Will the kemonomimi encounter Alien Ranch Story?

Victoria claimed, "We are not targeting anyone," but the explosive reactive armor modules, which are rapidly being deployed on mobile city defense platforms and warships, are also installed on these three new warships.

This module uses a spell-sensing module that automatically triggers a small spell shield when the target Originium weapon arrives, absorbing some of the energy. When the internal shield is overloaded, the saturated Originium particles explode, forming a powerful spell pulse that pushes away the target's subsequent damage.

Although they claimed "we are not targeting anyone," in all of Terra, only Kazdel has weapons like Dragonfire Bullets that use high-temperature magical jets to burn through targets and create devastating explosions, and only Kazdel has weapons like the Melt Cannon. Traditional armor-piercing bullets are not very effective against these defensive modules.

Victoria's countermeasure against live-fire armor-piercing and thermoelectric weapons, and even the Great Yan's Divine Light Cannon, is slat armor, which consists of layers of high-strength carbon nanomaterials stacked like louvers. When long-diameter armor-piercing projectiles penetrate it, they are very likely to deflect sideways due to the interlaced louver structure, ultimately failing to penetrate the target.

Of course, the cost was that the armor in that area was completely destroyed. However, considering that the probability of a ship being hit by two shells in the same spot during wartime is extremely small, this defect can be ignored. In fact, given the lightness of carbon materials, Victoria developed a new adsorption structure that allows this thing to be replaced as quickly as the Abaddon-class.

Even faster than the Kazdel's warships could have their armor replaced, but the cost was also incredibly high. A single slat armor plate cost around 10 Victorian gold pounds, not too expensive, even quite cheap. However, if you were hit by a single shell and at least twenty, thirty, or even forty or fifty layers of armor were destroyed, then...

Almost every shot hit not the warships, but the Victorians' wallets.

Therefore, although Victoria tried her best to promote her innovative invention in various ways, after careful consideration, Casimir and Letania said that although the product was good, they still purchased Columbia's new shell armor system.

What a joke! The Victoria Fleet bought each piece for £10 and sold it for at least £15. Even if the domestic buyers didn't take a single penny, just considering normal firepower, they'd get at least £20 per piece, and then a single shot would evaporate thousands of pounds...

Forget about super-large capital ships like the Centurion-class, which cost over ten million pounds and take over a year to build. Ordinary warships cost an average of 40 to 50 pounds. If they get hit a few more times, I'd rather just build a new ship, which is cheaper.

Moreover, the rate at which money is burned is directly proportional to the caliber of the enemy's weapons. A single shot can evaporate thousands of pounds of armor on a regular warship's main gun. But when it comes to a high-speed, heavy battleship like the Centurion-class, who the hell would use something so useless? So, in reality, it might not only penetrate all one hundred-plus layers of louvered armor in one shot, but it could also penetrate the outer compartments and cause considerable damage.

In other words, not only would they suffer a devastating blow, but they also wouldn't be able to save on ship repair costs. They would only reduce the structural damage by burning through money. Such a super capital ship is like a battlefield bomb magnet. Therefore, after careful consideration, Letania decisively rejected the offer.

Even Victoria's Super Piercer failed to sell because it was too large. For the current Letania, there wasn't a reliable platform, and installing it would be too costly. So they turned to their old rival Kazdel and purchased their medium-sized Originium railgun.

This infuriated Victoria's arms dealers. On the contrary, arms sales from Columbia and Kazdel were booming, and even arms sales from Ursus were soaring. After all, no matter how much Victoria boasted, the equipment from these three companies had been used on the battlefield, so buying from them wouldn't be a bad deal.

If the Great Yan Dynasty hadn't avoided official arms sales, it would have been stunned to receive a massive influx of orders, as many of Kazdel's weapons and equipment were manufactured in Great Yan's factories.

"The war situation on Terra has entered a new era. Is this really the ending you wanted?" Kal'tsit looked up at the Doctor after reading all the international arms procurement news.

"A few years ago, we could still inflict enough damage on enemies who relied on artillery for close combat with ordinary assault troops and electromagnetic piercing crossbows, but now their concepts have caught up."

After all, there aren't many technologies with significant technological gaps on Kazdel's side. Most of the time, most weapons can be said to have been cleverly and skillfully pieced together by a skilled patchwork maker.

