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PS: This is the second update from last night, there will be another update later.

Volume 124: Chapter Mu: You gotta take my windmill hit!

The muzzle of the Flame God Beam Cannon in his hand once again burst out a red and white high-energy beam, destroying an unknown MS that was about to fly out of the "library" to participate in the battle.

"Eh... I've been in the sniper position all the time, and I feel like my body is almost rusted..." Putting away the sight used for precise aiming, Mu glanced at the four mobile suits that were getting closer.

"After all, you like to use three backpacks together. Even if additional batteries are installed, movement will still be a problem." In the communication, Malu analyzed Mu's body condition.

"Even if the machine's endurance isn't that good and my piloting skills aren't as strong as Ross's, there's no problem taking out these four mobile suits." He casually disconnected the Flame God beam cannon from the New Argama, letting the New Argama retract its power cable. Mu stood up, controlling the Strike and drawing his blue ship-slashing sword.

"4 MSs... approaching, about to reach the firing range!" Sai, who was looking at the radar, spoke at this time.

"Can't use the positron cannon... Preheat Goldfield, activate the anti-aircraft guns!" Baki Lulu glanced at the New Argama's position and made a quick decision. "Deploy the wire-controlled floater guns!"

Three quadruple-mounted Goldfield linear beam cannons hidden under the armor unfolded, revealing their thick barrels, and the guns on the battleship quickly adjusted their positions.

"Wire-controlled floaters... no problem!" After experiencing many battles, Thor has now quickly mastered the wire-controlled floaters of the New Argama, but now controlling four wire-controlled floaters is his limit.

"Four wire-controlled floaters are released... Eh? Why are there eight?" At this moment, Thor watched the display of the wire-controlled floaters and saw that the four originally released floaters were all released.

"I'm operating it. I'll assist you in the battle later. Don't just stand there." Suddenly, a male voice sounded in front of Thor.

"Huh?" Thor was stunned for a moment and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a Haro on the control panel shaking its wings in front of him.

"What are you still daydreaming about? I don't want Brother Ross's ship to be damaged. Hurry up and get into combat mode!" Harrow on the console was obviously annoyed by Thor's daze. He flapped the wings on his head frantically. Thor even felt a breeze blowing on his face.

"Oh oh oh... here it comes, the wire-controlled floating cannon has been launched." Thor quickly came to his senses at the prompt of this Harrow and reached out to grasp the joystick.

When Maru and Bakilulu saw the scene in front of them, they subconsciously looked at Christina who was monitoring the ship data.

"I remember telling you about our situation before. I thought you remembered." Christina obviously understood what Maru and Bakilulu meant and raised an eyebrow. "Anyway, I'll explain after the battle. Is that okay?"

"...Okay, let's focus on the battle in front of us first!" After hearing Christina's words, Malu began to focus back on the battle.

After all, things have their priorities. Compared to those Haro with brains intervening in the battle of the warships, which is no different from the Blue Cosmos wetware, the upcoming battle is the most important thing.

"The target has entered the firing range. The modified Storm has stopped and is assembling the firing tube!" At this time, looking at the MS signal marked as "Storm?" on the radar, it stopped moving, and the camera showed that this modified version of Storm was assembling the firing tube in its hand, and Sai began to narrate.

"Godfield One, target modified Storm, fire!"

Following Bakilulu's order, the quadruple Goldfield, which had already completed charging, locked onto the Storm that had just entered the aiming state. Thick beams of light burst out from the four muzzles, quickly passed by the three MSs that were still advancing, and accurately hit the Hail Storm.

The pilot inside had just pulled down the auxiliary aiming device on the machine, ready to launch a long-range sniper attack, when a green particle beam suddenly appeared, filling his field of vision. It was like playing CS:GO and the screen was completely white after being flashed by a flare. The unfortunate pilot was about to pull down the auxiliary aiming device and close his eyes.

But the next moment, he could no longer feel the pain in his eyes.

The Goldfield linear beam cannon on the New Argama easily tore through the Hailstorm's armor, completely destroying the torso of the machine.

This is the advantage of a high-powered beam cannon. Just aim at the torso of the MS and shoot. Unless the cockpit is at the head of the MS, it will definitely be destroyed.

In order to ensure that the cockpit of this MS was destroyed, the Haro guys were still fine-tuning the angle of the Goldfield beam cannon.

"The remaining MS are within range. Anti-aircraft guns and linear floaters, fire!"

