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Chapter 826: Smart Person!

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Xu Shiming looked at the dangerous invitation in his hands seriously. Whether he chose to go or not, he would offend someone. He was in a very difficult position.

"Old Xu, why don't you just ignore the invitation?" The vice-captain of the scouts team, Yang Zhenyong, frowned as he said.

Xu Shiming took out a cigarette box from his pocket and pulled a cigarette out of it. He placed it in his mouth and lit it up with a lighter on the side. He took a puff of it before saying, "Old Yang, tell me your opinion." Every time he was in a dilemma, he would smoke and listen to other's opinions.

"An outsider will never win against an insider. Du Mingyi has been in control of Base 013 for 20 years, proving his roots are deep in the military. Ling Lan might have a powerful background but Song Yiqing's case tells us that a powerful background is not enough to pull Du Mingyi down,��� Yang Zhenyong explained his thought process.

Xu Shiming nodded and narrowed his eyes as he puffed out a cloud of smoke. He remembered the domineering and decisive Ling Lan during the welcoming dinner, comparing Ling Lan to Song Yiqing might be a huge mistake. Additionally, Song Yiqing had such a weak personality that he would never do something as decisive as Ling Lan.

"Leader, Regiment Commander Cui from the Ai'er Mecha Clan is looking for you," a soldier by the door suddenly informed Xu Shiming.

Xu Shiming was surprised by the visit. 'Why is Cui Yunxuan here?' He quickly replied, "Invite Regiment Commander Cui in."

"Cui Yunxuan?" Yang Zhenyong was shocked too.

"Yes. Something must have happened for him to come here personally." Xu Shiming knew that Cui Yunxuan was someone who never visited someone unless he needed something.

Cui Yunxuan walked into the office and saw both Xu Shiming and Yang Zhenyong were inside. He found a sofa and sat down. He went right into the topic. "Did you receive the invitation from Regiment Commander Ling of 250 Ace Mecha Clan?"

Xu Shiming frowned. "You asked everyone?"

Cui Yunxuan waved his hands. "How is that possible? The moment I got the invitation, I came to find you. My instinct tells me you must have received the invitation too."

Xu Shiming gave a bitter smile. "Your instinct is right. I did receive it. However, I didn't expect you to receive it too. I wonder how many leaders and regiment commanders in the base got his dangerous invitation."

"You could tell?" Cui Yunxuan turned serious.

"Of course. His intention is obvious, he is forcing us to take a stand." When Xu Shiming received the invitation, he immediately understood Regiment Commander Ling's intention. Du Mingyi had tried to suppress the news that 250 Ace Mecha Clan went to the warehouse to snatch their supplies, but officers like him who had a decent amount of power could easily find out about it. Regiment Commander Ling of 250 Ace Mecha Clan had fallen out with Commander Du Mingyi. Therefore, it was impossible for anyone in the base to sit on the fence between the two of them.

"Are you going?" Cui Yunxuan asked.

"What about you?" Xu Shiming asked him back.

"I'll follow you." Cui Yunxuan was direct, revealing his intention instantly. If Xu Shiming went, he would follow. If he didn't, he wouldn't go too. Their two teams had worked together for so many years. Thus, Cui Yunxuan trusted Xu Shiming's judgment.

"You are so direct…" Xu Shiming took a puff of his cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He raised his head and looked at the empty ceiling with many thoughts going through his head. Soon, the cigarette finished burning, and Xu Shiming sat straight up then calmly placed the cigarette butt into the ashtray.

Cui Yunxuan and Yang Zhenyong's ears perk up, as they knew that Xu Shiming had made a decision.

"My decision is filled with risks. We might not be able to rise in rank anymore. If we are unlucky, our positions might even drop." Xu Shiming looked at Cui Yunxuan intently. "Are you still willing to follow me?"

"Great opportunities come with great risk. I'll follow you." Cui Yunxuan was a decisive person too. That was why he became good friends with Xu Shiming.

"I will go." Xu Shiming had thought about it carefully and decided to take the risk. Whether it was his first impression of Ling Lan or the way she forced the members of Evil Wind into her mecha clan, it proved that he was not an easy person for Du Mingyi to handle.

Of course, the most important reason was, Xu Shiming didn't like Du Mingyi's narrow-mindedness. Instead of associating himself with this kind of person, he rather took the bet with Ling Lan.

Yang Zhenyong shook his head when he heard this. Actually, when Xu Shiming hesitated the second he received the invitation, he knew his leader would make this decision but, no matter what decision he made, their team would still follow him. If Xu Shiming wasn't here, their team would have been annihilated by Du Mingyi long ago, as Du Mingyi didn't know anything but give stupid orders.

Hence, Xu Shiming and Cui Yunxuan accepted Ling Lan's invitation and went to 250 Ace Mecha Clan's camp.

All the regiment commanders and leaders who accepted Ling Lan's invitation thought that they were supposed to come to some consensus during this meeting. For instance, they would look for Du Mingyi together and blamed him for neglecting his duty. Surprisingly, it was just a simple gathering. It was like a networking session for a new regiment commander to make some friends as they just talked about some unimportant matters. The feud with Du Mingyi was not mentioned at all, making some of the regiment commanders that came quite puzzled. After the gathering, they left 250 Ace Mecha Clan's camp in confusion.

"Leader Xu, why do you think that person invited us?" Cui Yunxuan was confused too. They offended Du Mingyi in order to attend this gathering but Regiment Commander Ling showed no intention of working with them. Cui Yunxuan got anxious.

When Xu Shiming came back to his camp, he touched his chin and went into deep thought. After hearing what Cui Yunxuan said, he smiled. "What a smart person."

With this devious plan, it was now impossible for Du Mingyi to find any evidence against Ling Lan. However, Ling Lan did all the things he wanted to do. Xu Shiming was still worried about his decision at the start but now, he was confident.

Cui Yunxuan looked at Xu Shiming expression and asked doubtfully, "Did you made an agreement with him without me realizing?"

Xu Shiming smiled. "How is that possible…" In actual fact, there was no need to reach any agreement. They had already reached a consensus when they accepted the invitation.

"Boss, why did you ask for their opinions on Du Mingyi?" After the regiment commanders and leaders left, Luo Lang rushed to his Boss's office and asked Ling Lan.

Everyone in there turned attentive as they waited for their boss to answer the question. They were lingering in their Boss's office because they wanted to know why she didn't do anything even after inviting all of them.

"There are two kinds of people that will accept the invitation, one, they have a grudge against Du Mingyi or two, they were sent by him." Ling Lan replied calmly, "Once I know which of the two they are, I have achieved my aim. So, it doesn't matter whether I said anything or not."

Luo Lang widened his eyes. He didn't understand what his Boss was saying! 'Is he really stupid?'

Han Jijyun sighed. "Smart people will know that it was a non-verbal alliance. As for those that don't understand, let them remain like this so that they won't spoil the plan."

Luo Lang was furious. "Han Jijyun, are you making fun of my stupidity?" 'Spoil the plan? Will I spoil the plan?'

The calm personality inside Luo Lang's mind felt the veins on his head bursting.

"I'm sorry!" Luo Lang's gaze suddenly turned cold as he apologized to Han Jijyun.

Chapter 827: No Problem!

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"I'm used to it." Han Jijyun wasn't angry at Luo Lang's outburst. If Luo Lang was able to understand these intricate things, he wouldn't be Luo Lang anymore… or rather, the primary personality anymore.

"Actually, I feel that you should guide him more." The calm personality felt frustrated for its primary personality.

"It's fine. Don't we still have you inside him." Li Lanfeng smiled. He and Han Jijyun would not waste their efforts on something that will never change.

The calm personality frowned. At the very beginning, he felt lucky that the primary personality was not on the brighter side. That way, other personalities like him would have more chances to control the body. However, after interacting and growing up with the primary personality for so long, the other personalities couldn't bear to see the primary personality be bullied anymore. 'What the hell is going on with my thoughts?' The calm personality felt that he couldn't understand himself anymore.

