Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr
"So, this matter …" Ling Lan recalled her original decision and said, "Alright, send out the word. Tonight at 6 pm, we'll have a meeting." It was time to let them know what she was thinking.
"Alright, Boss Lan," replied Wu Jiong happily. Wu Jiong replied happily when he received the exact time. They only had one week to confirm the name list. Although a hundred people wasn't a lot, Wu Jiong still felt that time was a little tight when they had to choose the best students from all the majors in the school who were willing to join Lingtian.
Very soon, night fell and Ling Lan arrived at Lingtian's headquarters. She had just stepped through the doors when one of the receptionists in the main hall of the headquarters saw his regiment commander arrive. He reacted quickly, rushing to the elevator to help Ling Lan press the elevator button.
Ling Lan nodded lightly at that member to express her gratitude. Seeing the elevator doors open, she stepped in and turned to press the button for the floor she wanted to go to.
The elevator doors had just closed when Ling Lan, with her excellent hearing, heard excited chatter from outside. "Heavens, I actually saw the legendary number one regiment commander! Boss Lan is really too cool." This was obviously a member who had just joined Lingtian — the old members must have seen Ling Lan before.
"Little Anzi, you're really godd * mn fast, actually finding the chance to get up close and personal with Boss," said one of the members enviously as he looked at the youth still standing by the elevator.
"Brother Lou, did Regiment Commander nod at me just now …" That person stood by the elevator door, seemingly still unable to believe what he had just seen, his tone dreamy.
"Yeah! Boss Lan is really cold, actually responding to you this time. You're really too lucky … "said the person called Brother Lou enviously.
"Yeah, yeah, we all saw it. Such a cool and aloof Boss, just one look at him and we all tremble in fear, but he actually nodded at you. You're really too lucky." All the members in the main hall were envious and jealous, almost pouncing on this obviously overly excited fellow to beat him up. Hells, why were they so slow just now?
The hubbub in the main hall made Ling Lan sweat. She had not expected that just nodding politely at that person would cause these members to become so excited — was she usually too aloof?
Ling Lan didn't know that because she had thrown everything to the other three regiment commanders, she wouldn't appear during normal times. Thus, the chances of normal clan members meeting her were slim. This made her the most mysterious regiment commander in the hearts of the clan members. In addition, she had led Lingtian to create miracle after miracle, making her the idol of the clan members. Thus, when normal members saw Ling Lan, they would always find it hard to hide their excitement.
The moment Ling Lan got close to the entrance of the meeting room, she could hear the hustle and bustle inside. Ling Lan pushed Ling. Ling Lan was Lingtian, Lingtian, they were all seated Lingtian's, they chatter. There were even some acquaintances of Lingtian 'jou's. Seeing movement at the door, they all turned their heads. When they saw that the one who had come was their regiment commander, Ling Lan, they instantly fell silent. Then, they all quickly stood up from their seats, bowed their heads, and called out, "Boss!"
Ling Lan was instantly speechless. Although Zilong and the others had always called her 'Boss', they were companions who had grown up with her. At first, they had called her that as a joke, but in the end, because they had gotten used to it, she just let it be. However, these team leaders had all joined later. Some of them had even joined after entering the military academy. Being called 'Boss' by so many of them gave Ling Lan the impression that she was an unpardonable triad member!
"Just call me regiment commander, no need to call me boss." Ling Lan decided that she still needed to correct everyone's misconceptions and salvage her glorious image as a regiment commander. She swept her cold gaze across the room with a hint of threat, hoping that everyone would not call her by the wrong name in future.
Perhaps Ling Lan's cold gaze was too threatening. Under Ling Lan's gaze, everyone once again bowed their heads and replied, "Yes, Boss!"
Ling Lan was speechless. Did this count as a yes? But why did they still have to call her 'Boss'? Ling Lan looked at the three people standing at the door to welcome her. Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie were her business partners, so she could not pressure them. Thus, she glared fiercely at Zilong. She hoped that this fellow would understand the situation and make everyone call her regiment commander instead. She had established a mecha clan, not a triad society …
Zilong faced his boss's fierce gaze and asked carefully, "Boss, can we start the meeting now?"
Good, Zilong, you're strong. You actually didn't accept my threat. I'll teach you a lesson when we get back! Ling Lan gritted her teeth in secret, but on the surface, she could only nod coldly.
Seeing Ling Lan nod, everyone sighed softly. It couldn't be helped. Boss Lan's gaze was too lethal. No one dared to speak under that gaze. Zilong was still stronger. Everyone secretly threw Zilong looks of admiration. Meanwhile, Zilong was secretly sweating. Speaking of which, during this period of time, Boss's aura had become stronger again. Even someone like him, who had been by Boss's side all year round, felt pressured.
Ling Lan walked into the meeting room with the three people surrounding her. Zilong was one step ahead of her. He eagerly pulled out the seat at the head of the table and invited Ling Lan to sit down. The moment Ling Lan sat down, she swept her cold gaze over the higher-ups who were still standing and said, "Sit!"
