Colonia Storm Tour

A smile, though awkward, appeared on Hua Zhizi's face.

"Master, please don't misunderstand the meaning of communication between humans. Human communication is for..."

Walker.com's AI launched into another long-winded lecture, taking a full five minutes to finish.

"Alright, Walker.com AI has finished speaking."

Now I'll examine the results of your crash course in barometric balloon training at the Colonia flank air base.

As he spoke, Lin Haiyuan got up from his chair and moved to a more spacious area.

"Yes!"

Youhua Zhizi immediately got up and walked to the coordinate position facing Lin Haiyuan. She began to use her mental strength, which she had grown through what could be called hellish training, to create a pressure sphere that completely surrounded her.

"Hmm, Walker AI, how long can she maintain the pressure sphere surrounding her?"

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"When she is asleep or unconscious, Master."

Walker.com AI responded.

"Very good, one of the basic indicators has been met. Now, expand it further and show me your air pressure balloon."

Lin Haiyuan began the second step of the on-site testing.

"it is good."

The gardenia is now mobilizing all its mental energy to manipulate more airflow and form a larger air pressure ball.

This larger air pressure balloon would create a vacuum zone where breathing is impossible, which would be fatal to any living organism that needs to breathe.

After the gardenia expanded the pressure sphere surrounding her to its limit, Lin Haiyuan could "see" areas without airflow using his mental powers.

"Well done, here's a flower. You've fully met the second basic requirement. Now it's time for the third basic requirement. Come on, throw a pressure balloon at me."

As Lin Haiyuan spoke, he gestured to Hua Zhizi with a "bring it on" gesture.

"Hey, hey, hey, Chief Lin, throw a pressure balloon at me?!"

Gardenia seemed quite surprised when she heard Lin Haiyuan's request.

"This is the final step of the test. Whether you have truly become a qualified air pressure balloon apostle depends on the air pressure balloon you throw. Come on, don't worry about me being hurt by your air pressure balloon. Air pressure balloon apostles are resistant to similar methods."

Lin Haiyuan knew that Youhua Zhizi was worried that the air pressure balloon might kill him, so he not only explained it to her verbally, but also independently created an air pressure balloon that was even larger than Youhua Zhizi's to surround himself.

"Then, Commander Lin, I'll go!"

Gardenia quickly raised her hand and used her mental power to control the airflow in the command room, forming an air pressure ball with visible, minute airflow. After controlling and stabilizing the air pressure ball with her mental power...

His hand moved along with the power of his mind and threw it towards Lin Haiyuan, who was facing him.

"This air balloon looks pretty good in terms of weight right now."

Lin Haiyuan stood there, simply maintaining the air pressure ball surrounding him as he received the air pressure ball attack from the gardenia.

The pressure balloon with gardenia flowers slammed into the pressure balloon above Lin Haiyuan's head very quickly. Then, both Lin Haiyuan and gardenia flowers could feel the clash between air currents and mental forces.

However, compared to Lin Haiyuan, who possesses mental power nearly equal to Yuri's, Hua Zhizi's mental power, which is only at the level of an ordinary Pressure Ball Apostle, is obviously insignificant. In actual (game) battles, even if a mental expert or mental elite controls a Pressure Ball Apostle, they will be killed by the continuous vacuum effect created by the Pressure Ball Apostle's pressure ball, thus breaking the mental control.

The air pressure balloon isn't a bomb with a built-in impact fuse. If you don't use your mental power to detonate it, it will actually create a hole or crater like a regular ball. While the impact of the air pressure balloon alone can cause considerable damage to the human body, what's even more deadly is the airflow and mental power that spreads outwards after the balloon explodes. This forces the surrounding airflow to disperse, creating a vacuum field. What kind of misfortune will a creature that needs to breathe suffer in the face of such a vacuum field? Even a berserker who can withstand a large number of bullets and shells is as vulnerable as an ordinary infantryman in this attack targeting breathing.

Youhua Zhizi felt that the air pressure ball she threw was stuck in the mud as it hit Lin Haiyuan's air pressure ball, making it difficult to move. Based on the experience she had gained in training, she decisively detonated the air pressure ball.

The whistling wind is the sound of a barometric balloon exploding. The airflow, forcibly restrained by mental power and spreading outward, collides with the airflow, which is also controlled in an orderly manner by mental power. This collision produces a wonderful phenomenon.

