Colonia Storm Tour

At this point, FraxinusEX had already sailed above the Epsilon Construction Site and created a fourth layer of randomness to protect the precarious construction site. If the construction site were destroyed, they would have no way to gain control of this Epsilon base. With no other choice, they could only destroy this base and then try to infiltrate and control the second base.

"The construction site is now under the protection of the random domain, and all defensive facilities capable of attacking the construction site have been destroyed."

When Gardenia reported that all the defenses and anti-air units at the Mind Legion base had already been destroyed by the Convergence Magic Cannon and the Auxiliary Magic Cannon, the report came in.

"Well done. Continue to protect the construction site. We'll be able to correct and control the out-of-control base in 5 minutes. What discoveries did the autonomous cameras and the World Tree Leaf, which were sent to track those genetically modified humans, make?"

Alice inquired about the whereabouts of the Moon Beastmen—the overall battle plan at the Mind Legion base was already set; now it was just a matter of waiting for Odin to complete his mission of invading and controlling the Epsilon construction site.

Gardenia shook her head: "Nothing has been found. These genetically mutated clones are still just running in the shadows, and it's impossible to tell where they want to go or what they want to do."

"Alright, continue to use the autonomous cameras and World Tree Leaf to track whether any reinforcements have been detected at the out-of-control base."

Alice asked.

"We've detected reinforcements from the out-of-control base en route, but those fire lizard airships and the air fortress Ilicara are moving very slowly. It will take them another 10 minutes to get within range of our engagement..."

Gardenia replied.

"It seems that choosing to abandon the Salamanders and the aerial fortress Ilicara was the right decision. Now you are permitted to destroy those four cloning tanks that are producing clones. We no longer need those recyclable things."

Alice ordered the destruction of the four Epsilon cloning tanks that were constantly producing Libra clones.

"Understood. Prepare the converging magic cannon. Target: four cloning cylinders."

Gardenia immediately used the Convergence Magic Cannon to deal with the four cloning tanks that were continuously producing Libra clones.

A golden beam of light swept from the front of the warship along the two slightly spread wings toward the first cloning cylinder. Then, the massive warship turned slightly, and the cloning cylinder and the Libra clone were swept away and disappeared from the world.

At this moment, Lin Haiyuan and the seven Wind-Burning Magicians inside the Epsilon Construction Site gave their reports.

"No Libra replicants or Reapers have appeared inside the construction site."

The corpses of the Libra clones and Reapers that Lin Haiyuan killed could easily block the road and serve as a human shield.

"There are no more monsters that look like facehuggers in the command room."

The Wind Magician reported that the corpses of the monsters they had killed could be piled up into a small mountain.

"With that, the situation is settled, Chief Alice. We will be able to regain control of this out-of-control base in 15 seconds."

Gardenia looked at Alice on the monitor, whose appearance was somewhat different.

“Very good. According to the data we obtained in the construction site, there are two other large bases being built nearby. The one closest to us is the one with the Ascendant Fleet consisting of Salamander air battleships and the air fortress Ilyakara stationed there for protection. However, the slow Ascendant Fleet is no match for FraxinusEX. This time, we will proceed steadily, break down the defenses and destroy those anti-air units to advance.”

Alice now has time to slowly deal with the other two Epsilon bases using FraxinusEX, unlike when she was caught off guard upon arrival.

“Building On Line, New Construction Options: We have regained control of this out-of-control base.”

When Odin reported like EVA, there was no further movement from the Epsilon Mind Legion base below. It's a pity that the instantaneous paint-painting scene from the game can't be seen here.

[All Mind Masters have been destroyed. Mission Objective Two is complete.]

The psionic wave detection device on the Fraxinus EX's shipboard AI no longer detected any psionic fluctuations emitted by the Mind Master.

"The mission to recover Battalion Commander Artemisia and her team within this base is now complete."

Gardenia gave the order.

"Yes!"

The magician crew replied, and within seconds all the magicians at the Epsilon construction site had returned to the warship.

Lin Haiyuan retrieved the Heroic Spirit War Maiden and returned to the captain's seat, while the other seven magicians also retrieved their weapons and stood by their respective combat posts, ready to be deployed at any time.

"Commander Misia, you did a great job. Facing the attacks of those bizarre and ever-changing mutated creatures and clones, you not only escaped injury yourself, but the Long-Range Drone also completed its infiltration mission without a scratch. All of this proves that your strength is even greater than I imagined, and your ability to adapt to changing circumstances is also commendable. Let me tell you about the monster data you encountered while advancing through the construction site."

