Chapter 663: Negotiation!

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Gulibaduo ordered the bodyguards to catch her confidant. She took off the communicator on her confidant’s hand. Because of the little device, her confidant was not able to send any information about her actions. With the help of high-cla.s.s hackers, they were able to see all the messages her confidant had sent. She had been contacting a secret number all these while. Her confidant had told them about the situation with the Babu scepter.

The hackers tried to trace the number but they received nothing in the end. Everyone knew that the other party had hackers too. When they realized that their plan had failed, they cleared all the information.

The king was furious. He decided to investigate this matter. For a period of time, gunshots rang through the sky in the Balaya Kingdom. However, no one knew if the person behind the scene was found.

The only change was the princess’ confidant. She had disappeared. At the same time, a handsome young man from the Federation appeared beside the princess. He was Yun Feiyang. As for whether he managed to gain the liking of the princess and achieve his motive, Ling Lan didn’t care. They were on their way back to the Federation.

Besides the six battle teams, there were no other people on the Feiyang s.h.i.+p.

The Feiyang s.h.i.+p was badly damaged. They told their pa.s.sengers that the s.h.i.+p needed repairing and asked its pa.s.sengers to stay at Balaya Kingdom for two days. After two days, another cruise s.h.i.+p would come and pick the pa.s.sengers up.

The Balaya ‘representative’ on the cruise s.h.i.+p negotiated with the pa.s.sengers about this. If the pa.s.sengers didn’t want to wait for two days, they could get a refund for their ticket. A portion of the refund would be given to them so that they could buy another ticket to get back to their country. The rest of the refund would be given after the entire trip ended.

Ling Lan and her comrades chose this option. This would allow them to leave the Shun Feng tour group. Another bunch of people also left. However, they didn’t leave voluntarily. They were captured by the soldiers of the Balaya Kingdom.

The Balaya Kingdom would not let these people who attempted to kill their princess go easily. This list of people was given by the soldiers of the Federation. The Federation didn’t want these people to escape too.

All these had nothing to do with Ling Lan and her team. At that moment, they were relaxing on the Feiyang s.h.i.+p. The six battle teams were having a good time together. The atmosphere between them was friendly. However, at the military headquarters, the representatives from the six battle teams were arguing over the owners.h.i.+p of the two mechas. They almost started fighting because of this.

He Xuyang crossed his hands over his chest and looked at the other representatives coldly.

The Caesar-made mecha was not what everyone was fighting for. It was the ace mecha.

From the images send over from the Feiyang s.h.i.+p, that ace mecha was the newest model from Caesar. Everyone knew what this meant. This mecha was made using the most advanced technology and the most powerful weapon from Caesar. Once the Federation uncovered the secrets behind that mecha, they would be able to replicate it.

If they were able to uncover the technology of Caesar, the Federation’s mecha would improve in quality and it would be a chance for them to become the leader of the human race.

The person who made all these happened would have his name written down in history. Not only that, the division which he belonged to will be given many privileges. This was what everyone wanted.

No one was able to withstand the temptation of becoming the strongest division. This was why all the six division’s representative appeared here.

However, their Young Master Lan was the one who caught the ace mecha. How could they take away his merit?

He was not only here to protect the rights of the 23rd Division, but he was also here to protect the merits that belonged to their Young Master. This was why General Ling Xiao sent him. Only he knew Ling Lan’s real ident.i.ty. Hence, he would not let Ling Lan suffer any injustice.

He knocked on the table. The other representatives got attracted by the sound and quietened down. Everyone looked at He Xuyang and waited for him to speak.

“It is undeniable that the 23rd Division took down the two ace mechas. Based on the result of the battle, the mechas belonged to the Lingtian Battle Team.” He Xuyang’s cold voice sounded in the room. His tone was firm. He didn’t want any other division to get any benefits.

The other representatives narrowed their eyes. They realized that He Xuyang had a huge appet.i.te. He wanted to get the entire merit, whether it was individual merit or group merit. He had no intention of sharing the benefits with anyone else.

He Xuyang’s actions angered the other representatives. They exchanged glances with one another and decided to team up for now. They knew that if they wanted to gain any benefit, they needed to deal with this b.a.s.t.a.r.d first.

“Hmph, the situation was so messy. How do you know who destroyed the other party? The 23rd Division s.n.a.t.c.hed the two mechas from the other teams at the end of the battle. How was this their merit? Don’t be shameless.” The representative from the 17th division was the first to speak.

He could say this because he had ordered his men to erase all the images the captain of Feiyang had sent them, including the recordings taken by the mechas.

At that moment, he felt lucky that the Feiyang s.h.i.+p belonged to the 17th division so he had the chance to do such small actions. He didn’t do it because they wanted to s.n.a.t.c.h other people’s merit. The benefits that this newest ace mecha model brought were too great. They were unable to resist the temptation.

No matter how despicable he had to be, he would do it for the 17th division. The better their equipment was, the greater the survival rate of their soldiers. A tinge of guilt flashed past his eyes. He remained firm to his decision.

“Yes. When our ace operators went out, your ace operators were still hiding in the s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p. They only came out after they noticed that most of the opponent had been subdued by us. They were just clearing up the battlefield,” The representative from the 13th division continued.

