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Chapter 507 - Crisis!

Qiao Ting and the others were resting at the temporary camp. During this time, they had pretty much cleared out most of the headquarters in Area P. The ones that were left were some of the military academies that were their subordinates. Although the three academies had formed an alliance, in reality, the alliance was most likely made up of 15 to 16 military academies. This was also the reason why they could so easily clear out the two areas.

Qiao Ting was leaning on his control panel with his eyes closed. He was considering whether to go take a look in Area M now that Area P was stable. At that moment, he suddenly heard a beeping alert coming from his cockpit. He opened his eyes and looked. It seemed that his mecha had received a request for a call.

Qiao Ting glanced at the screen. This signal was the emergency signal of the three academies that they had previously agreed upon. He slightly raised his brows at this. What had happened to make them this anxious? He didn't hesitate and pressed down the button to receive the call.

"Qiao Ting, we need back up here. Please send a few battle teams to come help me." The mecha's screen showed a familiar figure. It was none other than the allied Third Men's Military Academy's commander, Yuan Su.

"What happened?" Yuan Su's anxiousness surprised Qiao Ting. He immediately sat up straight.

"The members who were defending Area M just sent a report. The allied forces of Area Q and M sent 14 battle teams to attack us in the Third Men's Military Academy's headquarters. If we only relied on our own defensive power, it's possible that we won't be able to hold." Yuan Su smiled bitterly as he said this. Although he knew the Second Men's Military Academy would not let go of their Area P and S, he hadn't thought that the opposition would do something so grand and so fast, pretty much catching them with their pants down. Also, with the opposition doing something like this, they were clearly not going to be cat-fighting like children. Rather, they were truly intent on taking down their headquarters and acquiring the victories the First Men's Military Academy's men had worked for.

Although they were competitors, Yuan Su didn't really harbor too much malice towards the Second Men's Military Academy. The only reason he had allied with the First Men's Military Academy and the First Co-ed Military Academy was to gain points and put an end to their curse of getting fourth place in the tournament every time. He didn't really want to make an enemy of the Second Men's Military Academy. However, he was fully angered by what the Second Men's Military Academy was doing.

"Okay, I understand. Have you contacted anyone from the First Co-ed Military Academy?" Qiao Ting asked with a serious face.

"I've contacted them, but in order to defend Area P, Lin Xiao can't lead a team himself. He did, however, inform two battle teams from Area S to change course and defend with us." Yuan Su informed Qiao Ting of Lin Xiao's arrangements.

"Understood." Qiao Ting hung up the video call, then pressed the team channel button and ordered, "All members, assemble!"

With this order, all of the members of Qiao Ting's battle team immediately turned on their engines and operated their mecha to where Qiao Ting was. His team was still composed of 24 people because all of them were special-class operators, and they had enough supplies and medicinal agents ready. Not one of them had been eliminated.

"Captain, are we going out to attack a headquarters?" the vice-captain asked excitedly. He had originally thought that there wouldn't be anything for them to do.

"No, we're going to Area S33," Qiao Ting replied as he turned on his engine.

The vice-captain was surprised. Wasn't that the headquarters of the Third Men's Military Academy? Was the captain preparing to attack an ally?

As though he had sensed his vice-captain's surprise, Qiao Ting glanced at him with a half-smile and said, "Yuan Su sent a call for help. The Second Men's Military Academy gathered up 14 battle teams to attack them. We're going there to help."

The vice-captain instantly had a head of cold sweat and said, "I see, I see!" How could he suspect that the captain would attack allies? The captain was an honest person… Of course, leading them to do sneak attacks on the battle teams in this area didn't count.

When all the members got ready to leave, the vice-captain looked at the encampment they had stayed in for almost two days. He couldn't help but ask, "If we're leaving, what are we doing about this temporary camp?"

Qiao Ting said indifferently, "It's only a temporary gathering stop. Whoever wants it, they can take it."

"Didn't Commander Ling tell us to create a fake headquarters to fool the other military academies? This…" The vice-captain was a bit hesitant.

"It's alright. The headquarters in the surrounding areas have already been pretty much all cleared out. Area P also has Lin Xiao defending it. He will defend against those military academies who are trying their best to defend their own headquarters. No one will attack our camp and they don't have the strength to do that either," Qiao Ting explained plainly. "On the other hand, if Area S33 is taken by the Second Men's Military Academy, not only would it hurt our alliance, it would also officially allow the Second Men's Military Academy to come into Area S and P. That would be a huge problem for us. I will definitely not let that happen."

If they won, the battle royale's final outcome would be pretty much set in stone. If the Second Men's Military Academy won, then it was possible that the entire situation of the battle royale would change and everything would be difficult to tell.

The vice-captain understood Qiao Ting's explanation. Qiao Ting had to go to Area S33. He needed to make sure the Third Men's Military Academy didn't fall, or else their First Men's Military Academy would become passive. The advantage that they had built up in the beginning could be all for naught and the result would become unpredictable.

And at this moment, while everyone in Area S and P were focused on Area S33, Jiang Shaoyu silently led six 12-man battle teams through Area S into Area P. They went around the furthest border and rapidly flew towards Area G.

In the monitoring room, starting from the noisy discussions to total silence, they were all making predictions. The First Men's Military Academy, the Second Men's Military Academy, the Third Men's Military Academy—which one of them would be the first to be dealt a crippling blow? On the surface it looked like the Third Men's Military Academy was in the most danger, but everyone knew that the First Men's Military Academy and the Second Men's Military Academy were the ones who were in real danger.

Right then, Ling Xiao frowned a bit. He knew very clearly that the battle strength of the defending forces for the First Men's Military Academy wasn't enough. Six battle teams were enough for the Second Men's Military Academy to take their headquarters down.

He glanced at Jianqiao Military Academy in Area Q. Now the only hope was for Ling Lan to be one step ahead of Jiang Shaoyu, take down their headquarters and eliminate the Second Men's Military Academy. Perhaps this was the way to avert this crisis. Of course, they had to hope that Jiang Shaoyu's battle team didn't have allied forces, or everything would be unpredictable…

"Qiao Ting has moved out. The direction he's heading towards… is the Third Men's Military Academy. Not good. Looks like the First Men's Military Academy is in danger." The people in the monitoring room had all been waiting for Qiao Ting to make a move. They wanted to see if he was going to return to the First Men's Military Academy. When they saw that the direction Qiao Ting was moving towards was Area S33, their expressions all changed instantly.

At this moment, the people in the monitoring room was no longer able to predict the final outcome. The future of the First Men's Military Academy, who were originally leading and looking to be in great shape, became murky and unknown because of the sneak attack plan of the Second Men's Military Academy that had come out of nowhere. It was possible that if they were unlucky, they would be eliminated before the end.

"This time, the First Men's Military Academy made a mistake. How are they so confident that their headquarters wouldn't be known by anyone? There was a huge possibility of exposing the territory of their real headquarters during the one minute memorization time on the day of drawing lots," someone said regrettably.

"The First Men's Military Academy was too confident and reckless."

"Their commander is still too young and naive. If Qiao Ting had taken up that mantle, something like this wouldn't have happened." Many were criticizing Ling Lan as the commander and believed that her arrangements had many flaws.

Ling Xiao's finger drummed on the table. He didn't believe that his daughter would be so daring and not think that someone may have memorized the real location of their headquarters. Nevertheless, his daughter had still done she did. What was the reason that made her so daring?

Was there a secret in that headquarters and was impossible to breakthrough? That was the only thing that could explain his daughter's arrangements… For the first time, Ling Xiao felt that he actually couldn't see through what Ling Lan was thinking.

He Xuyang's expression was very serious. He thoughts about all the details, but still felt that the First Men's Military Academy was fraught with grim possibilities.

"A battle has begun in Area S33." While they were worrying about the outcome of the First Men's Military Academy, on the other side of things, the 14 battle teams of the Area Q and M alliance had gone against the border defenders of Area S33. They pulled up the screen of the battle.

Yuan Su was angry and frustrated after seeing the border defense battle team being pushed back one by one. The opposition was slowly closing in on the center location of their headquarters. Although he had found many helpers, they were still a little far away and wouldn't be able to arrive in a short time.

