Colonia Storm Tour

Just then, Ellen Mira Mathers and Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott came out of the office one after the other.

"There are flowers. Be careful and quickly retreat with me to the back area! No need to reply."

As he spoke, Lin Haiyuan picked up two toolboxes and continued to retreat.

Seriously! How could I make such a fuss, something that's clearly a stealth and horror game?!

While feeling annoyed by this, Hua Zhizi could only carefully control her body movements and follow Lin Haiyuan back.

"Huh? What's wrong with the ceiling over there?"

As soon as Isaac came out, he noticed the falling debris and the obviously dented ceiling.

Eileen followed Isaac's gaze to the ceiling, and her brows furrowed as soon as she saw it.

At this moment, a staff member hurriedly and apologically apologized to the executive director and executive manager, saying, "I am very sorry, I don't know why the ceiling suddenly cracked. I am very sorry."

"is it?"

Eileen frowned, her brows furrowing without any sign of easing, staring at the cracked section of the ceiling where debris and decorations had fallen.

"What's wrong, Eileen? Why are you staring at that spot?"

Isaac cast a sharp glance at the shattered section of the ceiling.

"That crack... doesn't look like it appeared to have opened naturally; it looks more like it was hit by a sharp object."

That's why Eileen's brows were furrowed.

"Uh?!"

The staff member standing nearby was immediately stunned. "But Second Executive Officer, I didn't see anyone fire a shot or use any blunt object to strike that area."

The staff member's words puzzled Ellen. Generally speaking, cracks in the ceiling of a building caused by poor quality or disrepair over the years should not have a very obvious crack opening point. However, the crack opening point in front of her was very obvious, but she did not see any blunt object hitting that place. What was going on?

"Ellen, that must have been an accident. I remember the company was recently renovated, right?"

Isaac, however, had other ideas, such as someone trying to cut corners with him.

"Unexpected... that's the only way to put it, but this kind of problem means there's something wrong with the renovation project, and I will definitely have someone investigate this matter thoroughly."

Eileen didn't even consider the possibility of the invisible man infiltrating DEM's headquarters, since only warships could carry the invisibility display device, and there was also the invisibility display device specifically equipped in CR-UNIT.

"I will have someone handle this immediately!"

The staff member bowed to Isaac and Ellen again as he spoke.

"Be sure to preserve evidence and write reports."

After giving an instruction to her subordinate, Ellen and Isaac, who appeared nonchalant, walked around the area where fallen debris had gathered and headed towards the elevator.

When Lin Haiyuan saw Elaine and Isaac walking towards the elevator, he reminded them through the built-in communicator, "Youhua, step back one area to avoid being noticed. I'll stay here at the stairwell to observe the situation."

"Ok!"

Gardenia carefully retreated to the next area. Her enhanced vision, enhanced by the Random Domain, allowed her to take in the location of Lin Haiyuan.

When someone first saw Eureka's attack method, the first thing they said was "Taka-no-Machi's Annihilation Wave." Since the official equipment for Eureka hasn't been named, I could only name it Anarak (simple, convenient, and intuitive—how great and easy to understand!).

This hero absolutely cannot be placed at the back of the team, otherwise he will become a mass-producer of flying lizard drones. Damn, the friendly fire is hopeless, and his effectiveness against infantry is actually quite weak. Eureka's design will be updated after Gardenia becomes Eureka.

Uh, to be honest, I'm despairing of my naming skills and I'm thinking of changing the name of Gardenia.

By the way, a reader mentioned wanting to be the captain of the support submarine, a minor character in the story. You should at least give me a name and background information!

Ellen Mira Mathers has been changed to Ellen Mira Mathers to match the name in the novel.

Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Double Doors Open

Lin Haiyuan crouched in the corner with two toolboxes, carefully observing Isaac and Ellen through the small eyepiece peeking out from the corner. The elevator entrance and the stairwell entrance were only about twenty steps apart.

Just when Lin Hai thought this was a safe distance to spy on Isaac and Ellen's actions, and he wasn't looking at the two directly with his own eyes, but through an eyepiece equivalent to a camera.

After Isaac walked to a position twenty steps away from Lin Haiyuan, he felt that something was watching him, so he immediately turned his head to look at the corner of the wall at the entrance of the stairs on the left.

Apart from the empty corners and floorboards, there was nothing there to see.

Is it just an illusion...?

With that thought in mind, Isaac turned his head back and continued to walk forward. Ellen had already opened the elevator door for him, and after they entered together, the elevator door closed automatically.

Lin Haiyuan didn't know where the two were going, but he did know that they were safe for the time being. If it weren't for his psychic abilities detecting Isaac's mental fluctuations, he wouldn't have had time to hide.

"Leaving aside whether Ellen has such keen perception, Isaac definitely does. I was already observing him through the eyepiece, but he still managed to detect me."

Lin Haiyuan said in the built-in communicator.

"Does the president of DEM Company have the innate ability to see invisible people...?"

Gardenia asked in a low voice.

"I don't know, but that person has a very keen sense of things. Come on, be careful this time so you don't bump into anything."

Lin Haiyuan picked up two toolboxes and got to work.

"Yes……"

To avoid making the same mistake as before, Gardenia carefully controlled her body movements and flew towards the office of the head of the display device development department.

