Comprehensive Comics KanColle: Building a Dimensional Empire from Scratch.

"Oh, it feels more exciting than racing."

In the cockpit, Lu Chen felt an unprecedented push on his back.

It's like driving a supercar across the prairie.

"Commander! Commander! You're too fast!"

The destroyer girl, which was also equipped with thrusters, wanted to catch up with the Strike Freedom, but found that the speed difference between the two was huge.

After all, when their ship armor is unfolded, they weigh several thousand tons. The thrusters allow them to maneuver at high altitude, but they cannot reach subsonic speeds like the 80-ton Gundam.

"Strike Freedom's maximum speed can exceed the second cosmic speed. Theoretically, Commander, you can escape from Earth, meow."

Akashi's voice came from the intercom.

"But I don't recommend you fly too far. If you accidentally hit a meteorite, we won't be able to rescue you, meow."

"I know."

Before long, looking out the window, we saw layers of clouds.

At your feet is the palm-sized Constantinople and a naval base as small as a sesame seed. In the distance are lush forests and city ruins.

Looking down from a high altitude, you can have a more intuitive understanding of the overall picture of the world.

"I've installed the Strike Freedom's weapon systems according to the blueprints, meow."

"Commander, you should know better than me, right?"

In the naval base, Akashi was flipping through the design drawings while introducing the armament system of this mecha to Lu Chen.

Two MA-M21KF high-energy beam rifles.

It is an improved development of the Sirius beam rifle, firing high-energy lasers to destroy enemies. When the two rifles are connected, they can have the performance of a long-range sniper rifle.

There are two rail guns and two close-in weapon systems installed on the head and waist, which are powerful enough to penetrate modern main battle tanks.

The melee weapons are equipped with beam sabers and beam shields. Although Lu Chen does not like hand-to-hand combat, it is not a bad idea to occasionally go up and chop the enemy to change his appetite.

Mounted on the abdomen is the Strike Freedom's most powerful weapon, the Flame Complex Beam Cannon, which has been tested in the port area and can effectively attack the Siren Purifier.

Even compared with the main gun power of the battleship girl, it is not inferior, and the attack speed is extremely fast.

Because it is an energy weapon, the bullet speed is equal to the speed of light, and it can arrive instantly within a range of 300,000 kilometers. No other live ammunition weapon or kinetic weapon can reach this level.

In addition, the most iconic feature of the Strike Freedom is the wireless guided weapon installed on the eight mechanical wings at the back - the Dragoon system.

Through the driver's mental control, the Dragoon system can detach from the body and use beam assault cannons to carry out 360-degree attacks without blind spots, which is equivalent to eight floating cannons.

Even when outnumbered, the enemy can be quickly annihilated.

click -

Lu Chen controlled eight armed wings to separate from behind.

In a flash, he locked onto several targets on the sea below.

bang -- bang -- bang --

The armed wings opened fire at the same time, and each shot hit the target accurately. The heat energy evaporated a cloud of steam on the sea surface, attracting the onlookers Bri and the small ship girls to shout.

"Good accuracy!"

“Wow wow wow what a huge wave!!!”

boom--

After Strike Freedom accelerated again, Lu Chen circled the Earth and toured the Eurasian continent at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

Driving this big guy and cruising in the air gives me an unprecedented sense of pleasure.

From a military theoretical perspective, the Gundam, or humanoid robot, is an awkward contraption somewhere between an aerospace plane and a tank.

In terms of air maneuverability and combat effectiveness, it cannot compare with future starships and fighter jets. In terms of land combat, it cannot beat tanks or tracked mechas of the same cost.

Because those things don't have unnecessary designs like limbs, all the materials can be piled on weapons and armor. They are ugly, but they can fight.

But Gundam is so cool!

Tough lines, cool styling, and excellent aerospace maneuverability.

Driving a Gundam is as tempting to men as transforming into a Kamen Rider.

As a commander, what's the point of driving an ugly tank into the battlefield?

As for performance, Lu Chen felt that it was sufficient. After all, he could get some strange things from other worlds in the future, and maybe he could further strengthen this big toy.

"By the way, if we look at it by battleship standards, what level is the Gundam?"

