Colonia Storm Tour

"Lady Yuri, the energy reserves of the Burning Wind Rebellion's ultimate weapon—the Paradox Engine—are ample, judging from their frequent use of time stop for propulsion. Even with the phase field generator protecting the Mind Terminator from direct attack, and even if the phase field generator is destroyed, the phase field can be maintained for three minutes. They can't destroy the Mind Terminator before we recover during those two minutes of time stop. However, given that they've taken the neurotoxins you mentioned that make them immune to the Mind Beacon, Mind Control Amplifier, and the Mind Terminator's mind control effects, even if I might be shot on the spot, I still want to say… our Heavenly Sword defense system and Aether Light turrets might attract the attention of the Burning Wind Rebellion and..." Unable to function as intended, especially with time remaining to stop its use, even a large force with a phase field system... here it's just a death throes. The weaponization of the Mind Terminator isn't even in its final stages. If you, Lady Yuri, don't want this world you created to perish so easily at the hands of the Burning Wind Rebellion, take this opportunity to leave Antarctica on an airship to any base in the Southern Hemisphere, rebuild the mind control network, and then detonate the Mind Terminator, triggering a mind blast comparable to a high-yield nuclear warhead, destroying everything within a radius of tens of kilometers—our base and the last of the Burning Wind Rebellion.

"The idea is good, heretical, but the commander-in-chief's desertion is unacceptable. Moreover, the mind control network is already in turmoil. The chain reaction of malfunctions and damage has caused many people to gradually break free from mind control. Some people have also become erratic due to the malfunctioning mind beacons and mind control amplifiers, frantically attacking everything around them. Once the Mind Terminator is destroyed, the whole world will probably wake up. Even if they are mind-controlled, they will accumulate their own memories. They will remember everything we have done. Once they are completely free from the influence of mind control, they will use all available forces to oppose and destroy us. At that time, there will be no place for Epsilon on the entire Earth. At this time, if we don't want the global situation to spiral out of control instantly, and to die tragically in the final moments when chaos reigns and everyone is united in wanting to kill us all, I must stay here to witness the final result of this battle between good and evil, the final judgment."

Yuri knew that Cult Zero's words made a lot of sense: retreating to a safe place to seek a comeback. But she knew that this was just a slow death, a precarious existence. She also wouldn't allow the Mind Terminator to be turned into a one-time-use super-energy wave destruction device. The consequences of doing so would not be as easy as Cult Zero made it out to be. The Mind Terminator, which had accumulated enough psychic energy to affect the entire globe, would release its peak energy in an explosive manner. It was true that the area around the South Pole would be completely destroyed, but that didn't mean that the destructive, out-of-control psychic energy would at most only affect the entire Antarctic continent. On the contrary, the out-of-control destructive energy would not only physically crush any structure that was not strong enough, but would also affect people's minds. At best, people would become idiots; at worst, they would become irrational beasts acting only on instinct. Even powerful psychic abilities would be severely damaged by this mechanically generated psychic energy wave, facing the same fate of becoming idiots or becoming raging beasts with uncontrolled psychic energy.

"Lady Yuri, do you intend to wait here to die? If Epsilon is without you, it will immediately fall apart and be defeated and annihilated one by one by the Burning Wind Rebellion. If you are still alive and continue to lead us, we will have time and opportunity to prepare more troops, weapons and resources to fight back against the Burning Wind Rebellion. We may even be able to use the Death Hand intercontinental ballistic missile to bury them in Antarctica before they withdraw from Antarctica. Then, we can use the Mind Beacon and Mind Control Amplifier to suppress the uprisings caused by those who have broken free from mind control one by one."

The Cult of Zero believed that at that time, the self-proclaimed victors, the Burning Wind Rebellion, would not have had time to activate Time Stop, or rather, they would not have had time to activate Time Stop to freeze the incoming Death Hand intercontinental ballistic missile. They, Epsilon, also did not need to smash the intercontinental ballistic missile directly onto the Burning Wind Rebellion's heads. They could simply use multiple airbursts above them, and the shockwaves and radiation would be enough to severely damage or even destroy the Paradox Engine, rather than waiting for the seemingly unreliable Omega-class Mind Control to destroy the Burning Wind Rebellion's Paradox Engine and thus break their morale.

