"So… nothing happened." Li Lanfeng smiled. He accepted Ling Lan"s opinion. If that was the case, he would pretend nothing had happened.So, his probing session ended? Ling Lan was relieved. But, what does he know? Ling Lan was troubled by this question.
From then on, Ling Lan started to think about Li Lanfeng more often. Of course, this was not because of their relationship was good. Ling Lan just wanted to know whether this idiot knew her secret or not.
If he knew, she must kill him! Kill him! Kill him! Important things must be said thrice.
Li Lanfeng took his leave under Ling Lan"s death glare. However, he suddenly turned back. "Oh right, leader, I forgot something."
Ling Lan"s heart dropped. He hasn"t given up yet? Is he probing her again? Or does he plan to show his hands?
Ling Lan stared at Li Lanfeng sharply as she waited for his final move.
Sob, why is rabbit giving him so much pressure today? He seems like a huge monster preparing to gobble him up. Li Lanfeng felt a chill down his spine.
"Erm, I would like to take some time off." Li Lanfeng quickly said his request. He felt that if he stayed here any longer, he wouldn"t have the courage to ask for it anymore.
"Why?" Ling Lan raised her eyebrows. What is he trying to do? Is that a threat? Is he trying to blackmail her?
"I have something to settle at home, so I need to be away for a month," Li Lanfeng replied honestly.
"Boss, agree to it. That way, I can find his true ident.i.ty." Little Four had never really looked up Li Lanfeng"s background before, so until now he only had some basic information on Li Lanfeng. The data from the moment he was born to the age when he entered the military were stated clearly, but Little Four didn"t believe it. Li Lanfeng had such strong spectre abilities. How could he have such a smooth life? There must be something wrong with this information.
"Fine. When are you preparing to leave?" Ling Lan felt what Little Four said made sense so she agreed to Li Lanfeng"s request.
"I"ll need three days to finish the things I have on hand." Li Lanfeng predicted the time he needed to finish all his current matters.
"Okay. Don"t forget to register when you leave." Ling Lan waved her hand.
After Li Lanfeng left her office, Ling Lan started thinking about this matter seriously. Suddenly, she said, "Little Four, shall we take a break too?"
Little Four"s eyes lit up. "Are we going to follow Li Lanfeng?"
Ling Lan gave Little Four a look of contempt. "Follow him? We are on a break. If we meet him, it will be just a coincidence…"
"Okay, I understand." Little Four saw the dangerous look his boss was giving him and cleverly decided not to expose her.
If she didn"t find an answer to this matter, she would not be able to feel at ease. Also, the base was running smoothly now. Nothing would happen even if she left for a few days. More importantly, this was a good chance to test her comrades too. After all, they need to become leaders themselves in the future.
Just like this, a few days after Li Lanfeng left the base, Ling Lan left too. She gave some orders to the team leaders and Lin Zhong-qing. To prove that she was not following Li Lanfeng, she asked Little Four to hack into the system to choose an easy mission for her to do on Planet Azure.
In the training center of the Flying Dragon Special Forces, many young soldiers were working hard with their training. Some people surrounded a youth"s optical supercomputer and were discussing among themselves.
"I heard that our team leader asked Brother Tang to take on a mission the military gave us. Do you know what that mission is?" A youth whispered to the person beside him. He heard some rumors but he was not sure about the details.
"It"s a four-stars disguise mission. They needed a young person to act as the disguise, but the mission is too dangerous for the average soldiers. Thus, to prevent them from dying needlessly, they gave us the mission." The youth in front of the optical supercomputer seemed to know some details of the mission so he started explaining.
"As expected of Brother Tang, the first mission he received is a four-stars mission." The people on the scene looked enviously at the sole person training in the training center. He was the most powerful monster of the Flying Dragon Special Forces, Tang Ningyu.
