In the L4 East Asia Nova Colony Satellite region of space, ground support forces of the East Asian Army were continuously gathering.
Thanks to their good neighbors in the Atlantic Federation, while they were engaged in a bloody battle against ZAFT Forces in the cosmic space above the Orb Mass Driver, the East Asian forces encountered zero obstacles, cheerfully entering space with their entire force.
By the time ZAFT and the Atlantic Federation realized East Asia had sneakily advanced into space, the East Asian Army had already firmly established their position in orbit. They were no longer a force that either side could easily challenge.
ZAFT Forces found it impossible to redirect troops here. Aside from the forces garrisoning their homeland and those locked in brutal combat with the Atlantic Federation, they had no remaining mobile forces. If they wanted to block East Asia's advance, they would have to mobilize their already depleted homeland defense fleet—but this was clearly impossible.
The fleet stationed at PLANT still needed to guard against potential attacks from East Asia's L4 Nova garrison forces. Given East Asia's flexible operational tactics, if the homeland fleet dared to move even slightly, they could expect to see enemy fleets patrolling right at their doorstep.
What about pulling forces from the intense battlefront with the Atlantic Federation? That wasn't feasible either. Already struggling in the fight, dividing their forces to block East Asia would only leave them failing on both fronts without achieving success in either.
Moreover, with East Asia already in space, the cunning East Asian Army had outmaneuvered everyone. Continuing to blockade the Atlantic Federation here seemed to have lost its meaning?
Soon after, when ZAFT Forces saw their plan to trap the main Allied Forces within the gravity well had failed, they had no choice but to reluctantly withdraw with frustration. This opened up the fiercely contested pathway, allowing the Atlantic Federation Army to also reach space.
Regardless of how the Atlantic Federation and PLANT later complained and cursed the East Asian Federation Army's treachery, within the Nova Satellite Colonies, Kira was once again in space, strolling with Flay through an East Asian Federation satellite.
Unlike Orb's Heliopolis or the East Asian space launch ports, East Asia's satellite colonies primarily functioned as industrial production bases. Massive industrial parks everywhere demonstrated the East Asian Federation's hard power.
Everywhere they looked, vibrant workers—whether heading to or from their shifts—appeared full of energy, symbolizing the East Asian Federation's soft power.
"Flay, no wonder East Asia's productivity is so strong," Kira remarked, understanding why East Asia was called the world's factory as he immersed himself among the crowds.
"Yes," Flay replied, though unlike Kira's excitement, she seemed distracted.
Surveying the various categorized factories throughout the satellite colonies and the comprehensive industrial scale, she grew deeply concerned about one thing: whether Wang Hu's promise on behalf of East Asia regarding her father's postwar status could still be honored.
Having witnessed East Asia's production capacity firsthand and combined with the East Asian Army's battlefield performance, Flay believed East Asia could simply overwhelm PLANT's Coordinators with countless amounts of steel alone.
After the Coordinators were wiped out, what about the Atlantic Federation?
With industrial capacity fully unleashed, would the East Asian Alliance take the opportunity to sweep through the Atlantic Federation as well?
Just as Flay was seriously considering how the East Asian Alliance's rise after this battle would reshape the global landscape, Kira beside her suddenly pointed ahead with excitement and shouted:
"Look! Isn't that Mr. Liu Peiqiang and Mr. Zhang Peng?"
"Hmm?" Hearing this, Flay turned to look.
She indeed saw the two men they had encountered earlier at the East Asian space launch port - when Wang Hu had taken everyone out for relaxation and they'd met while visiting attractions on the island.
The girl still remembered how the two had acted like country bumpkins visiting a grand palace, marveling at everything they saw.
Though both had introduced themselves as East Asian during their self-introduction, they seemed quite unfamiliar with many recent developments in East Asia.
"Those two?" Flay narrowed her eyes, observing the pair in the distance who were still gazing around with wide-eyed wonder at everything.
"Kira, contact Mr. Mu and the others. They should be nearby."
"Why?" Kira, who had been about to go greet Liu Peiqiang and his companion, paused at his girlfriend's words.
"I suspect they're spies."
Without taking her eyes off Liu Peiqiang and the other man in the distance, Flay quietly voiced her suspicion.
"Spies?"
Kira's eyes instantly narrowed. As the one bearing the title of the Ultimate Coordinator, he immediately understood Flay's reasoning.
They had encountered the pair twice now, both times in special locations. Their behavior of marveling at everything did seem suspicious in retrospect.
Without another word, Kira pulled out his phone and stepped aside to call for backup.
Watching Kira make the call, Flay's eyes gleamed.
Though she didn't know whether the postwar East Asian Alliance would tear up the agreement made with her father, the more merits she could accumulate for East Asia, the better. These two would serve as her stepping stone!
Meanwhile, completely unaware they had been spotted, the two men had just arrived at the CE world's Satellite Colonies with the East Asian reinforcement forces.
Witnessing the formidable productivity of this world's East Asian Alliance, Zhang Peng felt incredibly uplifted.
