The villains are redeemed, and the heroines cry and beg for forgiveness.

If Gu Ran hadn't discovered it, this family of three might have all died, and it might have taken many days for them to be discovered.

Gu Ran notified the relevant departments of Lanxin University to come and collect the three bodies.

Anyway, let's save this for now; we might need it later.

After returning to Lanxin University, Gu Ran temporarily put the matter aside.

Tomorrow is the day when those "mech warriors" will be publicly showcased, and as the project leader, he still needs to make some arrangements.

After tomorrow's presentation, the artificial mechanical exoskeleton project will be basically finished, and then we can wait for a while to start the second phase.

During this time, he planned to take a vacation—to go to Suzaku City.

After such a long delay, I really need to find some time to go there.

As for Xue Xiling, I can only reduce the time I spend with her for the time being.

......

The next day, almost all the students and teachers of Lanxin University, as well as others, went to the training ground.

Even many people from outside the school came in to see what was going on.

There are already many people interested in "artificial mechanical exoskeletons," also known as "mechs."

Previously, when there was only one display unit on display, many people gathered around to watch it with great enthusiasm.

Now that people hear it's a mecha combat team, the number of people surrounding the training ground has increased several times over.

This forced Lanxin University to implement personnel diversion measures to avoid tragic incidents such as bumps and trampling.

"Why haven't they arrived yet? I heard that this mech combat exercise is mainly aimed at medium-level ferocious beast tides. If it really works, such a mech combat squad would be equivalent to a legion."

"Although a single mech must be very expensive, if it is mass-produced, the price should be able to drop quickly. At that time, maintaining such a mech combat squad will be much easier than maintaining an entire legion."

"If this project succeeds, then the reduction of the city defense corps is inevitable. We should tell my cousin as soon as possible so that we can make plans accordingly."

"But I don't think it will succeed. After all, this is too fast. I heard that this project has only been in the planning stages for a few months. How can it already be organized into a combat squad? Is it just a scam to get funding?"

"It's unlikely that he's trying to scam funding. You don't know who's in charge of this project. It's the renowned Special Envoy Gu Ran. Does he need to scam funding? If he really wanted money, countless people would be vying to give it to him. But I do feel that it's indeed a bit fast. This speed... I hope it's not just wishful thinking."

The waiting crowd was buzzing with discussion.

Suddenly, the roar of an engine came from the sky.

"Look at the sky!"

"I'm coming!"

"Holy crap, they flew over, and there's more than one mech!"

The crowd immediately became excited.

Six enormous creatures descended from the sky onto the training ground with immense pressure.

A gasp rippled through the crowd, some even trying to flee, as if they would be crushed by the mechanical giant descending from the sky if they didn't.

However, the six mechs did not make the earth-shattering noise that people had imagined when they descended from the sky, because each mech had a device on its feet to slow down its descent.

A huge gust of air blew up, and the dust almost flew into the sky.

When the six large creatures landed smoothly on the ground, the crowd gasped in surprise.

"This...this is too magnificent! It's unbelievable that such a creation was made by us humans."

The center of the training ground suddenly dropped, and then huge cages emerged from the ground.

The cages contain ordinary ferocious beasts captured alive from the beast tide.

The beast tides occur almost every so often, and the direction in which they strike is also quite random.

Therefore, a typical main city needs to be guarded by a corresponding legion in almost every direction.

But now history may very well be rewritten.

All of them will witness history.

After thinking for a moment, Gu Ran temporarily put aside his "chat" with Xue Xiling and looked towards...

238. Xue Xiling awakens, engaged! Cheng Caimeng's reaction! 4k

The ferocious beasts in the training grounds have been imprisoned for a long time, but their ferocity remains undiminished, and they even appear more cruel than before.

Even when faced with mechs that were larger than themselves, they showed no fear or hesitation.

"Ow!"

A huge, ferocious lion pounced on a mecha.

This is a relatively strong elite-level ferocious beast. In the past, it would have taken at least an A-level ability user or a martial artist at the Qi Condensation stage to defeat it.

But now it's been blocked by a mech.

This mech used a huge metal broadsword, which directly parried the lion beast whose size was comparable to a small building.

Then the two began to fight back and forth.

