Recaps

Xiao Ran explained Prometheus and the choice between becoming a participant or his follower to Renard, who had awakened as a participant and would enter Prometheus in twenty-four hours. With the possibility that other participants might target Renard, the group gathered at Luo’s institute and prepared their mecha.

• Xiao Ran told Renard that becoming a participant would place him in the Super Zone and likely prevent him from returning to his world, while becoming a follower would let him stay with Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran described Prometheus, its zones, missions, and participant abilities, then gave Renard a Super Zone Newcomer's Manual that Renard could not read.
• Xiao Ran took Renard to Luo’s research institute, where Puente was waiting and led them to Luo.
• Puente recalled Renard’s skill with unfamiliar technology, including helping develop the Energy Bird technique using T-LINK and λ-DRIVER.
• Luo urgently had the Technicians adjust the available mecha in case participants came to kill Renard before his twenty-four hours were up.
• El-Elf and Luo arrived with Chidori and Yani, and they studied Renard with curiosity.

Xiao Ran prepared to leave the Full Metal Panic world, making arrangements for his allies before he and the others departed. After the mission settlement in Prometheus, he discovered Renard had chosen to become his follower and began contacting Luo Ba and Puente.

• Xiao Ran sent Chidori and Yani to the safety of Danner's Son and told Tessa, Hayashimizu Nobuyoshi, and the others that he would leave temporarily.
• Luo and the Technicians prepared four machines, while Xiao Ran assigned the pilots and handed the Research Institution over to Doctor Peroz.
• Xiao Ran, El-Elf, Luo, Luo Ba, Puente, and Renard flew into space until the twenty-four-hour mission to protect Renard ended.
• Xiao Ran received an S final evaluation and chose four rewards from the settlement options.
• Xiao Ran saw that Renard had joined his team as a follower, watched him recover from his injuries through datafication, and contacted Luo Ba and Puente.

Xiao Ran and his group visited the Super Zone’s Legion Hall to establish a Burning Legion branch and arrange its facilities. After purchasing a headquarters, factory, and supplies, Xiao Ran was left considering a lively liaison officer’s offer to join his legion with her sister.

• Xiao Ran and his group met Puente and Lang Ba in the Legion Zone and entered the Legion Hall together.
• A flirtatious liaison officer learned that Xiao Ran was a Real Zone participant and teased him before discussing his legion and Faction Territories.
• The liaison officer offered to join Burning with her sister for ten thousand Merit Points per month so they could work and explore Xiao Ran’s Faction Territories.
• Xiao Ran asked the liaison officer to handle his branch setup first while he considered her offer.
• The liaison officer purchased a small headquarters and factory and arranged supplies for one million five hundred thousand Merit Points, with a portal to the Faction Territory included for free.

Xiao Ran hired Angie and Anqi as Burning Legion employees to use their Super Zone connections and local knowledge. With his group’s Retention Time limited, he asked the sisters to help them find Super Robot Mecha and other specialized goods.

• Xiao Ran paid to establish a Super Zone branch for the Burning Legion, which surprised the Legion members who had returned from missions.
• Angie persuaded Xiao Ran that she and her sister could provide local connections, shopping guidance, and help with a Super Zone shop, and he agreed to hire them.
• Angie and Anqi signed employment contracts with the Burning Legion for ten thousand Merit Points per rest period.
• Anqi offered to show Xiao Ran and his group around, and Xiao Ran listed the mecha, components, technology, materials, and bloodlines he wanted to acquire.
• Angie said she had already noticed sellers offering many of the items Xiao Ran needed in the Trading Zone.

Xiao Ran explored the Trading Zone and learned about its specialized weapons, repair items, armor modules, mecha components, and upgrade system. After a day of browsing, he left without buying anything, including a costly Elite-grade Getter.

• Xiao Ran compared the Trading Zone’s specialized Super Robot equipment with the more versatile goods of the Real Zone.
• Xiao Ran learned that mecha repair items were expensive, unavailable in the Real Zone, and worth keeping in reserve.
• Xiao Ran examined costly armor modules and learned how their resistances, limitations, and upgrade bonuses worked.
• Xiao Ran learned that Super Robot mecha could be upgraded in the Industrial Zone by meeting requirements specific to each mecha.
• Xiao Ran saw unusual components, recognized several mecha from anime or games, and declined to buy the white Elite-grade Getter.

