Colonia Storm Tour

"Received. Activate Invisible and Auto-evasion. Set the flight path for FraxinusEX."

Lin Haiyuan issued orders to the magician crew below, and Charlotte and the other magician crew members immediately operated their respective control panels upon receiving the orders.

With the camouflage of "FraxinusEX" activated, the entire black airship disappeared from human sight and radar with a crackling sound, as if a mosaic had been peeled away from its current location.

At first glance, this method of invisibility seems very sophisticated, but in reality, it can only be rated as inferior to Epsilon's mind illusion technology. Why?

First, because of the delay in entering stealth mode, this gradual stealth requires a longer time to complete the stealth of the entire warship compared to the mind illusion device, which makes the entire warship disappear instantly.

Second: Differences in stealth technology. Compared to simple optical stealth and radar stealth, Epsilon's mind illusion system can also make people feel that there is nothing in places where there should be something. Only people with specialized detection equipment and naturally or acquired keen senses can detect it.

Currently, only characters listed on the storyline, such as Isaac, Ellen, and Artemisia, have been confirmed to have detected invisible units.

Watching the Fraxinus EX, which was being observed by radar specifically designed to detect stealth objects, rise to a higher altitude and fly into outer space, all the crew members felt a sense of wonder.

Normally, only arms-selling countries allow purchasing countries to use outdated or unusable versions of equipment. But now, with the Foehn and Ratatosk, the situation has completely reversed. Ratatosk, the arms dealer, has produced the FraxinusEX, an upgraded version of the Fraxinus that was still only on paper, for the Foehn. This is not a pleasant feeling for the Ratatosk engineers and engineers present.

"Their behavior was like that of children who had just received a new toy."

Karen looked at the "FraxinusEX" marked with a dotted frame on the large monitor in front of her and said, "This was remotely transmitted from 'Fraxinus'."

"For the Frenzy, which focuses on sophisticated and advanced aircraft, the Fraxinus EX is indeed an incredible new toy. This toy can not only enhance their ability to fight against DEM's magical tome-class battleships, but it can also be used by them for planetary assault and orbital airdrop missions. If the Frenzy mass-produces our Fraxinus EX, then in this world, only we and DEM are qualified to be a worthy opponent who can put up a few moves against us."

Woodman could foresee that in the future, every country in the world would tremble under the watchful eye of the Foehn shark.

"Given the personality of their leaders, if anyone angers the Fenfeng, not only will bombs be dropped from orbit, but also stealthy airships will be launched into the atmosphere. For any country, this would be the kind of catastrophe described in ancient myths."

Karen believed that once the Foehn began mass-producing airships and forming a massive fleet, no nation on Earth would be able to resist the sharp teeth of the Foehn shark. All enemies and potential enemies would have the sword of Damocles, known as "Foehn," hanging over their heads.

"Fortunately, the leader of Foehn is more honest than those cunning and treacherous people. As long as we in Ratatosk do not offend or threaten him, he will not do anything to us. It was the right decision of us to extend the olive branch in the first place."

Woodman was glad that his choice to connect with the Foehn Winds through a Foehn Winds commando unit during the Singapore Civil War had proven to be the perfect one.

"General Lin Haiyuan is indeed much easier to understand than those smooth-talking people, but how can someone like him be in charge of a classified engineering project?"

Karen thought that the person in charge of a confidential project should be meticulous, deep-thinking, and cunning.

"He not only has the necessary abilities but also sufficient prestige. At least the facts have proven that he believes he is capable of the position. Most importantly, this person has no ambition for elven power and has chosen to cooperate with us to protect the elves, which is entirely beneficial to us."

Woodman was, to some extent, quite straightforward, as long as they didn't harm the elf and that lucky little devil and let them enjoy their romantic comedy in peace.

Without posing a significant threat to the company's business, the two organizations can still coexist peacefully with some competition. Both sides have effective treaties, and considering the interests involved, neither side will choose to tear up the agreement as a way to wipe their mess and prepare for war.

