CH 186

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Chapter 186 

Cheng Yi and An Yan were still unaware of the spectacle on the live stream. They were now helping the military personnel they had just rescued deal with the aftermath.

Although the remaining zerg no longer posed a threat, their numbers were still intimidating and it would take a bit of time to deal with them.

While they were doing this, all the personnel they had rescued before came to thank them, though it was embarrassing to be rescued by someone who was waiting for them.

But they had saved their lives and were their benefactors. They had to express their gratitude despite the embarrassment.

This is very simple, but the situation was even more embarrassing when it came to Lu Chen.

Not only did he have to say thank you, but he also had to apologize for deliberately luring Cheng Yi to the surface of the planet.

Although he knew that the mother zerg would still come out even if he didn’t do anything, Lu Chen still felt very guilty.

He wanted to see Cheng Yi make a fool of himself, but in the end, it was he who made a fool of himself, and he couldn’t get angry about it as it was all his fault.

In addition, Cheng Yi wanted to cooperate with him to destroy the mother zerg, but he refused because he was too scared. This made Lu Chen feel even more embarrassed.

Before today’s incident, Lu Chen thought that he was a proud and courageous person. It was only after facing a life-threatening situation that he realized his inner cowardice.

This new perception was one of the things that prevented him from thanking and apologizing to Cheng Yi straight away.

With this contradictory cowardice, Lu Chen delayed until the last rescuer went over to thank Cheng Yi and An Yan.

He had been forced to admit his cowardice, but he could not continue to be cowardly at this point.

the remaining zergs had been dealt with, so it would be hard to pretend that he was busy even if he wanted to stall longer.

Lu Chen took several deep breaths before he finally made up his mind. He took control of the mecha and slowly walked to Cheng Yi’s mech.

It was just a matter of going to say thank you and apologize in the process. The matter wasn’t that difficult. He kept encouraging himself, but he didn’t know how to say anything when he faced Cheng Yi.

Finally, Cheng Yi, who spoke first, said: "Don’t you have anything to do now?"

Lu Chen replied dully, "Yes."

Cheng Yi said, "Then take the initiative to confess to the competition officials."

Lu Chen was stunned, "Confess what?""

As a contestant, you knew what was hidden in this map. Don’t you think it is worth confessing this matter?" Cheng Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, "Or do you want to muddle through and pretend that this matter never happened?"

These words made Lu Chen’s face darken, but he couldn’t refute them. The words that were already hard to say were even harder to say at this time.

As if not seeing his embarrassment, Cheng Yi shrugged and added, "If you really intend to muddle through, then I can only regretfully tell you that neither the competition side nor the military will let you get what you want." He

left with a dashing flick of his tiger’s tail and strolled away.

Lu Chen was left standing in the same place for a while before he could barely recover from his traumatic experience. 

All the remaining zergs were eliminated, and everyone boarded the airship to leave the map.

Cheng Yi and An Yan also left the White Tiger mecha and boarded the ship.

They should have been questioned in relation to the White Tiger Mecha, but Cheng Fu had already spoken to the officials in advance, so this part was omitted.

Of course, the main reason was that officials had more important matters to resolve right now. For the time being, they couldn’t be bothered with such trivial matters.

Cheng Yi and An Yan got down from the airship, and they saw Grandpa Cheng and his group waiting not far away. Even An Mu had come along.

To An Yan, what he had just experienced was not really that dangerous, but it wasn’t the same for the rest. As soon as she saw An Yan coming down from the airship, An Mu’s eyes immediately reddened, and she ran to meet him: "Yan Yan..."

An Yan was also moved, and he ran over to give his mother a reassuring hug and said, "Mom, I’m fine, don’t worry."

An Mu pulled An Yan up and down several times and asked several times before being convinced that her son was indeed not injured in any way and that everything was normal in the spiritual domain. She was completely relieved and then choked up, "You scared mom to death."

When they were sitting in the Cheng family house watching the live broadcast of the match earlier, everyone was happy and cheerful. Then they saw the mother zerg appear, and the family’s faces instantly changed. An Mu’s face even turned white.

