Recaps

Xiao Ran negotiated with Basak over a possible temporary alliance and bought three components, then purchased a Multi-lock System. He later learned that Luo had sold the battleship for 2.15 million Merit Points, leaving Xiao Ran with just over 2.03 million after commission.

• Xiao Ran declined to team up with Basak for the current mission but agreed to consider a temporary agreement after exchanging contact information.
• Xiao Ran bought Basak’s I-Field Generator, Sparrow Screen Shatter Crossbow, and Beam Shield for 80,000 Merit Points.
• Xiao Ran purchased a C-class Rapid Multi-lock System for 7,000 Merit Points and planned to use his new components on his machines.
• Xiao Ran visited Luo’s shop and learned that Luo had sold the battleship for 2.15 million Merit Points.
• Luo paid Xiao Ran a little over 2.03 million Merit Points after taking his commission, and said the buyers had also hired him to repair the battleship.

Xiao Ran arranged weapon and defense upgrades for Lightning Aegis, Black Hawk, and Black Astray, then opened his treasure chests and won new equipment, materials, skills, and a missile production blueprint. He ended the chapter delighted to have found a miniature thermonuclear engine set for Lightning Aegis and a way to produce missiles.

• Xiao Ran asked Luo to install a Multi-lock System, Beam Shield, and I-Field, and to modify Lightning Aegis's shield to house the Sparrow Screen Shatter Crossbow without hindering transformation.
• Xiao Ran returned home and opened one Bronze Treasure Chest and four Golden Treasure Chests, obtaining attribute points, Merit Points, weapons, plugins, Gundanium Alloy Alpha, and Weakness Identification.
• Xiao Ran received the Destiny-00 Flight Composite Pack and Bilateral Rotatable Shield Cannon, giving him new armament options for his units.
• Xiao Ran opened the final Golden Treasure Chest and obtained a Miniature Thermonuclear Furnace Engine Set, an Impact Resistance Balance Reinforcement Circuit, and a standard Micro Missile production line blueprint.
• Xiao Ran celebrated that the engine set would restore Lightning Aegis's energy supply and recognized the missile blueprint as a major new resource.

Xiao Ran examined a Micro Missile Production Line Blueprint and asked Luo about its value and the production lines used by legions. Luo explained that production lines made supplies far cheaper and suspected Xiao Ran had earned the rare blueprint by uncovering hidden missions and raising mission difficulty.

• Xiao Ran realized that replenishing mecha energy and ammunition was expensive, while a production line could reduce missile costs to less than one Merit Point each.
• Xiao Ran wondered whether Prometheus had production lines for other supplies and whether legions used them, then hurried to ask Luo about the blueprint.
• Luo recognized the Micro Missile Production Line Blueprint as extremely rare and valuable, but advised Xiao Ran to keep it.
• Luo explained that legions relied on production lines for cheap supplies and described the different missile and ammunition lines available in Prometheus.
• Luo learned that Xiao Ran had triggered multiple Faction Wars and high World Openness, then suspected the blueprint was a reward for uncovering many side and hidden missions.

Xiao Ran arranged extensive weapons, machine, and drone production with Luo, then bought a customizable household robot with Sheryl and took her to the Enhancement Room. He began enhancing Sheryl’s attributes after she chose a support-focused development path, while still wanting her to be able to protect herself.

• Xiao Ran gave Luo the Strike Gundam, VF-27, and GHOST-9V blueprints and ordered a missile production line, a new VF-27, modifications to the Black Astray and Lightning Aegis, and five GHOST-9V drones.
• Xiao Ran paid Luo 725,000 Merit Points, and Luo promised the work would be finished a week before Xiao Ran’s next mission.
• Xiao Ran took Sheryl to buy a customized household robot for 50,000 Merit Points, and Sheryl chose to determine its appearance and personality.
• Xiao Ran brought Sheryl to the Enhancement Room and opened her follower attributes.
• Sheryl chose to focus on support skills while retaining the ability to protect herself, and Xiao Ran raised her spirit by twenty points to fifty.

Xiao Ran spent Merit Points strengthening Sheryl and himself, then began training with her in mecha piloting. Sheryl eagerly faced a low-level sparring partner while Xiao Ran left for the Trading Zone.

• Xiao Ran spent 238,300 Merit Points raising Sheryl’s attributes and upgrading her Belief Song and Soul Song skills.
• Xiao Ran strengthened his own attributes and upgraded Space Combat Proficiency, Quick Lock, and Assault Type Piloting Specialization for 67,500 Merit Points.
• After they finished strengthening, Xiao Ran and Sheryl returned home and began exercising and practicing their new abilities together.
• Xiao Ran took Sheryl to the Arena Zone, where they practiced piloting their mecha in simulated environments.
• From the fourth day, Sheryl piloted the Black Hawk against a low-level sparring partner, while Xiao Ran watched her lose repeatedly before leaving for the Trading Zone.

