Colonia Storm Tour

"Hmm... I don't seem to see anything unusual in the images on the main monitor, but what the satellite captured that day is probably not a coincidence. I wonder if those things that we can't identify yet are hiding in the shadows of the lunar mountains and impact craters. Can autonomous cameras be used in the lunar environment?"

Alice remembered that FraxinusEX also had the ability to release those almost undetectable floating reconnaissance drones.

“No problem, the autonomous cameras are also powered by magic and do not rely on air.”

Lin Haiyuan replied.

"Bring FraxinusEX close to the target area and then release the corresponding number of autonomous cameras."

At this point, the far side of a lunar mountain range on the main display was enclosed by a standard teal dotted line, along with some impact craters created by larger celestial bodies.

The shadows cast by the uneven mountains and crater walls, blocking the sunlight, appeared to the crew of the warship even more terrifying than those on Earth, when combined with the moon's cratered, sun-reflecting gray soil and black and white rocks.

Following Alice's instructions, FraxinusEX first sailed to the airspace above a meteorite crater, and then briefly revealed itself to release these highly accurate autonomous cameras outside the warship via a teleportation device.

This airship, manufactured by Ratatosk, possesses a "Domain of Freedom" that allows it to manipulate external light and electromagnetic waves to become invisible. Furthermore, when an aircraft or bird comes into contact with this Domain of Freedom, it will automatically evade to avoid a direct collision. It's worth noting that in the original novel and anime, the Flame Demon Girl was found by her adoptive brother using a child-sized GPS phone, but only by a high-altitude unit… Later, the Domain of Freedom was corrected to avoid this increasingly comical situation.

However, like the Shadow Tank and other units that use mind illusion technology to hide themselves, the cloaking effect in Fraxinus will be temporarily canceled for a few seconds when the teleportation device under the warship transports personnel and equipment to the ground, or when equipment and World Tree leaves are deployed at the rear of the warship. In Fraxinus EX, because the large basic revealing device and the control revealing device are more powerful, the cloaking time is reduced by 40%.

These autonomous cameras, floating like planktonic organisms, were used in the original work to observe spirits and the spirit harem king. Combined with the earpiece worn by the spirit harem king, they allowed the entire warship to offer terrible advice and create chaos in his efforts to seduce spirits. It's truly baffling how those eccentric individuals from Japanese cities, with such terrible romantic histories, were chosen to help others seduce spirits. Perhaps, however, their methods were flawed. None of the girls who became spirits acted according to common sense… normal flirting techniques probably really didn't work.

But that's something that will happen two years from now. It's only February 2014, just the beginning. We'll have to wait two or three years to see a romantic comedy without any DEM (Damage, Immunity, and Cosmetic) elements.

After a set of autonomous cameras were deployed, they began using high-precision optical lenses to transmit everything they saw back to the warship.

"Turn on the autonomous camera lighting system, limit the power to 30%, and it is sufficient as long as the emitted light can detect within a 30-degree angle. Control the autonomous cameras to scan side by side."

Lin Haiyuan looked at the blurry image and said that she dared not let these autonomous cameras turn on their full-power lighting systems to explore the dark meteorite crater.

"Yes."

The Magician crew immediately operated the control panel to activate the autonomous camera's lighting system and change its trajectory.

The self-regulating cameras, lined up in a row, scanned every possible shadow.

Finally, the lights were turned on and the camera scanned the area along the shadows cast by the sun-blocked pit walls. Several creepy things appeared in the camera's view.

"Insects?! Green insects?!"

Gardenia exclaimed in surprise.

The remaining magician crew saw a four-legged insect with a rear end and a green liquid sac on its back, wandering aimlessly in the shadows.

Poisonous Explosion Lice! Lin Haiyuan recognized it at a glance as a live, concentrated venomous bomb of Epsilon, which was not far removed from the Poisonous Explosion Bug.

"Why would something like this appear on the moon...?"

Alice's words were tinged with surprise at the appearance of the poisonous lice.

"The moon has no air, so how did these giant green lice get on the moon and even move around?!"

Charlotte exclaimed in surprise as she watched the venomous lice moving on the main monitor.

