Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Seeing the soldiers below begin to move, the highest commanding officer of the base turned to leave the command post. Coming to his personal office, he sent a report of the situation here to the mainframe of Mecha World, along with all the orders he had given. However, the transmission channel that had been tampered with by the Caesar hackers had sent the contents of his report directly to the mainframe of the spaceship hidden in the base. Meanwhile, the real mainframe of the Federation was completely unaware of everything that had happened here.
The starship had successfully switched to high speed and was temporarily out of danger. However, Ling Lan had fallen into dire straits because of the commanding officer's desperate order. When the commanding officer had ordered the starship to switch to high speed, Little Four, who had already grasped the situation, had immediately relayed the bad news to Ling Lan.
If Ling Lan had not been too far away from the starship, this amount of time would have been enough for Ling Lan to board the starship. However, as it so happened, Ling Lan had purposely lured the Caesar ace operator into a trap in order to finish off the other as quickly as possible. Pretending to lose control, she had now fallen to an altitude of about 800 metres, a full 1000 metres away from the 1700m position of the starship.
This distance made Ling Lan extremely tight on time. She operated her ace mecha to fly towards the starship at high speed, attempting to successfully land on the starship before it officially entered high speed. However, just as Ling Lan was about to successfully reach the launch port of the starship, the starship successfully switched to high speed and shot off like an arrow, causing Ling Lan to miss and instantly widen the distance between her and Ling Lan.
Seeing this, Ling Lan gritted her teeth and decisively pushed the imperial mecha's speed to its maximum, which was the mecha's extreme speed. Extreme speed was usually in a sealed state and would not be activated easily. This was because extreme speed was very damaging to a mecha's engine — the energy expended per second was no less than firing a mecha's heavy energy cannon. Not only that, operating at extreme speed also had a high physical requirement on the operator.
The reason why Ling Lan did not activate her maximum speed right from the start was because she was afraid that her body would not be able to withstand it. At the same time, she also thought that by using her maximum speed, she would be able to successfully board the starship. However, she did not expect that she would fail at the last moment. However, faced with this kind of desperate situation where she would definitely be stranded at the Swift Dragon base if she did not use extreme speed, Ling Lan naturally would not hesitate any longer!
This was because she needed to successfully board the starship before it broke through the atmosphere. Otherwise, with just the power and energy of her mecha, she would not be able to escape gravity and fly into outer space. Even if Ling Lan was currently operating an imperial mecha, she would not be able to do so unless Ling Lan was operating a god-class mecha. Honestly, even if an imperial mecha could fly into outer space, based on Ling Lan's current strength, her physical fitness would not be able to sustain long periods of cross-level operation...
This time, Ling Lan's cautious choice had been taught a lesson in blood. She understood that from now on, she needed to give her all in everything she did and not take any chances. Otherwise, the price she would have to pay might be even higher.
Time passed bit by bit. Ling Lan's mecha drew closer and closer to the starship. 100 metres, 50 metres, 30 metres, 20 metres, 10 metres... she saw that the 5 minute countdown she had set for herself was already dwindling. Cold sweat broke out on her forehead uncontrollably, and for the first time, she felt powerless.
If she accelerated just a little more, she would be able to grab hold of the outermost handle of the starship's final launch port. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not take another step closer. Meanwhile, the X192 high-glazed nuclear power source was also beginning to emit a red warning light indicating that it had run out of energy... could it be that she would still fail in the end and be unable to leave the Swift Dragon base? A sense of foreboding flashed through Ling Lan's heart.
What made Ling Lan even more nervous was that she could feel her body beginning to hurt. From a mild throbbing pain, it was slowly turning into an intense tearing pain. It looked like the backlash from cross-level operation was already seriously affecting her body. As time went on, the situation was getting worse and worse.
Just as Ling Lan was beginning to despair, a voice suddenly exploded in the mecha's comms channel, "Rabbit, you can do it!"
Ling Lan's spirits lifted. She jerked her head up and saw the familiar silhouette of a mecha appear at the rear of the launch port. It was the leopard. With one hand on the handle, he reached out with all his might towards Ling Lan, trying to grab hold of her mecha.
Seeing the leopard, Ling Lan's heart shuddered and she decisively reached out with her right arm. Her companions had not abandoned her, so what right did she have to give up hope? Ling Lan was unfazed by the intense pain radiating from her body. She pushed her mecha's engines to overload, and Ling Lan's mecha shot forward once more, drawing closer and closer to the leopard's outstretched hand. 5 metres, 3 metres, 1 metre.
"Ah..." Ling Lan let out an angry roar. The power of the x192 high-glazed nuclear power source was finally depleted. Ling Lan reached out at the last moment, and the fingers of the two mecha hooked onto one another. However, they slipped instantly, and Ling Lan's mecha's power completely disappeared. Her mecha began to plummet uncontrollably...
"Rabbit..." Ling Lan seemed to hear the leopard's shrill cry. She had failed, hadn't she? However, as long as the leopard handed the information over to the city lord of Grandsweep City, their mission would be completed. Even if she remained at the Swift Dragon base, it would not affect the establishment of the battle clan.
