Chapter 2-2

Gando was sensitive to the topic of death and revival but as soon as he heard the mention of piloting robots, he stared straight into Xuan. “Did you just say pilot a robot? The ones with a cockpit, a joystick, and panoramic screen?”

Xuan nodded. “Correct. That’s the one. Furthermore, I can modify your robot to some degree and give it the ability to fly, faster speed, higher strength, more powerful attacks. Of course, that will require a higher level of skill to control. Anyway, WangXia, exchange the robot for him first.”

Without any hesitation, WangXia stood under God with his eyes closed. A beam shone down which made Gando cried. He stared at the beam with excitement and then, a two-meter-tall bear robot appeared next to WangXia, a kawaii anime bear. That innocent face had no connection to the word robot.

Gando turned around speechless, then pointed at the bear robot and said. “That’s the robot you spoke of?”

Xuan walked two laps around the robot and said with certainty. “Correct. Looking at its size, there should be no problem fitting you in. Get in. Let me see your piloting level.”

“Don’t… don’t kid me!” Gando shouted. “You call this a robot? Are you humiliating a diehard Gundam fan’s heart? You think someone who watched from 0079 to Seed doesn’t know how a robot looks like? It should be metallic and at least several meters tall! I am not asking for an Eva or Mazinkaiser nor Providence or Freedom in the beginning but can you at least give me a Zaku I? Are you planning to get me on the battle field with an anime bear? Even among the Full Metal Panic series, you could have gotten one equipped with Lambda Driver. Anyway, I…”

Xuan frowned. A gauss pistol slipped out of the sleeve to his left hand. He pointed the gun at Gando’s forehead and said. “I am not consulting you. This is an order, understand? If you can’t qualify the task, I will kill you and pilot it myself. Even though that will take away my attention from the immediate situation, it will still be better than wasting a combat spot. Have you made up your mind?”

Gando immediately said. “No problem. However, this is my first time piloting a robot, I don’t know anything about the controls inside. Can you give me a manual?”

Xuan looked at WangXia. He nodded and said. “The manual is inside the cockpit. Enter it from the back. The first person that enters will have his voice recorded. After that, you will be the only one that can pilot this robot. These are the information God pushed into my head.”

That was when Gando became more serious. He walked over to the bear robot’s back. He searched on its fur with his hand then, di-da. The robot’s back opened up. Gando climbed in and the back slowly closed up, concealing any characteristic of it being a robot. If you just looked at it by its appearance, it would make you laugh.

Everyone looked silently as the robot stood there motionless. People were getting inpatient ten minutes later. The robot finally made a noise. However, everything that it said was Fummofu.

“Fummofu, fummofu, fummofu.” The robot swung its arms in excitement and attempted to walk while saying the same word over and over.

Zheng asked Xuan with a weird look. “Why does he keep saying this strange word?”

Xuan waved his hand. “Can’t help it. I thought this flaw only existed in its origin. Didn’t expect the clone from God to have the flaw also. The flaw came from the robot’s design and translates everything the pilot says into this word. Any attempt to turn off the voice changer will also crash the robot. However, we have soul link so there won’t be any issue communicating with him. His talent is not bad to figure out how to use the robot in just ten minutes. Or you can call it his talent with driving games.”

After Gando’s excitement calmed down, Zheng narrated his story of dying and being revived. Gando stood there expressionless for quite some time before he laughed out, saying lucky. This attitude shocked the others but also gave everyone a favorable impression.

Xuan saw that everything was set so he told them to bring the robot to his room. He would begin modification and also begin crafting the devices for the Sky Stick and the plasma grenades and mines. However, they didn’t let him go since it was several days before they last saw him. Xuan had no choice but to accept eating dinner together and also take care of two things.

“First is the dragon blood cultivating plan. Every newbie must get injected with dragon blood in God’s dimension. This will in effect give them 4000 points worth of stats. Of course, after injecting the blood, they will have to get repaired. That’s why it needs to take place in God’s dimension.”

“The second thing is the T-virus prototype plan. The T-virus prototype can unlock the first stage of the genetic constraint for every member. Based on the rule of bigger reward for bigger danger, this bonus mission will be at least BB difficulty. I don’t suggest tackling it without enough strength. However, we can begin our preparations now.” Xuan said as he ate.

Zheng asked. “Like? Aside from enhancements and exchanges, what else do we prepare?”