"Yes, Boss!" Hearing Ling Lan's order, everyone sat down. However, the current atmosphere was no longer as rowdy as it had been before Ling Lan had entered. Instead, it was completely silent.
Ling Lan looked around and found that other than the team leaders and their four regiment commanders, Li Lanfeng and Han Jijun were also present as Lingtian's strategists. As the dux of the military medical specialization and a genius mecha mechanic, Li Shiyu and Chang Xinyuan were also present. Zhao Jun was Lingtian's number one fighting force on the surface, so he was also specially invited to participate.
As the clerk of the meeting, Lin Zhong-qing recorded the meeting files and sat beside Ling Lan. As for Luo Lang and Xie Yi, they were pitifully reduced to serving tea to the various brigade leaders who were attending the meeting...
In short, everyone in her battle clan was in the meeting room. Not a single one was missing … Ling Lan glanced thoughtfully at Wu Jiong.
Seeing Ling Lan's cold glare, Wu Jiong coughed and said, "Since Boss is here, let's officially begin the meeting. Yesterday, the academy's higher-ups have officially announced that the right to participate in the Mecha Grand Tournament will be handed over to us, the Lingtian Mecha Clan. As everyone knows, the Mecha Grand Tournament is called the Mecha Grand Tournament, but in reality, there are five or eight different categories, covering almost all the military academy specializations. However, our mecha clan has just been established, and most of our members are second-year cadets. Not only do we lack members in the various specializations, even if we did, without four years of learning experience, it would be impossible for us to handle these competitions … "
Wu Jiong's words made the hearts of the various battle clan leaders sink. Li Yingjie continued Wu Jiong's words, "In the last tournament, it was the Leiting Mecha Clan who took part. Even this mecha clan with a long history and a strong foundation chose to give up on a few unpopular specializations because they did not have members in those specializations in their clan … but because Leiting had an absolute advantage in several of their specializations, even though they gave up on some of those specializations, Leiting still managed to come back second in the end. If our results this time are too poor, I'm afraid that our Lingtian will become the enemy of all the cadets."
Everyone understood what Li Yingjie meant. Although the First Men's Military Academy had constant infighting, the academy's honour was still very important to them. If Lingtian were to suffer a crushing defeat in this tournament, not only would the momentum that Lingtian had built up over the past three months be swept away, Lingtian would also not be able to develop well in the future. It might even fall apart and become a one-year mecha clan in the military academy.
Sitting to the right of Zilong were the two strategists of Lingtian, Li Lanfeng and Han Jijun. Li Lanfeng saw that everyone was silent, so he cut to the chase and said, "I have a list of all the events in the mecha tournament here. I will send it to everyone so that everyone can take a good look." That said, Li Lanfeng sent the list to everyone present. After everyone had hurriedly skimmed through it, he continued to say, "Actually, the other small events are not that important. The most important event is the last one. This event accounts for half of the points in all the competitions. It can be said that if we win this event, even if we don't get first place, second place is still a sure bet."
Li Lanfeng's words drew everyone's attention back to the last event. It was clearly written there: Integrated Team Battle Royale!
Integrated Team Battle Royale. Each team had 120 participants. All the teams from the Federation's military academies would be gathered on the same map for a time-limited battle royale. The time limit was 3 days and 72 hours.
Li Lanfeng continued to analyze, "This battle royale doesn't just rely on martial strength. There are also all kinds of continuous attacks, sabotage, and backstabbing. The 120 people in each team are not just a single specialization. It is a team formed by the cooperation of all the specializations. It is a reflection of the true strength of the military academy. It is precisely because of this that the First Men's Military Academy has been placed second for seven consecutive tournaments. As everyone knows, the specializations of the First Men's Military Academy that are participating in the Grand Mecha Tournament are too concentrated. They are basically all mecha operators.
"From the looks of it, if we want to get a good result, just relying on us won't be enough," said one of the team leaders from one of the Lingtian Mecha Clan's battle teams regretfully.
"Yes, according to a 120-person team, it would be best if there were 5 strategists working with us." Han Jijun confirmed that team leader's words. "Right now, the only people in Lingtian who can be strategists are Li Lanfeng and me. We're short of three people. If we want to win the tournament, we need to find 5 people."
"It's a pity that a role like a strategist would be snatched up by other mecha clans as soon as they show signs. It would be very difficult to find them now," said Gao Jinyun with a frown. "Are we supposed to poach them from other mecha clans?"
"Even if we wanted to, the other mecha clans wouldn't let them go," said a regiment commander beside Gao Jinyun.
"We're not poaching them, we're collaborating!" said Ling Lan suddenly.
Wu Jiong said in surprise, "Boss Lan, you mean to collaborate with other mecha clans?"
Ling Lan nodded and said, "Yes, we'll send out invitations to all the major mecha clans and select the talents we need to carry out a school-wide collaboration! And the first person we'll be collaborating with is Thunder King Qiao Ting! "
Ling Lan's words shocked everyone in the conference room. Collaborating with Thunder King Qiao Ting? Had they heard wrongly?
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