Chapter 162 - The Viper King Reveals His Fangs (1/2)
Every single one of their training began with real combat. In these two weeks, there wasn’t a single recruit that was uninjured while training, and this included Qin Fen.
After the seasoned soldiers truly understood Qin Fen’s and the other’s strengths, they no longer kept up the attitude of playing a game. Instead, they went into a true combat state. Whatever was known as using equal strength to engage in fair fights and battles didn’t happen at all.
All the seasoned soldiers utilized their full meteor level strength in combat. Along with this, they relied on their plentiful experience, many years of coordination at a deep level with each other, as well as first-rate high-level weapons to suppress the recruits’ martial strength. Every time they struck Qin Fen and the others they would scurry over Happy Paradise Island.
However, there were some places that the seasoned soldiers didn’t feel good about. It was the fact that they were very rarely able to obtain an ultimate victory. Lin Ling and the others, under the command of Qin Fen, formed a small team. They were as slippery as might fishes. Every time the seasoned soldiers almost pressured them into desperate straits, they would always find a way to escape, time and time again, during crucial moments.
This was especially true for a seasoned soldier of the five-star meteor level. He just barely manufactured a chance to fight against Qin Fen one-on-one and had planned to capture Qin Fen alive, seeking to fiercely give this slippery kid a beating.
In the end, there were wounded that appeared among the seasoned soldiers. The seasoned soldiers that had fought with Qin Fen in secret not only had six of his ribs broken but he had also received heavy damage to the meridian that ran from the foot and through the liver.
As for the other side of this fight, Qin Fen didn’t receive any injuries at all. Actually, he looked lively and was full of energy.
The seasoned soldiers harbored emotions of curiosity. They waited until their unconscious companion woke up, and they asked him what had happened during their fight. In the end, the seasoned soldiers said that absolutely not a single piece of information about his encounter with Qin Fen could be leaked to the outside world. He only told his comrades two things. Qin Fen didn’t use any crafty plots or machinations, nor did Qin Fen use any biochemical beasts. Qin Fen completely relied on his true makings to score a victory in their duel.
The second thing was a warning to his comrades. If one didn’t possess six-star meteor level strength, one must not choose to duel one-on-one with Qin Fen in a small environment. Otherwise, such a person would leave the stage in a very miserable manner. This kid was an absolute monster.
After this fight, Qin Fen was revered among the recruits as the recruit with the number one martial strength in this training.
Du Zhanpeng merely gave a gentle smile in regard to this assessment. He didn’t dispute too much. There are some people who inquired him in private about why he wasn’t contesting this. His answer generated respect.
“We are all of Chinese blood. Many years ago, we are all of one ancestor. The number one is Chinese. Is there a need to discern between you and me?”
To be able to say these words of such breadth of mind, such a person made one hard to imagine that he would be so harsh toward Du Peng.
As for Lin Ling’s reaction when she heard that Qin Fen got this title, she was just as indifferent as always. It was as if the title of number one didn’t mean anything to her.
Just as these recruits gradually began to like this crazy training, the East Asian military region nervously called together a small conference.
“He’s been kidnapped? The chief production expert of the nano combat suit has been kidnapped? Where were the special forces in charge of security and safety? Did they all die?”
When faced with the roar of a four-star general, the transmitted virtual image of the official revealed a very tranquil expression, “General, right now they indeed have already become dead people. Because using S-level and above special forces soldiers means that those with intent can easily guess the importance of this expert, we followed convention and deployed the most ordinary of special forces soldiers.”
The conference room table wasn’t that large. A dozen or so high-ranking officers sat at this table, their expressions dark. The lowest ranking officer present was a lieutenant general, and it was a lieutenant general with true authority and power.
Everyone’s complexion was so unsightly to the point it was as if their loved ones had died. The nano combat suit was an important secret between the military of Earth and Mars. According to its theoretical design, as soon as the development of the suit was completed, it would allow individual soldiers to fly and do combat in the cosmos of space. The military would be able to get rid of the usage of space fighters to a certain degree.
If a soldier was allocated with other secret weapons in development as well, soldiers could completely eliminate space fighters and even cosmic warships in decisive battles in the cosmos. When that happens, Earth and Mars could once again control the leaders of the planets that were fighting out of their control.
The leader of the research and development team of the nano combat suit could be described as a crucial matter of life and death for the Federation, and that would be no exaggeration.
The virtual screen on the conference table faded by now. An old man, with sideburns that had white spots, sat to the side of the table. He slowly opened his mouth. “Everyone, what should we do?”
Everyone fell silent. In the end, a young lieutenant general spoke. He spoke to the old general, the one with white spots on his sideburns and a waist that was healthier than that of most young men. “General, you are the Viper King of the Federation, sir. Your suggestions carry even more weight in such times.”
The old man with white spots on his sideburns was none other than the leader of the Du Family and the man with the title Viper King in the military world of the Federation—General Du Hen!
“Lieutenant General Zuo Ben, have we found out who did this?” Du Hen casually asked.
The young Lieutenant General Zuo Ben quickly and nimbly tapped a few times on the table with his fingers. The virtual electronic projection appeared once more in the surroundings of the conference room table. He began to explain in a very capable and experienced manner.
“Our initial investigations have revealed that the mobilized attack force indeed ranks number five among the top ten terrorist organizations—God’s Chosen Nation. It is just that they mostly engage in material destruction for their terrorist attacks. They have never done this sort of campaign where they kidnap a researcher of the Federation. This time, no matter how I look at it, things are a bit strange. According to the analysis from the general staff, there is a ninety-seven point two percent chance that behind God’s Chosen Nation is…”
Zuo Ben didn’t continue speaking. There were some words that didn’t need to be spoken to be understood. Everyone knew, very clearly, the meaning behind his words and its implications.
Du Hen rested his chin on his hands. His two eyes radiated with threads of cold glows. He fell into serious thought, and the several generals who sat at the table were all able to feel a terrifying aura come from this old man’s body, from he who was known as the Viper.