Colonia Storm Tour

The DEM workers who were still busy in the oil drums and ammunition boxes did not scream and turn into little fireballs on fire and run or roll on the ground like in the game. In fact, the overpressure and high temperature generated by the explosion were enough to kill them in this first round of attacks. The fireball phenomenon occurred instead of those DEM workers and guards who were not directly hit by the explosion.

The oil that splashes out of the ruptured drums will still ignite the unfortunate ones, and in areas with sparse grass and woods, it will detonate the drums and ammunition boxes, resulting in wildfires.

"Oh no! What are those idiots doing? They've blown up oil drums and ammunition boxes!"

The DEM guard captain exclaimed in surprise as he saw the narrow path transformed into a sea of ​​fire.

"Captain, if we don't put out this fire soon, it will spread in all directions! But we don't have any carbon dioxide fire extinguishers!"

The DEM guards knew very well what would happen if the fire caused by the explosion of oil drums and ammunition boxes continued to burn and spread in all directions.

"Looks like we have no choice but to call the Magicians, call the Echo team, call the Echo team! Some idiots in T-2 area accidentally exploded oil drums and ammunition, and now it's a huge fire. We need dry powder and carbon dioxide fire extinguishers, as well as your Free Domains, to extinguish the fire!"

The DEM guard captain had to call in a team of magicians to do what firefighters are supposed to do.

"What? Okay, I can do it."

The Echo team's magician captain was surprised by the request for the T-2 area, but upon seeing the fire on the road on the opposite mountaintop, he called to his equally bewildered magician companion to go down below and get fire extinguishers to put out the fire.

On this night devoid of starlight and moonlight, the firelight on the mountaintop road was particularly dazzling.

"Let's hurry over there and keep an eye on the fire so we can help."

The DEM guard captain led his team and the Vanguard Assault Mechs down the ramp in a hurry, while the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that had been following the team also turned and went down.

"go!"

Alice told them to leave quickly.

Yu Xiao picked up the Doomsday Knight AS50 again, grabbed the Hellhound assault rifle, and together with Li Yang, they rushed across the ramp where there were no more drones to detect stealth.

Without any unmanned reconnaissance aircraft detecting the cloaked unit from the side, the DEM guard on the heavy machine gun position naturally could not see the two cloaked assault team members crossing his position and arriving at the mountain road behind him.

As they traversed the wide road formed by receding trees on both sides of the mountain path, Li Yang and Yu Xiao could see the deadly dangers above and ahead.

That was a heavy machine gun position positioned at a tricky angle right above us, a heavy machine gun position hidden by the woods, and a Humvee hiding in the woods. Fortunately, there were no annoying unmanned reconnaissance aircraft.

Moreover, at this moment, all of these things were drawn to the fire caused by the explosion of the oil drums and ammunition boxes below.

Thinking that things might change if they delayed, Li Yang and Yu Xiao quickly slipped away through the wooded path.

Having arrived at another uphill entrance ramp right under the noses of two heavy machine gun positions, they encountered a problem that seemed impossible to solve without firing.

“Chief Alice, there are drones flying over that DEM base. We can’t get down the mountain by climbing the cliff.”

Li Yang asked Alice for further instructions.

“If taking the shortcut down the mountain doesn’t work, then you can start your descent from the heavy machine gun emplacement on the cliff edge that’s monitoring the road below. It’ll just be a bit longer.”

Alice immediately devised a route for them.

"Yes."

Following Alice's directions, Li Yang and Yu Xiao arrived at the side of the heavy machine gun position. The DEM guard at the heavy machine gun position was scanning the dark, poorly lit mountain road below with his searchlight on.

He took out a pair of black gloves with five sharp fingers from his nano combat suit and put them on over his original gloves, while Yu Xiao put a layer of protective sheaths with sharp fingers on the soles of his military boots.

The standard combination of nanorods and grappling hooks is not suitable for environments requiring extremely covert operations, so an additional piece of equipment that allows soldiers to climb terrain more freely has emerged.

These gloves and boot soles have extraordinary adhesive properties, allowing soldiers to stick to the concrete walls and glass of skyscrapers like Spider-Man. They can also stick to cliff faces, but they are less effective on soft, muddy or rocky walls. Climbers equipped with these climbing accessories can only reach the next area before the soft, muddy or rocky walls collapse and slide. The sharp blades on the gloves and boot soles are designed to make it easier for soldiers to embed themselves in the cliff face and climb down safely. In the aforementioned situations, they can also be extended to the length of Wolverine's claws to allow the blades to penetrate deeper and more safely, allowing for a certain degree of descent or until the next foothold is found.