With the assistance of the Synchronous Ninja Nano Combat Suit, Lin Haiyuan could run at high speed without making noticeable footsteps, because the Synchronous Ninja's combat boots also had the function of absorbing footsteps. The Synchronous Ninja did not need to tiptoe to walk. In battle, he only needed to move swiftly. As the exclusive unit of the Mad Shark Vanguard, his speed could not be slow.

Bypassing the staff who were still bewildered by the cracked ceiling, Lin Hai arrived at the door of the head of the department's office. He partially opened the yellow toolbox and took out the high-tech crowbar he had used to open the iron door earlier.

Place the tip of the crowbar against the doorknob, and nanobots inside the crowbar will surge into the doorknob and then return to the crowbar.

The door to the head of the department's office opened automatically.

"Come in quickly, don't let the people inside close the door or the people outside notice."

Lin Haiyuan used the built-in communicator to contact the gardenia above his head.

"Ah."

You Huazhizi immediately followed Lin Haiyuan into the head office.

"Ok?"

Edgar F. Carroll grumbled as he looked at the suddenly opened door, but no one came in. Then, a bizarre scene unfolded: the door, which had been opened, closed itself in a strange manner.

"What's going on?!"

Edgar F. Carroll was so horrified by the scene that his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Your mind is clear, time for a brainstorm."

Lin Haiyuan activated his mental power, and his Synchronized Ninja Nanosuit lost its invisibility.

After repeatedly mentioning the choices and console commands of the spiritual expert and the spiritual master, [the speaker]...

Edgar F. Carroll's entire field of vision was filled with the green glowing, V-shaped goggles of the Lin Haiyuan Synchronous Ninja, and then everything he could see began to rotate and distort around a singularity at the center.

As mental power continued to pour in, Edgar F. Carroll's vulnerable and defenseless mind was quickly taken over and controlled by Lin Haiyuan.

"Master, LinHaiYuan, Yes, I'm here."

Edgar F. Carroll, who was under control, bowed deeply to Lin Haiyuan in front of him.

This left Hua Zhizi, who was standing to the side, dumbfounded. How could Edgar F. Carroll become so respectful to the stranger Lin Haiyuan, even addressing him as "master," in just a few seconds?

"Hehehehehehe."

Lin Haiyuan let out a laugh that sounded exactly like the one from the bald man, then turned to look at Youhua Zhizi, "Edgar, greetings to Miss Youhua."

"Yes, my master."

Edgar F. Carroll turned and stood up to salute the gardenias.

"This is……?!"

Gardenia looked at Edgar F. Carroll, who was saluting her, with suspicion and uncertainty. She already had the idea in her mind that this man might be mentally controlled.

"All in mind."

Lin Haiyuan repeated a line from Yuri's clone, which meant he was confident and, to put it bluntly, had everything under control.

"Chief Lin, you hypnotized and controlled him in one go?!"

Gardenia asked Lin Haiyuan in surprise.

"Yes, as you can see, but I didn't just use simple hypnosis; I directly controlled him, controlled his mind."

Lin Haiyuan waved to Edgar F. Carroll, gesturing for him to sit down, and the latter immediately sat down with a blank stare and a stiff expression.

"He controlled his mind...?"

Gardenia still expressed her incomprehension about this.

"The human brain is a Pandora's box full of electrical signals that we are just beginning to understand. Most brains are 'receivers,' but some more developed ones can freely choose to send and receive. DEM has obviously done some research on the human brain, otherwise how could they dare to put a display device on a human brain? However, in this field, they are only satisfied with using CR-UNIT and display devices."

Lin Haiyuan turned to look at Edgar F. Carroll, who was like a puppet, "But Project 9991's research on the human brain and mind is different from DEM's. It focuses on using the human brain to use the mental power that comes from the mind and brain to do what you want to do. The first thing is to control the minds of others."

"This...this...controlling other people's minds, doesn't that contradict the free will that Fenfeng pursues?!"

Gardenia remembers clearly the foehn wind's pursuit of freedom and an uncontrollable will.

"Have you ever seen me use similar tricks to control my comrades? No, and I am the only one who can use mental power in this way. I know very well that those who are mentally controlled can only become controllers with lowered IQs. Moreover, if you have a strong will or the corresponding mental power, you can be immune to this kind of mental control trick. My comrades are all strong-willed, and in the training, I have always emphasized the need to train their will and make themselves more resolute."

Lin Haiyuan's words left Youhua Zhizi speechless for a moment, because Lin Haiyuan was right. Every day, everyone who joined the Burning Wind Army had to train their willpower.

"Currently, I am the only person who can manipulate human minds using mental power, and this mental power has been developed for another purpose. Do you know about telekinesis?"

Lin Haiyuan asked her in return.

"I know that I can move an object just by thinking or seeing it."

Having watched many movies and read many comics featuring superpowers, I can say that I am very familiar with telekinesis.

“Very good, it seems you already have a certain foundation. However, this mental power is used to manipulate airflow. Do you remember back in Kagoshima, when you saw the miniature missiles you launched being blown away and inexplicably shot down in the sky? That was all done by me using mental power to manipulate airflow.”

Lin Haiyuan revealed the answers to her one by one.

"Haaah!!!!"

After hearing Lin Haiyuan's words, Hua Zhizi thought about it carefully and realized that, according to what he said, everything made sense.

Was the original purpose of psychic powers to manipulate air currents...?