Volume 13 Black Sun Chapter 23 Wings of the Sun
"Oh, it's so big... And this kind of thing has to be taken out early.γγγ β
Looking at the telescopic images displayed on the screen, Cator's ears rang with Dior's exclamation. Although it is not easy to have an accurate sense of distance and proximity in a vacuum, through the comparison of the images of the ship and the MS, and the experience of seeing a lot of weapons as the successor of a large company, Catoro can feel that the ship they are about to land is beyond the specifications.
"Is that the secret front-line flagship of the Federation Space Force?" Katoru muttered as he watched the shadow grow larger.
"It feels like the battleship we've ridden can't even compare to the cutting-edge of Orb's rising sun," sighed as Dior did his duty as an avant-garde, and he stepped on the pedal a little deeper to make the Hellreaper speed up a little, "I'll go first." β
As Dio approached, the details of the giant ship reflected on his screen gradually became clear--- the [Ark]-class space battleship secretly built by the Federation Space Force. The total length of the battleship is close to 600 meters, and the hull containing three MS hangars makes people feel heavy, and the whole ship is like a sphinx lying in the universe, but that leg is larger than the Federation's main production ship, Clapp. An Ark-class design carries as many as 80 MS aircraft, which is close to the establishment of three federal MS brigades; Not counting the steel giants, there were 1,500 federal soldiers on board; The surface of this monstrous giant ship is also covered with GN particle turrets as dense as a mountain of knives in hell.
"Woohoo... With this kind of density of the fort, I and the Grim Reaper will also be beaten into cheese... Dior, who was hovering and waiting to land, whistled, "Thank you for the identification code sent by the officials." β
"It's not the number that's scary," Du Luohua's voice sounded in the loop, "[A monster that has never participated in a battle but was already covered in blood before entering the water], even this guy was sent, and he actually let us board the ship, the Federation Army has been... β
"Oh, there's a breath that makes me sick of death." Dior's face also sank suddenly.
Just as Dio was talking in a low voice as he approached the fortress-like battleship that had not even been officially launched or entered the space, the Ptolemy, the battleship of the Celestial Organization, also approached the oppressive warship that made them feel like the inhabitants of Lilliputia.
"Do you feel it, Moment?" Tieria sat in the cockpit with a gloomy face.
"Well, complex brain quantum waves, but they're all vibrating at a common frequency." An affirmative reply was sent back to Tieria.
"Now we are focused on the situation at hand, and we urgently need to rest under safety cover." Lisa's tired voice rang out. The Celestials' warships and pilots also temporarily stopped hearing the announcement of their tactical forecasters, and with the scars of battle, they dragged their bodies that had not eaten for more than ten hours towards the giant ship of the Federation.
"The Celestials, the Resistance, the Zaft Volunteer Army and the New Zeon Task Force Observation Fleet on the way, what is this, the Federation Most Wanted Fellow Citizens, ha." Locke took a sip.
Listening to such a joke in the communication channel, Kujou Lisa couldn't laugh at all--- she could deal with any serious battle situation with all her might, but the situation in front of her made the tactical forecasters who were wallowing in pain and strife feel panicked. She knew that the ship was carrying a weapon system similar to that on the colony satellite they had destroyed--- using mass-produced brain quantum wave users; And this is a non-existent "gray" battleship that is desperately covered up by the Rebir faction and a part of the Federation, and does not actually appear in the federal budget. But now the giant ship has burst out of its lurking lair, and landed them as wanted elements of the Federation...
What the hell is going to happen, the tactical forecaster who asked himself looked up at the giant ship that also cast a shadow in the vacuum.
Twenty minutes later, the nine Lisa passed through the air lock, and what she saw was a hangar much larger than Ptolemy's--- although the structure was not too large, but the banner and vertical width were nearly 10 times larger; She motioned for the others to follow, and then kicked the floor and floated forward. The Federation officer standing in front of the air lock leading to the interior stretched out his hand, and after seemingly hesitating whether to salute or shake hands, he still reached out and shook Kujo:
"Come with me, food and medical equipment are ready in the briefing room."
