Chapter 184
CIC provided an answer, explaining that she had seen what the elevator was sending up through the catapult's camera, projected the image onto the main screen, and then everyone on the bridge was shocked.
"This is!? It's exactly the same as the previous mecha!"
Mwu stared in shock, her eyes wide.
"No, the color is different. The previous one was pure white and made of ice, but this one is orange, but..."
Bagele frowned as she looked at the orange Gundam.
She already knew that due to her mistake, she had shattered her own Gundam into pieces. Although she thought it was ridiculous to make a Gundam out of ice, the fact was that the ice Gundam did indeed repel ZAFT's GINN and GOUF, but it died at her own hands.
She regretted it after learning the truth, but now a new one has appeared.
"Wait, where did this machine come from?!"
Bagele realized something was wrong and immediately asked.
"The maintenance crew said it suddenly appeared inside the hangar."
"It suddenly appeared in the hangar? Why a hangar? There was nothing in the hangar before, only some parts. Could it have been hiding all along?"
"If we're talking about stealth, then one of the mechs we were originally going to receive this time does indeed possess the ability to become invisible."
Mwu recalled the data on the five Gundams she was supposed to receive, one of which was invisibility. However, it involved using a special particle camouflage to cover the entire body, thus achieving a certain degree of invisibility.
"Could it be that the equipment on that machine made all the machines we developed invisible?"
With this in mind, Mwu instructed the people at the control center to open the ejection hatch.
The hatch on the right side of the Archangel's ejection bay opened, and the orange Gundam was immediately launched into space by the electromagnetic catapult.
Meanwhile, in Li Yue's Chat Group, everyone witnessed him controlling Geo Element Gundam into space, preparing for a space battle.
319. Take this! (Normal attack - Rock Rain)
[Cheating Engineering Man: How did he do that?]
[The Fat Woman in Black Stockings: What do you mean?]
[Cheating Engineering Man: How did they manage to create a Ranger out of thin air like that?]
[Meme Lord: This is just a basic application of Elemental Power. I used the Geo Element to create Geo Element polymer, then assembled it, and now I can control it, and it turns out like this.]
[Cheating Engineering Man: It sounds simple, but what's the underlying principle? It seems to completely disregard the law of conservation of matter!]
As a science and engineering student, Inaho God relies on his knowledge of physics and principles to fight battles. But now, he has witnessed a very unscientific scene: a person has handcrafted a Gundam. Is this reasonable? No, it is not!
Even the Martian Knight on Mars, whose machines possess various abilities, are basically governed by the laws of physics. For example, they cannot create something from nothing, and the disappearance of energy is not a matter of vanishing into thin air, but rather absorbed and stored, especially in terms of matter.
But now, this machine is created entirely by hand; if you put it on Mars, even the Martians would be completely baffled.
[Cheating Engineering Man: Is this the magic of magic?]
[The Perverted Scum Man: Of course! Magic can make things appear out of nowhere. You come from the scientific world and don't quite understand. I couldn't understand it at first either, but now that I use magic so much, I'm used to it.]
Do you mean you use magic to steal a beautiful girl's panties?
[So Arrogant! That's right, I even have the ability to Death Re-load! Since I arrived in this Otherworld, I've died ten times! Ten times! Who dares to compare with me?]
[The Cheating Engineering Man: Well, probably no one can compare to you then.]
Inaho God was shocked by 486's number of deaths. Ten deaths? That's incredible, especially since he was resurrected and returned to a specific point in time to start over. Isn't this just like in a game? Is he treating reality like a game? And he even claims to be cheating? This guy is the one who's really cheating.
"Alright, I'm out of the warship now. The battle is about to begin."
"Fighting in space is much more difficult than fighting on Earth."
Li Yue continued explaining while livestreaming, but even while explaining, she didn't forget to control the Geo Element Gundam as it flew through the sky.
Although it kept flapping its wings, flapping wings wouldn't give the Gundam any speed boost in space; it just looked cool and stylish. As for how this Geo Element Gundam moved in the sky, it was entirely up to Li Yue to control the Geo Element polymer. After all, Li Yue could easily control the movement of the Geo Element polymer.
"That's a Federation mobile suit!"
Cruze also saw the Geo Element Gundam flying out of the Archangel and was stunned for a moment.
"The color is different from before. It was white before, but this time it's orange? But the shape is exactly the same."
"We received information that the Federation manufactured five units. Could it be that there are actually five such units, just different colors?"
Athrun was also nearby, watching the Geo Element Gundam flying in space, and couldn't help but comment.
"Very likely!"
Cruze felt that Athrun made sense. He had seen white ones before, but this time he saw orange ones, and they all looked the same, so they were obviously from the same series.
"GINN's team must be careful. If the opponent is indeed from the same series as before, their mobile suits are far stronger than GINN's!"
