Colonia Storm Tour

"FraxinusEX, magnified images captured by an autonomous camera."

Lin Haiyuan gave the order: "The footage captured by the autonomous camera during the battle has been hidden because leaving it there would hinder combat operations."

[Report: Footage from the self-regulating camera has been enlarged]

The image of a group of lunar monsters running in the shadows appeared on the monitor once again.

"After running around for so long, what are these genetically mutated clones trying to do?"

Charlotte looked at the Moon Beastman still running in the scene, puzzled.

"Perhaps they are running a marathon."

The magician crew member made a little joke.

"No, I feel it's more like a herd of migrating bison or wild horses in the animal kingdom. These genetically mutated clones seem to have become like wild beasts, except for retaining the basic human form."

The magician crew member's assessment was more direct and objective.

"It seems that tracking them for the time being won't yield any results, Chief Alice."

"There's a gardenia looking at Alice in the picture," she said.

"Let the autonomous cameras and World Tree Leaf continue to follow. These genetically mutated clones probably don't want to accomplish the feat of circling the moon. There are more important things for us to worry about right now."

Alice couldn't understand why the AI ​​controlling the three Epsilon bases would create so many berserkers when there were no enemies on the moon.

They are not the Soviet army that went to the moon; they cannot use Kirov airships and Wolfhound helicopters. Apart from lunar astronauts, they can only rely on heavy tanks and Scud siege platforms for advancement.

Instead, they have an airship capable of destroying their base from beyond the range of all their defensive weapons.

"We should be safe at this altitude and distance. Deactivate the camouflage and automatic avoidance. Large basic display device number 10 will generate magic. Set the random area attribute to defensive impact and limit the range to a 180-degree fan shape."

Lin Haiyuan thought that she must add an extra system for detecting cloaked units to "FraxinusEX" in the future, otherwise facing such a large number of cloaked enemies would be too painful. However, she was also embarrassed that she didn't have any testicles to hurt while using Artemisia's body...

Fraxinus EX once again appeared in the air above the moon, but this time it did not receive an overly enthusiastic welcome from the Epsilon base, as there was no movement on the nearby lunar surface.

"Coordinates entered, launching in random area..."

The fan-shaped random field was launched from the warship, and it landed in less than a second, then slowly advanced forward like a radar wave.

A minute later, the sparse and large fan-shaped random field stopped as if it had touched something hard while moving forward.

"I can already feel the hard object in the random field. It is very likely the Antares turret that just fired at us."

"This is what the Magician crew reported."

"The shape of the arbitrary domain changes to a hemisphere and expands to its limit, and its properties change to gravity control, applying gravity until it manifests."

Lin Haiyuan watched as the arbitrary domain under his control expanded into a hemisphere capable of covering a small island, and then began to generate a downward gravity through the arbitrary domain, applying it to all objects within its range.

The arbitrary field, which had become a gravitational field, began to exert increasingly stronger gravity on the objects inside, instead of counteracting the gravitational pull from Earth as an anti-gravity device would.

With the gravity within the random realm reaching a level that makes it impossible for a normal human to breathe, the invisible structures, which were essentially under attack, finally became visible under this gravitational pressure.

A large Epsilon base instantly transitioned from a semi-transparent state to a fully visible state under the immense pressure generated by the random field.

When they saw a large Epsilon base appear within the random area, Lin Haiyuan and the other magician crew members, who were finally able to catch a glimpse of its true nature, couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

What they just saw was most of the air defense facilities of a large Epsilon base. The buildings and walls that could not be used for production and fire were not visible at first, but they have all been revealed under the pressure of the arbitrary domain.

The massive Epsilon base that appeared before them completely changed their impression of it. If it was just a base with a unique style of defensive facilities before, now there were clusters of biochemical reaction chambers, Epsilon barracks and Epsilon war factories and Epsilon helipads, as well as the Pandora Hub loaded with psychic research components, Epsilon cloning cylinders and berserker activators, and other buildings.

The "Mind Master" tank with its multiple mind control capabilities, along with the Purgatory anti-aircraft platform, the magnetic tank, and the lunar berserkers that have withstood the gravitational field without collapsing, gave everyone the feeling that this was a monster's lair.

"That container on the tracked heavy tank... it's carrying a giant human brain, right?"

Gardenia swallowed hard, staring at the Lord of the Soul in the picture.

The most eye-catching element in the entire scene is the masterpiece created by the experts and professors of the Mind Legion, who transformed the mindless human into a terrifying reality—the Mind Master.

"This... is the Mind Master, also known as the Brain Tank. It is one of the tanks that is still on the blueprint."