"Cult Zero, don't underestimate this Foehn Resistance. As long as they possess the hyperspace teleporter and are still infiltrating our satellite network, they still have the opportunity to send their most valuable combat power and equipment beyond Antarctica, to some isolated island or other secluded place, to seek a comeback. Even if we destroy their Paradox Engine then, they will still have enough troops and equipment to fight us to the end and call on the world to resist us. They even have the ability to rebuild their Paradox Engine. Destroying their Paradox Engine then won't be so easy. And there's something that's not confirmed: do they only have one Paradox Engine and not a second one roaming around elsewhere? Not to mention, they shouldn't have used the Paradox Engine to invade Antarctica in the first place. They should have used the equipment from the Allied Forces' armory as their main force and the Foehn Resistance's equipment as secondary, instead using the more advanced Paradox Engine from their air base on the flank of Colonia to attack us, and then using all of the Foehn Resistance's equipment... Go back to your post and do what you can do last, Cult Zero."

Yuri thought that only the second Paradox Engine could explain the frequent malfunctions of their Scrin wormhole generator, time traveler, and mind control network.

"I understand, Lady Yuri."

Cult Leader Zero didn't say much in the face of being asked to leave. Instead, he took a few steps back and left the room, quietly closing the door behind him. After Cult Leader Zero left, Yuri looked up at the ceiling with the VIP logo.

-Foalwind Rebel Army - Battlefield-

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, a somber sound echoed through the heavens and earth as some kind of energy gate closed. The time-stop effect maintained by the Sigma Tuner immediately disappeared, and the previously distorted sky and light, like a monochrome painting, instantly returned to normal. The mental energy emitted by the Mind Terminator regained its dominant position, turning the twilight sky a purplish-red. For the local Epsilon forces, their first line of defense collapsed far too quickly. It was completely destroyed by the massive air strikes of the Burning Wind Rebels within a minute. They had originally expected that the defenses and outposts deployed at the entrance to the Antarctic Ice Valley passage would last at least fifteen minutes. Now, it was as if they were joking; they couldn't even withstand a two-minute time stop. However, seeing the dense enemy air force signals on the radar, they understood that with the Burning Wind Rebels using so many fighter jets for air strikes, it was perfectly normal for this defense line to collapse within a minute. They also knew that the next time the Burning Wind Rebels launched such a large-scale and fierce air attack, it would be when they used time stop again.

They absolutely cannot afford to waste their few remaining troops.

Chapter 176 Purple Twilight (Part 5)

The battlefield view on the monitors in front of all commanders switched to the recently destroyed Epsilon Extreme Defense Base. The large, interconnected glacial island on which it was located, originally teeming with Epsilon units and facilities, was removed during the time stop by a massive air attack. With the sound of the hyperspace teleportation field and the violent energy fluctuations during the hyperspace teleportation, an even larger Protoss Crystal Tower floated on the surface, began to project psionic matrices around it and connected to the warp network. It appeared out of thin air in a bright blue transparent energy film and threads. As it expanded and grew, a glowing scissor-shaped airship was taking shape. Finally, it was constructed and restored to its material form in the scattered blue energy waves, and began to reflect external light normally again. The Mohandar-class Void Radiance Ship, controlled by WalkerNet AI Yun, re-entered the battlefield.

"Savior, I am ready, all data prepared, to participate in this glorious final battle against Epsilon."

Walker AI Yun's communication voice echoed in the Paradox Engine's command center. The Mohandar-class Void Radiance ship he was on was flashing on the monitors in front of all the commanders, displaying relevant messages.

[Walker.com AI·Cloud Mohandar-class Void Radiance is the only flying warship we created using a large amount of Kedarin crystal reserves that can reliably defeat the aerial fortress Illikara. It also has the ability to travel in low Earth orbit. However, the current battlefield does not require its low Earth orbit flight capability. It will be the mainstay of our long-term air fleet against Epsilon.]

At this moment, two objects in bright blue transparent energy films and threads appeared on the left and right sides of the Crystal Tower, materializing and revealing the outlines of the Allied/Foenwind Resistance mobile construction vehicles. After 5 seconds of materialization, they were truly materialized onto the battlefield in the bright blue energy waves and began to reflect light normally. Then they drove to the ground where there were originally two Epsilon construction sites and deployed the construction sites.

