Colonia Storm Tour

The reason for building two fog vehicles is to conceal the mobile acoustic detectors on the outside and the above-ground entrances and exits of the underground base tunnels.

Back in the command room of the Burning Wind Construction Site at the final fortress underground base, the data transmission between WalkerNet AI and AI Odin was completed.

“I have full information about the situation, Master Alice. Now deploy the holographic projection.”

After Odin finished speaking, a holographic projection appeared in front of Alice, allowing her to quickly understand the situation.

Even with a solemn expression, Alice's pretty face still looked adorable. She quickly learned the whole truth from the constantly scrolling holographic projection.

After sorting out the information and making it clear, Alice, who had learned about the situation, immediately asked questions.

"How is Lin the Madman doing now?"

Alice knows that Walker.com's AI is still in contact with them.

"this…………"

After Walker.com AI's voice trailed off for a few seconds, a brand new light green holographic projection appeared in front of her, with the Colonia flag on the upper right corner of the projection.

The holographic projection showed Lin Haiyuan, who had suffered a fatal injury, but this did not mean that Lin Haiyuan had been resurrected with full health and mana. On the contrary, his condition was very bad.

He sat like a king on a throne, eyes closed in slumber, with his hands on the armrests and back against the chair in a life support pod made of nanomaterials. Glass made of nanomaterials isolated him inside the pod, while nano-drones constantly swirled within.

"Lin the Madman!?"

Seeing her best friend in this state, Alice knew that he was only one step away from fulfilling his crazy vow to slay Yama with ten thousand banners.

Her dark purple eyes were filled with worry for Lin Haiyuan, and there were even faint glimmers of tears—he was the only best friend she knew in this world with whom she could speak the truth! Now that her best friend was seriously injured to this extent, he was practically an emperor on a golden throne. How could she not feel heartbroken?

"I never expected to see you at this time..."

At that moment, a unique, melodious voice, like that of a nightingale, entered her ears.

"Who?!"

Alice immediately became alert.

"Cough cough cough cough hmph... Hehe... Cough cough cough cough hmph!"

The owner of that melodious, nightingale-like voice began to cough violently, sounding as if he were quite ill.

“Master Lin Haiyuan, you shouldn’t force yourself to speak at this time. Your mind and body are too weak.”

Walker.com's AI just advised him not to speak in Medical Room 0.

"Cough cough cough cough cough! Cough pfft..."

As the violent coughing, unusual sounds, and footsteps echoed, the holographic projection's camera panned to the source of the sound.

When Alice saw the character in the holographic view, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Artemisia Bel Ashcroft!"

She called out the name of the pale-faced, weak-looking woman in her eyes.

"What a terrible time to meet again. I didn't expect you to show up when I'm in such a sorry state and even contact me... cough cough."

In the picture, Artemisia covers her mouth with a handkerchief, and the handkerchief, which is stained red, suggests that she is in poor health.

"You...you're Lin the Madman?!"

Alice stared wide-eyed and pointed a trembling finger at Artemisia in the picture.

"Who else could it be but me? Artemisia, who would recognize you? Your new name is surprisingly nice. And Alice?"

Lin Haiyuan, using Artemisia's body, covered his mouth with a handkerchief and said—at this moment, he, who had temporarily become her, sat on a chair in Medical Room 0, with his arms resting on the table.

"Stop. I won't mention my past name. I want to start a new life as Alice. How did you become Artemisia?"

Alice's voice trembled as she spoke, her best friend, who had changed so much, was now speaking in a trembling tone.

"Walker.com, cough cough AI, I've already told you the whole story. Here, I'll just tell you the main points. Before my body died, I had a sudden inspiration and used all my mental power to attack Artemisia's mind. Then, it was as if my soul, along with my surging mental power, crashed into Artemisia. Artemisia's mental defenses were very weak, and I successfully severed her consciousness, cough cough..."

Lin Haiyuan, who was using Artemisia's body, continued to cough.

"So you not only successfully severed her consciousness, but also drove her soul out and took over that body?"

Alice asked.

"No, her soul wasn't driven out, but rather assimilated by me. Everything she possessed is now mine... However, from the outside, it's more like I've become Artemisia. Philosophically speaking, the two of us have become one."

Lin Haiyuan put down the handkerchief covering his mouth.

