"Mom!"
The little boy shouted excitedly, "Mom, hahaha! What is that?"
"That's a little bunny."
Although he couldn't see her face clearly, the little boy could still feel the slight curve of her lips and her loving voice.
Suddenly, the woman in front of him fell backward, turning into a clump of yellow earth.
A black, wordless tombstone stood starkly upright, towering before the little boy.
The once clear sky instantly turned dark and overcast, and a light rain began to fall.
The little boy grew into a teenager, staring blankly and coldly at the tombstone.
The rain soaked his hair and clothes, yet he remained unfazed.
He whispered, "Mom..."
Xuan Lang woke up from his dream, gently wiping the tears from the corners of his eyes.
"Mom..."
"When I take the top position at the Xuan Corporation, I will, I will clear your name."
...
Nothing happened overnight. Ye Ying woke up groggily, her eyes scanning the surroundings warily. She asked in a low voice, "Anything unusual?"
"Ah!?" Hua Huijing was startled awake and chuckled awkwardly, "Sorry... I fell asleep..."
Ye Ying didn't blame her, silently activating her mecha and flying onto the tree trunk to survey the area.
Liu Feng also woke up, yawned, and said, "I slept so uncomfortably."
Ye Ying said, "You two stay put. I'll go scout the vicinity."
With that, she piloted her mecha north.
The massive tree trunk was wider than her mecha, forcing Ye Ying to constantly watch for hidden enemies or traps behind the trunk.
She circled one tree trunk after another, patrolling for about a kilometer without finding anything unusual.
Just as she was about to return, Liu Feng's urgent shout came through the communicator, "Ye Ying! We've encountered two mechas! They're too strong! Hua Huijing's mecha is about to collapse."
Ye Ying hummed in response and said, "Try to escape north!"
At the same time, she agilely controlled her mecha, stepping on the tree trunk with her legs and pushing off forcefully, using her boosters to return rapidly.
As she neared the encampment, a loud bang suddenly echoed.
Ye Ying immediately became alert. The sound didn't seem like a mecha being destroyed, but rather like the sound of intense weapon collision.
However, she had never heard such a sound before.
Quickly flying over the last large tree, the battle scene unfolded before Ye Ying.
She saw Liu Feng protecting Hua Huijing's mecha, desperately blocking the opponent's attacks.
The two enemy mechas had very bizarre appearances. One had a thick left arm and a short right arm, and the other was the opposite.
They stood on the left and right, their thick left and right arms jointly holding a giant iron hammer.
That black iron hammer was larger than half a mecha! It had no seams, appearing as a single, solid unit.
It was almost like conjoined twins.
"This is a twin mecha trap," Ye Ying narrowed her eyes and said softly, while piloting her mecha to fly up from behind.
The two mechas swung the giant iron hammer, smashing violently towards Liu Feng's mecha with overwhelming momentum.
With this strike, Liu Feng's mecha would surely be destroyed.
Liu Feng was also agile, maneuvering his mecha to quickly retreat, picking up Hua Huijing's mecha, and rolling several times.
The massive hammer struck the ground heavily, creating a giant crater exactly where Liu Feng's mecha had been, like a crater from an aerial bomb.
The twin mechas raised their giant hammer, the crater before them outlined by the hammer's square shape.
Ye Ying moved with great speed, like a light hunting bird, drawing her dual beam swords as she approached both mechas.
She slashed twice at the backs of the twin mechas.
The twin mechas simultaneously released the giant hammer and jumped to the sides, evading Ye Ying's follow-up attacks.
At this moment, Wang Can said from within one of the twin mechas, "Another one coming to die."
Wei Yongji reminded him, "Don't get ahead of yourself, the opponent might not be weaker than us. Coordinate well!"
With that, their mechas simultaneously flew up and pounced towards Ye Ying in the air.
The two mechas moved in perfect unison, not a millimeter off.
This was also a characteristic of the twin mechas; as soon as one person moved, the other would react in sync.
The two changed positions in the air, extending their thick arms to seize Ye Ying.
Ye Ying's mecha flipped nimbly, evading their hands. As she flipped, her beam swords slashed twice more.
"Damn it!" Wang Can cursed fiercely.
"Don't rush, change positions, and grab it!" Wang Yongji shouted.
The twin mechas once again switched their left and right positions and charged towards Ye Ying.
Ye Ying adjusted her posture, and suddenly the auxiliary thrusters on her left upper and lower limbs erupted with flame. Her mecha began to spin.
Simultaneously, her beam swords extended outwards. Like a rapidly spinning top, she spun through the space between the twin mechas.
Instantly, the inner sides of the twin mechas' left and right portions were covered in countless fine scratches from Ye Ying.
"What an incredible maneuver! Who is this opponent!" Wang Can exclaimed in shock.
Before they could react, Ye Ying had already adjusted her posture and charged again.