Construction robots and nanodrones poured out from the Allied and Foehn construction sites and began rapid construction, following the original layout of the Epsilon base. The Allied and Foehn battlefield buildings were also arranged according to the Epsilon base layout, except that areas originally used to house Berserker Activators and Mind Control Devices were replaced with Storm Origins and Weather Control Machines. More Allied defensive facilities and a small number of Foehn defensive facilities were deployed on the perimeter. There was no room for the massive Plasma Fortress Cannon, so only the Giant Cannon and Plasma Cutter were deployed in large numbers as advanced defensive facilities. Of course, fire control nodes and nanoarmor generators were also essential to enhance the combat capabilities of the defensive facilities. With its generation capabilities, US transport planes, arriving from the rear, rapidly flew towards the area surrounding the base, dropping infantry forces mainly composed of Prism Siege Soldiers, Guard Soldiers, and Reversers to various locations on the latitudinal glacier islands. Then, accompanied by increasingly intense and continuous chronoscopic teleportation sounds, numerous chronoscopic teleportation fields appeared around the islands. Blizzard Tanks, Skyfire Anti-Air Tanks, Peacemaker Artillery, Phantom Tanks, and heavy infantry were deployed along with these units to key points on the islands, working in conjunction with coastal defenses to protect this final operational base. Considering Epsilon's repeatedly successful burrowing attacks, a large number of Chrono Legionnaires autonomously chronoscopically teleported to various locations within the base, ready to intercept any that emerged to attack. The Tyrant Tanks, Burrowing Personnel Vehicles, and Venomous Lice were sent to another world, while the Reversal Warriors deployed throughout the base could use Reversal Grenades to convert the damage from the Tyrant Tanks' attacks into healing effects—this was the only area they could find to build their base within the extreme zone of the Mind Terminator. Advancing solely with troops and time stop would undoubtedly require massive sacrifices. However, with superweapons like "Lightning Storm" and "Summit Storm," even without time stop, they could destroy large numbers of Epsilon troops and defenses, effectively reducing casualties. If circumstances allowed, they could be used to destroy the Mind Terminator, and then the Wraith Nest located in the very center of the base. The base was successfully filled with a large amount of filler material, creating a solid, sturdy surface. Then, nanodrones formed an explosive furnace and began operation. Explosive trenches were then constructed along the coastline and crystal towers to ensure that in the event of a large-scale enemy attack, explosive barriers would be activated, using high-pressure airflow to form a barrier that could intercept and detonate almost all physical munitions and weaken the beam energy of beam weapons. Of course, they also built a defensive command center to generate force field shields to protect a specific area, thereby ensuring the base's defense was foolproof. They no longer had spare troops to take care of the base; they all had to be committed to the attack. They not only had to rely on everything they had to protect the base but also had to deploy some troops to support the attack.

"Our final forward operating bases are complete. We've deployed all available defensive strategies to ensure their survival, so they can provide strong support for us in the upcoming battles, using superweapons to strike our enemies and their ultimate weapons. But Epsilon has employed a phenomenon we've seen in the Scrin army..."

The battlefield view quickly shifted to the unobstructed view of the Mind Terminator's surroundings. Four radar-like towers, with their tops removed, were built around the Mind Terminator. To them, the Mind Terminator appeared to be swaying like an old television with an unstable signal, clearly being protected by the Scrin phase field, just as the Soviet army used the Iron Curtain to protect the Mind Control Amplifier.

"It seems that Epsilon acquired the Scrin's phase field technology in the first two worlds to replace Iron Curtain technology in order to protect their Mental Terminator. If we want to destroy the Mental Terminator, we must first destroy the four phase field generators around it and wait for the phase field state to dissipate before we can inflict any truly effective damage on the Mental Terminator."

This gave Lin Haiyuan the feeling of playing a GDI campaign, because GDI had to destroy the three phase field generators protecting the threshold tower before they could use an ion cannon to destroy a threshold tower. Now, if he wanted to destroy the Mind Terminator, he had to destroy the Epsilon version of the phase field generator first.

This was clearly bad news for the other commanders present, as they needed to focus more on destroying the phase field generator. Epsilon, on the other hand, didn't need to directly defend against such a large target as the Mental Terminator; they only needed to protect the phase field generator, which was as small as a street lamp. However, considering that they still had time to play the "stop" card, all the commanders' furrowed brows relaxed. Once the phase field generator was destroyed, they could wait for the phase field effect on the Mental Terminator to disappear and then launch a superweapon strike to end Epsilon's foundation for world domination.

However, the reality is far from as easy as they imagined...

Chapter 177 Purple Twilight (Part 6)

The battlefield view jumps back to the leftmost of the three glacial islands on the radar minimap. They are all located in the southeast, south and southwest directions of the large, horizontal glacial islands in the original Antarctic Ice Valley route's pole region. As key nodes in the second line of defense protecting the Mind Terminator, they guard a series of artificially modified glacial islands that emerge as the ice sheet melts behind them.

