Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
"If you have the time to say such nonsense, why aren't you following?" Li Lanfeng stood behind him and said coldly.
Li Yingjie was about to get angry but when he turned around, he saw Li Lanfeng's cold and emotionless gaze. He couldn't help but shiver and decisively ran after Lin Zhong-qing.
Wuwuwu, this Li Lanfeng must have stayed with Boss Lan for too long to be affected by Boss Lan's terrifying aura. Otherwise, why would he feel that Li Lanfeng, a collateral descendant of the Li family, was scary?
Although Li Yingjie was impulsive and arrogant, his intuition was very strong. He knew who he should offend and who he shouldn't. That was why he decisively gave up on making an enemy out of Ling Lan and Zilong … That was why he could be arrogant in the Central Scout Academy for 10 years without being taught a lesson. That was why he could continue to be arrogant in the First Men's Military Academy and peacefully live his life there.
Just now, Li Yingjie really felt that if he got angry, that Li Lanfeng, that gaze, really wanted to kill him …
Seeing Li Yingjie leave, Li Lanfeng closed his eyes. When he opened them again, the coldness in his eyes had disappeared, leaving behind a wave of warmth. He smiled silently and rubbed his forehead. He reminded himself, "Li Lanfeng, Li Lanfeng, your tolerance seems to have decreased a lot recently. You actually exposed your true thoughts in front of that idiot. That's not good …"
"What? You hate Li Yingjie? "Zhao Jun asked softly behind him.
Li Lanfeng smiled and said, "No, I'm just a little jealous. The things that we have to work so hard to get, he can get them so easily. Even the captain was patient and forgiving towards him … "
Zhao Jun thought that Li Lanfeng was talking about Li Yingjie being the third successor of the Li family. He nodded and said, "That's true. Some people are born so lucky … However, I feel that the reason why the captain is tolerant towards Li Yingjie is because he never treated Li Yingjie as one of his own. That's why he doesn't take it to heart."
"Not one of our own?" Li Lanfeng's gaze was deep as if he was thinking about something.
"Let's go. Otherwise, Boss will get angry later," Zhao Jun reminded him.
"Yes. We joined them halfway. We can't let Zilong and Li Lanfeng leave us behind," Li Lanfeng replied.
Zhao Jun didn't say anything. He chased after Li Lanfeng. Zhao Jun knew that in Ling Lan's heart, compared to Zilong, they were in Ling, Ling's's's's. Since they couldn't make up for the difference in time, they could only work harder to gain Ling Lan's trust.
The cruise ship's staff had already appeared at the corners of the corridors. They directed the passengers in the public areas to return to their own rooms. Very quickly, the situation was under control. Although the staff didn't see any weapons of mass destruction, anyone with a discerning eye could see the beam guns hidden under the staff's clothes. There were also short blades hidden in the side pockets of the staff's thighs. Once they found out that there were enemies trying to cause trouble, they would kill them mercilessly.
At this time, they definitely couldn't let the pirates attack from the inside. The captain of the Feiyang Ship and all the staff knew that once the space pirates attacked the Feiyang Ship, death would await them. In order to not leave any evidence behind, the pirates had to kill everyone on the Feiyang Ship. Unless it was the spies they sent.
Of course, not all the passengers obediently returned to their rooms. Some of the more powerful ones stayed in the main hall and prepared to help Feiyang fight this battle.
Ling Lan didn't go to the main hall. She brought her team members to a corridor and came to the cruise ship's safety staircase.
There were two tall and muscular staff guarding the staircase. When they saw Ling Lan and her team appear, they took out their beam guns and aimed at them. "Don't move."
Ling Lan and her team members stopped in their tracks.
"Who are you? If you're a passenger, please return to your room immediately. "One of them said.
Ling Lan glanced at them. She stretched out her right hand and a small card appeared between her fingers.
"Throw that card over." Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind the two of them.
Ling Lan flicked her finger and the small card flew behind the two of them.
A large hand suddenly appeared and grabbed the small card tightly. Only then did they realize that a man in his forties or fifties had appeared there. He was emitting a murderous aura. It was obvious that he couldn't be underestimated.
"I didn't expect you to be on the mission too." The man confirmed that the card in his hand was correct. He then looked at Ling Lan and her team members' childish faces and couldn't help but sigh. At the same time, he threw the card back to Ling Lan.
"It seems that the others went there before us." Ling Lan raised her eyebrows and asked.
