030: Preparing to Fight

Unlike logistics and scientific research.

The crew, specifically the CIC (Combat Information Center) members of the Space Battleship and the Gundam pilots, were the most headache-inducing part for Guo Yi!

The CIC, in essence, was the command center for processing comprehensive combat information, including electronic warfare, target acquisition, battleship fire control, fighter combat, sortie and return channel management, and hangar bay management.

It was roughly equivalent to a ship's bridge.

The reason the crew gave Guo Yi a headache was that this area was a complete blank slate for everyone involved!

Guo Yi had to teach them everything, hand-in-hand.

Scientific research seemed the simplest for now. As long as Guo Yi inputted the data into Doggy, Elder Zhou and the others could explore and learn from it on their own.

The weakened version would be entirely handed over to the disciples. By the time the current funds and materials were depleted, there would likely be a weakened version ready to harvest.

Uh, thanks again to all our generous patrons!

Logistics wasn't difficult either, especially with the semi-automated factory. It was enough to keep them busy for a while.

Not to mention, once that half-Gundam arrived, they wouldn't have the spare time to seek Guo Yi for lessons.

After all, Guo Yi had personally worked on the initial production and the difficult parts of the Gundam for a period.

Much of the data and processes could be queried from Doggy's database.

Therefore, the only troublesome aspect of logistics was the construction of the Space Battleship.

Since Guo Yi hadn't personally done it before, it would require some time and effort.

Only the crew, yes, only the crew, was the most troublesome!

Space navigation, battleship operation, and Gundam piloting all required Guo Yi to teach them.

No one else could help!

The more he thought about it, the more Guo Yi felt that working alone was more comfortable.

Sleep when he wanted to sleep, do whatever he wanted to do. If he was out of money, he'd hack something. If he had money, he'd just relax.

Sigh~

"Doggy, where's Old He?"

"Swish~"

In the same posture, with the same expression and texture, Doggy appeared before Guo Yi: "Target is in self-imposed isolation, do not disturb!

Do you require explosive entry?"

"..."

Guo Yi twitched the corner of his mouth. It seemed Old He and Old Huang had already confined themselves and would only emerge upon the highest authority's decree.

Guo Yi considered it and decided not to use his authority to contact and disturb Old He and the others. "Then, where's Gao Linlin?"

"Target has abandoned husband and child. Do you require external communication to persuade her to return?"

"..."

"And the Ostriches?"

"Targets are currently self-flagellating in the Gundam virtual cockpit."

Right, it seemed the Ostriches had gone to play with the Gundam immediately.

But it was understandable. After all, true men should pilot Zakus!

So, when Guo Yi arrived at the Gundam piloting simulation room, all the reserve crew members were gathered in the room, intently watching the projection screen in the center – the training footage of the Ostriches.

The reason they weren't allowed to try piloting themselves was quite disheartening: Guo Yi, the authority holder, had forbidden them from entering the cockpit for safety reasons.

They could only watch the Ostriches' performance with 99.9% envy, 0.05% jealousy, and 0.05% hatred.

"Swish~"

"Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish~"

When someone accidentally spotted Guo Yi, he immediately stood up and saluted. The others followed suit, all standing up and saluting together.

"Uh, that's, you don't have to be so formal..."

Guo Yi looked at the uniformly saluting people, feeling quite awkward. "I'm just here to take a look."

"Report!"

After lowering his hand, Old Gao suddenly stepped forward and asked Guo Yi, "When can we also enter the simulation room for practical training?"

Clearly, among the reserve crew members were people from Lone Wolf Group A.

As for the Black Tiger Special Operations Team, it seemed they were still needed for tactical operations, so they had lost the draw and were left behind.

They weren't selected for the first batch of crew training.

"Uh, once your physical fitness and mental load reach the standard," Guo Yi replied, his mouth twitching as he gritted his teeth.

He couldn't help but hate it!

The scene in the projection made Guo Yi want to drag Ostrich and the others out and beat them!

They hadn't even passed the basic stages, and were still struggling with the fifth basic stage!

Trained for over three months, and still in the basic stages!

What were the basic stages?

Stage 1: Gundam Movement; Walking and running in terrain such as hard ground, swamps, snow, and deserts.

Stage 2: Gundam Jumping; Jumping to a specified height in terrain such as hard ground, swamps, snow, and deserts.

Stage 3: Gundam High-Altitude Flight;

Stage 4: Gundam Low-Altitude Flight;

Stage 5: Gundam Mobile Mode Comprehensive Stage; This was a Gundam-style obstacle course combining running, jumping, and flying.

These five stages were the basic stages.

Theoretically, Ostrich and the others, after Guo Yi's "special training," should have passed the tests with flying colors.

But looking at the stage timers above, not a single one of them had passed the basic stage tests all morning.

Some would bump into things, others would fly too high.

There were even some who tripped over obstacles!

This was enough to make Guo Yi spit blood!

However, this was just Guo Yi's feeling. Everyone else, whether it was Ostrich and the others, or those watching them, were having a blast, playing happily and boisterously.

"Hoo~" Guo Yi took a deep breath, pushed through the crowd, and arrived in front of an instructor's exclusive cockpit simulation room. "Wait for me here for a bit. Doggy!"

"Yes, sir!"

"Lock down Ostrich and their simulation rooms. No one gets out until they're done!"

"Gulp~"

The reserve crew members swallowed nervously as they watched Guo Yi issue the order with a dark expression before entering the instructor's exclusive cockpit simulation pods.

They couldn't help but feel a pang of sympathy for Ostrich and the others, feeling a bit of a squeeze in their own behinds.

But at the same time, they were secretly overjoyed: Those who show off must die!

Then, everyone crowded around the projection, eager for the show to begin.

Guo Yi, with a cold expression, watched as the cockpit doors closed completely before activating the driving system.

"Beep~"

With a series of sounds, the entire cockpit lit up, and all functional systems began to start and self-check.

Balance Movement Module - Normal; Energy Status Monitoring - Normal; Energy Transmission Module - Normal; Fire Control System Module - Normal; Flight System Module - Normal; Life Support System Module - Normal; ...

Over a dozen major and minor systems completed their self-checks within 10 seconds. Then, various scenarios and training setup modes appeared on Guo Yi's screen.

However, he didn't set them up immediately. Instead, he called out to Doggy, "Doggy, import my operating system into this simulation pod."

"Importing... Import complete."

As Doggy finished speaking, the simulation pod Guo Yi was in began to transform.

The entire space expanded, many hidden buttons appeared on his left and right hands, and a semi-hidden circular disk materialized above and between his legs.

The originally simple control stick also gained many additional buttons...

One minute later, the entire cockpit had been converted into Guo Yi's custom version.

The reason it could transform was that the instructor's simulation cockpit was custom-built by Guo Yi back home and then directly transported and installed.

Therefore, this simulation pod had two forms: a general-purpose type and a specialized type.

The general-purpose type referred to a universal control mode that ignored the machine's positioning, while the specialized type would convert into the corresponding cockpit based on the machine's positioning.

Of course, this was the mode for early training.

Later, once these reserve crew members met the standards, the simulation cockpits would be modified for each individual.

To suit personal habits and achieve smooth, comfortable, and fluid operation.

But now, Guo Yi put on his helmet and stepped on the foot pedal, and a surge of thrust hit him.

On the screen, Guo Yi's mobile suit flew out of the simulated channel in the atmosphere: "Doggy, change the training mode for Ostrich and the others to combat mode.

Simultaneously preset me as Blue Team and them as Red Team.

Send out a combat warning; simulated urban warfare will commence in 5 minutes!

Select the 'Ugly Spoon' map!"