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Chapter 692: A Creature With Tentacles!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Putting Ling Lan's thoughts aside, all of them managed to arrive at their destination soon.

It was a huge lake. The surface of the lake was shimmering with light. There seemed to be no end to the lake with waters that were deep blue and clear. However, Ling Lan and her team members couldn't be certain if there were creatures inside the lake. The steam over the lake and the heat emitted from the lake told them that the temperature of the water was high.

Xie Yi started taking a sample of the water and examining it without Ling Lan's command. He told everyone what he found through the team channel.

"The temperature of the water is at 87 degrees celsius. Can fish survive at this temperature?" One of the mecha operators were stunned. Fish would be cooked at this temperature.

"You are a veteran. Have you forgotten lifeforms here might be different from what we know? I'm pretty sure the fish on this planet are not afraid of high heat," Someone refuted.

"There is a fish like that in the Federation too. It's known as Aomu Fish. It can live within 50 degrees celsius to 60 degrees celsius water. If the temperature of the water gets below 45 degrees celsius, it will die." Someone reminded everyone to not be restricted by their own ignorance.

"No one knows what is in the lake. Let's be more careful." As the most experienced mecha operator, Yang Mingzhi felt obligated to remind everyone to be aware of their surroundings when he noticed that they were too focused on talking.

Everyone instantly focused their attention on the lake.

Ling Lan knew that these people still had problems fighting in a high pressured situation. They had relaxed for too long and lost their vigilance on the battlefield. This was not something that could be solved with training. Only real life-or-death situations would allow them to regain their vigilance.

"Regiment commander, why do I feel that the heat in the lake didn't trigger the thermal signal?" Li Lanfeng looked at his optical supercomputer. He noticed that the thermal signal came from the lake but 87 degrees celsius was too low for the thermal detector to give such a signal.

Ling Lan stared at the surface of the lake for a few seconds. She said slowly, "Seems like we need to go into the lake." She had this query too. There might be something in the lake which caused it to have such a high temperature. She didn't know if it was a natural resource vein in it.

However, entering the lake was a dangerous task. Entering the bottom of a lake or a river was usually the most dangerous place to explore. There was water resistance and the water would affect the mecha operator's vision too. Most importantly, no one knew what was under the water.

Ling Lan pondered about it and chose Qi Long, Zhao Jun, Liu Furong, Gu Zhengyang to enter the lake with her.

Li Lanfeng wanted to say something but he stopped himself. He really wanted to go with Ling Lan but he knew that if anything happened there, with his stamina, he might drag the whole team down. He could not cause trouble for his rabbit.

Ling Lan asked Yang Mingzhi to be in charge of guarding the perimeter and asked Li Lanfeng and Han Jijyun to help him. She glanced at Ling Yu who was standing still like a piece of wood. After some thought, she said, "Ling Yu, you'll go down with me too."

Since there is a bodyguard, she should use it.

"Yes, regiment commander!" Ling Yu received the order. Very soon, the six of them jumped into the lake.

The moment they entered the lake, the six of them changed their mecha setting to suit the underwater environment. Their mecha got used to the environment and slowly sunk. It took more than ten seconds for them to sink to the bottom of the lake. It was deeper than expected. There was no light at the bottom of the lake. However, the mechas had searchlights on them so they were able to see within 30 meters around them.

The six people cautiously explored the bottom of the lake. While they were sinking, they didn't see a single fish at all. This caused them to doubt if there were any creatures in the lake.

"Be careful!" Qi Long felt his boss kicking him. Ling Yu, who was protecting Ling Lan, fired a beam shot at Qi Long's direction. If his boss didn't kick him, he would have been hit by the beam. Qi Long was furious. Was there something wrong with Ling Yu? Wasn't he boss's bodyguard?"

"Qi Long, inspect your mecha and see if there is a problem." Ling Lan's cold voice rang inside Qi Long's ears. Ling Yu still had his beam gun in his hand. However, it was not aimed at him. It was aimed at his side.

Qi Long got a shock. He knew that things were not what it seemed. He immediately inspected his mecha and noticed that there was a round-shaped burn mark on the mecha's chest. He didn't know when he got this scar. It looked like a burn mark was formed by electricity.

Qi Long replayed what happened. After slowing down the video feed ten times, he finally saw a silver whip-like tentacle appearing beside him suddenly and attacking him. If his boss didn't kick him away, he might have been seriously hurt. At the same time, he also noticed that Ling Yu's beam sliced the silver whip-like tentacle. That was why the tentacle retreated and stopped attacking him.

With Ling Yu standing by, Ling Lan bent down and picked up the tentacle that was sliced by Ling Yu. After it was sliced, half of it dropped onto the bottom of the lake.

The tentacle kept forming sparks in Ling Lan's hand. Ling Lan was prepared for its attack so she protected her hand using the shield. After a few seconds, the sparks disappeared. The silver whip-like tentacle had used up all its energy and stopped moving. It started to turn dark silver.

"This tentacle has powerful electricity in it. Even if it leaves the main body, the electricity will not disappear immediately. Some of it still remained in it." Ling Lan explained what happened to the other five people. "Based on the way it attacked, it should be a creature with tentacles."

Everyone gasped when they heard that. The hardest type of creature to deal with under the water were creatures with tentacles. This creature even had electricity in it. They were not afraid but it still made their heads hurt.

Ling Lan signaled at Ling Yu to put down his gun. The creature that attacked them had moved away or was hiding. Ling Lan swallowed the questions she had and turned to face everyone. "Be careful. It is injured so it will definitely attack us again."

"Yes, regiment commander!" Everyone was on their guard. With such a scary opponent being near them, all of them moved with vigilance. They even activated their shields. At the bottom of the lake, each mecha was shining with light from their beam shield. Ling Lan knew this would make them easier targets but it was better than dying unknowingly in the tentacles of a tentacle monster.

"Regiment commander, we are unable to contact the people above." Liu Furong frowned as he told Ling Lan the bad news. Just now, Ling Lan ordered him to contact Yang Mingzhi to inform them about the situation under the water so that they could be on their guard.

"Seems like the water is able to interrupt signals," Gu Zhengyang guessed.

"Maybe this is the ability of the tentacle creature," Zhao Jun had another guess.

"No matter what, we are rich." Qi Long smiled brightly as he stared in front of him intently. All he could think of were credits. He didn't look as though he just met a life-or-death situation. He was as lively as usual.

"I didn't expect our luck to be so good." Their current situation was quite bad but everyone's mindset was good. They started making the best out of the situation.

They knew that if they wanted to explore this lake, they needed to get rid of the tentacle creature first. They didn't know how many creatures there were. Furthermore, if they killed all the tentacle creatures only to realize that this was just an ordinary lake with no ability to block signals, their efforts would be in vain.

Yet, everyone looked at the situation positively and accepted the challenge happily. Ling Yu nodded his head. He was satisfied with the performance of these team leaders.

At the side of the lake, the 20 people who stayed back split into two teams. One of the team rested while the other guarded the area. A portion of them guarded the lake while another portion guarded their surroundings.

The person in charge of the group that was guarding the lake was Li Lanfeng. Luo Lang and Xie Yi helped him. Li Lanfeng trusted Ling Lan and the others but he still couldn't help feeling worried. He kept looking at the lake and hoped that his friends would return soon.

Suddenly, he narrowed his eyes. "Luo Lang, Xie Yi, look. Did you see something below the surface of the lake just now?" He saw a flash of silver just now. This caused him to be on his guard.

Luo Lang and Xie Yi immediately looked at the lake. But, they didn't see anything.

