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Chapter 1026 Tour

Li Yinfei was not angry now. She was just calm and composed. She glanced at Little Min calmly. Little Min was so shocked by the fact that she hadn't gotten barraged with insults yet that her apology got stuck in her throat.

Li Yinfei glanced at everyone around her. In the end, she nodded at the representative of Mai'er Fa and pointed, seemingly casually, at Ling Lan. "I'll bring him."

Ling Lan looked up in astonishment and pointed towards herself in disbelief.

She wasn't the only one shocked. Everyone was stunned by Li Yinfei's decision.

"All these people will affect my mood. I don't know if they treat me sincerely or not." Li Yinfei looked at her manager and bodyguards then scoffed at herself. It looked like she was deeply affected by her personal maid's outburst. She didn't believe anyone around her

now.

Li Yinfei spoke to Miss Seven in a bitter tone, "I rather bring one of your men. He might be able to tell you what the secretive office region in Mai'er Fa looks like after he comes out." Li Yinfei smiled after she finished speaking. Miss Seven got enchanted by her smile.

Li Yinfei continued, "Actually, Nuo'er is the most suitable choice. However, she can't leave your side. Hence, I have no choice but to bring this little servant along." Li Yinfei sounded a little playful here. She didn't appear as elegant as before but Tang Yingying felt much closer to her.

Tang Yingying gave a sincere smile and replied, "Since older sister is so thoughtful, how can I reject you?" She turned to look at Ling Lan. She said sternly, "Little Yang, you must listen to Sister Li after you go in. Don't create trouble for her."

Ling Lan was in a daze. She suddenly understood what was happening. She tried to control her happiness as she nodded sincerely and said, "Miss, I understand. I'll definitely listen to Sister Li after I go in."

She emphasized the words 'Sister Li' to show that she understood what Miss Seven was saying.

Her sincere performance made Miss Seven laugh out loud. Li Yinfei gave a slight look of helplessness. Nuo'er glared at her angrily and reprimanded, "Idiot, only young miss can call Miss Li Sister Li. We must call her Miss Li."

Ling Lan finally realized what her mistake was. She touched the back of her head in embarrassment and said, "Yes, yes. It's Miss Li, not Sister Li."

Li Yinfei waited for Miss Seven to finish her conversation before turning to the representative of Mailer Fa. "We can leave now."

The representative of Mai'er Fa led the way respectfully, "Miss Li, this way please."

Li Yinfei waved at Ling Lan. Then, she followed the people out of the backstage.

"Hurry up and catch up with Miss Li. Don't create trouble for her." Nuo'er pushed Ling Lan's back and reminded her to stop wasting time. If not, she might lose this great opportunity.

Ling Lan smiled and waved at everyone. Then, she ran and caught up with Li Yinfei. Just as she was about to get near Li Yinfei, she slowed down and followed behind Li Yinfei like a good servant. Nuo'er nodded in satisfaction at her actions. Little Yang was polite and well-mannered all thanks to her. At the start, when Little Yang first came to them, he didn't know any manners at all. He was like a country bumpkin.

After Li Yinfei and Ling Lan left, Li Yinfei's manager and bodyguards woke up from their stupor. They suddenly realized that they had just listened to the entire conversation and didn't say anything.

After Li Yinfei came out of the washroom, her gaze cast a huge pressure over them. They felt as though there was a huge mountain on their shoulders. They couldn't breathe properly. The pressure only disappeared after she left.

'Maybe she already noticed our disdain towards her. She just didn't have any evidence to prove it so she never scolded us. This time, she made use of Little Min to vent all her anger at all of us.' The manager seemed to understand why Li Yinfei acted like this today. He recalled what the Li family head told him about helping Li Yinfei. He felt frustrated with himself.

"If anyone dares to be disrespectful towards Miss Li, you can go back and explain to the Li family head." The manager warned the bodyguards. Since they knew what their mistake was, they should rectify it immediately.

"Yes!" The bodyguards were surprised at the manager's warning. This was the first time the manager warned them. Was Miss Li really the illegitimate child of the Li family head just like what the rumors said? They thought about how the Li family treated Li Yinfei and got their answer.

"As for you, Little Min, you're no longer a part of the Li family now. You can go back to wherever you came from." The manager looked at Little Min coldly.

"No! You don't have the right to decide my fate. I want to look for young miss." Little Min felt a chill down her spine when she saw the heartless gaze the manager gave her. She grabbed her dress and wanted to chase after Li Yinfei.

She should have grabbed her young miss's legs and apologized to her just now. Little Min felt regretful. She didn't understand why she gave up on wanting to do that after her young miss glared at her.

Little Min ran very quickly and left backstage. The manager scoffed and ignored Little Min. She bid farewell to Miss Seven before leaving the backstage with the bodyguards.

Miss Seven smiled as she watched the drama unfold in front of her. After some time, she went back to her room with Nuo'er and her bodyguards. They waited for Ling Lan to return.

Li Yinfei and the group of them arrived in front of a lift. The moment they arrived, they heard a familiar voice.

"Miss Li, what a coincidence. We meet again."

Li Yinfei frowned. She turned around and saw a young man walking towards her with an exaggerated expression on his face. It was Young Master Lin who had been constantly trying to talk to her.

"I saw your performance just now. It was amazing. Your voice is like the sound of the heavens. It's my pleasure and luck to be able to hear your voice." Young Master Lin came in front of Li Yinfei. He was totally mesmerized by her. From his expression, he looked as if he was still immersed in her singing.

"You're complimenting me too much." Li Yinfei gave a slight smile. She wasn't touched by Young Master Lin's words at all.

"Of course not, I'm speaking the truth. Miss Li, every time I meet you, I feel that fate is connecting us together. Heaven must be giving us chances to meet each…" Young Master Lin started talking about fate again.

Li Yinfei frowned slightly. At that moment, the lift door opened.

Li Yinfei interrupted Young Master Lin directly. "I'm sorry, I still have things to do. Thank you for your support." After she finished speaking, she walked into the lift without any hesitation. Ling Lan hurriedly followed behind her.

Young Master Lin was enchanted by Li Yinfei so he wanted to enter the lift too. However, the representative of Mai'er Fa stopped him. "I'm sorry. This is a special lift for VIPs. Outsiders can't enter the lift."

Young Master Lin had no choice but to wave at Li Yinfei fervently behind the people who stopped him. "Miss Li, I'll be waiting for you here. See you soon."

Li Yinfei's smile disappeared when she heard this. Her entire aura turned cold.

The lift door closed slowly. Young Master Lin's attention was on Li Yinfei so he didn't notice the purple and red light flashing passed him.

Young Master Lin said to himself, "Miss Li has gotten even prettier."

Suddenly, he got dejected. "Do I have the right to woo such a beautiful fairy?"

'Why do I feel that I have a chance to woo this lady a moment ago but now, I just feel like I'm just an ugly toad?'

'Pfft, who is an ugly toad? I'm just a pile of dirt… fine, they are both the same.' Young Master Lin squatted down and grabbed his head. He appeared to be in agony. "I can only watch her from afar? What a painful realization."

When Little Min rushed over, she only saw Young Master Lin who was squatting in front of the lift. Her young miss was nowhere in sight.

The lift went all the way up. Finally, it reached the office level. The door opened and a passage

was seen.

The representative of Mai'er Fa introduced the layout of the office area to Li Yinfei. Then, he led her to the huge closed door at the end of the passage.

The representative of Mailer Fa used his fingerprint to open the door. The door opened instantly and another long passage was revealed.

Li Yinfei didn't seem surprised by the fact that they were no security guards behind the door. However, when the representative explained to her the layout of the walls, she seemed astounded.

Of course, any normal person would be frightened when they heard that there were many beam guns hidden behind the walls beside them.

Ling Lan's mouth was wide opened too. She seemed fearful and nervous. She looked like a frightened naive person.

They walked through the passage until they came to the end of it. At the end of the passage, there was a door on both sides. When Ling Lan came the other time, the doors were closed. Now, they were wide opened.

Not only that, besides those important rooms, the other doors inside the office area was opened too. Everyone there was waiting for Goddess Li's arrival. The workers were anticipating the talk they could have with her.

Any man who was straight and had a normal standard of beauty wouldn't be able to reject Li Yinfei's charisma and ethereal beauty. They would naturally get enchanted by her. Hence, all the workers were extremely excited when they knew that Goddess Li was going to tour around their workplace, so if they could open their doors, they would. They didn't want to miss the chance to take a look at Goddess Li.

Li Yinfei didn't enter the rooms. She just stood within the passage and glanced inside the rooms from the door. She looked as though she was in a hurry to do something.

Suddenly, she walked in front of a room and pointed inside. She asked curiously, "What is this place?"

The representative of Mailer Fa looked towards the direction where Li Yinfei was pointing. His face immediately turned red in shame. After a few seconds, he said awkwardly, "This is the emergency room."

"Emergency room? It sounds important. What does it do exactly?" Li Yinfei looked puzzled as she asked in a soft voice.

"Yes, it's important." Mailer Fa felt embarrassed. He cursed the two people who were in charge of this room. Even if they were lazy, they should have closed the door. Didn't they know that there was a special guest coming today?