Victoria's electromagnetic technology, the Originium Iron technology discovered by the Alien in the Sargon Desert, and the Dragon Steel material of the Great Yan—except for Lao Xia's wet-component shells and tower furnace, which are unreplicable—all the remaining technologies were not unavailable to the Terrans; they simply hadn't thought of them.

Therefore, while Victoria cannot produce the Melt Cannon, they can create a Spell Reflection Module, taking advantage of the fact that the Melt Cannon is essentially a wet spell weapon. They cannot produce wet spell Dragonfire Cannonballs, but a 2-meter-thick metal object hitting someone at five times the speed of sound can still smash their head off.

Using cluster arrows would be just as powerful as Kazdel's rocket artillery clusters in destroying light armored units. If Victoria could acquire Columbia's new types of ammunition, such as explosive spell arrows and etched arrows, the entire battlefield of Terra would enter a new era.

Firearms, especially the more miniaturized and powerful electromagnetic crossbows, along with various ranged weapons and area-of-effect attacks, have become the dominant force on the battlefield, making the era of individual warriors increasingly dim.

"It doesn't matter. They have never been our enemies. How are the negotiations with Rembiton going?"

“They are wavering. The launch of new ships for the Victoria Forces has greatly encouraged them, but if the Great Yan is also dragged into this, they will have no excuse to object.”

"We must intensify our infiltration of Rembiton," the Doctor said. The combined power of multiple intelligence networks, including Nian, Swire, Kal'tsit, Talulah, and Black Serpent, is considerable, but currently only the Doctor has the courage to wield this black blade and wield it against the enemy.

Two months later, Ursus and Kazimir held their fourth round of negotiations and barely reached a preliminary ceasefire agreement, with the current control line as the boundary. The ceasefire was temporary, and both sides needed to recover some losses. Moreover, if the fighting continued, Victoria would not stand idly by.

Although they are troublemakers, an important prerequisite for offshore balance is that their own homeland cannot be threatened. If Ursus continues to fight, Victoria will definitely intervene.

Now Ursus has stopped not far from the plains bordering Victoria and Kazimir. As for the threat, there are hundreds of kilometers of distance between them, separating them from the eastern plains of Kazimir, so Victoria cannot find a pretext to send troops.

As for the lack of threat, given the speed of the Ursus fleet and the attack speed of the Helag formation, the vanguard could break through the almost non-existent defenses of Kazimir and storm into Victoria in just a day and a night.

This feeling of being stuck in the middle made everyone in Victoria feel like they had eaten shit, but what was even more unpleasant was the uprisings in Little Hills and Lendinhem.

"Where did they get their weapons? Where did they get their equipment and tactics?!" The Queen was furious. She was almost ready to send troops, but not only did Ursus suddenly stop, leaving Kazimir and Victoria in a limbo, unable to send troops but also feeling frustrated by not sending them, but on top of that, some people on her side took the opportunity to launch a rebellion.

"Is it Kazdel?" Besides Kazdel, there was no other suspect. In every sense, the Republic of Kazdel was Victoria's primary suspect. But precisely because it was the primary suspect, this time they were truly certain...

"If they are not Kazdel people, and it really is them, Your Majesty should consider going to Windsor Castle for the summer."

This is a harsh statement, but it is the truth. If the Kazdel people really come in under the guise of the Red Dragon's resurgence and install that puppet, the current Queen will really have to go to Windsor Castle to escape the summer heat.

It would be easier for Kazdel to attack Victoria than to attack Letania, not because their military strength is greater, nor because Victoria is particularly weak, but because the other side's identity is just too... well...

If that Duke Talulah across the way really charged into Victoria under the red dragon banner, none of the gentlemen present would dare to imagine that they would immediately run over and shout "If you do not abandon me!"

And if you think about it more carefully, what is the surname of the wife of the second-in-command on the other side, what is the status of his daughter according to the conventions of the aristocratic circle, and what honorific title should she be given? You will know that if Kazdel really wants to fight Victoria, not to mention that half of Victoria is actually on the other side, at least a quarter of Victoria is on the other side.

As for Victoria's powerful fleet, no one can say for sure how many of them will immediately raise the Red Dragon flag and stage a mutiny.