"Don't worry. Since you are out, let's analyze together. Our Boss told us that Hailiya is planning to attack us soon. Unfortunately, our frontline command center isn't not even prepared for an attack yet. This is not a good sign for us." Han Jijyun asked the calm personality to join the discussion. After coming to the frontline, Han Jijyun truly felt how insignificant they were. 250 Ace Mecha Clan was like a speck of dust on the battlefield, being non-impactful at all.

Han Jijyun could already feel the burden on his shoulders getting heavier. As a strategist, it was up to him to find 250 Ace Mecha Clan's value on the battlefield.

Soon, the ten team leaders, their vice-captains, and the deputies of the various logistics department gathered in a meeting room. A 3D image of Planet Haijiao was screened on the table with all the military bases shown. It was like the 3D map at the command center of the frontline of Hailiya.

No, there were some differences. The information on the various Hailiya bases on the map was very detailed, even the number of mecha operators and logisticians were specified. ('Hahaha!' Little Four laughed arrogantly. I am the one who collected all the information. Hurry up and praise me!)

However, no one was surprised by this bulk of information, even the experienced mecha operators remained indifferent, as everyone already knew that their regiment commander was an ace hacker.

These old mecha operators were unable to feel surprised at Ling Lan anymore. They recalled their reaction when they heard about this. They just acknowledged the new entry into the list of her glorious achievements calmly. 'Ace hacker? Is it as astounding as his domain ability? Is it as surprising as his imperial mecha master status?' After fighting with Ling Lan once, these experienced mecha operators knew that Ling Lan's mecha piloting ability was on an entirely different level than them.

'Why isn't their amazing regiment commander taken in by the Flying Dragon Special Forces yet?' These mecha operators had been shocked so many times they wouldn't feel shocked if their regiment commander became a god-class mecha master tomorrow. That's right. Every one of them believed that their regiment commander would become a god-class mecha master one day.

While Du Mingyi was still scheming against Ling Lan behind the scene, Ling Lan had already started making preparations along with the other mecha clans in Base 013.

"Leader, our scouts have brought back some news. Apparently, there is something amiss going on at our opponent's military bases." Xu Shiming raised one of his eyebrows when he heard this information. He didn't expect the news from 250 Ace Mecha Clan to be true. 'It looks like there are many capable people in 250 Ace Mecha Clan.'

"What do we do now?" Yang Zhenyong asked.

"Contact the bases that have worked with us, especially the two bases beside us. Ask them to remain vigilant." Xu Shiming thought for a moment and continued, "Remind Du Mingyi too."

"You want to give him a chance?" Yang Zhenyong understood what his leader wanted to do.

"If he is able to put aside his personal grudges and prepare for the upcoming battle wholeheartedly, I will ask Regiment Commander Ling to spare him for the moment." Xu Shiming knew that the base must remain calm now. Hence, if there was no need to touch Du Mingyi, he wouldn't.

"I understand. However, Du Mingyi will definitely not pay attention to this news if we just send it once." In the past, when there were no conflicts in the base, this was how their actions got delayed. Base 013 was the weakest base not just because its people inside were not strong enough. It was also because they didn't have any achievements as a military base.

"If he doesn't pay it any attention, send him a message again two hours later. I will give him three such chances." Xu Shiming's gaze turned sharp. If Du Mingyi didn't act, he would take the risk to work with Ling Lan to drag Du Mingyi off from the commanding officer position, even if it meant that their base might turn into a mess.

"I hope that he will make use of your leniency." Yang Zhenyong knew what Xu Shiming was thinking. Yang Zhenyong didn't like Du Mingyi too but he didn't want the base to go through a civil war at a time like this as it was not good for the base as well as the teams in the base.

Soon, Du Mingyi received information about the attack from the scouts team.

"Senior colonel, shall we inform our men to prepare for battle?" His adjutant asked him nervously.

Du Mingyi said with a stern face, "Did the command center ask us to prepare for battle?"

"No," the adjutant replied immediately.

"Even the best scouts team in the command center didn't get this information. Why would he be able to get it?" Du Mingyi played with the bodhi necklace in his hand. He thought for a moment and sneered. "He probably feels guilty and wanted to use this information to direct my attention away. Either that or he wants me to panic and make a mistake. That way, he and Ling Lan will have a reason to impeach me."

When the adjutant heard this answer, his head instinctively lowered down while not daring to make a sound. The power struggle between high-ranking officers was not something he should not participate in.

Du Mingyi pondered a while more and ordered, "Take note of the orders given by the command center. If a piece of similar information is received, you can send it to all the teams in the base without coming back to me. If not…" Du Mingyi smiled coldly. "No matter how many times they send that information, just ignore it."

In the regiment commander's office, Ling Lan was looking through the battle plan the ten team leaders and the deputies had thought of.

"Boss, Xu Shiming has started acting." Little Four was monitoring over the base, so the moment Xu Shiming sent the message, he noticed it.

"Did he send a message to Du Mingyi to remind him that a battle is going to happen soon?" Ling Lan seemed nonchalant.

"Boss, how do you know?" Little Four was shocked. He thought he had caught a spy and was planning to claim some best underling points for himself.

"If Xu Shiming didn't do this, I will have to guard against him." Ling Lan replied, "If he is someone who disregards the safety of the base so that he can destroy his enemy, I will not work with him."

"Does that mean Xu Shiming is clear?" Little Four asked dejectedly.

"Yes. However, that doesn't mean everyone is clear." Ling Lan smiled. "Watch over them carefully. Someone definitely will show himself."

"Yes, Boss!" Little Four got excited again. 'I will not let Boss down. I will definitely catch that spy.'

Chapter 828: DEFCON 1

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One week had passed. The base was extremely calm this week. After snatching supplies from the warehouse, inviting all the regiment commanders and leaders of the various mecha teams in the base, Ling Lan didn't do much. The people who were waiting for a good show to happen were quite disappointed at the lack of drama, and one of them was Song Yiqing. Speaking of Song Yiqing, many people had thought that he would take his revenge on 250 Ace Mecha Clan the earliest but in actual fact, he didn't even take revenge. He had just tolerated his anger until now.

It was not because Song Yiqing was a patient person. It was because when he told the Song family about his tarnished dignity, his family told him to never provoke 250 Ace Mecha Clan. 'It is a hornet's nest,' they said, as anyone who poked it would definitely get into trouble. Song Yiqing was not an idiot as he was someone who was able to become a young master or the heir of a family. Those kinds of idiots that always appeared in stories were almost unheard of in real life.

Hence, Song Yiqing gave up his thoughts of revenge. He was unhappy that he got slapped in the face but it was not a huge problem in the larger scope of things. He could let go of it. Of course, he was happy if Du Mingyi would create some troubles for 250 Ace Mecha Clan. He also didn't mind giving Du Mingyi some help. However, that was all he would and could do.

"Senior colonel, something bad has happened." Du Mingyi's adjutant rushed over with a pale face.

Du Mingyi was drinking tea lazily in the base, so when he heard this, he almost lost his grip on the teacup. He asked hurriedly, "What's the rush? Slowly tell me what happened."

"The command center gave an emergency order. Hailiya might be launching an all-out attack soon. They order us to get into DEFCON 1 and prepare to go for battle at any time." The adjutant took a deep breath and repeated the order he had received.

Du Mingyi placed his teacup on the table hurriedly. He was dumbfounded, and his hand started trembling. He didn't manage to place his teacup properly on the table, and all its contents spilled all over the table, soaking the documents on the table.

The adjutant saw this and went forward quickly to save the documents from being destroyed. He wanted to wipe the documents dry but Du Mingyi slapped his hands and said angrily, "Why are you bothering about this? Hurry up and ask the base to enter into DEFCON 1."

