Chapter 226: Respective Trajectories (Part 3)

Li Boyong—ever since Flay mentioned this name, Natarle couldn't stop the longing for him from welling up.

This longing drifted across the ocean with the sea breeze, blowing toward the other side of the ocean.

Atlantic Federation, California, San Antonio Base.

On the naval port embankment, Li Boyong, wearing a half-face helmet, stood there blowing in the sea breeze.

As if sensing Natarle's longing, he suddenly remembered every little detail of his time with her.

"Natarle..."

He whispered her name softly. The sound disappeared with the sea breeze, but Li Boyong hoped this longing could be carried to where Natarle was.

Over the past few days, he had used his authority to investigate some things and had basically confirmed that this was indeed the world he had experienced.

Because here, in the Alliance military records, there were traces left by an officer named Li Boyong.

From the advance team all the way to the Yakin Kudu battlefield, all records matched his memories.

Moreover, even the record of him shooting and killing Azrael had been preserved.

Because the Dominion, which should have sunk on the Yakin Kudu battlefield, had miraculously been preserved after being abandoned by the crew and was recovered by the Alliance.

Naturally, the fact that Captain Li Boyong had shot and killed Azrael was known to the Alliance military.

Therefore, the name Li Boyong had quite naturally appeared on the Atlantic Federation's wanted list...

Thinking of this, Li Boyong couldn't help but touch his helmet; it seemed he should keep this thing on properly.

As for how Captain Li Boyong became Colonel Neo Roanoke, that was, of course, an identity arranged by the system.

Toot toot~~~

A long whistle sounded. A freighter responsible for transporting logistics supplies to the naval port was slowly entering the port. More and more soldiers began to gather at the port upon hearing the sound.

Li Boyong had no interest in these things and returned to the aircraft carrier belonging to the 81st Independent Mobile Group.

The scenery along the way was very familiar. Come to think of it, he had indeed stayed at this base for a period of time. He remembered that it was here he obtained his first MS in life and became a glorious cannon fodder captain.

Thinking back now, that time was actually quite interesting.

The mother ship's berth wasn't far from here. Before he could even lament how difficult it was to roll and crawl on the battlefield piloting a Strike Dagger, Li Boyong returned to the mother ship.

This time, one of Phantom Pain's aircraft carriers was temporarily stationed at this San Antonio Base because he had a mission on his hands.

The Actaeon Project was the Alliance's improvement and production plan for the original X-series. The military high command decided to hand over the precious machines to the elite unit, Phantom Pain, to use.

Currently, several machines from the plan had already arrived at this base, and Li Boyong was responsible for receiving these machines. Along with the accompanying aircraft carrier and officers, there were a large number of elite pilots in Phantom Pain. Li Boyong would select the pilots for the Actaeon Project machines from these pilots.

Yes, he would be the one selecting from among his many subordinates...

Li Boyong wore his helmet so his subordinates wouldn't see him tearfully crying.

Piloting a Gundam was impossible; it would never happen in this life. He could only pilot Daggers to get by...

Sigh...

Enough said; saying more was just tears.

Li Boyong composed himself, straightened his chest, and let his figure remain tall and straight in the sea breeze.

A man doesn't cry; stand up and get to work!

Arriving at the hangar, Li Boyong saw the Xia sisters he was looking for.

The sisters had only piloted AS and knew nothing about piloting MS, so they had been strengthening their MS piloting training these past few days.

Fortunately, they had a basic foundation in piloting. Although there were many differences between the operation of AS and MS, the sisters' progress was much faster than that of real rookies.

Of course, in Li Boyong's view, their current level was still that of rookies.

It was estimated that it was unrealistic for the Xia sisters to be selected as pilots for the Actaeon Project.

However, in the system data Li Boyong observed, the sisters' attribute abilities were still quite good.

Xia Yufang (Natural)

Combat: 79

Shooting: 65

Reaction: 76

Will: 82

Skills: Lambda Driver Adaptability LV3 (User can skillfully use the Lambda Driver; Will increases the driver's power.)

Poker Face (Not affected by emotional fluctuations during combat)

Twins (When teaming up with Xia Yulan in combat, increases all attributes by 3 points)

Sword Dance (Increases evasion rate when fighting with a sword)

Xia Yulan (Natural)

Combat: 85

Shooting: 56

Reaction: 82

Will: 77

Skills: Lambda Driver Adaptability LV2 (User can normally use the Lambda Driver; Will increases the driver's power.)

Poker Face (Not affected by emotional fluctuations during combat)

Twins (When teaming up with Xia Yufang in combat, increases all attributes by 3 points)

Sword Dance (Increases evasion rate when fighting with a sword)

Both of their attributes were quite good; it was just that judging from their skills, they were the type of pure combat talent.

Currently, in Li Boyong's team, he himself counted as half an ace and half a commander type, while Shihe was half an ace and half a research type, and Wang Liumei was a talent proficient in politics, business, and intelligence.

Now with two more powerful fighters, it could be said that the shortcoming of insufficient frontal combat power was well compensated.

It was just that there was one point that was a bit of a pitfall: the sisters' main skills couldn't exert their effect in this world, which was inevitably a pity.

By the way, Li Boyong's current attributes were as follows.

Li Boyong (Natural)

Combat: 58

Shooting: 86

Reaction: 84

Will: 66

Skills: Belligerent Commander LV3, Survivor, Gundam Hunter, Spatial Awareness, Lambda Driver LV3, Precognition

Titles: Friendly Fire Reaper, Gundam Meister, Tiger of Ankela

Unknowingly, he now had a dense row of skills.

Each attribute had also made no small progress compared to before... No, wait, why did it feel like the reaction attribute had dropped a bit...

Could it be because there had been fewer of those urgent life-and-death battles lately?

Thinking about his time in the previous world, it seemed that after getting the Phantom, he hadn't experienced any decent battles. The only relatively difficult battle, the fight against the execution unit, still relied on the Lambda Driver.

The main thing being exercised was probably the Will attribute...

However, Li Boyong didn't dwell on it too much. After all, combat didn't just look at pure attribute data.

Victory and life or death were also influenced by many other external factors, such as machine performance, proficiency with the machine, the battlefield environment, and the effects skills could exert, and so on.

For example, the current Li Boyong, piloting an MS, could bloodily abuse dozens of Xia sisters.

It wasn't to say that attributes weren't important; attributes were of course important, but they were only the foundation.

"Colonel!"

Just as he was thinking about system matters, someone came over to salute and greet him.

Li Boyong, whose train of thought was interrupted, looked to the side. It was Sven Cal Bayan, who had been cleaned up by the Xia sisters that day.

That was the male lead in the SEED Stargazer side story, that cool-looking silver-haired young pilot.

"Yo, Sven!"

Li Boyong returned the salute and then intimately draped his arm over the other's shoulder. "How is the mission I entrusted to you going?"

The so-called mission was to have Sven be responsible for training the Xia sisters' MS piloting ability these past few days.

He was, after all, the unit's commanding officer. Although he would occasionally give pointers to the Xia sisters, he didn't have that much spare time, so he just casually assigned an assistant.

"Reporting to the Colonel, the training is currently proceeding smoothly. However, given the limited level of the two, I'm afraid they won't be able to meet your requirements in a short time."

Facing his unprofessional superior, Sven stood with his military posture still straight, reporting the mission's progress without looking sideways, clearly already very familiar with Li Boyong's unprofessional style. ===== CHAPTER 227 =====