In other words, if Kazdel can win the first battle, the rest will become increasingly easier. Because if they aren't pushed back to the border in the first wave, and once they align themselves with the Dragon Party forces within the country... the Queen really will have to move to Windsor Castle. [By the way, historically, England actually had a civil war between two queens; it was mentioned in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 23333, lol.]

"Who are they? Where did they get those Kazdel weapons?!"

“I can explain this,” someone finally spoke up. The Queen, barely suppressing her anger, looked at the person. “The Kazdel weapons they possess were purchased by us.”

"?"

“We previously purchased a batch of weapons from Kazdel, intending to send them to the Qazimir rebels… You should have seen that proposal.”

"Hmm," the Queen remembered. There was indeed such a thing, used to sow discord between Kazdel and Ursus. If Kazimir had a large number of advanced Kazdel weapons, even if the Ursus leadership knew it was someone else's provocation, the Ursus frontline soldiers who were being slaughtered and the generals whose plans to make a fortune had been ruined might not be so rational.

Even if everyone in Ursus is a rational person and doesn't fall for the trick, enhancing Kazimierz's combat power would still be beneficial to Victoria in this situation, not to mention that she could make a profit from the transaction—that's the difference between the skill of an elite troublemaker and the mediocre imitator like Columbia.

Colombia tried to stir things up with Sami and Glassval, but ended up getting themselves into trouble and making a fool of themselves. Look at Victoria's actions—she weakened Letania, won over Casimir, sowed discord between Ursus and Kazdel, and even managed to appease Syracuse. She didn't spend a penny and still made a profit.

The mere sight of Letania's fleeing capital and nobility brought Victoria a smile to her face, but the way she ended up getting herself into trouble was somewhat incomprehensible.

"Why are the weapons we purchased for Kazimir in the hands of the rebels?!"

"To clear yourselves of suspicion, didn't you order the free mercenaries and some enthusiastic gentlemen to be in charge of the transport?" the minister said cautiously after a few seconds of thought.

"So, which mercenaries did they bribe?"

“No…” the minister hesitated for a long time, “For ease of transport, a large amount of munitions were stored in the border city of Lundim, and then…”

"The rebels attacked the warehouse, which is understandable." The Queen nodded; it was indeed not a fault of the army.

Of course, if the matter were to be investigated, the local nobles would certainly be punished. However, this was indeed unexpected. Although she didn't know much about the affairs of the lower classes, there was a significant difference between a group of armed rebels and unarmed thugs.

Besides, those counties were originally acquired from Gaul, and the locals had been resisting Victorian rule for over a hundred years. It's no wonder the local nobles didn't take it seriously; no one expected it to be on such a large scale this time.

What the ministers dared not say was... these rebels, using some unknown means, subdued the local mercenaries in just a month and a half, even the nobles' private soldiers and some nobles themselves, while the rebels were all hanged—a blatant imitation of Kazdel's methods, but it was definitely not Kazdel's doing. They were even more bewildered than the people of Victoria when they received the news.

If Victoria's intelligence agencies were more diligent—well, more accurately, bolder—and reported certain intelligence, no one would be surprised—one of the rebel leaders was an Aslan...

That's why the resistance was so unstoppable, and even some nobles chose to surrender their military power and submit—there's no greater merit than following the emperor, brother!

[PS]

Those who touted Terra's individual combat prowess, gods, strongmen, and immortal beings have been betrayed by the official team! ~_(:з」∠)_

My lord, times have truly changed!

Also, who exactly is the mole? Let me know!

Chapter 89 Vault Technology

Chapter 89

Colombia,

"Ding Dong"

"Who is it?" Hamer put down the research materials in his hand, walked to the door, and cautiously looked out through the peephole. It was a complete stranger with a formulaic smile on his face. He had a briefcase in his left hand and a soft-brimmed hat in his right hand, which he had fastened to his chest.

"who are you?"

"I apologize for my intrusion in visiting you. I am a staff member of the Colombian Federal Government's Disaster Response Office. Please do not misunderstand, Doctor, I have no ill intentions."

"Hmm," Himer picked up the staff by the door, took two steps back, and controlled the drone to open the door. If anything seemed amiss, he would use Originium Arts to construct a shield and press the alarm.

It's no wonder she's so cautious. She had previously collaborated with Kazdel on technology, which has led to a number of people discriminating against infected individuals and Sarkaz extremists causing trouble. For her own safety, being cautious is always a good thing.

