Han Jijun's words piqued Ling Lan's curiosity. She raised an eyebrow, waiting for Han Jijun's explanation.
"Just now, Lin Zhong-qing contacted me urgently in the virtual world, hoping that we can help him out, because he's been blocked by Li Yingjie. “
That punk Li Yingjie still hasn't given up on subduing Lin Zhong-qing? " Ling Lan was somewhat speechless. Li Yingjie was really tenacious — after being rejected by Lin Zhong-qing as his lackey at the start of the first grade, this kid had been at loggerheads with Lin Zhong-qing, always looking for a chance to cause trouble for Lin Zhong-qing, hoping that Lin Zhong-qing would admit defeat to him. Unfortunately, Lin Zhong-qing was also someone who could be persuaded by reason but not cowed by force — the more Li Yingjie forced him, the more he refused to submit. Thus, the two of them had been at loggerheads until now.
"There's no helping it. Li Yingjie is riding a tiger and can't get off. Ever since he hit a wall with Lin Zhong-qing, his dream of being the boss of the special classes has been completely destroyed. Many of the students in the class are now unconvinced, and some are even secretly mocking him for taking in Lin Zhong-qing first before saying anything else. Thus, Lin Zhong-qing hasn't had it easy this past year. "
There was one more thing Han Jijun didn't say — the reason Li Yingjie hadn't been able to take the position of boss in Year 4738 was also because of their group. Compared to Lin Zhong-qing, Li Yingjie actually hated them more for blocking his path. Just one Zilong was already difficult enough for him to deal with, not to mention there was also Ling Lan, who was even stronger than Zilong. Unable to vent his frustrations on them, Li Yingjie could only bully that Lin Zhong-qing who had no background to back him up.
At the end of the day, Lin Zhong-qing was still suffering because of them... Han Jijun sighed deeply. Although the academy tried its best to downplay the family background of the students, and set up many rules to prevent special privileges from occurring among the students, which of the children who could enter the special classes of the Central Scout Academy were stupid? A year's time was enough for them to find loopholes in these rules, and thus cleverly circumvent the rigid protections the academy had for the students. Using other methods within the rules, they forced some children with no background to become their subordinates, subordinates, or errand boys...
Most of the students in Special Class-A were children with backgrounds. After all, genes determined everything — the chances of outstanding children emerging from influential families were higher. Thus, in Special Class-A of Class 4738, there were only three or four students with relatively ordinary family backgrounds. Other than Lin Zhong-qing, who had not chosen to submit, the others had all chosen to rely on their classmates who possessed great power and background.
Ling Lan's background was not outstanding among so many rich and powerful people, but no one dared to provoke him. In the academy, one's background wasn't the most important. Strength was the foundation of standing.
Meanwhile, Lin Zhong-qing, who had come from the slums, was still very easy for the top 5 students to deal with despite his gradual increase in strength. In other words, Lin Zhong-qing was the easiest to deal with out of all the Special Class-A children — who else could Li Yingjie target other than him?
However, Han Jijun also knew that he did not have the right to go against Li Yingjie, so he chose to endure. No matter how Li Yingjie deliberately provoked him, or how he scolded him indirectly, he endured it all. This made Han Jijun very impressed with Li Yingjie's ability to endure humiliation.
"Haven't you been blocked before? Hasn't he been able to get through it all without a hitch? Why is he asking for our help this time? " Ling Lan was curious. She knew very well that although Lin Zhong-qing was a poor commoner, he was extremely proud. Unless absolutely necessary, he would definitely not ask for their help.
Could something have happened? Left Lin Zhong-qing with no way out? Ling Lan rubbed her chin, deep in thought.
Han Jijun replied, "It's like this. Lin Zhong-qing told me that the other party had directly used the rules of a duel between mortal enemies to challenge him to an arena battle. The loser would have to acknowledge the other as his boss, and become his subordinate. A duel between mortal enemies is not allowed to be avoided. Once one chooses to refuse, the academy's A.I. will automatically determine that the rejecting party has admitted defeat … This time, Li Yingjie is smart. They've used the academy's duel rules. "
"How did Lin Zhong-qing fall for it? Hasn't he always been very careful? " In order to avoid Li Yingjie's provocations and harassment, Lin Zhong-qing was very familiar with the academy's rules. He had always been very careful not to touch anything that was disadvantageous to him. It looked like he had been set up this time.
"Yes, in the virtual world, Li Yingjie found a regular class student to purposely provoke Lin Zhong-qing. As you know, Special Class-A students all have the pride that Class-A students should have — they won't allow themselves to be taken lightly. So Lin Zhong-qing chose to teach him a lesson … and then, this is the result … "
"He recorded a video of him being taught a lesson, uploaded it to the A.I. and applied for mortal enemies mode. After it was approved, he challenged Lin Zhong-qing. Under mortal enemies mode, Lin Zhong-qing would not be able to avoid it, so he had no choice but to accept the challenge. " Ling Lan naturally knew what was going on. "Looks like Li Yingjie put in a lot of effort to deal with Lin Zhong-qing, and even completed the team mission in the virtual world. I'm afraid he's the third successful team among our second years …"
Only a team could allow the members of the team to freely change positions. In the end, the one to duel with Lin Zhong-qing was no longer that regular student, but Li Yingjie.
