Gundam UC Hunting Time

"Oh, I'll be careful."

Durandal smiled. His proposed genetic analysis method had garnered significant attention from the military. With such a low-cost screening method available, the importance of enhancing humans had effectively diminished. However, Grave, obsessed with the power of Newtypes, hadn't realized this and continued to focus on this aspect. In the future, once he came to power, he would naturally exclude most innocent children. As for the true Newtypes, of course, he would protect them and find ways to turn them into his own forces.

"Also, Kelser Mordros, a member of the Flanagan Institute, will defect to Augusta with the EXAM system."

"EXAM system?"

"Well, that purple old hag doesn't trust anyone. She studies both Newtypes and anti-Newtypes. The EXAM system is a result of this. It uses the method of forcibly increasing the machine's output and system response to level the gap between the two sides. However, it is of no use to Newtypes with strong abilities."

Lin Xingyuan shrugged, and Dylandar nodded.

"I'll keep an eye on it. Is there anything else?"

That's all for now. What about yours?

"I think you'll enjoy watching this."

Durandal took out the PAD and opened it. Lin Xingyuan took it and looked at it. He found that it was about the research progress of the wire barrel cannon. Judging from the photos, it had entered the trial production stage and had also been tested on the machine.

"Is this my machine!?"

He looked at the Gundam in the picture with some surprise.

"It's already finished? And it's been sent to Augusta?"

Durandal laughed and said, "It's the second unit of the same model, which Augusta used for technical testing."

[Since there's already a Unit 2, there might be a Unit 3 and a Unit 4 too?]

[As expected of the Federation, they are incredibly wealthy and powerful.]

[This is probably another new storyline, and Bandai can sell more model kits again.]

[It might just take over the RX-80's niche]

Will the NT-1 be released earlier than expected?

The viewers who leave comments love watching this and start discussing it enthusiastically.

Lin Xingyuan raised his eyebrows and continued reading the text description, but soon frowned.

"Why is it a beam pistol?"

While it's stronger than the original ballistic machine gun, the beam pistol is still far too weak.

"According to the technicians, this is the result of comprehensive consideration—if beam rifles are used, size will be an issue, as it is impossible to mount four beam cannons. It can only mount two, like the Chaos Gundam, with each can only mount one beam rifle. If the mobile suit is enlarged, the power reactor will become a new problem. Considering the insufficient production capacity of beam rifles, it is difficult to replenish them once lost. Therefore, the best option at present is to mount beam pistols."

"Um……"

Lin Xingyuan pondered for a moment and agreed. Although beam pistols had a short range and low power, they were still enough to penetrate the super-tensile steel armor of Zeon mobile suits in one shot. Moreover, because there was enough space, larger E-caps could be installed on the beam pistols, with a capacity of at least thirty rounds. Four beam pistols and four beam cannons could fire 120 beams. Furthermore, the beam pistols also had a burst firing mode, with a rate of fire 20% faster than beam rifles. If they fired together, they could create a dense barrage of fire that would annihilate the Zeon forces. As for long-range attacks, those could be left to the Gundam itself.

A long-range beam weapon paired with four wire barrel cannons—isn't this just a smaller version of the God's Will Gundam?!

"Indeed, let's do it that way."

He was extremely satisfied. Compared to the massive Psycommu system, the smaller wire barrel cannon was clearly more advantageous. Even for a Newtype, unless they were as powerful as Amuro and could locate targets blindfolded, hitting such a small target would be virtually impossible. Moreover, the wire barrel cannon was only semi-actively controlled and lacked any killing intent; even Amuro would likely have difficulty catching it.

Of course, unlike the Psycommu system, this system cannot precisely control the targeting of each bit, but there are always trade-offs, and one cannot be too greedy.

"What about quantum computers?"

"The progress is very fast because a lot of money has been saved here. I think it won't be long before we can manufacture a prototype."

Durandal answered with a smile, then crossed his arms and looked at Lin Xingyuan as he asked.

"These are all I have here. What about yours?"

