Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Zhao Jun was the only one who understood this attitude of Li Lanfeng's. Zhao Jun was rather puzzled by this, so he asked, "What, you have a different opinion?"
Li Lanfeng raised his head to glance at Zhao Jun, and then asked thoughtfully, "For the New Cadet Regiment to accept the letter of challenge in such a high-profile manner, it can be seen that they are very confident in themselves."
Zhao Jun said disapprovingly, "The students of Doha Central Academy have always thought highly of themselves, somewhat unaware of the immensity of heaven and earth. Back then, wasn't Zhang Jing-an the same? He had offended the Thunder King the moment he arrived, and now, when he sees the Thunder King, he's tucking his tail between his legs and not daring to make a sound..."
Zhao Jun rubbed his chin. "Right now, I really want to see the expressions of these new cadets after they've been bullied by Leiting. It will definitely be very interesting."
Li Lanfeng exhaled softly, and then asked in a low voice, "An aberrant that Zhang Jing-an is still wary of after three years... could it be someone like Zhang Jing-an?"
Hearing this, Zhao Jun's expression shifted slightly. He had also recalled the secret information he had dug up from Zhang Jing-an's faction. That aberrant had made Zhang Jing-an grit his teeth in hatred, but even so, Zhang Jing-an had still not dared to act rashly. He had been suppressing his anger, watching coldly as the New Cadet Regiment was established...
"Who exactly is that aberrant? I heard that the one who accepted the letter of challenge this time was a youth called Wu Jiong. He claims to be the Regiment Commander Wu of the New Cadet Regiment... could it be him? "Zhao Jun was not very good at analysing information.
"Regiment Commander Wu? Have you ever heard of a real regiment commander using a surname? Only the second and third-in-command, those deputy regiment commanders, would use their surnames to make it easier to distinguish them! "said Li Lanfeng calmly.
A cold light flashed in Zhao Jun's eyes. "In other words, the real regiment commander of the New Cadet Regiment has not actually appeared."
"Revealing all their trump cards from the start... that would be called stupid," replied Li Lanfeng. "So, I have my reservations about the consequences of Leiting's operation this time."
Right then, Li Lanfeng recalled the information he had seen on this batch of new cadets in the S-level section of the military academy mainframe... that was no ordinary group of new cadets! If the people of Leiting underestimated the other, without the Thunder King holding the fort, it was very likely that they would really be defeated.
Of course, he would be happy to see the Thunder King lose!
At this time, Ling Lan, who was furiously levelling up in the virtual mecha world, was unaware that Leiting's letter of challenge had already been delivered to Wu Jiong's hands. However, two days ago, Ling Lan had already instructed the various brigade leaders to secretly inform all the members of the battle against Leiting.
The reason for this leak was firstly to let the other members know of the New Cadet Regiment's decision. Secondly, it was to weed out those opportunistic members of the New Cadet Regiment who would take advantage of the situation to gain a firm foothold in the Cadet Regiment. Ling Lan believed that the strength of a force did not depend on the number of people, but on unity. Only those who were willing to share weal and woe together would be able to go far. She felt that Leiting's oppression this time was a good opportunity to test the willpower of the New Cadet Regiment members.
In Ling Lan's team, Zilong and the others were naturally determined to follow their boss. Meanwhile, Wu Jiong had complete faith in Ling Lan. Ling Lan's many bold decisions had brought him many benefits. Moreover, after 10 years as classmates, Wu Jiong knew very well that Ling Lan was a trustworthy person. He would not easily give up on his companions. Thus, Wu Jiong was willing to fight for a bright future together with Ling Lan. Even if they lost completely in the end, he would not be afraid. If a person did not go crazy, they would be wasting their youth!
Meanwhile, although Li Yingjie had always held a grudge against Ling Lan and Zilong, Ling Lan's strength had indeed rendered Li Yingjie speechless. Additionally, Ling Lan did not restrict his temper and personality, even clearly stating that he would be responsible for any arrogance. This made Li Yingjie feel as if he had finally found someone who understood him. Under these circumstances, when Ling Lan asked him if he wanted to quit because of this, Li Yingjie immediately refused.
Li Yingjie did not think of anything else. He only thought that since Ling Lan believed in him and trusted him, then he should live up to this trust. Besides, who had the arrogant Li Yingjie ever been afraid of? The number one faction of the military academy? What did that count for? He, Li Yingjie, would not submit. This was the pride of being from the number one family of the Federation.
As for the other students of the Central Academy, because Ling Lan's decisions had never disappointed them before, even though they were unsure this time, they still decided to advance and retreat with Boss Lan. This was because they knew very well that if they did not resist, they would still be enslaved by the other factions. Rather than that, they might as well fight with everything they had. After all, in their eyes, Boss Lan was extremely powerful, and had never disappointed them before.
Instead, it was the decision of the students from the other academies of Doha that surprised Ling Lan and the others. Initially, they had thought that a large portion of these people would withdraw from the New Cadet Regiment, choosing to play it safe. Unexpectedly, most of them did not want to withdraw, willing to advance and retreat with the New Cadet Regiment. Only an extremely small minority chose to withdraw, the number of people not even reaching 30. Thus, the total number of people in the New Cadet Regiment was still infinitely close to 500, not decreasing by much. This greatly disappointed many of the factions who had wanted to see the New Cadet Regiment fall apart... especially Zhang Jing-an, who had wanted to take the opportunity to recruit people.
