Lingqu's Dog
【Wait, what's going on? I was watching Cimei Academy versus Du'e the whole time, and I had a friend text me updates on Moye versus Shaji. They said: Shaji had a big opening advantage, Shaji was unstoppable, Shaji had victory in the bag, Shaji lost... what?】
【Hilarious, same here. They said Moye started badly, Moye was retreating step by step, Moye couldn't be saved by gods, Moye defeated Shaji. I was already dumbfounded.】
【Where are the people who asked how Shaji could lose with a dragon riding their face? Come and see, this is how they lost.】
【The screen recording of Xu Lingqu single-handedly storming the command headquarters at the end should go into military academy combat training materials. Kids, just learn, learning is endless.】
【Exactly, this is the Shaji of the first match. Against Dolanston, you were a fierce wolf; against Longyuan, you were a far-sighted eagle; against Cimei, you were a brave bear; against Moye, you were Lingqu's dog.】
【Please teach me how to be aimed at by Xu Lingqu with a gun, I feel it would be thrilling! (In both senses)】
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"Thump, thump."
As his vision went dark and the notification of defeat came, the moment he emerged from the pod, Guan Chuanjun's heart was still pounding at an abnormally high rate.
He clutched his chest—this time, his heart truly was racing, but he no longer dared to entertain any romantic thoughts, only fear.
His mind was filled with the image of Xu Lingqu pointing a gun at him.
In Guan Chuanjun's carefree, lawless life, this was the first time he learned what fear felt like.
Wang Qihu was completely numb.
Just one second before the victory notification, he had been shot in his left leg and left arm, blood streaming out. He gritted his teeth and calculated the time in his head—four and a half minutes. He thought he could hold on for another thirty seconds, just thirty seconds.
Xu Lingqu delivered the good news of victory thirty seconds ahead of schedule.
His eyes were filled with tears, which was embarrassing, he thought. It had been a long time since he cried—maybe the last time was in childhood?
Wang Qihu turned to look at Xu Lingqu's pod. She was already out, but the situation wasn't good.
Commander Xu was surrounded by a crowd of excited Moye students who had lost all sense of fear. They didn't dare to throw her into the air, but they were all clustered around her several layers deep, and clearly Xu Xiqin had started it.
Wang Qihu wiped away his tears and rushed over too—how could he miss out at a time like this!
"Damn it, Wang Qihu, you're so heavy, you're squeezing the life out of me!"
The Moye students were ecstatic, while across from them, the Shaji students were simply dumbfounded.
Most of them had just come out of their pods and didn't know what had happened, while the few who had been eliminated earlier were grim-faced and reluctant to explain, just telling everyone to watch the replay on Sky Network.
The camera cut to the final moments, when Xu Lingqu had crept alone to Shaji's command point.
At that time, the Shaji students were incredibly relaxed. The main force was advancing triumphantly, victory was within reach, and with Guan Chuanjun's redeployment, only eight people remained there.
Four guards were stationed in front of and behind the command building. Xu Lingqu hid in the jungle ahead, and while the four were chatting, she suddenly struck—three shots killed three, a military dagger slit a fourth's throat, then she kicked open the door and decapitated Guan Chuanjun.
It was a clean, smooth execution completed in under five seconds, utterly flipping the entire situation.
"Xu Lingqu is meticulous in her thinking, and her individual combat capability is extraordinarily outstanding, far surpassing the standard of a commander and fully comparable to an S-class lone operative," Professor Zhuang praised passionately. "This battle is truly significant for Moye Military Academy. The gloom that hung over them has been swept away, morale has soared, and Xu Lingqu's decapitation strike gave meaning to the efforts of every Moye student! This is a victory belonging to all of them!"
Senior Colonel Ren nodded. "Yes, at the same time, the Shaji students, especially their commander, need to reflect on their own problems. If this had been any other academy, a comeback like this would almost certainly not have happened. Because Moye's commander Feng Bu made a fatal error from the start. If it were Du'e's Jinfang Taibai, he could have launched a precision bombardment within the first three minutes; if it were Longyuan's Gu Tingzhi, after detecting the trend, he would have moved against him within ten minutes... Of course, we must acknowledge that the Shaji students' combat capability is strong enough—even Longyuan and Du'e couldn't have achieved such a beautiful exchange ratio in the early stage—but the problem is they were too fixated on the exchange ratio, and in the end, they threw away the victory that was within easy reach."