"Hello, Doctor. This is our new resident registration form. In order to better cope with natural disasters and various natural calamities, we have recently been asked to conduct a preliminary population registration in order to arrange necessary evacuation facilities and supplies."

"..."

“Oh, sorry, look at me…” The stranger opened his briefcase, and Himer took the opportunity to glance at it. There were no suspicious items, only a pile of documents. The stranger pulled out one of them. “If it’s inconvenient for you, you can dictate it.”

"Can"

"Dr. Himer, as far as we know, you work for Rhine Lab, and your main research focus is on the application of Originium Technologies in the field of life sciences, is that right?"

"I don't think this is what resident registration information should look like."

"Sorry, sorry, this was just a personal curiosity of mine. You work for Rhine Labs as an R7-level researcher, which should be public information, right?"

"right"

"You live alone, without children or a husband?"

That's right.

Do you have any plans to move soon?

"Not for now. It would be even better if the federal government could get rid of those guys who came to protest in front of my house."

"I'm sorry, you should report this request to the relevant federal department. May I obtain your Social Security number and your last medical examination information? Don't misunderstand, it's just to avoid the possibility of having certain special diseases. As you know, as a senior researcher at Rhine Life, your life and health are a valuable asset to society."

"We can provide publicly available and searchable information," Himer thought for a moment. Even if he refused, it wouldn't make a difference, because public health information was already listed in Rhine Life's archives, which wasn't a secret.

"Okay, thank you for your cooperation. Here is the contact information for our countermeasures office. If you need any further information, please call our hotline. Someone will be there to assist you at any time. Oh, I almost forgot, here's a small gift. Please don't refuse it." The stranger bowed slightly and placed a card and a decorative badge on the cabinet. The badge was shaped like a gear with a line of engraved numbers in the center.

"scanning!"

"Solid, no gaps, no Originium reaction, no synthetic jade structure, it's just metal?" Only then did Himeru reach out and pick up the badge. After confirming that the thing was safe and had no radioactivity, he hesitated for a moment before stuffing it into the bottom drawer of his desk.

"So, it's really just a decorative badge and a regular survey?" Hamer frowned. Before he could even start working, the doorbell rang again, and a thin envelope was slipped under the door.

"Who!?" Hemer carefully put on a mask and protective gear before picking up the letter. As the leader of the research on the application of Originium technology in life sciences at the Rhine Lab, she knew that many harmful methods could be transmitted through letters.

The simplest way is to grind the pure Originium and a small amount of quartz sand into a finer powder, sprinkle it on the letter paper, and press it down. This way, the letter paper will be similar to the high-end printed letter paper sold in stores.

If the victim picks up the letter to read it, the trace amount of pure Originium powder on the paper will be inhaled into the body, and it is easy to get Oripathy from it. This is the simplest way. As for other viruses and pathogenic methods, there are countless other ways to soak the letter in them.

The most difficult way to prevent this is that the letter itself has a hidden layer with a built-in Originium circuit. The moment you pick it up, it will generate Originium radiation. You don't need to open the letter. As long as you are close enough to it and you are not properly protected, your Oripathy will be accelerated.

Young people who are hostile to the infected often use this method to harm the infected in the slums of the outer city. They run over and stuff blank letters filled with this Originium-treated stationery through windows or door cracks, forcing the infected to rapidly worsen their Oripathy—they call their actions “purifying society.”

The main victims are Sarkaz infected and Sarkaz people, who are exceptionally sensitive to Originium radiation. Their chances of developing and contracting Oripathy are much higher than those of the general population. It is easy to imagine how much hatred Hamer, who developed special medical drones, medical staffs, and new drug delivery methods for Oripathy with the Sarkaz, is in the eyes of these young people who believe that the Sarkaz have taken away their wealth and job opportunities.

After a thorough check, the letter was found to be safe, and Hermer breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that she was being overly cautious; truly secure letters wouldn't be delivered this way. They were always picked up from a special mailbox by company personnel and delivered to the recipient's door in person.

Moreover, she knew these professional messengers from Rhine Lab. They were all professionally trained and their combat capabilities were similar to those of the Mojave postmen, so she didn't have to worry about the letters being stolen by bandits or anyone else.