Colonia Storm Tour

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(Time stop has been activated. The Mind Control Device, protected by the phase field, has been frozen in time, including the phase field generators. The Barracuda bombers are already on their way, but they are using a defensive tower with a familiar design to create a Scrin condensation shield, protecting themselves and the Mind Control Device within it. Our time stop still affects the Mind Control Device and the unknown defensive tower within the condensation shield. However, under these strange circumstances, our Barracuda bombers cannot destroy the Mind Control Device. Nevertheless, our Chrono Legion has arrived to attempt to destroy the Mind Control Device using the Chrono Erasure Device. However, the Barracuda bombers have already changed their attack routes to attack the Keystone Isle.)

Shinonono Tsukasa relayed the battlefield situation detected by the EVA system to the two who were flying towards the fortress island, telling them to be careful and watch out for their own air attacks.

(The GDI in the Turtle Arena has something similar, I remember it's called the Crystal Shield Tower. I never thought she could make something like this using Scrin technology. Our Chrono Legion might not be able to affect the thing inside the condensed shield. If it doesn't work, attack their production facilities immediately. They're still not giving up and plan to use the Mind Control Device to destroy the Paradox Engine, but they have a plan and we have a countermeasure. Immediately prepare our Bursting Bees and Hunter Drones, and crash into them as soon as the condensed shield disappears.)

Although Lin Haiyuan disliked the Turtle Arena in terms of storyline and game mode, he still remembered the unit building settings of the Turtle Arena very clearly.

(I've already thought of using killer drones and burst bees, which are being manufactured and transported to the vicinity of the Mind Control Device to stand by. If they intend to use the Mind Control Device to destroy the Paradox Engine, 10 Mind Control Devices are indeed enough to raze our Paradox Engine superstructure. The Sigma Tuner will also be damaged in the Mind Control Wave, causing the time stop function to become unusable.)

The only saving grace for Shinobu is that Epsilon can't possibly know exactly where the Sigma tuner is located in the Paradox Engine.

(I think their psychic abilities might be able to read your mental fluctuations through telepathy to find out the exact location of the Sigma tuner, so please be vigilant and don't let your guard down.)

During their flight to the fortress island, Se Ye and Lin Haiyuan could sense an increasing amount of telepathic power spying on them. However, this spying was useless against the two powerful individuals, but for those with weak mental defenses, such a large amount of telepathic power could quickly summarize their thoughts and actions into potentially valuable intelligence.

While the three were communicating through telepathy, the Epsilon forces, in a helpless state brought about by the time stop, were annihilated and destroyed by a large number of attacks in the darkness brought about by the stagnation of consciousness and self. The airdrop capsules, venomous lizard airships, and fire lizard airships that were being airdropped into high-altitude orbit were immediately frozen in place and unable to move once they entered the airspace affected by the time stop.

Soon, the western glacier island, which had been ravaged by the peak storm, was quickly cleared of the remaining enemy forces with the help of Iron Cavalry, guards, and SEALs who were airdropped from the front-line combat base. With the roar and flash of the time teleportation, the Allied mobile construction vehicles were teleported to the remaining locations of the Epsilon construction site to begin base construction.

The southern glacial islands, severely damaged by the lightning storm, couldn't be dealt with by just the Iron Cavalry, Guards, and SEALs. They also needed Thor gunships to assist in taking down the time-stopped Venomous Lizard and Salamander airships. The Iron Cavalry's heavy machine guns and the Guards' guided missiles alone couldn't eliminate all the airships within two minutes. However, a Flamewind mobile construction vehicle was still transported to begin construction at the forward base. The eastern glacial islands, untouched by the superweapon attack, required infantry airdropped by transport planes, along with Snow Maiden tanks, Blizzard tanks, and Prism tanks brought by time travel, to work in conjunction with the naval fleet and Thor gunship fleet. Only then could they quickly eliminate the Epsilon forces on the eastern glacial islands within two minutes, deploy Allied mobile construction vehicles, and shoot down subsequent orbital drops. It took a minute to complete the tasks of building the cabin and the airship. Within that minute, Lin Haiyuan and Seye flew to the fortress island to deal with the largest air fortress, Ilicara. Seye chose to condense psionic energy into a more powerful psionic arrow, intending to shoot down the air fortress, which had become a sitting duck, in one fell swoop. Lin Haiyuan, without needing to do much, took the lead and swooped into the Evil Nest to begin rampaging. Once the air fortress Ilicara and the Evil Nest were paralyzed, the fortress island's defense capabilities would be weakened by more than 50%. The rest could be left to the air force and naval fleet. What they could do during the time stop was to destroy the air fortress Ilicara and the Evil Nest, eliminate some Epsilon air units, and then immediately retreat to the newly established outpost to maintain the battle line, waiting for the second time stop to launch a full-scale annihilation of Epsilon.

