Colonia Storm Tour

"Memory-Manipulation rate of progress 100%."

All citizens of San Francisco consider themselves Americans and believe that the 4V Foehn Winds are a criminal and evil force that must be resolutely suppressed and cracked down upon.

Then the absurd scene unfolded once again: former Chinese intelligence agents in San Francisco headed to the surrender location set up by the CIA, which they remembered, and confessed all the intelligence they knew in order to win leniency from the United States.

The United States happily accepted the intelligence received by the Chinese intelligence personnel whose memories had been controlled and modified. After identifying all the other Chinese intelligence personnel known from the intelligence, they sent them to San Francisco to undergo memory erasure and insertion control by the Memory Master Manifestation Device, where they told everything they knew without any psychological barriers.

With this series of interconnected memory erasure insertions and control shifts, within just one week, China's intelligence network left behind in the United States was instantly wiped out by the Memory Master's manifestation device, along with intelligence personnel from old Europe and other countries around the world.

Then, with a smug grin, they sent all the former Chinese intelligence agents who had been forced to become traitors—except for a few who were immobilized or minor figures whose memories were wiped clean and who were released—to a special prison.

At that time, with the Lord of Memory manifestation devices and the Tower of Babel manifestation devices established throughout the United States, the United States can use these Chinese intelligence personnel as fuel for the "Rigel" device without any scruples.

The "Rigel" device is a more powerful version of the "Betelgeuse," a large dome-shaped research building built on Alcatraz to power the manifestation device of the Lord of Memory.

The ability to input and output more energy at once, and to place more people as "fuel" to power the entire Tower of Babel manifestation device, requires an astonishing amount of energy to enable this artificial memory machine god to influence the entire United States. The "Betelgeuse" device designed for the memory master manifestation device could not meet this requirement, so DEM Corporation created "Rigel" based on "Betelgeuse". This is equivalent to a large nuclear reactor and is an inhumane biochemical reaction chamber.

Although it's unclear what the DEM's development team was thinking when they created this device, given the memory-operated display device and Westcott, a boss who almost went to the point of inhumanity for the sake of the elves' power, the concept of inhumanity probably didn't even cross their minds. Their lives and deaths were simply not their concern.

However, the Memory Master Device is not perfect. There was one lucky person who escaped its influence, as he was immune to the magic that had the effect of manipulating memories.

"They've all gone mad! They've all gone mad!"

Li Yang sat at the computer in front of the internet cafe, muttering this sentence like a madman, and then opened Skype to contact an acquaintance he knew.

"Yu Xiao, are you there?"

Li Yang curled up in a comfortable chair, waiting for Yu Xiao's reply.

Three seconds later, a reply from Yu Xiao appeared in the chat box.

"Li Yang, I was just looking for you. It's like something's happened in San Francisco. Everyone's acting like they've collectively gone mad, singing the Stars and Stripes. And it's the Chinese people around us who're leading the singing!"

"I don't know either. I'd like to ask you, a well-informed hacker girl, what's going on?"

Li Yang was also completely baffled by this situation.

“I don’t know what happened in this incident, but some of my hacker friends said that just a few hours ago they received messages from various sources that we should not mention the San Francisco flag or sing the Stars and Stripes.”

As a hacker-turned-geek with a strong aptitude for mechanics, Yu Xiao naturally acquired information in this area faster than Li Yang.

"No matter how you look at it, this incident seems to be the work of some force. Could it be the US government, given the recent sinking of an aircraft carrier battle group and the capture of its officers and soldiers?"

Li Yang has roughly grasped the outline of some of the events.

"If that were all, the US government would have started implementing the Chinese Exclusion Act the very next day, instead of doing this strange thing now."

Yu Xiao felt that something was wrong.

"Also, news about singing in San Francisco on social networks has been blocked and banned. You can't see anything like that online now. Skype is probably the only online chat tool we can use to discuss this kind of thing."

Besides, Yu Xiao could only discuss these matters on some private websites, but these matters were taboo for those people. Some even advised her not to care or investigate, as it would only cause her more trouble. At that time, no one in the world except 4V Burning Wind would be able to protect her.

This warning-like reminder naturally caught Yu Xiao's attention, and she also told Li Yang about her conversations.

"Wait, Yu Xiao, on which websites did you say these things?"

