Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Also, what was he tapping for? Didn't he know that the tapping sounds would affect her thinking?
Wait... tapping sounds? Ling Lan suddenly remembered that Lan Luofeng had once said that she had first met her dad because she had been attracted by the sound of him tapping on the table. That was how they had met, and then things had spiralled out of control...
At that time, her mum had still been a delicate 16 year old girl who had just graduated from the scout academy. Because she did not have much talent or potential, she had not been able to get into the various military academies of the Federation. However, Lan Luofeng had always dreamed of being a soldier, so she had signed up for military service without hesitation. In the end, she had successfully become a normal starship JMC.
After three months of recruit training, her mum had been assigned to the starship division under her dad, and had finally become the JMC of the second mainship.
After that, when Lan Luofeng had gone to eat with the other female soldiers on the same post, she had found that no matter where they sat, some mecha warriors would always appear beside them. One of them was a young man who looked like their team leader. He was especially handsome and powerful, and many of the female soldiers had admired him greatly.
However, the hierarchy in the military was very strong. Even the most common mecha warrior was a second lieutenant, not to mention a team leader. Meanwhile, they were just some of the lowest, most ordinary female soldiers. They could not take the initiative to converse with the mecha warriors, and could only dream every day that these mecha warriors would take the initiative to greet them. Many girls were willing to join the military, mostly because they wanted to hook up with a rich husband.
Lan Luofeng was the only girl who did not think this way. She was still young, and had not reached the age where she would have her first awakening of love, so she was very slow to notice this kind of thing. Even so, Lan Luofeng would sometimes be surprised at how fate had brought her and that mecha officer together. No matter where she sat, she would always bump into him.
At that time, Ling Lan knew that her father was definitely already thinking about her mother. That was why he used this kind of unexpected method to increase her mother's impression of him. How shameless.
Just like that, a month passed on and off. Then, one day, Lan Luofeng was unfortunately left alone (Why did this phrase sound so ambiguous?). Because the other JMCs in her class had been sent out by the military to carry out competition missions for the various divisions of the Federation, and because the mecha warrior confrontation unit had been taken by the second mainship. The second mainship sent out its main mecha team. The JMCs in charge of them had to follow them. In the end, there were only three JMCs left on the second main ship. One JMC from each squad was on duty. Lan Luofeng's squad was the youngest one, Lan Luofeng.
So when it was time to eat, Lan Luofeng could only eat alone. Just as she sat down and started eating, another person sat down across from her. It was the young and handsome mecha officer she had never met before.
Lan Luofeng was curious as to why the other party chose to sit at her table when there were so many empty seats available. However, this was a public cafeteria, and the seating was free. Although Lan Luofeng found it strange, she didn't think too much about it and continued eating.
Of course, how could Ling Xiao, who had painstakingly created this opportunity, return empty-handed? It should be known that in order to get a chance to be alone with her, he had racked his brains, racked his brains, and even volunteered to take on the mission of the mecha tournament. Only then did he manage to get rid of those annoying JMCs.
However, as he had never taken the initiative to get to know a girl before, he didn't know what to do best. In the end, he clumsily chose to use his voice to attract Lan Luofeng's attention.
And so, Ling Xiao used his fingers to tap lightly on the table. Three long taps and two short taps, paused, then three long taps and two short taps, and so on and so forth. At first, Lan Luofeng found it strange, but later on, she was attracted and became curious. When she saw that no one else was paying attention, she quietly opened her mouth to ask Ling Xiao what this rhythmic tapping was all about.
Ling Xiao smiled and told Lan Luofeng all the information he had prepared. It turned out that this tapping was a type of secret signal called the Duomo code. This was a code shared by both the JMC and the mecha warriors they were in charge of. During wartime, there had once been an incident where the signal channel connecting a JMC and a mecha had been hacked by the enemy. In the end, the enemy who had obtained the information had set up an ambush beforehand, resulting in the complete annihilation of the mecha warriors. Later on, a JMC called Duomo had come up with this method of communication. Using this secret signal, they had helped their mecha warriors escape the enemy's ambush many times in a row. At the same time, the JMC had also completed the mission and made a name for themselves, returning safely.
From then on, every JMC would come up with a Duomo code that belonged to them, just in case such a situation happened again.
As a JMC, Lan Luofeng was naturally very interested in this type of code. She sincerely suggested that she wanted to learn it. Ling Xiao appeared to be in a difficult position, but under Lan Luofeng's repeated pleas, he finally agreed. Lan Luofeng was extremely grateful.
When Ling Lan heard this, she once again sighed at her mum's naivety. Her dad was obviously using this method to bait her. Still, her mum could not be blamed for being so gullible. Her dad had obviously grasped her mum's lifeline — any aspiring JMC would not be able to resist this temptation. She could only say that her dad was just too shameless.
