Moreover, the shattering was far too extreme, like a piece of wood being smashed to pieces. This makes it seem as if the Gundam is extremely fragile. Shouldn't a Gundam be a massive metal block weighing tens of tons? Even if it were hit, it would at most be pierced or dented. Why was it shattered so easily?

If it were shattered by a large-caliber armor-piercing shell, that would be understandable, but it was just a close-in weapon system. Although the caliber was also large, it shouldn't have shattered the Gundam like that, right?

"A piece of debris fell down!"

Amid the soldiers' gasps, fragments of the Gundam plummeted to the ground, crashing onto the ground not far from Murrue's location. The impact of the impact caused the Murrue Federation to drop to the ground to avoid being hit by the fragments.

The impact brought a blast of cold air, making Maru shiver.

What's going on? Why is there air conditioning?

Confused, Murrue got up from the ground. The Gundam fragments that had fallen to the ground did not explode; they simply landed on the ground normally.

"Captain Maru, this..."

The soldiers nearby stared at the debris lying on the ground, speechless for a moment. They all looked at Maru, the pure white machine that had just helped them repel King and Shigu, only to be taken down by their own Archangel with a single burst of close-in weapon fire. This was simply too cruel to them.

Although the other party was likely created by Dawn Corporation using its own technology, it still saved them at least.

"Go and collect the fragments quickly. At least gather all the fragments of this machine and see if there's anything we can use."

At Maru's command, all the soldiers went up to collect the fallen debris. Maru herself went up and picked up a small piece that had rolled down in front of her.

But when she picked up the pieces, she was shocked.

"This is ice!?"

"Captain! These are all ice blocks!"

"Captain, mine is ice too!"

"All the fragments are ice!"

Maru stared in shock, her eyes wide.

What's going on? Why is it ice? This pure white thing, she initially thought it was some kind of special metal or painted white, but she never expected it to be ice.

"Impossible. If it were ice, how could it withstand the attacks of King and Higu? And how could such a flying attack be launched?"

"Captain, this is its weapon!"

Soldiers in the distance spotted two intact longswords. The close-in weapon system missed the two swords, so they remained undamaged.

"This is also ice?"

Maru ran over and looked at the huge longsword in front of her. Even before she got close, she could feel the cold air emanating from it, which meant that the thing was also made of ice.

"Why? Why can ice be made into mobile suits? And why can it launch such attacks?"

Maru was completely stunned, and not only her, but all the other soldiers were also completely bewildered.

But amidst the group's bewilderment, the satellite suddenly vibrated.

The ZAFT forces outside have launched their second offensive.

316. Kira, who failed to board the Archangel

"Destroy the entire satellite?"

"That's right, destroy the entire satellite!"

"But if that happens, will Orb have to leave the field?"

"Athrun, do you think Orb can escape the elimination zone now?"

Kruze's question made Aslan nod helplessly. Although he had become a soldier, and an elite member of the Red Army at that, he was still relatively kind. But now that Kruze had said so, he could only obey orders.

"That mobile suit is too powerful. Putting aside its weapons, as long as the material information that it can withstand physical weapons is transmitted, the Federation Army will be equipped with MS or MA made of this material, which will be a huge threat to our ZAFT Army. Therefore, we must shoot it down here and bring it back to PLAN."

"Currently, our weapons can't do anything to it, but it will eventually stay on the satellite. Once we destroy the satellite, it will lose its mothership. Even if it's strong, its energy will eventually run out, and that will be the time for us to capture it."

In order to eliminate one of the mechs, Kruze chose to destroy the entire satellite, which would fundamentally solve the problem. After all, there was no concept of nuclear-powered mechs at the moment; all mechs relied on battery packs to operate, and battery packs were limited.

"I see."

Since they didn't have Athrun's and the others' mobile suits, Kruze had the remaining Gin units on the warship carry large equipment to prepare to make several large holes in the satellite and blow up the central axis of the satellite. Such a huge satellite needs to rotate constantly to maintain gravity, and rotation requires a central axis for support.

