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"Confirm the individual's city location! Find him!" The elders worked together to pull Sun Yang back, and then began to send commands through the psychic network.

Shit! I knew this would happen!

Sun Yang shattered the void once again and fell back into the world of XCOM. The enemy had already discovered his position, so he had to run in another direction immediately!

Just run away! Hide yourself first!

Sun Yang took a breath, drank another bottle of solvent, and after filling up his blue bar, he cast an invisibility spell on himself.

With the bonus of the Standing Wyrmprint Ring and high intelligence, his invisibility effect can last for several hours.

Sun Yang then cast the two spells of Silence and Controlled Falling to ensure that he would not be detected by anything strange. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and observed the surrounding environment.

The sky was dark and there was a light drizzle. Sun Yang was not sure about the exact time and place.

This is a narrow and dirty alley. The buildings on both sides are covered with colorful graffiti. The trash can on the corner is open, and you can see the unfinished Mutant Burger packaging bag from inside.

Sun Yang cautiously walked to the entrance of the alley and looked out. In the distance, he saw a variety of simple, clean metal skyscrapers rising from the ground, and a projection screen repeatedly played strange statements about mutants and humans coexisting peacefully.

Surrounded by darkness and rain, the flashing neon lights of the metal buildings were barely visible.

Below these buildings are bustling crowds of people and numerous checkpoints. When citizens want to approach certain buildings, they need to pass through a checkpoint before they can pass.

Dozens of soldiers wearing dark grey armored combat uniforms and heavy helmets stood on the street corner. Each of these soldiers was strong and muscular, holding a large-caliber magnetic rifle.

Among them were a few soldiers who had changed their combat uniforms and weapon paint to red. These red-uniformed soldiers were scattered on various street corners, managing their subordinates.

"Mutant soldiers and mutant officers?" Sun Yang immediately remembered the names of these units.

As a Girls' Frontline player, Sun Yang can also be considered a fan of the Battle Flag game, and he has dabbled in both Japanese and American Battle Flag games.

The American battle flag usually refers to XCOM or XCOM-like games. This is the granddaddy of games.

Although Sun Yang has only completed XCOM on the lowest difficulty level, he has not tried to challenge himself by playing the legendary difficulty Ironman mode (Iron File).

After all, this game...hit rate and damage calculation are quite stressful. Even a single drop of health on a high-difficulty enemy can be incredibly frustrating.

But since we've arrived in this world, it goes without saying that the difficulty is definitely comparable to that of a metal transmission, or even higher. After all, these mutants' magnetic weapons are no pushovers, and the armor of the Resistance and XCOM can't stop them at all.

The uniforms worn by these mutants are also inlaid with alloy linings in vital areas, making it easy to block bullets from conventional assault rifles.

However, this only made it difficult for the local XCOM and rebel forces to fight against them. It was still easy for Sun Yang's troops to defeat these mutants.

"M4, Judge. Please reply if you hear me." Sun Yang opened the window and contacted the two troops preparing to carry out combat missions.

[Can be heard.] M4’s reply was concise and to the point.

[The signal is clear, sir. But Pascal has new findings to report.] The judge's profile picture appeared, and Pascal immediately came online on the communication channel.

"Professor, we've detected dozens of powerful psychic individuals in this world. You may need to expend more energy to rally your forces. What's going on over there?" Pascal sent the estimated data to Sun Yang.

"I was pulled into the XCOM world by those psionic individuals and can't escape. Well, judging by their attire, they should be XCOM 2, the defeated worldline of the original."

Sun Yang moved slowly along the wall, trying to remain invisible and avoid detection equipment.

Occasionally, you can see strange-looking street lamps and signal relay towers around. Those things are actually connected to the mutant network server. The recognition module on them can quickly scan passers-by and compare them with the information in the database.

Once the data does not match or there is a problem, these towers will immediately sound an alarm, and then the mutant and alien troops stationed nearby will swarm in.

However, because the tower is connected to the psychic network, XCOM technicians often steal local intelligence.

Sun Yang wasn't sure whether this thing could see through his magical invisibility, but it was better to be cautious.

In short, let's get out of this city first. It's irrational to fight so many aliens alone in the city.

"In this worldview, there are Void Elders—a race possessing powerful psychic powers. Their bodies are about to decay, so they desperately need a new body to house them. One that can hold a large amount of psychic energy, remains healthy, and resists withering easily. The race possessing this potential is humanity in this worldview."

"So this powerful energy comes from the Void Elder? Professor, has your knowledge reserves been activated again?" Pascal breathed a sigh of relief. The professor's knowledge cheat had been activated. How could he lose with such one-way transparent intelligence?

