Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Of course, haven't you read the papers I wrote for the juniors? Leon asked with a smile.

The paper... Which one are you referring to? Ada was puzzled.

Then she thought about it, shook her head immediately, put her phone in her satchel, and continued to walk forward:

Forget it, just take a taxi.

Hehe. Leon looked at Ada's back and chuckled, and pushed the cart again.

Come to the end of the square.

Привет (Hello)!! My dear friends!

Before the two of them unloaded their luggage from the cart, a middle-aged strong man wearing a blue and white checked navy shirt and at least 1.9 meters tall approached them with a thick Russian accent and a loud voice. Say:

It seems that you need help, friends, do you want to take my flying boat?

heard the words.

Ada hesitated to speak, but Leon stepped forward and said, Price by meter?

Do you need to ask? Friends! So where is the destination? The strong man replied with a smile.

“The Blue Resort in District 04…”

no problem!

Before Lyon finished speaking, the strong man bent down and lifted the largest and heaviest suitcase on his left shoulder, and picked up another suitcase with his right hand, turned around and walked towards the parking area of ​​service vehicles and flying boats on the street.

On the sidewalk at the end of the square, all the drivers were using their own methods to ask the passengers who had just stepped out of the airport if they needed a ride.

But few are as strong as the...

direct.

Hey, rookie, is this guy reliable? Ada, who had almost no taxi experience, asked in a low voice.

Let's go, why worry so much, my dear wife.

This time it was replaced by Leon jokingly, and he took down the last two carry-on suitcases, pulled out the handle, and followed the strong man.

.

Ada was silent for a few seconds before stepping to the side of the strong man's flying boat.

The airship still looks like a car as a whole, but it is much larger than an ordinary four-door sedan. The four-wheel position is replaced by a retractable landing gear. The exterior painting is a classic warm yellow with TAXI on the top signage.

However, the exterior painting also has the words First Airborne!, Go to hell! Alien offal! and other words, as well as the flag logo of the UNSC 1st Airborne Division.

Veteran?

Seeing this, Ada couldn't help feeling respect for the strong man, and then she stopped worrying about it, and let Leon obtain information by taking a taxi.

Put your luggage away and close the trunk.

The strong man opened the rear door and said to Ida, Please.

Thank you. Ada responded with a smile, and then leaned into the back seat of the airship.

And Leon didn't wait for the strong man to help, he took the initiative to sit in the passenger car.

So the strong man helped Ada close the car door, and was the last one to enter the airship, and was ready to start the engine after some manipulations.

Ada, who was sitting in the back, felt a shake. Looking out the window, she saw that they were gradually distanced from the ground.

After rising vertically to a height of about 100 meters above the ground, it smoothly merges into the designated channel, keeps the front and rear distance with other airships, and flies to the west of the airport together.

Looking out of the window one after another, the giant buildings over 100 meters, and seeing the private flying boats shuttling through different waterways, Ada had to secretly lament the hurdle-like progress of technology.

Back then, the flying boat was a means of transportation that could only be used by official organizations, and later it became a representative of the rich.

Now, it has become a product that ordinary families can afford even if they dare to spend a lot of money.

She looked down.

It is found that there are still many vehicles on the surface, and the tracks of the sky train are also scattered above the streets, providing people with a variety of travel options.

Two friends! At this time, the strong man said to the two of them: You are coming to Arcadia for the first time!

Yeah. Leon took over immediately: My wife and I heard that the environment here is very good and it is very suitable for honeymoon, so we came here.

Oh? It's a new couple, I wish you all the best! Remember not to quarrel, don't be impulsive, or you will regret it. The strong man persuaded like someone who has experienced it.

Thank you for your reminder, uncle, the two of us will pay attention. Ada expressed her gratitude with a smile on her face.

Uncle? I'm dissatisfied with you two, I'm seventy now, haha! the brawny man laughed.

Seventy? Leon pretended to be surprised and said, But you look like you are only forty years old, and look at the stickers on your boat. Could it be that you were once a member of the UNSC?

Hearing Leon's inquiry, the strong man suddenly straightened his back, and the volume of his voice increased a little:

Major of the 1st Airborne Division of the UNSC, Andrei Aleksevich Ivanovsky served both, of course, these are past tense, you can just call me Andrei .”