While aboard the airships of Fraxinus and Ulmus in Ratatosk, reflecting on the significance of Fraxinus EX and the changes to the future.

The newly built FraxinusEX has reached the visible boundary between Earth and space. By reflecting the ancient light emitted by the yellow dwarf star that dominates the solar system and is called the Sun, Gaia, the planet where all people live, is now radiating a faint blue light in the dark universe. This is a rare and wonderful experience for everyone who has risen to such a height in space for the first time.

"Seeing it with your own eyes is more moving than watching any documentary or film. This beautiful planet is the home we all depend on for survival."

A gardenia gazed at the dividing line between heaven and earth and sighed.

"I remember that we magicians are theoretically able to fight in space, right? Can I use a teleportation device to come outside and observe from a 360-degree angle?"

Charlotte felt unsatisfied with the slightly blurred dividing line between the planet and its atmosphere in the universe as seen on the ship's display screens, and wanted a broader perspective to view the universe and the rocky planet below.

"Charlotte, we're still conducting flight tests. Let's consider leaving the warship and exploring space next time."

Lin Hai politely declined Charlotte's request.

"Ok."

Charlotte could only continue her mission on the warship with a hint of regret on her face.

"How is it? Battalion Commander Artemisia, Political Commissar Youhua, is the warship operating normally on track? Has anyone experienced any discomfort?"

Alice's image and voice appeared at just the right time.

"Report your respective situations."

Lin Haiyuan gave the order.

"Large-scale basic display device A-009U, magic generation from machine 1 to machine 10 is normal, control display device is normal."

The Magician crew first reported on the critical status of the display device.

"The accuracy and range of constant-attribute arbitrary domains are normal."

If anything goes wrong in the constant random domain, the warship will fall into the atmosphere like a comet or meteor caught by Earth's gravity. As for the gravity control inside the warship, it is handled by another random domain.

"No abnormalities were found in any part of the ship or its equipment."

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for unnatural cracks or equipment damage to occur.

After a series of somewhat tedious reports, it can ultimately be summarized into two simple and direct sentences.

"The warship is operating well, Chief Alice."

"The Magician crew is in good condition, Chief Alice."

Alice smiled and nodded with satisfaction when she saw that the newly built "FraxinusEX" had no malfunctions or abnormalities.

"Chief Alice, should we return to the air base on the flank of Colonia now?"

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"Shall we return to Colonia's flank air base now? Since you're in such good shape, why don't you go take a trip to the moon?"

Alice clapped her hands and suggested.

-Reference Image-

Second update complete.

I've been looking forward to the Meltdown and ground spawn missions in patch 3.3.3 for a long time.

The animation depicts the tilting of the bow to facilitate aiming at the target for the magic cannon much better than in the original novel, since the original novel did not elaborate on the need to point the bow directly at the ground to fire the main gun.

I forgot to change the chapter number when I copied and pasted, emmm

Modifications complete...

Chapter Thirteen: The Shadow of the Wolf Pack (Part I)

Chapter Thirteen: Wolves Figure

"Go to the moon for a spin? But there's nothing on the moon that we should care about, right? And if we're going to continue test flights, staying around Earth is enough, Chief Alice."

Lin Haiyuan didn't see any reason to go to the moon.

"It's not just about letting you continue testing the voyage; it's also about going to see if there's anything unwelcome on the moon."

Alice then shared another thought of hers.

"Something that is unpopular?"

Gardenia asked, puzzled.

"Because something that shouldn't have appeared on the moon, other than the American flag and scientific instruments, seems to have appeared."

Alice then transferred multiple images to FraxinusEX.

“We have always had plans to develop the moon because its minerals and helium-3 are highly sought-after resources. However, due to various reasons, we had to postpone it. Nevertheless, we still scanned the lunar surface with satellites... and our satellites detected objects with fairly regular shapes, and some of them were moving as if blown by the wind. The images you are seeing now are the information we currently have.”