After Alice gave Odin a look, Odin immediately displayed the blueprints of the Poisonous Lice, Spectral Monster, Lunar Beastman, Reaper, Libra Replicant, and Seraphim that appeared in the construction site through holographic projection.

"First of all, this disgusting four-legged insect was named the Poison Explosion Lice by the out-of-control base AI. This genetically mutated insect is extremely vicious. Its glands secrete explosive toxins, which it sprays out through self-destruction. Obviously, once this highly corrosive toxin comes into contact with the human body, the effect is almost fatal, because its strong corrosiveness can also be used to destroy vehicles and buildings."

Alice, mimicking Commander Ikari's posture, asked, "Commander Misia, have you ever been blown up by these bugs in your random area?"

"No, because I was suspicious of the way these bugs attacked, I used the Heroic Spirit War Maiden to first dismantle a part of the door panel and then smash it at these bugs to test it. After seeing that the green liquid splashed out by the flattened bugs severely corroded the door panel, I kept my distance and used whatever materials were available to keep these exploding bugs at a distance."

As Lin Haiyuan answered, he looked at Alice in the picture with a strange expression. She was originally wearing a witch's outfit, but at some point she had changed into a commander's uniform just like Kotori Itsuka's! She also had her hair tied in pigtails with a black ribbon and was holding a lollipop in her mouth.

"Hmm, I see."

Alice twirled the lollipop in her mouth and then pointed to the monster blueprint.

"Next up is this monster that looks very much like a facehugger. Its name is Spirit Monster. Fortunately, this ferocious creature, which is a result of genetic mutation, does not have the same repulsive abilities as the facehugger. At most, it is just a rather ferocious military dog. It is completely powerless against humans and vehicles wearing heavy protective suits. Battalion Commander Misia, you should have a very easy time dealing with this fragile monster."

Alice even thought that those spirits might just crash headfirst into the hard, random space and die.

"That's true."

Lin Haiyuan nodded.

"Thirdly, there are those genetically mutated clones we've seen before. Their appearance is due to unpredictable changes in the genetic sequence. These mutated clones, with their highly enhanced muscle mass and skin hardness, not only have the ability to dismantle tanks into pieces, but can also withstand artillery fire and even move around on the moon. However, the price of these two characteristics is reduced intelligence and short attack range. The magician girls can easily use beam guns to deal with these muscular but simple-minded genetically mutated clones from a distance."

Alice was unaware that these berserkers would also lift things up and smash them at opponents in the distance or in the air.

"Chief Alice, although you say that these genetically mutated clones called Berserkers have a short attack range, I have found that during combat these Berserkers will pick up oil drums and containers and throw them at us."

Lin Haiyuan specifically reminded him of this.

"Oh? These monsters, which are almost entirely made of muscle, can actually lift things up and smash people? Looks like they haven't completely lost their intelligence."

Alice watched her with interest—Nightmare Walkers and Berserkers were the mentally challenged among Epsilon's infantry, but the former had enough remaining intelligence to know how to operate weapons, while the Berserkers only thought of using primitive physical weapons to solve problems, and their intelligence did not support them in operating any weapons.

"The intelligence of those genetically mutated clones may only be limited to this."

Lin Haiyuan didn't think these Epsilon brothers could still use guns or cannons to shoot or boom.

"In short, these genetically mutated clones lacking intelligence can be easily slaughtered as long as one has excellent martial arts skills or sufficient long-range firepower. Next, let's talk about the strange defensive structure that Battalion Commander Misia encountered."

Alice began to speak of the Seraphim Tower: "This defensive structure with sharp edges and four eyes is called the Seraphim Tower. The red eyes of the Seraphim Tower are the muzzles of guns and cannons. However, this defensive tower does not fire bullets or any shells. Instead, it uses our psychic technology to fire a beam of psionic energy similar to a laser through one of the red eyes. This is the first time that our psionic weapons have been applied to defensive structures."

To put it simply, what Alice is saying is about using heat energy to kill enemies.

"However, this defensive device called Seraphta is less powerful than imagined, and its threat level is far less than those thermal energy clusters, because it is too small, only 2/3 the width of a magnifying glass lens."

Lin Haiyuan could see that the "beams" fired by the new recruits from Sarafota and Epsilon were much smaller than real beams of light.

"Because of its ineffectiveness, this weapon was not built again very quickly. It was quite useful for scheming against unsuspecting intruders, but it was rather weak and ineffective against the magicians' arbitrary domains."

Alice felt that the sound wave transmitters from the Foehn Winds were actually more reliable than those from Seraphta, at least in reality.