As for the other mechs, they quickly found their opponents and engaged in fierce battles with the ferocious beasts on the training ground.

The onlookers outside the arena immediately joined in the battle, cheering on their own mecha combat team.

The sounds of bangs and booms echoed throughout the training ground.

To prevent any unforeseen circumstances, several of Lanxin University's top combatants, including Xiao Chaofeng, were keeping an eye on things.

Gu Ran only looked at it for a while before handing over the notes and other matters to her newly recruited students.

When you become a mentor, you have to learn how to assign tasks to your students, otherwise how can they make progress?

Compared to the mecha displays on the training ground, Gu Ran was more concerned about Xue Xiling.

He would read Xue Xiling's physical examination reports every day.

Even after all this time, Xue Xiling's body still seemed frozen in time; her blood had stopped flowing and her organs had stopped functioning.

It neither got better nor worse.

However, something unexpected happened today. Gu Ran actually sensed that the time restriction on Xue Xiling had been lifted.

Xue Xiling is breathing again?

Upon discovering this, Gu Ran immediately summoned Xue Yingsong, as well as the dean of Lanxin University Hospital, who was also a good friend of Xue Yingsong.

“Strange, Xiao Ling’s body has indeed gotten rid of that strange condition. She is now no different from a normal person. However, I don’t know exactly when she will wake up. Given her current condition, she should be able to wake up at any time, but considering that she fell into this condition inexplicably, this brings uncertainty.”

The hospital's director, Ming Dexin, is a close friend of Xue Yingsong. He is a medical-type superhuman with extremely rich experience and strong personal abilities in the medical field.

However, Xue Xiling's condition had already exceeded the scope of medical treatment, so he was powerless to help.

"Is it really still impossible to determine when Xiaoling will wake up?" Xue Yingsong asked anxiously from the side.

"Yingsong, don't worry. We can't be sure when Xiaoling will wake up, but at least there's a possibility that she'll wake up now. That's much better than before, isn't it?" Ming Dexin comforted Xue Yingsong.

"However, since we don't know why Xiaoling is in that strange state, all we can do is wait, wait patiently. At least the result of our waiting is indeed moving in the direction we want to see, isn't it?"

"However... as an old friend, I must give you a word of advice in advance. We currently have no information to refer to regarding Xiao Ling's strange state, so we cannot 'treat' her. Moreover, even after Xiao Ling wakes up, there is still a possibility that she may fall back into that strange state."

"I understand."

Xue Yingsong said in a deep voice.

......

In the following days, although Xue Xiling did not regain consciousness, her body was indeed recovering to normal.

He stopped dealing with the matters of Canglong City and Lanxin University, leaving them all to Gu Ran, and focused on protecting Xue Xiling.

Gu Ran had no choice but to accept Xue Yingsong's decision to push political affairs onto him.

He knew that on one hand, Xue Yingsong really wanted to stay by his daughter's side at all times and be the first to see her awaken; on the other hand, it was also to allow him to gradually take over the administration of Lanxin University and Canglong City.

His trip to Suzaku City will have to be postponed again.

Fortunately, both Lanxin University and Canglong City have fully accepted him and trust him, so there are no major obstacles for him to take over political affairs.

As for those individual "obstacles," whether they were openly or covertly hindering him, he didn't even need to lift a finger.

Those who had pledged allegiance to him then took action to eliminate them.

Soon, a group of forces belonging to Gu Ran quickly grew in both Lanxin University and Canglong City.

Even though Gu Ran didn't specifically train him, his reputation was so great, and others could see that Xue Yingsong intended to cultivate Gu Ran, so people flocked to him.

.......

Outside the light screen.

"To be honest, I understand less and less why Gu Ran wanted to kill the old principal. At this rate, he will eventually become the master of Lanxin University and Canglong City."

A powerful figure sighed, filled with bewilderment.

"Yes, could there really be some hidden story? At this point, both Lanxin University and Canglong City have already accepted Gu Ran, and he also has a legitimate reason to support him. He doesn't need to resort to the path of seizing power."

The other powerful figures also spoke with confusion.

"Ha, you can know a person's face but not their heart. Don't jump to conclusions too quickly. What Gu Ran is really thinking, how can anyone outside of himself know? Perhaps he harbors sinister intentions that we can't possibly know?"