From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Soon after the TV broadcast ended.

A large number of clones wearing dark gray cold-proof combat uniforms were shuttling between the seats on the steps of the parliament hall, "packing away" tens of thousands of federal officials with their hands and feet tied.

Although these guys were corrupted by power and became hedonists and even anti-human scum, they still have extremely high reuse value, such as testing the actual combat effects of biological weapons or the practicality of new medical products.

And the experimental data they obtained will help promote the continuous progress of mankind as a whole.

The officials and generals with free hands and feet were taken away by ARS (Rapid Response) to prepare for the Atlas-standard test and examination. After all, the Iron City is already Atlas' "asset", and everything must comply with Atlas' rules and regulations.

Soon, there were only a few people left in the hall, most of whom were AECS (Emergency Countermeasures) for the final inspection.

The location of the parliament hall is the Federal Building in the core area of ​​the Iron City. However, this giant building with a height of more than 1,200 meters is about to face a comprehensive renovation of the engineering department and will be used as a branch building for Atlas to manage the Zero Six Universe.

Middle-level area.

In the former office of the Federal Speaker;

Sui Yang sat behind the metal desk and quickly checked the livelihood, economy and military situation of the Iron City through the holographic technology screen of the Zero Six Universe.

When browsing the resources, the screen that scrolled up quickly was manually paused.

In order to maintain their own power and avoid the outbreak of riots or uprisings, federal officials kept most people in a state of "just not hungry" to prevent people from paying too much attention to and thinking about other issues. At the same time, federal officials would also guide people to the buffer zone for excessive consumption.

But it was this behavior that allowed Atlas to directly obtain a large amount of ready-made resources, so that the Iron City did not have to worry about the problem of resource depletion within two years.

And two years is enough to complete a considerable degree of comprehensive reconstruction.

During this period, Sui Yang will still use the original currency trading system of the Iron City and the resources transported by the company from other universes to continuously expand and diversify the commodity supply chain of the Iron City.

When the Iron City has eased, the company will introduce novel, high-quality non-essential daily necessities, such as different models of mobile phones, clothing and snacks of various styles and flavors, to stimulate market demand.

The large-scale construction of infrastructure, the promotion of the upgrading of local industries, and the provision of a large number of jobs are routine operations. Incentive policies need to be formulated and issued, such as registering identity information and participating in formal labor, which can enjoy one year of tax exemption. However, Sui Yang will complete or modify more details according to actual conditions.

Among all the projects, there are two particularly important ones, namely the reconstruction of social welfare and education, because this is not only the key to improving the welfare and education level of residents, but also one of the main ways to enhance residents' sense of social responsibility.

Sui Yang briefly listed the future plan in his mind, realizing that he would need to stay here for at least two to three months, and then gradually hand over management, construction and production to Magnus.

In fact, even if he leaves now, Magnus can still be competent for the position of branch manager, but the 06th branch is in urgent need of a large number of officials at this time, so Sui Yang will choose to stay here temporarily to provide direct assistance to his son.

During this period, Atlas will select local officials, and the company branches located in the 01st universe (Edge of Tomorrow) and the 03rd universe (Doom) will continue to send human resources to the Iron City to fill vacancies.

After six years of reconstruction, Europe occupied by the 01st branch has long been the company's granary, and the 01st branch can be said to be "rich" in management and business talents, which is inseparable from Robert (Guilliman), the director of the 01st branch.

Secondly, the 03rd branch managed by Leon is "rich" in soldiers and officers with high physical fitness and extremely firm will. After all, the residents there are human compatriots who have been repeatedly tortured physically and mentally by the Fallen and persisted for several years before being rescued by the company.

As for the fallen, they refer to those fallen humans whose appearance and mind are distorted to the extreme after the injection of the 24th pair of chromosomes, which are no different from "demons".

In order to avoid transforming the injected human into another creature, Atlas chose to extract the genetic information of the 24th pair of chromosomes and "genetically edit" the nanorobots injected into the body to improve the physical fitness of the adapter.