Following Bugilulu's order, dense artillery fire emerged from the battleship and swept towards the three machines in front of them.

Faced with such dense artillery fire, even the PS armor had to avoid the sharp edge, and the three MS began to maneuver continuously.

"Then I'm going to set off too!" Mu looked at the scene in front of him and stepped on the pedal. The air combat backpack behind Qiangxiong sprayed flames and flew towards the three MSs with Qiangxiong.

Although equipped with three backpacks and several temporary batteries, the Assault had problems with mobility and center of gravity when fighting in the Earth environment, but after entering the space environment, these shortcomings were overcome by Mu.

"Although Ross usually steals all the limelight...but you guys, don't think I'm a pushover!" Looking at the three MSs that were close at hand, two of which had the shadow of the Strike clearly visible, Mu gritted his teeth.

Then, the anti-ship Vulcan cannon on the right shoulder began to rotate and fired a chain of ammunition at an approaching Gale Assault, forcing him back.

With his free left hand, he pulled out the beam boomerang on his left shoulder and threw it towards another Gale Strike, successfully blocking the second Gale Strike's progress.

Then, the left hand that had just thrown the beam boomerang continued to swing the hook on the forearm towards the Storm Duel that had just wanted to pull out the beam rifle. As the hook retracted, the two machines approached rapidly.

Mu's battle plan was very clear. Since there were two machines that were such extreme close combat machines, then as a panacea, the Assault could first deal with the machine that could cause effective long-range attacks, and then cooperate with the firepower of the New Argama to destroy the remaining two close combat machines one by one.

However, in order to use three backpacks at the same time, the power of the Ship-Slashing Sword was reduced a little, which brought some obstacles to this sudden action.

However, Mu found a method through simulation training. Although he had not practiced with Rhodes's data, it was quite useful on other data.

Seeing that they had reached the distance, Mu controlled the Strike and began to spin the Ship Slashing Sword in his hand frantically. The Ship Slashing Sword was spinning around the Strike at an extremely fast speed, but it did not cut any shoulder armor or parts of the body. Instead, the Storm Duel who had just pulled out the hilt of the beam saber from his knee had his arm cut into several pieces, and there were cut marks on the shoulder armor and torso, revealing the internal parts.

"Take my windmill hit!" Looking at the scene in front of him, Mu shouted and controlled the attack to rotate the ship-cutting sword faster.

This was Mu's method for dealing with the drop in power of the Ship-Cutting Sword. Although he would cut himself in the simulation training program at the beginning, after a long period of practice, Mu was able to complete the rapid rotation of the Ship-Cutting Sword without causing any damage to the body.

The nearly sixteen-meter-long ship-slashing sword spun at breakneck speed, slicing through the Storm Strike. Even within their mobile suits, the two Storm Strike pilots felt a shudder of fear at the sight of such a massive blade being swung.

The pilot of the Storm Duel wanted to use his surviving hand to pull out the beam saber, but the next moment, the ship-slashing sword broke through his cockpit. Before he could react, the beam blade of the ship-slashing sword chopped into the cockpit, completely melting the entire cockpit.

As the Storm Duel in front of him was destroyed, Mu breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this sword technique had not been officially used in MS battles, and he had only practiced it in simulation training. Now he had the first record of destruction.

"Okay, then let's take out the remaining two in one go!" Mu controlled the Strike and turned around, flying towards one of the Gale Strike. The anti-ship Vulcan cannon on his right shoulder continued to fire at the Gale Strike, forcing the Gale Strike to put up its shield to block.

Mu skillfully swung the ship-cutting sword towards Gale Strike, and at this time, seemingly remembering the tragic scene of the Storm Duel just now, Gale Strike raised the physical high-frequency ship-cutting sword in his hand and started to chop at Mu.

At this moment, the other Gale Assault seemed to see an opportunity and began to fly towards Mu's Assault, raising the ship-slashing sword in its hand.

But the next moment, eight bullet chains shot from different directions appeared and hit Gale Strike like a rainstorm. The power of the PS armor was quickly consumed in the process of resistance, and eventually the iron-gray armor was exposed. Finally, it was torn apart by the wire-controlled floating gun of the New Argama.

"The New Argama has captured two MSs. Major Mu, you are going to lose!" At this time, Thor seemed to have seen that the overall situation was already decided and was in a good mood to speak in the communication.

