Colonia Storm Tour

"I had never thought of pulling the entire device out in this way."

Lin Haiyuan looked at the mystical stone pillars and unknown energy core of the sealed land with a strange expression. She was using her almost omnipotent spiritual energy to dig those things out of the ground in a process that seemed simple but was actually very complicated.

This process involves maintaining the integrity of the equipment used in the sealed area, and then perfectly separating the soil and rocks on top of it. The resulting vibrations and breakage must not affect the equipment itself. This is an incredibly delicate task, yet she still managed to lift all the wiring out completely using psionic energy within a few minutes.

"Okay, the entire sealing matrix has been extracted now, so teleportation should be supported without any problems."

Seye gazed at the unknown energy core, mystical pillars, and conduits around her, which radiated a faint glow of spiritual energy. That was the essence of the sealed land.

"Okay, WalkerNet AI, send the sealing matrix back to the Eternal."

Lin Haiyuan indicated that Walker.com's AI could now take things away.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.net AI once again used the Chrono Teleporter to send the Sealed Matrix to a specially made warehouse in the aerial base camp on the flank of Colonia.

Looking at the teleportation point that appeared and the teleportation field it emitted, Iroha crossed her arms in front of her and carefully observed the energy flowing within it.

"So this is how you can teleport in space. Have we been complicating something simple?"

She seemed to have grasped the knack of it immediately.

"This technology is still quite good for use within a single planet, but for astronomical units and light-years away, we should stick to faster-than-light travel or wormhole technology."

Lin Haiyuan admired their Protoss-like technology in terms of ultra-long-distance teleportation.

"Okay, let's leave here now. What you want is outside the psionic wormhole, on the psionic wormhole generator, the warp generator, and the psionic amplifier."

Seye uttered one technological term after another that would be a treasure to scientists and technologists—although they were all psionic technology products, this did not prevent materialistic scientists from studying their theoretical workings and research, and then using them to better serve themselves or to attack their opponents, and perhaps even with the miraculous effect of drawing inferences from one instance to another.

These things are also a significant boost to Epsilon's psionic technology, since the two have common ground in psionic technology. As for the benefits they bring, they will only be seen after a long time.

"Let's get on my Eternal now, and we can talk more on the Eternal."

Lin Haiyuan pointed with his left thumb to the Colonia air base on the flank behind him.

Just as they were doing this, a giant crocodile vehicle was teleported down from the dimensional barrier, then turned its back to them and opened its rear hatch.

"Come in. Organic life forms cannot be directly transported through time and space without wearing special protective suits. A metal vehicle is required."

Lin Haiyuan patted the rear hatch of the giant crocodile vehicle before crouching down and entering.

"I have never seen anyone who could resist the power generated by a spatial rift with just their physical body."

Seye followed Lin Haiyuan into the crew compartment of the giant crocodile vehicle with complete agreement.

Unlike other extraordinary psychics who use their psychic powers to float on the ground, she entered the crocodile vehicle's passenger compartment in low heels and sat opposite Lin Haiyuan.

She subconsciously sensed her surroundings and discovered that, in what was likely the driver's seat, there was no emotional fluctuation from anyone, only the intense heat of electricity and the coldness of metal.

"The vast majority of our vehicles are unmanned, and human drivers are only likely to be found in vehicles during special missions or complex battlefields."

Lin Haiyuan could perceive what she was "seeing" to a certain extent through his spiritual power.

"In terms of reliability, I still believe the human brain is better."

Seye laid her hands flat on her legs.

"The human brain cannot always be used for trivial matters. Artificial intelligence technology can help us solve this problem and be put into more efficient work and research."

Lin Haiyuan didn't say anything about the Mechanical Intelligence Empire and the Swarm Intelligence Nation, but he figured that if he made a move in a Starry World, Se Ye would know something about those things.

"Well."

Seye then wanted to say that one day you would also find that your mortal bodies were not up to par and would upload your data to the network to enter the bodies of cyborgs to meet the demands of your physical performance. But then she thought better of it, because choosing to abandon your organic bodies and become "evil cyborgs" was just one option for the development of humanity.

Choosing to control and modify genes to meet the high requirements of new physical performance or race is not uncommon among the countless civilizations across the stars, but only a few civilizations are able to do so.

