From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

In the office.

Sui Yang stood by the observation window with his hands behind his back, looking at the scenery outside the building and falling into deep thought.

Following his line of sight, he could see the blue sky in the bright afternoon and the abandoned village surrounded by dense red trees.

However, there was a 14 x 14 meter "mercury mirror" in the central square of the village, and the houses had been simply renovated. The equipment boxes piled in the corners and the military SUVs, pickup trucks and other vehicles parked between the streets all indicated that this place had been temporarily requisitioned by Atlas.

This village is actually the foothold connecting the "main universe" and the "zero-one universe", and the "mercury mirror" where people kept coming in and out was the first space gate.

In order to facilitate subsequent archiving and statistics, Sui Yang called the world he traveled through and lived in for more than a hundred years the "main universe", and the "edge of tomorrow" world in front of him was called the "zero-one universe".

The content displayed on the computer screen on the desk also shows the importance of convenience;

File name: Zero-one universe.

Status: Continuously updated.

Main universe, June 5, 1993 Pacific time.

13:32, the Atlas core team discovered the remains of an unknown civilization.

14:14, the first space gate was opened by the Atlas Corporation Owner through a blood sacrifice ceremony.

15:20, the α advance team crossed the space gate.

15:30, the wired base station was built.

15:35, the α advance team completed the detection and analysis of the air and soil, and the results showed that there was no need to worry about infection in the short term.

16:20, based on the physical condition of the α advance team and the results of preliminary research, Wang Zhaofeng, the scientific research director, inferred that the space gate has a "disinfection" function, which can effectively prevent biological invasion and personnel infection.

However, Director Wang Zhaofeng still recommended that exposed staff need to wear level 1 and above respiratory filtration devices.

16:35, the Atlas Engineering Department crossed the space gate and officially started the construction of the front-line base.

At 16:40, the α advance team continued to explore outward...

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At 17:42, the drone captured the battle scene...

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Main Universe, June 7/Zero-One Universe, March 15.

At 09:12, two Atlas investigators, ■■·Chelsky and ■■·Johnson, successfully obtained some information about Zero-One Earth by posing as civilians.

The time, minutes and seconds of Zero-One Earth are synchronized with the main universe Earth, but the year, month and day are 27 years different, which is March 15, 2020.

After investigation, it was learned that an orange meteorite fell in Hamburg, Germany on September 1, 2015. After that, the alien species officially called "mimicry" by Zero-One humans began to invade.

Germany fell first, followed by France, and then the entire western Europe.

Due to the invasion of alien species, humans temporarily ended their internal fighting and established the United Defense Force (UDF) based on the United Nations.

In five years, the UDF rarely won a battle, and the casualties of the army and civilians exceeded 10 million.

It was not until the victory of Verdun on March 13, 2020 that the UDF and Zero One Humanity finally turned from defense to offense. At the same time, the Battle of Verdun was also the first battle in which the UDF put "mechanical skeletons" into large-scale use.

In addition, the two investigators also got word from several drinking soldiers that a sergeant named Rita Volataski used the new mechanical skeleton to successfully kill hundreds of mimics on her own, so she was called "Verdun's Battle Angel", and the more popular title in the barracks was "Full Metal Bitch".

At present, the UDF seems to be concentrating its forces in London, England, Brussels, Belgium, and Lausanne, Switzerland, preparing to annihilate the mimics in one fell swoop.

The exact time of the counterattack cannot be determined. According to the two investigators…

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“Click~.”

As the left mouse button was clicked, the document was closed, and the screen showed a black background with a red “Λ” logo floating in the center.

It turned out that Sui Yang had already sat back at his desk.

As a time traveler, when he observed the battle between UDF soldiers and mimics through a drone, as well as the key word “Victory of Verdun”, he judged that the Zero-One Universe was the movie version of “Edge of Tomorrow”.

To be on the safe side, he still sent several trusted investigators to the United Kingdom, Belgium and other regions, and the intelligence sent back further confirmed his guess.

If we only talk about the movie “Edge of Tomorrow”, then it is definitely a name in Sui Yang’s mind. He is not satisfied after watching the theater version, and he will watch it again every once in a while.

But if it is a human who is substituted into the movie, especially when he knows the true face of the mimic creatures but does not have the ability to “reset” the other party, there is only despair.

As Dr. Carter, who was dismissed by the UDF commander, said, "An enemy who can predict the future is almost impossible to defeat."

Unlike the human army, each unit and each soldier has their own wisdom, but should be regarded as a "single organism."

Seemingly endless, the mimics with orange light cores are similar to the fists and feet of the human body, responsible for attack, construction, and "cannon fodder".

These mimics only need to use local materials, such as "swallowing" soil to complete the process of copying and pasting themselves, which is also the root of their endlessness.

But among every 6.18 million mimics, there is a bigger, stronger one with a blue light core, which is called the "central nervous system" of the Alpha.

As for Omega, it is their "brain", and its appearance resembles a giant sea anemone.

When a single Alpha dies, it will trigger the Omega "reset" mechanism, which will reset the day, and the Omega will also have all the memories before the reset, so as to make a more complete battle plan and deployment.

Facing this kind of enemy, if William Cage, played by Tom Cruise, had not had the protagonist's halo, he would have accidentally killed an Alpha and happened to suck the blood of the Alpha, which would have successfully broken into the reset mechanism of the mimicry.

It is equivalent to a "bug".

If Omega wants to fix this "bug", it needs to give a false illusion, induce William Cage, who has independent intelligence, to fall into the trap, and then drain his blood.

However, the final ending is that William Cage successfully locked Omega's true location using Dr. Carter's instrument, and successfully recruited Team J using private information and Rita Vrataski's reputation, and killed Omega instead.

After Omega's death, all the mimics that invaded the earth collectively lost their activity. In theory, this is already a very good ending. The protagonist and the lone hero sacrificed silently and won the victory for mankind.

But William Cage sucked Omega's blood when he was dying, and reset again, making himself, Rita Vrataski and all the members of Team J "resurrected"...

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To be honest, Atlas can get many benefits from the world of "Edge of Tomorrow", such as a complete modular mechanical skeleton, and related special materials, high-capacity batteries, intelligent systems, two-way data transmission and other technologies.

However, Sui Yang's top priority is to seize the [Reset] ability of the mimic.