From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Golden light flashed in the ruins base.

When the light faded, everything returned to normal. The 14x14-meter stone wall door frame facing the altar once again opened a space door that looked like a mercury mirror.

At this moment, in the command center, Sanguinius and Leon, who witnessed how their father opened the space door, believed that Robert's words were correct.

As for Sui Yang standing on the altar, he had actually sensed the emotional fluctuations of his two sons, but he didn't care much, because sometimes the more he wanted to explain, the more unclear it was.

After looking at his palm that healed instantly, Sui Yang walked to the edge of the sacrifice and looked at the advance team that had gathered at the edge of the third space door and was about to explore other universes for Atlas and mankind.

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Near the third space door.

Not only were there fourteen advance team members gathered here, but there were also a large number of technicians wearing white chemical protective suits, and there were also engineers wearing protective suits painted black and orange.

Moreover, the equipment of the advance team members is completely different from that of the previous year. Each of them is equipped with a sealed protective suit that can maintain pressure and resist radiation and can continuously work in a vacuum environment for 70 minutes. The special mechanical skeleton also protects each of them very strictly.

This is actually the "Hazardous Environment Vestsuit" specially made by the Research Department for the advance team members, referred to as HEV.

The cost of conventional mechanical skeletons and corresponding protective gear is far higher than that of HEV, and is much more expensive than Tyrant. The overall appearance and function are actually close to Power Armor.

After all, Sui Yang has clearly stated that he wants to provide the best protection and firepower for the advance team, because the advance team is responsible for exploring unknown areas and also facing danger.

In terms of weapons, the modular firearms used by the advance team are similar to the CARB weapon system, but more optimized.

According to the needs of each mission of the team members, additional extended barrels, grenade launchers, shotgun components, etc. can be added to better cooperate with the individual system to complete shooting calibration. The calibers of rifles, submachine guns and shotguns are 5.7x28mm and 20mm respectively.

Among them, shotgun and grenade modules have a variety of ammunition options such as high-explosive, armor-piercing, and cluster.

Although the machine gun is still .30cal caliber, after the update and optimization algorithm of the scientific research department, the .30cal smart bullet is completely suitable for Atlas's individual combat system.

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After the 30cal smart bullet is fired, it can complete locking and tracking, and can even "turn" slightly to kill targets hiding behind bunkers.

The weapon system was named "Atlas Modularity Weapon System" by the scientific research department, referred to as AMWS.

Weapons and equipment such as HEV and AMWS make every pioneer team member a veritable "millionaire".

At this time,

The advance team members did not rush through the mercury mirror door, but waited patiently for the technicians who were bent over and half squatting to complete the final inspection and debugging of the four hellhounds.

And each hellhound is equipped with a wired instrument on its back, which is connected to the control panel set up near the door, so that the technicians can directly see the scene on the other side of the door.

These four hellhounds are reconnaissance types specially debugged by the Biological Department for this operation. The virus activity is further weakened and will not cause environmental "pollution".

On the other hand, the engineering department, which has a large number of people, is equipped with engineering mechas, Hex robots (spider/hexagonal robots) and heavy equipment. They are also waiting patiently. Once they confirm that the situation on the other side of the space gate is stable, they will immediately start their best infrastructure work.

Soon.

The four hellhounds, which are ready, ran to the space gate according to the established procedure. Without any fear or confusion, they went straight through the mercury mirror and disappeared from everyone's sight.

On the control panel, each screen provided a group of technicians with real-time images and brief intelligence captured and detected by the Hellhound.

It looked like a shopping mall hall that had lost power. Through the analysis of the shop signs and slogans, as well as the data of gravity and atmospheric environment, the other side of the third space gate was suspected to be the earth.

However, it could also be a colony with artificial gravity and atmospheric environment. In any case, the technicians could be sure that the situation at the other end of the gate was temporarily stable, so they said on the communication:

"Captain Price, the advance team can set off."

"Understood, Xiaoqiang, Soap, Ghost, you three should go through the space gate first."

"Received."

After receiving the signal and order, the fourteen fully armed advance team members began to act.

And Xiaoqiang, holding an AWMS rifle with a grenade launcher under the hanging, took the lead in passing through the space gate with two comrades, and their figures were swallowed up by the water shadow mirror one by one.

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"Hu...Hu..."

Inside the closed helmet, steady breathing was transmitted.

Xiaoqiang, who had long been accustomed to this job, did not have any drastic fluctuations in his emotions and heart rate.

The HUD screen displaying various data also changed from a white blur to a dim, dilapidated shopping mall hall in an instant as he passed through the space door.

Without any hesitation, he and his two comrades quickly stepped forward and half-crouched fifteen meters ahead to be on guard.

Using the enhanced vision provided by HEV, he simply looked around and found that the store's signage and decoration style were more like North America.

Then, the helmet screen showed a pulse wave spreading rapidly around him.

Then, the area where the pulse wave passed would be presented on the slightly reduced radar in the upper left corner in the form of a building blueprint, so that Xiaoqiang and his comrades had a general understanding of the mall.

However, after the pulse scan, there was no movement on the slightly reduced radar except for the green dots representing the three of them and the four yellow dots representing the hellhound.

The effective radius of the pulse detection fluctuated between 50 meters, which was equivalent to a range of nearly 8,000 square meters. It seemed that they were the only "living creatures", but the presence of factors such as wall obstruction and consumption made the detection effect gradually decrease.

"Dead." But Soap didn't like this environment very much.

"This place has been abandoned for a long time." Ghost rubbed the dust on the ground with his feet.

"." Xiaoqiang still liked to remain silent.

While the three of them were on guard, the rest of the advance team also passed through the space gate and arrived at the abandoned mall.

Price, who received the same detection results, ordered on the communication: "Everyone be alert, the hellhound will sweep the entire mall for us. Once a threat is found, Soap, Ghost, Xiaoqiang, Zero Point, and Scarecrow will be responsible for handling it.

The rest of the people will ensure the safety near the space gate and set up the wired communication base station as soon as possible. Secondly, no one should be left alone."

"Understood."

Next.

After receiving the order and with the help of the advance team members, the four hellhounds who were disconnected from the wired connection quickly swept the first floor of the mall. After confirming that there was no threat, they went to the underground parking lot and the second, third, and fourth floors of the mall respectively.

Xiaoqiang and others who were responsible for handling the threat came to the main gate to wait, and also saw the "strange phenomenon" outside the mall.