Colonia Storm Tour

Kaur was actually startled when he saw Lin Haiyuan come out wearing the Snow Woman Elisa CR-UNIT. He had never been told that the former chief would be wearing this CR-UNIT.

"Forget it, now is not the time to pursue this matter. This little girl and you look more like you're wearing Yu Xiao's Nano Diva Set and Brunhilde together."

Lin Haiyuan pulled down the hood on his head and used both his hands and mental power to release the long orange hair that had been gathered inside the hood.

"In terms of appearance and design, we cannot ignore the magician power that may appear in this operation, but we cannot directly reveal our identity as belonging to the Foehn Wind. We have no time and this is the only way we can do it."

For this military operation, Kaul also changed the color of his red robe to the white-on-the-outside-red-on-the-inside color scheme of the Steel Ball Guardians of the Mechanicus.

“I didn’t expect there would be time to use Lancelot’s Aroundight. Now, enough talk, let’s get ready to take action, Walker.com AI.”

Lin Haiyuan touched the uncharged Aroundight at his waist. Since entering Artemisia's body, she had been using Brunhilde's Heroic Spirit War Maiden Spear in memory of Rowan, and had not used the double-edged sword.

"Yes, Master."

After Walker.com's AI responds with a sentence, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er can directly see the images, text, and other messages sent by Walker.com's AI through their own eyes.

The former is that the magician has a display device that enables him to do such a thing, while the latter is that he has added an embedded UI to himself.

"Through our intrusion into Russian government and military networks and eavesdropping on military communications, and with the help of our Soviet comrades in the Dark Zone, we successfully located a TEL (Transporter-Erector-Launcher) vehicle carrying a Topol-M missile on Taymyr Island. This Topol missile and the TEL vehicle were scheduled to be dismantled and scrapped according to the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces' plan."

According to Russian military records, this Topol missile and TEL vehicle had been confirmed to be destroyed. However, the officers and soldiers of the Strategic Missile Forces responsible for the destruction decided to collectively deceive their superiors. They secretly transported the Topol-M missile and TEL vehicle to a large warehouse south of Taimyr Island, and then secretly sought interested buyers to purchase the missile and TEL vehicle. They even included an operating manual and tutorial, so that any interested buyer who could read Russian and had a higher education diploma could launch the Topol-M missile to any corner of the world by referring to the manual and tutorial. These audacious Russians…

Even Walker.com's AI has to criticize these Russians. They even resell intercontinental ballistic missiles and TEL vehicles, complete with operation manuals and tutorials. Only the Russians would dare to do something like that.

"We learned about the actions of the officers and soldiers of the Strategic Rocket Forces through bribery of Soviet comrades in the Dark Zone. The TEL vehicle carrying the Topol-M missile is currently in a large warehouse on the top of Mount Hokla in the western part of the region. Originally, we could have used drones to locate the TEL vehicle and teleport the Topol-M missile and the TEL vehicle away. However, we lost contact with the officers and soldiers of the Strategic Rocket Forces two days ago. At first, we suspected that the sale of intercontinental ballistic missiles had been leaked and discovered by the Russian Federal Intelligence Service. However, during our monitoring, we found that the Russian government and military were not active and were completely unaware of the matter, just like before. In order to find out the truth, we need to investigate on-site to see what happened."

Walker.com AI announced: "Battle Control Online".

"Mission Objective 1: Investigate the large warehouse atop Mount Hokla."

Dark green text appeared in the upper left corner of their field of vision.

"Let's begin."

Lin Haiyuan displayed the command to activate the mental illusion in her mind, and her and Kaur's figures disappeared in the microphone distortion and electrical sound known from the mental illusion force field in this land in the remnants of northern Siberia.

The long polar night has arrived in Antarctica, while the long polar day has begun in the Arctic Circle. Even though it is already 7 p.m., the sun is still high in the sky, emitting ancient light that illuminates the land as if it were noon. This is truly a form of torture for people living in a world with 24-hour day and night cycles.

This was also a problem for Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er, who were involved in the operation, because the darkness of night could better conceal their movements, while daytime at noon was actually disadvantageous.

Lin Haiyuan drastically contracted the arbitrary domain he had created, stopping when it was close to the surface of his body.

Although the Snow Woman Elisa's CR-UNIT has the ability to reduce the absorption of magical energy fluctuations, it cannot guarantee that it will completely shield the energy fluctuations generated when she uses the CR-UNIT. Faced with increasingly strange opponents, she shrinks her random domain to make the CR-UNIT more likely to absorb magical energy fluctuations and prevents the magical energy fluctuations from being detected.

Lin Haiyuan held the Doomsday Knight AS50 in his left hand, gave a tactical signal to Kaul behind him to follow, and began to walk along a dirt road made by wheels and tracks.