He rubbed the sweat on his forehead and tried to explain generally, "If anything happens to the operator during the mecha tournament, they can call for an emergency to end the match."

"Is this room used to protect the lives of the mecha operators?" Li Yinfei was a soft-hearted person. This was the first thing she thought of.

"Of course, of course." The representative of Mailer Fa followed her train of thought and agreed with her. Was he supposed to tell her that the battle between mecha operators was a life-or-death battle? This emergency room was in charge of the beam shield between the arena and the audience seats. This was to prevent the audience from getting injured, harming the reputation of Mai'er Fa.

"You sent two irresponsible people for such an important job?" Li Yinfei looked at the two staff members who were sleeping on the benches inside the room. Her face turned cold.

"The battle hasn't started. They're resting." The representative of Mai'er Fa could only reply to her like this. However, when he saw Li Yinfei looking at him with a 'who are you trying to lie to' look, he knew that she didn't believe him.

"Miss Li, the battle seemed to have started." Ling Lan's eyes were sharp. She saw mechas appearing on the live broadcast.

"They're resting…" Li Yinfei smiled coldly. She glanced angrily at the representative of Mai'er fa.

The representative of Mailer Fa took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped his sweat. One glance from Li Yinfei actually caused him to feel so frightened.

Sob, this wasn't what he was expecting. Why did a small singer give him the same pressure as their Young Master Rong? Or maybe it was because he felt guilty?

"It looks like I need to talk to your superiors about your work attitude." Li Yinfei snorted.

The representative of Mai'er Fa quickly went in and woke the two people who were still sleeping

The two people opened their eyes in confusion. When they saw the representative of Mai'er Fa, they asked in surprise, "Why are you here?"

"What do you mean by why am I here? Why are you sleeping?" The representative of Mai'er Fa felt like scolding these two people. They were embarrassing him.

"We had nothing to do for the entire day. We got sleepy," one of them replied.

"You can't blame us. That decadent voice, Li Yinfei, sang until we wanted to sleep. Her voice was like a lullaby. We fell asleep while listening to her," the other person added on.

The representative of Mailer Fa felt even more cold sweat appearing on his forehead. He could sense the two intense gaze behind him. They seemed to be able to pierce through him.

"So, my voice is decadent? A lullaby? It looks like my singing still needs to improve." A clear voice sounded in the room.

Li Yinfei? The two workers stared at the representative. They gave him a questioning look.

The representative replied to them with a firm look. He even stared at them to tell them that they were dead. They got caught slacking and even talked bad about the person right in front of her.

The two people turned their heads stiffly. They saw Li Yinfei smiling at them gently. She didn't seem angry or dejected. It was a calm and composed smile.

Their hearts palpitated furiously. They didn't like Li Yinfei mostly because of her face. In the past, they had laughed about how fake Li Yinfei's face must be and how her smile seemed unnatural. However, when they saw the real deal, they knew that they were wrong.

Even the copy of the person in the virtual world couldn't portray 100% of the person's beauty. They felt that the videos they saw of Li Yinfei only portrayed half of her charisma and beauty. The face that they thought was fake and unnatural… on my god, with that smile, she looked like a goddess that came from heaven. This was how a fairy would smile.

The two workers were completely enchanted by Li Yinfei. They had lost their ability to speak.

Chapter 1027 Who Is It?

Li Yinfei's gaze turned dark when she saw the two of them were mesmerized by her looks. However, her expression still remained gentle. She smiled and said, "I want to know what that screen is for. What do you do exactly? Can you please help me answer my question?"

"Sure, sure, Miss Li." The two people rushed towards the biggest screen in the room. Since all their attention was on Li Yinfei, they bumped into many objects along the way, causing them to almost fall multiple times. The representative of Mai'er Fa covered his face in embarrassment. They are such an embarrassment.'

The two workers continued staggering their way forward as if they couldn't understand the word 'shame'.

"Actually, this screen is our newest invention. Normally, when humans wanted to enter the virtual world, they needed to enter through a virtual login pod. But, we don't need that huge antique here." The two workers turned very serious when they started talking about their specialization. The confusion in their eyes subsided a little. As they went deeper into the topic, their eyes even had a glimmer of passion.

Li Yinfei and Ling Lan exchanged glances with each other. Both of them got on their guards.

"If you touch these few places, you'll be able to enter the virtual world." Another worker pointed at a few spots on the big screen. His eyes shone brightly as he asked, "Miss Li, will you be interested to try it?"

"What will happen to my body when I go in?". Li Yinfei was excited to try it but she was cautious. It was very dangerous for a lady to be unconscious in front of a bunch of strangers, especially when the strangers were a bunch of men. Most women… no even men wouldn't take the risk. There was no one here that she could entrust her body to, if her conscious entered the virtual world.

"You can take a short nap on the chairs," a worker replied hurriedly.

Li Yinfei now understood why there were comfortable sofa chairs in front of the few spots the staff pointed at just now. Those sofas were for people to sleep in.

"Miss Li, you can try it. If you feel uncomfortable in there, you just need to think about leaving and your conscious will immediately leave the virtual world." The worker invited her enthusiastically.

Li Yinfei thought for a moment. Then, she turned around and looked at Ling Lan in the eyes. "Little Yang, go and try it first. If it's fun, I'll try it."

After thinking about it, Li Yinfei still didn't want to become the first person to experience something so unknown to her. She was a VIP guest of Mai'er Fa but Mailer Fa was very secretive and unpredictable. She didn't want to take risk rashly.

Ling Lan appeared elated at the opportunity. Her eyes lit up as she looked towards the two workers. She seemed to be asking them with her eyes if she could try it out.

The two workers weren't surprised when they saw Li Yinfei being careful and asking her servant to try it out first. Most people would be cautious about unfamiliar things so they didn't mind her distrust. "Sure. Little brother, this way please." One of the staff members patted the sofa beside him, signalling Ling Lan to come over.

"Thank you, big brother." Ling Lan thanked the worker with a sincere and innocent smile. In response, the worker's smile got more sincere too.

Ling Lan laid on the sofa and touched the spot where the staff pointed at just now. She suddenly felt herself entering the virtual world in an instant.

They actually didn't need a login pod to enter the virtual world. The moment Ling Lan entered the virtual world, she noticed that she appeared on a busy street. There were people walking all around her, and there was also a white barrier around her body. This barrier was to protect the people who just entered the virtual world as everyone needed time to get acclimatized to the virtual world.

But, this was not the case for Ling Lan as she could instantly get acclimatized to the virtual world. Ling Lan counted 10 seconds in her heart and the white barrier disappeared around. The barrier lasted for 10 seconds. Barriers in Mai'er Fa lasted as long as a barrier would last in the Federation. Hence, no matter how or where you entered the virtual world, barriers in the virtual world would always last 10 seconds.

After 10 seconds, Ling Lan still didn't move. She counted another five seconds before she raised her head. Her dim eyes turned bright.

The people around her didn't seem surprised at Ling Lan's appearance. They just ignored Ling Lan's presence and continued on their journey. The people here seemed to be used to a stranger suddenly appearing beside them.

"This type of technology couldn't be perfected in a short time." Ling Lan started to become more vigilant towards Mai'er Fa. It was obvious that their development of the technologies in the virtual world was way ahead of all the other nations. Mailer Fa might have invented all these technologies to sell to other nations. This could be why the other nations were afraid of Mai'er Fa and didn't dare to offend it.

"Little Four, are there any powerful hackers watching over us." Ling Lan pretended to look around curiously but in actual fact, she was asking Little Four to check their surroundings.

"There are more than ten hackers around us but none of them is powerful." In the virtual world, Little Four was able to grasp the entire situation around him within a short time. He easily discovered the people that were watching over Ling Lan.

"I understand." This was a very normal thing to do. No matter how harmless the person was, they should still keep their eyes on the person. Ling Lan finally grasped the situation around her, so she ordered Little Four to finish what he didn't complete yesterday night. At the same time, she reminded Little Four to be careful to not let the god-class hacker notice him again.

Little Four arrogantly told her that this would never happen again. One mistake was enough for him. If he was discovered by that hacker again, he wouldn't have the face to claim that he was the virtual god anymore.

Soon, Little Four started doing what he needed to do without arousing any suspicion, so Ling Lan just started wandering around the street blindly to waste some time. She then saw a bunch of people congregating in a certain area so she asked a passer-by what was happening there. The passer-by told her that this was the entrance to the venue to watch the mecha tournament. Those who didn't have a ticket to the tournament could enter the virtual world and watch the live broadcast by Mai'er Fa. It was as exciting as watching the match personally.

However, you need to buy a ticket to enter this venue too. The only thing different between the two venues was that the venue in the virtual world didn't have a seat limit unlike the venues in the real world. The number of people who could enter this venue was infinite.

Ling Lan followed the crowd and entered the venue curiously. She started watching the mecha tournament along with everyone.

In the emergency room, the staff members took the images of Ling Lan wandering around in the virtual world and started introducing to Li Yinfei what this invention could mean to the virtual world. Li Yinfei nodded her head fervently like a naive customer in front of a cunning salesperson. She seemed surprised and astounded at how advanced were the technologies in Mai'er Fa. Seeing Li Yinfei being all excited about their passion project, caused the workers to also feel excited. They wanted to show off even more things in front of their goddess.

