Colonia Storm Tour

Compared to teleportation, which involves a slight delay and causes people to become semi-transparent and unable to move, Elliott and Karen, who use a display device for teleportation, do not have this problem.

“Perfect timing, Mr. Woodman, your magic tricks are quite efficient.”

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he extended his right hand to Elliott Baldwin Woodman, who appeared in front of him.

"...General Lin Haiyuan, your composure is what I admire most. You remained calm and composed even when two living people suddenly appeared in front of you."

Elliott smiled and extended his hand, shaking hands with Lin Haiyuan's right hand before letting go.

“Likewise, Mr. Woodman. The fact that you and your secretary didn’t show any fear when you saw my robot proves you’re quite brave, especially since you didn’t bring any bodyguards.”

After withdrawing his hand, Lin Haiyuan was no longer as calm as before, and revealed the kind of smile that people called the Butcher's Smile.

"Haha, because we both believe that the other is coming to the talks with sincerity, isn't that right?"

Elliott's smile became fearless.

"Hehehehe..."

Lin Haiyuan also let out the exact same laugh as Yuri, and his laughter made Elliott and Karen feel a little uneasy.

At this moment, the Jackal mobile vehicle controlled by WalkerNet AI automatically came forward and opened the passenger hatch.

"Get in the car. Don't worry about wheelchairs. You can push your wheelchairs inside. There is plenty of space in the passenger area."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he entered the cockpit and sat in the driver's seat. Once he confirmed that all three people were in the car, he immediately started the engine.

"So this is a hovercraft? General, seeing its spaceship-like shape, I thought it could fly in the sky like our warships."

Elliott, sitting in his wheelchair, expressed his thoughts on the Jackal motor vehicle.

"Power and energy supply issues limit its ability to hover, and vehicles specifically designed for amphibious warfare are unsuitable for aerial combat."

After Lin Haiyuan finished answering this question, he officially entered the highway area. Then, on the streetlights, Elliott and Karen saw corpses hanging on the streetlights, swaying in the wind.

This immediately caused Karen, who had always been calm and composed, to widen her eyes and stare at the corpses on the streetlights outside the window.

"General, why are there corpses hanging from the streetlights?! Are you trying to emulate the Roman army?"

Elliott aptly expressed his horror at the sight of the corpse on the lamppost.

He was referring to the 6000 prisoners of war who were ultimately defeated in the Spartacus Rebellion and were crucified by the Roman army along the route from Rome to Capua.

Lin Haiyuan glanced at the corpses hanging on the streetlights outside: "Mr. Woodman, when the Americans wanted to ransom these prisoners of war, I stipulated the ransom price. You must know that these are invaders who have invaded our territorial waters, not tourists. Then the Americans thought the price was too high and were unwilling. I issued an ultimatum to the Americans: if the ships carrying the ransom price and passenger ships could not arrive before February, then all these prisoners of war would be hung on the streetlights as swings. Now I am just keeping my word, and I have already humanely shot them before hanging them on the streetlights."

Elliott was speechless. Given Lin Haiyuan's past behavior as a butcher and bandit on the international stage, it was not surprising that he would do something like this.

"May I ask here how much those prisoners of war are paid?"

After much thought, this was the only question Elliott could ask.

“一个普通战俘15吨磁铁矿和15吨黄铜矿与15吨锰矿，高级战俘10吨稀土矿、10吨磁铁矿、10吨黄铜矿、10吨锰矿、0.5吨金矿两个人打包带走。”

Lin Haiyuan replied.

"General, it seems you are not interested in US dollars; all you're asking for are metal ores."

Elliott was quite surprised by this, as he had expected Lin Haiyuan to demand a large sum of US dollars.

"Money is not very important to us; what we need are resources and manpower."

Lin Haiyuan didn't hide anything about this. He wanted to see if Ratatosk could provide him with a batch of ore, since 4V wasn't as rich in mineral resources as Australia.

"If Your Excellency desires mineral resources, we at Ratatosk can provide you with any resources you require."

Elliott suddenly transformed into a seasoned businessman, though he was indeed a businessman in reality, given his position as the chairman of the Asgard Electronics Executive Directors Roundtable.

"Your Asgard Electronics company is even involved in the import and export of ore."

Lin Haiyuan did not expect Elliott to be so straightforward in offering to help him obtain resources.

"General, you flatter us. Asgard Electronics will definitely need to purchase a large amount of mineral rubber and other resources to manufacture display devices. As long as we increase the purchase of those resources within the range that can be understood in US dollars, and then send the extra resources to you, then you will pay the corresponding price for those resources and the shipping costs, and everything will fall into place."

