Chapter 667 - Little Blossom, the Substitute Member!

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Lan Luofeng heard the conversation between them, and interjected, “Ling Xiao, you’re thinking too much. Although this person isn’t as bright as Qi Long and the others, he isn’t a bad guy.”

Ling Xiao and Ling Lan looked towards Lan Luofeng simultaneously, waiting for her to elaborate more.

“Could it be that you two think that his aura isn’t clean? That type of aura isn’t something that someone that is evil could acquire.” Lan Luofeng said how she felt outright.

Ling Xiao and Ling Lan went into deep thought. Lan Luofeng continued, “Also someone that my little baby Lan acknowledges shouldn’t be too weak.” Lan Luofeng was without a doubt, a mother who trusted her own daughter unconditionally.

Ling Xiao couldn’t refute Lan Luofeng’s words. He couldn’t just say that he didn’t trust his own daughter’s intuition... Ah sh*t, he said something wrong again. It wasn’t like they were choosing a son-in-law, he shouldn’t care about his daughter’s intuition.

Ling Xiao thought in his own mind that what he was thinking about was wrong. However, Lan Luofeng’s words had made Ling Xiao temporarily put down his disapproval of Li Lanfeng. But in the depths of his mind, he still felt that punk Li Lanfeng was annoying (a strong intuitive feeling). However, Ling Xiao didn’t think too much of it. Those punks would be staying under his watch and probably couldn’t do anything anyways.

Ling Lan talked with her mom and dad for another short while. Then she returned to the room Lan Luofeng had prepared for her. However, as she entered the room, the cold expression on her face twitched. The pink princess style room was cramping her style! Could it be that her mother was protesting Ling Lan’s style?

Ling Lan fell asleep after thinking some random thoughts. It was the first time she had slept soundly ever since she received the previous mission. Even Little Four, who saw the Boss in deep sleep, couldn’t help but silence his breathing, afraid that he would disturb her.

Little Four, who had been by Ling Lan’s side for all this time, knew that in the past month and a half, his Boss hadn’t really fallen into deep sleep even once. She was always alert and would enter battle mode if anything had happened. Little Four was even worried that the Boss’s body might not be able to handle it. It was a good thing that Ling Xiao had come. The Boss can finally sleep peacefully.

While watching Ling Lan, who was in deep sleep, Little Four suddenly felt sleepy as well. He blinked confusedly. Could an intelligent entity like himself become sleepy? However, sleeping together with Boss was indeed very tempting for Little Four. Thus Little Four curled up beside Ling Lan’s consciousness and slowly fell asleep.

As Little Four slept, his body slowly became translucent in the mindspace. In the end, he became completely transparent and then disappeared from Ling Lan’s mindspace.

In the learning space, the originally peaceful environment suddenly became apocalyptic. Not long after, all of the instructors gathered together in Instructor Number One’s dimension.

“Number One, what happened? Why are the dimensions unstable?” The mecha data that had been gathered in Number Three’s dimension began to get mixed up. This made Number Three very scared.

Everyone looked towards Number One. All of their dimensions had all changed more or less. After so many years, this was the first time a big change had happened.

Number One looked at his own dimension. Dark clouds loomed above in the sky constantly. He couldn’t help but frown. He discovered that Little Four’s evolution had already become something he could not predict. He also didn’t know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing...

“Majesty Four is evolving.” Number One was silent for a few seconds, then finally spoke.

“Evolving? You’re saying Majesty Four is entering his mature stage? That’s not possible!” Number Five exclaimed.

It would require thousands or even tens of thousands of years for an intelligent entity to enter its mature stage. However, it had been just shy of 40 years since Little Four had awakened. In Mandora, he was considered to be still a newborn. When Little Four entered his growing stage 10 or so years ago, Number One had already felt it was odd and completely unimaginable. However, only using 10 years to evolve into the mature stage was impossible! Number Five even thought that Number One was joking, even though Number One never joked about anything.

Number One’s calm and collected expression calmed Number Five down. He rubbed his face and asked, “Then what’s situation of his evolution right now?”

“I don’t know!” Number One shouted out these words clearly. This made all of the instructors frown in dismay. They were all thinking “Number One, you are being too irresponsible. You are Majesty Four’s protector!”