"Separate! Recombine! Trap her!" Wei Yongji yelled. Both mechas simultaneously moved apart to the sides.
Just as Ye Ying flew between the two.
The twin mechas suddenly seemed to be pulled by some mysterious force. Without any warning and without activating any auxiliary thrusters,
they began to merge rapidly.
Ye Ying was momentarily surprised, but her expression immediately turned serious, and she accelerated upwards.
As soon as her mecha's feet left the ground, the twin mechas merged tightly together.
Their short arms connected, firmly grasping each other.
The armor on the inner side of one mecha opened, and the other mecha embedded itself within the armor.
Simultaneously, two of their inner legs extended backward, spreading out to the sides behind them like wings.
It had combined into a mecha with two heads.
"Huh? What is that thing!" Liu Feng shouted in alarm.
"It looks so terrifying... Why are its legs behind it, and in that posture?" Hua Huijing said fearfully.
Ye Ying calmly "hmph"ed and instantly accelerated upwards.
Her mecha continued to spin like a top in the air, but this time, she extended her dual swords forward, like a giant spinning needle, piercing directly into the gap between them. The immense rotational force did not separate the twins.
Wang Can laughed heartily and quickly controlled his mecha, extending his two thick arms to grab Ye Ying.
His two large hands were surely capable of grasping Ye Ying's spinning body.
At this moment, Liu Feng charged upwards, directly knocking away one of the arms.
Ye Ying quickly stopped her mecha's rotation, pulled her legs in, and somersaulted backward rapidly, escaping the opponent's attack range.
Just then, the giant hammer on the ground split open, and two beam sabers shot out from within, flying directly into the twin mechas' two large hands.
"Ah? It has this move too?" Liu Feng exclaimed in surprise.
Having acquired new weapons, the twin mechas forcefully pushed their dual thrusters and charged directly at Ye Ying.
"Its strength is the strongest, take it down first!" Wei Yongji shouted.
...
On the top floor of the empty teaching building, Xuan Lang pushed open the conference room door and walked in with a smile.
"Oh, it's Xuan Lang! Is there something you need?" The principal stood up with a smile, and the other teachers sitting around the conference table also rose.
Xuan Lang bowed to the principal and the other teachers, saying humbly, "Principal. I heard that Class B has been undergoing jungle training recently."
"Yes, is there anything you need?" the principal replied with a smile.
Xuan Lang smiled slightly and said, "I am personally funding, in the name of the school, the donation of a batch of mecha spare parts for the current Class B training."
A hint of embarrassment flickered in the principal's smile. After a moment's thought, he smiled again and said, "Student Xuan Lang, your proposal is excellent. However, it will cause some trouble."
The principal immediately added, "But the school absolutely does not object to your donation."
Xuan Lang walked to the end of the conference table with a smile, facing the principal. His aura was powerful yet gentle.
This large conference table was like a balance scale, and Xuan Lang, with his aura, tilted this scale slightly in his favor.
"Principal," Xuan Lang said, "I have already considered the donation matters. You can completely leave it to me to handle."
"All subsequent maintenance costs will be borne by the Xuan family. Moreover, the Xuan family will continue to donate a batch of new mechas."
Xuan Lang finished speaking, smiled, and tilted his head, saying, "Consider it a deeper collaboration."
The principal understood Xuan Lang's intentions. For the academy, this was undoubtedly more beneficial than detrimental.
The Xuan family's financial power was immense.
However, things couldn't be handled this way. After all, the students were still in training, and adding spare parts at this time could lead to unforeseen problems.
"Can we postpone it a bit?" the principal asked tentatively.
"Principal!" Xuan Lang's tone became slightly firmer, but he still smiled. "You can rest assured of my capabilities. Besides, all the teachers present are high-level personnel of the academy."
"I, in my personal capacity, would like to present a complimentary luxury vacation package to Bai Bi Fang Cheng to you, Principal, and all the teachers present, fully covered."
"Consider it a token of appreciation for your cultivation and guidance."
As soon as Xuan Lang spoke, the other teachers instantly felt unsteady. Some were secretly astonished, some were secretly wiping sweat, and some could not contain their joy.
They all looked to the principal, awaiting his response.
A brilliant smile also appeared on the principal's face, but his tone remained reserved as he said, "If that's the case, then... you're being too extravagant."
Xuan Lang nodded with a smile and left.
After all the teachers confirmed that Xuan Lang had left, they began to exclaim.
"Wow! I never expected Xuan Lang to be so generous!"
"Such bearing at such a young age is truly rare."
"A luxury vacation to Bai Bi Fang Cheng! That's the most beautiful city in the world! We've definitely struck it rich!"
"Principal, is Xuan Lang really this capable?"
A petite female teacher excitedly asked, "Principal, what is Xuan Lang's background?"
The principal wiped his sweat, sat down, and smiled, "You don't know?"
"Alright, I'll tell you."