Of course, while maintaining the front line at the outposts, they would still send out Black Hawk helicopters and Barracuda bombers in waves to weaken Epsilon's defenses and rebuilt production facilities.

During the time freeze, a large number of Barracuda bombers not only destroyed Epsilon's production and defense facilities, but also dispatched Lionheart bombers to bombard the Aether Light Cannon, which resembled the Taldarim's particle beam cannon. A spectacular cloud burst tore the entire Aether Light Cannon off the ground. They had no interest in knowing how such a giant defensive cannon would attack; judging from its caliber and size, an attack would cause huge casualties. As for the Sky Sword defense system, it goes without saying that it was also quickly reduced to ruins on the bombing list.

Finally, before the two-minute time limit for regrouping was reached, they successfully cleared all Epsilons around the second line of defense of the Epsilon Extreme Core Base. They then constructed Patriot missile towers and Skylight anti-aircraft guns aimed at the sky above them, ensuring that any Epsilon airships that might attempt to land over them would be shot down quickly. As for orbital drop pods, they didn't have a good way to intercept them. They could only deploy Chrono Legionnaires on the ground to freeze the orbital drop pods as soon as they landed and then erase them from the world forever.

As the time-stopping countdown disappeared, a somber sound echoed through the heavens and earth as some kind of energy gate closed. The time-stopping effect maintained by the Sigma Tuner immediately vanished, and the previously distorted, monochrome sky and light instantly returned to normal. The mental energy emitted by the Mind Ender Device regained its dominance, turning the twilight sky a purplish-red. Yuri and the heretics, who had been frozen in time, shuddered and came to their senses.

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As the Epsilon personnel regained consciousness, the facilities and troops that had been paralyzed by the time stop began to reactivate. Then, this war machine, now running again, began to take stock of the losses it had suffered during the time stop. Almost all of their production facilities in the area were destroyed, leaving only underground barracks, underground war factories, and underground Epsilon construction sites. The surface power facilities had been completely destroyed, but they had taken this into account, so they had built a complete underground power supply network, which allowed their surface facilities to still operate wirelessly.

The next second, as the hunting drones and the Explosive Peak pounced, before the Gatling guns could even fire at the drones, the Mind Control Device was completely destroyed by the ensuing explosions, adding it to their loss list. The phase field generator protecting the Mind Terminator was also completely destroyed. There were still 30 seconds left before the phase field went offline, but EVA didn't need to say anything. The phase field generator, which had been prepared on the underground elevator platform, was immediately sent to the surface and deployed in its original location to maintain the phase field's duration.

"Our Extreme Base is nearing collapse and will soon be ruins. EVA, order all heretics except those tasked with protecting the Mind Ender unit to launch a fierce attack on the Foehn Rebellion outposts. At this point, remaining in place and rigidly defending will only allow them to be slowly melted away by the Foehn Rebellion. Use the offensive to buy us time. We have 16 minutes left, and their Time Stop will take another 12 minutes to activate. The modification project could be completed ahead of schedule at any time. Therefore, order their troops to attack to the last man. The Phase Field can hold out for three minutes without follow-up support. As long as we can buy more than 12 minutes and prevent them from advancing their front line to the last line of defense of our Extreme Core Base, we will still have a chance to use the Mind Ender's Mind Domination to eliminate them! All orbital airborne and other Antarctic forces also carry out this order!"