Xiao Ran bought skills and survival items, completed preparations for his units, and trained Sheryl before the next mission. On the final morning, he and Sheryl waited in the hangar, ready to enter the Mission World by a different method.

• Xiao Ran bought Fortification for Sheryl, Hand Speed Burst for himself, two High-Energy Shot plugins, and two Emergency Teleport items.
• Luo delivered the modified Black Astray and Lightning Aegis, upgraded Black Hawk, a new VF-27, a production line, and ten GHOST-9V drones to Xiao Ran's hangar.
• Xiao Ran stored the drones and supplies, ordered heavy armor backpacks and ammunition to be produced, and spent the remaining week training Sheryl.
• Sheryl raised her piloting skill to C-Class and enhanced her Support Specialization to Level 3, though her combat ability remained weak and her survival ability proved strong.
• Xiao Ran and Sheryl rested on the final day, then prepared for the next Mission World and waited in the hangar.

Xiao Ran arrived in the Gundam 00 world, learned that Sheryl had been there for a month under her superstar identity, and set out to find her. After discovering an abandoned UNION Flag and a map-marked destination, he flew toward it to investigate the mission’s strange opening.

• Xiao Ran woke in a dark room, contacted Sheryl, and learned she had arrived a month early and become a famous singer in New York City.
• Xiao Ran considered how titles could affect identities and set himself the goal of earning a general’s rank in a faction.
• Xiao Ran left the abandoned building and found a mass-produced UNION Flag in a mountain clearing.
• The Flag’s startup system offered to convert it into an exclusive mecha and displayed a map with a marked destination.
• Xiao Ran flew the Flag toward the marked location while checking its equipment.

Xiao Ran waited at the designated location and destroyed forty unmanned turrets in a test, impressing the observers who watched him. Wang Liu Mei decided to recruit him for Celestial Being, while Xiao Ran received instructions to return to his starting point, where a vehicle and suitcase awaited him.

• Xiao Ran checked the Flag, flew to the mapped location, and waited for hours while hidden observers assessed his composure and caution.
• The observers discussed the hundred Prometheus participants being tested across Earth and agreed to begin Xiao Ran's next test.
• Forty unmanned turrets emerged and attacked, and Xiao Ran destroyed them all in three minutes without being hit.
• Impressed by his performance, the observers agreed that Xiao Ran should join Celestial Being, and Wang Liu Mei volunteered to contact him.
• Wang Liu Mei ordered Hong Long to investigate Xiao Ran and keep watch over him.
• Xiao Ran received a message from X telling him to return to his starting point, where he found a green off-road vehicle and a suitcase.

Xiao Ran left the abandoned building, considered how to navigate the Gundam 00 world and reach Sheryl, then traveled to New York and researched potential allies. He ended the chapter weighing four possible partners as he prepared to approach Sheryl while avoiding whoever had begun watching him.

• Xiao Ran rejected the D-rank Flag, drove to a nearby city, and used the money in his suitcase to check into a hotel.
• Xiao Ran weighed whether to join Celestial Being and identified Wang Liu Mei, the Harvi Family, Alejandro Corner, and Princess Marina as possible allies.
• Xiao Ran called Sheryl, promised to reach her the next day, and warned her that an organization might be targeting him.
• Xiao Ran flew to New York, stayed at a nearby hotel, and spent three days researching the four potential allies.
• Xiao Ran judged the Harvi Family the best option for its wealth and influence, while considering the others' political and Celestial Being connections.

Xiao Ran prepared to approach powerful potential partners by researching the world and turning his stored jewelry into money. After arranging a large advance from an auction house and reuniting with Sheryl, he was left with funds and a plan to use her fame for promotion.

• Xiao Ran researched four potential partners, AEU’s mobile suit development, and local jewelry prices, and confirmed that Celestial Being’s story had not yet begun.
• Xiao Ran brought a gemstone necklace to an auction house and offered dozens more pieces in exchange for an advance and confidentiality.
• Xiao Ran contacted Sheryl, who came to his hotel, and the two reunited and talked about her month alone in the world.
• Xiao Ran displayed his jewelry collection to the auction house’s team, whose appraisers valued it at several billion UNION dollars.
• Xiao Ran agreed to gradual auctions over two years and received a two-billion-dollar advance, while the auction house agreed to involve Sheryl in promotional events.
• Sheryl kissed Xiao Ran passionately and slipped out of the suite, leaving him amused and helpless.

