Colonia Storm Tour

"I am Gu Feng, nice to meet you, Walker.net."

Gu Feng was the last to introduce himself to Walker.net's AI.

After a brief introduction, Lin Haiyuan had already hovered the Leap of Faith atop the mountain that had been prepared in advance—to ensure the camouflage effect, the vegetation on the island's summit was not...

"Urakaze, Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze, get ready to disembark now. Kuroba, Orange Fox, take them to familiarize themselves with the mountain base on Three Saints Star Island. I have other things to do."

Lin Haiyuan will have to return to the air base on the flank of Colonia.

The air base on the flank of the Eternal is where he feels most comfortable right now, and he has no intention of going to see the newly built mountain base.

"Yes/I understand."

After Black Feather and Orange Fox responded, the hatch of the Leap of Faith opened, and the retractable boarding stairs were lowered, allowing them to step onto the stable ground.

"plz follow me."

Orange Fox and Black Feather each approached the two teams of destroyer lolis, pretending to lead their respective teams.

After glancing at Lin Haiyuan, the four destroyer lolis followed the two purifiers, Black Feather and Orange Fox, away from the Leap of Faith.

After confirming that they had all disembarked, Lin Haiyuan controlled the Leap of Faith, a wind god pterosaur, to slowly leave the top of the Three Saints Star Island. Currently, the entire island was shrouded in the shadow of the Colonia Flanking Air Base Camp, and he needed to fly out of the shadow of the Colonia Flanking Air Base Camp before he could return to the Colonia Flanking Air Base Camp.

There is no entrance or exit for the Leap of Faith below the Colonia Flanking Air Base; the entrance or exit is only available above the Colonia Flanking Air Base.

After dispelling the mental illusion field, Lin Haiyuan immediately activated afterburner to accelerate propulsion—now that they were far away from the Three Saints Star Island, he ensured that the wake generated by the Leap of Faith during its accelerated flight would not affect them.

Within minutes of activating afterburner, he personally piloted the Leap of Faith back into the hangar, then boarded the Commander Jackal mobile vehicle and returned to the command center.

Sitting in his office chair in the command center, Lin Haiyuan immediately asked Walker.com AI about the base on the far side of the moon.

"Walker.com AI, how is the construction of the Burning Wind Starport on the back side of the Azure Moon base progressing? What is the status of the Purifiers used for fleet operations?"

Lin Haiyuan realized that the storm was brewing, so he naturally had to pay attention to the most reliable combat units at hand.

"The Burning Wind Starport has been completed and is using mineral resources from the base on the back of the Azure Moon to build Kodiak warships. The training of ship-type Purifiers is progressing smoothly. It is expected that the first batch of Purifiers will be able to board the warships and begin combat after the Kodiak warships are completed."

Walker.com AI responded.

Colonia's flank air base naturally carried blueprints and a wealth of technical data for the Purifier, the Burning Wind Starport, the Kodiak warship, and the battlecruiser.

"Well, battlecruisers are a problem. Whether this world supports the cultivation of artificial elves is a big question, and whether there's enough time to cram like this is also a question."

Lin Haiyuan's air base on the flank of Colonia carries information and equipment on how to breed artificial elves, but the problem is as described above.

Battlecruisers can usually perform at their full potential under the control of artificial elves, but whether they can perform at their full potential under the control of Purifiers who do not directly control them is another matter entirely. Moreover, building a battlecruiser takes much longer than building a Kodiak.

"Master, if we want to fight against those virtual realm opponents, we can only use a large number of Kodiak warships. At present, we can only choose to either manufacture a large number of Kodiak warships or manufacture a small number of battlecruisers."

The Burning Wind Port is essentially a larger version of the Tyrann Port with a "Technology Reactor (Reactor + Technology Lab)" attached to it, but it is usually recommended to produce only one type of unit at a time to maximize production efficiency.

"That means a large number of Kodiak warships. Our 800mm shells should be able to effectively break through the shields and armor of those Protoss ships, even though they are all virtual creations."

Lin Haiyuan's choice to mass-produce Kodiak warships was undoubtedly the right one.

