Chapter 1075 Future!
Out of this group of soldiers surrounding them, there were actually colonels and senior colonels. From the fight that just happened, they could already tell that the lieutenant colonel was stronger than all of them. If so, how strong would these group of soldiers surrounding them be? Originally, they thought Lin Zhong-qing"s words were said because 250 didn"t take soldiers who were handed to them out of contempt. But after seeing these colonel rank soldiers, they held in the anger inside of them.
Now, Yan Zheng, who was at the command center watching the a.s.sessment, sighed when he saw only 30 of his soldiers pa.s.sed the a.s.sessment. He smiled bitterly. “Regiment Commander Ling, when those b.a.s.t.a.r.ds finish eating dinner, I will take them back with me.” It was too embarra.s.sing. An elite ace couldn"t even go one round against a lieutenant colonel.
“That lieutenant colonel who made a move is called Li Yingjie. Although his rank isn"t high, he"s still one of my 10 main team leaders,” Ling Lan said calmly.
In reality, the rank of lieutenant colonel in the military wasn"t as insignificant as Ling Lan just said. This rank was enough to be responsible for the position of regiment commander of a clan. If a lieutenant colonel were to be a.s.signed somewhere not 250, he would be given the best treatment, much like a treatment given to a king.
The reason why a lieutenant colonel wasn"t worth much in 250 was because when they entered 250 Ace Mecha Clan, most of them were already the rank of lieutenant colonel. Additionally, the merits received from Planet Haijiao"s battle allowed these colonel rank mecha operators to be promoted by one rank. Only a few mecha operators who were originally senior colonels did not advanced into the rank of major general. In the end, these particular soldiers were reimbursed in different ways to compensate for their valiant efforts in the battle.
On the side of logistics, all the personnel advanced in rank because of the merits they gained from the battle to become sergeant, while the previous sergeants became captains. Many of the captains, those who were first lieutenants or senior captains, had successfully advanced into major rank based on their merits from battle too.
Just like that, an oddball of a mecha clan was created. There were countless sergeants, captains, and majors walking about in the clan, but not a single standard soldier.
However, in theory, as new recruits and soldiers joined the mecha clan, this odd situation would be broken eventually. However, that was only a possibility.
Ling Lan"s comforting words made Yan Zheng feel grateful towards her. He knew that Regiment Commander Ling was just comforting his own ego. Their elite ace operator lost to her mecha clan"s main team leader. It should be known that 250 Ace Mecha Clan"s main team leaders were all peak level ace operators. Some were even half way into the imperial level, so losing to them was in fact not embarra.s.sing.
Yan Zheng knew that he was only comforting himself with that thought, otherwise, just the young face of that lieutenant colonel was enough to make him lose all of his pride.
“As for the soldiers who didn"t pa.s.s…” Ling Lan was silent for a few seconds and then said, “Don"t be in a hurry to take them back.”
Yan Zheng was dumbfounded as he didn"t know what Ling Lan meant by her words.
“Let them train here for a week, then make them take the logistics a.s.sessment,” Ling Lan spoke out the decision she made long ago.
“Huh?” Logistics? Did he hear something wrong? Yan Zheng was a bit stupefied.
Although these soldiers didn"t pa.s.s 250 Ace Mecha Clan"s mecha operator a.s.sessment, no matter how bad they were, they were still mecha operators. If they weren"t mecha operators, they were also outstanding individuals in their own respective fields. The division headquarters didn"t want these individuals to be wasted, so they put them in the unused prep department to wait for someone who would be willing to take a chance on them. If they were willing to be logistics personnel who would be ordered around by others, then these soldiers wouldn"t have stayed in the unused prep department for such a long time. They would have been taken by other clans to fill up their numbers long ago.
“And you, Chief Yan, will be a.s.sisting our Department Head Lin to complete this task. Alright, it"s all decided then.” Ling Lan didn"t care how much Yan Zheng was surprised or in disbelief. She didn"t give Yan Zheng any chance to speak and just made the decision for him.
