Colonia Storm Tour

Li Xiangyang also got straight to the point, stating his problem and hoping that she, as a scientific advisor, could come up with a corresponding solution.

(If Epsilon finds a port and prepares to launch a burrowing attack, their billowing green dust will easily kill them; genetic mutation weapons are utterly annihilating to humans.)

"Their burrowing attacks are so difficult to defend against. Even if we could spread sensors everywhere, we wouldn't have a good way to stop them from launching attacks. We can only eliminate them when they surface. And their genetic mutation weapons are also really scary, as they can turn people into Hulk-like monsters."

Kant made the famous hand gesture of Commander Ikari, with his hands forming a bridge in front of him, only without his glasses, which lacked the more important, intimidating reflection.

(Li Xiangyang and Kang De were both worried about a burrowing attack that would blow their backsides, and a genetic mutation weapon that would turn them and the ship girls into genetic muscular men.) Lin Haiyuan was, needless to say, keeping his mind on Li Xiangyang and Kang De's minds, to understand what they wanted to say and do, so as to avoid any misunderstandings caused by mismatched thinking.

"Unfortunately, there is no way to defend against a burrowing attack in the long term. Although we can lay reinforced concrete tiles, it will only take them longer to drill through the concrete tiles and climb up. At most, it can only buy us about 15 seconds. By then, our troops should still be on their way."

Shinonono Tsukasa knows the method of laying paving stones in Tiberian Sun to prevent burrowing units from attacking, but in reality, it is impossible to have the same effect as completely stopping burrowing units in the game.

"If they can't figure out your location, their burrowing raid won't be able to launch in the first place. Once they do, they'll find you. If you're worried about being assassinated by the burrowing raid, you can wear a portable personal plasma shield generator to buy yourself some time to escape. Have your guards protect you as you evacuate to a safe location. If possible, wear the Zealot Power Armor, which provides a stronger plasma shield. As long as the security is good enough, the rest is just a matter of luck."

Lin Haiyuan did not mention the emergency recall device here because the emergency recall device was not yet fully developed; at that time, he was still using a prototype in the Sunset Mountains.

"We still have enough time to build you a close-fitting Zealot Power Armor. If needed, we can start building it immediately when we get back. As for teleportation, unfortunately, none of you can use it right now. There is an alternative: an emergency recall device. If you think the situation is critical or you are seriously injured, it will immediately teleport you to a safe location for protection and treatment. However, this still needs to be completed. Currently, it is only at the prototype stage, and the tester of the prototype is Lin Haiyuan."

Shinonono Tsukasa felt that only an emergency recall device could meet their survival requirements, and of course, they would also want to equip their cherished ship girls with emergency recall devices.

"Is that so? I understand. Then please craft me a Zealot Power Armor. Mingmiao will send you the dimensions later. But is our military base really just going to watch them launch a burrowing attack without any other countermeasures? Just the fact that blowing them up would generate a lot of toxins and toxic gas is disgusting and could cause unimaginable casualties."

Seeing that there was no better way, Li Xiangyang readily agreed to put on a Zealot power armor and a shield to save his life, at least so that he wouldn't be shot or blown up by a cannon.

"But what about genetic mutation weapons? Those kinds of genetic mutation weapons are used to create mutants called 'Beastmen' on a large scale. That would be another kind of biohazard."

Kant could foresee that once the entire city's inhabitants turned into berserkers, the regular Epsilon army would be mixed in and launch a joint attack. That would be an offensive that was not easy to stop. In fact, before the war even started, they would lose many soldiers to enemy berserkers due to the genetically mutated weapons.

"This worry is unnecessary. The most numerous species on the Crested Arms Islands are not humans, but various kinds of demi-humans. Gene mutation weapons are almost ineffective against demi-humans because they target human genes, while these demi-humans have genomes different from normal humans. Therefore, gene mutation weapons can only kill demi-humans to a large extent, rather than turning them into berserkers. Even if some demi-humans do survive the gene mutation, they will inevitably be distorted and deformed. So there is no need to worry about the berserker biohazard crisis."

