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Chapter 845 - Instigate!

"Ah, it's fine, it's fine. There is no need to apologize" The member of the scouts team replied hurriedly. He asked curiously, "Are there not enough JMCs?"

"Yes. Because of a command from the command center, the JMCs of the base couldn't direct you all. Hence, Regiment Commander Ling send the JMCs of 250 Ace Mecha Clan to help you all instead." The lady didn't hide the details.

"Oh…" The member of the scouts team was shocked. 'What is going on with the base?'

"Anyway, I apologize for the unprofessionalism of the JMC just now. I will take care of him later. I will pray for your success from the office." The lady gave the member of the scouts team her sincere and best wishes. The member of the scouts team felt touched by the lady's words, so his anger towards the male JMC subsided instantly.

"Thank you. We will definitely come back with a victory," the member of the scouts team answered confidently.

"Good brother, when you come back with a victory, I'll have a drink with you." The male JMC heard the confident speech and got roused up by him, so he decided to cheer the member of the scouts team too in his own unique way.

Slap! Another loud slap was smack.

"It's forbidden to drink in the military."

"I know… young lady, stop hitting me!"

The angry shouts of the lady and the pitiful pleas of the man sounded in the JMC channel again. Although they were not as professional and robotic as the original JMCs of the base, this kind of lively atmosphere and funny mistakes made caused the members of the scouts team to relax a little. All of them had smiles on their faces as they get ready to get on the ejection ports. Their nervousness got dissipated a little.

In the JMC office, Lady Mei and a few other courageous female JMCs of the base were looking at Han Xuya with gaze was filled with respect and longing as she knocked on the forehead of the first lieutenant, who was the temporary male JMC.

They didn't know a woman could be so dominant over a man. She was able to reprimand a male officer and the other male officers beside them seemed to be used to this scene. They looked calm and indifferent. This meant that this was a common sight. 'Is 250 Mecha Clan a female-friendly mecha clan? Or is there some other special reasons for why they treat a woman so nicely.'

Well, Han Xuya is Li Shiyu's deputy, so she and Luo Chao can get their hands on many scary agents. Therefore, the mecha operators in 250 don't dare to offend the two ladies of the medical department.

No female soldiers with the thought of climbing to the top would be able to reject a mecha clan that didn't discriminate against women. Lady Mei was one of those female soldiers who still had grand ambitions, so her mind was now filled with the thought of entering 250 Ace Mecha Clan. She must follow Han Xuya and learn everything about her. That was the only way she could live a life in the military without the help of a man.

Han Xuya's team successfully controlled the JMC office and activated the ejection ports. The scouts team was now able to move out of the base and carry out their scouting mission. Of course, they had a smooth ejection process because Lin Zhong-qing arranged a team of mecha operators to control the logisticians of the mecha hold. This team was also the one monitoring and ordering the logisticians to load the weapons on the various mechas of the scouts team. With the additional help of Little Four, these Xuya's and Zhong-qing's team carried out their missions orderly without facing any problems.

Luo Lang and Du Junyong confronted each other. Luo Lang's mission would only end when he subdued the other party.

"It's hard to imagine that you became a domain realm master at such a young age. What a pity. A talent like you shouldn't work under someone else." Du Junyong shook his head and sighed. He seemed to be feeling sad for Luo Lang's situation.

Luo Lang just maintained his bright smile, seemingly unaffected by what Du Junyong had said.

"You should be just a team leader in 250, right? But, it is really is a pity as you definitely have the capabilities to become a regiment commander with actual military power." Du Junyong tried to waver Luo Lang's heart and make him uncontented about his situation.

Luo Lang raised one of his eyebrows. "Do you have anything else to say? Why don't you say everything at once?"

Luo Lang was not as smart as Li Lanfeng and Han Jijyun. He was not like Xie Yi and Qi Long who looked sincere but actually had a scheming mind. He was different from Zhao Jun who seemed rash but knew what he was doing. Compared to his friends, Luo Lang was pure and innocent. However, these traits had its merits. One of the merits was that he trusted Ling Lan wholeheartedly. Once he recognized Ling Lan as his Boss, she would always be his Boss. He wouldn't have any other thoughts, not in the past and never in the future.

Luo Lang so blatantly exposed his plan, making Du Junyong speechless. He didn't know how to reply to him.

"Since you have nothing else to say, let's fight." Luo Lang was excited. Among his friends, Qi Long loved fighting the most. However, Luo Lang loved it too. Both of them enjoyed fighting but Qi Long showed his desire to fight a lot more, as he was always asking people to have a fight with him. Luo Lang wanted to fight too. But, because of his pretty and demure face, most people would reject his offer, which in turn made him weaker than Qi Long as he had not much chance to fight. In actuality, most men just couldn't resist his beautiful face. They couldn't bear to hit him, even the friends that grew up with him couldn't see past his face.

Du Junyong felt dejected. He wondered what Ling Lan did to let such a talented person follow him without any wandering thoughts. He didn't even have a chance to sow some discord between them.

When Luo Lang noticed that Du Junyong was still mulling over his situation, he got impatient and attacked first.

Bang! Du Junyong used his palm to take on Luo Lang's fist, and a blunt sound was heard.

The fighting spirit in Luo Lang's eyes was apparent. His smile got more enchanting. "Boss is right. You are really a domain realm master." In order to let Du Mingyi stay in his position, the Du family put in much effort. They even sent a domain realm master to become the regiment commander of the guards team of the base so that he could help Du Mingyi secretly.

His Boss had already guessed that his opponent might be at pseudo domain or was a domain realm master who had just stabilized his domain. Either way, he was on par with Luo Lang in terms of ability so Luo Land had to be careful.

The killing intent on Luo Lang got stronger. His gaze turned vicious. He was able to control one of his domain techniques fully now. He could merge the calm personality and the bloodthirsty personality together easily. As for the other personalities, he was still in the midst of trying to merge them together. When he realized Du Junyoung was on par with him, Luo Lang decided to go with this technique.

Du Junyong felt an unprecedented pressure boring down on him. After the Du family used a secret technique to help him enter the domain stage, he came to this base and secretly helped Du Mingyi clear his path to becoming the commanding officer of the base. After all these years, he managed to stabilize his domain. However, because he was stuck at the base, he never had the chance to meet other domain realm masters and thus also never fought with them. It could be said that ever since Du Junyong advanced to the domain stage, he had never fought with other domain realm masters before. Luo Lang was the first domain realm master he would fight with.

Du Junyong was nervous about his first fight against an opponent of a similar power level. However, he looked at Luo Lang's young beautiful face and calmed down a little. 'No matter what, my understanding of the domain stage after all these years should be deeper than a brat who just entered the domain stage, right? I will not lose this match!' He thought.

Chapter 846 - Injured!

Luo Lang and Du Junyong looked at each other for many seconds. Suddenly, Luo Lang made a move at a tricky angle.

"Bang!" Luo Lang's attack was quick and fierce. However, right as his attack was about to hit Du Junyong, it was blocked by a thick layer of earthen armor.

Yes, unbeknown to Luo Lang, Du Junyong had a layer of earth around his body like armor, protecting every part of his body.

"Hmph!" Luo Lang snorted in dismay. In the next second, he disappeared from where he was standing. The place where he stood before already had an earth spike appear below him.

While Du Junyong was blocking Luo Lang's attack, he also performed a sneak attack on Luo Lang. However, Luo Lang saw through his intentions as well.

Luo Lang appeared at his previous position once again and pouted. The opponent he least wanted to go against was someone with the earth element. It was like fighting a weaponized tortoise, rendering all of his attack useless. Luo Lang's domain concept wasn't the strong offensive type. Thus, his domain concept was already at a disadvantage against the strong defense of the earth element.

Luo Lang's expression fluctuated slightly. Suddenly, his expression became as calm as water, and he no longer had the rash temperament.

'No way to get through his defense? Then, I must find an opening in his attacks.' Luo Lang, who had merged with the calm personality, had a peaceful expression on his face. He was no longer rushing to defeat Du Junyong in just one attack and instead used the bloodthirsty personality's speed to wildly attack Du Junyong. He was looking for an opportunity to get the one attack past his opponent's defense.

The calm personality knew very well that when facing someone who was only on the defensive with strongest defensive element, the earth element, only those strong offensive types could use their terrifying attacks to deplete the opponent's defensive earth energy. These attacks would cause the opposition to no longer have the energy to continue to use their defensive domain, which would then in turn cause their defeat. Other types of domain realm master could not do that. Thus, Luo Lang only way to victory was to let his opponent give up on defense and attack him instead. An opportunity might present itself in the instant his opponent changes from defense to offense.

Luo Lang's continuous attacks were so fast that Du Junyong couldn't dodge and could only endure them all with his earthen armor. In order to make sure the armor he created was not broken by his opponent, he focused all of his concentration on using his domain concept, forming an even thicker earth armor.

"Bang, bang, bang…" Luo Lang's attacks were all blocked by the armor, only causing bits of dirt to fall off. Luo Lang's attacks couldn't actually go through the armor. Seeing this, Du Junyong calmed down a bit.

After Luo Lang finished his first round of attacks, Du Junyong felt his domain energy hadn't been depleted by too much. A hint of killing intent flashed past his eyes. He finally decided to make a move.

