Colonia Storm Tour

We are very sorry, Heretic, we forgot to grant you permission to use the "Shadow Aura" support skill. Shadow Aura is currently charging.

An EVA message appeared in the upper left corner of the giant monitor, and then a pink-glowing human eye icon popped out of the support skill bar, with a semi-transparent percentage loading screen slowly changing around the support skill in shadow.

(You guys forgot to give it to me even though I didn't mention it!?)

The heretic thought to himself.

Chapter 130 Combustion Accelerator (Part 3)

[60 minutes remain before the combined fleet of the Pacific Front's expeditionary fleet and the Red Navy of the Ikchino Republic Alliance launches its first attack. Hurry, heretics!]

"Timer Started." After EVA's voice from Epsilon, a countdown appeared in the lower right corner of the giant display and decreased at a normal rate.

"The current mission briefing only asks me to destroy their war factories and cripple their energy facilities; it hasn't even mentioned their coastal defenses yet. Time is really tight."

Seeing that there was only one hour left, the heretic knew he couldn't let the Libras linger in place for several minutes. He ordered them to immediately advance towards the nearest Tier 3 land factory, hovering above the ground and emitting eerie sounds as they moved towards the target area. Enemies within their attack range were to be attacked and killed immediately. However, since the city of St. Sid was now devoid of civilians, only remaining buildings and unmanned vehicles, this order prevented the Libras from causing a massacre. Nevertheless, the Eternal Revelation Alliance's drones quickly spotted the suspicious women in military gear. The fast-moving, three-legged T1 light assault robots, "Flash," immediately began to move with bipedal gait, their grenade launchers firing from the rotating chassis. Each grenade traced a distinct parabolic trajectory as it hurtled towards the Libras—the original Flash assault robots were equipped with sonic pulse cannons, possessing exceptional lethality against biological and armored targets, and also exhibiting linear damage.

"Enemy grenades detected. Reinforce the kinetic barrier to reflect them." "A simple but dangerous projectile weapon that requires a reinforced kinetic barrier." "Their attack will be in vain."

The Libras at the front of the procession immediately activated their mental power to amplify and adjust the effect of the kinetic barrier, concentrating the entire deep purple kinetic barrier within their 180-degree fan-shaped area.

The grenades, with their considerable initial velocity, slammed into the kinetic barrier and were then traced in a bizarre path by the power of the mind and the barrier, returning to their launch point... that is, to the bodies of those flash assault robots. With a series of booming explosions, these lightly armored, fast-moving robots were immediately blown off course by the grenades they had fired.

"By Yuri, when did the kinetic barrier become so powerful that it can completely reflect ballistic weapons at the enemy?! Oh, their mental powers seem quite strong."

The heretics were startled when they saw the Flash Assault Robots launch grenades, thinking that the Libras were going to be wiped out by a single grenade. They never expected that the Libras would wipe out the enemy with just a reflective attack.

[Heretical, be careful. These drones are all connected to a network, so once one of them enters hunting mode and discovers that your forces haven't taken them out, other hunting drones will immediately swarm in and overwhelm its enemy with sheer numbers. Therefore, you must act quickly before your drones' numerical advantage is enough to crush our scales.]

Epsilon's intelligence agent then used the Epsilon EVA to remind the heretics, who were still excited about the Libras' ability to effectively deflect enemy live ammunition attacks.

"I almost forgot that those damn drones like to swarm attacks. If we don't destroy their war factories and air force factories, it's only a matter of time before this squad is overwhelmed by sheer numbers. Alright, there's no time for you to show off your strength. Open fire and wipe out those enemies, Libras."

When the heretic was reminded of what he had learned about drone warfare at military academy, as well as the recent examples of fighting against the Foehn resistance, he realized that time was more pressing than he had imagined.

Boom! The pale silver lightning snakes flashed across the sky above Saint Sid City. The Flash Assault Robots, which were lucky enough to escape the destruction of the grenade explosions that reflected off them, were instantly melted into scrap metal by the magnetic storm rays fired from the magnetic storm coils enhanced by psychic power. They were then briefly trampled underfoot by the high-speed hovering Libras.

