Colonia Storm Tour

After being genetically modified and enhanced, the head of the Gardenia jasminoides did become somewhat more iron, but the ceiling made of multi-layered nano-metal plates was noticeably more iron than the skinned head of the Gardenia jasminoides.

Boom! !

"it hurts!"

Gardenia covered her head and plopped down on the cold metal floor.

“I’m sorry, Miss Gardenia, I forgot to tell you that the ceiling here is not high enough for you to make that exhilarating leap that amplifies your power.”

If Walker's AI had an expression, it would definitely be an embarrassed one.

"No, this is not Walker.com AI's fault. It's just because I got carried away and didn't pay attention to the ceiling height."

Gardenia waved her left hand, which she had taken off her head, into the air, and then used it to prop herself up from the ground.

After patting off any dust that might be on her bottom and skirt, she curiously turned to look around. "Walker.com AI, what kind of test are we going to do next?"

"The test is complete, Miss Gardenia is here."

Walker.com's AI told her the truth.

"Why!?"

A gardenia let out a surprised cry, seemingly unaware of what was happening.

"The testing and data recording have already begun when you put on your clothes. When your head hits the nano-metal ceiling and makes a 100-decibel impact sound, the final step of the entire test is completed. It has been confirmed that the genetic modification enhancement data is completely consistent with the expected goals."

Walker.com's AI continued to answer Youhua Zhizi's questions, projecting a panel of genetically modified enhancement data in front of her.

"Is this the data after I underwent Archer-level genetic modification and enhancement... My eyes, my eyes, ah, I see, this is the second change in my eyes."

The gardenia showed a second change besides the change in pupil color: enhanced night vision, which was also noted above.

This genetic modification will not cause the human eye to become like a cat's eye, magnifying in the dark and shrinking in the light, nor will it cause the loss of cone cells that would reduce the number of colors that can be distinguished.

"Phew, I'm relieved. If I appear in front of people with my eyes as small as needles, it will definitely scare them. Also, I don't have to worry about not being able to see many colors!"

Gardenia's worries about the changes in her eyes disappeared, and she became happy.

"Miss Gardenia, the impact of your head on the nano-metal ceiling just now would have definitely left you with a bloody head if you hadn't undergone genetic modification and enhancement. However, after genetic modification and enhancement, your physical strength has increased, so you were able to withstand that level of impact without injury."

Walker.com's AI alerted users to the increased physical strength associated with gardenias.

"Oh, yes."

Youhua Zhizi looked at her hands and found no trace of blood, not even a single hair, on her palms.

"Now, Miss Gardenia, please lie back down on the orbital transport bed. We are about to send you out of the genetically modified enhancement chamber."

"Oh!"

The gardenias lay back on the track transport bed, and then Walker.com's AI controlled the track transport bed to move forward into the tunnel.

After reaching the end of the tunnel, Youhua Zhizi could see the slightly lit transport channel above. At this moment, the nanomachines appeared and lifted Youhua Zhizi from the rail transport bed, making her stand upright. Then, a disc popped out at her feet, and the nanomachines placed Youhua Zhizi on the disc marked with a DNA double helix. Then, under the action of the magnetic generator around the channel, the disc carried Youhua Zhizi upwards.

After rising to the top, she was sent back to the floor in front of the genetic enhancement pod.

Taking a step back from her original position, Hua Zhizi looked around but couldn't find Chief Lin Haiyuan, who could turn a friendly smile into one full of malice.

"Hey, Walker.com AI, where's Chief Lin?"

When the gardenia couldn't find anything with its own eyes, it turned to the ubiquitous Walker.com AI for help.

"Master's gene modification enhancement progress has reached 90%, and it will take another 10 minutes to complete the final 10%. According to Master's instructions, Miss Gardenia, you need to go to the command center to stand by."

Walker.com AI responded.

"Hmm... Walker AI, can I wait here until Chief Lin comes out? I want to see Chief Lin come out of there with my own eyes."

