Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Deep underground in the city of the old world.

At least 800 meters away from the surface, it was dark and cold, but the roar of engines resounded in the wide channel.

A Thunder transport plane and two Viking fighter planes in charge of escort shuttled through it, and headed at a constant speed to the City of Eden, which has the same name as the Garden of Eden in the Bible, where tens of millions of human beings gathered.

The maze-like intricate routes and structures formed the first line of defense, and I couldn't help but sigh with emotion that humans in the old world were able to build such a large-scale underground system.

After the flight formation passed the corner in turn, descended to a deeper area, and then gradually slowed down after sailing for a period of time, because the front was about to enter the second line of defense set up by Eden.

On the surface, it seems empty, but in fact, the people of Eden have secretly placed electromagnetic mines controlled by remote control.

The landmines had already been detected, and the pilots who had been warned in advance deliberately slowed down.

Inside the Thunder cabin.

I am the captain of the Abraham, Major Poliyev, numbered EDEN003369, calling the Eden tower and requesting permission.

Victor is wearing a wired headset, trying to make contact with Eden.

Except for Victor, Mark and others with a disturbed face were still sitting on seats that did not match the size of ordinary people and were oversized.

Sitting opposite was Angron who had been using the holographic screen to handle various affairs, while six gladiators wearing Terminator power armor chose to stand.

Hey...~

At this time, a busy tone came back from the communication first, and Victor waited patiently for a few seconds before hearing a low-pitched, slightly old voice:

Major Poliyev, I'm Admiral Femini Okar, please explain why you are driving an unknown type of warship and why you have two warplanes that look like old times.

Admiral Okal?

Knowing the identity of the other party, Victor frowned slightly, but he didn't pause, and immediately responded:

General, the situation is a bit special. The Abraham has crashed, and the transport plane I was on and the two fighter planes belong to an organization that claims to be Umbrella. My crew and I were also rescued by Umbrella, and they also Claiming that it will assist Eden to completely solve the threat from the machine.

Umbrella? Completely solve the machine? The admiral named Okal was taken aback, and then said: Major, do you know what you are talking about? This is the real world, not a virtual world, let alone a dream.

Therefore, Major, your application for passage cannot be approved. However, I will send Joshua and Samuel to your current location, disarm them, and escort you back to Eden together with unknown types of transport planes and fighter planes.

Major Poliyev, I hope you understand this decision, I cannot put Eden in danger.

heard the words.

Before Victor could reply, Angron had already used one of the holographic screens in front of him to immediately cut into the communication, still interjecting in a kind tone:

General Okal, let me introduce myself first, I am Angron, the supreme commander of the Umbrella Eighth Legion, the Obstacle Breaker Legion.

For me, of course I can understand your decision. After all, it is the most correct decision to think from the perspective of your Eden.

But we can only accept waiting here, and go to Eden with Joshua and Samuel, we cannot accept the option of disarming, besides...

You, Eden, do not have enough strength to force us to disarm. The reason why Major Poliyev contacted you and applied for passage is just to express our goodwill.

Hearing Angron's words, the communication fell into a brief silence.

But soon, Okal's tone was much heavier, and he replied: What if we insist on the original decision?

The result is not something that can be explained clearly with words, but words can determine the result. Angron responded with a faint smile.

Afterwards, he kindly reminded: General, you have fifteen seconds to think about it.

Although Angron has a gentle temper and is friendly to others, he originally hoped to enter Eden peacefully through negotiations, but it did not mean that he would accept the proposal of disarmament.

After all, sometimes giving too much respect to the other party will be regarded as weakness by the other party.

However, Angron still gave Eden enough time to think, if it was Leon, John or Ruth who came to negotiate...

Ok…

Those brothers will not be as calm as Angron.

You are a threat, Mr. Angron! Okal said sharply.

Ten seconds left. Angron answered irrelevantly.