Li Yang suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"I asked on both Sbeam and darkfocus websites."

Yu Xiao answered truthfully.

“I clearly remember that Darkfocus is on the CIA’s surveillance list! Yuxiao, can you guarantee 100%... No, let’s get ready to escape now.”

Li Yang himself is a descendant of Chinese intelligence personnel. He heard from his deceased father that the CIA was monitoring the Darkfocus website, because Yu Xiao had once been interested in hacking.

"Skype is safe for now! But if anyone finds our chat history, we'll be immediately thrown in jail!"

"Huh?!"

The message Yu Xiao sent to Li Yang fully expressed her surprise.

“Even if they can’t catch us online, they can catch us in real life. You know, we two seem to be the only Chinese people in San Francisco who remained sane and didn’t sing the Stars and Stripes. There’s definitely something wrong with that! And you know what? The intelligence agents I know are like they’ve gone mad. After singing the Stars and Stripes, they shout that they’re surrendering to the Americans, trying to atone for their sins and get leniency! You should know that we two are descendants of this intelligence circle!”

"what?!"

Wearing headphones, Yu Xiao's surprise deepened as she sat in front of her computer. She knew what this meant: the intelligence network had been destroyed, and the intelligence personnel, including their descendants, had been arrested one by one! The fate they would face was unimaginable.

"Listen up, Yu Xiao, quickly take Yu and pack your clothes, we need to prepare to escape! I'll contact Uncle Polisk right now, I remember there's a flight to Singapore this afternoon!"

After sending the message, Li Yang immediately called Uncle Polisk, only to find that the call was constantly busy and could not be connected.

"Oh no, it seems Uncle Polisk has also inexplicably fallen victim to this. I'll drive over to pick you up right now."

"But we haven't found our sister, Yulin, in San Francisco yet..."

Yu Xiao has been searching for her missing sister, and she has just found a clue in San Francisco that may lead to her whereabouts.

"Yu Xiao... let's talk about those things when we meet."

As Li Yang spoke, he quickly got up from his chair, put on his sneakers, swiped his card to pay, and left amidst the bewildered gazes of the others. After singing the Stars and Stripes, the Americans seemed to have returned to normal, as did the Chinese who had no connection to intelligence work. They went to the garage to retrieve their inherited cheap car, loaded the necessary items, and drove to the house where Yu Xiao lived.

The minor characters created by readers of "The Yellow Emperor's Tank Rolls Over" and "The Silent Bismarck" have already appeared. Speaking of which, the female minor characters need character designs, so I can... oh, I misspoke, make sure people can see their appearances. The male minor characters can be anything.

Please note that we are temporarily suspending the recruitment of extras!

Chapter 40 Delayed

Li Yang, who is always decisive and efficient, quickly spotted the road in front of Yu Xiao's house—a two-story building that is very common in the United States.

He immediately got out of the car, closed the door, and then, holding his GoodApple phone, stepped over the stairs to the front door.

Knock knock knock!

"Yuxiao, Yuxiao, are you ready?! We should get ready to leave right away. I've already booked our tickets to Singapore!"

Li Yang knocked on the door and shouted.

Beep! Beep! His Skype phone emitted the old-fashioned message receiving tone.

He picked up his phone, opened Skype, and found a message that gave him a headache.

“I haven’t found my sister yet… I want to stay in the United States, but I’ll just change my life.”

This is Yu Xiao's reply.

"Yu Xiao, wake up! This isn't the time to keep dreaming like a shut-in for five years! That disfigured female corpse on the San Francisco coast is your sister's body!"

Li Yang pressed his hand against half of his forehead, his fingers rapidly tapping on the buttons on the screen.

"No, no, that's not my sister! I absolutely do not believe that corpse is my own sister!! The one dressed like those black women..."

Yu Xiao's reply suddenly became very excited.

"Stop fooling yourself, Yu Xiao!!!"

After sending the message, Li Yang could only take out her house key, insert it into the keyhole, turn it to open the door, touch the Glock 17 pistol in his pocket, and then go inside and close the door.

After bypassing the empty living room and the kitchen lacking utensils, Li Yang went straight up the stairs to the second floor and came to the room with the sign "Yu Xiao".