"Oh, oh, yes!" The adjutant threw the document on the office table and flew out of the commanding officer's office. He rushed to the JMC department and gave the commanding officer's order.

After some time, the siren signaling DEFCON 1 sounded, stunning all the battle teams. DEFCON 1 meant that they would be called for battle at any time. But, there was no prior news at all before this. Why weren't they given any time to prepare for battle?

The entire base went into a flurry after they had entered into DEFCON 1. When Du Mingyi heard the commotion, he frustratingly slapped himself on the forehead.

"Xu Shiming's information is real. It's real! Damn it! I missed the chance to gain merits for myself." If he chose to trust Xu Shiming and report the information to the command center, even if the command center didn't place importance in the information at that time, he would still gain merits after the information was confirmed, making sure no one would be able to take this credit away from him.

At the camp of the scouts team, Xu Shiming shook his head when he heard the alarm. Their scouts team was already prepared for battle. Cui Yunxuan's mecha clan and all the other teams that chose to believe in Ling Lan had already made ample preparations. All their teams were able to enter the battlefield immediately. As for those that didn't prepare beforehand, they were not so lucky. It would take some time before they could arrange themselves to get ready for war.

'I hope Hailiya will delay their attack for some time.' Xu Shiming could only pray to heaven. He wished that once the battle started, the entire base would be ready for war. This was the best situation.

Beep beep beep. Xu Shiming's communicator sounded. The attack from Hailiya had started. Their enemy had already sent many battle teams towards their territory. Their exact target was still unconfirmed but if Base 013 was the target, the enemy would arrive in 40 minutes.

Xu Shiming's expression turned heavy. He stood up instantly and shouted, "Inform the entire team. Go to the mecha hold and prepare for war!"

If their enemy would be arriving in 40 minutes, it meant that they must start acting immediately. They needed to scout their enemy's route of attack in the quickest possible time and made the necessary precautions. Even if their target was not Base 013, they must report their findings to the other bases too. If they really aimed to target base 013, they needed to stop their enemy before they reached the military base. Otherwise, they would be like a turtle in a jar. They would be suppressed by their enemy and could only wait for reinforcements.

Xu Shiming's scouts team was not the only team that started acting. Cui Yunxuan's mecha clan and some other battle teams were moving quickly too. However, they were a little slower. They could only enter the ejection ports after the scouts team left. Then, they would wait on the furthest line of defense for the information by the scouts team.

250 Ace Mecha Clan were also prepared for war. All the mecha operators armed themselves fully and walked out of their camp under the lead of their team leaders. They rushed to the mecha hold and waited for the scouts team to leave before boarding their mechas.

At that moment at the mecha hold, Xu Shiming's scouts team were stopped at the entrance. Without the command of the commanding officer, the mecha hold couldn't be opened. Not only that, but the logistics department of the base also would not be able to give the mecha operators their equipment without the command from the commanding officer. The protective shield of the base wouldn't be activated too.

Xu Shiming's face turned cold. He contacted the command center of the base, requesting to open the mecha hold.

The staff at the command center asked him to wait. He would immediately ask the commanding officer before giving him a reply.

Xu Shiming knew that this was the necessary procedure but now, it was wasting precious time. Yet, he could only wait patiently.

"Commanding officer, leader of the scouts team requested to open the mecha hold so that they could complete their scouting mission. Should we let them in?" A staff member quickly reported Xu Shiming's request to Du Mingyi.

"How dare he go to the mecha hold before reporting his battle plan to me. Does he still see me as the commanding officer?" Du Mingyi slammed the table furiously.

The staff member was frightened. Just as he was contemplating on what he should do, Du Mingyi said, "Do you know who else is with Xu Shiming?" Du Mingyi suddenly wondered if they were trying to test him. If he submitted to them this time, no one in the base would be willing to listen to him again.

Chapter 829: Action!

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The staff member just fidgeted his fingers around as he couldn't come up with an answer. He just came to find the commanding officer the moment he had received Xu Shiming's request. Just as he was about to mentally breakdown from the silence, the adjutant of the commanding officer rushed in with his forehead full of sweat. "Senior colonel, the scouts team, Ai'er Mecha Clan, 291-2 battle team�� and 250 Ace Mecha Clan are rushing to the mecha hold."

"It's really them." Du Mingyi felt that this must be Ling Lan's plan to threaten his position again. If he showed any signs of weakness and agreed to open the mecha hold for Xu Shiming, his vice grip over the base would loosen.

He thought for a while and asked cautiously, "Have the mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan arrived at the mecha hold?"

"Yes." The adjutant answered firmly. "Our men below have reported that there are 200 mecha operators from 250. It is the same number of mecha operators written in their report."

"That's good! Hmph, they want to threaten me… they have gotten too confident. So what if I open the mecha hold? I will let them understand that no matter how capable they are, without my command, they can't do anything in this base." Du Mingyi's gaze turned sharp. He told the staff, "Open the mecha hold. As for our logisticians… ask them to take their time."

The staff member was shocked by how cruel his commanding officer was behaving, but he wasn't in a position to argue back so he just quietly left.

Soon, the mecha hold opened, allowing all the members of the scouts team to enter into their mechas, just as they were about to move out, they were suddenly notified that the logisticians were still preparing themselves so they couldn't allow them to launch. The logisticians were apparently not in positioned yet so they had to wait.

As they waited, the other teams, including 250 Ace Mecha Clan, had arrived.

By now, the scouts team knew that their commanding officer did this on purpose to make things difficult for them.

"Leader, Du Mingyi is trying to make things difficult for us," one of the members of the scouts team said angrily. There should always be JMCs and logisticians who were on duty in the base. Yet, none of them came to help them. This was obviously done on purpose.

"I know," Xu Shiming replied with suppressed anger in his voice. He didn't mind if Du Mingyi wanted to mess with him. Ever since he had accepted Ling Lan's invitation, he was prepared for this, but he couldn't tolerate that Du Mingyi chose this moment to take his revenge. 'Does he even know the possible consequences of his actions? Is he planning to have everyone in the base pay for his stupidity?'

"Old Xu, what do we do now?" Yang Zhenyong knew that Hailiya had already started their attack so they couldn't afford to wait any longer. They must launch now to understand which path their enemy was taking so they could make the necessary arrangements against them.

"What do we do?" Xu Shiming's gaze turned cold. He quickly sent Ling Lan a message and told him what situation he was in.

'Since Ling Lan wants to control the entire base, now is the perfect time for him to show me what he has up his sleeve. If he can't even settle such a small matter, I will have to reconsider working with him.' Xu Shiming thought.

Ling Lan, who was sitting in her office calmly, smiled when she received Xu Shiming's message. She looked at Lin Zhong-qing and said calmly, "Your logisticians can move now."

Lin Zhong-qing nodded and called Han Xuya immediately. "Han Xuya, time to move."

"Yes!" Han Xuya replied excitedly. This time, she was no longer a side character. It was finally time for her to do something great.

Lin Zhong-qing left with his men after calling Han Xuya. Each of them had their own mission. If they wanted to control the entire base, they had to take over the controls of the important logistic departments in the base first. If not, their plan would never work.

Ling Lan looked at the other side and saw Luo Chao, who was wearing her first lieutenant uniform, smiling shyly at her. Ling Lan's eyes twitched when she saw such a demure smile. "You can move too."

Luo Chao saluted beautifully and gave a bright smile. "I understand, Boss!"

Soon, she left with her team too.

At last, Ling Lan turned and looked at the only person left in her office, the person was Li Shiyu who was wearing a white gown with a complementary surgical mask donning over his face. "I'll leave the command center of the base to you."

Li Shiyu smiled, his eyes seemed to be glistening like the stars in a dark night. His entire aura seemed to also turn vibrant. "Yes! I will complete the mission successfully!"

Ling Lan's eyes twitched again. However, when she noticed that Li Shiyu had no intention of moving out of her office, she released a non-threatening amount of her cold aura.

