Translator: ryuxenji Editor: H2dH2mr "Little Four, it's all thanks to you this time." Ling Lan looked gratefully at Little Four, who was wagging his butt smugly at her in the learning space. If not for Little Four's help, she wouldn't have been able to change the final outcome even if she had been vigilant and prepared. A powerful mecha was not something the schemes she had come up with could contend against — they actually had no chance of winning.
The reason Ling Lan had wasted so much time talking to Ling Hua was so that Little Four would have enough time to hack into the mecha's A.I. and gain control. Although Little Four was a god-like existence in the virtual world, the nemesis of all A.I.'s, the A.I. on a mecha was not a low-level product like a hover car. If Little Four wanted to gain control, he would still need to put in some effort. Of course, with this experience, the next time he hacked into a standard mecha like this, it wouldn't take as long, unless he hacked into a higher-level mecha.
Of course, Ling Lan also wanted to use this opportunity to let Ling Qin and Ling Yu know Ling Hua's true colours, as well as the reason why she had judged him to be a traitor. She knew very well that if misunderstandings and grudges were not cleared up, when they accumulated to a certain extent, they could easily lead to painful consequences. She would not make such a low-level mistake.
Having finished inspecting the three cockpits, Ling Yu ran back excitedly to ask Ling Lan, "Young Master Lan, what should we do next?"
Ling Yu had already acknowledged Ling Lan as the family head he would serve for the rest of his life, so he immediately asked for instructions from Ling Lan.
"Contact the family and have them send people over to bring these people back for interrogation. Find out who is trying to go against me, and the Ling family." Ling Lan did not forget about that hover car Little Four had thrown aside with all its doors locked. Perhaps the people inside would know something useful to them.
"Yes, Young Master Lan!" If not for the fact that Young Master Lan was not yet 16 years old and could not officially take over the position of family head, Ling Yu would have very much liked to address her as family head.
That's right, Ling Yu had already set his mind on Ling Lan. Even if Patriarch Ling Xiao came back to life, it wouldn't change his mind. Of course, Ling Yu didn't know that he would face such a difficult decision in the future …
Ling Qin returned with a heavy heart. Ling Lan knew that Ling Hua's death was a huge blow to this old butler who had served the Ling family for three generations. After all, in the past six years, Ling Qin had told her more than once about Ling Hua's excellence, the pride in his words unable to be concealed. And yet, such a person whom he was so proud of had betrayed the Ling family, betrayed him — this caused Ling Qin to lose confidence in his own judgment of people.
In fact, Ling Lan's initial suspicion of Ling Hua was largely due to Chamberlain Ling Qin's constant nagging. In Ling Qin's words, Ling Hua was really too outstanding — it was impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake like delaying rescue. Therefore, people really couldn't be too high-profile. It was easy to be targeted, and then they would deliberately delay the time to do something bad. However, because of their different behavior in the past, they would be exposed. If Ling Hua knew that this was the reason for his failure, he would probably deeply regret his outstanding performance back then.
Ling Lan didn't know what to say to comfort this grieving old man before her. She had never been good at comforting people, which was why she had chosen to smile at her family in her past life. It was all to comfort her parents that they didn't have to worry. However, reality proved that this method was useless. Although her parents were always smiling in front of her, they would always cry in places where she couldn't see them. Unfortunately, her ears were very sensitive, and she could hear them clearly (with her high spiritual power, her five senses were also many times more sensitive than the average person).
Ling Lan felt that in order to make people forget their sorrow, they had to be busy. Wasn't time the best healing medicine? That seemed to be what was written in a book... Ling Lan didn't care if it was useful or not, she would use it first. She reached out to hold Ling Qin's hand and asked, "Without the hover car, how are we going to get to school?"
Alright, Ling Lan hadn't forgotten the purpose of their trip. Today was her first day at school, and Ling Lan didn't want to be the only student who was late and become the centre of attention. Ling Hua's bloody lesson had taught her that being remembered by others was definitely not a good thing.
Hearing Ling Lan's question, Ling Qin instantly perked up. That's right, now was not the time to be sad. He definitely couldn't let Ling Lan have a record of being late. This blemish would definitely drag her down a lot when she applied to the various military academies in the future. Ling Qin had great ambitions. He wanted Ling Lan to enter the Federation's strongest First Men's Military Academy...
Alright, at this moment, he had forgotten Ling Lan's true gender. Please forgive an old man for his intermittent dementia!
Without even thinking about it, Ling Qin decided to pilot Ling Hua's mecha and take Ling Lan to the Central Scout Academy. As for those traitors and assassins, he would leave them to Ling Yu, who really wanted to swap jobs with Ling Qin.
Watching Ling Qin pilot the mecha and fly off with Ling Lan, Ling Yu's face was full of resentment. Sob sob sob! I really want to take Young Master Lan to school personally...
Heartbroken, Ling Yu could only vent his frustrations on the assassins in the hover car. Little Four had already unlocked the car door, but to ensure safety, he had destroyed the A.I. — after all, there were still weapons in the car.
As for those outdated laser pistols they had on them, they did not dare to resist at all in the face of the powerful mecha, obediently allowing themselves to be captured. Even so, they had almost been roasted alive. Although the laser beams fired by the mecha had narrowly missed them, the intense heat from the speed of light had also burnt them to a pulp, almost turning them into roasted meat.
