Recaps

After activating the N-Jammers to cripple nuclear-powered forces and deter an expanding war, Xiao Ran learned that Luo had completed a more advanced Variable Fighter for him. The chapter ended with Xiao Ran and Tessa heading to the research facility to see the new mecha, while Xiao Ran began arranging for pilots to operate mass-produced Variable Fighters.

• Xiao Ran arrived at Danner's Son, where Luo was repairing its power system and Tessa explained how quickly he had understood the warship's energy problems.
• Xiao Ran told Tessa that the N-Jammers were active and that their effects would restrict nuclear-powered weapons, communications, and radar, limiting the threat of war.
• N-Jammers disabled AS units across the sea and caused two aircraft carriers in an approaching fleet to lose power.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that he had built a 171EX Variable Fighter with Little Eight installed to assist, and Xiao Ran promised to bring Little Eight back safely.
• Luo said Mithril could now produce one or two mass-produced Variable Fighters each week, so Xiao Ran asked Hayashimizu Atsunobu to begin selecting fighter and AS pilots.
• Xiao Ran and Tessa left Danner's Son for the research facility to inspect the new mecha.

Xiao Ran inspected the newly completed VF-171EX, a heavily armed Variable Fighter that Luo had built with the help of Chidori, Yani, and the country's technicians. He ordered preparations to activate the N-Jammers, welcome an expected attack, and declare war on Amalgam, then headed to pilot the machine.

• Luo and the technicians completed a true Variable Fighter within a month, using Yani's expertise in material technology to overcome a major obstacle.
• Xiao Ran examined the black VF-171EX and its upgraded weapons, armor, and Point Defense System.
• Tessa asked why Xiao Ran had not equipped the machine with a λ-DRIVER, and Xiao Ran said he could draw out very little of its power.
• Xiao Ran ordered Hayashimizu Atsunobu to launch N-Jammers, prepare to welcome their enemies, and announce the nuclear energy seal and war on Amalgam.
• Xiao Ran told Tessa and Hayashimizu Atsunobu to have El-Elf guard the research institute, then walked toward the VF-171EX.

Xiao Ran used the VF-171 to force an American fleet to surrender, then activated N-Jammers that sealed nuclear energy and disabled AS units worldwide. He swept through American and Soviet bases in the Bering Strait to halt their fighting, then returned to Japan, where a crowded meeting awaited him.

• Xiao Ran piloted the VF-171 to the American fleet and warned it to leave Japanese territorial waters, prompting its commander to surrender.
• Delivery missiles launched from Japan deployed N-Jammers around the world, shutting down nuclear facilities and disabling AS units.
• Xiao Ran flew to the Bering Strait, where the United States and Soviet Union were withdrawing after their forces lost power.
• Xiao Ran warned soldiers to evacuate each American and Soviet base before destroying any position whose troops refused to leave.
• After turning many Bering Strait positions into seas of fire, Xiao Ran returned to Japan to find a meeting full of reporters and important figures awaiting him.

Xiao Ran returned to Japan and used a press conference to announce that he had sealed Nuclear Energy worldwide and would wage war against Amalgam, while warning America and the Soviet Union to break free of its control. The country’s nominal leader unexpectedly appointed him general and wartime supreme commander, giving him full authority over military and political affairs.

• Xiao Ran arrived at the parliament plaza in the Variable Fighter, where reporters and onlookers crowded around to see the machine and him.
• Hayashimizu Nobuyoshi and the country’s nominal leader welcomed Xiao Ran and escorted him into parliament, where he was introduced to the ruling class and reporters.
• The nominal leader handed the floor to Xiao Ran, who announced that he had led the global sealing of Nuclear Energy to stop the war and prevent further nuclear attacks.
• Xiao Ran accused Amalgam of orchestrating the conflict and controlling America and the Soviet Union, then declared war on Amalgam and on those countries if they remained under its control.
• The nominal leader praised Xiao Ran and unexpectedly appointed him general and wartime supreme commander, granting him full authority over military and political affairs.

After the nominal leader publicly handed Xiao Ran control of the country, Xiao Ran and his allies managed the political fallout while exposing Amalgam and preparing for war. With Amalgam’s strongholds destroyed and Main Mission Two complete, Xiao Ran accepted an invitation to a ceasefire meeting that he knew was a trap and equipped his forces for the coming battle.

