Colonia Storm Tour

The World's Devourer couldn't fathom the difference between devouring a human and swallowing a quark.

The End of Reincarnation did not answer immediately. Instead, the most powerful avatar in the Void Realm lifted the dark veil of psychic energy, revealing a charming young woman with long pink hair, golden eyes, and a white dress before the Void Realm avatar, which had no fixed form.

"At the end of the cycle of reincarnation, why did you become a weak and inferior human?"

The countless different voices whispering in the void all revealed the same surprise.

"No psychic humans are performing rituals to foresee you now, so why is this the case?"

The threads of life are astonished by the posture of the end of the cycle of reincarnation.

"A fixed form cannot arouse the desires of those lower-dimensional beings, the end of the cycle."

The object of desire spoke in surprise, its fixed posture being difficult for beings in the illusory realm to comprehend.

"At the end of the cycle of reincarnation, do you think you can lure low-dimensional creatures, who are your prey, to get close to you with this seemingly holy appearance? It's already difficult enough for those low-dimensional creatures to even touch us. Even if you become like this, you won't direct the psionic consciousness of psionic beings toward you, and I won't allow it."

He doesn't want his food to be stolen by the world's greedy people.

"……………………"

The End of Reincarnation, transformed into the form of Madoka, smiled without saying a word. In this dark and unpredictable psychic dimension, her smile, or even her very existence, was like a lighthouse in the darkness.

If those wanderers or lost souls in the psychic dimension were to see this lighthouse, they would surely be overjoyed, like moths to a flame, drawn to this beacon radiating holy light, bowing down before the long gown of the goddess of holy compassion. However, considering that this holy incarnation is a transformation of the end of reincarnation, and considering the terrifying implications behind the end of reincarnation, this is undoubtedly the greatest irony for psychics who are idealistic fools trying to find light in the darkness of the virtual realm. But what is even more terrifying is yet to come.

The end of the cycle of the illusory realm will not force the audience to sign a contract with her, but her "holiness" becomes one of the factors that help in signing the contract, as well as the passive temptation to people's hearts.

Regardless, these idealistic fools who rely on the power of the virtual realm are always playing with fire, and in the end, the materialists are the ones who have to clean up their messes and create crises.

Transforming into the form of Madoka is an inspiration gained after encountering the memories of the "Agent" at the end of the cycle.

She foresaw that there might be more people like the Human Agent in this world, so it was important to have an appearance that could be accepted by such people. That's why she changed into that form to the surprise of the other avatars in the virtual realm.

"The end of reincarnation, are you thinking... you're crazy?"

The last whisper of the void left countless echoes in the void before quickly disappearing.

It's quite strange for one being in the illusory realm to say that another is insane, but it also means that the Whispers of the Void has guessed what the End of Reincarnation wants to do.

"Only by maintaining a constantly changing posture can one attract more lower-dimensional beings to the end of the cycle of reincarnation."

After recounting the common knowledge of the illusory realm, the Thread of Life departed.

"You can only arouse the desires of lower-dimensional humans and some beings with similar aesthetic views to lower-dimensional humans, not all beings with spiritual abilities, at the end of the cycle of reincarnation."

Having finished speaking, the vessel of longing departed.

"Do not presume to take away all the food, at the end of the cycle of rebirth."

After uttering a harsh remark, the World's Frenzied Demon left.

Of course, this departure is not a "departure" in the true sense; it is merely that the communication between them in the virtual realm has been interrupted.

The end of the cycle of reincarnation still smiled, ignoring the thoughts of other beings in the illusory realm, and did as it pleased.

If a true expert on the StarCraft were to see this, they wouldn't be happy at first glance; instead, they would lament their bad luck and quickly leave.

The ending, "Life is but a dream, a fleeting illusion," is something no one would willingly sign unless they were a player who could restart the game at any moment.

It is likely that only those who are unaware of the truth would sign that contract, which is full of trickery and malicious intent. Among countless universes, the number of people who are unaware of the truth is the largest... No one knows whether the "Virtual Realm" is connected to multiple universes or exists in multiple worlds. If so, all star systems may face an end-of-the-world crisis created by a group of idealistic fools.

The only thing that is certain is that Lin Haiyuan, Alice, Moni, and many more things have nothing to do with the illusory realm of idealistic fools.

While Lin Haiyuan was rapidly building up his virtual forces in the virtual world of Aquamarine Star, he did not stop to return to the air base on the flank of Colonia. Instead, he risked flying over the Sakura Islands, which had been set ablaze by the Ring Envoy fleet. He hoped to find something that might cause the virtual mist to appear on the land conquered by the Ring Envoy fleet.

He had already searched up to Hokkaido Island, but hadn't encountered any Sakura Empire ship girls, so he started searching for something from Hokkaido Island as well.

Although idealistic psychic energy sounds incredible, those idealists need electricity and minerals to create everything around them, rather than just using psychic energy to create the various items and ships they need. This is very likely because the psychic empires of those idealistic empires are not as powerful as the psychic avatars of the Void Realm, powerful enough to create, like the gods in mythology who created the world, products that materialism requires many mechanical devices to manufacture, solely with their own psychic energy.