Kujou nodded, ignoring the murderous eyes of the Federation crews around him, glanced back at the Celestial pilots, and followed. About ten minutes later, Lisa Kujo and the Celestial Pilots had arrived in a room with a two-story ceiling that was full of screens.
"The general is waiting to talk to you." The Ark's co-captain said. Kujou easily felt the anger and unwillingness conveyed by this man through his tone and eyes, but she also rushed to the humility and patience that this man exuded, and realized that this man was probably only winning his position because he put his own livelihood and future first, and immediately put aside that empty resentment.
"We don't have much time, so I'm going straight in, this earth circle needs the Federation and everyone present to work together." Admiral Reybil's voice rang out as soon as his image was projected, and the stern old man, who was so cheeky that he acted in front of people as if he were acting in front of a mirror, drew the attention of everyone in the room.
"Just now, a group of warriors who had been secretly operating on the routes within the solar system brought back some crucial information that leads us to believe... We must attack the enemy's huge central fortress directly. As soon as Reybil said this, the people who had been making eye contact with each other in private were frozen as if time had been suspended.
"What?" The corners of Lockang's mouth twitched.
"We need to send a commando into the enemy's core and attack a point of the planet-like fortress directly." Brad. Noah replied coldly.
"I'll repeat myself one more time," Lockon straightened up, pointing to his ear, "what?" β
"That's enough, Lockon, you've heard you well enough," Lisa Kujou first let go of her fist clenched in a moment of unhappiness and waved her hand at Lockon, "Admiral Bill, Captain Bryde, I can probably understand the reason for this, but no matter how tight the time is, it needs to be explained. β
"yesγγγγγ" Rebir, who was on the other side of the battlefield, sighed, "People can't be creatures if they don't understand each other, I'm really confused, and it's not necessarily." β
"General, please don't say that." To everyone's surprise, it was not Brad who was the first to comfort Reybil, but Cagalli, who was driven out of her home by the Federation Army and exiled to the universe.
Raybile glanced at the still young woman through the electronic device, and saw something different from the politicians of the Federation--- not the kind of performance that made the other person reflect himself in his eyes and then act out what the other person wanted, nor did he have the arrogance of not taking others into account and treating people as objects thoroughly; The pupils, colored by the golden hair, flowed with understanding and support that pierced through the cold space.
What a remarkable young generation, the general of the Federation felt that understanding and support had animated his stiff language:
"Now you must have all been exposed to the information of these creatures who rained fire on the earth, and some of them sound ridiculous, such as the fact that these guys are actually humans from the previous era, who have been stretching their faces under the surface of Mars and Callisto; Some of them make me, an old man, feel cold to the bones, such as the other party wants to format all mankind... What I'm trying to say is that this second piece of information that sends chills to my bones is very likely to be true. β
"Formatting... Humanity...?! A great sense of absurdity came over almost everyone.
"Jedo." Brad said suddenly.
"So you want me to explain." As a "Sound-Only" icon was projected, a male voice rang out in the room.
"As soon as possible." Brad bowed his head.
"Most of you know me, and those who don't know me, I'm Jedo. Asta, a new human, the information you just heard is coming from me and a few other new humans, let me explain as soon as possible," Jado's voice rang out in the room, "When Jupiter's helium triple course and Mars' colony probe route began to be blocked, I and the other team began to investigate. Then in an investigation, we intercepted one of the other party's ships, and we prevented the other party's self-destruction, intercepted one of the other side... Equipment. β
"We didn't know what this device was, and we didn't have enough equipment to learn it, we just knew it was some kind of repeater for a quantum information delivery network or something. So we were going to transport this device back to the earth circle for analysis and study, but during the journey, the device was activated, and a shock wave of what could have been extremely strong induction shocked me and Kim Kantar unconscious... β
"Who's going to be fine with a dangerous unknown device." Lockon muttered.