On one side of the room, a purple light and a red light followed behind Li Yinfei into the tunnel where they were trapped in yesterday. In an afternoon worth of time, the damaged parts of the tunnel had been completely repaired. This scene made the two of them feel even more fearful of Mai'er Fa. They were very clear on how badly damaged the tunnel was yesterday.

When they saw Li Yinfei walking into the office area, they wanted to follow behind her. But, a person suddenly appeared at the entrance and smiled at them. They were familiar with this person in front of them. It was the old man who talked to them yesterday.

This was one of the limitations of a powerful offense element. They weren't able to hide perfectly like the other people who had the different elemental concepts. No matter how they integrate into the element, there would still be traces left behind. The faint red light and the purple light in the air might be probably what exposed them.

When the two people saw the old man, they knew they were exposed. They wanted to go back into the tunnel but another middle-aged man had appeared behind them.

They could hear their hearts dropped. Their path of retreat was blocked. It looked like their enemy had prepared for the appearance beforehand.

It made sense. How could they not improve their security after letting a stranger in? Maybe they had already expected that they would make use of Li Yinfei's visit to sneak into the office.

"My young master sends an invitation to you two." The old man guided them in a certain direction.

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran had no choice but to turn back into their human form.

"Who is your young master?" Tang Ningyu raised one of his eyebrows and asked. They sneaked in twice and got invited twice. These people must be using them for something. However, this might be their chance too.

"Young Master said that someone interrupted us last night so we can't start the game properly. Now, he wants to invite you to continue the game." As expected, it was the same bunch of people as yesterday.

Tang Ningyu looked at Mu Chaoran. Mu Chaoran shrugged. He would follow what Tang Ningyu decided

Tang Ningyu was a decisive mission. Since he couldn't run away, why don't they take the risk and see how it goes.

The two of them followed the old man into a lift. They entered the mecha tournament venue. The old man led them to a door and took out a card. He swiped it into a machine beside the door and the door opened, revealing two magnificent ace mechas.

"Young master said that as long as you managed to get top three in the mecha tournament, you'll win the game." The old man smiled as he took out two mecha keys from his pocket and passed it to Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran.

"Aren't you afraid that we'll run away with the mechas?" Tang Ningyu asked coldly.

"You can try." The old man smiled without any trace of fear.

"I guessed that there's a system that can remotely control the mechas" Mu Chaoran looked at the center of the arena where a web-like object could be seen.

"Very surprising for someone from the Flying Dragon Special Forces to be so smart. Since we dared to host a mecha tournament, we must have the necessary measures against them." The old man wasn't worried when their plan was found out.

"If you want it to be an ace mecha, it will be an ace mecha. If you don't want it to be an ace mecha, it will just be a pile of rubbish." Mu Chaoran sneered.

That was the only reason why they didn't mind lending them the ace mechas. No matter how strong a mecha was, it was useless against a device that curbed it.

"We'll participate in this game." Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu took the key off the old man's hand.

Their lives were in the hands of their opponents. It was not an option to reject them.

"However, we request that we can't be in the same group until the finals." Tang Ningyu added on. He didn't want to fight with Mu Chaoran before the finals started.

"Don't worry. Mailer Fa won't do such a despicable thing," the old man smiled and replied.

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran boarded their mechas after the old man's assuring reply. They started getting used to their mechas. Even though they were close to becoming an imperial operator, this was still an unfamiliar mecha so they needed some time to get familiar with it. Plus, entering the top three wasn't easy. Based on their knowledge, the highest level of mecha operator in this tournament was ace mecha master. However, due to the format being a life-or-death battle, many operators who were a step away from imperial level would join to get enlightened at the last moment and advance to become an imperial operator.

Many ace mecha masters who got stuck at the doors of imperial level would hide their identities and enter the mecha tournament. Therefore, this wasn't a tournament that they could mess around and win.

All these people were worthy opponents they had to beat.

While Ling Lan was watching the mecha tournament, she suddenly remembered the time when she entered the virtual world for the first time and watched a mecha tournament with Li Lanfeng who had dressed in a black gown. That was her first time watching a mecha tournament. After that, she worked hard and became one of the most renowned mecha operators.

When Ling Lan just came to the venue, a match had just ended. The host of the match started firing up the emotions of the audience for the next battle, as the first ace mecha battle was starting

Ling Lan looked at the arena with interest. She saw a Federation-made ace mecha entering the arena. On the other side, a Caesar-made ace mecha stepped in. The battle between the mechas of the two most powerful nations in the galaxy caused the audience to become even more excited. Screams and shouts filled up the venue. Everyone was supporting the mecha they liked.

"Now, let's invite Dark Flame from the Federation to fight against Fox from Caesar."

Even the two mecha operators were from these two countries. The atmosphere got even more rousy. The entire place seemed to be burning with enthusiasm.

"Boss, do you know who Dark Flame is?" When Little Four heard that the mecha operator was from the Federation, he went to do more research. To his surprise, it was someone he knew.

"Since you asked, it must be someone I know. Someone I know in Mai'er Fa… it had to be the two of them. Is it Mu Chaoran?" Ling Lan thought for a moment and got her answer.

"Erm, Boss, how did you know?" Little Four felt frustrated.

"If I don't know this person, you wouldn't have asked me. You would have told me the name directly." Ling Lan understood Little Four very well. "Hence, it had to be someone I know. It can't be someone from 250 Ace Mecha Clan as they're all in the military. Unless someone has a mission…"

"However, since they sent people from the Flying Dragon Special Forces over, the Federation wouldn't send anyone to interrupt them. That means it can only be Mu Chaoran or Tang Ningyu. The name 'Dark Flame' is more suitable for Mu Chaoran. Based on Tang Ningyu's character, he would probably choose a name like Purple Lightning or Ray of Light." It had to be said that Ling Lan had a good understanding of these two people, although she had only interacted with them for one month.

Little Four said without any energy in his voice, "Yes, it's Mu Chaoran. However, didn't he come for a mission? Why is he participating in this tournament?"

Ling Lan frowned. By right, he shouldn't enter this competition.

"Maybe he was forced too." She remembered how they got trapped yesterday night. Their opponent didn't kill them but bring them away. She thought of something. "Mailer Fa's aim is them!"

It didn't make sense for Mailer Fa to invite Li Yinfei into their office area. Only this reason could explain everything.

Chapter 1028 It Should Be It!

As the first showing of an ace mecha battle, Mu Chaoran's opponent would obviously be a powerful ace mecha master. He had reached the peak level of ace mecha master so he was intending to use this opportunity to advance to imperial mecha operator.

However, this was not the last match so the mecha operator from Caesar didn't expect to meet such a powerful opponent right at the start.

As for Mu Chaoran, he knew from the start that he had to enter the top three so he fought with all his might.

One was unprepared while the other fought to his best. Furthermore, Mu Chaoran's mecha piloting skill was already a level higher than his opponent. If his opponent had prepared beforehand, he might have a chance against Mu Chaoran. Unfortunately, he was caught unprepared. His carelessness gave Mu Chaoran an opportunity to immediately suppress his opponent.

Unsurprisingly, the mecha operator from Caesar lost within a few rounds. Mu Chaoran returned to backstage and ejected out from his mecha. Unlike how smooth the match went, he appeared haggard and soaked in perspiration when he got ejected out. He seemed a little tired.

"How do you feel?" Tang Ningyu asked.

"They're all very experienced mecha operators. This won't be an easy tournament." Mu Chaoran didn't have his usual smile on his face. He was extremely serious now.

Tang Ningyu nodded. He didn't continue speaking. He just turned his head to the arena as new mecha operators were entering the arena.

In a small room, Su Pei and Xiao Yiqiu were watching the match too. Su Pei's face turned pale after the first match.

"Yiqiu, is everyone as strong as them?" If that was the case, they would just get beaten up in this tournament.

"If they aren't so powerful, why are we taking part in this battle?" Xiao Yiqiu dashed Su Pei's hope.

"Yiqiu, I might not be able to win a single match." Although he was able to become an ace operator because of Xiao Yiqiu's help, he didn't have any experience at all. Would he be able to compete against these experienced and vicious mecha operators?

"Su Pei, don't you want to enter the Flying Dragon Special Forces?" Xiao Yiqiu stopped smiling and turned stern. "We will be going through a harsh assessment. Those examiners might be even stronger than these people. If we are frightened by the mecha operators here, how are we going to face the examiners from the Flying Dragon Special Forces?"

Su Pei's nervousness disappeared after his words. He turned resolute again. Xiao Yiqiu turned his face to the other side and gave an evil and vicious expression. When he turned back, he had a bright smile on his face.

Just as Little Four told her that he was done, Ling Lan had just finished watching a battle. Just to lessen more suspicion on her, she stood up and walked around some more before she left quietly. In the next second, she opened her eyes and she was back in the real world.

"How is it?" Li Yinfei asked in concern.

"It's amazing." Ling Lan exclaimed. She appeared mesmerized by Mai'er Fa's technology. "Miss Li, you should try it."

Li Yinfei appeared enticed but she quickly controlled her desires and shook her head. "Nevermind. You've tried it already." She turned to the representative of Mailer Fa and thanked him. "Thank you for your arrangements. I'm really happy to see the most advanced technology of Mai'er Fa."