The Void Mist cannot appear out of nothing. For the Void Mist to appear, there must be some guiding medium. Generally, this guiding medium is just a psionic mark. However, the situation on Aquamarine Star is different because the Void Mark only appears when a contract is signed with the End of the Void Cycle.

There are no idealistic fools on Aquamarine Star to hold ceremonies and sign contracts, so the Void Mark cannot exist. Therefore, something else must be used to summon the Void Mist.

Holding Hei Yu, Lin Haiyuan watched the images on the monitor with unusual rationality and calmness. He was observing whether there were any objects or cracks on the ground that resembled the emanating mist of the illusory realm.

Kuroba was still gently moving up and down in his arms, giving both of them a pleasant sensation.

"We didn't see anything capable of releasing the illusory mist, but we did see Tiberium ore?"

Lin Haiyuan frowned as he looked at the large patches of purple crystals on the image. These large patches of purple crystals were scattered everywhere like crystal mines, and they were expanding outwards at a visible, slow rate of self-replication.

This self-replicating and spreading pattern does look very similar to Tiberium ore, but self-replication and spreading alone are not enough to prove that it is Tiberium ore, because Tiberium minerals are all green, and they absorb mineral resources to replicate and spread themselves, which usually leads to catastrophic environmental changes.

Just then, Walker.com's AI communication came through.

Actually, when I thought that the moe version of End of Cycle was Madoka Kaname, I wasn't surprised at first... because there was the example of Nyaruko. However, the main reason for the connection is the translation of End of Cycle. Initially, some people translated it as The Principle of Cycles, and with the power plant that reduces happiness and increases electricity, the name Madoka Kaname gradually spread.

It's quite beneficial to think about how elusive the image of the end of reincarnation is; the cute version of the evil god easily reminds people of their Emmmmm true form.

The second update will be released in the afternoon or evening.

Chapter Eleven: The Jealousy of Time (XI)

"Master, the test results for those purple crystal fragments are in. These strange purple crystal fragments have abilities beyond our expectations. They can replicate and grow by absorbing soil and surrounding mineral resources. In addition, they can kill living beings, decompose and absorb them as a part of their bodies, and crystallize them."

Walker.com's AI reached a similar conclusion to Tiberium, but this purple crystal went even further without any redundancy: it would not cause any form of genetic mutation.

"Walker.com AI, what are your suggestions for handling these purple crystals?"

Lin Haiyuan did not immediately express his opinion.

"Use effective sonic weapons immediately to destroy these purple crystals. These crystals from the Void Realm are not something we can utilize."

Walker.net AI's idea was to destroy all the purple crystals to prevent future problems, which was something they couldn't use.

"It seems we'll have to establish a purple crystal control node called TCN to handle these purple crystals from the virtual realm. Walker AI, have these purple crystals spread into the water?"

Lin Haiyuan remembered the description of Tiberian mines in the Command & Conquer Encyclopedia very clearly.

TCN is a product of the Turtle Arena, called Tiberium Control Node. It is used to eliminate Tiberium ore within the node's range. This purple crystal happens to have some characteristics of Tiberium ore, so using similar technological buildings to eliminate this purple crystal is the best option, if Aquamarine Star has not completely become a virtual planet.

"These crystals have already shown defects in the laboratory; they cannot diffuse into water. They dissolve instantly in water, and our sonic weapons can completely eliminate them."

Walker.com's AI response immediately reduced the value and threat level of this purple crystal. Think about Tiberium, which dissolves in water... What use is it? GDI and NOD are not going to make a fortune from this stuff.

"It seems that creating a tsunami or a large-scale sonic resonance would be enough to deal with these purple crystals, but is that all these purple crystals are good for?"

Lin Haiyuan didn't think that the transmigrator would be so idle as to drop such a purple crystal, which would be practically useless in the environment of an ocean planet.

"No further discoveries have been made, and it seems that the use of this crystal is limited to this."

Walker.com's AI's response was actually a relief; if it had other uses, it would be extremely alarming, such as generating a virtual fog.

"Then let's destroy these crystals completely. Leaving them in the air base on the flank of Colonia is just an unstable thing."

Lin Haiyuan quickly instructed Walker.com's AI to destroy those purple crystals, as who knows if these crystals might still have the ability to attract some strange things.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com AI immediately used the laboratory's sonic equipment to pulverize the purple crystals, then filled the entire container with water, evaporated the water vapor at high temperature, and sent it into a blast furnace for complete incineration, ensuring that no trace was left.

A more advanced cleanup method is to encapsulate it in a box and launch it towards the star at the highest speed possible without disintegration or leakage. This is especially important for stars like "White Sun," which have a mass of 2.1 solar masses and a surface temperature of about 11000 degrees Celsius. Apart from inconceivable scientific life forms like planet eaters, very few things can get close to a star without any problems.

After Lin Haiyuan had Walker.com's AI process the purple crystals, he continued to observe the images on the monitor, looking for places where the illusory mist might appear.

However, apart from the vast expanse of illusory crystal mines, no entrances or anything else spewing illusory mist were seen.

