Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 811 Dig a hole for Kira!

The rank of general has been shouldered, but the fleet belonging to He Ming is still in the universe.

Therefore, He Ming must return to the universe and reunite with his fleet in the shortest time possible.

By the way, while returning to the universe, the orbital elevator will conduct a brief detection and inspection after completing the connection between the earth and the sky.

As he watched the ground crew working with the lifting machinery to install a set of instruments for precision testing on Chengying, the figure of Kira Yamato appeared beside He Ming.

"General. Congratulations!"

Along with the news of the establishment of the Alliance's First Fleet, there was also news that He Ming was promoted to general and became the commander of the Alliance's First Fleet.

After learning the news, people who were familiar with He Ming expressed their surprise and sent congratulations to He Ming in various ways.

Kira Yamato is one of them.

"Thank you! Kira."

After He Ming thanked him, he suddenly remembered something and handed a data storage device made by the intelligent AI cube Arduino to Kira Yamato.

Kira Yamato was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take it, but didn't say much.

After carefully putting the things into his pocket, he spoke solemnly.

"I will keep it well. And I will find a chance to take a good look at the information inside."

He Ming smiled and shook his head slightly.

"No need to be so serious. It's just some development data about the machine."

Yes.

The data recorded in this data storage device made by the intelligent AI cube Arduino is indeed some information on the development of the body.

However, these data are derived from some development data of Chengying’s predecessor, YF21.

Except for the BDI system and the thermonuclear engine, all other related technologies were recorded into the data storage device as much as possible.

The reason why the BDI system and thermonuclear engine technology were deliberately excluded was not because He Ming deliberately concealed it, but because apart from He Ming, there was probably no one in this world who could adapt to the terrible negative effects brought about by the BDI system.

As for the thermonuclear engine, it was a decision made only to avoid causing anxiety or even disgust to Kira Yamato and other personnel who might be pulled into the development project by Kira Yamato in the subsequent development.

Although this development technical data is incomplete, He Ming believes and looks forward to what path Kira Yamato will take now that he has completely deviated from his original life trajectory.

And this incomplete development technology data is now Kira Yamato's stepping stone.

"Besides yourself, always remember to choose people you can trust as your assistants."

He Ming smiled and continued.

"Since you are the director of the Development Technology Center, you can certainly do this little thing."

Kira Yamato nodded heavily.

In fact, after taking the information from He Ming, Kira Yamato almost immediately thought of the first suitable candidate.

That is Shin Asuka's father.

Since meeting and knowing each other, Kira Yamato has a very good impression of Shin Asuka and his father.

Especially with Shin Asuka, Kira Yamato felt a rare feeling of being with brothers during his daily acquaintance with Shin Asuka. This feeling was very wonderful.

Although they had only known each other for a short time, they were able to gain each other's trust in a short period of time.

Kira Yamato didn't hate this feeling.

As the only son in the family and having long been subjected to various looks and even ridicule from the outside world because of his identity as an adjuster, Kira Yamato rarely felt the trust and dependence from Shin Asuka, who was naive, occasionally a little reckless, but generally a pure boy.

"It seems you already have a choice."

He Ming noticed the change in Kira Yamato's expression, then raised his hand and patted Kira Yamato's shoulder.

"After returning to space this time, I'm afraid we won't be able to see each other for a long time! Kira, I look forward to meeting you next time. I hope you can surprise me then."

"Yes! General. I will do my best to meet your expectations!"

Kira Yamato nodded heavily and promised loudly.

"Come on! Kira, I believe you can take a different path from before."

The ground crew not far away raised their hands, signaling that they were ready. Chengying's takeoff preparations were complete.

The time has come for He Ming to return to the universe.

More than ten minutes later, Kira Yamato, who left the hangar first and stood in the safe area, watched Chengying taxiing on the take-off runway.

For some reason, after this conversation with He Ming, Kira Yamato had a feeling that He Ming was about to go on a long journey.

"Is it an illusion?"

When Chengying lightly flew over the take-off runway and successfully took off, leaving behind a silhouette that gradually disappeared against the blue sky and day, Kira Yamato suddenly discovered that this was not an illusion.

Because the shadow of war once again stepped out from the darkness.

Above the blue sky, Chengying nimbly and lightly shuttled among the cables of the rail elevator and the counterweight rings that appeared at regular intervals.

At the same time, the precision detection equipment carried by Chengying had already started working. In coordination with Chengying's flying movements and moving trajectories, it continuously scanned the surrounding cables and counterweight rings to detect whether there were some changes in the cables and counterweight rings after a successful connection, or whether some faults occurred during the connection between the sky and the earth that were not detected by the sensors.

Originally, this testing task was to be completed soon by the first group of volunteers who would board the orbital elevator cabin to conduct the first ascent and descent experiment of the orbital elevator.

However, He Ming took into account that he himself needed to return to the universe, and after ensuring that Cheng Ying had enough energy to escape the influence of gravity and rush out of space, he took the initiative to take over this task.

After all, compared to taking the orbital elevator, where they have to conduct lifting experiments while facing unknown situations and having to test the cables and counterweight rings of the orbital elevator, the situation that He Ming and Cheng Ying are facing now is much easier.

Now, He Ming doesn't need to actively control the flight of the machine. Instead, after grasping the approximate flight direction, he lets Chengying's consciousness control the machine and shuttle back and forth in the orbital elevator.

I have to say, ever since Chengying saw the No. 1 counterweight ring in the link between heaven and earth, he seemed to like the feeling of shuttling back and forth in and out of the orbital elevator.

Shuttle all the way,
One testing room,

The scenery around Chengying quietly changed from the blue sky to the deep black space.

The universe is right before our eyes.

The Pillar of Heaven is before our eyes.

The same is true for He Ming's First Fleet.

(End of this chapter)