Chapter 161.1 Unforeseen development
Editor: Jodi
Time flew by and in the blink of an eye, several months had passed by. Yan Hao was in his final semester of university and about eighty percent of his level seven mimetic mech was complete, and as the mech neared completion, the mental energy it emitted became more and more intense, making it so that with each step that he completed, Old Pang would walk over to express his admiration.
“Once this mech of yours is completed, I’m afraid that as soon as it appears on the battlefield, zergs below level seven wouldn’t dare come close to it.” Old Pang said.
“It’s only level six.” Yan Hao was still not satisfied.
“What more do you want? Even the level ten mech I made doesn’t have this feature.” If it wasn’t that Old Pang knew his disciple’s character, he would have thought he was just showing off.
Phantom spirit stones could absorb the mech builder’s mental energy and store it inside, forming an extremely strong mental energy suppression on the surface of the mech, and although this mental energy suppression would weaken gradually once it left the human body, it was still formidable enough to intimidate zergs below level six. Not to mention Yan Hao’s mental energy level was at the S level, hence even if it was weakened, it would still be able to deter zergs below level six.
Moreover, the wastage of the mental energy stored within the phantom spirit stone was very small. Yan Hao and Old Pang had conducted experiments and found that if one didn’t encounter mental energy attacks or that the phantom spirit stone wasn’t damaged, the mental energy inside the phantom spirit stone could last for more than ten years.
Although Old Pang’s level 10 mech was powerful, it didn’t employ the use of phantom spirit stones, and it wasn’t that he hadn’t thought to use them to upgrade the mech he had made before, but that his mental energy level was only at the A+ level, something which meant that him attempting such an upgrade would be extremely difficult and that even the slightest bit of mistake could cause a backfire.
Yan Hao smiled but didn’t say anything.
“Right, you’re about to graduate. Have you thought about where you want to go?” Old Pang suddenly asked.
Yan Hao froze, his face filled with confusion. It was obvious he hadn’t thought about this question.
“Can’t things stay the way they are now?” He liked his current life very much and didn’t want it to change.
“How can things stay the same? You’ve been awarded the Purple Medal of Honor by the President of the Federation himself. The Federation won’t allow you to stay in school forever.” Old Pang told him.
“I haven’t thought that far. I just want to graduate, register my marriage with Senior, buy a house, and then have a home of our own.” This had been Yan Hao’s dream all along.
“You should start thinking about it. If I’m not mistaken, the Federation will definitely come looking for you before you graduate.” Old Pang told him.
Yan Hao made an ‘en’ sound, then the two of them not continuing with the topic, they turned back to the mech.
Deep in the starry sky, a medium-sized battleship was heading towards Planet S36 slowly. They were a team just returning from patrol in an outer star field.
In the command room, Cheng Wenkang handed Sheng Heng a bottle of water.
“Thank you.” Then taking it, Sheng Heng took a sip.
Cheng Wenkang looked at him with an expression that said he wanted to say something, but then was hesitating.
“What, you have something to say?”
The two had known each other since kindergarten and were closer than ordinary friends, and there was rarely a time when Cheng Wenkang had words he couldn’t say to Sheng Heng, and so hearing him asking this, he immediately said directly: “The brothers are getting restless.”
“What?”
“This time out we’ve only patrolled again, not engaging in combat. It’s been almost half a year, and our military merits have only increased by a little. All the other legions are k*lling zergs actively while we are always only on the defense. Some of our classmates who joined other legions are close to accumulating enough military merits to be able to reach the rank of Second Lieutenant.” Cheng Wenkang told him.
“No matter how many low level zergs one k*lls it won’t be enough for them to reach the rank of Second Lieutenant.” Sheng Heng told him.
“Even if it doesn’t lead to one reaching the rank of Second Lieutenant, those merits can still be exchanged for starcoins. One point of military merit is a hundred thousand starcoins.”
“If you guys are short on money, I can lend you some.”
“Are we short on money? Boss, I just don’t understand. The last raid on the zergs went so smoothly that now, all the other legions are riding on that momentum to kill more zergs, and the Sima Legion has even snatched two planets that were taken and occupied back, so why is it that only our War God Legion is on the defensive? If this continues, there will eventually be problems within the legion. Boss, what exactly is the General Admiral thinking?” Cheng Wenkang asked.
Sheng Heng understood the meaning of his words as he had also recently heard some dissatisfaction within the legion. One point of military merit equaled a hundred thousand starcoins, this was a rule that had been set by the Federation a long time ago. And during this period of time, soldiers from other legions had been hunting and k*lling zergs fiercely, one by one earning a lot of money while the War God Legion’s soldiers were still receiving their modest monthly salaries.
At this moment, his father and big brother were probably under a lot of pressure, right? He wondered what they would do.
Meanwhile on Planet Z36, General Admiral Sheng was having a meeting with the high-ranking officers of the War God Legion in the conference room.
“General Admiral, if this continues, the morale of the troops will be unstable.” A square-faced man said to General Admiral Sheng.
“I’ve already informed the finance department. The salaries of all soldiers in the army will be doubled this month.” General Admiral Sheng told them.
“But this isn’t a long-term solution. What’s more how can the doubling of salaries compare to the money earned from k*lling zergs?”
“You keep saying this is the calm before the storm, that we need to observe and be cautious. But it’s been almost half a year and there hasn’t been any unusual activity from the zergs. I think it’s you that’s having these groundless fears.”
“I agree with Lieutenant General Lin.”
“Actually, I’ve never quite agreed with your original decision. No matter what happens, k*lling zergs is never wrong. If you kill one, that would be one less zerg, and one less threat to the Federation.”
“Yes, I agree.”
“I agree.”
Looking at all the Lieutenant Generals and Major Generals who were agreeing, Sheng Zhuo looked at his father worriedly.
And after the meeting ended, General Admiral Sheng, with a tired look on his face as he sat in the main seat, turned his head to look at his eldest son who hadn’t left yet: “Sheng Zhuo, do you also think that this order of mine is wrong?”
“Father.” Sheng Zhuo shook his head, but he couldn’t find the words to say more.
He agreed with his father’s point of view, however for the past six months, the zergs hadn’t shown any unusual activity. On one side there was an elusive intuition and on the other, hard facts. It was no wonder the soldiers below were complaining.
“I’ll think about it again.”
Sheng Zhuo knew that his father’s words were almost equivalent to him compromising, because ‘thinking about it again’ was nothing more than just delaying by a few days.
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