After returning to Base Nebula, Ling Lan passed everything to Lingtian's seven-man team. That night, she went to the medical department and announced that her injuries had relapsed. She had to go into seclusion for treatment.
This news made many regiment commanders who wanted to look for Ling Lan to solve their problems feel frustrated.
"This Ling Lan is too cunning!" In the living room of a mansion, a major general slammed his palm on the coffee table beside him. He was so angry that he didn't restrain his strength and smashed the coffee table into pieces.
"At that time, we were one step behind and got trapped here. If Ling Lan doesn't want to see us, we can't do anything about it." Another major general was calm.
"When I get out, I will definitely send those bastards from Lingtian to the military court." The angry major general gritted his teeth and said.
"That's impossible. They have General Ling Xiao above them. Unless General Ling Xiao falls … but is that possible?" Another major general sneered as he retorted.
These three people were from the new first-rank five-star ace mecha clans.
The one who was angry was the regiment commander of Qingyun Mecha Clan, Qin Youqi.
The one who was calm and had a good temper was the regiment commander of Fantasy City, Wang Shao.
The one who was calm and had a cold smile on his face was the regiment commander of Alliance Nine, Zhang Haoxun.
"He's just a general. As long as the three marshals work together, he will be forced to step down." Hearing this, Major General Qin Youqi stood up and said proudly.
However, the two major generals beside him didn't agree with him.
"Isn't that the case?" Qin Youqi asked unhappily.
"General Ling Xiao isn't just a general. He's also a god-class operator!" Major General Wang Shao explained. "As long as General Ling Xiao doesn't betray the country, no one will be able to shake his position. Not even the marshals."
"Although the three marshals recommended General Ling Xiao and the military approved him, in reality, this is what everyone wants. No one will be able to stop General Ling Xiao from becoming a general. Major General Zhang Haoxun added on.
"Then what did the higher-ups want us to do here?" Qin Youqi sat down gloomily and said with a frustrated expression.
"Maybe they just want to test the strength of Ling Lan's mecha clan. Of course, if they can slow General Ling Xiao down a little, it's good too," Zhang Haoxun replied.
"When I came here, I met my superior. Although he didn't say it clearly, he said that if we didn't get the authority to command Base Nebula, Lingtian Mecha Clan would be able to successfully advance to the next level and become an independent mecha clan." Wang Shao thought for a moment and decided to tell him everything he knew.
"Independent army?!" Qin Youqi and Zhang Haoxun both exclaimed. Although Wang Shao, Wang Shao and Wang Shao, but Wang Shao's Ling.
"Lingtian Lingtian Lingtian" General General General Wang Shao, Major General Lingtian Ling. Major General Wang Shao said it calmly, but when he found out, he had the same expression as the two colleagues beside him. He didn't dare to believe it at all.
"No wonder." Zhang Haoxun finally understood why the higher-ups wanted them to seize control of Base Nebula. The only thing that could stop Lingtian from becoming an independent mecha clan was the incompetence of their commanding officer. Or maybe, the higher-ups didn't want to stop Lingtian Mecha Clan from becoming an independent mecha clan. They just wanted to change their regiment commander.
"However, from the looks of it, we underestimated Lingtian Mecha Clan." Wang Shao sighed.
Originally, they thought that Major General Yang Mingzhi was one of the First Marshal's men. Even if he found out about their little tricks, he would turn a blind eye. However, he didn't think that Yang Mingzhi wouldn't give them any face and would make a move at the crucial moment.
This was because they were invited here by Yang Mingzhi. Once they came in, they couldn't leave.
"Actually, I'm worried about our mecha clan. I wonder if the people below are in a mess." Zhang Haoxun frowned. They had been trapped for two days so they didn't know what was going on outside.
On the day they were trapped, the strength of Lingtian Mecha Clan made them fearful. At first, they thought that they were domain realm masters so they could escape easily. However, they didn't expect more than ten domain realm masters to instantly suppress them. There were even some titled domain realm masters among them.
What was even more terrifying was that they didn't know where they got the medicine from. Once they were injected with it, their physical skills would drop drastically. They could only maintain their physical skills at the peak of refinement. Furthermore, the guards at the entrance were all at the Qi-Jin stage. Even if they wanted to escape, they couldn't.