"Of course, Brother Tang is the strongest in our special forces. Only he has the ability to take on this mission," the young person in front of the optical supercomputer said. The person these people were jealous of, was his Boss. At that moment, he saw a message on the optical supercomputer and said hurriedly, "It"s time for the missions to be refreshed. Don"t talk to me. I must help Brother Tang get this mission."
All the missions were distributed by the military. The people below would then choose the mission they wanted. Even if the military made the decision to give this mission to Flying Dragon Special Forces, they still had to follow this procedure. If not, they wouldn"t be able to credit the person who completed the mission. This procedure was to prevent people from abusing their own position by distributing missions only to their own men.
Plus, no one would be able to take on this mission. As the criteria for taking on this mission is quite stringent. The criteria were the person had to be in a battle team that was rated four stars or above, his physical skills must be above the peak stage of Qi-Jin and his rank must be higher than a Lieutenant Colonel. Most importantly, he must be 23 years old or below. These requirements were set specially for Tang Ningyu. They couldn"t think of anyone else that was able to match all these criteria.
It should be known that no matter how talented a person was, the highest military rank one could get when one just entered the military was a senior captain, and would only be able to rank up to a major three years later. If he wanted to rank up to a lieutenant colonel, that would be another huge obstacle. The Federation wouldn"t let a person rank up to a Lieutenant Colonel unless he spent at least ten years in the military. The Federation would only give an exception to monstrously talented people like Tang Ningyu or someone who had received many military achievements.
Anyways, these criteria would be impossible to match unless you were Tang Ningyu. Besides Ling Xiao, there was no other person in the entire Federation who would be able to match this at his age. Thus, the people from Flying Dragon Special Forces were confident that this mission would eventually fall into their palms.
The people from Flying Dragon Special Forces didn"t know that there was another prodigy, Ling Lan, in the 23rd division who ranked up to a lieutenant colonel at a young age. You could say that she was lucky. As Ling Xiao couldn"t stand the fact that his daughter was being questioned, so the moment the people from the Disciplinary and Investigation Committee returned to the headquarters, he sent a request to let Ling Lan rank up to a lieutenant colonel.
Although the speed of her progress was a little too quick, the Federation agreed to his request. They wanted to pacify Ling Xiao as well as to compensate Ling Lan. Of course, her outstanding performance during the land clearing mission was already enough for her to rise in rank. This was the main reason why the headquarters didn"t reject his request.
Ling Lan had all the factors of success. Because of this, Little Four chose the wrong mission for her.
"Haha, it"s out." The youth"s eyes lit up when he saw the Planet Azure mission. Just as he was about to accept the mission, he realized that the mission was not reacting to his clicks.
"What"s happening?" The youth said as he continued clicking on the mission.
Suddenly, the page refreshed. The remarks for the planet Azure mission changed from green, which meant that it was free, to red, which meant that it was taken.
"Did I get it?" The youth was stunned. He hadn"t entered his boss"s number yet though. Did the headquarters programme it so that once they clicked on the mission, Boss Tang"s details would be entered automatically?
This was the only reason the youth could think of. He shouted hurriedly, "Boss Tang, did you receive the mission?"
Tang Ningyu frowned. He didn"t sense any vibration from his communicator. However, to prevent any oversights, he stopped his training and took a look at it.
As expected, there was no message. Did someone else take this mission? Tang Ningyu thought of another possibility. He walked over to the youth, and the youth immediately gave up his seat.
Tang Ningyu stood in front of the optical supercomputer and saw the red letters. He knew that the optical supercomputer wouldn"t make a mistake. The only possibility was, someone else took the mission.
"Fast!" Tang Ningyu"s eyes turned dark. He didn"t expect that there was another lieutenant colonel who was of similar age as him. How did that person climb up to this position? Did he have a powerful background?
Tang Ningyu remembered what his mentor told him. His mentor once said that not all prodigies of the Federation would come to the Flying Dragon Special Forces. Hence, he shouldn"t aim to be the strongest in the Flying Dragon Special Forces, but instead, should aim to be the strongest in the Federation.