"That fellow is really generous, actually willing to waste a team slot." A team had a total of six slots. Once a member was chosen, the members could not be changed. The existence of a team was for the academy to cultivate the students' tacit understanding in battle, and also to foster a strong sense of camaraderie between the team members. More importantly, the team members would learn the meaning of responsibility — to be responsible for each other, to work together to help each other improve.
The growth and strength of each member of a team would affect when they would finally be able to enter the real virtual world. After students reached the age of 13, they would have the right to challenge the exit checkpoint. Once they succeeded, the Central Scout Academy would remove the restrictions on these successful children, allowing them to freely enter the virtual world. It should be known that only in the virtual world would one have the chance to experience mecha piloting, and this was the dream of all Scout Academy students. Mecha piloting was the dream of all children!
Therefore, every team placed great importance on their team members, and would not randomly accept members unless a team member died in an accident … Therefore, it was said that the members of a team were definitely the closest companions, solid comrades who would accompany each other until they graduated from the Scout Academy.
"What does Lin Zhong-qing mean?" Ling Lan sensed Lin Zhong-qing's intentions, and her brow furrowed slightly.
"He wants to join us." Han Jijun indeed gave the answer that Ling Lan had thought of.
"I don't think so." Ling Lan did not really like Lin Zhong-qing. She thought that Lin Zhong-qing was too good at enduring. Compared to Ling Lan's voluntary self-restraint, Lin Zhong-qing was forced to endure due to external pressure, and the result was that he had become gloomy, his gaze always dark and hard to read. If such a person joined them, it was very likely that he would become an unstable factor in their team.
Ling Lan was prepared to lead Zilong and the others to break through the barrier as soon as she turned 13, so she did not want any accidents to happen.
"He said clearly that he wants to become your subordinate, Boss, and is willing to dedicate his loyalty to you," Han Jijun added. It looked like he had high hopes for Lin Zhong-qing.
Ling Lan was not moved. She had the Ling family loyalists, who were more reliable than Lin Zhong-qing's.
"Actually, Lin Zhong-qing is not bad. I think he has thought it through carefully before choosing us, so he probably won't betray us. You should know that right now, in Special Class-A, there are only two teams that can stand up to Li Yingjie's group. One is Wu Jiong's team, and the other is us, "Luo Lang explained. "However, Wu Jiong and Ye Xu belong to the military system. Right now, Lin Zhong-qing is very repulsed by this sort of power, so he doesn't want to join. That's why he chose us."
"Aren't we also part of the military system?" Ling Lan asked in confusion. She glanced at the group before her, trying to figure out their identities. After spending more than a year together, she had come to know their family backgrounds. Zilong, Han Jijun, Luo Lang, and the others were all descendants of the upper echelons of the military.
The group laughed. Zilong chuckled and retorted, "But Boss, you're not. Whether or not we belong to the military system depends on Boss's identity."
Ling Lan scratched her face awkwardly, unsure whether she should say that she actually also belonged to the military system … In the past, she had thought that since her father had died, they were just ordinary family members of martyrs, and would definitely have nothing to do with the military system in the future. So, she had told Han Jijun and the others that she came from an average family, just that her father had died in battle before she was born.
So much so that when Ling Lan had found out about her father Ling Xiao's true identity, she had been extremely troubled. She didn't know how to explain her identity to these companions.
"You all want to take Lin Zhong-qing in?" Ling Lan wasn't a stubborn person. Although she didn't think highly of Lin Zhong-qing, she still decided to listen to everyone's opinions.
"Yes, Lin Zhong-qing is very talented, and he works very hard. His improvement is obvious. In the most recent ranking competition, he has already entered the top 15. His future achievements won't be too bad. Boss, if you take him in as a follower, it won't do us any harm, "Han Jijun analysed.
"But we'll have to go up against Li Yingjie's group." Ling Lan considered whether it was worth it to get into this trouble for Lin Zhong-qing.
"Isn't it quite interesting? Without opponents, without competition, our improvement will be much slower. " Han Jijun looked towards the other side with a smile. It was Li Yingjie's group. At this moment, Han Jijun's gaze was somewhat sharp, somewhat different from usual.
Ling Lan's heart skipped a beat. Zilong, Luo Lang, and herself — the three of them all had talents that leaned towards the combat type, but Han Jijun wasn't. His talent was clearly more towards the intelligence type. In other words, if he wanted to improve his abilities, he couldn't just rely on studying or combat. He would have to frequently engage in a battle of wits and courage with others …
Ling Lan thought of her future plans. Han Jijun was definitely the most important part of it. Only when Han Jijun was strong would she be able to accomplish what she wanted to do perfectly.
Thus, Ling Lan nodded and said, "Alright, I agree."
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