Cat Ghillie Suits

At noon, Yuye got up.

Su Ming and Yise practiced their orcish conversation with Yuye.

The initial conversation was halting and hesitant.

Every time Su Ming's tongue curled up to certain syllables, he had the illusion that he was biting himself.

But with practice, the two quickly became fluent.

"Jinxiu, your spell path is much faster!" Su Ming exclaimed.

The little fairy proudly patted her chest.

"We're the experts in this!"

"So, where do I catch a Star Fairy every time I need one?"

"..."

Yise asked Yuye in Orcish:

"Is our accent very different from that of the orcs here?" Yuye answered truthfully.

"It's quite big."

"You guys are kind of like you've infiltrated Common Tongue."

A look of disappointment flashed across Su Ming's face.

But Yuye continued:

"If you do this, you'll be mistaken for orcs from Lingbei Port."

Su Ming's eyes lit up.

"Our accent now sounds a lot like theirs?"

"Yes," Yuye replied, "On Water Chestnut Island, there are hundreds of local accents."

In an era lacking universal education, it was perfectly normal for people from far and wide to speak different dialects.

The reasons for the use of Yuye are explained in detail.

"The orcs of Lingbei Port have long interacted with other races, and their language has constantly incorporated various foreign words." "They are proud of this."

Over time, the people in that area started to speak with this "foreign language" accent.

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

"So I can now completely impersonate an orc from Lingbei Port?"

Yuye gave a thumbs up.

"No problem, Mr. Graves!"

"But I suggest you memorize some place names and cultural elements of the Lingbei Port area."

"Otherwise, you'll easily give yourself away."

****

In the afternoon, the Plundering Clock changed again.

Several military camps in the surrounding area gathered thousands of elite troops and set off to provide support to the front lines on the coast.

But compared to yesterday's temporary relocation, today's move seemed more like a pre-planned troop deployment. None of the "key personnel" targets of the Plundering Clock were moved.

Only one bell-ringing priest led the group.

Moreover, the remaining 80,000 orc troops are still stationed around Cloud Fang City, with no signs of large-scale mobilization.

"The Plundering Clock is determined to incubate its eggs here in Cloud Fang City," Jin Rongjia said.

This situation makes it seem as if the Taya Allied Forces currently besieging the island, as well as the artillery positions and supply depots that were actually destroyed last night, are insignificant.

Su Ming had a terrible headache.

It's a bit like the two sides are about to engage in a team fight, but Su Ming, the mid-laner, is trapped in the enemy's fountain.

The key is that the enemy hasn't even left their home yet!

"The crackdown on the Blackstone Mine can be put on the formal agenda," said the Chihuo. "But there's definitely a problem with that."

Regardless of the battle reports, the enemy's coastline continued to suffer heavy losses, yet the battle line remained unchanged.

This shows that Blackstone is the key!

**** Everyone began analyzing the Blackstone Mine.

Blackstone Mine is very close to Cloud Fang City, no more than five kilometers away.

Satellite images show that it covers an area of more than ten square kilometers.

It is divided into more than a dozen main underground tunnels, as well as hundreds of ventilation and hoisting shafts.

"That's quite a large scale."

Su Ming rubbed his chin.

"Smash it?"

If you blow everything up, you'll naturally stop being suspicious.

This is the simplest and most straightforward solution.

The Chihuo shook its head.

"It's very difficult."

"Launch guided weapons from the waters near Water Chestnut Island towards Cloud Fang City, with a minimum distance of 350 kilometers."

"In this way, more than 80 percent of the weight will be consumed in propulsion."

Fengshou corrected him:

"If a high-speed breakthrough is required, the fuel consumption ratio will need to be increased by about five percent."

Currently, the Plundering Clock is capable of intercepting ballistic weapons and has a good interception rate against low-velocity weapons.

"When the scale of the attack is large, using inferior weapons to wear down the enemy's defenses is more cost-effective than high-speed penetration," Jisu added.

The crackdown on the Water Chestnut Island coastline these past two days follows this same logic.

First, use 122mm unguided rockets for "fire preparation".

If you try to stop it, you're just wasting resources.

If you don't stop it, it will destroy your air defense array.

"But a distance of 350 kilometers would be very resource-intensive even with 'junk weapons'."

The Chihuo shook its head. "I've calculated the result."

"To effectively destroy a target as large as the Blackstone Mine, even deploying all of our existing guided weapons wouldn't be enough."

"So it's still a productivity issue on the Taya side," Su Ming sighed.

If this were in my hometown, it wouldn't be a problem at all.

Su Ming proposed another solution.

"They're providing a large number of drones here for ground guidance, improving accuracy."

"And conduct preliminary reconnaissance."

"Label detailed information for all passageways and ventilation openings."

Mark all key facilities.

"Mark the storage locations of mining explosives."

The Chihuo immediately replied:

"That's certainly enough." "You're talking about the concept of high-precision strikes, like a surgical operation targeting vital organs."

"The required weapon yield can be reduced by two orders of magnitude."

He then asked a question.

"But how will you conduct the reconnaissance?"

"Use small ground robots, disguised as rats, to approach," Su Ming replied. "Once a vital point is detected, they will remain in place, serving as weapon guidance beacons."

"Hey!" Jin Rongjia protested.

"Su Ming, you simply don't have enough material right now!"

"There's no venue either!"

This task certainly cannot be accomplished by just a few, or even dozens, of "robot mice".