Xuan nodded. “The key is the next movie, Starship Troopers. This movie belongs to future technology. I watched it twenty-one times. There are two noteworthy weapons, Tactical Nuclear Launcher, which can be used from the shoulder, and the Morita MK II Advanced Systems Rifle shown near the end of the film. It could destroy an area of fifty meters in diameter. These two weapons are equivalent to D tier weapons from the exchange system while you can obtain an endless supply of them from that world. So we should gather these weapons in large quantities in the world. Maybe we can even come to an agreement with the government. Of course, that will be what we need to do when returning to the world in the future. We have three goals this time. One, complete the plot without casualty, even if that means we can’t kill the other team. Two, find as many clues about bonus missions as we can, a plus if we can complete the bonus missions. Three, buy as much of these two weapons as possible, at least a large quantity of tactical nuclear launchers.”

Even though Xuan was calm the whole time, as if he was talking about what to have breakfast tomorrow, the others were dumbfounded. Gando laughed and said. “You’re funny. Talking like we are going there to be arms dealers or terrorists. Haha.”

Xuan nodded seriously. “Correct. We are going to be the arms dealers and terrorists in that world. In fact, if we have a large enough space, I want to buy a small starship. Quite a few movies contain large scale battles. As our team’s strength increase, there will certainly be similar war type movies in the future. Then it shouldn’t be an issue buying a starship in Starship Troopers.”

Sweat covered Gando’s head. He asked Kampa in a low voice. “He’s joking right?”

Kampa gave him a bitter smile. “Don’t ask this type of questions again. I swear he’s serious about buying a starship. I don’t doubt his determination or ability to buy one. If this man shows any sign of enthusiasm, I can bet he’s planning something insane.”

Zheng naturally heard the conversation with his hearing. All he could do was smile bitterly. He had to admit that indifference was the normal state for Xuan. If he was enthusiastic for something, there would be something crazy going on his mind, like burning down a forest.

Zheng coughed and said loudly. “Ok, ok. Let’s come up with a plan first. After dinner, we will go test the power of Tiger’s Soul. Everyone needs to train for the next several days until the movie comes!”

32 comments:

  1. thanks!
    And second

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  2. The Dragon Blood is being modified by those of Jurassic Park governments, so it might be safer to take and more stats available. Also, they took the Gravity Mine as well.

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    1. Why would they return to the movie for the Dragon blood ? they already have the baby Dragon.

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    2. You probably need to bathe in it and gallons of blood at that.

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    3. Also, its a weak baby dragon. Its blood wouldn't be the same quality as an adult dragon and it probably hasn't devolved a dragon shard yet as well.

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    4. Didn't they keep the carcass of that dragon they killed?

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    5. No. Zheng had the Na Ring and Dimension Bag and they thought he died in the explosion that killed the dragon. They only had time to bathe in blood and get the Dragon Shard before they had to runaway from the army.

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    6. you're all forgetting that they tested a small exposure. so no you just need exposure to cells, not blood cells specifically and not swimming in it either.

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  3. They are actually making some real plans before the movie. Their 'no-plan' attitude always bothered me. Now if they would seriously try to analyze the movie and research the background info I would be even happier.

    I was also under impression that they could take only special items out of movie worlds. If they can take anything, then they really should have robbed nukes, tanks and explosives from previous worlds. Zheng has his magic bag that he does not use much.

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    1. I think only items specific to the movie can be taken out. But there is no discrepancy beyond that, like in Jurassic Park, anything relating to the monsters can be taken out. But things like Nukes found in the real world will most likely only be taken from the real world as they wouldn't be quest items, but I'd guess they could go to the Grudge or Final destination and get those items there but how easy would it be? I'd just ignore useless items that will most likely get you killed. Xuan is smart to only think of sci-fi/magic items since he can make anything form his world already with his knowledge/skill and they seem to be useless in the movies as is.

      Would be great if they got a star-ship and ended up in a star wars/trek type movie with space battles. Though I'm really looking forward to the LOTR plotline, watched the extended cut of that movie recently and realized how impossible that movie would be as part of the fellowship... Survival chance would literally be 1% but the movie/book really glosses over that for some reason.

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  4. Great chapter. Also, I wonder when the Volume 13 PDF comes out?

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  5. just imagine that they manage to get that starship and they pop up in a team battle in...let's say Jason or something
    This other team standing at the ready with their supposedly all powerfull magic weapons and then a giant starship just appears hahahahaha

    thanks for the chapter

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  6. NOOOoo!! Don't touch the flying doggy!!

