Colonia Storm Tour

The first thing she saw was Lin Haiyuan, but looking at his amiable smile, Chonggong Zhen immediately thought of the carnage that followed when the smile disappeared, the battle that made the Far East Butcher famous.

However, what he saw next to him was an elderly white man in a wheelchair and a meticulous, bespectacled female secretary pushing the wheelchair.

The old man seemed kind and unremarkable, but the woman behind him, who looked like a secretary, seemed to remind me of someone. I felt like I'd seen her somewhere before.

If seeing Lin Haiyuan evoked awe, seeing Woodman felt ordinary, and seeing Karen felt like someone you'd seen somewhere before, then seeing Artemisia and Gardenia on the other side would leave Chonggong Zhen unable to hide his surprise.

"Vice Minister!"

"I can't believe it!" Takamiya Mana exclaimed, her incredulous expression revealing her bewilderment and confusion at the illogical scene before her.

Wait a minute, shouldn't Vice Minister Artemisia be on a mission to assassinate the Far East Butcher, Lin Haiyuan? Why is the Far East Butcher still standing here unharmed, and why is she standing next to him as if nothing happened? And that black-and-gray-haired magician who we greeted but didn't fight—that's the magician who tried to assassinate your boss! Isn't he at all vigilant and relaxed?

While Takamiya Mana was internally complaining, the nanobot Lin Haiyuan made a more significant move, taking out a small pendant to show her.

“Ms. Takamiya Mana, this is the accessory we found in the pocket of your wiring suit. Do you remember it?”

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"Yes, of course I remember..."

Takamiya Mana thought to herself, "So I was searched after all."

"Well, you should remember who the boy in the photo inside this pendant is, right?"

Lin Haiyuan knew that asking was pointless; manipulated by her memories, she could only vaguely recall that the little boy with blue hair and amber eyes was her brother.

“Hmm…that’s my brother. This pendant is the only clue I have to find my lost brother.”

When Takamiya Mana saw the boy in the photo, she immediately felt a headache coming on, but she recovered in less than a second.

"Keep it safe."

Lin Haiyuan closed the pendant and gently tossed it to her.

Before her hands and feet became completely numb and sluggish from lying in the hospital bed for a few days, she easily caught the pendant that was flying over so slowly, and carefully held it in her hands as if it were a precious treasure.

"Ms. Takamiya Mana, I'd like to ask you about your attitude towards DEM. What is your opinion of DEM?"

Lin Haiyuan pulled a chair over from the side and sat down next to the hospital bed.

"They're my benefactors, because DEM took me in after I lost all my memories and even gave me a proper job,"

She briefly stated her opinion.

“You’ve been tricked by DEM. Look at this poor kid.”

Lin Haiyuan looked at Chonggong Mana, who seemed a little confused by what he was being said, with pity, and then handed her a report.

What's on this report? It's the section about Mana Takamiya's body magic modification from the DEM Comprehensive Research Base's database.

"Successfully refined through multiple magical modifications, greatly enhancing combat power, but lifespan will decrease to 10 years, and this figure may continue to decline."

As she read this, her face turned pale instantly.

"The so-called impression of your benefactor DEM is entirely caused by DEM using a memory manipulation display device to shield your memories, and your strength as a magician was also obtained at the cost of your own life."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he glanced at Woodman beside him, indicating that it was Woodman's turn to speak.

“Child, we are capable of removing those flawed memories for you, and with timely treatment, you can even recover to your original state, so there’s no need to worry too much.”

Elliott offered words of comfort—in fact, it's somewhat questionable whether Ratatosk could help her regain her original life. If it were Foehn, this would be a very simple matter; it would simply be a matter of replacing the clone.

"If you don't want to die young, you'd better go to Woodman's Ratatosk for treatment, and he can let you see your brother from afar."

Lin Hai had no intention of taking responsibility for treating Chonggong Zhenna onto Fen Feng, not even for obtaining her genetic data to create a clone and collecting refined magician data. Everything he wanted was in the database; it was simply useless to him.

"Huh?! If I can see my brother, going to Ratatosk for treatment won't be a problem, but why did you specifically say I could see my brother from afar?"