Li Shiyu noticed the cold aura around her and knew that their regiment commander was becoming impatient. He retracted his smile and asked seriously, "I just want to know what you plan to do."

Ling Lan raised one of her eyebrows in doubt but didn't reply to him.

"Don't tell me that you are going to sit here and watch over everything. You can't fool me," Li Shiyu said indifferently.

Ling Lan smiled. 'As expected, I am unable to trick him.' She wasn't planning to hide in the first place so she didn't mind spilling it. "We have to guard against Song Yiqing."

Only she and Qi Long had the strength and background powerful enough to prevent Song Yiqing from interrupting them, even the three Li brothers wouldn't be able to make Song Yiqing frightened. Qi Long had to leave with his team so she needed to stay back. Additionally, with Qi long leaving, Du Mingyi would feel at ease, allowing her friends' missions to be easier. That meant that she was the only person who could stop Song Yiqing.

Li Shiyu got the answer he wanted and left in satisfaction.

Ling Lan looked at the empty office before finally, releasing an enchanting smile.

"Little Four, control the entire base!" This was impossible for some people. However, to her, this was extremely easy. The mainframe of the base was not a problem for Ling Lan from the very start. Thus, the other teams that collaborated with her were unable to guess her real intentions as she never needed to impeach the commanding officer to obtain what she wanted.

Everyone thought that Ling Lan had to control Du Mingyi before she could control the entire base. Either that or she had to gain some evidence of his crime so that she could use it to threaten him, taking his power away. The last method they thought she might use was to make use of her powerful background to transfer Du Mingyi away (Ling Lan thought about this too but she didn't have the time to do it). This was because only the commanding officer of the base had the authority to command the mainframe of the base. If a mutiny was to occur, the mainframe would reject every order. If the commanding officer disappeared for more than 12 hours, the mainframe would even report this to the higher authorities and locking the protective shield of the base, turning the base into a prison.

Thus, no matter how ridiculous Du Mingyi was, the mecha clans at the base had to continue to put up with him. Song Yiqing didn't dare to offend Du Mingyi and could only cooperate with him because of this reason too.

Ling Lan's aim was simple. She wanted to take down everyone on Du Mingyi's side. However, before this war would end, she hoped that they would behave obediently at the side and not create any more trouble for her.

Chapter 830: Culture?

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There were only around 30 people in Han Xuya's team. However, there were many familiar faces there. Second Lieutenant Zhou Yu, Second Lieutenant Chen Yi'an, and Senior Captain Chen Yifan were all in her team.

'Huh? Isn't Chen Yifan suppose to follow Li Yingjie? Why is he here?'

When Chen Yifan knew Chen Yi'an was going to follow Han Xuya to take over the JMC department of the base, he volunteered to follow Han Xuya. Chen Yifan knew that although the JMC seemed to be an unimportant department of the base, they constantly had a powerful team protecting them at their dormitory and their office.

This was because, without the guidance of JMCs, the entire ejection port and mecha hold would be in a mess. In a war a few years ago, something similar happened to the Huaxia Federation. When the soldiers were saving their comrades, a team of three soldiers from their enemy's side infiltrated into their base. If the three enemy soldiers chose to target any other department in the base, they would be instantly caught and killed on the spot. However, the three enemy soldiers had planned to target the weak JMCs who had no chance of resisting at all. When the successful completed their suicide mission, the entire base turned into a mess. The enemy's main army, who had been waiting outside of the base, took this opening as their cue to launch an attack on the base. The disorganized mecha operators couldn't find their leaders so during the whole attack, they didn't have a leader guiding them so they started fighting their own battles without any semblance of coordination with their own teammates. In the end, the enemy successfully invaded their base, killing every single soldier in the base. This was recorded as one of the ten most terrible losses in the history of the Huaxia Federation. It was known in the history books as the JMC's bloodbath.

Through this tragic loss, the Huaxia Federation had learned their lesson and started placing more importance on the JMCs. They now would constantly have two teams of soldiers guarding the JMCs on an alternate basis so that anything similar to the JMC's bloodbath would never happen again. If Han Xuya and her team of logisticians wanted to take control of the JMC department, they would have to fight with the two teams of guards. However, with the group's highest physical skills being just the peak of refinement, Chen Yifan couldn't help but worry for them.

Chen Yifan was not the only one who was worried. Han Xuya's personal ride, Qi Long, Han Jijyun, Luo Lang, Xie Yi, and many others, all secretly placed someone powerful inside her team.

Of course, not everyone wanted to follow Han Xuya. One of the soldiers pulled a long face as he followed behind her. If he had a choice, he would want to follow his leader to the mecha hold and sit inside his own mecha.

When Han Xuya saw his long face, she slapped the soldier's forehead fiercely. The person turned and glared at her unhappily.

"Stone, do you have a problem with me." Han Xuya was not afraid of the soldier's gaze. She instead held her hands together and cracked her knuckles. If he dared to have any opinions against her, she would hit him.

The person, whose nickname was Stone, felt his heart trembling as his entire body seemed to be hurting from a bunch of stinging pains. Before he could reply, he felt no less than six cold gazes staring at him, even a few soldiers whose physical skills were much higher than him were looking at him sharply. If he dared to talk back to her, they would instantly subdue him mercilessly.

He suddenly remembered what his team leader reminded him earnestly before he came here. His team leader told him to have a good attitude and listen to First Lieutenant Han's command. If not, he might not know how he died. He finally understood why his team leader told him this. Although First Lieutenant Han was not as strong as him, she had people who were much stronger than him in her team, any one of them could kill him easily.

Stone felt like crying. 'Damn it. Team leader was right. 250 Mecha Clan is a scary place.' Even the female soldiers inside were so fierce. Yes, Stone was from the Evil Wind Mecha Team. He was the one who teased Han Xuya and ended up having a fight with her. After that, he was ordered to become Han Xuya's sandbag, since then she would always practice with him. For this mission, Yan Three asked him to help Han Xuya so he missed the chance to fight on the battlefield with his team leader. He truly felt pity for himself.

Stone didn't dare to show any signs of unhappiness anymore since the mecha operators who were much more powerful than him were willing to act as bodyguards and JMCs, what right did a fugitive like him have to say no? He didn't know that the fate of the mecha operators of 250 Ace Mecha Clan was even worse than him. They had to take turns to handle the work that should be done by the logisticians. He was considered lucky to just be distributed to the JMC team. In the past, his comrades teased him about doing a woman's job. However, when he saw that his team leader, Yan Three, was sent to do the same job as him, he laughed heartily. 'Well, now, you all are laughing at our team leader too. Wait for your punishments.'

He thought that 250 Mecha Clan were purposely trying to humiliate their team leader but when he saw Young Master Qi appearing at the JMC office and was also undergoing the JMC training with a sad face, he knew that this was the culture of 250 Mecha Clan… it was, right?

Either way, it was not humiliation. Stone could only confirm this point.

After going through thick and thin with the mecha operators of 250 Ace Mecha Clan, the members of Evil Wind started to know how to work with them. They were still unable to put down their grudges entirely but their relationship was not as tense as before.

On the other side, Luo Chao led her hundred men team and charged towards the mecha clan that was controlled by the commanding officer of the base. Their target was where the base's guards were at, 001 camping ground. As long as they managed to subdue that mecha clan, the other regiment commanders would consider twice before helping the commanding officer.

Li Shiyu led another hundred men team and rushed to the command center of the base. His mission was to control all the soldiers at the command center.

As they moved to their respective target locations to complete their mission, the surveillance cameras didn't catch their figures at all, as Little Four already had full control of the mainframe at the base so unless Du Mingyi had anticipated their attack, he would not notice signs of these three teams at all.

At that moment, Han Xuya's team had reached the JMC department. Little Four had wiped away their figures off the surveillance cameras but their faint footsteps still had alerted the guards who were watching over the area.