• The nominal leader declared that Xiao Ran would take charge of civil and military affairs, prompting Xiao Ran and his allies to meet at the Lin Quan Family residence and plan how to calm the public and manage the consequences.
• Xiao Ran released information exposing Amalgam’s members and crimes, triggering protests, purges, and unrest in the United States and Soviet Union while Amalgam’s λ-DRIVER units became unusable.
• Luo completed modifications to the Danner’s Son’s Energy System, and two Variable Fighters entered service as the institute began producing more units.
• Mithril informants told Xiao Ran that the United States, Soviet Union, and Amalgam had secretly agreed to cooperate against him, and Xiao Ran understood that they were seeking a chance to lure him into a trap.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf led attacks on Amalgam strongholds, completing Main Mission Two, and Xiao Ran accepted an invitation to a ceasefire meeting scheduled after the mission ended.
• As the meeting approached, Xiao Ran ordered Luo to prepare more Variable Fighters, and Xiao Ran, Luo, El-Elf, Sousuke Sagara, Cruze, Melissa Mao, and other pilots prepared their units for the coming battle.

As Danner's Son headed for the Sydney armistice conference, Xiao Ran learned that Amalgam's Renard had received technical support from Taitarot, a highly capable participant who had enabled the mass production of third-generation AS. The discovery left Xiao Ran facing an unknown opponent, while Tessa remained unaware of why Taitarot's presence concerned him.

• Nearly every nation sent a delegation to Sydney to sign an armistice agreement and seek an answer from Xiao Ran about whether Nuclear Energy would remain sealed.
• Luo adjusted Variable Fighters for Sousuke Sagara, Cruze, Melissa Mao, and other Mithril pilots, and Xiao Ran chose to have El-Elf train them instead of testing them himself.
• Luo told Xiao Ran that Tessa and El-Elf had uncovered intelligence related to Amalgam, prompting Xiao Ran to go to the bridge.
• Xiao Ran recognized Renard in photographs of Soviet AS factories and learned from Tessa that the man beside him was her brother and an Amalgam executive.
• El-Elf identified the man in the lab coat as Taitarot, who headed Renard's Research Institution and had helped provide the technology for mass-producing third-generation AS.
• Xiao Ran realized Taitarot was a technologically skilled participant on the opposing side and asked Tessa why she had not told him sooner; she explained that Mithril had lost track of the investigation amid later events.

Xiao Ran suspected Renard and a technologically skilled participant were using Amalgam and the world’s growing chaos to prepare a plan to destroy and reset the world. After learning Renard’s base was in Cuba, Xiao Ran led an armed reconnaissance team and tested Luo’s improvised system for controlling multiple Variable Fighters.

• Xiao Ran reasoned that Renard and the participant might be engineering a world war to destroy and reset the world, and asked Tessa whether they had found Renard’s location.
• Tessa identified Cuba as the target, and Xiao Ran decided to investigate with El-Elf, Luo, and Mao while Tessa continued toward the Accord Conference.
• Luo installed improvised quasi-Psycho-frame chips in four Variable Fighters so Xiao Ran could try controlling the other pilots’ mecha through a neural link.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, Luo, and Mao launched from Danner's Son and headed toward Cuba, with Mao struggling to stabilize her first Variable Fighter.
• Xiao Ran connected to the other three mecha and took control, but they initially spun out of formation before he stabilized them.
• Xiao Ran discovered that the system provided only one-way control because he could not receive status information from the other mecha.

Xiao Ran tested the quasi-Psycho-frame chips and learned that his onboard computer could not handle feedback from three linked units at once, though Innovator mode let him precisely control two. The team reached Renard's research base, found it abandoned, and discovered an underground factory with damaged surveillance equipment.

• Little Eight's analysis showed that Xiao Ran's onboard computer could not process feedback from three units simultaneously, so he disconnected from El-Elf's and Lang Ba's units.
• Xiao Ran entered Innovator mode and used the quasi-Psycho-frame system to control multiple units, then concluded he could precisely control at most two without better computer processing power.
• Xiao Ran, Luo, El-Elf, and Lang Ba flew to Renard's research base and found no people or signs of activity in its surface warehouses.
• Xiao Ran sent El-Elf and Luo to look for underground facilities while Lang Ba continued searching the surface, and he guarded the area with the units.
• Luo reported that the warehouses connected to an abandoned underground factory, where El-Elf was examining damaged surveillance equipment for recoverable information.