In terms of pure production capacity, the Breaking Ball World had pooled resources from all nations across the Earth Sphere - an entire world's production capacity shouldn't lose to that of a single country.
But their home world needed unimaginable amounts of materials and equipment to push Earth, like a dilapidated house leaking wind everywhere where even an extra sheet of paper would help.
Not to mention all the mouths they had to feed back home. While steel and other materials could be produced through overtime and hard work, food required time to grow and couldn't be accelerated by human will.
"Master, this East Asian Alliance is truly powerful," said Liu Peiqiang, who was even more excited than his master Zhang Peng.
"And have you heard? They're planning to expand their Colony Satellites to accommodate some of our people who couldn't enter the underground cities."
"Yes, yes, yes," Zhang Peng nodded, his confidence in their homeland's future growing stronger the longer they stayed in this world.
"Pei Qiang, let me tell you something..."
Just as he was about to boast to his disciple, Zhang Peng suddenly noticed a group of people surrounding them.
Taking a closer look, Zhang Peng smiled and greeted Mu among the Archangel crew members.
"Hey, Mu, didn't expect to see you here."
Completely unaware that they were being mistaken for spies, Zhang Peng was still reminiscing about the time Mu had taken him out for fun.
That had truly been an unforgettable night. Although he hadn't indulged as extravagantly as Mu, it was still a fond memory, wasn't it?
"You know each other well?"
Murrue glanced sideways at Mu beside her upon hearing Zhang Peng's words.
"No, I'm not familiar with him."
Maintaining perfect composure, Mu repeatedly shook his head to indicate he truly didn't know the guy across from them.
"Oh?"
That excuse might fool a three-year-old, but Murrue certainly didn't believe it.
However, now wasn't the time to discuss Mu's connection with these people. The priority was to determine whether they were the spies Flay had mentioned.
Though it was curious how these people appeared wherever they went.
But what if they were genuinely from the East Asian Army?
"Hello, Mr. Zhang Peng. May I ask why you've also appeared in the Satellite Colonies?"
"We met at the observation deck before the Spaceport was destroyed."
"After the Spaceport was attacked and subsequently repaired, both previously and now, it's theoretically prioritized for military use."
"So, are you also with the East Asian Army?"
As Murrue questioned the slightly bewildered Zhang Peng, the people around her assumed alert postures.
Mindful of potential misunderstandings, Murrue wisely decided to get to the bottom of things.
"East Asian Army?"
"We're not with the East Asian Army."
Liu Peiqiang's blunt and honest answer made Murrue and the others tense up. Liu Peiqiang truly hadn't overthought it and simply told the truth.
Unlike his disciple, the more cunning Zhang Peng knew trouble was brewing as soon as his disciple spoke.
"Wait, although we're not with the East Asian Army, we do have proper credentials."
Seeing that Murrue and the others were already preparing to apprehend them, Zhang Peng hurriedly produced his identification documents.
"Observation delegation?"
The about-to-act Murrue and her team couldn't help but laugh at the documents Zhang Peng produced.
"In this day and age, besides Europa and the Atlantic Federation, who else is qualified to send observation delegations to the East Asian Alliance for visits and study?"
With their preconceived notions, Murrue and the others nearly burst out laughing. The documents looked authentic, but what was this so-called UEG?
They'd never heard of it!
Without further discussion, they apprehended the unfortunate Zhang Peng and his disciple, and incidentally began contacting Wang Hu.
"Wait, ouch, that hurts!"
Zhang Peng hadn't expected this - normally these credentials granted him access everywhere.
But here they encountered fair-skinned people like Murrue who, not being official East Asian Army personnel themselves,
hadn't been informed about many matters by the East Asian Army command.
Even Kira and his few companions, though they were officially recognized,
had been overlooked due to their prolonged stays aboard the Archangel.
Yet Zhang Peng found it difficult to explain their situation. How could he tell these clearly uninformed people
that they were from another dimension? If something went wrong because of this revelation, how could he possibly bear the responsibility?
"You really know how to make trouble for me."
Upon receiving contact from Kira's side, Wang Hu held his head and sighed.
Before he could resolve his own troubles, Kira had unexpectedly created new problems for him.
Yet while Wang Hu was nursing his headache, the visitors from C World before him showed no signs of distress whatsoever.
On the contrary, every guest sent by the C World's Wang Hu was ecstatic.
"I can finally die!"
With flowing green hair, exquisite features, and a slender figure, the woman named C.C. could feel what had always been her greatest misfortune - the Curse of Immortality.
But after arriving in this world, she could no longer sense it at all.
In her excitement, she even took out a small knife and cut her wrist, watching as crimson blood droplets fell to the ground while the wound showed no signs of healing.
"Nunnally, what about you? Can you open your eyes now?"
Not bothering with what might happen to the witch beside him, the future Demon King crouched beside a wheelchair, asking with deep concern.
Who would have thought the world could be so marvelous - parallel dimensions across different planes!
Nunnally would be safe here!
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