With an insufficient number of battlecruisers and no artificial spirit ship girls, the loss of any of them would be painful. Therefore, it would be better to build Kodiak battleships, which would not be too painful to lose.

Given enough time, the Kodiak battleship can still gain a numerical advantage, and its main guns are just as powerful. However, without shields, it can only rely on its armor for protection. The existence of the original Lightning Armor means that there is no need for or ability to install shields. If there is time to upgrade, it can be upgraded to the more robust Black Hole Armor to enhance its armor resistance.

"Walker AI, we need to ramp up production of Kodiak warships and carrier-based Purifiers. The Ring Messenger is currently in the calm before the storm. We won't be able to rely solely on the Colonia flank air base to fight the Ring Messenger's warships within the atmosphere."

Lin Haiyuan also needed the Kodiak warship to carry out orbital bombardment. The power of those three 800mm triple-barreled naval guns was theoretically stronger than that of hybrid plasma bombs and shock wave bombs. After all, both of them were products that pursued precision strikes, unlike the Kodiak warship's guns which could make up for accuracy issues with blast radius.

Just like the PLA, which was so dissatisfied with the accuracy of its own sniper rifles that it eventually created the QLU-11 grenade launcher with mixed feelings... If bullets can't hit you, then we'll blow you up with grenades!

To be honest, this is a last resort, since high-precision sniper rifles can't be manufactured just like that.

"In addition, we should also leave some Kodiak warships in orbit. If there is anything releasing the Void Mist, we should quickly concentrate our fire and bombard it to take it down. If not, we should join the combat team that follows the Colonia's flank air base."

Lin Haiyuan patted his head as he said this: "That's what they say, but when that ring envoy will launch his attack is a problem. If he starts his attack tomorrow, then... how many Kodiak warships will we have at our disposal?"

"Ensure that 20 Kodiak warships are ready for testing and deployment."

Walker.com AI responded.

"20 ships... It seems there's not enough time, but that's all we can do. We should focus on how to get the surviving ship girls out of Aquamarine alive. As for how to stop the Void Mist, if they use something to summon the Void Mist to envelop the planet, that would be fine... It means we still have a way to use orbital bombardment to delay the time it takes for Aquamarine to become a Void World."

Lin Haiyuan had no choice but to prioritize getting the ship girls he liked and who were willing to leave with him away from the deadly planet Aquamarine.

"Walker.com AI, is the Three Saints Star Naval Base completed by now?"

He didn't want to leave behind their abandoned supplies on Aquamarine.

"The construction of the mountain base on Sanshengxing Island has been completed, and the construction of other cliff islands is still underway."

Walker.com AI responded.

"The original defensive fortifications will be dismantled, leaving only the detection array tower and the cloaking tower, so that we can easily retrieve them and leave Aquamarine Star at any time. The naval dock will also be retrieved together."

Although Lin Haiyuan now has a stable source of mineral resources in Cangyue, he still doesn't want to waste them and wants to take everything he can with him.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com AI immediately followed Lin Haiyuan's instructions, canceling the original defense facilities and starting to build detection array towers and stealth towers.

The Detection Array Tower is a newly developed defensive structure that looks almost identical to the Tech Watch Post in Red Alert 3. Its base is not rectangular but circular, and it has four identical diamond-shaped supports for additional stability.

The above incorporates the most advanced and commonly used detection technologies currently available to the Foehn Wind. It not only provides a wide field of vision but also has the function of detecting invisible objects over a wide area. It also has the function of preventing the release of reconnaissance skills within its range. If the opponent is not a CNC series opponent, this function is manifested in preventing/interfering with most forms of scanning, depending on the level of technology and scanning strength. It is also equipped with a telepathic sensor to provide additional detection functions, which can be used to detect attacks and infiltrations from afar. It can also provide firing coordinates and trajectory correction for units using Golden Arrow rockets.

In terms of positioning, the "detection array tower" belongs to the T3 defense building after the construction of the network core/cloud-piercing spire/nanofiber loom expansion module, and is a defense building of the same level as the signal jammer.