He knew that he couldn't let them just do what they want; thus, he led all the battle teams that were defending the headquarters to meet with the opposition. With that, the sky above Area S33 had engines sputtering, countless beams of light flying around. Mecha were being hit one by one, falling down from the sky. There were ones from the Third Men's Military Academy and also the Area Q and M alliance.

Yuan Su took care of one mecha. Before he could take a breather, two more mecha pounced on him. The number of mecha in the Area Q and M alliance's battle team was one third more than the defending mecha of Third Men's Military Academy. This made the Third Men's Military Academy instantly fall into a hard battle. If it wasn't for the fact that offensive battle teams who were on the offensive joining in one by one, it was possible their situation would have been worse.

"Another mecha team is here." The Third Men's Military Academy discovered countless mecha approaching their position on the radar.

"It's… a battle team from the QM alliance!" Seeing that it wasn't their own reinforcements, the faces of everyone in the Third Men's Military Academy turned pale. Another five to six battle teams were more than enough to fully break the thought of fighting back for the Third Men's Military Academy's mecha operators.

"Our reinforcements are almost here. Everyone, don't give up," Yuan Su yelled and woke up his shaken teammates.

"Attack faster. Take down the Third Men's Military Academy's headquarters before their reinforcements arrive." The Q and M alliance commander gave a new order.

Although the Third Men's Military Academy used all their strength to fight back, they were still short on half the number of people compared to their enemy. This made them slowly retreat. With the reinforcements of the opposition joining in, the mecha operators from the Third Men's Military Academy had more and more 'die'. The capabilities of the mecha operators in the Third Men's Military Academy were solid. Even if they 'died', they would also take one foe with them, or they would cause extreme harm to an opponent, making the QM alliance's battle team lose many mecha operators as well.

However, these losses were worth it for the QM alliance's battle team. It was because they saw the hope of victory. Right when they were preparing to continue attacking, 5 beams of light suddenly shot towards them from afar. These beams came to them without a sound. Other than one missing, the other four accurately hit 4 mecha. The mecha were instantly hit and fell towards the ground.

And at this time, a sparkling mecha appeared in front of everyone. The mecha operators from the Third Men's Military Academy, who were still alive, instantly changed from their originally low and stagnant states to excitement after seeing this mecha.

"It's Qiao Ting. Captain Qiao Ting is here," the Third Men's Military Academy's men yelled out happily. Hope suddenly emerged in their hearts, making their strength increase ten-fold. Fighting back in this state, they injured and destroyed some of the mecha from the QM alliance that weren't prepared.

"I'm sorry, Commander Yuan, I'm late." The air was filled with Qiao Ting's deep voice, and closely following his words was the uniform sound of mecha engines roaring from afar. 23 mecha were quickly flying towards them. This was probably the reinforcement battle team Qiao Ting had brought.

"No, you're right on time." Yuan Su smiled coolly. He hadn't thought that Qiao Ting would personally lead the team to come aid them. He couldn't help but be very grateful.

Qiao Ting's 24 mecha joined in. Although the defending mecha still had a disadvantage, the only ace mecha in the entire battle was more than enough to compensate for that disadvantage.

Right when the commander of the QM alliance was hesitating whether to keep on attacking or not, the roaring of mecha engines sounded from afar. It was another 24-man battle team that appeared before everyone. The leader saw the confrontation between the two sides and said, "Commander Yuan. After receiving our commander's order, I, Ai Song, have led my team here to report in."

"That's great! Please thank Commander Lin for me!" Yuan Su immediately smiled upon seeing that their battle strength was increased again. At this moment, he felt that allying with the First Men's Military Academy and the First Co-ed Military Academy had been a great choice. They were friends who were worth trusting. In their most dire time, they didn't abandon them. Furthermore, Qiao Ting had left the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters and personally led a team here. He would remember this act of kindness in his heart.

The QM alliance saw that the First Co-ed Military Academy had also sent a battle team here, and knew that they had lost their opportunity. He quickly yelled, "Retreat!"

"You want to leave? No way!" How could Yuan Su be someone that was willing to be taken advantage of? Seeing that the QM alliance wanted to escape, he immediately ordered every member to chase them. Seeing this, Qiao Ting and Ai Song followed as well.

After chasing for a few kilometers, Qiao Ting stopped Yuan Su. They were too far away from the headquarters. It wouldn't be good if the QM alliance went past their defenses.

Having already let out his anger and frustration, Yuan Su calmed down as well. He knew that Qiao Ting's worry was correct, and thus he led his members and the allied battle teams and returned to his headquarters.

The QM alliance's battle team was chased to the border of Area S that was closest to Area M. They stopped moving after they discovered the opposition didn't keep chasing. The commander of the alliance ordered everyone to rest up. As for himself, he took out a piece of paper from his pocket. He opened it and took a look. His expression showed a hint of a smile. The situation they were in right now was all predicted by their head strategist, Zhuge. Now their objective wasn't to take down the headquarters of the Third Men's Military Academy. Instead, they were supposed to drag on the fight with the reinforcements at this location in order to cover Alliance Chief Jiang's movements.

"Now it looks like the crisis of the Third Men's Military Academy has been temporarily resolved." The people in the monitoring room saw this and knew that the Third Men's Military Academy, who seemed to be in the most danger, had now turned into the one in the least danger. Instead, it was the First Men's Military Academy and the Second Men's Military Academy whose situations were unclear and unpredictable.

Yuan Su, Ai Song, Qiao Ting and the others had quickly gotten reports of the surrounding areas from other team members while they were temporarily resting in the headquarters. Yuan Su instantly became angry. "Those bastards just won't let go." It seemed that in Area S, near the border of Area M, the QM alliance's battle team was gathering and resting up. They were undoubtedly going to continue attacking.

Yuan Su swore furiously to let out his anger. Then he respectfully said to Qiao Ting, "Captain Qiao, it seems that I will have to delay you for a bit. Will it affect your duties at your headquarters?" As long as Qiao Ting defended with them, no matter how many people the opponent gathered up, he had the confidence that they would be able to hold their headquarters.

"You guys are in the territory in Area S that's closest to Area M. If your location is lost, then it's possible that it will become hard for us to defend as well. Instead, it's better that we work together and block off the QM alliance right here with our cooperation." Qiao Ting stated his stance on this. He was, of course, not going to tell Yuan Su the real truth that his headquarters was actually not in Area S.

"Looks like this QM alliance's battle's biggest objective is to keep Qiao Ting on a leash and help Jiang Shaoyu in the meantime. Killing two birds with one stone; doing two things at once. The little guy who made this plan is pretty amazing." The people in the monitoring room began to analyze the deeper meaning of the Second Men's Military Academy's decisions and complimented them on it. They were gradually come to look down upon the First Men's Military Academy, even though their performance in the beginning was very outstanding. Now, however, they had already forgotten that they had also praised the surprising strategy used by the First Men's Military Academy.

Time was slowly running out. By the time Jiang Shaoyu had led his team to appear in Area G, Jianqiao Military Academy's headquarters was still oddly silent. It was as though that mysterious team didn't have the interest in continuing to battle and was waiting for the end of the battle royale.

"You have entered our skies. Please leave immediately or we will fire." Right when they entered Area G7, they heard the mecha patrolling this area give them a warning.

"Alliance Chief Jiang, what should be done?" Of these 6 battle teams, two were battle teams from the alliance. Seeing they were discovered, they were a bit uneasy.

"Forge onwards!" Jiang Shaoyu's eyes burned with passion. Since they had already gotten into Area G, he didn't think of hiding from the First Men's Military Academy's patrol search. Jiang Shaoyu's order prompted the six battle teams to pounce onto the patrol battle team. Long range personnel did long range and close combat personnel did close combat.

The patrol team discovered that the people who were coming towards them were not friendly. Additionally, their number of mecha was far greater than their own. They quickly turned around to run, but because the opponent had so much firepower, they instantly lost 3 to 4 mecha. However, the captain wasn't bad. At the same time as he was dodging the beam attacks, he was sending out the information about being under attack to the rear lines.

"Beep, beep, beep!" Wu Jiong was in his mecha, monitoring the whole situation of Area G17. Suddenly, he received a message. He opened it and his expression instantly changed. He immediately pushed own the button for the entire team and ordered, "All battle teams, prepare for battle!"

After that, he operated his mecha and came to the headquarters. He jumped out the moment the cockpit opened and with a flash of light, he dashed into the tent.