"You did something similar without relying on the Phoenix technique, but through your own mental strength. It's a miracle you're still alive, Lin the Madman. After merging with Artemisia, is everything about her influencing you?"

Alice asked with concern.

"Of course it's affecting me. The impact on my soul is minimal, but the physical impact is unavoidable. Her body can't withstand my power very well."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he placed his hands together on the table. His lack of color was not only reflected in his face, but also in his arms, which were excessively pale, unlike those of Caucasians.

Compared to Lin Haiyuan's body, which was enhanced by Archer-level genetic modification, no matter how superior Artemisia's physical attributes were compared to normal people, she still couldn't defeat him without the help of CR-UNIT's Free Domain. But the problem was that it was precisely because of CR-UNIT and Free Domain that Artemisia almost killed him.

"Why not quickly perform genetic modification and enhancement on Artemisia's body?"

Alice looked at Artemisia (Lin Haiyuan) with confusion.

"Walker.com's AI is still using clones for genetic modification and enhancement experiments to prevent any further mistakes that could kill me, cough cough cough..."

Lin Haiyuan coughed again at the end of his speech.

"Lin the Madman never expected you to be this unlucky. Tell me, why didn't you use the time-space teleportation MADMAN to destroy the Tower of Babel and the Memory Lord's manifestation device?"

Here, Alice raises her first question about the Tibetan war orchestrated by Lin Haiyuan and Ratatosk.

"That damn mountain terrain is too steep, which not only makes the attack difficult, but also makes it hard for MADMAN to unleash his power."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he even showed her satellite images taken by the Tower of Babel display device.

"Look, the vertical height of the base of the Babel Tower manifestation device is equivalent to the distance between the ground and low altitude. When the MADMAN on the slope explodes, most of the plasma shockwave will be consumed in breaking through the terrain rather than destroying the manifestation device. You know that directly hitting the MADMAN onto the Babel Tower is useless. Moreover, those guys from DEM have also activated the protective random field, set up magic turret positions, and can also form destructive shockwaves from that magic to sweep around, just like the MADMAN, and can also affect aerial units at a height of one level at the top of the Babel Tower."

Lin Haiyuan said helplessly, it wasn't that he didn't want to solve the problem directly with MADMAN, but the terrain simply made it impossible for MADMAN to exert its power. Moreover, he never expected that DEM could use the Tower of Babel manifestation device in this way, turning it into a building-type area extermination weapon!

"At that time, the EU Navy's aircraft carrier battle group, HMS Dai, entered the South China Sea. My Stormbringer Air Assault Division and the Whale Fleet were both sent to destroy the HMS Dai aircraft carrier battle group. Moreover, the Americans, who were controlled by DEM, had assembled the Pacific Fleet with the intention of attacking 4V. How could I dare to send the Stormbringer Air Assault Division to Tibet to deal with Babel Tower and the Lord of Memory? Not only were our mobile forces tied down, but we were also forced to fall into the trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain. I had no choice but to join forces with the Ratatosk side and use a large number of ground troops and a small number of elite air force units to destroy those damned manifestation devices."

After saying all this in one breath, Lin Haiyuan started coughing violently.

"Sigh, is it still because of insufficient troops? Why didn't we expand our bases on the mainland sooner?"

Alice felt that if Lin Haiyuan had gone to the mainland to expand his influence earlier, he would have had more troops to participate in the war in Tibet.

"How could I not want to? But the problem is that my power hasn't even been properly established. I don't have a stable base or a large, qualified force with a constant flow of soldiers. What's the point of going to the mainland and getting bogged down in that mess? Besides, the world is watching the US carrier battle group that just beat them up. My base in 4V isn't even secure yet. Right now, it's just barely enough to maintain control of the South China Sea and the East China Sea. I plan to build a fleet that can patrol the Yellow Sea before I start expanding my influence on the mainland."

By then, I'll have almost all of China's sea routes under my control. I can block other countries' routes of invasion and disruption from the sea. Reclaiming China will be a piece of cake then. What can those traitorous trash do without maritime support? Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, India, Malaysia, and other Southeast Asian countries will have to consider the consequences of their actions. They'll either have all their sea routes blocked by my fleet and their land reduced to ashes, or be bombed into hell by my fully-fledged air force. That way, I can reclaim the remaining southern China with relative ease.