Xiao Ran’s team discovered evidence of a flying mecha over forty-five meters tall at the abandoned research factory and prepared for a difficult fight against the participant linked to Renard. Luo rushed to build a Flight Pack for the Melee Type Astray, completing a makeshift design as Main Mission Two ended.

• Xiao Ran found four enormous footprints and scorch marks at the collapsed warehouse, indicating that a flying mecha at least forty-five meters tall had been there.
• Luo reported that the factory had produced mechas no taller than thirty-five meters, while Xiao Ran and El-Elf suspected another participant brought the larger machine.
• Xiao Ran ordered El-Elf to investigate Amalgam, the Accord Conference, and both enemy mechas, then told Luo to improve the Melee Type Astray for the coming fight.
• Luo returned to Japan and organized Chidori, Yani, and the Research Institution’s department heads to build a Flight Pack using Justice Gundam’s blueprint and salvaged Variable Fighter components.
• As Danner’s Son reached Sydney and Main Mission Two ended, Luo’s team completed a hybrid Flight Pack equipped with four Thermonuclear Energy Engines, two Beam Sabers, and four Beam Guns.

Xiao Ran waited in Sydney for Renard to make his move while the peace conference continued, then Danner's Son sounded an alarm as coordinated attacks began. The chapter ended with machines attacking the city and Xiao Ran's country, while the N-Jammer Cancellers were destroyed.

• Xiao Ran received Main Mission Three: ensure the Peace Accord Conference proceeded, sign the Peace Treaty, and kill or capture Renard Testarossa.
• Xiao Ran kept Danner's Son concealed near Sydney and waited for Renard and the other hostile Participants to appear as the conference continued.
• After half a month of calm, an alarm sounded aboard Danner's Son, and Kalinin reported that more than fifteen types of machines were destroying the city while Xiao Ran's country was also under attack.
• Luo reported that every N-Jammer Canceller device in Xiao Ran's country had self-destructed.
• El-Elf reported that Chidori and Yani were under the Lin Quan Family's protection, the Research Institution was sealed and destroying its data, and no machines over fifty meters tall had appeared in Sydney.

Yufang and Yulan took Tessa and Richard hostage aboard Danner's Son, but Luo and El-Elf rescued them before the twins could escape. With the ship exposed and Sydney under attack, Xiao Ran ordered a sortie and headed toward the fighting.

• Kalinin reported that Yufang and Yulan had taken the captain and first officer hostage and demanded that Danner's Son surface and prepare a helicopter.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo and El-Elf to rescue the hostages, then learned that the twins had rigged explosives around themselves, Tessa, and Richard.
• Luo and El-Elf stormed the helicopter, severed the twins' arms, and carried Tessa and Richard to safety before the helicopter exploded.
• The blast jammed Danner's Son's hatch, so Xiao Ran ordered the ship to deploy its forces while Cruz cleared the launch platform.
• After reassuring Tessa and Richard, Xiao Ran launched in his Variable Fighter and flew toward the attack in Sydney, leaving El-Elf and Luo to defend the ship and deal with hostile participants.

Xiao Ran confronted Destroyer, a heavily armored unit whose Energy Shield and λ-DRIVER defenses made it difficult to damage. In Sydney, Luo and the others began clearing the city of hostile participants while Xiao Ran and Destroyer remained locked in a stalemate.

• Xiao Ran flew into Japan and found the fleet and city devastated by Destroyer, a unit built with Renard technology and a participant’s technical expertise.
• Destroyer fired four guided Energy Rounds at Xiao Ran, but he dodged them with the Variable Fighter.
• Xiao Ran attacked Destroyer, but its Energy Shield and λ-DRIVER defenses absorbed almost all the damage.
• Xiao Ran and Destroyer exchanged attacks without either side inflicting serious harm, leaving Xiao Ran concerned about the other groups.
• Luo and his allies entered Sydney and split into groups to clear the city, while Cruz provided aerial sniper support.
• Luo charged into Sydney’s central battle and sliced a participant’s unit in two with his Gundam Astray’s longsword.

