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Chapter 200 Piloting a Gundam is a Man's Romance

South Continent A2 Disaster Area, Old Los Angeles.

At this moment, the city center has been turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Streets and shops near the square collapsed, and countless automaton citizens fled in the inferno.

The former site of the building that once belonged to the Gear Corporation has now collapsed into ruins, with an area of ​​more than one kilometer in diameter destroyed by bombs falling from the sky.

Technician Chen Kai, located in a bunker three kilometers outside Old Los Angeles, is reporting to his superiors via communicator:

"Sir, the Harpie's airship has dropped 'Divine Punishment Missiles' on the old company site, but we cannot detect any vital signs of the three people at this time."

"Connect the airship's aerial monitoring system and show it to me."

A deep male voice said.

Technician Chen Kai: "Yes, sir."

He tapped a few times on the monitor screen, and a bird's-eye view was shared with the other party.

After a few seconds of silence, the other end said, "Maintain surveillance. If we find that those three are still alive, immediately dispatch the mech unit and drones to wipe them out. We must not let them leave Old Luo City alive."

"receive."

But just as the communication was about to end.

In the surveillance footage, the ruins suddenly exploded with great force, attracting the attention of both sides.

"?!"

With a deafening roar, a giant mechanical puppet, standing twenty meters tall, suddenly tore through the earth and burst forth from the ground.

Its appearance is incredibly striking, resembling a steel Nutcracker warrior magnified a hundred times. Its sharply defined body is covered with spiral patterns, and its shoulder armor looks like an inverted nutshell.

He wore a three-layered serrated metal bow tie around his neck, and his face resembled that of an elderly man with curly hair. His amber crystal eyes shone with warm light, and he had a grinning mouth beneath his white mustache.

Behind it, brass thrusters spew forth golden-pink flames, and two red silk capes are adorned with bells at their ends. The overall design is both majestic and eerie, standing tall amidst the surging air.

"This...this could be—?!"

The male voice on the communicator suddenly rose in pitch, filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

"Titan Unit-01?! They actually found the entrance to the maze and even opened the treasure chest inside?!"

The senior executive of the Gear Group spoke almost like a roar, his voice trembling with shock and anger.

"Technician 09! Immediately! Mobilize all armed forces and intercept it at all costs! Simultaneously contact the Harpie's airship and request coordinated operations! There is only one objective: capture this Unit-01 at all costs!"

"Yes...Sir."

Technician Chen Kai's voice was dry and weak, and his response sounded somewhat feeble.

The colossal creature before him exuded a suffocating aura of power, sending a chill down his spine. Could his conventional mech unit and drone swarm truly contend with this steel behemoth that seemed to have stepped out of mythology?
He had absolutely no confidence.

now.

Inside the Titan Evolution Unit, shaped like a giant nutcracker soldier, Bai Qimeng and Lin Xin'er sat at the back of the cockpit, able to overlook the outside scene through specially designed glass—

On the burning ruins plaza, mechanical monsters, law enforcement officers, and guards kept emerging from all directions.

Further away, a dense swarm of drones flew in.

"Holy crap!" Bai Qimeng exclaimed. "We're surrounded!"

In front of the two women, the young man lay back in the driver's seat, his head covered by an inverted, iron-gray device, obscuring his expression.

But then Wang Xi's calm voice came through: "Don't be nervous, they can't stop me."

He began to examine his own entry.

After piloting Unit-01, his rating temporarily reached "Title One Star".

Equivalent to the "Grand Commander" level of combat power!

Who can stop them?!
Without him making any move, Unit-01, under his mental control, suddenly raised its giant foot and slammed down like divine punishment.

In that instant, the air seemed to be compressed and exploded, producing a deafening bang.

boom!
The two-star law enforcement guard with the copper frame didn't even have time to dodge before being crushed by the iron feet that were like mountains. His metal body twisted and deformed under the immense force, sparks flew, and he finally turned into an iron disc that was deeply embedded in the cracked ground.

Boom! !
The plaza trembled violently, spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly, and rubble and dust surged like waves. A dozen or so mechanical monsters staggered and fell in the shockwave, some even being thrown several meters away and crashing heavily into the ruins.

beep beep...

The Gear Foundation's puppet sentinels charged forward fearlessly, their six-barreled Gatling guns spitting fire and bullets raining down like a storm, yet they only managed to create a blinding shower of sparks on Unit-01's impenetrable armor, leaving not even a scratch.

At the same time, hundreds of armed drones surrounded them from all directions, their crimson laser beams weaving a web of death that blanketed the sky.

Beep beep——

The bell-shaped device on Unit-01's left arm suddenly shook, and amidst the crisp metallic clanging sound, an inverted triangular purple barrier unfolded out of thin air, with a dazzling energy barrier standing like an insurmountable chasm in front of it.

The laser beams from the drone swarm bombarded it, but like raindrops falling into the deep sea, they only stirred up a few insignificant ripples before disappearing without a trace.

Unit-01 stood motionless, like an unshakeable steel god, looking down upon the ant-like enemy.

It raised its right hand again, and a huge, dark hole opened in its palm.

"Heroic Lightning".

A cold, mechanical voice sounded.

Crackling! !
A ball of lightning, over five meters in diameter, condensed at the opening in the palm of the eye and soared into the sky.

Lightning seemed to seek out its enemies on its own, and drones in its path exploded one after another within fifty meters, turning into balls of sparks and falling like birds with broken wings.

