Chapter 192: Wonderful, Wonderful
Bright Noa stood straight inside the command tower, staring intently at the large screen in front of him. The alien creature that appeared on the screen was hovering low from the ground, steadily advancing in the direction of Kilimanjaro. It was trailing several ribbon-like tails behind it, waving toilet paper-like arms on both sides of its body, and a conspicuous red bead set within two rows of canine teeth on its chest.
Cluster rockets and high-energy particle beams bombarded the invisible force field on its body, and the violent explosions and dazzling flashes made the people in the command tower almost unable to open their eyes, yet its pace was not slowed down even a little bit.
"Live fire and energy weapons can't break its defense, the first line of defense is breaking through!" The liaison shouted hoarsely, "Commander, please give instructions!"
"All field personnel retreat to the fifth defense line immediately." Bright calmly ordered, "Use the main artillery array and missile clusters to implement uninterrupted bombardment, its AT field's defense has a ceiling."
Bright had long obtained the detailed information of angels, and the creature in front of him was obviously the Fourteenth Angel Zerel. According to Lingus' description, this thing didn't have the terrifying long-range output capability like Ramiel, which meant that the base was safe until it broke through the final defense line.
"Commander, the second defensive line has broken through!" The liaison's voice rang out again, "It has not yet penetrated the angel's defense, and the residual ammunition from the continuous bombardment is consumed too quickly!"
"Maintain firepower." Bright remained calm, "Shouldn't ammunition be used in a place like this?"
Yet, why this time?
The meeting at Kilimanjaro was suggested by Lingus, and the materials and design drawings for the vault were also provided by Lingus. But right now …
"Commander, the third defensive line was broken through!" The liaison suddenly let out a cry of alarm, "The angel changed its course and started moving towards the vault!"
"Don't worry." Bright said in a deep voice, "The vault is protected by eighteen layers of special armor plates, it should be fine. Maintain fire and don't stop until the vault is in splash range."
The site of the vault was set by Lingus himself right above the quantum coordinate generator, and the other party even hinted to him that in case something happened, we should let the masses in need go in first. He, Bright Noa, is not very smart, but he still understood this level of subtext.
In the spirit of trust in Lingus, he did all of them, yet everything that happened in front of him was showing him that the truth seemed to be …
"Lingus, have you expected this long ago?"
The room suddenly quieted down, no more bombardment sounded, and the Fourteenth Angel Zerel on the display had floated right above the vault. The long, flattened arms on either side of its body shrank inward rapidly, curling up into two tiny cylinders in front of its chest. In the next second, the cylinders suddenly stretched out and struck hard, cutting through the armor plates and extending straight down at ease.
"Commander, the vault's armor is damaged! Five, no, ten, fifteen, seventeen, eighteen …" the liaison's jaw dropped, "Eighteen layers of armor were all pierced by a single attack! What the hell?!"
The Fourteenth Angel Zerel on the screen slowly withdrew its outstretched arm at this point. The bright red color displayed on the screen silently explained to everyone present what was happening below.
"Where's the contact over there?" Bright loudly woke up the others who were still in shock, "Earl the casualties immediately!"
"Communication device is damaged, no contact!" The CIC exclaimed almost immediately, "Commander, the angel has turned around and is coming towards the base!"
The Fourteenth Angel Zerel on the screen looked still dull. However, every time it advances, everyone present feels suffocated, and even the heavy firepower bombardment cannot bring them a sense of reassurance.
Bright calmly asked, "What is the status of the quantum coordinate generator below the vault?"
"Huh?" The CIC froze before responding, "It's completely destroyed, unable to obtain the coordinates there."
"It's true, Lingus chose this place intentionally, the coordinate generator is faulty…" Bright secretly gritted his teeth, "The angel found out that the target is not down there and is going to take out its anger on us humans?"
"Commander, the fourth defense line has been broken through!" The CIC shouted, "Emergency communication, identify the signal as … moon! It says reinforcements are on the way, tell us to wait, and it's addressed to Adrien Lingus!"
"It's too late." Bright exhaled heavily, "Pass the order to the whole army, abandon Kilimanjaro, everyone, evacuate immediately."
"There's no such thing as too late!" A cheerful voice rang out on the friendly channel, "I'll slow this thing down, Commander Bright, I trust Dr. Lingus!"
A Jegan appeared abruptly on the screen, speeding towards the angel. The beam rifle shot pointlessly and gently against the AT field, not even making a ripple.
"Graham Aker!" Bright roared, "I didn't give the order to strike!"
"It has nothing to do with your orders, it is my own will." Graham replied in a firm voice, "Although I can't destroy it as Major Amuro did, I can still draw its attention. No need for airframe support or artillery assistance, just leave this to me, reinforcements will be here soon!"
Bright was silent for a moment, and finally spit out the words through his teeth, "Leave the angel to Captain Aker, all ready to evacuate and ready to move."
"Beautiful decision, worthy of being Captain Bright!" Aker in the cockpit moved his hands quickly and made various delicate micro-maneuvers, "Having to abandon the Gundam model in pursuit of better functions is my biggest regret, but this dilemma is also the destiny as a Virgo ACE!"
The Jegan rotated and panned up and down around the angel under his manipulation, which was dazzling to the eyes. The two flattened arms of the angel were lengthened, lengthened again, lengthened again and again under his guidance, and passed by the Jegan's fuselage again and again without any danger.
The length of the angel's arms finally almost reached its limit, and Jegan's spout flipped forward, the fuselage stepped back sharply. The angel's two ribbons rolled back with a fierce force and tied its own body tightly.
Graham couldn't help but shrug in the cockpit, "It seems this thing really doesn't have much intelligence."