Of Yuri's most powerful defensive structures, the Aether Light Cannon was destroyed before it could even function, and the three Evil Nests deployed at the Extreme Core Base had their external structures blown up, causing the entire ascent passage to collapse and rendering the Evil Nests completely unusable. All the Sky Sword defense systems were also destroyed before they could function. Relying solely on Gatling guns, Hellfire Towers, and Antares Cannons, even with the support of ground-based air defense forces, was already struggling against a large-scale air attack. Therefore, their presence was only to buy time, and they had no choice but to stay behind. These air defense vehicles consisted of Gatling tanks, Purgatory air defense platforms, and Oxidizer air defense support vehicles without amphibious capabilities, along with a number of ground vehicles other than Marauder tanks and Magnetic Control tanks. Their ultimate purpose was not only to annihilate the Burning Wind Rebellion's air force but also to prevent the Burning Wind Rebellion's Chrono-Teleportation Force from launching an attack.

Given the current desperate situation where the base is almost non-existent, the heretics do not think it makes any sense to send a large number of troops to the core base of the extreme point to helplessly endure the air bombing and superweapon attacks of the Burning Wind Rebels. Therefore, Yuri's order was carried out without question. However, the Storm Origin Device, which had been fully charged, was activated at this moment.

[WARNING - The Storm Origin Device has been activated, and the Apex Storm has been unleashed! The Apex Storm is targeting our assembled ground defense forces; disperse them immediately!]

Seconds after Epsilon EVA said this, the azure apex storm cyclone had already formed on the targets that the Heretic had just released, spreading in all directions. The violent airflow instantly tore these Epsilon infantry into bloody pulp and merged into the airflow. The remaining defensive facilities and metal vehicles were quickly blown away by the gale and helplessly torn apart by the airflow, which turned into ubiquitous high-speed blades, into a large number of metal fragments mixed with fuel streams in the azure high-speed airflow. The debris was swirled and blown in all directions. Within a minute, the Epsilon ground forces, which could have held off the Burning Wind Rebels' hyperspace teleportation assault team for a while, were completely swept into the cold seawater or the frozen ground in the distance by the shock wave generated by the dissipation of the apex storm.

Beep beep beep! "Lady Yuri, the Storm Origin Device of the Burning Wind Rebellion has destroyed the ground forces gathered at the two landing points. Apart from the air force and amphibious units that just went to attack, the ground forces have been completely wiped out by the Peak Storm, with less than one-tenth remaining! Until a new wave of reinforcements arrives, all we have left here are the troops protecting the Mind Terminator!"

Epsilon EVA reported the emergency to Yuri in a hurried tone. Before Yuri could even process what was happening, an even more piercing alarm sounded in their office.

"Large-scale chrono-teleportation activity detected! The Burning Wind Rebels are using chrono-teleporters to transport a large number of troops to three landing points, preparing to launch an assault on the Mind Ender! They are not concerned that our airships and some amphibious units are behind them, and there are also orbital drop pods and airships landing in the air!"

The sound of time-space teleportation, accompanied by the Epsilon EVA's music, echoed inside Yuri's office, as well as inside the command rooms of the various heretics, giving people an even stronger sense of despair that all was lost.

"Reinforcements have arrived." [Headquarters reinforcements from other parts of Antarctica have arrived.]

The arrival of reinforcements from EVA had just given the heretics and Yuri, whose spirits had plummeted, a glimmer of hope. Not yet giving up their desperate struggle, they immediately commanded the headquarters guards assigned to their control to gather in the direction of the only entrance to the Mind Ender Device, and then prepare to disperse and resist the Burning Wind Resistance forces that were being transported through hyperspace.

(Our Apex Storm successfully wiped out the Epsilon forces at both landing sites, but unfortunately, their new wave of orbital paratroopers and airships has arrived, and reinforcements from headquarters guards in other areas of the pole have also arrived. Our hyperspace teleportation assault team may very well be pushed back into the icy waters of Antarctica.)

After Shinonono Tsukasa finished speaking in the telepathic communication, she sighed. Lin Haiyuan and Iroha, who were listening to her words, could imagine her shaking her head in the command room.

(The troops rushing towards the outpost now are likely their last large-scale amphibious and air forces. As for the Epsilon forces in other parts of Antarctica... they're just adding fuel to the fire now. There's no need to wait for a second time stop; that would be too risky. The phase field protecting the Mind Terminator didn't disappear during the two minutes of time stop, and Epsilon quickly replenished the phase field generators that had just been destroyed.)

Lin Haiyuan knew that the time for the final push had come.