Luo Lang's speed made Du Junyong understand that he wouldn't be able to land a hit on him with single-target attacks, only area of effect attacks could seal his Ling Lan's terrifying speed. Du Junyong guessed that Luo Lang was a physical type domain realm master, under the category of speed. In terms of domain concept, that type was considered to be weakest.

Feeling somewhat confident in his conjecture, Du Junyong was longer as careful as before. When he saw Luo Lang lift up his fists, preparing to attack again, he shouted loudly and closed his hands. Countless sharp spikes suddenly shot out from the ground and went towards Luo Lang, who was in mid-air, like arrows raining down but inverted.

The attack was too sudden, so Luo Lang, who was in mid-air, couldn't dodge it…

"Boom, boom, boom…" Countless spikes struck Luo Lang in mid-air. Du Junyong was overjoyed. However, him being on the offensive had depleted his domain's energy significantly, causing his earthen armor to get thinner. The excitement made him lose his concentration in his armor, which also caused it to lose its thickness. The armor was dropping chunks of dirt to the ground

"Bang!" Two fists suddenly came down on him from below, hitting his chin. The force was so powerful that he was sent flying into the air.

Du Junyong, who was now in mid-air, saw two Luo Langs appearing at where he stood. One was smiling and one was full of killing intent…'How can that happen?'

He then looked towards the Luo Lang that was struck by his spikes, and saw that the Luo Lang who had become a porcupine was just staring at coldly. Then, he suddenly disappeared without a trace.

'Why were there three Luo Langs? Why?' This was Du Junyong's last thought before he went unconscious.

After seeing he had finally beaten Du Junyong, Luo Lang looked towards the bloodthirsty personality. The bloodthirsty personality knew what Luo Lang's expression meant and said, "Don't worry, although we appear physically inside your domain, we aren't physical entities. Those attacks can't harm us." It turns out, Luo Lang was worried whether the calm personality had been injured.

"Then, why hasn't the calm personality come out yet?" Luo Lang asked.

The killer personality bit his lip. 'This dumbass primary personality. Why is he not smart when he should be and smart when he shouldn't be?'

"How should I know?" The bloodthirsty personality pretended to be clueless.

"Help me ask him how he is doing. I'm still sort of worried." Luo Lang couldn't see the calm personality and was somewhat anxious.

"I go ask him?" The bloodthirsty personality shook his head. "The calm personality is the strongest one out of all of us so he's the one who usually finds us. We never dare to go looking for him…"

Seeing that Luo Lang wasn't going to give up, the bloodthirsty personality continued, "Also, have you ever seen the calm personality do anything that he wasn't 100% sure about? If he was confident in making that decision, then he's definitely fine."

"Alright, I should trust him. "Luo Lang finally decided to put his questions away for the time being. He will ask when he sees the calm personality in the future.

Seeing that Luo Lang was no longer asking him about the calm personality, the bloodthirsty personality quickly found a chance and returned to Luo Lang's mindscape.

After leaving Luo Lang's sight, the bloodthirsty personality wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead. He had never realized that the primary personality was so difficult to deal with. Who said the primary personality was easily fooled? He was going to beat up whoever said that when he gets back.

Luo Lang felt that the bloodthirsty personality was different from before, as he always wanted to stay in the real world. Instead, it was also though a ghost was chasing him, causing him to run back into his mindscape all flustered. Luo Lang instantly raised an eyebrow…'The calm personality's current state is definitely not what the bloodthirsty personality have said, that he is completely fine. However, why aren't they willing to tell me?'

Luo Lang was somewhat depressed. 'Have they still not accepted me as their primary personality?'

Once the bloodthirsty personality returned to the mindscape, he anxiously shouted, "How's the calm personality doing?"

"He seemed to have been injured quite severely and has already gone to treat himself," a slow and lazy voice replied.

"What happened? This is the first time that I've seen the calm personality all dishevelled," an evil voice also spoke up.

"Don't say anymore. You guys know that I specialize in speed and not strength while the calm personality specialize in finding out a weakness right away. When combined, we become the strongest assassin. As long as the opponent's weakness appears, we would be able to take advantage of it and go for the kill. However, as luck would have it, we met up with an opponent in a tortoise shell. His defenses were extremely tight which made us both useless." sighed the bloodthirsty personality. "The calm personality made a plan to lure the opponent out in order to defeat him, using himself as bait. Then, the end result became like this."

Chapter 847 - Believe?

"You mean there are many interesting opponents outside?" A sinister figure suddenly manifested in front of the bloodthirsty personality.

"Of course. But unfortunately, selfish personalities like you who are not willing to cooperate with the rest of us will never have the chance to go out." The bloodthirsty personality sneered.

Luo Lang was still currently unable to unleash the full potential of his domain technique because some of his other personalities were still unwilling to cooperate. Those personalities still had ambitions of being the primary personality in order to control the domain technique. However, the primary personality still had no clue of this. He just thought that he was just not proficient enough in his domain technique.

"Those personalities don't listen well," the sinister personality complained.

"How about you?" An indifferent voice sounded behind the sinister personality. The two personalities turned around and saw the calm personality standing behind them.

"Ah, it's you…" The sinister personality pouted and didn't dare to say anything else.

"How are you doing?" Bloodthirsty personality asked in a concerned tone. The frequent merging with each other made their relationship closer.

"It's just a small injury. However, I will not be able to go out within a short period of time," the calm personality replied. He scanned the mindscape and said with an unwavering voice, "ln the past, I didn't care how much of a fuss you all kicked up but now, I will not tolerate any more of that. You must all cooperate with the primary personality obediently."

"Oh? When did you become so protective of the primary personality?" The lazy voice spoke.

"When he treated us as brothers and not as his slaves," the calm personality replied. "So, we should treat him like how he treats us."

"Makes sense," a cold voice said from somewhere in the corner.

"You will understand once you go out and merge with the primary personality" The calm personality threw this sentence at them and then disappeared. His injury was not a small injury like what he had mentioned. Although they were not physical entities, they would still be affected by an attack from a domain realm master. This kind of injury was very hard to heal as they couldn't rely on any external help to help them heal faster, thus they would have to wait for the injury to slowly heal by itself. Hence, the calm personality was not able to go out any time soon.

The calm personality's words made everyone go into deep thought. It seemed like they should go try and merge with the primary personality once, even if it was just to look at the scenery outside and breathe some fresh air.

Luo Lang didn't know what was happening in his mindscape. Back in the real world, he was ordering the mecha operators in his team to drag the fugitives to a huge warehouse. The moment Luo Lang defeated Du Junyong, the guards gave up resisting. Thus, Luo Lang was able to control the aftermath of his battle pretty neatly.

Every fugitive in the warehouse was given a syringe full of anaesthesia and muscle relaxant. This was to ensure that they wouldn't be able to move even if they suddenly woke up.

Luo Lang successfully completed his mission after he sent one of Du Junyong's severed arms to Ling Lan. At the command center, Li Lanfeng slowly raised his scythe up in the air, it was so sharp that it was glinting from the reflection of the light. His gaze was filled with no remorse for what he was doing to do next. Du Mingyi and the senior captain took a step back in fear. As they were doing that, they exchanged glances with each other and suddenly, an intimidating force of presence was released from their bodies.

Li Lanfeng narrowed his eyes. Ling Lan was right. Du Mingyi was not at the peak of Qi-Jin like what he said. The person beside him was also a domain realm master too. However, Ling Lan wasn't sure if they were a real domain realm master or were they at pseudo domain stage.

Li Lanfeng lightly slashed the scythe at Du Mingyi, as he was just trying to determine Du Mingyi's strength before going all out in the fight.

Du Mingyi noticed that Li Lanfeng was just testing him so he waved his right hand furiously, and a golden shield appeared in front of him, blocking Li Lanfeng's scythe.

Boom! Sparks flew, and the golden shield cracked before breaking into pieces like shattered glass. As they were falling onto the ground, the pieces slowly disintegrated into dust, never to be seen again.

Du Mingyi took a few steps back before he could counteract the force behind the slash. As he was stepping back, his gaze turned more serious with each and every step. He was no longer as calm as before when he looked at Li Lanfeng.

"What kind of domain technique is that?" The senior captain was dumbfounded too. Li Lanfeng was able to control other people's domain techniques and deactivate its effect.

"I'm not sure. Just don't let his domain technique stick to your energy. It has a corrosive ability," Du Mingyi said in a frightened tone.

Li Lanfeng turned stern too. He least wanted to see Du Mingyi being at the domain stage. Although he was at the pseudo domain stage, it would be a hard battle for him to face against two pseudo domain realm masters in front of him.

Li Lanfeng recalled the scene when he bidded farewell to Ling Lan just now.

He got Ling Lan's permission and was preparing to leave.

"Hey, Lanfeng. Your mission this time may be dangerous. You must be careful," Ling Lan suddenly warned.

"Oh?" Li Lanfeng turned around with an expression that clearly showed that he didn't understand what Ling Lan had meant by her words.

"Du Mingyi might be stronger than we expected. Otherwise, the Du family would not leave him in a war-littered planet…" Ling Lan replied calmly.

"So?" Li Lanfeng raised his eyebrows.

"So, if you are unlucky, you might meet two domain realm masters." Ling Lan told him her guess.

"Two domain realm masters?" Li Lanfeng clenched his right hand into a fist, veins were showing through the skin. Then, he relaxed his body and smiled, "Rabbit, you should learn to trust me just like how you trust your other friends."

