Colonia Storm Tour

There was only one psionicist who wasn't marked by the Void Realm...

That's right, there's only one of you! You're one of a kind! You're a limited edition! You're the chosen one! You're the only one left! You're the last supper! You're the surviving boy!

Except for the error in the last gender, it can undoubtedly be used to perfectly describe Exile.

In a way, it's quite tragic that an idealistic empire is left with only one psionicist who wasn't marked by the Void Realm, even more tragic than the pioneer civilization of Voltam.

After signing a contract for fifty years of life that is like a dream, there will still be clever people hiding on planets that are not marked by the illusory realm. However, the people at the end of the cycle here are obviously much more meticulous in their actions.

Every psionicist in the empire who signed the contract was marked with the Void Mark to ensure no one was left alive, but in the end, one psionicist managed to escape the Void Mark.

This impossible thing happened; it was an extremely low probability event. But no matter how low the probability, it could still happen. Her survival is a manifestation of that probability.

"Will I attract anything that shouldn't be there when I'm charging the Emerald Key?"

Lin Haiyuan decided whether or not to set up defenses based on the situation.

If charging the "Emerald Key" attracts guardians or something similar, then a rock-solid defensive position is clearly necessary.

"There are no defensive facilities or troops around the Emerald Tomb. Its inconspicuousness and the seal itself are the greatest defense. If there is a fleet of the Ring Messenger nearby, they will definitely be attracted by the energy fluctuations generated when the Emerald Key is charging. If their End of Reincarnation notices my presence, they should drive their fleet to attack the Emerald Key with all their might."

Exile's answer was quite normal, without much of a surprise element.

"Hopefully, the only enemy we'll face will be the Ringed Messenger warship..."

Lin Haiyuan certainly didn't want a surprise enemy or obstacle to appear out of nowhere.

He then contacted Walker.com AI first.

"Walker AI, deploy MCVs and troops here, set up bases and defenses. We need to hold out in this hellhole for 30 minutes. During these 30 minutes, I will be responsible for charging the Emerald Key."

It's unclear whether the Emerald Key will unleash a massive sweep of the entire map's fleet of Ring Messengers once it's fully charged. In any case, it will have to hold out for longer than expected, not just 30 minutes.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com's AI controlled the Colonia's flank air base camp to approach the floating continent. With the dazzling blue light emitted by the hyperspace teleportation, a blasting wind construction vehicle appeared on the ground a few meters behind Lin Haiyuan. Then, through advanced nano-drones, it unfolded into a blasting wind construction site.

To ensure a well-defended position could be quickly established before the arrival of the Ring Messenger, WalkerNet AI also used time-space teleportation to transfer the buildings and defensive structures already constructed on the air base on the flank of Colonia to the pre-positioned position, forming an impenetrable defensive fortification.

Since sonic transmitters are ineffective in a vacuum environment, they have been replaced by a more effective basic defense system: the "Cosmic Crocodile Turret".

That was a fixed version of the Crocodile vehicle's dual shaped charge cannons, which fired plasma shells to kill light targets such as infantry, and also had two multi-barrel grenade launchers to fire high-explosive grenades.

As for the commonly seen defensive equipment such as railgun turrets, plasma cutters, nano armor generators, and signal jammers, there's no need to elaborate.

Energy-generating facilities like the blast furnace cannot be used in space, so a combination of magnetic reactors and nuclear reactors is still needed to provide a large amount of energy for the base's defense facilities.

After the fortifications ensure there are no blind spots that can be exploited by a warp-in attack, more troops need to be deployed inside the base.

In Lin Haiyuan's air base on the flank of Colonia, there were no normal humans besides him. Therefore, the troops that could be dispatched were naturally composed of Purifiers using CR-UNIT. They were mainly responsible for protecting the position. As for the armored units, they did not need to drive them. The unmanned control was also advanced into the vehicles and aircraft on the flank of Colonia.

A general defensive order is sufficient; it should simply involve defending the base rather than launching a complex offensive. WalkerNet AI doesn't need to control every command, and the Purifiers can do the same.

However, this does not make the defense line "impregnable." Orbital bombing can turn this defense line, which is completely undefended against orbits, into a crater without even a trace of ruins at any time.

Therefore, we must also find a way to defend the skies above the defensive line; otherwise, even the best-built defenses will be rendered useless by a few orbital bombardments.

