Chapter Summaries

Long Fei discussed whether the Skywing Empire should develop and mass-produce the miniaturized Hervigong, G Cannon, and Hadigon. He accepted Shlaik and Li Jiaming’s advice to delay their development until industrial equipment and manufacturing quality improved, then turned to plans for new Mobile Armor units and mass-produced Gundams.

• Shlaik and Li Jiaming examined the designs for the miniaturized Hervigong, G Cannon, and Hadigon and marveled at their power, speed, and weapons.
• Long Fei asked whether the empire’s improved industrial capacity could support producing the three MS, and Shlaik warned that production lines and precision machinery still needed upgrades.
• Li Jiaming explained that defective components remained common, including sensors, and said developing the three MS immediately would waste resources.
• Shlaik and Li Jiaming recommended waiting at least five years before developing the three MS, and Long Fei agreed to develop previously selected MS first.
• After settling the discussion, Long Fei proposed talking about new Mobile Armor units and mass-produced Gundams.

Long Fei reviewed plans for the Psycho Gundam Mk III, Destroy Gundam, and several new mass-produced Gundams with Li Jiaming and Shlaik. The empire approved joint development and testing of the two giant Gundams, while the F90 and Mk V designs were assigned as new machines for elite and special-force captains.

• Long Fei showed Li Jiaming and Shlaik the Psycho Gundam Mk III and Destroy Gundam plans, and they assessed their systems, strengths, and pilot requirements.
• Long Fei said the Full Armor Psycho Gundam would likely be retired, while the Mass Production Psycho Gundam would remain in service because it was cheap and easy to maintain.
• Long Fei ordered the Skywing Empire’s Ministry of Military Affairs and the Skywing Mercenary Group to jointly fund development and full verification testing of both giant Gundams.
• Long Fei explained that F90 II units would upgrade the Cross Vanguard Army’s F90s, while existing F90s would be reassigned as captain units for the mercenary group’s elite and special forces.
• Long Fei presented the Mk V, Mk V Kai, Oberon, Ryan Gundam, ∑ Gundam, and G-First Gundam; he assigned the Mk V to the mercenary group and the Mk V Kai to the empire.
• Long Fei confirmed the F90 and Mk V as new captain units, while the other four Gundams remained under discussion for possible paper designs or small-batch combat testing.

Long Fei considered how T-LINK Psychokinesis and Lambda Driver technology might support Newtypes, while weighing whether to develop Full Metal Panic AS units for the Skywing Empire. He decided to research and test these systems alongside other mental-technology upgrades, leaving AS units’ battlefield usefulness uncertain.

• Long Fei stopped Shlaik and Li Jiaming from leaving, then let them go without revealing that he had considered deploying Soulgain.
• Long Fei reflected on T-LINK Psychokinesis, its similarities to Noah technology, and its potential applications for combat-type and Brainwave System Newtypes.
• Long Fei decided to research the T-LINK System and Lambda Driver, while continuing work on the EXAM System, Pseudo-Psycommu System, and Noah mental devices.
• Long Fei weighed the advantages and limits of AS units, noting their ground mobility, control systems, and Lambda Driver potential while questioning whether their barriers could withstand energy weapons.

Long Fei showed Shlaik and Bai Shaohui AS designs and approved military and police adoption of selected models, then funded their departments. Afterward, he ordered work on new MS development paused so AS technologies could be integrated into and tested on MS.

• Long Fei summoned Shlaik and Bai Shaohui and showed them designs for second- and third-generation AS units.
• Shlaik selected the M9 Karnzbach and M9D Falcon for the army, while Bai Shaohui selected the M6 Bushnell and M9 Karnzbach for police use.
• Long Fei ordered training exercises for the selected AS units and asked Bai Shaohui why he had rejected the cheaper Rk-92 Tempest; Bai Shaohui cited its unsuitable operating environments and ugly appearance.
• After learning that both departments had strained budgets, Long Fei allocated 150 billion Skywing Coins to the Public Security Department and 380 billion to the Ministry of Military Affairs.
• Long Fei identified AS technologies that could improve MS and ordered Shlaik and Li Jiaming to pause new MS development while they integrated and tested those technologies.