"Let's discuss the details in my office later. Walker AI, initiate transmission."

Lin Haiyuan couldn't wait to continue the topic that hadn't been fully covered.

"Yes, Master."

The Walker AI immediately teleported the giant crocodile vehicle carrying Lin Haiyuan and Seye back to the hangar at the Colonia flank air base.

Chapter 41 Colored Leaves (IV)

Back at the Colonia flank air base, Lin Haiyuan and Shiro continued their conversation aboard the Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle.

"I could feel the wind moving... it was being deliberately guided by some machine."

She turned her head curiously to look at Lin Haiyuan sitting next to her—for psychics, once their psychic power reaches a certain level, whether or not they need to turn their heads to see things is just an option depending on the environment, just like how she was now sensing that the wind was not flowing normally using only her own psychic power.

"Before we completely left our home planet, we made considerable efforts to upgrade and expand our warfare technology, and manipulating wind to achieve the effects we wanted was one of them."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he spread out his right hand as if to show off, and a small vortex spun rapidly in his hand.

"A technology that doesn't rely on psionic energy at all—something we never even imagined or accomplished..."

She never imagined that wind power could be used as a weapon in war.

"For the interstellar civilization of Seye, this technology is useless in the airless space. Militarizing it would only be a self-inflicted wound. Your psionicists also need more choices in weapons. Obviously, they won't rely solely on wind power to conquer the world."

Lin Haiyuan had seen more instances of people using wind to slap their faces, which were mostly found in fantasy and magical worlds. In superpower worlds, those who relied on wind power were generally insignificant.

"Based on my memories of Earth, the civilization of your planet doesn't seem to support the development of the ships and technology that you now possess. Are you a person from that world in the future?"

She was curious and puzzled as to why Lin Haiyuan's technology and ships were not up to Earth's technological standards.

"You and I are time travelers from the same era. We can't say whether we're from the future... and whether there's a future at all is another matter. Although civilization on Earth has already touched the threshold of the early space age, as you know, Seye, the power of atoms can not only be used to propel spaceships, but also to destroy themselves. In particular, the five major powers have the ability to wash the surface of an entire planet. The future is actually quite unpredictable. I think Seye must have heard a lot about how stupid natives used atomic weapons against each other, leading to the destruction of civilizations, right?"

Lin Haiyuan didn't know how the original world would evolve, only that there were roughly two possible outcomes: whichever way the person on the tightrope leaned would determine survival or destruction...

Seye nodded: "I know, we often hear similar news and discussions on the psionic communication network."

"It would have been impossible for Earth to have developed the technology we have now, the technology we used before the Foehn winds went into space, back then. This is because no quantum tunneling effect occurred in 1924. Without that quantum tunneling effect, the universe would just be a mundane replica caused by the uncertainty of particles in the previous universe."

Lin Haiyuan's implication was that no Einstein had ever come to their world and electrocuted Hitler.

"...So you've come to a world that's similar but vastly different. Is this what materialists call the parallel universe theory?"

Did Seye cleverly understand the meaning behind his words? That he had come to a parallel world that was similar to his original world but very different from it.

"In general, every universe has its own evolutionary process. The universes you and I were in before were just citizens of a large country on a landmass in a planetary system. They were like products copied and pasted off an assembly line. However, there was one thing on this small planet that was perhaps the only thing worth praising: their imagination."

What Lin Haiyuan is seeing now can be said to be the realization of people's fantasies, or it can be said, according to unproven theories, that those fantasies have always existed, it's just a matter of whether they can affect any one of them, just like electrons passing through an electric potential barrier in the microscopic world, uncertainty affects the macroscopic from the microscopic.

At this point, Lin Haiyuan and Se Ye's Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle had already arrived at the entrance of the command center.

"We've arrived at our stop. Let's get off now."

Lin Haiyuan opened the hatch and crouched down to get out of the driver's seat.

"Ah."

Iroha also got out of the passenger seat.

After leaving the Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle, the two stood in front of the door of the command center.

Seeing the Colonia flank flag on the door of the command center, Seye turned to look at him.

"Are we going to discuss this in such a heavily fortified military location?"

Seiye had already considered matters of secrecy.