"You little brat, I don't remember teaching you how to pick up heads!" Mu took two breaths, cursed with a smile, and continued to operate the Strike to turn the ship-cutting sword in his hand, clashing with the physical ship-cutting sword of the Gale Strike.

Where the two machines clashed, sparks flew as the beam blades collided with the physical blades.

Now it's a test of endurance. It's not just the endurance of the pilot controlling the machine to fight, but also the endurance of the ship-slashing swords. In the end, will the beam layer of the physical ship-slashing sword be melted, or will the blade material be analyzed and chopped into pieces?

"Ohhhhhhh..." Mu shouted subconsciously, and the speed of the assault ship-slashing sword became faster.

Finally, as if it had reached its limit, Mu turned the ship-cutting sword again, and the posture of the Gale Attack was cut off. What followed was a slashing attack like a storm, until the body was split into two.

Only after using the ship-cutting sword to cut the final Gale Strike in half did Mu finally breathe a sigh of relief.

"I shot down two too, so it's a tie now!" After a short break, Mu responded to Thor's words, "Thor, you bastard, wait until you get back to practice more!"

"Kougua! No!"

Shortly after Mu ended the battle, the already dilapidated "library" in the distance was finally shattered into pieces by Ross's beam magnum.

"Huh...it's over." Seeing the scene before him, Mu breathed a sigh of relief. "Although I don't know if ZAFT will chase me and beat me later, at least I still looked cool for once..."

"Thank you for your hard work. Anyway, let's return to the ship first." At this time, Mariu's voice came over the communication, "Rhodes and the others are also returning to the battleship now."

In the distance, three machines that had completed their mission were flying towards the New Argama.

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PS: Today’s update, the second update is completed.

This year's TGA was quite entertaining, but I can only say that the humor was a bit abstract.

Volume 125: Chapter : A half-step ahead is a genius, a step ahead is a madman

"it's over……"

Looking at the screen where the "library" was shattered by the attack of the beam magnum, Durandal sighed.

It is an indisputable fact that the cloning technology of the "Library" played a great role in the confrontation between the Plant and Earth alliances.

However, the historical mission of the "Library" has come to an end, and in the future envisioned by Durandal, there is no place for this organization.

"The garrison will be dispatched to drive away the remaining mobile suits and clean up the battlefield. If there are still people alive in the separated facility, shoot them on the spot." Durandal dialed the communication of the garrison of this agricultural colony satellite.

"Yes... the troops have been sent out." The commander of the garrison nodded and sent out the troops that had been prepared for a long time.

Durandal typed the last word on the analysis document and saved it encrypted.

At this time, he saw that the communication was still connected, and in the communication, there seemed to be something that the garrison commander wanted to say.

"If you have anything to say, just tell me." Durandal turned his attention back to the communication and looked at the commander in the image.

"Senator Durandal... why didn't you stop them?" The garrison commander pondered for a moment before finally expressing his lingering doubts. "As a soldier, I simply follow orders, but I'm not sure what the tactical benefits are..."

After hearing the garrison commander's question, Durandal fell silent for a moment, then opened the garrison files nearby and began to organize his thoughts. "Do you know anything about ZAFT's current 'Clone Force' and that white 'Unicorn' machine?"

"I've roughly understood it...but aren't those images in the unicorn information really synthesized with special effects?" Hearing Durandal's words, the commander of the garrison couldn't help but frown.

"Those videos are, of course, true records. The light that appeared in them was witnessed by witnesses. Didn't you just watch the entire battle?" Durandal nodded. "But now that you know, the next step is simple."

"The organization that traded cloning technology with ZAFT is called the Library, the same organization that was just destroyed by the Unicorn."

"I'm using the destruction of this organization and your non-interference in their battles to show goodwill to the Unicorn pilots," Durandal stated his purpose in the simplest terms. "I have a plan; I need to win him over."

"Winning him over... why? How much can one man's power change the outcome of the battle? Even if he's incredibly powerful, he'll still perish under the naval gunfire." The garrison commander was puzzled. "I don't know why that 'library' is here, but the best option is to continue acquiring their superior cloning technology."

"So? Cloning technology can only maintain a stalemate for now, but we're about to enter the next phase of the battle." Durandal sighed. "My intention in showing goodwill isn't to 'win.' There's no winner in this battle, whether it's Plant or the Earth Alliance."

"What I need is 'the end of the war.'

The communication was silent for a while, with only the white noise generated by the surrounding environment.

