Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Shortly after.

Far away in the solar system, in the imperial palace built by the Earth Engineering Department in five months.

The Himalayas, once Mount Everest, has extremely magnificent multi-storey buildings, and the top-floor living room here overlooks the central square where Sui Bian made the imperial declaration.

Of course, this drawing room with its red noise-reducing carpet, gilded load-bearing columns and exquisite murals is gathering thousands of important people.

Since the establishment of the Human Empire, most of these thousand confidantes have been transferred from Umbrella's top employees to the ministers, bureau chiefs and generals of the Human Empire.

As for Umbrella, who was used secretly by Sui Bian to lead the progress of mankind on the bright side, it can be described as hard work. one.

Of course, the national emblem and national flag of the human empire are not Umbrella's red and white umbrella, but black and black as the background color, with a giant dragon with fluttering beard and claws in the center.

In the near future, the coats of legions, navy, army and other military branches will all be printed with the national emblem of the empire to represent the absolute rule of the human empire.

at this time.

More than a thousand elders chatted freely in this living room, and the twenty-one primarchs who drank and toasted with high-concentration wine, especially with their left hands on Perturabo and their right hands on Fulgrim's shoulders, had the loudest voices. The loud and clear Ruth is particularly eye-catching.

After all, the official establishment of the empire not only changed the society and political system, but also completely consolidated the status and glory of these elders and primarchs, as well as the Astartes.

Although in the past, no one would deliberately mention the establishment of an empire to Sui Bian, but this kind of thinking will become stronger as time goes by.

At the beginning, Leon used the word palace to test it out.

Now, Sui Bian has taken into account the wishes of his subordinates and sons while serving mankind as a whole, pushing the boat along the way to make the human empire stand between the galaxies.

One of the elders with a hair parted in the middle, whose face was clean and handsome after shaving, was sitting at the side with his wife in a red cheongsam who was also a elder, overlooking the palace and the palace with tea instead of wine. View of the Himalayas.

These two are the legendary couple, Leon and Ada.

The two of them just now had a chat with many old friends, and they couldn't help but lament that times have changed.

Two hundred years ago, human beings were already very proud and proud to have three Goshawk-class frigates, but today's tens of thousands of fleets seem to be unable to return to the original state where everything was flourishing and looking forward to the future.

Speaking of this, Michelle Victor, who served as the commander of UBCS, explained everything with the reason that maybe our bodies are not old, but our spirit and heart are already old, so we are not as good as young people.

Immediately afterwards, Leon and Ada came to the corner, sat on the comfortable sofa to enjoy the scenery, and let go of their thoughts along the way.

Because after the banquet is over, one of them will return to Arcadia, continue to be the head of the local intelligence department, and at the same time worry about the children's problems, and the other will use the star gate channel to rush back to the zero-three universe and return to the The grave exploration operation.

At this moment, Sui Bian, who took off the golden cloak hanging behind him and held a glass full of white wine, came to the side of the two subordinates alone.

Director. Emperor!

Leon and Ada stood up quickly, and almost blurted out chairman, but after realizing the slip of the tongue, they immediately changed it to Emperor.

Mainly for a while, the couple has not been able to adapt.

You don't have to be so restrained. If you like, you can continue to call me the chairman or Mr. It's just a title that doesn't matter. Sui Bian raised his wine glass and smiled, and sat on the sofa opposite, signaling that the two should also relax some.

Seeing this, Leon and Ada were not polite. When they sat back on the sofa, they raised the glass of tea in tacit understanding, bumped it with Sui Bian, and then drank it all in one gulp.

After the three of them put the wine glasses on the low table in front of them, Sui Bian looked at Leon, and said with a smile: Leon, the position of Minister of Intelligence is temporarily vacant. I don't think I need to explain too much. Alright.

Understood. Leon nodded.

The deep meaning of Sui Bian's words is to make Leon the head of the Imperial Intelligence Department. At the same time, the 141 Mobile Task Force (which has not been disbanded) led by Price, Xiaoqiang, Ghost and Soap will also be merged into the Intelligence Department. , Become the exclusive special team of the Ministry of Intelligence.