Even though Shinononozuka didn't care much about these matters of people's livelihood and politics, she understood that the demi-humans had an absolute numerical advantage in terms of numbers and population on the Crested Arms Islands, and that many of the humans on the islands were human soldiers recruited by Li Xiangyang through the system.

Chapter 127 The Meeting Room (Part 2)

"What if Epsilon improves their genetic mutation weapons and uses them to mutate demi-human genes, even to the point that they might work on them as well?"

Li Xiangyang could still imagine how much trouble it would cause to the demi-humans if they could be genetically mutated into berserkers, since human soldiers would never be the majority.

"Well, if Epsilon wants to improve their genetic mutation weapons so that they can be effective against demi-humans, then their genetic mutation weapons will only have the effect of killing or creating mutants on humans. Genetic mutation is targeted and can only achieve its original effect on a specific type of organism. The kind of virus that can kill and infect all organisms and mutate them into monsters only exists in Resident Evil."

Shinononozuka felt that the T-virus's only ability was to infect and mutate organisms, rather than transforming them into a specific form. In comparison, Epsilon's genetic mutation weapon was scientifically sound because it didn't mutate non-human organisms into berserkers. However, the question of how to add so much muscle mass, a pair of pants, boots, and a blindfold out of thin air... was probably biosynthesized.

"I'm not too sure about their genetic engineering. If they really wanted to mutate demi-humans into berserkers, their genetic research department would obviously have to capture a lot of samples to ensure that the genetic mutation effect would work on all demi-humans. Therefore, even if they could create them, they could only drop them as genetic mutation bombs, and would not change their individual genetic mutation weapons. I think you should be worried about more individual genetic mutation weapons. But don't worry about that. Those weapons are not something normal humans can handle, so they are useless against them."

Lin Haiyuan didn't think that Epsilon would be foolish enough to drastically modify Rahn's Earth Nova Ray just to mutate into a demi-human.

As for who Li Xiangyang was referring to when he said "they," it was undoubtedly ship girls. However, are ship girls really ordinary living beings? Or do they have genetic sequences? This is an unresolved question.

"If they really have invented genetic mutation weapons against demi-humans, could it be that they have deployed their genetic mutation weapons into our water sources to deal with us silently?"

Kant thought that this genetically mutated weapon should be able to spread through water, but this was a very irrelevant issue for those in the know.

"Their mutated viruses cannot survive in air and water without a host. The host will also become inactive during the gene mutation process caused by the virus, becoming garbage waiting to be recycled and reused by the immune system. From the beginning, they would never put mutated viruses into the water. If they did, it would easily harm themselves and others. They don't want to see the whole world full of mad beastmen. They are not here to open a magical house. They can have as many of those mindless things as they want. They need to submit to their subjects or slaves."

Lin Haiyuan followed the philosophical approach used in their online chat, believing that Li Xiangyang and Kant understood it.

Li Xiangyang and Kang De exchanged a glance and said, "Then we can rest assured. However, does Epsilon's recent action against Gegeyari Island mean they are preparing for a large-scale attack?"

"No, this was just one of their infiltration operations. They wanted to find out what interesting things we were hiding in the technology center. After all, they had already seen our new products. If I hadn't used tactical missiles to destroy the technology center during that attack, they planned to use it to hack into our database, or even establish a psychic beacon or psychic amplifier locally to strengthen their defenses, and then bring the entire Crested Arms Islands under their control. They would then find me through you. Their ultimate target has always been me, not you."

Lin Haiyuan believed that Epsilon would not think that there would be any bad consequences for him to push his luck when the enemy showed weakness.

"Right now, Epsilon doesn't know he's with the Azure Front. He only knows he's connected to his Burning Wind Rebels. So whether he's here or not, he'll still attack you."

To prevent them from creating the illusion that Lin Haiyuan was leaving the Qubi Islands, and then spreading rumors of Lin Haiyuan leaving the Qubi Islands to lure Epsilon into turning their guns on him.

