Though this scene appeared suddenly, its arrival wasn’t all that abrupt.
Yu Xiao still remembered, before entering the battlefield.
The prompt that had popped up said there were two victory conditions.
Either eliminate all enemies, or hold his ground in place for three hours.
Yu Xiao had indeed taken actions aimed at the former…
But in the end, he had still achieved the slightly lesser second victory condition.
Getting a result like this, he didn’t know whether he should feel relieved, or whether he ought to say he felt a bit unwilling to accept it.
Probably both.
Yu Xiao thought sullenly, leaning his somewhat fatigued body back against the gaming chair behind him.
It’s just… without realizing it, he’d been playing this long.
He then sighed silently to himself.
Clearly, he’d only felt that the battle had gone on for a short time, and still wanted to keep playing.
Yet by the time he came back to his senses, he’d already been playing continuously for three hours.
This new mode of “Mecha War VS” really was quite addictive.
…In the future, his leisure time would probably all be given over to this place.
Still, that didn’t seem like a bad thing.
After all, he had no surplus matters to attend to in his day-to-day life.
Why not just be a gaming shut-in like this?
Rubbing his slightly sore eyes, Yu Xiao couldn’t help but consider self-mockingly.
Then, he casually pressed the confirm button on his controller, jumping to the settlement screen.
To his surprise, what popped up next was a string of characters so long it could make one’s eyes swim.
Crudely and without the slightest aesthetic sense, piled together on the screen, exactly like that meme image “How to Piss Off Your Designer Friend.”
Seeing these things, Yu Xiao couldn’t help but prop up his forehead.
“…No way. This art design… did the artist grab their bucket and run off halfway through making the game?”
He grumbled under his breath, unable to help himself.
After all, when the in-game visual presentation was so good, and yet the settlement interface turned into this right after, anyone would frown seeing it.
Still, complaints aside, it had to be read.
After all, he was quite curious just what the progression elements of this Real Battlefield mode were like.
So next he narrowed his eyes and began observing with a bit of effort.
[Destruction Report]
The first line that met his eyes was written thus.
[Tank-class – 473]
[Destroyer-class – 27]
[Assault-class – 19]
[Fortress-class – 3]
[Total Destroyed – Beta 522]
And right after, seeing these figures, Yu Xiao understood.
This was explaining the number of enemies he had killed over the course of a full game.
Destroying over 500 Beta in a single sortie.
In the original worldview, that counted as a rather impressive battle record, didn’t it?
Yet in the game, it could be achieved so easily…
After sighing thus, Yu Xiao’s gaze began to wander again.
[Destroyed three Fortress-class in a row! Technical Points 500, acquired title “Fortress-class Killer”]
[Rescued one ally! Technical Points 1000]
This quite obviously was an explanation of certain conspicuous actions he had taken during battle.
Though it wasn’t clear just what this “title” specifically referred to, Yu Xiao still read on.
[Final Settlement]
[Battlefield Points acquired: 13,830]
Battlefield Points?
Yu Xiao felt a bit surprised at this newly displayed term.
But after clicking the little question mark beside this line, the explanatory text that followed made it clear to him.
So-called Battlefield Points were the equivalent of currency within the “Real Battlefield” mode.
They could be used in the upcoming mid-game maintenance interface to exchange for weapons, items, and new mobile suits.
…Seems like his actions hadn’t all been for nothing after all.
Yu Xiao thought.
At least he’d earned enough money.
[Mobile Suit Exp acquired: 3,740]
[OZ-06MSLeo Level Up! Current Level: 5]
And lastly, what was displayed was text like this.
Though he didn’t know just what a mobile suit’s level actually affected, Yu Xiao guessed it was probably related to the development of successor models.
After all, Gundam games were basically all like that.
As their knockoff or competing product, “Mecha War VS” should be about the same…
Having read through everything up to here, Yu Xiao pressed the confirm button again.
[Settlement complete. Now entering the maintenance interface…]
This text only appeared for a moment, because the progress bar quickly ran to the 100% mark.
And, just like the previous settlement screen, what appeared before Yu Xiao was the so-called “maintenance interface”…
Put nicely, it was concise; put bluntly, it was crude.
Aside from a world map background, there were only two items that could be selected: “Hangar” and “Pilot.”
Looks like the art designer really might have run off halfway through after all.
