Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Seeing the originally clean floor stained red by the blood from the other's mouth, Ling Lan frowned in disgust. Grimly, she tugged at her sleeves and said as if she was ordering someone to throw away rubbish, "This bloody stench is really disgusting. Lin Zhong-qing, throw this piece of trash out for me, so he doesn't dirty my eyes."
Ling Lan's casual and cold tone was enough to prove her coldness and disdain for life. Even Lin Zhong-qing, who was familiar with Ling Lan, could not help but shudder at the sight of this Boss Lan, his expression almost changing.
After so many years, Lin Zhong-qing had already learned to use a smile to hide his true thoughts. Still maintaining the smile on his face, he replied casually, "Yes, Leader!" It was as if he was already used to Ling Lan's words. Similar incidents had not just happened once or twice, and this still caused those staff members to panic.
Ling Lan nodded silently. Lin Zhong-qing had also grown a lot in these three years, able to adapt to sudden situations like this with ease. Although the two of them had not communicated beforehand, their coordination was excellent, easily achieving the situation Ling Lan wanted.
Lin Zhong-qing walked forward calmly, but in truth, he could not help but be a little surprised. Boss Lan's ambiguous attitude made it hard for him to tell whether this guard leader was dead or alive... this made Lin Zhong-qing wonder if Boss Lan had really killed that guard leader?
His mind was filled with questions, but his face did not betray any of them. He walked up to the guard leader's side, bent down, and reached out to grab the other's shirt over his chest. However, with this extremely nimble movement, he ended up touching the other's chest...
"Thump, thump, thump..." The faint sound of a heartbeat was transmitted from his palm, and Lin Zhong-qing instantly understood. This was probably a show Ling Lan had purposely put on to intimidate these staff members in the main control room.
Although Lin Zhong-qing could not understand why Ling Lan would go to such lengths, he believed that Boss Lan must have his reasons for doing so.
As for whether Boss Lan himself would not be able to figure out the situation, Lin Zhong-qing did not even think about it. He knew very well that with Boss Lan's strength, he would definitely know whether the other was alive or dead. The reason why his attitude was so vague was definitely because he was setting up a trap.
The unknown fate of the guard captain caused the staff in the main control room to feel a sense of sadness. A faint sadness quietly pervaded the main control room. They were worried about the guard captain's safety, but they were also terrified of their own fate. At this time, they were no longer as calm as they were at the beginning. They no longer believed that these youths really did not dare to do anything to them, because the youth leading them, that cold and cruel black-clothed youth, was definitely a vicious and merciless person.
When Ling Lan saw that the commotion had finally been suppressed, she immediately decided to pursue the victory. Thus, she glared angrily and said, "Tie them all up!"
These freshmen were still inexperienced. They didn't even consider restricting these staff members.
After saying that, Ling Lan threw a look at Lin Zhong-qing. Lin Zhong-qing saw Boss Lan's meaningful look and had a flash of inspiration. He recalled a kidnapping technique that Ling Lan had taught their team before. It could be used locally, so there was no need to worry about not having enough materials. That was to use a belt to tie someone up. It should be known that in this world, on a spaceship, whether it was a guard or a staff member, they would all wear a belt and carry a beam handgun with them.
Understanding, Lin Zhong-qing nodded at Ling Lan and then walked over to the staff member closest to him. While the other was struggling, Lin Zhong-qing untied the other's belt and pulled out the handgun.
The beam handgun had been removed at the very beginning when the students had rushed in to stop the staff members. Thus, these staff members did not have any firearms to fight with the students unless they fought bare-handed. But in terms of combat skills, how could these people compare to these elite students of the Central Scout Academy?
"Stop struggling. The more you struggle, the more pain you will feel..." The smile on Lin Zhong-qing's lips deepened. This made the fear in the staff member's heart deepen. Could it be that they still wanted to torture him for pleasure? The frightened staff member could no longer maintain his calm. He began to struggle violently, almost breaking free from the grasp of one of the students who was controlling his movements.
"Hmph!" Lin Zhong-qing's smile turned cold. With a quick stride, he pinned the staff member to the ground, then used the belt in his hands to wrap the staff member's arms tightly behind his back. Finally, he wrapped the belt around the staff member's neck and pulled back his arms to lock them in place.
The method Lin Zhong-qing used to tie up the staff member was the Eight Crossed Forms Technique. This binding method required a lot of skill — even if one tried to do it several times, it was an extremely difficult but extremely practical technique. It was a skill that Ling Lan had exchanged honour points for in the learning space.
If one did not master this binding method properly, there was a chance that the other party could break free. But once it was perfectly mastered, the more the other party struggled, the tighter the Eight Crossed Forms Technique would become, making it impossible to break free.