Thus, when the other group of Ling family loyalists arrived, they were as excited as if they had just seen their saviours, almost hugging the other party's legs and crying.
Hells, even if they were assassins and captives, they shouldn't be tortured like this. Did they still have human rights?
As soon as Ling Lan entered the cockpit, she knew why the mecha could carry people. It turned out that there was a small space right next to the mecha's control seat, which could accommodate an adult weighing less than 75 catties. Of course, that seat wouldn't be as comfortable as the mecha operator's control seat — it would even feel cramped.
Of course, for a child like Ling Lan, this seat was still very spacious. It was almost enough for Ling Lan to move around freely, climbing up and down.
Closing the cockpit door, the lights dimmed. Ling Qin quickly pressed the button to activate the A.I., and the cockpit lit up once more.
"A.I. activated, automatic detection in progress. Please wait! Emergency activation selected, please press the emergency activation button! "The A.I. followed the program's settings to alert the operator.
There were two ways to activate a mecha. One was to activate it normally, which was a little slow, taking about one to three minutes. The other was to activate it urgently. The time required was related to the level of the A.I. — the higher the level of the A.I., the shorter the time required. For this type of standard mecha, the A.I. required between 12 to 15 seconds.
Captain level mecha could increase the time by 10 to 12 seconds, and so on. With each level up, the time would increase by 2 to 3 seconds. For example, the Federation's ultimate weapon, the IN mecha, could truly activate in 0 seconds. This was also one of the reasons they were the strongest mecha.
Of course, Ling Qin wouldn't choose the emergency activation option this time. Although Ling Lan was in danger of being late, it wasn't to the point where emergency activation was necessary.
Although emergency activation could save time, it had a fatal weakness. That was, it skipped the inspection of the mecha's various components and weapons. Mind you, mecha were intricate combat weapons — every battle would cause damage to the various components of the mecha. When a certain component reached the point of wear and tear, a problem would occur, and at this time, an emergency activation would be used. It could be foreseen that this would be a tragedy — the only question was how big or small this tragedy would be.
Ling Qin naturally didn't dare to let Ling Lan fall into this kind of danger, so he still followed the proper path and activated the mecha normally.
This time, the activation didn't take as long as 3 minutes, completing in 2 minutes and 10 seconds. The mecha had officially entered the mecha's control system.
However, this sort of activation speed earned the disdain of Little Four. He stomped his feet in the learning space, loudly complaining that this sort of tortoise-like crawling speed was practically a murder to the mecha operator. If not for Ling Lan's resolute opposition, Little Four would have long entered the mecha and begun modifying the A.I.
However, Ling Lan still promised Little Four that if she ever had her own mecha, she would definitely let Little Four take charge of the A.I. He could modify it however he wanted. Only then did Little Four resentfully give up on his idea, waiting for a chance to let loose in the future.
Ling Qin quickly turned on the mecha's full display function, and Ling Lan instantly felt as if she had entered a virtual world. She was just sitting in a hovering seat, looking down at the ground about 5 or 6 metres below her.
Mm, this feels pretty good! Ling Lan's eyes shone as she watched Ling Qin operate the mecha, feeling that it was very interesting. She was somewhat eager to try it out, beginning to look forward to the time when she would be operating a mecha herself.
Ling Qin gripped the control stick and turned to remind her, "Young Master Lan, sit tight. I'm about to take off."
Ling Lan nodded. She gripped the armrest beside her, indicating that she was ready.
Receiving Ling Lan's response, Ling Qin's hands began to move rapidly. Ling Lan only knew that in an instant, Ling Qin had made close to 20 different movements.
Meanwhile, on the outside, the mecha Ling Qin was piloting bent its knees slightly, and then launched itself into the air with a powerful leap. At the same time, the two main engines at the sides of the mecha's waist roared to life, producing a powerful thrust that propelled the entire mecha into the air.
The sudden change in the mecha's movements caused Ling Lan's body to be pressed firmly against the seat by the weight. Fortunately, Ling Lan's physical fitness was very good, so she did not feel any strain or discomfort.
Although the cockpit had a certain pressure reducing effect, in order to better operate the mecha, this inertia was not completely removed. This was also why mecha operators were required to have a strong physique. Experiments had proven that without the presence of pressure, operators would not be able to sense the movements of the mecha outside. They would not be able to confirm whether their movements were accurate, and would not be able to perform the standard movements they wanted.
Very soon, the mecha was high in the air, flying swiftly towards its destination. Due to the all-encompassing display, Ling Lan mistakenly felt as if she was just sitting on a seat with no cover, flying swiftly through the blue sky and white clouds...
Ling Lan only felt a wave of dizziness and ringing in her ears, and then her vision went black as she fainted.
Before Ling Lan fainted, she finally remembered that she had not completely overcome her fear of heights ~!
Sob sob sob, my mecha piloting is just a dream! In the learning space, Ling Lan was crying uncontrollably to Little Four. Meanwhile, Little Four was going crazy. If Ling Lan could not overcome this problem, would he still have the chance to modify the mecha's A.I.?
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