“Ah?” Not only did those soldiers get taken in by 250 Ace Mecha Clan as logistics personnel, but he was also taken in? Faced with the cold and calculating Ling Lan, Yan Zheng gulped down his saliva in fear. After deciding to take the risk of potentially offending the domineering Ling Lan, he said with a difficult expression his face, “Um, Regiment Commander Ling, the unused prep department still needs me to take care of some administrative matters, I probably won"t be able to stay for too long…”
“Since you brought all of the soldiers stationed in your department here, the existence of your department is no longer required.” Ling Lan looked at Yan Zheng calmly as she announced her decision.
“But the headquarters…” Yan Zheng wiped away cold sweat from his forehead. Even though he knew that Ling Lan"s words had strong reasons behind them, Yan Zheng couldn"t imagine himself being able to live a long life in her presence. Hence, he could only try his best to find a way to save himself.
At that moment, Yan Zheng suddenly felt his wrist vibrate. Someone was contacting him through his communicator.
“Regiment Commander Ling, I have a call here.” Yan Zheng suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. There was finally a way for him to avert the intimidating gaze of Regiment Commander Ling and to calm down.
Ling Lan glanced at the communicator on his wrist. Yan Zheng quickly put up his wrist to show the light which indicated a call was coming in. This was to prove that he didn"t lie.
“It"s probably already time for the doc.u.ments to be sent out. Take the call,” Ling Lan said calmly.
“Oh, okay!” Yan Zheng unconsciously followed along with Ling Lan"s orders.
After hitting the connect b.u.t.ton, a virtual screen appeared in front of him and a beautiful female captain appeared on the screen.
“Yan Zheng, Major Yan from the unused prep department?” The female captain asked softly.
“Yes, Yan Zheng here.” Yan Zheng had a serious expression on his face. He knew who this female officer was. She was a clerk who gave notices from the headquarters to soldiers around the military.
“I am the division headquarters" clerk, serial number x.x.xXX” After the female officer stated her ident.i.ty, she continued, “Now, I"m giving a rea.s.signment order from the headquarters. Major Yan Zheng, originally from the unused prep department, will be a.s.signed as the deputy department head of the logistics department in 250 Ace Mecha Clan as of today. Your rank advances to lieutenant colonel and you will be aiding the department head in handling the new recruits. Please confirm that you understand this rea.s.signment, Lieutenant Colonel Yan.”
Yan Zheng felt nauseous from the sudden order given to him.
“Lieutenant Colonel Yan, please confirm that you understand this rea.s.signment.” The female captain noticed that Yan Zheng didn"t confirm the rea.s.signment order she had sent to him, so she reminded him again.
“Oh, yes!” Her words finally woke up Yan Zheng, as he immediately confirmed himself receiving the orders.
Not long after, the rea.s.signment details were downloaded. Yan Zheng opened it and saw it that it was indeed the same as what the female captain had just said. He was rea.s.signed to 250 Ace Mecha Clan to be the deputy head of the logistics department. The headquarters were even afraid that an outsider like him suddenly entering the logistics department of 250 Ace Mecha Clan would cause the department to be in disarray, so even his duties were clearly outlined in the details.
Yan Zheng smiled bitterly at his fate. He didn"t expect that after taking care of them for so many years, he still couldn"t get away from overseeing those soldiers from the unused prep department… However, this situation was fine for him. He would be worried if he had just left those soldiers in 250 Ace Mecha Clan alone.
“Since you got your orders, go rest up for the night. Report to the logistics department tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. and speak to Department Head Lin.” Ling Lan saw that Yan Zheng didn"t have any questions about his rea.s.signment so she gave him an order to rest
Yan Zheng still had a dumbfounded expression on his face, but Ling Lan"s orders made him raise his right hand and salute by reflex, “Yes, Regiment Commander!”