Xiao Ran bought a mass-produced Prototype Getter to study its technology, then spent another million Merit Points on an Epic-level machine and a Technical Blueprint from the same stall owner. He left the Trading Zone with three valuable acquisitions and arranged for Puente to stay in contact with the seller.

• Xiao Ran studied the Prototype Getter’s specifications and confirmed that it had a Getter Ray Reactor and could be piloted by either one Elite Pilot or three ordinary pilots.
• Xiao Ran purchased the Prototype Getter for 300,000 Merit Points, then persuaded the stall owner to reveal two more items.
• Xiao Ran paid one million Merit Points for an Epic-level machine and a Technical Blueprint.
• Xiao Ran asked Puente to exchange contact information with the stall owner so the seller could send future offers to the legion.
• Back in the temporary Living Zone, Xiao Ran showed the group the Epic-level machine and Technical Blueprint, explaining why he had bought them.

Xiao Ran explained why he had spent 1.3 million Merit Points on Getter mechas and an active alloy blueprint, arguing that the technology could help his team reproduce the mechas. He revealed to Luo that his main goal was the Getter Ray energy source, and the chapter ended with plans to adapt the fleet and research facilities for larger mechas.

• Xiao Ran’s group examined the Getter NEO and Active Alloy Technical Blueprint, and Luo argued that the blueprint could produce a material unlike those sold in shops.
• Xiao Ran explained that he had bought the technology to analyze the Getter mechas and potentially reproduce their combination system and armor.
• Xiao Ran learned that Puente’s Guren Gishin was destroyed and said they would prepare a Fine-grade mecha for him if it could not be repaired.
• Luo recommended modifying the ships’ hangars, creating a Super Robot Research Department, and integrating the research institutions, and Xiao Ran put him in charge.
• After the others left, Xiao Ran told Luo that the Reproduction Type Getter’s Getter Ray was the main reason he had bought the mecha.

Xiao Ran explained the value of the Getter items and led a shopping trip through the Super Zone, buying skills, research mecha, and representative components while failing to find a suitable bloodline. He left Puente one million Merit Points for the Legion and future mecha needs, and Prometheus returned Xiao Ran, Luo, El-Elf, and Renard to the Real Zone, where a figure rushed toward Xiao Ran.

• Xiao Ran explained to Luo why Getter Ray, the Getter armor blueprint, and Getter NEO were worth buying and listed the skills, technology, components, and bloodlines they should seek.
• Xiao Ran ordered Renard to rest and left the Living Zone with Luo, Puente, Angie, and Anqi to continue shopping in the Trading Zone.
• Xiao Ran bought twenty Guts skills, several combat and Guts-boosting skills, two Normal Class Zoids, and a heat-ray chestplate and drill arm.
• Xiao Ran found no suitable bloodline, gave Puente one million Merit Points for the Legion and future needs, and took Luo's Wolf Type Mecha.
• Prometheus teleported Xiao Ran, Luo, El-Elf, and Renard back to the Real Zone when their Retention Time ended, and a figure rushed toward Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran reunited with his team, heard how their reckless mission had worried Sheryl, and welcomed Renard as a new member. He organized the Legion’s next training and missions, including a trip to El-Elf and Saki’s world to bring someone out, then planned an extended stay in their territory while seeking Bloodline Serum.

• Xiao Ran caught Sheryl as she rushed to embrace him, and she immediately teased Renard and scolded the team for their dangerous mission antics.
• Cruze explained that Graham had fought an opponent for three days, Basak had destroyed allied drones, Cruze had tried to destroy Earth, and Zechs had started a revolution.
• Cruze confirmed that the team had found no trace of the mercenary organization Xiao Ran had asked about, and Xiao Ran formally introduced Renard to everyone.
• Xiao Ran reviewed the Legion’s mission results, assigned combat training, and asked Luo to help Renard study Prometheus technology.
• Xiao Ran announced that the team would visit El-Elf and Saki’s world in a week to bring someone out, then remain in their territory for at least two years.
• Xiao Ran asked the Legion to search for Bloodline Serum because he wanted a suitable bloodline ability.