"Who is it?" One of the guards shouted.

Chen Yifan instantly jumped up and covered the guard's mouth. Stone and Han Xuya attacked the guard at the same time, knocking him unconscious.

"Enemies!" A scream rang through the air. The person who shouted repeatedly pressed the alarm button. Unfortunately, no sound was heard even after he pressed it a few times. By this time, the members of Han Xuya's team had regained their senses and knocked this person unconscious too.

Chapter 831: Can't Afford To Offend

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"Damn it, we were found out," Han Xuya said in frustration. She was already very careful but she didn't expect the guards to be so alert.

"Phew, luckily the alarm was spoilt, saving us a ton of hassle." Stone felt fortunate. If the alarm rang and alerted the entire base, they would have to stop the entire mission. They couldn't really start a mutiny, right?

Han Xuya knew that this must be her Boss's doings. Boss Ling Lan was the one who damaged the alarm system. She secretly wiped the cold sweat off her forehead as she was really frightened just now. She remembered how Qi Long and her other friends always completed her Boss's mission successfully. She clenched her fist. She was still too inexperienced. Therefore, she must work harder so that they wouldn't leave her behind. Han Xuya realized her flaws through this mission. In the past, she always complained that her Boss discriminated against women. However, from the looks of it now, their Boss didn't let her and Luo Chao become team leaders was because they were still lacking.

Although something wrong happened to the alarm, the guards still noticed that something was amiss as a scream in the middle of the day seemed really suspicious. A group of fully armed soldiers with beam guns in their hands rushed out to check the situation.

"Move!" Han Xuya shouted and the logisticians in front of her rolled to the side instinctively.

Han Xuya flew up and waved her hands and a few silver flashes of light were seen. Some of the guards collapsed on the ground. The mecha operators had acted too. They shot out the miniature anesthesia in their hands. Before the guards could even shoot at them, they all fainted on the ground.

Everything happened in a blink of an eye. However, in all that mess, Stone didn't even have the chance to attack. He turned his head stiffly and looked at Han Xuya in astonishment.

"You…" Stone glanced at the miniature syringe on his butt, his face surprisingly could twitch. This was the only word he could force out of his mouth.

Han Xuya looked at him innocently. "I've already asked everyone to move but you didn't. What can I do?"

Stone was angry and frustrated with her answer. 'Even if I didn't move, you should still aim accurately. I've never seen anyone that shoots their own teammate.'

Han Xuya saw his expression and knew what he was thinking but she just shrugged. "I haven't mastered the hidden weapon technique yet so I will sometimes miss the target. All the logisticians knew that if I ask them to move, they must move."

The logisticians that rolled on the floor haggardly to dodge those syringes nodded furiously. They were well-trained by Han Xuya's aimless flying syringes.

'Is she saying I'm just unlucky?' Stone wanted to cry. He couldn't handle the effects of the anesthesia anymore and fainted.

"We lost one member before we reach our target. What a hard mission." Han Xuya sighed.

Everyone was speechless. He fell because you accidentally hit him. All the mecha operators that were specially sent by their team leaders looked at Han Xuya with some fear in their eyes. The most frightening thing was not meeting a powerful opponent. It was having a stupid teammate.

Fortunately, the mecha operators didn't speak out their thoughts. If Han Xuya knew that she was being classified as a stupid teammate, she would have thrown some syringes at them too.

Pzzt! Pzzt! Two beams suddenly came from two different directions. The target of the beams were two of the weaker-looking logisticians. Just as the logisticians were about to be hit with the unexpected beams, a beam shield suddenly appeared behind them. The beams hit the beam shield, dimming the beam shield a little. After a while, it resumed its initial brightness again. This beam shield was invented by Chang Xinyuan a few years ago. A few years ago, it was considered Lingtian Battle Clan's high-class weapon. After a few years of experimentation, technology finally became mature as it no longer needed to be activated manually. The beam shield now could be operated manually and automatically, becoming a piece of necessary equipment for all the people in 250 Mecha Clan. It was the most popular equipment too. No one was willing to take off the beam shield even when they were resting.

This was because everyone knew that they wouldn't be able to remain vigilant all the time. When they were relaxed, it increased the chances of them dying by a large amount. It would be much safer for them if they just had the beam shield on them.

Their carefulness saved their lives this time. The beam shield played its role and protected the two logisticians.

The instant the two beams appeared, Chen Yifan and another mecha operator who was at the peak stage of Qi-Jin flew towards the direction where the beams came from. They were shot by the last two members of the guards' team, the leader and deputy leader of the team.

Han Xuya saw that Chen Yifan and the other mecha operator were more powerful than the two guards so she knew they wouldn't have a problem handling those two. However, to be cautious, she left five people to guard Stone who was unconscious.

After making the arrangements, she asked the rest to move in with her.

Everyone started to look at each other in doubt. The JMCs inside were all females. If they rushed in like this, wouldn't they frighten the ladies? They were all single. If the ladies misunderstood them and thought that they were perverts, it would be bad. It might even affect their love life in the future.

Han Xuya knew what these men were thinking. She took out a few miniature syringes and said in a sinister tone, "If you don't go in, I will stab these into your private parts. Either way, you won't be able to use them in the future anymore."

All the men tensed up instinctively. Stone, who got fed medicine, started to wake up. The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Han Xuya holding the syringes and heard what she said, Stone closed his eyes and fainted again.

Even the two remaining members of the guards' team tensed up when they heard what Han Xuya said.

Chen Yifan and the mecha operator who was with him were strong-willed so they didn't get affected by Han Xuya's words. They made use of this chance and subdued their opponent. After that, they exchanged glances with each other. They realized the surprise in each other's eyes. As expected, they couldn't offend the ladies in 250 Mecha Clan.

"Are you all really not going…" Before Han Xuya finished her sentence, the people that woke up from their stupor started rushing into the office.

Chapter 832: A Ruthless Attack!

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In the office where the JMCs worked at, the JMCs inside still didn't know what was happening with the sound outside. The JMCs who were talking among themselves suddenly saw a bunch of men charge into their office violently, and they instantly screamed out in surprise.

One of the JMCs, who was somewhat daring, angrily shouted, "Who are you people? Why are you randomly charging into the JMC's office?

Han Xuya, who was standing behind the group of men, satisfyingly took back her tranquiliser darts. "Hmph, as expected, disgusting men need to be treated with a little bit more force. Elder Brother Shiyu's method is indeed effective."

Han Xuya remembered the moment when she had received her Boss's orders, and being in disarray because of it. While she was pacing anxiously outside Ling Lan's door, she saw Li Shiyu, who rarely had a surgeon mask on, slowly walked towards her with his hands in his white doctor's coat pockets. She and Luo Chao regarded Li Shiyu as their elder brother because of their time spent together as Li Shiyu's assistants. They would often talk to him if they had things troubling them. This time, after seeing Li Shiyu, Han Xuya was, of course, going to ask him for help.

"Elder Brother Shiyu!" Just as she was about to grab him, her hands slipped past him.

Li Shiyu dodged Han Xuya's hands elegantly and smiled, "Xuya, what do you need?"

"Elder Brother Shiyu, Boss gave me a mission just now. He wants me to take 30 people to take control of the JMC department. I'm so nervous, my hands are literally shaking."

"Why?" Li Shiyu asked patiently.

"Other than us logistics personnel, there are still many mecha operators from other teams in my group. Plus, they are either lieutenant colonels or majors, and I'm only a first lieutenant…" Seeing so many people ranked higher than her, the normally brash and forthright Han Xuya finally didn't know what to do.

"There's many senior colonels who our regiment commander orders around," Li Shiyu said indifferently.

"That's Boss. Boss!" Han Xuya screamed out angrily instantly. How could she be compares to Boss?

"Then, what do you want to do?" Li Shiyu asked in a helpless tone.

