Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

now.

The Griffin opened the hangar gate on the belly of the ship, released a Fishing Gull-6 transport plane, and two Corsair II fighter planes with deformable mechanisms in charge of escort. Formation to Sri Lanka.

Soon, the aviation formation broke through the atmosphere, gradually lowered its altitude, and straddled the endless yellow sand sea. The scorching sun was even baking the earth, keeping the surface temperature at about 40 degrees.

Inside the cabin of the Fishing Gull.

There are eight auxiliaries wearing old-fashioned equipment such as holographic glasses and armed belts, wearing desert-colored long-sleeved and trousers combat uniforms made of nanotechnology and vibrating gold fibers, but appearing ordinary.

As the boss of the eight auxiliary troops, Leon was wearing desert-colored combat pants and a black long-sleeved shirt of the same material, but he was not fully armed, only equipped with a leather underarm holster. He sat near the cockpit, using On the holographic screen generated by the exclusive mobile phone, browse information and materials about Sri Lanka.

At this time, the auxiliaries who were not equipped with Helendin Power Armor and were still about 2.2 meters tall gathered up the Commander Laser Rifle, ammunition, and supplies, got up and walked to Leon's side, and while sitting down again, asked road:

Sir, do you think there will be new discoveries on Sri Lanka?

heard the words.

Leon turned his head and glanced at the other party, then returned his gaze to the screen, and answered the wrong question: I remember that your father was also an intelligence officer, right, Lin Hong.

Yes. The auxiliary army named Lin Hong nodded.

In fact, the father of Lin Hong mentioned by Leon was the legendary intelligence agent Lin Shunsheng who died with the monster race by himself.

However, Lin Hong, who participated in the Battle of Fenris a hundred years ago, faced the fallen gods, and successfully performed well. Lin Hong, who was transferred from the Fenris Army of the UNSC to the 12th Battalion of the Spartan Legion, is no longer young and vigorous. The hairy boy in the past is now also a centenarian elite.

Of course, Lin Hong is still an inexperienced junior facing Lyon who has lived for nearly two and a half centuries.

And it is worth mentioning that Lin Hong once lost his arm in the Battle of Fenris (it was reattached with a biological prosthesis later), but he also tied the knot with a female medical soldier who was responsible for giving him first aid on the battlefield and equipped with CMC power armor, just like his parents , passed on in a similar way.

However, Lin Hong's temperament is more stubborn, and he likes to charge into battle, so he failed to inherit his father's career and became an intelligence officer. Instead, he completed the transformation operation and became the elite auxiliary army today.

So Lin Hong who heard the question was stunned for a moment, but a hundred years had already wiped away his sadness, and then he replied truthfully: Yes, sir, but my father died when I was very young.

If he is still alive, he should teach you that machines are convenient, but sometimes, machines may not be as reliable as our human experience, sixth sense or intuition.

As Leon said, he dissipated the holographic screen, raised his hand and patted Lin Hong on the shoulder, and continued: Sometimes, don't just rely on technology, kid.

After receiving this explanation, Lin Hongruo realized something and nodded in response: Yes, sir, I understand.

Yeah. Leon responded lightly with a smile on his face.

End the conversation.

Everyone in the cabin felt that the Fishing Gull was slowing down and had a slight sense of falling. At the same time, the pilot's reminder came from the radio: It is expected to land in 20 seconds. Please get ready, sir, and all personnel.

Hearing the reminder, Lin Hong and all the auxiliary troops checked the firearms and equipment again and again, and Leon also took out a custom-made plasma pistol from the underarm holster for adjustment.

When ready.

Leon put the Plasma pistol back into the holster, stood up together with the auxiliaries who were thirty to forty centimeters taller than him, and came to the rear of the cabin.

Following a low-level shock, the Yugull, which released its landing gear, completed the landing, and the pilot also lowered the tail hatch.

Phew ~ - - - -! !

As soon as the cabin door was opened, a high temperature heat wave swept into the cabin, which also made the nanorobots in Leon's body start to work quickly, so that he could adapt to Sri Lanka's surface environment in advance.

Wait for the hatch to fully open.

Everyone has adapted to the hot environment, and then, led by Leon, walked out of the cabin of Yugull one after another.