"I know that, but we have an enemy that controls an entire world. We only control one archipelago right now, and we don't have much time to develop. This kind of enemy is really difficult to deal with."

Li Xiangyang never imagined that having a comparable military force would allow them to counter Epsilon, a world-controlling entity.

"Therefore, I recommend that you leave a contingency plan for all of us, such as rebuilding Lin Haiyuan's airship... Although the lack of nanotechnology makes it impossible to truly rebuild his super-powerful flagship, we have the technology to rebuild the predecessor of his airship, the Paradox Engine. However, we need a sufficiently spacious area and... resources. As long as we manufacture the Paradox Engine, even if we lose control of our territory and some of our troops are dispersed, we will still be able to ensure our own survival and launch a counterattack."

Shinonono thought that if they had the Paradox Engine now, it would effectively alleviate the predicament they faced when fighting against Epsilon.

"The predecessor [Paradox Engine]? This is something you didn't tell us before. Isn't it a bit late to bring it up now... But it might not be too late to mend things now."

Li Xiangyang had only heard of the Eternal and the Colonia's flank air base before, and had never heard of the predecessor ship's Paradox engine.

"Let's start with the basic data. Lin Haiyuan's air flagship, the Eternal, has a range of 24 kilometers. So how big is the engine of its predecessor, the Paradox?"

Kant spread his palms and casually wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He hadn't expected that such a unique work as the Ark-ship would have a predecessor ship. Could this mean that it was mass-produced?

"There are no exaggerated changes. The size remains 24KM. The Colonia Flanking Air Base is an improved product that partially uses new materials and new weapons on the original design framework."

For Lin Haiyuan, the supreme commander of the Eternal/Coronia flank air base, these words are undoubtedly the most powerful.

"So it's still about improving a product? Then may I ask how long it took to manufacture this aerial flagship?"

Li Xiangyang asked a crucial question: how much time did they actually spend building the predecessor ship?

"It took about two years in total. At that time, we were forced to take off urgently before even finishing some of the finishing work. However, now that we have complete design drawings and blueprints, and with advanced construction technology, we can do it in less than two years. But we only know that it will take less than two years. Whether it will take a year and a half, a year, or a few months, we will only know when the project is underway."

Shinononozuka himself couldn't determine when such a giant ship would be built, since construction hadn't even begun.

"You'd better provide a summary report so we know how many resources and B-numbers are needed to build this behemoth. You must understand that our military expansion is based on massive resource consumption. Before the Eternal Revelation Alliance acquires and puts into practice the mass-energy conversion technology, we don't have enough resources on hand, and oil resources are not unlimited."

Li Xiangyang scratched his head.

"Therefore, at this time... our expeditionary fleet should cooperate with the fleet of the Republic of Ikchino to prepare to attack the eastern port city of Serafin Continent."

Lin Haiyuan turned to look at the world map hanging in the conference room.

Chapter 128 Combustion Accelerator (Part 1)

Military Operations: Accelerant

Location: Eternal Revelation Alliance - Eastern District - Saint Sid

时间:1982年3月17日6:00:00

Theme song: Black Ice 9 — Echo

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Following the failure of the military operation on Gegeari Island, and given Yuri's cooperation with the Ikchino Republic Alliance, the Ikchino Republic Alliance, eager to settle old scores with the Eternal Revelation Alliance, decided to take action.

After suffering a significant setback in the naval battle near the Island of the Gazing Ones against the drone fleet of the Alliance of Eternal Revelation, Yuri decided to take the initiative and request the deployment of the Mind Department to "soften" the defenses of Saint-Cid, the next target of the two fleets, in order to minimize the loss of military strength of the Republic of Ikchino and to obtain more slaves for future Mind Beacons and Mind Control Amplifiers, including the expeditionary fleet of the Winter Crown that controls the Azure Front. Comrade Stein immediately agreed to her request, but demanded that she make a guarantee and a pledge to ensure that the losses of the Alliance fleet and the Front fleet do not exceed the predetermined target, otherwise Yuri Abel's entire Mind Department would be held accountable.

