Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr The dispute at the entrance of the cafeteria had already attracted the attention of many students. Of course, there were also quite a few students whose faces were filled with anger, but they did not dare to act rashly. The crew members who were watching them were keeping a close eye on them — the moment they made any strange movements, they would pounce on them and show them who was boss.
Ling Lan watched this scene coldly, and then suddenly turned her head to say to Xie Yi, "Xie Yi, go invite Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie over!"
Xie Yi's eyes lit up. "Yes!" Since Ling Lan had given such an order, she must have approved of the role he had set for her. Although Luo Lang had said earlier that Boss Lan had already approved of her, Xie Yi still felt a little uneasy as she had not received a definite response from Ling Lan. She was afraid that Luo Lang was just trying to comfort her.
Xie Yi's diplomatic skills were very strong. Very soon, Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie arrived at the cafeteria with their respective teams.
"Boss Lan, I heard you were looking for us?" Wu Jiong's face was full of surprise. Ling Lan rarely looked for him — when she did, it would definitely be something big, just like the grand armed melee back then.
Meanwhile, Li Yingjie's expression was awkward as he called out in a low voice, "Boss Lan!" Deep down, he did not want to be addressed this way. However, ever since Wu Jiong had changed to calling Ling Lan Boss Lan, there had been one time when he had called out Ling Lan's name directly, which had attracted odd looks from everyone in Class-A and Class-B. Even the people in his own team had looked surprised. This forced him to lower his proud head and grit his teeth to admit that Ling Lan was the boss of their cohort.
Ling Lan actually did not mind how she was addressed. Whether they called her Boss Lan or called her by her name, it was just a form of address. She gestured for the two of them to look at the centre of the dispute and asked in a low voice, "What do you two think?"
"Eh? It's him? Boss Lan, that's someone from our academy. His name is Peng Jiayan. He used to be in the merit class, but in his last year, he managed to turn the tables and enter Class-B. After that, he successfully got into the First Men's Military Academy. He's a talent. "Wu Jiong was very familiar with the merit students of the academy, immediately identifying the other's background.
Just as Wu Jiong revealed the student's name and background, the conflict in the cafeteria escalated once more. The few crew members of the spaceship had lost their patience. They actually chose to take action. Two of the crew members stepped forward, intending to pin the other party down and use force to force the other party to kneel and apologise.
The students of the Central Scout Academy were not as weak as they had imagined. Seeing that the situation had taken a turn for the worse, he twisted his body and dodged the pincer attack of the two. However, just as he dodged, the crew members from the other two directions suddenly attacked. This gave the scout no room to dodge, and he was instantly pinned down by the two men.
This series of attacks happened in the blink of an eye. Before the other students could react, they found that the other student had already been subdued by the opponent. Not only that, the opponent was even using brute force to force the student to his knees...
This scene caused anger to flash across the faces of the students present. Even Wu Jiong, Li Yingjie, and the others who had just arrived could not help but change their expressions. The actions of the other party were really too much.
Ever since they had experienced the grand armed melee, the Central Scout Academy students had fought together in a blood-soaked battle against the 10th grade. Thus, the students of this batch were not as cold and distant as the other grades. Instead, they had developed a relationship similar to that of comrades. Now, seeing a fellow student who had fought together with them being humiliated like this, they felt a common hatred for the enemy!
There were even a few students who tried to help, but they were forced back by the crew members...
However, the restlessness of the surrounding students made the crew members not dare to pressure that student too much. At this time, the leader of the crew members harrumphed coldly and said, "This matter has nothing to do with you all. It's a private matter between us! As for the few of you who tried to help just now, on account of your impulsiveness, I won't pursue the matter further. However, if you all still dare to help now, don't blame us for not being courteous! "
Following this shout, the crew members who had been watching the show from afar all began to move closer. The crew members were already stronger than the students to begin with, and with the fact that the other party had a large number of people, many of the students began to hesitate...
However, because Ling Lan, Wu Jiong, and the others were standing behind them, they did not express any intention of ignoring this matter. Thus, the students did not choose to retreat and disperse. The two sides fell silent, vaguely in a standoff, and the atmosphere became tense.
"Boss Lan, we can't take this lying down!" Although Wu Jiong did not want to blow things up, he did not want to be so cowardly either.
Beside him, Li Yingjie nodded in agreement with Wu Jiong's words. They were all prideful prodigies — they could not accept such forced humiliation.
At this moment, a faint smile appeared on Ling Lan's lips. Her initially cold and distant face did not soften by much because of this slight smile. Instead, it caused the surrounding people who were familiar with Ling Lan to feel a chill in their hearts. They could clearly feel the temperature of Ling Lan's body drop by several degrees from before.
Ling Lan tugged lightly at her sleeves and said calmly, "Three years ago, you two played a grand armed melee with me. I wonder if you two still have the guts to play a bigger one with me now?" That said, she raised an eyebrow and looked at the two of them, waiting for their answer.
Ling Lan's question caused Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie's hearts to skip a beat. Wu Jiong composed himself and asked in surprise, "What do you want to do?"
