Gundam UC Hunting Time

At this point, the two sides were extremely close, and he had no choice but to take down the Zaku Battle Axe again and continue to close in at an astonishing speed, preparing to risk a single blow to take down this powerful enemy.

However, Lin Xingyuan had no intention of giving him the chance to do so.

I have the firepower of FA, why would I need melee?

Fighting is impossible; bullets are faster than knives!

The additional thrusters suddenly burst forth, deflecting the angle and pulling the machine away from the contact distance. By a slight difference in body length, Lin Xingyuan dodged the Zaku Axe. Then, he nimbly turned around and activated the leg rocket launchers.

The red Zaku reacted incredibly quickly upon realizing its attack had missed, turning around immediately and hurling its red-hot battle axe as if it were a throwing weapon!

Wait, what's with the bright red color?

[Yellow shoulder studs?]

[Crimson Lightning!?]

[Wrong answer! This guy is Jony!]

Johnny Leiden? Not Char!?

No wonder it didn't feel familiar.

The sudden accident caused Lin Xingyuan to pause in his movements, and this slight deviation prevented him from grabbing his target in time. By the time he deflected the flying battle axe with his shield, the red Zaku had already created distance again!

Are you kidding me?!

Lin Xingyuan felt a bit absurd when his attack missed.

Originally, he was fuming and wanted to settle things with Char, but he ended up mistaking Char for someone else. This really... added more material to the jokes about Zeon.

However, this is a battlefield where victory or defeat determines life and death, and he cannot show mercy just because the opponent is popular—nor does he feel he has that kind of leeway.

In short, Zeon Dog has only one way out: death!

Lin Xingyuan stepped on the accelerator pedal again, raised the machine gun to aim, and activated the Gatling gun on the right side, preparing to take down Johnny in one fell swoop—the enemy was already out of weapons, and such an opportunity was hard to come by!

[Ah, Johnny's out of weapons! The rocket launcher maniac is in danger!]

The trick to defeating Johnny is to slowly wear him down until he runs out of ammo, then you can deliver the fatal blow.

[Jonnie is clearly not in form this time]

What does the Red Comet's defeat have to do with my Crimson Lightning?

It's best not to kill Jon Snow, he's an important character.

【Don't you want the minaret anymore?】

On the other side, the next second after they passed each other, Johnny's heart sank into an ice cave. He was deeply impressed by the firepower of that black Zaku. Even though he had used all his skills to maneuver rapidly and erratically, he was not confident that he could completely avoid it.

The alarm kept blaring, but in the blink of an eye, the distance between the two sides widened, and they were quite surprised to find that their own aircraft had not been hit by the fire.

Could it be that the other party showed mercy?

He immediately looked at the screen, only to see that the other party had caught up again, and a strong killing intent overflowed from the machine, almost creating a sense of reality.

"You really want to kill me that badly!?"

Johnny was both shocked and furious, but unfortunately he was unarmed and could only quickly move closer to his teammates.

"Kulapiz! Give me the rocket launcher, prepare to retreat!"

He sent out a communication, but this distracted his companion.

"Captain!"

While engaging two other aircraft, Kulapiz received orders to immediately switch to a rocket launcher, specifically a fully loaded magazine—this weapon was more threatening in the hands of Crimson Lightning than it was in theirs.

however--

"Chance--"

As the Zaku on the screen moved sideways toward the red Zaku, reloading and preparing to transfer to the rocket launcher, Jung seized this fleeting opportunity and fired a fatal shot!

"boom--"

The tracer bullet left a dazzling trail in the vacuum, piercing straight through the Zaku's torso.

"Kulapiz!"

Watching helplessly as his subordinate's machine was pierced and exploded, leaving behind Huawei's scorching wreckage, Johnny's heart seemed to stop beating. But this was a battlefield, and it wasn't the first time he had experienced the death of a comrade. The imminent crisis from behind left him no time to think. He immediately took evasive action. The next instant, the rocket exploded at close range, turning into a fierce rain of steel that almost caught him in it.

"Damn it—"

The black bastard was hot on their heels, and three enemy planes were closing in from the side. The disadvantage was irreversible.

"Kim! Let's go!"

Johnny could only turn to another subordinate, intending to cover his retreat. Kim, who was struggling to hold on, felt a little relieved and unleashed fierce fire on the unidentified machine that attacked again, until he emptied his ammunition and drove it away from a distance. Only then did he turn around, but before the two sides could meet, he saw the black Zaku pointing its rocket launcher at the unarmed captain.

"Thanks, Captain, watch out—!"

In the nick of time, he didn't have time to think. He dropped the Zaku machine gun that had missed its target, drew his battle axe, and charged at full speed toward the black Zaku.