The skull drone that was supposed to be with Kaul was now stored in a white robe with a red interior, and would only be used when needed.

After walking a few steps along the winding dirt road, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er saw a unique magic turret at the fork in the road ahead.

This magic turret is different from the simple oval turret with cannons that were previously used on the island. Instead, it is a sunflower-shaped disc with two twin beam cannons and two micro missile launchers mounted on the Immortal Vanguard Assault Mech.

"Chief Lin, this should be a new type of defensive turret developed by DEM. The threat posed to us by this turret, which uses two twin beam cannons and missile launchers, should be no less than that of the old models."

Kaul activated the scanning device and recorded the information about the Immortal Guardian turret that appeared before him in the database.

"Yes, this Immortal Guardian Turret should not only be able to fire beams to strike targets, but also to expose cloaked units. This turret is named Immortal Guardian Turret."

Lin Haiyuan, being a magician, possessed far more sensitive perception than the battlefield scanning device carried by Kaul. She could "see" the superimposed magical beams of two frequencies she had encountered during the last South Pacific naval battle, scanning around the Immortal Guard's fortress.

"Then we'd better go around these Immortal Guardian turrets, or destroy the warp prisms that power them."

Kaul also marked the warp prism that sank to the bottom of the Immortal Guardian turret.

"If it's not blocking our way, it's best to go around it. But the fact that something that only DEM can make is here makes us understand why we lost contact with those resellers."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he immediately led Kaul on a detour to the small woods to the west. Their purpose in coming here was not to seek the unparalleled beauty of the Taimer Peninsula.

After crossing the grove of trees to the west, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er stopped under a pine tree to observe the condition of the dirt road ahead.

A patrol consisting of Immortal Vanguard Assault Mechs, Warp Prisms, and DEM mercenaries was advancing along the dirt road.

"The vanguard assault mechs of this patrol team also fired anti-stealth magic beams, it seems that DEM is spreading anti-stealth equipment to other units."

Lin Haiyuan raised the Doomsday Knight AS50, closed his left eye, and used his right eye to observe the enemy more closely through the scope.

"This is terrible for our covert operations. Should we shoot this patrol and seize their equipment?"

Kaul's eyes, one green and one blue, emitted a faint glow.

"No need, let them pass. That anti-invisibility magic beam, which only has a 180-degree radius, is not in our direction and poses no threat to us."

Lin Haiyuan didn't think this could be like a game where unexpected complications arise, and the enemy could wipe out a patrol team without any reaction.

After the Immortal Vanguard Assault Mechs equipped with anti-stealth devices passed by, they ignored and bypassed the patrol teams, heading towards the sparse woods on the other side of the dirt road.

After cautiously making their way through the grove to another dirt road, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er saw a concrete area covered with a thin layer of snow, enclosed by barbed wire and sandbags at the 12 o'clock position.

DEM mercenaries, along with the Warp Prism and Immortal Vanguard Assault Mechs, guarded the only entrance. Inside the concrete ground, amidst barbed wire and sandbags, was a structure resembling an experimental teleportation platform, from which something was being warped over.

"Chief Lin, it seems that DEM is using a structure similar to our experimental teleportation platform to warp something over."

Kaul habitually used the battlefield scanning device to scan the warp platforms ahead for later database retrieval and identification.

"There's a warp platform? That looks great. They can warp their troops over using something like this, along with oil drums and ammo boxes. Fantastic."

Lin Haiyuan saw the oil drums and ammunition boxes around the warp platform and smiled with satisfaction.

The presence of oil drums and ammunition boxes in the enemy base is a perfect opportunity for attackers.

"Do you need me to detonate those oil drums and ammunition boxes, Chief Lin?"

Kaul had already placed his hand on the large-caliber pistol at his waist, waiting for her command.

"Your large-caliber pistol makes too much noise; a grenade would have been enough to handle this."

Lin Haiyuan took out a magnetic energy grenade from his coat, pried open the safety ring with his thumb, and then threw it forcefully at the oil drums and ammunition boxes on the teleportation platform.

A grenade made a slight whooshing sound, tracing a perfect arc as it landed on the oil drums and ammunition boxes.

Boom!

The oil drums, detonated by the violent magnetic energy released by the magnetic energy grenade, immediately triggered a catastrophic domino effect, with the explosions from the oil drums and ammunition boxes quickly destroying the transport platform.

The explosion of the oil drums and ammunition boxes was so powerful that the DEM mercenaries, who were still unaware of what was happening, were immediately blown by the blast into the sandbags, snow, or brick ground in front of them.

"What exactly happened?"

The pilot inside the Immortal Vanguard Assault Mech immediately turned the mech around to look back, and when he saw the rising fireball and smoke, he knew something bad had happened.

