Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

"Elizabeth City has been attacked, all personnel are requested to prepare for battle immediately!"

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Hearing the announcement and the alarm, the civilian soldiers who were also walking on the stairs suddenly looked solemn and hurried towards their respective offices.

Wearing a hostile environment combat suit (HES) and holding a custom-made sniper rifle, Nova also stepped up and left here silently.

Rushing outside the building, Nova came to the inner street of the base, listening to the still piercing alarm and observing the surroundings.

The recruits dropped their heavy training props and ran towards the equipment warehouses of their respective companies.

There were already quite a few assault boats on the other side of the airport. They were fully armed, and the paratroopers sitting on both sides of the cabin with their legs stretched out of the cabin quickly lifted off and flew towards Elizabeth City in the southeast.

Accompanied by the flight, there is also a medium-sized attack craft that looks like an armed helicopter without propeller wings, but can only navigate in the atmosphere.

Followed by several Pelicans.

As for the large transport boats that can accommodate more soldiers, the engines are on standby.

After all, the first to take off was the rapid response force, and they were ready as soon as the alarm sounded, and took off directly on the vehicle.

At this moment, Nova attached the sniper rifle to her back, walked through the urgently mobilized base, and ran to the west airport.

And use the communication channel that the UNSC cannot detect to directly contact the Red Queen:

"Employee number X018, discovered a suspected anomalous phenomenon intrusion incident, and planned to use UNSC vehicles to rush to the scene, requesting more intelligence support."

finished.

Nova, who has improved her physical fitness due to HES, has already rushed to the west airport, and then approached a large transport boat with the rear hatch opened.

With a light jump, it landed silently on the top of the transport boat.

In the communication at this time, there was also a reply from the Red Queen:

"According to the surveillance cameras and reports from local employees, it can be known that a large number of animal-shaped abnormal creatures that are hostile to humans and all living things have poured out of the sea and are wreaking havoc in Elizabeth City.

Currently, the UNSC's 9th Airborne Division, 78th, 103rd Infantry Division and 2nd Fleet are responsible.

As for the company, the Bloodtear is rushing to the sky above Elizabeth City. If the UNSC is unable to deal with it, the Bloodtear will directly intervene.

Employee X018, your mission has been updated to enter Elizabeth City and secretly assist our staff in assessing the threat level of this anomalous phenomenon.

Meanwhile, get as close to the beach as possible to investigate the source of the anomalous creatures. "

"X018 received." Nova replied softly.

End the conversation.

The last few paratroopers wearing fully-sealed individual equipment, painted in desert colors, and holding pulse guns also entered the cabin under Nova's feet.

The hatch is closed.

The large transport boat rose steadily to a height of about 50 meters above the ground, adjusted its direction, and then accelerated to approach Elizabeth City.

Nova, who was half squatting on the top of the transport boat, didn't have to worry about the possibility of being thrown off. After all, HES is the best equipment in Umbrella for sneaking, and it has an excellent magnetic adsorption function.

And this time, a large number of transport boats, Pelican, assault boats, and attack boats left the base.

The first main flight formation of the Ninth Airborne Division flew quickly across the land of Africa at low altitude.

But the soldiers sitting in the cabin didn't have any intention to appreciate the scenery outside, and all of them felt heavy.

With an average age of twenty or so, their childhood was in the transition period between UEG and UNSC.

At that time, there were always reports and discussions of "war" and "famine" in the news and on the Internet, but after 2010, they became less and less, until they were rare.

Especially war.

This group of recruits from all over the world, and even the entire solar system, has gone through the most peaceful and stable stage of rapid development of mankind from being able to remember, going to school, to graduating, and then joining the army.

And there are many reasons why they join the force.

For example, influenced by sci-fi movies, comics and games, coupled with handsome equipment, he signed up to join the army out of enthusiasm.

There are also purely for money, or purely because they can travel the universe with the fleet for "free", and finally come to the base of the Ninth Airborne Division to receive training.

No matter what the reason is, after enlisting in the army, there is a unified belief——

Follow orders and protect humanity.

Now.

Through the helmet screen, the recruits learned that the one who attacked Elizabeth was not a human being, but a "beast body" with gray skin, sharp claws and fangs, and a body much larger than a tiger...

It is impossible not to be nervous, but also confused about what this group of beast bodies are.

Alien?

Or a monster?

But they train hard and are equipped with advanced weapons and armor "transformed" from tax money, isn't it just for now?

As for Nova, who could sense the emotions of the recruits, she had made similar preparations more than ten years ago.

Within half a minute after the flight formation left the base, Elizabeth City, which was billowing with gunpowder smoke, and the vast and boundless ocean appeared in her field of vision.

When the flight formation was about to approach the urban area, she closed her eyes slightly, and quickly expanded the range of psychic perception.

The first emotional feedback felt was the panic, anxiety and grief of losing loved ones caused by the animal attack.

However, there is "peace of mind" mixed in with it.

It seems that the police and the quick-response forces who arrived first gave the citizens enough sense of security.

On the side of the animal body, Nova only felt the killing, and had no other emotions.

She thinks that the beast body is not a naturally occurring abnormal creature at all, it is more like being deliberately "programmed", with simple thinking...

Biological weapon?

