Colonia Storm Tour

Lin Haiyuan still didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble, or rather, he didn't want to spend too much time on the survivors.

"……Um."

Anshan nodded.

"Go back and reunite with your sisters now."

Lin Haiyuan started walking towards the place where they first met.

"That's true."

Anshan responded and began gliding on the sea to reunite with the three ship girl sisters, Fushun, Changchun, and Taiyuan.

Finally, the two returned to their original positions, and before hearing the four sisters' conversation, Lin Haiyuan snapped his fingers.

"We will meet again. I hope you can all take good care of yourselves. Once you're dead, you're really dead. All the time and memories you've had won't be preserved."

Lin Haiyuan gave them a meaningful piece of advice.

The "Leap of Faith" Quetzalcoatlus flew right above Lin Haiyuan's head, and he was precisely sucked into it and disappeared.

Whoosh!

The Quetzalcoatlus roared low in the sky as it flew straight up and disappeared, leaving only its wings and four faint trails of plasma tail flame.

Chapter Eight: The Jealousy of Time (VIII)

"Sister Anshan, who is that strange older brother who can ride the wind? What did he say to you, Sister Anshan?"

Fushun asked curiously.

"Changchun is also very curious!"

Changchun waved his two hands, which were hidden in his sleeves.

"Me too."

Taiyuan was also very curious about what Anshan and Lin Haiyuan had said.

"That older brother's name is Lin Haiyuan, and he's actually from the same hometown as me."

Anshan did not rush to talk about her attitude during her conversation with Lin Haiyuan.

"Lin Haiyuan? That sounds like a pretty ordinary name, but fellow townsman... what kind of fellow townsman?"

I couldn't understand Fushun later on.

For ship girls, the meaning of the term "fellow countryman" is understandable, but it's inappropriate to use it to refer to them, who were born abnormally, and a living human being, because the two were born in different circumstances.

"It's impossible for ship girls and humans to say they're from the same hometown as humans, and it doesn't seem right to be referring to someone whose birthplace is Anshan."

Changchun tilted her little head and thought.

"The older brother named Lin Haiyuan's accent... I couldn't tell he was from Anshan."

Taiyuan couldn't discern anything from his accent.

"This matter is a bit complicated, we'll see how things go. Now let me tell you about our conversation. We reached an agreement that if the Ring Messenger's fleet invades and we are in mortal danger, he will appear to help us, just like before."

Anshan temporarily filtered out the comedic dialogue with Lin Haiyuan, only mentioning the most important points.

"So it'll appear suddenly, like a ghost, alongside that really cool flying machine from before?"

Fushun, however, did not pay attention to what had been said earlier.

"That older brother named Lin Haiyuan seems really capable, and his plane is really cool, but if danger arises, how will he find us?"

This is the question that Changchun had in mind.

“I remember that Project Rainbow was also designed to achieve a similar effect… That older brother named Lin Haiyuan accomplished something that Project Rainbow couldn’t achieve successfully: invisibility.”

Taiyuan was deeply impressed by the purpose mentioned in the urban legend "Rainbow Project," and he was able to understand the reason behind Lin Haiyuan's appearance and disappearance.

“Taiyuan, that kind of invisibility is much more convenient and technologically advanced than the invisibility achieved by Project Rainbow. He has been watching us. If the Ring Messenger’s fleet invades, he will definitely notice it immediately and come to our rescue.”

Anshan is pleased with the wisdom of Taiyuan.

"He's been watching us the whole time? Why is that older brother watching us? Could he have been invisible and following us all this time?"

Fu Shun asked curiously, and being rather simple-minded, she immediately looked around searching for Lin Haiyuan's whereabouts.

"It felt a bit scary. The older brother named Lin Haiyuan didn't leave; he was watching us from the air the whole time."

Taiyuan was somewhat afraid of being watched.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, Taiyuan, Sister Changchun is here."

Upon seeing this, Changchun immediately comforted his only younger sister.

“Fushun, you’re overthinking it. He’s been watching us all along, not following behind us, but watching us from the sky.”

Anshan stretched out his finger and pointed directly at the clear sky.

"Looking from the sky? Hmm... Isn't that older brother named Lin Haiyuan following us in his plane? There's no difference, right?"

Fushun's mindset has not broken free from the sky.

"The difference is huge. First of all, some things called satellites will fly around Aquamarine at altitudes that our planes cannot reach. These things called satellites are unmanned automated machines that can forward image information seen by satellites equipped with various reconnaissance equipment to the corresponding headquarters for collection and processing, just like sending radio telegrams. This way, they don't have to follow us all the time. As for us being followed like a human, that's impossible. If we don't carry special transmitters, it's very difficult for satellites to detect us immediately."

Anshan continued to answer his sisters' questions: "That thing called a satellite is not used to track a person, but to monitor a large area. So when the Circular Messenger's fleet appears in the satellite's view, Commander Lin Haiyuan will immediately notice it and come to our rescue, rather than checking our situation through the satellite."

"Oh~"

The three ship girls from Fushun, Changchun, and Taiyuan understood after hearing Anshan's explanation that they weren't being followed all the time. It was just that something in the sky was observing this area. As long as that thing called "satellite" saw the Ring Messenger fleet appear, Lin Haiyuan would realize that they were in danger and would immediately rush over to provide support.

"Sister Anshan, Sister Anshan, could you take me to see one of those things called satellites next time?"

Fushun asked excitedly, as she had always had an endless interest in strange and interesting things.