βγγγγγγ The curiosity of a scrap merchant," Jado's voice was full of embarrassment, "In a coma, Kim Kaido and I entered a kind of ... [State], just like the new human sense, in that state, we [see] the other person's past, the other person's plan, the other party's goal. β
"Is this how the humans of the previous era were obtained?" Catoru interjected.
"Yes. They were also once inhabitants of the earth, and like us, they were also the products of this planet; Like us, they have created social systems because of the harshness of nature; Like us, that system has become too twisted and pushed the planet to its limits. But unlike us, they didn't have a smooth journey towards the constellations, and they didn't start escaping the already crazy world like we did. β
"What happened to them, it is impossible for them to be extinct... There used to be Soma. The maiden in the name of Piris asked.
"We gave birth to the Federation, but the Federation system is incompatible with the systems born in the universe like Zeon and Zaft, and they are probably more helpless, because they don't even have a unified government before the critical moment, and the different systems driven by various isms are incompatible and carry out inevitable thingsγγγγγγ"
"Do you conquer each other... Moments clenched their fists.
"Yes, unlike the feud between the Federation and the cosmic powers, they have started a large-scale strife on Earth--- because when the planet is close to its limit, it is more important to monopolize as few resources as possible, and let the opposing systems succumb ... Then at the moment of a few catties of destruction, they finally woke up, but it was too late, the planet was no longer enough to support them to colonize the universe, and they began to fall into a desperate situation. β
"But they survived, what happened?" Sha Ci wiped the tears from her eyes and asked.
"In that desperate situation, if the several systems that have finally given up on conquering each other realize that they are not in that state to find a solution with all their might, but to immerse themselves in despair, there is really no hope. But not all people are saints, the planet is full of decadent and desperate people ... β
"I can understand that feeling," Cagalli's eyes also flashed a little, "I feel that no matter how I choose, I will end up dying... β
"So they started to look at how to forcibly eliminate this effect, how to change people when words and words were no longer able to move people, they began to try to reorient people by hypnotizing people's consciousness, and at the same time they had to make cruel decisions so that those who could not change would no longer consume the resources they had left."
"How is this going to be done?" Du Luohua covered his face with his hair, and his voice seemed to come from underwater.
"They used a part of the recycled waste resources to build a network, a network that exists purely on solar energy, connected people's brains to it, tried to change people by directly influencing people's brains, and at the same time gave people who thought there was no hope a virtual world to survive, and in the process, they made a discovery. They find that deeper in their familiar superficial consciousness, there is something like a computer's operating system that is made up of quantum sets of information that work together and ultimately lead to making choices, such as why one usually prioritizes one's own life but sometimes sacrifices oneself ... To put it simply, it's like why 1+1 equals 2, it's an algorithmic thing... They found that the operation of message groups for people who have the same life experiences but want to make the choice between persevering and giving up ... Different... β
"It's like saying... Lisa Kujo hesitated.
"Souls, the people of the previous era felt that they had discovered the soul, or they just wanted to call it that, they saw an opportunity for change, an opportunity to give to all humanity some qualities that only some great men possessed, an opportunity to change themselves--- a race that could put aside differences, abandon hatred, not let pain stand in the way, a steadfast and unyielding race that does not give up ... Their management system chose to seize this opportunity, and they built their last ark beneath Mars--- a huge server-like thing inhabited by people who would perfect their plans ... consciousness, a certain amount of resources are stored, and even the body can be [printed] out with the help of nano and gene technology... β
"In that world of consciousness, those people continued their research...
"What about those who stay?" Arelluja asked.
"We don't know, we don't have these things in the memories we touch." Jado's voice denied the hope of the crowd.
"And now they're back?" Lois. Halewe asked.
"They watched us and saw that we were repeating the mistakes of the previous era, so they came back and wanted to fundamentally change humanity."
"It sounds like a myth... Mirena shook her head slightly, as if trying to deny something.
