The Galilan incident caused minimal damage to the entire Duchy of Lane, but its impact was enormous.

Several spies were exposed, and a number of people were punished. As a precaution, Ryan's military had to change all military codes.

However, in terms of external communication, they still present a positive image.

The Ryan military headquarters issued a notice to the entire army, commending the White Tiger Regiment. All the previously seized repair parts were released, along with 10 brand-new "Glory 13" heavy humanoid mechs. A second batch of 10 more are already on the assembly line and are expected to arrive in a month.

The fact that the official business has been completed does not mean that the Ryan military will forgive the White Tiger Regiment for disobeying orders.

The White Tiger Gang has a new base—the Chaotic Lands.

The Chaotic Lands are a triangular area where the northern borders of Lion and Phos meet, with the border lines overlapping. Both Lion and Phos claim sovereignty over the area, making it a no-man's-land.

This is a paradise for space pirates, criminals, outsiders, and adventurers. It is a lawless land. Because the Chaos Lands have always maintained political neutrality, both Llane and Fass have tacitly accepted this special existence as a third-party buffer zone between the two countries.

Benghazi is a fortified city in the Chaos Lands controlled by Llane, guarding the choke point between Llane and the Chaos Lands. The garrison is rotated every three years, and this year is the rotation period.

It's difficult to describe Benghazi as a city. The opinions of the Ryan soldiers who returned from their rotation there are very polarized. Most people think it's hell, while a minority think it's heaven.

Ryan's military placed the unruly White Tiger Regiment there, which was a kind of exile. The place was already chaotic, so they could do whatever they wanted and didn't care.

A cruiser serves as the flagship, along with two frigates, three transport ships, and the first batch of 10 "Glory 13" heavy humanoid mechs. The "White Tiger Regiment," which has already been independently formed, is on its way to Benghazi to take over the defense.

After returning from their observation and learning trip to Caledonia, the trainees of the F training camp heard the news that Alice had decided to temporarily suspend her studies indefinitely due to personal reasons, with her return date to be determined.

The reason for the suspension of studies points directly to a certain person, and everyone knows it, but there's no need to spell it out and make things difficult for yourself.

After returning to the academy and resuming training, Zhang Fan found many new faces in his class. The area where he used to practice swordsmanship one-on-one with Wang Desheng was now full of people.

"You actually came?"

"I said I wanted to become a mecha soldier, and I meant it!" Hua Hua patted her chest. "I'm not the only one; everyone here is!"

"It's not surprising that I'm here, but I'll show you something unusual." After saying that, Hua Hua took Zhang Fan's arm and walked forward.

"You... how did you get here?" Zhang Fan wasn't surprised that Hua Hua was here, but he was surprised by the other ten people.

“I volunteered to be transferred from Training Camp A.”

Nie Yun, the former captain of the Crescent Moon Guard, clasped his hands and bowed to Zhang Fan.

"Teacher Zhang, please give me your guidance in the future."

"Teacher Zhang?" Hua Hua, standing next to them, looked at them with a puzzled expression.

"No! I never said I wanted to take you as my apprentice!" Zhang Fan quickly waved his hand to brush it off. "Besides, I'm a student now, so don't say anything irrelevant!"

Nie Yun thought for a moment, then nodded: "I understand. Please continue to guide me in the future."

It wasn't just Nie Yun; all the former members of the Crescent Moon Guard transferred to Class 1, Grade 3 of Training Camp F.

In subsequent sword training, Wang Desheng no longer faced Zhang Fan one-on-one, but instead had the ten former Crescent Moon Guard members gang up on him.

Zhang Fan had once beaten these ten team members with his bare hands, but now that both sides had taken up weapons, even if they were just bamboo swords, the situation was quite different.

"Teacher, let me remind you." Nie Yun stood opposite Zhang Fan with his sword in both hands, while the other ten team members also gripped their swords and nervously surrounded him. "We are all people with basic swordsmanship skills, so you need to be careful."

“Even the worst among us ten is at least level five in swordsmanship,” Nie Yun said with a smile. “There’s no way around it. We used to be obsessed with the empty title of ‘New Moon Guard,’ thinking that protecting the princess should be like being a knight, so we all put a lot of effort into our swordsmanship.”

"It's alright, go ahead and attack." Zhang Fan twirled the two swords in his hands. "Two swords against ten isn't too many."

"But you, you're all healed?" Zhang Fan looked at Nie Yun, who didn't look injured at all. "I won't hold back."

"The doctor advised me to rest and recuperate for another month," Nie Yun said with a smile, crouching low as if ready to fire at any moment. "But I feel my body will heal faster here!"

Swoosh—

Without any fancy moves, Nie Yun's bamboo sword went straight for his face.

Snap!

Zhang Fan deflected Nie Yun's bamboo sword with his left hand and retaliated with a sweeping attack with his right. Nie Yun retreated immediately, avoiding the attack, while his two teammates attacked Zhang Fan from the left and right.

Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack!

The swordplay hall was filled with the sound of bamboo swords clashing. Perhaps because they saw Zhang Fan using two swords, the opponent always had at least two members acting at the same time for each attack.

Zhang Fan also experienced firsthand the difficulty of fighting multiple opponents with swordsmanship. He used to be able to easily defeat them because their captain, Nie Yun, was eliminated first, and the remaining nine members were a disorganized mess that was easily defeated one by one.

With Nie Yun present, the team now has a commander. Anyone who has played online games knows this and can deeply appreciate the importance of a commander in a player-versus-player battle.

With 10 team members cooperating with each other, both offensively and defensively, the difficulty level increased by more than one order of magnitude.

What's even worse is that Wang Desheng would give them pointers from time to time. Zhang Fan's swordsmanship was taught by Wang Desheng, so he knew exactly where the weaknesses of the swordsmanship were. Often, a single comment could instantly turn the tide of the battle, causing Zhang Fan a lot of trouble.

However, this sparring was beneficial to both sides. As time went on, Zhang Fan gradually repaired the weaknesses in his swordsmanship that had been exposed. Meanwhile, Nie Yun and his companions also became more adept at using numbers and teamwork to engage in prolonged battles against opponents stronger than themselves.

As time went by, the two sides gradually entered a bottleneck period where they were evenly matched. A sword training session lasted for half a day, and neither side could gain the upper hand. The sword training almost turned into physical training.

Until one day, Zhang Fan said something unnecessary, which completely broke the balance.

"I say, since there are ten of you, why don't you try the 'sword formation'?"

"Sword formation?"

Nie Yun and the other team members looked at each other, puzzled.

"How should I put it?" Zhang Fan scratched his head, "It's something like an offensive formation, a kind of ancient Chinese martial art, like the Seven Stars Formation of the Quanzhen School..."

"Oh well... I'll just copy it out for you, you can study it yourselves."

During breaks in each training session, Zhang Fan would teach them about "sword formations" from the ancient Chinese martial arts recorded by "Phoenix".

The 10 team members stared wide-eyed, as if they had entered a completely new world.

Zhang Fan could never have imagined that this would be the beginning of him being thoroughly beaten by the "Ten Swords".

But looking back, this is the "Ten Swords of the White Tiger" that will shine brightly in the universe in the future. There is nothing to be ashamed of. He can even boast that he is the only person who has ever been surrounded by the "Ten Swords" and remained undefeated.