Chapter 497: Team Disbanded

Knock knock.

"Enter."

Li Qi came back to his senses, looked up and said something to the door.

The door opened in response, and Chen Cong and Milia entered one after another.

When he saw Li Qi lying on the hospital bed safe and sound, Shen Cong breathed a sigh of relief:

"Kiri-san, I'm glad you're okay."

"Why are you here?"

Looking at the two people who came to visit him, Li Qi asked puzzledly.

He was on the Mining Star before, so he could see his teammates Chen Cong and Milia at any time while they were still on missions on the Mining Star.

But now he has returned to the Academy Star...

"The mission has been completed, so we came back." Milia still had that expressionless look on her face and answered Li Qi's words calmly.

Chen Cong seemed to have just remembered something and quickly said to Li Qi:

"Yes, we have exceeded the mission quota this time. The academy has determined that our mission is difficult, so they gave us a few extra credits. Wait a minute, I'll give you your share first."

Chen Cong said, his eyes losing focus.

Immediately afterwards, a message came from Li Qi's contact lenses, indicating that 500 credits had been credited to his account.

"so much?"

Li Qi looked up in surprise.

Credits in the academy are difficult to obtain. Normally, for a scoring mission like the Mining Star Defense Battle, it would be great if you could get 200 points in one go.

This is still the team score.

But this time, Chen Cong directly gave him 500 points. Doesn't this mean that the team's overall score exceeds 1,000 points?

"Because you are the one who made the greatest contribution to repelling the mechanical beast this time."

Milia said calmly.

Li Qi was stunned and pointed at himself: "Me?"

Milia tilted her head: "Don't you remember?"

"…Remember what?"

"You used the mechanical field to create a giant flying machine comparable to the sixth level, which wiped out the special individuals and more than 90% of the mechanical beasts in one fell swoop."

Milia paused here, her eyes flashed, and a connection was transmitted to Li Qi's contact lenses: "I recorded the mission video that day, you can watch it yourself."

“…”

Li Qi silently clicked on the link that Milia sent him, read it carefully from beginning to end, and then became completely quiet without saying a word.

The beginning of the video was pretty much the same as what Li Qi remembered.

The defense was carried out step by step. The mechanical beast broke through the defense line. The commander gave the order to retreat. The mechanics began to retreat, but were eventually killed one by one by a special individual. Li Qi was also shot down by the special individual and fell into a near-death crisis.

Li Qi's memory stops here.

Then, Li Qi saw a scene that shocked him greatly.

I saw myself in the picture taking a step forward as if enraged, and then countless corpses of mechanical beasts on the battlefield flew into the air.

They were disassembled, combined, constructed, and stacked... and eventually formed a giant flying sword that was as big as a battleship!

When the flying sword took shape, it was only slow for two seconds before suddenly falling down, with the momentum of completely tearing the entire mining planet apart, and with one sword it wiped out all the approaching mechanical beasts! This completes the mission.

Li Qi had no expression on his face throughout the entire video. When he saw the machines flying up to form a giant sword, Li Qi's expression became even more numb.

He finally understood why Jetus came over so quickly, and why the female major named Luo Qi was so wary of him.

The reason lies in the flying giant sword.

Reassembling machines to form new ones is a skill in the field of mechanics that only seventh-level mechanics can master.

Li Qicai is only at the peak of the third level. It is impossible for him to master the field of mechanics, so the only way out is for the people behind Li Qi to leave a life-saving backup plan for him.

This also means that there is a seventh-level mechanic standing behind Li Qi!

Don't think that a seventh-level mechanic is common. Normally, a ninth-level strongman would never appear in front of everyone at will.

Many people don’t even know who the ninth-level strongmen are! The ones who are truly famous are all level eight warriors, and they are the pillars of the country in the ordinary sense, and the "top warriors" in the world.

Eighth-level strongmen are extremely rare. Although there are many seventh-level strongmen, they are also extremely rare in the entire universe.

Take the Academy Galaxy as an example. There is only one eighth-level and two seventh-level ones in the entire Academy Galaxy!

This is because the Academy Galaxy is one of the important areas of the Federation.

In some ordinary countries, a seventh-level strongman can represent everything.

There is a seventh-level person standing behind Li Qi, which means that he himself is equivalent to some small countries in the federation, or a family of upper-middle level or above! But that's the problem.

Li Qi's identity is a disguise, and he has no family behind him.

Then where did the seventh-level expert behind him come from? An unfamiliar seventh-level strongman, who may even be stronger, deserves the attention and concern of the Federation.

If Jetus hadn't appeared in time, Li Qi would have been taken away by the scarred Major Luo Qi! "This... video, how many people have seen it?"

Li Qi looked up and asked Milia.

Milia replied: "Because the superiors asked us to keep it confidential, the video could not be uploaded to the mission forum, but... most of the students who participated in the mission that day saw it."