Therefore, for Yuri, in order to avoid being discarded after being used and allowing the Republic of Ikchino to reap the rewards she had planted in Serafin, known as "Mind Beacon" and "Mind Control Amplifier," she naturally had to find a way to accomplish this. However, she couldn't deploy a large force; instead, she had to use their conventional infiltration tactics to soften the drone army of the Eternal Revelation Alliance.

So the heretic, who had just been temporarily laid off due to the end of a military operation, once again received orders from his superiors to prepare for the infiltration operation that he was already very familiar with. However, as usual, he first reviewed the mission briefing to understand the background of the military operation and what he was supposed to do and why he was doing it, so that he would have a clear understanding when commanding the troops.

[Gorgiari's military operation failed, but we still learned about their advanced armory through the technology center. Surprisingly, it was incomplete and lacked sophistication. They lacked Hailstorm Siege Platforms, Reversal Warriors, and Weather Control Machines... They did have the Peacemaker Cannon to replace the Hailstorm Siege Platforms, and there were no substitutes for the Reversal Warriors and Weather Control Machines. However, they did have Slingshot-type hover anti-aircraft vehicles and the Mirage Tank codenamed Snow Maiden, which can be identified as Shinonono Tsukasa's creation. But all of this is irrelevant to the mission you are about to undertake.]

The heavy losses suffered by the Alliance fleet and the Azure Front naval battle on the Island of the Gazing Ones have cast a shadow over the war confidence of the Supreme Command of the Republic of Ikchino. In order to quickly bring most of their troops into the flesh-grinding, mind-control cage of Serafin Continent, and of course, the Azure Front's Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet, we need to soften the drone army of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. With their drone army that can be produced indefinitely and immediately deployed into battle, they are enough to repel the Alliance fleet and the Azure Front's expeditionary fleet, which have no further support, even with the advantage of fighting on home ground. Therefore, we must find a way to attack the weak point of this formidable drone army before they launch their attack. We have already seen the trouble caused by drone armies in the Shelikov Strait in the Zero Otherworld. The Burning Wind Rebels overwhelmed our interception base with a massive number of exaggerated drone fighters. In addition, the coastal defense facilities of the Eternal Revelation Alliance are also a problem. Modern warships do not fare well against coastal defense facilities. Therefore, we must not only strike the weak point of the drone army, but also solve the coastal defense facilities.

This military operation is absolutely not going to end in failure or exposure. Failure would mean the Psychic Department would be unable to survive within the Ikchino Republic Alliance. Exposure would mean the Pacific Front is still on guard against us, and if they discover our presence, they will immediately warn the Ikchino Republic Alliance of our dangerous objectives, rendering all our previous investments worthless and even creating another enemy in this world. Although we possess the Death Hand intercontinental ballistic missile, it's not for use in areas we intend to conquer! We came to this world to command and conquer all intelligent life here, not to bring them destruction. Remember this. Another commando will be assisting us in this operation.

This mission briefing was much shorter than the last one, and after reading it, the heretics understood that the key points of this mission were stealth and speed.

"However, it seems quite difficult. How can we, the Epsilonians, carry out infiltration missions without using Epsilonian weaponry? And our mind control is ineffective against drones..."

The heretic didn't see any room for traditional infiltration operations, unless the infiltrators or psychic elites he was assigned had the ability to control drones in combat. He exited the mission briefing interface and looked at the still pitch-black battlefield view and the radiant VIP icon on the radar minimap, waiting for notification from the EVA system.

"Establishing battlefield con/t/rol standby."

Epsilon's voice then rang out in the command room, and the radar minimap in the upper left corner of the giant display also began to work normally, while the radiant Epsilon symbol blurred into a jumbled mess of colors.

