Colonia Storm Tour

How many white-haired, white-stockinged lolis do you want from Sakura Empire ship girls? There's no guarantee of getting one, so I'm too lazy to even try. If I get an American one, I might gamble on Laffey, because I really like her.

Now he's not interested in the gambling ship, but rather in the analysis of the ship girls' equipment, which is quite interesting.

Ship girls from different countries would seem to have incompatible ship equipment, for example, Eagle Union ships can only use Eagle Union equipment. However, this is different. Their equipment can be interchanged. Of course, destroyers cannot use large-barreled guns. Equipment used by ships of the same type can be interchanged, achieving a surprising level of versatility.

This versatility also made Lin Haiyuan and Walker.com AI suspicious that whether it was Iron Aka or Donghuang, they were all using the same technology to manufacture ship girls and their equipment, which is why they had such high versatility. Conversely, it was more like the Iron Hammer Tank, where every weapon interface was multifunctional.

Upon learning this, Lin Haiyuan began to ponder whether he should equip the ship girls with some unexpected features. After all, their versatility and interface compatibility are so strong that it would seem like a waste of some rare fun not to make some changes.

"They said they wanted to modify their equipment, but the only solution they came up with was to equip them with plasma weapons of the corresponding caliber."

Lin Haiyuan realized he had encountered a problem: there weren't many equipment options available for the ship girls. Currently, the most they could equip were plasma cannons with plasma projectiles or plasma shells. The rest were either unusable or ineffective. The outstanding magnetic weapons and prism weapons still had the problem of short range against traditional cannons. As for installing missiles, they weren't suitable. To deal with the flying Golden Fleet, they would need large anti-aircraft missiles like "Roar" or "Triumph" to cause effective damage, but these large anti-aircraft missiles seemed unsuitable for them. On the contrary, the popular plasma cannons were the most practical option.

However, this does not mean that missiles are really unsuitable for them. Cutting off their useless 533mm torpedo launchers and replacing them with the Lanzer missile launchers used by Firehawk drones should be fine.

Why not equip them with the "Breaking Wave" anti-ship missile? That's a huge weapon used on battlecruisers, each missile is larger than the famous Granit and Volcanic Rock anti-ship missiles, which are thick and black. It's simply not something they can use.

"Walker.com AI, are you now able to analyze their destroyers and torpedo launchers?"

Lin Haiyuan needs to see how Walker.com's AI responds before he can implement these measures.

"The analysis of the torpedo launchers and naval guns is still in progress. It will take some time before they can be manufactured and modified, Master."

Walker.com AI reported.

"Will it take some more time... It's not that easy after all. Walker AI, if we can reverse engineer it, then let's try to replace the ship's guns and torpedo launchers with the plasma guns and Lanzer missile launchers that we use extensively."

These are the only two things Lin Haiyuan can think of right now.

"Yes, Master. Next, there are cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. What are the requirements for those ships, Master?"

Walker.com's AI has more to offer than Lin Haiyuan originally thought.

"Let's leave destroyers and above aside for now. I don't think we have an aircraft carrier ship girl by our side right now. If we do, we can try giving her Apollo or Firehawk drones."

Lin Haiyuan believed that the ship girls most likely to defect to the flank of Colonia were all from the Eastern Huang Ancient Kingdom, so it was only natural to give them priority in researching advanced equipment. As for whether the ship girls from Sakura Empire and Eagle Union would abandon him, that was another matter. Therefore, he would not waste too much effort on those ship girls who might not come, and there was no need to let Walker Network AI distribute so many calculations.

"learn."

Walker.com's AI understood what he meant.

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he thought about what he should do next, but he realized that if he wanted to actually do something, he absolutely had to rely on the Colonia Flanking Air Base. In order to defeat the Ring Messenger's fleet, without the Dongfeng Fleet by his side, he had to use the time stop function of the Colonia Flanking Air Base to deal with the Ring Messenger's warships in the atmosphere. Gravity would cause these warships, which had lost their ability to float, to be smashed to pieces on the surface and in the ocean under the planet's gravity. In the space environment, he also had to rely on the firepower of the Colonia Flanking Air Base itself.

In the weightless environment of space, it is extremely difficult for a crash to occur and the object to shatter completely. Therefore, the effect of time stopping is actually weaker in outer space than in the atmosphere. Fortunately, Colonia's flank air base is also incredibly powerful in space, and quickly destroying those stationary targets is not a problem.

No, my plan was to take the initiative and lead the Colonia flank air base to launch an attack and defeat the invading Ring Envoy fleet, but that's completely useless.

