It can be said that the last twenty days of each Tiandu passed quite quickly. Countless technicians were recruited from the earth into the universe as logistics and maintenance personnel. Even the former industrial robots, without changing their main functions, were equipped with various weapons and joined the earth's final line of defense.
And during such a time of final preparations, a ship carrying five machines went deep into the universe in the direction of the ELS.
Different from the situation in the original plot where Federation once sent the vanguard to test ELS, Federation, ruled by Xiao Ran, began to prepare for the fight against ELS half a year ago, and directly treated ELS as an invader. The test step was also completely omitted, with the purpose of not wanting to fight before the official war. There was a situation where ELS completely analyzed its own mobile suits and battleships. After all, in Xiao Ran's understanding, the key point of this mission was not to eliminate all Solar System's ELS, but to persist until Setsuna truly awakened and then reached peace with the ELS. Naturally, he would not do such a thing when his teammates were performing divine assists.
And since ELS has similar characteristics to bugs, it means that ELS is not only found in Solar System in the entire universe. If this wave is eliminated, there will be another wave. If cannot be allowed to If Setsuna becomes a true pioneer and merges with ELS, the earth will never be considered safe. Therefore, Xiao Ran's idea from the beginning was to use the defense line as a basis to suppress ELS with unlimited firepower to delay as much time as possible.
However, Tianren, who upholds the core task of dialogue, took the initiative to drive Ptolemy II to actively contact ELS. In the process, he had no contact with Xiao Ran until Torèmi II left the earth a long way away. Graham, who had been staying in Tianren, realized that Tianren was preparing to make early contact with ELS, but it was completely out of the effective range of Team Communicator and unable to contact Xiao Ran.
From the beginning, Setsuna, whose status among gods and humans gradually became more important, proposed to contact ELS first. After all, when the power of Brainwave from ELS swept the earth, Setsuna was also keenly aware that ELS was expressing an idea to them, the revolutionaries, that he could not analyze.
Now that he doesn't know the true purpose of ELS, and Xiao Ran has treated ELS as an invader from the beginning, Setsuna wants to personally understand ELS's thoughts and finally complete this conversation, so that the war between the two races that has not yet started will be directly settled, because he is a high-level Da, he felt that he had the responsibility to complete what Aeolia had planned for two hundred years. With this purpose, Miss Huang, Tieria, who had always been in contact with VEDA, agreed to Setsuna's proposal.
Graham didn't know about this until the next day, but Torèmi II had already left the earth a long way away on that day. The reason why Graham was not told at the first time was because Miss Huang, Setsuna and Tieria all know that Graham is Xiao Ran. If they had told Graham at that time, then Graham would definitely tell Xiao Ran as soon as possible, and eventually Xiao Ran would definitely ban all their actions.
After Graham knew about this, he looked at the three people who came to him together, Miss Huang with an apologetic look, Tieria with a calm look, and Setsuna with a silent look, and he helplessly spread his hands to the three of them. "You should know that the main reason why I joined Tianshen was for the following dialogue, so no matter how you choose to be the first test, I have no need to oppose you."
"But you know very well the huge number of ELS. Just a few of our machines have no effect at all in the face of the huge number of ELS. Your Excellency has his own plan, and he has never regarded ELS as a real enemy. Even now that he has integrated the entire power of Federation to defend against ELS, it is only for protection. His real idea is to have a dialogue with ELS."
"If our mission fails and ELS fuses with our body, you can probably imagine how much damage it will cause to humanity's final line of defense after ELS simulates becoming our body?"
Graham's words made the three of them not sure how to reply. Looking at Tieria with a touch of embarrassment on his originally calm face, Graham also sighed slightly, "In fact, the true core of the conversation has been placed on Setsuna, because the adults can complete this in their hearts. The only person who had this conversation was Setsuna, the purest ideological changer. All arrangements were made around Setsuna being able to awaken and become a true pioneer. But now you leave without saying goodbye and take away the core of my plan. What do you want me to do now?"
Setsuna was stunned for a moment when he heard Graham's words, while Miss Huang was more focused on Xiao Ran's real plan. What exactly was a plan that actually used Setsuna as its real core? But Tieria keenly noticed the three words Graham said and couldn't help but frown and asked, "Pioneer, what does this mean?"
"From my understanding, it means literally, pioneer of mankind, pioneer of change, but I'm afraid you still have to ask the adults personally for the specific meaning. I suggest you contact the adults immediately. Setsuna is the core of the entire conversation, and there must be no problems."
After saying this, Graham spread his hands and said with a smile, "To be honest, I really want to have personal contact with ELS to see how powerful the enemy you have been preparing to deal with for so long is, so even if you don't hide it from me, I will support your actions. As a warrior, I hope to use my own hands to witness the enemy's power to prove myself no matter what. But I have to say that with the number of machines currently carried by Toremi, this is not a test at all, but just a way to die."
Setsuna was silent for a moment and said, "I understand, I will personally understand his plan from him."
After saying that, Setsuna turned to look at Miss Huang, who was also very curious about Xiao Ran's plan. After nodding, he turned and left Graham's room. They headed to the bridge, followed by Graham, who looked helpless, Tieria, who had become more expressive in the past four years and now looked a little embarrassed, and Setsuna, who still had no expression at all.