Among these three glacial islands that serve as defensive nodes, the building resembling a Taldarin particle beam cannon located in the very center of the island, along with the Sky Sword defense system instruments, were illuminated.

"They have not only deployed the Sky Sword defense system here, but also a super-large defensive cannon similar to the plasma fortress cannon. At present, we cannot analyze the attack method of this super-large defensive cannon from its structure, but we can determine that it is extremely lethal and extremely dangerous. If we do not destroy this super-large defensive cannon, it will be impossible for our naval and amphibious forces to pass through Epsilon to protect the second line of defense for the Mind Terminator. Judging from its elevation angle, it may also fire on our air units."

Walker.com AI then navigated to two other islands that served as defensive nodes, marking and highlighting the turrets that Epsilon had named "Aether Light"—giant versions of the Antares turrets.

"These three glacial islands also house their haunts, which are expected to pose a significant threat to our air force and even the Paradox Engines until we destroy the radar towers and telepaths they have set up around them, or directly damage their internal structure. If our air force is unable to extend its reach, it will become impossible. The haunts and those super-large defensive artillery pieces must be removed from our path of attack."

Walker.net AI once again slowly shifted the battlefield view from the three glacial islands' west-to-east defense line. A total of three air fortresses, the Ilicara, along with a large number of invading UFOs, Venomous Lizard airships, and Salamander airships, completely surrounded the sea and sky in front of the glacial islands, as if to ensure that not even a bird could fly over their organized air defense line. The air fortresses Ilicara could simultaneously inflict devastating blows on both air and ground targets. The Venomous Lizard airships, used as siege gunships, could easily bombard and severely damage distant enemies with plasma disc bombs. The invading UFOs and Salamander airships could effectively deal with close-range aircraft units. With their numerical advantage, even without the confusion rays and confusion fields, the Salamander airships were enough to shoot down invading Thor gunships, Allied fighters, and Fenrir fighters. Furthermore, the war factories and cloning cylinders set up on the islands were continuously producing more air units for takeoff.

Since the Epsilon Navy fleet only has underwater units, they don't yet know how many Piranha Mini-Submarines, Nautilus Submarines, Plague Siege Submarines, and Giant Squid are underwater. However, on the surface, there are many Dune Riders, Mind Elites, Raider Tanks, and Magnet Tanks forming a sizable amphibious force. Even without proper warships to cooperate with the Epsilon air fleet in the sky, they are already extremely difficult to deal with, not to mention the Piranha Mini-Submarines, Nautilus Submarines, Plague Siege Submarines, and Giant Squid underwater, which pose a significant threat to warships.

“Epsilon understands that this is their last battle against our Foehn Resistance, so they have organized an astonishing air fleet and ground/sea forces to guard their second line of defense. If we destroy all the units and buildings on their second line of defense, we can build three more outposts to support our attack on their final line of defense for the Extreme Base, allowing us to deploy more aircraft and fleets for more efficient operations.”

After Walker.net AI finished speaking, it shifted the battlefield view to the rear of the glacial island directly to the south. This was a large glacial island guarding the entrance to the harbor where the Mind Control Device was located. Three Mind Control Devices were gathered in one area and were operating. There was also a Wraith Nest, an Aether Light Cannon, and five Sky Sword Defense Systems deployed here. All other Epsilon defensive facilities were deployed here. Naturally, there was also an aerial fortress, Ilicara, leading other Epsilon forces to protect this place, making it a fortress that looked impregnable.

To the left of the fortress island guarding the entrance to the harbor where the Mind Terminator is located, separated by a small, undeveloped glacial peak, lies a glacial island with a landing beach. An elevated bridge connects to the extreme base where the Mind Terminator is located. There, an Epsilon base, protected by the aerial fortress Ilicara, is situated, with an Aether Light turret placed inside. To the right of the fortress island is a semi-artificial island built upon rugged, glacial peaks protruding from the water. Here, an Epsilon naval base is also established, with an Aether Light turret facing north. This heavily guarded naval base, built on an artificial island, is also protected by the aerial fortress Ilicara.

By breaking through the Epsilon base on the left side of the fortress island, we can use the viaduct to attack the left side of the Epsilon pole core base. By breaking through the Epsilon naval base on the right side of the fortress island, we can use the sea route to attack the right side of the Epsilon pole core base. We can use naval warships to effectively destroy some defensive facilities and beach guards, organize amphibious landings, airborne operations, and even time-space teleportation.