Ling Lan raised her eyebrows. "Don't I trust you already?"

Li Lanfeng smiled when he heard this. His mesmerizing eyes were even more pronounced now. Ling Lan felt her face twitching uncontrollably. 'He is smiling at me weirdly again.'

Just as she thought that Luo Lang was seductive enough. Now, someone even more seductive had appeared in her life.

Li Lanfeng waved at Ling Lan and said, "I'm sorry, I said something I shouldn't."

Li Lanfeng left Ling Lan's office with a pep in his step that day.

Ling Lan passed the hardest mission to him. She didn't pass it to Qi Long or Luo Lang. This meant that she trusted him a lot.

Li Lanfeng smiled gently when he thought about this. 'How can he disappoint Rabbit since he has given me this mission.'

Li Lanfeng's gaze lit back up with fighting spirit. He extended his domain space. Du Mingyi and the senior captain saw this and also activated their domain too to resist Li Lanfeng.

Du Mingyi's domain was gold in color while the senior captain's domain was grey. Unremarkably, Li Lanfeng's domain was a black whirlpool, it was seeming able to into its depths like the ones in the deep blue oceans. The three colors each created their own territory in the main entrance. None of them were willing to give in to the other.

The energy exuding from each of the domain battle instantly smashed all the objects in the main entrance into pieces. Fortunately, there was no one near them. If not, anyone who was at Qi-Jin or lower in terms of physical skills would get a serious internal injury or might even die.

Chapter 848 - Going All Out!

Li Lanfeng sensed Du Mingyi's domain energy was weaker than his, while the senior captain's domain energy was on par with his. It looked like Du Mingyi was at the pseudo domain stage while the senior captain was a real domain realm master. In an instant, Li Lanfeng made a decision.

He slashed his scythe at the senior captain's domain. The senior captain saw this and immediately congregated his domain energy into a spear. He blocked Li Lanfeng's sickle with the energy spear.

Bang! The end result of the grey spear was it being disintegrated just like Du Mingyi's golden shield.

The senior captain remembered Du Mingyi's reminder and immediately stopped putting energy into the spear the moment it touched the scythe. However, he still experienced the suction from his opponent's domain technique. It was infuriating.

He got more cautious. His opponent's domain was too weird. It should be a special domain. However, no similar domain was recorded in the Du family's database, so there was no reference for him to adapt. Thus, he had to rely on his own judgment alone to win this battle. The lucky thing was, he had Du Mingyi beside him. They already had an advantage in numbers.

The senior captain glanced at Du Mingyi, and Du Mingyi understood what he was signalling with his glance. After some telepathy action, they attacked Li Lanfeng simultaneously.

Li Lanfeng's first two attacks appeared casual and free, but it was made to let him understand what his opponents' domains were. He had achieved his motive. He knew Du Mingyi's domain element was gold in the purest form. The senior captain's domain technique was slightly special. His domain born technique was a corrosive haze. It was a branch of the special domain class.

It had to be said that Li Lanfeng's domain was quite bugged. As long as someone's domain energy touched his scythe, his scythe could detect what his opponent's domain was. This was like how everything in the virtual world could be digitized. Even if his opponents tried to hide the information about their domains, it would be impossible to escape Li Lanfeng's eyes.

When two of them started to fight back together, Li Lanfeng knew he needed to make some sacrifices. If not, he had no chance of winning this battle. His gaze turned more determined and resolute. He slashed his scythe at the rings that the senior captain had created while absolutely disregarding the gold arrows Du Mingyi was shooting at him.

The scythe touched the rings and the rings broke apart. The air was full of residue from his domain technique. Just when Du Mingyi and the senior captain thought that Li Lanfeng would evade the arrows…

Li Lanfeng didn't. He chose to rush towards the arrows instead. The whirlpool around him sucked in the arrows and distorted them. This was not a battle between domains. Li Lanfeng was just using his domain to one-sidedly destroy his opponent's domain. This was different from the disintegration technique. Li Lanfeng wanted to use his domain technique to damage Du Mingyi's physical skills so that he would go back to the Qi-Jin stage.

Li Lanfeng was vicious. He knew when to be harsh on his enemies, never giving them any chance to start a comeback. At the same time, he was harsh on himself too. His domain technique could integrate people's domain, returning them back to their Qi-Jin state. However, if he met someone stronger than him, his own domain would be damaged when he used this attack, and his physical skills would drop to the Qi-Jin stage, never to be able to enter the domain stage again.

Yet, Li Lanfeng still decided to do this, as he would never let off anyone that was disrespectful towards Ling Lan. This was Li Lanfeng. He would seek revenge for even the smallest matter.

'This is bad!' The senior captain saw Du Mingyi's pale face as he fought to resist Li Lanfeng's domain technique. Du Mingyi advanced to the domain stage using a special technique, and his domain was not stable yet, so he was definitely not Li Lanfeng's match. The senior captain quickly placed his hands together, and numerous smoky tentacles jutted out from the ground and attacked Li Lanfeng. They tried to pull Li Lanfeng away form Du Mingyi.

Li Lanfeng waved his right hand furiously, causing the black scythe to fly out from his hands again. He held onto a black chain that was attached to the pole of the scythe. Li Lanfeng then spun the scythe around his body, severing the tentacles that were getting near his body.

Du Mingyi's and the senior captain's vision was blocked by a circle of light, so they didn't notice the drop of blood that flowed down Li Lanfeng's lips. They also didn't see his pale face that remained hidden behind the silver mask.

The result of directly taking on two domain realm masters was him getting a severe internal injury.

The senior captain couldn't break through the protection of the scythe with the tentacles. Under Li Lanfeng's oppression, Du Mingyi felt that his domain was going to collapse soon. He was losing control of his golden arrows.

"Pfft!" Du Mingyi vomited out blood. He was already heavily injured from the domain battle. However, he had no choice but to continue. He knew that if he gave up now, he would be dead. Even if he got lucky and managed to remain alive at the end of this fight, he would be disabled for the rest of his life. He knew the danger of Li Lanfeng's domain. It was not something he was able to handle.

The senior captain knew Du Mingyi was in danger too. If Du Mingyi was killed, he wouldn't be able to escape from the punishments too. He was a domain realm master so the Du family would not punish him too terribly but he wouldn't be able to gain any more resources from the Du family. He might even be abandoned by them. The senior captain knew that the other domain realm masters working for the Du family were all selfish people. They all hoped that there was one less domain realm master fighting with them for a limited amount of resources.

To protect his future, the senior captain attacked Li Lanfeng furiously. He tried to injure him badly before he could permanently destroy Du Mingyi's domain.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Smoky tentacles struck the scythe. Every time the scythe was hit, more droplets of blood flowed down Li Lanfeng's lips, staining his white teeth red. Li Lanfeng felt fortunate that his scythe blocked his opponents' vision so they weren't able to know that he was in a dire state.

This was a battle of willpower.

Du Mingyi vomited a mouthful of blood out again. He was the first person to lose in this confrontation. His domain collapsed and he fell to the ground.

Chapter 849 - Control!

Du Mingyi laid flat on the ground with a face full of despair. He went berserk. He didn't expect Li Lanfeng to ignore the senior captain's attack and instead, chose to battle with him forcefully. He slowly could feel his domain disappearing. His understanding of his domain concept was also leaving his mind slowly.

"No!" He shouted crazily while trying to use everything in his grasp to stop his domain from slipping away. However, his domain continued to slip away. Finally, he felt the giant metal doors of the domain closing in his face with a thunderous thud. With that sound still ringing in his ears, it symbolized his entire domain collapsed in tow. He had dropped to Qi-Jin stage now. It felt as though him being at the domain stage was just a fleeting dream.

"What is happening?" The senior captain also felt Du Mingyi's domain slowly disappearing until he finally dropped down to the Qi-Jin stage, completely flabbergasting the senior captain which caused him to unintentionally slow down his attacks a little.

Li Lanfeng suddenly glared at him, and the scythe that was flying around got released from its chain. It pierced through the smoky tentacles and aimed itself at the senior captain.

'Damn it!' When the senior captain realized what was happening,it was already too late as the scythe was already right in front of him. He hurriedly formed a haze shield, attempting to block the scythe.

However, the moment the scythe touched haze shield, it just disintegrated instantly, providing no forms of protection. The senior captain narrowed his eyes. He finally understood what his opponent's intent was. He got distracted when his opponent blocked his tentacles with his scythe, causing him to forget the actual use of the scythe.

The scythe broke through the shield and flew towards his body. The senior captain immediately dodged to the side, but the scythe still slightly grazed past his left arm.

"Ah!" A scream of fear was released out of the senior captain's throat, as he saw his left arm slowly disintegrating in dust. When he was dodging Li Lanfeng just now, there was a small cut on his left arm, and although the cut appeared to be just a small non-lethal wound, it was actually extremely lethal.

As an experienced domain realm master, the senior captain quickly regained his composure. He raised his hand and chopped his still disintegrating arm off. Fresh blood spurted out of his wound. The senior captain controlled his muscles and blocked the blood vessels on his left arm. From the corner of his eye, he saw his severed arm disappearing into thin air before it landed on the ground.

The senior captain looked at his right shoulder. There was still blood oozing out but it didn't disintegrate like his left arm. He relaxed a little. He knew he had escaped death this time. He looked at Li Lanfeng fearfully. 'That domain is too scary. Not only is it able to disintegrate domains, but it can also disintegrate physical objects too.'

