Gundam: From Piece to Player

"We always have to be prepared for the worst. You need to consider the possibility of the Alliance overturning the table. The New Federation might not recognize our identities then... Let's think about our own safety."

"If something unexpected happens, will Colonel Lina be able to rescue us?"

"The latest Gundam developed by Bucher Dynamics in collaboration with AE Corporation may not be able to sustain us for a long time, but it can certainly rescue us in a short period of time. Besides, Colonel Lina's abilities are well-known."

"Colonel Lina..."

Erin hesitated for a moment.

“I understand. I will make the request and report the situation to Minister Hamman.”

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In her spare time, Erin trained in that laboratory, and on weekdays she maintained a good friendship with Evelyn. Time passed.

On April 28th, he received a notification from Ms. Du.

"How's the training going?"

"That's about enough."

Not just Möbius strips, Erin can make all sorts of cat's cradle shapes.

"Then come over. Go to Port No. 2 first, and someone will pick you up."

"clear."

在艾林之前，4月18日。4月20日，4月22日，贝艮宗总共去了那个太空城三次。

According to him, the place was heavily guarded.

This time, Erin went separately from Begenzon, and they are probably under close surveillance now.

Early on the second day, at Port No. 2, Erin was asked to wear a special helmet and goggles, and was pulled into a car by people from the weapons research institute, one on each side.

The spacecraft flew for three hours before the goggles were removed.

Ms. Du, who wore a white coat last time, was now standing in front of me in a military uniform jacket—the clothes, which exuded a sense of solemnity, actually suited her very well and made her look quite dashing.

Behind him stood two unarmed soldiers.

The surrounding passageways were spotless, and the fake windows in the corridors were created using CG imaging.

This should be the antimatter research base—the Ring Space City.

He glimpsed a portion of the experimental machine within the hangar facility.

Erin was led into the trial room for the second round of testing.

"If you can do this, you'll pass the interview."

Ms. Du personally demonstrated the project he was to complete that day.

Through a larger system of spiritual imagery, the single sphere is upgraded to a "triple nested sphere," with a total of five magnetic field lines extending from the positive to the negative poles of the atomic nucleus, which remain fixed.

The second layer is a spherical lattice, and each lattice is composed of hexagons;

The third layer is the outer transparent sphere—the one we encountered during the first test.

Will there be high voltage?

Erin thought that if he had to maintain such a complex structure while also getting struck by lightning, he couldn't do it.

"Don't worry, this won't happen again. It's just that you need to maintain it for 5 hours, not 5 minutes."

"5 hours?"

Erin felt numb to the difficulty of the exam.

Almost every single one of them challenges the limits of human capability.

"Yes, although I would like to set up a chance to try again, based on past experience, each participant can only try once at most, mainly because of their limited mental strength."

"Please give me ten minutes to prepare."

"it is good."

Erin opened the medicine jar and ate a small red pill—although he was a Newtype, his abilities were exceptionally strong, and this medicine would allow him to perform better in the time to come.

Nine minutes later, he sat down at the control panel, placed his hands on the brainwave control lever, and began the final interview.

Understanding - Thinking about the approach - Shaping - Generating.

In Erin's imagination, the triple nested structure of the sphere was slowly constructed inside the glass chamber, while Du, standing beside him, pressed the stopwatch to start timing, and at the same time signaled the two "people" next to him to watch Erin, recording the results while preventing any accidents from happening.

Ms. Du then slowly walked out of the laboratory.

"How is the situation?"

Karma stood outside and pulled her into his arms from behind in a somewhat intimate way, inhaling the fragrance of her hair.

For 16 years, Du launched a persistent offensive against him, from a teenage girl to an age where people could call her "auntie".

He consulted his senior's opinion, who said that as long as Du wasn't brought home, it would be fine... So he gained a capable assistant—the research and development of antimatter greatly needed her abilities.

“The probability of him passing the test should be about 6%,” Du said, looking at Kalma. “If he passes, are you really planning to make him a qualified candidate? He’s a spy, after all.”

"Weren't you also a defector from the enemy's side?"

“I am an orphan, but he is not. Although he hides it well, I can smell the air of a rich young master on him.”

"Your nose is quite sensitive."

"This is a metaphor."

"How are things going with the spies on the other side?"

"His performance was almost too perfect, making me feel like I was running out of reasons to arrest him."

Kalmar said, "The supercomputer also searched for the information of these two people. The completeness of the information is even 65% higher than that of the average skilled immigrant. And they have not leaked the intelligence back yet, so they are legal citizens by definition."