"There seemed to be nothing," Luo Lang said with uncertainty.

Xie Yi smiled. "You must have mistaken. How can there be any creatures in a lake with such a high temperature?" He moved his mecha after he finished speaking and looked in another direction.

Luo Lang seemed to agree with what he said. He turned his mecha around indifferently too and placed his focus on the other side.

Li Lanfeng muttered, "Maybe I'm wrong." He spun his mecha around too.

When the three of them turned around, six long tentacles shot out of the lake and slashed towards the six mechas that were near the lake. Three of the mecha belonged to Li Lanfeng, Xie Yi, and Luo Lang.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The moment the tentacles appeared, Li Lanfeng, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi shot their beam guns at the six tentacles as though they were prepared for its attack.

This creature which snuck up of them was caught off its guard. All the six tentacles got sliced off. The other three mechas at the side of the lake had received an order from their leader and quickly dodged.

After seeing the attacker, Yang Mingzhi, Han Jijyun, and Li Yingjie quickly came over too.

Two of the tentacles dropped on the yellowish-brown plants at the bank of the lake. They kept twisting as though they still had life in them. The plants that got in contact with the tentacles were burnt immediately. The electricity in the tentacles was strong.

The mecha operators who noticed this felt a chill down their spines. If these tentacles landed on their bodies, they might turn into ash instantly. There was no chance of survival. This was just a portion of the electricity left in a broken tentacle. If they were hit by the main body, their mechas might not be able to withstand the electricity too.

Yang Mingzhi and his group met up with Li Lanfeng's group. They saw waves forming on the surface of the river. Suddenly, numerous tentacles shot out of the river and rushed towards the people at the bank. It must be furious that Li Lanfeng and his friends hurt it so it wanted to kill them.

"F**k, that is a tentacle creature. Everyone focus! Don't get dragged into the water by it." Yang Mingzhi quickly reminded everyone. He immediately raised his beam gun and shot at the tentacles.

He was worried about the group that went down. He wondered if they were safe. This kind of creature was harder to deal with in the water.

After a round of shooting, they managed to destroy close to 200 tentacles. This only happened because none of them missed a shot. However, there were still 800 more tentacles rushing towards them.

"We have too little people. We can't fight with it." Yang Mingzhi immediately gave an order. "Everyone, retreat till the tentacles can't reach you."

Many mecha operators didn't agree with this order, especially the people from Lingtian Battle Team. Under Ling Lan's guidance, they didn't like to retreat. However, they remembered what Ling Lan told them. The person-in-charge was Yang Mingzhi. Even if they wanted to continue fighting, they still had to listen to him. Hence, they retracted their weapons and started retreating.

In a battlefield, everyone must be able to obey commands immediately. If not, they might put everyone in danger. The members of Lingtian got brainwashed by Ling Lan successfully so they didn't create trouble for Yang Mingzhi.

Although everyone moved quickly, the monster in the lake was much faster. Before the mecha operators could move to a safe distance, the tentacles had already reached them.

Chapter 693: Legend?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Seeing this, Yang Mingzhi immediately turned his mecha around. His beam gun pointed towards the tentacles and pulled down on the trigger with a great force. The barrel of gun suddenly had a bright yellow flower come out from its tip…

"One of the ace operator's sure-kill techniques, Blossoming Flash!" Those who were familiar with gun techniques would definitely be excited if they saw this move. It was a sure-kill technique because once this skill was used, it would always produce some results.

"Bang!" A large explosive sound echoed. The ground shook from the shockwave of the blast, not to mention the surface of the lake as it created countless tidal waves. A few mechas that retreated a bit slower than the rest were even hit by waves. The surface of the shore was flooded and required a long time to return back to normal.

Just as it was about to explode, Yang Mingzhi quickly backed up ten meters. Although he had already put his beam shield on the highest setting, the shockwave created by the explosion was still too much for him to handle. The beam shield's energy levels were almost depleted and his mecha was losing energy as well. If someone were to attack him at this moment, it was possible that they would be able to by-pass the beam shield and cause damage to the mecha itself.

Yang Mingzhi's move had its merits. Countless numbers of tentacles were blown off by the explosion. The explosion stopped the tentacles for a short while and averted the crisis the mecha operators were in.

The tentacle creature saw that its attack was unfruitful. Its patience was already running thin and now it was really angry.

"RAWR! A terrifying howl echoed from within the lake. Every mecha operator felt somewhat dizzy. Many of the mechas that were still in mid-air, began to lose control and fall towards the ground. However, these mecha operators were after all not second-rate mecha operators, their spiritual power levels were quite high. They quickly regained back their controls and immediately controlled their mechas.

The tentacle monster used sound waves to attack them. This attack was to incapacitate these mecha operators for a moment. That small window of time was enough for the monster to whip out more tentacles to attacks these bugs that had harmed it.

This tentacle monster was more intelligent than what they had come to have known. It instantly took away their opportunity to escape, created by Yang Mingzhi putting his life on the line. Right as they were about to wake up, they saw countless numbers of tentacles outside of their mechas. They knew they no longer had the chance to escape, thus they steeled their nerves and prepared to fight to their last breath.

It did not come to their mind that they would be caught in such a huge predicament within the field area. The mecha operators were no longer relaxed as they were in the beginning. They all had the realization that they needed to fight for their lives.

"Whirlwind Strike!"

"Multiple Point Strike!"

In the team, there were only three people who were not affected by the howl of the monster. They moved in together and attacked the tentacles once again. It was Luo Lang, Xie Yi and Li Lanfeng.

"RAWR!" The monster howled in pain. The entire surface of the lake began to rumble. A large circular shadow emerged from the lake along with the countless tentacles on its body. They began to wildly move about, causing the water to flood the shore again.

"As expected, it's a tentacle monster and it's a large one." Seeing this, Yang Mingzhi and the others felt their nerves tingle.

With just a small part of the main body coming out from the lake, along with its tentacles, they instantly knew this monster was hard to deal with. The thickness of those tentacles were about the same size as their mechas. Moreover, it was definitely 10 times longer than their mechas. No wonder with them exploding, cutting them or slicing, they didn't do too much damage to the tentacles. Are they able to dispose of this large monster with the equipment and weapons they have on hand?

"Where is our regiment commander?" Yang Mingzhi asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, this little guy would be way over its head if it thinks it can take down our regiment commander." Luo Lang's first response had a tone of looking down on the monster as if this large creature wasn't even a cause for concern.

Hearing this, Yang Mingzhi didn't know where Luo Lang's confidence came from, to trust the regiment commander's group of six to not have any problems in the lake. Even if it was Yang Mingzhi himself, he would not be much of a help and would just shudder at the sight of this large creature if he was in their regiment commander's position.

However, Yang Mingzhi didn't have the luxury nor the time to worry about others. The tentacle whipped towards them once again, complementing the sound wave attack that was coming towards them at the same time. An attack that was both physical and spiritual. This made Yang Mingzhi and the other mecha operators fall into another difficult battle.

"Luo Lang, Xie Yi, we can't keep attacking like this. We need to get closer to the main body." Li Lanfeng battled with a tentacle for a while and finally found the time to communicate his plans with Luo Lang and Xie Yi.

Although Li Lanfeng's hands were already full with his own battle, he was also paying attention to everyone else. He discovered that Luo Lang and Xie Yi were also not affected by the spiritual attack.