If this supporting main axis is blown off, the entire satellite will lose its central support and disintegrate.

ZAFT forces launched their attack, explosions began to occur on the satellite, and the Federation forces quickly began preparations, with everyone gathering on the Archangel.

After all, the ship the Federation forces came on was gone, and now they could only rely on the new ship, the Archangel, to move around. Of course, they also brought the ice shards with them when they boarded, especially the two complete ice longswords. Murrue had to find out exactly how those things could launch attacks.

Unfortunately, they never imagined that this thing was indeed made of ice, and the one who made this ice block Gundam was naturally Li Yue.

First of all, Li Yue doesn't know how to pilot a Gundam. The difficulty of piloting such a thing is even higher than that of a fighter jet because there are so many things to control. Li Yue doesn't even know how to pilot a helicopter, let alone a fighter jet, let alone a Gundam, which is even more difficult than a fighter jet.

So, although Li Yue, who couldn't pilot a Gundam, moved all five Gundams away, he couldn't pilot any of them. He simply used his elemental power to create a Gundam using ice elements. As for why the ice block could move, as long as there was enough elemental power, it would work!

Using ice elements, Li Yue sculpted a winged Gundam. As for its appearance, Li Yue directly copied the Wing Gundam Zero Kai EW from the Gundam Wing world, which was also one of the coolest Gundams in Li Yue's opinion. Its biggest feature was the huge wings on the back of this Gundam, which looked like an angel, making it extremely cool.

After controlling the Gundam formed from ice elements and repelling the ZAFT army, he left it alone and floated in the sky.

When the Archangel appeared, Li Yue looked at this legendary unsinkable ship from the SEED world and felt a little nostalgic. When he watched the anime back then, the Archangel was really beautiful when it first appeared. Although the Archangel's ship god shooting was a bit of a copy of the earlier White Horse, he had to admit that the Archangel was still quite beautiful.

Of course, most importantly, this is the ship that runs throughout the entire SEED main storyline.

As a result, the Archangel opened fire on him.

After a brief struggle, Li Yue understood what was going on. He then directly exited the Gundam through the portal. Without Li Yue's elemental power support, the Ice Element Gundam was quickly shattered by the close-in weapon.

Then an explosion came from the wall of the satellite, clearly indicating that the ZAFT army had begun their attack. So Li Yue didn't pay any more attention to it and instead opened the chat group.

[Silly Guy: Kira, where are you right now?]

[The Strongest Coordinator: After the alarm went off, my classmates and I hid in the shelter. Li Yue, where are you?]

[Silly Guy: I'm inside the satellite, watching the Federation forces prepare to leave, and the ZAFT forces are bombing the satellite.]

[The Strongest Coordinator: Why are the Earth Federation Forces and ZAFT forces fighting inside Orb's satellite? We're a neutral country here.]

[Silly Guy: Although Orb claims to be a neutral country, unfortunately, Orb's Dawn Society, without your knowledge, collaborated with the Federation Forces to build a large spaceship inside a satellite.]

[The silly and funny guy started a live stream]

Li Yue immediately started a group live stream, and the live stream room was instantly taken over by group members.

[A plump woman in black stockings: Is this... a spaceship?]

Kasumigaoka, who was in class but not paying attention at all, was shocked when he saw the Archangel on the live stream. This thing was even bigger than the Stormterror that Li Yue had seen during his live stream.

[The tech-savvy guy with cheat codes: It looks like a very advanced spaceship, but it's completely different in style from the Martian Knights' Landing City.]

Li Yue and the camera watched as the Archangel underwent emergency preparations.

"The ship is called the Archangel. It was secretly developed by Orb, to which Kira belongs, in collaboration with the Federation Forces. Unfortunately, this clandestine development was discovered by the ZAFT forces, and the two sides are now fighting on satellites."

[The strongest Coordinator: How could this be? Isn't Orb a neutral country? Why is a neutral country cooperating with the Federation? This will drag us into the war.]

Kira was greatly shocked. He never expected that the neutral country where he had always lived would start cooperating with the Federation. What was the point of being neutral then?