Li Lanfeng covered his mask with his left hand to hide the fact he was injured. He was already at his limit. His willpower was the only thing keeping him standing as he knew he still couldn't fall over just yet. The enemy domain realm master just lost an arm, so he definitely still had the strength to continue fighting. If he fell down now, his opponent would kill him immediately.

'Rabbit believes me so much that he gave me this difficult mission. I mustn't disappoint him.' Li Lanfeng raised his right hand again and another new black scythe appeared., setting the stage for the arrival of Death.

The senior captain glanced at Du Mingyi who was still lying motionless on the ground and turned to look at the cold and malicious Li Lanfeng. His expression kept changing. Suddenly, he moved his body towards the concrete wall. The senior captain just ran straight through the concrete wall and ran away.

The resources the Du family provided for him were good, but he needed to be alive to enjoy it. When faced with a life-or-death situation, the senior captain chose to abandon the person he was supposed to protect and escape on his own. He didn't care if the Du family would find him for revenge as he could worry about that in the future. Now, he needed to stay alive from this monster.

Li Lanfeng heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the senior captain running away. He bore with the sharp pain racking through in his entire body and took out a miniature syringe from his pocket. He used the remaining energy he had to stab it into Du Mingyi's neck.

After Du Mingyi went unconscious, Li Lanfeng still didn't let himself fall as he didn't know if the senior captain would come back again. He tried his best to keep himself conscious. That way, even if in the off chance the senior captain came back, he would still be able to intimidate him away.

Bang! A figure suddenly flew in through the glass window before smashing forcefully on the ground. It was the senior captain that abandoned Du Mingyi and chose to run away.

Li Lanfeng finally relaxed when he saw this. He knew that Ling Lan was here.

He had no more worries so his heavy eyelids finally overpowered his determination to stay awake. However, a pair of warm hands suddenly grabbed him.

"Rabbit, I didn't disappoint you, right?" Li Lanfeng forced himself to keep his eyes opened as he looked at Ling Lan.

"No. You did well." Ling Lan's indifferent voice sounded beside him. Her voice always made him feel at ease.

Li Lanfeng wanted to smile but the pain didn't allow him too. Ling Lan slowly lifted the mask that was stained with blood, revealing an elegant and delicate beauty to Ling Lan's eyes. Ling Lan felt a little remorse. 'Was I too harsh toward Li Lanfeng?'

"It's okay. It's just a small injury." Li Lanfeng didn't want Ling Lan to worry about him so he comforted her.

"Why didn't you use the Qi cultivation exercises I gave you when you were fighting with him?" Li Lanfeng raised one of her eyebrows and asked. She sounded like she was reprimanding him. If he didn't practice the Qi cultivation exercises, she wouldn't have given this mission to him in the first place.

"Huh?" Li Lanfeng was stunned. 'Isn't the Qi cultivation exercises used for healing his injuries and improving his physical constitution?'

"You didn't even analyze what the Qi cultivation exercises can do?" Ling Lan was speechless. "It looks like you are on par with your two younger brothers." 'How could he say that Li Shiyu is stupid and that Li Yingjie is an idiot when he is no better than them? Is the Qi cultivation exercises just a simple exercise?' Ling Lan forgot that she took many years before she realized that the Qi cultivation exercises could be used in a battle. Besides healing injuries, it could also be used to regain the energy lost during a fight.

Li Lanfeng smiled. He liked how Ling Lan was talking to him now. It made him feel like he was Ling Lan's most trusted and closest friend.

"Stop smiling like an idiot. Analyze the Qi cultivation exercises properly. If you haven't mastered this technique, don't even think about going for battle next time," Ling Lan said angrily. Her friends were all worrying.

"I know. I will do it." Li Lanfeng had already started using the Qi cultivation exercises and the excruciating pain in his body eased up. He unconsciously gave Ling Lan a beautiful smile.

Ling Lan said coldly, "Don't smile like that in the future. Not everyone can control themselves like me."

"I understand." Li Lanfeng's smile got brighter. He could only smile freely when he was with his Rabbit. He knew that his Rabbit had no weird intentions towards him.

'Huh? Something sounds wrong… hey, I'm a lady. Why should I control myself?' Ling Lan finally noticed her mistake.

Chapter 850 - Please!

Xu Shiming's scouts team had already gone out of the base. The other mecha operators left at the mecha hold had all boarded their own respective mechas and were waiting for the JMCs to contact them.

Cui Yunxuan watched as his mecha operators boarded their own mechas. Then, he walked towards his ace mecha. At this moment, Qi Long and Xie Yi, who were supervising them, exchanged glances with each other. Qi Long suddenly moved his body and disappeared, and in the next second, he appeared in front of Cui Yunxuan.

Cui Yunxuan recognized Qi Long as he was the famous heir of the 13th division, the team leader of team 03 from 250 Ace Mecha Clan. Cui Yunxuan smiled and asked, "What is the matter, Leader Qi?"

"Major Cui, could your mecha clan wait for a moment and let the other mecha clans move out first?" Qi Long put on his humble expression. He looked as though he was here to 'discuss' a matter with Cui Yunxuan.

Cui Yunxuan felt his heart pounding furiously when he heard that, but he still replied calmly, "Of course, our mecha clan will listen to your orders."

"Thank you." Qi Long suddenly grabbed Cui Yunxuan's right arm. He smiled and said, "My friend over there wants to know you better. Please come with me."

Cui Yunxuan tried to struggle free but Qi Long's grip was like a metal clamp. He was unable to break free so he gave up and showed a forced smile. "Leader Qi, I would like to know the young talents from 250 Ace Mecha Clan too. Can you…" He looked at his right arm.

Qi Long laughed loudly when he saw this unintentional mistake. "I'm sorry. I was just too excited." Qi Long let go of his arm and invited him over.

Cui Yunxuan started weighing his options in his mind. In the end, he chose to follow Qi Long obediently.

They came to find Xie Yi. Xie Yi smiled and nodded at them when he saw them coming over, but he didn't say anything. Moreover, Qi Long also just turned and looked at the other mechas that were entering the ejection ports, not initiating any conversation at all.

Cui Yunxuan stood between them awkwardly. Beads of sweat started forming on his forehead. 'Did they realize what I was doing in secret?'

He placed his hands behind his back as he wanted to touch his communicator surreptitiously. Suddenly, Xie Yi called him, "Major Cui!"

Cui Yunxuan's hands froze.

"Don't make things difficult for yourself. If not, we can't let you go even if we want to." Xie Yi turned and smiled at Cui Yunxuan.

It was a sincere smile. That was what Xie Yi thought. However, to Cui Yunxuan, the smile was eerie and frightening. Cui Yunxuan's expression changed for the worse. He understood that his sneaky actions had been discovered by the other party.

While Du Mingyi appeared to be unhappy with Cui Yunxuan, behind everyone's back, they were on the same side. Cui Yunxuan was one of Du Mingyi's spies. He would tell Du Mingyi all the people or mecha clans that had an opinion against him so that Du Mingyi could get rid of them.

Speaking about this, it has to be said that Du Mingyi truly had some capabilities as a tyrant. He was lenient on the leader of the scouts team, Xu Shiming, but it made things difficult for Cui Yunxuan's mecha clan, making it seemed like Cui Yunxuan was one of his greatest opponents. No one would have imagined that one of his biggest enemies was his men. Hence, everyone spoke some of their real thoughts about Du Mingyi in front of Cui Yunxuan.

"What are you saying? I don't understand." Cui Yunxuan lowered his hands and stopped his sneaky actions. He realized that the ten teams from 250 Ace Mecha Clan were all strategically stationed around his mecha clan. If his mecha clan did anything suspicious, they would definitely suppress them at the speed of light. They definitely had been guarding against him from the start.

Cui Yunxuan agreed to work with Du Mingyi because he realized that no one was able to subdue him, even Song Yiqing couldn't do it. But from the looks of it, the command structure of Base 013 was going to change soon, all because Ling Lan was more vicious and brutal than Song Yiqing. She decided to take down Du Mingyi without worrying about the consequences she would cause. He still remembered the emergency message he had received from Du Mingyi just now. Since Du Mingyi couldn't even protect himself now, he shouldn't continue working with him anymore.

Cui Yunxuan was a decisive person. To be safe in Base 013, he had betrayed his friend's trust in him and worked with Du Mingyi, taking advantage of both sides. Now, to protect his mecha clan, he stopped working with either side and just stood on the fence about the power upheaval that is going to happen in the future. Undoubtedly, Cui Yunxuan was a selfish person. This kind of person would always choose the path that benefited him the most.

Cui Yunxuan's indifferent expression made Xie Yi and Qi Long frown.

This type of person was the most difficult to handle. He never refuted or offended them so they didn't know what they should do with him, so it was probably better for them to pass him to Li Lanfeng. The two of them thought of the same person simultaneously. They turned and looked at 'Li Lanfeng' who was talking to Luo Chao and they secretly sighed in pity.

Unfortunately, he wasn't here. The 'Li Lanfeng' in the mecha hold was actually Li Shiyu in disguise, and with his non-scheming nature, he was not Cui Yunxuan's match.

'Unless he uses his medicines…' Qi Long and Xie Yi suddenly trembled in fear at the thought of that. They couldn't comprehend how a righteous and forthright person like Li Shiyu was able to invent such frightening medicines. 'Is it because deep down inside, he is an evil person?'