"It's impossible for them to be in a mess. We are all weak now," Qin Youqi said angrily. Since they dared to drug them, they would definitely not let the team leaders of the mecha clan off. Since the leader of the mecha clan couldn't do anything, the people below him would definitely be able to live peacefully.
"What Youqi said is very reasonable. Although we are trapped here, they still informed us of the necessary information. We also didn't hear any commotion." Wang Shao sighed. "I actually admire the person who made the decision to capture us. He is really daring. Once something happens, he will be the first person to take responsibility."
"Isn't it Yang Mingzhi?" Qin Youqi was puzzled. In his mind, other than Yang Mingzhi, no one else would dare to do anything to them.
"No, with Major General Yang's calm personality, even if he wanted to deal with us, he would use more moderate methods. He definitely wouldn't do something like this," Wang Shao denied.
"This person either likes to take risks or is extremely loyal to Ling Lan. He knows that he will be the scapegoat but he still wants to clear all obstacles for Ling Lan." This was what Zhang Haoxun thought.
"I really want to meet this person." Wang Shao sighed. He was more interested in Yang Mingzhi. If he really wanted to deal with Ling Lan, this person would definitely be a huge obstacle. Although Wang Shao didn't have such thoughts, he still needed to know his enemy.
Not only were the three major generals trapped in the mansion, the three rank one five star mecha clans were also trapped in their own base. Other than a few clans that were targeted, most of the clans were still doing as usual.
Of course, the regiment commanders of all the clans were silently waiting for the result of Lingtian's control.
Another week passed. In this week, more than ten spies were cleared out of Base Nebula. What shocked everyone the most was that the regiment commander of Piercing Arrow was actually one of them. There were even a few door gods under his command who were spies.
When this news was released, the reputation of Piercing Arrow Mecha Clan plummeted. They were looked down upon by everyone. Zhang Chao couldn't believe it. However, the evidence that Lingtian brought out was irrefutable. His younger brother, Zhang Han, had also testified.
As for the other spies, although there were team leaders, compared to the regiment commander of Piercing Arrow, they weren't as eye-catching.
Everyone was shocked by the matter of Piercing Arrow. In Lingtian, the seven higher-ups were also having a headache because of one person.
"Ling Yi …" Yang Mingzhi smiled bitterly at Li Lanfeng. "Have you really made up your mind? That is Regiment Commander Ling … why don't we wait for Regiment Commander Ling to come out of seclusion before we settle this? "
Zilong, Han Jijun, Liu Furong, Lin Zhong-qing, and Li Shiyu all looked at Li Lanfeng. Their thoughts were the same as Yang Mingzhi's. They wanted to wait for Ling Lan to come out of her closed-door training before making a decision.
"Since he made a mistake, he should be punished. Regiment commander doesn't want to break the rules of Lingtian because of him," Li Lanfeng said firmly. He didn't want to make things difficult for Ling Lan.
"You're the team leader. You have the final say." Yang Mingzhi sighed. After all, Ling Yi was a member of Li Lanfeng's team. As the team leader, if he wanted to punish him, they couldn't stop him.
"However, I suggest that you skip over Ling Yi and directly deal with the person who is hiding beside him." Yang Mingzhi still gave his suggestion. He didn't want there to be any bad blood between Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng because of this matter. This would be something that Lingtian would regret.
It should be known that Ling Yi's father sacrificed himself for Ling Lan (Ling Lan had always explained the reason behind Ling Hua's death to the public. Ling Yi had always been proud of this). Just based on this relationship, it wouldn't be easy for them to do anything to Ling Yi. If they were too harsh on him, it would make it seem like Ling Lan was too harsh on him. They wouldn't be able to explain it to Ling Lan.
"However, the source of the mistake is him. If he didn't record that video and didn't give it to others, they wouldn't have the chance to do anything even if they wanted to." Li Lanfeng narrowed his eyes. He definitely wouldn't allow such a stupid and special person to stay by Ling Lan's side.
Ever since Ling Lan said that Lingtian would become an independent army, Li Lanfeng knew that in the future, there would be countless schemes against Ling Lan. It would be impossible to guard against them. The more it was like this, the more he couldn't allow any weaknesses to be by Ling Lan's side. Otherwise, if he wasn't careful, he would be doomed eternally.