Bang bang bang bang bang!
In just a few breaths, hundreds of Gear Group's armed drones were wiped out.

The ball lightning traced a graceful arc in mid-air before descending from the sky and striking the horde of mecha monsters.

Boom! !
Crackling! !
Countless blue-purple electric snakes leaped and wrecked hundreds of mechanical citizens, including several law enforcement and guard units.

In the surveillance footage, the Gear Corporation executives witnessed the astonishing combat power of Titan Unit-01, their eyes gleaming with fanaticism.

"This is the power of Titan Unit-01!" His voice trembled, almost a growl: "Such a machine must be under our control!" He immediately gave a stern order: "Contact the Harpy airship immediately and execute 'Divine Punishment Strike'!"

Technician Chen Kai hesitated: "Sir, if the attack is too strong, it might damage the machine..."

"Fool!" a higher-up immediately interrupted, "How could a weapon of this caliber be so easily destroyed? Even if it is damaged, the wreckage is of great research value. Under no circumstances can we allow it to leave!"

"As you command, sir."

Chen Kai dared not say anything more and immediately used a communicator to contact the high-altitude airship.

Above the clouds.

The giant airship, about 100 meters long, quickly made a move.

Below it, the ammunition depot, which resembled a shipping container, opened its hatch, and a cylindrical explosive shell was ejected from it.

But at this moment.

Wang Xi, with a sudden flash of inspiration, issued another warning, maneuvering Unit-01 to tilt its head back.

Those amber eyes stared intently at the sky.

"The Spear of Dawn".

A relentless mechanical voice rang out.

sizzle-

Unit-01's mouth grinned wide, and a more violent bolt of lightning condensed within it.

call out--

Before the airship could drop the "Divine Punishment Bomb," a purple electric beam with a diameter of over two meters rose from the ground and struck the ammunition depot directly.

Boom! ! !
The Harpie airship has exploded!

Terrifying flames and smoke formed a mushroom cloud high in the sky, and a purple electric beam pierced through the olive-shaped giant airship before disappearing into the horizon.

"Sir, something terrible has happened! The Harpie's airship has been struck by the electrical beam fired from that giant machine gun and is crashing!"

Technician Chen Kai exclaimed in shock.

"What?!" The Gear Corporation executive was startled; the power of Unit-01 far exceeded his expectations.

It can even accurately strike airships thousands of meters in the air from the ground.

Before they could react, many of the surveillance videos turned into static and crackling.

The only remaining surveillance footage came from drones hovering in Old Los Angeles. Behind the 20-meter-tall Unit-01, two long, golden-pink flames shot out and it took off into the air.

call--

The first unit took off like a rocket, quickly flying thousands of meters above the ground, and in the distance, the Harpie airship, billowing black smoke and burning with flames, could be seen crashing down.

Wang Xi's mind stirred, and he was about to conjure a purple light longsword when he received a warning from Unit-01:

"Severe energy shortage! About to lose power!"

"Please replenish your magic stone energy in time!"

Wang Xi's expression, hidden beneath the helmet, darkened.

He examined his mind:
Energy: 920

And this energy reserve is rapidly decreasing, visibly decreasing to "910", "900", "890"...

Wang Xi remembered that before activating Unit-01, Chaos still had more than 6,000 units of energy, but it was depleted in less than five minutes.

The "Alpha Titan Unit-01" is indeed powerful, but it is also a major energy consumer.

Fortunately, he had prepared some magic stones beforehand, which he originally intended to use for gacha pulls, but now he had no choice but to use them as energy for Unit-01.

Wang Xi took out the "folding suitcase" and fed all 30 jin of magic stones inside to Caius.

Energy: 15870

Adding the two magic stones together, worth roughly two million credits, and using them all as energy, should be enough to sustain Unit-01 for some time longer.

hum-

The giant nutcracker soldier held an inverted triangular purple light shield in one hand and conjured a giant purple light sword in the other.

It spewed out golden powder flames that were more than ten meters long from its back, and its body roared through the air, creating a thunderous air explosion.

"The giant robot is coming!!"

On board the Harpie, dozens of pilots from the Gear Corporation were terrified.

A middle-aged man who appeared to be a leader roared, "Launch a missile swarm to intercept! Now!!"

The subordinates immediately did as instructed.

Although the airship is disintegrating and crashing, they still have a chance to survive.

But once that giant mechanical puppet gets close, there is only one way out: death!
bang bang bang...

The spare ammunition depot opened, and missiles as tall as a person were launched, forming incandescent streaks in the air as they hurtled straight toward the giant machine puppet flying towards them.

However, Unit-01 raised its inverted triangular purple shield and charged forward with unstoppable momentum.

Boom! ! !
A series of massive explosions occurred in mid-air.

But it couldn't stop Unit-01 for even half a second.

The Nutcracker soldier emerged from the smoke and fire, flashing past the airship like lightning—his purple greatsword sliced ​​through butter like a hot knife, cleaving it in two without any resistance!
blah-

Boom! !
The Harpie airship deflated like a punctured balloon, crashing vertically with a deafening roar. Dozens of elite members of the Gear Corporation aboard perished.

Looking at the airship, now a wrecked mess still belching thick black smoke, technician Chen Kai and the senior executives of the Gear Group all fell silent.

The last thing they saw was the giant robot streaking across the sky and heading towards Gucheng.

(End of this chapter)