The glacial continent, which serves as the biggest obstacle on both sides of the fortress road leading to the entrance of the Mind Terminator Harbor, is also equipped with Aether Light Cannons and the Sky Sword Defense System. This time, they cannot use the fortress island as a forward artillery position to bombard the Epsilon core base because the three Aether Light Cannons at the core of the Extreme Base can cover the entire fortress island. Therefore, they cannot use the fortress island as a forward position until those Aether Light Cannons are destroyed.

"The Paradox Engine will take another 15 minutes to reach the battlefield, and the time-stopping ability will also need 12 minutes to cool down and recharge. Before our Paradox Engine arrives, defend the existing area and the waters under our control to create conditions for the main naval and air fleet led by the Paradox Engine to arrive here safely."

The Paradox Engine's flight speed is only slightly faster than that of a heavy tank. Even with the propulsion engine at full power, it can't be much faster. Moreover, the main force can't just abandon the Paradox Engine and fly slowly behind. They've left behind a large number of automated bases and tanks along the way, but they still can't stop Epsilon's southern hemisphere reinforcements for too long.

"Battle Con/t/rol Online."

Walker.net AI announced the connection of the combat control system, and the battle officially began.

Chapter 178 Purple Twilight (Part 6)

"New mission objective received."

"Timer Started".

[Command existing troops to hold their current positions for 15 minutes, awaiting the arrival of the Paradox Engine with its main force.]

In the bottom right corner of all the giant displays in front of the commanders, Walker.net AI shows a countdown to the arrival of the Paradox Engine at the Epsilon Extreme Base.

"The field briefing phase for the field commanders is over, and my speech is finished. I should prepare to go to the front lines to boost the morale of the soldiers and fight alongside them. Paradox Engine, continue to command. Take good care of Shion. Iroha-san, let's go. With you here, this 15-minute frontline defense battle will be a little easier."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he let out a breath and turned around without hesitation to walk out of the electronic door of the command room. He had no reason to stay on the Paradox Engine to watch the battle any longer.

"Shouldn't you have said something like that before going into battle? It would be better to add something like, 'I'm just a humble servant,' which would be more reassuring. Your daughter still needs you as her father, and your army still needs you to lead them. Well, enough of this small talk. Should we split up and go to different areas to operate separately or fight side by side?"

Seye followed Lin Haiyuan's steps leisurely, speaking in a completely relaxed tone without any sense of urgency. The two left the command room of the Paradox Engine side by side. Outside the door was a crystal tower made of carefully cut prism-shaped Kedarin crystal. After the two stepped into the psionic matrix field of the crystal tower, a white beam of light immediately rose from their bodies. Their figures were fading and disappearing into the psionic matrix field. The next moment, on the left and right sides of the crystal tower set up in the forward combat base, two white beams of light descended from the void and appeared on the battlefield within 5 seconds after being swept by blue energy waves. Lin Haiyuan took a deep breath of the unusually cold air, exhaled a long breath of hot air composed of carbon dioxide, and turned to look at Seye.

“We’ll be fighting side by side from now on. However, you can fly at low altitudes thanks to your psionic abilities and special physical structure, but I can’t. So I need to change my equipment. Wait for me at the Burning Wind Barracks.”

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he quickly ran over the shattered barrier and headed towards the Burning Wind Barracks located on the right side of the base. Se Ye was still floating on the ground following him. When the soldiers responsible for defense saw Lin Haiyuan and Se Ye arrive, they immediately stopped what they were doing and saluted them. Lin Haiyuan and Se Ye did not have time to respond to the soldiers' salutes one by one, so they just nodded and continued to move forward.

Finally, Seye stopped in front of the underground entrance of the Burning Wind Barracks to wait for Lin Haiyuan, while Lin Haiyuan went straight to his equipment room and began to change into his exclusive equipment for aerial combat.

Three minutes later, Lin Haiyuan ran out of the barracks wearing black dynamic armor with metal wings that included missile launchers, and the front of the chest plate was marked with a low-visibility foehn shark symbol.

"To fight alongside you, I must wear this Iron Man power armor to fly in the sky. It is the armor that a certain hero once wore, and then modified in a way you understand."