Because of Cui Yunxuan's obedience, the other mecha clans move out of the mecha hold in an orderly manner and stood their grounds at the front of the base. They were prepared to fight anytime.

When everyone had moved out, Qi Long looked at Cui Yunxuan, "Major Cui, it seems that our mecha clans will have to cooperate for the upcoming fight."

Cui Yunxuan was not surprised by Qi Long's words. If the other party allowed him to act on his own, he would have looked down on them.

Cui Yunxuan had already decided that he wouldn't participate in the battle between Ling Lan and Du Mingyi. Hence, he wouldn't reject Qi Long's arrangement. After all, they were the soldiers of the Federation. No matter how much internal strife they had, they wouldn't harm the lives of billions of people in the Federation.

"Am I boarding my mecha too?" Luo Chao looked at the majestic ace mecha and asked excitedly.

"This mecha is not for you." Li Shiyu patted Luo Chao's head and destroyed her dream.

"Why not? I'm Luo Lang. Why can't I control Luo Lang's mecha?" Luo Chao replied unhappily. She really wanted to board her brother's mecha and know what it feels like to operate an ace mecha.

"Is your body able to withstand the backlash from the leap in level? Do you want to die?" Li Shiyu asked with a stern face.

Luo Chao looked at Li Shiyu hopefully. As his assistant, she knew what Li Shiyu's newest experiments were about.

"Don't even think about it. No live testing had been done on it so it only works by theory. No one knows whether it really works or are there be any dangerous side effects to it. I'll not give it to you." Li Shiyu rejected her blatantly.

"Shi… Brother." Luckily, she had noticed her mistake in time and called out to Li Shiyu sweetly.

"Even if you call me ancestor, it's useless." Li Shiyu pulled Luo Chao to their special-class mechas and patted on one of them as he said, "This beautiful piece of art is yours to use. Feel free to use it anytime."

Chapter 851 - The Start Of The Battle!

"Won't everyone find out that I'm not Luo Lang if I operate a special-class mecha?" Luo Chao hadn't given up yet.

"There is no one left in the mecha hold, so nobody will notice you boarding this mecha. Plus, Boss had already ordered the vice-leaders to take over the command of your brother's team and my brother's… I mean Brother Lanfeng's team. Do you think that they will need us?" Li Shiyu replied. He almost exposed himself just now. 'Did he let down his guard because Luo Chao is in front of him?'

"By right, Boss wants us to wait in the mecha hold. However, are you willing to stay here?" Li Shiyu added while pressing a button on the wall, and the cockpit of one special-class mecha opened before it slowly moved down to the platform.

"I, however, am not willing to wait. Since I'm already near the battlefield, I will not miss this battle." Li Shiyu stepped onto the elevator platform, and it rose up slowly. He had already planned this from the start.

Luo Chao said, "I'm not willing to wait too."

She took out her mecha control key from her pocket. She then glanced at her brother's ace mecha with great reluctance in her eyes. She knew the passcode to manually open the cockpit of her brother's mecha. Unfortunately, Brother Shiyu would never allow her to board the ace mecha.

Soon, all the mecha operators in the mecha hold had left the base. The JMCs in the JMC office laid down tiredly, but before they could even catch their breath, Han Xuya came and chased them away with her fist. She still remembered that all these temporary JMCs were still capable mecha operators, and since they had completed their mission, they should go to the mecha hold and prepare for the upcoming war.

"Will you be fine?" The mecha operators asked in a worried tone while glancing suspiciously at the female JMCs in the office.

"No problem." Han Xuya pointed to the logisticians beside her and told them to not worry. The JMCs here weren't too strong, so they wouldn't pose too much of a threat to her. Also, she had already injected the troublesome ones each with a syringe filled with anesthesia.

Since Han Xuya had made the proper arrangements, the mecha operators felt at ease so they quickly rushed to the mecha hold. They didn't want to miss the battle with Hailiya.

Han Xuya watched the mecha operators as they left. Then, she walked to Lady Mei and patted her shoulder. "Our battle is just starting. Are you ready?"

Lady Mei sat on her seat and looked up with her bright eyes. She smiled brightly. "I am ready."

'Even if I will offend the commanding officer of the base by doing this, I must do it. I must fight for my dream for once!' This was the first time Lady Mei knew exactly what she wanted. She was willing to pay any price to achieve it.

Li Lanfeng drank the recovery medicine Li Shiyu had given him and leaned weakly against Ling Lan. He started practicing the Qi cultivation exercises. This time, Li Lanfeng observed the Qi cultivation exercises carefully. He realized that under the help of the Qi cultivation exercises, the recovery medicine was able to show its effects much faster. After a short time, Li Lanfeng felt his strength coming back to him. He clenched his fist. He was shocked. 'Is this the real potential of the Qi cultivation exercises? Maybe this is only just the tip of the iceberg.'

Ling Lan noticed that Li Lanfeng's condition got better so she pushed him out of her arms. She couldn't let a man lay in her arms like this, right?

Ling Lan could faintly feel a slight vibration on the ground caused when a mecha was sent out from the ejection port. She smiled gently. "It looks like everyone has completed their missions."

Li Lanfeng controlled his astonishment and smiled. "Of course. No one is willing to disappoint you."

This was why she didn't dare to allow any dangers to appear beside her comrades, as all of them truly trusted and respected her. Ling Lan expression suddenly turned frosty. She said to the mainframe at the command center using her communicator. "Open the public commlink of the base. I want to make a statement."

"Yes, Boss Ling Lan," the mainframe replied immediately (It was Little Four).

Little Four opened all the commlinks at the base.

"To all the mecha clans at Base 013, from this moment onwards, I, Ling Lan, will be taking over the command of the base!" Ling Lan's cold voice spread throughout the entire base.

The members of 250 Ace Mecha Clan heard this statement and smiled. They always knew that their Boss would succeed.

Luo Lang, who was watching over the guards team, heaved a sigh of relief. Base 013 would be safe from now on.

Song Yiqing heard Ling Lan's voice on his way to the mecha hold. He stopped in his tracks suddenly. There was a complex expression on his face. He muttered to himself. "He really did it…"

"Young Master Qing…" Ai Liang's expression was complicated too. If he won just now, they would be the ones in command of the base, not Ling Lan.

"Let's go. There are many years in the future for that." Song Yiqing turned stern. He would never lose to Ling Lan again. Song Yiqing hastened his pace and brought his team over to the mecha hold.

"On my command, the entire base will enter battle mode. All the mecha operators must move out within half an hour and prepare for war!" Ling Lan knew that their enemy was closing in on them. It wouldn't take long for them to reach the territory of Base 013.

When the various mecha clans heard the announcement and the command, they were alarmed at first. The change of commanding officer came too suddenly. However, after they noticed that the mainframe listened to Ling Lan, they felt that this takeover must have been approved by the military. If not, the mainframe would not be so obedient. Hence, all the regiment commanders listened to Ling Lan and arranged for their mecha operators to prepare for war. The logisticians started moving too. They arrived at their positions and made preparations for the war. They didn't care who the commanding officer was as they only listened to the mainframe.

Besides some higher-ranked logisticians who joined factions so that they could gain more power, the normal logisticians didn't care so much. Whether their commanding officer had the surname Du or Ling, they just followed whatever job the mainframe gave to them.

"The scouts team has found our enemy." Little Four shouted in excitement when he received this news from the scouts team, right after he finished making arrangements for the logisticians.

Fortunately, Little Four was a smart person. He knew that he needed to hide so he only shouted in Ling Lan's mindscape. He didn't use the mainframe of the base to shout.

Ling Lan glared at Little Four, and Little Four immediately understood what he had to do. He used the mainframe and sent Ling Lan the message he received from the scouts team.

Ling Lan used this information to come up with a battle plan. She then ordered all the mecha operators to be in position. At the same time, she sent out a warning signal to the bases around them and providing them with the locations the Hailiya army appeared at. Whether they believed it or not depended on the judgment of the commanding officers of the bases. This was the most she could do for the bases around her.

The mecha operators from Hailiya finally entered the territory of Base 013. The battle was starting…

Chapter 852 - Target 013!

"Senior Colonel He'er Li, we will be reaching the territory of Base 013 in 15 minutes." The commander of this attack, Colonel Ni Duola, said to Senior Colonel He'er Li who was sitting beside him. Senior Colonel He'er Li just came to help out in this attack.

He'er Li was the regiment commander of Hela Ace Mecha Clan. His military rank was one rank higher than Colonel Ni Duola, and he was the trump card in this attack on Base 013. On the surface, he was the commander of this attack. But, in actual fact, he had to listen and answer to this regiment commander.

"Have you made any arrangements for the other bases?" He'er Li put down his binoculars and asked calmly.

With their current manpower on Planet Haijiao, Hailiya was unable to launch a full-scale war, and even if they could, they still win against their opponent by numbers. Thus, this time, they aimed to breach through the Federation's defenses through taking over Base 013.

"We have sent people to hold back the mecha operators from the other bases. We will try our best to not let them send any reinforcements to Base 013." Ni Duola couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his forehead. The Hela Ace Mecha Clan was indeed the most powerful mecha clan of Hailiya. He only talked to Senior Colonel He'er Li for a short while, but the invisible force of presence exuding off him already made his heart feel like it was dropped into a freezing lake. He was afraid that one of his careless mistakes would badly affect their entire plan.

