Gundam UC Hunting Time

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Here it comes.

Let's mock Zeon's shoddy ace once again.

What's the point of attacking warships and swordfish? (JPG)

Chapter Seventy-Seven: Counter-Ambush (Part Two)

how so……

The ambush turned into a counter-ambush. Less than two minutes into the battle, three machines were shot down, and even the Giriam was caught in a combined attack, unable to fully utilize its capabilities.

"stop it!"

If this continues, they will all be wiped out...

Unable to stand by and watch his comrades be slaughtered, Jon finally disregarded everything, rushed out of cover, and attacked the black machine. He fired four rockets in quick succession, then discarded the rocket launcher, switched to the Zaku machine gun, and continued his assault.

"Oh, Joni?"

Lin Xingyuan was somewhat surprised to see the red mecha, but he quickly identified Joni from the pilot's demeanor and the details of the mecha. He immediately performed a tactical maneuver, dodging the incoming rockets and using his shield to block Joni's fire. He then threw out a decoy balloon and suddenly appeared from behind the fake target while Joni was trying to identify it, launching a fierce counterattack and simultaneously opening the public channel to hurl trash talk.

"Are you trying to get in my way again?! You don't even know what you're fighting for!"

[2333, it's starting]

[Play background music quickly]

"Tch! Shut up!"

The crimson Zaku moved with incredible speed, leaving a trail of afterimages behind it. Joni gritted his teeth and continued to charge toward Lin Xingyuan's black Zaku.

At this moment, a viewer in the live chat requested the opening theme of "Mobile Suit Gundam Universal Century Heroes" as background music.

Why should I shut up? Because it struck a chord with you?

The two machines sped along the track, firing at each other. Lin Xingyuan cautiously maintained his distance, but found that the other machine was faster and more maneuverable. Realizing something was wrong, he decisively launched the remaining three missiles.

The missile hurtled straight toward Jony's red Zaku, but he didn't dodge it at all, instead intercepting it with his machine gun while it was in flight.

"Wow! You're quite capable!"

Lin Xingyuan couldn't help but praise, however, the missiles did not arrive at the same time. Just as Joni successfully intercepted the first two, the third missile suddenly approached like an assassin.

Lin Xingyuan smiled and took advantage of the moment when Joni was caught off guard to fire suddenly! Joni raised his arm to defend against the shrapnel, but was unexpectedly hit by the shell, the machine gun in his hand exploded, and his left shoulder armor was blown off.

"But in the end, you, devoid of any warrior's honor, are no match for me!"

[Hahaha, he's asking about the honor of warriors.]

Trash talk tactics are really effective.

Why doesn't Jony turn off communication?

"say what!?"

"You are not a hero! You are an accomplice of the devil!"

"You bastard! I told you to shut up!"

The red Zaku discarded its damaged machine gun, drew its battle axe, and continued advancing towards the black Zani. Joni gritted his teeth, determined to shut Lin Xingyuan up.

"Hmph, suppressing the truth is a classic Nazi tactic, Jony~"

As the distance closed, Lin Xingyuan controlled the Gatling gun to fire simultaneously. However, the high-mobility Zaku was more mobile, and in the blink of an eye, the Crimson Zaku approached, which really surprised him.

So fast!

Now it truly lives up to its name as the Red Lightning!

"Hey, stop calling me that so affectionately!"

Joni roared in fury and swung his red-hot battle axe down at the head of the black Zaku. Lin Xingyuan raised his shield to block, and the two mechs collided heavily, causing a violent shock. The left arm of the mech was instantly deformed and destroyed, while the Zaku battle axe, after cutting the shield in half, was directly stuck by the deformed arm. Thus, the two mechs became entangled, spinning, swinging, and rolling around!

[Holy crap! Danger!]

[PL is afraid of close combat!]

The Crimson Lightning lives up to its name!

"Tsk!"

The screen was filled with images of red Zakus, the machine guns nowhere to be seen. Lin Xingyuan immediately switched controls, firing both the Gatling gun and the head-mounted cannon simultaneously. However, Joni was clearly caught off guard, neither dodging nor evading, letting the mech withstand the barrage of machine gun and close-in weapon fire, before swinging its fist at the black Zaku. As a result, the viewfinder of the single eye on its head and the power pipes were simultaneously shattered. But the next second, the screen in front of Lin Xingyuan began to shake violently, flickering incessantly.