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Background music: Mental Omega - E17 - Godsend Outro

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(I know you want to go all out for one last wave, but our outpost is not yet firmly established. This wave of Epsilon amphibious forces and air fleets launching a mounted assault are capable of leveling our newly established outpost. Launching a counter-attack now could easily cause unnecessary further losses. We can take care of this wave within 5 minutes.)

Shinononozuka understood another of her own thoughts: regardless of the losses, she should rush forward to break up the Epsilon forces that had not yet formed a formation, and rescue the raiding force that was temporarily separated from the main force due to the hyperspace teleportation. She could not sit idly by and watch them be swallowed up by the Epsilon reinforcements while they were isolated and helpless.

(But I cannot stand by and watch those soldiers who volunteered for the hyperspace teleportation assault team be helplessly defeated, letting their blood be shed in vain on the ice and snow of Antarctica. You will teleport me and Seye to the landing points on the east and west sides to support them. Seye and I are confident that we can help the soldiers consolidate the hyperspace teleportation landing sites there, so that the hyperspace teleportation force's plan will not be postponed.)

(I agree with Lin Haiyuan's point of view. We cannot sit idly by and watch them helplessly be devoured by the enemy, manipulated by mental forces, and lose their will. Please feel free to teleport us to those two places.)

After Lin Haiyuan and Seye said this in their telepathic communication, they looked at the Psychic Terminator still protected by the phase field on the giant monitor, as well as the reinforcements from other parts of Antarctica's Epsilon headquarters who were gathering, and the hyperspace teleportation forces that were fighting hard to hold off the enemy. They sighed and waved their right hands forward.

"EVA, immediately execute hyperspace teleportation on elite assault team members Lin Haiyuan and Seye. Teleport Lin Haiyuan to the left landing point and Seye to the right landing point. Deploy two crystal towers and warp in more troops waiting on the Paradox Engine to enter the battlefield, engage the enemy, and attack the Mind Ender! Have Commander 11 and Commander 12 take charge of the hyperspace teleportation assault forces on the left and right flanks!"

Those two time-space teleportation assault teams were controlled by EVA. There was no commander directing them in combat; they were simply carrying out orders to engage the enemy and hold their positions.

After the EVA system issued the order and began execution, Lin Haiyuan and Shiro, who were located above the southern outpost, were immediately enveloped in the unfolded hyperspace teleportation field. The next second, with the sound of hyperspace teleportation fluctuations, they appeared above the troops on both sides of the landing point of the extreme core base and sent text prompt messages to the hyperspace teleportation troops and other commanders.

[Elite commando Lin Haiyuan has been teleported via Chronospace to the left landing point of the Epsilon Pole core base to support our Chronospace teleportation forces in consolidating the existing position.]

Elite Commando member Seye has been teleported via Chronosphere to the right landing point of the Epsilon Extreme Core Base to support our Chronosphere-teleporting forces in consolidating their existing positions.

After recovering from the brief freeze caused by the time travel, the prepared Seye conjured a psionic arrow imbued with terrifying psionic energy on her wooden bowstring. With a whistling sound as the bowstring vibrated, it flew towards the area where the orbital paratroopers and headquarters guard reinforcements were located. Upon impact, it immediately triggered a psionic explosion comparable to a small-yield tactical nuclear bomb. In the vast, exploding psionic lightning, the minds and physical structures of the Epsilon forces were rapidly shattered. Ammunition and fuel detonations created more explosions, resulting in even more deaths. For a moment, the attacks of the headquarters guards and orbital paratroopers ceased. However, the Salamander airships, invading saucers, and Poison Lizard airships continued their attacks, but the Poison Lizard airships were being rapidly shot down. Therefore, the time travel forces, initially struggling under the bombardment of the Poison Lizard airships' plasma disc bombs, quickly regained their footing, formed a battle line, and began to consolidate their existing positions.

"Fighters, you are not alone. I stand with you against the enemy. Let us stand firm in the new year, trust each other, unite our will, and fight together!"

Lin Haiyuan shouted into the communicator and immediately swooped down, carrying a large number of guided missiles to destroy a Colossus tank that was firing indiscriminately, successfully saving a Snow Maiden tank that was retreating and heavily damaged.

