April 2019, China, Beijing.
The State Banquet Hotel was the best and largest hotel in China.
The hotel, which was built by the sea, covered an area of 125 hectares. The buildings in the hotel were all designed by famous Chinese designers. Although the overall style was simple, it was not simple. It looked grand and pleasing to the eye.
At the same time, it was only a five-minute walk to the seaside. They could enjoy the sunlight and the blue sea under the chirping of seagulls.
The hotel's service facilities were all available.
Garden, gym, 24-hour self-disinfecting swimming pool, cafe…As long as one could think of it, it would appear here.
It was precisely because it was so comprehensive and quiet that apart from receiving foreign guests from all over the world, it was also used as a recuperation base for some of the veteran officers who had made great contributions.
Today, the State Banquet Hotel's No. 6 main reception building was decorated with lanterns and streamers. A doorman in red was welcoming groups of guests who drove in.
In the eyes of the other customers, these customers were obviously of different status.
Military license plate, navy license plate.
Army L***, Army license plate.
Military K***, Air Force license plate.
These guests were all from the military.
What was even more surprising was that the lowest rank among the officers who alighted from each vehicle was a colonel.
"Look, look, a major general got out of that car.”
"It's strange that two lieutenant generals went in just now.”
"You didn't see everything. There was a general before!”
"So many military officials are here. Is there a military meeting?!”
...
Everyone was silent as they tried to guess the reason why these generals had come.
In fact, these military officers had all come here for the same purpose.
That was to celebrate the founding marshal Lu Yan's 100th birthday.
...
"Esteemed guests, welcome to Mr. Lu Yan's 100th birthday! Thank you, everyone!"
In the banquet hall of the newly decorated No. 6 main reception building, Minister Xu of the General Political Department, who was the host, was saluting the dozens of military officials who were visiting.
Even the host was such an illustrious big shot with a military background. It could be seen how many people respected Lu Yan in his life.
Moreover, the entire hotel attached great importance to Lu Yan's 100th birthday banquet. All the preparations were carried out according to the highest standards.
This was because they knew that as the founding marshal, Lu Yan could not be neglected. The old man had experienced the Anti-Japanese War and fought countless battles in mountains of corpses and seas of blood. How could such a hero be underestimated?
Moreover, the old man had trained countless capable officers throughout his life.
Now, these officers had grown into the pillars of the Chinese army.
Therefore, Lu Yan had made a great contribution in finding officers with potential.
It could be seen from the people present today that any one of them was a person who was independent in the army.
"Good, distinguished guests, dear friends, let us all stand up and welcome Marshal Lu with the highest respect!”
At the birthday banquet, the host, Minister Xu, did not waste any time and directly invited Old Master Lu out in the most respectful tone.
As soon as Minister Xu finished speaking, all the officers present stood up in unison and faced forward.
"Rise!"
Seeing this, the commander of the military band quickly gave the order to play the music. Then, the vigorous military music began to play.
Everyone's eyes were focused on the electronic screen that was playing the old man Lu Yan's daily life.
Gradually, a gap appeared in the middle of the electronic screen. Everyone's eyes immediately narrowed and focused on the gap.
Slowly, the gap grew larger and larger. The originally complete screen was split into two halves by the gap and kept being pulled to both sides.
When the middle of the screen split into a passage that could accommodate many people, the screen stopped moving to both sides.
Then, a few figures appeared from this passage.
The first to appear were two guards in 07-style military uniforms and armed with steel guns.
After the two of them walked out of the passageway, they stood on both sides and straightened their bodies to be on guard.
Immediately after, a skinny old man in a wheelchair appeared in the passage. Behind him was a guard pushing the wheelchair, and at the same time, there were two guards behind him.
This was the main character of today's 100th birthday celebration-Marshal Lu Yan!
Seeing Old Master Lu come out, all the officers in the field immediately stood at attention. They raised their right hands in unison and saluted Old Master Lu with reverence in their eyes.
When Old Master Lu was completely pushed out of the passage, everyone looked at him in unison.
After all, Old Master Lu had been in poor health some time ago and had been receiving treatment. Everyone had not seen him for a long time.
However, the current Old Master Lu did not have the energy he had before. There was an oxygen tube in his nose, and his face was sallow. His once domineering eyes had already lost their spirit. His mouth was slightly open, and he was panting. His body was extremely dry, and his arm that looked like a withered branch only had a layer of skin.