"Indeed, you're the fourth batch." The man smiled. "You should be new recruits. You're still lacking in experience."
Ling Lan just smiled and didn't reply. Could she say that she purposely delayed the time and was late? They looked too young. If they really met the first batch of people from the Feiyang Ship, they probably wouldn't believe them so easily. Ling Lan didn't want to waste time and energy explaining things like this. Now that there were a few batches of people from the Feiyang Ship, the staff members wouldn't be as cautious as before.
After knowing that Ling Lan was on the mission, the staff members didn't stop them anymore. They went all the way down to the first floor. When they passed by the second floor, Ling Lan also noticed that there were people guarding the staircase. After seeing Ling Lan's card, the staff members let them pass.
The first floor was divided into two areas. One was the resting area for the staff members. There were no passengers there. Now, even the staff members couldn't be seen. They were probably on the move.
The other area was the working area. It was the ship's driving area, control area, captain's room and so on. It was the most important place on the ship.
Ling Lan and her team members arrived at the checkpoint of the working area. However, it wasn't as they expected. There were many staff members guarding the checkpoint. There was only one safety door. However, they knew that this door wasn't simple. Even if they used a strong explosive like TNT, it might not be able to blow it open.
Ling Lan came to the door. She took out her card and scanned it with the scanner beside the door. With a click, the door opened automatically.
When the door opened, there were four armed personnel wearing protective suits. They were holding high-grade military beam guns. When they saw Ling Lan and her team members coming in, they raised their beam guns and aimed at them. If Ling Lan made any strange movements, they would mercilessly pull the trigger and kill the intruder.
At this moment, Ling Lan calmly waved the card in her hand and said calmly, "23rd Division, four-star Battle Team Lingtian. Name is Ling Lan. Rank is senior captain."
When they heard Ling Lan's words, they instantly relaxed. They had already received three batches of people from the same division so they were experienced. After taking Ling Lan's card and confirming their identities, they opened the door behind them.
Ling Lan and her team members walked over. In front of them was another large door. In order to protect the most important part of the cruise ship, there were quite a lot of checkpoints. At this moment, the door behind them closed automatically. Ling Lan didn't panic. They had undergone practical warship training so they knew that this was a normal procedure.
As expected, after the door behind them closed, the door in front of them opened. The six of them felt the gravity change. Their bodies became much lighter.
Ling Lan tapped the ground with her feet and floated up. She flew towards the door.
The six of them passed through the door. The door was closed tightly. What appeared next was an automatic conveyor belt. Ling Lan grabbed onto the handrail and was automatically transported forward.
Soon, they arrived at the cargo hold. It was actually the starship's mecha transport cabin. When the door opened, they saw staff members busily arranging the positions of the mechas. The number of mechas in the warehouse had decreased. It seemed that during the time they took to get here, many mechas had already gone out to fight against the intergalactic pirates.
Of course, there were also many mecha operators sitting in their mechas and waiting patiently for the staff to make arrangements. Because the starship had been modified, there were originally 24 launch ports. Now, only 8 of them could be used. This caused the speed of mechas to slow down a lot.
A staff member was sweating profusely as he looked at the optical supercomputer in his hand. After the optical supercomputer checked that everything was OK, he immediately disconnected the connection. He pulled down his earpiece and shouted, "B17 has passed the inspection. Prepare to attack."
Immediately, the mecha operator of B17 heard the clear voice of the starship's waiting area. "B17, please take note. B17, please take note. You have been assigned to ejection port number four. Please prepare to attack."
After the JMC's clear and gentle voice, B17, which was originally locked in the waiting area, was instantly released. The moving device below it automatically sent the mecha to ejection port number four.
The mecha operator of B17 took a deep breath and pressed the button of the JMC at ejection port number four. "B17, everything is ready. Requesting to attack."
"Going through the final inspection. B17's power is normal. Oxygen system is normal. Weapons and equipment are basic. There are no errors. Ejection is allowed!" The JMC in charge of ejection port number four did a final inspection. After confirming that there were no problems, he allowed the mecha to eject.
After the announcement, the countdown on the ejection port and the screen of the mecha started at the same time.
"3, 2, 1 … Fire!"
"Boom!"
A loud sound of ejection was heard. The ejection port ejected the mecha into space. An intense mecha battle was about to begin.
"Boss, where are our mechas?" Zilong's blood was boiling. He wanted to immediately enter his mecha and fight against the intergalactic pirates outside.