The Fourteenth Angel Zerel who had tied itself up stood still for about two seconds, and the two arms suddenly relaxed, followed by a speed that was barely visible to the naked eye as it reeled back, and by the time Aker's dynamic vision caught up with it, two tight cylinders were once again clenched on its chest.
"Oh, it will use the blow just now." Graham tightened the joystick in his hand and gulped unconsciously, "I'm a man who had the qualifications to pilot Gundam, there's no reason that I can't dodge it."
However, Aker was very clear that the current movement speed alone was unable to dodge the blow just now. To avoid it, it will mainly depend on intuition and luck.
Aker took a deep breath, then held his breath and locked his eyes on the two cylinders in front of the angel. One point five seconds later, he didn't see the angel make a move, just felt its tail was in an uncoordinated posture, but he instantly pull the joystick to dodge. The next moment, Jegan's left arm was sliced off.
"Hahahahahaha!" Aker couldn't help but laugh out loud, "I'm even better than Amuro today!"
Before the words left his mouth, an invisible shockwave hit Jegan's fuselage, and the 20-ton MS was easily knocked away like a rag doll. Aker inside the fuselage coughed out a large mouthful of blood, feeling the force of gravity spinning in his internal organs.
He immediately unhook his helmet, which was obscured by blood, and hanging it to the side. The renewed vision showed the angel holding both arms up in front of itself to build up power, while Jegan's main screen was brutally darkened.
"Looks like the Doctor is a man who loves to be late!" He laughed freely, "But if I'm going to die, I want to die on Gundam! Ah! Unicorn, why are you so beautiful! I want to hold you so tight! Amuro Ray! I'm so jealous of you!"
As he was saying that, a hideous thick beam of light smashed in front of Jegan, the whole earth shook, and the dazzling light pierced the whole sky. Soon after the light dispersed, the two arms of the Fourteenth Angel Zerel were cut off from it, helplessly drooping on the ground.
"You pervert! Stay away from my daughter!" Someone's unforgiving rebuke rang out on the public channel, "If you speak such words again, I'll make sure you don't have any Gundam to drive for the rest of your life!"
Aker shouted out excitedly, "I've been waiting for you, father-in-law!"
A stream of light descended from the sky, pulling out a silver line like a falling star. The silver thread ignored the AT field and stuck to the angel's torso, gracefully circling around several times, and the arm that was originally sharp and indestructible broke in a flash, gushing blood.
"Tiffa, here." Ade silently recited in his consciousness, and then drew back sharply.
The unseen torrent of energy from beyond the sky came rushing in once again. The earth beneath his feet trembled once again, and the Fourteenth Angel Zerel bathed in glorious light, faded away, until it disappeared completely.
"Silver-white TurnA?!" Aker didn't even look at the evaporating angel, but just stared at the silver MS in the sky, "Too beautiful, she's too beautiful! Doctor, can you let me see it up close?"
"No way." TurnA slowly flew off into the distance, "Hard work, let Bright get someone to pick you up. Oh, remember to ask him to post the video of your cockpit to the Internet."
After saying that, Ade turned off the public channel, refusing to listen to Aker's criminal prepper-like remarks.
"Ade, Ade!" Alice twisted her body in his arms, "Is TurnA super powerful after fusing with ELS's technology? I fixed it! And TurnA is now a part of my body!"
"Well, Alice is really great!" Ade freed a hand to touch her head, and his arm accidentally brushed against a certain hard object that was quite spectacular compared to Alice's physique, "Uh, Alice, it doesn't feel right to the touch."
"Huh, it's not right?" Alice looked down, "But I don't have the data, this is my own calculation. Well, I'll ask stupid Ange for the data later."
"Let's not talk about that." Ade gently touched her hand, "How do you feel now? Does it feel like your consciousness has been invaded?"
"There is a little …" Alice raised her head, "but TurnA is very useful, Ade just said the same thing, right? So Alice will cheer up and try not to lose to herself!"
"Fortunately, you rushed back as soon as you finished fusing with ELS, otherwise …" Ade hugged Alice tightly.
"But Alice wants to help Ade." Alice said seriously, "Ade said that ELS is very important, related to your strategic layout. Alice wants to become useful, so Alice will work hard!"
"You are actually quite useful as a music player too." Ade pinched her cheek, "No need to try, really, I'll try."
A moment later, TurnA landed on the tarmac of Kilimanjaro base, besides Lacus and Ange, even Bright was waiting below with a stern look.
"Is that your plan?" Seeing Ade come down, Bright ignored Alice and asked, "While getting our customers all dead, while proving unreliable of your projects, who will buy it then? I have planned to change MS to Jagan for the whole army!"
"Yes, yes, we can't sell the eighteenth-floor type, but there is still the twenty-four-floor type, right?" Ade asked rhetorically, "Otherwise, why did I design two models for what?"
"Wait, is the twenty-four-layer type for this? I see, so that's it! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Bright smiled and patted Ade's shoulder, "Go on, talk to your family first, I'll leave you alone."
After saying that, he simply turned around and left, leaving three people and an "MS girl" face to face.
"By the way, Ade, just now, a woman named Wang Liu Mei has been pestering us, Lacus had a hard time getting rid of her." Ange stared straight at Ade and spoke before Lacus, "Look me in the eye and answer me, do you have thoughts about her?"
Ade looked into her big beautiful eyes and answered frankly, "No."
"Well, pass." Ange continued without a pause, "Then look me in the eye again and answer me, do you have thoughts about Loran?"
Alice left Ade, fluttered into Ange's arms, and put her hands on the latter's chest with the words on her lips, "The data is collected! I see, I see! Wonderful, wonderful!"