Xiao Ran completed a week of combat training, then entered the Enhancement Room to advance to A-Class Pilot and upgrade his Innovator Bloodline to Pure Innovator. He awoke with greatly enhanced attributes and several new abilities, including Quantum Shock and Quantum Assimilation.

• Xiao Ran arranged for his companions to search for a suitable bloodline and spent a week training with Cruze and the others to complete his B-class proficiency.
• Luo brought Renard to study Prometheus technology under Old Luo, while Renard focused on the legion's technologies.
• Sheryl ordered everyone to rest after seeing how exhausted they were from training and studying.
• Xiao Ran entered the Enhancement Room with his companions watching and used an ordinary S-rank evaluation to advance from B-Class General Piloting Skill to A-Class General Piloting Skill.
• Xiao Ran spent a Special A-rank evaluation and 500,000 Merit Points to upgrade Innovator (True) into Pure Innovator.
• Xiao Ran regained consciousness after the enhancements and discovered his improved attributes and newly awakened abilities.

After advancing to a true A-Class Pilot and Pure Innovator, Xiao Ran discovered immense improvements to his abilities and learned what would be required for him and his teammates to reach genuine A-Class. He upgraded his skills and emerged from training with the others stunned by his transformation.

• Xiao Ran reviewed his new skills and attributes, realized his evolution had made him a genuine Pure Innovator, and examined the power of Quantum Shock, Quantum Assimilation, and Mind Link.
• Xiao Ran concluded that a true A-Class Pilot required the fusion of Bloodline, trait, skills, Piloting Skill, and mecha, and learned what Bloodline advancements his teammates would need.
• Xiao Ran found that reaching S-class required an undiscovered path, though Luo's ELS samples could support Xiao Ran's next Bloodline advancement once he became an S-class Pilot.
• Xiao Ran upgraded his piloting and combat skills, learned Energy Burst and Fighting Spirit, and spent over a million Merit Points improving his abilities.
• Xiao Ran returned from the Enhancement Room, led the team into training, and emerged half an hour later with everyone displaying stunned expressions.

After crushing the other B-class Pilots in a training battle, Xiao Ran explained how an A-Class Pilot’s bloodline, attributes, skills, and mecha worked together to create the strength of a true A-Class Pilot. The team considered how their own bloodlines might develop, and Cruze asked what his Coordinator bloodline could become if it advanced.

• Xiao Ran defeated Cruze, Basak, Luo, Graham, Zechs, Nalo, Saki, and El-Elf in a one-sided training battle, leaving them unable to keep up with him.
• Graham asked why the gap between Xiao Ran and several B-class Pilots was so large, and Xiao Ran said true A-Class Pilots met requirements beyond piloting skill alone.
• Back in the Living Zone, Xiao Ran showed the team his increased attributes and awakened skills and explained how bloodlines and personal abilities could enhance a mecha beyond its own limits.
• Xiao Ran warned that his powerful bloodline depended on a Solar Furnace, while Cruze realized his Coordinator bloodline might limit his own growth.
• Xiao Ran said Human Bloodlines could have room to advance and offered to help Graham and Zechs explore their potential, but both wanted to remain human.
• Xiao Ran suggested a Special Evaluation might awaken or advance a Human Bloodline, and Cruze asked what his Coordinator bloodline might become.

Xiao Ran returned to the Revolutionary Machine World to help the Dolcia Military State royal family reclaim the throne, while his team investigated the VVV Mecha and considered turning New Jior into a Faction Territory. The chapter left Xiao Ran weighing Cruze’s proposal against his doubts that New Jior could qualify.

• Xiao Ran and Cruze discussed upgrading Coordinators bloodlines with Special Evaluations and splitting up the team on future missions to earn more evaluations.
• Xiao Ran chose to bring Luo and Renard to El-Elf's world to study the VVV Mecha, while Graham and Zechs might later visit G World to learn about developing their bloodlines.
• Xiao Ran used an Ultimate Mission Card to take the Galaxy Diva and its crew to the Revolutionary Machine World, where he received a mission to help the Dolcia Military State royal family reclaim the throne.
• Xiao Ran returned to New Jior one year after leaving and arranged for Luo and Renard to study the VVV Mecha, for the team to locate Odou City, and for the rebels to be investigated.
• El-Elf reunited with Lizerlute, while Cruze urged Xiao Ran to make New Jior a Faction Territory because its Magius and VVV Mecha could strengthen the Legion.
• Xiao Ran doubted New Jior could qualify as a Faction Territory because he had founded it himself and did not control the world's core, but Cruze encouraged him to investigate further.

