Colonia Storm Tour

"Hey, that's not necessarily true. Putting aside your bald head and voice, I dare say my singing could bring tears to your and my eyes, if I just kept singing!"

There was a reason why Alice deliberately chose to sing "Death Melody" and "Linglong No. 1".

"You sing so well now because your voice is a big plus, while your original singing ability is almost zero. Only someone who used to be tone-deaf would be moved to tears."

Lin Haiyuan plopped down next to Alice.

"Shouldn't your improved singing voice make you happy, Lin Dafengzi?"

Alice looked at her, puzzled.

"Neither you nor I have any intention of becoming idols. We are not interested in those karaoke events. No matter how well we sing, it will not benefit our current careers."

Lin Haiyuan's statement was a practical observation combined with a short but meaningful joke.

"These words are exactly like your blunt and straightforward speaking style, Lin Dafengzi. This is more in line with my taste. Now let's get to the core topic of this reunion."

Alice said seriously.

What topic?

In Alice's eyes, Artemisia raised her golden eyebrows.

"You should remember that before we transmigrated, we played a 3v3 AI-enhanced + INI online game. I used the Last Fortress, and you used the Colonia Flanking. Now that we've both appeared, theoretically the Mad Shark Vanguard should have appeared as well, or at least appeared in this world at the same time as us. So... why didn't the Mad Shark Vanguard appear?"

Alice raised her own question.

This first update is late; there will be a second update before 8 PM.

The plan was to release the ACT2 ending and the Vision ending of the Burning Wind Origins quest together. I originally thought we'd see the ACT2 ending this year, but it turns out we'll have to wait until next year's 3.3.4...

I've completed three rounds of ACT2 but it's still not released, Emmm...

Chapter Eight: Fruitless Reflections (II)

Chapters Seven & Eight: Haihead to nowhere

"You mean Moni?"

Lin Haiyuan clearly remembered the name of the player who played INI online with them.

"Hmm, Lin the Madman, your Colonia flank appeared at the starting point of the Eurasian Great Cataclysm, while my Last Fortress appeared on the South Pole Plateau and underground in the Antarctic Mountains. Since you have both the Colonia flank and the Last Fortress, why isn't there the Mad Shark Vanguard?"

Alice found it strange. Since the Last Fortress and the Colonia flank had appeared, there was no reason why the Mad Shark Vanguard was missing.

Lin Hai thought for a moment and then said, "I really haven't considered this question. After I learned that you had appeared, I didn't have time to think about why there was no Mad Shark Vanguard. I was only thinking about the retreat and the magician training."

"Emmm... Compared to the relatively quiet Last Fortress, there is indeed time for such random thoughts, right? Anyway, Lin the Madman, have you thought of anything yet?"

Alice felt that there was hope of finding some valuable clues from Lin Haiyuan, the first person to travel through time.

"...To be honest, I haven't thought of anything of value, and I also feel there's no need to think about it."

Lin Haiyuan felt that thinking about such things was completely pointless.

"Um, why do you say that?"

Alice exclaimed in surprise.

"First, we all traveled through time while playing around, and this is the only clue we have. If you try to follow this clue, you won't find anything useful. Trying to think about it further is just pointless worry. Second, although we don't know why we have a Colonia flank air base and a backup underground base, we are the only online commanders in the database who can control the entire base. We also have an artificial intelligence that advises us. We not only have a drone force that can be deployed at any time, but we also possess extraordinary power. We can then use this power to carry out a great undertaking."

Why did we time travel? Why haven't we seen the Berserker Vanguard yet? None of that matters. What matters is the present and the future. Why waste energy on things with such vague causes and consequences?

Lin Haiyuan countered with a question.

"……………………"

Faced with Lin Haiyuan's question, Alice looked troubled and fell silent in thought.

Just like Lin the Madman said, we both traveled through time while playing a game. There were no other clues. No matter how we thought about it, we had to follow this line of thought. But what if we kept thinking about it? We couldn't come up with anything useful or verifiable. All we could see was that they had traveled through time and become the two highest-ranking commanders of two sub-factions. As Lin the Madman said, thinking about it any further was just making trouble for ourselves.

If we can give up thinking about why, then we can understand why Moni has not yet appeared in the world with the Mad Shark Vanguard, because only the result is presented to us: yes or no.