After walking out of the command center, Yan Zheng finally woke up from his daze. He looked at the rea.s.signment order on his communicator and sighed after being silent for a short moment.
It turns out Regiment Commander Ling was thinking of taking all of them from the very beginning! Yan Zheng, who was not slow-witted, thought in detail and understood Ling Lan"s real plans. It was just funny that in the beginning he was trying his best to sell those soldiers to Ling Lan in fear that she wasn"t going to take even a single one…
Even if Ling Lan was the 23rd Division"s prince, she still needed to go through the proper procedures of getting an officer rea.s.signed. These procedures was definitely not possible to be completed in one or two hours. It was possible that when Ling Lan entered the unused prep department, she had already begun organizing this rea.s.signment.
Unknowingly, he fell into Ling Lan"s trap… Yan Zheng turned around and looked at the command center. Despite not being able to see Ling Lan, Yan Zheng"s eyes still had a slight of hint of fear in them.
Even if Regiment Commander Ling lost her ability to operate a mecha, with just her plotting and scheming abilities, it was already enough for her to hold her own.
Lin Zhong-qing let Li Yingjie"s team take the 2500 or so soldiers to the large cafeteria. He however, went to Li Shiyu"s medical treatment center.
He walked straight into the laboratory specially made for Li Shiyu. Unsurprisingly, Li Shiyu was there.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, Li Shiyu walked out of the sterile room and came to outer parts of the large laboratory.
“Something you need?” Li Shiyu was surprised by Lin Zhong-qing"s visit. Lin Zhong-qing was probably the most busy one out of all of them because the workload in the logistics department. Although there were He Chaoyang, Li Jinghong and the others helping him out, they still didn"t have Lin Zhong-qing"s charisma and magic touch. Some more official matters still needed Lin Zhong-qing to make the final decision. Unless he needed something, he wouldn"t have free time to come by and say hi to Li Shiyu.
“Do you have the special-level treatment medicine? The ones that can heal you in 4 hours?” Lin Zhong-qing didn"t beat around the bushes and went straight to the point.
“I do.” Li Shiyu"s eyes narrowed but he still gave an answer.
“How much do you have?” Lin Zhong-qing asked.
Li Shiyu"s expression quickly became serious as he went silent for a few seconds. Then, he asked, “What are you planning to do?”
“Train.” Lin Zhong-qing didn"t plan on hiding anything. Of course, he couldn"t hide it either. Perhaps he could have successfully fooled others, but he couldn"t fool Li Shiyu. Similarly, he wouldn"t be able to fool Boss too so there was no reason to hide.
“You want to train during the first half of the night then use the recovery agent to recover in the second half?” Li Shiyu instantly understood what Lin Zhong-qing was planning on doing.
“Why?” Li Shiyu asked in a serious tone. Why was Lin Zhong-qing suddenly rushing to be stronger just like what Han Jijyun was doing? He clearly could just stay at his current level. After all, he wasn"t like Han Jijyun, who had Li Lanfeng constantly reminding him that he was falling behind.
Lin Zhong-qing eyes became dark and didn"t answer for a while. When Li Shiyu thought Lin Zhong-qing wasn"t going to answer his question, Lin Zhong-qing finally spoke up, “I don"t want to become a weak person, especially not in the mind of that annoying guy…”
He was confident that he could avoid the attack of that elite ace operator, but he couldn"t be like Li Yingjie, who took that operator down with just one move. It turns out, unknowingly, the distance between him and Li Yingjie had become so wide. He didn"t know why but the scene of Li Yingjie embarra.s.sing him back in the Scout Academy began to appear in his mind…
If Qi Long and the others had done that instead, Lin Zhong-qing perhaps would not have felt anything. However, the person who made the move was Li Yingjie and it left a bad taste in Lin Zhong-qing"s mouth after that… Did Li Yingjie actually think he was weak? Was that a way of humiliating him?
