Chapter 701: Meng Lan!

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

“You actually dare to compete with me.” Little Four pointed at XXQ1 angrily. He wanted to destroy this woman. Why did he even create intelligent entities, undermining his own position as the number one underling? Was he stupid?

The voice sounds so real. Ling Lan convinced herself that she must be under an illusion but she still looked down. She saw Little Four looking up at her. He had tears on his face and he seemed afraid.

“Little Four?” He seems so real. Ling Lan reached out and tried to touch Little Four’s face.

Her hand passed through his face. As expected, it was an illusion, this Little Four in front of her is not real. Ling Lan felt downhearted.

“Boss, this is just my virtual body. After I gain a real body, then you can touch me.” Little Four shouted happily. Ling Lan’s eyes were filled with care and longing. Indeed, he is still his Boss’s favorite. Even if she has a new intelligent entity, his position as the number one underling would not be taken away.

Little Four’s voice woke Ling Lan up from her daze. She narrowed her eyes and stared at Little Four intently. In the end, she confirmed that this bastard Little Four was finally awake.

“Little Four, you are so dead.” Ling Lan unleashed her spiritual power, pinning down Little Four.

“Boss, domestic violence is frowned upon, don’t do it!” Little Four saw Ling Lan’s fierce expression and immediately knew what she was going to do. He quickly disappeared, hiding in Ling Lan’s mindscape.

“Little Four, how dare you try to run? If I catch you, you are really dead.”

Ling Lan chased Little Four around in her mindscape for an hour before managing to grab his throat. “F**k, how can you sleep for half a year without telling me anything? Do you think that I have a good temper? If I don’t teach you a lesson now, I’m not your boss.” Do you know how worried I was for these past six months?

“Boss, if you continue shaking me, I’m gonna go back to sleep again.” Little Four understood Ling Lan’s worries, but he also felt his chip was getting warmer. He was afraid his boss might accidentally kill him so he quickly shouted.

When she heard that Little Four might fall asleep again, Ling Lan started to calm down. She released her grip and said angrily, “I’ll let you go for now. When I have the chance, I’ll teach you a lesson.”

Little Four coughed fervently. He hoped that his chip would cool down but no matter how he tried to control it, it wouldn’t. Little Four feared and desired the heat at the same time.

“So, why did you sleep for such a long time?” Ling Lan finally asked Little Four about his condition.

Little Four was puzzled too. “I don’t know. That day, I saw you sleeping soundly. After a while, I fell asleep too. When I woke up, half a year has already passed.”

He just wanted to sleep with his Boss. Why did he sleep for half a year? He didn’t accompany his Boss for so long. When he thought about how his Boss might have suffered because of the fat and stupid Little Blossom, he felt terrible.

“I heard from Little Blossom that you were evolving. What part of you evolved?” Ling Lan examined Little Four carefully. Little Four was still a little child. He didn’t grow taller. Ling Lan couldn’t see what was different about him.

The moment he thought of Little Blossom, his Boss mentioned Little Blossom. Little Four hated Little Blossom now. However, he still maintained his innocent smile on his face. He couldn’t let his boss know that he was jealous.

Boss said that he was evolving? Why didn’t he know about it? Little Four managed to catch the main point in his Boss’s words. He was confused. But, if his Boss said that he had evolved, it must be the truth, Little Four trusted Ling Lan. Hence, he started inspecting his body carefully.

He smiled excitedly. “So that’s what happened. Boss, I really evolved and got a new ability. I’m able to appear with a virtual body in the real world within 10 meters from you. However, I can only maintain the virtual body for half an hour.”

So this was why he slept for half a year. It was not a satisfying result but he could live with it.

Ling Lan now understood why she could see Little Four’s virtual body in the real world just now. So this was Little Four’s new ability. He didn’t need any medium and could appear as a virtual image as long as he was near her. This ability meant nothing to Ling Lan but for Little Four, this was a chance for him to consolidate himself as Ling Lan’s number one underling in front of her comrades.

“That is a good ability. However, you will have to appear as my personal optical supercomputer. I’m sorry about that.” Ling Lan rubbed Little Four’s head as she felt apologetic towards him. She was still unable to provide him a better identity. She was still too weak. She couldn’t let him reveal his true identity.