"So you want them to commit crimes first?"

"Yes, it just depends on who can't hold back first. There has to be a legal arrest."

Chapter 366 Strange Dream

If the people who create the rules lead the way in breaking them, then the rules themselves become a joke, and such an organization will evolve into the secret police of the Principality of Zeon.

Or the Earth Federation's Hunter Organization, which was also established in this timeline—as a cheap armed force to deal with potential new Federation spies and environmental groups under the Green Party.

With the loss of Lunar City, the economic center of the Earth Federation, the Federation's GDP plummeted by 50% in 0093, suffering a severe blow and triggering a serious economic crisis as the first century of the Universal Century drew to a close.

In order to avoid economic collapse caused by defeat in the war, Ingrid's reformists (also known as the Industrial Party) prepared to revitalize the old industrial base in North America.

However, they underestimated the inertia created by 100 years of federal propaganda, the influence of Earth sanctuaryism and the theory of Earth regeneration, and the fact that the Green Party holds an absolute majority in the government and has strong green environmental groups and public support.

There's also the instigation of external forces, the provision of weapons technology, and even MS support.

The new factory was vandalized, and Industrial Party officials were assassinated one after another.

The Hunter Organization intensified its crackdown on environmental groups, employing brutal law enforcement. This overcorrection became the basis for the New Federation's attack on the Earth Federation's legitimacy, leading to further internal turmoil.

There has been little progress in reforms; the focus has been on putting out fires and patching up problems. Although this didn't happen within the Space Alliance, lessons can still be learned from it.

Court trials must be conducted in accordance with the law; they cannot be conducted without a trial or arbitrarily.

Banagher's desire to use infiltrators... can only be attributed to his long time spent in the Jupiter Fleet (Space Alliance), where his methods are still stuck on the front lines—a typical outlaw.

In peacetime, you can't deal with spies in this way within your own country.

All the people in the prisoner-of-war town were court-martialed and arrested only after the evidence was conclusive.

The only person Karma really wanted to capture was that guy named Begenzon, who was currently undergoing a trial, but he didn't really want to capture him.

In UC 105, the eldest son, named Mafti, infiltrates—with these elements combined, it's quite difficult not to guess.

Du's gaze turned towards the room.

"The output has actually decreased. Just now, I felt that the mental exertion he was expending to generate the images was so great. He could only last for an hour at most. If Erin passes the test, will you let him come into contact with the antimatter body?"

"Why not? Right now, besides you and me, there are no more than five people in the Space Alliance who are qualified to operate the antimatter prototype."

"You've set the bar too high. If it weren't for those design requirements, the barrier to entry for piloting the aircraft wouldn't be this high."

"We can't deal with that X-type machine unless we push the targets this high."

Du nodded, his gaze never leaving the room: "But we still need to get insurance, right?"

"Alright, let's go for it then."

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With bloodshot eyes, Erin endured the most mentally taxing five hours of his life.

After a while, Ms. Du came in wearing a T-shirt and casual clothes. She had arrived at Space City in the afternoon, and it was already night. So Space City also has bedrooms.

"It's time, Ms. Erin."

"How long have I been maintaining this?"

Erin's expression was extremely tense; he feared it was another test of mental strength, and he didn't want to fail at the last minute.

"5 hours, 02 minutes and 30 seconds".

Upon hearing the number, Erin released the structural force holding the three-layered complex sphere together, causing it to shatter in a way that possessed an extreme, fragmented beauty.

Erin was about to fall to the ground when he found himself being supported by two people, one on his left and one on his right. Calling them people wasn't quite accurate, because Erin couldn't get any mental fluctuations from them.

He looked at the face of the orange-haired girl under the hood.

He pondered to himself—embodied intelligence?

Before he could even think, the exhaustion of his mental energy caused him to fall into a coma, and Du reached out and put a head-mounted device on Erin's head.

This is insurance.

The process of writing "suggestion" into Erin's mind is underway. It would be difficult if the target resisted, but the current state of having his mental energy depleted and his mental defenses broken is just right, and that is the concept.

[You must not harm, seize, or destroy any persons or property belonging to the Space Alliance.]

I've tested this on criminals before, and it's much more effective than shackles or handcuffs.

Erin was completely unaware of this, as he was having a strange dream.

In his dream, he lay on the hospital bed as if his whole body was being burned. A kind nurse handed him a small note and asked him to write something on it, but every time he moved, his whole body was in pain.