Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr "Gao Jinyun's suggestion is very accurate. A 12-man mecha battle is indeed the most advantageous for us, but a 50-man team battle is instead the most disadvantageous for us. Although we have established a mecha clan, we have never experienced a large-scale mecha battle before. I believe that in Mecha World, most of you have only experienced a 24-man team battle. There are even quite a few of you who have only come into contact with a 6-12 man small team mission."
Ling Lan's question made everyone nod in agreement. Indeed, aside from a few individuals, the strength of these team leaders was not enough for them to participate in a large-scale team mission. In this aspect, they indeed had no experience.
"If Qiao Ting simply needed a victory to wash away the humiliation of Leiting losing to us, he should have chosen the safer 50-man large-scale team battle. However, as far as I know, Qiao Ting is an extremely arrogant and self-confident person, even a little dictatorial. Using this sort of safe method to defeat us is probably a humiliation in itself for him. "
At this point, Ling Lan paused for a moment, and then continued, "The reason he has challenged us at this time is, firstly, because he is indeed afraid that we will use this opportunity to grow. Secondly, their fifth-year division assessment is about to begin. Qiao Ting is very likely thinking of using this challenge match to carve his name gloriously into the military academy's historical honour list before the assessment... in order to achieve this goal, Qiao Ting will not even choose to fight with the 24 Battle Teams. He will probably only choose to challenge the 12-man battle team with the most individual abilities."
At this point, Ling Lan did not seem to feel the slightest pressure. Nonchalantly tugging at her right sleeve, her expression nonchalant, she continued to say, "As for special-class operators, he would even less likely choose them. The team members fighting with him should all be advanced mecha warriors. This challenge match is his personal exhibition match. Those team members are just there to show off his powerful background. "
At this point, Ling Lan could not help but smile mockingly. An enemy who thought too highly of himself was actually the easiest to deal with. She had always thought that Qiao Ting might be her greatest enemy in dominating the military academy, but now it looked like he was the easiest one to deal with. Hopefully, after this challenge match, Qiao Ting would not be unable to recover from this setback! Ling Lan had finally found a well-matched opponent — she did not want him to be finished just like that.
"Yeah, isn't he looking down on our Lingtian Mecha Clan?" Ling Lan's words made everyone present indignant. Their faces were full of anger, and many people even cursed angrily. If what Ling Lan said was true, and Qiao Ting made such a choice, it definitely meant that they were nothing in Qiao Ting's eyes.
Ling Lan lowered her eyes again in the face of the crowd's anger. She had no intention of speaking again. Xie Yi, who was standing beside her, knew that her boss was not interested in explaining further, so she immediately added, "Has anyone been paying attention to a piece of gossip recently?"
Xie Yi did not understand why her boss had been speaking less and less this past year, only communicating with them through her eyes and actions. However, the effect was not bad — almost all the team members could understand what their boss was trying to say. However, although their rapport was getting better and better, the pressure on the team members was also getting greater and greater. They did not know when their boss would leave them in the dust — it made them feel uneasy.
Xie Yi's words drew everyone's attention back to her. Right now, Xie Yi was not just a member of Ling Lan's team, but also a diplomat for Ling Lan's team. Xie Yi's words were often what Ling Lan's team wanted to express — they could not afford to be careless.
Just as everyone was confused, unsure of which incident Xie Yi was referring to, Xie Yi spoke up again, "I heard that Qiao Ting has been trying his best to chase after the soul singer Li Yinfei, but Li Yinfei has announced in a high-profile manner that her future partner will be an invincible king. Only by reaching this condition will he have the right to pursue her. In order to become the king in Li Yinfei's heart, to have the right to pursue her, Qiao Ting must use outstanding results to speak for himself. He wants to become the king of the military academies, and the one who stained his reputation as the king is our newly established Lingtian Mecha Clan. In order to prove in a high-profile manner that he is the true king of the military academies, he can only use a crushing victory to wash away the humiliation. Thus, he can only use the method Boss Lan has described to challenge us. Beauty is truly misleading, "said Xie Yi with a chuckle, causing many of the people seated to chuckle uncontrollably.
Right then, at the turn of the stairs on the second floor, a black shadow was standing in a dark corner. When he heard Xie Yi's words, his body could not help but tremble slightly, but he quickly regained his footing, as if the scene earlier had just been a hallucination.
"Just obsessed with that face? Looks like my guess was correct. Qiao Ting is indeed that despicable king … "A trace of disgust flashed through the black shadow's eyes, and a murderous intent followed. However, it quickly disappeared, replaced by bitterness. He was still a special-class operator — how could he deal with the other? He was still too weak.
Very quickly, the black shadow recovered from the blow, and his gaze became resolute once more. He believed that as long as he worked hard according to the rabbit's arrangements, there would come a day when he would become strong enough to reach the same level of strength as Qiao Ting. At that time, he would definitely personally end this ill-fated relationship.