Luo and the Mithril forces stopped the attack on the city, but El-Elf discovered that most of the destroyed machines had produced no participant kill notifications and suspected a larger plot. He realized the attackers might be targeting Xiao Ran in Japan and rushed there with Luo and the others, where a huge shadow descended on Xiao Ran’s Variable Fighter.

• Luo and the Mithril forces defeated the attacking machines, but the battle left the city in ruins.
• El-Elf delayed the Danaan’s return and moved it farther out to sea because the attack seemed suspicious.
• El-Elf found that only one-third of the destroyed targets produced participant kill notifications and questioned where the real participants had gone.
• El-Elf suspected the attack was part of a conspiracy and realized the attackers might have targeted Xiao Ran, so he flew toward Japan with Luo and the others.
• A massive black shadow swooped toward Xiao Ran’s Variable Fighter as he fought the machine codenamed Destroyer.

Xiao Ran faced a pincer attack from Guren Gishin Type-2 and Annihilation Angel, identifying both powerful Super Robots as he tested their abilities. He evaded their attacks, but his expression changed as another danger emerged while he dived toward the ground.

• A massive black aircraft transformed into a fifty-meter Mecha and joined Annihilation Angel in surrounding Xiao Ran’s Variable Fighter.
• Xiao Ran used his Scout Skill to identify the new Mecha as Guren Gishin Type-2 and confirmed that Annihilation Angel possessed the λ-DRIVER trait.
• Xiao Ran escaped the encirclement and evaded four guided iron fists before charging at Guren Gishin.
• Annihilation Angel gathered energy for a powerful attack while Guren Gishin rushed Xiao Ran; Xiao Ran slashed Guren Gishin’s abdomen and launched missiles and beams at Annihilation Angel.
• Annihilation Angel released an enormous energy phoenix that destroyed Xiao Ran’s missiles, forcing him to evade it as Guren Gishin attacked again.
• Xiao Ran dived toward the ground to escape both enemies, then noticed a new danger and broke into a cold sweat.

Xiao Ran survived Annihilation Angel’s Energy Bird detonating at close range, but the Variable Fighter suffered severe damage and energy loss. He escaped the blast only to face Guren Gishin’s heat ray and Annihilation Angel’s Plasma Cannons with most of his systems failing.

• The Energy Bird repeatedly pursued Xiao Ran while Annihilation Angel remained frozen, and Xiao Ran realized its control came at the cost of the mech’s mobility.
• Guren Gishin stopped its charge and exposed its chest as the Energy Bird suddenly detonated around the Variable Fighter.
• Xiao Ran routed the Variable Fighter’s energy into its defenses and thrusters, enduring the blast long enough to escape the burning cloud.
• Guren Gishin fired its chest heat ray while Annihilation Angel resumed control and attacked with four Plasma Cannons.
• The Variable Fighter’s defenses, armor, and engine began failing, its remaining energy fell to nine percent, and its weapon systems went offline except for Micro Missiles.

Xiao Ran used the Variable Fighter’s speed and aerial fire to hold off Renard’s Annihilation Angel and Guren Gishin, but neither side could damage the other. Renard revealed that the battle had been a diversion to capture Chidori and Yani, and Xiao Ran began sending a message while confronting him.

• Xiao Ran discarded the Variable Fighter’s armor and missiles to escape Guren Gishin’s beam, but found that his remaining weapon could not seriously damage either enemy machine.
• Xiao Ran transformed into Fortress Mode and fired from above, forcing Annihilation Angel and Guren Gishin to evade and move the fight into the air.
• Xiao Ran and the two enemy machines reached a stalemate, and Renard contacted him over the public channel.
• Renard admitted he had lured Xiao Ran away to keep him occupied while an operation elsewhere targeted Chidori and Yani.
• Xiao Ran aimed at Annihilation Angel, sent a message by keyboard, and accused Renard of stalling before warning him that villains talked too much.

Xiao Ran, El-Elf, and Luo launched a coordinated attack on Annihilation Angel and Guren Gishin, with Luo’s Super King of Haro Movie Bullet colliding with Renard’s λ-DRIVER shield. The resulting explosion buried Guren Gishin and drove Annihilation Angel into the ground, leaving Xiao Ran and arriving Variable Fighters unable to see what had happened through the smoke.