Lin Xingyuan also smiled.

He finally couldn't hold back any longer and revealed his true colors, but he certainly had patience.

"S-rank rating, but I haven't drawn any cards yet. I'm waiting for you to join me."

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Chapter 148 Ray Za Barrell

By killing Karmazabi, Lin Xingyuan earned his first S-rank rating since transmigrating. An S-rank rating corresponds to five draw opportunities, with the highest probability of getting good items.

He opened his personal panel, lingered longingly at the platinum S-rank designation, then looked at his combat experience and frowned.

"Um……"

"what happened?"

Durandal became nervous.

"It's nothing, it's just that we don't have as much combat experience as we expected."

Lin Xingyuan quickly waved his hand, then opened the card-drawing interface. Five cards had been drawn, but not yet opened; they shimmered with platinum-gold light on the screen.

Wow~

What will happen?

The barrage of comments was full of anticipation. Logically, Lin Xingyuan should have drawn them one by one to whet people's appetites, but the barrage viewers were his bread and butter, so he went all in on the spot.

Well done!

The comments section was filled with praise, and all five cards were revealed. As expected of Lin Xingyuan's expectations for an S-rank card, they were all top-notch items—the first was a Gene Enhancement +1 that could comprehensively boost stats, the second was a Newtype +1, the third was Combat Command +2, the fourth was the design blueprint for the GAT-X102 Duel Gundam, and the fifth was the most needed character card!

As expected of an S-class! It's truly exceptional!

The barrage of comments immediately went wild, and Lin Xingyuan couldn't help but show a look of joy.

"Looks like it's something to look forward to?"

Durandal took a sip of coffee, suppressing his emotions as he asked. Lin Xingyuan didn't hide anything—mainly because he was a bit unclear about the extent of this gene enhancement, while Durandal was an expert in this area.

"I've already upgraded three times, can I compare to a Perfect Coordinator?"

He asked with great anticipation, and Durandal thought for a moment before giving a very easy-to-understand assessment.

"Well, numerically speaking, it's roughly equivalent to the level of Itzhak Joule. His gene modification program is quite representative in the PLANT academic community, belonging to the level of a masterpiece."

"What? Not as good as Athrun and Kira?"

Lin Xingyuan admitted that he had been greedy.

"As for Athrun, he's about the same level. Kira Yamato is another story; the cost of that was too high, and the result was purely accidental."

"Really?" Lin Xingyuan became slightly interested: "What about real birds?"

“That’s another kind of coincidence, similar to winning the lottery,” Durandal replied. Seeing that Lin Xingyuan seemed a little concerned, he said sincerely, “I advise you not to be too fixated on it. In fact, genetic modification has limitations and does not represent an absolute result. For example, Rau Uru Kruze is the best example, as is Ray.”

When Lei was mentioned, his eyes dimmed.

"I know."

林星原当然明白，满意地看向自己的数值——力量10+8、敏捷10+8、体质10+8、智力9+8、魅力8+10、精神10+8，技能：新人类Lv2，鹰眼+4，隐蔽+3，暴击贯通+3，快速防御+3，推进大师+3，紧急修理+3，幸运+4，作战指挥+3。

These are truly remarkable numbers.

[It's almost a numerical monster already]

[PL, when will you be number one in the world?]

【It's today 23333】

The comments section was full of jokes as he glanced at the battle blueprints again. After quickly browsing the table of contents, he was surprised to find that the blueprints didn't include the technology for PS armor and beam weapons, or even the technology for high-energy batteries; they were simply blueprints for the manufacture of the mecha!

Isn't this bullying honest people?!

Lin Xingyuan cursed GM in his heart, but it wouldn't change the outcome. However, considering that the PS armor still couldn't stop the beam, its status was similar to the Luna Titanium Alloy, and there were alternatives for batteries and beam weapons in the UC world, he stopped worrying about it.

