Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 2048 Reunion and Intelligence!

"Father!"

A flash of white light streaked past, and a palm-sized figure appeared on He Ming's shoulder, happily hugging He Ming's cheek and rubbing against it.

But they were quickly pulled away by another small silver figure.

"Elise! You've been with Father for so long, what's wrong with me hugging him?"

Xiaoying put one hand on her hip, pointed at the small silver figure that had pulled her away, and said angrily.

"Hmph! I won't let you! Can't you see there are other people here?"

Little Elise raised her chin and snorted coldly.

A battle erupted instantly, leaving Camus Vidan and Lapis dumbfounded.

On the bridge of the Hugh Charis, white and silver lights danced and intertwined, accompanied by clear, childlike shouts, creating a lively atmosphere.

"Both of you, come back here."

He Ming sighed helplessly, rubbing his forehead.

How come they've become so boisterous after I haven't seen them for a while?

Why did the usually well-behaved Little Elise start arguing with Xiaoying as soon as they met?
Does this mean that ELS pups and electronic life forms also have a rebellious adolescence?

“Oh! Father.” X2.

At He Ming's command, the two noisy little ones instantly flew to He Ming's left and right shoulders and sat obediently.

That well-behaved and adorable appearance aroused Lapis's curiosity.

“Those are one of my brother’s adopted daughters, Xiaoying and Elise. Well, Xiaoying is an electronic life form, born from Chengying’s system. As for Elise’s true form, you should have seen it before; it’s the asteroid that was hiding behind Hugh Charis.”

Hoshino Ruri thoughtfully introduced Lapis.

"Oh! So we're the older brother's sisters, and Xiaoying and Elise are our... nieces?"

Lapis thought for a while and came to a conclusion.

"That seems to be true."

Hoshino Ruri blinked, seemingly having never considered this question.

You should know that during the time in the fortress and along the shipping lane, Hoshino Ruri often took the little ones out to buy food and play around, but she never paid attention to this matter.

However, even if Lapis points it out now, Hoshino Ruri doesn't care.

"This is Camus Vidan, and that's Lapis. Hmm, Lapis, like Ruri, is my sister. Go on! Go make friends!"

Meanwhile, He Ming was introducing Camus and Lapis to Xiao Ying, and then let the little ones play on their own.

"Brother. The Celestials have sent a message. They need us to meet at this coordinate."

Elise's eyes lit up, as if she had received a message from VEDA.

"Okay, Liuli, I'm leaving her to you."

"No problem, brother!"

Half a day later, in a space region used to store abandoned asteroids, Hugh Charliss finally saw the Celestial Factory hidden in this space region.

As it slowly docked at the Tianren Factory's shipyard, it attracted a large crowd of onlookers.

"Is this a spaceship from another Earth? It looks pretty impressive!" Lasse Ian, the helmsman of the Ptolemy II, crossed his arms and looked at the Hugh Chalis with great interest.

"Of course it's amazing. This is a spaceship developed and manufactured with the design concept of one person, one ship!"

Kujo Lisa chuckled and explained to her companions what it meant to be one person, one ship.

"One person can operate such a large warship? That's a lie, isn't it?"

Let's not talk about other people!

Lasse Ian himself was shocked by this idea.

Kujou Lisa, who was already quite familiar with Hoshino Ruri, the representative of the "one person, one ship" philosophy, nodded affirmatively, eliciting a collective gasp.

It must be said that the development and design concept of one person and one ship is very much in line with the combat needs of the Celestial Being.

If it weren't for the desire to see firsthand what kind of being could operate the Hugh Chalis alone, these Celestial engineers would probably have already turned around and left, locking themselves in the design room, racking their brains to figure out how to realize the seemingly cool but actually extremely difficult design concept of one person, one ship.

So when they saw that the person who was operating the huge spaceship Hugh Charis was actually a little girl named Lapis, who looked to be just over ten years old and was being led by the right hand by someone else, everyone was immediately incredulous. All the knowledge they had learned in the past was of no help to them at this moment.

"How is this going?"

He Ming was somewhat surprised to see a group of people looking worried and even slapping their foreheads.

Kujou Lisa shrugged, then looked at Hoshino Ruri and Lapis, and He Ming understood.

"Ahem! Gentlemen, there's no need to dwell on the design concept of one person, one ship! They were able to do this at a heavy price, without our knowledge."

Although He Ming did not say it explicitly, the Tianren technicians present were all intelligent people and understood it immediately.

"Sigh. Oh well! Looks like I've been thinking too much! Instead of pursuing one person, one ship, it would be much more efficient to let VEDA control the warships! That way, it would be much more efficient!"

An older Tianren technician slapped his forehead repeatedly, revealing a hint of regret.

The surrounding technicians also expressed their remorse for their mistakes.

"Alright, everyone, let's not dwell on this anymore. Now, what we must accomplish is to end this rebellion!"

Kujo Lisa clapped her hands, drawing everyone's attention back, and a strategy meeting began.

At Lisa Kujo's command, a huge projection map appeared before everyone's eyes.

As the projected map rotated, the camera finally focused on the area where the Mediterranean Sea is located.

"Gentlemen, according to our intelligence, the culprit who instigated this insurgency is currently hiding on an island in the Mediterranean."

"This intelligence was also learned by the Earth Federation (Gundam 00), and they launched several operations in response, ranging from air drops from space orbit to air raids, and even sending submarines to carry out surprise attacks. Unfortunately, these operations ultimately failed."

"The federal government has also paid a heavy price for this."

"Is it a dimensional beast?"

He Ming stroked his chin and raised a question.

Based on initial intelligence, this Innovator rebel army was supported by Dimensional Beasts.

"Yes! Putting aside how they defended against orbital drops, just to defend against air attacks and surprise attacks from surface and underwater ships, this rebel army has deployed an unknown number of dimensional beasts in the Mediterranean Sea."

"Furthermore, the person who controls these dimensional beasts is the leader of this rebel army of innovators, a mysterious figure whom many innovators refer to as a divine messenger."

(End of this chapter)