Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr These actions drew strong protests from the Scout Academy's pure academic faction. They felt that the military was clearly playing with the safety of their students. Although the Federation had announced to the public that hypnosis was harmless to the human body, the average citizen believed it to be true. However, the senior instructors of the Scout Academy all knew that hypnosis was actually a type of mental attack. It would cause certain flaws and loopholes to appear in the hypnotized person's spiritual body, which would affect the future development of the children. This was especially true for students who wanted to become mecha operators or starship navigators — mental damage was a taboo.
The Central Scout Academy had always been a place where nearly 3% of the Federation's elite students were concentrated. Every child inside had the potential to become an outstanding soldier in the future — losing even one was a loss to the Federation. Thus, the pure academic faction led by Dean Ye Yifan made the decision to expel the surveillance personnel stationed at the Central Scout Academy. They had to protect their students. Moreover, Ling Xiao's legacy space had already disappeared, so there was no need for these surveillance personnel to remain at the Central Scout Academy.
Although some of the military brass did not want to give up on Ling Xiao's legacy just like that, another group of military brass from the Scout Academy faction supported the Central Scout Academy's decision. In addition, the Supreme Marshal was also vaguely on the Central Scout Academy's side, so they had no choice but to agree to withdraw the surveillance team guarding Ling Xiao's legacy.
In fact, the reason for the Central Scout Academy's strong protest was largely because the surveillance team's brass had suddenly suspected Ling Lan for no reason, and had asked the academy to question Ling Lan. This infuriated Mu Shui-qing, who had always been protecting Ling Lan, and also infuriated the dean of the Central Scout Academy, Ye Yifan.
Mind you, for the past month or so, Ling Lan had been lying in a recovery pod, with no possibility of logging into the virtual world at all. The military actually dared to make such a ridiculous request before being able to come up with any solid evidence. This infuriated the pure academic faction instructors of the Scout Academy beyond belief.
This was especially true after the academy had found out that the person who had disguised himself as a teacher to assassinate Ling Lan was a slip-up in the surveillance team. After one of the teams had returned from a mission, they had been replaced by the assassins... and the surveillance team had not noticed the problem at first, allowing the assassins to successfully infiltrate the Central Scout Academy and obtain the opportunity to assassinate Ling Lan.
Because the other party's negligence had already caused their student to be seriously injured, could it be that they wanted to further destroy their student's future? Did they really think that the Central Scout Academy was Tom Cat? You can bully me however you want? Once the Central Scout Academy was enraged, they no longer gave any face to the military. They immediately tossed a notice of expulsion to the monitoring team. This forceful notice let the monitoring team know that the situation was out of their control. Although they tried their best to salvage the situation, it was already too late.
It should be said that the monitoring team had done something very stupid. Not only had this suggestion enraged the Central Scout Academy, even the higher-ups within the military who belonged to the Scout Academy faction were furious. Even the highest marshal of the Federation was extremely dissatisfied with them.
In the end, with no way to salvage the situation, the monitoring team could only retreat from the Central Scout Academy with their tails between their legs. Ye Yifan also took the opportunity to dismiss most of the instructors in the academy who were not purely of the academy's faction. He only kept a small portion of them who had real skills but would not affect the academy's pure instructors. Thus, they safely weathered through this turmoil in the academy …
Of course, the students were not aware of this series of actions. They only felt that some of the teachers they were familiar with had disappeared, and some unfamiliar teachers had appeared instead. However, since new teachers would appear every year, they did not find it strange.
However, the military still had to make a final judgment on the disappearance of Ling Xiao's legacy space. In the end, the military chose the final possibility, and that was, when Ling Xiao had first set up this legacy space, he had set a deadline. No matter whether or not anyone had obtained his legacy, once the time was up, the space would self-destruct.
This deduction was reasonable, and received the approval of most of the higher-ups. Although there was an extremely small portion of the higher-ups who believed that someone must have obtained Ling Xiao's legacy, it was just that they had not discovered it yet. However, when they found out that the highest marshal of the Federation had approved the military's judgment, they knew that the situation was hopeless. They could only regretfully give up on the investigation — no one dared to question the marshal's decision. Thus, the disappearance of Ling Xiao's legacy space came to an end, becoming an unsolved mystery for the military.
As time passed, the disappearance of Ling Xiao's legacy space finally calmed down. Ling Lan, who had been recuperating for over a month, was recovering better and better. When she found out that Ling Lan could come out of the recovery pod and walk around, Lan Luofeng decided to pack up her things and return to the Ling family's old mansion in three days.
In these three days, Lan Luofeng was extremely busy. She had proposed to the academy that Ling Lan take a leave of absence — this was undoubtedly in violation of the relevant regulations of the Federation. However, due to Ling Lan's special condition of needing to recuperate due to the damage to her body, as well as Mu Shui-qing's pressure on Ye Yifan from the side, the academy agreed to Ling Lan's request for a leave of absence after three years, after which Ling Lan would return to the academy to complete her final assessment and apply for the military academy or some other specialized academy.
