Xiao Ran turned his head slightly, but his fingers didn't change in the slightest as they moved across the keyboard. He smiled and said, "That's right. This is a battle against PLANT. Don't you want to participate, Stella?"
Stella shook her head weakly. This girl always looked like a little girl when she wasn't flipping out or fighting. She softly said, "If Neo wants me to fight, then I'll fight. Stella isn't afraid of fighting."
Olu giggled and interrupted, "Then can't we go all out? If we run into that body that knows how to change equipment again, I'll definitely teach him a lesson."
"Heh, I don't want to hear you screaming for my help on the comms when the time comes." Sting curled his lips in disdain and said, "I wonder who was the one who couldn't take down that ship last time when the enemy wasn't strong enough."
Olu unhappily replied, "Sting, that ship isn't easy to deal with. Also, didn't the enemy's reinforcements rush back at the time? You were the one who sat on the ship for both battles. You didn't even have a chance to fight."
Sting shrugged casually, "That's because Neo wanted to use my body, so I couldn't fight. If I was the one who piloted your body that time, I definitely would've taken down that ship."
Stella watched the two bicker on the screen and completely ignored them. Instead, she asked Xiao Ran, "Neo, are we going to change ships now?"
Xiao Ran shook his head and said, "You guys are going to change ships. I'm going to test out this body first and make some adjustments while I'm at it."
Stella's eyes widened. Then, she bit her lips and said dejectedly, "But Stella wants to be with Neo."
"Are you going to practice combat? Neo, let us go together." Olu's eyes also widened. Compared to Stella's dejection, this guy's face was full of excitement. He even shot a disdainful glance at Sting and said, "I also want to show this guy who's stronger."
"If that's the case, then count me in." Sting had an indifferent look on his face. He wasn't affected by Olu's provocation at all. The only reason he couldn't accept the challenge was because of his youthful competitiveness.
"Everyone wants to go? This is going to be troublesome. The base only approved my request to leave …" Xiao Ran shrugged helplessly. When he turned to look at the avatars of the three people on the side of the screen, a bolt of lightning seemed to flash across his mind. Xiao Ran's ears ring. His eyes instantly narrowed under his mask.
Xiao Ran, who was originally going to comfort the three of them and let them board the spaceship first before meeting up with them, suddenly said something else, "But if you really want to go with me, you'd better be prepared to be punished."
As soon as Xiao Ran said the word 'punishment', Olu and Sting's faces instantly turned pale. Stella was so scared that she began to tremble. The three of them were originally enhanced humans, so their physical condition was actually quite bad. It was completely due to the suppression of the medicine that made the three of them look no different from ordinary people. In fact, they were even stronger than ordinary people. However, once they left the fixed time of taking the medicine, after the effects of the previous medicine had passed, the terrible condition of their bodies would bring them great pain. That kind of pain was like thousands of ants gnawing at their hearts. It was not something that ordinary people could endure.
However, Olu said with a trembling voice, "It's … it's just a punishment. I can take it. I just don't know if Sting dares to go with me."
Sting gritted his teeth and said stubbornly, "Fine, we'll go. Besides, we have Neo to back us up. I'm not worried."
Although Stella was scared, she still lowered her head and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito, "Stella wants to be with Neo."
At this point, Xiao Ran seemed to be cheering for the three of them. He said, "If you've decided, then don't worry. Even if you're going to be punished, I'll try my best not to let you suffer for too long. Give me a moment, I'll make some adjustments to the body."
Saying so, Xiao Ran piloted the body and landed in the huge port of the base. In addition to the Gadi Lu that they just left, there were many other warships of the alliance stationed here. Brand-New Wendams were also being transported to these warships through the supply channel.
After Xiao Ran parked the body on the ground, he temporarily shut off all communications with the body. He even shut down all abilities apart from the system. Parked in this enormous port, he was like a rigid stone statue. Nevertheless, Xiao Ran, who was sitting in the cockpit, was currently typing away on the keyboard, leaving countless afterimages behind. His eyes were similarly bursting with golden radiance at this moment. However, this time, it wasn't for battle, but for the sake of completing the full speed modification of the body and X11's backpack OS as soon as possible.