At this moment, slightly behind the center of the landing points on both sides, amidst the sounds of hyperspace teleportation and the inverted energy field, the crystal tower, after transforming from illusion into reality and stabilizing its levitation and spinning, and after the stable projection of the psionic matrix field connected to the warp network, saw a large number of white beams of light descend from the void. The Xuanwu Battle Fortress, the Future Tank Alpha, the Blizzard Tank, the Peacemaker Cannon, and the Robot Tank, after materializing from non-reflective ethereal entities, rushed to the front lines to support the hyperspace teleportation assault force stabilizing the battle line. At the same time, the Tyrant Tank and the Burrowing Troop Transport suddenly burst from the hard concrete floor, launching a large number of poison grenades and releasing the berserkers, poison lions, and even psychic experts inside, preparing to disrupt the battlefield and divide their forces from within. However, they happened to be directly above the attacking force composed of the Robot Tank and the Future Tank Robot. The experimental anti-armor particle beams and the "Jupiter" red laser quickly incinerated everything. Only the Tyrant Tank had a chance to unleash the poison grenades and fragments mounted inside, creating a large cloud of poison that corroded everything around it. However, there were no relatively vulnerable infantry units on the battlefield at the moment. The only infantry units, Seiye and Lin Haiyuan, were in the sky. So the poison cloud could only corrode the composite armor of some vehicles and had no effect on the Crystal Tower itself. This was because the Crystal Tower was protected by a plasma shield, and the Tyrant Tank had failed to wear down the plasma shield and destroy the Crystal Tower. As a result, a steady stream of warp-in reinforcements arrived through the Crystal Tower. All the units waiting on the Paradox Engine were now being warped to the two landing points. According to EVA's statistics, a large army could be formed within 5 minutes to launch a two-pronged attack on the Mind Terminator.

At this moment, above the crystal tower at the landing point to the left of Lin Haiyuan, a bright blue transparent energy film and wisps of energy were converging. As it expanded and grew, an aerial warship formed by gleaming scissors 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, equipped with WalkerNet AI and the auxiliary AI WalkerNet·Yun, flew towards the sky above Lin Haiyuan's head, leaving several stable wakes.

"I'm here to lend you and your warriors a hand, Savior! Prism, unleash full firepower! Fire on Epsilon!"

After Walker.com AI Yun finished speaking, the three fluid force field projectors bloomed like flower petals, shooting out three blue beams that converged into the prism crystal and formed a thick prism beam that began to burn rapidly, arrogantly bombarding the venomous lizard airships of the ground troops.

"Thank you, my old comrade-in-arms, for fighting side by side in this airspace."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, his body swayed, and a large number of guided missiles were launched from the metal wings, sinking a Salamander airship.

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As the paradox-engine-powered armed vehicles continuously chugged around the crystal towers at the two landing points, headquarters guards and psychic legion forces from other parts of Antarctica were also constantly arriving from behind the psychic terminator. A dark bronze mudslide formed from the two roads leading to the psychic terminator, swirling around it. Every few seconds, orbital drop pods, fire lizard airships, poison lizard airships, and invading saucers were landing in the sky. A sizable aerial fleet was steadily taking shape, but they were all just in formation and did not advance, watching as the Burning Wind Rebels gathered, forming a black-blue ocean current as they chugged. Although there was only one person, Seye, in the sky above the right landing point, the arrow that had just wiped out the Epsilon attacking force had effectively deterred the heretics who were commanding them, preventing them from launching a rash attack with the newly assembled force, for fear that they would be wiped out again and the Burning Wind Rebels would seize the opportunity to break through the right flank.

Meanwhile, the troops at the left landing point launched their attack more readily. The threat posed by the Mohandar-class Void Radiance Ships and Lin Haiyuan was far less than that of the Se Ye troops from the previous attack. Furthermore, they didn't appear invincible. The heretic believed that once the plasma shields of the Mohandar-class Void Radiance Ships were broken and their attacks could damage the hull, things would be much easier. However, the Void Radiance Ships, capable of simultaneously activating three fluid field projectors, possessed prism beams whose power and range far exceeded the ARO rockets of the Salamander airships and the dissolving rays of the invading saucers. Destroying an oncoming airship didn't require depleting its health like in the game; simply burning through the bow with the beam was enough to shoot it down. The airships, and the invading UFOs were inherently fragile. Needless to say, before the prism beams could completely annihilate them, they would either crash down with a whooshing sound or explode into a pile of fragments in mid-air. However, the large number of Venom Lizard airships positioned in the rear, using plasma disc cannons for long-range bombardment, put considerable pressure on the hyperspace/warp reinforcements who were dealing with the Epsilon headquarters guards and the Psychic Legion's attacking forces. Due to the terrain of the landing area, Lin Haiyuan's approach was to rely on the Psychic Reflection Shield to charge straight in, use guided missiles to blast open the cockpits of the Venom Lizard airships, enter them, forcibly take control of the Venom Lizard airships, and then use the Venom Lizard airship kamikaze attacks on other Venom Lizard airships to effectively reduce the pressure on the position.

