Chapter 183

ZAFT army launched their attack, explosions began to occur on the satellite, and the Federal Army quickly began preparations, with everyone gathering on the Archangel.

After all, the ship the Federal Army came on was gone, and now they could only rely on the new ship, the Archangel, to move around. Of course, they also brought the ice shards with them when they boarded, especially the two complete ice longswords. Mwu had to find out exactly how those things could launch attacks.

Unfortunately, they never imagined that this thing was indeed made of ice, and the one who made this ice block Gundam was naturally Li Yue.

First of all, Li Yue doesn't know how to pilot a Gundam. The difficulty of piloting such a thing is even higher than that of a fighter jet because there are so many things to control. Li Yue doesn't even know how to pilot a helicopter, let alone a fighter jet, let alone a Gundam, which is even more difficult than a fighter jet.

So, although Li Yue, who couldn't pilot a Gundam, moved all five Gundams away, he couldn't pilot any of them. He simply used his Elemental Power to create a Gundam using Cryo element. As for why the ice block could move, as long as there was enough Elemental Power, it would work!

Using Cryo element, Li Yue sculpted a winged Gundam. As for its appearance, Li Yue directly copied the Wing Gundam Zero Custom EW universe. It was one of the coolest Gundams in Li Yue's opinion. Its most distinctive feature was the huge wings on its back, which made it look like an angel. It was incredibly cool.

After controlling the Gundam formed from Cryo element and repelling the ZAFT army, he left it alone and floated in the sky.

When the Archangel appeared, Li Yue looked at this legendary unsinkable ship from the SEED world and felt a little nostalgic. When he watched the anime back then, the Archangel was really beautiful when it first appeared. Although the Archangel's ship god shooting was a bit of a copy of the earlier White Horse, he had to admit that the Archangel was still quite beautiful.

Of course, most importantly, this is the ship that runs throughout the entire SEED main storyline.

As a result, the Archangel opened fire on him.

After a brief struggle, Li Yue understood what was going on. He then directly exited the Gundam through the Portal. Without Li Yue's Elemental Power support, the Cryo element Gundam was quickly shattered by the CIWS.

Then an explosion came from the wall of the satellite, clearly indicating that the ZAFT army had begun their attack. So Li Yue didn't pay any more attention to it and instead opened the Chat Group.

[Meme Lord: Kira, where are you right now?]

[The Strongest Coordinator: After the alarm went off, my classmates and I hid in the shelter. Li Yue, where are you?]

[Meme Lord: I'm inside the satellite, watching the Federal Army prepare to leave, and the ZAFT army are bombing the satellite.]

[The Strongest Coordinator: Why are the Federal Army and ZAFT army fighting inside Orb's satellite? We're a neutral country here.]

[Meme Lord: Although Orb claims to be a neutral country, unfortunately, Orb's Morgoth, without your knowledge, collaborated with the Federal Army to build a large spaceship inside a satellite.]

[The Meme Lord started a live stream]

Li Yue immediately started a group live stream, and the Live Stream Room was instantly taken over by group members.

[Fat Woman in Black Stockings: Is this... a spaceship?]

Kasumigaoka, who was in class but not paying attention at all, was shocked when he saw the Archangel on the live stream. This thing was even bigger than the Dvalin that Li Yue had seen during his live stream.

[The Cheating Engineering Man: It looks like a very advanced spaceship, but it's completely different in style from the Martian Knight's Landing City.]

Li Yue and the camera watched as the Archangel underwent emergency preparations.

"The ship is called the Archangel. It was secretly developed by Orb, to which Kira belongs, in collaboration with the Federal Army. Unfortunately, this clandestine development was discovered by the ZAFT army, and the two sides are now fighting on satellites."

[The Strongest Coordinator: How could this be? Isn't Orb a neutral country? Why is a neutral country cooperating with the Federation? This will drag us into the war.]

Kira was greatly shocked. He never expected that the neutral country where he had always lived would start cooperating with the Federation. What was the point of being neutral then?

[The Cheating Engineering Man: To be precise, you've already been drawn into a war. Your satellite should be a battlefield by now.]

"That's right. We've already fought one round here, and the ZAFT army have been temporarily repelled. Now, ZAFT is launching a second offensive, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold onto this satellite."

As Li Yue spoke, she began to walk towards the Archangel.

As expected, the satellite should disintegrate soon. After disintegration, the shelters will turn into small refugee ships, carrying civilians to drift in space and send out distress signals to be rescued. However, before the satellite disintegrates, Li Yue needs to board the Archangel first.

"Alright, before the satellite disintegrates, I need to sneak into this ship first. After all, I didn't go into the shelter, and I'm not sure if I can survive in space."

"Kira, you stay in the shelter for now. If anything happens, call me and I'll come to help."

