Gundam: From Piece to Player

So he couldn't write anything down, and in the end, he couldn't write anything at all.

Although it was a dream, it felt too real, giving the impression that this event had actually happened.

When he opened his eyes again, he was already lying in bed. It was still the same house, but there was an extra bed that had been moved from somewhere.

Standing beside me are two hooded androids...they look rather cute?

"Excuse me, where did Ms. Du go?"

"In the hangar, Miss Du instructed us to take you there when you woke up, and also said congratulations on becoming a qualified person."

In the hangar, Erin, whose brain had been reactivated, immediately sat up.

"Here are some clean clothes. Lady Karma is quite particular about hygiene, so I suggest you tidy yourself up first."

"Thank you."

Seeing the Space Alliance logo on the cleaned uniform, Erin thought that this meant he had successfully infiltrated the enemy's organization.

Led by two robotic women, Erin was guided into the hangar of the space city.

Contrary to his expectations, the MS was not vertically fixed in the hangar of the robotic arm.

This is a weightless environment, and there are about 60-70 people there, wearing mobile pilot suits for use outside the cabin. They are obviously discussing issues related to next-generation mobile suits.

The mobile suit suspended in the hangar by several large arms, reaching a height of 40 meters, was clearly the one to be piloted, its size almost equivalent to that of the Psycho Gundam.

This is in stark contrast to the idea of ​​developing a small MS by Bucher Dynamics.

It uses a Gundam-style V-shaped antenna and has a huge, Zaku-like single eye in the center, making it look unique... but I don't know what kind of power source it uses.

Is it controlled nuclear fusion, or is it already antimatter?

Erin had already seen the legend; he was floating over. The white-haired woman was Ms. Du, while on the other side, a Japanese woman wearing a baseball cap and with short, black hair was talking to him incessantly.

She has the same hairstyle as Lieutenant General Shiko, and she is also a beauty.

He couldn't hear what the legend was saying, and judging from the shape of his mouth, he seemed somewhat perfunctory. Only someone who knew him very well could do that.

Erin had no choice but to take a deep breath and prepare for the situation.

Chapter 367 What kind of person do you want to become?

The other party was clearly a new human, and quite familiar with the legend.

The short-haired beauty stopped speaking when she saw Erin; he could feel a powerful brainwave scanning him from head to toe, just like an X-ray machine.

“Hello.” Erin took the initiative to speak: “Professor, Ms. Du, and this unfamiliar lady, I am Mafti Yuna Erin. As the new candidate, I look forward to your guidance.”

“I know you, young man,” Kalmar said, extending his hand to him. “I heard that Professor Erin has been with our Space Alliance for less than a month, which fully demonstrates the success of our Alliance’s talent program.”

"Professor, you flatter me."

“Du, you know her. The lady next to me is Colonel Tian Shou Rangye, the captain among the eligible individuals, and also the chief security officer of the Enterprise.” Legend said in a low voice, “She is also a veteran who has experienced many battles on the moon.”

The lunar battle... that battle twenty-four years ago, was the enemy's age... the same as Minister Harman's? Erin couldn't help but make the connection.

It seemed as if Ms. Ye had read part of Erin's thoughts, which made her quite unhappy.

"She is also one of the few New Human pilots who can fully activate the antimatter machine's functions. Teacher Erin, she can also serve as your instructor in the future."

"Colonel, please give me your guidance."

"Yes, please give me your guidance."

Legend seemed to remember something and added, "Teacher Erin, don't worry, those who can pilot the new model are all reliable adults, there are no troublesome kids. You are already the youngest among the qualified ones."

What is the significance of this explanation?

It's quite reasonable that Erin thinks he's 25 years old, and that most eligible candidates are over 25.

Entrusting such a powerful weapon as MS to minors and sending children to the battlefield is ultimately a manifestation of adults' subjective irresponsibility and objective inadequacy.

There must be a reason why the legend said that... Was he reminding himself to maintain good relationships with his seniors?

"Understood, I will humbly learn from Colonel Ye and other senior colleagues."

“Then I’ll leave this young man to you, Colonel Ye,” Karma said to Skyhand. “You’d better teach him how to pilot the next-generation mobile suit.”

Tente Yoh nodded and said to Erin, "Get ready, the training is going to be tough."

So, in the space city, for the next two days, in this place called the Enterprise, he continued his torturous journey.

They also gained intelligence: the power source of the enemy's unknown machine was indeed antimatter.

Through his own experience, he understood that all this training was for 'how to control the antimatter weapons on the machine, and not for playing with fire and getting burned in the process of using them'.

For example, one of the training exercises is called the Neural Backflow Test.

This includes something called "Annihilation Pain," which is triggered 0.3 seconds before the collapse of the antimatter contactor wall and the I-field. It serves as a safety precaution to alert the driver. If the driver fails to react within 0.3 seconds, it not only means death—it means that the physical body will be annihilated in the antimatter reaction, and even the soul will probably be left behind.

A vivid depiction of complete annihilation of body and soul

Although the training was incredibly stressful, in reality, Ms. Yeh is a wonderful person, a reliable leader, and has very high emotional intelligence. She helped Ailin resolve many training difficulties and awkward situations.

Finally, after three days of intensive training, she invited me to have dinner at a restaurant she had invested in with her Creative Energy Coins.

In order to obtain more information, Erin had no reason to refuse.

