"Li Lanfeng will definitely go to the 23rd Division. I've already talked to him about it." Ling Lan replied directly, "As for Li Shiyu, as long as Zilong hasn't resolved that hidden danger, it's impossible for him not to go even if he wants to."
Ling Lan's words caused the others to shed tears of sympathy for Li Shiyu. Poor Li Shiyu, just like that, had innocently sold his entire life to the Lingtian Battle Clan, no longer having any so-called freedom to speak of.
Hiding to one side, Zilong discreetly wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, and mentally hypnotized himself, "This has nothing to do with me. All of this was Boss's idea..." He still remembered that when his condition had flared up back then, Boss had secretly injected him with that injection. There was definitely something fishy going on.
"As for Chang Xinyuan, we'll just find a chance to ask him next time. Even if he's not willing, there are still a few years left. There's plenty of time for us to kidnap him." Ling Lan rubbed her chin, thinking of that mecha modification genius. Yes, she definitely could not let him slip away just like that.
Kidnap? The moment Ling Lan said this, the other people in the villa all did the same thing, which was to raise their heads to look at the ceiling, pretending not to have heard anything. They were a proper battle clan, definitely not some human trafficking gang... er, although some of the clan members were indeed recruited through human trafficking, overall, they were still in the minority, right...? Everyone reassured themselves mentally, reminding themselves that they definitely could not be led astray by their boss.
As evening approached, Ling Lan walked out of the villa on her own accord. Zilong and the others were still in training and had not returned yet. Ling Lan decided to go to the port to send her dad off, in case Ling Xiao got upset again because he couldn't figure things out.
Ling Lan knew very well that Ling Xiao had come all this way to the military academy in disguise because he was worried about her, so he had wanted to come over and take a look. Although Ling Lan felt that Ling Xiao's actions were superfluous, it was undeniable that Ling Lan was deeply moved. She experienced the kind of fatherly love that Ling Xiao had for his daughter. Although they had missed out on 16 years of time, Ling Xiao was more devoted to this family relationship than Ling Lan. It should be said that Ling Xiao was qualified to play the role of a father.
These few days of interaction at the military academy had allowed Ling Lan to gradually merge the Ling Xiao in the legacy space with the Ling Xiao in the real world. If not for Ling Lan's habitual facial paralysis and Ling Xiao's ridiculously young face, perhaps Ling Lan would already have opened her mouth to call Ling Xiao 'daddy' to fulfill his wish. As for now …
Ling Xiao's assessment team was pretty much the last team to leave the First Men's Military Academy. There were quite a number of people who came to send them off. Some of them were senior cadets who had successfully passed the assessment to enter the 23rd Division, such as Huo Zhengyu and the others. There were also many junior cadets who admired the 23rd Division's reputation and came over to show off when there were no classes to make their presence known and leave a good impression on the examiners.
Even though they knew that the examiners would be different every year, what if a few years later, the examiners were still the same examiners … they were not willing to miss out on this tiny bit of hope.
This was the first time Huo Zhengyu had seen the regiment commander of the 23rd Division's team. During the assessment period, this regiment commander had not appeared on the assessment field. Even if he did check on them, he would only do so after the assessment every day. Since Huo Zhengyu had chosen to go to the 23rd Division, he naturally wanted to know more. He wanted to know what kind of general this major general was. Perhaps he could find some of General Ling Xiao's shadow in him.
Huo Zhengyu believed that the generals General Ling Xiao had brought up would definitely have something similar in them.
The major general looked very young. Even though he was wearing an oversized mask that covered almost all of his face, it still could not hide this fact. He led his team to the port of the 23rd Division's exclusive warship. He did not walk straight into the warship like the other assessment teams. Instead, he stood there, as if waiting for someone.
The other examiners did not seem to be used to this. The moment the major general stopped, they all chose to stand in different positions. Around the major general, they gathered in groups of twos and threes, chatting with one another. The atmosphere was very relaxed.
Huo Zhengyu did not think too much of it at first, but he soon discovered the secret behind this. Those examiners seemed to be standing there casually as they chatted, but that was actually not the case. They had subtly surrounded the major general in the middle, each of them standing in a different direction and angle. It could be said that everything around them was in the eyes of these examiners. There was not a single blind spot.
Seeing this, Huo Zhengyu could not help but be secretly speechless. He had not expected the 23rd Division's chief to have such a strong sense of perspective. In the other assessment teams, such a scene would not be seen. Even the regiment commander leading the team might not be able to subdue that group of arrogant but talented officers under him.
It could not be denied that, even as Huo Zhengyu was surprised, he was also secretly delighted. To be able to join a united division was much better than joining a division where different factions wrestled with each other.
Right at this moment, Huo Zhengyu saw a familiar figure walking over. It was precisely Ling Lan, who had won against him in the arena battle. Ling Lan walked directly over the defensive fence towards the people of the 23rd Division. Looking at his target, the person he was looking for was that major general.
Even as Huo Zhengyu was taken aback, he secretly began to feel nervous for Ling Lan. These examiners of the 23rd Division looked rather amiable, but they were actually not that easy to get along with. He had once tried to build a good relationship with these officers, but had failed. Those officers' mocking gazes made Huo Zhengyu not dare to say anything more to them.
