Gundam: The Wind That Blows Through Space

Chapter 713 Awe of Life
"There are 6 Agamemnon-class and 12 Nelson-class MS ahead, and the number of MS is unknown!"

"Keep the rest of the personnel on standby!"

The red tail flame crossed the universe. Perfect Justice in its complete form was rapidly approaching the designated combat area with its powerful propulsion force. Meiling's voice in his ears did not make Aslan feel at ease, because according to the information provided by Ingrid, this should be an important supply base in Compass, but the number of warships that appeared now was obviously deviant.

The record of the hearing was also copied to Tianren. Aslan did not think that Ingrid had any motive to lie in that situation. In fact, there were at least three polygraph devices/polygraph examiners in the entire venue. After excluding this reason, there was only one remaining reason, that is, there was a secret base where Compass existed that even Ingrid did not know about.

"Perfect justice, begin the extermination operation!"

Perfect Justice, which was nearly 35 meters away, had no intention of using the 42 control nozzles. Facing the concentrated fire from the battleships and MS, Aslan directly activated the light wave defense shield and rushed into the center of the enemy's formation. However, while pressing the shooting button, he couldn't help but recall Hilde's instructions to him before leaving.

'Testing new weapons?'

"Yes, the abdominal main gun I promised you was overturned by me because of the existence of the Defender of Glory, but Tianren still needs a machine that can AOE, so I improved it based on the convergent heavy nuclear beam splitter cannon. It just so happens that you are going to carry out the mission, so you can consider it as a test of the new weapon."

As an experienced veteran, Aslan naturally had no objection to the practice of testing new weapons in actual combat. What concerned him was the somewhat deliberate question that Hilde asked before she left.

"By the way, are you used to the brain quantum wave resonance in the transformer state?"

"I'm sorry, there hasn't been any opportunity to test it, but I and a few other people have completely adapted to this state in a small area."

"Is that so? Then be careful. Especially when using new weapons, don't enter the Transformer state. Bellley almost went crazy at that time."

Although in Aslan's memory, there was no pilot named "Bellley" in either the original Orb or the current Human Revolutionary League, he had heard the truth that "if you don't obey Lord Hilde's rules, you will die miserably", so while Perfect Justice was shedding a spot of light, Aslan carefully controlled his emotions, making sure not to trigger a transformer because of the SEED mode.

However, the facts would not change according to Aslan's will alone. In this unaware state, those colorful spots of light had already come into contact with the enemy within visual distance. Then, a scene that made Aslan shudder when he recalled it many years later naturally appeared.

There was no expected explosion, nor was there any fire in the traditional sense. Everything touched by the photons, whether it was MS or battleships, disappeared out of thin air in front of Aslan's eyes. After the attack was completed, only some fragmentary debris remained, floating freely in the universe.

"This is what Hilde was talking about. New weapon."

The whole process took no more than a minute, and the originally lively battlefield fell into complete silence. At the beginning of the battle, according to Aslan and Mari's estimation, it would be difficult to shorten the time to less than ten minutes by relying solely on Perfect Justice to fight alone. Even Shin and Luna's standby was to prevent any fish from slipping through the net.

As a result, under a brilliant curtain of light, a total of 18 warships plus an unknown number but at least more than 40 MS were annihilated in front of everyone's eyes. However, such an outcome did not surprise Aslan. Instead, a fear that penetrated deep into his soul made his hands tremble.

It was precisely because of the surge of fear that Aslan was half-forced to enter the SEED state, and then the Transformer was activated as scheduled.

Not only that, affected by his brain quantum waves, Mu, Shin Asuka and Canard, who were waiting in the hangar, also had a linkage phenomenon. After that, the wailing on the battlefield and Aslan's boiling emotions swept the three of them in an instant. Faced with a large amount of negative emotions, Mu and Canard quickly calmed down, but Shin Asuka was deeply troubled by the resonance of the Transformer. It was not until Mu signaled Marduk to cut off the power supply of the Destiny Gundam and open the hatch that he gradually recovered.

Not only Aslan, but Ptolemy also watched the whole process not far away. Everyone on the bridge, including Marlu, fell into silence.

Due to the distance they traveled, they had not yet had time to "visit" the results of Extraordinary Freedom's battle in Granada, so strictly speaking, this was the first time that the entire Celestial Team came into actual combat with antimatter weapons.

"The energy of perfect justice has not decreased at all."

Out of professional instinct, Meiling subconsciously took a look at the state of Perfect Justice's body. In her usual thinking, such a terrible weapon should have equally terrible energy consumption. As a result, the huge MAX on the screen made Meiling feel dizzy.

"The antimatter energy is recycled, but there are still people driving those machines!!!"

Subconsciously speaking the truth about the body's energy cycle, Meiling then covered her mouth tightly, because even she realized that the composition of these circulating energies not only included inorganic matter, but also organic matter like the human body. This cold scientific method of killing not only made Meiling feel suffocated, but even the other crew members of the Archangel turned pale.

Thanks to the photon torpedoes, even the subsequent cleaning of the battlefield became a luxury. In the entire universe, there was no sign of life except for the Celestial Team itself. Faced with this situation, Aslan could only restrain Perfect Justice under Ptolemy's ship, and with a dangerous aura visible to the naked eye all over his body, he returned to the briefing room.

"Snapped!"

The innocent helmet was reflected randomly in the briefing room. It was not until Mu held it in his hand that Aslan looked up at Malu and said, "This weapon is no longer a war, it is a complete massacre!"

"Aslan"

"Uncle Mu, do you know how I felt just now? Everyone turned into pure energy in silence. There was no explosion, no fire, and all the targets just disappeared. What scared me was not the weapon itself, but the fact that I lost the most basic human respect for life and death under this method of killing. We are soldiers. Once we lose this respect, what is the difference between us and those murderers!"

"Calm down first."

"Tell Hilde that I will not agree to the use of photon torpedoes, and I will use the authority of Commander Tianren to prevent the spread of this technology as long as I am here."

What interrupted Aslan was the action of Meiling pressing the play button. Hilde's cold voice was like a ruthless blade, piercing through Aslan's strength.

"The Extraordinary Free Focus Heavy Nuclear Beam Splitter Cannon is no different in effect from a photon torpedo, and the one piloting it right now is none other than Kira Yamato."

(End of this chapter)