This thing called a "satellite" is so amazing that it can see such a vast area from a height that airplanes cannot reach, and it can also transmit what it sees. How could this not pique her interest?

"Me too, I'm really curious to see what a satellite actually looks like."

Changchun is also interested in things called satellites.

"I'd also like to see how to achieve an even better stealth effect than Project Rainbow. Would we allow access to such military secrets?"

The technology that Taiyuan could conceive of would be a closely guarded military secret for any country in the world, and would never be revealed to outsiders.

"Next time we meet, I'll ask him if he'd be willing to broaden your horizons."

Anshan believes that Lin Haiyuan is relatively easy to talk to. He may not show them the stealth technology, but he would probably not easily refuse to show them satellites.

"Ok!"

Fushun happily raised his right hand, as if he had won a victory.

"Fushun, Changchun, Taiyuan, continue your patrol mission. We haven't finished our daily patrol yet. Let's talk during the patrol."

Anshan inspired the three ship girl sisters to get moving.

"Yes!"

Fushun, Changchun, and Taiyuan began patrolling around her, following the previously planned flight path.

Lin Haiyuan, who had just flown away, did not return to the air base on the flank of Colonia, but instead flew towards the Sakura Islands, which had already been conquered by the Ring Envoys.

In the cockpit, Lin Haiyuan felt a little hungry, so he operated the control panel for a while.

Before long, Hei Yu brought a plate of food and tableware to Lin Haiyuan's side, including a nutrient supplement specially for use by the Purifiers and other units.

"Ah, thank you, Orange Fox. Please sit in the chair over there and have some nutritional supplements."

After Lin Haiyuan habitually said thank you, she called out to Orange Fox and then took the plate from Black Feather. She held Black Feather comfortably in her arms and they began to eat the food on the plate, one bite at a time. Black Feather scooped up the mixed food and fed it to Lin Haiyuan, while Lin Haiyuan fed her nutritional supplements in small bites.

If a purifier wants to replenish their nutrition, they can drink a special nutritional supplement. However, they can also eat normally, although this is rare.

Beep beep—Walker.com AI's communication has arrived.

“Master, I have detected a Sakura Empire fleet ahead of you. This Sakura Empire fleet consists of destroyers. They are chasing some of the Ring Envoy's warships, as well as a few beings that appear to be Ascended and Archons. Judging from the behavior of those warships and the Ascended and Archons, they seem to be trying to capture those destroyers.”

Lin Haiyuan reached out and pressed down on Hei Yu's little hand, which was about to be fed, to make him stop.

"It seems that the so-called Ring Messenger is more like a time traveler in control. But before I lend a hand, I need to know the names of those destroyers."

Lin Haiyuan did not want to rescue either Wu Gang Yukikaze or Sasebo Shigure, two powerful ships, from the team he was supposed to help. He thought that if he rescued them, it would be difficult to handle them anyway, so he decided to just ignore them from the beginning. If necessary, he would also like to get these two powerful ships to leave as soon as possible. The place called Fenfeng was too small for Sakura Empire to afford these two powerful ships.

"According to Master's description, the destroyers being chased are Urakaze, Tanikaze, Hamakaze, and Isokaze."

Walker.com AI responded.

"Great, it saves me the trouble of calling in the Hades tanks."

If Lin Haiyuan were to discover Xuefeng and Shiyu, he would have no choice but to call upon the Mingwei Tank to use its neutron cannon to remove them from this world.

"Master, are you planning to rescue them? Their leader, Pu Feng, is quite arrogant. Even if you rescue her, you won't immediately gain her loyalty to lead the team."

Walker.com's AI analyzed the situation for Lin Haiyuan—Walker.com's AI had heard Lin Haiyuan describe the general personalities of each ship girl, and therefore had a classification of the ship girls' possibilities of joining the Fenfeng faction.

In Walker.com's AI assessment, the Sakura Empire ship girls have the lowest weighting for potentially defecting to the Fumikaze, while the highest weighting is undoubtedly that of the ancient Eastern Kingdom, which shares the same language and culture.

"Hmm...that's true. Let me consider lending a hand to them. Walker.net AI, how many Ringed Messenger warships are chasing them?"

Lin Haiyuan tapped the panel a few times with his left hand. One must be cautious when offering help to a familiar "character" with a troublesome personality.

Helping out is fine, but if it would lead to serious danger, then forget it.

"Four spherical warships named [Prophet], two [Warp Prisms], are using the beam you mentioned, Master, to suppress them. In addition, six [High Templars] and four [Archives] are using psionic power to intercept them."

Walker.com AI responded.

"If it's just a Prophet Ship, it's easy to deal with. But if it's a high-ranking Templar or an Archon, that would be even better."

Lin Haiyuan could easily deal with these units that had their own energy bars, because he understood "feedback." If there wasn't too much of a deviation, he could wipe out the entire pursuing force just by relying on feedback.

After quickly finishing what could hardly be called lunch, Lin Haiyuan reached out and placed his hands on Hei Yu and Cheng Hu's shoulders.

"I can do it all by myself. WalkerNet AI will control the Leap of Faith to prioritize dealing with those Prophet Ships."

After giving a brief instruction, Lin Haiyuan walked to the back, preparing to parachute in and surprise the people below.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.net AI immediately took over the Leap of Faith "Queen Wyvern" and prepared to use the Leap of Faith's built-in weapon system to deal with the vulnerable Prophet ship.

Meanwhile, the destroyers below, desperately attacking the Ringed Messenger forces equipped with plasma shields with their weapons, were unaware that their savior had arrived.