Lin Haiyuan shook his head, ending his thoughts on the matter. If the source of the Void Realm troops could not be addressed, then this tactic would be of limited significance, merely treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. Moreover, it would only make the opponent more vigilant and try every means to besiege the Colonia's flank air base. In addition, there was another issue to consider: the attitude of the natives below towards the flank of the Burning Wind Colonia.

If he really wanted to help them, he would undoubtedly have to provide technical support. However, Lin Haiyuan did not want to provide technical support, even to the ancient Donghuang Kingdom, which was very close in culture and blood. Why? The reason is simple: at present, he, the only one on the flank of Colonia, could not annex the ancient Donghuang Kingdom as part of it.

Lin Haiyuan did not want to recruit the Donghuang Ancient Kingdom, which had the potential to rival his Fenfeng, and turn against him. He did not want to see Kodiak warships clashing with Kodiak warships and battlecruisers clashing with battlecruisers. Therefore, he wanted to absorb the Donghuang Ancient Kingdom into Fenfeng. Once it became part of Fenfeng, everything else would be natural.

But strangely enough... would the current leaders of the Eastern Huang Kingdom accept the leadership of the Fenfeng Riders, who are currently alone and only have the Colonia flank? No, they wouldn't. On the contrary, they would play the family card and the friendship card to request assistance and ask you to provide them with technology. Then they would treat you well and listen to your technical advice and the combat suggestions from Lin Haiyuan's Colonia flank. They would shower you with praise without asking for anything in return. But want to command them? I'm sorry, that's impossible. As a Chinese, Lin Haiyuan knows his motherland better than anyone. Even if there are some discrepancies in the name and some places, it will not change one thing: ensuring absolute autonomy and will not mean handing over military command and other military control over national defense to an outsider.

Lin Haiyuan didn't want vassals, nor did he want to take on followers. Without the Fenfeng's last stronghold and the Mad Shark Vanguard behind him, he wouldn't impulsively choose to provide technical assistance to the Donghuang Ancient Kingdom.

If it were that they couldn't stand watching the use of Colonia's flank air base to deal with the Circle Messenger fleet that was launching a warp-invasion attack, that would be perfectly fine. However, to provide them with proper technical support so that they could use the Burning Wind technology, Lin Haiyuan really didn't have a 100% reason to do so, because they didn't have the prerequisites to do so.

Even before the most dangerous situation unfolds in the world of the duel, there is a safe place in Antarctica to train the captains and crew of Kodiak battleships, and a lunar base to build battlecruisers and Kodiak battleships. Meanwhile, the ancient Eastern Kingdom on Aquamarine is constantly under attack from the Ring Envoy fleet and has no way to defend itself, because the enemy appears instantly via warp, making their surprise attacks difficult to detect. Even with the powerful Colonia flank air base providing strong support, it will be overwhelmed and gradually defeated by the almost endless Ring Envoy fleet.

It's no longer possible to help the entire Eastern Ancient Kingdom. Now, the Eastern Ancient Kingdom is just like CN in the MO world, only a little time away from the nightmare of mind control. However, this time, the Eastern Ancient Kingdom doesn't have the European Alliance rushing to the South Pole with the Paradox Engine, nor does it have a Mind Terminator. Moreover, the Ring Messenger fleet will bring a more cruel and merciless destruction and devouring than mind control.

In such a vast ancient kingdom as Donghuang, if the entire population were to flee, there would be nowhere to hide or escape; only a portion of the survivors could escape safely.

Lin Haiyuan needed to ensure that the two universes could communicate stably after Alice and Moni found a way to connect the universe before he could "civilize" the Donghuang Ancient Kingdom and then annex it as part of Fenfeng.

It's worth mentioning that the Kodiak battleship-battlecruiser construction technology and starport construction technology are available at the Colonia flank air base. However, if they want to quickly form combat power and restore the scale of the Dongfeng Fleet, Aquamarine Star will probably be long gone. Lin Haiyuan has to find another way.

"Let's find another way... but which indigenous person should I ask to open this new path?"

Lin Haiyuan fell into deep thought about this.

Finding an indigenous person who is willing to listen to Lin Haiyuan and act according to his commands is easier said than done.

What's easy is his mental strength; he can turn a weak-willed person into a puppet. But how can someone with such a weak will become someone who pioneers a new path? We definitely need to find someone with a strong will who can lead the survivors. But that's the difficulty: is it possible to find such a person by sheer coincidence?

Lin Haiyuan picked up the black-feathered Bailuo beside him and began to ponder, wondering where in the ancient Eastern Huang Kingdom he could find such a clever "prophet" who had foreseen the disaster.