"Kim!?"

Johnny turned around in surprise. On the other side, Lin Xingyuan, who had already locked onto his target, turned to look at the disabled Zaku who had launched a suicide attack. He twitched his finger slightly and pressed the switch button. The Gatling gun on his shoulder turned accordingly and aimed at the target.

"Don't get in my way!"

With his furious roar, the Gatling gun spun around, spitting out long tongues of fire. The barrage of shells swept across like whips, tearing the Zaku's head and face armor to shreds. At the same time, the Tachibana machine turned around and delivered shells into the Zaku's body from behind!

Caught in a pincer attack, the Zaku exploded on the spot. Johnny reached out and grabbed at the flames, as if that would snatch his teammate back from the clutches of death. But the reality was that the black Zaku relentlessly continued its charge, firing shells.

The piercing alarm snapped Johnny back to reality. Reluctantly, he withdrew his hand, turned, and flew towards the mothership, calling for artillery support at the same time.

The Musai's firepower arrived in an instant, the devastating beams of its cannons halting Lin Xingyuan's advance. At the same time, the disguised Musai issued orders, instructing him not to pursue, but to prioritize the protection of key personnel—the Federation forces currently lacked control of the space, and they could encounter more Zeon forces at any moment; they had to move immediately. Left with no other choice, Lin Xingyuan could only brake and retreat, watching the red Zaku transform into a distant speck of light, his brow furrowed.

Johnny Raiden, the Crimson Lightning, is a formidable opponent whose skills rival those of a duck. If we failed to defeat him this time, it won't be so easy to deal with him next time.

Chapter 33 The future?

Having successfully thwarted Zeon's ace Joni's attack, Zani's team escorted Musai all the way to Earth's orbit.

After watching Little Mses enter its descent orbit, the pilots turned their attention back to Earth.

"No matter how many times you look at it, the Earth is always so beautiful."

"Yes, the azure-blue star of life, the homeland of humankind."

"Lieutenant Jung must have grown up on Earth, right?"

"...Yes, in Europe."

"How's it going over there?"

"good."

Seeing that Jung had no interest in replying, Tachibana turned to look at Lin Xingyuan, who was staring intently at the Earth, clearly distracted, and asked curiously.

"Forest?"

Lin Xingyuan snapped out of his reverie, blinked his dry eyes, and subconsciously replied, "Oh, Earth is very beautiful."

Putting aside his persona, this was his 'first time' to see Earth from this perspective and distance, and it was indeed breathtaking and moving, drawing a flood of praise in the comments.

"Right? It's a pity that such a beautiful Earth can't accommodate all of humanity."

Tachibana sighed like a philosopher, and everyone else couldn't help but sigh too—if it weren't for this reason, the Earth Federation wouldn't have driven its surplus population into space, and there wouldn't have been Zeon and this war.

[That's complete nonsense]

With the technological level of UC 0079, Earth was capable of supporting 500 billion people.

The Malthusian trap theory has long been disproven.

[Perhaps it's because Tomino, the bald man, lived in a resource-poor island nation, where capitalism is unethical and promotes such nonsense, coupled with the prevailing environmentalism at the time, that led to this characterization.]

Indeed, if the federal government doesn't act responsibly, the Earth won't even be able to accommodate five billion people, and there will naturally be an 'overpopulation'.

The comments section erupted with political discussions, but Lin Xingyuan had no interest in participating. He turned and went back to the hangar, sat in the Zaku's cockpit, and opened the replay of the previous battle. Analyzing it bit by bit, he quickly discovered a problem.

Throughout the battle, Jon Snow was hesitant in the first half, seemingly misunderstanding something. As a result, his squad's combat strength was immediately reduced by 1.5 upon first encounter, putting him at a disadvantage in terms of manpower. By the time he made up his mind in the second half, he had already fallen into his own rhythm, and with the wrong weapon, he couldn't even unleash half of his full potential.

"Tsk, I've really made myself a tough enemy."

Lin Xingyuan couldn't help but wonder—if Joni had taken it seriously from the beginning, would he have been able to stop him?

The comments section was also discussing this issue.

[In a normal game, with one ace and two veterans, Jon Snow would be a tough opponent for PL.]

[PL benefited mainly from their equipment advantage this time; their true strength may not be comparable to Jony's. Meanwhile, their teammate Tachibana is still using MS like a swordfish, and Sandas's skills are only good enough to make him a mobile firing point. Only Jung can hold them off somewhat.]

Failure is failure; why make so many excuses?

[Jonnie is indeed lucky (E)]

Ultimately, they were all Zeon's men; their deaths are not a pity.