“Majesty Four’s evolution has surpassed the estimation we had done back in the Mandora star system. Thus, I don’t even know what level Majesty Four will be evolving towards.” Number One replied calmly.

“Then what should we do now? My dimension is in chaos. There isn’t a peaceful place in sight. Why couldn’t he just evolve and not cause such a ruckus?” Number Four frowned in dismay as she twirled her finger around her hair.

“Who told you to make such a mess of your dimension? I reckon our Majesty Four is afraid that you’ll teach bad things to his Boss, so he took this chance to destroy your dimension.” Number Six laughed. His dimension was still alright since there were only a few thunderstorms.

Number Four glared at Number Six. Number Six couldn’t endure the glare and began trembling. In the next second, a soft and warm hand held onto Number Six’s ear, “Little Six, you actually dare to mock your Elder Sister Number Four? You don’t want to live anymore right?”

Number Six immediately begged for forgiveness, begging Number Four to let him go. In the learning space, Number Seven, Number Eight and himself were considered to be the weakest in terms of power and would always be bullied. Just now he spoke too much.

Number Four ruthlessly beat Number Six. Number Seven and Number Eight automatically moved to the side. Only an idiot would dare to anger that scary woman. Number Six was clearly looking for a death wish. Although they were all brother-in-arms, they would stand still and coldly watch on the side in order to protect their own life.

“Crash...” Suddenly the sky exploded and a flash of lightning struck the ground. It split Number One’s stone chair into two pieces.

Number Four immediately stopped what she was about to do. She looked towards the stone chair in dismay, “Number One, even your dimension has become chaotic. It looks like Majesty Four’s evolution is very dangerous this time.”

“Yes!” After saying that, Number One had appeared in the void. A terrifying aura suddenly exuded out of his body. It was as though the dark clouds around them suddenly felt something intimidating and calmed down. Then, the dark clouds dissipated and finally returned to the clear skies it once was.

“You guys stay here and wait for Majesty Four to finish his evolution.” After Number One released his aura and stabilized the dimension, he said this to everyone and continued to cross his legs together to meditate.

The other instructors all looked at each other. Number Two, who had a black cloak on coldly said, “Then I’m going to rest now.” After saying that, Number Two combined his shadow with Number One’s and disappeared.

“Let’s all go to sleep. We can’t leave here anyways.” Number Five shrugged his shoulders. With Number One’s domain presence holding the dimension together, none of them had the power to leave. Additionally, their dimensions were not necessarily safer than Number One’s domain.

Number Five looked around and saw a place. He wrapped up his sleeves and waved his hands. The sound of twigs snapping began to echo as a sky towering tree was flattened into a flat area. He laid down and smiled towards Number Nine, “Little sister Nine, do you want to come with me?”

Number Nine glared at him angrily, then she sat beside Number One with her legs crossed as well. Only an idiot would go with Number Five.

A figure suddenly appeared beside Number Five. Number Four got closer to Number Five’s body and said, “What, you only remembered your younger sister Nine and didn’t think of your elder sister Four?”

Number Five’s wrist trembled and Number Four quickly moved away...

“Hmph, Number Five, you’re so violent. You actually don’t care about preserving beauty,” said Number Four angrily as she stood beside a tree with a silver needle between her fingers.

“If you want to preserve your beauty, go to the Big Boss!” Number Five laid down, “Don’t bother me. I’m not interested in you.”

Number Four pouted and whispered, “Perverts’ appetites are odd. They actually like icebergs.”

“Don’t you like icebergs as well?” Number Five’s voice echoed in Number Four’s ear. After hearing her inner thoughts being brought out into the open, Number Four snorted coldly and vanished without a trace in the next second.

Number Three had already created an open space on the hill. He predicts that he will be living in this dimension for quite some time, thus he actually built a simple house for himself. Seeing this, Number Six, Seven and Eight quickly came to help. The pressure where Number One was was too strong. Only Number Nine, and the incredible existence Number Two could stay around him without a problem. Number Five was clearly a pervert so they didn’t dare to get too close to him. Number Four... Wuwuwu, they didn’t want to play with her. Thus, they felt that living together with Number Three was the safest choice.