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  7. full metal panic eh?
    a 2m cute hamster pummeling the ennemies to death while saying "fumofu, fumofu~~"

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    1. Funny that he chose that suit as anyone who has seen all the mech animes know that not only is the kuma suit the strongest of all of them, it's also one of the smaller mech suits. Xuan is a genius lol.

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  8. Good chapter!
    Thank you very much!

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  9. I don´t like how bossy Zheng are, which rights does he have to take others points and so, why not give your own instead of getting powerups after every movie while the others barely get D-level shit?

    it truly bothers me how the author treats the main character nicely while others get the shit

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    1. It a mutual agreement. That's why the discuss it at a meeting before hand. With the points available to them and he being the captain he is trying to build everyone up so that nobody else dies. And he has a better grasp on what will benefit them in the coming movies.

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    2. "no one dies" if he´s the only that power up all the time, ofc they are going to die..
      And if it´s a mutual agreement, why did no one care about Lan spending/keeping around BB and over 5000 points after the the alien movie.. no one asked her about what she spend her points.. they just ignored that..

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    3. I get that, but in the end it was the correct decision. Unless by some miracle they exchanged for a vehicle that can't be brought down by magnetism they were destined to wipe. If the points and rewards were used on Zheng he'll still be beaten by his clone. An anti Psyche Force skill may have come in handy, but Team Devil had two powerful Psyche Force members so who knows, and they also had the ability to figure out Lan's skills, so if they were sure they couldn't take them out whenever they wanted they would have used the Sky Stick to immediately chase after them.

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    4. And they didn't know that Lan got points from killing the alien

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    5. The others aren't really as crazy as Zheng is.Ever since their first movie he was always the one who kept pulling off stunts that got him bonus points.I am NOT excusing what you take to be a char flaw but as a leader he is always sorta the one who decides about what they should spend on to survive the rigours of the next movie and his decisions in that aspect are mostly telling Xuan what is waiting for them and then following Xuan's advice knowing it is better and trusting Xuan.This way of buying really shows Xuan's mindset.He wants to research,try out new gadgets and continuosly optimize performance and is used to doing it in a military sort of way.Zheng's way(before Xuan) was to listen to what his teammates wanted to ex change from god and then use his perk as a leader to find it faster for them taking into consideration points and rewards they had available and making suggestions what to do with the leftovers.

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    6. I wonder what would happen if a Newbie survived a mission after being abandoned and also acquired a large number of points and rewards like Zheng did in his first mission. Like 10,000 points and 1 A rank reward, and Xuan wants to use the A rank reward for Zheng to get the next level of Vampire Mutation for the good of the team.

      Xuan threatening Gando after reviving him and giving him a robot wasn't so bad, but a Newbie you took no responsibility for gained a lot of rewards, and asking that Newbie to hand it over would be wrong, right? It's like, "I survived on my own, so what right do you have to take my points?!"

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    7. I think that Zheng is important to rally up people and Xuan will quietly eliminate all hindrances to the team. It's the perfect team making combo.

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    8. Such a newbie would either know when to fold them or would strongarm Zheng into giving up on him because Zheng(after the wipe) is more about team survival rather than individuals and would eliminate that newbie from the screening process sorta how t.Indoa was fragmented and Devil Zheng seemed to verbally bitchslap his teammates to stick to the plan.oh,Zheng and Xuan do make a perfect leader by cooperating.

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    9. Clone Zheng attacked his teammate not for disobeying, but because he got cocky by proclaiming his strength as what Team Devil is capable of. Clone Zheng called him too weak to be a real member and threatened him to quickly defeat his original.

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  10. wonder if its possible to modify the exterior?

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  11. so anyone wondering in advance if it'll be more based on the original book and the anime? cause the movies were shit!! why put 10000's of fleshbags into space that need to eat, sleep, shit, wash, and even procreate/relax when u can send a crack troop of power armor in. they're called 'force multipliers' and its not cheap to put stuff in space so the more you can send that doesn't need life sustaining infrastructure the better. that was a key theory covered in the book. the same as how we deploy high tech equipment in wars today. the men are there to secure territory from places the big stuff can't go without destroying it. except where you dont care if its destroyed and then the tanks roll right over it.
    also power armor can be manufactured in space from materials mined in space and powered by synthesised fuels or nuclear drives. these facilities can be 100% unmanned meaning you first send the mining equipment with a machine that can make other machines and then expand out until you have constructed everything needed.

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