Long Fei reviewed how the five Newtype instructors improved mental-skills training and learned that his son Long Quan had three Newtype systems and remarkable talent. He also discovered that Noah’s safe Life Extension Potion could give people lifespans of around one thousand years, and the potion was distributed free to citizens.

• Long Fei and Taoxiang studied the instructors’ lessons, raising their Newtype evaluations to S- and SS- respectively.
• Junior explained that Long Guo, Long Fu, and Long Quan were learning foundational mental skills, and that Long Quan uniquely possessed the Psychokinesis, Combat, and Psycho-frame systems.
• Long Fei watched a recording of three-year-old Long Quan defeating his older sisters in martial arts and began planning to train him as his heir.
• Junior told Long Fei that Noah people had developed a Life Extension Potion that could safely extend human lifespans to around one thousand years.
• After clinical trials confirmed the potion’s safety, the government distributed free injections to citizens across the country.

Long Fei comforted Taoxiang after she worried about his taking concubines and having more heirs, while insisting he would remain devoted to her. The Skywing Empire’s advanced MS demonstrations and Life Extension Potion stirred international envy and controversy, as Long Fei viewed longer lifespans as essential for humanity’s future interstellar expansion.

• Taoxiang told Long Fei she planned to study palace dramas and novels so she could manage his harem, but Long Fei said he would take no concubines and reaffirmed his love for her.
• On June 1, Cosmic Year 129, the Skywing Empire tested upgraded MS units that performed complex dance movements using new technologies, and Long Fei released footage of them to the media.
• Military experts around the world praised the MS demonstrations but attributed the machines’ abilities to Noah technology, while Junior knew Long Fei had independently developed the technology that enabled their movements.
• Countries pressured the Skywing Empire to share its Life Extension Potion, but the empire refused to give it away and offered to sell it instead.
• Purvi of the Wanluo Federation denounced the potion as dangerous, while Long Fei dismissed the criticism and considered longer lifespans necessary for interstellar travel and expansion.

The Skywing Empire used AS units to crack down on illegal immigration and drug trafficking, then sent its Border Defense Force across the Metadeng border to attack a criminal organization and mafia. The operation escalated into a battle with Metadeng MS units, and Skywing forces continued their assault as reinforcements arrived.

• Long Fei studied alien languages using the Noah database’s translator technology.
• Skywing Empire AS units improved police operations, while border forces struggled with illegal immigration and criminal smuggling from the North Inca region.
• A corrupt border police officer was exposed, and two M9 Karnzbachs ambushed and incapacitated twelve drug smugglers in the jungle.
• The Skywing Empire’s border army crossed into Metadeng territory to attack a local illegal organization and mafia that had colluded with corrupt officials.
• M9 Karnzbachs and M9D Falcons destroyed targets and defeated several GM IIs before Jegans and other Skywing units arrived to confront the Metadeng military.
• Skywing AS units continued ground combat as Border Defense Force troops entered the target city.

Metadeng Nation officials were forced to accept the Skywing Empire military’s demands as its troops withdrew after an attack. At an international conference, Saintess Aina urged nations to unite against a possible extraterrestrial invasion, while Purvi demanded control of the Skywing Empire’s technology and Long Fei challenged his claims.

• Skywing Empire military officers berated Metadeng Nation officials over their objections to troops entering their territory, and the officials apologized under threat.
• Metadeng Nation’s military withdrew its GM IIs after receiving orders, and the Skywing Empire Border Army detained local criminals and gang members before leaving the attacked city.
• Pope David retained his position as chairman in the July 1 vote, and Saintess Aina called on nations at the July 5 conference to prepare together for a possible extraterrestrial invasion.
• Purvi demanded that the Skywing Empire share its technology and argued that democratic nations were best suited to resist an invasion, but Long Fei countered that Noah history showed powerful nations had been empires.
• Purvi exceeded his speaking time and protested when Pope David cut his microphone, then turned off his video feed and left the meeting.