Coming outside, Leon couldn't help squinting his eyes slightly due to the sunlight hanging high above his head. Then, the nanorobots helped him adjust his vision.

As for Lin Hong and the rest of the auxiliary army?

Although they also have nano-robots in their bodies, they have undergone transformation surgery, and only the surface environment of Sri Lanka is not enough for the nano-robots to work quickly.

What's more, the auxiliary army can absorb nutrients and water by eating a piece of wood, so Leon will appear too mortal in front of these auxiliary army who are not much worse than Zero Three Astartes.

look around.

The landing place of the aviation formation is between the Gobi fissures. The height of the cliffs on both sides is about six or seven meters. A Fishing Gull and two Pirates.

At this time, the two pirate fighter planes switched, making extremely subtle metallic sounds, and changed to a fifteen-meter-high mecha mode to guard and ensure the safety of the landing area.

Looking north from the perspective of the mecha monitor exposed above the cliff, one can find two or three kilometers away, there are almost no buildings over 100 meters high, and at the same time, there are quite exotic towns.

It seems that the place that Leon and others are going to investigate is that foreign town.

Years of experience led Lyon to order the Griffin and the entire contingent to remain hidden to avoid being discovered by the locals.

Because they would rather stay in Sri Lanka in such an environment than go to a serious and formal colony, it means that the locals are more or less unruly and do not want to accept any form of rule.

No way, as human beings, or other alien races, there are forces in this deep gray or black area.

In the past UEG and today's human empire, its artificial intelligence technology can monitor everything in the open and in the dark, so Srilan's technological level is not very good, and the electronic equipment is even more rudimentary. From this, it can be inferred that the local people, There must also be resistance to official organisations.

This is why Leon will travel in plain clothes, and choose Lin Hong and the auxiliary army who are not too eye-catching in physique and height to be responsible for assistance and protection. If six Astartes come.

Then the investigation must be blocked.

Or directly implement deterrence with great fanfare, and then use the accompanying ghost agents to conduct psychic torture, but this approach is too extreme, and Leon does not want to destroy the original order of Slilan, so as not to blackmail the empire.

next.

Leon, Lin Hong and his party left the gap between the two cliffs and headed towards the town on foot.

It didn't take long for everyone to cross the hot-footed desert, and came to a desert road that sometimes had ground vehicles going back and forth, and finally arrived at a checkpoint outside the town.

Although Srilan is in chaos and UEG and the empire are too lazy to manage it, this does not mean that there is no order in Srilan.

I saw a checkpoint similar to a tollbooth in the early 21st century, crowded with a large number of wheeled ground vehicles with hydrogen engines, lined up for inspection.

There are also many humans and alien dressed as scavengers, pioneers, or mercenaries. They also need to be inspected and interrogated by a group of soldiers armed with pulse rifles, equipped with mechanical skeletons, and wearing dark green combat uniforms.

These soldiers are obviously the private army of the actual ruler of the town. They are essentially the same as a gang fighter, except that they are larger in scale and have higher-level weapons and equipment.

When Lyon and the others came to line up in the sidewalk, they attracted a lot of scrutiny and scrutiny.

After all, they are equipped with simple and cheap weapons and equipment, but in the eyes of the locals, they are instantly labeled as rich and foreign land.

After waiting for a while, it was finally Leon's turn to accept the inspection, and they also made the soldiers in charge of the inspection extremely vigilant, and some even raised their guns.

Although Lin Hong and his comrades were not ordered to confront each other with their guns raised, their eyes were sharp, and they were also on alert, and there was a faint disdain in the depths of their eyes, and they didn't think the soldiers surrounding them were any threat at all.

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And an officer wearing a dark red beret glanced at Leon with a frown, then raised his head slightly, looked around Lin Hong and the auxiliary army and fell silent.

Hehe, this brother. On the other hand, Leon showed a flattering smile that didn't seem to be fake, and even won the best performance award. He slowly approached the officer and explained:

I am an arms dealer wandering in the universe. I sell arms. As you know, what I am most afraid of is black people, so I spent a lot of money to hire a group of retired guys from the UNSC special command. In order to avoid being attacked by the enemy Spotted, tracked, and parked the space shuttle in the desert.