"Ethereal is their species name. Elder is what others call them. I just happened to have played this game before... I can still remember the general idea, but games are just games after all, so many details are bound to be off."

For example, the aliens' magnetic rifles could easily kill humans, and they must be well-trained and have a very high hit rate. With these magnetic weapons, it would be easy to penetrate some bunkers.

Beep! Beep! A sharp, piercing alarm suddenly blared from the surrounding signal towers. Sun Yang immediately checked to see if his invisibility had been detected. He then crouched down, Spiral Sword in hand, and observed the situation around him.

The radio speaker on the street corner began to play a recording.

"The Mutants would like to remind the general public that tonight's curfew is a measure taken for everyone's safety."

"Citizens without valid exemption documents should immediately request assistance from the nearest mutant peacekeeping force."

The mutants patrolling and guarding the area immediately let out strange roars. They drove away the citizens who were still wandering around, telling them to get out, and then reorganized their team to block off the block.

In addition, Sun Yang also heard the sound of planes roaring past. He looked up and noticed that there were more than a dozen alien transport planes flying in the sky.

These transports have advanced anti-gravity modules, and each can transport four humanoid combat units or two heavy mutant MECs.

Alien transport planes are part of the mutant army's rapid reaction force. When a riot or battle breaks out in a city, these rapid reaction forces will take alien transport planes to the battle site and quickly reinforce the local combat forces.

In addition to transporting troops, these aerial vehicles also carry a magnetic machine gun mounted under the cabin to clear landing sites or provide limited air-to-ground firepower.

Obviously, these transport planes were coming for Sun Yang, and so was the curfew alert. These mutants had to evacuate local citizens, clear the roads, and block the city and neighborhoods to prevent themselves from escaping the city.

However, when Sun Yang ran straight past these soldiers, these mutant soldiers were still staring at the street in front of them cautiously, not knowing that Sun Yang had already run away.

His invisibility magic was as reliable as ever.

These mutants naturally have ground vehicles, but under normal circumstances, the roads are so crowded with pedestrians and vehicles that driving through them would likely result in traffic jams. By the time these mutant soldiers arrive at their mission location, the battle is already over.

Sun Yang continued to run furiously on the road. His physical strength far exceeded that of humans. As long as he kept running at high speed, these mutants would never be able to find him.

He ran the entire length of the street in one breath, then saw a dozen transport trucks landing near where he had first arrived. Soldiers were also rushing over on foot to block the road. If he had hesitated for even two minutes, he might have been surrounded.

The most urgent task was to establish contact with the local resistance forces before contacting XCOM. Sun Yang knew that relying solely on his own forces would likely take a long time to defeat the aliens. He would need to rely on XCOM's extensive local intelligence network. That was the key to victory.

432.5 XCOM2 Supplementary Knowledge

In order to avoid readers who have not seen or are unfamiliar with the game "XCOM 2", the author will provide some basic knowledge here to facilitate understanding for those who have played it.

Although I always feel that most people who have watched Girls' Frontline now know the game XCOM, after all, this game is the ancestor of Girls' Frontline 2.

But what needs to be explained still needs to be explained.

First, let me clarify that the protagonist, Sun Yang, played XCOM 2 on the lowest difficulty setting, with all difficulty options set to the easiest, and also installed mods. Therefore, his personal experience cannot be fully applied, and many details may not match.

Even the lowest difficulty setting is challenging and fun, that's just XCOM 2.

Background of this work:

XCOM is the abbreviation of "Extraterrestrial COMbat Unit" in English. It is also the faction led by the commander played by the player in the XCOM series of games.

20 years before the game begins, humanity's first attempt to resist the aliens failed, and governments around the world surrendered and became slaves to the aliens. The world was ruled by a new order, and XCOM was banned.

XCOM, the organization that once resisted the aliens, was also defeated. Some of its core members went underground, while others disappeared. The whereabouts of the organization's commander are also unknown.

Twenty years later, in 20 of the current timeline, Military Officer Bradford, a former core member of XCOM, worked hard to manage the broken XCOM and learned the whereabouts of the missing commander. He personally broke through the siege and rescued the XCOM commander.

XCOM Content:

The Avenger is XCOM's flagship, a spaceship captured from aliens. In the game, it serves as XCOM's headquarters.

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The Avenger was once used by aliens to transport supplies (and possibly human prisoners or test subjects) and was later captured by XCOM.