Han Xuya was delighted as she knew Li Shiyu had crumbled under her persuasions again, and immediately went forward to grab Li Shiyu once again. However, she wasn't able to grab him again. Han Xuya was dumbfounded. 'How am I not able to grab Elder Brother Shiyu? Back then, I could easily grab him and get him to help me.

Although she couldn't grab him, Han Xuya still said, "Elder Brother Shiyu, what do you think? How should I go against those people?"

Li Shiyu thought for a moment, then said, "Our regiment commander doesn't like people who disobeys orders. If he told you to take those people there, then there shouldn't be a problem."

"I know, but they would only listen to me during important times. For something small like an order, what should I do if they ignore me?" Han Xuya said worriedly.

"Then, make them not dare to look down on you," Li Shiyu said calmly.

Han Xuya's eyes brightened, "How can I do that?"

Li Shiyu's expression began to look somewhat sinister. He waved to Han Xuya and Han Xuya got closer to him. Li Shiyu then taught a ruthless method to Han Xuya on how to threaten a man's one true weakness…

Thus, Han Xuya learned a sure-kill technique against men, making the men in 250 Ace Mecha Clan become more fearful of her, but after knowing that it was Li Shiyu's idea, his nickname Dr. Frankenstein reached a new height in popularity, and causing everyone to say that he was a gay pervert.

As for Li Shiyu… he had a conflicted thought of whether or not he should be happy of his nickname being known far and wide or he should hate the unknown person who came up with the slander.

Han Xuya happily strolled forwards with her hands behind her back just like Boss. She proudly walked towards the JMC's office and heard the JMC's angry shout.

She clapped her hands and smiled, "Not bad, not bad, quite daring I see."

When the daring JMC heard this, she stood up straight and immediately turned towards the door. She saw Han Xuya walking into the room with a big smile on her face, and those violent looking men instantly moved out of her way after seeing Han Xuya. The JMC instantly knew that they were sent here by this woman.

"Elder Sister Han, is that you?" The JMC had a surprised look on her face and instantly shouted out. The term 'elder sisters' here weren't based on age. In the military, those who were more capable would be treated with respect and be called elder brothers. This custom also applied to the JMC department.

When Han Xuya looked over and saw the JMC, the smile on her face became even brighter. She felt happy that she had encountered someone she knew. It turns out the daring individual who fearlessly shouted at the men from 250 was the same JMC, Lady Mei, who she saved back during the welcoming dinner.

"Lady Mei, it's you!" Han Xuya felt it was such a coincidence to meet her here. Although she knew Lady Mei was a JMC, JMCs still had rotating shifts. She didn't think that Lady Mei would be working now.

After seeing that Lady Mei knew the girl who barged into their office, the JMCs who were in a state of panic instantly calmed down. They began to gather together and gossip about the male soldiers who rudely barged into their office.

Lady Mei moved towards Han Xuya excitedly. She then thought of why Han Xuya would come to their office so she asked with some suspicion, "Elder Sister Han, why are you here and why did you bring these people?"

"If I told you I brought them here to find dates for them, would believe me?" Han Xuya said jokingly.

After hearing this, many JMCs began to giggle, only Lady Mei's expression froze up, "Elder Sister Han, you can't joke about that."

Han Xuya clapped her hands as she laughed, "Lady Mei, you're smart. Alright, I'm not going to joke around anymore." Han Xuya's expression suddenly became stern and cold as she said, "I now declare that we will be responsible for all the work here."

Lady Mei was stunned. Everyone else were stunned too.

The entire room instantly became silent with only a few beeping sounds in the background as the communication channels were receiving some notifications.

Lady Mei finally regained her composure and asked with great effort, "Elder Sister Han, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is you all are now our prisoners!" Han Xuya said coldly.

"Why?" Lady Mei couldn't believe it. The person she admired wouldn't betray the base and the Federation.

"Why?" Han Xuya frowned. She then sneered, "It's because the commanding officer of the base wouldn't let our mecha operators leave the base to prepare for the battle, even when the scouts team applied to go out to obtain some information about the enemy's movement, they were stopped in the mecha hold because a dumb reason, that the JMCs and logistics wasn't ready yet …"

���But, the battle hasn't started yet right?" One JMC retorted daringly.

"Do you understand the meaning of DEFCON 1?" asked Han Xuya.

Some of the JMC's nodded, some shook their heads. Han Xuya continued in her cold tone of voice, "DEFCON 1 means that war could break out at any second now, meaning the enemy could already be at our doorstep. A qualified base would have all their staffs and men ready for battle. As for our base, we didn't even do anything similar to what a competent base does, furthermore the commander of the base is still fuming about his petty amount of power slipping through his grasp, disallowing the scouts team to move out. Additionally, a bunch of JMCs like you people are talking about life in your office with no regard to the situation whatsoever, you people practically are killing the soldiers by your indifference. Why would we need JMC trash like you guys?"

Han Xuya's final insults made those JMCs who had passion and dreams lower their heads in shame. They did indeed receive orders from the higher-ups for them to ignore the calls from the mecha operators down below.

Obeying orders of the higher-ups was not wrong, but they shouldn't forget that it was DEFCON 1. They were not allowed to hinder the movements of the military. If enemies had actually gotten close to the base, then they would be to blame.

Chapter 833: Like Her?

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Lady Mei felt the most frustrated. Back when she heard about the order by the commanding officer, she already felt that it was wrong. She voiced her concern to her leader but her leader just dismissed her directly. The reason she received was that she was not following the rules of the military, as soldiers should obey all orders given to them. If she couldn't do it, she should leave the military. Her leader's words made sense so Lady Mei unwillingly followed the order. However, now, Lady Mei realized that she was a coward. She wasn't firm in her opinion and thus made the wrong decision.

"Elder Sister Han, you are right. It is our fault. We will now give instructions to the mecha operators so that they can be ejected out of the base." Lady Mei raised her head, showing a firm gaze. Since she made a mistake, she should amend it. It was not too late now.

Han Xuya raised one of her eyebrows in surprise. She didn't expect such a bold character to exist among the weak JMCs. She looked at Lady Mei carefully and realized determination was very apparent in her eyes, making her know that Lady Mei knew exactly what she was doing. Her eyes shone brightly as she seemed to have found her purpose in life, turning her entire body radiant.

"She is a beautiful lady," Zhou Yu exclaimed.

"You like her?" Chen Yi'an frowned. He seemed conflicted.

"You like her?" Zhou Yu asked in a surprised tone as he was surprised that Chen Yi'an would like a girl. He normally just liked fiddling around with his tools.

Chen Yi'an shook his head furiously, making sure Zhou Yu clearly know he didn't like her.

"Then, what are you on about?" Zhou Yu was disappointed.

"I feel that this person is compatible with my brother," Chen Yi'an said sincerely.

Zhou Yu then looked at Chen Yifan who remained stern and silent. He asked curiously, "Did you ever see your brother liking her?"

"My brother likes her?" Chen Yi'an was surprised. "As expected, she is suitable for my brother."

"Tsk!" Zhou Yu decided to ignore Chen Yi'an. 'His brother is not even worried about his love life. Why does he seem more urgent than his brother?' Zhou Yu couldn't let Chen Yifan get sold by his younger brother like this so he said, "Don't worry about your brother. He can take care of himself. If you step in, you might trouble him instead."

"Really? But I really do think she is suitable for my brother." Chen Yi'an didn't want to give up his idea.

Zhou Yu gave up trying to convince this stubborn fellow and looked at Chen Yifan with pity. 'Brother Yifan, this is all I can do to help you. Wish you all the best.'

"Lady Mei, shut up!" Right after Lady Mei spoke, their team leader shouted angrily.

Han Xuya looked at the team leader and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm the leader of the JMCs. I've already reported the fact that you invaded the JMC office to the command center of the base. Wait to be prosecuted by the military court." She didn't say anything before this because she was secretly reporting what was happening to the command center. As the trained leader of the JMCs, she didn't panic when they barged in and did what she was supposed to so as a leader.