Ling Lan was the most important person in Li Lanfeng's life. Even though Li Lanfeng didn't dare to take the final step and drag Ling Lan down with him, he still didn't dare to do anything. However, he definitely wouldn't allow anyone or anything to exist that would harm Ling Lan. In Li Lanfeng's eyes, Ling Yi was a huge threat that he had to get rid of.
Thus, even if he knew that doing this would make Ling Lan unhappy, Li Lanfeng would still do whatever it took to get rid of Ling Lan.
"You, you … Why are you so stubborn on this issue?" Li Lanfeng had always been cunning and sly. He never acted according to the rules. Yang Mingzhi couldn't understand why he was so stubborn and didn't want to let Ling Yi off the hook.
"This is my principle," Li Lanfeng said firmly.
He wouldn't explain why he did this for them. Indeed, if Ling Lan dealt with this personally, he wouldn't have to worry about the consequences. He also believed that with Ling Lan's temper, she would definitely not let Ling Yi off the hook.
Then why was he so anxious to get rid of Ling Yi? Actually, there was a reason that he couldn't say.
Helping Ling Lan solve her problems was just a facade. In reality, he didn't want to hurt Ling Lan. Even someone as strong as Ling Lan would be hurt if he had to deal with the son of a loyalist personally. The truth was that Li Lanfeng was overthinking. It was better to let him do it. Even if he was a busybody, it was better than being hurt.
The other six people saw that Li Lanfeng had made up his mind. In the end, they had no choice but to agree.
Just like what Yang Mingzhi said, Ling Yi was Li Lanfeng's team member. If he really wanted to deal with Ling Yi, none of them could stop him. The only person who could stop him was Ling Lan. However, she was in seclusion and didn't care about anything.
In order to prove that she was in seclusion, Ling Lan really went into seclusion this time. However, she wasn't in seclusion to treat her injuries. She was in seclusion to train her domain concept.
Early in the morning, Ling Yi received a notification from the JMC asking him to go to the captain's office. There was a new order.
Ling Yi was confused. It should be known that Li Lanfeng didn't like him. He would never look for him if he needed help. Of course, he didn't like Li Lanfeng either. From his point of view, Li Lanfeng's actions were sinister and vicious. He was a malignant tumor of the Lingtian Mecha Clan.
Unfortunately, his words carried little weight. Li Lanfeng was very guarded against him. He couldn't get close to Young Master Lan. If not, he would definitely remind Young Master Lan to be careful of Li Lanfeng. This person couldn't be trusted.
However, Ling Yi wasn't afraid. He had always been upright. Even if Li Lanfeng wanted to deal with him, he would need to find a valid reason.
In Lingtian, when a captain wanted to deal with a team member, it wasn't just a sentence from the captain. There had to be evidence. At the same time, there had to be five other captains present. If not, the team member could directly counterclaim.
Ling Yi was very grateful that Young Master Lan had set this rule. It made it so that Li Lanfeng couldn't touch him easily.
Just as he walked to the command center, he met a first lieutenant on duty.
"Hello! May I ask if you are Senior Captain Ling? "The first lieutenant saluted and asked.
"Yes!" Ling Yi nodded.
"Colonel Li is in the meeting room now. Please go directly to the meeting room." The first lieutenant instantly heaved a sigh of relief. He had been staring at this place the whole time. He was afraid that he would miss Senior Captain Ling.
"Got it." Ling Yi frowned but still replied politely.
He didn't know what Li Lanfeng was doing but he still followed the first lieutenant's instructions and went to the meeting room.
The door of the meeting room opened. There was a circle of people sitting around the round meeting table.
Ling Yi was shocked. With just one glance, he saw Major General Yang Mingzhi, Luo Lang, Zhao Jun, Xie Yi, and Gu Dongyang.
Li Lanfeng was sitting on the main seat. When he heard the commotion, he turned around. He wasn't surprised to see Ling Yi. His expression was calm as he casually pointed to a seat beside him and said, "Senior Captain Ling, sit."
"Thank you, captain!" Ling Yi saluted and then saluted the other captains. Then, he sat down and took off his military cap.
Li Lanfeng continued to talk to the other captains in a low voice. He didn't pay attention to Ling Yi. Although Ling Yi was curious, he still kept his cool and sat there without moving.
"Bam!" The door opened again. A familiar figure was escorted in.
