"Zhan Shijie, Deng Lu, Guo Chao...."

At the entrance of the State Guest Hotel in Beijing, Li Yan looked at the representatives who came to negotiate on behalf of Longteng Group. As these people boarded the plane and their information was exposed, it had also ended up in his hands.

After going through it, he felt a bit uneasy. 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

Because those on the list had all been the scraps of the various military camps in the past.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have retired and then gone to work as bodyguards for others.

Li Yan read through the list several times and found that the most capable and highest-ranking military personnel among these people had only reached the level of Junior Officer.

They were all ex-Special Forces, but the kind of Special Forces that were a dime a dozen.

Of course, this was the record of their service in Dragon Nation.

There was no doubt about that.

However, now the people on this list had transformed into representatives of the partners of Dragon Nation and had come over to talk.

Li Yan complained, "The information and combat performance of these people used to be quite mediocre. None of them had the combat power of a military region level."

Cheng Gong sighed, "So I kind of admire the founder of Longteng; what kind of monster must they be to train these scraps from the national military camps into a top-notch security team in just two years!"

Li Yan still couldn’t accept it, "Are you sure they’re as strong as us?"

"They are stronger than us!" Cheng Gong replied with a wry smile, "According to the power represented by Longteng’s number system, I can’t even defeat Diamond 5. I’m afraid these top A-level suits are far stronger than us. How big the specific gap is, we still don’t know."

Li Yan looked at the list of soldiers and their resumes, still unwilling to accept this fact.

Because these soldiers were really too ordinary during their service.

Or to say, he had trained for three years and hadn’t managed to train a single soldier who could consistently make it into the Dragon Thorn selections, and the soldiers in his military region were certainly not comparable to these ordinary soldiers.

And now, they’d all become so formidable in just two years?

Li Yan didn’t believe that anyone could really train these soldiers into top martial experts.

The bus convoy, under escort, gradually made its way towards the reception hotel.

Leading the way was Elder Li, along with the high-ranking military officials, who came down the steps to personally greet and welcome these soldiers from Dragon Nation who had rushed back from overseas.

After the soldiers disembarked, they solemnly saluted Elder Li and the military bigwigs.

Elder Li was surprised but returned the military salute.

He had thought that after years of working as bodyguards for various magnates abroad, these men would lose their military habits.

Quite the contrary.

The high-ranking military officials behind him, including Li Yan and others, all returned the salutes to these 48 high-level Longteng A-card members.

Afterward, Elder Li glanced at the identity badges pinned on the suits of these men, such as [Dragon: Ace of Spades] for differentiation.

After looking around, he couldn’t help but ask with some disappointment, "Hasn’t the group founder come?"

Since this was a meeting to discuss cooperation, it was reasonable to expect the group founder to be present.

After all, Dragon Nation had sent none other than an Elder to show sincerity in hospitality.

The man representing Zodiac Dragon Group, Ace of Spades, smiled and said, "Leader, our founder has actually been in the country all along!"

"What!" Everyone on the other side was astonished.

The Tiger Group, Ace of Spades man, smiled and said, "Our mercenary leader asked us to bring our own products here first to let you verify them. If the nation is satisfied, he will then come forward and talk with you."

"Oh?" Elder Li was instantly intrigued, "May I know what your products are?"

The A-card soldiers from each Zodiac group all smiled apologetically, obviously somewhat reluctant.

Elder Li gave a disappointed smile, "The weather is getting late today, so let’s communicate another day. You all should rest well for now, and we can talk tomorrow."

Although eager to find out the content of Longteng’s visit for the exchanges, everyone had to restrain their curiosity and disperse.

After these 48 Zodiac group leaders had put away their luggage, they gathered in a presidential suite to talk.

The Ace of Spades from Dragon Group stretched and sighed with emotion, "I’m really lucky to have met the teacher and followed him."

The other members stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, looking out at the scenery outside the hotel, and laughed, "Who would have thought that one day, we could return to the military in this way!"

The Horse Group, Ace of Clubs, said, "By the way, do you think what the teacher said will come true? Can we really establish an independent department and return to the official roster?"

The Tiger Group, Ace of Spades, replied, "That depends on whether we can surprise them tomorrow."

The Pig Group, Ace of Diamonds, said, "The teacher has called all of us A-cards over this time. Obviously, he wants to show the strongest combat power to the higher-ups. So tomorrow, let’s not hold back anymore."

The Ace of Spades from Dragon Group scanned the representatives from the other groups and said, "Let’s get one thing straight, anyone who hasn’t practiced the teacher’s secret technique to the third level, or hasn’t reached the Innate level, should voluntarily bow out. You better not embarrass us during the demonstration tomorrow."

Of the 48 people present, not one raised their hand to withdraw.

The Ace of Diamonds from Rat Group noticed everyone was looking at him, at least somewhat intentionally, and his temper flared. He snorted coldly, "I’ve already perfected the third level. It’s just bullets, right? Tomorrow during the demonstration, feel free to aim guns at me! If I screw up, I’ll step down from this A-card position!"

The Ace of Spades from Dragon Group nodded in satisfaction, "All right then, that’s all for now. Everyone, disperse."