Li Lanfeng was spectral ability user. Spectral ability users were also able to use spiritual power to attack. The only thing that could harm him spiritually was a spectral ability of the same level. This crude spiritual attack was of course not effective against him. As for Luo Lang and Xie Yi, Li Lanfeng determined that the reasons why they were not affected was because Luo Lang's innate talent and Xie Yi's dual personalities. Luo Lang was able to easily switch between his various personalities and with him being the primary personality, he definitely had the highest level of spiritual power to be able to control all of his personalities. For Xie Yi, after fusing his light and dark personalities, his spiritual power had grown stronger and was able to easily negate damage from crude spiritual attacks.

This was why Li Lanfeng shared his plans with Luo Lang and Xie Yi.

"Just say it, what should we do?" Luo Lang replied. Li Lanfeng was a strategist that even the Boss trusted, so he of course would trust in Li Lanfeng's plan.

"Xie Yi and I will create a path for you. You will then try to move closer to it. As for the main body's weakness… Xie Yi and I will try our best to give you one minute's worth of time." Li Lanfeng looked at the main body in the lake. His eyes showed a hint of determination. He couldn't let Rabbit be disappointed in him.

"Understood!" Luo Lang shouted. Among the three of them, his close combat skills was the strongest which made him the most suitable to attack the main body. As for the other mecha operators, it was already good enough that they could endure the spiritual attack and stay alive. It would be a miracle if they could provide any help.

The three of them began to slowly change their positions and got closer to each other. Yang Mingzhi had noticed their weird movements. Although he didn't know what the three of them were doing, but he was sure that it was to attack the large monster. After blocking an incoming attack, he split a bit of his attention towards the three of them.

Finally, the three of them stood together in a triangular formation. Li Lanfeng suddenly shouted, "Xie Yi, coordinates (234,312), beam gun!"

Xie Yi raised his beam gun without hesitation and shot towards the coordinates Li Lanfeng had given him. This type of coordinate was only used inLingtian Battle Clan. Of course, now it had become a speciality for 250 Mecha Clan. Only they knew the coordinates and would cause the enemy to be confused(that was unless the enemy hacked into their communications channel).

The beam from both mechas hit the same location at the same time. The power of the attack wasn't comparable to the power of one beam. It also wasn't simply just adding the power of of two beams, it increased exponentially when combined. Not long after, the tentacles in the path of the combined beam were vapourized.

Before Li Lanfeng could say anything, Luo Lang, who was already ready, shot out like a cannonball, following the beam Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi had shot. He went straight through the path the beam had created.

In actuality, all these steps were done instantaneously. When Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi's beam dispersed, Luo Lang had already arrived above the tentacle monster's main body. A brightly flashing cold weapon was stabbed straight towards the circular main body without hesitation.

"Shu!" The large sword cut into the circular body for half a meter. A black liquid squirted out from the wound. It quickly changed the original clear blue water to pure black.

"RAWR!" The monster screeched, leaving everyone with headaches. Luckily the monster stopped attacking because it was under immense pain. The mecha operators weren't harmed physically, but everyone had cold sweat dripping down their foreheads from being afraid. If they were attacked when they didn't have their guard up, they would definitely be heavily wounded.

As expected, land clearing missions were the most dangerous type of missions within the military. They had only just arrived at the new planet and landed in the safest location. Even so, they still almost all perished.

After getting injured, the tentacle monster's entire circular body began to flop around. The tentacles that were originally attacking everyone, flailed towards Luo Lang, who was wrestling with the main body for the sword.

"Not good. Quickly everyone, attack the main body!" Yang Mingzhi saw this and knew something bad was going to happen and immediately gave an order.

Everyone knew Luo Lang was in danger. In that moment, they didn't care about preserving energy. The beams from their guns were shot out as if they were selling cabbages on the street.

The main body could no longer disregard the attack. It couldn't help but use a few of its tentacles to protect itself. This also showed the disadvantage of having such a large body. Without the agility to dodge these attacks, it could only use its tentacles to block.

Even then, one-third of the tentacles were still attacking Luo Lang. Luo Lang saw this and couldn't help but temporarily give up on the sword that was stuck in the main body and maneuvered his mecha to dodge the tentacle. Just like that, a mecha was dodging through the tentacles that were ten times taller than the mecha itself gracefully. This scene made the mecha operators on the shore watched anxiously. They were afraid that with one mistake, Luo Lang would be crushed by a tentacle and would perish.

At that moment, sweat poured down from Luo Lang's forehead like rain and his spirit was waning. The reason the mecha dodged so gracefully was because of his countless combination of controls. If one command was executed slower, he would meet his doom. In that situation, Luo Lang didn't think about anything else and only wanted dodge, dodge and dodge.

Suddenly, Luo Lang's finger slowed down and in turn Luo Lang's mecha slowed down. This sudden slowness was only for a blink of an eye, but as luck would have it, in this amount of time, Luo Lang lost the chance to dodge a cross chop attack from two tentacles.

The mecha operators on the shore watched in horror as their mouths were wide open with disbelief. Right at that moment, two whirlwinds came down from the sky. Just as the tentacles were about to hit Luo Lang, they were sent flying back by the whirlwinds.

"You guys are finally here. You guys are too slow," Luo Lang said with discontent.

"Sorry, we wasted some time getting past the monster," Xie Yi apologized sofly. The danger Luo Lang was in just now almost made Xie Yi's heart stop.

"Here!" Li Lanfeng suddenly took out a long and large sword that looked similar to a tangdao and passed it to Luo.

Luo Lang caught it and took a look. He instantly shouted out, "Li Lanfeng, why is the Boss's Firmament with you?"

"Boss was afraid someone would lose their weapon, so he told me to bring it if by any chance that happened," Li Lanfeng said coldly. Luo Lang didn't know what to say. He could only hold the Firmament and ruthlessly pounce towards the tentacle monster.

"Wuwuwu, I will wash away the disgrace!" Luo Lang thought frustratingly.

Li Lanfeng didn't care about how his conversation with Luo Lang may have harmed Luo Lang's pride. He and Xie Yi worked together and blocked all of the tentacles attacking Luo Lang. This made Luo Lang put all of his focus into attacking the circular main body.

The attack just now made them realized that the main body was not as tough as the tentacles. However, because it was so huge, one sword strike could not cause a fatal wound. They only hoped that the sharp Firmament could create a miracle.

Luo Lang's sword attack was even more ruthless than the last one because of the disgrace he had received. In other words, this strike Luo Lang made gave off a feeling that it was either his enemy dying or himself.

"Shu!" As expected, the Firmament was undoubtedly a very sharp and tough cold weapon. It easily cut open the main body. This time, it instantly cut through around two meters. Luo Lang's mecha also followed the sword's downwards momentum and dropped into the water, creating countless ripples.

"RAWR!" The tentacle monster gave off another screech of pain which stopped the attacks of the mecha operators on the shore again. Without having to defend against the attacks of the mecha operators from the shore, all of the tentacle began to attack Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi along with Luo Lang, who had not come out from the lake.

Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi used all their might to defend against the tentacles, but still couldn't defend against the tentacle monster's desperate attack and were both struck down into the lake. The tentacle monster's attacks didn't stop there. All of the tentacles that could still move split into three groups and ruthlessly pounced towards the three mechas that were struggling to get out of the water.

At that moment, one mecha suddenly appeared in the sky. The tentacle monster actually didn't notice this mecha because all of its attention were on the three in the lake.

That one mecha plummet straight down from the air. Quicker than words could say, the mecha instantly landed on the main body, then a beam gun was ruthlessly stabbed into the wound Luo Lang had created and the operator pulled down the trigger of the beam gun without hesitation.

"Bang!" A large explosion was heard. The entire lake blew up. Mechas that were close to the shore were instantly blown away by the shockwave of the blast. The tidal waves from the lake instantly pushed them back tens of meters.

