Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 740 - 733: The Brave Becomes the Dragon

Chapter 740: Chapter 733: The Brave Becomes the Dragon

"If you don’t understand, ask more questions," Cheng Ziang rolled his eyes at him and shook his head, "With your intellect and your refusal to accept instruction from others, you’ll end up losing even your underwear."

"Voting is just a formality, primarily to show my trust in Little Fengye. How could I care so much about winning or losing?" Hu Daoke gestured with his hand, stubbornly defending his stance.

Seeing Feng withdraw her hand, Yalunte also put his pistol away, laughing, "It seems you still lost in the practical battle. You’d better be more careful next time."

"I understand, thank you for your guidance, brother." Feng bowed slightly, responding respectfully.

"Drop the formalities," Yalunte waved his hand and then sneakily glanced at Cheng Ziang, saying, "It upsets the hierarchy. Just call me Uncle from now on."

"Uncle?" Feng cocked her head, her big eyes curious as they watched Yalunte.

"We are so many years apart, and now that the Master has passed away, there’s no need to continue the sibling formality. I don’t want," Yalunte glanced at Cheng Ziang again and coughed before adding, "to have your status overshadow the boy."

"Huh?" Feng blinked her eyes curiously.

"Never mind," Yalunte said, pausing before adding, "Next time, do not rely so heavily on your intuition. The Master might not have had the range of intuition you do, but his insight was far superior to yours which is why he could forgo his eyesight. You, on the other hand, still need to rely on your eyes to observe your opponent’s actions and predict their possible behaviors."

"Thank you for your teachings, brother!" Feng once again bowed her head, gratefully.

"Call me Uncle!" Yalunte corrected her again.

"Yes, thank you, Uncle," Feng said seriously.

"Didn’t expect that, this old guy is quite something, managed to have a fifty-fifty fight with Feng." Hu Daoke watched the pair and couldn’t help but express his awe.

"This fight was framed on the condition that Feng would not use Magic Formulas, otherwise, how could the master beat her? He wouldn’t even have a chance to get close," Cheng Ziang shook his head, adding, "Don’t forget, the master is just a swordsman while Feng is a combat mage. Their fighting prowess is not at the same level."

Yalunte looked down at the long sword in his hand, almost cut off. He couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh, "This knife of yours is quite something. If it wasn’t for my deceleration, it would’ve been split by now. It seems that cunning boy was willing to give you such a good knife, his attitude towards you is indeed different."

"Huh? I don’t understand." Feng blinked her eyes, innocently asking.

"Remember to repay someone’s kindness, alright?" Yalunte said with a smile.

His smile held an odd gleam which only made Feng more confused. Her eyes grew wider with puzzlement, a stark contrast to her usually icy demeanor in others’ presence.

After the battle, the Advance Team continued training with the mobility gear as per routine. They’d been living in this mansion and had acquired basic skills with the gear over a semester.

Then they dedicated an entire week to training with full armament and the mobility gear. Constantly adjusting the weapons and ammunition based on their personal capacity and the gear’s potential, to achieve optimal balance.

The half month passed with little disturbance from headquarters, giving Luoer and the others something akin to a lengthy vacation. Although, Murong Squad had it tough; dispatched all around, they were exhausted and complained incessantly.

During this time, more good news followed. Firstly, headquarters managed to strike a preliminary agreement with Church Court. Headquarters would first provide the Church with a vaccine that could fool the virus, for its prevention and control in affected areas. In return, the Church agreed to progressively relinquish control of Lipei and transition it to headquarters.

As soon as the vaccine capable of completely eliminating the virus was deployed, the Church would formally lease all of Lipei and its territories to headquarters for a period of three hundred years.

This was the biggest gain that the headquarters had earned in the Otherworld following the third interdimensional war. After the conclusion of the third interdimensional war, senior members of the headquarters proposed the idea of leasing Leber to establish their own Otherworld Gate.

To realize this idea, everyone in the headquarters worked tirelessly, and in various ways tried to please and appease the Church Court. After spending more than a year, they finally received their rightful gain. This was invigorating news for everyone at headquarters.

Of course, the issue wasn’t going to end there. As the problem of leasing Leber was confirmed, a new issue was once again put on the table: the problem of opening the Otherworld Gate in Leber.

Previously, headquarters had made painstaking efforts to capture Fu’en alive, hoping to have him restart the Otherworld Gate. However, he ended up dying in Earth’s secret detention point. This forced Lin Wei, who was cursing profusely, to reconsider the issue of opening the Otherworld Gate.

The headquarters already has two advance teams at their disposal and was considering dispatching more in the future. Under these circumstances, the role of Luoer’s squad wasn’t as prominent anymore.

So Lin Wei was wondering if he ought to put Luoer’s squad in full charge of the task of opening the Otherworld Gate in Leber, letting them collect potential intelligence in the Otherworld to find a way to open the Otherworld Gate.

Luoer’s squad had immense political value, so Lin Wei didn’t dare to risk having them engage in dangerous combat operations anymore. He could only leave them with more peripheral tasks. With the increasing deployment of advance teams, Luoer’s squad would eventually be called back to Earth, no longer involved in Otherworld affairs.

Obviously, this was bad news for Luoer. The silver lining was that before the headquarters could dispatch additional advance teams, they still held some decision-making power and were not in danger of being recalled to Earth without reason.

However, this decision-making power would slowly diminish as more resources were poured in by the headquarters. To save his squad’s fate, Luoer knew he could only transform into the person he loathed the most.

Initially, when Luoer had newly ventured in the Otherworld, his thoughts were simple: leverage the advance teams to enter the Otherworld and find his mother. But with each step closer to achieving his wish, he had to turn his focus onto his small team that had supported each other throughout.

He was very aware that with further increase in headquarters’ involvement in the Otherworld, not only would the number of advance teams increase, but importantly, the number of regular troops would also amplify. At this moment, Luoer realized he could no longer focus solely on the advance teams. He had to pursue a higher position to protect his squad.

The once-hated Luoer despised his grandfather and those in military uniform yet slowly became the very person he detested. The once hero, who was famous for slaying dragons, was slowly turning into a dragon himself under the pressures of reality.

After half a month’s intensive training on the mobility device, Luoer and his squad members were called back to their station, preparing for their new assignment.

Everyone arrived at the office, facing Wang Xu who sat behind his desk. Without making them stand anymore, Wang Xu waved for them to sit anywhere they liked.

"Initially, I had no intention of assigning this task to you. However, there was no choice. Murong’s squad is still on duty. Even if they were recalled now, they would take at least a week to return, and we can’t wait that long." Wang Xu shook his head and said reluctantly.

"Is it a combat mission?" Luoer asked.

"Sort of," Wang Xu nodded honestly, "You know, the chief has ordered that your squad should not be involved in such dangerous combat missions. However, I genuinely can’t allocate personnel here, so I reluctantly had to send you on this one."

"Instructor, all missions are dangerous, categorizing them into ’dangerous combat missions’ is meaningless," Hu Daoke dismissed the idea with a wave of his hand.

"We can’t quite say that, the mission we have here indeed requires specialization. Murong Squad might not necessarily be able to handle it, so you’re called upon instead." Wang Xu replied shaking his head.

"What’s the mission?" Luoer asked seriously.

"You know about the airborne fleet, right?" Wang Xu diverted with a question.

"Of course, aren’t they still docked at Yazhi City? We used to see them whenever we went for training." Luoer replied, nodding.

"They’re not visible anymore!" Wang Xu responded.

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