Long Fei reviewed intelligence revealing that the Dion Pirate Group had obtained new MS units from the Dongyang Empire’s Hundred Demons Night Parade organization, and he connected their technology to Kuroda Seiya. Meanwhile, world leaders weighed Pope David’s call for unity against an extraterrestrial invasion, as other powers struggled to keep up with the Skywing Empire’s military upgrades.

• Long Fei read a report about the elusive Dion Pirate Group, which preyed on merchant ships and small nations and had acquired weapons from the Hundred Demons Night Parade organization.
• Long Fei watched footage of the Hundred Demons Night Parade’s Evil Night Demon MS and recognized that it used considerable Dion Empire technology.
• Long Fei suspected Kuroda Seiya was trying to reclaim the Dion Empire and recalled that Kuroda had caused the massacre at the detention center.
• Long Fei learned that the Hundred Demons Night Parade was also monitoring its own country and used suicide operatives to prevent failed agents from revealing intelligence.
• National leaders considered Pope David’s proposal to unite against a possible extraterrestrial invasion, but political divisions made cooperation difficult.
• Major powers watched the Skywing Empire replace outdated weapons while their own industries and development timelines prevented them from catching up.

Long Fei reviewed military preparations against a possible extraterrestrial invasion and heard Lin Yunxin report on the results and problems of the empire’s school combat courses. He kept the courses and public-school system in place, leaving foreign parents and private-school advocates without the changes they sought.

• The Skywing Empire and Skywing Mercenary Group used red-versus-blue exercises with varied equipment and scenarios to prepare for an extraterrestrial invasion, a practice other countries had also adopted.
• Lin Yunxin told Long Fei that schools had added daily physical training, combat, and shooting classes, and that students had developed fighting skills.
• Lin Yunxin reported that students were using those skills in fights, causing injuries and complaints from domestic and foreign parents.
• Long Fei refused to cancel combat courses and instructed foreign parents to keep their children from provoking local students.
• Lin Yunxin reported requests to establish foreign schools and private academies, and Long Fei rejected them, insisting that all schools remain public.

Lin Yunxin explained the Skywing Empire’s education system, from demanding physical and combat classes in primary school to specialized Military Industrial Schools and universities that prepared students for military service. The report left Long Fei’s emphasis on physical strength, varied talents, and military readiness clear, while describing the personal cost of harsh discipline for Long Fu and Long Guo.

• Lin Yunxin described primary-school schedules, where children received combat and physical training alongside regular academic lessons, and retired soldiers harshly instructed shooting and fitness classes.
• The Ministry of Education defended the harsh teaching methods with videos of the princesses being scolded, including Long Fu being slapped after she cried, and Long Fei supported the teacher when he investigated.
• Long Fu grew distant from her father, and Long Guo also felt that Long Fei had become unusually strict.
• Lin Yunxin explained that Military Industrial Schools taught specialized technical, combat, and piloting skills to Newtypes, Coordinators, and outstanding ordinary students, who could enter the military with ranks based on their skills.
• Lin Yunxin described Military Industrial Universities, the more demanding training for military-track students, and the high status and benefits given to soldiers in the Skywing Empire.

Long Fei recalled punishing a noble family for humiliating soldiers and discussed the Skywing Empire’s education system with Lin Yunxin. He learned that Pope David had proposed an International Exchange University in the Oya Cross Nation and said he would consider helping as long as it did not endanger his empire.

• Long Fei stripped an officer of his uniform for failing to defend his soldiers and stripped an Earl of his title after the Earl’s wife and daughter insulted them.
• Long Fei ordered the Earl’s family imprisoned and punished, making an example of them, and later had Salamander draft laws against humiliating soldiers.
• Lin Yunxin told Long Fei that other countries criticized the Skywing Empire’s military education while adopting similar programs themselves.
• Long Fei explained that the empire’s military training prepared children to protect themselves from invasion by the Extraterrestrial Race.
• Lin Yunxin reported Pope David’s proposal to build an International Exchange University in the Oya Cross Nation, and Long Fei said he might help if the project posed no danger to the Skywing Empire.