"Not bad. You acted calmly in sudden situations. Unfortunately, you are a little stupid. Why do you have to tell me that you have reported it to the command center? Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you in a fit of anger?" Han Xuya asked her coldly.

The leader's arrogant face turned pale. She already forgot they were in the hands of the other party and her reinforcements hadn't arrived yet. She should have been patient in her decision to boast around.

"It's too late to understand everything now." Han Xuya casually pointed at one of her men, asking him to settle this woman.

"Me?" Zhou Yu looked at the finger in shock. It was pointing at him.

Chen Yi'an patted Zhou Yu's shoulder excitedly. "All the best!"

Chen Yi'an's encouragement was sincere. He didn't have any intention of laughing at Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu knew Chen Yi'an's character but his honest encouragement made him even more frustrated. He was going to hurt a lady. After this, he would definitely be condemned by the JMCs. 'Is he supposed to remain single for the rest of his life?'

Han Xuya's gaze turned cold when she saw Zhou Yu hesitating. A silver miniature syringe suddenly appeared in her hand and it glinting in the light.

'Sob, for the sake of my future, I'm sorry, lady.' Zhou Yu decisively struck the leader, knocking her unconscious.

Han Xuya clapped her hands in satisfaction. She then scanned all the JMCs in the office and asked nonchalantly, "Anyone else has any questions?"

All the JMCs shook their heads furiously. They didn't want to end up like their leader. Only Lady Mei's eyes lit up when she saw the male second lieutenant listening to Han Xuya without any hesitation. She knew that she wanted to be like Han Xuya. 'Why should a woman be just a man's accessory? Why should a man have a higher position than a woman just because of his gender? As long as they had the capabilities, women can do whatever men can do.'

While Han Xuya took control of the JMCs successfully, Luo Chao had arrived at 001 camp.

In a blind spot of the guards, Luo Chao looked at the strong mecha operators behind her. They were all from the most powerful batch of mecha operators in terms of physical skills from 250. More than half of the mecha operators in 250 Mecha Clan were in her team.

"Inspect your defensive equipment and your weapons," Luo Chao said in a low voice.

When everyone signaled that they were ready, Luo Chao's expression turned serious. "We will be having a difficult fight soon. I hope we can all go to eat at the canteen together."

They didn't want to kill their opponents but they didn't know if their opponents thought the same way. Fortunately, their medical department had prepared ample amounts of tranquilizers for them. As these were very precious, the entire medical department took more than 10 days working overtime to prepare these.

Everyone looked determined and Luo Chao nodded at them slightly. Then, she walked out alone.

The guards at the entrance of the camping ground were surprised when they saw a beautiful female first lieutenant walking towards them. They didn't stop her as Luo Chao had such a gentle and weak aura. One of the guards walked up to her as he didn't feel that she was a threat so he wasn't alert.

"Who are you? Who are you looking for?" 'Is someone's girlfriend lost?'

"I'm from 250 Ace Mecha Clan. I'm looking for your regiment commander," Luo Chao replied shyly.

"Do you have a reservation?" The guard was amazed by Luo Chao's beauty but he still kept a straight mind and did what was necessary.

Luo Chao pursed her lips and shook her head, looking angry and frustrated.

The guard couldn't bear to see her like this so he consoled her, "I can't let you in if you don't have a reservation. Why don't you tell me what you want to tell our regiment commander? I can pass him your words."

Luo Chao smiled brightly. The guard felt a little dizzy when he saw her smile. Luo Chao took the chance to lean forward and said softly, "There is no need for that."

Chapter 834: Brother And Sister!

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"Huh? No need?" The guard was dumbstruck. Before he could react, he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He then fell to the ground unconscious.

"Hey, what happened to you?" Luo Chao shook the guard's arms and exclaimed in surprise with a pale face. She seemed shocked by the sudden situation.

Another guard inside the sentry box saw this sudden change and immediately rushed over. He asked anxiously, "What happened?"

Luo Chao had tears in her eyes. "I, I don't know too."

The guard took the unconscious guard over. Before he could examine the guard, he felt a sharp pain in his neck too. He then fainted to the ground next to the unconscious guard.

Luo Chao slowly positioned the two guards' back against each other. After that, she waved her right hand in the air.

The hundred mecha operators hiding in the corner suddenly rushed out and charged into 001 camp.

Luo Chao acted like that because she didn't want to create extra trouble for her Boss. Although the surveillance cameras were already controlled by her Boss, she still decided to be careful with her approach.

Soon, shouts of anger and surprise sounded from the 001 camp with an additional sprinkle of muffled screams in the background. It was obvious that the mecha operators of 250 Mecha Clan had started fighting with the soldiers in 001 camp.

Luo Chao started to get excited by the smell of fresh blood permeating through the air. She couldn't help but lick her lips before giving a sinister smile. Then, she disappeared from the entrance.

The commotion in 001 camp started to die down. The hundred mecha operators subdued their opponents easily before rushing into the administrative section of the camp.

The administrative section of the camp was filled with many soldiers so when they got there to try to take control of the situation, some of the soldiers slipped through the net but they believed that their regiment commander would be able to tie up those loose ends as their mission was just to control 001 camp within a certain time.

The regiment commander of the mecha clan situated in 001 camp, Du Junyong, heard the commotion around him and felt that something was amiss so he rushed out of his office. When he went out of his door, he saw many other team leaders and officers running out of their rooms as well.

"Regiment commander!" They shouted when they saw their regiment commander as they stood still and waited for his command.

"Let's go and take a look." Du Junyong wanted to bring his men to survey the situation outside but he suddenly saw a hundred majors with malicious auras charging over at them.

"Who are you all?" 'They are soldiers from the Federation too. Why are they attacking them?'

The swarm of majors didn't say anything. They just waved their hands and flashes of silver-colored lights were seen. As soon as they saw those lights, many officers instantly fell limp and collapsed on the hard ground.

The regiment commander was shocked. He hurriedly signaled towards the remaining officer with his hand, and everyone took out their beam handguns, preparing to kill these invaders.

Just as the scene was about to turn bloody, a powerful force of presence suddenly spread throughout the entire district. It also came with a frightening killing intent, which immediately suppressed the officer who was about to pull the trigger. Their hands weren't in their controls anymore. Some of the slightly more powerful officers tried their best to resist the force of presence and got to pull down on the trigger. However, they were already too late as their opponents were well-experienced mecha masters, so they would not be hit by such predictable shots.

The mecha operators dodged the harmless beams and attacked back at those officers. These officers were more powerful than the normal soldiers but under the oppressive force of presence, they couldn't unleash their full power. Hence, the mecha operators subdued them easily.

"Domain!" Du Junyong felt the killing intent in the air and his expression changed. He didn't expect a domain realm masters to be among the invaders.

"Just as our Boss had predicted. You are indeed Du Mingyi's hidden card." Luo Chao smiled sweetly as she walked towards him.

Du Junyong was dumbfounded when he saw the beautiful Luo Chao in a first lieutenant uniform. He suddenly thought about something and exclaimed, "You are Luo Lang from 250 Ace Mecha Clan!"

As Du Mingyi's confidant, he had already gotten hold of 250 Ace Mecha Clan's information, so he knew that there was a pair of twin siblings who looked alike in the mecha clan. Luo Chao was a first lieutenant while Luo Lang was the team leader of team 05. In order to become a leader of a bunch of ace mecha masters, he knew Luo Lang must be a very strong person. However, he didn't expect him to be a domain realm master.

"If you came here, it means that the 'Luo Lang' who went to the mecha hold is your sister, Luo Chao." Du Junyong sneered. "I didn't expect you to be willing to sacrifice your sister who does not much experience in mecha piloting in order to control us. Your regiment commander really is a heartless man who is willing to do anything to get what he wants. What a despicable person. How can you work under him? You are so blind to his schemes."

