From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

forward base.

Bioengineering Center;

"We can debug the mobile terminal that controls the clones in three hours." Alexia calculated the debugging time, then looked at Sui Yang beside her and reminded: "If you do this, it will actually affect the clones. combat efficiency, are you sure?”

Not long ago, Sui Yang came to the Bioengineering Center and gave the order to "debug the mobile terminal and let the Tyrant pilot control the clone soldiers."

In this regard, Alexia, as a subordinate, naturally followed the order, but she still reminded her boss of the disadvantages of doing so. After all, only dedicated ARS or AESC soldiers responsible for on-site control can maximize the use of clones.

"I know, but our original intention of creating clones is to minimize the casualties of soldiers." Sui Yang said, raising his hand to slide the content on the screen in front of him and retrieve relevant files about "consciousness transmission".

"Indeed." Alexia nodded lightly.

She has never forgotten the original intention of the human cloning project, but she occasionally falls into the "trap" of numbers and focuses too much on words such as numerical value, efficiency, and proportion.

Alexia rarely asked about the battle situation on the front line, unless Sui Yang took the initiative, but when she saw Sui Yang presenting the "consciousness transmission" data, she couldn't help but look confused.

Sui Yang frowned slightly and delayed for a while to help Alexia clear up her doubts. After quickly browsing the relevant information on "Consciousness Transmission", he considered the practicality of the Bose Einstein Condensate.

First of all, it is impossible for him to imitate Moldova's anti-human weaponization method in "Netherworld", let alone make his soldiers endure endless pain.

Although Sui Yang is not a real scientist, as an "old man" who has lived for almost two centuries, his knowledge reserve is still far beyond that of ordinary people. You must know that in the early and mid-20th century, he was through Reading a lot of books to pass the time.

There are many scientific research projects in the current company that are personally hosted and provided by Sui Yang, but fields such as chemistry, biology and neurology are his weaknesses.

Faced with the mature technology that could mass-produce Bose-Einstein condensed matter, Sui Yang did consider weaponizing it, so he needed Alexia's assistance.

Secondly, it would be too "wasteful" to just use condensed matter as a weapon.

The characteristics of condensed matter can continue to accelerate Atlas' research and development progress in the field of superconductivity. It is also a potential raw material for precision instruments, such as atomic clocks and more advanced navigation systems. At the same time, condensed matter can also be used for quantum computing and quantum computing. model research.

Quantum technology is definitely a revolutionary computing technology, surpassing traditional computers in almost all aspects. Therefore, if humans want to continue to progress and develop, "computing" can be said to occupy an extremely important part.

The quantum model is helpful for Atlas’ antimatter research, making it easier to speculate and observe the production, annihilation and mutual transformation of antimatter. If the Venture Star’s antimatter engine is successfully improved, Atlas will be expected to achieve true sublight speeds. Sailing, even infinitely close to the speed of light.

Finally, when it comes to weapons, the original scientific research department is still worried about what kind of materials to use to replace the storage components of the Biological Position Gun (BFG). The emergence of mass-produced condensed matter will directly solve this worry of the scientific research department.

"Boss, are the enemies of Earth Zero-4 some kind of high-risk anomaly? Soldiers on missions need to avoid contact."

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Hearing Alexia's inquiry, Sui Yang no longer thought about the derivative uses of Bose Einstein condensed matter, but helped the other party to clarify: "The enemy will indeed pose a serious threat to the lives of our soldiers, but they resist Unable to release large amounts of energy.

As for the tyrants and clones, they are just used as "cleaners" in the final stage to solve some fish that slipped through the net. "While Sui Yang was helping Alexia solve her doubts, he flicked the screen with his left hand and continued:

"I will give you more detailed information later. Before that, I hope you and your core team will start discussing whether consciousness transmission technology and genetic engineering can be applied to Bose Einstein condensate."

"Condensed matter?" Alexia was stunned, but she quickly responded, "It's hard to imagine applying genetic engineering to condensed matter. Besides, the mass production of condensed matter is also a technical problem, but you can try it, boss." , what are the priorities for condensed matter and nanotechnology?”

"Nanotechnology, and your priority at the moment is to debug the mobile terminal for controlling clones for the tyrant."

"Understood." After receiving a clear answer, Alexia also made plans for future research in her mind.

Sanaa, Yemen.

