Great, we're doomed now!

"The reaction, besides the convoy's mechs... there's more!"

The man's eyes widened instantly, and he looked towards the southwest.

"This isn't M·A's semi-permanent reactor, it's a mobile suit! It's been lurking around us all along!"

But how could there be so many MS in this area... at least five or more!

"Impossible," Agnucca murmured in disbelief.

"Did you bring communication devices that could contact Sydney when you left the base?"

"Of course, we... um!"

Suddenly, Agunica thought of a possibility, and her whole face turned red with anger and shame.

"How could...how could they have stooped to this level!"

"Actually, it's quite normal."

Ye Shou's reaction was quite calm, and he even had the composure to laugh.

"Now that the value of the Gundam frame has been proven, some high-ranking officials have been forced into a corner and have to make a choice... Whether it's completely covering up the incident or seizing the frame as a bargaining chip, it's necessary to take action against us."

I was just surprised by their efficiency.

"They have their own mobile military police force..."

"Then it's not surprising."

Ye Shou looked around, took a deep breath, and felt the ripples of energy emanating from his throat—

"All personnel disperse and be on alert! Prepare for battle!"

Although the sound wasn't very loud, it carried far through the night sky, allowing everyone in the convoy to hear it no matter where they were.

Ye Shou has been frequently seen in the team these past few days, interacting with almost everyone. Not to mention the leadership qualities he exudes, as a warrior capable of defeating M·A, he is also highly respected in the team.

Now, whenever he speaks, even though he holds no official position, people subconsciously choose to believe and obey him.

It is worth mentioning that in the darkness of this night when the enemy situation was unclear, most of the ragtag group, who had not received much military training, should have immediately fallen into chaos. However, perhaps it was Ye Shou's calm and powerful voice that had an effect. Instead of panicking, everyone quietly waited for the next instructions.

"Non-combat personnel enter the infantry fighting vehicles with anti-beam coating to avoid accidental injury. The repair team prepares the weapon system according to the second plan and leaves the main road. The Valkyrie and the mobile engineers take turns providing cover as the convoy enters the mountain valley due east."

Before that, I will take the initiative to draw the enemy's attention... Gentlemen, do you understand?

【Yes! 】

"Not bad~"

Seeing the convoy quickly and methodically deploy, Ye Shou nodded, then looked into the distance.

"The second opponent... is actually a human."

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PS: The following is data on Lucy's Stand.

[Comprehensive Recall]

Long-distance operation type

• The user possesses the Stand's perspective. The Stand can be digitized and move freely in the network, or stored in memory media. It can release an electric current upon contact, forcibly breaking through the other party's sensory limitations.

It receives all external information without restriction from its five senses, skin, and nerves, and accelerates the brain's processing speed. As time goes on, its efficiency increases, eventually exceeding the limit of computing power, plunging it into eternal chaos.

• When used on oneself, it can enhance the speed at which the brain processes information, allowing one to enter a state similar to bullet time.

(However, because of the risks involved, it is easy to fall into chaos without realizing it, so a special "firewall" is provided and a warning line is set.)

Therefore, although most of Lucy's body was transformed back into a physical form by Ye Shou, she still retained the brain-computer interface and spinal neural network.

Chapter 171 I've come to start a war!

Humanity's greatest advantage during the Calamity War was its unity—because M·A does not accept traitors.

This quote was uttered by an unreliable general, but he later died in a mysterious car accident, proving that the quote is not entirely accurate.

The struggle between people has not disappeared even now.

"Agunica Cayel... that man didn't die? The mission is much more difficult than I expected."

At four o'clock in the morning, several soldiers stood on the hill. One of them, dressed as an officer, saw the images transmitted remotely by a small drone and couldn't help but gasp in disgust.

"Stop complaining. That's how military missions are. We just need to take the hits and fill in the gaps, while the big shots have to think about a lot more."

Someone laughed helplessly, "Isn't this good too? You said before that you couldn't bring yourself to deal with non-combatants."

Okay, now it's a fair fight, so there's no need to worry about so much.

"Humph!"

The man glanced at him fiercely, snorted coldly, but said nothing.

Fairness? What a joke! This is a massacre driven by conspiracy!

Agunica is a very troublesome man. He is not only one of the top human pilots, but also a semi-scholar. Otherwise, he would not have been put in charge of the "Solomon Project".

To be honest, in a fair one-on-one duel, none of the people here could beat Agnukka, even though they were all very elite. But that guy had escaped death countless times on the battlefield and even earned the "Seven Star Medal".

That is the highest honor in human armies. The only recipients are the pilots who shot down the most M·A units on the battlefield in the year when M·A rebelled and suffered a major defeat. Of course, each of them led a team, and there is no example of a single pilot successfully defeating an M·A unit (except for Ye Shou).

Those who receive this medal are all selfless and fearless individuals, and are revered as "Seven Star Knights," enjoying a prestigious and noble status in any country.

It was precisely because of Agunica's powerful bodyguard that the higher-ups went to great lengths to weaken the base's defenses through various means, and then brought in a "Lord Angel Hammons".

