<h4>Chapter 797: Good Fortune!</h4>
<strong>Trantor: </strong>Henyee Trantions <strong>Editor: </strong>Henyee Trantions
“There are five ranks avable for a titled ace mecha n, and each rank is further split into five sub-ranks, differentiated by the number of stars it has. So, the most powerful titled ace mecha ns are first-rank five-star ace mecha ns. Everyone in those mecha ns is powerful and frightening. Yan Three, if you meet a first-rank titled ace mecha n, don’t ever offend them. You can’t afford to provoke anyone in those mecha ns. Even a normal member of those ace mecha n is much stronger than us.”
Yan Three nodded seriously. If a normal member of those ace mecha n was stronger than Cheng Shu, then the people in those mecha ns were definitely not people he could provoke.
Cheng Shu suddenly smiled. “If you stay at Base 013 forever, you might not be able to meet them at all. Even I have only heard of them but never saw any of them personally.”
Yan Three scoffed. ‘Why could I be stuck here forever? I would eventually leave this base one day.’ He got angry so he asked in a mocking tone, “What rank is Changfeng then?”
Cheng Shu’s smile was turned upside down and his face turned green with anger. After some time, he gritted his teeth and said, “Changfeng? We are just a fifth-tank one-star ace mecha n, the worst among the worst of all titled ace mecha ns. If we drop another rank lower, our title will be taken away and we will be a normal ace mecha n”
“Your ace mecha n is that bad?” Yan Three looked at him with disdain. “If it is that bad, why can’t you all just work harder to climb higher? Why can’t you gain another star?”
Cheng Shu sighed. He replied, “This is a problem of session. Every titled ace mecha n, even a first-rank five-star ace mecha n, will have this problem. If the session is sessful, the ace mecha n will be able to maintain its rank and might even be able to climb higher in rank. That ace mecha n might even be an important ace mecha n to the division or it might even be the core of the military, attaching longsting glory to its name.”
“However, the possibility of this happening is very low. Many titled ace mecha ns were not able to pass the torch sessfully. Each generation got worse than the one before them, resulting in their ranks getting lower and some even got their title removed, bing a normal mecha n in the end. In addition to that, some titled ace mecha ns would get sent on the battlefield and their men would get killed in the process of an ongoing war, making their mecha n severely weaker by the time they leave the battlefield. Changfeng ace mecha n is just getting worse by the generation, and there’s no way to stop that.” Cheng Shu wanted to make Changfeng Ace Mecha n better but he couldn’t defy the rules of the military.
“If you don’t have enough mecha operators, why can’t you just train more?” Yan Three didn’t understand Cheng Shu’s thinking process.
“You have never entered an ace mecha n so you don’t know the unspoken rule in the military: removing blood and grooming blood.” Cheng Shu gave a forced smile.
“Removing blood and grooming blood?” Yan Three came from the grass-roots units. When he heard what Cheng Shu said, he felt that he had wasted half of his life in the military as he had never heard of such a thing.
“The ranks between all the titled ace mecha ns are not present to differentiate the capabilities of all ace mecha ns. They are present because of this unspoken rule. This unspoken rule allows titled ace mecha ns that have a higher rank than us within our division to pick outstanding mecha operators from our ace mecha n and transfer them to their own ace mecha n. In a sense, our mission as a low-rank ace mecha n is to groom mecha operators. With this unspoken rule, a pyramid is formed within the ace mecha ns. The tip of the pyramid consists of the most powerful ace mecha ns which had the best mecha operators, making them the core of the military.”
“There is nothing wrong with that.” Yan Three felt that this rule suited the military. The core ace mecha ns should have the right to have the best mecha operators.
“However, this rule causes the lower rank ace mecha ns to be stuck at the bottom of the pyramid forever. Some ace mecha ns fell down the ranks because too much blood was removed from them. Changfeng ace mecha n is an instance of this.” When Cheng Shu took over the Changfeng Ace Mecha n, he was motivated and driven to bring his mecha n to the top. However, when the ace mecha ns above them kept taking away their mecha operators whom they took much time and effort to groom, his heart started to turn cold. He didn’t want to waste his efforts anymore on someone who would eventually be taken away. After years and years of removing blood, Changfeng Ace Mecha n started to drop in rank. That was why they were sent to Haijiao. They were forsaken by the military.
“Removing too much blood?” Yan Three sensed something amiss.
“Yes. At first, only three mecha operators can be taken out every five years. Now, it changed to two mecha operators every year. We are unable to keep our good mecha operators in our n so we can’t increase the ability of our ace mecha n.” Cheng Shu sighed loudly. “Not only that, the ace mecha ns above us might give us some mecha operators with special backgrounds too. These people are not ace mecha masters but they still forced them into our ace mecha ns so that they can get a good resume.”
These people would usually leave half a yearter, and they would be ced in higher positions but in actual fact, they didn’t have any capabilities to obtain that position in the first ce. What a joke. Ever since he came to Haijiao, the higher authorities never sent anyone like that in his n anymore so he managed to get some peace here. Cheng Shu felt that this was something good he got from the adversity.
“I see.” Yan Three finally understood what Cheng Shu meant. The mecha world was soplicated.
“Yan Three, we are leaving soon. I don’t know which ace mecha n will be sent here. However, themanding officer of your base had offended someone within the military headquarters. I think that they won’t send you a powerful ace mecha n...” Cheng Shu thought for a moment and decided to give him a suggestion. “Yan Three, if you can, join an ace mecha n. You have the ability to. You shouldn’t be wasting your time here.”
Yan Three shrugged. “How about I join your ace mecha n?”
Cheng Shu smiled bitterly. “I don’t want to harm your future. Changfeng Ace Mecha n has been forsaken. The military had not sent anyone to examine our ace mecha n for the past few years. If you join us, you will never have the chance to climb higher. If another ace mecha nes to this base after we leave, find a chance to join them. I hate the removing blood system but it can help you.”
This was Cheng Shu’sst piece of advice to Yan Three.
Back in the meeting room, Yan Three smiled coldly “Help me?” He had ambitions to climb higher up the ranks, but if he was to join an ace mecha n, that n’s regimentmander must have the ability to make him bow down to him first. If not, he would rather stay at Base 013 his entire life as he would not tolerate being under a weak regimentmander.
“Ah!” A team member shouted, “250 Ace Mecha n is here. One of our members saw a huge group of peopleing in.”
“Leader, shall we take a look?” Everyone looked at Yan Three excitedly. They remembered how their leader brought them over when Changfeng Ace Mecha n came and gave them an opening gambit.
Yan Three knocked his fingers on the table and thought for a moment. Then, he smiled. “Let’s go.”
“Do your best, everyone!” Han Xuya ced her hands on her hips as she shouted at the logisticians who were moving their equipment.
On the other side, Luo Chao was busy recording all the pieces of equipment that were ced inside their warehouse. These were weapons that were brought over from the 23rd division. It was precious to them. Although Haijiao would provide them with some weapons, their Boss didn’t want to rely on other people. Hence, their Boss prepared all these as their backup. If they met any urgent situations, they would not have to wait for other people to help them.
“Hey, there are two beautiful younger sisters in the ace mecha n that came this time. What good fortune!” A frivolous voice sounded above them.