Han Jijyun was studying a map. Hearing someone come in, he asked without raising his head, "What is it?"

"Enemies are attacking us," Wu Jiong answered anxiously.

"They're finally here. I've been waiting for so long already." Han Jijyun raised his head, his lips showing a hint of a cold smile.

Chapter 508 - Real or Fake!

In reality, Ling Lan didn't naively believe that they could conceal the real location of their headquarters from everyone. Just like how Ling Lan could remember the countless locations of the other military academies' headquarters, their own headquarters' location could also have been memorized by others.

Thus, even though Ling Lan had arranged many plans at the beginning that were capable of fooling others, the defenses of the headquarters in Area G17 was definitely not as weak as people had thought.

Jiang Shaoyu was very happy to see that with one round of attacks from his side, they had sent the patrol battle team from the First Men's Military Academy crying home to their mothers. He happily and proudly said, "Move in!"

Right then, whooshing sounds suddenly came from in front of them—it was the sound of missiles being shot out.

Hearing this, Jiang Shaoyu looked towards that direction. He saw missiles coming straight at them covering both the earth and sky. That missile was what mecha operators feared and dreaded the most. He said in surprise, "Armor piercing missiles?"

Why did the First Men's Military Academy have this type of missile? From what he had seen, the First Men's Military Academy had clearly chosen only mecha weapons, equipment and other necessary supplies. They hadn't applied for any of these armor-piercing missiles that were specifically meant for dealing with mecha.

The power of armor-piercing missiles was very strong; one armor-piercing missile was enough to destroy one special-class mecha. Even when it came to an ace mecha, once they were hit, they would suffer severe damage. Of course, the armor piercing missiles used in the battle royale had their power reduced by 5 times the original power. Even if they were hit, it could only harm the outer shell of the mecha and not hurt the operator. However, the mecha's A.I. would determine the damage on the mecha based on the real power of the armor piercing missiles to determine whether the mecha was damaged or destroyed.

Armor-piercing missiles were very powerful, but their price was comparatively more expensive. One small missile needed 200 prestige points (this was the price in the battle royale as well). The expensive price had made countless military academies helplessly look upon it. Even if they were to exchange for it, it would be to only exchange for one or two to satisfy themselves.

However, for the First Men's Military Academy, the number of missiles used in this round of attacks was definitely enough to deplete all the prestige points they were given. It was something that couldn't be explained.

The team members that Jiang Shaoyu had brought saw what were shot out towards them. Before Jiang Shaoyu gave an order, they all fired their beam guns to intercept the incoming projectiles, trying to detonate these armor-piercing missiles to avoid getting harmed themselves.

They managed to successfully intercept this round of missiles, but with great difficulty. Before Jiang Shaoyu and the others could take a breather, they heard the sound of a new round of missiles being fired. As expected, countless missiles flew towards them from the sky, making Jiang Shaoyu and the others unable to do anything else but continue to intercept them.

Just like that, they were fully focused and had intercepted 4 to 5 rounds of missile fire. But it was then that Jiang Shaoyu finally came to a realization; something as expensive as armor-piercing missiles would definitely not be so easily wasted by the First Men's Military Academy. Furthermore, the number of missiles were way beyond the amount of money that was given to them. Were these missiles not actually armor-piercing missiles?

"Little Tao, go closer and detonate one." Jiang Shaoyu had his suspicions. He now sent out a member to check whether they were really armor-piercing missiles.

A special-class mecha operator came out from the crowd and rapidly flew towards the missiles. Jiang Shaoyu was very cautious, but he still let the other team members detonate these missiles. The missiles were quickly cleared with only three left. Right then, Little Tao had already gotten to around one kilometer in distance from a missile. Jiang Shaoyu then ordered, "Shoot."

Little Tao didn't think and instantly fired a shot from the beam gun in his hand and detonated one of the missiles. He then reported, "The mecha didn't detect any energy changes."

"Continue advancing!" Jiang Shaoyu's eyes lit up and ordered Little Tao to continue to get close to the missiles.

Han Jijyun, who was on the ground and monitoring the air, saw this scene, following which he immediately pushed down the button to talk and ordered, "Ready the armor-piercing missiles."

"Alright." Li Yingjie excitedly rubbed his hands together and yelled, "Brothers, it's our time to shine!"

This time, Lingtian Mecha Clan's only had two mecha teams and one logistics team participating in the battle royale. Ling Lan's team had already left their headquarters. Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie, who were left at the headquarters, had formed a mixed battle team. They were a battle team entirely composed of advanced mecha operators. They had all been onlookers in the Grand Mecha Tournament and even in the battle royale, they could only stay in the headquarters and do some patrolling and help the logistics team. This made Li Yingjie, who loved to perform, feel that his talents were not used to its full potential.

"Yes, vice-captain!" The members were all in good spirits. They picked up the real armor-piercing missiles that had been in the back the whole time and loaded them onto the launcher.

On the end, Jiang Shaoyu's team member Little Tao got close once again. He detonated one incoming missile from 300 to 400 meters away. "The energy level appears to be really weak. Multiplying it by five wouldn't make it something that we should worry about."

"Man, they're actually fake." At this moment, Jiang Shaoyu didn't know anything. He had actually been blocked by these fake armor-piercing missiles. "Let's not care about them. Advance."

Jiang Shaoyu was very frustrated. He thought that he had investigated the supplies exchanged by the First Men's Military Academy. He didn't find out if they had exchanged any armor-piercing missiles. Then why didn't he suspect something was up early? He had actually wasted so much time.

Little Tao was now darted towards the last missile. The missile hit his mecha and instantly exploded. "Energy levels are extremely low. They won't be able to get through a light shield. The power of these missiles is approximately zero."

The information Little Tao sent back proved Jiang Shaoyu's guess. As expected, these missiles were only meant to scare, and they were actually scared just then.

Little Tao's words made the other mecha operators relax a bit. Following Jiang Shaoyu's lead, everyone moved forward at top speed, rapidly flying towards Area G17.

"Shu Shu Shu…" Countless missiles appeared in the sky. Jiang Shaoyu and the others didn't stop to intercept them, but instead moved even faster and went into the missiles.

"Boom, boom, boom…" The sounds of explosions rang through the sky. The mecha operators of Jiang Shaoyu's group discovered that the missiles indeed didn't do any damage to their mecha. They then became even more daring.

"Boom!" This explosion sounded a bit odd. After crashing into a missile, one mecha suddenly lost control and fell towards the ground. No matter how the other team members called out to him, they didn't receive any response. Before the remaining operators could react, countless sounds of explosions rang out making more than 10 mecha instantly lose control and plummet towards the ground…

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyu's expression changed instantly, and it was at that moment that one missile headed towards him. He fired straight forward and detonated the missile before it hit him. The huge energy from the explosion made the A.I. of Jiang Shaoyu's mecha show a warning message, which told him that the mecha had taken damage. The energy of the mecha's light shield was all used up and required an energy storage unit replacement.

"They're armor-piercing missiles!" Jiang Shaoyu screamed angrily. He hadn't thought that after 4 to 5 rounds of fake missiles, the opposition would actually fire real armor-piercing missiles. While their guards were down, they had lost 14 mecha in an instant.

"Piece of sh*t. That's what you get for attacking our headquarters." Li Yingjie was very happy at seeing the results of this round of missile fire.

"Continue to fire fake missiles," Li Yingjie continued to order. "Each armor-piercing missile is very precious. Without my orders, no one is allowed to use them."

The First Men's Military Academy originally didn't have armor piercing missiles. However, before Zhao Jun and the others were forced to get out of the starship, they had snatched 4 boxes of supplies. One of the boxes had contained these valuable weapons. There were only 15 armor-piercing missiles. Adding on the armor-piercing missiles from Lingxing that the First Co-ed Military Academy had transported after Qiao Ting led his team and cleared the headquarters of Area S and P, they had almost 30 armor-piercing missiles in their headquarters. It was a shame that after only one round, they had used up more than half; there were only a bit more than 10 left. Li Yingjie had to use them carefully.

"Vice-captain, they stopped again," a team member told Li Yingjie.

Li Yingjie mocked, "It would be strange if they didn't stop." Did they want to take another round of armor-piercing missiles?