“Emmmmmmmm…………”

Lin Haiyuan held Hei Yu and pondered, familiar place names flashing through his mind, but he rejected them one by one.

In the final rejection, Lin Haiyuan realized that he couldn't think of anything in the entire Eastern Huang Ancient Kingdom that he could find on his own.

"This is troublesome. I can't think of where to find that clever guy."

Lin Haiyuan stroked Hei Yu's smooth black hair, calmly inhaling the pleasant fragrance emanating from it.

"……………………"

After a period of silence, he realized that none of the results met his expectations, so he decided it would be better to change his mind and think about something else.

Extend your right hand and quickly tap the buttons on the holographic projection a few times to bring up the content you want to see.

The holographic projection shows the current construction status of the Cangyue Back Base. The entire Cangyue Back Base is nearing completion, but the Burning Wind Starport has not yet been built.

Although the Furnace Starport shares the same name as the starport in Comic Star Wars 2, it occupies a vast area to build flagship behemoths like the Kodiak warships and battlecruisers. So large that one might think it would be better to build a spaceport that also serves as a warship construction facility. However, on the empty surface of the Moon/Azure Moon, the issue of land area becomes insignificant.

Lin Haiyuan stared at the map on the back of Cangyue, choosing the placement location for "Fenfeng Starport," ready to build a large number of Kodiak warships and a few battlecruisers through Fenfeng Starport at any time.

However, the personnel issue can still be resolved. The "Purifiers" are sufficient for the infantry duties of the Foehn Wind, but they are still not enough for use on warships.

Because the Purifiers were not granted the knowledge to pilot ships, it was not initially considered that the Colonia Flanking Air Base would be fighting alone. Now, the Colonia Flanking Air Base has to handle the Purifiers' rework and memory input issues all by itself, which is really difficult for Walker.com AI, which has to carry out so much scientific research at the same time.

It appears that additional quantum computer arrays are needed to help WalkerNet AI solve the computing power problem, and it's not just a computing power problem; additional genetic technology facilities also need to be built to assist this process.

"It's fortunate that we didn't leave this to the Last Fortress to handle completely, otherwise it would have been really bad. But this takes time... I can't stop here yet. In any case, it's better for me to find those smart people and ship girls than for the Purifiers to do it at the last minute."

Lin Haiyuan set up those things and then called Walker.com AI.

"Walker AI, prepare the Jackal mobile vehicle for me in the equipment room. Get the Altaïr combat suit and the Leap of Faith ready. This time I'm going to the Qingdao naval base in Donghuang to take a look."

Lin Haiyuan put the black feather he was holding down from the side.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com AI immediately carried out Lin Haiyuan's instructions, and a commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle soon arrived outside the command center.

Lin Haiyuan, accompanied by two Purifier guards, Black Feather and Orange Fox, boarded the Jackal mobile vehicle.

The Jackal mobile vehicle emitted a strange, delayed sound as it moved and changed direction, rapidly speeding towards Equipment Room 0 under the acceleration of the airflow.

Ultimately, he decided to go and investigate on-site to find a smart person he could employ or a survivor leader who would follow his command.

The white-haired, white-stockinged loli who really caught my eye in Sakura Empire ship girls seems to be nonexistent. In conclusion: Give me a Laffey!

Emmmm... Comrade, vodka, ton ton ton!

Chapter Seven: The Jealousy of Time (VII)

After the Leap of Faith Pteranodon leaped into the airspace above the Qingdao Naval Base, it went unnoticed by anyone because it had already activated its mental illusion field. The flash of light when it flew out of the warp space was invisible in the daytime environment because Lin Haiyuan's Pteranodon was rushing out from the direction of the sun.

Upon entering the area, Lin Haiyuan immediately employed Fenfeng's signature move, "electronic warfare," using the onboard electronic warfare module to collect the electromagnetic waves reverberating in the region and understand the possible content within them.

As the powerful onboard quantum computer began to decipher these electromagnetic waves and displayed the contents on the monitor, Lin Haiyuan watched the content on the monitor.

The deciphered content mostly consisted of worthless reports and nonsense, with only a small portion being military exchanges and reports from the naval base. It was from this that he learned something quite unique.

The title "Commander" originally used to refer to players in Azur Lane is no longer just an official position; it still refers to the person who commands a certain type of battle, just like before.

"Since we haven't been forced into a desperate situation yet, we're still maintaining the traditional military job divisions to manage the ship girls."

Lin Haiyuan could understand this point easily, because the organization formed by the joint efforts of various countries in the game "Azur Lane" did not appear, so it was normal for no one to serve as "commander". In essence, "commander" is a subordinate of an organization, but whether there are real military ranks in each country is currently unknown.