He could lose to anyone, but just not to that b.a.s.t.a.r.d! He will become stronger. In the future, he will definitely make a move before that b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Then, tell him that Lin Zhong-qing"s problems will be dealt by him and that he didn"t need him to meddle in them.
Li Shiyu saw the burning pa.s.sion in Lin Zhong-qing"s eyes and sighed. He knew he couldn"t stop him anymore. He turned around, opened a medicine cabinet, took out a row of medicine, and pa.s.sed it to Lin Zhong-qing. “This is the amount for one week. When you are finished with those, come to me to get more.”
“Thank you, Shiyu.” Lin Zhong-qing took over the medicine gratefully. He was overjoyed that he had friends who supported him silently.
“However, don"t overdo the training. You have to remember to have 4 hours of recovery time. Otherwise, if the wounds from your previous session of training were not fully healed, it would add on to the new wounds on the next day. If that happens, not only would your capabilities stay the same, it would also cause life-long wounds on your body,” Li Shiyu reminded repeatedly.
“I will be careful,” responded Lin Zhong-qing earnestly. He wanted to increase his capabilities while not destroying his body. Lin Zhong-qing was more calm and logical in this aspect compared to Han Jijyun.
Lin Zhong-qing took the medicinal agent and left the laboratory happily. Li Shiyu silently sat down at his desk and suddenly smirked, “Looks like I now have to work hard as well, otherwise I"m going to be left behind by them.” Li Shiyu, who was moved by Lin Zhong-qing"s actions, also made the decision to train.
“However, before that, I need to finish making the second generation of the Nuwa agent.” Li Shiyu knew what his priorities were. “I didn"t think our regiment commander would be able to successfully bid for that plant from Planet Juhao. Although I don"t know which one out of the three companies it was… but the amount they sent over this time is enough for me to use for quite a while.”
“I hope that the second generation Nuwa agent will be able to help our regiment commander recover from his injuries and reawaken his body"s recovery power.” Li Shiyu had a cold expression on his face. This was the last hope. If it didn"t work… their regiment commander would not have any chance to pilot mechas. It would be such a shame for their regiment commander, who had terrifying operating talents in piloting, to not be able to pilot a mecha again.
Right as Lin Zhong-qing returned to the command center, he received Ling Lan"s orders to go and see her.
Ling Lan was the only person in the command center. Well, other than Meng Lan and Little White, who were talking to each other.
Seeing it was Lin Zhong-qing, Little White didn"t pay any heed to him and continued to talk to Meng Lan. Of course, only they could understand what they were talking about. Others would only hear Little White ‘rawrs" and see Meng Lan"s standard smile.
“Boss,” Lin Zhong-qing shouted out loud, surprising Ling Lan who was thinking deeply in that moment.
“Sit.” Ling Lan gestured to Lin Zhong-qing for him to sit. Lin Zhong-qing chose the seat on Ling Lan"s right side and sat up straight.
“I summoned you here to tell you that tomorrow there will be someone called Yan Zheng who will report to your logistics department. His position will be the deputy head of the logistics department.” Ling Lan went straight to the point.
Lin Zhong-qing"s expression changed slightly as he looked at Ling Lan with his raised head. “I understand, Boss.”
“During all this time, the logistics department was on your shoulders. It must have been difficult for you,” said Ling Lan.
“It"s alright, Boss,” Lin Zhong-qing said anxiously. He wasn"t in it for the power, instead he was working so hard because he was afraid that he would disappoint Ling Lan"s expectations for him.
“Zhong-qing, I"m very comfortable handing over logistics to you, but you are held back by it.” Ling Lan shook her hand and stopped Lin Zhong-qing from speaking any further.
“Our future isn"t only 250 Ace Mecha Clan. We will climb higher and walk further…” Ling Lan"s cold gaze swept towards Lin Zhong-qing. “However, how much we could climb and walk together depends on our own capabilities.”
Lin Zhong-qing"s body shook abruptly as he seemed to have understood something.