Jiang Shaoyu and the others were unclear whether the missiles the opposition were firing were real or fake. In order to ensure their own safety, they had no choice but to stop and face the missiles.

"These modification mechanics that we have are so f***ing genius. They actually managed to imitate the real thing and create fakes in such a short time," one member said excitedly as he fired a fake missile.

"It was still done by them from doing overtime. Fortunately, other than the necessary supplies and weapons, the commander also got many modification equipments," one member said with admiration.

"I remember a certain someone was still very against this," one member beside him said.

"That's why I'm only a small, itty bitty member, while Boss Lan is the commander. The real visionary." The member that was called out wasn't angry, replying in a cute manner instead.

His words made all the team members smile on the inside. Indeed, every decision made by Boss Lan wasn't something that they could hope to understand.

Hearing all of them speak words of worship towards Ling Lan, Li Yingjie didn't feel any shaking in his heart. He had been hurt all the way starting from the time of his childhood until now; he had already fully given up on competing with Ling Lan. A normal person like him would definitely not be able to compare to a monster like Ling Lan. It was probably better for him to just focus on studying on how he would become the next head of the Li family.

In the following few rounds of fire, Li Yingjie only shot out two real armor-piercing missiles. However, because Jiang Shaoyu was very cautious, he didn't leave out a single missile and thus the attack wasn't successful. This time, Li Yingjie didn't dare to waste more and switched to only fakes to block off the opponent.

"Beep, beep, beep!" Han Jijyun, who had been observing the situation of the battle all this time, suddenly received a call. Han Jijyun pushed down one of the buttons and heard Wu Jiong's voice coming from the other end. "Han Jijyun, we've arrived at the position."

"Understood," Han Jijyun replied seriously. He pushed down the rest of the communication buttons one by one. Like Wu Jiong, they all reported that they had arrived at their positions. Hearing this, Han Jijyun's serious and cold expression finally showed a hit of joy.

This was the plan that he had meticulously prepared for the attackers. "Jiang Shaoyu, have a taste of this!"

After coming to know that everyone was ready and good to go, Han Jijyun saw that the opponent was defending with their lives and knew that it would be impossible to use armor-piercing missiles to decrease the number of the enemy mecha now. Thus, he pushed down the button for communicating with Li Yingjie and said, "Li Yingjie, stop shooting fake missiles. Begin plan B."

Hearing this, Li Yingjie immediately told the members to decrease the shots of fake missiles and in the end, make it seem like they had fired out all of their fake shells. When everyone stopped firing, Li Yingjie took the team members and the fake shells along with the ten armor-piercing missiles and silently went into the rear line.

"Commander, the opposition has stopped firing shells." Seeing that the opponent no longer shot any missiles towards them, Jiang Shaoyu's men finally got a breather.

Jiang Shaoyu was an oversuspicious person. It was also because of this over the top suspicion that he didn't lose any more mechas in the rounds that followed. Two armor-piercing missiles that were among the fakes were destroyed. Seeing that the opponent didn't fire any more shells, he still chose to wait. At the same time, he sent a battle team forward to investigate.

However, it was possible that the opposition really didn't have any more shells left. When that one battle team moved forward and didn't bump into any other obstacles, Jiang Shaoyu felt reassured and led the rest to follow. They went past Area G7, G9, and G11, and got close to G17. He had still yet to see the opposition shoot out more of their missiles, making Jiang Shaoyu feel fully relieved.

His guess was that those fake shells were probably made by the modification mechanics from the First Men's Military Academy when they had just entered the map. Other than that, there would have been no way for them to have infinite missiles. And those armor-piercing shells were the same. 17 to 18 were probably the First Men's Military Academy's limit.

However, not long after, Jiang Shaoyu was in a crisis once again. While they were flying about, suddenly all of their mecha blared a warning, "Mecha has been locked-on, please take evasive maneuvers."

Jiang Shaoyu was surprised. He glanced at the radar and discovered that the area that showed an empty space, suddenly had countless spots appear from all sides. They had actually fallen into an encirclement.

Jiang Shaoyu wasn't an idiot. He instantly understood that these mecha that were lying in ambush had probably turned off their engines, which was why there hadn't been any energy signatures enabling them to go undetected by the radar. He had also done something similar in Area Q and M. He didn't expect that he would get a taste of his own medicine at this moment.

"Bang, bang, bang…" Countless beams of light were shot over from all sides. Surrounded, Jiang many members of Jiang Shaoyu's battle team were hit and dropped towards the ground. In front of them, Li Yingjie had used fake and real shell to intercept them, giving the mecha operators in the surrounding areas enough time to reach the ambush positions. In other words, this was all of the battle strength of the forces defending the headquarters. Han Jijyun wanted to let them have a taste of their own medicine and at the same time destroy any chance they had of getting away.

"Who'd have known that the First Men's Military Academy left such an amazing strategist back in their headquarters. This series of strategies are enough to cause the Second Men's Military Academy to lose many mecha operators." Those in the monitoring room had originally thought that those who were left defending the First Men's Military Academy would not be able to defend against the six battle teams of Second Men's Military Academy. Now it looked like that wasn't the case. The fake and real armor-piercing shells in the beginning had made Jiang Shaoyu lose a bit more than a single battle team. Also, they were now surrounded, so they were now left with a lot less mecha operators than they had in the beginning. It was hard to determine the outcome… If Qiao Ting had been there to defend the headquarters, Jiang Shaoyu would have had no chance at all.

"Looks like we were still underestimating the First Men's Military Academy. They aren't as blind and egotistical as we thought. These arrangements that they made all were made with much thought," said an officer who favored the First Men's Military Academy.

"Well, now it's up to Jiang Shaoyu. An ace operator won't be taken down by a small ambush like this." The people who were on the Second Men's Military Academy side, of course, stated an opposing opinion.

"Even if they can't take down Jiang Shaoyu in the meantime, they can still take down those people that he brought. It will be hard for Jiang Shaoyu to fight by himself."

"As long as there's one battle team left, with Jiang Shaoyu's capabilities, it would be enough to take down these defending battle teams. Then, the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters would be in Jiang Shaoyu's pocket."

The two sides were not reaching an agreement. One of the people suddenly turned around and asked Ling Xiao, "Mr. General, what's your opinion?"

Ling Xiao smiled lightly and said, "We'll have to see if Jiang Shaoyu can endure this round of attacks. If he defends against it, then Jiang Shaoyu will win. If he can't, then the First Men's Military Academy will win." Ling Xiao words were right on point. The critical point was the battle after the sneak attack.

Jiang Shaoyu was indeed Jiang Shaoyu; an ace operator wasn't something to be taken down by a sneak attack. He didn't hesitate and dove head first into the battle. He couldn't hesitate now. He would only have a chance if he broke through the encirclement.

The battle team that Jiang Shaoyu had brought with him were their strongest mecha operators, including the two allied battle teams who were also carefully selected. It seemed that Jiang Shaoyu had thought that the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters was determined to be theirs.

Thus, even though the beams coming from all sides made them bewildered them, causing them to lose many mechas, the mecha operators who calmed themselves down saw Jiang Shaoyu's movements and immediately followed suit. This showed that they had a strong mutual understanding of each other.

Just like that, with Jiang Shaoyu as an arrowhead, the rest of the mecha operators darted to that direction as they intercepted the beam attacks. In that instant, they lost many mecha again, but because of this decisive move, it allowed them to successfully open up a hole and get out of the encirclement.

Han Jijyun calmly pressed down on the button to talk and said, "Li Yingjie, fire the armor-piercing missiles."

Following that, Li Yingjie and the others, who had fallen back towards Area G17, fired out the last 10 armor-piercing missiles and countless fake shells.

"Whoosh…" The sound of countless missiles roared in the sky once again. Before they could get a breather after just breaking through the encirclement, missiles came shooting towards Jiang Shaoyu and the others from all directions.

This time, Jiang Shaoyu faced two difficult choices. If he was to intercept the real and fake shells, he wouldn't be able to intercept the countless mecha chasing them from behind and their beam attacks. If he was to fully defend against the forces who were chasing them, they would have to take the shells in front of them head-on. It was just that he didn't know how many real armor-piercing shells were among the missiles.

He couldn't hesitate anymore. Jiang Shaoyu bit his lip and ordered, "Fully block the forces chasing us." This also meant that he had chosen to face the missiles head-on.