But Sui Bian continued: During the period when the position of Minister is vacant, I will let Empress Bai take care of the relevant affairs. Don't worry, your primary duty at present is still to explore the tombs of unknown civilizations that may exist.

As early as more than half a year ago, when Sui Bian ordered Lyon to form a team to investigate, he sent his knowledge and characteristics of the Necromancer to Leon's private mailbox.

In the past half a year, Leon and his task force only investigated twelve suspicious planets, but apart from finding goblins and elfs who were hostile and hostile to humans, and some unknown people, they had already Except for the races that were wiped out by them, no useful information was found.

And Leon also knows why Sui Bian attaches so much importance to the grave exploration operation, because the unknown civilization (Necronomy) that may exist is also the existence of the pinnacle of physics, which is equivalent to the administrator civilization in the zero-three universe.

More importantly, that unknown civilization is not as tolerant and understanding as the manager, but has great hatred for all civilizations, races, and even creatures.

So after learning this, for the sake of social stability and avoiding war in advance, Leon devoted himself wholeheartedly to the grave exploration operation.

After listening to the words, Leon looked serious and said solemnly: Please rest assured, we will definitely kill wars and threats in the cradle.

Yeah. Sui Bian nodded lightly, looked at Ada who had been silent all the time, and asked, How are Tina and Claude?

It's not bad, it's past the age of a bear child, ha ha. Ada responded with a smile.

You two have no intention of letting them join the legion? Sui Bian asked again.

Not yet. Leon took over the words for his wife, I'm already thankful that Tina's child is not a bad girl. As for that kid, Claude, wait until he graduates from college. The Army does it.

That's good.

After finishing the chat, Sui Bian stood up, and before going to chat with other subordinates, he did not forget to remind Ada: By the way, we can start to observe and select candidates who are qualified to be the director of the Arcadia Intelligence Department. Prepare to move back to Earth in advance.

yes.

Ada nodded with a smile on her face to the words that were both a reminder and an order.

Leaving the couple who had been entangled for more than a century before they came to fruition, Sui Bian took another glass of white wine from the long dining table, walked out of the living room alone, and came to the corridor surrounded by huge mahogany pillars. Visual vision beyond the understanding of ordinary people, overlooking the entire continent.

Enjoy this rare tranquility while sipping a glass of wine.

After a while, the wine glass in his hand was empty, and after confirming that there was no one around through his perception, he couldn't help whispering to himself: I don't know when human beings will be truly independent, without protection.

The reason why he can express such emotions is because he also has the urge to push all the mess to Robert, John and other sons, and then immediately raise the latitude.

Even though he is used to having hundreds of millions of prayers in his mind all the time, and is used to fighting with the group of mongers in a different space for a long time, he will inevitably feel tired.

Like today, in order to conform to the image that an emperor should have, and in order not to interfere with normal activities and daily behaviors, Sui Bian increased his height to three meters according to his consciousness, and his physique also changed with his height, making him He looks well-proportioned, without any incongruities or peacekeeping.

But this also made Sui Bian gradually develop the idea of ​​upgrading the dimension, to see how the family members who hadn't seen each other for more than two hundred years were doing, and the idea of ​​retirement became stronger.

Suddenly, he sensed a familiar person approaching, so he calmed down and returned to the appearance of the Lord of Humanity.

soon.

Artemis, who was wearing a long white dress and an olive branch crown on his head, walked slowly to Sui Bian's side, and said with a smile, Why, respected human emperor, even you have troubles?

Why not? Sui Bian shrugged lightly, I am also human, and as long as I am human, I will have my own troubles.

Okay. Artemis didn't get entangled anymore, and continued: After the establishment of the empire? What goal do you have, to destroy all alien races other than primitive humans, and then destroy all evil gods and demons in different spaces?

Who knows. Sui Bian didn't deny it.

Plans can't keep up with changes.

Not long ago, he also advocated harmony and peace and tried to absorb more friendly races.

