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Chapter 778

Chapter 778: Guardian Angel

“Heh heh!” Tang Xiao chortled . “We just wanted to show off a bit for you, Professor . We haven’t been lazy! You should blame Jin Tao, he’s overzealous . It was him who damaged your mecha . ”

Lan Jue also chuckled . “Enough finger-pointing, tell the truth . The claw thing was your suggestion . ”

Jin Tao spoke up without giving Tang Xiao a chance to answer . “Professor is so wise!”

Tang Xiao yelped at the injustice . “I’m not responsible for everything bad!”

Lan Jue scowled at him . “If not you, then who? You’re right, you both have improved quite a lot lately, it was I who was lacking . I haven’t been around to guide you . Later I’ll make sure to direct your cultivation . ” As he spoke, an insidious grin spread across his face .

Never mind Tang Xiao, the markedly tougher Jin Tao also shook at the prospect . “Professor, we have cultivation to attend to . We have to go . ”

The two of them fled, with the others from their team in hot pursuit . The Demon Drillmaster’s particular brand of instruction was well known throughout Star Division . They weren’t anxious to experience it unnecessarily!

“Boss,” Su Xiaosu’s voice interrupted . “Are they up to your standards?”

Lan Jue looked her way . “They were one unit?”

She stuck out her tongue at him . “Leaders from ten units, but I didn’t have a choice . Everyone wanted a chance to spar with you when they heard you were here . I had to pick the best representatives . Their cooperation was less than perfect, as I’m sure you noticed . ”

Lan Jue watched his soldiers as they fled . “They have pretty good battlefield experience . That puts me at ease . ” Indeed he could tell that group only just started working together . However, although their teamwork could use some polish, they were still able to play off each other’s strengths . A battle rhythm can’t be rehearsed, it comes through cooperation . That was the only way to kick their efficacy up to a new level .

With this in mind Lan Jue was very pleased with the result . If all of Star Division’s unit leaders were like them, his group of fighters was in excellent shape .

“Let’s go,” Lan Jue said to her . “I want to look in on their training . ”

Su Xiaosu led him to another area . He didn’t join them, but instead looked down from his bird’s eye vantage as they drilled below . He could tell at a glance that the individual units’ tactics had been trained into their marrow . Surprisingly, this training area was a lot like Monteux, complete with simulated alien foes .

These sorts of war games were especially helpful for Star Division . They must have recorded the environmental data of Monteux and the aliens themselves to use in their training, so that it was as true to the real thing as possible . It was clear this hard work over the last few days was a result of their passion and resolve .

As he looked down from on high, the battlefield was like a raging fire that spread out in all directions . His soldiers were stable, methodical, and worked well with their brothers and sisters in other units . Close-range and long-range specialists were well coordinated . Then there were support fighters and their myriad abilities which counteracted alien attacks .

“It looks like there are even more aliens than when we were really on Monteux!” Lan Jue swept his eyes over the horizon .



Su Xiaosu confirmed . “Yes, by quite a lot . This is a prerequisite for this maneuver . The more pressing the odds, the more likely they are to fight to their full potential . Anyway, who’s to say how many enemies we’ll face when the real fight begins? Right now they’re simulating a situation where they have to fight a vastly stronger enemy force on limited energy reserves to see how long they can hold out . I think it’s very useful for them . ”

Lan Jue nodded in agreement . “Very good . It’s also integral that they learn as much as they can about alien fighting styles . You all have been working hard . ”

Xiaosu beamed at Lan Jue . All of their progress was, of course, under her direction .


Lan Jue looked back down at the others . “Our offensive begins in forty-eight hours . Let them rest for the last twelve hours before we’re dispatched . No training, let them regain their strength . We want them to be in top shape to avoid casualties . I won’t be commanding them in the beginning, Xiaosu . I need you to do that for me . ”

“Of course, boss!” She responded without hesitation .