• A golden fireball formed as Luo’s Gundam Astray performed the Super King of Haro Movie Bullet and descended toward the enemy mecha.
• Xiao Ran and El-Elf attacked Guren Gishin with their Variable Fighters, piercing its defenses and damaging its armor as it tried to escape.
• Renard activated Annihilation Angel’s λ-DRIVER and raised a powerful shield against Luo’s descending attack.
• Luo’s attack collided with Annihilation Angel’s shield, creating a massive explosion and shockwave that battered the Variable Fighters and drove Guren Gishin toward the ground.
• Annihilation Angel and Gundam Astray crashed into the ground amid another enormous explosion, burying Guren Gishin beneath rubble and obscuring the battlefield in smoke.
• Several Variable Fighters arrived and stopped nearby, staring at the destruction as Xiao Ran struggled to assess the outcome.

Xiao Ran sent El-Elf and Mithril to check on Chidori and Yani while he, Sousuke Sagara, and Luo faced the three battered enemy machines as they gathered power for another clash. Luo’s golden Gundam Astray launched a named sword attack against Guren Gishin, and the chapter ended as he followed it with Flash Palm.

• Xiao Ran ordered Sousuke Sagara to stay and fight while El-Elf led the others to confirm Chidori and Yani’s safety.
• Xiao Ran identified a λ-DRIVER in one enemy machine and assigned Sousuke Sagara to face Annihilation Angel while he attacked Guren Gishin and Luo engaged the other machine.
• The black smoke cleared to reveal Gundam Astray transformed into gold, Annihilation Angel badly damaged, and Guren Gishin gathering energy.
• Luo charged Guren Gishin with his energy sword as its pilot unleashed Jidu Shunyu Sword.
• Luo named his attack Kikuichimonji Slash and clashed with Guren Gishin’s sword, then leaped in with Flash Palm.

Luo, Sousuke Sagara, and Xiao Ran defeated Renard and the Guren Gishin pilot, ending the battle at the cost of severe damage to their units. Xiao Ran rescued the unconscious Renard and flew away, while Sousuke captured the other pilot and Luo recovered Gundam Astray before heading back to his Research Institution.

• Luo struck Guren Gishin's head with Gundam Astray's Flash Palm as Sousuke Sagara pierced Annihilation Angel's energy dragon and hit the unit with a two-stage attack.
• Guren Gishin's pilot ejected as the defeated unit crashed, while Annihilation Angel lay crippled and Renard was left unconscious inside its cockpit.
• Xiao Ran cut away Annihilation Angel's limbs and exposed its cockpit, then carried Renard to safety and recovered the unit before it exploded.
• Sousuke Sagara arrested the surrendered Guren Gishin pilot and departed with him, while Luo bombarded Guren Gishin until he could recover it.
• With Gundam Astray badly damaged and Luo exhausted, Luo headed toward his Research Institution.

Xiao Ran rushed Renard to a hospital, then learned that Participants had taken Chidori and Yani hostage at the Lin Quan Family estate. He confronted the hostage-takers and began counting down, leaving the standoff unresolved.

• Xiao Ran brought the gravely injured Renard to a hospital, ordered the staff to save him, and placed the hospital under lockdown.
• Xiao Ran learned that Renard's attack had destroyed major military forces and that El-Elf had defeated four Participant units at the Lin Quan Family estate.
• El-Elf told Xiao Ran that Participants had taken Chidori and Yani hostage, and Xiao Ran ordered the captors to surrender or die.
• Xiao Ran arrived at the ruined estate and faced the six Participants holding Chidori and Yani while El-Elf and aircraft stood by.
• Xiao Ran began counting down as one Participant grabbed the girls by the necks, but another stopped him and walked toward Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran negotiated with six participants to secure Chidori and Yani, then completed the campaign against Amalgam and Jiulong while preparing to visit Renard and the imprisoned participant. The chapter left Renard paralyzed and guarded, Amalgam destroyed, and Xiao Ran turning his attention to the two men he wanted to obtain.