Xiao Ran concluded that his faction could not claim New Jior without finding its world core, while Cruze pursued records about the creation of Third Generation Demon Envoys and their potential genetic technology. Just before Xiao Ran’s forces prepared to intervene in Dolcia, Cruze and his team discovered the Demon Envoy Human Fusion Adjustment Institute and triggered the world-core notification.

• Xiao Ran told Cruze they should gather New Jior’s technology and bring Lizerlute back to Prometheus if they could not find the world core.
• Cruze recruited a team to search for records about the Third Generation Demon Envoys, hoping to uncover genetic technology and the world core.
• Xiao Ran’s team identified the Dolcia rebels and located Odou City, while Luo and Renard began investigating its technology.
• After two months, Xiao Ran negotiated with the Dolcia royal family to help reclaim territory and eliminate the rebels.
• Cruze, El-Elf, Graham, and their companions used Lizerlute’s magic to open a burial-site gate and discovered the Demon Envoy Human Fusion Adjustment Institute.
• Xiao Ran received the same world-core notification in space and reacted with disbelief and joy.

After securing the World Core and completing the conditions to take over New Jior, Xiao Ran chose to make Lizerlute a follower and returned to Prometheus with his team. Lizerlute was datafied there, revealing weak combat attributes but powerful Demon Envoy abilities, and Xiao Ran arranged for her to gain piloting skills.

• Xiao Ran and his team fulfilled the World Core's coexistence requirements and reclaimed Dolcia's occupied territory, completing the random mission.
• Xiao Ran received the choice to make New Jior an Exclusive Faction or entrust it to Prometheus, and he chose to return after twenty-four hours with Lizerlute as his follower.
• Cruze explained to El-Elf that Prometheus could address Lizerlute's bodily limitations and protect her from aging alone, and El-Elf agreed to her joining the team.
• Xiao Ran informed New Jior's leaders of his temporary departure, and he and his team entered Prometheus with Lizerlute when their Retention Time ended.
• Prometheus datafied Lizerlute, whose attributes showed magic and rapid recovery but no piloting or combat skills, and Xiao Ran asked Saki Maski to arrange a C-rank piloting injection from Camilla.

Xiao Ran learned how official Legion Missions combined three legion-wide stages with personal missions to determine rewards and Special Evaluations. He considered applying for one and discovered that his followers could also qualify for individual rewards, while Winnie explained that his Faction Territory forces could join.

• Lizerlute left with El-Elf to learn Prometheus's bridge operations, while Luo and the others departed for G World aboard the Second Archangel.
• Mwu and the others headed to the Fleet Territory, Cruze went to the Orb Territory, and Xiao Ran went to the Legion Hall to meet Winnie.
• Winnie explained that an official Legion Mission required three staged legion missions and a personal mission for each member, with evaluations from both contributing to personal rewards.
• Winnie told Xiao Ran that exceeding one hundred percent completion on the legion missions could raise every member's personal completion, and that official members could all receive Special Evaluations.
• Xiao Ran realized his followers could earn individual rewards through Legion Mission mode, and Winnie said he could bring forces from his Faction Territory if he applied.

Xiao Ran applied to undertake a Legion Mission during a Special Mission, bringing the Burning Legion’s forces with him. He chose Super Robot Wars OG as their destination, and the mission revealed a numerical assessment of the legion’s combat power.

• Xiao Ran confirmed that the Burning Legion would undertake the Special Mission as a Legion Mission and bring along its Super Zone branch legion.
• Nearly all Burning Legion members accepted the mission after receiving the notification.
• Winnie showed Xiao Ran the eligible Mission Worlds, and he selected Super Robot Wars OG.
• The mission displayed the Legion Combat Power Index, listing the legion at 5.08 million and its participant members at 30,000.
• Xiao Ran concluded that the index reflected cumulative force rather than actual combat strength, since his members could greatly outperform their listed rating.