Seeing this, Ling Yi's expression changed drastically. He stood up immediately.
"Little Tao, why are you here?"
Tao Xiaotao's childish face was filled with panic. When he saw Ling Yi, he struggled and shouted, "Big Brother Yi, save me, save me!"
The soldier behind him saw this and raised the beam gun in his hand. He shot at Tao Xiaotao and said, "Be quiet."
Ling Yi's eyes widened. He shouted angrily, "What are you doing?"
"Be quiet!" Suddenly, a cold voice sounded beside Ling Yi's ear.
Ling Yi turned around abruptly and saw Li Lanfeng looking at him with a cold expression.
After taking two deep breaths, Ling Yi suppressed the anger in his chest. He asked coldly, "What is the meaning of this? What did Tao Xiaotao do wrong? Why are you treating him like this? "
Although Tao Xiaotao was a little naughty and lazy, he was still very timid. He wouldn't do anything bad.
Li Lanfeng glanced at Ling Yi. Then, he turned around and said to the captains, "Since everyone is here, let's start."
"No problem." The captains nodded.
The soldier pushed Tao Xiaotao to an empty seat at the side and asked him to sit down.
Li Lanfeng opened the document in front of him and said, "Tao Xiaotao, on XX month, XX day, XX hour, XX minute, XX second, you sent a document outside, right?"
Tao Xiaotao's face was sad but he still nodded. "I remember that I sent a document. However, it was a simple letter to my family. After the war, I wanted to tell my family that I was safe."
"Let's look at this video first." Li Lanfeng pressed on the optical supercomputer on the conference table, and a virtual screen appeared in the middle of the conference room. On the screen was the video of the report that Ling Lan had seen during the military conference.
When Ling Yi saw the video, his expression changed. Then, he saw that the order to kill prisoners was transferred to Ling Lan. He was shocked and his face turned pale.
Tao Xiaotao was still in a daze. Although his face turned pale when he saw the video, he acted as if he had just seen it for the first time.
Li Lanfeng turned around and looked at Ling Yi. He asked calmly, "Ling Yi, do you have anything to say?"
Ling Yi raised his head immediately. He didn't hesitate and admitted, "I recorded the first part of the video. However, the second part isn't like this. It's fake."
"The second part should be my order to kill the prisoners, right?" Li Lanfeng knew who Ling Yi wanted to deal with by recording this video. ‘
"Yes!" Ling Yi replied arrogantly. "According to the United Nations' humanitarian agreement, the mecha clans that surrender are not allowed to be killed. You broke the rules so I had to report this to the higher-ups. "
"So, you reported this to the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee. However, you didn't expect that you would fall into someone else's trap. You directly changed the target of the complaint to Regiment Commander Ling …" Li Lanfeng said coldly. "You are really stupid."
"No, I didn't report this to the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee." Ling Yi stood up angrily. "I kept this video so that I could tell Young Master Lan when I have the chance."
"When you recorded this video, did you really think this way?" Li Lanfeng smiled faintly.
Ling Yi looked as if he was insulted. He said angrily, "Of course!"
"Ling Yi, who are you trying to lie to?" Li Lanfeng shouted coldly. "The people outside don't know but how could the people in Lingtian not know that our regiment commander was also on the battlefield? Our regiment commander knew that I gave the order to kill the prisoners but didn't pursue the matter. Anyone who is smart would know our regiment commander's position. "
"If you're not stupid, then who is?" Li Lanfeng sneered. "In reality, you recorded this video just to satisfy your so-called righteous heart. You wanted to gain everyone's recognition and praise. However, you didn't consider how much trouble your actions would bring to our regiment commander."
"I didn't! I didn't! " Ling Yi shouted agitatedly. "I didn't report this and I didn't give anyone this video. Why would I want recognition and praise? I just hope that our regiment commander will stay away from despicable people like you … "
"Then, here's the problem. Since you didn't report this and didn't give anyone this video, how did this video get leaked and end up being sent to the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee? Or has it been changed? "Li Lanfeng interrupted Ling Yi and went straight to the point.
Ling Yi was stunned. He calmed down and thought about it seriously. Then, his face turned pale. He looked at Tao Xiaotao in disbelief.
"I, I, I … I only showed it to my comrades." Ling Yi squeezed out these words with a painful expression. He felt the pain of being betrayed.
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