Lin Haiyuan's [Garuda] power armor was created using Burning Wind Nanotechnology, but it had been modified to include a personal plasma shield generator and a crystal array. This personal plasma shield generator was superior to ordinary personal plasma shield generators, producing a stronger plasma shield. The crystal array's main purpose was to allow him to warp back to a safe location for treatment before suffering fatal damage. As for weapons, he only wielded dual freeze rifles, and his wings still stored a large number of guided missiles for a six-shot burst attack. That was all.

"Swift as a breeze, fierce as a gale, feeling good, let's go, Miss Iroha."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he bent his knees and jumped with all his might, activating the rocket jetpack. In the blue tail flame of the rocket jetpack, he quickly flew into the sky like a missile. It was impossible for the Garuda Power Armor to fly in the sky without using the rocket jetpack. As for the Phoenix Fighter's flight principle, it required a complex psionic weaving to generate a spatial force field for any maneuver. That would undoubtedly require modifying the Garuda Power Armor beyond its original form. Moreover, Shinonono no Tsukasa did not have the time or inclination to go through the trouble of modifying the Garuda Power Armor in order to remove the rocket jetpack and rebuild the entire power armor.

(Looks like the two of us are here to support your naval fleet. But the term "naval fleet"... although I've heard it quite a few times lately, it still feels rather old-fashioned.)

Seye took off directly from the spot and easily caught up with Lin Haiyuan, who was flying forward. Born in a powerful interstellar empire, she would naturally never hear about naval fleets again. She could only see ship terms like naval fleets in old history books. They all had warships that could fly directly in the sky, and the battlefield was concentrated in the sky and on land. There was no reason for surface warships to exist.

(This is one of the fighting methods used by the indigenous forces of planets in the pre-space age. Keep in mind that we don't need to fight enemies from another star system, and the enemies aren't all concentrated in the sky.)

Lin Haiyuan knew that whether it was the Void Radiance Ship they were building or the Epsilon's fleet of airships, they were just ordinary airships, not interstellar warships with faster-than-light capabilities.

The two flew westward from the front-line combat base, naturally becoming friendly forces through the fire control system's friend-or-foe identification. They arrived above the vanguard fleet. The surrounding Thor gunboats and the naval warships below had no idea who this soldier wearing the upgraded rocket flight armor was. They only knew that he was a friendly force and had a special person accompanying the supreme commander. Of course, some people had already realized the identity of the person inside the flight armor—Seye's existence within the Burning Wind Resistance Army was no secret. In everyone's impression, she was a mysterious and powerful psychic who often did some incredible things. Therefore, although they were surprised to see her flying directly in the air, they did not make too many exclamations or show any other abnormal behavior.

"I am the supreme commander, Lin Haiyuan. I will fight alongside my comrades in the skies above the battlefield, united in heart and strength, until the very last moment!!"

Although Lin Haiyuan, the supreme commander, had been to the front lines before and served as a first assault team member, he had always blended in with the main force and conducted guerrilla warfare in Stryker infantry fighting vehicles, so the troops did not have a real sense of him fighting on the front lines. But now that he was leading his close psychic users into battle wearing flying armor, the feeling was naturally different.

Encouraging cheers came from the communication channels of the ships below and the airborne Thor gunships. The morale booster from the personal involvement of a supreme commander was self-evident. Although it might give some soldiers a headache about how to protect the supreme commander during the battle, in this do-or-die situation, they didn't think too much about that aspect. In addition, they were aware of the existence of the emergency recall device. They knew that Lin Haiyuan must have an emergency recall device on him, which was a life-saving device that even they had.

Artanis, wielding the Aegis of Aiur, roars his lines with great passion, but becomes much more composed in Legacy of the Void.

Chapter 179 Purple Twilight (Part 7)

As they took their battle positions, the Epsilon defense line, separated by the cold and vast polar waters, also noticed the two who took off from the front-line combat base through radar towers and telepathic sensors. To the radar towers, Lin Haiyuan and Seye's RCS area was equivalent to that of a rocket soldier, but to the telepathic sensors, which were extremely sensitive to mental power, it was equivalent to a star shining brightly.

"Lady Yuri, our radar tower and telepathic sensor have detected two targets that took off from the Burning Wind Rebel Army's field base. The radar tower only detected two aerial objects with an RCS equivalent to rocket soldiers, but our telepathic sensor detected extremely powerful psychic energy. One of them is a pink-haired girl, and the other is an unknown person wearing powered flight armor. According to the subsequent analysis by our psychic expert team, the unknown person wearing powered flight armor is their supreme commander, Lin Haiyuan, and the other pink-haired girl is named Seye."