Nanotechnology consumed the main energy of the Research and Biological Department for nearly four years, and even consumed a lot of the company's financial resources. Finally, in mid-1998, it broke through the technical bottleneck.

Although the cost and maintenance costs are too high and the technology is relatively immature, Atlas cannot immediately apply nanotechnology on a large scale in civilian medical facilities, but it has been able to produce nanorobots carrying the 24th pair of chromosomes in small batches and distribute them to a few core employees selected by the Biological Department.

The safety of nanorobots has been confirmed, but the complexity and resource investment required to manufacture one person are no less than that of manufacturing two Luna transport boats, and this is a one-time product.

Therefore, only a few core employees are currently granted the right to use nanorobots, usually front-line investigators who are solely responsible for investigation and detection.

In addition, the Bioengineering Department also used nanorobots in the temporary project of Compound No. 5.

Compound No. 5 was not favored by Atlas at first. After all, it was unpredictable and random, and the probability of stimulating human potential and conferring useful superpowers was extremely low. Even if injected in early childhood, it was often He also ended up being disabled for life.

The most critical point is that after injection of compound No. 5, humans will mutate, and most of them will be reproductively isolated from ordinary people.

But if we change our thinking and allow the user to have a "superhuman" state only temporarily, then the problem of permanent mutation will be perfectly solved. Therefore, disposable nanorobots provide an excellent way to make them temporary.

After extensive testing and experiments, the Department of Biology successfully produced the first batch of temporary medicines in December 1998, six months ago.

Combined with the aging characteristics of 20 to 26 hours, the Department of Biology named it "24V".

However, 24V has a fatal flaw, that is, once used, it will cause serious damage to the user's brain nerve cells and organs, and if used more than 15 times, the user may die suddenly at any time. risks of.

Therefore, front-line employees who are eligible to receive the first batch of 24V need to fully understand the details of the agent and clearly know the consequences of its use.

now.

Sui Yang recalled many things in an instant, wrote down the information about the resources and reserves of the Steel City, and then continued to scroll through the content presented on the holographic screen.

Soon, the screen displayed military-related files, such as the parameters of the Federation Army's main battle tanks or the structural diagrams of standard firearms. However, only the "Sixth Generation Hunter Mech Plan" (The Mark) proposed by the Pan-Pacific Defense Forces -VI Jaeger Project)" made Sui Yang stop and read the data and details carefully.

The Defense Force plans to combine the characteristics of the third to fifth generation mechas and then optimize them to try to create a sixth generation mecha.

The latest generation of mecha will be powered by an electric turbine system and a nuclear reactor. It is prepared to adopt the three-person piloting system of the fourth-generation mecha "Crimson Typhoon" and add armor to the shoulder and back areas of the mecha to Prevent the behemoth from making a sneak attack on the head cockpit.

Therefore, the ideal state of the sixth-generation mecha is to have the reliability and protection of the third generation, the melee agility and long-range plasma pulse cannon of the fourth generation, and the fast movement capabilities of the fifth generation.

Although the Defense Force submitted the proposal to the Federal Parliament on the grounds of "protecting the Steel City," this comprehensive mecha was obviously used to raid the wormhole bridge on the seabed.

No wonder the conservatives controlled by the Pioneers are strongly opposed. They would rather break the balance and risk the execution of the top generals of the Defense Forces than to prevent the construction of the sixth-generation mecha.

Now, the "Sixth Generation Hunter Mecha Plan" has been completely owned by Atlas.

In fact, Sui Yang had considered a large-scale mecha project as early as six years ago. However, due to the possible significant imbalance between the cost of construction and trial and error and the actual combat effectiveness, he directly shelved the project.

You must know that the application scenarios of a hundred-meter-high mecha in modern warfare are very limited and require continuous testing and improvement. This is simply a thankless project.

Now that he has the ready-made data of the Pan-Pacific Defense Force, Sui Yang is ready to wait for him to assist Magnus in handling the affairs of Universe 06, and then return to the main universe to personally preside over the establishment of the project, and first build two prototype mechas as backup.

