Ji Feng turned his head to look at his beloved daughter's bewildered expression.
He reached out and ruffled his darling daughter's hair. Her hair was soft, making one's heart melt instantly.
Ji Feng's fingertips brushed against his darling daughter's hair.
Ji Feng said.
"Don't do... such dangerous things again in the future."
"I am truly worried. The spatial battlefield is not a peaceful place, and I won't be able to save you in time."
"I know, you have that Fate mecha... but mechas are not omnipotent."
"Daddy can agree to anything for you, but Daddy absolutely cannot accept you disregarding your own safety."
Ji Feng's expression became much more serious as he spoke.
He looked into Lin Muci's eyes, trying to get her assurance. Lin Muci could see the genuine concern in Ji Feng's eyes, and after a long silence, she slowly nodded.
"Okay, I promise, Daddy."
However, she also silently vowed that if there was no other choice, she would have to take the risk.
After all, she came to the central planet to complete a mission, for the future of the entire human race, not to truly be a female beast enjoying the spotlight and benefits.
...
For the next few days, Lin Muci was confined to her home, unaware of what was happening outside.
If there really was a second Shadowfoot Worm, was that Shadowfoot Worm wreaking havoc outside, and her father had come and gone in a hurry? Lin Muci finally found an opportunity. When her father returned from the military department, she tried to talk to him.
"Daddy—"
"You've been so busy lately, has something happened in the military department?"
The man in front of her frowned, and his tone became low.
"Something happened in the military department?"
"The military department is as usual. However... among the descendants of the criminals brought back from the spatial battlefield, there's a child with extremely high talent. It's said the military department wants to take the child to train."
"But he is, after all, a descendant of criminals."
"Therefore, there is still a certain divergence of opinion within the military department, and several meetings have been held. Altesius, on the other hand, has indicated that the mecha academy is willing to accept this child as a student."
"Also, Altesius brought back the corpse of a Shadowfoot Worm, didn't he? Although he said that the Shadowfoot Worm was killed by Ling Kuang, and expressed that he wanted to commend Ling Kuang... the military department does not seem to have approved his request."
Lin Muci was slightly taken aback.
"The military department didn't approve? Why?"
"I can testify that the Shadowfoot Worm was indeed killed by Ling Kuang personally. Why can't it be considered his achievement?"
Ji Feng said.
"There is no video record, no evidence to prove that he successfully killed it, only the Zerg corpse... This cannot be counted as his merit."
But Lin Muci still frowned. This statement might convince others, but it absolutely could not convince her. Because when she entered the mecha academy, she had already read all the legal provisions and records related to the military department, and knew that even bringing back a Zerg corpse after killing it to claim merit would be valid.
"The military department is doing this on purpose?"
"Not giving him credit?"
Ji Feng was silent for a moment. He raised his eyebrows and looked at his daughter's indignant expression, then he said.
"Of course there is—there is also another reason, this reason is also one of the more important factors why the military department did not give him credit, which is that he said you were an assistant, so he would rather this merit be recorded in your name."
"But there is no precedent for this in the military department. And recording military merits for a female beast... this indeed makes those old antiques in the military department troubled."
"In their eyes, the merits recorded for a female beast would at most be something like a 'hero mother'..."
A hint of faint sarcasm appeared on Ji Feng's lips, and Lin Muci felt surprised because she never expected Ling Kuang to attribute the merit to her.
"So now..."
Ji Feng looked at his daughter, who looked incredibly cute. Ji Feng directly threw a medal to his daughter and nodded slightly. Lin Muci heard Ji Feng speak.
"So this is your medal. You have achieved the highest merit a military school student can achieve, this is a first-class medal of honor."
Lin Muci never would have imagined that Ling Kuang would attribute this merit to her. Moreover, she hadn't played any significant role—it was good enough that she didn't drag Ling Kuang down. So Lin Muci stuck out her tongue, and Ji Feng could guess what was going on from her expression.
He let out a reluctant snort.
"He's quite thoughtful."
"But—"
Ji Feng's tone was still extremely stern.
"He shouldn't even think about getting close to you!"
Ji Feng detested Ling Kuang.
After all, his darling daughter's encounter with this guy was not a pleasant one.
It was he who had thrown his daughter, who had not yet successfully differentiated, into the garbage heap. And this guy's reputation in the central planet was not very good!
His darling daughter, who was incomparably lovely, how could she live with such a notorious scoundrel?
Ji Feng was so angry, but Lin Muci curiously looked at her cheap daddy, then earnestly asked him.
"So—"
"What exactly did he do in the central planet back then that caused others to have such an attitude towards him?"
Lin Muci really couldn't understand.
Ji Feng looked at his darling daughter with some confusion.
"He didn't tell you?"
"Back then, in the central planet, he was a troublemaker that the military department hated to the bone. The military department tried to recruit him several times, extending an olive branch to him, but he flatly refused."
"Back then, in the military department, he continuously defeated the most popular young generals of the military department at that time, and even completely crippled that batch of promising talents that the military department had their eyes on."
"Those people were all before Altesius. By all accounts, they should have been extremely formidable."
"But they were no match for him at all, and he took them down like chopping vegetables. Moreover, he could have held back but didn't, enraging the old men in the military department to the point of wanting him to go to jail. As a result, three waves of guards were no match for him."
"Later, his abilities went out of control, and he almost turned the entire military department into ruins. The next day, he was directly assigned to the eighth prison to be the warden."
"In fact, it was equivalent to him being confined there indirectly. After all, Ling Kuang's threat was too great. The old men in the military department couldn't control a rampant Ling Kuang, so they came up with this method. On one hand, it was to make him restrain his temper and break through to a higher level, and on the other hand, it was truly to fear the trouble he might cause!" Da Feng Novel Network
Lin Muci had actually guessed.
"Does the military department still cherish his talent, and therefore intends to give him a chance?"
Ji Feng shook his head.
"Those people in the military department do not truly cherish his talent."
"The attitude of those in the military department towards Ling Kuang is very strange. Every time I hear them mention Ling Kuang, there is even... a hint of apprehension, which makes me feel that Ling Kuang possesses something that can threaten them."
"But I can't guess what it is that Ling Kuang has that can threaten them."
"After all, I am not a native of the central planet. My understanding of some deeper aspects of the central planet is inevitably inferior to those old foxes in the military department."