"So, Sister Ye is already financially independent?"

"Hmph, don't let my appearance fool you. I used to start a business with my friends, but later we sold the company to someone else to run. Since then, I haven't needed to work," Ye said. "That money was enough for me to indulge in all sorts of high-end consumption, buying sports cars, beautiful clothes, and eating lavish meals. But then I got tired of it."

"Later, thanks to a reminder from my good friend, I learned that Uncle Karma had developed a groundbreaking mobile suit that required various trials to pilot. Once I sat in the cockpit of the antimatter machine, I knew I had come to the right place."

Tente Ryou exclaimed, "The antimatter machine is simply the giant robot I've always dreamed of piloting."

"Congratulations on finding a career that suits you and that you're ready to dedicate yourself to, Sister Ye."

Erin picked up the wine glass.

Although he wasn't very good at this, his mother came from a wealthy family, so he knew how to offer toasts.

After Ye Jie finished her beer, she burped and said, "Thank you." "So, have you found a career you want to pursue?"

“I haven’t achieved financial freedom yet.” Erin didn’t dare to look the other person in the eye and made up a lame excuse, “I still need to work.”

"Whether or not you have achieved financial freedom, you still need to find what you want to do first. If I'm not mistaken... you don't really want to be a suitable candidate."

Ye continued to scrutinize him through the wine glass: "What do you want, Erin? I still can't figure it out... Could it be that you don't actually have anything you particularly want to do? Or what kind of person do you want to become?"

Under the influence of alcohol, Mafti Yuna Erin briefly transformed into Hasawi Noah.

Yes, what do I really want to do? What kind of person do I want to become?

It seems he has never considered this issue...

Since he was old enough to understand, he had strived to be a promising new human, a proud and qualified son of his parents, and graduated from the new human school to be selected to join the intelligence department.

Everything seemed to have been arranged by an invisible hand.

In terms of results, it was indeed quite good. He won praise from his parents, recognition from his superiors, and became the "other people's child" that other parents talked about.

If someone else knew he was troubled, they would definitely ask – what are you unhappy about right now?

"I'm sorry I asked you an embarrassing question. It's okay. When I was your age, I didn't know what I wanted to be either. Back then, I had my hair permed red and drove my MS at breakneck speed... I can't answer now, but I can answer later. There's no need to get stuck on this. I wish you find what you want to do."

Hasavi nodded solemnly from the bottom of his heart.

He was grateful... but then he suddenly remembered that he was still a spy, and he didn't know if he could still complete the mission as planned.

The longer this mission lasts... the harder it will be for him to extricate himself, both emotionally and rationally.

I'm sorry to Sister Ye, and I'm sorry to everyone else who has been kind to me.

Meanwhile, the booster of a ferry traveling from Ceres to the mining area malfunctioned... causing a short delay, but it quickly returned to normal.

The captain discovered an anomaly in the landing gear hydraulic transmission system... which had been inspected before, leaving him completely baffled.

Meanwhile, Begenzon had already activated his single-person short-range thruster and was flying towards the coordinates in the space, where a stealth warship was already waiting.

Chapter 368 Carozo Bégenzon

New Federation warship Falcon

"Eat slowly, Carozo."

"Thank you, Lady Lina."

Carroso slowly savored his breakfast. Although it was just chicken cutlet, scrambled eggs, and milk, the hot food warmed his heart.

Begenzon is not actually an alias; it was his surname before he married into the family. After the marriage, he will change his surname to Rona and become a member of the Rona family.

He hadn't expected that Captain Lina had already had breakfast prepared in the kitchen.

If his fiancée had even a quarter of Lady Lina Ashita's wisdom, he might not have to find getting along with her so exhausting.

Is it really because of my upbringing?

I heard that the Ashita family used to be the original inhabitants of Shangri-La. Lady Lina and her brother Lord Juedo didn't have a good family background when they were young. It wasn't until the New Federation chose Shangri-La as its capital and the "New Human Supremacy" ideology began to spread that they, as New Humans, benefited from this wave of the times.

While this may sound like a denial of their individual efforts, if Shangri-La were still under the rule of the Earth Federation, they would never have achieved their current success and status.

This is similar to Carroszo. His family was poor, and his father was a gambler. Carroszo was not a new type of person either. He was able to achieve upward social mobility by relying on his tenacity as a test-taker and his good intelligence.

Only then could they have slightly seized control of their fate.

Therefore, Carroszo only trusted his own judgment.

"Uploading information directly through the network is far too dangerous. All cloud services are under the detection range of artificial intelligence. Here is the information I recorded about the Space Alliance's antimatter research. The information was all completed offline. Please take this information back, Lady Lina."

"Thank you for your hard work," Lina said.

Carroszo took out the information tray he had prepared beforehand, and the assistant officer next to Lina quickly took it from him.

Quantum brainwaves can transmit simple language information and images, but they are limited by information density when it comes to large, professional-type drawings and information.

It cannot be transmitted through brainwave devices.

Using electromagnetic waves for transmission, under the electromagnetic environment and network surveillance of the Space Alliance, is like broadcasting a public address in the dead of night.

Every minute, AI scans the information packets of all citizens, regardless of whether they are encrypted, to find sensitive information that threatens national security.

Regarding privacy issues... photos and videos of the opposite sex in the encrypted package will not trigger an alarm.