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The "Invisibility Tower" is a fixed building version of the [Athena] device, used to provide a powerful optical invisibility field. Although it lacks the use of psychic technology compared to the psychic illusion field, the Invisibility Tower can do better than the Illusion Core and Psychic Illusion Device in some aspects. That is, people who lack direct visual observation ability but have the characteristic of psychic sensitivity cannot detect the Invisibility Tower and the invisible units. At the same time, without a certain level of attack, the invisibility effect cannot be broken. In terms of appearance, it is similar to the NOD Invisibility (Interference) Tower.

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Building these two new types of buildings is much faster than building multiple defensive structures. At least you can focus on building just two types of buildings. As for the power consumption problem, it is no longer an issue with the combined power supply of the power generation fan box and the magnetic energy reactor. One power generation fan box plus two magnetic energy reactors can power the operation of the two defensive structures with a surplus.

Thank you to all the readers for your generous donations!

After watching three rounds of Polar Day operations...emmmmmmmmmmm, it's still the same old story, wheeled troop delivery. However, Tanma still hasn't changed the living teleportation feature, lol. The changes to the Evil Nest are quite interesting though.

There will be no double update today.

Chapter Fifteen: The Jealousy of Time (XV)

The Sansheng Star Naval Base has been transformed from a fully-fledged naval base into a safe house more akin to a covert operation. This safe house is equipped with multiple high-powered detection devices and stealth devices to ensure security and can be retrieved and withdrawn at any time. With the Ring Envoy potentially launching a full-scale attack on the remaining nations of this planet at any moment, Lin Haiyuan no longer has much time to stop the Ring Envoy's fleet. As for how to prevent a planet from becoming a virtual world, there is still no definite clue, because the specific way the virtual mist appeared on the planet is unknown.

There are not many detailed descriptions of planets becoming virtual worlds in Stellaris. One is that they signed a contract with the End of Reincarnation, which caused the planets they controlled to be marked with the virtual world mark. Once the time comes, they will automatically become virtual world planets. The Holy Guardian Fallen Empire has a virtual world called "Apostate". But that's all the information we can get.

The idea of ​​turning a planet into a virtual world is particularly idealistic. It's as if the thought itself transforms it into a virtual world. There's nothing that could possibly cause a virtual world to emerge. It's impossible for subordinate psionicists to become carriers of the virtual mist, because all psionicists have already become part of the virtual fleet.

In this state of confusion, Lin Haiyuan could only lead the survivors away from Hailan Star, since the survivors wouldn't die without Hailan Star.

If Lin Haiyuan wanted, he could live like the nomads of the star system, spending his entire life on the air base camp on the flank of Colonia without finding a specific planet to live on. He could only find a planet to resupply when he needed to. However, this was based on the premise of being alone on a ship. If he really wanted to play this way safely, an Ark-class ship like the Spear of Adun would be necessary.

First of all, the Spear of Adun is big enough that colossi, void radiance ships, and aircraft carriers can move freely inside. Moreover, warships can be manufactured and parked inside. Letting a flagship run around naked alone would be suicidal. However, Lin Haiyuan is not one of those strange star system nomads, nor does he want to be a rootless duckweed.

The overall situation is now settled. All we can do is wait for the calm before the storm to break with the sound of wind, rain, and lightning. Our current military strength is only enough to take the survivors away.

"Walker.com AI, is the construction of the Three Saints Star Island complete yet?"

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"Construction is complete. The Eternal awaits your instructions for the next steps."

Walker.com AI responded.

"The Colonia Flanking Air Base is now moving at full speed toward the Qingdao Naval Base. Activate the Mind Illusion System to ensure that our Colonia Flanking Air Base reaches the Qingdao Naval Base before the next day. We cannot use the warp drive; we need to be careful not to expose the warp signal."

A warship of this size, the Colonia Flanking Air Base, would have an extremely obvious warp signal. If the Ring Messenger intended to capture every unusual warp signal, they should have discovered the Colonia Flanking Air Base immediately.