"No matter who this person is, I must know more about him. Someone like Ling Xiao might not appear again but I still can"t underestimate him." A compet.i.tive spirit flashed past his eyes. He instantly contacted his team leader and told him that another person had already taken the mission. He asked his team leader to have the Federation send the mission again.
He must take a look at this person. He hoped that he would not disappoint him.
In the Logistics Department of the headquarters, a lieutenant general was listening to the report from his subordinate.
"Resend the mission? Do the Flying Dragon Special Forces really think that they are irreplaceable…" The lieutenant general gave a cold smile.
"However, that mission was specially a.s.signed to the Flying Dragon Special Forces," his subordinate replied carefully.
"That is because no one expected another monster to appear." The lieutenant general remained expressionless. However, deep inside, he was elated. Those people from the Flying Dragon Special Forces were too arrogant. They always looked down on other people. It made him furious just thinking about them.
Also… the person what took the mission… it must be his child. He remembered the events that caused a commotion in the Federation.
"Should we reject them?" The subordinate asked with a troubled expression. The commander of the Flying Dragon Special Forces was not someone he wanted to offend. He was afraid that the other party might charge into their office and choke him to death. If that happened, people like them would have a hard time.
"Why should we reject them? Since the Flying Dragon Special Forces wants to take this mission, let them take it. One additional person is always a good thing." The lieutenant general smiled coldly. He wanted to see how powerful that monster from the Flying Dragon Special Forces was. Can he defeat the son of the biggest monster, Ling Xiao?
"Yes, lieutenant general!" The subordinate"s eyes glowed. Sob, his lieutenant general is such a nice person. He didn"t make things difficult for them.
"Oh right, they hope that we can give them some information about the person who accepted the mission…" The subordinate suddenly remembered the commander"s request.
"Get out! Ask that person to get out too!" The lieutenant general shouted. He chased his subordinate out of his room.
The subordinate rushed out of the room with cold sweat dripping down his forehead. He regretted saying that sentence. Their department was only in charge of sending out the mission. The mainframe was the one who controlled the details. They didn"t know anything.
The lieutenant general had the power to check the details but why would he do it for someone he wasn"t familiar with? Also, the lieutenant general"s relationship with the commander of the Flying Dragon Special Forces wasn"t too good. The subordinate slapped himself. He was too hurried just now so he got confused.
"They don"t know?" Tang Ningyu turned serious when he saw the message. Even his commander couldn"t get any information. Seems like my opponent is quite powerful.
"Let me meet you on planet Azure then." Tang Ningyu looked at the mission on his communicator.
At the s.p.a.ceport on Planet Azure, a child-like young man hugged a soft white ball while sitting on a chair at the resting area. He looked frustrated. There was also a suitcase beside him. He must be from somewhere far away. For some reason, he stayed at the s.p.a.ceport and didn"t enter Planet Azure.
"Boss, forgive me!" In Ling Lan"s mindscape, Little Four cried and hugged Ling Lan who was furious. She was preparing to teach Little Four a lesson.
"Why did you choose such a troublesome mission?" Ling Lan wanted to kill Little Four. She just wanted to stalk Li Lanfeng, so she just needed a simple mission that could be done quickly, but instead, Little Four chose a four-stars mission for her.
A solo four-stars mission was much harder than a four-stars team mission. It was probably extremely dangerous and domain realm masters might even appear. Normally, she would be fine with this mistake. However, now, she didn"t have the heart to do it. d.a.m.n it!
"I"m sorry, boss. I didn"t take note of the details of the mission. I saw Planet Azure and just accepted it immediately because I was afraid someone would take it." Little Four cried loudly. He felt that Ling Lan could handle anything so he didn"t focus on the details.
He didn"t expect such a high-level mission to appear on the third-rate planet, Planet Azure. This was why he got careless.