, your spirit lives on in the safety we enjoy today.

May you rest in eternal peace."

After a long moment of silence, Xiaoyun spoke up again.

"And to all the soldiers that are standing here today. Some of you might be having second thoughts about your military commitment...

The opportunity to unenlist is now available, and it will remain available until the end of next week."

The abrupt announcement left nearly every soldier in a state of shock.

However, Yuqi and Yezi were the most taken aback, especially since Xiaoyun had kept this information entirely to himself.

As soldiers began murmuring among themselves, Xiaoyun turned around and stepped off the stage.

He stares at all the names carved onto the stone as his face suddenly shifts from almost tearing up to someone looking for revenge.

"I''ll finish it... It won''t go in vain."

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As the week went past, to everyone''s surprise, less than a hundred soldiers chose to quit.

When asked why, many of them replied with ''the benefit is too good to pass up.'' or ''Commander Xiaoyun cares about us.''

The goal of thirty regiments was also fulfilled as newcomers who integrated into the town flooded the sign-up place despite the possibility of death.

Still, although the thirty regiment was filled, Xiaoyun only had twenty Majors trained from Yiming before he left. So Xiaoyun couldn''t assign anyone else to lead them.

With no other options, Xiaoyun put them as a reserve force with Yezi as the defense commander to train and use them as the town''s main defense.

Soon, the day of operation was about to begin as Monday arrived closer and closer.

But before the operation could begin, there was just one more thing Xiaoyun had to face.

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"Oh, right... Yeah, I think I remember now."

As the video appeared on the TV, it showed Leyan sitting on the sofa.

"Hey honey, what''s that?" The Leyan in the video asked.

"A camera." A voice similar to Xiaoyun''s replied.

"What are you buying a camera for?"

"To record our time together in our future honeymoon!"

"But I told you we aren''t going on a honeymoon... I still have work." Leyan looked a little annoyed.

"Yeah, yeah. But we can still go on a honeymoon after your work."

"That''s not called honeymoon anymore, you silly."

The camera suddenly shows Xiaoyun as he looks shocked.

"How did you get the camera out of my hand?" An almost replica of Xiaoyun asked as he appeared in the video.

"You got distracted staring at my boobs. I could tell you know."

"Was it that obvious?" Xiaoyun looked down in defeat.

"Yeah, your eyes didn''t even look me in the face... As a punishment, you are going to need to record everything we do from now on."

"What! That''s too much work... Wait, you mean everything?" Xiaoyun smirked.

"N-Not everything, you dirty pig."

The camera switches back to facing Leyan as Xiaoyun seems to have it back.

"Fine, I won''t do that... But why not record it?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"What if our kid one day finds it? I''m not risking having them see us doing in a video." Leyan argued back as her face blushed.

"Okay, okay, I won''t do that... Oh, snap, I need to charge the camera battery."

The footage ended as it turned black.

"Ms.Leyan, that''s you?" Kate asked curiously as she couldn''t believe how Leyan looked almost just as young as in the video.

"Yeah. Who else can it be?"

"You just look so young in the video, and you still look just like you haven''t aged at all..."

Leyan didn''t say anything back except smile at Kate.

"Okay, next footage," Nami clicked.

Right from the start, it was Leyan sitting on the sofa again, but this time, Leyan was only a blouse and shorts.

"You using that camera again?" Leyan asked in an irritated voice.

"Yeah. I think I''m getting better at it."

As Xiaoyun replied, the footage zoomed in right into Leyan''s legs.

"Hey, did you just zoom in on my leg!" Leyan asked as she curled her leg up.

"What! No, I would never do that——ouch! I''m sorry for zooming in on your beautiful——Okay, okay, please stop! I promise I''ll never do it again."

As Xiaoyun apologized, the camera was constantly moved up and down in his hand.