A gardenia was making a request to Walker.com's AI.

"Why? Miss Gardenia, Master's orders are for you to be on standby in the command center. Is this a sign of distrust towards Master and me?"

Walker.com's AI had mentioned that it would depend on Lin Haiyuan's attitude before Lin Haiyuan issued this order, which is why it asked why.

"Do not."

She shook her head, then her expression turned serious. "It's not that I don't trust Chief Lin and Walker.net AI, but Chief Lin told me before that if there were any side effects, he would die with me. Now that I've received the expected genetic enhancement effects without any side effects, I shouldn't leave for the command center alone as Chief Lin said. Instead, I should wait here for Chief Lin to come out safe and sound, and share the joy of feeling my increased power with him. So please, Walker.net AI."

"Okay, Miss Gardenia is here."

Walker.com's AI, having heard Youhua Zhizi put it this way, followed her and Lin Haiyuan's instructions and made its own judgment, telling Youhua Zhizi to wait there.

"Thank you, Walker.net AI."

After thanking Walker.com AI, Youhua Zhizi stood there like someone waiting for their boyfriend at a date, combing her hair and checking her clothes for wrinkles. After finishing, she stared intently at the gene modification enhancement pod containing Lin Haiyuan. The monitor on the ground of the pod would display the information if anyone entered. The first thing she saw was the three Chinese characters "Lin Haiyuan" on the monitor next to her.

After waiting for 10 minutes, Hua Zhizi heard a deep and resonant notification sound coming from the monitor of the gene-modification enhancement chamber.

coming!

Gardenia immediately lowered her head and looked at the square floor in front of the gene-modification enhancement chamber, which was printed with a DNA double helix.

Just as he expected, Lin Haiyuan, dressed in the standard uniform of a flank commander of the Foehn Wind Colonia, rose up from the open square floor.

After Lin Haiyuan took a step forward and left the ascending and descending blocks, he saw Hua Zhizi walking towards him with restrained steps and body, like a child who had done something wrong or needed someone's help.

She still chose to stay here and wait for me...

"Huh? Before I entered the gene modification enhancement chamber, didn't I tell WalkerNet AI to have you return to the command center and wait for orders? Why are you staying here waiting for me?"

Lin Haiyuan did not show any anger or dissatisfaction, but asked her calmly.

Uh... he wasn't angry, nor did he seem to show any dissatisfaction. I thought Chief Lin would scold me for not following orders.

When Hua Zhizi saw that Lin Haiyuan did not express any dissatisfaction or anger, and his tone when he asked her questions was the same as always, she felt relieved.

"This is because Chief Lin told me that if there were any side effects, he would die with me. I felt that since the Chief was willing to go to the underworld with me, and now that I have safely obtained the power and changes brought about by the Archer-level gene modification enhancement, I should stay here and wait for Chief Lin to safely obtain the power brought about by the Archer-level gene modification enhancement, and share the joy of this power enhancement with you, instead of following your orders to wait for Chief Lin in the command room."

Gardenia truthfully expressed her inner thoughts.

"Sharing the joy when we arrived at the command center is no different from sharing the joy now, is it?"

Lin Haiyuan chuckled and said, "Alright, your idea isn't wrong, and Walker.net AI has agreed, so it's good for your peace of mind. But you can't do this on the battlefield, understand?"

"Yes!"

A gardenia stood tall and saluted Lin Haiyuan.

"Alright, now come with me to the Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle. There's a lot of important business waiting for us."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he walked toward the Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle that was waiting in a certain position.

"Ah."

Gardenia obediently followed behind Lin Haiyuan and responded. After Lin Haiyuan entered the Jackal motor vehicle, she followed him in.

The Jackal mobile vehicle emitted a somewhat eerie engine sound as it turned on the spot and, aided by the accelerating airflow guided by the acceleration tower, reached a speed of 175% as it headed towards the command center.

