It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

401

401 Honest Confrontation!

by BidVertiser

In a blur, three more days passed. In another three days, it would come time for the battle between the Lingtian Mecha Clan and the Leiting Mecha Clan.
Everyone thought that Lingtian would definitely seize the time left to practise their mecha clan's teamwork, but found instead that all the regiment commanders and team leaders of the Lingtian Mecha Clan, including Ling Lan, acted just as before, attending classes like normal. It was as if they were not at all worried about the coming grand battle that would determine whether their mecha clan lived or died.
This behaviour of the Lingtian Mecha Clan puzzled all the other major factions greatly. Even Qiao Ting was unable to figure out what the Lingtian Mecha Clan was plotting with this.

Frankly, Ling Lan had not assembled all the members participating in the battle for team training because she really did not want their participant name list to be exposed prematurely to the Leiting Mecha Clan. However, she did not waste these three days. Whenever Ling Lan was free, she would work with Little Four in her mindspace to simulate the battle between the Lingtian Mecha Clan and the Leiting Mecha Clan.

After three days of repeated simulation, basically all of the formations Qiao Ting could use as well as all the possible flukes and coincidences that could occur on the various members involved had been recorded down. If any of these situations appeared in battle, Ling Lan would have a countermeasure at hand.

Of course, Ling Lan did not believe that her battle team would be any weaker than the team Qiao Ting was sending. However, in order to guarantee victory, she still made sure she was fully prepared. Ling Lan knew very well that, in a fight, there were just too many factors that could change the course of the battle. Ling Lan did not want to lose this match because she had overlooked any of these factors. Since the members of the Lingtian Mecha Clan had chosen to put their faith in her, then she must lead the Lingtian Mecha Clan to the summit — only then would she live up to this heavy burden of trust.

On this day, Ling Lan still went to school on time. She had long made the decision that she would only gather the participating members on the last day before the battle and hold their one and only teamwork practice then. Ling Lan was so bold because she believed that these people she had chosen were all talented prodigies in mecha control — just one practice would be enough.

The morning's theory classes were soon over. Following the end of class, lunch time arrived. When the bell signalling the end of class rang, the students respectfully bid farewell to their instructor and then some of the starving students rushed out ahead of the pack ...

"Boss Lan, class is over." Seated beside Ling Lan, Luo Lang shifted closer to whisper softly to Ling Lan, even as his hands deftly helped her pack up her things.

Hearing Luo Lang's words, Ling Lan opened her half-closed eyes. During the lesson, she and Little Four had been conducting another round of simulation.

Right at that moment, a youthful and tall youth suddenly appeared at the doorway. He merely peeked through the doorway, and when he saw Ling Lan, his eyes lit up. He quickly knocked on the door, announcing his presence, drawing the attention of the students who had yet to leave the classroom.

"Ah, isn't that that unlucky Chang Xinyuan?" The students could not help but whisper to one another at the sight. The news of Leiting's oppression of Chang Xinyuan had long since spread throughout the whole military academy — many of the new students greatly admired Chang Xinyuan's courage, but of course there were also many who felt that Chang Xinyuan was foolish for not knowing his own strength, actually daring to defy Qiao Ting. He had almost been expelled from the academy for it.