Kira God's fate of piloting the Strike Gundam was changed by Li Yue, who didn't even get to board the Archangel. Li Yue looked forward to the upcoming events in the SEED world.

317. Breaking out of the satellite

The Archangel was started, albeit reluctantly, but this new warship on which the Federation had placed high hopes was still started.

The ZAFT attack resulted in many deaths and injuries among the Federal Army officers. Captain Mwu, the highest-ranking officer, became the temporary captain, while the other crew members continued to perform their duties.

However, none of them noticed that someone completely different from them had also boarded the Archangel.

"How is the situation now?"

"The satellite's condition has begun to deteriorate. ZAFT army are attacking the port, and soon the satellite's outer wall should be completely cracked."

"Damn it, are they planning to destroy us along with our satellite?"

On the bridge of the Archangel, Mwu listened to the intelligence officer's report and couldn't help but punch the armrest of her chair.

"Vice-Captain Bagele, if the satellite disintegrates, how much will it affect the Archangel?"

"After the satellite disintegrates, it will explode in all directions, but because the satellite is very large, its relative speed of movement is relatively slow. If we pay attention, we should be able to avoid the debris."

"So, it all depends on whether we can avoid it, right?"

This means it all comes down to the pilots' skills. But for the pilots of the Archangel, this ship is brand new to them, and it hasn't even been launched yet. To put the pilots in control of the Archangel right from the start and face a catastrophic situation like the disintegration of a satellite is just too difficult.

The pilot who overheard the two captains' discussion was already sweating. This request was simply too much. The Archangel was a space battleship, a large warship. Such large warships mainly operated in space, but now they wanted him to operate it inside a satellite. Operating it inside a satellite was one thing, but then they would have to face the chaos of the satellite disintegrating. It was outrageous!

"Is it possible to prevent the satellite from disintegrating? There are still many civilians on board."

"I'm sorry, Captain Mwu, whether the satellite disintegrates or not is not up to us, but to ZAFT. Although the ice-based machine you mentioned repelled the ZAFT army advance team, it was precisely because the advance team was defeated that they abandoned their attack from inside the satellite and began to destroy it directly."

Bagele shared her opinion.

"I see."

Mwu was helpless, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't stop ZAFT; all she could do was control herself and the Federal Army. She cared about the civilians on the satellite, but there was nothing she could do. War had broken out, and she couldn't help them anymore.

"I do have an idea."

Mwu and Bagele both turned to look. The person speaking was Mu, the Federal Army's ace pilot, also known as Captain Frada.

This ace pilot, who originally flew the MA, was severely damaged in a battle with Cruze and eventually landed on the Archangel. He had some understanding of the situation inside the satellite and, after understanding it, gave up the trouble.

What are your thoughts?

"The reason ZAFT army attacked the satellite is precisely because we are here. In that case, we can just break out of the satellite. That way, ZAFT army will choose to follow us and not attack the satellite."

"But the port has already been attacked and destroyed by them."

Bajiru told her what she knew.

"Then let's reopen the port. This ship should have very powerful main guns, right?"

Mu pointed to the command console, from which some weapon control buttons could be seen, and one of the buttons was particularly special.

"That's right, this ship is equipped with a main gun for attacking fortresses."

"In that case, let's use that main cannon to blow up the port."

"But that would create a huge hole in the satellite."

"Given the current situation, do you think the satellite could get any worse?"

"Okay, I guess I was overthinking it."

Mwu was persuaded by Mu's words.

"Alright, everyone, get ready to start!"

Although ZAFT army planned to dismantle the satellite, they did not immediately enter it because there was a Gundam inside that could fight them. Instead, they bombed the outside of the satellite, intending to create several openings before entering and destroying the central axis to dismantle it.

But before they could even blast a few holes, the port area exploded again.

After the explosion, a large hole was blasted in the port, and a large amount of air began to rush out from inside the satellite. However, this situation would not last long, because the satellite's automatic protection system would lower the gates at the port's location to seal it off.

Before the gates closed, the white Archangel burst out of the massive hole, propelled by the rushing air.

"Is that a warship?"

Cruze, sitting in the captain's seat of the warship, was visibly taken aback as he watched the Archangel burst out of the hole in the harbor.

"I didn't expect that the Federal Army would not only be researching mobile suits here, but also developing a new type of warship."

Previously, we only saw one Gundam, but now there's an additional warship. Orb really does a lot for the Federation.

Do we have any information about this ship?

"Sorry, we have no information on this ship."

The adjutant next to him immediately shook his head.

"It seems that our intelligence work has made too many mistakes this time."

Cruze's words made the adjutant next to him lower his head.

"I'm sorry, this is my dereliction of duty."

"It's alright, it's not your fault. After all, the accuracy of intelligence can never be guaranteed. It's just that the error was relatively large this time. Just be more careful in the future."

Cruze did not blame his adjutant.