The images Alice sent were all on the uneven, bumpy lunar surface. Most of them looked like human footprints, and there were also moving objects that were almost blending into the shadows. These shadows were usually formed by lunar craters blocking sunlight.

"Those footprints look like they were made by someone wearing oversized shoes. But if American astronauts have been on the moon, isn't it normal to have shoe prints on the moon?"

A magician crew member asked the question.

"If that were all, it wouldn't arouse our suspicion, but you can compare these two photos of shoe prints."

Alice then transmitted to FraxinusEX a photograph of the footprints left by American astronauts during their moon landing.

When people compared the astronaut's footprint with the unidentified footprint captured by satellite, they discovered a significant size difference; the astronaut's footprint appeared rather "small" compared to the former.

“Footprints of this size don’t look like they could be left by a normal human… but wearing oversized shoes that don’t fit should also produce such footprints.”

Gardenia crossed her arms and pondered.

"Whether or not they were wearing shoes that were too big for their size, it means that someone has sent something to the moon without our knowledge. We must investigate and see what is on the moon. The coordinate data has already been sent."

Alice didn't want the moon, which was originally intended as the territory of the Burning Wind, to be targeted by others.

"Understood. Set the course based on the coordinate data. Target location: the Moon."

Lin Haiyuan shared the same idea as Alice: the moon was their territory, and they would not allow anyone to trespass on it without permission.

"Yes!"

The magician crew continued tapping on the control panel.

"It's done!"

Charlotte reported.

"Yes, the course has been entered, the distance has been set, and we are heading towards the moon."

Lin Haiyuan reported to Alice, who was still at the underground base in Antarctica.

"You all need to be careful. Those unusual phenomena are unsettling. Be careful not to get too close to the lunar surface of Fraxinus EX to prevent any accidents. Do not drive towards the far side of the moon."

Alice carefully warned that going to the far side of the moon would cause radio communications to be interrupted.

"learn."

After Lin Haiyuan responded, the invisible FraxinusEX in space accelerated its approach to the moon, which had always been watched over by mankind and woven into countless beautiful myths and legends, under the protection of the random domain.

Along the way, all sorts of space debris and other objects were cleverly avoided using flight path planning. Although they could have been directly smashed or broken by defensive random fields, it was still better to avoid these space debris to avoid any unforeseen complications.

In the past, the time required for humans to travel to the moon was measured in days. The first lunar probe launched by the Soviet Union took one day. It took less than two days to fly directly from Earth to the Moon and pass nearly 6000 kilometers above it. The first spacecraft to carry astronauts to the Moon, Apollo 11, first entered a parking orbit around Earth after launch, and then entered lunar orbit after more than 70 hours of Earth-Moon flight. It then began lunar orbit 80 hours and 11 minutes after launch, and the two astronauts landed on the lunar surface in the lunar module 102 hours and 45 minutes later. The Apollo spacecraft took more than four days from rocket ignition to landing on the Moon.

Epsilon's Venomous Lizard airships and Invader UFOs theoretically also possess the capability to travel between the Moon and Earth, but their designs limit the likelihood of these two types of aircraft achieving this.

With the blueprints for Epsilon's Venomous Lizard airships, Foehn Wind could choose not to request technical data and construction facilities such as Fraxinus EX from Ratatosk. However, this would mean a headache in building its own airships, as it would require more time for redesign and research.

In summary, compared to those lunar rockets and probes, FraxinusEX is faster and less reliant on those orbits, thus saving more time.

What Lin Haiyuan regretted most was that if he were on the Hyperion battlecruiser, he would have arrived at the target location in an instant with a single warp jump, instead of having to fly for a while. Moreover, even if there were any dangers on the moon, the Hyperion's ground-cleansing laser cannons and Yamato cannons would teach those futile thugs how to die.

A dozen minutes later, FraxinusEX silently sailed to an altitude of 2000 meters above the lunar surface in a tranquil atmosphere, which is considered mid-air on Earth.

"Reporting to Chief Alice, we have arrived above the designated coordinates on the moon."

Lin Haiyuan reported.