(These Epsilon reinforcements are relentless; they keep launching a fierce attack on the Chronosphere and Warp Forces in the landing zone on the left. Although Walkernet AI and I are assisting in the defense, it's impossible to advance. The battlefield here is almost completely filled, so you have to use Warp Forces to destroy those damned Epsilon airships before you can move forward.)

While thinking to himself, Lin Haiyuan tossed a helpless and dazed clone pilot out of the cockpit with one hand, then sat in the cockpit and controlled the Poison Lizard airship to turn towards the kamikaze. He then got out of the seat, activated the rocket jetpack, and launched at full power, quickly flying out of the tattered cockpit. The next moment, the two Poison Lizard airships collided in mid-air, causing a violent explosion.

(I know your predicament, so the Thor gunships hovering on the Paradox Engine are warping, and soon the Thor gunships will be able to form a small air fleet to help you advance...)

Shinonono Tsukasa replied via telepathic communication. A beam of white light descended from the psionic matrix fields of the two crystal towers, and the Thor Gunship, which had become illusory and reflective within 5 seconds, began to advance, providing new aerial cover for the Chrono Assault Force, which had previously struggled with anti-air operations due to a lack of air power. However, the Epsilon attack force was not lacking in Inferno anti-air platforms, as well as Gatling tanks and Oxidizer anti-air support vehicles. Therefore, the Thor Gunship still needed to coordinate with ground troops to advance. Previously, they had hesitated to attack, but seeing more and more of the Burning Wind Rebels teleporting and warping troops, they realized that whether they dared to advance or not, they would die anyway. Rather than being branded as cowards and executed in their positions, they decided to command their troops to attack directly. However, they did not order the troops to charge mindlessly. Instead, they spread out over a relatively large area to make the impact. This would reduce the impact force of the troops, but it would prevent the psionic arrows from wiping out more than 90% of the troops in one shot.

(The Epsilon forces in the landing zone on the right, who were staring at each other blankly, have already spread out and are attacking us. Soon we will launch a more intense attack here. Relying on just two forces is not enough to advance.)

Seye unleashed a psionic arrow, imbued with astonishing psionic energy, from her bowstring, aiming it at the invading UFOs and Epsilon airships in the sky. The lightning-fast arrow pierced the Epsilon's fire lizard and poison lizard airships amidst the invading UFOs, before being detonated by Seye's will. The violent psionic explosion rapidly shattered the airships and invading UFOs into numerous fragments. The scorching fragments quickly became indiscriminate aerial bombs, raining down on the ground troops. Even the Xuanwu Battle Fortress would be severely damaged by a single hit. If it weren't for the presence of longsword infantry armored infantry carrying engineers in the warp-injection reinforcements, being hit by these "aerial bombs," which were far more expensive than ordinary aerial bombs, would have forced them to withdraw from the battle and return to the outside of the Crystal Tower's psionic matrix to await repairs or recall. However, with victory so close at hand, few were willing to withdraw from the battle at this crucial moment.

In the final standoff, even with the reinforcement of Thor's gunships, the Chronosphere assault force led by Lin Haiyuan and Walker AI in the left landing zone suffered significant vehicle losses to advance even a single step. Meanwhile, on Seye's side, despite having powerful psionic arrows capable of creating devastating psionic explosions to clear an area, advancement remained incredibly difficult. The ground forces and air fleet guarding headquarters relentlessly hindered their advance and launched counter-attacks. Both sides poured fire upon each other, leaving behind a large amount of vehicle wreckage. In the slow, six-minute advance, Lin Haiyuan and Seye's two Chronosphere assault forces had only progressed halfway to the Mind Terminator. The distance had increased, making further advances even more difficult, as the Epsilon forces defending the Mind Terminator joined the battle, attempting to push back alongside the headquarters' reinforcements. In fact, thanks to their numerical superiority and some still-functioning defensive structures, the two Chrono Teleportation Assault Teams were initially repelled. However, Lin Haiyuan risked placing himself amidst Epsilon's barrage of fire, using his Mind Reflection Shield to deflect enemy artillery fire and retaliate. In fact, if the prism beams of the Morhandar-class Void Radiance Ships controlled by Walker could illuminate the phase field generator, they could withstand Epsilon's barrage and destroy the Mind Terminator with long-range artillery.