Xiao Ran considered the 1.25-million combat-power limit for the Burning Legion’s next Special Mission in the OG World and weighed how to prepare a suitable force. He chose an independent Dyson Sphere as the mission’s base, but its military refit and the selection of personnel still needed planning.

• Xiao Ran learned that the Burning Legion could bring only slightly more than 1.25 million combat power to the Special Mission and considered how its territories’ forces might fit within the limit.
• Xiao Ran gave Winnie the New Jior Territory card, and she assigned it to the Burning Legion and purchased an inter-territory portal for one million Merit Points.
• Xiao Ran decided that an all-warship fleet would be impractical and too conspicuous, so the mission needed a suitable Living Zone.
• Xiao Ran chose an independent Dyson Sphere with an Artificial Sun as the base of operations and considered the military facilities and refitting it would require.
• Xiao Ran recognized that the mission also needed logistics, technical, command, intelligence, medical, and maintenance personnel, with Char and General Revil suited to arranging them.

Xiao Ran purchased three years of territory Retention Time and began preparing the Burning Legion for its OG mission while integrating the 0079, SEED, Fleet, and Revolutionary Machine worlds. After a year, the worlds’ territories and research institutions were integrated, with access to interworld information restricted by authority.

• Xiao Ran selected potential pilots, Magius, warships, and other forces for the OG mission, then purchased three years of Retention Time for preparations.
• Xiao Ran began bringing Orb and the Revolutionary Machine World into the Burning Legion, informing selected people in Orb about the other worlds while keeping Cagalli uninformed.
• Cruze learned about the other worlds first among the SEED World group, while Athrun and the others eventually accepted the truth after several days.
• Saki Maski led Tokishima Haruto, Shoko Minamikaze, and the other VVV pilots into the Fleet World, where they readily accepted the existence of other worlds.
• Cagalli secretly warned Kira, Lacus, and Athrun that Xiao Ran was an alien, but they had already learned about the other worlds and reassured her.
• Xiao Ran and the others completed the integration of the four worlds after a year, setting authority restrictions on interworld information and combining their research institutions and military archives.

Xiao Ran spent three years of Retention Time on his people while the legion earned Merit Points and trained throughout the galaxy. The four territories’ research institutions merged and expanded, and the chapter ended with Xiao Ran realizing something was wrong after returning to his office.

• Xiao Ran bought three years of Retention Time for every team member, while legion members took missions across the galaxy to earn Merit Points and improve their strength.
• Graham, Nalo, Zechs, Basak, El-Elf, Lizerlute, Mwu, and others led lower-level legion squads on missions, including Luo.
• Luo, Renard, and Puente united the four territories’ research institutions in the Fleet World and organized departments to develop mecha, materials, weapons, energy systems, and special technologies.
• Luo, Renard, and Puente led the Special Technology Research and Analysis Department as it studied the Getter, Mechanical Beasts, and Getter Ray.
• Cruze established a Gene Research Institution, recruited Durandal and other experts, and collected blood and genetic samples from Xiao Ran’s legion and across the New Unified Government’s territory.
• Xiao Ran oversaw the territories’ development while Sheryl held concerts, then returned to his office and realized there was a problem.

After realizing that time was aging the people who supported the Burning Legion’s territories, Xiao Ran sought a way to preserve their lives and experience. Cruze explained that his research had made progress on creating Third Generation Demon Envoys, but the Bloodline Serum remained incomplete, leaving the problem of time unresolved.

• Xiao Ran noticed that Lacus, Kira, the Asuka siblings, Mu, Bargyll, and the territories’ Technicians were aging, and worried that medicine could not preserve the Legion’s vital workers indefinitely.
• Xiao Ran rejected Converter transformation and longevity serum as impractical options, then summoned Cruze to discuss the genetics research institute.
• Luo arrived with Cruze and reported that he had planned to brief Xiao Ran on recent developments.
• Cruze said the institute had replicated Third Generation Demon Envoys in embryonic form, which were expected to be born in a few months.
• Cruze said Bloodline Serum research had produced only partial enhancements, with side effects still unresolved.
• Cruze warned that the territories’ aging workforce limited their development and argued that solving the problem of time could let the territories progress continuously.