This 'Luo Chao' was actually Luo Lang in disguise. These two siblings not only looked alike, but they were also of a similar height. That was why Luo Lang was able to fit into Luo Chao's clothes. However, Luo Lang was secretly self-conscious about his height, but luckily no one would dare to tease him about his height.

"Blind? My regiment has nothing to do with this plan. Plus, that word is more suitable for you as you are still blind to the faults of your commanding officer, Du Mingyi! As for my sister…" Luo Lang smiled brightly. He was not worried at all.

Luo Lang and Luo Chao grew up together since they were young. Although their genders were different, their minds were interlinked. Thus, they knew each other very well. Luo Chao appeared weak and shy but internally, she was just as strong as him. Every training session, she would secretly practice more by herself, even when she became Luo Lang's sandbag, getting hit after hit by him, she would stand up again and again until she was completely exhausted.

This was his sister, a tough and firm young lady with a strong desire to become stronger, and this motivated Luo Lang to work harder too. If she completed her mission while he couldn't, he wouldn't have the face to stay here anymore.

Du Junyong didn't know the relationship between the two siblings so when he saw Luo Lang's nonchalant attitude, he thought that this brother didn't care about his sister at all, and his heart drop by his speculation as such people were the most difficult to deal with, as they only cared about their own gain and could abandon everything else, including their family, in order to get what they wanted. Furthermore, he was a domain realm master…

At the mecha hold, the ten team leaders of 250 Mecha Clan and their teammates had walked to their respective mechas.

Chapter 835: Gaze!

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At that moment, Xu Shiming and his team members were already in their mechas. They were persistently calling for the JMCs' attention.

"Leader, the people from 250 Ace Mecha Clan are here." One of his men noticed 250 Ace Mecha Clan and hurriedly informed his leader.

"What?" Xu Shiming was shocked. 'Isn't Ling Lan thinking of a way to control Du Mingyi and the base? Why did he come here with his mecha clan?'

He looked up and saw around 200 mecha operators walking into the mecha hold. All the 10 team leaders that appeared at the gathering that day were present too.

"What is he planning to do?" Xu Shiming was slightly angry. He needed the JMCs and logisticians help now to activate the ejection ports so that his team could go out and scout the area. He didn't want to be stuck here with a bunch of other people clogging up the space.

Just as he was getting disappointed at Ling Lan's decision, he saw someone familiar from the corner of his eye.

'Wait! Xu Shiming quickly controlled the screen on his mecha and zoomed in on this person. What he saw was Yan Three commanding his team members with a stern face, asking them to enter their mechas.

"It's Yan Three! Those people are from the Evil Wind Mecha Team." Xu Shiming inspected the ground carefully. The people that he thought were from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were actually from the Evil Wind Mecha Team. Only less than half of the mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were present in the mecha hold.

The mecha operators from the Evil Wind Mecha Team were split among the ten teams. Each team had about 15 mecha operators from the Evil Wind Mecha Team. The rest were from 250 Ace Mecha Clan.

What surprised him the most was, these mecha operators from the Evil Wind Mecha Team were actually listening obediently to the commands of the team leaders. They entered their mechas orderly and waited to be ejected. 'Did Yan Three submit to Ling Lan within such a short period of time?'

Xu Shiming understood Yan Three's character quite well. He was not someone who would bow down to someone with just a few punches and threats. How did Ling Lan do it?

In the mecha hold, the ten team leaders of 250 Ace Mecha Clan watched as the members from the Evil Wind Mecha Team climb into their mechas. Through this period of training, the anger of the mecha operators from Evil Wind had subsided a little. They were willing to cooperate with them now. Additionally, the base was currently under DEFCON 1. Thus, they were supposed to do everything in their power to guard their base so, by right, nothing bad should happen. However, the team leaders didn't dare to let down their guard, as they were afraid that some narrow-minded people would want to take revenge on them even if it meant destroying everything.

Luo Lang, wait, it should be Luo Chao, was wearing her brother's major uniform. She still kept her shy smile while trying to put on a stern face. Her aura was indeed a little similar to her brother. However, some of the mecha operators from Evil Wind, who knew the truth about her identity, looked down on their weak-looking team leader so they glared at her provokingly.

When Luo Chao saw those glares, she flicked her right finger, and a silver-colored light was seen, shooting towards a mecha operator. Her actions were done quickly so the mecha operator didn't have any time to react. Thus, he got hit by the syringe, which immediately immobilized him. To let her have better control of her team, these mecha operators from Evil Wind were the weakest among everyone. They were at the peak of refinement just like Luo Chao.

Luo Chao slowly walked towards the immobilized mecha operator and patted his shoulder. She smiled. "Do you have a problem with me?"

The mecha operator trembled slightly. He looked shocked.

Those mecha operators from Evil Wind who hadn't boarded their mechas stopped and looked over at her.

Luo Chao was unafraid of them so she looked at them straight in the eyes with a vicious and sharp gaze. After that, her right hand moved up from his shoulder to the neck of the mecha operator. She placed her finger on the main artery and said calmly, "Get in your mecha now."

The malicious intent in Luo Chao's eyes was intense. The mecha operators who were enjoying the show quickly hastened their pace and boarded their mechas.

While everyone's attention was on Luo Chao's right hand, she hid her left hand behind her and flicked it, creating another passing silver-colored flash of light.

The mecha operator regained his senses and heard Luo Chao asking him to board his mecha. He didn't dare to resist anymore so he hurriedly entered his mecha. He moved so quickly that he accidentally stumbled, almost losing his grip of the railings leading up to his cockpit.

When he finally climbed into his cockpit, he started shivering violently. "Was everything he saw real? It was so frightening.'

After everyone from Evil Wind boarded their mechas, Luo Chao heaved a sigh of relief. She finally completed her mission.

Li Lanfeng walked towards her and said gently, "That look just now was really good."

Luo Chao blushed. She smiled and said, "I learned it from Boss."

Just when Luo Chao was about to run out of ideas to quietly suppress these bunch of men, she suddenly remembered her Boss's cold and emotionless expression. She started mimicking it unconsciously. Maybe it was because she always paid attention to Ling Lan, but she managed to understand the true essence of Ling Lan's cold and vicious gaze. Hence, she was able to subdue those unconvinced mecha operators.

Luo Chao looked at Li Lanfeng gratefully, "I still have to thank…" Luo Chao suddenly paused. Then, she continued hesitantly, "the new agent he gave." Without that agent, she wouldn't be able to scare the mecha operator that provoked her.

"Since it is created, it should be used. It's good that the effects are great," Li Lanfeng replied indifferently.

"Do you think Xuya can successfully complete her mission?" Luo Chao was worried about her so she asked Li Lanfeng.

"You have followed our Boss for such a long time. Did you ever see him make a wrong decision?" Li Lanfeng asked her back.

Luo Chao shook her head. Every step Boss Lan took was stable and filled with confidence. He would not make any decision unless he was certain that he would succeed.

"In that case, why are you still so worried? We just need to wait patiently for our Boss to take control of the base." Li Lanfeng had complete confidence in Ling Lan.

Luo Chao got consoled by what Li Lanfeng said and felt at ease. She couldn't help but give Li Lanfeng a bright smile.

In the near vicinity, Xie Yi clicked his tongue when he saw her smile.

"What is it?" Qi Long's heart pounded furiously. He thought that something went wrong.

He and Xie Yi were sent here to control the mecha operators from Evil Wind. If any of them tried to retaliate, they would subdue them without any mercy. At such a crucial time, they couldn't allow anyone to spoil their Boss's plans.

"Luo Chao's smile is just like Luo Lang's." Xie Yi was a little unhappy. The smile that belonged to Luo Lang appeared on another person's face. Although the face was the same, he still felt a bit uncomfortable.

Qi Long glared at him angrily. "They are twins. Of course, they look the same. If they look different, something is weird." 'What an idiot'