Seeing Leon lower his posture, the officer also restrained his vigilance, and asked according to the procedure: Understood, so what's the matter with our Glory City? Are you also selling arms?

Of course. Leon raised his left hand and waved it.

Lin Hong, who understood Leon's signal, took off the large tactical bag on his back, then stepped forward, unzipped the zipper, and exposed several small equipment boxes inside.

At this time, Leon reached out and took out one of the equipment boxes from the tactical bag, and then used the password to unlock it, causing the automatic cover of the equipment box to unfold sideways.

Inside, there was not only one marked High Power Plasma Grenade, but also four gold bars that were similar in size and size to the grenade, but reflected brilliant light.

Oh?

Aside from the grenade that exploded and produced an equivalent of 30 kilograms of TNT, the moment the officer saw the gold bar, he immediately regained his spirits.

Gold is an absolute hard currency at any time and in any universe, and it is one of the most valuable metals and resources.

As for diamonds?

The series of scams constructed by early capital forces have long been rejected and eliminated by humans in the main universe. Diamonds can be said to be one of the cheapest items in the universe.

Lyon also took advantage of the opportunity to re-cover the equipment box, and handed it to the officer, without being too cryptic, he almost said bluntly: Brother, I am here to bring these grenades into the market, and expand the scope of trade by the way, and I also understand It’s not easy for you and your subordinates, this box of grenades is equivalent to serving as a sample for you, so how about it?”

Of course no problem. The officer also waved his hand and let a subordinate take over the equipment box.

This action and answer showed that the officers were not prepared to delve into the true origin of Leon and others, and also gave Leon and others the right of passage.

By the way, brother. Leon took the opportunity to ask, We're new here, and we don't know which street has a reliable market. Can you give us some good advice?

The officer in a good mood didn't hesitate, turned around and looked to the west, and replied, Go to the Roland block, if you want to find a good buyer, there is no one with the best reputation, the best scale, and the largest in our Glory City.

Having said that, the officer leaned closer to Leon, lowered his voice with flickering eyes: And Roland Street is also the most suitable place for recreation, hahaha!

Hahaha! Leon, who understood the meaning of the words in seconds, laughed and echoed, Thank you for reminding me, brother.

You're welcome!

With the end of the conversation, the private soldiers who originally blocked the route gave way one after another, allowing Leon, Lin Hong and his party to pass through the checkpoint unimpeded, and successfully entered the Glorious City without any bloody conflicts breaking out.

Stay away from checkpoints.

Go deep into Glory City.

The roads in the neighborhood are crowded with wheeled vehicles, as well as the original model of the civilian Warthog, as well as many obsolete military vehicles, and flying boats rarely pass by in the sky.

This also directly proves that the technological level of Glory City, and even the entire Sri Lanka, is similar to that of the fringe colonies in the main universe in the middle of the 21st century.

Moreover, after coming to Glory City, Leon taught Lin Hong and the auxiliary army another lesson, that is, when conducting a disguised investigation and wanting to obtain relevant local information, in addition to some traditional and old-fashioned methods, one left.

take a taxi.

That's right, from Lyon, where human beings were still confined in the earth age, they have learned enough intelligence and information by taking a local taxi.

Of course, a group of people with sufficient funds for activities first took three taxis one by one to a reputable second-hand car dealership.

During this period, Lyon had a good chat with an elite driver, and he also learned who the actual ruler of Glory City is, how many forces there are in the city, and some unspoken rules in the Roland block, as well as the recent outbreak in the desert. Blood-red rays of light, scary screams and other abnormal phenomena.

As for Srilan's unique paper currency system, Leon had investigated it clearly when he was on the Griffin, and shellless pulse bombs, Gauss spike bombs, laser batteries, and gold were all hard currencies.

After arriving at the second-hand car dealership, the proprietress thought that the seemingly wealthy group of people would be easy to deceive, but who knew that Leon bought three modified Warthog off-road vehicles for civilian use by lowering the price to around the principal.

Intimidate?

How is it possible.

In Glory City, where guns are free, the proprietress is at best deceiving Leon and the others, but it is absolutely impossible to lose any temper with Lin Hong and the auxiliary army.

In the end, Lyon and the others used their personal equipment to ensure that the three Warthogs were clean before heading towards Roland Street.