Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr Translator: H2dH2mr Editor: H2dH2mr
The referees who had been waiting suddenly became excited. The head referee looked at the time on the communicator on his wrist and smiled. "First to reach base camp, using 1 hour and 59 minutes. This time is very short. Unfortunately, they still can't break the previous record. "
"General Ling Xiao's 1 hour and 37 minutes was already very close to the theoretical fastest time. How could anyone break this record?" One of the referees couldn't help but refute.
The head referee thought about it and agreed. If someone could really break General Ling Xiao's record, that would be truly shocking. The head referee and the others didn't know that if Ling Lan hadn't waited for half an hour to confirm her guess, perhaps Ling Lan and the others really could have broken Ling Xiao's record.
Leaving behind the faint regret in his heart, the head referee turned and asked the referee who was monitoring the signal transmission, "How much longer until we know which military academy G17 belongs to?"
"The A.I. is currently receiving the signal from the transmitter. It's at 91% right now. We'll know the answer soon," the referee reported as he looked at the progress.
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "beep" sound. The reception had reached 100%. Immediately after, a familiar school emblem appeared in the lit up area G17. "It's the First Men's Military Academy!"
"Wow, the First Men's Military Academy is really strong this year. Their previous points have already left the other military academies in the dust. As long as their performance in the battle royale isn't too bad, this year's number one should belong to them. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's been almost seven years. The number one that hasn't been there for more than 20 years should return to the First Men's Military Academy, "a referee couldn't help but exclaim.
At that moment, a referee seemed to have thought of something and suddenly laughed out loud. Everyone looked over in surprise, not knowing what he was laughing about.
That referee hurriedly explained, "I just find it very coincidental. More than 20 years ago, General Ling Xiao led the First Men's Military Academy to take the most glorious first place. More than 20 years later, General Ling Xiao has once again graced the Mecha Grand Tournament with his presence, and this year, the First Men's Military Academy's performance is incomparably outstanding. Doesn't this mean that General Ling Xiao is the First Men's Military Academy's lucky star, that as long as he is here, everything will go smoothly?"
This slightly teasing remark made everyone smile knowingly. However, just as the referee said, it was indeed very coincidental. From the year that General Ling Xiao had led his team to achieve glorious results, in the following seven tournaments, General Ling Xiao had not appeared, and the First Men's Military Academy's performance had not been good. For seven consecutive tournaments, they had been suppressed by the Second Men's Military Academy into second place. However, this year, General Ling Xiao had come. Thus, from the very beginning, the First Men's Military Academy's performance was like a rainbow, beating the other military academies until they could not even lift their heads. And now, he was the first to arrive at the base camp, which bought him more time to arrange the defense of the base camp. The First Men's Military Academy's prospects for the battle royale were looking good.
Right at that moment, there was suddenly a commotion outside. Someone kept exclaiming, "General Ling Xiao is here."
Everyone in the monitoring room was pleasantly surprised. Although everyone knew that General Ling Xiao had personally come to the scene, they all thought that the busy General Ling Xiao would only come to observe the battle royale in the later stages. However, they didn't expect that General Ling Xiao would come before the battle royale had even begun.
Very quickly, the people in the monitoring room saw the energetic General Ling Xiao walk in with a beautiful woman. It was General Ling Xiao and his wife, Lan Luofeng.
Their love story had always been talked about enthusiastically. Lan Luofeng had once become the envy of all the women in the Federation. Now that they saw her in person, many of the female officers present felt bitter. They secretly hated the fact that the woman standing beside General Ling Xiao wasn't them.
Of course, there were also many officers who came in with General Ling Xiao, such as Major General Qiu Yue, the 23rd Division's first staff officer, He Xuyang, representatives from the other divisions, and so on. There was also a representative from the Federation government — the Vice President.
Under the guidance of the organizer, everyone walked in front of the large screen. When Ling Xiao saw the only place that was lit up, that familiar school emblem, a smile appeared on his face. He didn't think that his daughter would arrive at the base camp so quickly. He couldn't help but glance at Qiu Yue beside him with a hint of disdain in his eyes.
Ling Xiao's glance made Qiu Yue touch his nose awkwardly. When they were coming over, he had told Ling Xiao about how he had decided to throw Ling Lan into the Yin Yang Sea. He had no choice. He was worried that the First Men's Military Academy wouldn't be able to see through the mystery of the Yin Yang Sea and wouldn't be able to find the true path. Thus, he wanted to give Ling Xiao a heads-up so that he wouldn't be angered to death.
While Ling Xiao was satisfied with the performance of Ling Lan and the others, the students of the First Men's Military Academy began to get busy the moment they arrived at the base camp. Everyone worked together. Ling Lan had specially assembled a modification team. Under the leadership of Chang Xinyuan, they began to modify some of the light weapons. It was because of these people that Ling Lan had given up on exchanging for heavy weapons from the start, choosing light and easy to carry. With these modification teams, the base camp would definitely not lack firepower.