Until now, An Mu’s hands were shaking.

An Yan naturally felt it, and he was moved and distressed, so he quickly said something funny to cheer his mother up.

The family boarded the airship together, and everyone spoke to each other on the way, though they tacitly avoided mentioning the competition.

The Academy Mecha Competition, which had lasted for a whole month, had come to a complete end. But with the previous mishaps, almost no one was now concerned about the results, let alone who the final champion would be.

Although no one cared, there were still some people who were thinking about this issue, such as An Yan.

He had promised to win this competition with Cheng Yi and had been looking forward to the final results. Who knew that such an accident would occur near the end of the competition, and he wondered whether it would have any effect on the outcome.

However, although he was worried, An Yan did not say his thought out consideration for everyone’s emotions.

The group got off the airship without any problems. An Yan accompanied An Mu home, while Cheng Yi went down to business with his family.

As soon as the family meeting began, Cheng Fu threw the question to Cheng Yi: "What do you think about what happened this time?"

Cheng Yi was silent for a moment and spoke his mind, "Since the map was provided by the military, the problem should be with the military."

There would be many people blaming the competition side, believing that it was their negligence that led to this scare, but the map was provided by the Ministry of Military Affairs, so the person behind the incident must have come from the Ministry of Military Affairs.  

The military has many means of concealment, so the competition organizers would not have been able to find anything no matter how much they scanned the place.

So the competition organizers would take the blame for this incident. They won’t be able to say anything about it. After all, this accident did happen in the Academy Mecha Competition. They had to take responsibility, no matter which way you look at it.

As for how the competition would deal with this matter, it was not Cheng Yi’s concern.

Cheng Fu nodded, "This matter is definitely the work of someone from the military, but there is no official investigation yet, so it is impossible to determine the identity of the other party for now."

Cheng Yi asked, "Who has conflicts with the Lu family in the military?"

Cheng Fu’s gaze flickered slightly, "You also think that this incident was not done by the Lu family?"

Cheng Yi nodded: "Rather than suspecting that the Lu family did this, I’m more inclined to think that someone wanted to deal with us and frame the Lu family at the same time. It’s impossible for Lu Chen to learn the content of the competition map in advance for no reason. Learning about the content of the map doesn’t really matter, but if he knew about the map in advance and happened not to encounter the mother zerg, the matter would become very suspicious. " 

If Cheng Yi hadn’t been curious and thought the situation was secure, he wouldn’t have cooperated with Lu Chen in landing on the planet’s surface.

He would instead have eliminated Lu Chen before landing on the planet’s surface, making him and An Yan the only ones to face the mother zerg. 

Of course, the others were not absolutely safe even in that situation.  After all, the mother zerg’s attack had a very wide range, and it would have taken the innocent with it.

But even if Lu Chen was injured in the attack, things could still be easily explained. People could just say that Lu Chen, as a student of the Academy, had never come into contact with the Mother Zerg, so he ended up implicating himself in his plot due to his misconceptions about the Mother Worm.

Lu Chen would already be dead and unable to refute it, and the man behind the curtain would label him as he wished. The other side must have already made preparations and organized evidence.

When the time came, the Cheng family and the Lu family would be at odds with each other, while the mastermind rested easy.  Just thinking about it affected Cheng Yi’s mood.

"You’re right. Your grandfather and I also think that the person behind this matter wanted to kill two birds with one stone, bringing down both us and the Lu family. " Cheng Fu nodded in agreement to Cheng Yi’s words.

Grandpa Cheng snorted in displeasure, "This person’s calculations are good. They might have succeeded if it wasn’t for Yan Yan! "

If something had happened to Cheng Yi and there was clear evidence in front of them, how could the Cheng family have the heart to be suspicious and pursue the matter further?

This shows how malicious the people behind the curtain really are!

Cheng Yi was also very grateful to An Yan, so he said, "Grandfather, there is no need to be angry. Since you are in charge of this investigation, everything will come to light, and the person behind it will definitely not escape."