Don't say that. Jon Snow isn't a die-hard like Cardo; he can be won over.

[A bunch of idiots who didn't watch Johnny's Return. Johnny later joined the Federation and fought the Ducks around 91, almost succeeding. If Johnny had succeeded then, the Ducks wouldn't have been able to throw stones.]

What was mentioned earlier?

[If Jony weren't around, wouldn't Ingrid 0 be doomed?]

Ingrid is cute, I like her.

Is that what you call liking someone? That's just...you...you...

Ingrid Zero... Lin Xingyuan recalled an image of a blonde twin-tailed loli. He remembered that she was an enhanced human from the Flanagan Organization, belonging to Johnny Leiden's team. After the event, she was adopted by Admiral Gop (369) and was considered one of the most fortunate enhanced humans.

The discussion in the comments section shifted to what happened next with Ingrid.

[Go and worship 369 as your father-in-law]

With Reibir dead, General 369 is now the most powerful person in the Federation. If he can win over Ingrid 0, getting good mobile suits and rising to a high position in the future will not be a problem.

future……

For Lin Xingyuan now, this is a luxury.

Speaking of which, the people behind the scenes are really interesting. On one hand, they want to see a spectacular battle, regardless of whether the opponent is right or wrong, and their noise is unbearable. On the other hand, they are thinking about his long-term future, wishing he could get all the good things—such as Gundam, various pitiful, cute, and regrettable characters, and important figures they can get close to. Oh, and they also mentioned the Minaret—the treasure left behind by Kycilia Zabi, a mobile fortress with its own MS production and maintenance line, which only Johnny and two other unlucky guys can open, so they don't want him to die.

But why would I need a mobile fortress?

Oh, according to the usual plot, I should rise from an ace pilot to a squadron leader, then become a fleet commander, win over a beautiful and wealthy woman, enter the world of the powerful and wealthy, gather Newtype enhanced girls into my harem, and reach the pinnacle of life. Or maybe I'll recruit Amuro, correct Char, seduce Haman, gather all the ace Newtypes under my command, gather Newtype enhanced girls into my harem, then sweep away all the monsters and guide the world in the 'right direction'.

Thinking about it this way, in a sense, I'm quite similar to that fake duck, Flverento; we're both tools that house our desires.

Thinking of this, Lin Xingyuan couldn't help but laugh out loud, feeling that this kind of life wasn't so bad after all.

However—in the future, only those who survive will be entitled to it. Since I don't have an invincibility cheat, I should just practice diligently.

After putting aside his random thoughts, Lin Xingyuan checked his personal page again. His battle rating this time was C, neither a plus nor a minus, just average. He received 1100 experience points, with Jony contributing 800 and 1.5 Zaku contributing 300. This shows that in the GM's eyes, Char's evaluation was slightly higher; he still had 10000 points to go before reaching the elite pilot level.

In other words, if you score ten more aces like Char, you'll be an elite pilot!

【Hahaha】

The barrage of comments was as noisy as ever, but Lin Xingyuan ignored it. He then checked his reputation, which had increased impressively, and estimated that he would soon be promoted again.

Next came the lottery, which yielded two cards. My luck was neither good nor bad. One card gave me Charm +1, and the other was a brand new skill card, Concealment +1, which reduced the probability of being detected during actions.

In short, it's the old sixth card.

【Sit down on them!】

The comments section was bursting with laughter.

林星原看了看自己的六维：力量10+4敏捷10+5体质10+4智力9+5魅力8+5；技能则是幸运+3，洞察+3,鹰眼+2，快速防御+2，以及隐蔽+1，未来可期。

Then there's tipping—

Uh... seeing only a few unremarkable things, Lin Xingyuan was both amused and exasperated, knowing that this was just people expressing their dissatisfaction.

I'm not Amuro Ray, give me some room to grow.

He shook his head helplessly, closed his personal page, and began to analyze Joni's combat data. Just like Char, he collected data on Joni's decision-making tendencies, operating habits, weapon preferences, firing rhythm, and the machine's speed and reaction time, inputting it into the simulator and doubling its enhancement for intensive training. Seeing this, Tachibana Kaminari and the others, returning from the observation deck, exchanged glances before finally entering the cockpit as well.

At the same time, inside the Mse ship—

Still in his pilot's suit, Johnny suddenly snapped out of his gloom and smashed a locker in the preparation room with a single punch. The captain, who had come specifically for this purpose, silently tidied up his scattered belongings before offering words of comfort.

“Captain, this is not your fault—I just reported to headquarters, and headquarters replied that it was the MS team of Luna 2, including Musai, which means they are Federation forces.”