"Ding, your authority has been upgraded. Your current authority is sergeant, and your storage space has been expanded."
Xiao Ran listened to the voice in his mind. The series of voices almost surprised Xiao Ran, but he felt it was incredible. He quickly raised his watch and looked at it carefully. After he really saw the series of prompts on the watch clearly, , suddenly showed an expression of disbelief.
"It turned out to be the Aegis Gundam. I thought it was a quota, but I didn't expect that the exclusive mobile suit rewarded by the mission was actually selected and assigned based on the mobile suit owned by the camp and the level within the camp. My current level is higher than Aubrey's. The only completed machines are probably Strike and Holy Shield."
"The ultimate mission card? You can come back at any time to continue the mission. It only retains five mission cycles? Can you take away one person after completion?"
"What is the concept of having a favorable opinion that exceeds the full value? There are Kira and Buckilulu? Kira can understand it, but I can't understand Buckilulu. She often quarrels with me and still has a full favorable opinion. ?”
"When the favorability level is full, you can trigger a side mission and take that person away? But why does Nima only prompt you at the end of the mission? Does this mean that you only have 48 hours to complete the favorability quota mission? What's this cheating? ?”
Xiao Ran shook his head and sighed slightly: "Forget it, now I don't even know the situation of Prometheus. Even for Ma Liu, I have to be more rational. Now that I have the ultimate mission card, I can do it again at any time." If you come back to this world, it won’t be too late to complete the favorability quota task by then.”
After taking a look at the Archangel in the distance, Xiao Ran turned around and got on the helicopter parked on the ship. As soon as he took off, he flew in the direction of Obben Island. The docking location of the Archangel has been determined, and Xiao Ran does not need to be there. Waiting for the Archangel here is a waste of time.
Xiao Ran had only forty-eight hours to leave this world. Every minute and every second was extremely important to him. Especially important items related to future missions, the restoration of Black Heretic and Aegis Gundam are the top priority at the moment.
The helicopter landed directly in Shuguang Society, allowing Xiao Ran to enter after getting off the helicopter. At this time, the Dark Heretic was parked. In the factory of Aegis Gundam, Strike Gundam and Thunder Gundam.
It has been several days since Xiao Ran returned to Orb. The Black Heresy has been repaired in a few days. After all, it didn't suffer any damage in the first place, except for a set of long scratches and the loss of its flight pack. Similar to the jet backpack currently used by the Black Heretic, several spare backpacks for the Black Heretic have been prepared under mass production in the factory, and they can be used as long as they are installed.
The Thunder Gundam's damage has also been repaired, and it is standing quietly next to the Black Heretic, waiting for its owner to activate it again.
What Xiao Ran really wanted to see was the Holy Shield Gundam, which had basically completed the repair work. When the Holy Shield Gundam was recovered by Orb. It is almost a pile of broken scrap metal. The only parts that can be used after repair are the head and limbs of the Aegis Gundam. The torso is also the most important part of the Aegis Gundam and the most severely damaged part.
Fortunately, Shuguang Society has powerful technology and many powerful technicians. They managed to rescue most of the data from the Aegis Gundam database. Combining the rescued data with the wreckage of the Aegis Gundam, everything was missing. Everything was deduced.
Once we have the information, the rest is easy. Shuguang Club added some processing points to start the repair work, and re-manufactured the parts that needed to be re-manufactured. Modifications were made where necessary, and during this process, Suguang Society's technical staff also added some of their ideas for the deformed body. After such a long time, the body was finally repaired, and substantial improvements were made on the original basis.
And if Xiao Ran hadn't learned that his second exclusive machine was the Holy Shield Gundam after completing the mission, he might not have even discovered that the Holy Shield Gundam had been repaired.
Perhaps it was God's arrangement. During the process of improving the machine body, Xiao Ran was used as the pilot template to modify the machine body. And those who tested the new Holy Shield also chose Xiao Ran as the test machine. division.
As soon as Xiao Ran entered the factory, his eyes were directly on the Holy Shield Gundam. When he saw the appearance of the Holy Shield Gundam, he was stunned for a moment.
Today's Holy Shield Gundam has changed a lot from the original Holy Shield Gundam. The Kraken energy cannon originally located in the abdomen has been moved to the chest. To allow the Holy Shield to be used even when it is not transformed into a ma, the original high-energy beam gun was replaced with a long beam cannon. The mainly black shield has been modified into a style that can be used for close combat. At the bottom of the shield are three sharp solid daggers facing in the same direction. The shield can be used as a pair of sharp claw sheaths.