Ah! The Friendship-Breaking Punch!

[Monitor Xiangzuo]

He actually used his fists!?

Lin Xingyuan was also taken aback. He immediately drew his electric saber and swung it. The underheated saber failed to completely destroy the red Zaku's breastplate, leaving only a red cloth scar on its chest, revealing the pilot inside. Lin Xingyuan then slashed down, cutting off half of the red Zaku's already shattered head. Finally, Jonny quickly grabbed the wrist with his left arm.

The two mobile suits began to wrestle. Lin Xingyuan controlled the head cannon to fire, but found it unresponsive—probably damaged by the previous punch. He then switched to the Gatling gun, trying to adjust the gun depression angle and aiming at the damaged area on the red Zaku's chest. Suddenly—

"Captain! I'll cover you!"

A barrage of shells came flying at Lin Xingyuan, who was startled and immediately dodged. However, the two machines were entangled together, and the thrusters were not powerful enough. He was a beat too slow, and the next second, the black Zani's thruster was hit by a shell, and half of the components exploded on the spot, along with the Gatling gun, which was also destroyed.

My machine!

The image of Mei's disappointed expression flashed through Lin Xingyuan's mind, and his eyes immediately reddened.

"Die!"

He roared angrily, his brain, body and machine in perfect sync, completing a series of maneuvers in a very short time. Using the inertia of the machine's roll, he raised the beam rocket launcher fixed to his shoulder and pointed it at the enemy aircraft causing trouble.

"Ivan! Don't come any closer! Run!"

Inside the red Zaku cockpit, Joni, witnessing this astonishing maneuver, turned pale with shock and shouted a warning, but before he could finish speaking, the beam rocket launcher had already been fired, piercing straight through the mobile suit that had come to his aid.

“Ivan…”

As he watched his subordinate's mech turn into a wisp of firework in the cold universe, and his overly young face flashed through his mind, Jonny was consumed by rage.

"You bastard—"

Releasing its grip on the Zaku Battle Axe, the red Zaku punched the black Zani in the head again, then kicked the black Zani in the waist, severing the power transmission pipe. Lin Xingyuan, now in berserker mode, was equally formidable. He controlled his left hand to loosen and grab, turning the thermal saber around and severing the red Zaku's arm, plunging it into the side of the machine. Then, both machines stopped operating simultaneously, rolling away due to inertia.

On the other side—

"Successful!"

"Think beautifully!"

Dodging the 180mm cannon fire and the oncoming missiles, Robert Giliam approached the despicable artillery machine and fired continuously, only to have his shots blocked by the machine gun's shield. He simply threw away the empty cannon, drew his battle axe, and leaped forward to slash, but only managed to hit the rapidly expanding decoy balloon launched by the machine gun.

"You cunning bastard—!"

He slammed on the pedals, broke through the camouflage balloon, and advanced under the fierce close-in weapon fire of the opponent's head. Just as he was about to strike again, a barrage of rocket-propelled grenades suddenly attacked from behind, hitting his machine squarely on the back!

"Zeon's ace? That's nothing special!"

Io, firing with high morale, filled the cockpit with the reverberation of jazz music.

The blue and white Zaku was thrown into disarray by the rocket-propelled grenades. Before it could adjust, the Io machine, wielding a long-handled battle axe, broke through the smoke and flames of the explosion and cleaved it in two with a single blow!

"Ugh..."

Robert Giliam and his machine disappeared into the blue fireball of the nuclear fusion reactor explosion. Io, who had finally taken down this troublesome target, breathed a sigh of relief and couldn't help but praise Bianca.

"Beautiful teamwork! Our rhythms are perfectly matched!"

"Of course! Remember, I'm partly to blame for this victory!"

Bianca said that she was relieved and turned to look around the battlefield to confirm that the enemy planes had been completely wiped out.

Three planes against six, and it was a counter-ambush, yet they actually won! No wonder he's the captain, he's something else.

Bianca thought to herself with a smug smile, and then—

"Wait, where's the captain!?"

Unable to find any trace of the black-clad Zani, she cried out in surprise. Io then turned around and looked around, and sure enough, she didn't see Lin Xingyuan.