Xiao Ran learned that Sheryl had been invited to join Celestial Being, and her acceptance activated Main Mission One, which required him to become a Celestial Being pilot. Sheryl joined as an Overseer, with Wang Liu Mei assigned to guide her.

• Xiao Ran established a convincing wealthy-man identity and maintained his aliases as Xiao Ran and Alex.
• Xiao Ran learned that Wang Liu Mei had invited Sheryl to join Celestial Being, and he told Sheryl to accept while using their encrypted communicator to contact him.
• Xiao Ran agreed to Sheryl joining Celestial Being, which activated Main Mission One and made Celestial Being his faction.
• Sheryl met Wang Liu Mei and Hong Long, accepted Celestial Being's invitation, and received information about the organization.
• Wang Liu Mei named Sheryl an Overseer and said she would stay with her to explain her duties.

Wang Liu Mei visited Xiao Ran to recruit him into Celestial Being, an organization preparing to change the world and make contact with extraterrestrial life. After overpowering her bodyguard and threatening her, Xiao Ran made Wang Liu Mei explain the organization’s history and purpose.

• After leaving Sheryl’s home, Wang Liu Mei discussed Sheryl with Red Dragon and learned that Alex’s past included a terrorist attack that left him the sole survivor of his family.
• Wang Liu Mei and Red Dragon went to Xiao Ran’s hotel suite, where she revealed that she was X, the person who had invited him to test for Celestial Being.
• Xiao Ran swiftly knocked Red Dragon unconscious, seized Wang Liu Mei, and threatened to kill her despite the snipers watching the room.
• Wang Liu Mei explained that she represented Celestial Being and had come to invite Xiao Ran to join its effort to change the world and eradicate war.
• Wang Liu Mei told Xiao Ran that Celestial Being had secretly advanced its technology and intelligence network for over two hundred years, and had prepared for eventual dialogue with extraterrestrial life discovered near Jupiter.

Xiao Ran heard Celestial Being’s plan to end war and unify humanity, then agreed to join after deducing how the organization intended to achieve its goals. He negotiated conditions for protecting his identity and becoming a ceremonial general, and Wang Liu Mei gave him information about Celestial Being.

• Wang Liu Mei explained that Celestial Being planned to use advanced MS units to intervene in wars and unite humanity against extraterrestrial life.
• Xiao Ran deduced that Celestial Being would make itself a common enemy to pressure the world’s powers into cooperation, and warned that an uncontrollable unified army could undermine its goal.
• Xiao Ran accepted Wang Liu Mei’s offer to join Celestial Being, and she welcomed him as Alex.
• Xiao Ran asked Celestial Being to keep his identity and personal life private and to arrange a ceremonial general’s post in exchange for his secret MS blueprints.
• Wang Liu Mei said that eight of the people contacted had agreed to join, and that Xiao Ran had scored the best in the assessment.
• Wang Liu Mei agreed to keep Xiao Ran’s information confidential, said his next test would be separate, and gave him a data device containing information about Celestial Being.

After preparing a carefully limited set of technical data for Celestial Being, Xiao Ran learned that Wang Liu Mei had arranged a final test for him. He traveled with Sheryl to a Celestial Being base, where the test awaited him.

• Xiao Ran sorted his data and copied selected nuclear fusion, PS Armor, frame, and stripped-down drone information for Celestial Being.
• Wang Liu Mei reported Xiao Ran's abilities, predictions, and demands to VEDA, then decided to arrange his final test.
• Wang Liu Mei and Hong Long brought Xiao Ran to the airport, where he reunited with Sheryl and learned they would travel to a Celestial Being base.
• Xiao Ran and Sheryl boarded Wang Liu Mei's private jet with her and Hong Long, and the plane took off toward the base.

Xiao Ran and Sheryl arrived at Celestial Being’s hidden mountain base, where they met its first-echelon staff and toured the facility. Xiao Ran began an assessment in a virtual training pod, with an Arios Gundam configured for his preferred weapons.

• Hong Long flew Xiao Ran and Sheryl from a transfer point to Celestial Being’s concealed mountain base.
• Wang Liu Mei introduced Xiao Ran and Sheryl to Sumeragi Lee Noriega, Tieria Erde, and Ian and Linda Vasti.
• Sheryl delighted the base staff by signing autographs and taking photos, while Sumeragi announced she would train at the base.
• Ian explained that Xiao Ran had to demonstrate his ability to pilot Celestial Being’s mobile suits to qualify for the first echelon.
• Xiao Ran requested a broad selection of weapons and entered the training pod as the GN-003 Arios Gundam’s data appeared.