Every time Lan Luofeng spoke up to this point, she would cup her face in her hands and sigh over and over again about how she and Ling Lan's dad were connected by fate. This was because, in the ensuing conversation, she found out that Ling Xiao was also a mecha warrior on the second mainship, and was also a mecha warrior she was in charge of. However, Ling Xiao said that he had long known it was her, because her voice was different from other people's. Her voice was sweet and soft, very comfortable to listen to. The first time he had heard it, he had remembered it in his heart.
When Lan Luofeng said this, Ling Lan could not help but purse her lips. She knew that her dad had bad intentions — he had always been a voice freak.
After spending half a month alone together, their relationship had warmed up very quickly. The two of them had agreed to become an exclusive pair of JMC and mecha warrior, and had even come up with a set of Duomo codes that belonged solely to them.
Of course, they had not had the chance to use this Duomo code on the battlefield yet. After the other JMCs had returned, the two of them had been using it frequently in their daily lives. Because they were afraid that the other JMCs would find out about them (mainly because Lan Luofeng was embarrassed — who asked her to be the first to find a boyfriend despite being the youngest), every time they wanted to go on a date, Ling Xiao would sit at the table next to hers during dinner and use his fingers to tap on the table to tell Lan Luofeng the time and place. Whether Lan Luofeng had the time or not, she would always use different tapping sounds to tell Ling Xiao whether she was going or not.
At this time, Ling Lan's forehead was filled with black lines. Was this still dating? Why did it feel like an underground meeting? However, Ling Lan was also happy for her mum. Her first love could be so perfect, marrying her dad right off the bat. It was just a pity that her dad had died so young. This was all the fault of this world, with endless wars and no signs of peace.
In order to make her mum happy, Ling Lan expressed great interest in this Duomo code, wanting to learn this code. Lan Luofeng was very happy to hear this, so she handed over the Duomo code that she and Ling Xiao used exclusively for Ling Lan.
At this thought, Ling Lan listened intently to Ling Xiao's tapping sounds. One long, two short, three long, one short, two long, one short, four consecutive short... Ling Xiao's tapping was very rhythmic. Four different sounds, representing four words. Marriage proposal? Marriage proposal? Marriage proposal? It was a marriage proposal!
Ugh, dad, just how much do you love mum? Ling Lan thought back to all the assessments along the way. They were all more or less related to her mum.
Actually, Ling Lan had wrongly blamed Ling Xiao. Before Ling Xiao had rushed to the death tunnel, he had already had a premonition that something bad would happen. However, under the orders of military headquarters, he had no choice but to go. Thus, before he had set off, he had used his own spiritual power to condense this legacy mission, hoping that his child would be able to obtain his legacy.
However, he knew very well that some of the upper echelons of the military were very greedy for his method of advancing to god-class mecha operator. Thus, he had not chosen to hand it over to Lan Luofeng directly, but had instead handed it over to his direct superior. He was afraid that Ling Lan and the others would get into trouble because of their treasures, and in the end, provoke those greedy people to kill them, wanting to get their hands on this legacy.
However, Ling Xiao also knew very well that the consequences of handing it over directly would be that his child would very likely not have a chance to obtain this legacy. Thus, he made further arrangements. He left a message for the old dean of the Central Scout Academy, hoping that after his child Ling Lan entered the Scout Academy, he would request for the old dean to return the legacy to the military. In order to make the old dean more attentive, he agreed to open up this legacy to the students of the Central Scout Academy. As long as the children passed the assessment, they would be able to obtain his legacy.
Ling Xiao had painstakingly arranged all this, of course, not so that others could obtain his legacy. Thus, when he came up with the content of the assessment, he used a step-by-step method to eliminate outsiders bit by bit.
Thus, he used the Scout Academy's basic combat techniques for the first round, giving off the impression that he was treating all the children equally. Although this combat technique could be considered a household name, it could successfully eliminate adults. The synchronization he had set was not just for the assessment, but also to eliminate adults who were over 1.6 metres tall, so that those soldiers of the military would not be able to proceed to the next round.
Of course, if Ling Lan were to come into contact with this legacy when she grew up, Ling Lan would also be kicked out, unable to obtain the legacy. This was because Ling Xiao's legacy was most effective when practiced under the age of 10. Anyone who was older than 13 would basically have no chance of learning it. Ling Xiao could only hope that Ling Lan would not exceed the age limit when she entered the assessment.
Ling Xiao, who had only left the children behind, had exposed his true intentions at the second round. He had used the Ling family's special combat techniques. This step had basically eliminated any possibility of the other children entering the next round. Of course, if the military wanted to, they could also get their hands on the Ling family's combat techniques and help those children enter the third round.
Thus, for the third round, Ling Xiao had chosen to enter the secret base he shared with Lan Luofeng. Only Lan Luofeng knew how that beautiful valley had come about.
In the military camp, how could they have the chance to go out and see those beautiful sceneries? Even if they entered the virtual world, they could only do so in the sealed 7th Division's world. In order to make Lan Luofeng happy, he had brought Lan Luofeng into his mecha, 'Belief', and had it create a holographic image of that beautiful valley for Lan Luofeng. In her joy, Lan Luofeng had joked that this was the 'Belief world'...
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