It is true that the environments that can be applied are very limited, but "limited" must always be greater than zero.

Sui Yang had sorted out the contents of the file and was about to browse the remaining contents of Steel City;

[Two descendants have arrived near the Yellowstone volcano in Universe 06]

The cold voice that had been silent for a long time echoed in his mind again.

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Hearing this, Sui Yang leaned back on the office chair in a daze.

Two more sons are here?

The last reminder was in September 1995, when Horus and Magnus arrived. Now it is April 18, 1999 (main universe). Nearly four years have passed. It’s like The moment was spent in general.

Perhaps because of being an immortal, Sui Yang sometimes ignores the passage of time.

He quickly calmed down and controlled the screen to send an order to Magnus, "Prepare the Swift Shadow assault boat and follow me to North America."

Then he stood up and walked towards the door of the office. Before going out, he also put on a black windbreaker specially tailored for his two-meter-plus body.

Outside the corridor.

Sui Yang and the six hunters responsible for escorting took the elevator to the top floor of the building.

Before passing through the pressure-maintaining gate, Sui Yang put on a breathing mask. Even if he didn't need a mask at all, he could breathe freely in the extreme environment of Earth Zero-6.

Sui Yang knew very well that the differences between him and his sons and ordinary people could not be concealed, especially the pair of white wings of Sanguinius.

Therefore, unless some remarks within the company are too "exaggerated", he usually chooses to turn a blind eye and will not deliberately curb the imagination of employees. After all, he understands that the more restrictive something is, the more likely people will be. Being curious will eventually lead to unnecessary misunderstandings and backlash.

call--!

The moment the gate opened, Sui Yang's black windbreaker rustled in the cold wind.

He also saw the Swift Shadow assault boat, which was in suspension mode and kept a certain distance from the landing pad, and Magnus, who was waiting not far away.

Without saying much, the father and son and six hunters stepped into the nearby Swift Shadow assault boat.

Immediately, Xunying's cabin door closed, the suspension mode increased the altitude, and finally relied on the nuclear fusion engine to sail to low-Earth orbit.

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Inside the command module;

"I found that you get along quite well with the people from the PPDC (Pan-Pacific Defense Force)." Sui Yang said, looking at the vast starry sky through the holographic porthole.

"Yes, father, most of them are respectable warriors." Magnus, who was standing aside, nodded and continued without any concealment: "Especially General Quan Shaofeng, the commander-in-chief of PPDC. , he seems to be a rare clear figure in the Steel City, and he is also a reserve mecha pilot. "

"I have read his file." Sui Yang stopped staring out the window, turned slightly sideways, and stared at his son, who was slightly taller than him, with a solemn and deep tone:

"Child, in the near future, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of Universe 06 alone. Do you still remember the old saying I once said to you and your brothers? If the water is clear, there will be no fish, and if the people are careful, there will be no disciples. "

"Of course, excessive purity will lack the necessary ecological balance and interpersonal relationships." Magnus responded without thinking.

"Yeah." Sui Yang nodded, knowing that Magnus no longer needed too many reminders.

After that, it didn't take long.

The Swift Shadow assault boat returned to the atmosphere and took them to the northwest region of North America.

Due to the hydrogen explosion two days ago, a certain degree of sunshine was restored here. At the same time, it also destroyed the pioneer cities to prevent them from continuing to pollute the atmospheric environment.

However, it will take at least a hundred years to restore it to its original appearance. After all, it is easy to destroy and difficult to repair. Or through the space door that opens every 414 days, Atlas has the technology to transform the planetary environment in advance.

Soon, the pilot followed Sui Yang's instructions and landed the Xunying assault craft on the southwest bank of what was once Yellowstone Lake, now Magma Lake.

The lake water has long since evaporated, replaced by hot lava.

After leaving the cabin, Sui Yang used psychic perception to lead Magnus and six hunters to a shallow pit and saw two "young children" playing with each other.

One has naturally short white hair, the other has black hair and healthy wheat-colored skin.