Just like that, the instructors began living inside Number One’s dimension while waiting for Little Four’s evolution to finish.

Ling Lan had a good night’s sleep. After she woke up, she actually discovered that she had passed out for 24 hours. However, after such a long sleep, she had recovered to her peak state. She felt great. Although she felt like she was full of energy, she still felt there was something off. However, before she could think about it in more detail, she was called by her mother, who was worried and by her side this entire time, to go to dinner.

Of course this time, Lan Luofeng didn’t cook. If the general’s wife cooked everyday, then what’s the use of the chefs? Yesterday, it was only because Ling Xiao said the wrong things to cause that tragedy to occur.

After the table was full of delicious foods, Ling Xiao told Ling Lan that they will be flying to Planet Southcrest. After reaching Planet Southcrest, Ling Lan would lead her team members to immediately return to the 23rd Division’s headquarters to receive their promotions and rewards. As for Ling Xiao, he would continue to talk with the other generals and would of course be oblivious to everything.

Just like that, once they arrived at Planet Southcrest, Ling Lan departed from her father’s quarters. The six of them wore their military uniforms Ling Xiao had prepared for them and went straight towards the headquarters of the division. On their way, Ling Lan finally knew why she felt that something was off. It turns out she hadn’t seen Little Four since she woke up. Could it be that Little Four was running around and having fun in the virtual world and forget to come back?

Ling Lan couldn’t help but call out Little Four. However, no matter how many times she called out for him, Little Four didn’t respond. Ling Lan began to panic. Was Little Four in danger? Thinking back to the 24 hours of sleep she had, she couldn’t help but think that something bad had happened to Little Four during that time?

Feeling the anxiousness in Ling Lan’s mind, a chubby little kid, who was sleeping soundly in one of the dimensions, was drop-kicked into Ling Lan’s mindspace by Number One.

Inside Ling Lan’s mindspace, a chubby ball suddenly fell from the sky.

Ling Lan frowned, “Little Blossom, how come you’re so chubby now?” Little Blossom was originally not chubby enough to be in a ball-shape.

Little Blossom used his chubby little hands to rub his eyes, yawned and opened his eyes. He saw his master looking at him coldly. He looked around him and felt odd. It wasn’t the place where he went to sleep.

Little Blossom, who was still confused, didn’t have time to think more deeply. He saw Ling Lan and immediately shouted, “Master, you’re looking for me?”

Hearing this, Ling Lan’s forehead twitched again, “I wasn’t looking for you. I’m looking for Little Four. Where did Little Four go? Do you know?”

Little Blossom thought deeply for a second, then said, “Big Boss Number One said that Elder Brother Little Four is undergoing evolution.”

“Evolution?” Ling Lan was stunned.

“Yes, evolution, like sleeping.” Little Blossom carefully answered with his fingers in his mouth. He himself had evolved during his sleep.

“Even Little Four needs evolving?” Ling Lan never thought about it before because in the past 20 years, Little Four never left her side like this. She thought Little Four would be with her forever, until she reaches the end of her days.

“Yes, intelligent entities like us must always evolve. If we evolve once, we will become stronger.” Little Blossom replied.

After hearing Little Blossom’s explanation, Ling Lan knew that it was a good thing, so she felt relieved. However, suddenly losing Little Four made Ling Lan feel that she was not used to it. Thus she asked, “Little Blossom, when do you think Little Four will be able to come back?”

“That I don’t know. Every intelligent entity’s evolution is different. I would just need to sleep for one night. However, Elder Brother Little Four is stronger than me, so he probably needs a few nights.” Little Blossom replied confusedly.

“Hope everything goes well.” Ling Lan was very worried. She knew that evolution wasn’t risk free. It was similar to her advancing where there was a threshold every time. If she could pass it, then her future would be clear. If she didn’t pass the threshold, becoming injured was considered to be light. The most serious consequence was level regression. It could even cause PTSD and make it so she would never be able to advance. There was an even scarier possibility of becoming insane and then perish from the inside out...

“It’s alright. Elder Brother Little Four is very strong.” Little Blossom was very confident in her Elder Brother Little Four.

“Yes, you’re right.” Ling Lan rubbed the chubby little boy’s head. She should learn from Little Blossom and believe in Little Four.

