Two weeks passed in a flash. Whether it was Aube or ZAFT, they had been preparing to attack the moon base. To attack a base, and a space base that had been jointly operated for many years, it was not as simple as bringing troops in one wave to attack, especially when Aube needed to cross the Earth to fight in space. Even if they made the best use of their time, it still took them almost two weeks to prepare.
During these two weeks, Aube's troops were not holed up in one place without any movement. They had been exterminating the remnants of LOGOS forces all over the world. They had also been exterminating the remnants of LOGOS forces on Earth, creating an illusion that they were still busy stabilizing the Earth. At the same time, they did not relax at all on the moon, paying attention to the Requiem hanging above their heads.
Xiao Ran personally drove the Justice Gundam to various battlefields, cleaning up the forces and troops belonging to LOGOS in order to increase the completion rate of the mission. In the two weeks of battle, the Phantom Pain troops on Earth were completely annihilated, and the secret intelligence agencies hidden under the alliance were also annihilated. Xiao Ran even met several pilots who were not inferior to Emilion, Swain, and the others.
Although Aube's main force was still on Earth, the Archangel quietly went to space with a full load to meet up with the Cruzet and the fleet at the Pillar of Heaven. The crew included Mu, Billy, Mayo, Aslan, Kira, Ash, Stella, and other ace pilots of Aube. At the same time, they had already met up with the Lax and the Eternity in space.
In addition, Diego and Miriya had also returned to Aube. Xiao Ran arranged for them to go to space on the Archangel. Miriya became the CIC of the Archangel, while Diego sat on a hailstorm Gundam received from the Librarian Organization.
After receiving the librarian's surrender, Aubrey also received many of the librarian's mechs, such as the Whirlwind Savior, Mist Thunderbolt Gundam, Storm Duel, Gale Assault, and other G-series derivative mechs. These mechs might have originally been on par with the mass produced mechs of the various forces, but the new derivative mechs, with the help of the librarian's technology, had completely surpassed the performance of the original mechs. Therefore, these G-series derivative mechs could be put to good use for now.
In addition to these people, another person who was also piloting the Divine Will Life Extension also joined the team after the Archangel entered the Pillar of Heaven. This person was the commander of the Librarians, Purea. At Xiao Ran's request, he temporarily became a member of the Archangel's combat force.
The new models that Lax had prepared for Kira and Aslan had been handed over to them, but Xiao Ran or Aube did not have the specific data and performance of the bodies. What was certain, however, was that both bodies were equipped with solar furnaces. As early as two years ago, Lax had arranged for people to start manufacturing the GN solar furnace, not the red imitation version. It was a genuine solar furnace that was completely improved by the Regulator's technology and reduced the necessary time to manufacture.
At the same time, they were also equipped with the Radiant Bearer thrusters, beam shields, and other parts that Xiao Ran gave to Lax. But after all, the two bodies did not belong to Aube, so Mary, who was in charge of the Archangel in space, did not obtain more specific information from Lax.
Just as Aube was preparing to send the troops that had returned to Aube back to space in batches, the moment the last LOGOS factory on Earth was bombarded by countless beams of light, Xiao Ran looked at the explosion in front of him, and a new notification suddenly popped up in his mind.
[Ding! The mission to disintegrate LOGOS and eliminate the remnants of LOGOS has been completed. The current mission completion rate is 95%. You have received an S-level evaluation.]
[S-level evaluation. You will receive 2 gold treasure chests. The rewards will be distributed after the mission is completed.]
[Ding! Mission 3: Completely eliminate the Alliance, breach the Alliance's moon base, and destroy the Alliance's ultimate weapon, Requiem. This mission is open to all factions except the Alliance. Once Requiem is launched, mission will be considered a failure. Requiem's attack duration … Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, then he raised his left hand. At this moment, on the screen of the watch, the 24-hour countdown was rapidly decreasing. Xiao Ran was stunned. He pulled the lever and quickly flew the Justice Gundam towards the Archangel behind him.
"Bakirulu, hurry up and contact Dilandar. Inform the mainland to immediately send the remaining troops to space at the fastest speed. See if there are any nearby methods to send us to space immediately!"
Bakirulu's puzzled voice sounded from the communicator. "What's wrong? I'll contact them immediately. "
"I have a premonition that Requiem is about to be launched. Hurry up." Xiao Ran hung up the call, not even noticing the cold sweat on his forehead. At this time, Xiao Ran's heart was really starting to panic. The 24 hour Requiem was probably just a matter of mission failure for the other participants, but the consequences of mission failure were not too terrible. Even if the mission failed, the other participants would at most have some of their rewards deducted. If the rewards they received were too low, they could return to Prometheus without any worries.
However, once the Requiem was launched, it would have a huge impact on Xiao Ran. This was because Xiao Ran was not sure whether the first target of the Requiem was PLANT or Aube. Even though Xiao Ran had warned Dilandar to pay attention to the intermediaries, no one knew how many intermediaries ZAFT had destroyed so far. Even if a few intermediaries were destroyed, no one could guarantee that the Requiem would not hit Aube. Once the Requiem hit Aube, Xiao Ran's faction territory would be finished. The countless citizens living on Aube would also be finished. This would be a huge blow to Xiao Ran.