The magicians present had all witnessed the scene of being attacked by beams fired from beam guns into any area.

"So what is this?"

Lin Haiyuan looked at the Harvester's blueprint, knowing that pretending not to know would be a little strange for her.

"The Reapers are a type of cyborg warrior that uses individual mini Antares thermal energy clusters. Although their power is relatively smaller, once their numbers increase, even those of you with arbitrary domains will have to temporarily avoid their attacks."

Alice is simple for the Reapers.

"They look much uglier than our spearmen and iron cavalry."

Gardenia has a very low opinion of the Harvester's appearance, while the Cyclone's mechanical exoskeleton and cyborg warriors are very handsome.

"There was no other way. Back then, research funding was fluctuating, and we didn't have the time or energy to focus on making the cyborgs look cooler. We had to make do with what we had."

Alice shrugged.

"Here I would like to draw your attention. Unlike the spear warriors who have had their legs or arms replaced with mechanical ones, this type of cyborg warrior called the Reaper has very little of the flesh and calcium skeleton that humans should have. Instead, it has a large amount of metal skeleton. The Reaper we designed is actually the same as the spear warriors. Due to unavoidable limb damage or resources, they have simply had their arms and legs replaced with mechanical ones."

Odin made sure to clarify the differences between the Foehn version of Reaper and the Out of Control version of Reaper, to avoid any future doubts.

"Finally, there are my clones... Actually, you should think that these clones look very different from me. In fact, after the genetic mutation, these clones of mine grew and underwent different changes. It is impossible to say that they are completely my clones. The genetic sequences of those clones have changed too much. Here, I will briefly describe the mine-like things that the clones carry on their backs. These things are called CAS, also known as brain amplifier/inhibitor devices. These devices have two uses. One is to enhance the power of thought and mind. The other is to control the power within a controllable range. This device is permanently fixed to the spine, so this inconvenient device was quickly abandoned, even though it could be used to launch additional explosive darts."

Alice now plagiarizes Epsilon's work and claims it as Foehn's with the smoothness of flowing water.

Everyone nodded in agreement upon hearing this, knowing that having such a large device permanently fixed to the spine would be incredibly inconvenient for daily life and combat.

“I understand, but Chief Alice… may I ask a question?”

Lin Haiyuan did not immediately raise his question.

"Hmm? Oh, you mean this outfit and hairstyle? What do you think?"

Alice stood up from her seat and turned around, showing off her new outfit and hairstyle to everyone on FraxinusEX.

Lin Haiyuan gave her a meaningful look: You didn't happen to think of wearing that Flame Demon Girl's uniform and hairstyle on the warship because you were commanding "FraxinusEX", did you?

She blinked and replied with her eyes: Oh my, as expected, Lin the Madman understands my thoughts best, he thought of this so quickly.

"It gave me a different feeling than before. I feel it suits Chief Alice, and the twin tails are also very cute."

Hua Zhizi added in her mind, "This is how a military officer should dress, not some little girl cosplaying a witch."

"It suits you perfectly, Chief Alice, and it also enhances your majesty, while the twin tails accentuate your cuteness."

Using Artemisia's body in front of so many people, this was the only answer she could give. Charlotte and the other magician crew members all said that it was very suitable for Chief Alice.

[After donning this specially tailored military uniform, Chief Alice looks even more like an incredible commander or general, making everyone fully aware of her identity and status. Her twin-tail hairstyle is also even more pleasing to the eye.]

The shipboard AI of the Fraxinus EX also issued its own evaluation.

"Thank you for your compliments."

Alice accepted the sincere praise from everyone with satisfaction.

[Report: The Ascension Fleet is entering the range of our weapons. Please prepare for combat.]

The Fraxinus EX's onboard AI detected the slowly approaching Salamander airships and the air fortress Ilicara entering the range of its shipborne weapons via radar.

"Enough of the small talk. Let's shoot down all these unusable warships and flying saucers. It's a pity to destroy military equipment that is still worth dismantling, but if they've become obstacles, let's destroy them."

Alice's expression turned serious the moment she opened her mouth.

"Yes!"

As the second response from the magician crew, FraxinusEX's Convergence Magic Cannon fired once more, and that golden beam of light swept away several more slow-moving fire lizard airships.

Only one update today. I've been sick and bedridden for so long, I feel like my whole body is falling apart...

However, I will release the settings for Seraphim and the Mind Illusionist in the setting volume this afternoon and evening.

Epsilon Architecture: Seraphim Tower

撒拉弗塔