Lu Chen suddenly asked.

“That’s a bit difficult to answer.”

Akashi thought about it.

"Theoretically, your Flame Phased Beam Cannon has a destructive capability comparable to that of a battleship, and it's more maneuverable and can even fly out of the atmosphere."

"But the Gundam's ability to withstand blows is obviously no match for a warship. The Strike Freedom weighs less than 100 tons..."

"So it's a glass cannon?"

"Not at all."

Akashi shook his head.

"After all, Commander, your body is quite tough, perhaps even tougher than a Gundam."

"..."

The most vulnerable link in a weapon of war is usually the driver.

However, Lu Chen felt that he might be able to withstand more attacks than Strike Freedom.

Swah——

After cruising in the air for another circle, Lu Chen slowly landed the Gundam on the beach.

The surrounding ship girls came over and looked at this strange big guy.

Some lively destroyers have already run to Akashi to ask for the remaining Unicorn, Barbatos, and Destiny Gundam.

"Hey, it would be better if this thing could be smaller."

"Akashi, we need to build a command ship to serve as the alliance's flagship. Otherwise, when we launch the assault on freedom, we won't even have a place to put it..."

"Putting it in the ship's cabin? That feels a bit strange."

Lu Chen was considering whether he should use the technology of the Gundam world to build a mobile fortress to store the Gundam.

It is a bit troublesome to carry a mecha that is more than 20 meters long around.

"I don't think it's necessary, meow."

Akashi scratched his head.

"Commander, do you remember what the Mind Cube does? It can materialize humanity's collective understanding of a certain object..."

"Whatever you believe in your heart, the power of the Rubik's Cube will twist you into..."

"So what do you think you are now?"

"?"

Lu Chen was stunned for a moment.

He was currently sitting in the cockpit of the Strike Freedom, man and machine becoming one.

The two achieved unprecedented synchronization.

"My gender is gunship...oh no..."

"I feel like I'm a Gundam."

...

(Pictured is Strike Freedom)

Chapter 44 Susanoo (Mecha Version)

Swah——

Almost at the same time Lu Chen said this.

Strike Freedom's entire body emitted a dazzling white light, transforming into a gigantic ball of light.

Then it began to twist and deform.

The whole person dissolved into the halo, leaving only a vague shadow.

About five minutes later, amid the exclamations of the ship girls.

Lu Chen landed lightly on the ground from mid-air.

"Ok?"

He turned his head and saw that the huge Strike Freedom had disappeared.

Instead, I had a strange feeling in my body, and I felt full of strength, just like I had swallowed the Rubik's Cube of Mind.

"Commander, did you eat the Gundam?..."

"Uh, no, you absorbed it?"

Richelieu and others gathered around and looked at Lu Chen in astonishment.

As ship girls, they are very familiar with this scene.

Just like when KanColle was first born.

However, Lu Chen’s main body is the Strike Freedom, not a warship.

"This is the Commander's process of finding his 'self,' meow."

Akashi emerged from the crowd.

"Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?"

“I feel comfortable everywhere.”

He stretched his body.

Just now in the cockpit, for a moment, he felt that he and Strike Freedom had become one.

As soon as the thought came to mind, the Rubik's Cube in his body absorbed the big guy.

The world of Azur Lane is not a technological civilization at all.

This is simply the idealistic power comparable to the Four Gods of Chaos.

Lu Chen roared in his heart.

"Commander, your main body is now a Gundam? Can you project it?"

Richelieu asked curiously.

"of course can."

Swah——

With a wave of his hand, Lu Chen transformed like an Autobot.

First, a cockpit was projected beside him, and then the torso, limbs, and head of Strike Freedom grew out with a click.

Finally, he spread out his eight armed wings, drew a beam sword from his waist, and stood tall above the earth.

"So cool! It looks much cooler than our summoned ship!?"

The ship girls were stunned.

They projected their true forms, each with a flash of white light, and appeared on the sea surface in an instant.

When the commander summons the Gundam, there are actually transformation actions and transformation effects.

"Then can you project part of the Gundam to fight like you did with the ship suit?"

Kewei asked, tilting his head.