Feng Hui arrived at the scene immediately. He entered the grounds and saw his son Feng Bu trembling like a leaf.
"Father!" Feng Bu's eyes lit up. "You're here! Great, didn't Xu Lingqu promise you before that if we won this match, I'd be the Chief Commander? I..."
Before Feng Bu could finish, Feng Hui's slap came down—the first time in his life he had ever hit Feng Bu.
Feng Hui had watched the entire match. Even if he didn't understand tactics at all, he could clearly see how much damage Feng Bu had done and how capable Xu Lingqu was.
He doted on his son, to the point of begging a student like Xu Lingqu to give Feng Bu a chance to resolve his inner demons, but he wasn't so doting as to let him ruin his future!
Not to mention whether Xu Lingqu would honor that bet. For her, keeping promises to "villains" was the height of foolishness, and besides, it was said the victory would be under Feng Bu's command, but today's victory for Moye had nothing to do with Feng Bu's leadership.
Even if it were fulfilled, it would only bring disaster to Feng Hui and Feng Bu.
How many people were watching this match! Everyone saw Feng Bu's ugliness and incompetence, and Xu Lingqu's strength. If the Chief Commander were switched to Feng Bu now, it would definitely cause an uproar, and the Military Department, even if it didn't like Moye, would be forced to intervene and investigate.
His father-son relationship with Feng Bu was known to every Moye student, given Feng Bu's high-profile behavior and their shared surname!
At that point, his position as principal would inevitably be lost, and if it drew the imperial family's attention, their entire family might not even keep their lives.
Everyone knew how much the Empire valued military geniuses during the current standoff with the Federation. Feng Hui wouldn't dare take on the guilt of suppressing and persecuting Xu Lingqu, a genius who was destined to shine.
This was the first time Feng Bu had been slapped by his father in front of everyone. He was completely stunned, unable to utter a single shrewish word, and just stood there in a daze.
At that moment, Xu Lingqu finally escaped the enthusiastic crowd and walked out. She looked at Feng Bu. "Before the match started, I imagined how bad your command could be. Your performance today completely shattered my expectations for your lower limit."
"You weren't commanding at all; you were pure harm. Do you know that?" She glanced at Feng Hui, then at Feng Bu. "The twenty people you sent ahead and then abandoned, the ones who held the three defense lines to the bitter end—they were killed by you. Instead of shamelessly clinging to Moye's command department, you should go get a basic intelligence test first."
At this, the last shred of Feng Bu's stubbornness shattered against Xu Lingqu's cold, venomous words. He collapsed limply to the ground, and Feng Hui, unable to bear it, helped him up.
"I'll take him away. He's no longer fit to stay at Moye in this state. Please ask Vice Principal Su to handle the replacement personnel," Feng Hui said with a sigh, then looked up at Xu Lingqu and the Moye students gathered around her, and said solemnly: "I'm sorry."
The amateur principal was seeing his cadets properly for the first time.
As they walked out of the arena, Xu Lingqu was about to leave when someone grabbed her arm.
She turned around to find hundreds of interstellar media outlets charging at her with equipment in full force, the Sky Network reporter sprinting ahead to squeeze into the closest position, their live camera locking onto her for the post-match interview.
The moment Xu Lingqu's face appeared, the barrage on Sky Network was about to blow up the live stream. Among the viewers was Liu Ming, who was hiding in his dorm room watching the match via Sky Network.
He had the subtitles on, and a stream of comments flew past his eyes. He picked one, zoomed in, and read:
【Commander, I want to be your dog】
What kind of person is this!
Furious, Liu Ming clicked "report." As the SSS-class, the most handsome mecha in the entire galaxy, he was Xu Lingqu's little dog! How dare all kinds of random humans compete with him for the position!