From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Boom... Boom...

On this side of the checkpoint, the low hum of engines filled the air. Dozens of heavy trucks were parked in a line, waiting to enter the city for routine inspection.

And Leon and the corporal were lying on the top of a container tied to one of the heavy trucks.

He raised his head slightly and looked at the walls on both sides.

It was about 20 meters high, with scattered UAC fallen soldiers patrolling with guns, and positions composed of artillery and heavy machine guns were set up every 100 meters.

He propped himself up and looked forward. At the end of the checkpoint was a giant metal gate, and 14.5mm caliber heavy machine guns were also set up on both sides.

As for the guys in charge of the inspection, they were a group of big guys equipped with heavy armor and nicknamed "corrupted knights" by hunters.

However, the way they checked the vehicles did not rely on technology. Instead, they used a method similar to "smell" to identify whether the driver was of the same kind and whether there were contraband in the cargo hold and container.

According to the information provided by Colonel Frank Farran, combined with the current situation, during the five years since the fall of Earth Zero Three, a large number of remaining military forces or resistance forces composed of civilians have continuously destroyed and infiltrated Minova, and have not given up any hope of overthrowing the rule of UAC.

Seeing that the Corruption Knight had completed the inspection of the vehicle in front, Leon stopped observing the surroundings and kept his body close to the container, trying to block the opponent's visual blind spot.

Dong, Dong.

The heavy footsteps were getting closer.

"Roar..."

The low roar from the breath became clearer.

"Ding-! Ding-!"

The container was hit by the hard joints, making an echoing sound, as if the Corruption Knight tapped the side with his fingers a few times.

After a while, the footsteps and low roars gradually faded away.

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Even wearing a closed helmet and combat uniform, Leon did not breathe a sigh of relief, and just waited for a few minutes without moving.

Suddenly;

"Roar!!" He heard a deafening roar from behind.

But after the roar, no fierce battle broke out near the outpost. Instead, the gate at the end of the outpost was slowly opening, restarting the long queue of heavy trucks waiting in line and entering the largest city built in the western part of America one by one.

It seems that the roar was a signal to open the gate and let them go.

In this regard, Leon guessed that even if the corrupt knights had fallen and "evolved" into a species stronger than humans, it would be difficult to avoid being displeased and angry due to on-duty inspections, right?

In any case, the shielding device developed by the biological department was quite effective. After the heavy truck they were riding in successfully passed the gate, they could continue to carry out infiltration and reconnaissance missions.

The heavy truck took them onto an overpass leading to the city, and at the same time, they also gave them a more intuitive understanding of what it was like to live in Minova.

On both sides of the overpass, densely built villages and towns were intricately connected, but no matter how dense the buildings were, they could not cover up the corpses and rotten flesh everywhere.

There was no breath of life at all.

Countless skinny, bloodless "people" wandered the streets, releasing all kinds of extreme emotions recklessly.

"Hahaha!!"

"Kill! Kill!!"

Killing each other, humiliating and eating each other, and all kinds of depravity that can be imagined and can't be imagined are constantly taking place, and the smell of blood and corruption is everywhere.

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Despite witnessing such a shocking scene, Leon still remained calm. He also inferred from the towering buildings in front and the relatively "friendly" living environment that the periphery of Minova should be a gathering place for degenerates who have not completed their "evolution".

The research results provided by the biological department stated that there are individual classes of degenerates with strict hierarchies.

Then those who have not completed their "evolution" or whose individual strength is insufficient will be thrown to the periphery to fend for themselves, and serve as cannon fodder in wartime.

The area they are passing through is relatively orderly. The degenerates living here are still working, producing, relaxing, and having fun, and there are also traffic on the streets.

Seeing this, Leon can be sure that this is a living place for fallen people who can obey orders and have combat capabilities, such as UAC soldiers, corrupt knights and other guys, located in the middle of Minova...

By analogy, it indirectly proves that their mission goal is correct!

The fallen high-level, or UAC high-level, is very likely to live in the core area of ​​Minova. At the same time, there is also a high probability that there is a blueprint for the entire city there.

Beep-.

But at this time, a subtle reminder sound came from inside the helmet, and the screen also showed the content of the intelligence he speculated.

The uploader is H7-06, a hunter in their group.

It seems that not only him, but all the team members have realized this.

Then, the corporal marked a location about 30 kilometers away from them on the map, and issued an order through internal communication:

"Attention all members of H7, judge whether to jump out of the vehicle according to their actual situation and go to the marked location to meet up."

"H8 members also execute the same, over." The leader of H8 also said.

The reason why we mention "jumping off the vehicle" is that the same batch of heavy trucks that passed through the gate had already dispersed and were heading in different directions.

However, the ride that Leon and the corporal took was still running on the viaduct, bringing them into Minova.

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More than ten hours later.

Late at night.

On the second floor of the abandoned factory building;

"We can't be sure that there is a control room in there. Maybe it's just their landmark building."

A hunter in hiding pointed outside through a window without glass and expressed his own views.

Looking out the window, you can see many high-rise buildings in the distance, one of which is a kilometer high and reaches the sky.

"The latest information from other teams clearly pointed out that the prison areas where compatriots are detained are scattered, and they must rely on blueprints to complete accurate positioning. The existing information we have all pointed to the core of Minova there, without a doubt." The corporal said in a deep voice.

The people gathered here are the members of H7 and H8 who came from different directions, and they are discussing whether to enter the kilometer-high tower immediately.

"Everyone." At this time, the leader of H8 interrupted and said, "Since we are the combat unit closest to the target, the front-line base has given us the authority to call for artillery support from Ernio 002. Other teams will also cooperate with us to create chaos in the city, so the superiors are basically certain that there is something we want in that tower."

Artillery support, creating chaos.

After hearing these words from the hunters, Leon was worried whether large-scale actions would alert the enemy. However, considering that his expertise was not frontal attack and the hunters were more experienced in this regard, he chose to remain silent.

After the voice fell, the communication inside their helmets fell into silence, indicating that no one had any objections.

Seeing this, the leader of H8 continued, "The time now is 0214, and the breakthrough will officially begin at 0300."