The Chrono-Teleportation Assault Force on the left continued to advance the battle line, while Seye, through telepathic communication, had also coordinated with Lin Haiyuan to charge forward using psionic reflective shields to absorb Epsilon's barrage and retaliate. This allowed the previously stalemated forces to advance. However, she did not have the Mohandar-class Void Radiance Ships controlled by the Walker Network, so the only way to destroy the Phase Field Generator was through the Peacemaker Cannons. The comet prism beams of the Prism Tanks could only fire directly at the front line, which was actually shorter in range than the parabolic cannonballs.

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No matter how difficult and slow it was, the advance was still an advance, only the speed was as slow as a tortoise crawling. With Seye and Lin Haiyuan at the forefront absorbing and reflecting the firepower, the casualty figures of the troops were reduced considerably. Moreover, they did not necessarily have to drive the tanks to the distance where the tracks ran over the ice and snow under the Mind Terminator. As long as the phase field generator entered the range of the Peacemaker cannon, it was sufficient.

As for why the Zephyr cannons are not used for beyond-visual-range artillery fire, it's because the Zephyr locating drones that form the basis of beyond-visual-range artillery fire have no defensive capabilities. Once detected, they would be immediately destroyed by Epsilon's fire. The real-world Zephyr locating drones are not as invincible as the Zephyr locating drones in the game.

"5 minutes remaining."

When WalkerNet AI's EVA timing voice and Epsilon's EVA timing voice sounded almost at the same time, the two large forces of hyperspace teleportation and warp led by Lin Haiyuan and Seye had advanced a certain distance. The artillery radar of the Peacemaker Cannon had confirmed that the phase field generators distributed around the Mind Terminator had entered the firing range and could be deployed as fixed cannons to begin shelling.

(Lin Haiyuan, Miss Seye, the EVA system reports that all phase field generators have been brought into the firing range of the Peacemaker artillery. You do not need to advance any further; simply consolidate the existing front.)

When Shinonono Tsukasa used telepathy to notify them, the Epsilon on the other side also realized that the phase field generator they were protecting had entered the range of the Peacemaker cannon. They immediately mobilized all the psychic legions and headquarters guards that had come to reinforce the pole from the Antarctic region, trying to repel them at all costs so that the Peacemaker cannon could not fire accurately.

"All phase field generators and mind-ending devices are now within range of our Peacemaker cannons! Provide full cover for the Peacemaker cannons! Warriors! We cannot let victory slip through our fingers!"

Lin Haiyuan shouted over the radio as he flew at high speed toward a venomous lizard airship, followed by a barrage of 30mm shells.

(Defeat them! Brave fighters of the Foehn Wind Rebellion, victory is within reach! Perseverance is victory! Trust in your hearts, trust in your souls, and give it your all to seize victory!)

Seye directly initiated wide-area telepathic communication while simultaneously unleashing a surge of spiritual energy from her body, which flowed into the bodies of all the Burning Wind Rebel warriors, exponentially increasing their mental resilience. In practical terms, it instilled courage and eliminated fear, invigorating their spirits, as if they had been given the rage of a general/death moment, except that there was no actual harm.

With a series of booming sounds, the last air fortress, Ilicara, was destroyed by the Black Hawk helicopters, turning into frozen wreckage and crashing into the sea. With this, the Epsilon amphibious units and surface fleet that had just launched the desperate attack were completely wiped out. The Paradox Engine and the [Black Hammer] Thor gunship fleet went downstream and headed straight for the Mind Terminator.

Clang! All the Peacemaker cannons planted their gun mounts deep into the floor with heavy thuds, and then the rectangular turrets drove the long gun barrels to aim at the phase field generator.