Ultimately, so-called heroes are not sacred beings in their eyes; they are eliminated if they get in the way.

The result was just as they had hoped:

Faced with a base that had deliberately exposed its weaknesses, M·A used only a few small submachine guns to easily wipe out most of the personnel inside, and the hangar storing the mobile suits was blown up before it could even be opened.

In fact, there were skilled fighters in the base, but most of them died in extremely frustrating ways, and Agnica almost died as well.

But to everyone's surprise, just when everyone thought the entire base would be destroyed and the G series would be stillborn, the M·A was actually defeated!

Afterwards, someone went to the base and, judging from the reactor residue, it should be a new type of MS with two reactors. Under the cover of others risking their lives, they successfully severed the control core of M·A (inside the head, roughly the lower jaw area).

It turns out that Gundam is really that powerful—the big shots were tempted and sent this small team to "recover" all the frames and data of the G series.

"What did those so-called experts say again?"

"The G series has not yet been fully debugged, and normal humans cannot unleash its true potential. Modification surgery is required to successfully adapt it to the body... However, this surgery is not yet perfected."

Forcing surgery could cause irreversible damage to the nervous system, rendering the patient unable to live without Gundam for the rest of their life.

"But Agunica looks perfectly fine to me!"

Did Agunica activate the Gundam without undergoing surgery, or was he simply lucky enough to survive the murderous operation?

The soldiers had no idea what was going on, but they knew they were about to face a formidable opponent.

"We have four modified 'Rody's' and three new 'Hutchison's', and we hope to keep the casualty rate below 40 percent."

"Three planes destroyed? Isn't that overthinking it?"

"He underestimated the enemy. Regardless of how he did it, he did manage to destroy an M·A."

"Hmm~"

Judging from the traces at the scene, M·A and Gundam had already made physical contact and engaged in several rounds of hand-to-hand combat.

However, based on past experience, human-piloted mobile suits simply cannot engage in prolonged combat with them. This is not only due to the machine's performance, but more so because the AI's reaction speed is far superior to that of the pilot, which is determined by the physiological limits of humans.

Those who could fight it at close range for so long were all M·A's goal of capturing mobile suits and taking samples back for analysis, so they did not immediately dismantle them.

Just then, someone risked their life to rush out and attract the AI's attention, and the control center was destroyed by the weapon hidden by the Gundam!

There might be an element of luck involved, but in any case, it at least proves that Gundam has extremely strong defensive capabilities, able to maintain the integrity of its basic skeleton under attacks from the power claws and tail blade.

With the addition of the dual reactors mentioned in the data, one can imagine an advanced machine with strong defense and superior mobility.

Of course, the mobile suits they piloted were also excellent. Each one had the latest frame and had undergone extensive modifications. They would definitely be considered ace units in the military. Seven of them besieged a damaged mobile suit, and a 40% loss rate was a very large number.

After all, they didn't believe that this machine could maintain its full combat power after fighting M·A.

After these past few days of desperate fleeing, there hasn't even been time for repairs. Even if it's a revolutionary machine, how much combat power would it still have left?

This is already an extra point for Gundam because of Agunica, the heroic pilot!

What else? A testing machine treating aces like them like regular soldiers?

You think this is a Dynasty Warriors game? Just kidding!

"Hmm, there's also a new mech... it's the [Valkyrie] I mentioned before, it seems like we don't need to worry about it."

The captain made a few casual comments, without paying much attention to the red machine.

The Valkyrie project was initiated even later than the Gundam project. The frame and armor have just been completed, but the fire control, operating system, and supporting weapons are all missing. This thing is fine as a large mobile engineer for now, but it's too useless for combat.

—His judgment was correct; the Valkyrie is indeed not considered a combat force at the current stage.

Its design is excellent, second only to Gundam, and it was originally intended to serve as a wingman and go to the battlefield with Gundam.

However, if Ye Shou hadn't appeared, this prototype machine would have been destroyed in this incident, and the development of [Valkyrie] would have been greatly delayed.

The Gundam frame will soon shine on the battlefield, followed by the matching "Alaya Consciousness System". Heroes capable of defeating M·A single-player are born, and a large amount of resources are poured into the "G series".

By the time the Valkyrie was officially deployed to the battlefield, the entire Calamity War would be over, and only a few units had actually been built...

Overall, the convoy didn't have much armed force; a few hastily modified mobile engineers carried heavy firepower, but that was nothing to MS.

The only real threat is the combination of Agunica and the battle-damaged Gundam.

“They’re moving towards the ravine… They’ve obviously spotted us. There’s no point in continuing to disguise ourselves. Have the ‘Hexagon’ team circle around and intercept them… Hmm? Who is this…”

The captain had somehow produced a telescope, its special lens piercing through the darkness, allowing him to see the convoy's every move.

It was at this moment that the person came into his view:

He had black hair and appeared to be a teenager, standing on a special vehicle where mobile suits were housed.

Is he a driver or a support staff member?

As if sensing something, the boy calmly turned his face, his eyes, which showed no emotion, staring at a point in the void.

—The captain's pupils suddenly contracted.