Cruze issued the first order and immediately issued the second.
"The warships are ready to recover GINN and then retreat."
"Retreat?"
The adjutant looked at Cruze with a puzzled expression.
"That's right. If the enemy's performance is as strong as before, even if all of GINN attack together, it won't be useful. GINN's team will likely be wiped out. In that case, it won't be them who need to run away, but us."
Cruze had prepared for the worst. After his adjutant understood, he immediately ordered the warship to prepare for retreat. They even turned the warship sideways, facing the Archangel, so that they could speed away later.
Meanwhile, GINN's squad, which had gone out, received Cruze's orders and began to approach the Geo Element Gundam very carefully.
They started firing to probe the enemy from a great distance.
However, the Geo Element Gundam is different from the previous Cryo element Gundam. When Li Yue was using the Cryo element Gundam, he used his wings to defend himself. But now that he has activated the Geo Element, is he still needed to use his wings?
Under Li Yue's control, the Geo Element Gundam stood still with its arms crossed over its chest and wings spread, looking very cool. Then, a faint golden shield appeared around its body, blocking all the bullets that were fired at it.
"What!?"
"What is that, a beam shield?"
Because the shield emitted a faint golden light, those who saw it mistook it for a beam shield.
"Has the Federation already developed something like this?"
Beam shields have been under development for a long time, especially the miniaturization of large beam weapons, which is a key research focus for both the Federation and ZAFT. But now the other side has actually developed a perfect beam shield.
Cruze's expression turned serious.
"The previous white mobile suits could directly block physical weapons with their own bodies, but this orange mobile suit can even deploy a beam shield, which can probably block even beam weapons."
If beam weapons and physical weapons can be blocked, what weapons can damage Federation mobile suits now? Fortress-level main guns? Or the Federation's Cyclops system?
However, neither the Cyclops system nor the main cannon of the Sai-class can be used to fight against these mass-producible mechs indefinitely. The main force to fight against these mass-produced mechs should definitely be the same mass-produced mechs as humans.
"Quickly, get GINN to retreat!"
Cruze no longer hesitated and immediately ordered GINN's team to retreat. The warship immediately fired a signal flare to signal GINN to retreat.
However, Li Yue did not intend to let GINN retreat for nothing.
"Take this normal attack, Rock Rain."
He controlled the Geo Element Gundam to remain high above with its arms crossed, and then began to control the Geo Element to generate new Geo Construct. One after another, golden Rock Spears appeared behind the Geo Element Gundam, and then, like a meteor shower, under Li Yue's control, they transformed into streaks of golden light and shot towards the GINN Squad.
In an instant, the GINN team was caught off guard and were all crippled. Some lost their arms or legs, and some even had their head cameras destroyed. The GINN team, consisting of five mechs, was wiped out on the spot.
320. Kira decides to leave Orb.
ZAFT army completely retreated. The sudden barrage attack from the Geo Element Gundam wiped out the entire GINN Squad. Although they didn't explode completely, they were rendered completely incapable of fighting. They could only rely on their still intact propulsion systems to slowly fly back to their battleship. After recovering the GINN Squad, the ZAFT battleship didn't hesitate at all and sped away from the area.
With the Geo Element Gundam's opening annihilation, the Archangel's crisis was averted, and the Archangel immediately sped away from the area.
Although the Cruze team was repelled, they were not defeated. They only lost some GINN. If the Archangel continues to stay at the satellite, and the enemy goes back to reorganize and bring a large army, they will also suffer. After all, they dare not place all their hopes on the Geo Element Gundam.
Of course, the most important point is that after seeing the ZAFT army leave, Li Yue immediately released the control of the Geo Element Gundam. The Geo Element Gundam disintegrated in the sky and became rock fragments floating in space. The fact that it disintegrated in front of the Archangel really startled everyone on board.
Especially Bagele, who had previously ordered the cannons to destroy the Cryo element Gundam, and now the Geo Element Gundam suddenly disintegrated in front of her, making her think that she had given the order to fire again.
Originally, Bagele had planned for the Geo Element Gundam to take down the ZAFT army, but since the Geo Element Gundam didn't make a move and disintegrated after the ZAFT army left, Bagele couldn't say anything. Following Mwu's orders, the Archangel withdrew from the battlefield at full speed.
Emergency protective measures at the satellite's port were implemented, with the gates closed after the two warships departed to prevent all the air inside the satellite from being lost.
With the emergency replenishment of air inside the satellite, the alarms that had been ringing throughout the satellite finally stopped, and the doors to the shelter reopened. Since the satellite did not disintegrate, there was naturally no need for the shelter to drift into space.
Kira and his friends were finally able to leave the shelter and begin post-disaster reconstruction work.
"I never expected that Orb would cooperate with the Federation, even though they said they would be a neutral country."