Long Fei and the world’s leaders discussed establishing an international exchange university in the Oya Cross Nation and arranging an MS exchange meet. The conference ended with the Wanluo Federation expelled, while Long Fei agreed to provide support and said he would ask surviving Noah people to teach Newtype abilities.

• Purvi objected to the university being built in the Oya Cross Nation, insulted Newtypes, and demanded it be located in the Wanluo Federation.
• Long Fei offered Skywing Empire scientists and advanced industrial instruction, then threatened to withdraw if Purvi and the Wanluo Federation remained in the conference.
• Pope David muted Purvi, and every country except the Wanluo Federation voted to remove it from the conference and deny it admission to the university.
• Long Fei offered to help build a simulated virtual venue, while Pope David described an MS exchange meet for pilots to learn from one another.
• Pope David asked Long Fei to arrange for Noah people to teach Newtype abilities, and Long Fei said he would consult them before agreeing.

Long Fei explained the technological gap between Earth and extraterrestrial civilizations, then discussed the need to unite under one international leader. He agreed to consider leading the alliance only if other countries placed at least half their forces under Skywing Empire command during an invasion.

• Long Fei described the hostile history of advanced extraterrestrial races and explained that Noah civilization had not reached Tier 2.
• Long Fei listed the technologies required for Tier 1 status and said the Skywing Empire had mastered most of them, while it was still developing planetary environment controls and considering light-speed navigation.
• Long Fei said the Skywing Empire was researching antimatter bombs as protection against extraterrestrial threats, while Purvi spread rumors accusing him of planning a Unification War.
• Pope David proposed that the nations unite under the Skywing Empire, but Long Fei rejected the idea of making his country the first target in a war.
• After other leaders offered support, Long Fei agreed to discuss leading the alliance and demanded that every country place at least half its forces under Skywing Empire command during an extraterrestrial invasion.

Long Fei demanded that every country surrender half its forces to the Skywing Empire’s command in the event of an extraterrestrial invasion, giving them a year to consider. Meanwhile, Purvi rejected the proposal and secretly cooperated with Number 9 Red Demon and the Otherworlders, whose connection to Newtypes and interest in the Skywing Empire became clear.

• Long Fei told the country leaders that they must hand over at least half their armies for the Skywing Empire to command during an extraterrestrial war, and gave them a year to decide.
• Purvi denounced Long Fei and the Skywing Empire online, while Wanluo Federation scientists, military generals, and citizens criticized him for rejecting the International Exchange University opportunity.
• Purvi secretly told Number 9 Red Demon, Asuka Daiki, that the demons he requested were ready to be handed over, and warned him about using their abilities.
• After Purvi ended the call, Mr. Mai emerged from a hidden compartment and warned him to take Newtypes seriously; Purvi admitted that he meant to use their power against the Skywing Empire.
• Mr. Mai explained that the Otherworlders were a branch of Newtypes and had technology comparable to the Noah’s highest-end technology, and said they had found the star system after detecting two powerful mental forces colliding.

Purvi learned that the Jupiter Federation still existed and decided to investigate and contact it, while Long Fei dispatched an expeditionary fleet to Jupiter to explore and pursue diplomatic relations. The fleet departed equipped with Gundam Astrays designed for long-range space exploration.

• Mr. Mai told Purvi that the Jupiter Federation had inherited Yama technology, possessed some Newtypes, and had rejected the extraterrestrials’ earlier attempt at cooperation.
• Purvi decided to send troops to investigate Jupiter and try to contact the Jupiter Federation before the Skywing Empire could act.
• On September 20, Cosmic Year 129, Long Fei held a send-off ceremony aboard the Emperor Rebel for a fleet bound for the Jupiter Federation.
• Long Fei’s expeditionary fleet set out to assess Jupiter’s development and seek diplomatic ties, carrying Gundam Astrays built for interplanetary exploration.
• The chapter described the Gundam Astray’s photon-powered propulsion, autonomous exploration AI, and nanocomputer repair system.

