The battle between the higher authorities of the military didn't affect Ling Lan. At this moment, she was being examined by all the military doctors and specialists sent from the Federation. They reached the same conclusion as Li Shiyu. All the agents in the Federation were ineffective for Ling Lan's injuries, including the Ling family's restorative agent.
This also proved that Ling Lan was forced to operate the god-class mecha. Ling Lan was able to operate a god-class mecha for 20 minutes because [Belief] received an order from Ling Xiao to minimize the backlash to Ling Lan. That was why the backlash on Ling Lan dropped by two-thirds.
However, the consequences were still huge. Ling Lan lost his healthy body and was unable to stand up again. He wouldn't be able to operate a mecha anymore too.
Many people in the military were disappointed when they heard this piece of news. But, some people felt relieved too.
Hailiya got punished by the Intergalactic United Nations and the trades coming in the country stopped. This caused a huge commotion arose in the country. Many conflicts happened on various planets so the Hailiya government had to spend time to stabilize their internal affairs, making Hailiya not have the energy nor time to care about the war on Planet Haijiao. The Hailiya army on Planet Haijiao didn't have any reinforcements so they kept retreating. After one month, they surrendered due to the lack of resources.Planet Haijiao officially became part of the Federation. The military moved new mecha clans into Planet Haijiao. The soldiers that used to be stationed on Planet Haijiao came back to their country, the Huaxia Federation, along with the spirits of the 160 million soldiers that had fallen.
Ling Lan came back with the first batch of people. Li Shiyu, Luo Chao, and Han Xuya came back with her. They were in charge of taking care of her. Luo Lang and Li Lanfeng were present too to protect her.
No one knew what would happen after they come back. After some discussion with the ten team leaders and the heads of the logistics departments, they decided to let Li Lanfeng go back with their Boss. They also kicked Luo Lang, who was powerful but stupid and wasn't much of a help if he stayed on Planet Haijiao, back to the Federation. Luo Lang was there to help their Boss and Li Lanfeng to run some errands. After all, they couldn't let the two ladies run errands, right?
The moment the starship landed in Port Doha, Ling Lan was carried down by Luo Lang and Li Lanfeng who wore the medic attire just like Luo Chao and Han Xuya. They stood beside Ling Lan and guarded her.
This starship was filled with heavily injured soldiers. Many of them had lost their limbs. However, compared to the people that had fallen, they were considered lucky.
They sat in a car while waiting for the traffic in front of them to clear up. Suddenly, Ling Lan heard gunshots sounding in alignment.
Then, the screen in the car flashed the image of what was happening outside. Luo Lang glanced at the screen and said, "They're having a ceremony for the fallen soldiers."Li Lanfeng smiled coldly, "Why are they doing this first instead of sending the injured soldiers to the hospital? How funny."
"That's not true. Those that had fallen are the citizens of Huaxia. It's necessary for them to welcome them back." Ling Lan didn't think about it too much. She used her spiritual power to ask Li Lanfeng to think more positively.
Many properly dressed young second lieutenants with stern faces appeared on the screen. Each of them had a box in their hands. The boxes were covered with the flags of different mecha clans. They stood on hover cars and moved towards the street that was filled with people.
Every time a car passed by, the screen would introduce the mecha clan of these people and show how many had fallen. The reason for their death was stated too.
The whole sky of hover cars represented all the mecha clans and the soldiers that had fallen. The family members of the soldiers heard a familiar name of a mecha clan and started crying furiously. Before this, they still bore hope that their child might have escaped the ordeal and was still alive. However, now, they knew that their child had really left them. They couldn't control their emotions anymore.
'Wars only cause sadness!' Ling Lan looked at the people crying on the screen and felt this point deeply.
There were too many hover cars so they needed to wait for more than an hour before they could leave.
After waiting in the car for an hour, Ling Lan was finally pushed into a nearby ambulance. Li Shiyu, Luo Chao, and Han Xuya wanted to get in but they told that only two people could board the ambulance.
Li Lanfeng and Li Shiyu exchanged glances with one another. Li Lanfeng pulled Luo Lang into the ambulance while Li Shiyu and the two ladies would take the car they were previously waiting in.
After some time, the ambulance started moving. A few minutes later, Ling Lan heard a deafening cheer.
Luo Lang pushed open a corner of the curtain and saw the excited expressions of the people outside. They were waving their arms wildly in their direction.
"Regiment commander, they seem to be welcoming you." Luo Lang listened attentively for a while.
"It looks like the military created hype for you." Li Lanfeng spoke to Ling Lan using his spiritual power. If there were more attention on Ling Lan, it would be harder for him to retreat unscathed. Why didn't General Ling Xiao stop this welcome parade?
"Take it as it comes." Ling Lan frowned. She was a useless person to the general public now. 'Why do they have to put me in such a position?'
'No, they put me in this position so blatantly because I'm useless now!' Ling Lan was enlightened. She couldn't help but worry for her father. It looked like her father was having a hard time recently. If not, he wouldn't let her appear in front of so many people, especially when she had secrets on her.
"Lanfeng, contact the other team leaders of 250 Ace Mecha Clan and tell them to keep calm. I think the higher authorities will be doing something to 250 soon. Don't act rashly and wait for me to be back, especially Li Yingjie." Ling Lan gave Li Lanfeng an order after thinking for a while.
"Yes." Li Lanfeng nodded. He also thought that it was impossible for the military to not keep their hands off the powerful 250 Ace Mecha Clan after creating such a huge fuss for Ling Lan unless General Ling Xiao took control of the entire situation. However, was that possible? This wasn't because Li Lanfeng didn't trust Ling Xiao. It was because the three marshals were too difficult to deal with.
But, this was a test for 250 Ace Mecha Clan too. Li Lanfeng wanted 250 Ace Mecha Clan to become Ling Lan's personal mecha clan. Even if the higher authorities send a new regiment commander for them, the spiritual leader of 250 Ace Mecha Clan was still Ling Lan.
The ambulance rode for a distance before stopping suddenly. The driver shouted, "Who are you?"
"This is an order from General Ling Xiao. We will take over from here." A familiar voice sounded. Ling Lan was stunned. It was Ling Yu.