At that moment, the staff member who had just finished inspecting one of the mechas saw the six of them and immediately shouted, "Are you mecha operators?"
"Yes," Ling Lan nodded and replied.
Even though the waiting area was noisy, the staff member still heard Ling Lan's reply clearly. That voice sounded as if it was right next to his ear. Because he was too busy, he didn't notice it. Knowing that the other party was indeed a mecha operator, he couldn't help but point to his right and scold them angrily, "Hurry up and go change into your control suits. Do you all want to operate mechas like this?"
Ling Lan didn't dare to say anything. Since they were in the other party's territory, it was better for them to obediently listen to their orders. Thus, she led Zilong and the others to the place the staff member had pointed them to.
After pushing open the door to the changing room, they saw Senior Colonel Meng Shangyuan of the 1st Division and his five members of the Iron Curtain Battle Team already changing into their control suits and were about to come out.
"Senior Captain Ling, you're not slow." Senior Colonel Meng Shangyuan nodded at Ling Lan when he saw her.
"Senior Colonel Meng, you all reacted in time. We were still one step too late. We need to learn from you all," Ling Lan replied in a serious tone.
Senior Colonel Meng laughed heartily when he heard this. "Alright, we will leave first. Let's keep in touch in the future." Then, Meng Shangyuan waved his hand and left the changing room with his people.
"I think they were at the auction that day too." Meng Shangyuan had just taken a few steps when he suddenly remembered this matter.
Mu Youyun and Qian Jialin were able to come back alive from the auction because they were saved by the domain realm master and his comrades. Meng Shangyuan had his own sources of information so he knew about this hidden truth.
When they entered the changing room, they saw Qian Jialin and Mu Youyun coming out. He tried to ask them about it but they were very tight-lipped so he couldn't get anything out of them. However, Meng Shangyuan was still able to confirm one thing from their calm yet slightly stiff expressions. That was, the domain realm master who saved them was definitely someone from the Federation and was someone they knew. It was just that they didn't dare to believe it or imagine it …
Who could make the two foxes show such an expression? The young faces of Ling Lan and her comrades suddenly appeared in Meng Shangyuan's mind. He suddenly had a thought. They were also at the auction. It couldn't be them, right?
Meng Shangyuan couldn't help but laugh at his own wild imagination. He shook his head and threw these thoughts to the back of his mind. At that moment, Meng Shangyuan didn't know that his wild imagination was the truth.
However, Meng Shangyuan couldn't be blamed for not believing it. In reality, anyone who didn't know the truth wouldn't associate a domain realm master with Ling Lan. That was because Ling Lan was too young. She didn't fit the Federation's records.
Actually, Meng Shangyuan paid a lot of attention to Ling Lan. He had a good impression of her. In his eyes, Ling Lan was a hot-blooded young man who was full of drive and wanted to achieve something. That was why he bravely took on the responsibility of a four-star battle team and became the team leader.
Meng Shangyuan didn't know that the Lingtian Battle Team was created by Lingtian. He thought that Ling Lan took over the team from the previous team leader.
In a mecha battle team, after the team leader applied to join an ace mecha clan, he would be relieved of his position as the team leader. The next team leader only needed 80% of the team members to agree. Thus, even a newbie could become the team leader of a legendary battle team. Of course, this was only a theoretical possibility.
Meng Shangyuan naturally thought that this was how Ling Lan got her position as the team leader.
However, if the team leader couldn't meet the minimum requirements of a star battle team, the star level of the battle team would drop. A newbie wouldn't be able to suppress the experienced team members, especially those who were ace operators. Very quickly, the battle team would start to split up because they didn't want to accept the team leader. The ace operator would choose to leave and so on. This would cause the battle team to drop to three stars, two stars, or even one star.
Thus, not every newbie had the courage to take on such a heavy responsibility. Not every battle team had the courage to let a newbie become the team leader.
In Meng Shangyuan's eyes, no matter if it was the previous team leader or the current team leader, Ling Lan, they were all courageous people. Even if Ling Lan couldn't maintain the star level of the battle team in the end, Meng Shangyuan wouldn't look down on her. Meng Shangyuan even decided that if Ling Lan needed help, he would be more than happy to help her.
Between people, there was a need for fate. Meng Shangyuan was a general under the First Marshal. Other than the 1st division, there weren't many people who could catch his eye. However, Ling Lan caught his eye.
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