His battlefield view shifted to the lower right corner of the battlefield with the camera switching sound and satellite scan sound. A device with a ring-shaped structure and floating spiked balls was protected by metal walls and some defensive facilities. Yenzoo hover tanks and Cradow hover anti-aircraft vehicles patrolled and protected the area. Weedoboth fighter-bombers patrolled the air. A large semi-transparent shield fluctuated in the air, protecting everything within the shield's range. Another device with a mysterious ground-mounted base and floating structure emitted a bluish light.

"This device is a Tier 3 energy extraction well of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. It can extract a large amount of energy from energy points for the Eternal Revelation Alliance to use. If we can destroy it, the Eternal Revelation Alliance's energy supply in the area will be in dire straits. However, we cannot do that because the energy generated by this energy generator is extremely powerful. If it gets out of control, it will immediately cause a massive explosion. The power of this explosion is comparable to that of a tactical nuclear missile. Therefore, we can only try to paralyze this Tier 3 energy extraction well, rather than destroy it. However, its defenses are very strong, and it is also protected by the Eternal Revelation Alliance's 'Radiance' heavy shield generator. So we need to do something to attract the attention of these drones first."

Epsilon EVA then switched the battlefield view to a location in front of the T3 energy extraction well. Using satellite scanning, she unveiled a strange building with a star-shaped base, a disc, three luminous buildings, and a ring-shaped protrusion. From this building, drone units gradually took shape in nanomaterials and drove out to their designated positions.

"This is the Tier 3 ground war factory of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, responsible for producing all their Tier 3 vehicles. The defenses here are relatively weak. If we capture or destroy it, it will be a significant blow to the local Eternal Revelation Alliance's land forces. They will not be able to recover in a short time. So if we are attacked here, they may send some of the troops defending the Tier 3 energy extraction wells to support us. If they do not do so, then we will destroy the war factory and attack the next target."

Chapter 129 Combustion Accelerator (Part Two)

The battlefield view shifted to another location with the camera switching sound. Satellite scanning revealed the darkness, and an ancient-style air force factory (featuring a star-shaped base, a metallic silver-white disc, and a glowing black building) was reflected in the heretics' eyes. This was a T3-level ancient revelation alliance air force factory, capable of producing T3 air force units and experimental air units, which was then illuminated by the EVA system.

"This is the Tier 3 air force factory of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. Attacking or destroying this facility can cut off the replenishment of the Eternal Revelation Alliance's advanced air force units in the area, reduce the air defense pressure on the two fleets, and allow their air force units and ballistic missiles to rain down on the Eternal Revelation Alliance. Their drone army will remain indifferent and provide no support. After destroying it, we will withdraw from here."

The battlefield view shifts to another location with the camera switching sound. Satellite scans reveal a relatively loosely defended area with many golden energy frames and star-shaped bases, along with multiple underground ventilation fans and battery-like devices emitting light smoke. This is a rather mediocre hydrocarbon power plant, something used by the UEF, Sebran, and Wangu, but not by Serafin.

"These hydrocarbon power plants are facilities that the Eternal Revelation Alliance has not further developed. They are far inferior to their energy extraction wells and mass extraction wells, but they can use fuel to produce additional energy and can also be used as auxiliary facilities. Destroying them will also produce small-scale explosions, but the explosive power is far less than that produced by the destruction of energy extraction wells. However, the Ikchino Republic Alliance and the Pacific Front both want to seize the technological buildings related to their mass-energy conversion technology, so we cannot destroy their hydrocarbon power plants. We can only try to paralyze them. Once this place is paralyzed, the Eternal Revelation Alliance's energy reserves in the region should be greatly reduced, and they may not have the energy to convert into mass to create their drone army in subsequent operations."

A few seconds after the EVA system flashed these hydrocarbon power plants, it switched the battlefield view to the lower left corner of the map, inside a quiet park in St. Sid. Four troop carriers broke through the soft soil, and then several well-proportioned girls in armor covering part of their bodies emerged from the rear hatch and appeared on the battlefield. Judging from their figures, they were very similar to Libra.