"But it's impossible to find a smart person among these people; they're still thinking about staying in a deadly situation and engaging in a fruitless battle."

Lin Haiyuan didn't need to say anything more; he controlled the Wind God Pteranodon to turn and fly towards the outer sea.

The two plasma thrusters at the rear of the fuselage emitted even brighter plasma tail flames, and with the more powerful engine output, the speed of the Quetzal suddenly increased.

Now that it's impossible for him to find a commander to lead the group away, he can only start by targeting the ship girls. So, who should he target? It's definitely the four major cities of Anshan, Fushun, Changchun, and Taiyuan.

The Quetzalcoatl's appearance is similar to that of the A-10 attack aircraft, making it unsuitable for supersonic flight. However, it turns out that as long as there is a powerful enough engine, this is not a problem at all, as exemplified by the plasma thruster.

Accelerated by the plasma thruster, Lin Haiyuan's Pteranodon maintained a speed of Mach 1.8 as it sped toward the sea area patrolled by the "Four Great Kings".

In fact, increasing the speed to even higher would not be a problem, but it was not done to avoid the operation of the mental illusion force field.

The wind-borne pterosaur, leaving an invisible trail, flew at high speed at the boundary between the sky and the sea. Lin Haiyuan began to accurately search for the precise coordinates of the four ship girls by relying on the radio waves propagating in this sea area.

After flying at supersonic speed for a while, the Quetzalcoatlus found the location of the four elementary school students. As it approached them, Lin Haiyuan began to tap the buttons to adjust the Quetzalcoatlus's movement, ensuring that it could maintain a relatively stationary speed to track the ship girls. This would allow Lin Haiyuan, the "evil spirit slayer," to use his mental powers to observe the ship girls' minds.

"Something to think about."

After reciting the YR Yuri clone's choice line for the first time in a long time, Lin Haiyuan sat on the Quetzalcoatl and looked down at Anshan. Mind control from the sky is not difficult, as long as it is within the range of the mental power of mind experts and mind elites. The Evil Spirit Soul Reaper is based on the same principle, except that it is a different model of Evil Spirit Machine carrying three mind experts. It does not have as many brains as the Mind Master, which is cultivated and put together.

The mental power representing his intentions began to enter Anshan's mind in an instant, but the amount of this mental power was like a tiny stream. It was simple; he didn't want to completely control Anshan, but rather wanted to use his mental power to peer into her memories.

The process did not go as smoothly as expected. Lin Haiyuan's steady and persistent mental strength was hindered because Anshan was a typical person with unwavering willpower.

Genuine unwavering willpower? It's quite peculiar that such a trait appears on a mass-produced ship girl, but this kind of unwavering willpower under such unprepared circumstances isn't very effective for me.

If a person with a strong will wants to avoid being influenced by mind control, they must be able to always stick to their own principles, instead of being judged as having a strong will and thus having no mental power.

Lin Haiyuan used a more ingenious method of applying mental power, penetrating his mental power into unseen weak points to read minds.

If you can't directly read memories with your mind, then reading her specific mental activities is no problem. This is similar to the working principle of a telepathy sensor, but it can read more detailed information than a telepathy sensor.

After completing the reading of the mental activity, Lin Haiyuan looked surprised and made an incomprehensible sound. He had extracted unusual information from Anshan's mental activity.

She actually knew that the prototype of the Ring Messenger's warship was called the Void Radiance Ship, Storm Ship, Aircraft Carrier, and War Prism. This was not information that a native could know. Could she also be a transmigrator similar to myself? No, just to be on the safe side, it would be better to listen again.

Lin Haiyuan placed his hand on his chin, and as his thoughts flowed, he gleaned more information indirectly from reading her mind.

Wanting to live on with her sisters, not wanting to easily perish in this seemingly familiar new world after escaping the shackles of her original world? This is really not the kind of thought an ordinary ship girl should have. It can now be confirmed that she is a transmigrator who has been reborn as a ship girl, which makes things much easier.

Lin Haiyuan was certain that this transmigrator ship girl was the smart person he was looking for. Nothing could make a transmigrator more alert than the communication between transmigrators, and nothing could help them understand each other's intentions better than the communication between transmigrators.

He tapped the buttons on the control panel, preparing to descend from the Leap of Faith.

"Kuroba and Orange Fox, stay where you are and await my orders. I need to speak with the ship girls below by myself."

Lin Haiyuan looked at the two Purifier guards.

Black Feather and Orange Fox nodded silently to Lin Haiyuan.