Chapter 350: Peerless Bearing, Genetic Legacy

Could it be that this eighteen- or nineteen-year-old young man is the General Star who just topped the sub-military region rankings?

That must be it; otherwise Zheng Xuelan wouldn't be looking at him like that.

Before Li Changlet could ask, the strong guy beside him spoke up.

"Captain Li, we must have made a mistake; they aren't even taking the test here, or they've already left."

He unconsciously ignored Zheng Xuelan and the young man beside her.

In his view, a teenager capable of 930,000 combat power should be radiating dazzling golden light everywhere, always the center of attention!

"They must have already left; we've wasted too much time up here."

"Should we go out and look for them?"

Several people chattered back and forth.

Zheng Xuelan finally snapped out of her self-guided daydream, frowned, and looked at Li Changlet and the others, "What are you doing here?"

"We're looking for General Star Lu Jing," Li Changlet said anxiously, "Zheng Xuelan, you've been here all along—did you see a young man test his strength and shake the whole building?"

"Yeah, after Lu Jing was certified as General Star, he directly topped the subregion rankings!"

"Holy shit, 930,000 combat power—exaggerated to death..."

Zheng Xuelan looked at the excited few, somewhat speechless.

She glanced at Lu Jing, eyes closed, resting beside her; since Lu Jing hadn't spoken, would pointing him out be impolite?

Thinking that, Zheng Xuelan closed her mouth and stopped speaking.

Just then, a staff member from the testing room walked over, face excited, "General Lu, congratulations, your General Star certification has been approved!"

Instantly, exclamations rang out.

Li Changlet and the others fixed their shocked gazes on Lu Jing.

"Holy shit, it really is him!"

Li Changlet's face flushed red with excitement as he stepped forward and asked, "General Star Lu Jing, hello—do you have any interest in joining my squad? We're currently short-handed."

"We'll give you half the mission rewards on our side, if you don't mind..."

Before Li Changlet could finish, Zheng Xuelan beside him cut him off.

"Captain Li, that's too unfair—he's someone I brought over, and you're snatching him right in front of me—what's the meaning of this?"

Zheng Xuelan said half-jokingly.

Although she isn't the captain, she still hopes Lu Jing will join Jitian Zong's squad so they can go on missions together.

"What do you mean by snatching? General Star Lu Jing is a free agent..."

Li Changlet's old face turned red, laughing, "If that really won't work, Xuelan, you could come along too?"

"You wish—buy one get one free!"

Zheng Xuelan gave him a white-eye look.

"Ring ring ring—"

Suddenly, Zheng Xuelan's phone started ringing.

"Hello, General Xia! Yes, yes, we're in the first-floor testing room."

After hanging up, Zheng Xuelan told Lu Jing, "General Xia Houjie says he'll be here shortly—let's wait for him."

"Okay."

Lu Jing nodded.

"General Xia Houjie?"

"He's the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Third Sub-Military Region!"

Soon, less than five minutes later, hurried footsteps sounded again in the corridor.

A tall, burly old man in dark green military uniform strode in.

On his shoulder gleamed seven dazzling gold stars.

"Young Lu Jing!"

Xia Houjie's voice was deep and resonant, his aura overwhelming, showing not a trace of an old man's decline.

"General Xia!"

"General Xia, hello!"

Everyone present, including Lu Jing, stood up and saluted Xia Houjie.

"Haha, I saw the news of your General Star certification and rushed over immediately—congratulations!"

Xia Houjie's eyes were fixed only on Lu Jing; he walked up to him and extended his right hand.

Unlike others' excited enthusiasm, Lu Jing's face remained calm.

He had seen too many such scenes.

He gently shook Xia Houjie's hand.

"Good, good! That day I saw through the screen that you were extraordinary; I didn't expect to meet you in person today and finally understand what a peerless General Star is!"

Xia Houjie sized up Lu Jing, nodded excitedly, and uttered two good words.

"Come, let's go back to the Third Commander's headquarters; tonight we must set up a banquet and drink heartily!"

After saying that, Xia Houjie was about to pull Lu Jing's hand and walk out.

"General Xia, wait!"

Lu Jing, somewhat torn between laughter and tears, pulled his hand back and explained, "I've been a bit tired lately; let's postpone the drinks—there'll be plenty of time later, right?"

"That's true; you've been rushing all day, and before that you were fighting alien beasts on the battlefield—you should rest properly."

Despite Lu Jing's blunt refusal, Xia Houjie's smile didn't diminish in the slightest.

"After your certification, your benefits will be issued one by one, including a villa at the Eastern Military Region headquarters; I'll have Zheng Xuelan take you there to rest shortly."

Afterwards, Xiahou Jie took out a door card engraved with the door number and handed it to Lu Jing.

After receiving the door card, Lu Jing no longer lingered, greeted Xiahou Jie, and left the testing room.

"I know where this place is; it's a villa area, not far from my home!"

Zheng Xuelan glanced at the door number, smiled, and said, "Let's go, I'll take you there."

Inside the testing room.

With Lu Jing and Xiahou Jie's departure, the number of people here actually increased.

The news of the newly promoted General Star on the first-floor testing room spread like wildfire, and many people came running upon hearing it.

"Where is General Star Lu Jing?"

"They've already left; let's disperse!"

"Damn, have you checked the General Star Ranking List? It's terrifying!"

"That's right, the commander himself came to congratulate—what a huge honor!"

Everyone was talking excitedly, their faces showing both excitement and envy.

Li ChangLe and a few others also remained in the crowd, unwilling to leave.

They were fortunate to have seen Lu Jing's true appearance; one could even say they'd become familiar with his face.

"Let's go too."

Li ChangLe greeted the team members, "Are we still taking the mission?"

"Yes, we must take it; they're eighteen years old with a combat power of 930,000—if we seniors don't work harder, we'll be eliminated!"

Qiangzi, who originally said he had to go home for something, also changed his mind.

"Ah, I'm so envious of Zheng Xuelan..."

Qiangzi said enviously.

"Don't be envious; they're female, are you?"

Li ChangLe glanced at the sole female in the team, cleared his throat twice, and said, "Xiaoyu, why don't you also learn from Zheng Xuelan?"

Xiaoyu's face turned red, "Team Li, you think too highly of me; Zheng Xuelan is so beautiful, I can't compare."

"Nonsense, in what way are you inferior to her? If you have nothing to do, you should seek advice from Zheng Xuelan more often; whether you can be with General Star Lu Jing doesn't matter—what matters is obtaining Lu Jing's genetic inheritance, understand?"

"Genetic inheritance?"

Xiaoyu was momentarily stunned, then instantly understood.