Ling Lan closed her eyes helplessly. Just as she was about to give up, she suddenly felt her mecha being tugged by a force, and her mecha stopped in its descent. She was stunned. Opening her eyes to look, she found that the leopard's hands were already tightly gripping the right hand of her mecha...
"Rabbit, I won't let go again," said Li Lanfeng with a smile. His words had a double meaning, telling Ling Lan at the same time that he was telling himself that this friendship would not be like seven years ago, where he would choose to retreat and let go for various reasons.
Li Lanfeng's words puzzled Ling Lan. She saw Li Lanfeng's hands gripping her right hand tightly, and her heart skipped a beat. Could it be that the leopard had jumped off the ship? Had he given up and left for her?
Ling Lan's emotions were instantly conflicted. This was the first time someone had been willing to take such a risk for her... Ling Lan's gratitude only lasted for a moment, and her calm returned once more. She immediately reacted — the two of them had not plummeted rapidly, but had instead been pulled up by some force, flying swiftly upwards along with the ship.
Ling Lan looked decisively behind the leopard's mecha, only to find that the leopard's mecha's legs were currently being gripped tightly by Zilong's mecha...
"Yo, Boss, it's very rare to see you in such a sorry state." Zilong's teasing voice rang out from Ling Lan's comms channel, causing Ling Lan's heart to relax amidst her pleasant surprise. Despite her excitement, she was used to being as cold as ice, so she could only reply calmly, "Yes, are you very satisfied?"
Ling Lan's cold words caused Zilong's light laughter to die in his throat. He felt a chill creep up his spine, and his body shuddered involuntarily. If his hands had not been so steady, this shudder might have resulted in serious trouble.
Zilong was silently regretting his actions. How could he have forgotten that his boss was a vicious and merciless person who would seek revenge for the smallest grievance? Zilong could already foresee that after he returned, he would be captured by his boss and brought to the secret combat room to be brutally beaten... sob sob sob, his little life would be in danger.
"Boss, even if you're in such a sorry state, you're still the most handsome Boss." Zilong tried to salvage his tragic fate, weakly sucking up to his boss. Unfortunately, in the midst of the chaos, his sucking up skills had greatly deteriorated, and he had actually ended up sucking up to the horse's hooves.
"Hehe, so I'm the most handsome when I'm in such a sorry state." Ling Lan's lips quirked as she replied nonchalantly. However, she was in a very good mood. These were her little companions — at critical moments, they would run over to protect her... alright, at this moment, the leopard's figure was once again tossed into a corner by Ling Lan.
Ling Lan's words made Zilong almost slap himself in the face. How could he be so stupid, actually reminding Boss that he had just said something wrong...
In the end, it was Han Jijun, who was holding onto Zilong from behind, who pitied his best friend and immediately spoke up to help him out. "Quick, everyone, pull Boss back."
It turned out that the other members of the team were also there. Luo Lang and Han Jijun were behind Zilong, each holding onto Zilong with one hand. Meanwhile, behind Luo Lang and Han Jijun, Xie Yi, Lin Zhong-qing, and the others were holding onto them.
Why had they appeared here in such a timely manner? Actually, the situation was like this...
Before the warship had reached high speed, Ling Lan had approached the warship. After Ling Lan had boarded the ship, Little Four had stealthily operated the ship to silently open the ejection port at the stern. These actions were completely unknown to the Federation soldiers in the main control room of the warship. However, Zilong and the others, who had been waiting in the cockpits at the stern, immediately noticed this. They saw the ejection port that had been closed all this time finally open. Without much thought, they knew that their boss must have returned.
However, before they could rejoice, what happened next not only caused Ling Lan to miss the opportunity to land, it also caused Zilong and the others to stare with their mouths agape. The warship suddenly switched to high speed, tossing them off the ship without any warning. Luckily, they were all in their mecha, so even though they were tossed around quite badly, they did not suffer any serious injuries. The few minor injuries were quickly dealt with by Li Shiyu's presence.
By the time they had stabilised their mecha, there was no sign of their boss. Zilong and the others knew that their boss must not have made it in time. They were anxious and worried, but at that moment, they did not know what to do.
Right at that moment, Li Lanfeng, who had been silent all this while, suddenly took out some documents from his bag and handed them to Zilong. "Zilong, I need to go to the ejection port to check out the situation. There might be danger there... I'll leave this document with you."
Zilong immediately refused. "This is a mission given to you by Boss. I can't go against Boss's orders. Besides, I should be the one going to the stern tunnel. "
Li Lanfeng did not say anything after Zilong's direct refusal. He simply shoved the document to Zilong, and before Zilong could react, he had already turned and left.
By the time Zilong reacted, Li Lanfeng had already disappeared through the first door of the tunnel. Speechless, he held the document, glanced at his companions around him, and then decisively shoved the document to Chang Xinyuan, who was still in a daze.
Zilong's action stunned Chang Xinyuan. He asked anxiously, "Why... are you giving it to me?"
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