The mecha performing the final attack was also sent flying many meters away by the rebound of the gun and smashed onto the surface of the lake. Perhaps the force of the rebound was too great because his destroyed mecha was released black puffs of smoke.

"Captain!"

"Captain Yang!"

While all the mecha operators were shouting with concern, Li Lanfeng's group of three were also watching Yang Mingzhi. In their time of need, Yang Mingzhi made a move. In order to save the three of them, he used a move that destroyed both him and the monster. Without enough the beam shield to protect the mecha, it would of course be destroyed by the terrifying explosion.

"Shu!" Yang Mingzhi's battered mecha suddenly floated above the water. Could it be that the damage to Yang Mingzhi's mecha wasn't as severe as they had thought? Everyone relaxed a bit, but quickly discovered it wasn't the case. It was because Yang Mingzhi's mecha didn't float above the water by itself and was brought up by Luo Lang who had fallen into the lake earlier.

"Captain Yang, Captain Yang…" After putting down Yang Mingzhi's mecha softly on the ground, Luo Lang anxiously shouted to Yang Mingzhi. If he didn't respond, Luo Lang would have opened the cockpit and perform emergency first aid.

"Ugh, ugh… Captain Luo, I'm alright." Yang Mingzhi had blood coming out of his mouth and tried his best to relief Luo Lang's worries.

"Drink the emergency medicinal agent our regiment commander had prepared for us. Brother Shiyu's medicinal agents are very effective." After hearing that he was alright, Luo Lang instantly breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't forget to remind Yang Mingzhi to drink the medicine for the fear of some undetectable internal injuries. As long as he drank the medicine, it would make sure nothing could go wrong.

Hearing Luo Lang's concern, Yang Mingzhi wasn't going to ignore it. He took out the medicine from the small fridge contraption, opened it and drank it. These simple movements made Yang Mingzhi use all of his body's energy, causing immense pain.

"I haven't been injured in so long. Didn't think that being injured would be so painful!" Yang Mingzhi smiled bitterly. He had forgotten the feeling of pain. As expected, living peacefully was a warrior's grave. Back then, his injuries were more severe than this and yet he could still continue to operate his mecha and battle with the enemy until the bitter end. If it was back then, he wouldn't need Luo Lang's help to swim out of the lake and wouldn't be rendered him unable to move by such small injuries.

At that moment, Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi had crawled out of the lake while dragging out the main body from the tentacle monster.

In reality, the power of the explosion that Li Lanfeng, Xie Yi and Luo Lang had endured wasn't any less than Yang Mingzhi's. Moreover, they had already sustained attacks from the tentacle monster. They should have all been injured, but the three of them were like wild beasts, as if they weren't even affected…

Yang Mingzhi looked at these three and couldn't help but think to himself, "As expected of the new generation replacing the old generation, while the old generation dies on the battlefield. I'm indeed old." Yang Mingzhi's mood was slightly depressed and felt some regret, but he felt more happy. These mecha operators that were too young to be true were much stronger than he was back then. He really wanted to see how far these young mecha operators will go.

Perhaps he could follow behind them and become a legend too. Yang Mingzhi didn't know why but he actually had a thought like this.

Chapter 694: Making a Move?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Li Lanfeng and Xie Yi dragged the main body of the tentacle monster onto shore. Luo Lang quickly ran up to them. The main body was even considered big for them, who were piloting mechas. If they fought with their regular bodies, they would be as small as ants compared to the tentacle monster?

Luo Lang thought about this for a second then frowned. He didn't want to be at the lowest level of the food chain.

Luo Lang poked at the main body with interest. Suddenly he saw that there was a circular hole at the main body's lower part. The hole had black fluid constantly flowing out from it. Luo Lang knew that this was the monster's blood. In other words, this wasn't a mouth hole or the hole at the other end. Instead, it was wound.

"Guys, come take a look. Look at that!" Luo Lang anxiously called out to people to come take a look.

A bunch of people heard Luo Lang's call and gathered around him. Han Jijyun was also poking at the hole with his large sword. Right as he did that, the black liquid that was flowing out, suddenly squirted into the air. If Han Jijyun's reaction wasn't as fast as it was, he would have been covered with the black liquid.

"It's indeed a wound and it's also a fatal one," said Han Jijyun.

"Yeah, the amount of black liquid that spewed out from the explosion wasn't as much as that wound itself." Li Lanfeng saw that the ground they were standing on was already stained black and the speed of the flowing black fluid did not slow down. The large circular body also deflated at a speed the naked eye could see. It seemed that the circular hole was the main reason why it died.

"Our Boss probably made a move," Luo Lang said with a glint in his eyes.

"I agree!" Xie Yi supported Luo Lang's idea without hesitation.

"I also agree!" Han Jijyun thought for a second and could only come to such a conclusion as well.

"I don't see why not." Li Lanfeng said with a smile. Only Ling Lan had the capabilities to find the fatal weakness of the tentacle monster and kill it in one hit.

Everyone thought Ling Lan had made a move, but Ling Lan's group had just reached the deepest part of the lake. Ling Lan didn't expect the bottom of the lake to have a deep trench. Ling Lan stood at the edge of the trench and couldn't help but frown.

"Boss, the thermal indicators are reacting greatly. It seems like this is the place." Qi Long said sternly. Although they found the real source of the thermal signal, the bottom of the trench still gave Qi Long a strong and terrifying pressure. This made Qi Long's mood heavy.

"Qi Long, do you feel a strong pressure? My instincts tell me that I shouldn't go down there." Ling Lan's strange innate talent actually gave her a warning. Ling Lan couldn't help but hesitate for a moment.

"My instincts also tells me that it's very dangerous!" Qi Long added more emphasis on 'very dangerous'.

Hearing this, Zhao Jun's expression became serious as well. He knew clearly that Qi Long's Animal Instinct was very sensitive. There was definitely an existence that was of a great threat to them since Qi Long felt danger, "Then, we're giving up on it?"

Ling Lan didn't say anything. She indeed could choose to give up and report the information to the higher-ups. However, the outcome of doing it like this would mean that afterwards, she would no longer have any part in this…

Ling Lan looked at the thermal signal shown on the mecha. She could predict that there was definitely a large energy source down in the trench. For her to give up on such a large prize, Ling Lan was still quite unwilling to do so. Compared to the credits Little Four accumulated by shady means, the thing in front of her could strengthen 250 Mecha Clan with real honor. Ling Lan's original resolve began to waver.

Go or leave?

"Regiment commander, it's all done." At that moment, Ling Yu, who Ling Lan send to clean up had returned.

Ling Lan turned around to face Ling Yu. She suddenly had a thought. With him here, going down there will be safe right… However, using this kind of means to acquire merits, isn't it too shameful?

The shame inside Ling Lan's heart began to battle fiercely with her selfishness. Not long after, her selfishness easily defeated her so-called shameful heart.

Man, since he came to her voluntarily, if she didn't use him, she wouldn't be treating herself right. Ling Lan's palm clenched together and decisively made a decision.

Thus Ling Lan ordered," You guys wait here. Ling Yu, go down with me."

"Boss!"

"Regiment commander!"

The other four all shouted. Was it safe to take a recently joined clan member? They weren't confident about Ling Yu, who had only just joined and had unknown capabilities.

"Don't worry, Ling Yu is part of the Ling family. He will protect me." Ling Lan comforted and at the same time she expressed the fact that her decision could not be changed.

