Meng Ruliu was awakened by Lin Qingfeng at two in the morning.

She threw back the cloak covering her and looked towards the doorway. Outside the tent, light and shadow flickered, and figures passed by, accompanied by the sound of hurried footsteps.

"Is it news about my sworn sister?" she asked.

Lin Qingfeng's voice came from outside the tent: "General, we have just unearthed the main body of the Holy Land. His Majesty has already gone there and sent me to fetch you."

Meng Ruliu perked up and got out of bed.

To be ready to respond at any time, ever since she came to Jinhua Mountain, she has been sleeping fully clothed so that she can get up at any moment.

Upon arriving outside the tent, a guard had already led over the precious horse, Snowflake. She mounted the horse, left the camp, and rode off with Lin Qingfeng towards Jinhua Mountain.

The road leading to Jinhua Mountain was crowded with people and vehicles carrying stones. Torches lit up the road, creating a bright ribbon of light that led to Jinhua Mountain in the night.

"After digging for almost a month, have we finally found the sacred site?" she asked Lin Qingfeng. "My sworn sister's time is running out."

Lin Qingfeng nodded gravely: "Everyone has done their best."

Meng Ruliu hummed in agreement, gazing at Jinhua Mountain, which was ablaze with lights. Even more lights twinkled like long, flowing snakes across the mountain. By the light, many caves could be seen on the mountain.

In recent days, hundreds of thousands of people have worked tirelessly, digging into the mountain for twelve hours straight, and then transporting the excavated stones down the mountain to build a sturdy stone wall.

Since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, this is probably the first time that everyone has been united in their efforts to save the Empress.

This was Wei Jingzhuo's plan. He built the Star Gazing Platform to deceive the sacred site, and then struck the rocks day and night, using the noise to keep the people of the divine physician family awake and forced them to leave. In this way, no one could discover the Jin army's true intentions.

The plan was going smoothly. Everyone in the sacred site had left, and Jiang Yan and Jiang Wenpei, unable to bear the disturbance any longer, hid in the basement of the sacred site. They had no idea that the thick, sturdy walls they had built with these stones had been discovered.

The Jin army camp at the foot of Jinhua Mountain was beginning to take shape, covering an area of ​​two li in length and width. The entire camp was constructed entirely of stone, including the tall watchtowers specifically for archers. The camp walls were nine feet thick and twenty feet high, comparable to city walls, and even defensive guns could not penetrate them.

It is no exaggeration to say that Wei Jingzhuo had a temporary small city built at the foot of Jinhua Mountain.

This stone-built city is a base specifically for fighting against the Holy Land. Although it cannot compare to a regular metropolis like the capital in terms of size or fortification, it is sufficient to fight against enemies who have been injected with the secret drug.

The two walked uphill along the mountain path for about half a mile, where a large group of laborers holding torches stood at the entrance of a huge cave, along with some Jin soldiers maintaining order. Many of the laborers were wiping sweat with towels, seemingly having just finished working.

The leading general stepped forward and said, "General, Commander Lin, this is the cave. His Majesty has already entered."

Meng Ruliu dismounted and entered the cave with Lin Qingfeng. The cave was only a little over one person high and wide enough for three people to walk side by side, with an uneven surface.

After walking for about twenty feet through the winding path, the view suddenly opened up into a large cave, more than ten feet high and wide. There were piles of rubble on the ground, shovels and picks lying haphazardly, and several ladders.

Meng Ruliu's eyes immediately fell upon the metallic object directly opposite her. The silvery-white metal almost covered the entire rock wall, reflecting the firelight from inside the cave.

Wei Jingzhuo and several Jin army generals were talking in hushed tones in front of the metal wall when one of the generals turned around, saw her, and said to Wei Jingzhuo, "Your Majesty, the Grand General has arrived."

Meng Ruliu stepped forward and said, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."

Wei Jingzhuo turned to her and said, "General, we have already dug up the main body of the Holy Land. This should be their outer wall."

Meng Ruliu stepped forward and touched the metal wall, feeling its cold, smooth texture. It also had a slight curve, not being completely straight. She drew a copper whip from behind her back and said, "Your Majesty and all generals, please step back. I'll test the hardness of this wall."

In terms of strength, she is unparalleled among the generals of the Great Jin Dynasty, making her the best candidate for the test.

Everyone stepped back, and Meng Ruliu swung her copper whip with all her might, striking the metal wall with a loud thud and sparks flying everywhere. The impact made her hand numb, and only a white scratch appeared on the metal wall.

“Such a hard wall,” she retracted her copper whip. “Is this metal from the future?”

Not only her, but all the Jin army generals beside her also showed expressions of surprise. With Meng Ruliu's divine strength, she hadn't even managed to create a small dent.

Wei Jingzhuo said, "Brutal force alone is probably not enough to break through the wall. I just asked the foreman of the craftsmen, and they believe that although this is metal from the future world, it will melt when heated with flames. We don't need to destroy the entire wall; as long as we open a hole, we can rush in, find Zhang Ying, and force her to give up."

Meng Ruliu said, "Your Majesty, Master Huiming's divination result is the end of November."

“I know, there are still eleven days left,” Wei Jingzhuo said calmly. “Although we’ve managed to keep our excavation of the mountain a secret from the Holy Land, they will definitely come to stop us once we start burning the walls of the Holy Land. Arrange for the evacuation of all the laborers immediately, and don’t let them get involved in the war.”

Meng Ruliu cupped her hands and said, "As you command."

She turned and walked towards the cave exit. Halfway there, she saw a large number of workers carrying supplies needed for starting a fire into the cave. Judging from the speed at which they were moving, it had become a race against time.

She rode Snowflake back to the main camp, summoned all the generals, and succinctly instructed them: "All soldiers, equip yourselves with armor and weapons."

Upon hearing this, the generals rubbed their hands together in anticipation, exclaiming, "We're going to war with the Holy Land!"

Many of the generals had participated in the Jin-Chu War and experienced the terror of the demon army firsthand. However, everyone knew that this time it was to save the Empress, and with the sturdy stone wall protecting them, they all had the courage.

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