Obtaining sufficient materials is essential.

Another essential condition is a site that can serve as a communication base station and for the deployment, maintenance, and charging of equipment.

These kinds of tasks are simply impossible to carry out in the slums. Su Ming smiled slightly, however; he had already planned it all out.

"I'm in Cloud Fang City, I can just rent a space!"

Before Jin Rongjia and the others could recover from their surprise, he continued.

"I have prepared a safer and easier way to disguise myself as an orc."

"Furthermore, I've found a 'legitimate' identity that allows me to freely collect materials and openly create bizarre objects!"

****

On the floor of the shack, Su Ming laid out a large number of scattered alchemy materials.

The main items were from Yise's damaged Rose Robe, as well as Su Ming's own Crystal Armor.

Both of these sets are the High Rank alchemical creations of Taya.

Even though it was damaged in the battle with Prism Shadow, the quality of the recovered materials remained extremely high.

What doesn't match these expensive materials is the pile of cat hair next to them.

These aren't Yuye and Yugan; the Yuye were begged from another half-cat person. All orcs shed fur when it's hot, so nobody cares about these things.

The Yuye were bought with the money from just a few sweet potatoes.

Su Ming took out his phone and sent a voice message to the person behind him.

The materials for "Summoning of All Things" are ready.

Yise blinked.

She thought hard and made sure she wasn't influenced by the half-orc memories and hadn't misheard Su Ming's words.

Yise looked at Su Ming with a puzzled expression.

"You plan to use these things as materials for summoning?"

"Why not?" Su Ming asked.

"Use alchemical materials as resources to summon alchemical tools."

Is something wrong?

Yise was even more confused. "But isn't Earth a world of demons?"

Where did these alchemical tools come from?

Su Ming smiled.

"Didn't you ever consider that I could summon things from Earth?"

"Couldn't we just summon it from somewhere in Taya?"

"Hey!"

Yise was shocked.

Thinking about it, it really is true!

"So, you're planning to refurbish our armor now?"

Su Ming shook his head.

"It's not a refurbishment."

"For us now, stealth is more important than defense."

The First Sunrise Republic, Plane Research Center.

At the core of the tightly-knit defense system lies a spatial Rift Magic Array.

It was housed in a hollow steel-framed building.

The walls and dome are covered with dense runes and sensor arrays, with a large number of crystal paths crisscrossing out.

At the very center of the Rift Magic Array lies the "Plane Boundary Nexus" of the Taya World.

But it was just there, invisible to the naked eye and imperceptible to any mage other than Su Ming.

The activated "Plane Boundary Nexus" is in an "invisible" state.

Currently, it is connected to Earth's "Plane Boundary Nexus," maintaining a small, permanent fissure for digital communication by the Red Spider Lily system.

Meanwhile, academic teams from both fields are conducting extensive research and testing centered around it.

Chloe, carrying a box, arrived at the edge of the magic circle.

She put down the box, opened it, and took out two sets of alchemical clothing, one for a man and one for a woman, placing them on the ground. They looked ordinary, but they were made from the same expensive materials based on the broken armor on Su Ming and Yise.

It looks ordinary on the outside, but it is covered with intricate runes inside.

Those high-end materials were also hidden within, like understated luxury.

Besides these, the clothes also have cat ears and cat tails.

It was made to be incredibly lifelike.

This was recently completed by several master tailors and alchemists.

Chloe tested the functionality, and it worked perfectly.

Compared to the original Crystal Armor and Rose Robe, the runes engraved on these two outfits have been completely modified, and their functions have been reset.

The new robes offer only limited defensive capabilities.

Its main function is to eliminate the wearer's odor and reduce energy fluctuations.

****

Chloe set up a ring of auxiliary positioning magic circles around the alchemical outfit. "Su Ming, the 'cat outfit' is ready."

"Can you catch it?"

"I'll give it a try," Su Ming said.

He began to perceive.

It turned out that a mere tens of thousands of kilometers was no obstacle to their progress.

Using Taya's "Plane Boundary Nexus" as an anchor point, Su Ming easily located the location and then detected the fluctuations of the auxiliary magic array next to it.

This leads to the identification of "cat costumes" mentioned above.

"Okay, I'm going to start!"

Chloe immediately took a step back.

The rune sequence around Su Ming unfolded, with rings of runes appearing, interlocking, and rotating.

The spell model is designated as "Cat's Clothes" at the center of a distant auxiliary magic circle.

"Summoning of All Things!" A flash of light, and on Chloe's side, the two "cat outfits" disintegrated into pieces on the ground.

For Su Ming, however, the process was the opposite.

The materials on the ground were quickly reassembled.

The high-grade materials melted into flowing luster, meandering into runes and imprinting themselves into the newly formed fabric.

In just a few breaths, two sets of seemingly ordinary clothes appeared in the shack.

"Much easier than summoning from Earth!"

Su Ming said.

"Nonsense."

Jin Rongjia said.

"From our side, it's a long-distance interdimensional journey."

That was a local call.

Su Ming and Yise changed into new clothes. Yuye personally tested it and found that even at close range, she could no longer smell the "human scent" on the two of them.

Jinxiu also sensed it.

"It has probably blocked about 80% of your aura."

"Enemies with ordinary perception can no longer discern your true strength."

Su Ming was very satisfied.

He waved his hand.

"Let's go, we're off to have our talks!"