"Miss Li, don't you want to take a closer look?" The representative of Mai'er Fa smiled and asked.

Li Yinfei shook her head. "This is enough. It's better for both the host and the guest to enjoy themselves." She gave a half-smile to the representative of Mai'er Fa. "Don't you think so?"

The standard smile of the representative's face turned more sincere as he replied, "Miss Li, you make sense."

It seemed like Li Yinfei wasn't a brainless beauty. She knew her position well and knew when she should stop. This meant that they didn't need to try to hide their secret from her. She knew what she shouldn't ask.

Hence, under the guidance of the representative of Mailer Fa, Li Yinfei and Ling Lan left the office area and returned to the ground level.

Li Yinfei's manager and her bodyguards were waiting for her below. Although Li Yinfei vented her anger on them because of Min'er and didn't bring them into the office area, they couldn't leave Li Yinfei like this. If they stopped servicing her, the family head of the Li family would punish them even if Li Yinfei didn't.

When Li Yinfei came down, they hurriedly went up to welcome her. Min'er wanted to go forward too but Li Yinfei's face turned cold when she saw her. She turned and asked her manager, "Why is she still here?"

"Young miss, I'm sorry. I was possessed just now and said something I shouldn't have. I didn't mean what I say. Please give me one more chance." Min'er wanted to rush forward but was stopped by Li Yinfei's cold gaze. She could only cry on the spot.

Li Yinfei ignored Min'er entirely. She looked at Ling Lan and said calmly, "Little Yang, your young miss is waiting for you. Hurry up and go back."

Don't wash your dirty linen in public. Li Yinfei didn't want Little Yang to see their fight.

Ling Lan quickly nodded and ran off.

Li Yinfei looked at Min'er and said, "I'll go to the washroom first. I'll decide what to do with you after I come out." When she was talking, a vicious look appeared on her face. Min'er was shocked. Her young miss always liked to act like a good person. Did she give up on her act?

"Oh… I understand." Li Yinfei's manager was stunned by her expression too. He nodded and looked at Min'er with pity. He seemed to be telling her that she was unable to escape from this crisis.

If Li Yinfei wanted to maintain her kind act, Min'er might be saved. However, from the looks of it now, Li Yinfei didn't want to continue with her act anymore. That meant that Min'er was dead.

Li Yinfei walked into the huge washroom. There were more than 20 cubicles in it. A faint black light was coming from one cubicle, but everyone was disregarding this abnormal cubicle. No one was trying to enter it. It seemed as though this cubicle didn't exist.

Li Yinfei walked to the back and tapped the door with her finger. A black light could be seen on her finger.

The black light disappeared suddenly.

At that moment, someone appeared beside Li Yinfei. It was Ling Lan.

"What do we do now?" Li Yinfei lowered her voice and asked.

"Create a memory." Ling Lan smiled.

Li Yinfei's expression froze. She looked at Ling Lan with a dumbfounded expression. She seemed stunned by what Ling Lan said.

"One of my innate talents," Ling Lan said indifferently.

The astonishment in Li Yinfei's eyes disappeared. She lifted her finger and tapped on the door again. The door opened by itself and revealed Li Yinfei who was sitting unconscious on the toilet seat.

There were two Li Yinfei!

The person that brought Ling Lan in wasn't Li Yinfei. It was Li Lanfeng. When Li Yinfei entered the washroom, she was knocked unconscious by Li Lanfeng and placed inside the last cubicle. To make sure that no one would find her, Li Lanfeng used his domain concept and virtualized the last cubicle, including the person sitting inside while he brought her into his virtual world, away from the real world.

Unless an imperial stage domain realm master entered the washroom, no one would discover this secret. Moreover, this was a female washroom, male domain realm masters couldn't enter. As for female domain realm masters, Ling Lan was the only one.

Li Lanfeng did everything secretly so no one knew what happened. Hence, no one would discover the hidden cubicle.

Ling Lan looked at the unconscious Li Yinfei. She placed her index finger on Li Yinfei's forehead. After a few seconds, she retracted her finger. She looked at Li Lanfeng and the two of them slowly disappeared in front of Li Yinfei.

Around ten seconds later, Li Yinfei opened her eyes. Her gaze was piercing. She walked out of the washroom and said to her manager angrily, "I don't want to see her again. Make her disappear in front of me."

Then, she returned to her room with her bodyguards. The memory of her bringing Little Yang into the office area as well as the conversation between her and the representative of Mailer Fa had all been implanted in her mind. She would feel that everything Li Lanfeng did was what she did. If not one realized that her memory was altered, no one would know that Li Lanfeng pretended to be Li Yinfei.

In the most luxurious VIP room, Sword Monarch suddenly opened his eyes. He felt the aura of the imperial realm formidable warrior who fought with him yesterday. However, the aura only appeared for a second before it disappeared without a trace. He knew that the other party was near him but he just couldn't find his exact position.

In a certain virtual pod, a middle-aged man lying inside it frowned. He seemed puzzled. "Why can't I find any traces of him? Who on earth is he? Although I can't find any evidence, my instinct tells me that someone came to the main core and took some things away. Damn it, I can't find anything."

'Is there another hacker that is more powerful than a god-class hacker in this world?' The middle-aged man quickly disregarded this thought. If this person was more powerful than a god-class hacker, he could only be the virtual god, and that was impossible.

Although the middle-aged man denied this thought, he still didn't know which mysterious hacker launched an attack on Mai'er Fa. In the end, he could only sigh and suppressed his curiosity.

In the middle of the night, a black figure entered Li Lanfeng's room.

Li Lanfeng quickly sat up and said in a low voice, "You're here."

"Yes. Sword Monarch was present in the afternoon so I didn't want to take the risk to talk to you." Ling Lan didn't feel embarrassed about entering a man's room in the middle of the night. She acted naturally. Maybe she had forgotten that she was a lady. Or maybe Li Lanfeng's beauty made her forget that Li Lanfeng was a man.

"When I entered the virtual world to watch the mecha tournament, I went to look for information about the Magic Ace Mecha Clan, including their mission that year." Ling Lan sent Li Lanfeng a virtual photograph. There was an elegant and handsome man on it. He looked around 40 years old.

"Who is this?" Li Lanfeng asked curiously. He was unfamiliar with this person.

"He is the mission of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan that year. They were tasked to watch over this person carefully," Ling Lan replied.

"Who is this? Why is he so important that the Federation sent a titled super mecha clan to watch over him?" Li Lanfeng frowned. No matter how he looked at the person, he didn't look like a powerful domain realm master or a formidable mecha operator.

"Huang Yaobing. He is not famous to the public but in the upper echelons of people in the Federation, he is quite well-known. Have you heard of the Son of God project?" Ling Lan asked seriously.

"The Son of God project?" Li Lanfeng exclaimed in surprise. He had heard his grandfather mentioning this before but no matter how he pestered his grandfather for more information, his grandfather never told him anything about it. He even reminded Li Lanfeng to forget about this to prevent himself from getting into trouble.

"That year, the Federation wanted to create a batch of Son of Gods. Once they become adults, they would be able to become domain realm masters or pseudo god-class mecha masters. This project was initiated 25 years ago. However, five years later, the project got banned. Huang Yaobing was the person-in-charge of this project. When the project got banned, he remained quiet for five years. 15 years ago, he was requested to come to Mai'er Fa to experience the gambling culture here. The Federation thought for a long time and decided to agree to his request. To keep him safe, the Federation sent the Magic Ace Mecha Clan to disguise as his bodyguards…" Ling Lan told him the truth about the mission of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan.

"By right, a person like Huang Yaobing shouldn't be able to leave the nation. When the Federation agreed to let him out, there was already something wrong. Plus, they didn't send any imperial realm formidable warrior to protect and watch over him. Instead, they just sent a titled ace mecha clan. In Mailer Fa, there are many restrictions on a mecha clan. Sending an imperial realm formidable warrior was a much better choice than sending a mecha clan over." Ling Lan voiced out her doubts.

"Did the Magic Ace Mecha Clan really took the mission by coincidence?" Li Lanfeng expressed his opinion. "I feel that we have to find all the mission the Magic Ace Mecha Clan took in the past and compared it to this mission. This is the only way we'll find the truth."

"You are right, so I've compiled all the missions that Magic Ace Mecha Clan took part in the past. This is the list of their mission they took part in after they became a mecha clan." Ling Lan sent another file to Li Lanfeng.

"I think that we only have to look at the mission during the last five years. If there's a problem, five years is the longest period of time anyone could bear." Ling Lan continued, "Actually, I think looking at the mission they took within their last year is enough. However, to prevent any errors, I checked back into their last five years."

"One year is indeed enough. Exterminating the Magic Ace Mecha Clan is not a small matter. The other party definitely couldn't bear with them for five years. One year is probably the maximum. I even think that a year might be too long. The longer they dragged on, the higher the possibility of their secret getting exposed. If my guess is correct, the Magic Ace Mecha Clan might have accidentally found out about a secret the higher authorities wanted to protect." Li Lanfeng agreed with Ling Lan's prediction.

The two of them looked through the mission in their last years before the Magic Ace Mecha Clan was annihilated. They pointed to a mission at the same time and shouted, "This is

it!"

Chapter 1029 Support!