Hearing this, Qi Long couldn't help but look towards Ling Yu… Did the Boss mean that Ling Yu is stronger than him? Or perhaps, because Ling Yu is a loyalist of the Ling family, thus if something were to happen, Ling Yu would give up his life in exchange for the Boss to escape?

Qi Long was worried. He didn't know why, but his instincts were telling him that it was the first reason he had thought. That was because his Boss would definitely not sacrifice lives randomly, even if they were loyalists.

Ling Lan led Ling Yu and jumped down into the trench. Not long after, they disappeared into the darkness. In the end, they had completely disappeared from Qi Long and the others' radars.

Maybe it was the strength of the thermal signal. It might have interfered with their other searching systems… The four of them looked at the empty radar and could only comfort themselves with this fact.

Ling Lan piloted her mecha and sunk down slowly. The cockpit was completely silent with only her soft breathing sound echoing through it. Loneliness, in addition to the pressure increasing as they sunk lower, made Ling Lan feel anxious. She couldn't help but say, "You're weird. Does the 23rd Division not have anything for you to do? You actually have time to play dress-up?"

"Lan'er, your heart's wavering." Ling Yu voice changed. The warmth it had also had a hint of comfort and made Ling Lan's heart instantly stop wavering.

"I'm sorry dad!" Ling Lan took a deep breath and expelled the anxiousness out of her. It turns out Ling Yu wasn't the real Ling Yu and was Ling Xiao dressed up as him.

"It seems that feeling the danger below could silently affect your mood. Looks like it's a hard opponent." Ling Xiao coldly stared at the bottom of the trench. It dared to bully his daughter. It was looking for a death wish.

"Dad, that thing at the bottom is mine." After calming down, Ling Lan of course knew clearly who caused her mood to waver. She was instantly filled with anger. It actually dared to make look weak in front of her father. It was indeed looking for death wish!

"Alright!" Ling Xiao replied with a smile and was proud of her. As expected of his daughter, gutsy and would not back away from a difficult situation!

Aright, the two of them were never on the same page, but now somehow had a mutual understanding of each other.

Chapter 695: Tossed Out the Door!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Inside the trench had an area shaped like an upside down triangle. The space inside this area was vast, but it was filled with unknown plants and roots. Ling Lan and Ling Xiao didn't turned on their mechas' engines but instead chose to slowly sink down. They carefully piloted their mechas and moved away from the unknown plants. Their mechas didn't make any sound and safely landed at the bottom of the trench.

The surrounding area was completely silent as if there wasn't anything alive within the trench. However, Ling Lan and Ling Xiao knew there was definitely a terrifying creature hidden in this trench. Seemingly to have hidden itself perfectly within the trench.

Ling Lan didn't want to just sit and wait for the creature to come to them. She released her spiritual power and scanned the entire trench. Then she waved her mecha's arm, creating waves within the still water. It was as though a drop of water had fallen onto a heated pan, livening up the "dead zone" in an instant.

However, Ling Lan's movements didn't lure out the creature. The surrounding area was still silent and unmoving. Ling Lan couldn't help but frown, she didn't understand why that thing hadn't made a move yet. Could it be that her instincts were wrong? Was there no terrifying creature in this trench?

Ling Lan immediately overruled her sudden change of thought. She believed her innate talent, Profound Insight, would be never wrong, there was definitely a creature more powerful than her in the area. It was just that it was patient enough to not make a move. There was definitely a reason for that…

Ling Lan suddenly had an idea. She looked towards Ling Xiao and had a sudden realization. Could the creature also sense danger? Did it sense her father's hidden and terrifying power, thus it didn't dare to make a move?

Ling Lan was instantly frustrated. She originally wanted her father to be there as her insurance. Now it seemed like it was a terrible idea. The creature was probably so scared, it didn't dare to make any moves. If she can't completely destroy the creature, even if they reported the existence of the energy source, 250 Mecha Clan wouldn't be considered as the real founders.

After all, her father, Ling Xiao, was going to leave after this mission. Once Ling Xiao leaves, this dangerous creature would immediately cause havoc. If she couldn't finish off this thing before anyone else discovers it… Ling Lan became frustrated.

The military's regulations stated all discovered energy sources, must be safe and not threatened by any form of danger. If it was discovered that it was dangerous, then the founder of the new energy source would be the one who resolved the danger. Ling Lan was not going to hand it over to others on a silver platter.

Then how could she make the creature not fear Ling Xiao for it to make a move? Ling Lan glanced towards Ling Xiao as she thought about how she could get rid of her annoying father…

Ling Xiao suddenly sneezed. He glanced at the temperature reading on his cockpit and saw that it was very warm. Why did he sneeze then? Could it be that his wife was lovingly thinking about him at home? Yes, that was probably the case. Ling Xiao had this thought joyfully. His wife was definitely lamenting the feeling of how one day felt like an eternity. She was probably now missing him and already regretting kicking him out!

Planet Southcrest, headquarters of the 23rd Division, Lan Luofeng was looking at the information only accessible to senior colonel rank. Every rank had their own data access permissions. The higher the rank, the more information they could access.

Lan Luofeng looked through the list of information she had access to and discovered there wasn't information on what she wanted to know. Then she sighed and turned off the communicator's screen. Deputy Officer He, who stood beside her, carefully began to speak, "Senior colonel, if you want more information, you can always ask General Ling Xiao."

As Lan Luofeng's deputy, Adjutant He knew that a while ago, her senior officer had a fight with General Ling Xiao. Of course, the reason for their fight wasn't because of some family matter or the appearance of a mistress. It was instead because of their son, Young Master Lan.

Inside Adjutant He's mind, a young and proud Ling Lan, who broke three past records, activated his battle team during the new recruit training phase, looting one of the newest model of mechas from Caesar and earning his merits to be 250 Mecha Clan's Regiment Commander… After thinking up to this point, Adjutant He's eyes showed a hint of admiration. General Ling Xiao was indeed strong to make people admire him, but that was a legend in Senior Colonel Lan's generation… Luckily, they had a Young Master Lan!

Frankly speaking, this fight was started by Senior Colonel Lan. It was because Senior Colonel Lan was not content with Young Master Lan and General Ling Xiao being sent off to a mission to explore new planets. Additionally, Adjutant He also believed that General Ling Xiao was quite fearless. Although Adjutant He believed Young Master Lan was very talented, if he was given a few more years, Young Master Lan would definitely be able to take on a mission like this by himself. However, it was still too early, after all Young Master Lan was still a new recruit who had only joined the division for less than a year. He had only been a regiment commander for a bit over 6 months…

Even the most talented leader would not be able to fix that mecha clan in such a short amount of time. Moreover, it was mecha clan filled with damaged individuals. Nobody could accomplish anything without the necessary tools. Even if it was Young Master Lan, he wouldn't be able to train a group of individuals who could take on a land clearing mission in such a short amount of time.

The result of the fight between the two of them, left them parting on bad terms. General Ling Xiao seemed to be warm and easy to talk to, but in reality, when he made a decision, he was firm with it. Even Lan Luofeng, who he loved with all of his heart, could not change his decisions.

Lan Luofeng, who could not receive a satisfying answer, angrily kicked General Ling Xiao out of the 23rd division's headquarters. The two of them gave each the cold shoulder, General Ling Xiao had not returned to the General's mansion for more than a month. This made Adjutant He worried. It should be known that in the 23rd division, there were many young and beautiful female soldiers. If General Ling Xiao drowned his sorrow with alcohol and was taken advantage of by someone, wouldn't her senior colonel go insane?

Thus, whenever she had the chance, Adjutant He wouldn't forget to remind her senior officer to give in and ask the general to come back home.

