Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr It should be said that Gao Jinyun's team was very lucky. At the critical moment, Ling Lan had arrived just in time.
Speaking of which, Ling Lan had walked into the ejection tunnel after everything had been prepared in the secret space. Using the ejection force of the tunnel, she had activated her mecha's engines and flown out of the storehouse to the skies outside.
At that time, it just so happened that Zilong and the others had led the 100 or so mecha operators of the New Cadet Regiment out of the mecha storehouse. Ling Lan had been looking down at the entire military academy from above, using Little Four's ability to activate multiple camera angles on the mecha in an attempt to control the entire battlefield.
Before she could confirm that the members of the New Cadet Regiment could adapt to this battlefield, Ling Lan would not directly participate in the battle. Her first mission upon entering the battlefield was to do her best to ensure that as many members of the New Cadet Regiment survived. This was because Ling Lan knew very well that the highest mortality rate was usually at the beginning of a battle. Once a person adapted to the environment, they would not die so easily.
Ling Lan knew very well that if she wanted her members to grow and increase their strength, they would have to rely on their own efforts to fight for their lives. Thus, Ling Lan would not be like an old mother hen, guarding her members until the end. Once they had made it through the most dangerous period of adaptation, Ling Lan would choose to let go completely and let her members fight for their own chances of survival.
Two lifetimes of Ling Lan had caused Ling Lan's personality to become very complex and contradictory. She had the gentle, considerate, and benevolent heart of her past life, but also the cold-bloodedness, heartlessness, and decisiveness forced out of her by the learning space in this life... she would not bear to see her companions sacrificed for nothing, but she could also be so callous as to place her companions in desperate straits to break through their limits and find a way to survive.
At this time, the battle in the entire military academy district on planet Newline was already in full swing. The battlefield that had initially been 10 kilometres away from the military academy had now spread into the inner sanctum of the military academy. The flames of war were burning in every corner of the military academy, and the dormitory area was the most brutal. Almost half of the ground forces were there, and the number of mecha attacking was also the highest, accounting for almost half of all the attacking mecha.
Seeing this, Ling Lan frowned slightly. This situation proved that the target of these mysterious enemies was indeed as she had thought — them cadets. However, she could not be sure if this sudden attack was really aimed at her team.
Ling Lan's eyes flashed coldly. If they were really exposed, then she would have no choice but to ask her dad to step in. The 23rd Division should be the best protection for their team. Ling Lan believed that Ling Xiao would be able to protect them until they grew up. At that time, they would no longer be targets for the enemy to slaughter at will. If the enemy wanted to deal with them, they would have to consider whether they could afford to pay the price.
Ling Lan had just thought of a way to deal with the worst-case scenario, but before she could breathe a sigh of relief, her attention was drawn to a certain panel on her mecha's screen. It was the team led by Gao Jinyun — they had run into danger.
As expected, it was not that easy for a team of intermediate mecha to survive on the battlefield. If they had had an advanced mecha leading them, they would not have ended up in such a helpless situation... Ling Lan decisively activated all her engines, and her mecha shot out like a beam of light towards where Gao Jinyun's team was.
Although the mecha Ling Lan was currently operating was not the fastest among all the ace mecha, compared to an advanced mecha, its speed was not just one or two times faster — it was even five or six times faster. Of course, Ling Lan was able to push her speed to the limit because her current body was extremely strong, completely able to withstand the feedback force of this mecha's movements. If it had been her body from three years ago, she might not have been able to handle it so easily.
And the result was just as everyone had seen — at the most critical moment, Ling Lan had saved Gao Jinyun in time, finishing off that advanced mecha in one move.
Ling Lan waited for Gao Jinyun to leave the scene before switching her mecha's combat mode from close combat mode to stealth assassination mode in the night. This was reflected in the fact that the originally faint glow of the energy beam shield on the mecha's body had instantly turned pitch black. The entire mecha no longer produced any light source, blending into the darkness of the night...
The ace mecha which had been suspended in mid-air all this time disappeared without a trace just like that. Ling Lan was not arrogant — before she knew what level the opponent was, she would not just stand there in the open and become a convenient target for the enemy to attack.
One minute later, in the distant night sky, against the backdrop of the battle on the ground, five mecha appeared indistinctly.
"It should be here. The coordinates M03 gave us should be around here." The four or five mecha seemed to be unrelated to each other, but in fact, they were communicating with each other in their team comms channel.
"Three minutes ago, we lost contact with M03. I'm afraid there's been a problem. Everyone, be careful."
"It's M01." Hearing this voice, the other mecha replied in unison. It looked like this M01 was very likely the leader of this team.