• Xiao Ran agreed to pay the six participants three thousand Merit Points each and signed an accord securing Chidori and Yani's safety and silence about Unit 678.
• Xiao Ran paid eighteen thousand Merit Points, reunited with Chidori and Yani, and let the participants leave the ruins safely.
• Xiao Ran resumed the Accord Conference while nations cooperated to dismantle Amalgam and arrest its associates.
• Tessa returned to care for her paralyzed brother Renard, who remained silent after waking.
• Xiao Ran tracked down Jiulong and killed him in his Variable Fighter, then waited until the threat was over before visiting Renard and the imprisoned participant.

Xiao Ran recruited Puente, a captured Super Zone participant, by offering to help him complete his missions. After discovering that they could not form a cross-region team, Xiao Ran invited Puente into a new Super Zone branch of the Burning Legion and considered ways to work around the restrictions between zones.

• Xiao Ran visited the imprisoned Puente with El-Elf and asked about his missions.
• Puente revealed that he had been tasked with bringing back Chidori Kaname, stopping the Accord Conference, protecting Renard or killing Xiao Ran, and lifting the world's nuclear energy restriction.
• Xiao Ran offered to help Puente complete his missions in exchange for joining his team, and Puente accepted.
• Xiao Ran canceled a forced team invitation after learning it would erase Puente's mission experience and learned skills.
• Xiao Ran invited Puente to join the Burning Legion and established a Super Zone Legion Branch with a ten-member limit.
• Xiao Ran considered whether the Legion Headquarters and Scrap Dealer skills could help overcome cross-region restrictions and enable joint development.

Xiao Ran brought Puente and Luo into the Burning Legion and appointed Puente to lead its Super Zone operations. He then tried to persuade the paralyzed Renard to abandon his plan to reset the world and join him, but left without an answer.

• Xiao Ran recruited Puente into the Burning Legion, made him responsible for the Super Zone, and released him from prison.
• Xiao Ran invited Luo into the legion, and Luo accepted, hoping to work alongside Puente and gain the legion’s support.
• Puente brought Chidori to Renard, while Luo took Puente to the Research Institution for technical exchanges.
• Xiao Ran visited Renard and challenged his belief that resetting the world would change its fate, raising the possibility that the world had been reset before.
• Xiao Ran offered to heal Renard and take him to witness the other side of the world if he joined the legion, then left to seek another way to recruit him.

Xiao Ran completed Main Mission Three after helping secure peace and restoring nuclear energy, then explained the world’s repeating cycle to Renard before preparing to leave. Renard chose to seek the truth for himself and asked Xiao Ran what he had to do.

• Xiao Ran helped conclude the Peace Accord, had Luo deactivate the N-Jammer, and received mission notifications confirming his success and maximum favorability with Yani, Teresa Testarossa, Chidori Kaname, and Sousuke Sagara.
• Xiao Ran declined to return to Prometheus immediately and told Renard that the world’s resets created parallel worlds that collapsed in a repeating cycle, with Whispered technology passed between them.
• After Xiao Ran left, Renard was shaken by the explanation and wondered whether he was merely a chess piece in an endless cycle.
• Xiao Ran arranged matters with Hayashimizu Nobuyoshi, met Chidori Kaname, Yani, and Tessa, and prepared for his eventual return to the world.
• With only hours of Retention Time remaining, Renard asked Xiao Ran to show him the truth of the world and explain what he needed to do.

Xiao Ran tried to recruit Renard, who had deduced that Xiao Ran and his technology came from another world. Renard’s awakening triggered a twenty-four-hour mission to protect or kill him, and Xiao Ran began moving him to safety as Renard asked whether he should become a follower or a participant.

• Xiao Ran offered Renard a place on his team and explained the sacrifices and opportunities involved.
• Renard reasoned that Xiao Ran and his companions came from another world, and asked what joining them would require.
• Prometheus declared Renard a specially awakened native and issued missions to kill or protect him within twenty-four hours.
• Renard accepted Xiao Ran’s protection, and Xiao Ran decided to move him somewhere safer.
• El-Elf told Xiao Ran that he, Luo, Langba, and Puente were preparing their units and arranging to meet at the research institute.
• Renard asked Xiao Ran how followers differed from participants and which role Xiao Ran wanted him to take.