Cui Yifei was very tense right now.
Not just her. Everyone was tense.
Only their commanding officer looked relatively calm.
The commanding officer here was not Bao-Feng Squad's captain, but the warship commander.
Bao-Feng Squad had survived. They had been protected by the force field opened by the other party's shield, surviving the G-bomb's explosion.
It felt as if, had they been one second slower—had that force field failed to hold for even one more second—everyone would have been finished.
After the G-bomb finished destroying everything, what came into view were three enormous craters spanning dozens of kilometers.
The violent turbulence that followed nearly sent their machines crashing down hard.
Because the area destroyed by the G-bomb had practically become a vacuum. Once the effect passed, the surrounding atmospheric pressure rushed in, creating a massive vortex of air currents.
Afterward, the other party suddenly asked her for some information—information about her country.
Of course, she did not have it on hand, so the commander brought it over personally.
What he wanted were records of the country's various responses after the BETA descended upon Earth, including all kinds of countermeasures and strategies.
"How is it?"
The question came from the commander, because Kain had finished reading.
"Not bad."
That was Kain's answer.
In truth, compared to any other country in this world, "not bad" was not the right phrase. It was very good.
One could even say it was the most united, most cohesive country.
If another country had occupied this same geographic position and possessed the same population, then with that nation's level of ethnic cohesion, this world might already have been overrun by the BETA.
"What is this?"
The commander was somewhat puzzled, because Kain had taken out several items and handed them over.
One was a laptop computer. Its method of operation was more or less the same as usual, and the other party would not be foolish enough to be unable to use it. Inside were technologies he had brought over.
With Yuuko Kouzuki's current position, getting these technologies applied quickly would be somewhat difficult in the short term.
They needed a good environment—an environment where neither the upper nor lower levels would obstruct implementation.
For example, if there were struggles between two political parties, conflict between the army and navy, insubordination from below, or any other chaotic interference, then these technologies could not be applied quickly.
That was why Kain handed one copy to the person before him.
This was what people meant when they said not to put all your eggs in one basket.
As for the other item, it was the G-elements he had obtained. He took out ten portions and handed them over.
With G-elements, they should be able to verify and apply the technologies he provided more effectively.
Among them, several technologies were the same as the ones he had taken to Lacus's side, such as nuclear fusion, electromagnetic shielding technology, and high-frequency crustal vibration mining technology—a technology that could also be used to destroy BETA Hives.
This technology had been downloaded from the Mechanicus planet, then extracted again by A2's side from the universal STC hard drive and stored onto several other backup drives.
It also came with something like simplified instructional guidance, but that did not mean it was so simple that anyone could use it.
Still, after evaluation, as long as a civilization's technological level had reached roughly that of the early twenty-first century, even without fully understanding or mastering the technology, they could still build equipment by following the guidance.
The only issue was that the equipment would have a relatively large size and shorter service life.
"Inside here are G-elements. The computer contains the technologies. If they can be implemented quickly and produce results, I will invest again."
During this trip to this world, he had lost one Type-139 mech, one powered greatsword, and two stasis-field shields.
Among them, the stasis-field shields had the highest value.
One had been used from the beginning, all the way until the KX1 mech self-destructed, when it protected him as he transferred to the Unit-01 BETA.
The other had been used to endure the G-bomb's attack. The stasis field had nearly failed to last until the G-bomb's effect ended.
And in exchange for those losses, he had obtained the Unit-01 BETA.
It was worth it.
"G-elements? Technologies?"
The one who spoke in shock was Cui Yifei. Her squad captain glared at her, and she instantly sealed her lips.
At present, only the United States possessed G-elements, and they refused to share them. They claimed the quantity was very small, but who knew how much "very small" really meant? It was all up to them.
As for the technologies, they were probably related to that Tactical Surface Fighter that had self-destructed earlier, right?
Huh?
After handing everything over, the other party simply left and returned to that Tactical Surface Fighter-class BETA.
Correction. It was not truly a BETA. She had seen a cockpit, and she had seen mechanical components.