We both appeared together, but we lost contact due to a decision-making issue. However, we did manage to get in touch a month later. If Moni also appeared with us, then even if she didn't contact us, our Walker AI and Odin should have discovered her existence. Moreover, the equipment of the Firewind is too easy to recognize; it's impossible for her to appear in this world undetected.

Therefore, the result presented to me and Lin Dafengzi is that Mad Shark Vanguard does not exist, and if it does not exist, it simply does not exist.

"Ah... what a disappointing result."

Alice sighed as she thought about this.

"But we can only accept this disappointing result, can't we? And right now we shouldn't be disappointed that Moni didn't bring the Mad Shark Vanguard, but rather we should think more about the future."

Lin Haiyuan turned his head to look out at the night sky.

"What should we do in the future, Lin the Madman?"

As Alice spoke, she turned and slumped against Lin Haiyuan, shamelessly enjoying the face wash that was only through her pajamas—she was too embarrassed to rub it against Odin's.

"You're really taking advantage of me. As for what we should do in the future, we'll just crush DEM and go back to rebuild the remaining Chinese territory in this world. It's that simple."

Lin Haiyuan said this but still held her in his arms. She felt that there were only these two things to do in the future.

Alice lifted her face from the ditch: "Phew, the problem lies at the beginning of your sentence, Lin the Madman. The entire plan you told me was to evacuate to Antarctica, but you didn't say a word about how to counter DEM?"

Built in this world

"At that time, it would have been wishful thinking to devise any plan to counter DEM. The Tower of Babel Manifestation Device and the Lord of Memory Manifestation Device were like bombs hanging over our heads, waiting to fall. How could we have had time to consider a plan to counter DEM?"

Lin Haiyuan wasn't actually without ideas on how to deal with DEM; rather, the solution was right in front of him: the tried-and-true method of time-space teleportation.

Just as the Allies dealt with the Soviet Union and Yuri in RA2/YR/RA3, they could also use the same methods against DEM, but this all comes with one prerequisite: a well-established rear base and reinforcements that can arrive at any time.

To avoid a stalemate in the time-space assault operation due to insufficient manpower to break the deadlock, and this operation must eliminate Isaac and Ellen in one fell swoop!

To play it safe, we can't just hastily teleport everyone to Britain for revenge. Not only would the enemy discover our teleportation secret and we'd be hard to find in our hidden location, but it would also create even more trouble.

The Foehn-class fleet, which had only been developing for a little over a month, was refueled with nuclear fuel and filled with energy just before its recent evacuation, setting sail for Antarctica with its fleet.

As for why we didn't choose to send the fleet and the Colonia flank air base to attack Britain, it's because DEM doesn't have a psychic finisher to force us into a one-shot kill. We can find a place to retreat and plan our next move before dealing with DEM. Anyway, they haven't even realized the existence of Chronosphere yet, so we can take advantage of their ignorance of Chronosphere and launch multiple Chronosphere attacks to completely destroy DEM.

When they are able to do these things, the Babel Tower Manifestation Device and the Memory Lord Manifestation Device of China and the United States will be easy to dismantle.

"So, have you figured out how to counter DEM now? Is it still that same old time-space teleportation trick?"

Alice felt that nothing was more efficient and exhilarating than teleporting directly into the heart of the enemy territory. On the contrary, breaking through the enemy's defenses layer by layer would give the target time and space to escape, which was what was truly frustrating.

"The most effective method is hyperspace teleportation. Apart from hyperspace teleportation, we have no other means to instantly deploy a large number of troops. You know, orbital airdrop always requires waiting for the orbital capsule to fall. Orbital airdrop is really too slow compared to hyperspace teleportation. At that time, my Colonia flank air base will also join the battle to deploy fighters and drones."

Lin Haiyuan replied.

"Wait, is this why you said we should meet on the Antarctic Peninsula, Lin the Madman? Then we'll rest in Antarctica and head straight to Great Britain from the Colonia flank air base?"

When Alice says "Guobun," she doesn't mean the empty past of the Colonia's flank air base. Rather, it means that unlike the Paradox Engine, which carries a large escort fleet, Guoben is using the airflow manipulation system to generate a strong Colonia storm and head towards Great Britain.

"The process will be quite complicated. As we approach Great Britain, we will gradually reduce the intensity of the Colonia storm. Finally, before the storm completely dissipates, we will activate the Mind Illusion system to covertly approach London. If DEM does not develop the corresponding detection and stealth equipment, our Colonia flank air base can covertly and safely deliver reinforcements and use time stop within the battlefield. That's the current plan."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he looked down at Alice, who had her face buried in her chest: "Hey, are you even listening to me?"