She could give him this fake identity because Little Four created XXQ1. Little Four used his own hard work to allow himself to have the chance to reveal himself. She owed him so much.

“Boss, are you saying that I can interact with your comrades?” Little Four was elated.

“Yes. You created XXQ1 for this purpose, right?” She knew Little Four’s thoughts without the need for him to say anything.

As expected of his Boss. She knew exactly what he was thinking but she still let him carry on with his plans. Little Four jumped into Ling Lan’s arms and hugged her tightly. “Boss, you treat me so well. I feel so happy. I really love you. Really.”

Ling Lan touched Little Four’s forehead and spoke in a soft voice which only she could hear. “You treat me well too, alright. You think of me first before you think about yourself. I’m not a cold-blooded animal. I’m not ungrateful.”

Little Four could only faintly hear what his boss said. He looked up in confusion. “Boss, what are you saying?”

Ling Lan flicked his forehead. “I said, how long are you going to stay in my arms?”

Little Four’s face turned red when Ling Lan exposed him. He hadn’t seen his boss for half a year. Wasn’t it normal for him to want to stay with her longer? She shouldn’t blame him.

However, Little Four had his pride so he thought about a diversion and jumped down. “Boss, did Little Blossom create any trouble for you during these 6 months?”

At crucial times like this, Little Blossom is the best diversion. Little Four betrayed Little Blossom without any hesitation. Little Blossom was with Number Four currently, becoming Ling Lan’s substitute. Sob… he is totally dead.

“No. Little Blossom was obedient.” Ling Lan proved that Little Blossom was not a troublemaker.

He was obedient? A Doomsday Flower? Obedient? Little Four felt that the Little Blossom that Ling Lan knew was different from the one he knew.

“Little Blossom is a good kid. You must protect him.” Ling Lan rubbed Little Four’s head. Little Blossom was not as talkative as Little Four but it tried its best to do the things Little Four normally did. They were two different kinds of intelligent entities so it was hard for Little Blossom but he still tried his best.

Little Blossom respected Little Four. He respected Little Four as much as he respected her. Sometimes, Ling Lan would get jealous. After all, she was Little Blossom’s master. However, Ling Lan was touched because of Little Blossom’s feelings towards Little Four. Little Blossom really took Little Four as his older brother.

Who said that intelligent entities don’t have feelings? Ling Lan scoffed in contempt at the research of intelligent entities carried out by the Federation. The two intelligent entities she had were full of emotions. Ling Lan just didn’t know that this was something different, it was something innate.

Ling Lan smiled. Since they didn’t know this, she would not tell them. This would be Little Four’s punishment for sleeping for six months and scaring her. Ling Lan kept her findings a secret. This caused Little Four and Little Blossom to have many funny encounters in the future.

Little Four felt sad when he heard what his boss said. Little Blossom managed to gain his Boss’s favor in these past six months. However, as a magnanimous person, he would not treat Little Blossom badly because of this. Little Four nodded firmly. “Yes boss, I’ll treat him well.”

He was someone true to his words. Also, there would be more intelligent entities around his Boss in the future. He rather let Little Blossom be the one gaining his Boss’s liking. After making this comparison, he felt much better.

“Let’s stop talking about Little Blossom. Let’s talk about XXQ1 now.” Ling Lan pointed at XXQ1 who was still waiting outside. She interacted with Little Four for a long time in her mindscape but in the real world, only a second had passed.

“XXQ1?” Little Four blinked. This was an unfamiliar name to him, Who was it referring to? Little Four was too busy regaining Ling Lan’s favour that he didn’t realize that the intelligent entity he created was called XXQ1.

“The intelligent entity you created,” Ling Lan reminded him.

“Oh? Which bastard gave her that name? It’s awful,” Little Four said angrily. He took so much effort to create an intelligent entity but the name she has was so terrible. It made him furious.

“Lin Zhong-qing.” Ling Lan outright betrayed Lin Zhong-qing. She would never take the blame for anyone.