"Boom, boom, boom…" Following the exploding sounds of countless shells hitting mecha, ten mecha were again destroyed in this barrage. Seeing that he had lost ten more members, Jiang Shaoyu almost spat out blood.

When he chose to not intercept the missiles in front of them, he was gambling that the opposition didn't have that many armor-piercing missiles, but it was too bad—he lost the bet.

One round of shells had just exploded, yet another round of whooshing of countless missiles were heard once again. This time, Jiang Shaoyu didn't want to bet on it and told his team members to clear these shells. Although the members were performing unorthodox movements to dodge the countless beam attacks from behind them while they were clearing the shells in front, a few mecha still didn't manage to dodge the attacks and were destroyed.

However, after analyzing the energy signature of the explosions, they were fooled again. This this, there weren't any real armor-piercing shells.

Jiang Shaoyu was going to be driven insane by the real and fake missiles. He roared, "We don't care anymore, we're going ahead!" He didn't believe that the First Men's Military Academy would have that many armor-piercing missiles.

This time, Jiang Shaoyu had bet correctly. Seeing that the opponent didn't care for their shells anymore, Li Yingjie no longer fired any more fake shells, but instead made all the members fire heavy shells. Although their power wasn't comparable to armor-piercing shells, it was still better than the fake shells that had no power at all. Causing some damage to the opponent was better than nothing.

However, with this, Jiang Shaoyu was clear that the opposition definitely didn't have any more powerful weapons such as armor piercing shells, or else they wouldn't have just given up like this.

Chapter 509 - Ignored!

Jiang Shaoyu finally managed to escape the situation of being under a pincer attack, and the situation instantly improved for him; however, at this moment, his six battle teams had been reduced to 33 people. Two of the allied battle teams were practically disabled. Of the four battle teams that he had brought with him, only his battle team still remained nearly intact. The other teams were halved and had also lost many capable mecha operators.

However, bad luck finally changed to good luck; Jiang Shaoyu had actually discovered a location that was most suitable to use a choke point. He decisively led the rest of the remaining mecha operators to rush towards that location and set up a formation to intercept the forces chasing them from behind.

Just like that, the forces that were chasing after them didn't dare to make a move. The firepower of more than 30 people was still very strong. The two sides were at a stalemate once again.

"We can't keep going like this. We can't be held back here anymore." Jiang Shaoyu knew clearly that he had to be fast and ruthless after leading his team to attack the First Men's Military Academy this time; otherwise, if Qiao Ting realized that his own headquarters was under attack and came back, it would be difficult to take down their headquarters.

"Captain, you take a portion of people and leave this place to me," Jiang Shaoyu's vice-captain said to him decisively.

Jiang Shaoyu bit his lip and said, "Then I'll leave this place to you." In order to make sure they blocked off the forces chasing them from behind, Jiang Shaoyu didn't take his own battle team. He instead took the 10-man battle team that was pieced together from the broken battle teams. They abruptly turned around and rapidly flew towards Area G17.

"Jiang Shaoyu split up his forces." Seeing Jiang Shaoyu's movements, Wu Jiong immediately contacted Han Jijyun.

After Han Jijyun received this information, he couldn't help but sigh and think, "The people left to defend the headquarters was still not enough. If we had another two battle teams joining the ambush, the Second Men's Military Academy wouldn't have had so many people escape the encirclement." As Han Jijyun looked towards the southeast, his eyes showed a hint of anxiety.

Mu Shaoyu and Han Yu, who had participated in the ambush with Wu Jiong, saw that Jiang Shaoyu had split his forces, and they were greatly surprised. Han Yu quickly said, "How about Mu Shaoyu and I both take two teams and go around the two sides to intercept them?"

The ambush ring's temporary commander was Wu Jiong, that was why Han Yu told his idea to Wu Jiong.

"No need. We will deal with these people first." Wu Jiong immediately stopped him from doing what he was going to do.

"But back at headquarters, other than the logistics and patrol teams, there aren't any more official battle teams. They will definitely not be able to go against Jiang Shaoyu," Han Yu said anxiously. If Jiang Shaoyu broke through to their headquarters, they would lose outright.

"It's okay, Boss Lan has already made preparations. We just need to take care of these wings of Jiang Shaoyu," Wu Jiong said calmly.

Wu Jiong's calmness made Han Yu quickly calm down, while Mu Shaoyu's eyes lit up upon hearing those words. As if he were on to something, he asked, "Did Commander Ling have a plan?"

Wu Jiong didn't answer, but merely pointed at the 22 people that were left by the opposition and said, "Our mission is to deal with these people. This time, we cannot let them escape our clutches again." He continued to tell Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu his plan. The two of them nodded, took their battle teams and each chose a direction and quickly left.

Before leaving, Han Yu didn't forget to threaten Wu Jiong, "Wu Jiong, you better pray that nothing happens to headquarters, or else I will definitely find you to settle the score."

Although Wu Jiong was very worried, he still trusted Ling Lan very much. He said without hesitation, "Captain Han, you won't have that kind of chance."

"It's a promise!" Han Yu pointed his finger at Wu Jiong, twirling it around to show that a promise was made between the two of them. Han Yu thought that if they were really eliminated by the Second Men's Military Academy, while he didn't have the capabilities to seek out Ling Lan for revenge, it was still possible for him to vent on Ling Lan's little underling.

Wu Jiong had finally managed to send Han Yu out with great difficulty. Looking at his figure disappearing into the distance, Wu Jiong couldn't help but silently shake his head. "How much resentment does this Captain Han have against their Lingtian battle clan? He's trying to find a chance whenever he can to take revenge on them."

Just like that, Han Yu and Mu Shaoyu's two battle teams suddenly flew out a few kilometers from both the left and right side. Once they got out of the radar range of the intercepting forces Jiang Shaoyu had left there, they changed their flight direction and went around behind the forces that were intercepting them.

The vice-captain, who was left to intercept the enemy, couldn't help but be surprised at the fact that the two battle teams of the First Men's Military Academy had suddenly left. He silently thought about what they were up to. Were they going to chase down the captain? At this thought, he couldn't help but become anxious. It was a shame that the three battle teams that the opposition had left there had crazy firepower, making them unable to move for the time being. With no other choice, he could only contact Jiang Shaoyu and told him about the two teams that were chasing them.

Jiang Shaoyu did not worry like the vice-captain upon hearing this information, however; he even believed that it was more beneficial for them that the opposition had split up their forces. Since the other side had sent out two battle teams to chase after them, the number of opponents at the vice-captain's location was likely to only be around 30 mecha. Undoubtedly, this would lessen the pressure on the vice-captain, who was left behind to defend that spot.

When Jiang Shaoyu heard that there were 5 or 6 advanced mecha among the 30 mecha that were left to go against the vice-captain, he believed even more that this was an opportunity for the vice-captain and the others. Jiang Shaoyu shared his thoughts with the vice-captain and told him to find a chance to take care of the 30 mecha and then regroup with him.

Jiang Shaoyu was very confident in his battle team's capabilities. The mecha operators that he had brought were all special-class operators who were carefully selected and at their peak. The number of special-class operators on both sides did not have much of a difference; it was possible that they could win due to the levels of the mecha.

In order for his team members to catch up, Jiang Shaoyu instantly slowed down his speed. Additionally, he wanted to use this chance to take down the two mecha teams that were chasing them. Before attacking Area G17, if he could deplete most of the defending strength of their headquarters, it would be very beneficial for them, the attacking side.

Around 10 minutes later, Area G17 came into sight; however, they still didn't see the two battle teams appear.

Right then, Jiang Shaoyu suddenly received an emergency voice call from the vice-captain. Right when he hit the receive button, he heard the scream of the vice-captain from the other end, "Captain, we've fallen into a trap." Along with his voice, there were also countless sounds of explosions and the clashing of cold weapons.

Jiang Shaoyu's instantly felt his heart dropping to his stomach. He yelled, "Vice-captain, what happened?"

"Those two battle teams went behind us and surrounded us. Bastards…" Jiang Shaoyu heard the vice-captain speak half a sentence, but then heard a scream right afterwards. No sound was heard after that.

Jiang Shaoyu still didn't really understand at the time. It was possible that the 22 mecha he had left behind to intercept the enemy had all been lost.