That is, the airflow controlled by Lin Haiyuan's mental power wanted to flow into the vacuum created by the explosion of the air pressure balloon, but the airflow generated by the explosion of the air pressure balloon and the vacuum created were pushing the airflow outward with all their might.

The outcome of this contest was quickly settled. Under normal natural conditions on Earth, it is impossible to create a vacuum naturally, so the artificially created temporary vacuum was quickly filled by the surrounding air.

Youhua Zhizi was not surprised that her pressure balloon had not been able to completely break Lin Haiyuan's pressure balloon; on the contrary, she was relieved.

Phew, if Chief Lin Haiyuan's balloon were completely in a vacuum where there was no air to breathe, he probably wouldn't be in the mood to marvel at his own strength; instead, he would be rushing to save people.

You Hua Zhizi felt relieved: "Chief Lin Haiyuan, did I pass the third basic indicator test?"

"Yes, you've passed the test. You've become a true apostle of the barometric balloon. Congratulations."

Lin Haiyuan withdrew his mental power controlling the airflow and peacefully dispersed the air pressure balloon, then began to applaud her.

"Great! A week of training has finally yielded satisfactory results!"

After saying that, Hua Zhizi jumped up excitedly.

"How's the crash course for the air pressure balloon apostle going?"

Lin Haiyuan asked with a beaming smile.

"If possible, please don't let me experience this a second time!"

The gardenia's excited expression vanished instantly, replaced by fear.

She held her head in her hands and said, “When I’m sleeping, I might be grabbed and thrown out into the air, swinging like a swing. When I’m eating, I might be grabbed and thrown out into the air, swinging like a swing. And I’ll have to wear a blindfold, take off my clothes, and stand next to the acceleration tower, or even just feel the airflow in mid-air and try to control it with my mental power.”

"So that's why I didn't accompany you in the crash course of air pressure ball apostle training after I developed your mental power, hehehehe."

Lin Haiyuan smiled just like Yuri.

"!?"

You Huazhizi imagined being stripped naked by nanobots during training, then being blindfolded and made to stand next to the acceleration tower, feeling the flow of air in the misty airflow. Or perhaps she would be blindfolded and taken to the Colonia flank air base, where she would be hung upside down or suspended to feel the cold high-altitude airflow, enhancing her ability to perceive airflow.

With a soft "poof," her entire face turned as red as a boiled crab. Feeling ashamed, she immediately grabbed her skirt and lowered her head. The thought of those things, coupled with the fact that Chief Lin Haiyuan in front of her also knew, made her so ashamed that she almost wanted to use her mental powers to control the airflow and dig a hole in the ground to bury herself and escape.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Seeing her like this, Lin Haiyuan laughed even louder. Because Lin Haiyuan's voice was different from that of normal people, it was a magnetic voice, so his laughter sounded very pleasant and comfortable.

Overwhelmed by shame, coupled with Lin Haiyuan's laughter, Hua Zhizi, her embarrassment turning to anger, raised her flushed face and said angrily, "Ugh! Chief Lin, please don't make fun of me!"

"You looked so cute when you were shyly clutching your skirt just now. I have to admit I was smitten. But you've always been cute."

Lin Haiyuan launched the surprise attack with a beaming smile.

"Huh!?"

When Hua Zhizi heard Lin Haiyuan's compliment on her cuteness, her anger at being laughed at immediately disappeared, replaced by an even stronger sense of shame or embarrassment.

"Waaah..."

She let out a weak, animal-like whimper and slowly lowered her head to face Lin Haiyuan.

When Lin Haiyuan saw her lower her head in front of him, looking at her gentle and beautiful face, he suddenly had the thought of giving her a head pat.

This seems like a good opportunity to give a head pat. I've never touched the head of a girl my age before, not counting breastfeeding babies and toddlers. With the former, I feel like I'm only touching the scalp, and the hair isn't thick enough.

"Hehehehehe."

Without hesitation, Lin Haiyuan reached out his right hand and gently rubbed the dark gray hair with gardenia blossoms. Lin Haiyuan considered himself different from others; others would probably rub their hair too hard and mess it up, but being a man who cared about women, he naturally rubbed the girl's hair gently.

"Huh?"