Xiao Ran's mind was spinning rapidly as he watched the parameters being adjusted to the values that he could operate. He was also modifying the energy, weapons, friction parameters and other data.
"The first main mission requires the completion of the snatching of the three bodies. The prerequisite for changing factions is the completion of the first main mission. The remaining conditions are unknown."
"The main mission, on the other hand, is to ensure the safety of the Three Cockroaches, Chaos, Gaia, and the Abyss."
"After completing the first main mission and ensuring the safety of the Three Cockroaches and the three Gundams, the prerequisite for changing factions is fulfilled. In other words, the importance of the Three Cockroaches and the three Gundams is no longer important."
"In the original plot, Neo started fighting for the Archangel and Aube after the deaths of Aube, Stella, and Sting, and regained his memories. Before he regained his memories, Neo's responsibilities had disappeared with the wind along with the deaths of the Three Cockroaches. The importance of his identity as Neo gradually faded away. "
"From the perspective of the requirements for changing factions, the fact that I have to complete the mission to ensure the snatching of the bodies before I can change factions seems to indicate some problems. There is a connection between the two, and it's not as simple as a restriction. On the contrary, the completion of the first main mission is one of the trigger conditions for changing factions."
"According to the original plot, based on my current situation, the condition for changing factions is very likely related to the Three Cockroaches. It's not that they're no longer important, but they've become a part of the condition for changing factions, and this part … is their deaths."
"However, according to Prometheus' usual practice, participants of any mission would at least have a chance of survival. It's the same for natives who Prometheus wouldn't interfere too much. In other words, the Three Cockroaches don't necessarily have to die. In fact, as long as they complete their mission, which is to snatch the bodies and send the data of the bodies to the Alliance, their mission will be considered complete and they'll be given a chance of survival."
"In that case, even if the Three Cockroaches don't die and have completely left the Alliance, their significance to the Alliance will be the same as if they're dead. In that case, will the final result be an opportunity for me to trigger the condition for changing factions?"
Xiao Ran was almost certain that the condition for changing factions had something to do with the Three Cockroaches. This was because the connection between Neo and the Three Cockroaches was too deep. According to the original plot's development, even if the requirements and conditions for changing factions were for things and people that he could reach, it wouldn't be for Aube who he couldn't reach. Currently, the only people that Xiao Ran could reach were Gadi Lu and the Three Cockroaches.
Gadi Lu was just a bystander in the beginning. It didn't even have a chance to appear later on, so there was nothing too special about it. However, the Three Cockroaches were different. They were far more important than Gadi Lu. Even based on the current situation, Gadi Lu no longer had much to do with Xiao Ran. Once the battle against PLANT failed and they retreated, they would land on Earth and it would be even more impossible for them to have any contact with Gadi Lu.
The reason Xiao Ran instigated the Three Cockroaches to leave the moon base with him for the combat test was to use this opportunity to encourage them to leave the Alliance with him. He wanted to see if he would trigger the prompt for changing factions. Even if he didn't trigger the prompt, Xiao Ran would at most bring the Three Cockroaches to Aube. However, the probability of that happening wasn't too high. After all, other than the Three Cockroaches, Xiao Ran really didn't have much to do with the Alliance.
When Xiao Ran typed the last character, it also announced that he had finished modifying the entire OS of the body and the backpack. The modified OS was enough to increase the overall performance of the body by another margin. Although the body was still the same body, in Xiao Ran's hands, it was very different from before. These differences were reflected in the details, such as reflection speed, fixed movements, and so on.
Xiao Ran also sealed the backdoor left by the Alliance, but in order to not arouse suspicion, he moved the backdoor to another place. Once the Alliance used the backdoor left in the body's system, it would only cause the PS Armor to overload. However, if the PS Armor was not continuously attacked, would it really be able to overload?
After restarting the body, the front and left screens lit up again. After Xiao Ran reconnected to the communication channel, Stella, Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran stepped on the ground, and the body flew up in a more agile and light manner than before. While Xiao Ran piloted the body to the exit of the space port, he did not forget to speak to the three in the communication channel.
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