In an observation post about sixty meters below the surface;

The lights here are dim, and the walls, floor, and ceiling are covered with a layer of ceramic tiles to protect against the crazy group of humanoid condensed matter. It is said to be an outpost, but the narrow space can only accommodate up to eight people.

Three soldiers were sitting behind the control console, watching the surface dynamics displayed on the screen.

Their desert-colored combat uniforms were washed white, and they wore old-fashioned body armor and armor on key parts. Perhaps because there was not much ventilation in the outpost, none of the three soldiers wore stuffy helmets.

The firearms they placed next to them were too large to be carried at all. They had no traditional live ammunition magazines and only had a row of disposable battery blocks. This was their plasma discharge gun for individual combat against condensed matter.

“I don’t know how long the food will last.”

The lifeless atmosphere of the outpost was broken by the worry of a short-haired soldier.

"Half a year." The sergeant with a beard replied without looking away from the screen.

"Half a year?" The private holding a toothpick in his mouth said with some self-deprecation: "Seriously, sergeant, instead of starving to death, it is better to go out and fight to the death with those ghosts. I think being killed by them will only take an instant. It shouldn’t hurt.”

"No one's stopping you," the sergeant replied.

"I don't agree with this way of death." The short-haired soldier shook his head and began to explain his point of view: "The major said that becoming a scavenger can get more food. I am going to try it tomorrow. Even if they are unfortunately killed in battle, my daughter and son will still get more food." A batch of pension food.”

"Are you crazy? The first batch of scavengers last week never came back, and you are so anxious to join the second batch?" The private couldn't believe it.

"It's better to be crazy than watch them starve," the short-haired soldier smiled bitterly.

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Seeing this, the private could only shrug and did not continue to persuade him.

The outpost fell into silence again.

The three soldiers continued to focus on the screen, observing the surface area they were responsible for.

They have lived a life like this for seven full years, from being uneasy at first to becoming numb and now hopeless.

seven years ago.

To be precise, the cause of everything was nine years ago, on February 18, 2031, in Universe 04. A serious safety accident occurred at a nuclear power plant in Moldova, killing seven million people in just six days.

Such a large-scale death incident shocked all countries around the world at the time, and the clear news the three soldiers received was that everything was under control and the "nuclear accident" in Moldova was not allowed to continue to expand.

After that, their brigade headquarters stationed in Sana received orders to repair nuclear-proof shelters and prepare for war to break out at any time.

On August 6, 2031, the coalition forces led by Britain and the United States quickly occupied Moldova and prepared to continue advancing eastward. However, such behavior was challenging the bottom line of Eastern Europe.

On August 12, the main ground forces of both sides engaged in a head-on confrontation in the city of Vinnitsa, and both sides used "Aratare/humanoid condensed matter" to participate in the battle.

On August 18, the death toll on both sides exceeded 30,000.

On August 31, the death toll soared to 160,000.

On September 3, the Battle of Vinnitsa, which lasted for twenty-three days, ended with both sides suffering losses.

However, the impact of the war between the two sides quickly spread to the world. Countless organizational forces chose to use war to divert the worsening economic difficulties and internal conflicts——

World War III breaks out.

People generally believe that the Battle of Vinnitsa was the trigger for everything, and some people believe that Britain and the United States occupied Moldova and wanted to continue to advance eastward.

At the same time, as a large number of videos and pictures related to ghost soldiers were leaked to the Internet, people realized that the "meat grinder" of war was once again updated and upgraded.

On January 24, 2033, espionage operations in Eastern Europe failed, causing extremists within the United Kingdom and the United States to launch a nuclear bomb into Latvia, thus kicking off a global nuclear winter apocalypse.

The vast majority of government organizations were destroyed, the population dropped by 3/5, and only a small number of countries and regions remained relatively intact.

But before the survivors could recover, those ghost soldiers who were completely crazy and out of control began to spread rapidly, attacking humans and animals in sight.

Even if it is known through the network before the nuclear war that the Nether cannot penetrate ceramics and pure iron, and cannot resist the huge energy release, the survivors lack complete technical and resource support, and conventional weapons have lost their use, further compressing the scope of survival. , and had to move underground.

As for the three soldiers on duty today, they were responsible for maintaining basic order in the city seven years ago and guiding citizens to underground shelters.

The main force of their brigade was heading to the northern outskirts of Sana City, preparing to intercept the advancing Netherworld army and try to buy more time for the evacuation work.