First Airborne Division?! Leon was even more shocked: Then you should have participated in the battle in Elizabeth City.

Little brother, you guessed right! Let me tell you... Andre talked to Leon as if he was talking.

Ada, who was sitting in the back, kept smiling, and sometimes said Hmm or Oh? Really, trying to match Leon's cliché as much as possible.

According to the content of the conversation.

She learned that Andre, who was a major, actually participated in the battle to eliminate the colonists, and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medal by the UNSC. He was a combat hero.

After retiring in 2027, he chose to move to Arcadia with his family.

Out of boredom, I bought a flying boat in 2035 and became a taxi driver to pass the time.

There is no need for Leon to ask about age, and Ada also knows why Andre is still strong.

As a shadowy subsidiary of Umbrella, the UNSC has always had certain technologies, such as nanomedicine, ahead of mass society.

Cellular senescence, organ failure, and metabolic slowdown play major roles in the causes of human aging.

Ziegler Cage, who was recruited by Sui Bian, and the nano-robots developed by William Birken can effectively delay this aging speed.

Although regular injections are required, the effect is far inferior to the delayed medicine developed by Xuemanhua, but it is worse than the possibility of mass production.

After more than ten years of improvement, the nanotechnology originally used by UNSC and Umbrella General Hospital has long been popularized in the general society.

For people who buy Umbrella insurance, cancer is like getting a bad cold, and they get a free nanobot injection every year.

In fact, people can also pay to buy additional injections of nanobots.

Although the price is high, which is equivalent to half a year's income of an ordinary family, the sales volume of injections is still considerable.

When Andre served in the UNSC, he should have started injecting nanomedicine.

Even after retiring, combat heroes who can afford flying boats in 2035 can also afford additional injections.

That's why he became a strong man who looked like a forty-year-old at the age of seventy.

Seeing that Andre wanted to tell them about their relationship history, Leon cut to the point in a timely manner: Major, I heard that Arcadia's recent disappearances are quite frequent. Will this affect our couple's honeymoon?

Just call me Andre, Leon boy. Andre held the steering wheel with his left hand, freed his right hand and patted Leon's left shoulder heavily, then put away his chatting demeanor, and said in a slightly lower tone:

For the sake of maintaining the image of the colony, the company doesn't let us drivers and passengers discuss recent cases, but I don't bother with that.

From what I understand, there seems to be something in the underground sewage system of the metropolitan area.

Something? Leon and Ada said in unison.

Well. Andre nodded and continued: I don't know what it is, but the 04 area where your couple is going is the area with the most frequent disappearances.

For your safety, it is best to stay in the hotel at night and go to the beach or other attractions during the day.

Hearing Andre's kind reminder, Leon, who rubbed his left shoulder with his right hand, thanked him sincerely:

Thanks Major, we'll take care.

Thank you. Ada echoed.

Hey, what is this... Andre shook his right hand, opened the storage box between the driver and the co-pilot, took out an ultra-thin business card from it, handed it to Leon and said:

Contact me in any situation, no matter how you say I have some influence in this film.

Lyon, who has decades of taxi-hailing experience, rarely encounters such an enthusiastic driver as the major. He took the business card and put it away while expressing his gratitude to Ada again.

at this time.

The holographic billboard with Blue Resort Hotel gradually came into view as the airship turned left.

The destination of Lyon and Ada, a hotel of 100 meters high, next to other buildings of similar height, sits on the right side of the street.

See here.

Andre controlled the speedboat to leave the channel to the right, slowed down the flight speed, and finally landed in the air parking area protruding from the center of the hotel, which was specially built for flying boats.

Lower the landing gear and stop.

When Leon just took out his mobile phone and was about to stick it on the sensing area of ​​the meter to pay the fare, Andre had already turned the meter back to its original position to clear the credit points that needed to be paid.

?

Leon looked confused.

It's been a long time since I chatted with young people so happily, haha.

Andre opened the door nonchalantly, left the driver's seat, and walked towards the trunk.

Hey. Ada reached out and pushed Leon to remind him, Don't be dazed.