He hadn't thought that the First Men's Military Academy would be this daring. They actually didn't care that they were closing in on their headquarters and only wanted to take down the 22 mecha that he left to intercept the forces that would chase. It was also his own poor judgment that let the opponent catch them with their pants down…

"F**k!" Jiang Shaoyu angrily swung the large sword in his hand, which sent out a large shockwave and cut down a small tree ten meters away from him.

Jiang Shaoyu couldn't help but be angry. He had brought 72 people with him, and everything had been going smoothly until they entered Area G, but they consecutively suffered setbacks outside of Area G17. In the end, he only had 11 mecha left including himself. Jiang Shaoyu felt that this was a humiliation like never before. If he lost to Qiao Ting, he would perhaps be able to find some excuse. Right now, however, the enemy's headquarters didn't have Qiao Ting, only some ordinary special-class and advanced mecha operators. Yet it was these ordinary mecha operators that had caused him to suffer great losses.

"Commander, what should we do now? Maybe we should return to Area P and rest up?" Out of the 10 mecha that were left, 7 were from the Second Men's Military Academy, while the other three were part of the allied battle team. At that moment, the three from the allied battle team had thoughts of retreating.

"Since we're already here, we should go see the headquarters of the First Men's Military Academy for ourselves. I am not willing to stop here." Jiang Shaoyu held down his anger and told them his decision with a solemn face.

Perhaps the temptation of the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters was too great; the three from the allied battle team, who had originally wanted to retreat, now also had no more opinions—the 11 mechas rapidly flew into Area G17.

Area G17 was very quiet, showing no signs of a headquarters. If it wasn't for the fact that Jiang Shaoyu was very confident in his map, he would have likely started to have suspicions as to whether the reports were accurate.

Jiang Shaoyu's 11-man team began to carefully investigate. Finding a hidden beacon in the vast mountain ranges and lush forests was a very difficult thing to do.

"Han Jijyun, they've entered Area G17. What should we do now?" At the top of one of Area G17's mountain ranges, Li Yingjie looked at Jiang Shaoyu's battle team on the screen. He couldn't help but be anxious and began asking Han Jijyun, who was beside him.

Han Jijyun didn't answer, but merely looked calmly at the mecha's screen. He stared at the radar without blinking even for a second, as if he was waiting for something.

When Li Yingjie saw that Han Jijyun didn't pay attention to him, he instantly screamed out in frustration, "F**k, I don't care anymore. I'm taking a team with me to intercept them."

Han Jijyun turned his gaze at that and asked with hesitation, "How are you going to intercept them?"

Li Yingjie was dumbfounded. He angrily pulled at his own hair and yelled out, "Then what do we do? Are we going to just watch as Jiang Shaoyu takes down our headquarters? And become the first out of the top 4 military academies to be eliminated?"

Han Jijyun didn't answer. He tucked his lips and stared at the radar once again.

"Say something. If you don't say something, I'm really going to go. Even if we have to use kamikaze measures, we have to intercept the opponent." After saying that, Li Yingjie didn't care anymore and pushed down the button for his team's commlink channel and ordered, "All members, prepare for battle!"

"Yes, captain!" All of the members replied with excitement. At the same time, they cracked their knuckles. As the mixed logistics and patrol team, they were the weakest battle team in the First Men's Military Academy; however, they weren't cowards that would just run when they saw a strong enemy. Everyone knew clearly that as long as they mobilized to intercept the enemy, they only had one option to take and that was kamikaze. Otherwise, with their mecha and their operating capabilities, they would definitely have no chance.

They still remembered Boss Lan using this method when he had led them in the competition against Qiao Ting's battle team. Using it had changed the outcome of the entire match.

"We still have time. We still have a chance. A chance." Cold sweat was forming on Han Jijyun's forehead. Was it possible that the other side had run into a problem?

Chapter 510 - A Difficult Situation!

Li Yingjie couldn't wait any longer. He once again gave an order to his team members, "Examine your equipment!"

After giving this order, the impatience on Li Yingjie's face instantly vanished and became very cold. He carefully examined the equipment on the mecha, especially the mirror shield Chang Xinyuan had prepared for them in the very beginning. As the individuals who possessed the weakest capabilities, they had long understood that, in the most critical moment, they could use this powerful shield to take down the battle team attacking them using the self-destruct function.

Everyone was calmly examining their equipment. The self-destruct function of the mecha was actually removed, but the A.I. could simulate the energy from self-destruction; thus, it would be an effective attack.

"Number 1, examination complete!"

"Number 2, examination complete!"

… Very soon, every member had finished examining their equipment. Li Yingjie decisively ordered, "Fly!"

Engines instantly roared, and 10 or so oddly shaped transport mecha along with 4 to 5 advanced mecha slowly rose up into the air. Li Yingjie only rejoiced at the fact that transport mechas were not too slow compared to advanced mechas. This let him feel more assured of being able to successfully close in on the enemy.

Han Jijyun saw that Li Yingjie didn't care about his own safety and was preparing to fight, he had no choice but to follow. Since his friends wanted to fight, Han Jijyun wouldn't withdraw either.

"Commander, mechas have appeared." The vanguard mecha responsible for searching in the front was the first to discover Li Yingjie and the others.

Jiang Shaoyu was surprised. Seeing 15 flashing red dots on his radar, he immediately zoomed in and saw the oddly shaped mecha. He couldn't help but surprisedly ask, "Sh*t, what are those?"

"Captain, they are transport mecha." One member recognized them.

"Looks like the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters indeed doesn't have any more mecha. They actually even sent out transport mecha." One of the members of the allied battle team saw these mecha and felt that it was a pleasant surprise.

Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyu's eyes flashed ruthlessly and he said, "Take these crappy mecha as interest first!" He jumped out and pounced towards Li Yingjie's medley of troops.

Right when the two sides were getting increasingly closer and were nearly at the point crossing swords with one another, a beam of light broke through the sky from the heavens above and shot towards Jiang Shaoyu.

Jiang Shaoyu immediately felt that great danger was approaching. He reacted by operating his mecha to dodge, and the beam of light grazed past Jiang Shaoyu's mecha. But despite it merely being a graze, Jiang Shaoyu's mecha's light shield's energy had already been depleted by one-third of its limit.

Jiang Shaoyu watched in surprise as he saw a mecha appear behind him out of thin air. The colors of the mecha's exterior was a color that he couldn't be more familiar with; it signified that the mecha was at the same level as his ace mecha. Was it possible that Qiao Ting had arrived here?

That was the first thing that Jiang Shaoyu reflexively thought of, but he immediately overruled it, and this was because he clearly saw that this ace mecha wasn't the long range mecha that Qiao Ting usually used. It was instead a balanced mecha…

Jiang Shaoyu's face instantly became red. He already knew whose mecha it was—it belonged to Lin Xiao, who had defeated him in the semi-finals of the singles mecha tournament and advanced to the finals.

"Lin Xiao, why are you here?" Jiang Shaoyu bit his lip and asked. This Lin Xiao, why did he always disrupt his calculations? He had done so during the singles tournament and he was doing the same now while Jiang Shaoyu was attacking the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters.

"You didn't know? The First Co-ed Military Academy has already formed an alliance with the First Men's Military Academy. Since you attacked our allied military academy's headquarters, we would naturally have to come help to defend it," Lin Xiao responded plainly.

After that, Lin Xiao turned around to look at Han Jijyun, and said in an apologetic tone, "Sorry I'm late. I let you guys wait for too long."

"You're not late at all. Just on time," Han Jijyun replied calmly. It was as though his forehead full of cold sweat a moment ago had been an illusion.

"This was what you arranged," Lin Xiao said with praise. Although he had moved as fast as he could upon receiving news of the attack, if not for the plans set by Han Jijyun and the others dragging things out, it was possible that it would have been too late by the time he arrived.

At this moment, Lin Xiao couldn't help but silently admire Ling Lan. How much confidence and trust would someone need to leave the safety of the headquarters to these mecha operators who were not worth mentioning? However, it was none other than these individuals who had performed so spectacularly. Even he couldn't help but praise the fact that Ling Lan's subordinates could have so much up their sleeves.