As a result, within fifteen minutes, the Netherworld army defeated the main force of the brigade, and the last order they and all their comrades stranded in the city received from their superiors was to immediately seal off the shelter.

In the end, only more than 400 soldiers and more than 32,000 citizens successfully escaped the Netherworld army seven years ago, and have been living on the daily necessities prepared in advance.

However, the self-sufficiency of the shelter is worrying. Now, food and supplies are about to be exhausted, leaving all people living in the entire shelter facing a choice, either to risk going to the surface to collect supplies, or to die.

You can choose to go to the surface to collect supplies, but it will only quench your thirst by drinking poison. What's more terrible is that it will increase the risk of exposure.

Maybe the supplies in the shelter are gone.

The private has already seen through the reality, so when faced with death sooner or later, he no longer has so much fear and resistance.

Beep-beep-.

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The urgent reminder immediately made the three of them nervous.

They quickly put on their helmets and came to the screen with the flashing indicator light to observe carefully. They found that there were a lot of dynamic reactions in the northern suburbs of Sana City. Then looking at the corresponding hyperspectral monitor, they found a lot of ghosts.

It’s an endless army of ghosts!

! ! !

Seeing Netherhead heading straight for the northern entrance of the shelter, which was above their outpost, the sergeant sounded the alarm without thinking and reported to their supreme commander:

"Major! The Netherworld is attacking the wall of the north gate. Wait, they have also found a weak spot!"

"Copy that, Sergeant, take your people to evacuate to the west area immediately. We will transfer in a convoy." The major's order was transmitted back to the communication.

"Transfer? What about the evacuation?" the sergeant asked more.

"Ignore it, evacuate, this is an order!"

"This is it!" the sergeant could only respond, then picked up the discharge gun, looked at the two people who were also shocked and said in a deep voice: "You have all heard the major's order, go, gather the remaining members and rush to the West District."

"Forgive me for not executing it, sergeant." The short-haired soldier chose to disobey without hesitation and raised his discharge gun.

"As you wish, Private Crane, let's go!" The sergeant did not stop him, but turned around and headed for the emergency exit on the right.

The short-haired soldier ran down with all his strength, and soon passed through the dim passage and arrived at the main body of the shelter where more than 30,000 people gathered.

It is divided into a network of intricate aisles, walls and areas.

Di——! Di——!

At this moment, the main alarm of the shelter was blaring, causing the clueless people to panic.

"Hey! Slow down, kid!"

Just when the short-haired soldier wanted to continue running, he heard a call and turned around to see the private soldier following him?

"Why don't you go to the West District?" This time the short-haired soldier couldn't believe it.

"I don't know. Maybe I'm having a brain twitch." The private said with a breathless smile: "The assembly in the West District will take at least three minutes. Why run? But if I work with you, your family's survival rate may be better than zero. more."

"Thanks"

Ri——Boom——Long——! !

Just as the short-haired soldier wanted to express his gratitude, he was interrupted by a shock like the earth was shattering, and they both fell to the ground one after another.

The strong surge of air caused tinnitus, dizziness, fainting and other symptoms one after another. At the same time, the shelter also lost power and dark red emergency lights were turned on.

After an unknown amount of time, they both stood up unsteadily.

"Boom!" Another explosion came from the outpost where they were previously on duty.

Could it be that Netherworld has already invaded?

"I am the queen! Go and see your two children for the last time!" The private did not give the other party a chance to refute, and ran back into the dark passage.

"Thank you!" The short-haired soldier didn't show any pretense. He expressed his gratitude loudly and continued running.

The private, who had his back around the corner and turned on his helmet display, kept muttering words such as "What kind of hero are you trying to be?" and "Why don't I run?" It seemed that he was engaged in a fierce ideological struggle.

Step, step!

The passage echoed with sounds that were clearly footsteps.

"Fight with you!" But the extremely nervous private chose to rush out of the corner, raised his gun and pulled the trigger.

Bang!

But before the index finger could complete the firing action, a 20mm-caliber rubber shotgun hit the private's right shoulder armor.

"ah!"

The severe pain caused the private to put down his plasma discharge gun, but he also saw the "person" who fired the gun and the "person's" teammates

They were a group of soldiers equipped with thicker mechanical skeletons and wearing red-eye breathing masks, and the opponent's helmet also played a mechanical sentence that seemed to have been recorded in advance:

"Get down on the ground and accept your captivity!"