Alice knew it was time for her to step forward and explain.

"The Lord of the Mind? Could this tank's purpose be..."

Youhua Zhizi stared at Alice in disbelief, and then glanced at Lin Haiyuan, who was sitting in the captain's seat using Artemisia's body.

"That's right. You all know that a normal person's brain cannot grow into a container that can be loaded onto the chassis of a heavy tank. Therefore, I can tell you with certainty that the runaway AI controlling the base is turning the waste of mental energy into a nightmare reality. Everyone here knows about the existence of psychics. The air pressure balloon apostle training you received was to make you psychics who can control airflow. The huge brain that makes up the Lord of Mind is composed of multiple psychic brains pieced together and then rapidly generated into a huge cerebral cortex through tissue culture. Then, the overwhelming mental power from multiple psychics can not only control airflow, but also do more with mental power, that is, to control those with weak wills who cannot resist mental power."

When Alice said this, her somewhat eerie tone, the weak green light, and the current environment sent chills down the spines of the magician crew, including Gardenia.

"Why would such a terrifying monster be designed and have blueprints to be built and manufactured...?"

Gardenia shivered uncomfortably.

"No matter how you look at it, they are monsters that humans cannot accept. And will we be able to hear many past psychics speaking to us?!"

Charlotte felt a chill run down her spine looking at the enormous brain of the Mind Lord, which was contained in a huge container surrounded by protective fluid. Other magician crew members touched their heads or faces in fear.

"It is impossible to hear the whispers of multiple psychics because the entire process of creating the mainframe causes unimaginable and enormous trauma, often resulting in the annihilation of the brain's personality. Only the most mentally powerful can remain and control this tank and its victims. Now, FraxinusEX has a new mission, and we cannot allow this kind of tank to continue to appear in the world."

Alice decides to eliminate all the Mind Lords on the moon.

[The second mission objective is as follows: Destroy all Mind Masters on the Moon]

The Fraxinus EX's onboard AI immediately provided a mission objective prompt.

"Prepare to retract the magic cannon. Target the Mind Master in the center of the monitor screen. Destroy this monster in front of us first."

Lin Haiyuan stared at the Lord of the Mind in the image and gave the command.

"Yes!"

Charlotte and the other magicians immediately began operating the control panel in front of them.

Within seconds, the main cannon of "FraxinusEX" once again fired a golden beam of light, instantly piercing through the random field that applied gravity to force invisible units to reveal themselves and completely annihilating the Lord of Mind.

The warship's minimal sway during the firing of the converging magic cannon wiped out the Lord of Mind and the two adjacent Purgatory anti-aircraft platforms from the moon, leaving a crater on the ground the same size as the beam of light.

"Commander Artemisia, we have uploaded the spiritual energy fluctuation data of the Lord of the Mind to the warship. You can use the spiritual wave detection device on the warship to find the Lord of the Mind."

Odin prompted.

[Report: The psionic wave data of the Lord of the Mind has been received; the psionic wave detection device has detected 30 similar psionic wave sources.]

The ship's AI reported to everyone and also marked the location of the Mind Master with a purple frame on the radar minimap.

“Thirty... Luckily we are all in the air. If we were still in the low air or on the lunar surface, facing such a dense swarm of genetically mutated clones covering the Lord of the Mind as he charged, we probably would have had no other way to fight but to run away.”

The most reassuring thing about having gardenias is being in FraxinusEX right now.

[Beep beep beep! A large number of unusual psionic energy sources have been detected approaching!]

[Beep beep beep! Radar has detected a large number of unknown unmanned aerial vehicles approaching at high speed!]

The Fraxinus EX's onboard AI issued two consecutive alarms to alert everyone on board.

At this moment, everyone on the warship could see from the monitors and radar that countless drones, resembling folded, tan boomerangs, flew out from the Mind Legion's lunar base, which had been bombarded by magic cannons in the distance.

"Get all your anti-aircraft weapons ready! This drone is called the Wraith Interceptor. It can be deployed in large numbers through defensive structures called Wraith Lairs. It's specifically designed to launch ARO rockets to destroy aerial units. It's a very troublesome high-speed drone. Shoot it down as soon as possible!"

Alice shouted a reminder.

"Commissar Zhizi, lead the team. All magicians not on the warship's combat posts, switch to beam guns and use the teleportation device to intercept the evil spirit interceptor that has been fixed above the warship. Be careful not to be thrown off by possible warship maneuvers."

Lin Haiyuan decisively released magicians to assist in the defense, making these magicians fix him on the warship to become a fixed laser defense fire point, which was a good choice.