The subsequent drone operation by the Eternal Revelation Alliance confirmed the warning from the Epsilon intelligence officer: more Flash Assault Robots began to converge on the area of ​​previous combat and immediately opened fire on the advancing Libras. However, once the enhanced kinetic barrier was activated and expanded, the grenades they fired were used to destroy themselves rather than the Libras.

In terms of weaponry, the Librans are essentially an infantry version of the Queen of the Swarm. They can unleash a barrage of super-energy storm rays, destroying numerous flashbang robots with continuous scattering. As a result, the flashbang robots are not very effective at interception, and the Librans quickly reach the range of the Ancient Revelation Alliance's T3 land factory defenses. The defenses guarding the land factory are mainly equipped with a fixed Oblivion energy cannon and a Seeker anti-air cannon. The anti-air cannon can be ignored, but the Oblivion energy cannon, as a T2 point defense tower, has considerable firepower. Most importantly, it uses beam weapons, not projectile weapons. The Librans' kinetic barrier is not very effective against energy weapons, requiring the deployment of a psychic shield. However, the psychic shield will be instantly penetrated by the concentrated fire of so many Oblivion energy cannons. Fortunately, the super-energy storm coil not only has amazing attack power but also an equally amazing range. In some ways, the Queen of the Swarm is a successor to the first-generation magnetic tank, because the first-generation magnetic tank was a siege unit, not a short-to-medium range attack unit like the second generation.

The heretics were unaware of how formidable the Oblivion point defenses were, so he grouped the two Libras together, with each group attacking one Oblivion point defense simultaneously.

Once the order was given, the super-energy magnetic storm coil emitted pale magnetic storm rays that echoed across the ground along with a thunderous roar. The Oblivion point defenses were instantly melted and pulverized by the immense energy of the magnetic storm rays, exploding in a fiery red explosion. Then, a continuous stream of flash attack robots from the War Factory and surrounding areas surrounded the Librans. The Heretic was forced to activate all Librans' enhanced kinetic barriers to reflect the drones' attacks. The collective reflection of incoming grenades was predictable; these grenades, as always, destroyed their own reflectors. However, what the Heretic hadn't anticipated was that there was another type of unit near the War Factory... They opened fire, and Fervor's T1 light mobile artillery opened fire on them, raining down shells on his Libras. These shells hit the Libras' reinforced kinetic barriers and bounced back, not only destroying themselves but also saving the heretical Libras a lot of trouble by destroying their surrounding facilities and other drones. The damage also affected the land factory that was in production. Although it did not cause much damage, it successfully allowed the Libras, who had just wiped out a round of drones with their reflections, to rush in and start firing on the T3 land factory.

The super-magnetic storm beams emitted by the super-magnetic storm coils were intentionally targeted at the three black, glowing buildings of the T3 land factory, causing unimaginable destruction. They instantly blew up the three black, glowing buildings and paralyzed the entire T3 land factory. This was because the nano-spray guns of the land factory were located on the three black, glowing buildings of the T3 land factory. However, they could still be repaired by the engineering units to the point of being usable again. Therefore, the Librans used the super-magnetic storm coils to thoroughly ravage the foundation of the T3 land factory until it was no longer recognizable as its original form before they stopped.

[The Ancient Revelation Alliance's Tier 3 land-based factory has been destroyed. Well done, heretics! Next, you'll face the Ancient Revelation Alliance's air force drones. Quickly, destroy their Tier 3 air force factory.]

Epsilon EVA displays this message in the upper left corner of the monitor.

Chapter 131 Combustion Accelerator (Part 4)

Before the Epsilon EVA's notification had even faded, several fighter jets resembling manta rays rapidly flew overhead from the Libras. However, these jets maintained their ancient style, featuring black stripes and a beige-gray fuselage. Below the fuselage, four energy cannons swung and aimed at the Libras, firing four cyan energy projectiles in succession. This attack method was reminiscent of the Rising Sun Empire's Skywing fighters or Eggplant's Storm Knight fighters. However, these jets, strictly speaking, are not fighters; they only resemble them in appearance. In the game, they are classified as T2 gunship-type aerial units called Specter. However, while the original Specter gunships used four-barrel laser weapons, these Specter gunships used energy cannons. As specialized ground-attack aerial units, and possessing a numerical advantage as drones, the cyan columnar energy projectiles quickly formed a spectacular barrage.