Yu Xiao grew even more certain in his heart of his earlier grumbling.
With the purpose of exploration in mind, the first thing Yu Xiao opened was the hangar.
Next, what was displayed was the 3D model of that Leo he had been piloting.
Above it was a simple block of descriptive text.
[OZ-06MS Leo Level: 5 Status: Damaged]
Damaged?
Yu Xiao noticed this somewhat conspicuous note.
Indeed it was so.
Looking carefully, the Leo’s frame was still in the same state as during battle, its whole body smeared with Beta blood, and with damage of varying sizes distributed across its entire body.
And at the same time Yu Xiao also saw that the place on the Leo where he had removed its left hand during battle was now empty as well.
And on the right side of the screen, the words “Develop,” “Enhance,” and “Sell” were each shown grayed out and unselectable.
…So he guessed: did a whole series of operations on a mobile suit have to be carried out while it was in sound condition?
If that were the case, then it proved there must be a function that could restore it…
And sure enough, in an inconspicuous corner of the screen, there was an option that read “Repair.”
Seeing this, Yu Xiao manipulated the cursor to move onto it.
[Repair successful! Consumed 1,000 points]
Then, accompanied by a popup like this, the Leo’s pitted frame was completely renewed, and its vanished left arm was also restored.
The “Damaged” in the description above simultaneously changed to “Good,” and the “Develop,” “Enhance,” and “Sell” options lit up as well.
Thereupon, Yu Xiao clicked open the options on the right to examine them in detail.
And he quickly understood what functions they respectively represented.
“Develop” was a system that could, on the basis of the Leo, develop different successor machines that had a certain connection to it.
For example, the current Level 5 Leo could be developed into three mobile suits: “Aries,” “Tragos,” and “Taurus.”
These were all, in the original “New Mobile Report Gundam Wing” worldview, successor machines that the OZ faction used to replace the Leo.
And the final development option was in a silhouette state, which should be because the corresponding level hadn’t been reached yet.
“Enhance,” then, was a means of raising performance through the replacement and modification of a portion of parts by consuming a certain amount of points, without changing the main body of the Leo.
Just like “Develop,” the higher the level, the more enhancement types could be chosen.
As for “Sell,” as the name suggested, it was a means of exchanging the machine for points based on its rarity and level.
…Yu Xiao felt he wouldn’t be needing this anytime soon.
He only had the one Leo on hand; if he sold it, there’d be no show left to perform.
And after reading through all this information, Yu Xiao wasn’t in a hurry to carry out enhancement operations on his mobile suit.
As for the reason: there were still some functions he hadn’t looked at yet, and Yu Xiao was the type who wouldn’t take action without understanding the whole picture.
Therefore he switched out of the hangar, and clicked open the contents of the “Pilot” option to read through it.
In the displayed image was a half-body portrait of someone wearing the Human Reform League standard pilot suit and a helmet, without revealing their face.
Beside it was detailed introductory text.
[Codename: Red One]
[Affiliation: Human Reform League]
[Machine: OZ-06MS Leo]
[Fame: Somewhat Well-Known]
…Mm.
Looking at it this way, aside from the fame being a bit higher than expected, the rest was all information not worth paying attention to.
Hence, what Yu Xiao paid more attention to was undoubtedly another system also displayed on the pilot page, “Titles.”
According to the explanation built into the game, “Titles” were items that couldn’t raise attributes, but could bring about some special effects.
Like the “Fortress-class Killer” Yu Xiao had acquired earlier, whose effect was “able to display the weak points of Fortress-class enemies during battle, and when a Fortress-class makes preparations to attack, display the direction and range of its attack.”
This was something very useful.
Yu Xiao thought.
If he’d had this title during the last battle, he would have been able to respond more calmly when facing three Fortress-class, and at least wouldn’t have lost the Leo’s left hand.
…However, regrettably, only one title could be equipped at a time.
Fortunately, Yu Xiao had no other choice available to him right now, so he simply equipped the “Fortress-class Killer” title directly.
“Alright…”
Yu Xiao let out a breath.
Since he had now more or less figured out the progression elements of “Mecha War VS”‘s “Real Battlefield” mode.
Then it was time to get to the main event.
Modifying the mobile suit!
As he thought this, Yu Xiao switched the screen back to the hangar.
(since we’re just starting out for now, might increase these in the future)