Huo Zhengyu thought that Ling Lan would be stopped by the surrounding officers before he could reach the major general. Unexpectedly, the moment Ling Lan walked in, the officer at the front smiled and stepped aside. This scene made Huo Zhengyu's pupils contract abruptly. He did not need to think to know that Ling Lan must be acquainted with that major general.
As Huo Zhengyu had been fully focused on the assessment, he had not paid attention to the happenings in the military academy. Thus, he did not know that Ling Lan had led the New Cadet Regiment to form a welcoming party and had been appreciated by the regiment commander of the 23rd Division's assessment team during the welcoming ceremony...
Huo Zhengyu's gaze darkened. Ling Lan being acquainted with that major general — would this affect his plans for revenge in the future? Huo Zhenyu quickly smiled, his eyes filled with fighting spirit. This was even better. If Ling Lan really applied for the 23rd Division because of this, perhaps their time for revenge could be brought forward by several years.
"You're finally here! I thought you wouldn't even want to see me off. " Even though Ling Xiao's face was covered by a large mask, the smile in his eyes could not be concealed. It was clear to see that Ling Lan's arrival had greatly pleased Ling Xiao.
"En, I forgot to ask Father to pass on a message. Tell Mummy not to worry, everything is fine here." Ling Lan reflexively rubbed her nose, ignoring the hope in Ling Xiao's eyes. She once again acted like an ostrich, pretending not to see anything. Alright, let her get used to it a little more!
Ling Xiao seemed to see Ling Lan's embarrassment. He reached out a hand dotingly to tap Ling Lan on the forehead and said with a smile, "Got it. I will pass on your message, my 'son'!" That said, Ling Xiao turned to leave, preparing to board the ship. Actually, he was already very satisfied that Ling Lan had personally come to see him off. As for calling him 'Daddy', he was in no hurry. There was still time. One day, he would make his daughter willingly call him 'Daddy'.
Ling Lan looked at Ling Xiao's stalwart back and stood at attention decisively. She gave a cadet's salute and said silently, "Daddy, have a safe trip!" Even though she had not been able to say 'Daddy' out loud, it was undeniable that she loved and respected Ling Xiao from the bottom of her heart.
The assessment team of the 23rd Division very quickly followed their general onto the ship, and the ship quickly took off. Just like that, other than Zilong and a few others who knew that Ling Xiao had come to the military academy, no one else knew that the military's idol, the god-class operator, General Ling Xiao, had once visited the men's military academy.
Ling Lan watched as the ship left the harbour. Only then did she put down her hand and turn to leave the harbour. Halfway through, she saw Huo Zhengyu standing opposite her, looking at her with a serious expression.
"Senior Huo, what's the matter?" asked Ling Lan calmly.
"Are you going to the 23rd Division in future?" asked Huo Zhengyu.
"Yes!" replied Ling Lan firmly.
"Good. Four years later, I will be waiting for you at the 23rd Division. At that time, we will settle our grudges with a battle." Huo Zhengyu's eyes were filled with fighting spirit as he issued his challenge.
"Just what I want!" Ling Lan decisively slapped the other's outstretched palm, indicating that she had accepted Huo Zhengyu's challenge.
After the two of them high-fived each other, they brushed past each other, heading towards their respective destinations without looking back. However, they knew that from now on, they needed to prepare for the battle four years later.
Very soon, night fell. Ling Lan and the others finished their dinner, trained for a while, and then went off to rest.
At this time, in the space of the planet they were on, a fleet of an unknown faction had already infiltrated. They approached this planet silently... even more frighteningly, they had used some unknown method to cut off all satellite surveillance in this part of space, so that no one and no equipment could detect their presence.
A patrol ship was doing a routine patrol in this part of space and found that everything was normal. Just as it was about to send a message to the mainframe below, it found that it could not send anything out.
"Strange, why is there no signal after five tries?" The operator in charge of sending the message had sent five times in a row, but the optical supercomputer still did not notify him that the transmission had failed. This surprised him and he could not help but shout out. Although there had been cases of transmission failures due to unstable signals before, it had usually only happened once or twice, never more than three times. Not passing five times was definitely an abnormal phenomenon.
The team leader in charge of this immediately went up to check. Indeed, it was as the operator had said — there was no signal at all. He quickly asked, "What satellite are you connected to?"
"JX-12," the operator immediately replied.
"Change it to JX-07," the team leader instantly ordered.
"Yes! Team leader! " The operator immediately switched to the satellite, but found that JX-07 was also unable to connect. "Team leader, there is no way to connect to JX-07."
"Try other satellites!" Cold sweat began to appear on the team leader's forehead. He felt that something was not right.
The operator continued to connect to the other large satellites in this part of space, but found that it was still not working. "Team leader, it's still not working."
"Is the warship's communicator broken?" the team leader asked again.
"No, the device's self-check is all normal!" the operator immediately replied.
When the team leader heard this, he suddenly thought of the information war that the Federation had fought over twenty years ago. This had also happened. His expression changed drastically. "Could it be an enemy attack?"
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