“So, why are you here?” Ling Lan continued to ask questions. She was looking for Little Four, so why did Little Blossom come out?

“Big Boss Number One told me come and stay with master,” said Little Blossom as if he was being wronged. It should be known that he was sleeping in his dimension, but was kicked out into this space by the unruly Big Boss Number One. Now that he thought about it, every time he woke up in the past, he would be knocked out by someone. Now, he believed that it was probably that evil Big Boss Number One.

“Stay with me?” Ling Lan frowned again. What was Number One doing? Does he actually think that she was some little girl who needed a doll to stay with her?

“Well, no. He made me come over to be a substitute for Little Four to help master.” Little Blossom felt Instructor Number One sending over a terrifying aura and knew that he had said something wrong so he immediately changed his wording. Little Blossom thought to himself, “Wuwuwu, the master is so kind. Elder Brother Little Four is kind too. Only Big Boss Number One is scary...”

“Help me?” Ling Lan thought it was laughable. It seemed that Little Blossom was Little Four’s substitute member. However, didn’t this little punk only know how to devour spiritual power? What can he do to help her? Thus she smiled and asked, “Then tell me, what can you help me do?”

Little Blossom rubbed his fingers together and thought with all his might. After thinking for a while, he responded slowly, “Yes, yes, master, I can help you eat things...”

Ling Lan almost fainted, “What else can you devour other than spiritual power?” She didn’t want to become a murderous maniac and just let him devour the spiritual power of humans right? This Little Blossom was as expected, not normal.

“Ah... That, yes, I remember now. I can also devour data...” Little Blossom thought deeply for a second and finally remembered the things he could devour.

Ling Lan raised an eyebrow, “Oh?”

“Yes, I can devour all of the data in the virtual world! Devour!” Little Blossom pumped his fist in excitement showing that he wasn’t someone useless. Ugh, this intelligent entity...

“So you’re like a hacker who develops viruses from my previous life.” Ling Lan thought deeply about it for second. Although he wasn’t like Little Four, who could change and manipulate data at will, he could still make it so others will not be able to find data of her. It was indeed something that could help her and provide her with some sort of aid.

Now that she understood what Little Blossom’s capabilities were in a broader sense, she said approvingly, “Not bad. Little Blossom, then I will leave myself in your care from now on.”

Little Blossom proudly patted his chest and replied, “Don’t worry master. Before Elder Brother Little Four returns, Little Blossom will try his best to help master.”

It seemed that he was little punk who didn’t know how to be modest. Ling Lan felt that her future was bleak. Why did asking Little Blossom for help made her feel so perturbed? It wasn’t as comfortable as asking Little Four...

Little Blossom, did you know that your master dislikes you!

Although Ling Lan had conversed with Little Blossom in her mindspace, in the real world, Qi Long and the others could only see their Boss meditating. Not long after, they had arrived at the 23rd Division’s headquarters.

On the outside it was called the 23rd Division’s headquarters, but in reality it could be described more as a super city that was surrounded by walls. After reaching a kilometer away from the entrance to the city, the hover car descended to a height of three meters. Flying high in the headquarters was restricted. All flying objects flying above five meters would be ruthlessly shot down. No one could go against this regulation.

The hover car continued to move forward and arrived at the entrance to the city. There was a check-point at the door with two small mecha battle teams guarding it. Those who tried to get into the city with problems or showing odd behaviors, those people would be captured by the guards. And resistance would be met with merciless attacks.

Ling Lan’s six man team scanned their communicators at the scanners beside the check-point. The door automatically opened after they scanned their communicators and the hover car continued to move forward. Their identities of course didn’t have any issues, thus the mecha teams guarding the check-point ignored them.

Once they had gone into the city, they could see that there were one mecha battle team patrolling the skies, and many military personnel patrolling the ground as well. A short while later, the hover car automatically stopped at a plaza close to the entrance of the city.

At that moment, the plaza had many soldiers standing in it. These soldiers saw the hover car entering the plaza. They all looked at it with curiosity. When they saw six young soldiers walking out of the hover car, they were surprised. It should be known that new recruits almost never had the chance to set foot on the headquarters. But now, seeing how young these soldiers were, these six were without a doubt new recruits.