"Yu Xiao! You should understand that your sister is different from you. Even though you were in public school, you weren't corrupted by those damn black and white hooligans. You kept your mind well-connected with them. But your sister is the complete opposite. She didn't choose to distance herself from those people like you. Instead, she continued to hang out with them. How many of the women in those schools who hang out with those guys are good people and have good outcomes? Adults getting abortions and such are already full of vices in middle school. What do you think will happen to your sister if she hangs out with those people!"

As a Chinese living in the United States, Li Yang is well aware that public and private schools in the US are completely different worlds.

Public schools that supposedly practice "happy education" are completely chaotic. Most teachers and other teaching staff do their own thing and let you do whatever you want as long as you don't cause any major trouble. Only a few teachers are responsible and conscientious. Only private schools that practice cramming education are considered real places of learning. There, school rules and regulations are strict, the learning tasks are heavy, and the teachers are strict, responsible, and conscientious.

"No! No! It's not! It's not! That corpse isn't my sweet little sister! I must keep searching for my sister!!"

Yu Xiao, inside the room, covered her ears and shouted.

"Looks like it's no use just telling you, you siscon."

Li Yang tried to turn the doorknob to enter the room, but when he pushed it, he found that the door was locked from the inside.

He had anticipated this situation and pulled out his Glock 17 pistol from his pocket.

"Damn it, don't stop me from getting in!"

boom! !

The 9mm bullet easily shattered the fragile door lock, and then Li Yang kicked the door open with his left foot. He quickly entered the room with his pistol in hand.

In this room filled with girlish charm and attire, the door lock and wooden fragments scattered around added a layer of messy gloom to the otherwise clean and tidy space.

The room's owner, Yu Xiao, wasn't sitting in front of the computer as usual, but instead sitting on the bed, hugging her legs and sobbing.

"Yu Xiao, look up and see what this is!"

Li Yang put the Glock 17 pistol back into his trouser pocket, then took out a piece of white paper with many black lines and English letters printed on it from his coat pocket. The printed emblem of the federal court could be vaguely seen on the paper.

Li Yang focused the autopsy report on her eyes and read it aloud to her.

"After testing, the DNA of Yu Xiao and the female corpse showed a 95% similarity! It has been confirmed that they are sisters!"

Li Yang's words struck Yu Xiao's heart like a heavy hammer. Now the autopsy report she had been avoiding was in front of her. Her emotional thinking wouldn't allow her to accept it, but her rational thinking forced her to.

"Yu Xiao, I've felt guilty for years for not being able to protect the rainforest and distance myself from those damned bastards. Now that you've become a shut-in, and you've gone to the afterlife with your sister, how am I supposed to face Uncle Yu and Aunt Yu? Am I supposed to let you go to heaven and face them yourself? Tell me, why are you unwilling to accept the fact that your sister is gone!"

Li Yang, helpless, roared at Yu Xiao for an answer.

"If the rainforest is gone, who will I have left in this world?"

Yu Xiao asked him, her gaze unfocused.

"Are you crazy? I, Li Yang, am your family in this world! Don't you understand? For me, you are also the last and closest person in this world. We were childhood sweethearts!"

As Li Yang spoke, he pounded his chest with his left hand, making a loud thumping sound.

Upon hearing Li Yang's words, Yu Xiao seemed to wake from a dream, her blue eyes widening as she stared intently at the passionate and earnest Li Yang before her.

After staring into those dark eyes for a long time, Yu Xiao's wide eyes finally returned to normal. "Li Yang, are you serious?"

Her voice trembled noticeably, a stark contrast to her now calm expression.

"Nonsense! You and I both lost our parents a long time ago, and we were childhood sweethearts. If we weren't each other's last and closest people in the world, who else could we be?"

Li Yang said this as if it were the most natural thing in the world, then crumpled the autopsy report into a ball and threw it aside. "So, Yu Xiao, I'm going to take you away now, even if you don't agree, I'm going to drag you away, you know! Even if you resent me! If you die, I really will never have another chance in my life!"

After a multitude of thoughts intertwined, in the clash between emotional and rational thinking, the rational thinking honed through hacking and programming with 0s and 1s ultimately prevailed.

"…………"

Yu Xiao bit her lip and said resolutely, "No, Li Yang, I won't resent you. I'm willing to go with you! But you have to make an agreement with me first."

"Whatever we agree to, I will definitely do what I can."