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The image was taken directly from Baidu Baike, but the Baidu watermark was still on one corner, so I used Photoshop to remove it. I can't do anything about the image compression from Shuke.

There should be something after Auth... but I can't make out what comes after Auth, I only know that it roughly means upgrade confirmation.

I personally think that the "Upgrade Atuh" in RA3 sounds better than the "Upgrade Completel" I'm used to. Of course, the kind of voice lines in games like Generals and Zero Hour, where the units report upgrades, is more interesting. It's like the Shockwave MOD, which fully utilizes the voice lines for upgrading tanks, weapons, depleted uranium warheads, and nuclear fusion reactors in God of War, which sounds really cool.

However, in reality, China not only uses steel-core bullets with strong armor-piercing capabilities due to a lack of copper, but also has relatively limited uranium resources. Therefore, the tank shells used by China are envied by the Americans for their tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets. If the Americans had enough tungsten, they would certainly not use depleted uranium as tank shells. So the United States is very envious of China's ability to use tungsten-core armor-piercing bullets in large quantities.

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Spirit of Inspiration

In the command center, Lin Haiyuan sat in his office chair with his back to the desk, facing a gardenia standing towards him.

"Youhua, your Archer-level gene modification enhancement is now complete. Due to time constraints, I don't have time for you to adapt to the changes in your body. So now it's time to begin your further training. You should remember the air pressure ball apostle training I mentioned before."

“I remember, Chief Lin.”

Gardenia replied.

"You've already witnessed the wonders of psychic power; it can be used not only to control people's minds but also to manipulate air currents. Do you want this power?"

Lin Haiyuan extended his right hand to his side, and a vortex slowly rotated in his palm. As Lin Haiyuan lowered his hand, he withdrew his mental power.

The vortex did not disappear immediately, but remained in place and slowly rotated for several minutes before naturally dissipating.

"want to."

Gardenia nodded curiously, full of anticipation for manipulating the airflow.

"Very good. Curiosity and a thirst for knowledge will be the basic requirements for you to acquire mental power. A firm will and a tenacious spirit will be the foundation for you to use mental power. Generally speaking, to train a mental power user, the first thing is to have him challenge his willpower and mental limits, and then provide appropriate guidance to stimulate his mental power. Now, as the mental power user with the most powerful mental power in the world, I can directly develop your mental power, so squat down and let my hand rest on your head."

Lin Haiyuan said seriously.

"Yes!"

Gardenia's expression immediately became solemn and dignified. She knelt down on her right knee, clasped her hands in front of her as if in prayer, lowered her head and closed her eyes. At this moment, she acted like a saint from Orleans.

Hey, hey, hey, it's just about developing your inner strength, why make it sound like some kind of religious ceremony!

Lin Haiyuan, somewhat amused and exasperated, immediately bent down and reached out to separate the hands that were clasped together by Hua Zhizi.

“Youhua, remember you’re not a believer praying to a god, understand? We, the Fenfeng, don’t like that kind of religion.”

Lin Haiyuan felt in his heart that if he had brought the Epsilon forces to this world, he would have no objection to Hua Zhizi's behavior.

"oh oh!"

When Hua Zhizi heard Lin Haiyuan say this, she panicked and opened her eyes, placing her hands, which Lin Haiyuan had separated, on her knees.

"call……"

Lin Haiyuan sighed and covered her eyes with his right hand. "Close your eyes."

"Ah."

Gardenia responded softly, her eyelashes fluttering as she pulled down her eyelids to cover her eyes.

"The gift of mental power is not something that only I can use; all humans can use it, as long as they know the correct path. It is not a difficult thing."

Lin Haiyuan removed his right hand from Youhua Zhizi's eyes, brushed aside her bangs, and pressed it against her forehead. The inexplicable light emanating from his eyes gradually intensified.

"Now, I am paving the way for you at the starting point of this path. Accept and always remember that you are always the master of your own inner strength."

With this profound statement, Lin Haiyuan's unusual spiritual power surged into Hua Zhizi's mind and heart.