The appearance of this shield has also changed even more than before. First of all, there are things like wind wings on the top and two sides of the shield. After taking a look, this shield gave Xiao Ran a feeling of flying wings. It feels like the transformable body shields of Gundam, Z Gundam, etc.
It feels that way, but this shield doesn't have much curvature. It looks like it should be improved from the original shield.
The changes to the shoulders, legs, and arms are not big, there are only some slight differences, but at the originally pointed positions of the shoulders, there is an extra spike on each side that is the same as the shield, and the elbows have the same spikes on each side. There are also corresponding spikes on the chest and knee armor. These spikes and the spikes on the shield are called mechanical claws by technicians.
The biggest change is probably the waist propulsion module on the side. The propulsion module, which originally had only a slight angle, has been completely redesigned. It no longer has the original width, making the propulsion module a little narrower. But looking carefully, Xiao Ran suddenly picked it up. Eyebrows, he discovered that this propulsion module was similar to the Z Gundam, except that one was hung behind his back and the other was hung on his waist.
Moreover, the thruster modules of the Aegis Gundam are now more three-dimensional, which results in a single thruster module having four thruster ports in front of and behind it, two smaller ones and two normal-sized ones. The two add up to eight thrust ports, not counting the thrusters on the back.
What's even more unexpected is that inside these two thruster modules, a long high-energy beam gun with a changeable angle is installed. It can be seen at a glance that it can attack in MS mode and MA mode.
Xiao Ran couldn't understand these changes in the Holy Shield Gundam. He quickly found a technician to explain it to him.
After listening to the technician's explanation, Xiao Ran nodded with indescribable joy in his heart. This joy soon turned into excitement.
Today's Holy Shield Gundam is after its transformation. It no longer looks like it did before, like an octopus. It is actually a ma in the form of an airplane. In other words, the Holy Shield now has the ability to fly in the atmosphere, even in MS form.
In terms of armament, the original weapons were replaced by long high-energy beam cannons. The Kraken energy cannon can also be fired in MS mode, and the two high-energy beam guns on the flight module can also be used. In the ma form, although the Kraken energy cannon is blocked and cannot be used, the high-energy beam cannon and two high-energy beam guns can be used. The firepower of the three weapons has also been greatly enhanced compared to the original Holy Shield, which could only use one Kraken energy to run in its ma form.
In the ma form, the maneuverability and speed exceed the original, and even achieve a speed faster than the black heresy. It can also fly at supersonic speed in the atmosphere. The MS form can also be compared with the speed of the black heresy. The two thruster modules also have battery energy packs placed in them, which are at the same level as the Black Heresy in terms of energy.
What surprised Xiao Ran even more was that Shuguang Society had successfully developed the VPS armor and used it on this Holy Shield. The rich energy made the color of the Holy Shield turn black after activating the VPS armor. Only a few unimportant places are restricted to red for the sake of energy conservation.
Originally, Xiao Ran was excited to fly the Holy Shield for a test, but he learned that the body was not completely completed and it would take almost two days to test it.
And this time coincides with Xiao Ran's deadline to return to Prometheus. In the end, he reluctantly gave up the idea. After watching eagerly for a long time, he reluctantly turned around and left after hearing that the Archangel had entered the port.
When he arrived at the dock where the Archangel was parked, he saw Ma Liu walking slowly out of the Arch Angel. Xiao Ran took off the mask on his face and ran towards Ma Liu with a smile, and then in Mu, Kira, Baji Lulu and others looked at each other in astonishment. He directly picked up Ma Liu and spun him around several times, making Ma Liu's face turn red instantly. Embarrassedly, he pushed Xiao Ran away.
After smiling at Ma Liu, Xiao Ran walked to Mu. In front of Baji Lulu and Kira, they said with a happy mood: "Welcome to come back to Orb again. If you come back this time, you will have no chance to leave."
"If I had known that it would be like you said, we might as well not have gone to Alaska." Mu smiled bitterly, shook his head and hit Xiao Ran's chest: "You are right, the Earth Army is not a good thing at all, haha Ha ha."
Baji Lulu glanced at Xiao Ran, then at Ma Liu, then saluted Xiao Ran with a military salute and said formally: "Please take care of me in the future."
Xiao Ran smiled and patted Bucky Lulu on the shoulder: "Don't worry, I have arranged everything for you."
