"The reaction is so fast and flexible. The speed is so fast and terrifying before I even increase the acceleration to the maximum. I haven't even started the additional propellant tank, but my reaction can't keep up." Zhou Ya controls the Gundam Gerbera with the remote control stick in hand and the pedals on her feet.

Zhou Ya was operating the Gundam Gerbera in simulated battles and verifying technology, quickly avoiding attacks from the MD-controlled drones and the Jim MS.

Even when Zhou Ya dodged and counterattacked in an instant, she was unable to hit all of them, and nearly half of the targets were missed.

Zhou Ya found that her vision was a little blurry. She knew that her body was almost reaching its limit. She understood that her current physical condition was not enough to control the Gundam Gerbera.

"Lieutenant Zhou Ya, can we continue?" A question came from the command room over the communication channel.

Zhou Ya knew that this was not the time to be a hero, so she gave up on her own initiative.

Zhou Ya took off his helmet, sweat was all over his forehead and face, and he was gasping for breath with a pale face.

After returning to the base and opening the cockpit, when Zhou Ya walked out, her legs were a little weak and she couldn't walk normally, and she had to be supported by others.

The other MS pilots who were watching Gundam Gerbera, although they did not see Gundam Gerbera's other simulated battles, they all saw the speed of Gundam Gerbera when it attacked, and in a very short time, it turned into stars in their eyes.

"I didn't expect the new Gundam that the boss developed to be so fast."

"That's right. It turned into starlight right before our eyes."

"Second Lieutenant Zhou Ya is one of our MS ace pilots, and even she can't control it."

"We are ordinary MS pilots, let alone controlling that Gundam."

"Look, now it's Lieutenant Li Xiucheng's turn to test the new Gundam."

"Lieutenant Li Xiucheng is also an ace MS pilot and is even better than Lieutenant Zhou Ya. I wonder if he can control the newly developed Gundam."

Suddenly, a dry cough sounded from behind.

The MS driver turned around and saluted immediately.

"Okay, stop looking, it's time to work, we have to get going."

"Yes, Captain." After the X4 Gundam Gerbera completed the replenishment of the new additional propellant tank and the hurricane thruster, Li Xiucheng held the remote control and attacked.

In the initial sprint, Li Xiucheng had already felt that the speed of the Gundam Gerbera was far beyond what MS should have.

During the simulated battle, Li Xiucheng was able to operate the Gundam Gerbera at the beginning and avoid all attacks from drones and MS controlled by the Md system.

"The speed of this Gundam is so ridiculous, even before the additional propellant tanks are used. The Gundam I pilot doesn't have such a terrifying speed."

"Lieutenant, the next phase of the simulated battle begins."

Li Xiucheng began to adopt a combat mode of dodging and counterattacking.

People in the control room watched the test verification of the instruments and the Gundam Gerbera.

"Lieutenant Li Xiucheng is dodging and has now achieved full dodging of attacks, with a hit rate of over 70% for counterattacks."

In the command room, Long Fei was looking at the Gundam Gerbera without any fluctuation in expression.

"Boss, do we want to proceed to the next stage?"

"Don't ask me, ask the driver."

…

“I can still move on to the next stage.”

Dozens of missiles (impact bombs) locked onto the Gundam Gerbera and quickly attacked it.

Li Xiucheng immediately controlled the Gundam Gerbera to escape, because the test was not to shoot down the missile, but to test whether the Gundam Gerbera could shake off the missile.

Li Xiucheng accelerated to the maximum value and activated the additional propellant tank's thruster, increasing the speed by more than three times the speed of the previous test.

"My chest hurts so much. It's going too fast."

"The missile has been thrown away." An announcer in the command room said as he looked at the results on the instrument.

"The missile has lost its target and has become a headless fly. We are now remotely controlling the missile, shutting it down, and recovering it."

Li Xiucheng then turned off the additional thrusters and reduced the speed back to its original level.

"If it had been a few more seconds, I would have felt like my entire chest was going to be crushed." Li Xiucheng took off his helmet and gasped.

In the next testing phase, Li Xiucheng did not continue the testing, but terminated and returned to the base.

Li Xiucheng walked out of the cockpit, holding the railing and catching his breath.

After the Gundam Gerbera resupply was completed, the next tester was Yue Yangchun.

The test results were the same as Li Xiucheng's. After getting rid of the missile, it was impossible to conduct the next test.

When they returned to the base and opened the cockpit, Yue Yangchun vomited immediately, spitting out everything he had eaten.

Next, other Gundam pilots tested the Gundam Gerbera, and the test results were similar to those of Lieutenant Zhou Ya.

Long Fei left the command room when Yue Yangchun finished the test.

He knew that the performance of the next driver would not exceed that of Yue Yangchun and Li Xiucheng.

"It seems that I need to come up with a training plan and find a way to improve their physical fitness. Should I use the method of strengthening humans in the UC era of Gundam, or the surgery to transform human physique like in other science fiction novels, or rely on some drugs to enhance their physical fitness." Long Fei's brain has been thinking about what method to use.

At this time, the person in charge of the command room walked out of the command room and walked towards Long Fei, calling Long Fei.

"Boss, wait a minute, take a look at these results first." The person in charge took the tablet and showed the test results to Long Fei.

After looking at the results, Long Fei discovered that there were indeed no problems with the Gundam Gerbera's hardware during the continuous testing. The problem was that the coordination and continuity were not smooth, and the problem lay in the software.

Although locking onto the enemy depends on the pilot's skills, the software programming causes the hardware to be unable to keep up, so this must be arranged and adjusted.

"Give it to the software engineering department to adjust and edit it."

In recent times, Long Fei has handed over many detailed adjustments to his employees.

Long Fei himself is researching and developing some new technologies.

Since he got the power device for nuclear fission MS, he had some inspiration. Although there is currently no way to manufacture a Minovsky thermonuclear reactor like in the Gundam plot.

The technology of the super energy furnace developed by ourselves and the power device for the nuclear fission MS obtained were partially disassembled from the Minovsky thermonuclear reactor technology and combined with the above two technologies for design.

“If a road is blocked, find another way. There is always a way to reach the final destination.”

Long Fei went to his office to continue researching and developing new technologies.

While Long Fei was conducting his research, Li Jiaming ran to Long Fei's office to discuss something with him.

"Boss, there have been recent international news reports that wars and unrest have occurred in several countries, resulting in a large number of refugees spreading outward. Many refugees have nowhere to go. We can select some of these refugees to join our mercenary group."

“Are all these refugees from a lost country?”

"There was a country that had been destroyed, and those refugees did not want to become citizens of the empire. They wanted a democratic system, so they refused to surrender to the empire. For this reason, the empire directly expelled all those refugees who were unwilling to surrender."

"Okay, Commander-in-Chief, you take care of this matter."