However, these cylindrical energy projectiles were still reflected when they hit the reinforced kinetic energy barrier. However, they were different from the abnormal super-energy shield of Omega Yuriko. These cylindrical energy projectiles were reflected and quickly exploded into dazzling high-temperature starbursts due to the weakening of the shaping force field. They did not cause any harm to people or things. At this time, a small number of Weedoboth fighter-bombers also joined in. These dual-purpose fighters swiftly flapped their wings and flung the high-explosive bombs in their bomb bays toward the Libras. They were then reflected back by the kinetic energy barrier before being detonated.

BOOM!!! The few high-explosive bombs automatically detonated after reaching launch altitude, and the shock wave generated by the explosion damaged or disrupted the flight attitude of some unlucky Vulthoo gunships.

"Damn it... These Eternal Revelation Alliance drone air force are as numerous as garbage. Fortunately, the reinforced reflective barrier can still be effective against their weapons."

The heretics had to press a button to reveal the Libras hidden under the drone swarm, and then command them to ignore the flies flying in the sky and head straight for the air force factory. If this scene were played on a computer game, it would surely make the CPU0 cooling fan groan under its own weight and generate enough heat to boil an egg.

So the Libras appeared to be being chased by a dense swarm of drones as they ran toward the T3 Air Force Factory of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. With their mobility, they quickly approached the T3 Air Force Factory of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. However, the outer perimeter was also protected by Oblivion point defense facilities. At present, the Libras were already using all their strength to maintain the reinforced barrier and move, and had no spare strength to use the super-energy magnetic storm coil.

*Beep beep beep!* [Heretics, you've made a huge commotion! So many drones swarming the city will soon attract the attention of the Ikchino Republic Alliance's satellites! You're on an infiltration mission, not a frontal assault. Immediately use Shadow Encirclement to make the Libras disappear from the enemy's sight!]

The piercing alarm finally brought the heretics, who had been rushing to the enemy's T3 air force factory, back to reality that they were carrying out an infiltration operation rather than a frontal assault.

"But after being besieged by so many drones, the so-called infiltration operation has long since failed. However, if EVA hadn't mentioned it, I would have almost forgotten that I have Shadow Aura at my disposal."

The heretics grumbled about EVA's belated reminder, then commanded the Libras to gather in one area and choose Shadow Envelopment. With the dark, ring-shaped psychic energy, the Libras silently disappeared from their original positions and from the drones' sensors. The drones that lost their targets immediately stopped firing. The once intense battle scene instantly became silent except for some reflected attacks and explosions. It seemed that the drone siege and pursuit battle was just like a dream.

The Libras, now in stealth mode, slipped past the drones, through the wall nodes and Oblivion point defenses, and arrived behind the three black, glowing buildings containing nano-spray guns at the T3 Air Force Factory of the Eternal Revelation Alliance. They then raised their super-energy magnetic storm coils and opened fire, firing multiple super-energy magnetic storm rays in succession. The mental illusion field was also broken due to fluctuations in the optical field, revealing the Libras. The Weedoboth fighters and Specter gunships in the sky immediately turned their noses and guns around, dropping high-explosive bombs and launching energy blasts to bombard the Libras.

Don't expect drones with limited intelligence to cause friendly fire incidents. They simply don't target friendly forces and don't consider whether to attack them when they are within the range of their own weapons. The Heretics cleverly exploited this by using the massive energy bombs and few bombs from the Ancient Revelation Alliance's drones to destroy their own T3 air force factory.

[The Tier 3 air force factory of the Ancient Revelation Alliance has been destroyed. Well done, heretics. The number of Ancient Revelation Alliance air force and ground drones you will face should be reduced. Next, you should send the Libras closer to the Ancient Revelation Alliance hydrocarbon power plant. Then our burrowing troop transport vehicles will send infiltrators to assist in the mission.]

