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Ling Lan came down with her team members. He felt Ling Lan's cold aura. The regiment commander turned to look st Qi Long. He seemed to be in the mid-stage of Qi-Jin. However, he would not be able to become the captain based on his character...

The regiment commander seemed to have found the reason why Qi Long wasn't the captain. He let down some of his vigilance. But, he knew that he still had to observe them to figure out if they were really harmless.

The regiment commander brought them to his office to finish the registration process. Then, he gave them the address of their accommodation. They were not staying in the building which they were at just now. Their accommodation was in another direction. This building only had three levels.

The regiment commander passed them a map and reminded them of the meal times. Ling Lan saw that there was still some time before their meal so she decided to bring her members to their dormitory first.

The dormitory was a little far away. They had to walk pass half the military base in order to reach their dormitory from the canteen. The building where they met the regiment commander was at the center of the military base. It was close to all the important places in the base and had enough empty rooms to house them.

Seemed like their regiment commander was guarding against them. The 250 Mecha Clan was a forsaken team but the waters inside were deep.

When they reached their dormitory, everyone was stunned.

"This is the place that we will be staying at?" An old and dusty gate welcomed them. The path and sentry tower was covered with a layer of dust too. There were even broken stones and tiles thrown around the sides of the gate. It looked as though this place hadn't been used since it was built.

"Yes," Ling Lan compared the map and told her team members the painful truth.

Li Lanfeng walked up and pushed opened a small window on the door. A screen was revealed. He pressed the on button and the screen lit up.

"There is electricity. It is not too bad." Li Lanfeng said, "What is the passcode?"

Han Jijyun thought about something and replied, "Li Lanfeng, what is your passcode?" When they were distributing their rooms, each of them were given a passcode. They thought that it was the passcode to their rooms but from the looks of it, it might not be the case.

"9977198." Li Lanfeng was enlightened. He had a strong spiritual power causing him to a photographic memory.

"Mine is the same," Han Jijyun immediately replied.

"The passcode that we received is not our room passcode but the passcode for the main gate." Li Lanfeng entered the numbers. The door opened.

Everyone walked in and realized that the environment inside was not bad. It was just dusty. Their footprints could be clearly seen on the dusty floor.

The team members started looking around.

"There is a vacuum cleaner here." Luo Lang found one vacuum cleaner.

"There is another one here." Lin Zhong-qing found one too.

No others were found. Luo Lang and Lin Zhong-qing took the vacuum cleaners out. Vacuum cleaners were an essential item to the Federation but the ones in the mecha clans were more advanced.

However, passcodes were needed to operate the vacuum cleaners. No one knew what the passcodes were.

"Do we need to go the the logistics department and ask them to send someone over?" Luo Lang said in a depressed tone.

"No need," Han Jijyun and Li Lanfeng replied simultaneously.

Everyone looked at the two of them. Li Lanfeng smiled and signaled for Han Jijyun to explain to them. Han Jijyun went straight to the point. "Use the passcode for the main gate."

Luo Lang didn't understand them but he followed what Han Jiyun said. "Beep." The vacuum cleaners got activated and it started cleaning the courtyard.

After they finished tidying the courtyard, they went up the building. By now, they knew that they were the only ones in this building.

There were three levels in the building and 18 rooms that were of different sizes. Everyone discussed and decided to live together on the third level.

As for the other two levels, they would leave it for later use. Since they were the only ones in the building, they took it as their headquarters and wanted to make it as comfortable as they could.

Chang Xinyuan was already prepared to show his true talent. As an outstanding mecha engineer, his expertise was at modification.

Even Li Shiyu wanted to make one of the rooms his personal laboratory...

As there were many rooms, they did not have to squeeze 6 people in a single room. Of course, people that were close to each other chose to stay together. The only two females, Luo Chao and Han Xuya, stayed together.

Zhao Jun and Li Lanfeng stayed together. They lived together in the Nameless Battle Team so they decided to continue to stay together.

Li Yingjie pestered Li Shiyu and wanted to stay with him. Li Shiyu was the only person he was familiar with in the entire Lingtian Battle Team. He held onto him tightly. Li Shiyu decided to bear with him since he was his little brother.