Jiang Shaoyu was thoroughly angered by Lin Xiao and Han Jijyun conversing as if no one was around. Jiang Shaoyu screamed out, "You bastard!" The next second, he held up his sword and swung it towards Lin Xiao.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao showed a hint of a smile. The reason he had ignored Jiang Shaoyu was actually to make him mad. Truth be told, Jiang Shaoyu's close combat abilities were in fact very strong. Although Lin Xiao was confident in his own close combat abilities, close combat mecha held an advantage in itself. If he allowed Jiang Shaoyu to remain calm, Lin Xiao couldn't be certain of being able to take down his opponent.

Lin Xiao was someone who was good at playing mind games, so he set a trap from the very start and naturally, Jiang Shaoyu fell into it without realizing it.

Lin Xiao quickly drew his large sword and battled fiercely against Jiang Shaoyu. Both of them were ace operators. It wasn't possible to decide victory within a short period of time as they both possessed very high operating skills…

The 10 mecha that were following Jiang Shaoyu saw that Lin Xiao had only come by himself, and got the idea of helping Jiang Shaoyu. But right when they were about to silently fire beam shots and perform a sneak attack to interfere, a large group of mecha appeared on the radar. It seemed that Lin Xiao wasn't the only one that came; he had also brought a large force with him at the same time, which was comprised of battle teams from the First Co-ed Military Academy and from the allied military academies as well.

This made them not dare to move carelessly. A few seconds later, the large force of mechas had arrived at this location, and this made the 10 mechas not dare to move even more.

The situation was becoming good for the First Men's Military Academy. While everyone in the monitoring room all believed that the Second Men's Military Academy was going to fail outright, Ling Xiao, who had been smiling the whole time, changed his expression and began look serious. Not only him, but He Xuyang also began to frown.

"General, I know that there's definitely something wrong here. However, I can't seem to understand how the Second Men's Military Academy can turn this around in their favor." He Xuyang's sharp eyes and wit let him see clearly that Jiang Shaoyu's anger was all an act; otherwise, how could each strike of his be so clean?

"His allies aren't only just beside him." Ling Xiao reminded softly.

He Xuyang instantly understood; it turned out that the danger was coming from there.

"Ah, why is Area G2 sending out mecha battle teams? What are they going to do?" While everyone had turned their focus towards the First Men's Military Academy, one quiet and overlooked area unexpectedly came out of its shell, silenting crawling out with seven battle teams.

"Their direction—Area G10 and onwards. Final destination: Area G17!" Quickly following their movements, the monitoring room finally managed to analyze their final destination.

"Are they the First Men's Military Academy's allied forces?" someone asked confusedly.

"Wait, enhance the image." Suddenly, someone found a point of suspicion and immediately made the staff member zoom in on the seven battle teams.

These battle teams finally came onto the big screen. When they zoomed in on the logos on their chest, everyone finally realized the problem; these seven battle teams were actually not from one military academy but were allied battle teams.

"When did Area G2 have allied battle teams?" someone asked in surprise.

This military academy in Area G2 was not well known at all. Everyone had overlooked them, which was why no one knew that there was actually an alliance that had successfully formed right before their eyes.

"We don't know what this allied force is going to do or if they have any relationship with the First Men's Military Academy…" Everyone all felt that the situation was becoming confusing and they didn't understand it anymore.

"General, it looks like there won't be ally reinforcements but incoming enemies instead," He Xuyang whispered to Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao nodded lightly and said, "Yes, if they were on the First Men's Military Academy's side, to begin with, they wouldn't have remained completely still when Jiang Shaoyu invaded. Now it seems this allied force is possibly related to Jiang Shaoyu's side." Ling Xiao clenched his fists. He didn't think that his daughter's headquarters would go through such perils. They had barely gotten past their first hurdle, yet now it seemed that a second one was coming their way…

At that moment, 12 hours had already passed and the sky was becoming brighter. Another bright night was upon them…

Having rested up, Ling Lan's seven-man team finally moved out. Everyone entered their respective mecha, slowly left Jianqiao Military Academy's headquarters and moved towards the Second Men's Military Academy's headquarters.

Ling Lan didn't hide, but instead proudly and openly led her members and flew through the areas. During their flight, they didn't see many patrol battle teams. There were only a few battle teams here and there. Compared to 12 hours ago, the difference was like heaven and earth.

Ling Lan knew why this was the case, as Little Four had told her the reason behind it. The countless battle teams that Jiang Shaoyu had gathered had split into two forces; one was to be led by him to attack the First Men's Military Academy, while one was to surround the Third Men's Military Academy. It was because of this that Qiao Ting was held down at the Third Men's Military Academy and was unable to return to the headquarters to defend it.

The patrol battle teams didn't have any will to do anything because the entirety of Area Q had become empty. When they saw Ling Lan and the others, they weren't interested in asking where they were going and what they were going to do. After all, the logo on their chests already revealed their identities, and the headquarters of the Second Men's Military Academy was not too far from them. They didn't want to make the people from the Second Men's Military Academy angry.

It should be said that here, they were sneaking past the patrol team right under their noses. The patrol team felt that the headquarters of the Second Men's Military Academy was right there, so there would naturally be no issues.

This allowed Ling Lan and the rest of her team to move in extraordinarily smoothly. When they had reached the last ten kilometers, Ling Lan suddenly gave an order that surprised her team: she had decided for them to leave their mecha and prepare to infiltrate the Second Men's Military Academy on foot.

Although Ling Lan had an omnipotent weapon like Little Four—who could render the radar of enemy mecha ineffective, making it so that the mecha Ling Lan operated could move about undetected by radar and only be detected by sight—Ling Lan still wanted to use only her own strength to finish her mission while making sure of their survival.

Without using Little Four, their mechas wouldn't have an equipment jamming function. Once they got close to the enemy headquarters, they would definitely be discovered by the mecha operators who were defending it, at which point they would have to fight hard to get inside.

If Ling Lan were alone, she would have forced a fight. Even if she couldn't succeed, she could still safely get away with her capabilities; however, having teammates changed the story. If they became surrounded, they may not be able to escape.

Ling Lan was a responsible person. Since she had led her team members out here to do battle, she wanted all of the members she brought with her to watch the end of the battle royale with a smile on their faces.

Chapter 511 - Turncoat?

Area G17.

Lin Xiao and Jiang Shaoyu had exchanged blows again. Lin Xiao saw that the allied battle teams had arrived and immediately laughed out loud, saying, "Jiang Shaoyu, you've lost."

Including Jiang Shaoyu, there were 10 mecha in total on his side, and they had already become surrounded by the mecha battle teams that Lin Xiao had brought. His expression immediately as he bit his lip and said, "Lin Xiao, you think I'll just give up like this? In your dreams! Your dreams!"

Those last words were screamed out angrily by Jiang Shaoyu. He furiously asked, "Lin Xiao, alliances are all the same, so why did you choose the First Men's Military Academy? You clearly know that the First Men's Military Academy's leader this time in the battle royale isn't Qiao Ting, but a second-year cadet who isn't well known… You actually believe in a second-year cadet instead of me." It seemed that Jiang Shaoyu had gone to find Lin Xiao before the lots-drawing stage of the battle royale to discuss an alliance. Unfortunately, Lin Xiao didn't even listen to him and refused.

Hearing this, Lin Xiao smiled coldly and replied, "When you have perverted thoughts about my female junior, do you think there would be a chance that we would cooperate with you? That's hilarious."

"Just because of a small issue like that? You would rather cooperate with a boy that still feeds on breast milk instead of cooperating with me?" Jiang Shaoyu was very frustrated. He never thought what he did was wrong. It was common sense and universally accepted that all's fair in love and war.

"A small issue?" Lin Xiao instantly squinted, a dangerous gleam of coldness filling his eyes. "All the members participating in the Grand Mecha Tournament are considered my limbs. You even dare to touch my arms and legs and still hope I would look past it and ally with you? You're out of your mind!"

Limbs? It turned out they weren't clothes! Han Jijyun's lips perked up a bit. He felt amused that Lin Xiao was using a word that was self-deceiving.

Lin Xiao's unreserved words made Jiang Shaoyu's face become red and green at the same time. He didn't think that his accidental episode of perversion would have actually had such a huge effect. The original opponent that he chose to ally with would refuse his request right away. It should be known that, in the previous years, the only reason the Second Men's Military Academy was able to place higher than the First Men's Military Academy was that the First Co-ed Military Academy was always their ally.