XCOM uses the Avenger's mobility advantage to reunite with other remaining resistance organizations scattered around the world to work together to fight against mutants.

The function of the Avenger is similar to that of XCOM's previous underground base, and it also adopts the "ant nest" perspective and interior design style, including ports, barracks, laboratories, infirmaries, etc.

As an aircraft that is always on the move, the Avenger can move quickly around the world, rather than being confined to a fixed location. The Avenger can not only scan its current location, but also deploy troops and drop them onto the battlefield via the Sky Ranger.

The Skyranger is a vertical take-off and landing aircraft used by XCOM members to travel between the battlefield and the Avengers.

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Normally, the SkyRanger is parked in the hangar of the Avenger. When on a mission, the SkyRanger will load the team members and drop the team over the battlefield. Before the battle, the key points of the deployment mission will be displayed in the cabin. After the mission is completed, the team members will evacuate the battlefield through the rope dropped by the SkyRanger and see the summary of the mission in the cabin.

The Sky Ranger's pilot is a woman codenamed "Firebrand".

The current XCOM consists of the core members of the military center commander Bradford, chief scientist Richard Tegen, and chief engineer Shen Lili.

These three are responsible for the deployment of soldiers and logistics within the base, scientific research, and engineering manufacturing.

As the supreme leader, the XCOM commander can order the execution of any executable action plan, adjust scientific research trends, and adjust the focus of engineering construction.

In terms of command ability, the commander of XCOM may be even more amazing.

Simply put, it turns out that XCOM has been suppressed by aliens for 20 years. It is very likely that the aliens captured the XCOM commander and used his command ability to wipe out the remnants of XCOM.

When the XCOM commander returned, the combat efficiency of the alien and mutant forces suddenly dropped a lot. Although they could rely on past combat data to formulate action plans, they were still beaten by the XCOM commander.

XCOM Allies:

The Reapers are a human organization that excels at stealth, reconnaissance, and covert sniper operations. Most enemies need to get very close to detect them.

Skirmishers are mutants who have escaped brainwashing and can usually provide internal intelligence on the mutant community or cause sabotage. They excel at surprise attacks.

The Templars are an organization that survived alien psychic experiments and broke away from the Templars. They possess extremely powerful psychic abilities and close-range burst combat capabilities.

The Resistance is an armed force present in various cities and wild gathering points. They are numerous but not very powerful. In most cases, they mainly provide XCOM with necessary intelligence and supplies, and provide feints and fire cover for XCOM teams in some combat missions.

Mutant

The ADVENTs are a puppet regime established by aliens after they defeated the Earth government's rebellion in 2015. They serve as a tool for alien rule and enslavement of Earth's human population. Most of the humanoid enemies players encounter in the game are from the ADVENT army.

According to Richard Teigen's research, mutants are all connected to a neural network that receives and shares control commands. Evidence suggests that mutants are highly effective combat machines, manipulated and brainwashed. XCOM's commander was connected to this network while captured, and upon his rescue, the mutant network was severely damaged.

alien:

Aliens are the hostile forces in XCOM 2, who, with the help of puppet mutants, have taken over Earth in the year 2035. Led by the Elders, their true purpose remains unclear.

All non-human entities encountered that are not mutants are called aliens. These aliens are not controlled by the Elders, but are various races under their management.

Simply put, they are a vassal race under the Elders. These creatures live alongside humans, but they actually obey the orders of the Elders.

Dark Events:

Dark Events are a key gameplay mechanic in XCOM 2, representing the aliens and mutants' advancement towards Project Avatar and the encirclement of XCOM.

The simplest explanation is that XCOM's informants have discovered that aliens and mutants are preparing to execute something extremely detrimental to XCOM. These plans require time to prepare, and XCOM can use various means to disrupt these preparations. If they fail to successfully prevent them, the Dark Event will be successfully carried out.

Dark events can range from enemy weapon upgrades, enhanced soldier training, infiltration of difficult enemies, to directly causing a breakthrough in the Incarnation Plan.

Project Avatar:

This is the most important and most concerned matter for the elders. In fact, if the elders let loose, XCOM and the human race on Earth would probably not survive.

Fortunately, the Elders wanted to dedicate all resources to the research of Project Avatar, so they only prepared enough to deal with XCOM. The deployment of a large number of individual armed forces and city defense units was also based on this consideration.

Estimates of the progress of Project Incarnation come from the "Council Members" of the Mutant Government who continue to provide intelligence and supplies to XCOM.

The Avatar Project is a secret conspiracy between mutants and elders, whose purpose is to find new bodies as vessels for the deceased elders.