Of course, these students not withdrawing, willing to take a gamble with Ling Lan, had to be said for one of them who had put in a lot of effort. That was the third brother Gao Jin, who had caught up with Ling Lan's group on the way to the spaceship.
In this period of time, Gao Jinyun had built up quite a reputation among these students who were not from the Central Academy. After all, he was the only team leader who was not from the Central Academy to participate in the plan to seize the spaceship. Under his promotion, Ling Lan's image in the hearts of the new cadets became incomparably lofty. Even though Leiting was the number one faction of the military academy, in the eyes of those new cadets, that Boss Lan who was strong enough to 'defeat' the captain of the ship was not much weaker than Leiting's regiment commander, the Thunder King. This was also the biggest reason why they were willing to follow Ling Lan.
Their way of thinking was undoubtedly very naive, just like rookies... but newborn calves were not afraid of tigers. Sometimes, what seemed like impulsive actions could sometimes change a person's fate.
That night, Wu Jiong and the others received the letter of challenge and rushed to Ling Lan's villa at the first moment to hand the letter to Ling Lan.
Ling Lan sat on the sofa in the hall, calmly opening the letter of challenge. When she saw the contents of the challenge, the corners of her lips could not help but quirk up slightly. "As expected, they are challenging physical skills combat! This is our chance. "
Wu Jiong's expression did not relax much. "They will definitely send out a combat expert from the upper grades, perhaps even a sixth grade senior. They are older than us by five years. Five years' time is enough to pull ahead of us by a level." Wu Jiong was currently only at the peak of Refinement. If the opponents were all at Qi-Jin stage, just relying on Zilong and Ling Lan, they would lose for sure.
"Not necessarily!" replied Ling Lan decisively.
"What do you mean?" asked Wu Jiong, uncomprehending.
"Jijyun, can you find out the curriculum for our mecha piloting specialization for the next six years?" Ling Lan turned her head and suddenly asked Han Jijun.
Although Han Jijun was unsure why Ling Lan was asking this, he still nodded. He then searched for information on the military academy's curriculum on his communicator, and finally connected it to the largest virtual video projector on the wall of the villa, projecting all the contents.
"Wu Jiong, take a look. What do we have to learn in these six years?" said Ling Lan to Wu Jiong as she pointed at the information on the screen.
Wu Jiong glanced at Ling Lan in confusion, but still stepped forward without any objections. After skimming through the information, he understood. "So that's how it is. In the six years of the military academy, there aren't many physical combat classes at all!"
"That's right. In the six years of the military academy, the emphasis is placed on cultivating our mecha piloting skills, and not physical combat. Therefore, in these few years, the upper years have not put much focus on physical combat, so the gap between us and the upper years in physical combat is not as great as you think..." Ling Lan voiced her opinion. "This is also why I think we have a chance. In terms of physical combat, I believe that the students from our Central Scout Academy are definitely the strongest," said Ling Lan firmly.
"Mm, Boss, you're right." Zilong was the first to reply excitedly. Although the others did not say anything, their eyes had changed from their initial seriousness and worry to unbelievably bright.
The reason why Zilong and the others had been able to regain their confidence so quickly was because Ling Lan's words were not pure consolation, but the truth. In terms of physical combat, the Central Scout Academy was undoubtedly the one that placed the most emphasis on physical combat compared to the other academies on other planets. It could be said that a large portion of the current outstanding combat experts in the military academy came from the Central Scout Academy... only an extremely small minority came from other academies on other planets.
Of course, being good at physical combat did not mean that one would also be good at mecha piloting. Just as mentioned at the start, talent in mecha piloting was different from talent in physical combat, so those with good combat talent might not necessarily be able to become an excellent mecha operator. This was also the reason why Zhang Jing-an and the others were getting worse and worse in the military academy.
Mind you, from the second year of entering the military academy and becoming an official mecha operator, the competition between students was no longer physical combat, but mecha piloting.
"Still, even if we survive this time, what if the other organisations come again?" Although Wu Jiong was confident, he was still worried about the future of the new cadet regiment. If those factions came one by one, even if they were made of metal, they would still be beaten down.
"Don't worry. If we win this time, the other factions won't come looking for us," said Ling Lan calmly.
"Why?" asked Wu Jiong.
"Even the number one faction, Leiting, can't beat us in physical combat. Can those people do it?" Ling Lan replied, "I estimate that the next challenge will only come when we officially become mecha operators. At that time, it will be the most difficult time for us. Not only will we have to deal with Leiting's revenge, the other factions will also be eyeing us covetously. "
The Thunder King would not allow the new cadet regiment that had tarnished Leiting's reputation to continue existing. For some reason, Ling Lan was reminded of what [No Mecha Unrepaired] had said — the Thunder King was not so easy to talk to...
Although Ling Lan spoke with great difficulty and gravity, there was no sign of pressure on her face. She was as calm as ever as she said, "However, at that time, we will no longer be freshmen. Two years' time is enough for us to accumulate strength."
Only then did Ling Lan turn to look at Wu Jiong and say, "Of course, during this time, we won't have it easy. We need to improve our mecha piloting skills as quickly as possible. Otherwise, two years later, without sufficient strength, we will still be fish on the chopping block, at the mercy of others."
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