Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting-Novel

681 – Continue The Mission

Lan Xuanyu took a few steps forward and couldn’t help but smack his forehead. ‘Am I stupid? How am I going to find the general? I need someone to guide me!’

What was happening with his brain today…

While thinking, he quickly dialed Yan Ruoting’s number.

“Hello, Lan Xuanyu.” Yan Ruoting’s voice was much gentler.

“Hello, senior. Could I trouble you to introduce me to the general who saved me today? I want to thank him for saving my life. Without him, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to return alive today,” Lan Xuanyu said sincerely.

Yan Ruoting said, “The person who saved you today is the commander-in-chief of the base, Major General Lei Junze. He is still in command on the battlefield, but the Proto Dragon attack this time is about to end. After it ends, I will ask him and bring you there.”

“Alright. Thank you.”

“All of you performed extremely well today, and I will include all of your performances in your Sky Fighters records. I congratulate all of you in advance for becoming official Sky Fighters. Also, the difficulty of this mission has clearly increased, and I reckon that it will increase the reward or increase the difficulty of the mission. Your performance has impressed me; Shrek Academy is truly worthy of being the Federation’s number one academy.” Yan Ruoting was not stingy with her praises because she knew very well that among the young people who came to Shrek Academy this time, there would definitely be gods in the future.

In the world of Sky Fighters, strength was the most important. These young people were only in their teens. What about five years later, ten years later? How far could they grow?

Both she and Lei Junze had originally thought that Lan Xuanyu was just an outstanding commander, but the battle with the rank 8 Proto Dragon left a deep impression on them. Even though it was dangerous in the end, being able to kill a rank 8 Proto Dragon was already an unparalleled strength.

The Federation army needed a god-class mecha pilot to be able to truly face a rank 8 Proto Dragon! Lan Xuanyu was only a four-ring soul master, but he relied on his god-like piloting skills and that impressive powerful last blow to defeat a rank 8 Proto Dragon. It was definitely necessary to befriend such a future star.

Yan Ruoting could totally imagine that not long later, these young people would definitely surpass her and reach a height that she could not reach.

This was their first Sky Fighter mission!

Since he couldn’t see Lei Junze for the time being, Lan Xuanyu decided to head back first. He gathered everyone and settled the other matters first.

After returning to their accommodations, they went to the various rooms to take a look. Everyone was very tired from the continuous battles; some were sleeping and some were meditating. Other than Qian Lei, who was extremely weak and was unable to fight for a while, the rest’s fighting strength should be able to be guaranteed after resting.

After distributing a bottle of Sea God Lake, Lan Xuanyu returned to his room to rest and recuperate. The subsequent plans would have to wait until everyone recovered.

Proto Dragon Planet had 18 hours in a day, which was much shorter than in Mother Planet. After resting for a day, the students of Shrek Academy’s Star War Experiment class had basically recovered to their peak condition, except for Qian Lei.

The side effects of his berserk state were still very big. He was still in a weakened state, but this process was not a bad thing for Qian Lei. It had allowed him to experience the consequences of unleashing the Golden Behemoth’s battle power with all his might. It was also extremely helpful for a better control of this power in the future.

Lan Xuanyu gathered all his teammates and carefully reflected on his actions yesterday.

“I am extremely sorry, I promise that I will not repeat what happened yesterday. But please rest assured that I still had some trump cards left at that time and I should have been able to keep my life. In the future, I will handle any of our operations more stably.”

“Next, we will proceed with the mission analysis. I talked with senior Yan Ruoting yesterday and because we are facing the Proto Dragon Tide this time, the difficulty of our mission or the rewards might increase. This is obviously a good thing. At the same time, we have gained a lot this time. We just did some calculations. We have a total of 1132 Dragon Crystals. Among them, one is a rank 8 Proto Dragon Crystal and eight are rank 6 Proto Dragon Crystals. The rest are rank 6 and below Proto Dragon Crystals. According to their rank, different Proto Dragon Crystals should be able to exchange for a different amount of points. Other than that, we also obtained a large number of Proto Dragon corpses. Unfortunately, we were unable to obtain the rank 8’s corpse. The highest rank is only rank 6, but when we return, we should be able to refine quite a lot of Proto Dragon Ore.”