"Although this is different from the huge shoe print we just saw, it is certain that there should be a connection."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, after the autonomous camera scanned the entire shadow formed by the crater wall, it was discovered that poisonous lice were present and moving at the boundary between the shadow and sunlight of this meteorite crater.

She wondered to herself, "Could it be that Epsilon traveled with us?! It's just that they appeared on Earth, while Epsilon appeared on the Moon."

"I also saw what looks like excavated tunnel entrances in the footage just now from the camera... FraxinusEX, now eliminate all life in this crater, and those tunnels!"

Alice immediately ordered the extermination of all the poison lice and the tunnels through which they could enter and exit.

"Yes! Deactivate camouflage and automatic avoidance."

Before Lin Hai could launch an attack, he had to first activate the stealth camouflage and automatic avoidance to prevent himself from tripping over it.

As the mosaic swept across the front of the warship, the somewhat menacing-looking FraxinusEX unfurled World Tree leaves on its wings and rear.

However, unlike in the original work, they did not throw out the independently usable CR-UNIT "World Tree Leaf" to use as floating cannons or Mag's Thunder.

"Expand all four gun emplacements of 'Blutgang' and use the auxiliary magic cannons to clear out these strange insects."

Lin Haiyuan did not intend to waste resources by using the main gun to deal with such a bunch of poisonous lice. The four baffles under the warship immediately rotated inward and retracted, while four black gun barrels extended out from them.

Compared to the main cannon's charging and firing, which has a brief delay, the auxiliary magic cannon, due to its relatively low power, does not require a longer charging time.

As for aiming, once the target type is manually selected, the shipborne AI will automatically lock onto and fire at the same type of target. It is worth noting that the shipborne AI, which is a two-dimensional character named Makoto, does not actually exist.

The premise for the appearance of Orochi Juya is that DEM has sabotaged the ship's computer system. To put it more simply and directly, the premise is that Orochi Juya appears. Since she appears in disguise, mimicking Juya's appearance to interfere with her actions, in order to prevent Juya from invading the computer system and gaining control of the system, Lin Haiyuan and Alice do not use Walker Network AI and Odin to modify the ship's computer system to prevent Orochi Juya or Orochi Juya from appearing together.

The venomous lice were completely powerless against the magic cannons raining down from the sky. They were detonated one by one, and the highly corrosive venom specially made by the Scorpion Organization was easily splashed throughout the entire crater due to the low gravity. However, the lack of an atmosphere on the moon would not allow the venom to exist for long, because its chemical properties would soon cause it to disintegrate on its own in the external environment, rather than be preserved indefinitely.

[All unidentified targets have been cleared.]

The ship's AI displayed this message on the monitor, indicating that they could no longer see any more venomous lice in the crater.

"Well done. Now use the auxiliary magic cannon to destroy those suspicious tunnel entrances."

Lin Haiyuan looked at the tunnel footage displayed on the autonomous camera.

The four auxiliary magic cannons immediately rotated their muzzles to aim at the assigned tunnel entrance, and then fired golden beams that shot into the area above the tunnel entrance.

The lunar rocks and soil shattered by the magic cannon fire immediately buried the tunnel entrances that the venomous lice could use to enter and exit.

Looking at the tunnel entrance that had been destroyed by the auxiliary magic cannon, Alice thought: I never thought that a similar tunnel I saw in the Donnerland Valley in Norway could appear on the moon. It seems that Epsilon really does exist on the moon...

"The current mission objective has been achieved; further instructions are pending."

Lin Haiyuan reported to Alice.

"These things seem to be within the scope of our Earthlings' common sense in size, and the signs of artificial modification are very obvious. As FraxinusEX continues, the far side of that lunar mountain range will probably bring us more unwanted gifts."

Alice ordered the investigation to continue.

"Yes, recall the autonomous cameras, activate stealth camouflage and automatic avoidance."

Lin Haiyuan had no intention of leaving the autonomous camera in the crater, which no longer had any value, in order to avoid wasting it.

The teleportation device beneath the warship retrieved the autonomous camera in the blink of an eye. The Fraxinus EX, now fully deployed and in combat mode, disappeared once again into the lunar sky in a pixelated manner, before heading towards the lunar mountain range at the designated coordinates.