Before the invisibility effect of the Shadow Aura disappeared, the heretics chased the Libras away from the defensive perimeter of the Oblivion point's defensive structures and wall nodes as fast as they could. Once they were out of the range of the defensive structures, the Shadow Aura effect dissipated, and the Libras reappeared from their invisibility.

"It would be better to just give them a bunch of Tyrant Tanks. I guarantee that before the Pacific Front, the Ikchino Republic Alliance, and the Eternal Revelation Alliance can react, their war factories, air force factories, and coastal defense facilities will be flooded and destroyed by their poison grenades. There's no need to use these troublesome female psionicists to carry out this high-risk mission."

The heretic complained about the EVA system, but his complaints were useless to the already established battle plan. He still had to painstakingly direct the Libras to complete the mission.

[This time, the deployment of the Libras in battle was at Lady Yuri's behest. They are heretics, and the poison cloud created by the Tyrant Tank is even more easily recognizable than the Libras.]

The Epsilon EVA system responded to the heretics' complaints with a straight face, and its reasons were quite irrefutable.

“I understand, but we’ve all started using Magnetic Storm Coils. I don’t think that makes them any better at identifying than the toxin cloud created by the Tyrant Tank. Well, at least the Pacific Front will suspect it might be the operation of the Ikchino Republic Alliance’s special forces, since only they use Magnetic Storm Coils…”

The heretic continued to think to himself, "These facilities of the Eternal Revelation Alliance don't have much anti-stealth capability. They could just send invisible infiltrators and mind experts to plant explosives. If they want to test these genetically modified mind elite girls, wouldn't it be better to go to the army in the Crested Arms Islands where the Pacific Front is located? Instead, they have to make things so troublesome."

Chapter 132 Combustion Accelerator (Part 5)

Despite their internal complaints, the heretics still had the Libras activate their enhanced kinetic barrier and head towards the hydrocarbon power plant area of ​​the Ancient Revelation Alliance. The enhanced kinetic barrier's ability to reflect attacks was enough to make the Libras immune to the Ancient Revelation Alliance's drones and allow their own attacks to destroy them. However, there were still quite a few Oblivion point defensive facilities in the area.

"Shadow Aura hasn't fully charged yet, so ladies, use Berserk End Potion to get yourselves even more excited, and then start attacking the enemy's defenses..."

The heretic said, "Click on the Berserk Support skill. No need to specify the range of use. The command to use the Berserk Support skill is transmitted to the Libras' power armor and the Berserk End Potion is released immediately."

However, the berserk endpoint gas, which is not activated by the berserk trigger, does not produce spectacular purple smoke or humanoid roars. Instead, the Libras' eyes emit a chilling, inexplicable light, their skin begins to turn a strange purple, and their physical abilities are amplified exponentially. Their mental power also becomes stronger under this enhancement of physical energy. Then, with an indescribable, distorted, and eerie sound, the mental power component of the super-energy magnetic storm coil overflows with even stronger mental power to amplify the magnetic storm ray. Each continuous shot is like a thunderous roar from nature. The Oblivion point defense facilities are melted and destroyed on the spot by the super-energy magnetic storm ray with just one attack, which seems comparable to the Eiffel Tower being magnetized by Volkov.

The Libras, empowered by the berserk amplification of their physical and mental abilities, fired their super-powered magnetic storm coils almost non-stop. A barrage of pale lightning relentlessly destroyed all point defenses, and the powerful magnetic storm rays could generate multiple branching beams, destroying even more surrounding objects. If the target shifted to drones in the sky, the chain of magnetic storm rays would easily obliterate them. Even without destroying them, the powerful EMP effect of the magnetic storm rays would still bring them down. As for the assault robots, their fate was even more certain—they were wiped out in waves. This frenzied slaughter would only end after the 60-second duration of the berserk potion expired.

However, since they had already destroyed the Oblivion point defenses around the hydrocarbon power plant in their berserk attack, Epsilon would naturally send in burrowing vehicles and infiltrators.

Whoosh! All the underground troop transport vehicles that were ready underground rushed to the surface, and the rear hatches were immediately opened. The infiltrators inside ran out as if they were being chased by ghosts, and then crawled into the hydrocarbon power plant to begin their work—at this time, the magnetic energy rays from the Libras' super-energy storm coils were still flying around them.

