Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

Romania Time: July 23, 2026, 08:21.

The square of the old castle.

"Jack! Get the excavation tools! I don't want to destroy the cultural relics below."

"Yes, Professor."

"Rosie! Don't drink your Starsucks in there! They're not worth a penny, and they're so expensive! Don't spill me on the scanner!"

"yes…"

I saw Quill, who seemed to have had chicken blood, standing in the center of the camp, directing the students to prepare the equipment for entering the underground tomb of the castle.

At eight o'clock in Romania, the morning sun just shone into the castle, sweeping away the gloomy atmosphere at night.

In addition, there are mercenaries led by Flynn, and the large number of people gathered in the castle, so the students are very confident in their hearts, and they believe in science more, rather than thinking that there will be monsters underground.

Even if there is, the students believe that the mercenaries who protect them are capable of solving it.

Speaking of mercenaries, Flynn, Li Lie and the others are also in the process of rearranging their equipment.

Put on the not too uniform camouflage combat uniform, assist each other to wear the mechanical skeleton, and install the titanium alloy protective plate on the slot of the mechanical skeleton.

Put on the outer layer of the protective plate the armed belt that can carry various equipment such as magazines and grenades, and adjust the respective weapons to the best condition.

The latest models of Pulse series rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, and even Flynn owns a Gauss rifle that is a hefty price tag even on the black market.

After all, the investors in this archaeological operation were willing to pay a lot of money for the archaeological team and mercenaries, so the equipment of this group of mercenaries was much better than that of the regular UNSC marines.

As for the female blaster who likes to tease Li Lie, she loves Italian Benelli brand shotguns.

However, in order to increase the firepower output of the team, she also carried a pulse series small-caliber submachine gun on her back.

Although in the current firearms market, Umbrella represents high specifications and high technology, but the price is relatively high.

Therefore, in the face of civilian arms, companies and studios of old-fashioned firearms still have a place.

For example, Benelli in Italy focuses on the manufacture of shotguns, and its sales are much better than before Umbrella took over the market.

Not long.

The mercenaries who were retired from the UNSC, and Li Lie, who was disguised as a retired soldier, all put on their respective equipment.

And each wears a pair of military-grade holographic glasses produced by Umbrella, which allows the mercenaries to obtain better information sharing and the location of their teammates.

Although it does not have advanced functions such as pulse scanning for special agents, it is still a rather expensive pair of holographic glasses. For example, it is equivalent to the price of the previous "four-eye night vision device".

It can be said that in order to obtain Dracula that may not exist, those investors are really determined to spend money.

09:10.

The students led by Professor Quayle are all ready to go, carrying their own schoolbags, portable scanning instruments, high-definition video cameras, Umbrella Digital ultra-thin computers, etc.

And the students who were in charge of physical work also took various digging tools, such as the most classic shovel.

If you encounter a dead door that cannot be solved by a shovel, the female mercenary blaster will take action to solve it, using a small dose of C4 to directly solve it violently.

Afterwards, Quill quickly walked to the vigilant Flynn, and couldn't hide his excitement and said:

"Mr. Flynn, we are ready, let's go!"

"Okay." Flynn nodded lightly, and then ordered to the mercenaries on the side:

"Ryze, Schroeder, the two of you keep an eye on the camp and protect the remaining students."

"Yes, boss." (x2)

The two mercenaries who heard the order agreed one after another.

Then Flynn walked slowly towards the entrance of the castle, and continued to order: "The rest of you follow me!

Remember to protect the professors and students, let's take a look at what's under this centuries-old castle. "

"yes!"

Apart from a few students who were in charge of searching for information, and two mercenaries who remained outside the camp, an archaeological team of more than forty people entered the castle.

The eight mercenaries formed a formation of two in the front, four in the middle, and two in the back, protecting Professor Quill and more than 30 archaeological students, and went deep into the basement of the castle.

It is said to be a basement, but the actual size of the space is enough for hundreds of people to hold a party here.

However, the various instruments of torture, wooden racks, and human skeletons in the basement mean that this place is not for parties.

Instead, it was used to extort confessions from captives by words and deeds, or simply to please the famous brutal Flanders III to please his special hobbies.

As the light began to dim, the students turned on all kinds of lighting equipment one after another, and the mercenaries also took advantage of the students' lighting and temporarily turned off the night vision function of the holographic glasses.

continue down.

Everyone seemed to have come to the underground drainage system of the castle. Due to years of disrepair, a large amount of sewage had accumulated here.

Fortunately, it does not affect everyone's progress, but the unpleasant smell, mosquitoes and small animals are inevitable.

The mercenaries and most of the male students didn't care, but it hurt some female students, especially Rosie who was reprimanded by Quill.

Following the guidance of Professor Quill holding the tablet, everyone went deep into the underground drainage system. It seemed that they had already left the scope of the old castle, but entered the interior of the mountain where the old castle was located.

At last.

After advancing for about half an hour, everyone finally came to a large secret room with an open space and a relatively dry space.

This secret room is full of broken spears, armor, and arrows.

Of course, the 'masters' of these cold weapons have all become skeletons.

Ordinary people will feel creepy when they see this scene, but for archaeology students, they feel excited and excited.

Because this means that there is not nothing here, but it has research value.

Quill also directed the students: "Mr. Flynn, who will help protect us immediately, and his men set up lights and instruments here, and transform this place into one of our strongholds, do you hear me?"

"Understood, Professor!"

The energetic students all cheered and began to work according to Quill's instructions.

And the mercenaries who protected everyone did not need Flynn's reminder, they all took off the equipment box hanging on the mechanical skeleton on the back, and built a stronghold here with the students.

As for Li Lie, after setting up the strong lighting equipment, he half squatted next to a skeleton in armor and observed it briefly.

He found that the remnants on the bone armor were marks pierced by ordinary swords and other sharp weapons, and were not scratched by the claws of wild beasts.

Coupled with the different styles of soldiers' armor here, it should be a 'fight' between soldiers from different camps.