"It might be a little difficult if we rely on just them. This is why you kept failing to breach through Base 013. I've seen the records of your past attacks on Base 013. You lost because you were unable to prevent the reinforcements from coming and help them. If you had blocked all of the possible routes for the reinforcements to arrive, Base 013 would belong to Hailiya now." He'er Li frowned slightly. He didn't believe in the abilities of those mecha operators.

Ni Duola felt relieved when he heard this. He felt that his injustice was finally undone. He sighed and nodded. "Senior Colonel, you are right. If our reinforcements were just slightly faster in blocking their reinforcements, we might have ended this war long ago."

He'er Li started analyzing the information of Base 013. He pondered for a moment and made a decision. "If that is the case, it will be better if we blocked them ourselves."

Ni Duola's eyes lit up. "What do you mean?"

"The 600 mecha operators from Hela are enough to subdue the ace mecha masters in Base 013 based on their past performance. As for the reinforcements, we can stop them with 300 mecha operators, and I will split them into three groups. Each of the group will block one group of reinforcements. However, this will mean that your mecha operators will need to subdue the lower grade mecha operators in Base 013." He'er Li started organizing the troops.

"Yes, I understand," Ni Duola replied excitedly. As long as those irritating reinforcements were not able to help Base 013 in time, he would be able to complete this mission.

He'er Li heard no further questions from Ni Duola so he started giving orders to the team leaders under him.

Soon, the Hela Ace Mecha Clan split into three groups and rushed in three different directions.

Base 012, 014, and 015 found out the intention of Hailiya's plan.

"As expected, their target is Base 013. Damn it," The commanding officer of Base 012 held a pipe in his hand and said worriedly.

"Base 013 is prepared this time. They even reminded us of the different routes our enemy could take. They are not as passive as the previous times." One of his advisers seemed optimistic towards Base 013's situation.

"So what if they are prepared? Base 013 only has a few ace mecha masters. Will they be able to resist a full-scale attack from Hailiya?" The commanding officer of Base 012 was not confident about the strength of the mecha operators in Base 013.

"250 Ace Mecha Clan from the 23rd division went there, right?" The adviser reminded his commanding officer. Base 013 had more mecha operators now.

"Du Mingyi said that it is just a normal ace mecha clan with a ragtag bunch of mecha operators, right? How powerful can they be?" The commanding officer of Base 012 scoffed. "Although I don't like Du Mingyi, he is not someone who will puff himself up at one's own cost. He is willing to speak the truth. This is why our base can send in reinforcements on time."

He took a puff of the pipe in his hand and went into deep thought. After a few seconds, he put his pipe and knocked on his office table with his knuckles. He said, "Let Violent Wind send three teams, with a total of 600 mecha operators, to reinforce Base 013."

"I understand." The adviser turned serious.

The commanding officer of Base 012 stood up and paced around his room. He still felt worried so he added, "Send in an additional normal mecha clan to help them. We must break the blockage by our opponent."

"Yes, commanding officer!" The adviser immediately sent his men to carry out the orders.

This scene happened at Base 014 and 015 too. Both the commanding officers of the two bases sent around 60 mecha operators to reinforce Base 013. They wanted to send more people but they still needed to make sure that they were able to defend their base too when their opponents attacked them. If they sent their ultimate weapon out as reinforcements, they would be in danger. They had to keep this in mind.

This is the battlefield. No one dared to take any risk here. They had no choice but to always think for themselves first. This was the safest way to survive the war most of the time.

At the command center of Base 013, Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng were analyzing the information they had.

They were the only ones in the command center. But, the command center still appeared extremely busy.

All the printers were working furiously. Countless papers of information were being printed out at lightning speed. On the paper, there were many red and green dots. The red dots represented the Hailiya army and the green dots represented the Federation's army. The position of the dots kept moving with each paper being printed out. The green and red dots were slowly converging towards in the middle. A huge battle was going to happen soon.

The most conspicuous thing in the room was the wall on the east side. It was actually a widescreen television with the live broadcasts of the battlefield being shown on it. Mechas from the Federation could be seen in the images shown.

In the virtual world, Little Four was extremely busy. He was getting dizzy from all the work he had to do. He had to control all the facilities in the command center as well as supervising the Hailiya army.

(Little Four gave an arrogant expression. If it wasn't for me, would Boss be so free? What can the weak Li Lanfeng do with me around?)

Little White jumped around at the side while puffing out its chest as well. It was a pet but it was still a living thing. He shouldn't disregard it!

Chapter 853 - Lost Contact!

Suddenly, the live broadcast on the screen flickered and disappeared, turning the grey completely grey.

Little Four was dumbfounded. He wanted to connect to the satellites but he realized that he couldn't connect it again.

"What happened?" Ling Lan instantly asked Little Four when she noticed the images disappearing on the screen.

"I don't know. I was able to connect to the satellites but I can't now. Not only that, I can't connect to the satellites of Hailiya too." Little Four was puzzled. 'Why are the satellites of both countries down?'

Ling Lan immediately remembered the time when she was sneak attacked in the military academy. Her expression drastically changed. "Is our transmission blocked?"

"Blocking the system is useless for me. There is only one possibility for me to not be able to connect to both of the satellites." Little Four turned serious. "The satellites are spoilt."

"Both countries' satellites spoilt at the same time? Such a coincidence is impossible." Ling Lan directly rejected Little Four's suggestion.

"There is another possibility. The satellites were turned off by someone internally." This was the only other reason why he couldn't connect to them.

Ling Lan looked up suddenly. Flames of anger appeared could be seen spewing out her eyes. She said through her gritted teeth, "A traitor!"

"Yes, there is a Hailiyan spy within the Federation's communication system. Hailiya doesn't want the Federation to receive any news about our situation so they off our satellites. Furthermore, to prevent our hackers from making use of their satellites, they decided to turn off their satellites too." Little Four could only think of this reason now, as no country would turn off their satellites during a huge war. They would try to keep it working no matter what happened.

Li Lanfeng felt the anger and cold aura from Ling Lan. He asked seriously, "Did something happen?"

"Someone turned off our satellites. I'm afraid the Federation will not know of our situation. We will not be able to contact the Federation and get any news from them for now. Also…" Ling Lan walked towards the 3D map in the middle of the room. She pointed to the spot where Base 013 was located and used the short whip in her hand to circle the bases around Base 013. "Also, we will only be able to contact the bases closest to us using radio waves."

"There is a spy from Hailiya." Li Lanfeng immediately found out the graveness of their situation. "They probably destroyed our satellites instead of shutting it down. If something happens to the satellites, the Federation will know about it very quickly, and they will be able to reactivate it after some time, so shutting it down will only affect us for a short moment of time, and we could just delay them until the reinforcements arrive. If it was destroyed, the Federation will lose contact with Planet Haijiao entirely. If the Federation wants to send new satellites over, it will take at least one month before it arrives. By then, Hailiya will have taken over Planet Haijiao."

"We're in danger!" Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng said simultaneously.

In the orbit of Planet Haijiao, the three satellites that belonged to the Federation exploded in unison, turning into useless junk in the vast universe. Because of the huge explosion, the other three satellites on the other side of Planet Haijiao got damaged too. However, since the satellites were turned off beforehand, the explosion didn't affect the core system of the satellite.

The Federation's satellite surveillance department suddenly noticed that they lost contact with Planet Haijiao. They were shocked, and the entire department started panicking. Soon, the news of their satellites going down was reported to the military. A fleet from the planet closest to Planet Haijiao started to move out quickly, and their destination was Planet Haijiao.

However, halfway through their journey, an unknown fleet started attacking them furiously. This was when the Federation knew that something was going on in Planet Haijiao.

This piece of news made the entire military world flabbergasted. This meant that all the soldiers on Planet Haijiao were all alone with no backup, facing against the entire force of the Hailiyan army. With no way to receive any intel from the headquarters, they could only rely on themselves for now. This was an utter disaster. Without reliable intel, a base wouldn't be able to resist the attack from their enemy no matter how strong they were.

They must send in reinforcements!

The military knew that they had to reinforce the soldiers on Planet Haijiao and restart back up their satellites. They had to reach the various bases on Planet Haijiao so that the bases could be able to congregate together and help each other in resisting the attack by Hailiyan army.

Soon, many fleets from the planets nearest to Planet Haijiao started moving towards it. However, as the number of fleets they sent out increased, Hailiya also sent out the same number of fleets to stop them. The planetary battle became a tragic universe-wide battle. However, the Federation was already at a disadvantage from the start of the fight as they were further away from Planet Haijiao. Thus, they couldn't send in more reinforcements and their fleets couldn't come back to the Federation too.

While the Federation was in a mess, the various bases on Planet Haijiao were anxious too after they realized that they had lost contact with the Federation. As for the Hailiyan army, they followed their plan and reached their respective destinations. They waited at their destination for further commands.

"Little Four, change the signal of the base to a radio wave signal. Inform all the mecha clans to change their signal channel," Ling Lan quickly ordered Little Four. There was no time for her to worry about the internal problems of the Federation. She first had to ensure that all the mecha operators were able to communicate smoothly.

"Yes, boss!" Little Four quickly changed the signal and ordered all the JMCs to inform the mecha operators about this.