Only Gao Jinyun and his friends decided to live together as six people in a single room. They were used to staying together.

Besides Ling Lan, everyone had companions living with them. No one wanted to stay with Ling Lan. They still wanted to live a few more years. They didn't want to be pressured by Ling Lan's aura everyday.

Why was there an empty building for the Lingtian Battle Team?

In a standard mecha clan, there should be around 1500 mecha operators. Adding in the people from the mecha logistics and the logistics department, there should be a total of 4500 to 5000 people in a mecha clan. A mecha clan needed 2 to 3 logisticians in order for the mecha clan to operate comfortably.

In the 250 Mecha Clan, there were 250 mecha operators but only less than 100 logisticians. Half of them were working in the kitchen so there were only around 50 logisticians repairing the mechas.

This showed that the 250 Mecha Clan was forsaken. The headquarters only wanted to ascertain their basic survival needs.

There was a huge shortage of manpower in the 250 Mecha Clan . Hence, many locations were empty. This allowed the Lingtian Battle Team to have an entire building to themselves. If this was in any other mecha clans, such a situation would never happen.

Everyone activated their small vacuum cleaners in their room and quickly gathered in Ling Lan's room.

Ling Lan's room was the only suite on the third level. It was meant for high ranking officers in a mecha clan.

Ling Lan felt that the 250 Mecha Clan was not as bad as she imagined. At least she didn't need to live with the males...

With the help of the vacuum cleaners, Luo Chao, Han Xuya, and Lin Zhong-qing, her living room was clean and tidy.

Ling Lan sat on her sofa and asked, "What did you all notice along the way?"

Han Jijyun replied first, "The regiment commander is a powerful and ambitious person. He doesn't like us." He scanned the living room and continued, "If not, he would not send us here."

Li Lanfeng added on. "The 250 Mecha Clan is filled with people who are unable to go on the battlefield anymore. There might be some hidden talents here but on the surface, it is a forsaken mecha clan. For an ambitious person to come here and not welcome our arrival, it means that his motive is on these useless mecha operators. He is afraid that we would interrupt his plans."

"Also, there are a few strong auras coming from the building that we were on just now. Our captain should have sensed them." Li Lanfeng looked at Ling Lan. They were still getting use to calling Ling Lan their captain since they were in the military now. Sometimes, they would forget and call her boss.

Ling Lan nodded. When Qi Long attacked, she noticed a few strong auras. One of them was just below her so she went down to observe it. However, she seemed to have scared the person. The other three auras were further away but since she already sensed them, she would be able to recognize them if she sensed them again.

"However, since the captain suppressed his strength, the regiment commander will not pay too much attention to him. He will just be on guard against me and Qi Long." Qi Long and him didn't suppress their power so they were the two strongest people in the battle team now.

"I think that only Lanfeng gained the interest of the regiment commander." Han Jijyun suddenly said, "Lanfeng's gesture caused the regiment commander to lose interest in Qi Long." He glanced at Qi Long and smiled. "I didn't expect Qi Long to act so well."

Qi Long sniggered. "I just had an inspiration and duplicated Li Yingjie's actions."

Li Yingjie got angry. "Are you saying that I am an idiot?"

"When you act arrogant, you seem quite stupid," Qi Long shrugged and replied.

"I want to fight you!" Li Yingjie was furious. He wanted to rush towards Qi Long but suddenly, he felt his body went numb. He fainted onto the sofa.

Li Shiyu removed a syringe from Li Yingjie's neck calmly. He said, "The world is finally quiet."

Those people who knew what was in the syringe shivered in fear. They didn't expect the military doctor to use this thing on his own teammate. That person was his cousin too... Sob, their military doctor is so scary!

Chapter 612: Chance?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Ling Lan looked at Li Shiyu nonchalantly. After everyone had calmed down, she said, "The situation is advantageous for us. Lanfeng will continue fooling the regiment commander. The rest of us..."

Ling Lan turned serious. She gave her orders directly, "Will find out everything about the 250 Mecha Clan in the shortest amount of time."