The assassination attempt on Ling Lan during the grand armed melee had actually spread throughout the entire academy after the grand armed melee, especially among the 7th grade. When they found out that after Ling Lan had successfully taken care of the 10th grade's number one, she had been assassinated by an enemy nation, and that if the academy's instructors had not arrived in time, Ling Lan might very well have fallen to the enemy. This caused all the 7th grade students to be extremely indignant, because they knew very well that if Ling Lan had not taken care of the 10th grade's number one immediately, the final victors of this grand armed melee might very well have been the 10th grade...
At the thought of this possibility, the 7th grade's hatred for those hostile nations of the Federation grew even deeper. This was especially true for Zilong and the others — they wanted nothing more than to personally find that assassin and tear him to shreds.
Lan Luofeng knew what the truth was, but she also knew that this was politics. For the sake of unity, for the sake of stability, and also to arouse the patriotic fervor of the students, some lies had to exist, and some truths had to be buried. Lan Luofeng did not want to go against the national machinery — as long as they could give her a satisfactory explanation, she did not care about these unimportant matters. Thus, she chose to ignore them.
Zilong and the others were extremely concerned about Ling Lan's health. When Ling Lan had been unconscious, they had constantly come to visit her. They also knew that Ling Lan's body was severely damaged and would need to spend a long time recuperating at home, unable to continue attending the Scout Academy. This news filled their hearts with grief, especially Zilong. After hearing this news, he had gone to the combat room alone to torture himself. In the end, it had been Han Jijun who had persuaded him to come out.
However, the other members of Ling Lan's team could still sense that something was different about Zilong. Although he was still as straightforward as ever, it was as if there was an internal volcano churning within his body. Although everything looked normal on the outside, no one knew when he would erupt...
Han Jijun was half happy and half worried about Zilong's situation. He was happy that Zilong had become more proactive and aggressive because of Boss Lan's situation, but he was worried that Zilong would not be able to withstand the pressure he was putting on himself, and finally break down completely...
Han Jijun secretly clenched his fists, telling himself that he needed to work hard. He would never allow Zilong to break down. When Zilong was lost, he would point him in the right direction...
When the news of Ling Lan's suspension came, Zilong's team, including Ling Lan and Luo Chao, as well as the original members of team 072, all rushed over. They had come to say their final goodbyes to Ling Lan.
Everyone reluctantly came before Ling Lan. At this time, Ling Lan was sitting in a high-tech automatic wheelchair, resting. Seeing everyone come to send her off, she was extremely happy.
However, when Ling Lan saw Zilong's state, her brows furrowed slightly. With her keen observation, she naturally sensed that something was wrong with Zilong.
"Zilong, come here." Seeing Zilong like this, Ling Lan's mood instantly soured. She coldly gestured for Zilong to stand in front of her.
Zilong walked agitatedly before Ling Lan, waiting for Boss's orders. However, Ling Lan did not say anything. With a flick of her finger, an ice bead hit Zilong's forehead forcefully, causing his head to tilt back uncontrollably.
Zilong grimaced in pain. His right hand pressed against his forehead and rubbed it furiously, shouting, "Boss, why did you flick me?"
Ling Lan's ice bead left a deep red mark on Zilong's forehead. It was clear that Ling Lan had not held back at that time. "Seeing you like this pisses me off. I really want to beat you up."
Zilong asked uncomprehendingly, "Why, Boss? Aren't I fine? "
"Fine? What's with that angry look on your face? "Ling Lan huffed coldly. Zilong's unvented rage was something Ling Lan could completely feel.
Zilong fell silent, his lowered hands clenched into tight fists. The veins on the back of his hands popped out — he did not even feel the deep marks his fingernails had left on his palms. Could it be that he should tell Boss Lan that right now, he hated himself for being so useless … if he had been just a little stronger, Boss Lan would not have taken on the challenge alone?
Zilong understood that even if the grand armed melee had completely sealed off the communication functions of the communicator, Boss Lan could still ignore these restrictions. He could totally have informed them, but when Boss Lan's life was in danger, he had not chosen to inform them, choosing to take on the challenge alone. He knew that this was because Ling Lan did not want to bring danger to them. However, from another perspective, this also proved that they were really too weak to be of any help to Ling Lan …
With a 'smack', a cold, stick-shaped weapon struck the back of Zilong's hand, leaving behind a red mark. "What are you doing? Self-harm? I don't have such a cowardly follower. "Ling Lan held a frozen popsicle in her hand, her expression cold.
Ling Lan's words made Zilong extremely upset. His chest rose and fell violently several times, and then he blurted out, "Boss, I want to become strong!"
Ling Lan's brow arched. "Why?"
"I don't want to stand behind you anymore. I don't want to see Boss injured but unable to do anything about it. This feeling is very sad …" Zilong muttered softly. His fists clenched once more, and he raised his head abruptly to say loudly, "So, I want to become strong enough! I want to fight side by side with you, Boss, to become your left and right arms, a good brother who will truly share life and death with you … "
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