"That's good."

After hearing what Milia said, Li Qi nodded and felt relieved.

Since the main video has been blocked by the upper echelons, it is unlikely that this matter will be widely spread by word of mouth alone.

Moreover, even if the news really spreads, the problem will not be too big. On the contrary, it can prevent some people from doing anything to Li Qi.

Having someone behind you and having no one behind you are two different concepts.

Before figuring out Li Qi's specific background, no one dared to risk angering a seventh-level mechanic to deal with Li Qi.

Except...the group of people who made the mechanical beasts.

Li Qi sorted out the things and made sure that he would not be involved in any trouble. Then he turned to Milia and asked, "Milia, I think you have not forgotten my previous question."

“…”

Milia remained silent, and Shen Cong was stunned for a moment: "What's the problem?"

Because of the big commotion Li Qi made, she had forgotten the grudge between Li Qi and Milia on the battlefield before, and now she couldn't remember it for a while.

Milia was silent for a long time before she slowly said, "...I will quit the team."

"Eh!? Wait...wait, classmate Milia?!" Chen Cong was shocked.

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She didn't expect that the helper she found would quit the team, but she quickly thought of the reason why Milia wanted to quit the team, and turned to Li Qi:

"Kiri-san, Milia... Milia's problem on the battlefield was just an accident..."

"Oh, so you know about her situation?"

Li Qi looked at Chen Cong expressionlessly.

Chen Cong was startled by Li Qi's eyes and shook his head quickly: "No, no, no, I just met Milia not long ago."

Chen Cong was telling the truth.

She subconsciously spoke up for Milia just now because she was an excellent mecha master. Chen Cong didn't want such an excellent mecha master to leave the team.

Moreover, Chen Cong didn't think there was anything wrong with Milia's actions on the battlefield.

Maybe she was a little impulsive, but they were not soldiers. They could only be considered mercenaries and strictly speaking did not have to obey military orders.

But Li Qi didn't care about that.

"Since you don't know, then shut up." Li Qi first said to Chen Cong, and then looked at Milia: "Student Milia, you are indeed an excellent mecha master. In the previous defense battle, except for those senior mecha masters, you are the strongest one, and even some senior mecha masters can't beat you.

"But in my place, I don't need you to be too powerful. I just need you to obey my orders. If you can't do that, please leave. I will find someone else."

Li Qi brought his former military spirit into the team.

Of course he knew that Milia and the others were not soldiers, but since they had come to his team, they had to obey his orders.

Milia nodded gently: "I know... I'm sorry, I will leave."

She spoke softly, bowed to Li Qi and then turned and left.

Looking at Milia's back, Shen Cong hesitated to speak. She turned to look at Li Qi and found that Li Qi had no intention of calling Milia. She gritted her teeth, left the room and chased after her.

This is just a temporary team.

Chen Cong knew it.

The fact that she was able to be kept by Li Qi was only because Li Qi thought she was obedient and useful.

Chen Cong also knew this.

But, precisely because of this, Chen Cong wanted to help Li Qi find a teammate who was strong and could obey Li Qi's orders.

So Chen Cong found Milia.

This girl, who was ostracized by the rest of her class, is a powerful half-cyborg mecha pilot.

A peak-level 3rd-rank mechanic, a peak-level 3rd-rank mecha master, plus a mid-level 3rd-rank team member from Chen Cong, this team should have become a famous team among the first-years.

But who could have thought that with just a single mission, this team would be facing the crisis of disbanding.

Normally, Chen Cong shouldn't be involved in this matter.

The actual captain of this team is Li Qi. Since he has decided to disband the team, Chen Cong has no right to interfere in this matter.

But the problem is that disbanding the team will deduct their impression points in school. This is a score secretly calculated by the college and will not be made public, but the impression points do exist.

The lower the impression score, the lower the possibility of finding teammates in the future. The team members may even be disliked by the professor, which will affect future training choices.

Therefore, if possible, Chen Cong hopes that Milia will stay.

That is, provided she can explain why she behaved irrationally on the battlefield.

"Millia-san!"

Leaving the ward, Chen Cong caught up with Milia who had already entered the elevator.

Milia looked at Chen Cong calmly, with some confusion in her eyes.

She was wondering why Chen Cong chased her out.

"Millia-san...you...you don't plan to explain the reason to Kiri-san? Kiri-san...he's actually a very nice person. As long as you explain the situation, he'll let you stay."

As the elevator went down, Chen Cong gently persuaded Milia.

"I know." Milia whispered, "But, I didn't realize until today that I'm not suitable for a team."

"Why?"

"Because I am special." Milia explained to Chen Cong. She raised her hand and pointed at her head: "My chip is special. Sometimes... it will drive my actions against my will."

Milia said so.

She was saying something that Shen Cong couldn't understand.

(End of this chapter)