Main Mission 3 only had 24 hours to complete. This was completely beyond Xiao Ran's imagination. He originally thought that the change in Dilandar might cause the same change in Main Mission 3, but he did not expect this change to be a time limit. It increased the difficulty of destroying the moon base, turning this mission into a one-time-only mission.
In order to stop the launch of the Requiem, they would have to destroy the joint moon base. Once the joint moon base was destroyed, the remaining forces of the joint moon base would be wiped out. The key to the mission was to destroy the moon base within 24 hours. However, the problem now was that the 24-hour countdown had already begun, and Xiao Ran was still on Earth. Only one-third of Aube's military strength had been gradually sent to space in two weeks. It was impossible to send all the troops to space in the remaining 24 hours, and there was no way they could send the troops back to Earth.
The lack of military strength would inevitably lead to a lot of obstacles when attacking the joint moon base. This was another factor that increased the difficulty of the mission. Prometheus would not mess up the normal mission flow, but the time limit of this mission alone was enough to raise the difficulty of the mission to the same level as Xiao Ran after changing the storyline of the entire world.
Two minutes later, the Justice Gundam flew into Gnacou. The moment the Justice Gundam came to a stop, Xiao Ran opened the cockpit cover and jumped down. A height of 10 meters might be dangerous for a normal person, but under the shocked gazes of countless people, Xiao Ran landed lightly without any hindrance. In an instant, he turned into a running shadow and disappeared into Gnacou.
Xiao Ran rushed into the cockpit and stood beside Bakirulu in less than two minutes. He asked, "Have you notified them?"
Bakirulu nodded. "I've already contacted Aube and told them to send troops to space as soon as possible. What's going on?"
"In 23 hours and 50 minutes, the joint moon base's Requiem will be launched. Don't ask me where I heard this." Xiao Ran frowned and looked at Bakirulu. "We have to hurry to space and stop them. We don't have time to waste here."
Bakirulu's pupils shrank. Although she was curious where Xiao Ran heard this from, this did not mean that she would doubt Xiao Ran's words. After asking Xiao Ran for the most specific time, a countdown appeared on the main screen of Archangel, identical to the one on Xiao Ran's watch.
"What should we do?"
"Send all the members and airframes of the Silver Hand to space within three hours. No matter what method is used, the Archangel must also go to space within the same time. The more troops we can send to space before the battle officially begins, the better. Our fleet is still in the Pillar of Heaven. Put all our forces into the battle. We must stop the launch of Requiem at all costs."
"Three hours?" Bakirulu frowned. Three hours was really too tight. When the Archangel set out, it did not prepare any external equipment that could help it go to space. It was like a joke to send the Archangel to space within three hours.
Moreover, it was also a very difficult task to send all the members of the Silver Hand to the universe in three hours. Now that the Silver Hand was scattered all over the world, it was impossible to gather them and transport them together in three hours. Relying solely on Aubrey's own strength, it was impossible to send these scattered members of the Silver Hand to the universe in such a short time.
But there was a certain reason why Xiao Ran wanted to do this. The Silver Hand was currently Aube's most powerful MS unit, and most of its members were also participants. They should join in this mission, and in the battle, participants could also exert more powerful abilities than ordinary pilots.
As for the Archangel, there was another reason. In the Archangel, there were two types of large warheads from the Fleet World, the MDE warhead and the reaction warhead. The twenty-four-hour limit was too big, and in addition to the transportation to space, the assembly to the moon, and the joint battle, it was not clear how many of them there were left. Perhaps before they could break through the joint lunar base, the twenty-four-hour limit would be over. That was why Xiao Ran wanted to send the Archangel to space because only the Archangel had the ability to launch two types of large warheads. At the very least, the warhead had to be sent to space. At most, the warhead had to be sent to a suitable place to be detonated using the MS method. However, it was unlikely that the person who detonated the warhead would escape. The key was that ordinary pilots did not have such an ability. To protect the warhead from being detonated smoothly in the chaotic battlefield, it must be carried out by an outstanding pilot. Therefore, Xiao Ran would not choose this kind of manual detonation method unless it was absolutely necessary.
"Three hours, at most three hours. Every minute saved is a minute of advantage for us. We must not waste any time." Xiao Ran patted Bakirulu's shoulder and looked at the big screen. "Contact Tillandar."
When the CIC heard Xiao Ran's order, they immediately tried to contact Tillandar. Due to the collapse of the joint forces on Earth and the beginning of cooperation, the communication intermediaries of the various forces were completely connected. The interference of the neutron jammer could be said to have been reduced to a minimum, and it basically did not affect the actual communication on a global scale.
A few minutes later, Tillandar's figure appeared on the big screen. The sudden contact made Tillandar feel a little strange, but before he could say anything, Xiao Ran directly said, "I have reliable information. In less than twenty-four hours, the joint lunar base's Requiem will launch. The target is unknown, but it's either PLANT or Aube. I'm now making arrangements to go to space, you need to respond immediately."
"What?" Tillandar was shocked when he heard Xiao Ran's words. Then, he saw a countdown timer on the upper right corner of the screen in front of him. Tillandar and Bakirulu did not doubt the accuracy of Xiao Ran's information. Seeing the rapidly decreasing timer, Tillandar was furious. He slammed the table heavily and said, "I'll make arrangements immediately. Is there anything Aube needs help with?"
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