Of course, this method was useless against those who had reached the Refinement realm. After all, the strength of a Refinement realm cultivator was enough to break through the tenacity of the belt. Still, these staff members had no way of breaking free, because the strongest among them was only at the Manifestation realm.
Lin Zhong-qing still remembered how their team had put in a lot of effort to learn how to tie this knot. This was especially true for team leader Zilong. The careless him had never liked this sort of delicate work, so he had never succeeded even once after several hundred tries. This had angered Boss Lan, who had immediately dragged team leader Zilong back to the hidden combat room to give him a good beating before letting him off.
Although they did not know how badly team leader Zilong had been tortured back then, after team leader Zilong had recovered and returned, he had been fearfully learning how to tie knots. That fearful and cautious demeanour had left a deep impression on them even now. From then on, these team members had been even more afraid of angering Boss Lan... because no one wanted to experience the tragedy that Team Leader Zilong had gone through.
Lin Zhong-qing very quickly finished tying the knot, and then pushed that staff member into a corner. Then, at Ling Lan's signal, he walked over to another staff member and used the same method to remove the other's belt. However, this time, he said to the other team leaders present, "I'll have to trouble the few team leaders to monitor the entire scene. The rest of the team members, help me tie up these staff members."
Just like that, under Lin Zhong-qing's demonstration, the students began to follow his example. Lin Zhong-qing checked them one by one, and if he found anything wrong, he would immediately correct it. Just like this, he went back and forth three times, and all the staff members here were tied up. Of course, when the students tried to think about the details of tying the knot, they found that they were all a blur, unable to tell which had started first...
However, this did not exclude the possibility that some students with photographic memory might have learned this method of tying knots. Ling Lan did not mind — the learning space had many better methods of tying people up than this. If everyone was a student, she could just exchange them for a more advanced method of tying people up for Zilong and the others.
Of course, Ling Lan did not consider whether learning how to tie people up again would make Zilong's life a living hell. Perhaps Ling Lan was just thinking of using this opportunity to teach Zilong a lesson...
Seeing that the main control room was already finished, what came next was no longer her business. Ling Lan decisively relinquished her responsibility. She turned to look at Han Jijun and said, "Jijyun, you stay behind to hold the line. Take charge of the main control room." Then, she swept her gaze over all the students in the main control room and said, "The strongest five, follow me to the captain's quarters!"
Without even thinking, Lin Zhong-qing was the first to step forward and say, "Leader, take me there!"
Ling Lan nodded and said, "Alright, four more!"
The team leaders scrambled to fight for these four spots. In order to save time, Ling Lan directly called the strongest four people to go with her. Strength spoke for itself, so the other team leaders who had not been chosen had no complaints.
Of course, Ling Lan also reminded everyone that the main control room was the most important control platform of the ship. They needed to stay here to ensure the safety of the main control room. They must not allow the ship's crew to react and snatch it back again.
As Han Jijun walked Ling Lan out of the main control room, Ling Lan whispered to him, "This is a good opportunity to learn how to control the ship."
"But we don't know much about it." They had not systematically learned how to control a ship. Even though this was a good opportunity, Han Jijun did not think that they would be able to figure it out on their own. It was likely that they would not be able to gain any good experience this time. Han Jijun could not help but sigh softly.
Ling Lan swept a glance over the main control room and said, "Isn't there someone there to guide you all?"
Han Jijun's eyes lit up, instantly understanding Ling Lan's intentions. Turning his thoughts, he quickly asked, "Is that guard leader still alive?" Although he felt that Ling Lan would not kill someone for no reason, he still needed to get a definite answer. This was because he had thought of a way to get those staff members to take the initiative to teach them.
Ling Lan nodded to show that Han Jijun's guess was correct. "How to make use of him will depend on your ability." She could only do this much — whether they could get what they wanted would all depend on Han Jijun's hard work.
Ling Lan had put in so much effort because when he had first applied for the First Men's Military Academy, Han Jijun had not applied for the military strategy specialization he was good at, but had instead applied for the starship control specialization. This meant that Han Jijun would become a captain in the future, and if he was just a little short of that, he would still be the most important navigator of a starship...
Perhaps many people would find it a pity that Han Jijun had given up his advantages to choose a specialization that did not have much of a future, but Han Jijun knew very well what he was doing.
Mind you, Ling Lan, Zilong, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi had all chosen the mecha control specialization, while Lin Zhong-qing had chosen the logistical reserve specialization that everyone had neglected, and had only chosen out of helplessness.
In truth, with Lin Zhong-qing's talent, he could have applied for the mecha control specialization, but in the end, he had still chosen this low-key and unremarkable specialization. Han Jijun understood why he had done so — he had done so for the future of the team. A team could lose a powerful fighter, but it could not lose an excellent logistical reserve.
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