"Yes, captain!" Everyone stood up to receive the order.

After giving her orders, she led her team members to the logistics department to claim their new uniform, daily necessities, and bed sheets. After that, it was meal time so they went to the canteen.

The other mecha operators in the 250 Mecha Clan had climbed out of their dormitory and were all coming to the canteen. To them, nothing was more important than eating, not even sleeping.

Liu Fuquan sat alone in the corner of the canteen. There were many people sitting alone just like him. Everyone came from different divisions so there was no need for any interactions between them. Hence, they just took care of themselves.

However, some troublemakers which came from different divisions became friends with each other. At the round table in the canteen, five to six hunks were sitting together and having a conversation.

"Hey, did you hear about some recruits were sent to our mecha clan?" The one talking was called Fu Qiangwei. He was once a captain of a battle team in the 4th Division. However, during his time on the battlefield, his entire battle team was sacrificed. Only he survived. Ever since then, he became vicious and violent. He was unable to control his emotions. Whenever he was in a bad mood, he would hit other mecha operators in the 4th Division. The 4th Division couldn't bear with him anymore and sent him to the 23rd Division.

"Interesting. Looks like we have new toys." Someone gave a sinister smile. That someone was Yan Mingjun from the 7th Division. The pressure from the life-or-death situations on the battlefield was too much for him. It twisted his personality and he became a sadist. However, he was always able to escape from punishments as he had ample reasons for his actions. When the 23rd Division was looking for more manpower, his commander sent him over.

The other people got excited too. They had bullied everyone that could be bullied in the 250 Mecha Clan so they were bored.

These people were from other mecha clans in the 23rd Division. But, not long after they came, they had a relapse and started to hurt other people. Some didn't leave any evidence behind while others couldn't be prosecuted or kicked out of the military for various reasons. Hence, these people were transferred to the 250 Mecha Clan by He Xuyang.

Liu Fuquan pursed his lips when he heard what they said. He didn't think that they would be able to succeed. If there were just a few recruits, it might be possible to bully them. However... Liu Fuquan remembered that bunch of people that were on his roof. He prayed that those old soldiers would not die too terribly.

"What do you think about those recruits?" A voice appeared beside Liu Fuquan. Liu Fuquan raised his head calmly. Someone had sat down opposite from him. The person was a loner just like him. His name was Yang Mingzhi, once a regiment commander of a mecha clan in the 1st Division. He was an elite ace mecha master, someone who everyone felt had the highest chance in advancing to become an imperial operator. He had a nickname too. He was a member of the South Stars.

Unfortunately, Yang Mingzhi's mecha career ended after the annihilation of his mecha clan in a battle. He couldn't operate a mecha anymore. His superiors were worried and felt pity for him. They were afraid that being in the 1st Division would remind him of his wounds so they sent him to the 23rd Division to let him enjoy his retirement. He was a candidate for the position of regiment commander of the 250 Mecha Clan but he didn't want it. Hence, Zheng Qiyun took over.

Both of them were once famous mecha operators so whenever they met, they would have a short chat with each other. However, that was as far as their interactions went. Liu Fuquan didn't expect him to be curious about something. He always seemed nonchalant about everything.

Liu Fuquan raised his eyebrows. "You know what is happening. Why did you still asked me?" Although Yang Mingzhi was unable to operate a mecha, his physical skills were still present. He would have definitely sensed the strength of those recruits.

"I am just wondering why they were sent here." Yang Mingzhi frowned. 250 Mecha Clan was a hopeless place. Recruits shouldn't appear here.

"Who knows? There might be a motive behind it." Liu Fuquan shrugged. He was not interested in those recruits. He just wanted to make Zheng Qiyun give up on him.

"Besides their names and battle team, I can't find any other information about those recruits." Yang Mingzhi suddenly threw a bomb at him. Liu Fuquan raised his head in shock. Compared to him, Yang Mingzhi had a higher rank before he was sent here. Before he was sent here, he was going to become a Major General. However, he lost the opportunity.

In order to compensate him, the First Marshal gave Yang Mingzhi all the authorities and benefits of a Major General. If he couldn't get any information about those recruits, it meant that the person who set the requirements was either one of the three marshals, or one of the ten generals.