"That's strange. Not only can we not see the Void Mist, but we can't even see the Ring Envoy's warship."

He neither sensed any movement of the Ring Messenger fleet on the airborne radar nor on the telepathic sensors that could be called "precognition interfaces" among the stars.

This seemingly idealistic contraption is not equipped on other warships; currently, only Lin Haiyuan's Leap of Faith-class Pteranodon is equipped with it to ward off malicious discoverers.

Hokkaido, a place with pretty good scenery, has been turned into a mess by the Ring Envoy's warships. Now, apart from a chaotic ruin and large areas of illusory crystal mines that are devouring and assimilating everything around them, there is nothing else to be seen.

"Has the Ring Messenger not yet had time to set up the things that will turn this place into a virtual realm?"

Lin Haiyuan was puzzled by this. When the Ring Envoys first arrived in this world, they immediately conquered the Three Color Continent and turned its territory into part of the Virtual World. Now that they had conquered the Cherry Blossom Islands, it was really strange that they did not immediately release the Virtual World Mist to turn this place into the Virtual World.

However, it's also possible that they haven't had time to set up the necessary facilities in Hokkaido yet. Let's continue to observe the situation in Hokkaido.

As Lin Haiyuan continued to observe Hokkaido below, he noticed that the once-unchanging ruins and purple crystals had replaced the original scenery of Hokkaido, making everything seem so monotonous.

During this process, Hei Yu, who had been working hard, helped Lin Haiyuan get social security benefits once.

He patted Hei Yu's head and back, signaling her to stop, and then held her as they continued to observe the ground, which brought them both physical and psychological comfort.

After flying over Hokkaido for a while, the onboard computer issued a warning, and many red dots appeared on the radar.

"Warning - Circle Messenger forces detected ahead."

The main event was about to begin. Lin Haiyuan immediately straightened up from his chair and sat up straight, looking at the image on the monitor. He then pressed the buttons to find out what region the red dot was located in.

In less than a second, the onboard computer gave the answer: "Sapporo - Zao Heavy Industries Hokkaido Branch".

By projecting the satellite images onto a holographic projection, Lin Haiyuan, through the detection of the GLONASS satellite system, saw a large number of Circular Messenger troops stationed around the Hokkaido branch of Zao Heavy Industries.

"It seems they're not just eyeing Zao Heavy Industries' headquarters in Tokyo, but also other Zao Heavy Industries branches. They seem particularly interested in ship girls."

Lin Haiyuan understood the transmigrator's enthusiasm for ship girls. Any man who could accept the world of anime would be attracted to ship girls; he himself was someone who was attracted to lolis.

He would definitely not allow the Ring Messenger to succeed in using the equipment of Zao Heavy Industries' branch to create ship girls. If they were controlled by the man who controlled the Ring Messenger, they would only be waiting for a fate worse than death.

Lin Haiyuan already had a plan for how to "deal with" the Zao Heavy Industries branch. Calling on the Colonia flank air base to come and eliminate the Ring Messenger forces here, just like he did in Tokyo, would be too blatant. Now that the Uranus satellite system is online, Lin Haiyuan can use the Leap of Faith to carry out an orbital strike.

Before executing the orbital strike, Lin Haiyuan carefully observed the Ring Messenger forces defending the controlled units. After all, he hadn't had much time to observe the Ring Messenger Protoss forces before, and their defenses were also worth observing. If it was necessary to attack the Ring Messengers' defenses, the experience gained through observation would come in handy.

The defenses of Zao Heavy Industries' branch in Sapporo, Hokkaido, appear much more solid than the mobile defensive line of warships and ground troops used by the Ring Messenger during their warp-and-fly attack on Tokyo.

This time, with identifiable defensive structures to enhance defense, Lin Haiyuan could tell from the buildings that their shapes and colors differed from any known Protoss faction.

The exterior design hasn't changed much, but there are some extra decorations that seem like minor details, such as the "Photon Turret" nicknamed "Plate," which features the Protoss symbol of the Law of Death inside the plate, and the paint job is a strange white and pink...

Did I encounter the real "Genji" or a fake Genji (the end of reincarnation)? The signs of the Law of Cycles have all appeared!

Lin Haiyuan observed the "Protoss buildings" and the "Protoss troops" whose appearances had changed with surprise.

Then he considered that the one who made the move was not the real Madoka, but just a transmigrator's proxy, so this color scheme was probably not strange. However, he couldn't guess what the other party was thinking, so he changed the very ostentatious gold and the domineering black and red to a very girly white and pink.

It's like painting the four limbs of a horror drone white, then painting its central part pink and tying a bow on it—it just looks weird.

He couldn't help but wonder if he was a misguided girl facing that time traveler. What decent man would use such colors to decorate his troops?

Fortunately, this somewhat naive idea didn't last long, and Lin Haiyuan had already begun to consider what kind of orbital strike weapon to use to completely destroy this place.

Traditional hybrid plasma bombs seem somewhat inadequate. Should I use the "Mercury" laser to destroy this place? Or is a more convenient intercontinental ballistic missile strike possible?