The Epsilon agent relayed this intelligence summary to Yuri Abel, who was sitting in her office, via the EVA system.

"It seems he has handed over control of the Paradox Engine and the remaining main force to a trusted commander. He even personally donned the Garuda power armor, which may just be a different color. He dares to do this either because he has designated a successor or because he has a means of survival and is acting recklessly. As for whether to prioritize him and that powerful female psychic, let the heretics decide for themselves."

Yuri knew that if she ordered her troops to focus fire on Lin Haiyuan or Seye, they would be badly beaten by the small fry around him. The lightning of the Thor gunship was a heavy blow to any air unit.

After she finished speaking, she switched the communicator's communication channel to the public channel and set it to broadcast mode. She then placed her index fingers on her temples and said:

"I admire your methods of boosting morale, Lin Haiyuan, but your efforts are in vain. Epsilon's forces are endless, and you are losing men and women every minute. What is there to doubt about the outcome? Soon your army will be loyal to Epsilon, and our warriors will break your wings and destroy your air headquarters."

When Yuri saw Lin Haiyuan personally leading the troops into battle, she naturally couldn't just say "okay, I understand" to the intelligence officer and then ignore everything else. She had to speak up and retaliate against Lin Haiyuan, who was personally taking the lead.

(It seems her telepathy has detected our arrival on the battlefield and discovered our identities. Although I didn't think much of it when I used it, it's unpleasant to have it used by the enemy to probe our secrets.)

Seye had read the database about Epsilon before, and was aware of the existence and function of the telepathic sensor, so she immediately realized that it was the telepathic sensor that led to their exposure.

"Don't listen to that female demon's nonsense. Trust each other, unite our will, and strengthen our beliefs. Once the Paradox Engine kicks in, no matter how many troops they have, they won't be able to stop their doomsday!"

Lin Haiyuan shouted into the communication channel, trying to stabilize and boost the morale that had just been raised. At this moment, their sensors and eyes had already spotted more invading flying saucers, poison lizard air battleships, fire lizard air battleships, evil spirit attack aircraft, and evil spirit interceptors taking off above the evil spirit nests on the three glacial islands in the distance. These were forming three vast dark yellow aerial swirls. The dark yellow aerial swirl on the west side was naturally heading towards the vanguard fleet, its aggressive approach seemingly intending to envelop them all under its metal wings, forcing them to tremble and look up in awe.

(They've arrived, and they're coming in a fierce attack. Now I can use my spiritual power to draw in a wide range of fire and reflect any attacks that hit me. What does Lin Haiyuan want me to do?)

(There's no need for you to absorb a large area of ​​fire right now. We are the highest-level combatants on the battlefield, and Epsilon's attacking forces will definitely try to shoot us down first. So generate a psionic reflective shield to protect yourself first. We have psionic power to generate reflective shields to reflect attacks, so let's begin the battle.)

After the telepathic communication between the two ended, the white wings behind Seye began to flap, and pink psionic energy began to envelop her body, forming a semi-transparent psionic reflective shield. Lin Haiyuan opened his eyes and then closed them. A layer of blue lattice-like ripples unfolded in front of him, and the plasma shield briefly appeared in the air for a second before his mental power joined in, causing the plasma shield to turn purple.

A wooden bow rapidly materialized as pink psionic energy gathered, then the psionic bowstring formed a large, pink-hued white crossbow bolt constructed entirely of psionic energy. With a high-pitched twang of the bowstring, it emitted a sharp whistling sound as it was fired at the oncoming Epsilon aerial units. Seeing the psionic bolt approaching, all the Epsilon aerial units immediately changed course, attempting to evade the attack. Having extensively used ARO armor-piercing rounds, they didn't consider psionic bolts fired from bows to be ineffective, mere tickling attacks. Unfortunately for them, this crossbow bolt... Since it was created by psionic energy, even if an invading UFO made a very tricky evasive maneuver, it was still directly impaled on the "top of its head" by a psionic crossbow bolt that suddenly turned around. With a violent psionic explosion, the invading UFO was blown to pieces in the sky. The surrounding air units were also affected by the shock wave created by the psionic explosion. Their flight paths became erratic and they collided with each other, causing unfortunate non-combat casualties. However, for Epsilon, which was currently operating the cloning cylinders at full capacity, the death of one or two clones due to accidents was not a sad thing.