Overall, Duel is undoubtedly a good machine. As the first machine in the G series, it laid the technological foundation for the G series. The greatest value of this design is the X-100 series frame technology used in the G series, which Lin Xingyuan believes is comparable to the movable frame technology of the Mark II – keep in mind that it is only 0079 now, while the Mark II only started development in 0085!

It's too late to manufacture this now, but if it's brought out in 82-83, given his relationship with the federal high command, he might be able to compete with AE's GP project!

"Hmph hmph hmph~"

Thinking about the future opportunity to trick AE, Lin Xingyuan couldn't help but chuckle mischievously. He then looked at the other items in the table of contents—the caseless close-in weapon system, CE's unique bio-protection neural system drive technology… all seemed quite valuable. Just as he was engrossed in reading, he suddenly felt someone staring at him. Looking up, he saw the anxiety in Durandal's eyes.

"How did it go? What was the result?"

Meeting Lin Xingyuan's gaze, Durandal couldn't help but ask.

"immediately."

Lin Xingyuan quickly ended his YY (a Chinese online gaming platform) session, looked at the last character card, clicked, and drew. After a flash, a long-haired figure appeared on the card, but there were too many similar characters, making it impossible to identify. His heart skipped a beat, worried that he would lose favor with his allies this time, but he still clicked with a mix of trepidation and anticipation. The next second, the card finally lit up, and upon seeing the result, he excitedly slammed his hand on the table!

"Have it!"

Durandal's fox-like eyes widened instantly, and his hand holding the coffee cup trembled uncontrollably.

"who is it?"

He asked softly, as if afraid that raising his voice would change the outcome. Lin Xingyuan glanced at him, a thought flashing through his mind, and deliberately feigned regret.

"Sorry, not Captain Kuradis."

"..."

Durandal's action of setting down his coffee cup reminded Lin Xingyuan of a famous scene from "Downfall." To be honest, having grown accustomed to his composure, seeing him so flustered was quite amusing. However, taking the joke too far was not good, so he quickly announced the results.

"It's thunder."

The comments section was full of people mocking him for playing villains, but he pretended not to see them.

"Really? It's Lei..."

In an instant, Durandal's ally favorability rating skyrocketed, soaring to eighty and still not stopping! The gloom on his face vanished completely. He glared at Lin Xingyuan, who was messing with his mind, and then asked impatiently.

Where is he?

"They should meet up with us in the same way as before."

"That's good."

Durandal secretly decided that he would find a way to find the person as soon as he got back.

Lin Xingyuan was also quite satisfied with the result. Rei was an excellent pilot; although his strength was slightly inferior to Kruze, he was still a top-tier pilot capable of going toe-to-toe with Kira. Moreover, he was level-headed and wouldn't act impulsively unless it involved Durandal, nor did he have Kruze's obsession with destroying the world. He could be considered a powerful partner. Furthermore, judging from the results of this draw, being with characters with whom one has a bond seems to really increase the probability of drawing the target character.

Looking at it this way, we might actually be able to pull out Captain Kuradis in the future.

Considering that Captain Maru has already teamed up with Vice-Captain Ee-Ee, it seems quite promising that Captain Kuradis will team up with Baki-Ruru.

Shortly after, the three finished their meal and prepared to leave. Just as they reached the tram, a loud screech of brakes suddenly sounded beside them. Lin Xingyuan turned his head in confusion and saw a tram nearly crash into them. The blond, handsome young man driving the tram stared wide-eyed at Durandal, one of the three, his face filled with disbelief.

"No... what a coincidence?" Lin Xingyuan also found it hard to believe, and then felt a little jealous—Baki Lulu was still nowhere to be seen, but he had already run out first. This must be the GM's favoritism!

Durandal had already turned around excitedly, his voice trembling: "Ray...?"

"Jill?" The handsome young man driving the car jumped out and ran towards them, throwing himself into Durandal's arms with tears in his eyes, looking as if he had found a long-lost relative.

Those around them cast curious glances at the scene. Lin Xingyuan stood aside, feeling relieved for them for a few seconds, before starting to rack his brains, thinking about how to trick the person away from Durandal.

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