Lin Haiyuan explained his reasons for not expanding his influence on the mainland, mainly because his naval and air force strength was still sufficient to completely deter neighboring countries.

"Besides, my influence has spread to the mainland and has already taken root on Xiamen Island. Now this has happened, and I'm really helpless about it."

After saying this, Lin Haiyuan coughed violently again.

"Alright, so what are you planning to do now? You only have two weeks of safety time, but no matter what, you don't have the strength to launch a second attack now. Ratatosk has already given up all its mercenary forces and a team of elite magicians, so it can't afford to go through with you a second time."

Alice looked at Lin Haiyuan, who was coughing, and asked.

"What else can we do? You've arrived at the perfect time. The necessary construction blueprints have already been sent to you. You build the time-space teleporter and then send everyone to live in your Antarctic region... cough cough cough..."

Lin Haiyuan then covered his mouth with a handkerchief to prevent blood from splattering.

"Send all your troops to our underground base in Antarctica?"

Alice clearly did not understand Lin Haiyuan's words.

"No, we can only send those who are willing to leave their homes with us, the Burning Wind, to the South Pole Plateau. That's all we can do now. We can't stop the Tower of Babel manifestation device and the Lord of Memory manifestation device from activating."

Lin Haiyuan let out a big sigh at this point.

"What?! Send people who are willing to leave their homes with you to the underground base at the South Pole Plateau? Lin, you're really crazy, aren't you? You need to know how this will affect your reputation, and those people might not even be able to adapt to life in the underground base at the South Pole Plateau, plus the underground space isn't spacious enough..."

Alice felt that even if Lin Haiyuan were to switch bodies with Artemisia, those insane ideas would not disappear.

"When Chairman Mao withdrew from Yan'an in 1947, didn't he say that if you save the land but lose the people, you will lose both the land and the people; if you save the people but lose the land, you will gain both the land and the people? Now I am also following Chairman Mao's example and abandoning Yan'an. Any smart person who understands this point will understand. There is no reason why they will not understand the principles that Chairman Mao spoke of. I can't do anything about those who are unwilling to leave and want to be slaves of DEM. After leaving enough food, let them live or die as they will. The underground space can be excavated and developed to build an underground city."

Lin Haiyuan didn't intend to painstakingly persuade those who were unwilling to leave. He also didn't want to take along any stubborn or brain-dead people who were still unwilling to leave after hearing about how DEM used people as fuel and controlled their memories to turn them into slaves.

Back then, those Red Army soldiers and villagers all accepted Mao Zedong's words. Now, he has simply expanded his scope from China to the entire Earth. Moreover, he has even better conditions than Mao Zedong did back then, namely the Colonia flank base, the Mech Whale fleet, Alice's underground base at the South Pole, and all of Foehn Wind's current military strength and resources.

“Emmmmmmmm…………”

Alice pondered for a long time. At present, the Burning Winds had no way to break the situation in Tibet. Unlike Lin Haiyuan, who had an air base on the flank of Colonia, she only had an underground base.

"It's inevitable that Miss Xueyun will have to leave her hometown. You should be able to build an underground city over there, right? If you don't have enough resources, I can use time travel to help you build it. Just ask Walker.net AI for more."

As Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, his eyes, the same color as the sky, now showed an undisguised weariness as he was using Artemisia's body.

"Haa... There's no other way. Odin and I will handle picking up people and the underground city. You should go and rest too; you look like you're about to collapse."

After thinking it over, Alice could only do as Lin Haiyuan said.

"Master Lin Haiyuan, the clone of Artemisia has undergone Archre-level genetic modification and enhancement, and it has been confirmed that Archer-level genetic modification and enhancement can be carried out immediately."

Walker.com's AI report also appeared at the opportune moment.

"I'm going to take a bath now. I'll talk to you again after I come out. Don't cut off contact. Walker.com AI, pay attention to coordination between the two sides."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he left the camera and walked to the teleportation floor in front of the gene modification enhancement pod.

"it is good."

Alice nodded.

The author was sick with a cold today and wasn't feeling well, so I wrote a bit more of the second update that was originally scheduled to be released this afternoon and combined it with the first update into one chapter.

I will add some character and unit settings tonight.

Book Friends Heroes: Li Yang & Yu Xiao

Li Yang & Yu Xiao (No icon)

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