Takamiya Mana grasped the unusual point in Lin Hai's original words.

"Ms. Takamiya Mana, you must remember your previous identity. You are the second-ranked magician of DEM Company. If you are presumed dead and then openly appear in Japan and meet your brother, do you think our war with DEM, between Fubuki and Ratatosk, will involve your brother?"

Lin Haiyuan frowned and reminded him.

"?!"

After hearing Lin Haiyuan's words, Chonggong Mana thought about it and realized it made sense. If she didn't want to involve her brother in the war, then it seemed reasonable to take a look at her brother from afar. However, given her obvious brother-complex tendencies, how could she give up so easily with just a few words?

"But can't I even meet with my brother secretly without DEM finding out?"

She looked at Lin Haiyuan and Woodman.

"You should ask Mr. Woodman about that. He is the leader of Ratatosk. We Foehn don't have the time to meddle in that kind of thing right now. Your discharge papers have been processed, and you can leave anytime."

Lin Haiyuan's words clearly meant that he was kicking people out.

"Yes, thank you Fenfeng for saving the child in that chaotic situation this time."

Woodman would like to express his gratitude to Lin Haiyuan.

Karen, who was standing to the side, put her hand on the right earpiece for a few seconds and then put it down, saying, "General, our staff have exchanged information and confirmed that everything is correct."

"Very well, we won't linger here to talk any longer. If there's anything special, let's discuss it over video call."

Lin Haiyuan got up from the chair and pushed it back to its original place.

"This box contains a change of clothes suitable for you. After you change out of your hospital gown, put it in this box, and then place the box on the bed."

After Hua Zhizi walked over and gave her a few words of advice, she placed a small box containing ordinary women's clothing next to her.

Thank you very much.

Mana Takamiya looked at Yuuka, her former enemy, with gratitude. This thoughtful gesture clearly moved her deeply, and she sat on the bed and bowed slightly to her.

You Hua Zhizi didn't say anything, just smiled slightly, and left the ward with Lin Haiyuan and Artemisia.

"Child, we'll be waiting for you outside. We'll answer any questions you may have."

After Woodman finished speaking, Karen turned her wheelchair around and left the ward.

"it is good."

After thinking for a moment, Takamiya Mana took off her hospital gown, opened the box, took out the clothes inside, and began to change, doing as Hua Zhizi had instructed.

After changing her clothes, Takamiya Mana quickly left the ward to meet up with Woodman and Karen, who were waiting outside. On the way, she asked them questions one by one, which they answered one by one.

After leaving the underground hospital, the nanobots, along with Yu Hua Zhi Zi and Lin Hai Yuan who was using Artemisia's body, went to Equipment Room 1 for maintenance and then traveled to the experimental site via the teleportation room. Lin Hai Yuan and Yu Hua Zhi Zi went to Equipment Room 0.

Upon entering Equipment Room 0, and looking at the two ready-to-use equipment slots in front of her, Hua Zhizi was reminded of the deceased Luo Wen.

"Wenwen, she's gone now..."

She said sadly that in the past, the three of them came here together, but now it's just her and Lin Haiyuan, who is using Artemisia's body.

"Do you really want Rowan to reappear in your life, Flower?"

Lin Haiyuan turned to look at her and asked.

"Of course I want to. He's one of my few best friends in 4V. To be honest, my relationships with the others are just casual and superficial."

After Luo Wen's sacrifice, Hua Zhizi truly felt a sense of loneliness and melancholy, as there was one less person with whom she could speak her mind without reservation.

“Youhua, you know our genetic technology allows us to resurrect Rowan in another sense in the future—that is, to create a clone of her and give her everything that the original Rowan possessed. But if you think about it carefully, you'll understand that even if she is almost identical to the original Rowan, you will never be able to shake the fact that she is a copy. When the copy Rowan realizes this…”

If Lin Haiyuan were to tell Alice about this here, he would definitely use Phoenix from Blind Man's Battle Arena 2 as a perfect example.