Ling Lan glanced at Zilong, and Zilong and the other four spread out in tacit understanding to surround the three of them. Meanwhile, Ling Lan did not forget to instruct Little Four to disrupt the surveillance equipment here, to create a virtual image to confuse the other party.
After Little Four confirmed that everything was OK, Ling Lan said in a voice that only the three of them could hear, "Take complete control of this ship!"
Wu Jiong raised his head to look at Ling Lan in shock. Even Li Yingjie was stunned by Ling Lan's words.
"What? You don't dare? "Ling Lan's gaze swept over, a hint of mockery in the corners of her eyes.
Wu Jiong was a child of a military family after all — his demeanor quickly returned to normal. He asked in a low voice, "Are you confident? That captain doesn't look easy to deal with. " Although there were many crew members, there were also quite a number of students in their academy. With Ling Lan's reputation and their status and strength, they were completely capable of uniting the students of the Central Scout Academy to go up against them.
The only thing they were worried about was that captain. The other was definitely a Qi-Jin master, and as luck would have it, he might even be a Domain stage. If Ling Lan had not been injured and all of them attacked together, they might have had a chance of success.
"Also, there will definitely be a mecha squad protecting the ship. Once the mecha are deployed, we won't have any chance of winning." Li Yingjie had also regained his composure by then, and began to talk about the combat power of the ship.
"Mecha? We just need to lock down the mecha cabins. Unless they want to destroy the ship to take us down with them, the mecha are just decorations... "It was not as if they were mortal enemies; the other side would definitely not deploy a mecha squad.
Ling Lan's words reminded Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie that they were new students of the First Men's Military Academy, the future guardians of their country. The people on the ship would not dare to harm them, so they had nothing to fear.
Of course, they could not rule out the possibility that this ship had been sent by the enemy. However, if that was really the case, even if they did not resist, nothing good would come out of it. They might as well take a gamble; perhaps they might still have a chance of survival.
At this moment, Wu Jiong's heart was pounding furiously. If they could really successfully take control of the entire ship, it would definitely be an unprecedented miracle. He believed that the cadets of the past would never have dared to do this... his palms began to sweat, and his face flushed red from his excitement.
Similarly, Li Yingjie had also thought things through. Unable to hide the excitement in his eyes, he exchanged a glance with Wu Jiong, and then they both nodded solemnly at Ling Lan, indicating that they were going crazy along with Ling Lan.
Seeing the two of them agree, Ling Lan also let out an internal sigh of relief. Although she was confident in herself, if she did not have Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie's full cooperation, it would undoubtedly be much more difficult to pull off this astounding show.
Ling Lan immediately sent a map of the ship's crew's positions that Little Four had made to Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie, and then quickly explained her plan to them.
Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie both nodded repeatedly as they listened, their eyes growing brighter and brighter. An operation that had originally had little hope had become a possibility under Ling Lan's ingenious arrangements.
It looked like Ling Lan's idea of taking control of the entire ship was not an impulsive, blind move, but something that had been carefully thought out. Otherwise, he would not have been able to obtain this detailed map of the ship's crew's positions. It looked like while they had been swallowing their anger, Ling Lan had already made preparations for her own operation.
Although they did not know how Ling Lan had obtained the map of the ship's crew's positions, they believed that it should be true. This was because they had casually glanced at the surrounding terrain earlier and found that the positions of the crew members were almost exactly the same as what was marked on the map...
Wu Jiong's admiration for Ling Lan rose once again, but at the same time, he felt an unusual bitterness in his mouth, because he once again felt the gap between him and Ling Lan. Whether it was in terms of decision-making or mentality, he was much weaker than Ling Lan. Although he was also dissatisfied with the captain's attitude at the beginning and the crew's various provocations, he had been enduring it all along, only wanting to get through these two days and one night peacefully.
Even when he saw his fellow schoolmates being humiliated and bullied for no reason, although he was indignant, he was only thinking of how to help that person get through this ordeal, to let this matter rest... yes, in his mind, he was thinking of how to help his schoolmates while trying not to offend the other, because this was their territory...
But Ling Lan was different. She had made such ample preparations, which meant that Ling Lan had wanted to take control of the entire ship from the very beginning. He had never thought of swallowing his anger. Perhaps Ling Lan's idea was very crazy, but damn it, it made him excited, his heart racing. This was what a man should do... he was indeed not as good as Ling Lan!
Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie each led their respective teams and left the scene to carry out their missions. As the two of them left, their expressions were very interesting. Compared to Wu Jiong's bitterness, Li Yingjie's expression was undoubtedly much more complicated. All sorts of envy, jealousy, and hatred, but in the end, he could only sigh helplessly and leave in disappointment...
When he found that the person he wanted to surpass was impeccably strong in all aspects, no matter how proud or unconvinced Li Yingjie was, he could only let go of that competitive heart of his. He knew that in this life, he would never be able to compete with Ling Lan, because he could no longer muster up the courage to fight Ling Lan. Facing the other directly, his heart would become extremely fragile.
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