Of course, hoverboards are also an option, but the noise they make when operating makes them unsuitable for actions requiring extreme stealth.

Li Yang squatted down with his back to Yu Xiao, while Yu Xiao, holding a Hellhound assault rifle, wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs tightly around his waist.

"Hold on tight, Yuxiao."

Because he was wearing a nano-combat suit, Li Yang couldn't experience the wonderful, irresistible tactile sensation of his girlfriend and partner's nanofiber clothing and black pantyhose as he usually did.

"Ah."

Yu Xiao touched her partner's face with a black nanofiber glove.

"Whoa—"

Li Yang took a deep breath and carefully began to slowly climb down the rock face.

Fortunately, the rock face itself was quite sturdy and integral, so the spider shoes and spider gloves did not come off when they were attached to it.

While Li Yang carried her down the mountain, Yu Xiao cautiously turned her head to observe her surroundings, so as not to be unaware when the DEM patrol team with drones approached.

Fortunately, the DEM patrol team had just passed by and did not notice the two climbing down until Li Yang carried her down.

After completing the instructions to climb down, Li Yang, with Yu Xiao's help, removed and retrieved the "spider" gloves and shoe covers, and the two continued their operation.

They hadn't gone far when a patrol team of Humvees drove past them with annoying engine noise. Without the "Crimson Blue" anti-stealth device, they couldn't detect the two people in stealth mode.

“We’re going around the woods, walking openly on the mountain path. Those DEM soldiers who can’t see us won’t take a detour.”

Li Yang led Yu Xiao into the grove of trees beside the mountain road.

Then they encountered a DEM guard in the woods who was relieving himself.

Upon seeing this, Yu Xiao immediately frowned. Li Yang didn't say anything, but pulled Yu Xiao's hand and led her around the DEM guard who was relieving himself.

They walked through the sparse grove of trees in just a few steps, and then came to a narrow mountain path with no cover. This time, the final obstacle leading to the sniper position appeared in front of them.

A Vanguard Assault Mech and two Humvees blocked the road, while unmanned reconnaissance aircraft circled overhead, scanning the area.

"Can we request orbital strike support again this time, Chief Alice?"

Yu Xiao placed her left hand on her white and blue earphones.

"We cannot conduct an orbital strike. If we do, it will only exacerbate the influx of more DEM garrison troops into this area. Once the drones enter the mountain roads surrounding the sniper positions, our assassination operation will fail."

As Alice said this, sporadic hybrid plasma bombs were still falling from the sky and bombarding Tengu City. Due to the lack of sufficient precise strike coordinates, these hybrid plasma bombs did not harm DEM, but only caused dangerous explosions near the DEM company building and around the guard team.

"The DEM escort team is almost there to escort the car carrying the DEM department head to the small airport. They are expected to arrive in 3 minutes."

AI Odin prompted.

"Throw electromagnetic pulse grenades. Use electromagnetic pulse grenades to deal with that drone. Run immediately after throwing them. Don't stand still."

Alice could see from the two commandos that the drone was flying at a very low altitude, still within range of a manually thrown electromagnetic pulse grenade.

"Yes, sir. Yu Xiao, it's up to you now."

Li Yang removed an EMP grenade from the hook of his nano combat suit—this EMP grenade was exactly the same as the one used by the GDI grenade squad in Command & Conquer 3.

"Ah."

Yu Xiao immediately put on her headphones, holding the Hellhound assault rifle in her right hand—her white and blue headphones were no ordinary item, but an electronic product created through Alice's imagination, utilizing display device technology.

It can undertake a variety of tasks required during combat and complete assigned tasks within the scope of its application.

Detonating electromagnetic pulse grenades thrown by Li Yang or her, much like a detonator, is also one of the functions of her white-blue earphones.

"Ah!"

Li Yang picked up the EMP grenade, held it in his hand for a moment, then gripped it tightly and threw it at the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the air.

As Alice had said, after Li Yang threw the electromagnetic pulse grenade, he led Yu Xiao toward the final checkpoint that DEM had set up in the sniper position.

It's not difficult for an EMP grenade with a certain acceleration to fly onto a drone hovering at extremely low altitude. Just calculate the lead and throw it. However, the reason for preparing a detonator is that the EMP grenade might glide past the drone instead of hitting it directly, which would cause them to be annihilated by two shots from DEM's Vanguard Assault Mech.