Yang Mingzhi ignored the surprise in Liu Fuquan's eyes. He continued, "This might be a chance. Don't miss it." He stood up and left as though he just came to greet him.

Liu Fuquan lowered his head to hide the emotions in his eyes. What did Yang Mingzhi mean by those words? Did he see through his disguise and decided to help him? Were those recruits really his chance?

Liu Fuquan smiled bitterly. His enemies were too strong. If he showed any signs of weakness, he would die a terrible death. No matter how powerful the backgrounds of these recruits were, how could they be compared to that person. He should not implicate them. Liu Fuquan's eyes dimmed again. He resumed his usual appearance.

Loud footsteps sounded outside the canteen. Everyone looked towards the door simultaneously. There were no big groups in the 250 Mecha Clan so everyone got curious.

A huge bunch of people entered the canteen. They were young and vibrant. The old soldiers that had given up on life felt calmer when they saw the recruits.

Chapter 613: Means of Attack!

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The two people who drew the most attention were the two girls who had totally different styles but were tacitly standing beside each other. They brightened up the entire cafeteria.

One of the beautiful girls saw that everyone was staring at them, instantly blushed and put her head down. The other physically attractive girl used her huge eyes to ruthlessly glare at everyone. She huffed coldly then pulled the shy girl to her side to block her from their sight.

Fu Qiangwei and Yan Mingjun's group of six wanted to take the new recruits down a notch. The moment Ling Lan walked in, these guys had found the target they wanted to make a move on.

The six of them suddenly jumped up from their seats and pounced towards their targets.

Four of the six pounced towards Ling Lan, Qi Long, Li Lanfeng and Li Yingjie, because in their eyes, these four people were the only Qi-Jin experts within this group of new recruits. The other two people were responsible for intercepting any other recruits from lending a helping hand while Yan Mingjun leaped beside Han Xuya and Luo Chao...

"Bam, bam, bam, bam!" Four consecutive sounds of hits landing. Fu Qiangwei and the other three who were responsible for Ling Lan and her group of four was intercepted.

Right when Luo Lang and the others wanted to move forward, two people appeared in front of them and intercepted them with only a few moves.

Yan Mingjun stood behind Han Xuya and Luo Chao who were looking at today's menu. He lightly tapped them on their shoulders.

Han Xuya immediately turned her head and asked confusedly, "What?"

"Yeah, I hope you can cooperate with me so it doesn't make things difficult," Yan Mingjun gestured showing that he couldn't help the situation.

At that moment, Han Xuya had already seen what was happening behind them. Her expression instantly changed. Right when she was about to get angry, Luo Chao nervously pulled on Han Xuya's hand and said, "We'll definitely cooperate. Please don't worry."

"Luo Chao, what are you doing?" Han Xuya said angrily.

"Wow, this little sister knows what's up," Yan Mingjun smiled coldly. His smile made Han Xuya feel like she wasn't looking at a person but a cold venomous snake. Right when she wanted to get angry, Luo Chao pulled on her hand once again. Then she swallowed the anger and frustration that had formed inside of her.

It was clear that Han Xuya and Luo Chao were used as hostages. This scene made the others in Lingtian not dare to make any sudden moves. They could only watch at Yan Mingjun's group in shock.

Seeing this, Liu Fuquan sipped his bottle and said softly, "As expected of newbies, still too soft. They actually weren't even on guard. They wouldn't be able to live on the battlefield if they are like this."

He saw that not too far from him, Yang Mingzhi was calmly eating his food and wasn't distracted by what was happening. Liu Fuquan couldn't help but lift up his bottle and shake it towards Yang Mingzhi's direction.

"Those are the new recruits you've set your eyes on? Their situation isn't looking good."

Yang Mingzhi understood what Liu Fuquan wanted to tell him. He lifted up his chopsticks and pointed slightly towards Liu Fuquan to signal Liu Fuquan that he should wait patiently.

Seeing this, Liu Fuquan shook his head and thought that waiting would be a waste of time. Yang Mingjun already had hostages. Could the newbies really turn