“Since we have just become Sky Fighters, the higher our rank, the more resources we will be able to obtain. So, I suggest that we exchange all of the Proto Dragon Crystals for points and merits. We will bring the Proto Dragon Ore back, and whether we sell it to the academy or to the Tang Sect, we will be able to exchange it for a sum of money. This money will be used as a class fee to buy the resources that everyone needs, and the points will be used to exchange for the Sky Wing mecha. Whoever has a different opinion can raise it now.”

Lan Xuanyu only made this decision after careful consideration. Proto Dragon Crystals were good stuff, but it wasn’t very useful to them, and the Sky Fighter points and military merit points were very useful to them. It was especially important for completing their mandatory missions.

After this one year of mandatory missions, they would face another test : manufacturing their Two-Word Battle Armor. Different from One-Word Battle Armors, Two-Word Battle Armors required more resources. All of these required Shrek emblems.

Hence, the mandatory missions not only had to be difficult but also allow them to earn enough merit points to equip everyone with a Sky Wing Mecha and provide them with enough resources to make their Two-Word Battle Armor. Especially since many people still owed Lan Xuanyu emblems for their One-Word Battle Armor.

No one said a word and they all expressed their support. They had no objections to Lan Xuanyu’s decision.

Lan Xuanyu said in a low voice, “Let me emphasize this once again. In order for everyone in our class to pass the mandatory mission test, I will make sure that everyone is equally rich within this one year. All the resources obtained will be distributed equally. Please understand. A year later, when all of you are equipped with your Sky Wing Mecha and have accumulated a certain amount of experience, it will be up to all of you to carry out any other missions in the future. Even if all of you carry out missions as a whole, it will be distributed according to your work. So, students who are stronger, please stay calm.”

Everyone nodded.

There was no doubt that a joint mission’s rewards would be equally distributed and would definitely benefit the weaker students. But in the entire class, Lan Xuanyu’s team members were the strongest, followed by Bing Tianliang, Ding Zhuohan, and the rest. They had no objections and it was the remaining students who were taking advantage.

For example, just the rank 8 Proto Dragon Crystal alone was enough to exchange for many merits, and this was something that Lan Xuanyu had obtained alone. The others were taking advantage of him.

Everyone knew about this, so they were full of admiration for Lan Xuanyu. No matter what Lan Xuanyu did, he would explain everything to the public and let everyone discuss it. If everyone agreed, they would execute it.

“Alright, since there aren’t any problems, then it’s settled. This is the first thing. The second thing is that we can stay here for another eight days. We naturally can’t waste these eight days. Now that the Proto Dragon Tide has receded, as Sky Fighters, we can still continue hunting the Proto Dragons. We definitely won’t be able to gain as much as before. But the academy sent us here not only to complete the mission, but also to gain experience. We are a team, but we definitely don’t want everyone to be in no danger during the entire operation because that would lose the meaning of gaining more experience. So, in the next eight days, we still have to continue hunting Proto Dragons and continue our mission. To gain more merits and achieve our goal of training.”

“After the previous battle, we have become more familiar with the Proto Dragon. Next, I will let everyone split into four teams, with each team having five to six people. We’ll have the few Sky Wing mechas act as mobile units and will support you guys at any time. All of you will split up and carry out the Proto Dragon hunting. If you encounter any danger, call the police immediately. The Sky Wing mechas will provide support at any time. Qian Lei needs to recuperate and doesn’t need to participate in the next operation. My Sky Wing mecha can’t be used for the time being, but I will rent a space fighter from the base and be ready to take off from the base to help you guys at any time.”

There were still eight days before they could leave, so they naturally couldn’t waste it. Lan Xuanyu was also worried that his teammates would be too reliant on him. This sort of group mission was a great opportunity to let everyone fight the Proto Dragons head-on.