Gardenia felt the large, warm hand touching her head and made a sound of confusion, raising her eyes slightly to look up.

She saw Lin Haiyuan smiling and gently patting her head with his right hand. Her heart pounded, and she lowered her eyes to accept Lin Haiyuan's gentle head pat.

"Your hair is so smooth and silky. It's smoother and silkier than any silk or soft nanomaterial I've ever touched. Your hair looks like it's not only well-maintained, but also naturally good."

Lin Haiyuan stroked her head with a slightly unique expression, and also exerted some subtle and imperceptible mental power on her head with a "comfort" implication.

The gardenia with its head down squinted its eyes like a cat having its chin scratched or its head patted.

Hmm, is this the expression a girl makes when she squints her eyes...? It feels more vivid and expressive than when she's watching cat sex, which is great.

Meanwhile, Hua Zhizi, who was receiving the head pat, felt comfortable and squinted her eyes, wondering to herself why she not only felt satisfied but also secretly pleased by Chief Lin Haiyuan's head pat...

In the past, when my parents and teachers praised and patted my head at home and school, I only felt happy and satisfied. I didn't feel particularly comfortable, but rather a strange sense of secret joy.

Wow, this head pat with a touch of spiritual power is so incredibly effective...

Seeing her looking so comfortable, as if she were having a sweet dream and almost drooling, Lin Haiyuan immediately withdrew his hand.

After he withdrew his hand, Hua Zhizi could clearly feel the disappearance of the comfortable and warm sensation on her head, which made her, who was immersed in the wonderful feeling of being patted on the head, feel a sense of loss.

However, this also made Hua Zhizi's face less red than before; even though there was still a shy blush, it was only to a moderate degree.

"Look up at me."

Lin Haiyuan put his hands behind his back.

"Yes……"

A gardenia raised its head and responded softly.

"Now that you've completed your apostle training with your air pressure ball, it's time for you to use your CR-UNIT Nirvash. Come on, get in the car."

After Lin Haiyuan finished speaking, he let go of his hands behind his back and walked out of the command room.

"Yes!"

Some of the gardenias followed closely behind Lin Haiyuan and came to his side.

The Fenfeng Construction Site was not far from the Fenfeng Barracks. Lin Haiyuan and You Huazhizi needed to take a Commander-type Jackal mobile vehicle, which only he could use, to the Fenfeng Barracks.

After leaving the area of ​​the Fenfeng Construction Site, Lin Haiyuan heard the voice of Walker.com's AI.

"Master, Elliott Baldwin Woodman and Karen Mira Messeres have confirmed their stay at the hotel. Ratatosk's Ulmus requests that the two be hovered over the hotel to protect them from possible attacks."

"No. Those restless guys in 4V under the control of Foehn are all dead. Any restless guys that appear will be killed and recycled."

Lin Haiyuan bluntly refused, saying that even though Ratatosk was now an ally, he had not seen Laurent Clyneton, Fraser Daguras, or Killian Wormstead.

As described in the original novel, Ratatoskr is an organization established to save the elves. However, only the faction centered around Woodman truly upholds this ideal. Others participate to varying degrees for some benefit, including Laurent Clyndington, Frazer Dagulus, and Killian Wormstead.

Lin Haiyuan was also extremely disgusted by the Japanese people's penchant for factionalism. In his view, even if the Japanese were reduced to only a few dozen people on a single ship, they could still create a ridiculous faction like the bridge faction or the engine room faction.

If Lin Haiyuan were to actually allow Ratatosk warships into the city, he would definitely tell Woodman to conduct a thorough purge of Ratatosk so that everyone else understands who the real boss is and who has absolute authority before talking to him about such things. Otherwise, his organization would seem very suspicious. How could they possibly develop a second satellite cannon launcher behind his back? Who knows, one day I might become a bigger threat in their eyes, allowing them to lock onto my location and blast me away? Back then it was a satellite cannon; now it's just a lower-class magic-concentrating cannon to take me down?

"Yes, Master."

Walker.com's AI responded to the acting captain of "Ulmus" based on Lin Haiyuan's words.

"Youhua, you should pay attention to the training of the air pressure ball apostle. See if it can help you use CR-UNIT more effectively, specifically in terms of accuracy in the random field. That's a question I've always wanted answered."

Lin Haiyuan said as he entered the Burning Wind barracks.

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