Seeing this scene, all the officers were shocked!
How did that high-spirited and awe-inspiring soldier become a frail old man?!
Seeing Old Master Lu's appearance and state, everyone present sighed and discussed softly.
"How long has it been? How did Old Master become like this?”
"Yeah, even if the old man is already a hundred years old, his body has always been strong!”
"Time and tide wait for no man!"
"Yeah, what a great old man! He walks like the wind, and his voice is as loud as a bell. Look at now..."
"Sigh, it's really the end of a hero.”
...
Many officers shook their heads as they discussed, feeling sorry for Old Master Lu Yan.
When the host, Minister Xu, saw Old Master Lu Yan come out, he immediately ran over and bowed respectfully to him.
Then, Department Head Xu carefully asked Lu Yan if he could greet everyone.
Lu Yan nodded slowly and agreed to Chief Xu's request.
Seeing that Elder Lu had agreed, Department Head Xu hurriedly squatted down and carefully placed the microphone by Lu Yan's mouth.
Lu Yan trembled and straightened his back with difficulty. This action made Lu Yan gasp for breath for a long time.
Then, Lu Yan raised his yellow arm that was already covered in age spots and slowly shook it at everyone. He said in a trembling voice,"Thank you, everyone. It's been hard on everyone to come all the way here to celebrate my birthday.”
Seeing Lu Yan's strenuous appearance, everyone below the stage felt bad.
When the host, Minister Xu, saw this, he immediately let Old Master Lu rest. Then, he raised his microphone and told the audience about Old Master Lu's life.
On the stage, Lu Yan was trying his best to open his eyes and look at the students he had nurtured below the stage. His heart was filled with comfort.
Lu Yan was a hundred years old this year. He was a transmigrator.
Lu Yan was only 19 years old when he transmigrated from Earth to this parallel planet.
After transmigrating to this place, it did not take long for Lu Yan to adapt to life here.
He realized that this place was no different from Earth. Geography, astronomy, history... They were all the same, so he didn't need to spend too much time adapting.
As a web novel enthusiast, Lu Yan was also a little excited about transmigrating.
Because according to tradition, transmigrators usually had a system with them.
With the help of the system and his familiarity with all kinds of historical knowledge, Lu Yan was full of anticipation for making contributions in this world and achieving a different life.
However, things did not go as he wished. As time passed, no matter how Lu Yan called out, the system did not have any intention of awakening.
"D * mn, I'm wearing a fake Yue!”Lu Yan complained to himself.
In the following days, the system still did not appear.
At that time, it was 1938, when the Japanese invaded China.
Faced with this moment where the Chinese people were united to resist external humiliation, Lu Yan did not care about whether he had a system or not. He directly signed up to join the army and became a soldier.
Just like that, Lu Yan relied on his own hard work and his understanding of the history of war to fight and fight.
Becoming one of the founding marshals of modern China, Lu Yan's grand ambition had finally been realized.
However, Lu Yan had paid a price to fulfill his ambition.
If the injuries on Lu Yan's body could be considered a small price, then time was the biggest price Lu Yan paid.
From 1938 to 2019, the 19-year-old Lu Yan had experienced 81 years of great changes.
China had gone from a poor and weak country to the powerful country it was today.
Lu Yan had also slowly turned from a 19-year-old young man into a wizened old man.
Lu Yan was now 100 years old!
"Damn it, I'm already 100 years old. I've experienced it again every generation, but the system still hasn't awakened.”
Lu Yan, who was already in his prime, would feel a little emotional every time he thought about the fact that he had transmigrated but did not activate the system.
However, Lu Yan's heart was very strong. In addition to his strong personality and his attitude of going with the flow, even if the system did not awaken, he had nothing to regret. After all, he had already given it his all and had no regrets.
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"Alright, this life is worth it. There are no regrets.”Lu Yan thought.
He had also lived for 100 years. It was enough. Although he was in a wheelchair and was already a cripple, he was much better off than his comrades who had already sacrificed themselves and were sleeping underground.
"I'm content!" Lu Yan closed his eyes and leaned back in satisfaction.
At this moment, an emotionless electronic voice suddenly sounded in Lu Yan's mind.
"Congratulations, host. The binding of the Strongest Veteran System has been successful.”
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