Xiao Ran tested Arios Gundam in a simulated battle, quickly destroying a group of Flags before Tieria raised the difficulty with ten Gundam-type opponents. Outnumbered and unable to use his familiar weapons, Xiao Ran chose to test his skill against them and maneuvered toward the two Sniper Types.

• Xiao Ran launched Arios Gundam into a simulated space battle and charged a dozen UNION Flags.
• Xiao Ran used Arios Gundam's beam guns, missiles, and Beam Sword to destroy the Flags with ease.
• Tieria ordered Ian to increase the difficulty and send ten first- and second-generation Gundam-type opponents against Xiao Ran.
• Xiao Ran declined the offered weapon delivery and focused on reaching the two Sniper Types while evading the surrounding enemies.
• Two Variable Fighter-like units blocked Arios Gundam's path as Xiao Ran neared the Sniper Types.

Xiao Ran defeated the simulated Gundam squad and passed Tieria’s pilot test, earning an invitation to join Celestial Being. During VEDA’s final test, Aeolia Schhenberg revealed his plan for humanity’s evolution, and Xiao Ran challenged its reliance on people’s hearts.

• Xiao Ran used Arios Gundam to destroy all ten simulated enemy mecha, including the Justice Goddess Gundams.
• Tieria ended the combat test, welcomed Xiao Ran as a Celestial Being pilot, and said VEDA would decide his assignment.
• Tieria led Xiao Ran to a room where he could communicate with VEDA, identifying him as only the second person besides Tieria to undergo its test.
• Aeolia Schhenberg appeared through a hologram and explained his plan to end war, unite humanity, and guide people to evolve into Innovators.
• Xiao Ran praised the plan but pointed out that Aeolia could not control human hearts before Innovators emerged.

Xiao Ran challenged Aeolia's plan for Celestial Being and warned that the First Echelon would eventually be sacrificed to make way for true peace. He joined the First Echelon rather than the Angels of the Second Day, and revealed the advanced mobile suit technology he had been developing.

• Xiao Ran warned Aeolia that traitors or the loss of VEDA could destroy Celestial Being and turn its technology into a tool of war.
• Xiao Ran deduced that Aeolia's third-stage plan required the First Echelon to be abandoned, and Aeolia confirmed that Celestial Being's apparent destruction was part of the plan.
• Aeolia offered Xiao Ran a place in the Angels of the Second Day, but Xiao Ran chose to join the First Echelon and asked for freedom to act between missions.
• Xiao Ran promised to save the First Echelon members he acknowledged during the final battle, while Aeolia explained that Celestial Being would only need to appear to be destroyed.
• Aeolia said he would provide Xiao Ran with a Solar Furnace-powered mobile suit suited to his combat style, then Xiao Ran described his PS Armor, Thermonuclear Energy, and combat drones.

Xiao Ran gave Aeolia the technology data in exchange for leading a secret Celestial Being organization and chose to rise through UNION. After completing his first main mission and triggering a side mission to build Celestial Being’s support force, he named the organization Deity and collected his pilot uniform and weapons.

• Xiao Ran negotiated with Aeolia to establish a secret organization that would develop the technology and serve as Celestial Being’s reserve force.
• Xiao Ran uploaded the technology data, and Aeolia agreed to support his rise to authority in UNION.
• Xiao Ran completed Main Mission One, received a Silver Treasure Chest, and triggered a chain side mission to build a four-unit squadron with suitable pilots.
• Xiao Ran named the new organization Deity and received permission to connect to VEDA and use a reserve base, funding, and technology.
• Tieria welcomed Xiao Ran as an official Celestial Being pilot and helped him choose a black uniform, a submachine gun, and a pistol.

Xiao Ran left Celestial Being’s base for the Ptolemaios to receive and test a newly prepared Gundam Kyrios variant equipped with ten large GN-BITs. He offered Ian compact Quantum Computer blueprints to improve the machine’s control systems, and the group continued toward the Ptolemaios aboard a shuttlecraft.

• After Sheryl left, Tieria told Xiao Ran that his machine was ready and that they needed to go to space for testing.
• Xiao Ran, Tieria, Miss Huang, and Ian traveled to the orbital elevator, where Ian explained that Xiao Ran’s machine was a Gundam Kyrios equipped with ten large GN-BITs.
• Xiao Ran learned that controlling all ten GN-BITs required VEDA assistance or a Harow, and he asked Ian to change the Harow from black to light green.
• When Xiao Ran questioned the machine’s computer limits, Ian explained that Celestial Being had no compact practical Quantum Computers, so Xiao Ran offered him the blueprints and asked him to build several.
• The group reached space, boarded a shuttlecraft, and departed toward the Ptolemaios.