Lan Luofeng knew her adjutant was doing this to be nice. She knew very well where Ling Xiao was at this moment. Even if she wanted to contact him, she wouldn't be able to at this moment.

However, she wasn't thinking of that bastard. Her mind was filled with thoughts about her soft, cute and adorable Baby Lan. That idiot Ling Xiao actually made the decision to take her baby girl away on a land clearing mission! After thinking up to this point, Lan Luofeng's anger was reignited. She felt that she hadn't hit Ling Xiao enough on that day! It wasn't enough to get rid of the resentment in her heart!

What kind of mission was a land clearing mission? As a soldier in the Federation, she of course knew of it. From the beginning days of the Federation, the mortality rate never dropped below 40% during these missions. It was a ratio of one person dying out of two people. This made her worry immensely, thus how could she not hate Ling Xiao? Back then, when Ling Xiao sent their daughter to the Men's Academy accidentally, she was already angry. She didn't think that letting Ling Xiao do as he pleased would make him go overboard. This time, he didn't even notify her and sent her daughter to a land clearing mission. If her adjutant didn't tell her this, she probably would be still in the dark…

Luckily that bastard still had some resemblance of being a father. In the end, he promised her that he would personally go to protect their daughter. Lan Luofeng then felt a bit better.

Ling Xiao was after all a division's leader and couldn't leave the headquarters for too long at a time. In order to let Ling Xiao leave silently, the two of them conveniently used this fight as a reason to be away from each other. Ling Xiao pretended to be depressed and hid in the headquarters, not meeting with anyone. During this time, he only met with First Staff Officer He Xuyang (First Staff Officer was once again screwed over by General Ling Xiao. When necessary, he would pretend to be the general and approve documents for him… As expected he must have owed the Ling family's father and son in his past life. Thus in his current life he must be their slave to repay them).

Lan Luofeng on the other hand, would handle everyone who came to the general's mansion to meet Ling Xiao. Normally, Lan Luofeng hated dealing with this type of public relations… However, she endured it because of her baby daughter!

Of course, Lan Luofeng, who was still depressed, made a decision that unless her Baby Lan returned home safely, she would definitely not forgive that bastard!

Alright, at this moment, Lan Luofeng was definitely regretting her decision and was thinking of Ling Xiao just as Ling Xiao had predicted. Well, it can't be said that she wasn't thinking about him. After all, Lan Luofeng was thinking of beating Ling Xiao a few times to let out her frustration and anger.

Thus, one must never provoke a female tiger protecting their cubs! There would be no going back.

And thus the heroic father Ling was kicked out by the heroic mother Lan… People should light some candles for General Ling Xiao!

Ling Xiao suddenly felt killing intent in the air while he was blissfully think about Lan Luofeng. Ling Xiao didn't hesitate and blocked with his large sword.

"Clank!" The clash between the two cold weapons was muffled by the water. The huge shockwave shook the water around them and split the water apart as it quickly flowed back into position.

Ling Xiao smirked, "This is method you thought of?"

"Since it's afraid of you and doesn't dare to make a move, then I'll just let it have that chance," Ling Lan replied indifferently. In such a short time, she indeed couldn't think of any other way to lure the creature out. It wasn't the fact she couldn't get Ling Xiao to leave, but Ling Lan would not actually put herself in peril just to lure out the opponent. That would be a stupid move.

After thinking back and forth, the only way was to make it think that the two of them were not in the same team. This would allow the creature to believe it had a chance to sneak an attack onto Ling Xiao. As long as it made a move, Ling Lan would be able to find it.

"It indeed is a way to resolve the issue. Then let your dad test out how much you've improved!" Ling Xiao said somewhat excitedly.

The creature here was considered dangerous to Ling Lan, but wasn't to Ling Xiao. In actuality, he had already somewhat sensed the location of the creature. It was just that Ling Lan had said that the prey was hers, so he couldn't make a move. Additionally, he didn't want his own daughter to miss out on a battle with an opponent who was stronger than her. With him by her side, he could protect his own daughter and make sure she wouldn't get injured. How could Ling Xiao destroy this opportunity of a lifetime for Ling Lan.

Chapter 696: Violence!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Now that they both understand the current situation, this father and daughter couple began to fight for real in the depths of the trench.

Ling Lan put all her effort into fighting with Ling Xiao, a god-class operator. It was because Ling Lan knew that even if she tried her hardest, she would only be able to go a few rounds. If she still kept holding back, she was looking for beating.

It was just as Ling Lan had thought. Right as Ling Xiao retaliated, she was immediately under pressure the entire time and was getting pushed back from each attack. She could only block and not have any chance to counterattack.

"RAWR?" The creature that was silently watching the prey that had entered his domain, was now very confused. It didn't understand why these two creatures that came together began to fight each other. Was it because they weren't together?

It had a sudden realization and began to move about. The two creatures that came from above, one wasn't very dangerous, but the other one terrified it. It was also this fear that made it watch them from the sidelines. It was the reason why it chose to continue to hide silently and not attack recklessly.

This creature that was hiding in a corner was the ruler of these waters. No other creature dared to enter its domain. Everyone that had entered his domain had already been devoured by this creature. Originally, after these two entered its domain, it was preparing to gobble them up. However, when it was about to make a move, it felt a terrifying aura around the prey. This aura was very familiar. The high ruler of this planet also had this type of aura. This creature had once seen other creatures that were stronger than it be ruthlessly torn apart by this high ruler…

It believed in its instincts because from when it was born, it lived through many dangerous situations using its instincts and safely lived until now. This included the time when it revolted against the high ruler, but it sensed the feeling of death and decisively chose to submit. This also helped it live until now as well… Its other companions however did not believe in their instincts and were killed by the high ruler in the end.

The creature was originally planning to give up hunting them instantly had a change of heart because of Ling Lan and Ling Xiao's actions. It was because this creature had not eaten meat for a very long time. Ever since the apocalypse, the temperature of these waters kept getting higher and higher. The organisms in the lake started decreasing and in the end, only it was left… Even if it ate plants, it could still survive. However, eating meat once in a while was also good.

The creature felt the saliva dripping from his mouth. It looked towards its prey. One it didn't dare to attack. If the two of them were on the same side, then it would of course not be greedy. However, now it seemed one of the prey could be caught…

Moving away from the creature that was debating with itself in a dark corner, on the other side of the water, Ling Lan felt her entire body completely drained of energy after only blocking eight hits from Ling Xiao… However, Ling Xiao didn't hold back and followed up with another attack that was going straight for the helmet of the mecha.

Bang! The two large swords clashed forcefully once again. Ling Lan's mecha was pushed back. Normally, Ling Lan would immediately reposition the mecha, but because of how tired she was, she actually couldn't reposition it in time.

A chance! The creature hiding in the darkness saw this and became excited. It didn't even think for a second and four tentacles silently moved towards Ling Lan. This creature had a habit of ambushing in this way. The tentacles silently yet swiftly rose up from the darkness, looking to capture Ling Lan's mecha.

"Shu, shu" The large sword Ling Xiao was using to attack Ling Lan suddenly slanted and moved a little bit. Two tentacles had been severed by Ling Xiao. At that moment, Ling Lan had already noticed the attack of the other two tentacles. She didn't choose to dodge and also didn't use her large sword to block. Instead, she let the tentacles wrap around her mecha.

In its blind spot, a powerful laser rifle slipped into the mecha's left hand.

The tentacles pulled Ling Lan rapidly down into the depth of the trench. Ling Lan's mecha was instantly dragged to a corner of the trench.