"Walker AI, all fleet, listen up! Move to the airspace above our defensive line and hold our position. Adjust the fleet's terrain to ensure that our defensive line is not subject to orbital bombardment."

Lin Haiyuan first needed his own air force fleet to provide a stable sky for the defense line, while also minimizing the possibility of enemy warships using a warp jump to overtake them.

"Deploy as many defensive command posts as possible. We need force field shields to buy time to preserve our defenses, but we don't need the Iron Curtain."

With the force field shield, Lin Haiyuan no longer needed the Iron Curtain device with its limited range—the force field shield's coverage area was much larger than that of the Iron Curtain device.

Although it can be calibrated to ensure that the force field shield can always protect the building as long as the generator or power is insufficient, the Iron Curtain device and the Iron Curtain Guard device can perform the same function, but the power consumption of the two is not on the order of digits.

"Yes, Master."

As Lin Haiyuan stated, Walker.com AI deployed more defensive command centers via hyperspace teleportation to meet the needs of force field shield usage.

Correspondingly, more magnetic energy reactors and nuclear reactors need to be built to meet the huge electricity demand, which is certainly not a problem.

"I don't know when we will be able to use unknown energy cores or even slightly less advanced zero-point reactors to meet our even larger energy needs."

Lin Haiyuan overlooked cold fusion, which is not a huge problem for foehn winds, and the same is true for antimatter reactors.

The biggest and most needed breakthrough is how to utilize vacuum zero-point energy. Apart from mysterious energy generator technology, there is no more efficient way to generate energy than a zero-point energy reactor, at least for now.

"Psionicist, are you having trouble with energy issues?"

Exile's voice has a slightly unexpected feel to it.

"Yes, could you dismantle the mysterious energy generator used by your empire and allow us to reverse engineer it for use? If you are very knowledgeable in this area, could I invite you to participate in the reverse engineering until we understand and master its manufacture?"

Lin Haiyuan's greatest desire was to install the mysterious energy generator or zero-point reactor on the flank of Colonia's air base, so that the energy consumption caused by the time stop could be greatly alleviated.

"I know a little about it, and I also have some other technological products in my collection. Your research department will definitely like them."

Exile readily agreed.

Knowing a little about him? He seems to be quite an impressive person.

In Lin Haiyuan's memory, those who modestly claimed to know a little about a certain field were undoubtedly big shots in that field.

"There is no time to lose. Psionicists from another world, please begin charging the Emerald Key. The longer this drags on, the worse it will be for us."

Exile requested.

"Walker.com AI, the rest is up to you."

Lin Haiyuan wanted to focus on guiding the mysterious energy of the Secret Energy Pillar into the Emerald Key.

"Rest assured, Master."

Walker.com AI assured this with concise language.

Let us begin.

After saying a few words, Lin Haiyuan reached out his right palm, placed it on the Emerald Key, closed his eyes, and began to use his mental power to guide the mysterious energy circulating inside the six mystical energy pillars that were emitting green light around him, slowly drawing out the mysterious energy one by one, and transforming his mental power into an invisible guide that slowly flowed towards the Emerald Key.

After absorbing the mysterious energy, the Emerald Key stopped pulsating with regular green light. Instead, it released a green energy wave that had no harmful effect and expanded along the spacetime structure.

After a harmless burst of energy, the Emerald Key stabilized and emitted a faint green light.

The charging of the Emerald Key has officially begun. If anything goes wrong, Lin Haiyuan, who is guiding the flow of energy, will be blown to pieces by the out-of-control mysterious energy, and the Emerald Key will also be damaged.

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The greatest source of damage from nuclear weapons in space is the fireball generated during the nuclear explosion, which is the epicenter. Secondary sources are various high-energy radiation and nuclear electromagnetic pulses. If a target is located at the epicenter and cannot withstand the hundreds of millions of degrees of heat, death is inevitable.

The most significant are fireballs, nuclear electromagnetic pulses, and high-energy radiation.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Rapid Sprint (IV)

"The subspace probe has detected a large number of subspace fluctuations of varying intensities, discovered warships of an unknown force, and a large number of man-made structures that appeared through space teleportation. They seem to be planning to fight us here."

The Void Crystal Core reported.

"Those guys are finally not going to run away and are willing to fight me in a positional war. That suits me just the way it is. I will use my endless army to engulf them."

A ruthless smile appeared on the face beneath the agent's armor.

Given enough time, he could create an endless number of warships and troops from the virtual realm to annihilate his opponents.