"I see. That's why you were always against me. It was like this during the singles tournament and now it is the same in the battle royale." Jiang Shaoyu finally understood.

"Let me tell you something else. I'm the one who proactively brought up the alliance with the First Men's Military Academy. For that, we, the First Co-ed Military Academy, gave up a lot of our benefits," Lin Xiao plainly explained the truth. "The reason why we paid such a big price for this alliance was for a promise from Commander Ling."

"What promise?"

Lin Xiao smiled and answered, "To leave you to me."

Jiang Shaoyu's heart fell to his stomach. He finally understood that he had been fooled by the First Men's Military Academy and the First Co-ed Military Academy.

"So you guys deliberately allowed Qiao Ting to go to Area S, weakening the defensive strength of the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters!" Jiang Shaoyu was so angry that he bit his lip.

"Yes. Otherwise, a turtle like you wouldn't have come out of your turtle shell Area Q and come here," Lin Xiao said with a smile. Even now, he still feel admiration for Ling Lan's decisiveness and ruthlessness when devising this plan. Ling Lan dared to use her own headquarters as bait. However, it should be known that if something had gone wrong in one part of the plan, the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters would have become the trophy of the Second Men's Military Academy.

Right then, Jiang Shaoyu suddenly laughed and said, "The plan indeed very perfect, but do you guys really think you carry it out without any risk failure?

Hearing this, Lin Xiao stared blankly and asked, "What do you mean?"

"What I mean is—f**king attack!" Jiang Shaoyu suddenly gave an order to attack. The 10 mecha operators he had brought with him didn't react. Among the allied battle teams Lin Xiao had brought, two battle teams suddenly turned on them. They took up their weapons and attacked the mecha beside them.

This scene of them fighting each other caused the expressions of Han Jijyun and the others to instantly change, while it made the 10 mecha operators from Jiang Shaoyu's side become surprised and happy. They didn't think that they would actually turn the tables in a situation where they had their backs to the wall. They were so excited that they wanted to raise their hands and scream towards Jiang Shaoyu, "Long live the commander."

However, the next second, their hearts were ice-cold once again. They thought this surprise attack was going to be 100% effective, but it wasn't effective at all.

It seemed that the people in Lin Xiao's battle team were prepared beforehand—they actually attacked the opponents at the same time. Not only did they get nothing out of the surprise attack, but they were also counter-attacked by the opposition and lost many mecha in that instant. The battle that originally could have been turned was now once again under the control of Lin Xiao's men.

Jiang Shaoyu screamed out in disbelief, "How did you know that they're our people?"

"Before, I didn't really notice since they had been cooperating with us, the First Co-ed Military Academy, for a very long time and could be considered as a brother-academy. However, people can change, especially after cooperating with you guys for many years. These two military academies that I had brought along were always moving out with you guys in previous years…" Lin Xiao smiled coldly as he spoke. "After the passing of those years, I didn't know whether or not you guys had made any private arrangements, so we had to make assumptions. It was a good thing that Commander Ling reminded me before the battle royale. In the end, it seemed that I was defending my headquarters before, but in reality, I was digging through these military academies. I wanted to see which of these military academies had betrayed us and allied with you guys. Good thing the situation wasn't too serious. There weren't too many military academies that betrayed us. Other than these two that were confirmed, there was also one that was suspicious. We sent them to where the Third Men's Military Academy was and let Qiao Ting watch over them. Even if they really were your men, they wouldn't have been able to do anything sneaky under his watchful eye."

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Han Jijyun and those from Lingtian Mecha Clan couldn't help but feel proud and pleased. It seemed that their commander had actually arranged so much without their knowledge.

Jiang Shaoyu almost exploded with anger. It turned out that all of his actions was seen through by the opponent, while he was still proudly announcing his plans, thinking that everything went according to his calculations.

Right when Han Jijyun and the rest of the First Men's Military Academy thought everything was in their control, Han Jijyun received a new report. His expression changed instantly, and he immediately relayed it to Lin Xiao. "Commander Lin, I have just received information that 7 battle teams have appeared in Area G13."

Lin Xiao frowned and asked, "Do you know which military academies they belong to?"

"Feiyi Military Academy, Hengguang Military Academy, Hesen Military Academy…" Han Jijyun read out the names of 4 to 5 military academies. These military academies were ranked towards the end and were very invisible. Lin Xiao and the others would definitely have not given them any notice. However, it was none other than these unnoticed military academies who gathered up seven allied battle teams and gave heavy pressure to Lin Xiao.

Jiang Shaoyu mind flashed upon hearing this. He remembered that strategist Zhuge's words before he set out. Zhuge said that in case he was blocked during his attack on the First Men's Military Academy, there would be some help coming to aid him. He hadn't cared for those words as he was proud and thought that he would be able to successfully take down the First Men's Military Academy's headquarters with only the six battle teams he had brought along, but now it looked like the help was pointing to the guys that were now coming.

"Commander, sometimes even small insignificant pests and random soldiers can become the key chips in determining a win or loss. Don't look down on them!" Strategist Zhuge's words rang by his ear at that moment, and Jiang Shaoyu felt very grateful to his strategist. It was possible that this help would turn the whole battle around.

Jiang Shaoyu burned with confidence once again. He faced the sky and laughed, saying, "Lin Xiao, you guys aren't the only ones who can be calculating and strategical. We can be as well!"

Lin Xiao's expression became cold. He decisively ordered, "Attack!" If Jiang Shaoyu lost right here and now and got eliminated, whether or not those seven battle teams were Jiang Shaoyu's reinforcements wouldn't matter because they would only be able to come and not leave once they arrived.

Everyone knew this clearly, including Jiang Shaoyu. He, of course, hoped that he wouldn't be defeated when there was hope to get out of this dangerous situation; thus, he screamed out, "Hold out until the end. Reinforcements are on their way. Victory will be ours. Glory will be ours."

Jiang Shaoyu's men all held up their weapons and begun fighting to the death with the opponents who were beside them. No one was going to give up. No one was willing to give up victory to the other side. The battle became more intense and brutal. A mecha would drop down every other minute, eliminated.

Area G13.

Wu Jiong, Han Yu, Mu Shaoyu and two other mecha teams had forced a mixed battle team and had already begun their fight with the seven battle teams that had moved towards them. However, the situation wasn't in their favor. After fighting repeatedly, although they had swallowed up the mecha operators that Jiang Shaoyu had left to defend the area, Wu Jiong and his team had also paid a hefty price. Every battle team was missing members here and there. Thus, while it seemed as though they had a difference of two battle teams, in reality, they had a difference of three battle teams. This gave them immense pressure. Many of the mecha operators even had two opponents.

The situation in Area G13 was dire. In Area G17, Lin Xiao and the others were at an advantage. Han Jijyun knew that the battle at Area G13 was tough, thus he sent Li Yingjie and his team, who couldn't join the battle, to go help them.

Everyone watching the situation from the monitoring room found it very interesting to see the First Men's Military Academy going through hardships one by one. They all kept saying that they shouldn't underestimate cadets in this day and age. The series of calculations and plans shown by the cadets made these old veterans, who had real battle experience, have a hard time keeping up. There were many plans that they couldn't even understand. Even if they had participated in the battle royale themselves, it was possible that they would have fallen into a trap as well.

Ling Xiao leaned back on his chair at an angle, looking as though he wasn't worried about the First Men's Military Academy at all. Only He Xuyang knew that General Ling Xiao was worried; his right hand that was on the chair's armrest was silently tapping against it. This was General Ling Xiao's habitual movement when he was in deep thought.

"General, it's alright. Young Master Lan is successfully progressing." He Xuyang comforted softly.

Ling Xiao glared at He Xuyang, who was suddenly surprised by this. He didn't think that the warm-hearted General Ling Xiao could wear such a cold and sharp expression.

"Chief of Staff He, in battle, we can't use emotions. We must consider everything realistically," Ling Xiao said, pointing out his thoughts indifferently. This made He Xuyang regret saying something pointlessly without evidence, afraid that General Ling Xiao was worried. His action indeed put a bad reputation on the seat of the Chief of Staff.

"I'm sorry, General!" He Xuyang took a deep breath, lowered his head and apologized.