On the other hand, Mark, who was sitting across from him, and the crew of the Abraham, were extremely anxious and serious in their demeanor and expressions.

But this group of Eden people did not rush to dissuade Angron, you must know that they have witnessed the army of machines preparing to invade Eden.

That's enough to bring down Eden.

But Angron told them that the army had been utterly destroyed.

If Eden is allowed to launch an active attack, all warships will be swallowed up by endless sentries before they reach the best position for releasing electromagnetic pulses.

Therefore, Mark and others, who can tell the difference in strength, naturally also can tell that this moment is not a situation where they can intervene at will.

As for Victor...

The major was very calm, as if he had expected the situation to turn into the current situation from the very beginning.

And based on Victor's understanding of Eden, when the military learns Umbrella's true strength and has the common goal of destroying the machine, misunderstandings and conflicts will be easily resolved, but the council, especially the church...

There will definitely be all kinds of little tricks.

Even with the great enemy of the machine and the extremely harsh living environment, the human beings in this world are still divided into multiple factions, and they have never stopped fighting for power.

At this time.

Five seconds. Angron reminded again.

… The communication remained silent.

Five seconds passed.

Confirming that the Eden military seems to be sticking to the original decision, Angron couldn't help shaking his head slightly, and said in a slightly regretful tone:

Although I don't want to cause misunderstandings, sometimes a proper display of strength can be quite helpful for peaceful negotiations. Then, Admiral Okal, see you later.

After finishing speaking, Angron directly cut off the communication with Eden, and then ordered to all the pilots: Advance towards Eden as planned, and let me deal with threats.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Angron... Hearing Angron's order, Mark mustered up the courage to ask, Will you attack Eden?

Angron smiled again, but did not answer directly, and said: I hate human beings killing each other, although sometimes I have to face...

Fortunately, based on my judgment of your Eden's comprehensive strength, you should be able to talk to me calmly with Eden's senior management before the bloodshed.

talking.

outside the cabin.

The two Viking escort Thunder quickly rushed straight to the electromagnetic minefield laid by the Eden military.

Waiting for the formation to pass through the minefield...

Boom! Boom!

Electromagnetic mines were manually detonated one after another, releasing an electromagnetic pulse enough to radiate the entire area, completely engulfing the flight formation.

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at the same time.

The topmost layer of Eden.

The space here is extremely spacious, and the overall structure is a huge column, which goes down vertically. Standing on the edge, you can even see the ground floor a hundred meters below at a glance.

On the way from the upper floor to the bottom floor, there are air corridors of different widths that intersect each other, and the large number of gates placed on the bottom floor indicate that there is a hole in the sky below.

The top here is a vaulted dome with an alternative mirror light, which provides day-like lighting for the entire area.

In addition, there are a large number of fortifications for military use in the uppermost area, as well as parallel fixed forts with a caliber of 40mm and 60mm.

On the surrounding platforms, there are gates connecting different channels.

On the largest platform in this area, there are large-scale facilities for towers and command purposes. At the same time, there are many ports of call on the edge of the platform for electromagnetic warships to park.

It can be seen that this is the military fortress and port of Eden, and it is always on guard against harassment and invasion from machines.

The interior of that command facility.

General! A civilian soldier wearing an old-fashioned headset and a light gray uniform turned his head to look behind and reported: 44% of the mines have been successfully detonated!

I saw that this place is like Umbrella, or the command center of the UNSC military base, but there is no holographic projection device here, and all civilian soldiers use old-fashioned keyboards and monitors.

An officer standing in the center, wearing the same type of light gray uniform, has an old face, with his hands behind his back, and his eyes are locked on a large hanging screen.

And this officer was Admiral Ferminio Carr, who had failed to talk to Angron for the first time.

Very good. Okal nodded after hearing the soldier's report, and said, Put the motion detection screen on the main screen.

yes.

Soon, the large screen will switch.

I saw three red dots lined up in a picture that looked like an architectural blueprint, and continued to move forward without slowing down in the slightest.