Very quickly, they found M03's mecha lying on the ground. They immediately flew over and landed on the ground. Three mecha went into a defensive stance, while one mecha immediately rushed to M03's side to crouch down to examine it. The other mecha seemed to be hanging its arms by its side, not making any defensive movements, but an experienced mecha operator would be able to tell that the mecha's current posture was actually the best posture for a counterattack. This was because, on the outside of this mecha's thighs, there were two extremely short range power beam guns.
Mecha with this type of suspension system were known as fast gunners. When you let down your guard because the opponent did not have any weapons in their hands, the opponent could immediately deal you a fatal blow. This was because the opponent could pull out the long-range beam guns on their thighs within 0.01 seconds and hit the mecha's vitals. This type of mecha also had another name, and that was ambushers!
"M01, M03's mecha was stabbed in the cockpit with a sword. M03 died on the spot... looking at the extent of the damage to the mecha, it was likely that he had been fighting for some time. Otherwise, both arms of M03's mecha would not have been chopped off. Preliminary estimates suggest that after M03's arms were chopped off, he was unable to resist and thus was stabbed in the cockpit." The mecha inspecting M03's mecha quickly reported his analysis to M01.
"M05, do you know what weapon the opponent used?" The mecha operating the fast gunner mecha was the team leader, M01. Hearing M05's report, he immediately asked.
"Looking at the damage on the cockpit, it's a domineering cold weapon. It feels very similar to the giant greatsword used by the king of close combat in ace mecha." M05 then carefully compared the cracks on the front and back of the cockpit. That large diamond-shaped crack made him think of that domineering giant weapon.
"Didn't the intelligence say that the mecha that the Thunder King is adept at operating is the long-range king of space?" M01 could not help but frown at M05's report. Although both types of mecha were considered ace mecha, these two types of operations were definitely at two extremes. The various control techniques were very different — generally, mecha operators who were proficient in one aspect would not be able to operate mecha with completely different control techniques. Meanwhile, the long-range king of space and the close-combat king of space were two completely different control techniques.
"Could it be that there's another ace mecha here?" M01's question surprised M05, who blurted out.
"We don't know what exactly happened here three minutes ago, so anything is possible," M01 replied calmly. At the same time, he turned his mecha's radar to the maximum. Whether it was the long-range king of space or the close-combat king of space, if they were ambushed by the opponent, their team would definitely be in trouble.
In contrast to M03's conceit, M01 was clearly much calmer and more self-aware. Faced with an untraceable enemy, he focused all his attention, afraid of being ambushed by the opponent.
Suddenly, he found something on his radar. In an instant, he picked up the twin guns by his thighs and aimed them at a certain corner, firing wildly. Meanwhile, the other three mecha reacted quickly, following M01's lead and aiming in that direction, they madly pulled the triggers of their beam guns.
After a round of attacks, they saw that a patch of grass there had already been destroyed by the powerful beam energy, reduced to a pile of ash. Amidst the ashes, a beam gun had already been burnt to a crisp. The energy reaction on the radar just now was actually that of a beam gun.
"That beam gun is M03's." M05's eyes were very sharp. Although the beam gun had already been beaten out of shape so that its original form was almost unrecognizable, M05 still saw the label that remained on the handle of the gun.
"Strange, why would the beam gun suddenly have an energy reaction? Could it be that someone activated it just now? " M01 asked with a frown. A beam gun had to be activated by someone — or rather, a beam gun lying on the ground would not have released any energy if no one had activated it. However, if someone had activated it, M01 did not believe that someone would be able to dodge his quick fire and escape his attack range in an instant.
"Could it be that we saw a ghost?" M05 also understood what M01 could not figure out. He could not help but shudder as he blurted out the words.
"How is that possible?" M01 roared angrily. After tens of thousands of years of scientific research, it was proven that ghosts were just a figment of the imagination of the Huaxians — they did not exist.
M05 also felt that he was letting his imagination run wild, but he did not dare to say anything more. He could only explain that perhaps the switch on the beam gun was broken, causing the energy to leak out.
Right then, M01 sensed another reaction on his radar. It was coming from behind M05. He shouted, "M05, dodge!"
M05's reaction was very quick — he threw himself to the side. Meanwhile, M01's timing was very clever. Just as M05 had dodged to the side, the beam gun in his hand poured out in torrents. This time, the three team members behind him could not keep up. They waited for M05 to completely dodge before pulling the trigger to attack where M01 had attacked.
Very soon, the first round of attacks was over. This time, it was a beam gun that had already been beaten out of shape, charred black. Seeing this, M01's expression changed slightly. This was because he had discovered that this beam gun was also M03's weapon... could it be that M03 had died with a grievance and wanted to give them a hint? Or perhaps someone had used M03's weapon to fool them?
"Bastard, don't think of using this move to scare me. Bloody hell, come out if you have the guts!" M01 suddenly changed the channel and used the external loudspeaker, shouting fiercely.
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