"...I don't understand." The garrison commander scratched his head. "What's the connection between the two..."

"I just looked at the information. Your son is in middle school now, right? He seems to be doing very well in school..." Durandal shook his head. "If you continue to protect that 'library', the end result will only be a continuation of the war. Your son will eventually enter military school and fight on the battlefield."

"If we don't end this mutually destructive war first, and eliminate those who instigated it... the world will continue to slide into the abyss." Thinking back on his plan, Durandal rubbed his forehead. "As for whether this plan is correct, I don't know. But it embodies the wisdom of my life up to this point. I am willing to have faith in it and believe it can provide a relatively 'correct' answer."

"And in this plan, the 'Unicorn' and its pilot, the one who can induce such a 'miracle', are indispensable." At this point, Durandal turned off the video looping on the tablet beside him. "People often say that being half a step ahead is genius, while being one step ahead is madness... It's too late to take only half a step now. I must take a full step, regardless of the outcome."

“If you don’t think and don’t do anything, nothing will change.”

"...I think I understand what you mean." The garrison commander scratched his head. "I don't know what 'plan' you're talking about, but if it's to end the war...it must be a great plan."

"Thank you, Senator Durandal, for clearing up my confusion. Please continue to command us and use our power." The garrison commander stood straight and raised his hand to give Durandal a standard ZAFT salute. "As a father and as an adult, whether it's my children or someone else's, I hope they can live in a peaceful world... whether they are adjusters or natural beings."

"Thank you for your understanding..." Durandal smiled at the commander. "...Maybe he knew about the pilot and had a conversation with him. He was in such a good mood that he subconsciously spoke so much."

"Please continue to protect this colony."

"Yes."

The garrison commander disconnected communications and turned his attention back to the shattered "library".

The Unicorn and the two Heretics had no intention of fighting ZAFT and withdrew directly. The Jinn troops took over the scene very smoothly.

"Zizizi... Commander, this is Team A. We've found several survivors. What should we do?" The team that had already entered the "library" asked in the communication.

"According to Chancellor Durandal's orders, all survivors in the facility must be shot on the spot."

"To end the war, shoot!"

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Compared to Durandal's cheerful mood, Ross's mood was obviously much more serious.

The Unicorn returned to the New Agama, while the Red Heretic and the Blue Heretic returned to Luo Juel's "RE home". The two warships were evacuating in an orderly manner according to the pre-planned route.

In the conference room of the New Agamar, in addition to the crew of the New Agamar, both the Orb represented by Cagalli and the Klein faction represented by Lacus on the Eternal participated in the meeting via video.

At this moment, the conversation between Rhodes and Durandal was playing continuously on the shared screen.

"...I cannot accept this approach." After the recorded conversation finished playing, Lux remained silent for a long time before speaking. "Completely stifling humanity's potential for development in other areas, leaving only a fixed path... Such a high-pressure world, just to prevent war, is too high a price to pay."

"What do you think?" Rhodes narrowed his eyes as he pondered the plan Durandal mentioned.

Although Ross did not express his inclination to join Durandal, everyone could see that Durandal offered Ross very generous conditions. Even if his plan was successfully implemented, Ross would receive much better treatment than he did now.

"...I've always believed that human development shouldn't be restricted." Lux looked at the screen in front of her, but in fact, she was observing Ross rubbing his forehead in the conference room.

In their previous encounters, Lux had already gotten a rough idea of Ross's character. With the power Ross possessed, if he really defected to Durandal... the bleak future that Durandal had planned would surely come to pass.

"Whether it's a mediator or a natural person, because of their different upbringings, there will inevitably be conflicts and frictions. As long as both parties negotiate, they can definitely reach a settlement."

"But what if there's no reconciliation? Then there'll be another war... I mean, another war after this war ends." Ross frowned as he listened to Lux's thoughts.

Lux's views are very traditional, but this has been proven to be unworkable by the war between the Plant and Earth alliances.

"So, we need a powerful third party, preferably one recognized by everyone, to mediate the war between the two sides and bring them back to the negotiating table," Lux explained her plan. "That's what Orb and I are planning to do."

Compared to Durandal's bold plan, Lux's plan was prudent, but there was no doubt that Lux's views and plans might be more attractive to Ross.

On the track of history, after crossing the starting line, Lux took half a step and Durandal took a step. They were both looking at Rhodes standing behind the starting line, hoping that he would join them.