Ok…

When the two stepped out of the airship, they saw a hotel waiter pushing a cart to the side of the airship and offered to help Andre transfer the luggage to the cart.

Unload all luggage from the trunk.

I wish you all a happy honeymoon vacation! Don't forget, you can call me if you have trouble, I'm usually free, hahaha!

Andre said goodbye to Lyon and the others with a generous smile, and drove the flying boat into the air into the channel, disappearing at the corner of the street.

Leon watched silently for a moment, then turned around and followed Ida, and entered the hotel lobby with the waiter who helped them push their luggage.

Since the room was booked in advance, they checked in quickly.

Shortly after.

In a high-rise hotel suite, Leon and Aidara closed all the curtains and checked with the intelligence agent's exclusive mobile phone.

After confirming that the environment in the suite was absolutely safe, he opened the two carry-on suitcases, threw the clothes and sundries on the carpet in the living room, and then opened the hidden mezzanine to reveal the corresponding weapons and equipment.

The mezzanine can perfectly shield the security scan of Starport.

Besides, they departed from Starport in Raccoon City. You must know that the security personnel there are all employees belonging to Umbrella.

Therefore, the company has long provided them with a green channel to conceal their identities and conduct secret investigations.

What's the matter? A rookie. Ada, who was sitting on the sofa debugging a custom-made pistol, looked at Leon's preoccupied look, and asked:

Could it be that the major refreshed your cognition?

Probably. Leon, who was also adjusting the gun, responded lightly.

Andre had indeed refreshed his cognition, but the main reason was not the major's wonderful past, but that he was exempted from taking a taxi for the first time.

the first time…

For some reason, he felt a little sad. He raised his head and glanced at Ada who was sitting opposite, and this sadness seemed to be more obvious.

Fortunately, as a veteran intelligence agent, Leon quickly digested this negative emotion.

?

Ada frowned slightly, completely unable to understand what Leon was melancholy about.

The two continued to adjust their equipment and firearms silently.

After picking it up, Leon got up and looked at the local time displayed on the phone.

16:47.

Going to the window again, opened the gap in the curtains, and looked at the dimmed sky outside, Leon asked:

Let's go and have a look outside.

Okay, I'll change my bag.

As Ada spoke, she picked the largest one from the bunch of ladies' satchels she brought.

Sling it over one shoulder, unzip it, and stow her and Leon's pistols, battery magazines, and a collection of small gear inside.

The two packed up the remaining luggage and opened all the curtains.

Leaving the room together and going to the corridor outside, Ada naturally held Leon's left arm.

Then the two talked and laughed, took the elevator to the lobby on the first floor, and then left the hotel to walk on the slightly crowded sidewalk.

They wandered the neighborhood around the hotel, but found nothing worth noticing.

The sky is getting darker, the street lights are turned on one by one, and the holographic advertisements between the buildings are becoming more and more obvious.

At last.

Leon and Ada came to the street filled with pink and purple lights, walked into a bar restaurant, and ordered two glasses of low-alcohol beer and two hot-selling set menus with the waiter.

If it was just for dinner, the two of them would not choose such a mixed place, after all, this is the street with the worst law and order in District 04.

But for them, the more chaos, the easier it is to get intelligence.

At this time.

Ada, who was sitting in the corner of the bar, listened to the explosive singing of the resident band, nodded rhythmically, and took a sip of beer.

Lyon, who was opposite her, drank a third of it in one gulp, put down his glass, glanced around, and said in a low voice:

It seems that I still need to go down in person.

Go down for a while? You mean...this? Ada pinched her nose as a signal.

Yes. Leon nodded and said, You stay in the hotel.

Which husband would abandon his wife to play by himself during the honeymoon? I'll go with you. Ada scolded Leon.

Okay. Leon shrugged without refusing.

vomit…!

Suddenly, someone vomited loudly, which caught the attention of both of them and everyone present.

I saw a person who had just walked into the bar vomit with a pale face, and the green vomit splashed on the ground.

Several friends of the man surrounded him.

One of the friends, while patting the man on the back, covered his mouth and nose with a smile and said:

Dude, you haven't started drinking yet, why can't you do it? And what did you eat at noon, why is it so smelly?