"Moreover, and most importantly, although the intelligence failed this time, we also obtained the most crucial intelligence from the Federal Army."

The new mobile suits and new battleships are the most important pieces of information for ZAFT. Although they failed to seize the Gundam they initially wanted, at least they know that such a thing exists. If they hadn't come over, they probably wouldn't know anything.

"It seems that my idea of directly destroying the satellite and thus wearing down the new machine is no longer feasible."

"Captain Cruze, should we send the MS team out?"

The adjutant inquired, "Now that the warships have come out, the battles that follow will be between warships and mobile suits. The enemy's mobile suits now have a mothership, so we'll have to fight them head-on."

Cruze nodded.

"Okay, let the rest of the GINN squad go."

Since he failed to acquire the Federation-developed Gundam, Cruze can only utilize GINN's squad now.

318. This time, the Geo Element Gundam is making its appearance.

Inside the Archangel, alarms blared incessantly, and all the crew members were praying anxiously. Their ship had no mobile suits or mobile armors that could be launched. The only mobile armor they had was the battle-damaged Möbius brought by Mu. The weapons on this space fighter had been almost entirely destroyed by Cruze's GOUF, so going out now would be pointless; it would just make them a moving target.

In this situation, all the Archangel can do is go full throttle and escape from the satellite as soon as it leaves the satellite. Although it may sound shameful, their priority now is to save their lives!

Within the Federal Army, everyone knows that encountering ZAFT army in space is difficult, and encountering a ZAFT army suit squad is even more difficult. If you encounter a mobile suit squad led by Cruze in space, it will be even more, even more, even more difficult!

Now, isolated and helpless, they have encountered the MS squad led by Cruze. To be honest, it's very difficult. They themselves feel that their chances of survival are very slim, but there is nothing they can do but pray. If there were still MS available, they could relax a little, but the problem now is that there are no MS available at all. The only MS available on the Archangel battleship are the various active and passive defensive equipment on the ship.

Li Yue also stayed in the hangar, watching the maintenance crew on the Archangel bow their heads in helpless prayer. She nodded slightly, then raised her hand and began to use her Elemental Power.

Unlike before, when Li Yue was inside the satellite, where there was air, he could directly create a Cryo element Gundam and then attack with Anemo element. But now that he was in the space station, Anemo element could not be used, so he would switch to Geo Element!

Under Li Yue's control, the Geo Element began to rapidly aggregate, and soon a large amount of Geo Element polymer appeared and assembled together. This time, it still looked like the Wing Gundam Zero EW from before, except that it was pure white before, but this time it looked orange. Li Yue was located in the piloting space on his chest.

Li Yue didn't know if he could survive in space, so he created a small, sealed space on his chest, just enough for him to control the Geo Element Gundam outside.

The massive Geo Element Gundam appeared and landed on the hangar floor with a dull thud that startled the maintenance crew who were gathered together in prayer.

The group turned around and found a huge Gundam standing behind them, leaving everyone stunned.

"What... what is this?"

The maintenance crew had never seen the Gundam made of ice outside, but there were two longswords made of ice still in the hangar. When they were brought up, the maintenance crew looked at the two large ice swords with a blank expression. What were these things? Why were they made of ice and made into such a big thing?

"Squad leader, could it be that this is a machine we secretly built?"

Some of the maintenance crew members were quick-witted and immediately realized that this was a machine manufactured by the Federal Army.

"Huh? Do we manufacture such a machine? And where did such a huge machine come from? Am I hallucinating?"

But the squad leader was clearly bewildered. You're saying this is a machine manufactured by the Federation? Are you kidding me? His maintenance team is only responsible for routine maintenance and replacing parts. Look at all the backpacks, parts, and weapons in my hangar, which one of them matches this behemoth in front of you?

Under the sergeant's questioning gaze, the orange Gundam came to life and walked directly onto the elevator platform.

"Is he going to the upper catapult runway?!"

The squad leader was startled, and then immediately called to the people behind him.

"Regardless of what's going on with this machine, let him out now!"

He was just praying that they could leave safely, and now there's a strange-looking machine. But no matter how strange it is, at least it wants to attack, and if it wants to attack, it wants to help them. So, as the squad leader of the maintenance team, he has to help!

With this in mind, the squad leader ran to the elevator, pulled the elevator gate, and made the elevator lift the orange Gundam to the upper level, heading towards the upper catapult runway, so that the Gundam could be launched into battle.

"Bridge, this is the hangar. The aircraft has been taken up by the elevator and is ready for launch."

The squad leader who sent the elevator up also relayed the message from the hangar to the bridge via the internal intercom, and everyone on the bridge was stunned when they received the message.

"What's going on? Are fighter jets about to scramble?"

Mwu, sitting in the captain's seat, was very puzzled when she heard the maintenance crew's announcement.

"No, Captain, it's a mobile suit!"