Their fingers touched. Li Lanfeng looked at Ling Lan and smiled. Ling Lan almost got dazzled by his smile.

Ling Lan calmly reminded him with a cold face, "You don't have to smile in front of people whom you trust. That is a bad habit."

Ling Lan thought about it carefully before continuing, "It's dangerous.��

'Damn it! Even I can't handle your smile. Blood, please don't come out of my nose. To maintain my reputation as their boss, I must stop this demon from smiling in front of me!'

Ling Lan didn't believe in her resistance against such a beautiful smile. Hence, she decided to completely stop it from happening instead.

Li Lanfeng was touched by Ling Lan's words of concern. It warmed up his stone-cold heart. Only Ling Lan was able to warm his heart. Li Lanfeng never wanted to let go of this feeling. He wanted more of it. He even had the desire to keep all this warmth to himself.

However, he knew that if he really did it, Ling Lan would stray further from him. Damn it, he took Ling Lan as his most important companion and confidant but Ling Lan had her family and friends. Her family and her friends were more important than him.

Why couldn't he be satisfied? Li Lanfeng hated his selfishness and greed. However, no matter how he tried to convince himself, this selfish thinking wouldn't disappear. The longer he stayed beside Ling Lan, this selfishness and greed got even stronger. This was why he followed Ling Lan to Mai'er Fa even though he knew that she might be angry. He wanted to become more important to Ling Lan. He wanted to become the most important person in Ling Lan's heart.

He didn't know when he would be satisfied, but he knew he wasn't satisfied now, he wanted more. This was not enough at all. Maybe one day, when their friendship reached a certain point, he would be satisfied.

Li Lanfeng tried to suppress his emotions but this feeling of something in the throat was suffocating. He took a few deep breaths secretly to calm himself down. He knew that Rabbit didn't like it when her comrades got too emotional. Freaking out about this kind of thing would just make him look irrational to Ling Lan. He understood Ling Lan's liking so he wouldn't make such a low-level mistake in front of her. He wouldn't let Rabbit have any bad impression of him.

Li Lanfeng threw away his thoughts and coldly said, "It looks like our thoughts are the same. We both think that there's something amiss with this mission."

"They wouldn't be able to interact with the higher authorities of the military in other missions. This is the only mission that they could." Ling Lan continued, "The Flying Dragon Special Forces was assigned to this mission. At first, we thought that the military realized something was wrong with the annihilation of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan so they sent the Flying Dragon Special Forces to prevent other higher authorities from meddling with this affair or to make sure that this matter was attended to seriously. But, from the looks of it now, it might not be the

case."

"The mission for the Flying Dragon Special Forces might be a smoke bomb." Li Lanfeng went into deep thought.

Ling Lan smiled coldly. "It might not be a smoke bomb. It might be like a robber acting like a cop."

Li Lanfeng narrowed his eyes. "Are you saying that there's a problem with the Flying Dragon Special Forces? But, the problem is the Flying Dragon Special Forces!"

The Flying Dragon Special Forces belonged to the military but their top chain of command was with the three marshals. Plus, the Flying Dragon Special Forces had the power to watch over the other regiment commander of the various mecha clans in the military. Once they noticed a problem with a regiment commander, they would be able to arrest the regiment commander with the warrant from one of the three great marshals.

Thus, the commander of the Flying Dragon Special Forces mustn't belong to any factions of the three great marshals. He was an independent faction. He must maintain a neutral position in order to complete the mission given to the Flying Dragon Special Forces.

If something went wrong with the Flying Dragon Special Forces… a chill went up Li Lanfeng's spine. He looked up at Ling Lan and said sternly, "Rabbit, we can��t interfere with this matter." They couldn't even get near on this matter. If not, they would get implicated and might even die from it.

Ling Lan felt that this matter was troublesome too. At first, she thought that this case only affected the higher authorities of the military. The person behind everything might be as powerful as her father. However, after going through all the information they received, the waters behind this was too deep. It might drown her and her father.

Ling Lan clenched her fist tightly. She paced around Li Lanfeng's room. Her mind was working furiously. If she interfered with this matter, would there be more benefits or risks?

"This could explain why Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran got eyed on the moment they entered Mailer Fa. They were abandoned by the Flying Dragon Special Forces from the beginning." Ling Lan gritted her teeth angrily.

Although she only interacted Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran for a short while, she had a good impression of them. She knew that they were loyal to the Federation and were two of the most outstanding soldiers of the new generation.

To her, these people would become the pillars of the Federation after they grew up. Such talents were precious so the Federation should nurture them carefully. But, due to some people's selfish desires, they forsook such exceptional fresh blood of the Federation. Ling Lan felt really bad for them.

"Are you saying that Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran were abandoned the moment they accepted the mission?" Li Lanfeng felt that the matter was bad but he didn't expect it to be so terrible.

"By right, with Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran's stealth abilities, it would be hard for the people in Mai'er Fa to discover them within such a short time even if they knew that some people were sent over to investigate the annihilation of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan. The only reason this could be possible was, they knew that the people that were sent over were Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran. Hence, finding them would be easy." Ling Lan explained, "From the start, I didn't understand why Mai'er Fa didn't find you but found Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu instead. You took the mission before them but they found the two of them easily instead of you. Now, I know."

Li Lanfeng nodded. He was still too naive. He didn't think too much about these dark dealings. He looked at Ling Lan with admiration. Once again, he felt the difference between him and Ling Lan. There were still many things he had to learn from her.

"Why didn't Mailer Fa kill Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran?" Li Lanfeng agreed with Ling Lan's prediction but as an adviser, he still had to be careful about the loopholes in her prediction.

"This is why I didn't suspect them at the start. By right, since they had already forsaken Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran, they wouldn't bother with how Mailer Fa treated them." Ling Lan frowned. She felt that there were still some things she hadn't seen through in this matter. This could be the key to everything.

"However, we should be glad that Mai'er Fa didn't want to kill Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran now. But, no one knew what would happen in the future." Ling Lan felt relieved for the two of them. If not, she might not be able to help them yesterday night. They would have already been killed by Sword Monarch if they didn't want them to live.

"Do you think that Mai'er Fa is taking pity in their talent so they asked them to enter the mecha tournament? They might want to use them to increase the excitement for the mecha tournament." Li Lanfeng raised another possibility.

"Use them?" Ling Lan felt enlightened by these words. She felt that she was about to grasp something. She repeated, "Use them?"

There were many ways to increase the excitement for the mecha tournament. It was not a good idea to let these two pieces of chess to take part in the mecha tournament, as they possessed a threat to them. Unless, there were some underlying reasons.

To become the leader of the new generation, the mecha piloting skills of these people must be at pseudo imperial level. They might not be the match of those experienced and sly ace mecha masters but their mecha piloting skills could offer good practice for those rising stars.

Practice! Ling Lan felt that she had uncovered the mist covering up this problem.

"Little Four, find all the rising stars that are participating in this mecha tournament." She finally felt that she might have had a breakthrough in this complex situation. It might be useless but she still hoped that she was able to find something.

"I understand." Little Four quickly went to do research. Very soon, he created a list of all the rising stars and gave it to Ling Lan.

"These are all the rising stars the other nations and various factions are grooming. Help me take a look. Who do you think are under Mai'er Fa?" Ling Lan passed the list to Li Lanfeng. She trusted Li Lanfeng's judgment.

Li Lanfeng looked through the list and frowned. He couldn't see anything from this name list.

Because of Xiao Yiqiu, Su Pei used a different identity to participate in this tournament. Hence, their pictures and personal details on the list had nothing to do with their real identity.

"If there's really someone from Mai'er Fa, based on their prudence nature and the fact that they are the host, they might have altered the personal details of their candidates." Li Lanfeng thought of this possibility.

Ling Lan nodded. She said in a low voice, "I have this thought too but I still hope that they will make some careless mistakes. It seems like I'm hoping for too much."

"Boss, don't worry. The personal details might be problematic but the real person will have to appear soon anyways. I'll keep my eyes on the arena." Little Four saw Ling Lan sighing so he quickly consoled his boss.

"Okay. I'll leave it to you." She saw Little Four's excited look so she didn't want to douse his enthusiasm. She didn't think that Little Four would be able to get anything out of watching the arena, but nothing was impossible. What if he really found something?

Little Four was excited when his boss gave him such an important task. He went off hurriedly to watch over the arena. Of course, he didn't forget to evade the stupid god-class hacker. He couldn't act boldly like last time so the areas he could control got smaller.

"What should we do now?" Li Lanfeng looked at the list again. They couldn't find any clues so he asked Ling Lan about their next actions.

"Let's give up Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran's trails for now." Since they couldn't get anything from this line of thought, Ling Lan let go of it.

"Let's look at the mission the Magic Ace Mecha Clan took that time. Their mission was to help the Flying Dragon Special Forces as they retreat. Something might have happened while they were protecting the Flying Dragon Special Forces. What did they see and what did they discover? What made the higher authorities of the Flying Dragon Special Forces lay their hands on the Magic Ace Mecha Clan one month after this mission? Why did they annihilate the Magic Ace Mecha Clan with the help of Mai'er Fa?"

"We know that the higher authorities of the Flying Dragon Special Forces already had contacts with Mailer Fa." Li Lanfeng understood what Ling Lan wanted to say.