The creature that attacked Ling Lan wasn't stupid. It's tentacles had wrapped around the two arms of Ling Lan's mecha. After watching the two of them fight, it knew that these two organisms used their two arms to attack. As long as it controlled their arms, there wouldn't be any danger.

Of course, the creature wouldn't choose to attack Ling Xiao. It didn't want to die just yet. Just from watching the two of them fight, the creature knew that Ling Xiao was much stronger that it was… If it wasn't because of his hunger, it wouldn't jump into the fray and fight over the prey.

Of course, the reason why the creature dared to make a move was because in its mind, whoever acquired the prey would be able to eat it. No one would fight to the death for food.

The creature clearly thought Ling Lan and Ling Xiao had similar habits. This was also the reason it was doomed to be living a terrible life.

Ling Xiao's had a glint in his eyes as he saw that his daughter being pulled away by the tentacles. Although he knew of his daughter's plan, the creature was still taking away his daughter right under his nose… This was definitely something Ling Xiao couldn't endure.

His mecha then disappeared from its original position. In the next second, his mecha appeared at the end of the direction Ling Lan was being pulled towards. The outer shell of the mecha changed into a standard ace mecha in the blink of an eye.

The creature was still excited about catching its prey, it did not notice a mecha had appeared above its head. The barrel of a large beam gun was silently aimed at its head. If the creature harmed his daughter in any way, Ling Xiao would blow the creature into a million pieces in an instant.

The creature, that didn't have a sense of crisis, had its eyes fixed on the prey it had snatched. It opened its drooling mouth and ruthlessly bit down on its prey…

On Ling Lan's side, she saw that the ground suddenly had a large crack appearing. The crack suddenly rose up as if it was a large mouth and bit on the right leg of her mecha.

Ling Lan activated her beam shield in an instant!

"Crunch!" It bit down on the mecha's leg with a large force. If Ling Lan didn't use a high capacity beam shield energy storage unit, the energy level of the beam shield would probably have been broken through from this bite. Even so, Ling Lan's mecha's beam shield energy levels dropped to nothing instantly. The entire mecha instantly became dark and would not be able to take on another bite like the last one.

"Ow, ow, ow!" The creature instantly spat out the leg of the mecha. It even saw that one of its teeth was spat out as well. It began to have tears form in its eyes from the pain and the thought of losing its tooth.

"Wah wah wah!" It was originally filled with hope that this prey would be full of delicious meat but all it got was a tough bone… Additionally, was it because it hadn't eaten meat for so long and only ate plants, causing his teeth to no longer be able to bite down on bone? "Wah wah wah, my little tooth!"

While the creature was still sad about his broken tooth, Ling Lan knew that she was in a dangerous situation. The laser rifle in her left hand suddenly shot out a slew of beams and hit the tentacles wrapped around her mecha's arms. The tentacles were instantly sliced apart by the beams.

The prey didn't taste any good and wanted to escape. This was definitely a provocation!

The creature became angry. Its tentacles were like trees after a first spring shower, violently rising up from the ground. It wanted to hold its prey in place then think about how to eat it.

Although its idea was perfect, Ling Lan didn't give it that chance. The laser rifle's consecutive attacks destroyed the tentacles one by one. It created an opening and Ling Lan moved her mecha out of the grasp of the tentacles. The large sword in her right hand instantly slashed towards the direction the tentacles had risen up from.

Right here!

If Ling Lan still didn't know the location of the main body after so long, the time she spent in the learning space all these years would have been considered a waste of time. She would definitely be taken back into the learning space by all the instructors and relearn everything.

The large sword ruthlessly hit the ground. A black ink-like liquid spewed out from the ground. A painful roar echoed and a shapeless spiritual attack flew towards Ling Lan.

Ling Lan activated the Heptashield and countered the soundwave attack.

"RAWR?" This was the first time this creature's spiritual attack was countered. The tentacles that were about to attack Ling Lan suddenly froze and floated in the water.

Seeing this, Ling Lan moved her mecha and pulled on one of the tentacles. She saw half of the large circular body be pulled out of the mud at the bottom of the trench.

"Spiritual attack? Then I'll let you have a taste of what a real spiritual attack is like." Ling Lan saw that the tentacle monster planning to attack again, thus she sent a spiritual charge straight towards the circular body.

As the creature roared once again, countless tentacles around the circular body began to tremble intensely. The tentacles that were closer to the main body began wrapping around it as though to protect itself from the next attack.

"You think you can block the attack if you do that?" Ling Lan snorted coldly. Her left hand pulled on the tentacle in her hand. The circular body instantly flew up from the bottom of the trench and towards Ling Lan.

Ling Lan decisively threw down the large sword. Her large clenched fist ruthlessly punched the circular main body.

"This is for making me look bad in front of my dad! And this, and this too!" Ling Lan didn't forget what it did to her and was full of resentment. Now that she saw the culprit, how could she hold in her anger?

Ling Lan, who had been the pillar holding together her group of friends, as luck would have it, showed her weak side to the person she wanted acknowledgment from the most. This made Ling Lan feel irritated. She actually wanted to use her actions to tell Ling Xiao that she was able to hold her own. Unfortunately, things didn't go the way she wanted. Her opening display was not very good, especially since she would rarely have a chance to go on a mission together with her dad.

Just like that, one punch, two punches, three punches… Each punch hit the flesh, pushing away the tentacles, revealing the circular main body. Ling Lan didn't stop and was still punching. Her punches made the creature constantly roared in pain. Not long after, wounds started to open up on the circular body, black ink-like fluid flowed out from them. As Ling Lan's fists hit it one after the other, more liquid slowly flowed from the main body.

Ling Xiao watched as the stubborn and unreasonable fists of Ling Lan continued pummeling the unknown creature. His face twitched a little bit. He decided to turn around and pretend he didn't see the gory scene. He definitely wouldn't admit that the violent mecha operator down there was his daughter…

It should be known that him and Lan Luofeng were warm and friendly people and were definitely not violent. Their daughter also inherited their virtues and was a kind and cute young lady… Thus, he was definitely hallucinating!

Chapter 697: Acting Cute?

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

"RAWR!" Ling Lan suddenly stopped whaling her fists and looked at the circular body that she had already punched countless of holes in. What she heard just now, was it what she thought?

"Rawr! Rawr!" Seeing Ling Lan stopping her fists, the circular body suddenly called out excitedly. That excitement seemed as though it was rejoicing that it managed to gain a new lease of life.

"Dad, did you hear what I did? Ling Lan turned around and asked her father, who was coldly watching from the side, with uncertainty. She could actually understand the creature's words. Could it be that she had already been possessed by this creature's father without her noticing?

Ling Lan shuddered at the thought and immediately examined her body. After finding that everything was normal, she was no longer worried.

"Mhm, that's right." Ling Xiao covered his mouth with his hand and coughed, holding in his laughter as he answered. He seemed to have also understood the meaning of the sound the creature had made. It was too funny.

"It actually dares to call me 'dad'. This little sh*t, I will definitely kill it." Ling Lan instantly exploded in anger. She wasn't even married yet and did not have any children. Most importantly, she was a woman. A woman. Why not call her 'mom' instead of 'dad'?

The creature referring to her as 'dad' touched Ling Lan's reverse scale. She clenched her fists and pummeled the creature once again. However, the force behind her punches had decreased a lot. Although Ling Lan was angry, she did not let it get to her head. She knew that in this unknown planet, if the creature of this planet could provide them some information, then the road ahead would undoubtedly be much easier. Thus, Ling Lan decided to temporarily keep it alive until it wasn't useful anymore, then kill it.