[The overpowered STEM guy: To be precise, you've already been drawn into a war. Your satellite should be a battlefield by now.]

"That's right. We've already fought one round here, and the ZAFT forces have been temporarily repelled. Now, ZAFT is launching a second offensive, and I'm afraid we won't be able to hold onto this satellite."

As Li Yue spoke, she began to walk towards the Archangel.

As expected, the satellite should disintegrate soon. After disintegration, the shelters will turn into small refugee ships, carrying civilians to drift in space and send out distress signals to be rescued. However, before the satellite disintegrates, Li Yue needs to board the Archangel first.

"Alright, before the satellite disintegrates, I need to sneak into this ship first. After all, I didn't go into the shelter, and I'm not sure if I can survive in space."

"Kira, you stay in the shelter for now. If anything happens, call me and I'll come to help."

Kira's fate of piloting the Strike Gundam was changed by Li Yue, who didn't even get to board the Archangel. Li Yue looked forward to the upcoming events in the SEED world.

317. Breaking out of the satellite

The Archangel was started, albeit reluctantly, but this new warship on which the Federation had placed high hopes was still started.

The ZAFT attack resulted in many deaths and injuries among the Federation Forces officers. Captain Murrue, the highest-ranking officer, became the temporary captain, while the other crew members continued to perform their duties.

However, none of them noticed that someone completely different from them had also boarded the Archangel.

"How is the situation now?"

"The satellite's condition has begun to deteriorate. ZAFT forces are attacking the port, and soon the satellite's outer wall should be completely cracked."

"Damn it, are they planning to destroy us along with our satellite?"

On the bridge of the Archangel, Maru listened to the intelligence officer's report and couldn't help but punch the armrest of her chair.

"Vice-Captain Bakiruru, if the satellite disintegrates, how much will it affect the Archangel?"

"After the satellite disintegrates, it will explode in all directions, but because the satellite is very large, its relative speed of movement is relatively slow. If we pay attention, we should be able to avoid the debris."

"So, it all depends on whether we can avoid it, right?"

This means it all comes down to the pilots' skills. But for the pilots of the Archangel, this ship is brand new to them, and it hasn't even been launched yet. To put the pilots in control of the Archangel right from the start and face a catastrophic situation like the disintegration of a satellite is just too difficult.

The pilot who overheard the two captains' discussion was already sweating. This request was simply too much. The Archangel was a space battleship, a large warship. Such large warships mainly operated in space, but now they wanted him to operate it inside a satellite. Operating it inside a satellite was one thing, but then they would have to face the chaos of the satellite disintegrating. It was outrageous!

"Is it possible to prevent the satellite from disintegrating? There are still many civilians on board."

"I'm sorry, Captain Murrue, whether the satellite disintegrates or not is not up to us, but to ZAFT. Although the ice-based machine you mentioned repelled the ZAFT advance team, it was precisely because the advance team was defeated that they abandoned their attack from inside the satellite and began to destroy it directly."

Bakiruru shared her opinion.

"I see."

Murrue was helpless, but there was nothing she could do. She couldn't stop ZAFT; all she could do was control herself and the Federation forces. She cared about the civilians on the satellite, but there was nothing she could do. War had broken out, and she couldn't help them anymore.

"I do have an idea."

Maru and Bakiruru both turned to look. The person speaking was Mu, the Federation Army's ace pilot, also known as Captain Flada.

This ace pilot, who originally flew the MA, was severely damaged in a battle with Kruse and eventually landed on the Archangel. He had some understanding of the situation inside the satellite and, after understanding it, gave up the trouble.

"what idea?"

"The reason ZAFT attacked the satellite is precisely because we are here. In that case, we can just break out of the satellite. That way, ZAFT will choose to follow us and not attack the satellite."

"But the port has already been attacked and destroyed by them."

Bajiru told her what she knew.

"Then let's reopen the port. This ship should have very powerful main guns, right?"

Mu pointed to the command console, from which some weapon control buttons could be seen, and one of the buttons was particularly special.

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