"Not only that, they even sent Huang Yaobing out successfully and passed him to Mai'er Fa. The annihilation of the Magic Ace Mecha Clan allowed Huang Yaobing to disappear, creating the illusion that he was dead." Ling Lan said seriously. "I suspect that the Son of God project never ended. They just changed their base of operation."

Ling Lan asked Little Four to look up Huang Yaobing. She realized that he was suspected to be dead.

When Ling Lan passed the information of Huang Yaobing to Li Lanfeng, Li Lanfeng managed to guess what happened that year.

"Killing two birds with one stone! The person who set up this scheme is amazing. If we didn't look up the Magic Ace Mecha Clan again, we might have been fooled by him." Li Lanfeng was thoroughly shocked by this finding. He realized that there were many clever people who specialized in schemes. He needed to work even harder now to catch up to them.

"If Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran died in Mailer Fa while investigating the Magic Ace Mecha Clan, what would the military do?" Ling Lan suddenly asked Li Lanfeng.

He thought for a moment and replied, "There might be two results. First, they will be furious and break ties with Mai'er Fa. Second, they might give up the investigation because they knew that the waters here are too deep."

"Breaking ties on the surface is the best form of cooperation." Ling Lan was determined to get to the bottom of this.

"You mean that they would pretend to be very furious?" Li Lanfeng's eyes lit up. He seemed to understand something.

"Then, the suspicion on them would just wash away," Ling Lan lowered her voice and said.

Ling Lan paced around the room again. After some time, she made a decision. "I'll inform my father to investigate the higher authorities of the Flying Dragon Special Forces."

"Leader!" Li Lanfeng stood up in shock. Although he was attempting to uncover the secret behind the Magic Ace Mecha Clan with Ling Lan, it didn't mean that he supported interfering with this matter.

"Lanfeng, there are some things I have to do. I can't betray my heart." Ling Lan's gaze were resolute as she said, "This is my path!"

Li Lanfeng was unable to persuade Ling Lan when he saw her resolute gaze. He knew that once Ling Lan made a decision, she would complete it even if she had to risk her life. The battle on Planet Haijiao was an instance of this trait.

"I understand. I fully support you," Li Lanfeng said seriously. Since Ling Lan made her decision, he would support her no matter what it took.

"Thank you, Lanfeng." Ling Lan smiled at Li Lanfeng. Li Lanfeng was stunned by the smile. He realized that Ling Lan's smile was as enchanting as his smile. Even with all the scars on her face, they were unable to hide her charisma.

Chapter 1030 Be Careful!

Ling Lan immediately asked Little Four to contact Ling Xiao and she told him what they had discovered.

Ling Xiao's gentle smile slowly disappeared as she was explaining her presumptions. That gentle dad-like aura disappeared from his body and instead, the aura he was exuding was regal and serious, very fitting for someone of such a high caliber. At first, he thought that the mineral veins were already troublesome enough. He didn't expect his daughter to get involved in another even more troublesome matter. Compared to this matter, the mineral veins were nothing.

Ling Xiao looked at the cold-looking Ling Lan and took a deep breath to calm himself down. He was convinced that his daughter was a magnet to troublesome matters. No matter where she went, she would always meet some sort of trouble.

He needed to become stronger. If not, he wouldn't be able to handle all the problems his daughter threw at him. He didn't want his image as an omnipotent father to crash and burn.

"My words are still the same. Leave Mailer Fa to me. If you can, leave Mai'er Fa and come back home." Ling Xiao believed that his daughter wouldn't act rashly but her attractiveness towards troubles might cause them to look for her. It was safer for her to just stay at home.

He glanced coldly at Li Lanfeng who was wearing a mask and standing beside his daughter. He was the culprit. He was the one who led his precious daughter his astray. His instincts were right. This person was 'dangerous' for his daughter.

Ling Xiao's impression of Li Lanfeng dropped drastically. He never interfered with his daughter's life but if he could, he wanted to force him away from Ling Lan. Ling Xiao ascertained the fact that he didn't like Li Lanfeng once again.

Ling Lan shook her head decisively. "Father, I'll not go back before the mecha tournament ends. However, I've asked Lanfeng to give up his mission. We won't interfere with this matter voluntarily. We'll wait for your notice."

Ling Xiao understood what Ling Lan wanted to say. If they continued provoking their opponent, they might attack them.

Ling Xiao saw the firm look in Ling Lan's eyes and knew that he couldn't force her on the matter. This was Ling Lan's belief. If he stopped her, she might get affected mentally. It would also affect her growth in the future.

"Be careful then." Ling Xiao could only end their conversation with this sentence.

After her daughter's face disappeared on his screen, Ling Xiao continued staring at the black virtual screen for a moment before he released a long drawn-out sigh.

"It looked like I have to hasten my pace.�� Ling Xiao's gaze turned ruthless. He wanted to do things slowly but the information Ling Lan brought back again and again allowed him to understand that he didn't have the time anymore.

He knew that one of the reasons why Ling Lan didn't want to come back was because she didn't want to affect his plan. Most people already knew that Ling Lan went out of the Federation. Once she returned, a lot of attention would be placed on them again, increasing the pressure on his shoulders, making him not be able to carry out his plan.

Ten days passed. Within these ten days, the normal ace mecha masters who participated in this tournament got gradually eliminated. Besides some extremely lucky ace mecha operators, most of those that remained were mecha operators who were close to becoming an imperial operator.

In one of the matches, two ace mecha masters got worked up and started attacking each other's vital points without caring about the rules of the tournament. In the end, one was seriously injured while the other died in battle. The mecha tournament turned bloody all of a sudden.

However, this was what attracted gamblers. The wagers and stakes started increasing. To them, only life-or-death battles were exciting enough to battle high.

In a special room, Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran laid on their beds opposite each other. Compared to ten days ago, they seemed even more tired.

"Our opponents are getting stronger," Mu Chaoran said indifferently.

"Yes. After those normal ace operators left, only the elites remained. Every single match is hard." Tang Ningyu relaxed his fingers. During one of his match today, he fell into the trap of his sly opponent. Fortunately, his hand speed was above the normal ace operator's level so he managed to dodge a lethal attack due to his extreme hand speed. If not, he might have lost.

He would not only lose, but he might also die. That attack was aimed at his vital point. If it hit him, he would be seriously injured.

Tang Ningyu managed to survive but he was injured too. The nerves on his fingers got hurt. When he moved his fingers, he would feel a stinging pain on fingers.

There were still many matches to fight tomorrow so he must recover tonight. If not, he would be in a dire state tomorrow. Fortunately, Mai'er Fa didn't take away their belongings. They restricted their actions and locked them up in a special room where they couldn't escape using their domain energy. However, they still have their recovery agents. They managed to survive until now due to these recovery agents from the Flying Dragon Special Forces.

But, the recovery agent supply was limited. Tang Ningyu appeared agitated and confused. They had lost contact with the Flying Dragon Special Forces for ten days. By right, the Flying Dragon Special Forces should have sent people to rescue them. Why didn't they receive any news from the Flying Dragon Special Forces

yet?

res.

Tang Ningyu knew the capabilities of the hackers from the Flying Dragon Special Forces. If they wanted to send any information out, they would and could find a way. The only possibility was, Chief Lin, who helped them with their fake identity, didn't know that they had disappeared. Hence, the Flying Dragon Special Forces didn't know that something had happened to them.

However, was this even possible? Based on what their superiors told them, Chief Lin was the most trustworthy person among all the people that worked with the Flying Dragon Special Forces. If such a trustworthy person betrayed the Flying Dragon Special Forces…

Tang Ningyu's heart turned cold. Mu Chaoran had also thought about the same thing. He had this thought much earlier than Tang Ningyu.

"We can't wait for death." Tang Ningyu understood the hand gestures Mu Chaoran was doing secretly. This was a game they invented when they were bored. However, it was put to

use now.

"But, there are enemies all around us. We have no chance." Tang Ningyu used hand gestures to reply to him. At the same time, he talked about the brutal fight that he had today. They started exchanging experiences just like last time.

"Can't you tell that our opponents had gotten more ruthless?" Mu Chaoran continued chatting with Tang Ningyu but his hand gestures showed how he truly felt. "They wanted to kill us now. They hope that we will die in the arena."

Chapter 1031 Chess Pieces!

Tang Ningyu agreed with Mu Chaoran's prediction. That was why he was agitated. Even with top of the line recovery agents, they were still unable to handle the intensity of the tournament. They had to participate in three battles every day, and the mecha tournament would last for one month. They wouldn't be able to last the remaining 20 days in their current conditions.

"There's no chance to escape after we come back to this place. The door of our resting area restricts our domain energy. There are also more than ten domain realm masters around us, and these people are not the fake domain realm masters on Planet Azure. They're real domain realm masters. Some are even titled domain realm formidable warriors. There's no way we can leave this place with just the two of us." Mu Chaoran used his hand gestures to tell Tang Ningyu what he observed during the past few days.

Tang Ningyu realized this too. "Our chance to escape is only during the mecha battle. Although the equipment in the arena can control our mechas, we can make use of the time after we ejected out of our mechas and before we reach our resting area."