(This would be an absolute spectacle on a modern battlefield. If there were no evidence to record the video and post it online, people would definitely criticize it as a plot where magical girls use bows and arrows to repel an army of alien spaceships. Only the Japanese could come up with such a thing. Of course, RA3 players would think of archery girls. But why am I even thinking about that? The enemy has already entered the range of guided missiles.)

Lin Haiyuan also focused his attention on the absurdly fantastical scene of the flying saucer with its bow and arrow design. Multiple moving green halos on his mask encompassed the fastest approaching Evil Spirit interceptor. However, Lin Haiyuan did not choose to target the Evil Spirit interceptor directly, because its ARO armor-piercing rounds could not penetrate his Mind Reflection Shield. In addition, with the Thor gunship beside him, he launched guided missiles from its metal wings in a scattering pattern, trailing red exhaust fumes as they flew towards the rapidly approaching Evil Spirit attack aircraft. These Evil Spirit attack aircraft did not have ground attack capabilities in the game, but that might not be the case in reality. Furthermore, these Evil Spirit attack aircraft could indeed pose a threat to ships, and too many Evil Spirit interceptors would absorb a large amount of their anti-aircraft firepower. Therefore, he had to quickly eliminate these Evil Spirit attack aircraft that seemed to be taking advantage of the chaos.

The Ghost attack aircraft, caught by the guided missile, immediately veered its nose to the side. However, the guided missile was faster than the Ghost attack aircraft, so the Ghost attack aircraft's evasive maneuver exposed its more vulnerable belly to the warhead. With a loud bang, the Ghost attack aircraft was torn apart in mid-air by the missile and shattered into several burning pieces, falling into the cold seawater below.

Chapter 180 Purple Twilight (Part 8)

Sylve, who had previously fired a psionic arrow that shot down an invading UFO, fearlessly continued to hover in place, firing psionic arrows one after another. Each shot, accompanied by the crisp sound of a bowstring, brought down an Epsilon aircraft. Whether it was the extremely fragile Evil Spirit interceptor or the more robust Salamander airship, they were all torn apart in the violent psionic explosions. As a result, some of the invading UFOs and Salamander airships turned their firepower on Sylve. Her psionic reflection shield not only effectively blocked their attacks but also reflected them back along their original paths. The melting beams of the invading UFOs were not a problem when they hit their own armor, but the Salamander airships saw a large number of ARO rockets tilted on the four ARO rocket launchers, which were also fatal when they were reflected back at them. Soon, many Salamander airships that had not had time to stop attacking were blown through their armor by their own ARO rockets and fell to the ground burning with a loud bang.

Iroha's psionic reflective shield caused this situation, which was quickly reported by intelligence personnel to the monitors of various heretics and Yuri via EVA. For the heretics, this was as unpleasant as eating shit.

"Lady Yuri, the psionic shield of that powerful pink-haired girl is beyond our imagination. She reflected all the attacks from our air units, and each of her attacks was capable of destroying the aircraft we sent to attack the Burning Wind Rebel Navy fleet. If we do not take countermeasures, our air unit offensive may be greatly hampered."

The Epsilon EVA system narrated the words of an intelligence officer, requesting a frowning Yuri to come up with an idea for the attacking force, which was in a predicament.

“This kind of psychic is beyond the capabilities of these units. Let all our mind control devices focus fire on that psychic and see if we can severely injure her with mind control. The Libra units are not capable of advancing to a distance sufficient to attack this psychic while withstanding their sea and air firepower. Moreover, Lin Haiyuan is also a psychic, so the Libra units have no chance to slip into the enemy ranks and reach attack range. The psychic fluctuations of the clone units and the Libra units are completely different. Regardless, maintain the offensive until the mind control devices are fully charged. Send our Evil Spirit Destroyers to infiltrate the attacking forces and cause them trouble. We don’t need to directly attack and destroy their units.”

Yuri herself didn't have a good solution. Dealing with psionicists of this level of power was beyond the capabilities of ordinary weapons. Apart from using psionicists of a certain level to target and eliminate them, the only other options were the Allied Chrono weapons, such as Chrono Legionnaires and neutron rifles or the neutron cannons of the Phantom Tanks. At worst, she could rely on Scrin wormholes and enhanced Chrono teleportation to solve the problem. However, she didn't have either Chrono Legionnaires or Phantom Tanks. All of her Scrin wormhole generators and enhanced Chrono teleporters were unusable. Therefore, she could only try to deal with Chroma, who was shooting at their troops, by relying on her overwhelmingly powerful mind control energy waves, which had little room for fancy tricks.