Elliott explained why he dared to tell Lin Haiyuan that he could provide the supplies he needed.

"Oh? It seems we can not only reach a military cooperation agreement, but also more commercial cooperation agreements. That's wonderful."

Lin Haiyuan doesn't lack those greenbacks, because he can have Walker.com's AI brute-force crack those outdated bank account passwords and related computer systems whenever he wants, and then seize a large amount of money from them.

The skills of Chinese hackers in "Generals" and "Final Hour" are unmatched, so how could Walker.com AI, an artificial intelligence built with quantum computing, not be equally adept? It's just that they need to be more covert.

"However, there is a problem, Your Excellency, do you have enough foreign exchange?"

Sure enough, Elliott brought up the question of whether Lin Haiyuan could afford the money.

"As long as Ratatosk can deliver the goods to 4V for me and provide us with your Swiss bank account number for easy transfer, of course we will."

Lin Haiyuan answered without hesitation.

"Let's discuss this issue in detail in the meeting room. There are just too many terms and conditions to discuss in the car."

After Elliott finished speaking, he glanced at Karen, who nodded after receiving the message in his gaze.

The plight of those poor American prisoners of war, hanging from streetlights like swings, was so easily forgotten in the midst of discussions about money and interests.

The Jackal mobile vehicle quickly took them to the interior of the Burning Wind Keelung No. 1 Military Base, located east of Keelung Port.

Looking out the car window at the futuristic buildings that were more futuristic than most buildings in the world, the orderly running drones, and the soldiers wearing all sorts of mechanical powered exoskeletons, Elliott and Karen were both amazed. This was something they could hardly do, and probably wouldn't be able to do for a long time to come.

“We’ll get off here, Mr. Woodman. The meeting will take place in the underground conference room. If you want to see the elf who lives a peaceful life, you’ll have to go there.”

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he opened the hatch and left the Jackal mobile vehicle. Then, Walker.net AI controlled the crew compartment hatch to open, allowing Karen to push Elliott's wheelchair out.

As soon as they got out of the car, they heard many soldiers on duty greeting Lin Haiyuan and saluting him.

Lin Haiyuan didn't say much, but waved and nodded to let them continue doing what they were supposed to do, "Come with me."

Upon hearing this, Karen and Elliott followed Lin Haiyuan and entered the Burning Wind Barracks with him. This time, the meeting room with Ratatosk was underground.

After entering the underground of the Foehnwind Barracks, Elliott and Karen witnessed an even more fantastical and futuristic underground life within the Foehnwind Barracks.

First, there are the holographic projections used in large quantities, then there are the maintenance drones slowly walking in the passageway, and those agile little guys we just saw.

These terrifying drones, which are portrayed as killing machines on television news, serve completely different purposes here. First, several of them fly together with a box full of garbage on their heads towards a special recycling room, or they carry many different items to other places under the Burning Wind Camp.

Intrigued by this sight, Elliott asked, "General, can those killing robots also perform tasks that only human workers can do?"

"Not only that, they can do even more. Most of the work that requires humans to do in the factory can be done by these little guys. Some more complex and special processes are done by specialized robots."

Lin Haiyuan gave a brief reply.

"It's both a ruthless killing machine and a selfless mechanical worker. This design is truly wonderful."

Elliott expressed his heartfelt admiration for the brilliant design of the terrifying drone.

"Yes, I am proud of those drone designers."

After walking with them for a while, Lin Haiyuan led them to a door with a sign that read "Conference Room." After fingerprint, facial, and voice recognition, he led them inside.

The interior of the conference room was not much different from the interior of the conference room outside, except that it was all in a heavy black color with silver-white accents, and there was a special holographic projection device in the center of the round hollow conference table.

Those qualified to attend this meeting were already seated in their respective positions. Xiao Yuanxun, captain of the Black Whale, flagship of the Burning Wind Mechanical Whale Fleet, and Yuwen Fei, the fleet's political commissar, sat in two adjacent seats.

On the other side were Xue Lianshan, who was in charge of army recruitment and training, Dai Hong, who was in charge of air force recruitment and training, Kao Er, the captain of the Fenfeng Special Assault Team, and Ling Yunrong, the deputy captain, as well as Xingfeng Shiyu, an underground party member in charge of civil affairs.

Without any unnecessary formalities or complicated procedures, after a brief introduction, Elliott and Karen met all the current senior members of the Foehn Wind and began their discussion.