But now, because of the various possibilities of predicting and foreseeing the future through the new Kryptonians, coupled with the original nature and historical past of human beings, the extremely xenophobic thoughts occupy the top.

Therefore, Sui Bian did not rule out the possibility mentioned by Artemis.

But Artemis looked at Sui Bian's calm smile, and couldn't help saying: Anyway, if you have something on your mind, it's impossible to share it with me or anyone else.

No, my sons and I still keep in touch. Sui Bian shook his head in denial.

! Artemis was speechless, wanted to get angry, but didn't dare to say it.

Hehe. Sui Bian patted the left shoulder of the Goddess of Hunting, who was already more than one meter shorter than him, with his right hand as if he had succeeded in a joke, and then walked towards the living room, turning his back and said to him:

I don't want to pay too much attention to the future. Now, I just want to drink more wine and enjoy the present. Let's relax today, Miss Goddess.

Looking at Sui Bian's more generous and majestic back than before, and listening to Sui Bian's words, Artemis dodged his eyes for some reason, then nodded silently, and followed Sui Bian back to the living room.

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next morning.

On Earth, the outer periphery of the imperial palace of the human empire, on the side of the military star port numbered 16, there are many small-sized ships such as frigates and destroyers moored.

Among all the ships, there is a stealth-class ship with a length of about a kilometer, with foldable structures on both sides to facilitate navigation in the atmosphere, and a stealth-class shape similar to Nova's flagship.

And on both sides of this stealth-class ship, in addition to the red and white umbrella logo and the national emblem of the empire, the words Griffin are also printed.

The Griffin is the ship belonging to the Arcadia Intelligence Department, and in a sense, it can also be regarded as the flagship of Lyon.

After a short while, the Griffin broke away from the fixed position of the star port, slowly lifted into the air, adjusted the angle and lowered the wings on both sides to sail upwards.

Afterwards, the Griffin retracted the wings on both sides, successfully entered the Earth's low-Earth orbit, and then sailed into the ring star gate similar to a large device, and turned into a slender meteor with many ships and ships. Instantly disappeared in the solar system.

Not long.

In just over ten seconds, the Griffin used the stargate channel to reach one of the hub galaxies of the stargate across a distance of nearly 5,000 light-years.

After driving out of the star gate passage, the first thing that caught the eyes of everyone on the Griffin was the planetary-level energy shield with numerous orbital defense platforms and blue light, and Deanka stationed by thousands of warships. as well as

With a diameter of 100 million kilometers, it is a space gate for countless ships, ships, cruise ships, and cargo ships to and from the zero-three universe.

Before the space gate was opened by the evil god, Deanka and its galaxy were just marginal colonies, but after the space gate was opened, Deanka gradually became a planetary fortress, and the galaxy where it was located also became the hub of the stargate channel.

next.

The Griffin first used the warp drive to sail to the edge of the space gate, accepted the inquiries and investigations of the Spartan Legion, and only after obtaining approval could it successfully arrive at the zero-three universe according to the designated orbit.

Immediately afterwards, Griffin continued to use the stargate channel of Universe 03 and the somewhat outdated leap flight to carry everyone to start the grave exploration operation again.

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Four hours later.

The Griffin, which has turned on its hidden state, is mooring on a planet with a dry, hot surface environment and sandy yellow as its main color.

And if you use the ship's scanning equipment to observe, you can still find that although this planet is not very suitable, it is still dotted with many towns and villages, with a population of about 60 million.

According to the information not recorded by the intelligence, this planet named Sililan was once judged to be worthless by the new human empire due to its harsh environment, and then became a gathering place for wanderers.

After the humans in the main universe took over the dominance of the Zero Three Galaxy, Srilan was not listed as the first to be remodeled by the Ministry of Engineering because of its remoteness and little development value.

After that, Sri Lanka became a gathering place for many pioneers seeking wealth and wealth, interstellar mercenaries, or people involved in gray and black industries.

And the focus of Leon's grave exploration in Universe 03 happened to be planets that no one develops and no one cares about. After all, planets that have been colonized on a large scale have long been thoroughly studied by the engineering department. There are no unknown tombs or ruins.