It's Not Easy To Be a Man 210+

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After the headquarters of the number one faction was transferred to Lingtian, Ling Lan did not do as everyone thought and remain in headquarters. Instead, she passed on everything regarding Lingtian and the new headquarters to Wu Jiong, and then continued on with her usual simple classroom-dormitory two-venue lifestyle once again.
However, Ling Lan's peaceful life was about to end — the second-years' first mecha practical training lesson was finally here. Ling Lan received the time and venue for their meeting from her communicator, and then led Qi Long, Luo Lang, and Xie Yi over together.
The mentor Qi Long and Luo Lang had chosen was Tang Yu, the same as Ling Lan, while the mentor Xie Yi had chosen was also one of the top instructors in long-range ace mecha. The meeting time and place was exactly the same for all four of them, so they boarded a hover car together to head to their destination.

The location of the practical training was, as everyone had predicted, that large mecha storehouse they had snuck into during the enemy air invasion back then. Today was the first practical training lesson for the mecha piloting department. Along the way, Ling Lan's group met quite a few other students headed the same way.

Once they entered the storehouse, they saw quite a number of students already waiting there. This was the junior mecha area, but Ling Lan and the rest were already advanced mecha warriors, so their classes would not be held here.

Under the envious gazes of the students here, Ling Lan's group of four moved ahead to the advanced mecha area. Once there, they saw Wu Jiong, Li Yingjie, as well as the other team leaders who were already at the level of advanced mecha warrior. Of course, there were also a few unfamiliar faces who were probably promising newcomers from the other factions.

At this moment, the crowd was looking up excitedly at the tall and majestic row of advanced mecha before them. They were rubbing their palms together in eagerness, wishing they could board the mecha immediately and have a good go operating one. Although the members of Lingtian had already ridden mecha before during the enemy air invasion, they had had to be sneaky while doing so after all. Moreover, the situation that night was tense, so their nerves had been tightly strung — and the moment they had left the storehouse, they had been embroiled in bitter battle, constantly afraid that they would die in combat at any careless misstep.

Today was the day they would truly get to enjoy the joy and excitement of piloting mecha; they were that close to pouncing forwards to touch the mecha they favoured.

"Boss!" A familiar voice cried out from behind Ling Lan. Ling Lan turned in surprise. "Lin Zhong-qing, why are you here?" Lin Zhong-qing was in the Logistics specialization — according to Ling Lan's intel, the mecha practical training lessons of the students of that specialization would be delayed till their third year.

Lin Zhong-qing was also very puzzled at this moment. "I'm not sure myself. I just received a notification just now, telling me to come here immediately to report for class." That said, Lin Zhong-qing stretched out his right wrist to display the notification on his communicator.

Ling Lan glanced at it and saw that it was no different from the notification she had received. A thought struck her and she said, "It's probably a good thing."

Lin Zhong-qing smiled at her words. "Yep. When I saw you, Boss, I felt that it couldn't be a bad thing."

Ling Lan was just about to say something when her ears twitched — she peered at the excited crowd and decided to just let it go.

Several seconds later, they heard the 'clap, clap, clap' of applause coming from behind them. The group was startled and quickly turned around to look for the source of the sound. There was now a group of instructors standing behind them, and Tang Yu was in the lead, currently clapping his hands together in a slow measured pace. The clapping sounds they had heard had been produced by Tang Yu.