"Dopubu, ohpubu!"

Alice's reply was indistinct.

"Don't talk to me like a flamethrower soldier."

Lin Haiyuan grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her face away from his chest.

"The flamethrower soldier is right!"

Alice started to act cute in a malicious way, and the only response she got was a flick on the forehead from Lin Haiyuan.

"Oh! I understand."

Alice rubbed her head where she had been hit.

"But putting aside your doubts and confusion about the Mad Shark Vanguard and why we came to this world, you can figure out most of what we should do in the future, right? Why do you need to come and ask me?"

What Lin Haiyuan found strange was this: he had just mentioned that Alice could probably think of most of those things, since they didn't have a more suitable way to carry out their actions.

"My main concern is that my thinking might be incomplete. Have you forgotten about your special operations team?"

At this point, Alice brought up the almost forgotten special forces assault team.

"No, what happened to them? Did they come to see you in person like they did in Keelung back then?"

Lin Haiyuan immediately grasped about 70-80% of the situation.

"This time, only Comrade Wang Jing, Comrade Yun Xuewu, and Comrade Wu Shanyu, who wanted to make their presence known, came directly to ask us what we should do now and when we planned to launch a retaliatory operation against DEM."

Alice stated the names and the questions together.

Didn't they give you the answer themselves?

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he placed his hand on her head to prevent her from continuing to bury her face in her chest and speaking unclearly.

"The DEM retaliation they want must be valuable. Jost Vandak Island in the Virgin Islands is clearly not a suitable place for them to use their skills, and our strategy of converting magicians also means that we cannot carry out strategies such as assassinating magicians. Therefore, the response to their questions has been delayed."

Alice replied.

“Alright, you said you’d be involved in the operation on Nellie Island. Since DEM has seized all our land and people through the Lord of Memory and the Tower of Babel, we should also take away the most important research material for DEM. Honjou Nia, tell them that Honjou Nia is an elf, and that the prisoners will be packed up and taken away by the DEM magician who stopped time. Any valuable work will be taken away, which will alleviate their resentment.”

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he remembered something else: "We need to make them pay attention to the confidentiality regulations. This kind of thing cannot be known to the people of Ratatosk for the time being."

"Well, I see."

Alice wholeheartedly agreed. An elf was already very attractive to Ratatoskr, and when that elf's ability was to let you know anything you wanted to know, Ratatoskr's attitude towards the Fiery Wind who held the elf in his hands must be quite subtle.

Just as Foehn dislikes Ratatosk prying into its secrets on orbit, Ratatosk doesn't want its ally, with whom it has shared hardships, to take the opportunity to spy on things it doesn't want others to know.

"But shouldn't we take advantage of Honjo Nia's abilities to serve us then?"

Alice suddenly remembered that Lin Haiyuan had never mentioned using Honjo Nia's abilities to serve Fuenka.

“Of course, we need Nia Honjo to fully understand our dear adversary DEM. I think this elf, who has suffered from inhumane experiments, will certainly not refuse the opportunity to take revenge on DEM.”

Lin Haiyuan believed that if Honjo Nia held on without a reversal with their help, then as long as she regained her senses and asked for their help to deal with DEM, the other party would definitely not hesitate to use their abilities to dig out DEM's weaknesses and give them to Fuenka or Ratatosk.

"But Lin the Madman, are you only using Honjo Nia to deal with DEM? In my opinion, after the war, our Ratatosk allies might become unreliable."

Alice was implying that she would use this method to deal with Ratatoskr—she didn't believe Ratatoskr could stay on the same boat forever.

"...I almost forgot if you hadn't mentioned it. Even with Woodman and Karen around, it doesn't mean the others at the Ratatosk Roundtable won't lose their minds. We can use her to investigate Laurent Clyneton, Fraser Dagulas, and other Roundtable members. Once we've dealt with the others, Woodman and Karen, as long as they don't lose their minds, will definitely reconsider their stance on Foehn."

Lin Haiyuan quickly devised a plan to deal with Ratatosk.

"Hey, given your personality, Lin Dafengzi, you would have just dropped a tactical nuclear bomb and been done with it. How did you come up with the idea of ​​attacking the left and right to make those who have become enemies and opponents reconsider their stance?"