Xiao Ran didn't know that the Toremi had quietly left and moved forward at top speed for more than a day. Graham also didn't expect that Miss Huang, Setsuna and Tieria would actually do such a thing and stay on the ship. No one in the lounge noticed, and under the influence of GN Particles, they did not realize that the Toremi had been operating for so long. However, as long as there was no contact with ELS, Graham did not have any worries about whether he could catch up later. He also wanted to have a real battle with ELS.
Xiao Ran was still resting when the communication from the Toremi came back. It was El-Elf who understood the seriousness of the matter and woke him up. Then he hurried to the Frontier and reconnected with the Toremi. Although you can also contact the other party on the Burning Legion, some words are not convenient to say on the Burning Legion, which is currently the flagship of Federation.
Xiao Ran, who hurried to the Border, saw the awkward-looking people on the ship from the big screen in front. He was so angry that he almost slapped the table. However, there was no table for Xiao Ran to pat on the bridge of the Border. In the end, he could only line up heavily on the armrest of the Captain Jeffrey chair, and said in a deep voice with an angry look.: "What on earth are you doing? Why didn't you tell me in advance about such a big thing? Can just a few of you be able to stop an ELS of that scale? Don't you know that ELS can swallow changes? Have you never thought that once your body data is obtained by ELS, all Federation will face are Gundams carrying Solar Furnace!?"
The crew of the Toremi were also quite embarrassed after hearing Xiao Ran's angry and deep voice. The old man Ian turned his head and grinned silently. Many others looked at each other and lowered their heads. Xiao Ran's status was already different from theirs when he joined Tianren. Especially as the BOSS of Tianren's support organization Tianshen, it can be said that his status is higher than theirs to some extent. Not to mention that Xiao Ran is still the president of Federation. No one dares to refute anything when he scolds them.
But the boy Setsuna would not care about this. His purity towards Gundam and the mission made him not care about the difference in status at all. After a moment of silence, he raised his head and asked, "We did this wrong, but I want to know your plan."
Seeing Setsuna's expression, Xiao Ran also understood Setsuna's character, and was able to let Setsuna say what he had done. Xiao Ran didn't know how to go on, and sighed. After getting angry, he said, "My plan is very simple. It is to let you become a bridge between the two races so that the two races can live together. Before that, I will create all conditions for you to communicate with ELS. You are the top priority of this plan. If you have a problem, where can you tell me to find a second bridge?"
Setsuna asked again, "Why can't others?"
"Because it is not pure enough, the person who serves as the bridge must be a pure person, and it must be a Pure Innovator with sufficient abilities." Xiao Ran looked at Setsuna on the screen and said, "People If you live in this world, you will be affected by it, and people who serve as bridges are the most important channels for ELS to understand the world. The beauty, kindness, and human persistence of living in this world, and the desire to coexist peacefully with ELS, must be conveyed through you."
"Other people can't do it, including me, Pure Innovator. That's because we have selfishness and desires, and we can't be as pure as you. Our selfishness and desires will be infinitely amplified by ELS, and what will be brought to mankind and the earth will be only harm. But you are different. You are pure, have no selfishness, and have no desire. You just want to complete this dialogue and make the world truly peaceful. But you also have shortcomings, because you don't understand the beauty of this world well enough now."
"So in my plan, you will have preliminary contact with the ELS under my protection, and then learn about the beauty of this world and finally complete the dialogue between the two races. There are very few Pure Innovators, and there are even fewer pure Pure Innovators like you. You are the only one in the whole world. All the chips are placed on you. You actually want to contact the ELS first without telling me. You don't know how serious the consequences will be."
Everyone on the other side of the screen showed a look of astonishment after hearing Xiao Ran's words. Everyone looked at Setsuna with disbelief. They did not expect that Setsuna was so important in Xiao Ran's plan, and that there was only one Pure Innovator in the world who had the simplicity and pure mind of Setsuna. Now the people on the Toremi have also discovered how serious the consequences of everything they have done are.
Miss Huang gritted his teeth and asked in a low voice, "Why didn't you tell us before?"
"Because I don't want Setsuna to change too much. Only when he realizes these things can he truly evolve." Xiao Ran shook his head and sighed, saying, "But that's all, it doesn't matter if you tell him this now. There is motivation only when there is pressure. Since you want to contact ELS first, it is also a kind of maturity and change. At your current coordinate position, I will leave and arrange for personnel to come and support you."
Tieria suddenly intervened in the conversation. "Wait a minute, what is a pioneer?"
"Pioneer?" Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and understood what Tieria was asking, and then said, "The literal meaning is a guide, a person who guides two races to coexist peacefully, but another meaning is that Pure Innovator has evolved again. The guide of human evolution is the bridge between the two races."
"Those who ideologically want to promote peace between the two races and have this consciousness can also be regarded as pioneers. However, in my opinion, a pioneer is someone who has completed this dialogue. It does not make much sense to talk about these now. The rest of you will understand sooner or later. In my opinion, the only person who can become a pioneer is Setsuna, and only Setsuna can complete this dialogue."
Tieria nodded in understanding, and Miss Huang also told Xiao Ran their current coordinates. Captain Jeffrey also nodded to Bridge Trio after hearing the coordinate numbers. At this point, Captain Jeffrey also understood that this support mission would definitely be carried out by the Border.
After hanging up the communication, Xiao Ran shook his head and said to Captain Jeffrey, "Let Cruze, Basak, Luo, Saki Maski bring their own bodies over immediately, and send mine over as well."