"Yeah, where are they? Where did they go?"

The two of them immediately panicked.

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Chapter Seventy-Eight: Conversation in the Wreckage

It felt like experiencing a roller coaster, rocking horse, bumper car, and teacup ride all at once, but at a hundred times the speed. Lin Xing thought his brain had been shaken apart and his internal organs were no longer in their original positions.

The screen kept spinning and flashing wildly, and his consciousness became blurred. He didn't know how much time had passed when a sound like a booming bell rang out, the machine jolted violently, and everything came to a stop. Lin Xingyuan opened his eyes groggily and found that the screen had finally stopped, but the image on the front was still that annoying crimson figure, and the pilot in a Zeon uniform peeking out from the tear.

He shook his head, fumbling to unbuckle his seatbelt. Lin Xingyuan's mind raced; instinctively, he unbuckled his seatbelt and opened the hatch—thankfully, although the aircraft was immobile, it hadn't lost power.

Opposite the hatch, at the breach in the chest armor of the red Zaku, Johnny Reddin had just unbuckled his seatbelt and climbed out. Lin Xingyuan aimed his gun, only to find that the other was doing the same thing.

Through their helmets, the two men stared at each other. Johnny's eyes were blazing with anger, but when he saw Lin Xingyuan's face, which was as young as his subordinates', he was taken aback.

Lin Xing was about to fire, but when he pulled the trigger, he realized that the safety was off and the gun was not loaded, which startled him.

Oh no! I'm so dizzy, I even forgot something like this!

He immediately went to get the insurance, but the next second, his body suddenly started to feel unwell. First, he felt dizzy and lost his balance, followed by an overwhelming urge to vomit. He instinctively reached for his mouth, but ended up covering his helmet visor instead.

Oh no! I can't spit it out!

This is a vacuum in space. If you lift the mask, you will die. But if you don't lift the mask, you will choke on your own vomit if you vomit into the helmet.

In the nick of time, Lin Xingyuan saw his surroundings and found them strangely familiar—unbeknownst to him, the two mechs had crashed into the wreckage of a Columbus-class ship. The wreckage was littered with floating cargo and the remains of swordfish, presumably sunk during the Battle of Loum and drifting here.

The emergency lights in the hangar were still on, which meant there was still power on board, and where there was power, there was hope!

Lin Xingyuan pushed off with his feet and drifted unsteadily toward the airlock leading into the ship's interior.

On the other hand, Joni is facing the same situation as Lin Xingyuan, or even worse – he doesn't have the strong body that has undergone two genetic enhancements.

"Wait until you vomit"

Seeing Lin Xingyuan fly away, he shouted anxiously, almost vomiting in his helmet, and immediately followed after him.

Because he frequently traveled on the same type of warship, even in an emergency where his mind wasn't quite clear, Lin Xingyuan still managed to reach the airlock without incident. The emergency light on the airlock's switch was lit, filling him with both surprise and excitement. He immediately opened the door, and the next second, a powerful gust of air erupted out, carrying various debris from inside the ship. Lacking experience, he stood in the wrong spot and was directly hit on the head by a corpse that had been sucked out. Not only did he come face-to-face with the gruesome face, but he also vomited some of his own fluids and nearly had his neck broken. Fortunately, there was no gravity here, so he spun around to absorb the force and quickly grabbed the handle, managing not to be carried away.

While still in shock, Lin Xingyuan suddenly sensed someone's presence behind him. He turned around and saw Johnny Leiden chasing after him, aiming his gun.

Pshaw, what are you pretending for?

He pursed his lips and waved to the other person. Joni was stunned for a moment, his already hesitant heart wavered even more, and he was about to vomit again. He immediately followed Lin Xingyuan into the airlock.

The airlock was lowered, revealing a buffer chamber. Before the air pressure could even equalize, the two men eagerly pulled off their helmet visors and vomited violently, even bringing up bile. The air was thick with the deathly aura of the sunken ship and the sour stench of vomit. The two men, exhausted and weak, felt utterly terrible. Only when the second airlock opened and they entered a space with normal air pressure did they both let out a long sigh of relief, leaning weakly against the bulkhead and looking at each other.

[A good traditional plot]