Cruze reported that research into Bloodline Serum and lifespan extension had stalled, while Luo described the Mechanical Research Department’s extensive projects and its successful development of Getter Active Alloy. The alloy was ready for use, though it could not match the prototype Getter without a continuous supply of Getter Rays.

• Cruze explained that researchers could modify embryos but could not reproduce Bloodline Serum’s effects in fully developed individuals, and that they could not identify or replicate key substances in the Longevity Drug.
• Xiao Ran agreed to provide Merit Points and Bloodline Serums, move the enhanced medical pod from the Galaxy Diva, and direct Cruze to Shoko Minamikaze for VVV Mecha units and Third Generation Demon Envoy candidates.
• Cruze finished his report and asked Luo about the Mechanical Research Department’s progress.
• Luo listed the department’s major research projects and said tens of thousands of people were working on them with Angelo of L.A.I coordinating exchanges across the Fleet World.
• Luo reported that the department had developed Getter Active Alloy, which was ready for use but could not match the prototype Getter’s properties without continuous Getter Rays.

Xiao Ran, Luo, and Cruze reviewed research progress and preparations for the next mission, including Getter NEO, Mechanical Beasts, and specialized mecha. The force’s equipment was progressing, but completing all assignments would take over a year, so Luo asked when Xiao Ran would finalize the roster.

• Luo reported that Getter NEO had been deciphered and prototype production would begin, while researchers continued developing Getter Active Alloy.
• Luo explained that Mechanical Beasts could be modified and that Getter Rays had caused three of them to evolve; Xiao Ran warned Cruze never to use Getter Rays in human experiments.
• Luo said the research department had bred a Wolf Type Mechanical Beast, bringing their total to thirty-eight, and planned to modify eight cores for combat roles.
• Luo reported that VVV Mecha had been manufactured and Nano Self-Repair Material had entered testing.
• Luo said specialized A-class and B-class mecha were being prepared for the designated personnel, while mass-production units were being built to at least C+ standards.
• Luo estimated that the remaining mecha assignments would take over a year and asked Xiao Ran when he would finalize the forces for the next mission.

Xiao Ran, Cruze, and Luo planned extensive preparations for a large-scale mission to the OG World, including a self-sufficient Dyson Sphere and a force capable of handling rival legions. Cruze and Luo decided to further arm the sphere as a space fortress, even if the work delayed its completion.

• Xiao Ran, Cruze, and Luo discussed making the Dyson Sphere a miniature Fleet Territory with combat forces, logistics, research facilities, civilians, and families so its residents could maintain normal lives.
• Cruze warned Xiao Ran that the Dyson Sphere could face danger from another powerful legion, but Xiao Ran believed their rarity and the fleet's strength made a direct threat unlikely.
• Xiao Ran ordered Luo to install a FOLD Jump system on the Dyson Sphere, and Luo revealed he had also prepared a large-scale FOLD Wave concert system for Sheryl.
• After leaving the Presidential Palace, Cruze asked Luo to increase the fleet's planet-busting firepower and strengthen the Dyson Sphere's defenses.
• Luo agreed to add more Dimension Devourers, MED Warheads, and larger weapons to the Dyson Sphere, while Cruze offered to discuss the delays and additional recruitment with Xiao Ran.

Xiao Ran approved Cruze and Luo’s plan to turn the Dyson Sphere into a heavily armed war fortress, then began allocating forces for the mission while keeping their combat power index within limits. He found the available allowance could support a large force, but the Dyson Sphere and fleet warships consumed enough that each choice required careful planning.

• Cruze explained the arrangements he and Luo had made for the Dyson Sphere, and Xiao Ran approved its transformation into a war fortress.
• Xiao Ran assembled powerful people from the four territory worlds and confirmed that legion participants did not count toward the combat power index limit.
• Xiao Ran brought pilots including Tokishima Haruto, Shoko Minamikaze, Kane, and Kira into the operation force, while Lacus remained in PLANT and Durandal secretly joined Orb’s camp.
• Xiao Ran assessed pilot combat power indexes, finding that top Native pilots counted for one thousand each, B-class pilots for two hundred fifty, and Third Generation Demon Envoys for more than ordinary pilots.
• Xiao Ran considered the costs of assembling the fleet, with common warships consuming at least one thousand combat power index and the Dyson Sphere alone requiring two hundred thousand.