Xie Yi waited for everyone's laughter to die down before continuing, "Of course, Qiao Ting's plan is very good. He will personally end his grudge with us and sit on the throne of the king of the military academies. Then, with this awe-inspiring might, he will directly enter a certain army division and receive great praise. Then, he will continue to soar, rising step by step until he finally becomes the true king of the entire Mecha World, winning the heart of the great beauty Li Yinfei. It has to be said that Qiao Ting has a good plan, treating our Lingtian Mecha Clan as a solid stepping stone … However, our Lingtian Mecha Clan is not a soft bone that can be gnawed on as and when he wants to … "At this point, Xie Yi's smile completely disappeared, replaced by a trace of coldness, actually somewhat similar to Boss Lan's coldness.
It turned out that after following Boss Lan for a long time, one could also inherit Boss Lan's unique skills. Even Xie Yi, who had always been all smiles, could make others look so unsightly once her face turned cold … everyone quietly glanced at the icy-faced, expressionless Ling Lan sitting on the main chair, once again confirming that Boss Lan was indeed unparalleled in her dominance, her influence just too great.
Xie Yi's words finally made everyone understand why Boss Lan had judged that Qiao Ting would challenge them with a 12-man battle team. Everyone could not help but be filled with admiration. The one who felt this the most was Wu Jiong. His gaze on Ling Lan was filled with admiration, but also a trace of defeat.
The more time he spent with Ling Lan, the more he felt that Ling Lan was unfathomable. After establishing the Lingtian Mecha Clan, Wu Jiong knew very well that while Ling Lan was the first in command, she did not actually manage anything — the one who truly managed the Lingtian Mecha Clan was him, Wu Jiong. However, after the Leiting Mecha Clan had issued the challenge, while he had been filled with panic, Ling Lan had already calmly collected information and data related to Leiting and Qiao Ting. He had ignored some seemingly unrelated news and information, but Ling Lan had been able to pick up some clues and quickly grasp and judge the opponent's possible actions. Obviously, in terms of the big picture, he still could not compare to Ling Lan.
At this thought, Wu Jiong could not help but look at Gao Jinyun, who had already resumed his low profile. This person had always been very low-key in the clan, so low-key that they had all overlooked him. However, Boss Lan, who did not manage anything, had been able to see his strengths at a glance. Out of so many people, Boss Lan had only singled him out to speak. This kind of sharp eye was also admired and envied by Wu Jiong. In terms of discovering talent, he was also not as good as Boss Ling Lan.
Wu Jiong could see very clearly that Ling Lan's interaction with Gao Jinyun had not been prearranged, because the surprise and excitement on Gao Jinyun's face could not have been faked. Unless Gao Jinyun was a natural-born actor whose acting had reached the realm of perfection, there was no way he could have acted so realistically.
As expected, his father was right. Following an outstanding strong person had indeed allowed him to learn many things he could not have learned before, to recognise weaknesses he had not known before... but, father, when a person was so strong that others could only look up to him, how could he still have the courage to go up against the other? Wu Jiong could not help but laugh bitterly...
The Lingtian Mecha Clan had reached a consensus and could only proceed with Qiao Ting's next course of action. As expected, Qiao Ting did not give the Lingtian Mecha Clan much time to prepare. The next day, the Lingtian Mecha Clan received a notification from the academy mainframe. As Ling Lan had predicted, the Leiting Mecha Clan had chosen a 12-man mecha battle team for the mecha challenge, and the team leader leading the team was Qiao Ting.
At the end of the notification, the mainframe reminded the Lingtian Mecha Clan and the Leiting Mecha Clan that they had to submit the official list of participants to the mainframe three days later.
In truth, when Ling Lan had predicted that Qiao Ting would choose a 12-man battle team for the challenge, she had already had a list of participants in mind. However, she had not announced it. For one thing, she wanted to see if she had missed anything. For another, she did not want Leiting to find out about this list and make any adjustments accordingly.
Since Qiao Ting was prepared to use the Lingtian Mecha Clan as a stepping stone for his rise to supremacy, then he could not blame her for using the Leiting Mecha Clan as the chicken to kill as an example for the Lingtian Mecha Clan to shake the military academy.
In the headquarters of the Leiting Mecha Clan, Qiao Ting seemed to be waiting for something. Finally, someone hurried into the headquarters from outside. Seeing this person appear, Qiao Ting's initially stern expression relaxed.
"Have you obtained the list of participants from the Lingtian Mecha Clan?" Someone beside Qiao Ting asked hurriedly. As Qiao Ting's trusted aide, he knew very well what Qiao Ting wanted to know the most right now.
"No. The list of participants is controlled by their regiment commanders. Even the team leaders below them do not know who will be fighting in the end. However, what is certain is that all the regiment commanders will be participating. The remaining spots should be chosen from the various team leaders." The newcomer wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead. After using almost three days, he still had not found the real list of participants. This made him somewhat timid — would he be reprimanded by his regiment commander for this?
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