Ling Lan didn't rest either. She had Lin Zhong-qing take out the light sources and gave Qiao Ting 100. Light sources were very useful in dark environments and could be used for illumination. After Qiao Ting received these light sources, he quietly led his team away.
According to the original plan, Qiao Ting's 24-man team was responsible for charging and breaking through enemy lines, snatching those areas that didn't matter if there were people or not, trying to get as many points as possible. Meanwhile, the defense of the base camp would be handled by Ling Lan, Han Yu, Mu Shaoyu, and the other battle teams.
After watching Qiao Ting's team leave, Ling Lan decisively connected to Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu's comms button. "Leader Mu, Leader Han, I have something to talk to you about. Please come over for a moment."
The two battle teams that had been patrolling the entire area quickly rushed over when they heard Ling Lan's call.
Seeing Ling Lan disembark, the two of them followed suit. Ling Lan handed over two small slips of paper she had prepared beforehand, one for Mu Shaoyu and one for Han Yu.
The two of them took the slips and glanced at them. A trace of confusion appeared in their eyes, not quite understanding the meaning of the slips.
Ling Lan reminded them, "You can look at each other."
A thought occurred to the two of them, and they handed the slips of paper in their hands to each other. They looked at the contents of each other's slips at the same time. They found that Mu Shaoyu's slip had G14 written on it, while Han Yu's slip had G20 written on it.
The two of them had some understanding, but they were still a little confused. They looked at Ling Lan, waiting for Ling Lan to explain.
By then, Ling Lan had already opened the map in her hands and gestured for the two of them to come closer. She pointed at the two areas a few blocks away from G17 and said, "Actually, these areas, in my memory, are all uninhabited areas. I don't want our base camp to be directly exposed to everyone. The two areas I gave you just now are very good cover … "
Ling Lan whispered her thoughts to Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu. The two of them nodded as they listened, their eyes growing brighter and brighter. Ling Lan's arrangements were clearly a strategy of a city within a city, making it impossible for others to figure out where their true base camp was located.
"In the high mountain area, we only have three opponents. One is G6, which is the side that Captain Mu Shaoyu is in charge of. The other is G12, which is the side that Captain Han Yu is in charge of." Ling Lan then pointed at the two areas that were slightly further away from them, telling them where the hidden enemies were. Then, she pointed at a corner of the high mountains that was even further away from them. "There's another one, here at G2. This one is nothing, because here, here, and here are all military academies' base camps. They have to deal with these opponents first before they can expand to our side."
Mu Shaoyu and Han Yu agreed with Ling Lan's analysis of why they did not need to consider the third opponent. Firstly, the opponent was too far away from them, nowhere near as close as G6 and G12. Secondly, the military academy in G2 was really quite unlucky. Of the four areas that were connected to it, other than G1 which was uninhabited, the other three areas, P3, P4, and P5, were also unlucky enough to become the base camps of the military academies. It could be seen that the four military academies in these four areas would either cooperate temporarily and work together to expand outwards, or they would first fight it out and leave the strongest one to occupy these four areas in one fell swoop.
However, Ling Lan did not think that they would succeed in their cooperation. Other than that area where they were all squeezed together, the other areas were all uninhabited. Without the pressure of external enemies, their cooperation would definitely not be able to continue. It would only be a mirage, and the final result would definitely be you stabbing me with a knife and I stabbing you with a sword, fighting it out in pairs until there was only one left.
Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu accepted their orders and left, beginning to create a base camp outside of their base camp to confuse the other military academies. As for what kind of base camp they would create in the end, Ling Lan did not care. To be able to become the regiment commanders of the four major factions, it was impossible for Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu not to have some skills. Ling Lan had always been one who did not suspect the people she used. She informed Lin Zhong-qing that as long as the requests were not too excessive, he should fully satisfy the needs of the two regiment commanders.
After arranging everything, she saw that Zilong and the others had already come to her side. Zilong looked even more listless.
"What's wrong?" Ling Lan asked.
"They've all gone out. Are we supposed to just wait in the base camp for others to attack? That's too boring. "Zilong also wanted to go out and charge into battle. To him, defending was far less exciting than attacking.
"After I've arranged everything, I'll bring you guys out for a walk." Ling Lan was speechless. She knew that this group of brats would not be able to sit still. Luckily, she had not planned to defend the base camp to the death from the start.
Ling Lan squeezed the thing in her pocket. If she guessed wrong, it was very likely that she would fail miserably and lose everything she was about to gain … Ling Lan's lips quirked up, and she had already made a decision in her heart.
In a situation where it was not a life and death battle, her gambling instincts were just that strong! She would let the whole clan play with her heart for once! (Want to know more exciting developments in "It's Not Easy to Be a Man from the Future"? Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign at the top right, choose to add a public account in Add Friends, search for "Qidianzhongwenwang", follow the public account, and never miss a new update!)
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