If they didn’t receive the news that the recruits from the 23rd Division brought the two mechas back, they would not be so polite to the 23rd Division.

If the 23rd Division was sensible and willing to share this merit with them, they were willing to cooperate with them and help the 23rd Division. However, the 23rd Division was too ambitious. They wanted everything. The other divisions were infuriated. They wanted to kick the 23rd Division out of the picture.

Of course, they had this confidence because the information they received told them that the 6 people from the Lingtian Battle Team were just recruits who came out of the military academy recently. Only two of them were experienced soldiers who had been in the military for four years. The rest of them had not become official soldiers yet.

How could such mecha operators be compared to the experienced mecha operators in their division? These young men were just lucky and managed to pick up two mechas from the universe…

The representatives felt jealous. Why weren’t their soldiers so lucky? If not, they wouldn’t have to argue with the people around them. They could act like He Xuyang and take all the merits of the battle.

The 1st division had a close relations.h.i.+p with the 23rd Division since Ling Xiao belonged under the First Marshal. Hence, even though He Xuyang’s words made the 1st division’s representative unhappy, he couldn’t just let the other divisions take away 23rd Division’s merits. Rather than letting the other divisions gaining the benefits, he would rather let the 23rd Division be the one gaining it.

Hence, the representative of the 1st division coughed. Everyone kept quiet. They respected him. He represented the First Marshal, who was the most powerful leader in the military.

The representative of the 1st division said, “In the battlefield, it is normal for a veteran to take care of a recruit. Since the recruits got the merit, we should not s.n.a.t.c.h it from them. We cannot hurt the recruit’s feelings.” There was a hidden meaning behind his words.

F**k. If the 23rd Division increased in strength, the 1st division would benefit too. That was why you said all this.

The other representatives gritted their teeth. Although the 1st division represented the First Marshal, the representative was the same rank as them. They were not afraid of him.

No division was willing to give up the ma.s.sive benefits laid out in front of them.

“So what? In a battlefield, the recruits are the last ones to receive the group benefits.” The representative of the 3rd division replied coldly. He represented the Third Marshal. He was not afraid of the First Marshal

There were two kinds of merits in a battlefield: Individual merits and group merit. Individual merit was given to the person who achieved it based on the data collected while the group merit is distributed based on the serving years of the soldier. Veterans would get more benefits compared to recruits. This was because most of the time, the veterans were the ones who contributed to the battle more. As for the recruits, they were fortunate enough to survive the battle. This distribution of merits had been silently acknowledged by the Federation. The other representatives felt hopeful once again.

“Also, the Lingtian Battle Team was only in charge of clearing up the battleground. We don’t even know if getting the two mechas back is part of their merit or not,” The representative of the 9th division said. He didn’t want to give the 23rd Division any chances. One less compet.i.tor was good news for him.

He Xuyang laughed lightly. Everyone looked back at him.

“In front of interest, you all are so shameless. How can you all give false accounts of true facts? But, there is no need to worry. I have a video. I’ve many copies of this video so you all can play around with these copy. You can lose it or destroy it.” He Xuyang smiled as he showed his ultimate move. He felt fortunate that Young Master Lan copied the video and pa.s.sed it to the general using special means. This was why He Xuyang wanted to get all the merits of this battle.

The other people were stunned. He Xuyang signaled his adjutant officer to show everyone the video. Very soon, the screen at the conference room started displaying the scene of the battle.

“There, you can see that they blocked most of the opponent… the other party sent 12 mechas. 7 of them attacked the Lingtian Battle Team. Oh right, I forgot to tell you all that the Lingtian Battle Team is a four-stars battle team. Among the six people that went on this mission, five of them are ace mecha masters. One is a special-cla.s.s operator. On the other hand, there are only six other ace mecha masters in this mission. Lingtian Battle Team contributed to almost half of the ace mecha masters in this mission.”

Every sentence that He Xuyang said were a slap to the other representatives’ faces. Those people that said that the Lingtian Battle Team didn’t have the capabilities and could only clean up the battlefield felt humiliated. Their faces turned red. They didn’t expect the recruits to be so powerful. They were as strong as experienced mecha operators. Some of them might even be stronger.

Everyone was smart. They could see that the members of the Lingtian Battle Team gained the upper hand. Especially the shot that killed the ace mecha master operating the newest balanced mecha. It was a sneak attack but it helped the Lingtian Battle Team to gain control of the entire situation. If the mecha operator didn’t sacrifice himself to save his captain, all the 7 mechas would have been taken down.

“The members of the 23rd Division used their own abilities to obtain this merit. Those two mechas belonged to the 23rd Division. This is an undeniable fact.” He Xuyang was firm in his decision.

Besides the representative of the 1st division, the other four representatives all looked at He Xuyang coldly. They would not give up. Some of them even wanted to call upon the higher-ups to pressure Ling Xiao.

They felt that Ling Xiao was too greedy! They were unconvinced.

The representative of the 1st division didn’t want the 23rd Division to offend the other division so he tried to ease the situation. “If the other battle teams didn’t block the other ace operators and created such a good environment for the Lingtian Battle Team, the Lingtian Battle Team would not be able to achieve such good results, right?”

He exchanged a glance with He Xuyang. He hoped that He Xuyang would not get too overboard.