Lan Jue left without interrupting his soldiers’ hard work . He was impressed by what he saw, pleased by progress he hadn’t anticipated . He was even more confident of their chances now, when the final hour arrived .

He wasn’t privy to all of Lan Qing’s plans, there were some aspects of the assault he wasn’t clear on . He didn’t know anything about how he intended to face the creatures outside the planet . Lan Jue wouldn’t be involved in that part . Most importantly for him was taking care of what he was responsible for .

When he returned to his cabin, Lan Jue looked more relaxed than when he’d left . Qianlin was seated on the bed in silent meditation . A pale white light hung over her . It wasn’t bright, but thick with mystical energy like the aura of an immortal .

Lan Jue walked over to her side and sat, but did not meditate . Instead he just sat there and watched her .



Lately the sense of manifest destiny pushing things along had followed him wherever he went . Everything the Clairvoyant had told them had come to pass, all but the end result . Lan Jue had been striving now for a long time to help humanity’s chances . For his friends, for Qianlin . No effort would be spared to save them from a gruesome death at the hands of a heartless enemy .

I dragged Qianlin into this, he thought .  But she isn’t the only one – everyone’s affected . Everyone must be considered . She will be safe by my side .

After some time, seated cross-legged across from her, Lan Jue also slipped into a meditative state . These last few days he had refrained from cultivating with her, since they were both at the border of ninth level . If they continued to work together as they had, it was likely neither would be able to hold back their breakthrough . It was better to work independently to stabilize their own Disciplines and prepare for that fateful moment . They had to hold back as long as they could to get the best result .

 

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Two days passed quickly . For forty-eight hours a strange calm settled over the human armada, although troops moved consistently from one place to another . On the eve of the attack Lan Qing had his people within view of a mid-sized planet in the outskirts of Europa’s system .

He moved like this to keep the aliens guessing and confound their planning . If they didn’t know what the humans were up to they couldn’t formulate a plan of defense . Lan Qing also knew that many aliens were hiding on the far side of the planet, a fact he wouldn’t be aware of were it not for Lan Jue’s scouting data .



Forty-eight hours may have sounded like plenty of time at first, but the soldiers soon found the time vanished like a message written in water . Their preparations were done quietly and orders were often given in person to prevent interception by enemy forces .

Each division, brigade and unit was only given enough information to perform their part of the plan . Only a select few had all of the information .

Zeus-1 quietly slipped out of Middle Heaven’s hangar . The moment it was free of the small planet’s orbit the ship engaged its Blinding Stone . Aboard were all of the Paragons who were to participate in the operation, as well as Lan Jue and Qianlin . Zeus’ Amazons were responsible for piloting the vessel .

Everyone’s face was hard and solemn . For good reason – the task before them was daunting, perhaps more important than any other part of the plan . The main force could retreat if the situation started to sour . Lan Jue and his people didn’t have that luxury .

Several days had passed since their last scout mission, and it was impossible to know how many survivors remained on the planet before them . But Lan Jue held out hope that there would still be many lives to save . Innocent humans were being kept as hostages, as experiments, harvested for their genetic material . They would be saved, even the ones that had been twisted by the poison of the progenitors .

Zeus-1 approached the planet from the side . A direct assault would result in failure . There were too many aliens for that to succeed . They had to slip in, and avoid psionic detection to the best of their abilities .

The planet that was chosen had an auspicious name; Angel . Snow covered vast swaths of its frigid land mass, which was shaped like a seraph with its wings spread wide . Sadly, its once pure white hue had been corrupted and stained purple .

The second part of Lan Qing’s plan had a code name . He called it operation Guardian Angel .

Zeus-1 approached at a forty-five degree angle relative to the armada . It came to a stop when it got close and cut all electronic systems . There, in darkness and silence, it quietly waited for its chance .

Jue Di had not come with them . He was strong enough that there was no need for him to use a spaceship . He had left before them to prepare, for he was responsible for taking three of the planets by himself . No one knew how he intended to do it, but everyone had faith that he would succeed .

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