Immediately, another soldier reported: General, the target is still moving, indicating that the opponent's vehicle has the ability to defend against EMP (electromagnetic pulse).

I see. O'Carl was not too surprised, and asked again: How long will it take for Joshua and the Samuel to reach the frontline position?

Estimated half a minute.

Notify the captains of the two battleships, and order to change to coordinate the defense of the frontline position in charge of Lieutenant Colonel Huot, and shoot down the three unknown vehicles on the spot. Okal ordered.

yes.

General! At this moment, another correspondent suddenly said: Priest Lucis requests a call!

What is that magic stick messing with... O'Carl showed undisguised disgust.

But in the end, he had no choice but to compromise, whispered something to himself, then turned around and walked to the correspondent and said, Connect.

Good general.

After being approved, the correspondent immediately operated, so that the screen of the console showed the figure of the priest.

Okal looked at the woman wearing a gorgeous decoration, a red robe, thick eye shadow, and an unknown pattern painted on her face, and said in a deep voice:

Dear Priest Lucis, our military is on a mission, what's the matter?

General...I heard that Major Polier and a group of outsiders are trying to get close to Eden, is that right?

The priestess named Lucis spoke in a leisurely manner.

If Okal is restraining himself from showing disgust and disgust, then Lucis is directly showing an appearance of aloofness and contempt for all sentient beings.

To match her attire...

It's like a magic stick.

But being able to allow an old general to say respectful titles to her who is not yet forty years old shows that Lucis has a lot of power in this city of Eden.

Hear the inquiry.

Okal did not deny or conceal it, and said: That's right, if the priest has nothing else to do, then please wait for our military to deal with it, then we will...

But before he finished speaking, he was abruptly interrupted by a soldier: General! The target has rushed through the front line position! It is about to arrive at Gate No. 4!

What?! O'Karl said in shock, and quickly looked at the large screen.

The dynamic detection of the screen shows that the three red dots have smoothly passed through the front-line positions jointly defended by two warships, and are about to reach the No. 4 gate at the front of the command facility.

Seeing this situation, Okal couldn't help questioning: What happened to Lieutenant Colonel Huot's troops?! What about Joshua and the Samuel? Even if the wave of machines hits, it is impossible to fall immediately! What is the situation? ?!

We have lost contact with Lieutenant Colonel Huot and the two warships... The soldier who interrupted Okal's conversation with Lucys also couldn't believe the facts, and said a guess:

The troops deployed in the forward position... may have been completely wiped out, General.

Three... there are only three... O'Carl's hands trembled uncontrollably, and his voice trembled as he said.

In addition to the two electromagnetic warships that were transferred to support, more than 5,000 soldiers were deployed in the frontline positions, with large-caliber artillery and electromagnetic weapons, and 40 APUs (Armored Personal Units / Mechanical Armored Infantry Units).

With such firepower, it was still falling in an instant...

This shows that the strength gap between Eden and Umbrella is no longer at the same level.

General! The correspondent sitting beside Okal said excitedly after seeing the message from the secondary screen of the console:

The communication of the frontline base has been restored! Lieutenant Colonel Huot also sent back the latest information, saying that they were just preparing to meet the enemy, but they were attacked by unknown means, causing a splitting headache and unable to act or think normally. Now they have returned to normal .

Therefore, the lieutenant colonel is going to lead the troops to flank those three targets with us!

? ?

Hearing the intelligence officer's report, Okal was confused at first, but soon understood Angron's intention of giving mercy.

So the general regained his composure, and said to the correspondent: Tell Lieutenant Colonel Huot not to act casually, and let Joshua and the Samuel also stay at the front line until follow-up orders.

As he said that, Okal looked around at all the soldiers present again, and said solemnly: Open gate No. 4, wait for Major Poliyev and the others to enter the port, and then notify the guard company, and prepare to meet Mr. Angron with me.

Yes, General.