The hydrocarbon power plant of the Eternal Revelation Alliance was no secret to Epsilon. Such a low-tech power generation building was easy for infiltrators to sabotage. After paralyzing the automated control system inside the hydrocarbon power plant and stopping the entire plant from operating, the infiltrators would run out and dash back to their burrowing vehicles.

The burrowing troop transport vehicle quickly submerged into the ground without hesitation, knowing that not only were the temporarily berserk Libras still on the surface, but also the ancient drones attacking the Libras.

[The Tier 1 hydrocarbon power plant of the Eternal Revelation Alliance has ceased operation; the cover work was done very well. Comrades can then occupy this power plant for their research and technological use. However, the commotion caused by our Libras is still too great. Lady Yuri at the Supreme Command has learned that the satellites of the Ikchino Republic Alliance have noticed the chaos in Saint-Cid. However, all the Libras' combat data has been recorded, and the headquarters guards will immediately use the hyperspace teleporter to retrieve them.]

"Battle Con/t/rol Offline."

As Epsilon EVA spoke, the battlefield control on the giant monitor in front of the heretics immediately ceased. A wormhole emitting white light and numerous murky black-purple particles appeared beneath the feet of the Libras. The Libras, whose berserk effects had subsided, immediately jumped into the wormhole and left the battlefield upon receiving orders from the rear. The drones, whose numbers had drastically decreased on the battlefield, also ceased firing. However, the large number of drones and facility debris left behind on the battlefield turned Saint-Cyd City, protected by its strong coastal defenses and fleet, into a gigantic junkyard. Therefore, the T3 engineering vehicles of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, resembling clover, began to enter the battlefield to recover these drones and facilities for reuse in the manufacture of new drones and buildings. However, lacking a qualified command center, the T3 engineering vehicles could only recover and reuse debris. Without specific direct instructions, they could not rebuild any buildings on their own. Moreover, even if they had time to rebuild, the loss of the region's only T3 land-based factory and air force factory was a significant blow to their sustained combat capability and prevented them from supporting the drone naval fleet in battle.

Meanwhile, at the Libras' landing site, burrowing troop transport vehicles delivered another batch of infiltrators equipped with individual mind illusion devices. Against the Eternal Revelation Alliance, which lacked basic anti-stealth capabilities, the Heretic, upon hearing the start of the combat control link, directly commanded these infiltrators to infiltrate the T3 energy extraction wells and the T3 naval factory, which had reappeared in the expanded battlefield view. The Heretic initially ignored the coastal defense facilities, because once their backup energy and naval factories were cut off, these coastal defense facilities were essentially stationary targets for ballistic missiles and carrier-based aircraft. Furthermore, their time was limited; the Libras dominated the first half of the battle. The seemingly tedious battle had already consumed nearly 30 minutes, leaving him with only 30 minutes to complete his mission. Therefore, if the coastal defense facilities were along the way, the infiltrators could plant explosives to destroy them. Since they were unfamiliar with the operation of the T3 energy extraction well, they needed multiple infiltrators to work together to infiltrate and find its automated control program and disable it, thus paralyzing the T3 energy extraction well and preventing energy supply to the area. As for the T4 resource generator called "Diamond," they hadn't even seen a trace of it, and whether it would even appear was a question.

The process is self-explanatory. The stealthy infiltrators successfully penetrated the mission almost effortlessly, then destroyed the T3 naval factory and coastal defense facilities, successfully paralyzing the operation of the T3 energy extraction well and temporarily cutting off most of the energy supply sources for drones and other facilities in the area.

"Objective Complete, Mission Accomplished."

The military operation ended with an unusually intense first half and an unusually calm and simple second half, with the heretic lying back in his office chair without saying a word.