Xiao Ran boarded the Ptolemaios, met the Celestial Being crew, and learned that his test results had impressed them. After Ian explained why Alex had joined and stressed the secrecy of his identity, Christine showed Xiao Ran his room before taking him to receive his machine.

• Xiao Ran entered the Ptolemaios with Miss Huang, Ian, and Tieria and met Setsuna, Lockon, Hallelujah, Christine, Felt, and Moreno.
• Tieria described Xiao Ran's test results, including defeating fifteen Flag units and then a ten-unit mixed squad, leaving the Gundam pilots astonished.
• Miss Huang told Xiao Ran to change and then begin adjusting his machine, while Christine offered to show him to his room.
• Ian told the crew that Alex had been selected after attracting VEDA's attention, owned a secret MS development Research Institution, and required his identity to remain confidential.
• Christine showed Xiao Ran his room, and he began changing before heading to the hangar.

Xiao Ran entered Gundam Kyrios, reauthenticated himself and Harow, and began a simulation to learn the unit’s systems. Setsuna, Lockon, Tieria, and Hallelujah joined the training, leaving the outcome of their battle to come.

• Christine led Xiao Ran to Hangar No. 2, where he saw Gundam Kyrios in its black paint scheme surrounded by ten GN-BITs.
• Ian opened the cockpit, and Xiao Ran reauthenticated himself as Alex and activated Harow.
• Xiao Ran decided to change Harow’s color to gold and chatted with it over the hangar communications.
• Xiao Ran started a simulation battle to familiarize himself with Gundam Kyrios, while Setsuna, Lockon, Tieria, and Hallelujah arranged to join him.
• Xiao Ran studied the unit’s weapons and speed, noting that its GN propulsion accelerated differently from the VF-25.

Xiao Ran tested Gundam Kyrios’s mobility and GN-BITs, quickly mastering the unit and destroying a wave of training enemies. He then faced four simulated Celestial Being Gundams and used Weakness Identification as they coordinated their attack.

• Xiao Ran tested Gundam Kyrios’s Solar Furnace mobility and decided its weapons and controls needed adjustments suited to his piloting style.
• Xiao Ran deployed the ten GN-BITs and destroyed fourteen Flag units in one volley before cutting down the last one with a Beam Saber.
• Xiao Ran praised the GN-BITs and resolved to bring them and a Solar Furnace back to Prometheus for his own units.
• Four simulated Gundams—Exia Gundam, Kyrios Gundam, and two Arios Gundams—attacked Gundam Kyrios using coordinated fire and close combat.
• Xiao Ran activated Weakness Identification, which marked vulnerabilities on all four machines before focusing on Kyrios Gundam.

Xiao Ran used his skills and GN-BITs to overcome the four Gundams’ coordinated attack and destroy Exia Gundam and Kyrios Gundam. He then charged toward Arios Gundam as the battle continued.

• Xiao Ran identified the four Gundams’ weaknesses and chose Kyrios Gundam as his primary target as all four units attacked him.
• Xiao Ran activated Spirit Burst, Hand Speed Burst, and Quick Lock, then used the large GN-BITs to destroy Exia Gundam.
• Xiao Ran sent four GN-BITs after Arios Gundam and charged toward Kyrios Gundam with the remaining six acting as thrusters.
• Xiao Ran pierced Kyrios Gundam’s particle shield with his Beam Sabers, destroying the unit.
• Xiao Ran evaded and charged toward Arios Gundam after assessing the other Gundams’ combat shortcomings.

Xiao Ran defeated the four Gundam pilots in a training battle and learned that they had been piloting the machines themselves rather than computer simulations. He agreed to train them aboard the Ptolemaios, and the chapter ended with Tieria asking how Xiao Ran controlled the GN-BITs.

• Xiao Ran’s victory stunned the Ptolemaios crew, while Miss Huang wondered whether the pilots could unite despite his overwhelming strength.
• Xiao Ran asked Ian to improve Gundam Kyrios with faster-firing weapons and weapon-retrieval cables, and agreed to have Haro painted gold.
• Ian revealed that Setsuna, Tieria, Lockon, and Hallelujah had piloted the opposing Gundams, and Xiao Ran learned they lacked real combat experience.
• Miss Huang asked Xiao Ran to train the four pilots, and he agreed to spar with them using different machine data.
• Tieria arrived with the others and asked Xiao Ran how he had controlled the GN-BITs.