Upon looking up and seeing the electromagnetic pulse grenade approaching the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, Yu Xiao immediately displayed the detonation command in her mind.

With a sharp, piercing electrical screech, the EMP effect, strong enough to overload all the equipment on the aircraft, instantly turned the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft into a pile of scrap metal, trailing black smoke as it spun downwards and crashed heavily into scrap metal.

"What's going on? Why has the Eye of Horus suddenly stopped responding?"

The pilot of the Vanguard Assault Mech was puzzled as he watched the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft crash off-line for unknown reasons.

"Pioneer-10, what exactly happened on your end? Why did your unmanned reconnaissance aircraft crash?"

The pilots of the Vanguard Assault Mechs were unable to answer the calls from friendly forces.

“Pioneer-10, I just saw a blue flash over your position. I saw your drone crash after that blue flash.”

The friendly soldier who was shouting in the communications channel could see it more clearly.

"Del-5, you saw a blue flash? Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? You should know that those bombs falling from the sky also appear as blue flashes to us, but if they were blue flashes, those bombs should have knocked you all down, but you weren't bombed."

The friendly forces were clearly incredulous that what was it that had been a fleeting blue flash that had brought down their drone.

While the DEM defenders were discussing amongst themselves, these DEM defenders, who had lost their drones and were now blind to the stealth units, had already been bypassed by Li Yang and Yu Xiao and arrived at the sniper position in a flash.

This sniper position is located on a high point on a hill next to a small airport, with several large rocks and trees providing cover, making it an excellent sniping location for most snipers.

Yu Xiao immediately crouched down under the tree where it was easiest to shoot, took off the Doomsday Knight AS50 from her back, unfolded the bipod and set it up. At the same time, she quickly replaced the regular magazine with a dark blue-black magazine with three Hebrew letters on it. This magazine was filled with 10 deadly Siren armor-piercing rounds.

She pressed her cheek to her left eye and closed it, while her right eye focused intently on scanning the small airport below through the scope for any targets, while Li Yang vigilantly looked around to avoid any possible sneak attacks.

"The temporary head of the DEM department has arrived at the small airport."

AI Odin reported in the communications channel that the sniper target had arrived at the small airport.

"I saw."

Wearing white and blue headphones, Yu Xiao spotted the figure getting out of the car through the scope with its magnification already adjusted.

She displayed the magical vision activation command in her mind, and her eyes were immediately able to see the Vanguard Assault Mech and the arbitrary domains opened up by the Magician.

If the other party had pulled the trigger as soon as they got out of the car, the DEM temporary department head, who was surrounded and protected by the enemy's forces, would undoubtedly have been unharmed. On the contrary, the one who fired would have exposed themselves and failed to kill the DEM temporary department head, leading to mission failure.

The target must be sniped the moment the temporary department head leaves the area of ​​arbitrary protection.

She lightly tapped the trigger with her ring finger, while holding her breath and focusing intently on the DEM temporary department head in the scope.

At this moment, Li Yang, who was standing next to him, put on the same tactical goggles as the Synchronous Ronin to observe targets on the small airport. These tactical goggles also gave Li Yang magical vision.

His tactical goggles are used to observe magicians flying in the sky, preventing these DEM magicians, who may have anti-stealth capabilities, from getting close without him knowing.

After the scope's crosshair followed the DEM interim supervisor for a few seconds, the DEM interim supervisor, carrying a briefcase containing documents and reports, stopped a few steps in front of a warp prism.

The DEM version of the warp prism immediately raised its nose and spun upwards to open a random field, followed by a blue light bursting forth from the DEM temporary department head, much like a volcanic eruption.

Something unexpected was quickly folded over, and after the form was completed in the dazzling blue light, it was a young woman floating on the ground.

It wouldn't be surprising if it were just a young woman floating on the ground; what's surprising are the other features of this young woman who was warped over.

This young woman was clad in eerie dark blue armor, wearing what was called a wiring suit but was actually a black bodysuit. Visible magic flowed through the dark blue armor and her hair, which floated without wind, with some strands growing into braids that drifted around her.

The young woman had a pretty face and figure, but her expressionless face and her eyes, which were completely different from those of a normal person and were filled with light, gave people a strange sense of unease.

This young woman had no weapons that could prove she was a magician, but the magical energy flowing around her palms suggested that she could use that magic directly as a weapon.

From the moment he warped, Li Yang's tactical goggles alerted him to abnormal magical fluctuations in a certain direction. When he turned his head, he discovered a woman emanating strange magical energy.