"Now, collect all the ground forces created in the virtual world into the Virtual World Mirror, and the warships will directly jump to the target location."

With a wave of his hand, the military manufacturing facilities in the virtual world of Aquamarine Star began to surge rapidly, as if by a madman, with lattice-like ripples symbolizing the surging of spacetime rotating around them.

This phenomenon means that the building's operational efficiency will be greatly improved, reaching 1000%, which is completely different from normal spacetime acceleration.

More ground troops and warships quickly emerged from the building's entrances and exits, significantly increasing the Ring Messenger's fleet's combat strength.

The virtual world is producing more troops at an almost insane rate to destroy Lin Haiyuan's Colonia flanking fleet, while Lin Haiyuan is also urgently mass-producing troops.

In order to cope with the possibility of facing overwhelming enemies, more siege artillery units were manufactured to eliminate large numbers of enemies attacking from afar.

Although Lin Haiyuan did not have "siege tanks," a weapon essential for urbanization, he did have ground artillery units that were far more powerful than siege tanks.

The "Iron Dragon Tank," also known as the Iron Curtain Pulse Cannon, has proven effective in dismantling biological targets and metal armor targets with shields. However, in dealing with clustered units, other artillery is far inferior to the Iron Dragon Tank, which is specifically designed to target clustered armored groups or infantry regiments.

In addition, there is the "Magnetic Control Tank," a non-direct-kill siege weapon. The magnetic coil emitted by the magnetic control tank will pin the target firmly to the ground and magnetize it if it acts on a unit made of metal or equipped with metal protective clothing. This will attract nearby units to the magnetized target. The magnetism of the target will be strengthened or weakened depending on the amount of magnetic rays. Therefore, this is a more effective weapon against Protoss armies than the simple freezing ray.

Although they were siege units of the Epsilon Mind Legion, Lin Haiyuan and Walker.net AI did not mind using magnetic tanks to deal with their enemies, since the Multi-Intelligence Dragon Cannon would be paralyzed due to the lack of air in the Cyclone Engine.

Just as the Ring Messenger's warship approached the defensive base set up by Lin Haiyuan and Walker Network AI, their sensors detected unusual energy fluctuations.

"An unusual energy fluctuation was detected, with an abnormally high energy intensity. Based on the frequency and intensity, it is a mysterious energy that appears to violate the laws of nature."

The Void Crystal Core reported.

"Mysterious energy that defies the laws of nature? And what does that mean?"

The agent inquired—he knew little about the End of Reincarnation, at least not about other psionic beings who had come into contact with it.

"My agent, you have done a good job of the task I assigned you."

The tone of the Void Crystal Core changed instantly, becoming that of the End of Reincarnation.

"The End of Reincarnation".

The agent immediately stood up respectfully and bowed.

“Through your creation, I sensed a mysterious energy that can only be extracted through unusual patterns and methods. There are not many, but not few, empires in this galaxy that can extract mysterious energy. Recently, there was a psionic empire that signed a contract with me and then carried out a settlement. They also have similar technological devices.”

The "recent" mentioned in the End of Reincarnation encompasses a time span that is beyond the reach of humankind.

The proxy was also well aware of the time frame its leader meant by "recently"—millions to hundreds of millions of years...

“In the past, many psionic beings signed contracts with me for fifty years, using the infinite power I bestowed upon them to benefit them in various ways, and then I would collect the corresponding liquidation price from them. The liquidation should have been inescapable for anyone, but there was one psionic individual among them who was not marked by me. When the liquidation began, I searched for her and found that her consciousness had not appeared.”

The discussion of the end of reincarnation paused here for the time being.

Upon hearing this, the agent immediately understood: "Lord End of Reincarnation, the woman you mentioned who escaped the reckoning is in this universe?"

"They interestingly used arcane energy to create a complex energy seal hidden in a warp, and then buried the psionic wormhole generator that was the entrance to the warp underground, thus escaping our final reckoning. Now that human force is trying to rescue her, Agent, and give final reckoning to the traitors and accomplices."

At the end of the cycle, she issued her unchanging command.

"Yes, Lord of the End of Reincarnation."

The agent answered humbly, while respectfully seeing off the consciousness at the end of the cycle of reincarnation.

“Agent, we now understand the will of the End of Reincarnation and must complete the task assigned by the End of Reincarnation.”

The Void Realm Crystal Core explained.