“Ahhh, Lin Zhong-qing, I will not forgive you!” Little Four shouted. Not all intelligent entities were kind. There were some who liked to bear grudges. Little Four was one of them.

Little Four cursed Lin Zhong-qing. Then, he appeared in front of XXQ1. He looked at the woman in awe. This was his work. Little Four felt that he was impressive.

Ling Lan smacked Little Four’s head, waking Little Four up.

XXQ1 bucked up her courage after seeing her creator appearing in front of her and said, “Master, please give me a new name.”

She also hated this name.

“Boss, please change her name.” Little Four’s eyes lit up. He finally remembered that only his boss had the rights to give the intelligent entities he created a name. Lin Zhong-qing was not able to.

Ling Lan looked at the two pairs of eyes that were shining with anticipation. She sighed. How much did they hate this name? It was for sure Lin Zhong-qing would become one of the people whom Little Four hated the most in the future.

“What name would you like?” Since a woman was getting a new name, she needed to like the name. Ling Lan was a democratic leader. She instantly asked her about her preferences.

The woman started thinking. Her eyes lit up. “Master, I would like the word ‘Lan’.” Her creator always thought about this word so she got influenced and started to like this word too. If she could, she wanted her name to have this word.

Ling Lan immediately knew why the intelligent entity liked this word. She glared at Little Four. What was he thinking about when he was creating this intelligent entity? This ‘Lan’ was definitely the ‘Lan’ in her name.

Little Four didn’t dare to look at her in the eyes. Ling Lan’s heart softened. Little Four thought about her all the time so the intelligent entity he created got affected. Anyway, the name ‘Lan’ didn’t belong to her. Since she liked it, she should use it in her name.

Ling Lan thought for a moment and said, “Fine. You’ll be called Meng Lan from now on.” This was the Ling Lan in Little Four’s dream, Meng Lan.

Ling Lan smiled after she finished speaking. It was not a bright smile but it dissipated the coldness around her. The two intelligent entities were stunned. Woah! Boss (Master) is so beautiful!

Intelligent entities usually have strong resistance against beautiful things so they quickly calmed down. Meng Lan said excitedly to Ling Lan, “Thank you for giving me a name.” She could finally not be called XXQ1. Meng Lan wanted to cry. She almost went crazy after being called XXQ1 for so many days.

Chapter 702: The Dignity Of A Father!

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

After settling Meng Lan’s name situation, Ling Lan asked her to open the door. She walked in.

The moment she walked in, she said, “XXQ1 will be called Meng Lan from now on.”

Now everyone knew why their boss spent such a long time outside. He was changing the name of the mainframe of this base. They had to admit that this name was much better than XXQ1.

Ling Lan was relieved everyone was satisfied with this name. After that, Lin Zhong-qing signaled for them to enter a changing room.

At that moment, Ling Xiao’s mood changed drastically. His daughter was changing with a bunch of stinking young men without his supervision. Ling Xiao wanted to kill all the young men here but fortunately, he was someone who could control his emotions. Hence, he didn’t explode.

However, Ling Lan still felt the difference in her father’s aura. His aura was almost exploding out from his body. Ling Lan thought for a moment and immediately understood why her father was feeling this way. She was just changing her clothes in the same room with a bunch of young men. However, she was not taking all her clothes off. She wore her singlet so no one would see her body. Additionally, after she took the suppression shots, she didn’t have any curves. No one would see through her disguise.

Thinking about this, Ling Lan started getting worried. Her mother only gave her two more years. Based on her mother’s temper, she would definitely stop her from taking the suppression shots. Her body would start growing after that so… Ling Lan sighed. Luckily, she still had two more years. She could think about this later.

Okay, Ling Lan is someone who likes to push her worries back. If it is not going to happen soon, she will not care about it.

After everyone changed into their military uniform, Ling Lan finally saw what her father looked like after disguising himself. He wore a mask like Li Lanfeng. Ling Lan looked at him curiously. The rest of the people just quickly spared a glance at him. Since he was a loyalist, it was normal that he didn’t want anyone to see his face.

Everyone stretched their body after changing their attire. They finally felt that they were alive. The mecha protective vest was comfortable but it restricted their movements too much.