"Oh no, my God! The Hessen Warp Platform is destroyed! Our supplies for today are gone!"

The Immortal Vanguard Assault Mech stared blankly at its interior, which had been completely ravaged by the explosion.

"Which idiot caused the explosion?!"

A DEM magician, grumbling and cursing, led a patrol to investigate.

"I do not know."

The pilot of the Immortal Vanguard Assault Mech was also baffled by the explosion.

"Walk."

While the chaos caused by the explosion of oil drums and ammunition boxes on the warp platform distracted the patrol, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er continued their westward advance.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at the foot of Mount Hokra. The mountain road in front of them was heavily guarded by Immortal Vanguard mechs and Immortal Guardian turrets. In the air, unmanned reconnaissance aircraft were scanning the paths below and on the mountain to prevent any suspicious, invisible intruders from infiltrating.

Teams of magicians were patrolling the skies, carrying anti-stealth devices to scan the airspace ahead. Under such tight security, it would be extremely difficult to sneak up the mountain unnoticed.

"Now things are clear. DEM also discovered these audacious guys who dared to resell intercontinental ballistic missiles through the US intelligence agencies they control. Based on the DEM troop deployment we see now, they should have taken control of those guys, the Topol-M missiles, and the TEL vehicles earlier than we arrived, and they may have even realized that we were their customers."

Lin Haiyuan has confirmed with absolute certainty that DEM has discovered this supposedly secret Topol-M missile deal.

"If they discover that the Topol-M missile vehicle was captured by the Fotenka, we have nuclear weapons, and they have even more. If we haven't built an orbital defense system, then without the ability to intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles, we need to be even more careful in concealing the location of our fleet and bases."

Kaul immediately thought of the worst-case scenario: the Topol-M missile and the TEL vehicle were something the Fubuki team was determined to obtain, regardless of whether their identities were exposed!

"Just interrogate a high-ranking official and we'll find out if DEM knows who the buyer is for this nuclear deal that could potentially trigger a nuclear war, provided we get through this hurdle first."

Lin Haiyuan believed that the officer stationed here knew some relevant intelligence, and that her mental power would pry open his mouth and mind, making him tell her everything he knew.

"Commander Lin, I think there is no other way to help us get past this line of defense except for troop carriers that can penetrate the earth."

Besides this, the only other way that Kaul could think of was to fight his way through the DEM personnel on the social security system, carrying a chainsaw sword and a pistol.

"Master, the burrowing troop transport vehicle has arrived."

Walker.com's AI provided timely assistance, with a troop transport vehicle arriving at their side via hyperspace teleportation and underground travel.

"Get in the car."

Lin Hai went to the back of the troop carrier, opened the door, and stepped inside. Kaur, covering her back, cautiously entered the troop carrier while holding a Dragonflame Balrog-XI shotgun.

The drill bit of the troop carrier made a dull drilling sound as it drilled into the ground, the traces of which were covered by the falling snow and the Siberian frost.

Sitting in the slightly swaying flat-top cabin, Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er briefly stopped the mind illusion device from manifesting.

"The troop carriers still have sufficient supplies. Please replenish them properly. Due to the hyperspace teleportation security protocol, we cannot use the hyperspace teleporter to perform hyperspace teleportation in this area to prevent the enemy from detecting our hyperspace teleportation too early and affecting our future strategic plans. Some of the local DEM troops have already moved to the location where the troop carriers were teleported."

Walker.com's AI offered a serious reminder to the two assault team members.

"understood."

"Ok."

Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er responded simultaneously, then took more ammunition and other equipment from the supply boxes inside the troop carrier.

They weren't fully equipped when they arrived here via time travel, so it's now essential for them to be fully armed with more ammunition and supplies to deal with any potential contingencies.

As for the issue of limiting the load carried by ordinary soldiers, it was a minor problem for Lin Hai, who had been genetically modified and strengthened, and even less so for Kaul, who had undergone mechanization modifications.

"Has the resupply been confirmed complete?"

Walker.com's AI performs a final check before controlling the troop carrier to surface.

"Supply complete."

The two uttered the same words, then disappeared one after the other into the air in front of the rear hatch of the troop carrier, entering a state of combat readiness.

Whoosh whoosh!

The drill bit of the troop carrier emerged from the ground with a buzzing sound, and Lin Haiyuan and Kao Er rushed out of the troop carrier one after another and took charge of two areas to scan the surrounding enemies.

Lin Haiyuan could discover many enemies on his own, but Kaul, still worried, used "Trazin" to conduct a battlefield scan—Trazin is the name of that skull-shaped drone.

After a 360-degree scan, they discovered that the troop carrier's buoyancy was located in the primeval forest at the summit of Mount Hokla, where no DEM patrol teams were present.