Chapter 565: Army of Glutinous Rice Balls (2/2)

These students were scared to death, and moved their hands even more quickly. Ye Chong had thought they needed at least a week or two to pass their training, but in the end it only took them three days.

From this incident, Ye Chong also learned that a desperate situation was the most effective way to harness a person's full abilities.

Inspired by this realization, Ye Chong decided to incorporate this concept into the rest of the students' training program. If Shang were here, the mech would definitely be more ruthless than him.

Oh, Mu/Shang …

Ye Chong suddenly felt his heart all warming up. He looked into the distance and gripped his hands together into tight fists.

Liao San came to report to Ye Chong. ”Sir, I just received orders to leave for my original post.”

Ye Chong was surprised. Liao San was a good instructor, He never questioned Ye Chong's training program, and would perform his tasks diligently. Without Liao San, Ye Chong would have to deal with the students personally. With his current jam packed schedule, that was hardly feasible.

Ye Chong frowned. ”What happened?”

”His Majesty gave the order.” Liao San explained in a serious tone. ”The conflict between Eastern Cloud and Western Frost has escalated recently. The border is now under a very real threat. War could happen at any moment now. As His Majesty's Royal Guards, we are bound by duty to protect the King.”

Ye Chong understood the situation. He considered for a moment and nodded calmly. ”Alright. All the best to you. Oh, by the way, bring Xuan Ning's Spider to him.” It was no wonder that Xuan Ning did not have time to come for his Spider.

”Yes Sir!” Liao San bowed to Ye Chong and left.

After Liao San's departure, Ye Chong immediately made his way to the training ground. He felt a strong sense of urgency. War was imminent. With Eastern Cloud's military fitted with new weapons, they were now much stronger than ever. Sun Sieha had waited for this day for a long time. War would begin soon enough.

Once the battles started, the current peace would be broken. It would also be the best opportunity for Ye Chong to leave. Ye Chong knew that with Eastern Cloud's current strength, winning the war was a matter of time. When Eastern Cloud won the war against Western Frost and Ye Chong had not left by then, leaving would become much harder, especially when he was taking five thousand people with him.

The best time would be when Sun Sieha was focused on the war and not on him.

Ye Chong already knew where they would be headed for.

The students enjoyed their latest training program. It was much more interesting than typing meaningless key sequences in their keyboards. Besides, for many students, flying was the dream of their lives. After all, whether it was in Eastern Cloud, Western Frost of Northern Lands, only shooters were allowed to fly.

To these students, the training vehicles were like a miracle. The holographic system allowed even normal people to know what was outside their line of sight. There was also the photon processor thing, which was equally fascinating. The training vehicle was slower than an aircraft, but more flexible in the air. It could even fly as close as five meters away from the ground.

That was what Ye Chong had asked from his students. They must learn how to fly in low altitudes. Every day, Ye Chong would lead his students flying in the air. Appilok's personal training had to stop. Now, he trained with the rest of the students.

The entire Su City found out about those strange aircrafts. People were shocked at first, but soon grew used to them. Rumours had it that the manufacturer who built Ye Chong's training vehicles received a lot of enquiries about those strange aircrafts.

The students flew further and further distances. Long distance flight practices became common. It was hard to say if it was more fascinating or funny to see a swarm of five thousand balls flying high up in the sky, but the sight left a deep impression in anyone who saw it.

The students would sometimes even venture out for thousands of kilometers, like an actual fleet of aircraft. This had alerted local authorities at first. However, once news of Master Ye Chong's weird aircraft spread across the entire Eastern Cloud country, the local military relaxed.

No one would raise a fuss about Master Ye Chong for something so inconsequential. Some of the soldiers even took the initiative to greet the students.

After this long period of training, the students flew better and could execute formations, at least in form. However, Ye Chong knew that the students were only still not capable of facing an actual battle. The only thing he was thankful for was that his students could shoot very well.

The military's recent new fittings also brought Ye Chong a fortune. Ye Chong prepared to buy new supplies, but found that the government now had a tight hold on all resources due to the state of emergency in the country. Hence, Ye Chong went to Sun Sieha.

”What do you need so many things for?” Sun Sieha went through Ye Chong's very long list, dumbfounded.

Ye Chong replied calmly, ”Refitting.”

Sun Sieha realized then that Ye Chong wanted to make new gear for the five thousand students. No wonder he needed so much resources. He had heard of how people referred to Ye Chong's team as the Army of Glutinous Rice Balls, and laughed. ”Alright, you can have them. However, you know that we are in a state of emergency right now. Everything will cost 20 percent more, agreed?” Ye Chong's fortune came mostly from Sun Sieha. Even the King was getting jealous of his wealth. How could the King possibly let go of this wonderful opportunity?

Ye Chong nodded without expression. ”Agreed.”

”Are you upgrading your Army of Glutinous Rice Balls to, well, an Army of Dumplings? Hehe!” Sun Sieha teased. Since the training vehicles were round, and flew slowly and even shakily in the sky, people nicknamed the group as the Army of Glutinous Rice Balls.

Ye Chong ignored him and left with the King's approval letter for his supplies.