It looked more like a Tactical Surface Fighter manufactured using BETA materials.
But how had that machine been built?
Had the BETA manufactured it, and he seized it?
But if the BETA had manufactured it, was there any need to provide a cockpit that humans could operate?
"Um, what exactly is going on with that Tactical Surface Fighter of yours?"
She could not help asking out of curiosity.
Once she spoke, she also noticed that everyone had suddenly grown tense.
Right. This probably involved his secrets.
"I used the BETA manufacturing factory inside the Hive to build it. The BETA themselves do not know how this machine was created. In fact, they do not even possess information on this machine now, because I silenced all witnesses."
Kain looked back and gave that answer.
He understood why their expressions were so tense. They were worried that this might have been something the BETA themselves had manufactured to deal with humanity.
"Oh, I get it. That tentacle you were connected to earlier was actually being used to remotely control the BETA manufacturing factory, right?"
At first, Cui Yifei had thought it was absorbing energy. Now, it seemed that was what had really been happening.
To that, the other party merely shrugged without answering, then climbed into his special Tactical Surface Fighter.
Afterward, he also took away another Tactical Surface Fighter—the SU-37—along with the two sister pilots inside it.
.....
Night was falling.
A previously uninhabited island, one that had already been ravaged once, welcomed visitors again.
As the optical camouflage disengaged, the figures were exposed.
"Come down."
Kain , having descended from the Tau Empire Manta-like aircraft, spoke to the Tactical Surface Fighter it was carrying.
The two sisters had remained inside the cockpit the entire time. He was not worried they would open fire. It was not because he thought they would not dare, but because he had already drained the machine's fuel. The Tactical Surface Fighter could not activate.
As for the cockpit, even without power in the Tactical Surface Fighter, as long as one switch was triggered, it could eject like a spring. It did not require electricity.
Hm? Had they not heard him?
Oh. That was indeed possible. With the power gone, the internal cockpit systems had also shut down. Naturally, the equipment that received outside sound had stopped working too. The space inside probably could not hear anything from outside.
So Kain took the initiative to climb onto the Tactical Surface Fighter and look for a safety device. It should be this one—a safety mechanism that could be manually opened from the outside.
The safety cover opened. As he turned it, clicking and clacking sounds came from inside, as if mechanical locks were being disengaged. The cockpit hatch opened, and the cockpit extended outward.
Immediately, he received a threatening glare like that of a frightened wildcat. In that wildcat's arms was a little kitten she held tightly, one whose condition looked poor, as if she had lost consciousness.
These two sisters were those sisters, then.
Looking at the gun in her hand, it was trembling slightly. She seemed to be afraid of him. She was indeed afraid, but that was not the reason for the trembling.
Ignoring the gun pointed at him, Kain stepped closer, reached out, and took hold of it. He removed it from her hand. Once he let go, her arm fell weakly.
That was because the other party had almost no strength left in her body. It was probably due to her own physical condition. After all, they were not normal humans. It seemed they also needed regular injections to maintain their bodies.
In any case, it looked like a physical problem had left her powerless.
"D-don't move... Inia..."
After she forced out those words with great difficulty, Kain reached toward the white-haired girl under the other party's murderous glare and lifted her from her arms.
Then, under that same gaze, as if she wanted to eat him alive, he took out a bottle filled with what looked like a thick white liquid, opened the cap, and brought it to the unconscious girl's pale lips, feeding it to her carefully.
It was Earth Elixir.
Noticing something, Kain reacted and trapped a leg between his thighs.
This white-haired woman was truly something. She had gathered all her remaining strength into that foot and tried to stomp down for a "fatal blow."
"Peh."
She even spat at him, wearing an expression of disgust and loathing.
Not bad. That almost made him lose composure.
Because what he had told Saeko Busujima about his preferences was true.
Fine. Under such awful circumstances, she needed a little lesson.
He took out another bottle of Earth Elixir and gave it to her as well.
The method was not exactly proper.
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