"This is our new special unit, Libra. These genetically modified female psychic users will no longer use their psychic powers to control humans, but rather for destruction. Their psychic powers can enhance the super-energy electromagnetic coil cannons in their arms. These super-energy electromagnetic coil cannons are more powerful than Volkov's chain electromagnetic cannons, making them perfect for dealing with these drones. Use them to destroy any enemy that stands in your way before you complete your mission objectives, whether in the air or on the ground."

After the Epsilon EVA system flashed with images of these genetically modified female psychic abilities that bore some resemblance to Eureka, a roaring purple human icon with a gray background popped up on the support skill bar.

"Their Judgment Angel power armor contains an improved Berserk End Serum, which can greatly enhance their combat power and self-healing ability. Their genetic modification allows them to ignore the side effects of the Berserk End Serum and better utilize their mental power. However, the Berserk End Serum has a limited number of uses, please be aware."

“Epsilon we serve…” “In Yuri we trust…” “As Yuri dictates…”, the Libras said in a chillingly low voice.

(Are these newly developed combat personnel from the research base again? To be honest, they probably still see this military operation as an opportunity for real-world testing. Hopefully, they won't make any mistakes.)

In the minds of heretics, experimental subjects are usually symbols of instability, and sending experimental subjects into battle without further testing only illustrates the weakness of their own forces. However, Epsilon's side was not truly lacking in combat strength, but rather genuinely wanted to use these steel-boned warriors of the Eternal Revelation Alliance as opponents for real-world testing.

Epsilon EVA officially announces the start of operations: "Battle Con/t/rol Online".

"Alright, ladies who are not dressed in a form-fitting way and are wrapped in iron boxes, I hope you can stand firm when facing an attack and not be knocked down in a few blows."

The heretics looked at the power armor worn by these women, who were called "Libra," and felt that it resembled some kind of fashionable dress with a metallic texture. The lack of coverage in the armored areas made their defensive capabilities seem suspicious.

Libras possess a permanent kinetic energy barrier protecting themselves and their armor, capable of blocking and weakening enemy attacks. Common firearms have limited effectiveness against them, while beam weapons cannot be easily blocked by the kinetic energy barrier. They can support a shield composed of psychic energy, but its strength has limits, so please be extremely careful.

Although Epsilon EVA said so, the permanent kinetic barrier is still quite troublesome for the Alliance of Eternal Revelation, which generally uses gun-type weapons. Most of their energy weapons are launched as energy projectiles, which are also subject to interception or even deflection by the kinetic barrier. However, it is very likely that the energy projectiles will be deflected and disintegrated due to the weakening of the shaping field.

"A permanent kinetic barrier? That's really great. It's a pity that the kinetic barrier guarded by headquarters can only be used on humans and cannot be extended to armored units."

The heretic stroked his smooth, stubble-free chin thoughtfully. As far as he knew, the original plan to enlarge the kinetic barrier for protecting vehicles was naturally wiped out after they captured Scrin technology. After all, the force field shield technology and force field shield generator in Scrin technology were readily available, so why would they use a kinetic barrier that might not be able to completely intercept enemy attacks?

Because the location where the troop carriers surfaced was too remote, and the Eternal Revelation Alliance had already evacuated all civilians from Saint-Hidden, which was about to become a battlefield, as well as the belongings they had to take with them.

Epsilon's intelligence officers obviously wouldn't allow the burrowing troop transport vehicles to risk being besieged by releasing these female psychic units codenamed Libra. Therefore, no Eternal Revelation Alliance drones immediately came to cause trouble for these Libras, who are similar to the deep-sea ship girls in those ship girl games.

"It's quiet and deserted here, perfect for covert operations, but the problem is... can't you give me a Shadow Aura support skill?"

The heretics still prefer to sneak up on the enemy and open fire, so as to ensure the surprise of the attack and avoid having their assault squads bear the enemy's firepower before launching their attack.