"Gentlemen, I have some bad news for you who want to unify your motherland and make her glorious and great again. You are all aware of the two types of devices deployed in the United States, aren't you?"

Elliott looked at the current Foehn Wind executives present.

Everyone except Lin Haiyuan nodded; they all deserved to know the answer to the unusual behavior of Chinese compatriots in the United States.

"If those two types of devices only appeared in the United States, I believe it wouldn't be the worst situation for the gentlemen here, because you have been fighting against the United States before. The worst news would only be if the Americans launched the Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Now, according to our intelligence personnel inside DEM, this device that manipulates memories to control people's minds has been deployed by DEM in the Kashi region of Tibet."

Eliot's words clearly caused a huge stir.

Apart from Lin Haiyuan, who had already sensed this, everyone else was shocked and expressed disbelief.

Lin Haiyuan didn't speak, but simply made a gesture to quiet down, and the other high-ranking members of Fenfeng stopped talking and looked at him.

"Mr. Woodman is right. We have already scouted out the unidentified structures being built on the Kazakh peaks in the Kazakh region. Comrades, please look at what's in front of you."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he pointed to the device in the middle of the hollow conference table that was responsible for projecting holographic images.

A pale green, transparent image of a rotating Earth was immediately generated above the device. After rotating once, the Tibetan region in this pale green, transparent Earth immediately became brighter, and then the images taken by the GLONASS satellite system appeared in front of everyone present in the form of holographic projection.

"A... Memory Master Manifestation Device that is already in operation?!"

Yuwen Fei stared at the completed Memory Master Manifestation Device as if his eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.

"How did this seemingly more dangerous device get built there so quietly? We need to find a way to take it down."

Ling Yunrong gazed thoughtfully at the images captured by the satellite.

"Let's continue, comrades. The device deployed on Kazi Peak is the manifestation device of the Lord of Memory. If we rely on just one manifestation device of the Lord of Memory, DEM cannot control Tibet. Therefore, the giant tower that is almost completed on the more spacious Kazi Peak on the same contour line is the manifestation device of the Tower of Babel."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, the second series of satellite images appeared on the holographic projection in front of the audience.

"It looks just like the real Tower of Babel..."

Xingfeng Shiyu was already thinking about how to efficiently destroy the Tower of Babel display device and then launch a massive and infectious propaganda campaign.

Elliott revealed their current intelligence regarding the activation status of the two manifestation devices: "According to intelligence relayed by our spies among the scientific and technical personnel in the DEM Tibet region, the Memory Lord Manifestation Device has not yet been officially activated. The project leader plans to activate the Tower of Babel Manifestation Device and the Memory Lord Manifestation Device together to achieve the goal of controlling all Chinese territories, including 4V. This is a stroke of luck amidst misfortune, but something even more terrifying is still happening, which stems from the power supply systems of the Memory Lord Manifestation Device and the Tower of Babel Manifestation Device."

Elliott here repeats what Karen said to Lin Haiyuan when she explained the Tree of Life system, Betelgeuse and Betelgeuse devices.

After listening, Yuwen Fei expressed his thoughts directly: "Are those people in DEM even human? They can come up with such an unparalleled idea as using human lives as firewood to generate electricity and actually put it into practice."

"I think the people who made those devices have probably lost their conscience as humans and become just like those non-human monsters, not treating people as human beings at all."

Xiao Yuanxun shook his head after hearing this.

“Those people are no longer worthy of trial in court. Only fire and bombs are suitable to judge them. They must be completely destroyed from soul to body. Commander, I propose that we immediately go to Tibet to deploy our special assault team to purify those inhuman bastards.”

Kaul bluntly stated that he wanted to personally eliminate every DEM personnel in the area and the memory manipulation devices they had established.

"Let's find a way to give that damn shot!"

Ling Yunrong also joined in the shouting.

"However, this incident occurred entirely on land, and the navy is powerless to intervene."

Hsiao Yuan-hsun stated that the Navy was too far away and unable to provide assistance.

After exchanging glances, Xue Lianshan and Dai Hong, who were in charge of personnel recruitment and training, and Xingfeng Shiyu, who was in charge of civil affairs, Xingfeng Shiyu spoke first.

"Commander Lin, if you want to send ground troops to fight in the Kashi region of Tibet, I must remind you that we simply do not have enough troops to commit to a battlefield that will obviously become a meat grinder. Our current forces are not even enough to defend the main island of Taiwan and the Penghu Islands, which are under our control and jurisdiction. Moreover, some issues with the local population mean that the conscription policy does not allow us to recruit soldiers in a grand manner."