Mu Chaoran remained silent. In theory, there was a chance to escape in that time frame but their success rate was just too low. The probability of them escaping in that time frame was only slightly higher than the probability of escaping from their resting area. Moreover, this success rate was built on the assumption that Sword Monarch wouldn't act.

"I hope that there aren't many titled domain realm formidable warriors around the arena. I also hope that Sword Monarch won't notice two small rats like us."

Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran had planned their escape but they weren't going to act immediately. Before they carry out their plan, they had to make many preparations to increase their chance of success.

The next day, the old man and the middle-aged man appeared as per normal and brought them to the arena. Only the two of them could be seen but Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu knew that there were many domain realm masters hiding around them watching over them. These people might not even plan to hide from them, as they could feel their presence and stares on their backs.

They walked into the mecha hold. When they were about to board their mechas, the old man suddenly stopped them.

"There's a new instruction today." The old man smiled.

Tang Ningyu frowned. He said coldly, "We've participated in the mecha tournament already. What else do you want? Don't get overboard."

His anger didn't affect the smile on the old man's face. He laughed and continued, "Actually, we really didn't want to make things difficult for you. However, Young Master Rong is not happy with your performance in the past few days."

"Didn't we win?" Tang Ningyu replied coldly.

"No. The mecha tournament is not about winning. If it's just about winning, why will it attract so many gamblers to come to Mai'er Fa?" The old man shook his head. "We need blood. Only blood will excite the gamblers."

When he saw the Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu scoffing, he knew that they didn't agree with this opinion. The old man's excited expression died down. He told Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran their new instructions. "Our Young Master Rong hopes that you can kill your opponent in the next round."

"What if we can't do it?" Mu Chaoran asked.

"If your opponent doesn't die, you will." The old man smiled coldly. "We don't want disobedient chess pieces here."

Mu Chaoran and Tang Ningyu's expression darkened. They had already felt their opponent's killing intent on them for the past few days but they didn't expect them to expose it so quickly.

"Hence, if you want to survive, you will follow the instructions by Young Master Rong carefully. Let me remind you again. You are able to live until now because Young Master Rong wants to play a game with you. If not, when we realized you are investigating Mailer Fa, we might have…" The old man swiped his neck with his hand. He looked at them as though they were corpses.

Tang Ningyu clenched his fist tightly. He forced his anger down. They didn't know the situation now so they couldn't act rashly.

"I understand. It's just killing a person. We'll do it." Mu Chaoran gave an evil smile. He appeared as though he had no qualms about becoming a murderer and killing someone he didn't know.

"A person who understands a situation is a wise man, and you are wise." The old man pretended to commend them before leaving.

Tang Ningyu looked at Mu Chaoran. He asked, "Have you really decided to?"

"The mecha masters who participated in this tournament have their own desires and motives too. Since their motives are not pure, they can't blame us for dying here." Mu Chaoran said calmly.

Tang Ningyu took a deep breath before turning around and entering his mecha. Although he didn't say anything to Mu Chaoran, Mu Chaoran knew that Tang Ningyu had accepted his decision.

On the other side, Su Pei and Xiao Yiqiu boarded their mechas too. Su Pei was lucky. All the opponents he met along the way were not strong. He only met some difficult but manageable opponents so he managed to survive until now.

What made him happy was, his mecha piloting skills improved through the tournament. At the start of the tournament, he was a mecha operator who had just became an ace mecha master. Now, he was a qualified ace mecha master who was able to pilot his mecha properly. After a few more matches, he might be able to improve even further. No wonder everyone said that the vicious battlefield allowed for mecha operators to grow quickly. After ten days of battles, Su Pei proved this point.

He looked at Xiao Yiqiu gratefully. If it wasn't for his best friend, he might not have participated in this mecha tournament. He wouldn't be able to improve so much either too.

Xiao Yiqiu felt Su Pei's grateful gaze at his back so he turned around and looked at him. Su Pei just smiled at him. Xiao Yiqiu thought for a moment and walked over.

"Did you see your opponent's details yesterday night?" Xiao Yiqiu asked.

Su Pei nodded. "Yes." He managed to survive until now because Xiao Yiqiu gave him information and details about his opponent, allowing him to have an understanding of his opponent's attacks and the ultimate technique ahead of time.

"Your opponent, Dark Flame, is very powerful. Many well-liked candidates lost to him. You can just try your best. If you feel like you're in danger, you can just admit defeat." Xiao Yiqiu reminded him out of concern.

"Don't worry. I feel that Dark Flame is not as ruthless as the other mecha operators. His opponents never got killed or severely injured. I'll be fine." Su Pei looked at Dark Flame's past matches. His mecha piloting was strange but his reputation was good. When he was aiming for his opponent's vital point, he would stop and change his attack the moment he noticed that his opponents couldn't handle it any longer. Hence, Su Pei was not worried that Dark Flame would suddenly change his style and kill him.

Chapter 1032 Unfortunate!

Although Xiao Yiqiu agreed with Su Pei, he still reminded him, "Although that person hadn't killed anyone before, anything could still happen in a tournament. You should still be careful."

"I know. If there isn't any hope of winning, I will just give up." Compared to Xiao Yiqiu's unwillingness to give up, Su Pei was clearly much smarter during certain situations. Once he knew that something wouldn't go his way, he wouldn't force it.

Soon, it was time for Su Pei to enter the arena. Xiao Yiqiu watched as Su Pei piloted his mecha and entered the arena. Xiao Yiqiu slowly formed a mocking sneer on his face. Suddenly his smile froze, then his face began twisting in pain. He only began to return to his original expression after a long while.

'Sh*t. Why is it every time I want to get rid of Su Pei, this body would react negatively and refuse to do so? What's wrong? Does the head not control the emotions?' Xiao Yiqiu held his aching head and thought with confusion.

Suddenly he remembered that Xiao Yiqiu had the innate talent, Bloodline Energy. Was it because of this that he was suffering from frequent headaches? Xiao Yiqiu smiled bitterly. Although he received a strong and rare bloodline innate talent, there was also a lot of trauma that came with it. Was this the price he had to pay for this innate talent?

However, this trauma will soon be resolved! Xiao Yiqiu looked at Su Pei, who was in the arena, with a coldness in his eyes. Every time his emotions were to fluctuate, it would be because of this person. As long as he kills of the root of the problem, he would be able to completely control this body.

Seeing Su Pei walk into the arena, Mu Chaoran's eyes were fixated on him. He originally hoped that he would face someone who was violent and easy to kill, that way he wouldn't feel too much guilt. However, the opponent standing in front of him was not that type of person. Mu Chaoran had seen how Su Pei fought before, and it showed that he was just a newbie. However, Su Peils piloting talents were quite okay for this tournament, but getting this far was because he got lucky… too lucky. He didn't face off against those merciless and bloodthirsty opponents and managed to get past the first 10 days of the tournament. He quickly developed into a qualified ace operator after the past ten days.

This person was probably a newcomer that a faction wanted to nurture… Mu Chaoran narrowed his eyes and thought about why that Young Master Rong wanted to kill this person?

Did that faction want this person to develop into someone that opposes the Flying Dragon Special Forces? Or perhaps there is a deeper meaning? Mu Chaoran began to be on guard. He decided to see first and then decide whether he should kill his opponent or not.

Su Pei knew that Dark Flame was very strong. It could be said that out of all the contestants who participated, Dark Flame was considered to be in the top 10 and was clearly stronger than him. If was just as what Su Pei had said to Xiao Yiqiu, when he knew that his next opponent was Dark Flame, he didn't think he had any chance of winning. However, to be able to battle with one of the strongest mecha operators in the tournament made Su Pei feel excited. He wanted to know just how much of a gap there was between him and these top mecha operators.

Thus, Su Pei used the tactic of timing his attacks at the very beginning!

Su Pei went around him with great agility and made a move when he saw an opening. If the attack didn't hit, he would back up quickly. Mu Chaoran nodded in admiration at his way of fighting him. It was indeed the smartest way for a weaker person to fight against a stronger person.

If a mecha operator wanted to end the battle quickly, they might become frustrated from Su Pei's sticky-candy like fighting style. However, Mu Chaoran wanted to watch for a bit. His opponent's fighting style was exactly what he wanted. He calmly played around with his opponent and didn't show that he was going to force an attack.

Just like that, a slow mecha battle had begun. After ten minutes, the two of them had only gone a few rounds. This made many gamblers yawn in boredom. Some even began to boo at them as they were not happy with how slow the two of them were fighting.

The warning sound echoed in the arena. This meant the two of them weren't allowed to continue fighting in that way.

Su Pei heard the warning sound and sighed. He knew that he couldn't wait anymore. He quickly piloted his mecha and pounced towards the still calm Dark Flame.

"Bang!" A large sword easily blocked Su Pei's sudden attack. Mu Chaoran originally thought his opponent would retreat again, but didn't think that after seeing he had no chance to win, Su Pei would put forth all of his strength and attacked him with a flurry of attacks.

Despite Su Pei's actions being a bit sudden, Mu Chaoran was still after all a pseudo imperial operator whose finger speeds surpassed the limits of an ace operator. A chain of speedy finger movements allowed him to block Su Pei's flurry of attacks smoothly.