Clang! Clang! Clang! With a series of crisp, loud cannon shots resembling the striking of a triangle, 150mm high-explosive shells, trailing conspicuous red tracers, fell towards multiple phase field generators. Seeing that the Peacemaker cannons had already begun bombarding the phase field generators, the anxious heretics frantically ordered the Poison Lizard airships, invading flying saucers, and even the Salamander airships to immediately adjust their altitude and use their hulls to intercept the Peacemaker cannons' 150mm high-explosive shells. As for the infantry and armored vehicles, they were completely incapable of sacrificing themselves to protect the phase field generators. However, the heretics' order came too late. 90% of the high-explosive shells fired by the Peacemaker cannons accurately hit the area around the phase field generators. Only 10% of the shells were caught by their airships in a "ball-catching" manner, or missed due to the excessively strong winds and the dispersion of the shells.

Boom boom boom boom boom! The ground shook violently under the fierce bombardment. The phase field generators, which were bathed in the flames and shocks of the high-energy explosives, were not buildings protected by energy shields. Their structures were relatively fragile. Therefore, a round of shelling from the Peacemaker cannons accurately destroyed all the phase field generators!

[The phase field generator protecting the Mind Terminator has been destroyed. The phase field effect is expected to disappear within 3 minutes. If everything goes smoothly, this should all be over...]

After the Walker AI displayed this message on all commanders' giant monitors, it forcibly redirected all battlefield views to the direction of the Mind Terminator and simultaneously suspended all commanders' combat control except for commanding the two hyperspace teleportation assault teams. All that remained was to watch as the Tower of Babel, which was attempting to unify all minds to achieve a near-Gestalt consciousness effect, collapsed. There was no need for a second time stop to end it all. However, the situation once again took an unexpected turn. In full view of everyone, a girl with pale skin and hair jumped from a position they could not see onto the spherical spire of the Mind Terminator. Everyone present was astonished to see a pale girl jump onto the towering Mind Terminator (version 2.0).

"Yuri, what is she trying to do by jumping up to the spherical spire of the Mind Ender Device?!"

Shinononozuka instinctively sensed something was wrong and dangerous. She wondered if Yuri's sudden jump towards the sphere atop the Mind Termination Device meant she wanted to use her psychic powers to control minds.

(It seems she's finally had enough and is planning to do something to the Mind Ender on her own. The time for the final battle has come. Let's go, Iroha, my freeze rifle, guided missile trajectories, and reserves are all here.)

Lin Haiyuan wasn't surprised for long by Yuri's direct appearance at the Mind Terminator. He immediately took the lead and flew at high speed towards the top of the Mind Terminator.

(Her mental strength and willpower are sufficient to guide the full energy of this unprecedented mental machine, but... this could very well cause her body to perish and her soul to be scattered. Such powerful mental strength is beyond the capacity of a mental ability user who has not undergone the tempering of a psionic ethereal body at the pinnacle of psionic power.)

Color Leaf swiftly lunged towards the spire of the Mind Terminator. ARO bullets and 30mm machine gun shells were quickly reflected back at the attackers by her psionic reflective shield. In the end, she and Lin Haiyuan flew to the same sky, looking down at Yuri, who was suspended on the spherical spire, at an equal position.

"This is our second meeting. Our first meeting was in the Void Realm, Yuri Abel. Now... you should pay the price for everything you've done."

Lin Haiyuan used his deep, magnetic, and soulful voice to translate the text for Yuri, who was quite far away.

"This game is over, little girl. Prepare to embrace death for your sins. Go to hell to settle your scores and repent."

Given her age, Iroha certainly has the right to call Yuri, who is not yet 50, a little girl.

"Further words are useless. It's time for this game to end, but I won't give up so easily. The greatest chance of victory still lies in my hands. Your paradox engine isn't yet capable of activating time stop again, so... your desperate gamble to storm Antarctica will ultimately fail, and everything you once possessed will fall into my hands in the foreseeable future..."

*Thud!* A crowbar stained with blood and human tissue suddenly pierced through Yuri's chest. The silver-haired, devilishly beautiful girl Nyarlathotep Tang appeared behind her, placing a hand on Yuri's shoulder and smiling like a fox at Lin Haiyuan and Se Ye, who were looking at her with surprise. Then, she grabbed Yuri by the back of her neck and held her in her hand, her eyes wide with disbelief.