The Skywing Empire launched a voyage fleet to search for the Jupiter Federation, broadcasting its journey and displaying technology that other nations could not match. As the fleet traveled toward Jupiter, the Taoxiang sisters watched its reports, and Taoxiang wondered whether life in her distant hometown had improved.

• Long Fei entrusted a Dionda major general with protecting the diplomatic ambassador and making the fleet's peaceful intentions clear before the voyage began.
• The Skywing Empire's fleet set off, and live broadcasts of its ships, advanced systems, and Gundam Astray drew attention from nations and viewers around the world.
• Experts from other nations discussed the Radiant Transmitter Propulsion System, mistakenly assuming Gundam Astray used the newest controlled nuclear fusion technology.
• The Taoxiang sisters watched the fleet's broadcasts and remembered the hardship and food and water rationing they had endured in the Jupiter Federation.
• Taoxiang wondered how her hometown had developed and whether its people's lives had improved.

Nations negotiated the terms and leadership of the International Exchange University while preparing students for its eventual opening. In outer space, Avina tested the new Gundam AN-01 Tristan and found that its modern technology gave it excellent performance despite its Proto-series appearance.

• Skywing Empire demanded withdrawal and veto rights, control over its teaching subjects, and half the scholarship slots, and most nations accepted its conditions to gain access to advanced technology.
• Pope David proposed Skywing Empire as international leader, but Purvi’s bid to lead for the Wanluo Federation drew widespread rejection, delaying the decision until after its next election.
• The nations settled on a coastal plain south of the Oya Cross Nation’s capital region for the university and began arranging to send their best students next year or the year after.
• On November 1, Cosmic Year 129, Avina inspected and launched Gundam AN-01 Tristan from the La Clam MS Carrier for testing.
• Avina tested Tristan’s speed, evasion, mobility, and moving-target accuracy, then confirmed that its wrist-mounted Gatling Cannons pierced thick alloy armor with both live ammunition and energy fire.

Long Fei’s ministers reported that the Skywing Empire’s prosperity had driven widespread food waste and attracted waves of illegal immigrants seeking its wealth and citizenship. The chapter left Long Fei facing the consequences of the Empire’s extravagance as its population exceeded six hundred million.

• Zeng Huanpeng reported that the Empire’s GDP and budget had roughly doubled, while incomes rose and food prices stayed low.
• Ethan presented evidence that citizens wasted enormous amounts of rice, produce, and meat, including by discarding oversized meals and uneaten school lunches.
• Ethan showed Long Fei that stray cats and dogs grew obese by eating citizens’ leftovers and discarded food.
• Lin Yunxin confirmed that students often wasted school meals and large portions brought from home.
• Jack told Long Fei that illegal immigrants and sex workers repeatedly entered the Empire to seek work and national IDs, drawn by its prosperity and low food prices.
• Long Fei learned that the Empire’s population had surpassed six hundred million, with immigrants—more than three quarters of them women—accounting for much of the population growth.

Long Fei reviewed reports on food waste, the Skywing Empire’s finances and trade, and its labor force, then ordered measures to curb waste and counter the Wanluo Federation’s restrictions. The chapter ended with ministers reporting that foreign laborers filled many low-wage and low-end jobs because citizens were reluctant to take them.

• Long Fei learned from Ethan that nobles and members of the royal family, including Long Wen and Lixiang, wasted food, and he ordered media campaigns to promote food conservation.
• Zeng Huanpeng reported that the Skywing Empire’s currency had reached parity with Earth Sphere Credits, while Feng Jie reported foreign trade profits and 800 trillion in foreign exchange reserves.
• Feng Jie described foreign criticism of the Empire’s economic policies and reported that President Purvi had banned Wanluo Federation countries and businesses from cooperating with Skywing enterprises.
• Long Fei ordered that businesses connected to the Wanluo Federation be barred from cooperation, investment, and trade with the Skywing Empire.
• A minister reported that citizens’ minimum wages supported a modest living, but foreign laborers filled most cleaning, sanitation, and low-end factory jobs.