"The subsequent military operations will all be deployed based on your actions. You are not among the personnel who need to be isolated to avoid leaks."

As Lin Haiyuan said this, the door to the command center opened, and he walked into the command center with Se Ye.

Seye wasn't too surprised by the vast and numerous holographic projections in the command center; she merely observed them curiously for a moment before continuing to focus her attention on him.

"Walker AI, the fleet is now retracing its route and leaving this place, returning to the outside of the wormhole entrance."

Lin Haiyuan issued instructions for the next steps.

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com AI responded that the Kodiak warships responsible for rear defense immediately followed the Colonia's flank air base, preparing to warp together.

Lin Haiyuan tapped a few buttons on his desk, and an identical office chair popped out a few steps in front of him. Lin Haiyuan sat down in the office chair, and she sat down as well.

"Let's continue our previous topic. In this human world, the most interesting thing is human imagination. Apart from that, what can be considered interesting depends on the individual. Before I transmigrated... my greatest wealth, besides everything I had, was my imagination... Now I have even more, but they are all complicated matters."

Lin Haiyuan changed the subject: "We've gone off on a tangent. What happened on Earth in the past is none of our business and we can't control it anymore. The most important thing is now... Now that you have the Purification Key, how do you plan to use it to purify the Void Mist on Aquamarine Star in a place where there's nowhere to stand?"

Lin Haiyuan asked.

It is common sense that one must never get involved in the Void Realm Mist; that would be a one-way trip, and even ghosts know that once you enter the Void Realm Mist, you can never come back.

"We don't necessarily need to purify on the planet's surface; we just need to release the purification energy of the purification key in the planet's orbit."

Iroha's answer sounded very convenient.

"At that time, we just need to take the fully charged purification key to planetary orbit and use it, right?"

Lin Haiyuan was just about to relax when he said this.

"That simple approach is possible, but it would make the purification key a disposable item."

Iroha's smile became slightly troubled.

"why?"

Lin Haiyuan asked, puzzled.

"Lin Haiyuan, you're probably thinking of solving the problem with a single energy burst, right? If you can purify the illusory mist of a planet by detonating the purification key, that's fine. But do you have the Galan ore, Yulan crystal, Zero Element ore, and Laisu gas needed to make the purification key? Those are all strategic resources that are universally applicable throughout the universe."

Iroha's words were clearly not a joke.

Garan ore can be forged into a metal with excellent ductility and durability, making it an excellent material for building ships and structures. It is a strategic resource that must be strictly controlled. Using garan ore as a material for ship hulls and structures can significantly and effectively improve their durability. It also has excellent plasticity, and its mining difficulty is so high that it has become a separate mining technology.

Yulan crystal is a crystal with rare reflective properties that can enhance the output power of energy weapons, with a total effect of 15%. This alone is enough to make it a strategic resource. At the same time, mining Yulan crystal is also a separate technology, which shows how difficult it is to mine.

Rhesus gas has been shown to effectively enhance the stability of energy fields even in small amounts and at low concentrations. It also affects the mind of organisms exposed to the gas. The presence of Rhesus gas can only be detected by studying gravity sensors, and the precious Rhesus gas can only be obtained through Rhesus gas refining technology.

Zero-element ore is even more astonishing. It is an ultra-high-density substance composed of neutrons and can be used to forge super-strong and durable armor. It is the basic raw material for what can be called the most powerful neutron-state armor. Only those with tachyon detector technology can discover and mine this precious ore.

In this vast universe, each of these four resources is a strategic resource that must be strictly controlled, rather than the scorching winds of a large interstellar empire. Obtaining these four strategic resources is no less difficult than achieving psionic ascension and then recklessly signing a contract with the end of the cycle of reincarnation.

If Lin Haiyuan possessed a vast interstellar empire, with the aforementioned technology and resources available for Seye to use for firing one shot at a time, then such extravagance might not matter. But Lin Haiyuan is not like that; clearly, the behavior of an interstellar tycoon cannot be imitated.

"That's really impossible. We haven't found the aforementioned minerals and gases yet; we only know they exist."

Lin Haiyuan had never even discovered the most basic Garan ore, let alone the later Yulan crystal, Zero Element ore, and Laisu gas, each of which was more difficult to mine than the last.