-Yuri's Message-

Your command of the Librans was excellent, Heretics. You destroyed a large number of drone air force and ground forces beforehand, effectively weakening the Eternal Revelation Alliance's military strength in the area. Although they still have engineering vehicles to rebuild their facilities, their facility upgrades require time and a large amount of quality and energy. Before they complete their upgrades, the Pacific Front Fleet and the Red Navy Fleet of the Ikchino Republic Alliance will be enough to devour their energy-deficient fleet and send a large number of troops to the coast of Saint-Childe to begin an attack on the entire city. Our work with the Ikchino Republic Alliance has also come to a temporary end. There are other things waiting for us...

Chapter 133 Overly Smooth Progress

The Winter Crown Expeditionary Fleet quickly sent a report back to the four transmigrators in the conference room, claiming that they had captured Saint-Hidden, the port city on the east coast of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, at a speed that surprised even themselves. Their drone fleet and drone air force did not perform as badly as they had in the battle on the Island of the Gazing Ones. Even their coastal defense facilities had mysteriously disappeared in many places. In addition, satellites confirmed that Saint-Hidden, the city of the Eternal Revelation Alliance, seemed to have been the site of some battle. Their hovercraft were collecting debris everywhere. The once considerable drone army seemed to have been mostly reduced to wreckage on the ground, but they had no idea what had happened. The Republic of Ikchino Alliance was also unaware of this. Of course, they had suffered some casualties, which is why they sent engineers to jointly occupy their hydrocarbon power plant, T3 energy extraction well, quality refinery, and quality/energy warehouse. However, something even more puzzling was discovered: the automation system of these hydrocarbon power plants and T3 energy extraction wells had suffered some irreparable malfunction, causing them to malfunction. But this was still within the engineers' understanding, and the malfunction of the automation system had now been fixed.

All the hydrocarbon power plants and T3 energy extraction wells under their control are now back online and working for them, and engineers are recording data in an attempt to reverse engineer them.

"Has the Eternal Revelation Alliance fallen into internal strife? Or has some bad luck, mechanical or programming malfunction, caused their drones to start killing each other?"

Li Xiangyang was baffled by this overly easy victory and began to offer possible explanations for the unanswered questions he had discovered.

"You could say that... After all, apart from fighting themselves, they couldn't possibly have seriously weakened their own strength in the region. It's just a coincidence that their drones and energy facilities malfunctioned at the same time, and they only managed to fix the problems after our engineers arrived."

Kant was honestly a little skeptical. Although such a situation was not impossible, the probability was so small as to be almost negligible. They did not think that they and the army had that kind of luck.

"Neither our agents nor the agents of the Republic of Ikchino have the ability to disguise themselves as their people and infiltrate Saint-Cid to cause trouble. Apart from the possibility that the drones really malfunctioned and the energy facilities were paralyzed at the same time, there is another possibility: that Epsilon intervened and tried to weaken the local Eternal Revelation Alliance's drone army."

Lin Haiyuan himself is a person with a style of doing things very similar to Epsilon. He can connect Epsilon's perspective to their methods of softening and weakening the local Eternal Revelation Alliance drone army. In particular, given that the Eternal Revelation Alliance lacks effective anti-stealth measures, they can largely cause great destruction by sending an infiltrator equipped with a single-soldier mind illusion device.

“That’s very likely. The facilities of the Eternal Revelation Alliance are almost helpless against invisible enemies, so they only need to send a strike team equipped with stealth devices to destroy their drone production facilities and paralyze their energy supply facilities. Currently, besides us, only Epsilon has such capabilities.”

Shinononozuka's approach was similar to Hayashi Kaihara's, except that he used a large commando team to ensure swift action and cause more and greater destruction.

"Hiss... What you're saying makes it quite possible. But why would Epsilon help us form an alliance with the Republic of Ikchino instead of letting the three of us continue fighting and wasting each other's military strength?"

Li Xiangyang did not understand Epsilon's strategy; on the contrary, he found their act of aiding the enemy to be abnormally unbelievable.

"In their view, it would be easy for us to fight each other and consume a lot of military equipment and lives, and then launch a major attack on us when we are weak, or even insert some kind of mind control stuff."

Kant also couldn't understand Epsilon's actions of secretly helping them. Wouldn't it have been more worthwhile to watch them waste their strength in this meat grinder?