Su Pei bit his lip in frustration when he saw all of his attacks were blocked easily. He then decided to use his last ultimate technique. If this technique got blocked by his opponent again, then he would surrender thereafter.

On the back of Su Pei's mecha, a beam saber suddenly got ejected out. Su Pei's mecha's left hand quickly grabbed onto it and sliced towards Mu Chaoran's cockpit that was on the shoulder area. The beam saber on his right hand was going from the bottom up, performing an uppercut towards Mu Chaoran's cockpit as well.

"Cross Chop!" This was a technique specially designed for ambidextrous mecha operators who could split apart their piloting ability and wield weapons in both hands.

Mu Chaoran's eyes narrowed and his finger speed increased even further. His hands were no longer visible in the cockpit.

"Bang, Bang!" Two crashing sounds were almost simultaneously heard.

Su Pei looked at his opponent with a stunned expression on his face, "How's that possible?!"

The mecha that Mu Chaoran was piloting was in a similar position as Su Pei's mecha. It held a large sword in each hand and performed a Cross Chop to perfectly block Su Pei's attack.

"Kill him!" Mu Chaoran had managed to avert the crisis. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the elder's cold voice echoed in his cockpit.

It was Mai'er Fa's people reminding him what he should do…

Mu Chaoran had a complicated expression for a moment. Then, the large sword on his left hand stabbed into Su Pei's cockpit without any hesitation.

"Shoo!" The large sword easily pierced through the cockpit. Mu Chaoran actually didn't feel anything blocking the sword. His expression instantly changed. Before anyone could discover his movements, the arm wielding the sword hilt changed the sword's direction slightly and diagonally sliced into cockpit towards the left in an instant.

Su Pei saw the large sword pierce his cockpit and then the right side of his body. Then through his cockpit once again…

Just then, he was about to surrender. However, Dark Flame, who usually never goes for the kill, actually didn't hesitate and went for it. This made him unable to have a chance to surrender!

Was this the end of his road? Su Pei actually wasn't afraid of death. He only regretted that he couldn't keep the promise he made with Xiao Yiqiu to return together and go with him to apply to the Flying Dragon Special Forces, then become comrades-in-arms.

"There's many things that I wanted to do. So unfortunate�� Yiqiu, I've disappointed you!" Su Pei held his abdomen as his blood gushed out. As his body started to turn cold, he slowly closed his eyes.

Xiao Yiqiu saw Su Pei get stabbed. Before he could breathe a sigh of relief, his heart began to ache. In his mind images of the time he and Su Pei spent together began to emerge. Although he wasn't the real Xiao Yiqiu, he still felt all the good Su Pei has done for Xiao Yiqiu…

Chapter 1033 Become Stronger!

Sometimes, he was envious of his body. How can such a man have such honest, sincere and trustworthy friends, but he himself couldn't get any friends?

A strong feeling of vengeance filled Xiao Yiqiu from within…

"Destroy him. Only when he dies, I will be able to completely control this body…"

"No, if I can perfectly disguise myself as Xiao Yiqiu, Su Pei will become my friend. His existence is beneficial to me and not an obstacle. He's not going to affect me…"

"Kill him. Otherwise, you will never be able to fuse with this body and always have this flaw."

The two different feelings were fighting against each other in Xiao Yiqiu's mind. Right at that moment, Mu Chaoran took out his large sword from Su Pei's mecha and the mecha fell to the floor. Blood slowly flowed out of the cockpit's crack, dyeing the entire arena into a blood red color.

"Yinrong, the so-called flaws are only your excuses. You want to kill him because you don't have any confidence. You're afraid that these feelings would affect you. You need to know that you are in control of your emotions and not someone else. If you actually killed Su Pei, then your soul would be actually become flawed…"

"Ah…" Xiao Yiqiu suddenly cried out in anger. A bloody hue instantly filled his vision. It was indeed Xiao Yiqiu's bloodline power activating.

"What are you all looking at! Save him." Xiao Yiqiu ran onto the arena as he shouted.

Seeing Xiao Yiqiu's expression, the elders and middle-aged men, who were watching the tournament in schadenfreude, had perplexed expressions on their faces. This was originally arranged by Young Master Rong, so why would he be angry?

However, knowing that Young Master Rong always had plans and had other sorts of arrangement, the elders decisively called the medical team to save Su Pei.

Seeing the medical team quickly enter the arena, Mu Chaoran turned around and walked off the arena.

After walking into his own mecha warehouse, Mu Chaoran then said coldly, "What's the meaning of this? If you wanted to me to kill my opponent, why would you send people to save him? Isn't bleeding to death like this good?" He knew that his words could be heard by those people.

These somewhat cruel words stunned Tang Ningyu, who was waiting on the side to go into the arena. Despite Mu Chaoran's somewhat sinister way of dealing with things, in reality, he respected the rules and had his morals, and would never do something over the top. Why did one fight change Mu Chaoran into a different person? What actually happened in the arena?

"Who told you to not kill him? Now our Young Master Rong suddenly doesn't want him to die." As expected, the elder responded to Mu Chaoran.

No one saw Mu Chaoran's expression turned warner when he heard Young Master Rong did not wanting his opponent to die. This result makes use of the last attack he had done with a slight meddling on his part. His large sword changed its direction by a fraction which allowed Su Pei evade certain death. It provided enough time for him to be saved.

There was no doubt that Mu Chaoran was betting on the faction behind his opponent. They wouldn't want to him to just die like that since they had already nurtured him. As long as that faction was strong enough to breed fear into Young Master Rong, then his opponent wouldn't die. The medical team would definitely appear.

However, Mu Chaoran, who was holding his words for a long time, sneered when he heard the elder's words, "A different day, a different decision. Your Young Master Rong is the same as well."

The elder didn't reply to these words. Soon, it was Tang Ningyu's turn to enter the arena. Perhaps Dark Flame suddenly dealing a death blow scared Tang Ningyu's opponent. He didn't even enter the arena and surrendered willingly. This made Tang Ningyu let out a sigh of relief. It was always good if he didn't need to kill people randomly.

After, the two of them battled in two more battles. It was good that that Young Master Rong didn't want to them to do crazy things. This way, they safely got past this day. Tang Ningyu and Mu Chaoran then used this time to look around the arena to make their next move more convenient.

Su Pei opened his eyes slowly. All he saw was darkness with light shining bright from above.

Suddenly, the darkness was lifted and a huge head appeared in front of him. It was Xiao Yiqiu.

"So I'm not dead." Su Pei just realized it. He was laying down in a treatment pod. He wanted to laugh. Unfortunately, when he laughed, he felt immense pain in his abdomen. His smiling face instantly broke and turned into a grimace.

"Don't laugh. Your injuries are mainly on your abdomen. If you laugh, it will open the wound up," Xiao Yiqiu said nervously.

"That fight really scared me. Who knew that Dark Flame would actually go for the kill. How despicable." Xiao Yiqiu became angry immediately after saying that as if he hated Dark Flame very much.

"You can't blame him. You said it before that in the arena, anything could happen. Perhaps me dragging out the fight in the beginning angered him." Su Pei didn't blame him.

Suddenly, he remembered something and instantly shouted, "Yiqiu, what about your arena battle?"

"You almost died. Do you think I could fight with a clear head?" Xiao Yiqiu said sadly.

Hearing this, Su Pei felt a warm wave of good feelings washed over his body. He blinked a few times and pushed back the tears that were about to come out. Then, he softly said, "Thank you, Yiqiu." In the end, it was still him who dragged Yiqiu down. With Yiqiu's potential, he would definitely be able to continue for a few more days and be able to gain more experience.

"What are you talking about. Just stay here and recover." Xiao Yiqiu patted Su Pei's forehead and smiled. "When you recover, we'll go back. After going through so many battles in the past few days, I think we should be close to the entry level of the Flying Dragon Special Forces. We promised we'd go together."

"I know. I will stay here and recover," Su Pei said happily. How lucky was he that he was still alive and could continue to work towards his promise? Su Pei was very grateful.

Xiao Yiqiu then stood up and said good-bye to Su Pei. He walked a few steps before he suddenly stopped at the door. He softly spoke as his back was turned towards Su Pei, "Sorry."

This 'sorry' was very very soft. It was like a whisper, but Su Pei heard it very clearly.

Before Su Pei could respond, Xiao Yiqiu quickly walked out of the treatment room.

Was it because he got injured that Yiqiu apologized to him?

Su Pei smiled warmly. How could he think that Yiqiu should apologize to him? Didn't Yiqiu arrange all of this tirelessly to help them develop quicker so that they could get into the Flying Dragon Special Forces to achieve their dream? Yiqiu had already done a lot for him. It was just Yiqiu wasn't a god. He couldn't make everything the way he wanted. He also couldn't know about the thoughts of others. How did his injuries make Yiqiu think that it was his responsibility?

Su Pei understood the good that Xiao Yiqiu had done for him. Even if he was to lose his life because of this, he wouldn't blame Xiao Yiqiu. He would only hate himself for not being strong enough and not be able to return the favor to Xiao Yiqiu.

However, he will have a chance to do that at some point!

Su Pei clenched his fist fiercely. The wound on his abdomen writhed in pain because he used too much force. However, this immense pain turned Su Pei calm and steeled his determination.

"I want to become strong! And become Yiqiu's most reliable and loyal friend!"