"From today on, Mu. La Flag, Natal Bakirulu, and Malyu Ramias are officially promoted to lieutenant colonels of the Orb Army's Third Space Fleet, and Malyu is promoted to the flagship of the Archangel. Captain, Mu is the commander of the MS team, and Bucky, Lulu, you will become my adjutant in the Third Fleet and cooperate with me to be responsible for all the work of the Third Fleet. The entire Third Fleet will be coordinated by Orb's people and the three of you. Go ahead and your appointment letters will come out soon.”
"Xiao Ran?" Ma Liu looked at Xiao Ran in astonishment. The latter waved his hands slightly and said seriously to the three of them: "The situation in the world is still very complicated. Although the battle between the Earth Army and ZAFT has temporarily stopped, no matter Both the Earth Army and ZAFT hold trump cards that can directly eliminate the other party. Whether it is for the peace of this world or for your own life, you'd better follow my arrangements."
"There's nowhere to go anyway." Mu shrugged his shoulders and stretched out his hand to Xiao Ran. The two shook hands lightly and then let go. Mu immediately saluted Xiao Ran with a military salute. Soon, Bucky Lulu and Malu also made the same move.
In the evening of the same day, Representative Ashar who took the time to come met with the Earth Army officers headed by Malu, Mu, and Bucky Lulu, and delivered some speeches, and also prepared a small cocktail party for these people. Malu, Mu, and Bucky Lulu were called out individually, along with Kira, Diego, and Nicol.
After Xiao Ran once again used Genesis and the anti-neutron jammer, and deduced that ZAFT and the Earth Army would soon break out into a bigger war, which would even involve Orb, everyone also understood a little bit about Xiao Ran's thoughts. . Xiao Ran went on to explain that he hopes to gather more forces. These forces include the Klein faction, which is now able to fight against the Sara faction, and neutral forces such as the Waste Merchants Guild. They will gather as the first force when a war breaks out between the two sides. The idea of the three parties to prevent the war was also recognized by everyone present.
Everyone discussed until very late and then left. Xiao Ran wanted to keep Ma Liu, but was rejected by Ma Liu and could only sigh helplessly and send Ma Liu, Mu, and Baji Lulu back. On the Archangel, Kira naturally wanted to go back, but Diego actually dragged Nicol to the Archangel, which made Xiao Ran look funny.
Early the next morning, an internal meeting of the Third Fleet, which had not yet been formally established, was held in a conference room of the Obben Island Defense Force. Among the participants were some middle-level officers of the original Earth Army, Malu, Mu, and Bajilu. Lu, at this time they have all put on the military uniforms belonging to Orb, and there are also officers who belong to Orb.
Diego, Nicol, and Kira were wearing Dawn Club clothes to observe. At the meeting, Xiao Ran announced their respective fates. The entire third fleet will be dominated by Xiao Ran, with Ma Liu, Bucky Lulu, and Mu as the core. Orb officers will control the overall situation, and the former Earth Army officers will be responsible for executing the policy. The third fleet began to be formed, and Xiao Ran even selected one person from Orb's officers to serve as an adjutant. This person was Kisaka, who had socialized with everyone on the Archangel when he was in North Africa.
Xiao Ran, who knew that he was about to leave, handed over all the work to Kisaka and Baji Lulu for the reason that he had no experience, so that the two could work together without asking for his opinion, completely decentralizing the power of the entire Third Fleet. Gave it to two people. In the following time, he ran backwards and followed Ma Liu to guard Ma Liu until the final time came.
It was almost time to return, and Xiao Ran sent a regularly scheduled voice message to Ma Liu, Baji Lulu, Kisaka and Mu Ji, telling them that he needed to investigate something very important and needed to leave for a short period of time. After that, he left Obben Island alone and returned with his eyes closed in a deserted place.
After feeling dizzy for a while, Xiao Ran opened his eyes, turned around and looked around. This was the Gnaku where he was before going to the Gundam Seed world. There was only an empty console in the Gnaku. There were already two MSs on display. One was the Black Heretic that Xiao Ran had fought many times with numerous results, and the other was the Holy Shield Gundam that Xiao Ran was extremely coveted but had never used.
"Back... Prometheus..." Xiao Ran muttered as he looked at the two machines, feeling a sense of loneliness arise spontaneously.
"Ding, the new member's task No. 678 has been completed. Now the evaluation and final settlement of No. 678 will begin." ()
ps: Volume D is temporarily over. It should be considered a relatively good ending at this level.