Ling Xiao thought for a moment and said with uncertainty, "It's possible that during our conversation, it heard you called me dad. It probably thinks "dad' is a respectful term to address a strong individual."

Ling Lan thought about it and thought that seemed right. This creature had never seen humans before and would definitely not know the meaning behind the names they called each other. It only imitated the way she called Ling Xiao. It believed that 'dad' was a term for a strong individual because Ling Xiao was clearly stronger than her.

After understanding what it meant, Ling Lan stopped and let go of the beaten up body of the creature… She glanced at the creature, her face twitched a little. It seemed that she may have put too much force into her punches. The circular creature was lying lifelessly at the bottom of the trench with all of its tentacles sprawled on the side… Well, there were still two tentacles moving about, but these two were only unconsciously convulsing.

Ling Lan covered her face with her hands. "Wuwuwu…" Ever since her dad and her been together on this mission, her behavior was quite insane and barbaric. She didn't have any bit of her usual calmness or strategic thinking. Could it be because she knew that she had someone to rely on, thus she wasn't afraid of anything?

Ling Lan looked at Ling Xiao with frustration. Next time, she wouldn't come out together with her father. Otherwise, she would get used to the habit of relying on her father. If that were to happen, she can kiss being independent in the future goodbye.

After making a decision, Ling Lan piloted her mecha and landed beside the circular creature. She kicked it, surprising the creature, causing all of its tentacles to move about. Then she coldly asked, "Are you willing to submit?"

"Rawr?"

"Submit?" What is that? The creature was confused. This was the first time he spoke with a human and could not understand what the word meant.

"There is actually a way to talk to that thing. That is to use your spiritual power to communicate with it. This creature's spiritual power seems to be pretty high, it should be able to endure the high pressure spiritual communication method you normally use."

This method that Ling Xiao had suggested wasn't a friendly method with no risks. It was instead an extremely violent way of forcing what one wanted to express into the mindspace of another individual to make them understand.

Of course, this method had some risk for the individual taking the brunt of the force. These individuals would easily be injured from the immense spiritual power of the aggressor. If these individuals had weaker spiritual power, they might even instantly become mindless zombies.

Ling Lan heard Ling Xiao suggestion and felt that it was appropriate. Originally, this creature was her prey, so if she destroyed it, she wouldn't regret it. Thus she forcefully sent over what she wanted to convey using her spiritual power, warning the creature to not go against her, otherwise she would instantly kill it.

The circular creature knew that its life was being held hostage by this scary and terrifying creature. Additionally, another even more terrifying creature was watching it from above. It wouldn't dare to go against her.

Normally creatures with large bodies were all strong physical attackers with weak spiritual power. This huge circular monster however was an oddball. Aside from its terrifying physical attack power, its spiritual power was also very strong. It easily withstood Ling Lan's spiritual pressure.

This way, the two of them could now easily communicate with each other.

"Yes dad, I choose to submit to you." The circular creature still hadn't realized the term it used to address Ling Lan with had some issues.

Ling Lan felt her fingers itch, but she endured it. She decided to let it go this time since it didn't know any better. However, Ling Lan didn't want to suddenly have a random otherworldly baby in her life. She also felt his circular creature was too ugly and did not meet the requirements of her need for pretty things. She coldly corrected it and said, "Don't call me 'dad'. Normally, servants who chose to submit all called me 'master'."

The circular creature immediately changed the term it addressed Ling Lan and shouted, "Master."

"Are there any creatures stronger than you in these waters?" This was the first thing Ling Lan had to make sure. After all, this was going to become their 250 Mecha Clan's base camp, so she needed to make sure it was safe.

"There aren't any others. I am the strongest here. Master, I'm very scared." Ling Lan didn't know why, but she detected a hint of fawning and ass-kissing from the creature's voice. Could it be an instinct of the creature to get it out of dire situations? So this creature that had never seen humans before, yet it knew how to behave itself?

"Was it your subordinate who attacked my subordinates on the shore?" Ling Lan asked. "How many more subordinates like that do you have? Can you control them?"

"They aren't my subordinates. They're my clones," replied the creature proudly. "There are countless clones of myself in these waters. Of course I can control them."

"Will they attack objects that move closer to them?" Ling Lan asked another question.

"Of course they won't. Without my orders, these clones will only stay in the water and eat things. My main body is very large, requiring a lot of nutrients to sustain myself. Just relying on my main body, I would definitely starve to death. Thus, I made countless of clones to help me eat," replied the circular creature earnestly.

Ever since the apocalypse, only this creature survived in these waters. It was because it had felt a terrifying danger approaching and sent countless clones to protect its main body. In the end, millions of clones were sacrificed to give the main body a chance to live. Due to the lack of food, it was unable to return to its original peak in power. This was why it was easily caught by the prey it had set its eyes on. If it was at its peak power, even a scarier creature might not be able to take it on.

The circular creature was sad after thinking about all that. It was already filled with sadness due to its companions disappearing, even itself had become the prey of another organism. It only hoped that this organism would be kind enough to let it go, after all it didn't taste good. Back then, stronger creatures had bitten down on his tentacles before, in the end puked it out and ran away. Yes, this was why it had survived in the beginning. The taste of its flesh was indeed not very good.

The circular creature rejoiced in its mind and prayed the taste buds of its master wasn't too odd. Otherwise it wouldn't know whether or not it could live. If it could live, it would definitely not want to die. This desperate attempt to live was also one of the reasons why it had gotten away from dangerous situations one after the other. It was one of the only organisms that had managed to live through the apocalypse in the end.

"Then, are there any creatures stronger than you on this planet?" After knowing there were no more threats in these waters, Ling Lan was relieved. She began to become interested in the ecology of this planet.

The circular creature replied earnestly, "Of course there are ones stronger than me. I am only the high ruler of these waters. Other places have creatures stronger than me. It's just that I'm not sure whether they survived the apocalypse." The circular creature's mood was a bit depressed. Ever since the apocalypse, it hadn't seen any of its companions.

Although the circular creature lived in the water, it was an amphibious organism. It could also live on land, but every time it crawled onto shore, it would feel an intense sense of danger. It, being the careful creature that it was, would choose to retreat into the water. Although companions were important, its life was more important. Thus it stayed submerged in the water, until today as it was captured by this organism standing in front of it.

Thinking up to this point, the circular creature regretted its decision. If it wasn't greedy for the taste of flesh, it would still have its freedom and still be the high ruler of these waters.

Hearing this, Ling Lan shook her head. As expected, this planet wasn't just a simple planet. She looked towards Ling Xiao and saw Ling Xiao shaking his head. Ling Lan knew what that meant. He came here after hiding his identity only to protect her. Thus, even if other clans met with stronger creatures, he would coldly watch from a distance and wouldn't make a move.

Although this seemed cold-blooded, Ling Lan knew her father didn't have a choice. If enemies knew her father was here, enemies of the Federation would without a doubt not give up on this chance to murder Ling Xiao. Although Ling Xiao was strong and was probably the strongest god-class operator, even the strongest god-class operator would not be able to survive the onslaught of many god-class operators attacking him at the same time…

Ling Lan took a deep breath, her eyes glistening with coldness. She was a selfish person. The reason she tried so hard to be stronger was to make sure her family members could live a peaceful life. Thus, she didn't want to see her father helping others, voluntarily putting himself on a silver platter…

"Then, Dad, remember to watch over me. Don't let those stronger creatures hurt me. Otherwise, you should think about how you will plan on telling Mom," Ling Lan said plainly.

Ling Xiao had a blank look on his face…

"Did my daughter just act cute? Cute? Acting cute? Ling Xiao's joy flowed through his entire body…