"Actually, it's not a myth, some of the sages and thinkers in our history have quietly returned to their hometowns, and our new human technology and brain quantum wave technology are also theirs... They have wanted to change us for a long time, for thousands of years they have been trying, trying from different perspectives and ideas, but there has never been a single belief or idea that unites us ... They find that we continue to make mistakes and then change briefly before the crisis ... Heroes or miracles appear, and then they begin to return to the routine of making mistakes ... They have come to the conclusion that our generation will also end within the solar system, and it is impossible to go further on our own. Jedo's voice stopped when it got to this point, which was filled with bitterness.
"If humanity could really get rid of some of the negativity ... But why would they come with a large army ... Hiro broke the silence.
"Because they came to a conclusion." A new voice sounded, and the icon of [Alando-Bajeena] appeared on the screen.
"Did you see that too?" Jado questioned.
"Ah," Arlando's voice continued, "the conclusion is that we are not a race that can be changed by reason, but by two means: by conquest or by comparison. They conclude that we can either be conquered first and then forcibly changed, or we can see for ourselves how high our changed selves can reach and then change slowly and painfully. β
"Why don't you want to communicate first... Mary, leaning on top of Areluja, murmured in pain.
"That's the problem, because how could a project with such good expectations of race come to fruition, something we don't come to ... This is what we see them in the past," Jado's voice sounded again, "and all that remains is their present plan, a plan that we must stop ... [Noah], the plan to return the earth to zero. β
"What do they want to do?" Cagalli's eyes narrowed.
"Completely remove the military power of the earth, make the earth completely powerless to resist, and at the same time destroy the orbital elevator and the power generation system, control all the resources of the colony, form a kind of control... That's what we see, and I don't think Arlando saw any more, right? β
"Nope...
"There is another plan, which is to --- zero out the population of the earth under certain conditions."
"Noah's flood... Lisa Kujou covered her face in pain.
"Maybe that's it..."
"I know what you're trying to say," Arlando's voice interrupted Lockon, who had just said a few words, "just change it, but their transformation system is incomplete, we won't have hatred anymore, but we won't have love either, they have never been able to completely control that equal sign, they can just control the factors to achieve a result!" β
"Anyway, we have to talk to them," Momenta straightened up, "they see those of us gathered here as deviant beings, we must... β
"It should be said that what we believe in is an anomaly for them, and what they think most people don't believe in is what they think can't change even if they believe it." Kira, who had been silent, finally spoke.
"I don't feel love, then, I don't want that kind of future." Mary lifted her tear-stained face and smiled at her lover.
With the words of the super soldier girl, the briefing room fell silent, and after a while, Rebil's voice sounded again:
"Then it's decided."
"But who are you going to talk to?" Lockon grabbed his hair in anguish.
"They have a central master in their fortress... Uh, [consciousness] or [program]," Jado's voice was embarrassed for a moment, but quickly continued, "That should be the key to making these fighters we are facing now behave like they are now, and there should be the answers and the possibility of dialogue that we want... β
"Well, even if that's the case, we have to penetrate the defense line formed by the troops that we all feel powerless to fight, some of the other side's technology is too far ahead of us, damn it." Dio cursed.
"I, in an instant, Jin Kaitar may be able to help us get there, and the induction wave we unleashed, if amplified correctly, can cause chaos for them, and may open a way for us." Jado said.
"The odds of success are like a blind man threading a needle, and the odds of dying are like Duroy's acrobatics," Dior shrugged his shoulders and smiled toothily, "What are we waiting for?" β
When these words reached the ears of Reybier, who was sitting in his flagship, the body of the Federation general suddenly slumped into his chair like a punctured balloon.
"General... Reybier's deputy handed over the handkerchief.
"In the name of stability, we have branded these children as rebellious, and now we have to ask these next generations who can give us possibilities to fight for their own lives...
"You can't think so...
"Brad, did I forget to turn off the communication loop?"
"yes...
"Well," the old general's words echoed in everyone's ears, "at first I wanted to deny that kind of world, because I definitely can't survive there, I think I'm too stiff, I think it's a reality, but now... β
"Let's go and ask," Lisa Kujo spat out, "are we too stiff to be saved?" β
"Then let's form a breakout force, and those who remain." Brad said this while laughing at how annoying it might be for him to say that.
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