She thought to herself, "Has she just escaped the challenges of ascension and illusion, and now she's facing the challenges of purgatory?"

"Yes, everyone! Let's go and do something big together!"

Gardenia immediately left the captain's seat.

Yes! x7

The seven Wind Mages who were not on duty with the warship immediately equipped themselves with beam guns and followed Youhua Zhizi to the teleportation device.

"Prepare the auxiliary magic cannon 'Blutgang'. Abandon firing at targets parallel to the magic cannon's elevation angle. Be aware of ground targets that may appear at any time. Use the missile 'Brionac' to lock onto the evil spirit interceptor and launch it."

Lin Haiyuan immediately used all the weapon systems in "FraxinusEX" except for the Spirit Power Cannon.

The four baffles beneath the warship immediately rotated and opened, revealing the barrels of four auxiliary magic cannons, which then locked onto their respective targets under the control of the magician crew.

However, the first to speak out was not the auxiliary magic cannon, but the interceptor missile "Bombard Five Stars". Five red comet-like missiles flew around a common center of mass toward the target locked by the radar system.

Just as the Scud missile was expected to fly faster on the moon due to the lack of air resistance, the speed of the bombardment missile increased dramatically due to the lack of air resistance. Almost instantly, it rushed in front of those emotionless evil interceptors with a tail of light and then exploded.

These interceptor missiles might be less effective against Bondski and Magician airships with their random field protection, but against the vulnerable Ghost interceptors that rely on numbers and speed for protection, these faster missiles are clearly lethal.

This set of five hypersonic missiles instantly obliterated a small group of approaching Evil Drones, and FraxinusEX continued to launch more bombardment missiles.

At this time, FraxinusEX was still hovering in its original position, and Hua Zhizi and the seven Burning Wind Magicians had not yet taken their positions above the warship.

"Spread out in formation around the core of the warship to form a circular position! The trenches there will help us stabilize ourselves during maneuvers."

A gardenia shouted over the communication channel.

"Yes!"

The seven Wind Magicians immediately formed a formation around the core of the warship and fixed themselves there, while Gardenia waited in a more forward position. Due to the destructive characteristics of plasma waves, she was more suitable to use plasma waves to sweep away the drone swarm when the evil drones appeared to attack from one direction.

These high-speed demonic interceptors quickly approached the effective range of the beam guns, so the core of the warship fired a deadly beam at these fast-moving interceptor drones.

However, looking at these swarming interceptors that were attacking Fraxinus EX like bees, Hua Zhizi and the others finally understood how the DEM magician felt when facing these drones flying around everywhere. If it weren't for the magician's dynamic vision being enhanced exceptionally well by the random field of view, allowing him to track those drones, he would have been annoyed by so many vicious interceptors circling around.

"The attack routes of these evil interceptors are very monotonous. It seems that without AI like WalkerNet AI or AI Odin, the flexibility of control will be greatly reduced."

Gardenia's mind displayed a charging command, and Aroundight, with its sword blade already manifested, charged towards the cluster of evil spirit interceptors that had gotten too close to the front of the warship.

Because the moon lacks air, the cyclone engine cannot operate, and her speed is relatively reduced. However, this does not matter in the low gravity environment of the moon, as she can accelerate to a faster speed through the Free Domain.

When faced with the approaching Gardenia, the evil spirit interceptor did not immediately launch an attack but instead turned to evade her—because Gardenia was not a designated target of the evil spirit's lair.

"This road doesn't work!"

With a swing of her sword, Hua Zhizi sliced ​​the Evil Spirit Interceptor in two, then used her shoulder to ram the Evil Spirit Interceptor that was flying past her.

The CR-UNIT "Nirvash" features shoulder armor on the user's shoulders and adds deadly ramming horns, instantly shattering the evil interceptor with its sharp ramming horns.

"Haa!"

With her sword in hand, Gardenia used Aroundight, just like those sword masters, to cut the fragments from the shattered demon interceptor into even smaller pieces. At that moment, her Nirvash was already preparing to launch a plasma wave.

She immediately darted into the densest area of ​​the evil interceptors, then unleashed a torrent of plasma waves from the two triple-mounted plasma cannons.

These Evil Spirit interceptors, which could be considered light vehicles, were quickly destroyed and melted by the surging plasma waves. With one shot from Hua Zhizi, a section of airspace was immediately cleared. However, there was still a steady stream of Evil Spirit interceptors entering the temporarily cleared airspace, while bombardment missiles were flying in from the front. Hua Zhizi smiled and charged into the Evil Spirit interceptor group once again.