Kira looked at the satellite, now reduced to ruins, and couldn't help but sigh.
His words reached Flay's ears from behind, and she immediately cried out.
"Hmph, isn't that obvious? Those Coordinator monsters from ZAFT are a threat to all of humanity. Even Orb, who has always maintained neutrality, understands that humanity must eliminate those monsters in order to survive."
"Flay! Stop talking!"
Flay's companions behind her quickly held her down.
"Kira is also Coordinator."
"What?!"
Instead of showing remorse after being reminded by her companion, Flay looked at Kira with fear and took two steps back.
Taking two steps back successfully upset Kira, because he had actually been secretly in love with Flay.
"Kira is Coordinator?"
"This is Orb. Orb is a neutral country, so it's normal to have Coordinator here."
Kira couldn't help but speak up to defend himself, but Flay didn't care. Although she didn't say anything more, she still backed away, clearly refusing to communicate with Kira.
In the original storyline, Kira chose to pilot the Gundam Strike to protect everyone. Although Flay also disliked the Coordinator, she would at least pretend to be okay at first, since her safety depended on Kira's protection. However, this time Kira did not launch the attack, so Flay stopped pretending altogether.
Moreover, as the daughter of a high-ranking Federal Army officer, she naturally harbors prejudice against Coordinator.
However, because others were scolding her, she chose to keep quiet and didn't say anything more. If someone spoke up for her, she would definitely speak up again.
Kira felt extremely distressed seeing Flay's attitude. As Coordinator, he was ostracized by Coordinator, but he was also a first-generation Coordinator. His parents were not Coordinator, but Coordinator, so it was not appropriate for them to plant him. Therefore, he lived in Orb, a neutral country with both Coordinator and Coordinator.
But now he feels betrayed. He thought he was in a neutral country, but it turns out that the country was secretly cooperating with the Federation behind his back. If it were cooperating with ZAFT, he would be more accepting of it, but Orb is cooperating with the Federation, which is very discriminatory towards Coordinator.
"I'm going back now."
Kira left after saying that.
He didn't want to stay here any longer, didn't want to stay on this satellite. He wanted to go to the lunar city, which was a neutral zone. He had studied there before, and even met his best friend Athrun Zala, there.
[The Strongest Coordinator: Senior Li Yue, can I ask you for a favor?]
Li Yue's Live Stream Room was still running. Li Yue was showing off his tour inside the Archangel, exploring its internal structure. His viewers were also curious about the structure of the spaceship, and Kira's question piqued Li Yue's interest.
"What's wrong, Kira? Just tell me what's wrong."
[The Strongest Coordinator: I remember, Li Yue- senpai, your ability can open a Portal and travel to other places, right? Could you open a portal for me to the Moon City?]
"Oh? You want to go to the lunar city?"
Li Yue was very surprised to see Kira's message.
[The Strongest Coordinator: That's right, Orb has been drawn into the war. I don't want to stay here any longer, because if I stay here, I'll be dragged into the battlefield sooner or later, and then both the Federation and ZAFT will destroy this place.]
Through Li Yue's live stream, Kira understood that ZAFT would destroy satellites in order to destroy the new mobile suits created by the Federation, and that the Federation completely disregarded their lives. Orb had even betrayed their civilians. Therefore, Kira now only wanted to find a safe and peaceful place to stay.
"If that's the case, Kira, I have an idea. Would you like to hear it?"
Seeing that Kira had chosen to leave Orb, Li Yue realized that she had completely steered the plot of this world astray.
[The Strongest Coordinator: Please speak.]
"The lunar city is actually under the control of the Federation, but it is currently only nominally neutral. After all, the Federal Army has a base on the moon, so I personally recommend that you plant there."
[The Strongest Coordinator: But my parents are Coordinator. If I go to Plant, it will cause them a lot of trouble.]
"There's no need to worry about that. There are actually many Coordinator involved in Plants."
[The Strongest Coordinator: Is that so?]
"Yes, I can take you to the plant, but before that, you'll have to wait a while. I need an opportunity to take you there."
Li Yue had arrived at the bridge of the Archangel and could see its next flight path. Since the ZAFT army were no longer chasing it, the Archangel was preparing to head directly to the lunar base. They were currently heading to Julius 7 to resupply with water.
321. He might be a god.
Julius 7 is ZAFT's agricultural satellite. In space, there's naturally not much space to grow crops, so food becomes a problem and needs to be supplied by Earth. This was also the way the Federation previously controlled the PLAN. After all, space is not a large place, and for millions of people to live, there must be enough food, and the amount of food needed for millions of people is quite large.
In order to break free from the Federation's control, PLAN created the Julius 7 satellite specifically to serve as an agricultural satellite, attempting to produce its own food. However, it was then destroyed by the Federation with a nuclear bomb.