Ling Lan was not worried about the change in signal waves. All the mecha operators should know that once there was a problem with one channel, they should change to other channels. She was not afraid that they would lose contact with the base.

Ling Lan looked at the map in front of her as her mind churned out ideas furiously. She believed that there must be some other motive for Hailiya to make such a huge move even at the cost of exposing one of their higher-ranked spies. This meant that this battle was not a test like what it was in the past. She thought about the information Little Four gave her. Hailiya was afraid of their battle plan being exposed so they used papers to pass down their orders. Surely they must have other arrangements to be that careful. 'What is their motive? Who is their target?'

"Is it us?" Ling Lan somehow came to this conclusion.

She turned suddenly to Li Lanfeng and said, "Give me those printed documents."

In her mindscape, she ordered Little Four, "Little Four, show me all the videos you took of the Hailiyan army in the past few months."

"Yes, boss."

Little Four gathered all the videos and played them on the big screen. At the same time, Li Lanfeng took all the documents that contained information about the previous battle with Hailiya and passed them to Ling Lan individually. When Ling Lan nodded her head after reading a document, he would place that document on the table. If she didn't, he would throw the document to the side.

Chapter 854 - Chance!

Ling Lan was in a rush so she multitasked. She monitored the security footage from Hailiya while looking through the documents Li Lanfeng passed to her.

Suddenly, she saw a bunch of unique mechas on the screen. She quickly shouted in her mindscape, "Little Four, replay that scene."

Little Four quickly rewinded the video and played that scene again.

He thoughtfully played the video in a way that Ling Lan could see the appearance of the mechas clearly. They looked the same as the other ace mechas from Hailiya, except for the golden plate on their shoulder. The golden plate had a picture on it with some Hailiyan words carved under it.

"Little Four, zoom in on the golden plate."

Soon, the zoomed-in image of the golden plate appeared on the screen. The picture was taken while the mecha was in motion so the image was a little blurry. However, Ling Lan was still able to deduce what was in the picture. The picture showed a fleur-de-lis, the national flower of Hailiya. The words below it, when translated, meant the ambassador of love.

'National flower? Ambassador of love?' This symbol would not appear on a normal ace mecha clan as it was a national symbol. Ling Lan's heart suddenly dropped. She knew this was an important clue, so she quickly asked Little Four to get all the information about this ace mecha clan.

In the virtual world, Little Four turned into an octopus again as he went into his database and dug up all the information he could about the mecha clans in Hailiya. He wanted to find the mecha clan that had a relationship with the golden plate.

After looking for quite a long while, he realized that there was no mecha clan that fit the description of what he wanted to find, so he quickly reported his findings to Ling Lan.

"Nothing?" Ling Lan was worried. This meant that Hailiya had hidden this mecha clan very well. There must be a problem. She looked up and shouted at Li Lanfeng, "Lanfeng, give me all the records about the mecha clans that entered and left Hailiya's port within the past month."

The Federation had been watching over Hailiya's actions since the creation of it, so she might be able to find some evidence there.

Li Lanfeng quickly went to search for the records. Before Ling Lan gave her order, Little Four had started searching for any images of the Hailiya port after they came here.

Li Lanfeng found the records and passed them to Ling Lan instantly.

Ling Lan took over the documents and quickly scanned through them. Unfortunately, she didn't find what she was looking for. In the past month, Hailiya didn't send any new mecha clans to Planet Haijiao. Just as she was about to give up, she saw an inconspicuous sentence: Star Calendar Year ****, Hailiya sends supplies from their base once.

'Supplies?' This meant that a mecha clan had sent the supplies over to Planet Haijiao. However, as of yesterday, no supply transportation team had left Planet Haijiao. This meant that the supply transportation team was still on Planet Haijiao. It was clearly illogical for the supply transportation team to still be there, as it had been half a month since the supplies were sent over. Based on the standard procedure, this supply transportation mecha clan should have left Planet Haijiao ten days ago…

'There is something wrong with this supply transportation mecha clan!'

Ling Lan slammed her fist on the table. She was frustrated at the Federation for their carelessness. She finally knew how this secret mecha clan arrived on Planet Haijiao. They made use of the mindset of the people watching over them to carry out their secret plan. The people from the Federation thought that a supply transportation team was of no threat so they let down their guard and didn't place much attention on them.

Little Four found a video, and it confirmed Ling Lan's thoughts. In the video, the scene where the supply transportation mecha clan arrived at the port was captured. However, Little Four just downloaded the video based on habit and didn't inspect it. Images of this clan as they were leaving Hailiya were shot, but they were shot from afar so the images were unclear. Fortunately, Little Four still remembered to take some close distance photos so this mecha clan's tracks were still found.

"Boss, it's the mecha clan that transported the supplies. Are they do have enough mecha operators? Why are they using logisticians?" Little Four was a simple person, so he made a judgment based on what he saw.

"No, this is Hailiya's ultimate weapon that is able to change the tides of this war to their favour." Ling Lan turned serious as she looked at the images Little Four displayed in front of her.

"Did you find something?" Li Lanfeng noticed Ling Lan's change in expression.

"Look at the big screen." Ling Lan asked Li Lanfeng to look at the image on the screen. She also asked Little Four to play all the videos that had this mecha clan inside on the screen.

The mechas with this golden plate flew past the screen. Li Lanfeng looked at them and turned serious too. "Their mecha piloting is perfect. Compared to the mecha operators beside them, their operation is much more fluid and smooth. These are not ordinary ace mecha masters."

"Don't you find the background of the video familiar?" Ling Lan clenched her fist. She didn't expect her first battle in a war to be so tough.

Li Lanfeng was a smart person. He carefully observed the background of the video and got a shock. "Their destination is Base 013."

"It'll be a hard battle." Ling Lan knew that they had no choice but to fight this battle.

"It's a battle that determines if we live or die." The normal ace mecha masters from their base were unable to defeat these elite ace mecha masters. The only way to even take one of them down was for two ace mecha masters to attack one of them or go for mutual destruction.

Ling Lan's expression turned cold. She understood why Li Lanfeng was saying that. There were just too few people in 250 Ace Mecha Clan. If this mecha clan attacked Base 013 using its full force, 250 Ace Mecha Clan had no chance of winning against them. They might even get annihilated.

"Have you contacted the other bases?" Ling Lan suddenly asked Little Four.

"I've contacted Base 012, and they have already sent three mecha clans to reinforce us." Little Four finally gave Ling Lan a piece of good news.

Based on the previous battles, the Hailiyan army was always forced to retreat due to the reinforcements from the other bases arriving on time. However, since she was the person-in-charge of this battle, she wouldn't just blindly hope for reinforcements to come and save them.

Ling Lan paced around the room while her brain worked furiously. Hailiya should have a lot of intel about Base 013 too. They knew it was the weakest base among all the bases on the frontline of the battlefield. This was why they chose this base. But, this also meant that they looked down on Base 013. Thus, they might think that it was a waste of resources to send the entire ace mecha clan to attack this base. Considering the reinforcements coming from the other bases, Hailiya should have split the ace mecha clan into a few groups.

Ling Lan's eyes lit up. There might be hope.

She slammed her hands on the table and said sternly, "Order Luo Lang to bring all the mecha operators out!"

Chapter 855 - Shock!

"Who will guard the base after Luo Lang leaves?" Li Lanfeng asked.

"Ask Lin Zhong-qing to do it," Ling Lan replied immediately. She trusted Lin Zhong-qing's ability. He would be able to guard Base 013.

"I understand," Li Lanfeng said as he took Ling Lan's cloak which was placed on her chair.

Ling Lan narrowed her eyes. Li Lanfeng felt Ling Lan's gaze and smiled. "Lin Zhong-qing will be able to guard the base alone. He doesn't need me. You can't leave me behind anymore."

'Leave him behind? What is he saying?' Ling Lan was speechless. Li Lanfeng was getting more and more shameless by the day.

"You know that I'm going out, right?" Ling Lan asked in frustration.

"If you are not, you won't be our regiment commander anymore." Li Lanfeng smiled as he helped Ling Lan put on her coat. He understood Ling Lan's character very well, so he knew that under such circumstances, Ling Lan would enter the battlefield personally and lead 250 Ace Mecha Clan in this war.

"Tsk!" Ling Lan clicked her tongue unhappily as she pulled her cloak on. She realized that she was unable to throw this annoying person off anymore. Honestly, she wasn't quite happy when her thoughts were seen through by someone else. However, Li Lanfeng was a sensitive person, so it was understandable that he was able to see through her thoughts.

Soon, the two of them walked out of the command center.

At the same time, Lin Zhong-qing received the order to stay in the base from Ling Lan. He rushed to the command center but he was one step behind. Ling Lan and Li Lanfeng had left. They only left a video and let the mainframe (Little Four's bot) to explain the situation to him.

On Hailiya's side, when the army Ni Duola was leading was about to enter the territory of Base 013, He'er Li suddenly asked them to stop and rest temporarily.

Before they even started this attack on Base 013, Ni Duola had already received a stern warning to always listen to He'er Li's commands, so when he received the stop order, he didn't hesitate to stop the Hailiya army, even though he was suspicious of the order.

After some time, he suddenly realized that all of their mecha operators were unable to contact their command center, resulting in the mecha operators to be in a panic state. They then saw a signal coming from the mecha operators from the Hela Ace Mecha Clan, asking them to change their channel so they quickly calmed down and changed their channels. They had been trained professionally before, so they were able to maintain their composure and do what is required of them. Finally, after tuning their channel, they received a signal.