For Rowan, the worst thing would be to realize that he is just a copy of Rowan. If he is just a copy of someone else, then he is no longer himself. So who can he be?

This fear and helplessness was enough to overwhelm Rowan, who was only a clone who had recently left the normal world. At best, it would cause mental illness; at worst, it would lead to a mental breakdown due to the inability to accept the reality.

"While it's not that she can't be saved, and Alice and I can effectively help her come to terms with it, we don't have the time to do that right now. Let's not think about that kind of thing for now."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he walked to the equipment slot on the left that Luo Wen had originally used.

"Now is not the time for sentimentality..."

Gardenia is also standing in the equipment slot on the right.

The black wall, covered with glowing circuits, rotated and enveloped the two of them. This time, Lin Haiyuan, who was using Artemisia's body because of Artemisia's assassination attempt, had the subjective feeling of equipping the CR-UNIT.

Because the small display device implanted in his head was replaced during the Archer-level genetic modification enhancement, he didn't need to place or replace the small display device like Rowan did.

Ordinary outer garments are disassembled by nanodrones and then sent to underground pipes for storage. Brunhilde's dress-like European-style armor, an OL skirt that is integrated with the top, half-concealed shoulder armor, and long stockings with obvious stripes and blocky protrusions, as well as steel long combat boots, along with the metal ring on her head that looks like a hairpin and the feathers on both sides as decorations, are all delivered by nanodrones and equipped.

Lin Haiyuan wondered if he should ask Ratatosk for an emergency display device, since that thing was really too useful and convenient. Just a squeeze and he could equip himself with a CR-UNIT and be ready to fight at any time.

After the equipment was completed, the wall above the equipment slot rotated and descended, and Lin Haiyuan stepped out of the equipment slot wearing steel combat boots.

With Gardenia equipped, Nirvash stepped out of his equipment slot.

"Emmmmm...Commander Lin, what's it like equipping yourself with the CR-UNIT?"

You Hua Zhizi looked seriously at Lin Haiyuan, who was using Artemisia's body, and asked.

"There are flowers. The answer to this question is similar to the answer to the question about posture, except that it doesn't feel completely right here because Lancelot and Brunhilde are quite different."

Lin Haiyuan added in his mind, "Damn it, the Valkyrie I used to want to defile in bed has now become me. If I didn't have balls right now, I would definitely feel a pain in my balls."

"Besides the differences in CR-UNIT performance, there are also differences in weaponry, right? The original Artemisia used the Aroundight, a double-edged sword, right? Is it okay for her to use a long spear now? And she could have used the Lancelot directly without any problems, right?"

As she spoke, Gardenia shook the Aroundight in her hand, which wasn't fully activated for energy input.

"Indeed, there is no problem, but there are other considerations. First, we want to use her Lancelot as a spare. Second, we want to commemorate Rowan and give her a beautiful victory in place of her, who died before achieving her goal."

Lin Haiyuan replied.

"Is that so... But when you say we achieved a brilliant victory, do you mean that we were using Artemisia's body to command and fight until our victory in the DEM war?"

"You Hua Zhizi asked curiously."

"How could that be? Once everyone has reached Antarctica and settled down, I can safely return to the clone created from my original body in the final fortress facility."

Lin Haiyuan glanced at the gardenias.

"Hmm... But is it really okay to go back to the clone created from the original body inside the final fortress facility? Shouldn't it just go directly back to the original body? What's the point of going to the clone?"

Gardenia asked, puzzled.

"At that time, you will be the same as me. Our original bodies will be preserved in the phoenix eggs in the Phoenix Nest for permanent preservation in case of emergency. Our souls will be transferred to the clones. Even if we unfortunately die on the battlefield, it won't be the end of us. Our souls will leave our bodies and be guided to be reborn in the clones. In this way, we are practically immortal."

Lin Haiyuan explained.

"oh oh!"

Upon hearing Lin Haiyuan's words, Hua Zhizi's eyes lit up immediately. "That sounds amazing! Not only will we really die if we die in battle, but it seems like we'll never have to worry about aging! In that case, we won't have to envy the elves anymore!"

For any woman, this means another form of eternal youth and immortality.