"This is easier to understand. They are helping us now... or rather, helping the Republic of Ikchino Alliance, which is mainly attacking the Serafin Continent, to pave the way for their later plans... Our expeditionary fleet and army are also a force to be reckoned with, and the military strength of the Republic of Ikchino Alliance is equally formidable. The Eternal Revelation Alliance also has advanced technology to support their strength, which should not be underestimated either. However, all three of us cannot do without the key element called 'human beings.' So, once they deploy mind beacons and mind control amplifiers, once they are activated, they can obtain a large number of mind-controlled, combat-capable slaves and consumables, turn them against us, or use them to steal intelligence. Moreover, their mind control will not be interrupted as soon as they leave the influence range of the mind beacons and mind control amplifiers, but will only be released from mind control after the mind beacons and mind control amplifiers are destroyed."

Lin Haiyuan didn't know what Epsilon was planning, but he knew that Epsilon would definitely try to reap the benefits from all three parties.

"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits. When our army and the army of the Republic of Ikchino seized the research institution of the Eternal Revelation Alliance as planned, that was their idea. However, they do not seem to be involved with the Republic of Ikchino at the moment. They want to deploy mind beacons and mind control amplifiers... To be honest, even if they have deployed them, we will not be able to detect them if they are not in operation. Even if they are in operation, we have no means of detection unless they and Miss Seye approach the mind control area and feel that power. Otherwise, we will be unaware."

Shinononozuka said that the satellite network they are launching now does not have the ability to detect mind beacons and mind control amplifiers like the GLONASS satellite system.

"Wouldn't our expeditionary fleet and soldiers be in great danger? If we let them continue fighting on Seraphim, and they become mind-controlled, wouldn't many of our military secrets be leaked from their mouths? Besides, the six Kedarin crystals are still on those six aircraft carriers. If Epsilon takes them, who knows what will happen."

Li Xiangyang thought that the best course of action would be to halt the expeditionary fleet's plans and recall them all to China.

"But there's no turning back now. We've already agreed to fight alongside the Republic of Ikchino to defeat the Alliance of Eternal Revelation. If we were to withdraw from the war now because of such baseless claims and a lack of convincing evidence, what would those red demi-people think of us?"

Kant didn't think it was wise to retreat so easily, as this would mean their previous investments would go down the drain and they wouldn't even be able to obtain the energy extraction and conversion technology from the Eternal Revelation Alliance, which could offset their losses.

This war will not only end in a hasty and disastrous manner, but will also cost a lot of money and manpower.

Chapter 134 The Only Way Forward

"I won't go into the overused economic and financial term 'sunk cost,' but our expeditionary fleet must continue fighting alongside the forces of the Republic of Ikchino in Serafin, regardless of whether there is an Epsilon threat. You must understand that our military budget is currently supported by oil resources, our oil wells are operating at full capacity, and mineral resources only account for a very small proportion."

This world isn't like Red Alert or Tiberium. There will be open-pit mines, ore pillars, or caves that you can mine at low cost. The main use of Allied mining vehicles is loading and unloading, and they have no other purpose. Moreover, the Chrono Travel relies on an Allied Ore Refinery. However, the existence of Allied Ore Refineries and Ore Refiners can reduce transportation time and increase the value of the ore. We all know that the fewer impurities in the ore, the higher the purity and the higher the price. Tech-drilled oil wells are no exception. However, they can also build Tech-oil Refineries to refine oil.

"But oil resources are not unlimited like in games. If we operate at full capacity, we expect to deplete them within a few decades. Once the oil resources are exhausted, we will be finished if we have no prepared measures. As things stand, our oil fields are still very limited. Moreover, as the organization expands, we must also invest funds in maintaining operations and people's livelihoods. This makes the resources that can actually be converted into military spending even more scarce, not to mention the problem of shrinking the oil field control area due to war. Therefore, we must acquire the mass-energy extraction and conversion technology of the Eternal Revelation Alliance."

Lin Haiyuan did not want their power and army to be reduced to making a living by selling oil, just like those desert tycoons. Just as those desert tycoons were not stupid enough to know that the oil would eventually run out, they started to use various high technologies to ensure that they would still have a place in the future world. However, whether these countries disguised as tribes could really do this was debatable.