He'er Li's stern voice sounded on the channel. "Don't panic. This is a plan by our side. Besides your own team's channel, we will be using this channel to communicate from now on. Everyone, please take note."

Under Senior Colonel He'er Li's arrangements, the mecha operators from Hailiya became orderly again. He'er Li waited for all the mecha operators to get used to the situation before continuing, "Make your last preparations for the upcoming battle in three minutes. The countdown of the three minutes starts now."

All the mecha operators turned serious as they waited for the three minutes to end.

At the same exact moment, within the territory of Base 013, numerous mechas were zooming around in the air. The mecha operators had all made their preparations so they quickly organized themselves.

"250—mixed team 01 has gathered…"

"250—mixed team 02 has gathered…"

"…"

When they got on the battlefield, the ten team leaders of 250 Ace Mecha Clan started organizing their team members into small teams immediately. This included the mecha operators from Evil Wind who were added temporarily. One small team consisted of three mechas, so that the rapport between the mecha operators was not undermined. The mecha operators from Evil Wind worked together while the mecha operators from 250 Ace Mecha Clan formed their own small teams. The only difference was that these two mecha clans were now moving together.

While 250 Ace Mecha Clan were busy organizing themselves, the other mecha clans in the base were doing the same thing too. They had received news from the scouts team and knew that this upcoming battle was not a small skirmish. This time, the mecha operators Hailiya sent were numerous in numbers with high capabilities. It would be a hard battle.

The mecha operators who were still waiting in the mecha hold started chatting with each other. "Old Gu, do you think that the new commanding officer is giving us an opening gambit when he ordered almost all of us in the base to move out? We have never let everyone out before. Also, we didn't receive any news that our opponent is attacking us."

To ensure the safety of the base, not all the mecha operators would be sent out, as this was to ensure that their opponents would not be able to sneak an attack onto the base. Hence, when Lin Zhong-qing ordered all the mecha operators of the base to move out using the name of the commanding officer, many people had qualms about it.

"Don't think too much. So what if it's an opening gambit? If it is, we would just going out to have a stroll in the park. However, if there actually are enemies out there, it's better for us to be prepared. We lost contact with the central command this time, so it's better to be safe than sorry." Old Gu felt that it was good to make ample preparations.

"I know. I just wonder why the JMCs became so inefficient. We waited for so long but it's still not our turn yet." Old Li got impatient while waiting for his JMC to eject him so he talking bad about the JMCs.

"Damn it, are you saying that we are inefficient? Then, why don't you eject out of the base without our help!" A lady's shout suddenly came from the JMC channel. 'F**k, my throat is already burning because I have to send you all out. Yet, someone is complaining that I'm inefficient…'

"Old Li, you didn't turn off the JMC channel?" Old Gu felt cold sweat on his forehead.

Old Li looked at his control panel. The button for the JMC channel was green. It meant that the JMCs had heard everything he said just now.

"… I forgot." 'Did I forgot to turn off my mic when my JMC told me to wait?' Old Li got a shock but he still got angry at the JMC for scolding him. He felt that he was disrespect as he was used to being treated with respect by the JMCs. He sneered. "Isn't that the truth? You made us wait for such a long time. Isn't that because you all are inefficient? Plus, your attitude towards your superior is bad too. Looks like you don't want to work as a JMC anymore. What is your number? I want to complain about you. You should leave the army and go back to the kitchen."

"Complain? Number? Damn it, are you threatening me? I'm calling the mecha logistics department…" The JMC was not afraid of the threats. She just immediately contacted the mecha logistics department. Old Li suddenly saw the logisticians servicing him chatting with the JMC through his communicator. After the logistician hung up the call with the JMC, the logistician pressed a button on the sidewall and his mecha was sent back to the mecha hold. He was supposed to be number 138 in line but now, he was back in the mecha hold. This meant that he was not allowed to be ejected anymore.

Old Li was furious. He opened his cockpit and shouted at the logistician, "F**k, what is the meaning of this? How dare you move me back to the mecha hold. Are you not allowing me to be ejected?"

The logistician glanced at him and said calmly, "I feel that your current mental state is not suitable for mecha piloting. Please go back to the mecha hold and calm down first. I am responsible for your life, so please do not make things difficult for me."

"You are taking revenge for that JMC! I will not stand to be disrespected!." Old Li burst in anger. He closed his cockpit in a fit of anger and started to rev up his mecha engine. He wanted to force his way out of the mecha hold.

Suddenly, a siren immediately went off in the mecha hold, and the mecha automatically shut down. Then, an officer with the disciplinary scarf on his right arm came and pulled him out of his cockpit.

"Let me go." Old Li struggled but the disciplinary officer was miles stronger than him. He was unable to break free.

The officer didn't give him any chances of explaining his actions. He just dragged him to the door of the mecha hold. Old Gu was frightened by the scene. 'When did the JMCs become so tough? Even the logisticians are much fiercer. The disciplinary officer is so rough too.' He also saw the logistician moving his fingers furiously when Old Li was revving his mecha engine, and that logistician took control of Old Li's mecha in an instant by manually controlling it using his insanely fast hand speed. His hand speed was already much faster than them.

"Assistant Head He, thank you." The logistician replied calmly. The person in charge of watching over the mecha hold was He Chaoyang. The mecha hold was an important place, so the people that Lin Zhong-qing sent here were all elites of the logisticians. This was to ensure the safety of the mecha hold.

"Zhou Yu, luckily, you are really fast in controlling the mecha. If not, something bad might have happened to you." He Chaoyang could still feel his heart pumping.

"Assistant Head He, you're being kind. Even if I didn't do that, you will still be able to make use of the number lock on the cockpit and control the mecha with ease." Zhou Yu didn't accept the compliment. He knew that there were many ways to control the mechas, even without him, other people could stop Old Li too.

"Regiment commander just took over the base so there will definitely be some people unwilling to follow him. We must all be careful," He Chaoyang said. Although they weren't on the battlefield, the pressure on them was great too in the base. The pressure on them might be even greater than the pressure on the battlefield.

He Chaoyang left with Old Li on his shoulder. This scene suppressed the mecha operators that were unhappy with Lin Zhong-qing's order. They finally understood that this base was no longer under Du Mingyi's command. These JMCs and logisticians were a lot scarier than the ones before. The arrogant mecha operators instantly retracted their temper and cooperated with their JMCs obediently.

The ejection of mechas become smoother and faster after this episode. Initially, one mecha was ejected per minute. Now, two to three mechas were ejected per minute. The JMCs, who were extremely stressed, heaved a sigh of relief when they saw the rate went up.

They wanted to be efficient too but the mecha operators were just not cooperating with them. They didn't know what to do. Another reason why they were so inefficient was that the JMCs of the base was not as hot-tempered and daring as Han Xuya. Only she was able to scold the mecha operator and even asked the logisticians to teach him a lesson.

Yes, the JMC who flared up at Old Li and punished him was Miss Han Xuya. She was the Han Xuya who got pampered by the Lingtian Battle Team and 250 Ace Mecha Clan, so how could she stand such treatment? Truthfully, she had already lost her patience towards theses mecha operators who were making things difficult for them, and was just waiting for a person to lay her hands on so that those irritating mecha operators would know that this was not their turf anymore. If they wanted to have a good time, they must listen to them nicely and stop playing those cheap tricks.

Hence, Old Li got picked out by her. He was unlucky.

At the base, Han Xuya, Zhou Yu, and He Chaoyang managed to suppress the unwilling mecha operators and get them to cooperate with them. Outside the base, 250 Ace Mecha Clan had finished organizing and started to move out. After moving out for a while, they finally saw the Hailiyan army.

When they saw the swarm of mechas rushing at them, the mecha operators from the Federation were dumbfounded. They finally understood why Regiment Commander Ling pushed all the mecha operators out of the base in such a hurry.

'He must have already predicted that Hailiya's target is our base.' Thinking about it, Base 013 was the weakest base of the frontline, so it was the easiest base to take over. If Hailiya really wanted to attack a base, Base 013 would be their first choice. They then suddenly remembered how they lost contact with the Federation. The smarter mecha operators guessed that this must be done by Hailiya, and their aim for doing this was to cause a frenzy among them so that they were unable to form a proper defense line, making it much easier for Hailiyan army to siege them

This was actually a predictable matter, but no one was able to pick up the clues and make sense of it other than the calm and decisive Regiment Commander Ling. Even if someone noticed this, who would have the guts to go through the plan and order all the mecha operators to move out of the base? What if he made the wrong guess and the other party decided to attack the base instead. With their empty base, the Hailiyan army would easily take over their base, and the mecha operators wouldn't have a home to go back to anymore.

All the mecha operators, whether it was a regiment commander or a team leader or a normal mecha operator, started to respect Ling Lan. Only Regiment Commander Ling had the ability to be the commanding officer of their base. If it was Du Mingyi, he might have asked them to protect the base until the base got destroyed.

Of course, their current situation was no better than staying at the base. However, they were at least able to fight with their opponents now and didn't have to be locked up in the base like a caged animal. If they got injured, they would still have a base to go back to and recuperate before continuing the fight.

All the mecha operators raised their beam guns without the command of their team leaders. They were waiting for their opponents to enter their beam gun's range.