As for why it was heading towards the Qingdao naval base, it was because Lin Haiyuan's first priority was to rescue the transmigrated ship girl Anshan, as well as her three ship girl sisters Fushun, Changchun, and Taiyuan. As for the White Eagle Federation fleet, he would see if the Leap of Faith could rescue Laffey and a few other ship girls along the way.

As Lin Haiyuan was thinking this, Walker.com's AI had already made the hovering Colonia flank airbase move again.

Once the Colonia flank air base started moving, the speakers emitted a pleasant, low-pitched start-up electronic sound. This sound was a mixture of mechanical noise, energy fluctuations, and wind. In the past, when the Colonia flank air base was only 24 km wide, this low-pitched electronic sound could be heard by some people both inside and outside the ship. Now, after the second modification, this low-pitched electronic sound sounded even more impressive.

"The sound of sports that I never tire of listening to."

Lin Haiyuan closed his eyes and listened carefully to the sounds of movement from the Colonia flank air base. This was one of his enjoyments at the Colonia flank air base. Of course, the sound had been processed to reduce the volume, otherwise what was a pleasant sound to Lin Haiyuan would have turned into a deadly bombing sound wave.

Amidst a solemn and dignified sound, reminiscent of "Emmmmm...", accompanied by a slight whistling of wind, the Colonia flank air base slowly moved towards the Qingdao naval base of the Eastern Huang Ancient Kingdom.

As the air base on the flank of Colonia gradually accelerated, the wind, which had initially been merely a decorative sound, gradually became more intense and began to overpower the main noise. However, the majestic and solemn sound rose accordingly, and finally the two sounds reached an almost perfect harmony.

However, once the plasma thrusters are activated, the sound they emit disrupts this harmony, becoming quite noisy.

After listening for a while, Lin Haiyuan pressed the button on the holographic projection to end the listening session, and then began to think about what he should do next.

Now that the four destroyer shipgirls, Urakaze, Isokaze, Hamakaze, and Tanikaze, have been settled on Sanshengxing Island, should I go to Beruk in Iron Aka, Wesker in Lion City, or Kloshid in the White Eagle Federation to obtain their shipgirl manufacturing equipment?

After thinking for a while, Lin Haiyuan's decision was clear: he should first go to the Kloshid headquarters in Baidra to retrieve the ship girl equipment. When it came time to rescue people, Lin Haiyuan and Walker.net AI could act separately. As for the identification issue, it would be fine as long as the communication was established. It would be better for Lin Haiyuan to go to Baidra on his own.

"Walker AI, prepare the Griffin Special Operations Ship. I need to go to the Kloshid headquarters to remove their equipment."

To move equipment, the Griffin Special Operations Ship must be activated. The Leap of Faith is not equipped with a Chrono Teleporter, but the Griffin is equipped with a Chrono Teleportation System that integrates a Chrono Teleporter and an experimental teleportation platform, which can teleport buildings and units together.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com's AI immediately prepared the Griffin Special Operations Ship for Lin Haiyuan.

"Prepare jackal-like mobile vehicles."

Lin Haiyuan got up from his office chair and walked towards the door of the command center. A commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle had already driven up to the door of the command center.

William Hansen G. Hamilton, jokingly referred to as playing in the sand on a British beach in the English Channel, was standing on the beach looking out over France, which was completely out of sight.

The land where "France" was originally located was already covered by an ambiguous purple mist, and even the adjacent sea area was covered by a constantly flowing and churning purple mist.

"Is that my imagination? It feels like the fog is getting closer to the English Channel every moment."

William Hansen put down his binoculars, wiped his glasses with his clean white gloves, and then set up his binoculars again to observe the illusory mist.

The illusory mist continued to flow and churn. This flow and churn appeared to be constantly contracting without expanding, but each flow and churn would also cause a backflow. However, the magnitude of each backflow would vary, causing the boundaries of the illusory mist to continuously expand and then contract. But over time, the illusory mist, like miasma, would still spread.

"Are you kidding me? This fog hadn't even expanded last month, but it's starting to expand now. I need to go back and report immediately."