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Hundreds of years ago, due to the depletion of fossil fuels, humans began to look for new forms of energy. Under the guidance of a certain physicist's "Basic Theory of Solar Power Generation System", the major powers spent huge sums of money and nearly half a century to finally build a giant solar power generation system composed of three huge orbital elevators that rush straight out of the atmosphere from the ground.

Based on solar energy and supplemented by nuclear power, mankind has entered the age of the universe. If you get too close to the sun, you will kill yourself like Icarus, and if you get too far away from the sun, there will be an energy crisis, so the main range of human activities is between Venus and Mars, using asteroid resources to build colonized moons with huge solar panels, and Mars is the only colonized planet.

Subsequently, the once-dead love of infighting reawakened, and the cosmic war broke out.

Some countries have transferred all their major economic, cultural, and military sectors to satellites, and dignitaries have abandoned the earth, which is gradually lacking in resources, and have chosen to settle in space; Some countries have inexhaustibly demanded the fruits of the labor of civilians on satellites, and dignitaries have enjoyed the blessings of the earth. In either case, it is inseparable from the serious irrationality of the distribution of interests, which eventually led to the emergence of independence movements and the formation of a [satellite alliance].

In order to recover the colonial satellites that originally belonged to them, the major powers of the earth formed the [Earth Federal Government], but the intrigue between the member states can be divided into three major regions: UNION on the American continent, the Human Innovation Alliance on the Asian continent, and the AEU on the European continent.

In order to adapt to the cosmic environment, in addition to the "new humans" who awaken their own special abilities, there are also "adjusters" born through genetic modification, and the adjusters are relatively good in terms of average performance in intelligence and physical fitness, and have immunity to many diseases. A natural person conflicts with the adjuster out of jealousy, and eventually the adjuster becomes [Zaft] independently.

At a time when these three major forces are in a scuffle, there are scattered neutral countries on both the earth and the universe. Although these weak, neutral states were destined to die out over time, or become worthless ruins of war, or become part of other countries, or become new members of large organizations, there are still a few that have survived until now.

- Lyle's motherland [Orb] is a small neutral country that has survived to this day and advocates the concept of "coexistence of natural persons and adjusters".

(Bang!) In a deserted MS military factory in Orb, the Iron Giant is connected to the Energy Backpack.

The Mobile-Suit, or MS for short, is a weapon of war in this era, known for its human-like articulation and limb structure that provides ultra-high mobility and versatility.

But obviously, the black steel giant in front of him, which is 27 meters high, has a cool styling style, and has ridiculously thick armor, is definitely not an ordinary MS, the golden duplex ring structure, the energy backpack with no sense of disobedience behind the god, and it is definitely not an ordinary battery pack.

"It's me, I designed such a handsome robot after learning art temporarily~" Lyle, as the only designer, puffed up his chest for his meager artistic qualities and was proud for a while before gathering his remaining employees.

"Congratulations to all of you, the project of our factory [Calups] is officially announced to be completed after seven years!" Lyle applauded vigorously, but none of the employees in the workshop, young or old, responded, only Ah Zhong, the maid who took care of Lyle's upbringing, gently clapped his hands in response to his master.

Lyle didn't mind either, and continued to announce with high interest: "Here's good news and bad news, the good news is that you will get a generous bonus, and the bad news is that you can also get a severance pay by the way, because I'm about to go bankrupt and I'm looking for someone to buy this factory, ahahaha~"

Orb used the energy of the volcanic complex, the resources of the satellite "Heliopolis", and the talents of the citizens to develop the military industry, and its products were favored by the international market.

Lyle was born into one of the five aristocratic families that ruled Orb since ancient times, and when he was a child, his parents were killed by a third party in an arms deal, and he had to sit prematurely as the head of the family. In order to maintain Orb's power structure and avoid the pro-Federalist faction, the then head of state, Uzmi, has always taken good care of Lyle and asked his only daughter Cagalli to make a marriage contract with Lyle.

However, Lyle is ignorant and has spent all his money on an unknown project called "Collapse" since he was a child, selling off family businesses, real estate, stocks, antiques, and luxury goods one after another. Although there was a mansion that had lost its antiques and luxuries and looked empty, and he was still a wealthy man in the ordinary sense after selling the last of the munitions factories, he was honestly no longer qualified to sit in Orb's conference room except for his blood.

"Alas...... Little boss, it's all this time, can you reveal a little bit of information and let us know what kind of body we helped build? An old man with a full beard sighed, stepped forward, and said helplessly, "I know you have always treated us as idiots, and there are indeed many newcomers here who don't understand anything, but I have been doing it for so many years, and I know that Caleps is not a toy to look at, and toys cannot make you bankrupt." ”

The young technician was unconvinced: "Hey, old man, don't you understand anything when we are newcomers?" We've graduated from college anyway! I'm sure there's something wrong in the warehouse where no one is allowed to enter! ”

The bearded transporter added: "I'm just a forklift porter who eats mixed food, and I really don't understand anything, but I always remember the quantity and location of things in the warehouse, and when I wake up, things change...... If someone is going to stay up late for this thing, it can only be the little boss. ”

This is the difference between an 'outsider' and an 'insider'.

Outsiders only saw Lyle frantically selling and cashing out, calling him 'Orb's loser'.

Insiders found many clues, but as an employee, there was no way to find out the truth...... Oh, of course, the overly curious employee was fired by Lyle.

"You think too much, I'm just poor because of the repeated 'throw it away if you're not satisfied' and 'buy it first whether it's useful or not.'" Lyle replied, but everyone in the room knew it was just perfunctory, "I can share a point with you, though. ”

“？” Employees listened attentively.

"A small step ahead is an elite, a big step is a genius, a short step is a great man, and a big step is a monster. The way to deal with the monster is to execute it on the spot, and second, to put it under house arrest until it is needed to use it. Lyle turned around, held his head high, looked at the super robot he had worked so hard to build, and said softly, "-Whoever it is, I will not allow him to restrict my freedom to explore the world." "Diagram of the Great Dao of the Heavens