The entrance of the changing room was different from its exit. Once they opened the exit door, a familiar smell wafted into their nose. They saw a field of green. It was like they were back at the Federation.

“Those are all virtual images.” Ling Lan quickly identified what she saw. She looked at Lin Zhong-qing. Seemed like Lin Zhong-qing had an effective discussion with the chief of staff. He took everything that he could and couldn’t take.

Ling Lan felt her father boring his eyes at the back of her head. She pretended to not feel it. She would not admit that she took too many things.

Ling Xiao looked at the scene in front of him. His face twitched. Did He Xuyang give all the good things to his daughter? He even gave her this device. Was this a land clearing mission? This seems more like a vacation!

The most important features of a temporary base were its safety and efficiency. Features that could help with a person’s psychology would never be taken into consideration when building a temporary base. However, 250 Mecha Clan made their base into a comfortable and perfect home.

This is damn… amazing! Ling Xiao decided to compliment He Xuyang when he gets back. It was a waste to keep this device in the warehouse so he rather gave it to his daughter. Ling Xiao was happy to know that Ling Lan could rest in such a base during these three months.

Of course, it was all her credit that she managed to fully utilize this device. If other bases got this device, would they be able to create such an amazing base? Ling Xiao looked at Lin Zhong-qing who was leading the way. His daughter had such good foresight. She picked an amazing chief for her logistics department. That was why she could have such a perfect temporary base. These devices were already functionable but to input everything into the design of the base, it required some skills. Lin Zhong-qing definitely had the skills to do it.

“No mecha operators had entered this base. There is only a small portion of logisticians doing the final cleaning,” Lin Zhong-qing reported to Ling Lan. Ling Lan nodded. “Not bad.”

Lin Zhong-qing’s eyes lit up when he heard Ling Lan’s compliment. He was elated. He was probably the only one who knew how hard and how much effort he put into the preparation and the construction of this temporary base. However, all the hard work paid off when his Boss praised him.

Lin Zhong-qing knew that to his Boss, ‘not bad’ was already a good compliment.

Ling Lan looked at organized roads as well as locations for soldiers to eat and train. She was even more satisfied. She turned around and shouted, “Yang Mingzhi.”

Yang Mingzhi was looking at the various facilities with the other team leaders. He was extremely happy to see how well built this base was.

F**k, this is the first time he will be staying at such a comfortable temporary base during a land clearing mission. He remembered the places which he stayed at last time. There was only enough space for him to lie down. He was not able to see the sun from his room and could only look at the light bulb above him. Yang Mingzhi finally understood how incapable those logisticians were. They could have made the temporary base more beautiful but they didn’t. Mecha operators like them weren’t able to get a good rest after their dangerous missions.

While Yang Mingzhi was criticizing the logisticians in his previous mecha clan, he heard Ling Lan calling him. He immediately went up. “Regiment commander, I’m here.”

“Discuss with the other nine team leaders to split all the mecha operators into three groups. One group will be doing the scouting mission, one group will be on guard, and one will be resting. The three groups will rotate.”

“Yes!” All ten team leaders received their order.

Lin Zhong-qing wanted to bring Ling Lan to the resting room for the regiment commander but Qi Long grabbed him and asked him to stay back to lead the ten teams to their resting area. Lin Zhong-qing only managed to point at the direction of Ling Lan’s resting room before he got surrounded by the ten team leaders.

Ling Lan and Ling Xiao smiled at each other. They walked towards the direction Lin Zhong-qing pointed. Since everything was prepared, they should take a good look around this place.

“Ah, this is your room.” Ling Xiao pointed at the nameplate on the door which had the words ‘Regiment Commander’ on it and smiled.

Ling Lan placed her communicator in front of the device that was on the side of the door. A beep was heard after the device scanned her communicator. The door opened automatically. This was her private room.

Ling Lan walked in. There was a small living room with some sofas and a coffee table in it. An office table was at the further end of the room. An optical supercomputer was placed on the table. The light on the optical supercomputer shone to signal its presence. This would be where she would have meetings with the ten team leaders.

On the right side of the living room, there was a door. When she walked closer to the door, it automatically opened, revealing a small dining room and a small kitchen. Further inside, there was