At the speed of Fraxinus EX, they quickly descended into the shadows formed by the lunar mountains blocking out the sunlight.

"Activate the infrared thermal imaging system. This time, we'll be able to see anything else."

Lin Haiyuan already had a vague feeling that there were people below.

"Yes."

The magician crew immediately switched the image to the main display corresponding to the high-precision camera at the front of Fraxinus EX, and then an even more chilling scene appeared.

Countless enormous humanoid images appeared on the main display screen, and they all surged in one direction in an orderly fashion.

"What is this? It's just a mess of colored paint smeared on the drawing paper."

You Huazhizi couldn't tell what was in these infrared thermal images at all, but she could tell that what appeared in the images were living things.

At this point, the ship's AI provided its analysis results: [It has been confirmed that the overlapping of infrared images was caused by multiple excessively strong, muscular men crowding together on a road.]

"Wait, several excessively strong muscular men are crowding one road?! Are they people wearing red and white bodysuits?"

Youhua Zhizi was stunned by the analysis results of the ship's AI, and she immediately thought of the well-known Ultraman.

"No matter how you look at it, you wouldn't associate it with Ultraman..."

Alice didn't think that such an obvious description could be associated with Ultraman.

"Commissar Youhua, the human figures in these infrared images look like the Hulk."

Lin Haiyuan's speculations, after entering the Artemisia character state, were more Westernized; in fact, Lin Haiyuan already knew what was underneath.

"Whether it's Ultraman or the Hulk down there, the infrared image alone isn't enough to make it clear. Now that we know there's a humanoid creature down there, let's switch to low-light mode and take a look."

Alice reminded her.

Infrared thermal imaging is suitable for searching for living organisms in low-light environments, because living organisms emit infrared radiation according to their temperature, even planets with surface temperatures of minus 100 degrees Celsius, because these planets are really hot against the relatively cold cosmic background.

After switching to low-light mode, the image on the main display becomes clearer—thanks to the magical system built into the warship, low-light mode does not produce a green haze, but rather allows for daytime visibility. However, this system is not perfect; its biggest drawback is that the distance is far too short compared to traditional combat distances.

The images became clearer, revealing exactly what was moving on the lunar surface: a large group of lunar berserkers, much larger and with darker purple skin than ordinary berserkers, were rushing towards one place.

Epsilon once brewed a version of Biohazard by infiltrating four Latin Alliance cloning vats in Zaragoza, Spain. The sight of the swarming Moon Beastmen reminded Lin Haiyuan and Alice of this once again.

"Whoa! What is this?!"

The Magician's crew gasped in shock.

"It looks so scary and disgusting!"

The magician crew member covered his mouth, staring with an expression of utter disbelief at the lunar berserkers running around like alpacas in the scene.

"How can someone equipped with a CR-UNIT and a spacesuit appear on an alien planet without air?!"

The magician's crew was horrified by the lunar berserkers who still resembled humans.

"It's more like asking why these purple, humanoid creatures that look like humans could appear on the moon."

One of the gardenias commented.

"Being able to move so normally and freely on the moon without any equipment, and possessing the most basic human appearance and an eye mask, it must be a modified human..."

Lin Haiyuan offered the most plausible guess about her current identity as Artemisia.

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My feelings when I found this picture:

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There will only be one update today. The reason is the same as the Fraxinus EX concept art above. I need to spend time revising the Stormbringer chapter and rewriting the concept art in the concept art volume... Damn, Baidu Encyclopedia is misleading me. The images of anime characters on Tieba are already dazzling.

I found this last piece of concept art for Fraxinus EX in a post (not an image post)...

Please read Chapters 11 and 12 tonight... by then the revisions will be complete.

Chapter Fourteen: The Shadow of the Wolf Pack (II)

For everyone on FraxinusEX, who is the only force in the world with the most advanced large-scale human genetic modification technology? Without a doubt, it is only the Fenfeng themselves, since they have all undergone Archer-level genetic modification enhancement and know about the existence of this genetic modification technology.

"We have never extended our influence to the moon, let alone carried out such a product that is clearly a product of unbalanced genetic modification and enhancement."