Nova, who came to this guess, stopped releasing the expansion action that consumed her physical strength and energy too much.

Open your eyes.

It was found that the flight formation had entered the sky above the city, and the formation was divided into more than ten groups to rush to help all parts of the city.

And the transport boat she used as a "free ride" came to the city center with two Pelicans and more than a dozen assault boats and attack boats.

The transport boat and the Pelican slowed down, hovered over the most spacious main road in the city center, and prepared to land on the ground.

The more flexible assault boat landed on the roofs of the buildings on both sides of the main road, unloading a small group of airborne troops to occupy the high place.

The same attack boat descended to a height of 100 meters above the ground, and poured ammunition towards the piles of running beasts on the south side of the street.

"Boom! Boom!"

"Tat-tat-tat!"

In an instant, explosions and gunshots rang out.

Nova stood up and looked forward.

Batches of beast bodies exploded, completely unable to withstand the pulse guns of various calibers, and dark blue blood immediately splashed everywhere.

Seeing this scene, Nova tentatively set the threat level of the animal body as low,

Immediately afterwards, she saw that the transport boat was about to touch the ground, so she jumped to the ground ahead of time and disappeared into the alley.

And the transport boat that has landed, after opening the rear hatch...

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Build a line of defense! Soldiers! Remember your previous training and kill those dogs back to their hometown!"

"Sir! Yes! Sir!"

A company of paratroopers poured out of the cabin, built a temporary defense line on the street, and leaned towards the tide-like beast tide, shellless pulse bombs of various calibers.

The two Pelicans that landed not far behind also unloaded two combat platoons.

The total number of airborne troops was close to 200, together with the attack boats and several teams occupying the roof, they instantly produced overwhelming firepower suppression.

But as Nova guessed before, the animal bodies that seemed to be biological weapons, as long as the bodies were not completely destroyed, they would not stop attacking.

A beast body whose back half was blown to shreds by machine guns still pressed the two claws of the front half of its body to the ground, dragging its dark blue intestines, and continued to try to approach the paratroopers in front of its field of vision.

Even so, the beast body did not make any howls.

"Puff-puff! Puff-puff!"

The beast body didn't really stop until it was hit with several more shells without cases, destroying its only remaining front half.

However, it is a "pity" that even if the beast bodies no longer care about their own casualties, facing the main force of the Ninth Airborne Division, their number is decreasing sharply at an extremely fast rate.

Otherwise, Nova would tentatively set the threat level of the beast body as low.

"Everyone!" Seeing the situation, a second lieutenant with red shoulder armor waved his hand and shouted an order:

"Follow me to counterattack! Get Elizabeth back for the common people from the stinky mouths of those dogs!"

"yes!"

The paratroopers with high morale yelled in response, and began to advance in the opposite direction to the south, intending to drive all the beast bodies out of the city.

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southwest of the city.

A resort hotel just across the road from the beach.

In the lobby on the first floor of the hotel, human limbs and arms, as well as broken clothes stained with blood, were everywhere.

There was a... head lying on the marble floor in the center of the lobby, its eyes were wide open, and its face was staring out of the hotel in astonishment.

Following "his" gaze, one can see that there are still densely packed dogs and beasts gushing out of the sea, crossing the beach, and rushing towards the city in a steady stream.

The owner of this head may be a tourist who chooses to come here for vacation in order to avoid the severe cold in the northern hemisphere, or it may be a waiter working for the hotel.

But no matter what, he lost his life in an instant, and he didn't even know where the remaining body was thrown by the beast.

After all, this is a seaside resort hotel. Tourists who enjoy the best sea view would never consider that there are "monsters" gushing out of the sea, and they became the first batch of victims attacked by "monsters".

No matter how powerful the Ninth Airborne Division is, it will never be able to replace the owner of this head, and even all the people who were brutally killed will be brought back to life.

"what!"

The screams of human beings in extreme pain suddenly came from above the hotel.

Leave the lobby and go to the top floor of the hotel, in the master bedroom of a south-facing suite.

I saw a man with a strong physique, but his right forearm was bitten and torn off by brute force, and he was pressing his body against the door.

"Boom! Boom!"

Outside the door, there were several beast bodies gathered, one of which was continuously hitting the door.

The man was short of breath, pale, and on the verge of shock due to excessive bleeding.

According to this trend, the animal body, which is already much stronger than human physical fitness, can break through the door with just a few more bumps.

"Daddy...I'm afraid..."

At this time, hiding in the corner between the floor-to-ceiling windows and the wall, a little girl who looked only seven or eight years old could not stop crying and said to the man.

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The man who heard the words forced himself to cheer up again, and comforted the little girl:

"Ella...don't be afraid, Dad will protect you, and...Ella...you must remember...Daddy loves you..."

"Boom!"

As soon as the words fell, the door was knocked open by the beast body.

The man was also directly pushed away by the impact, and his body couldn't stop falling, and finally fell heavily on the ground. The blood flowing from the broken arm quickly infected the white carpet at the foot of the bed.

"Daddy!" The little girl rushed to the side of the man.

The animal body that knocked open the door would not just stand there, open its bloody mouth with human skin residue, and rush towards the father and daughter.

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Seeing this scene, the man pushed away the girl beside him with his remaining left hand.

Even if their father and daughter are destined to die, he must fulfill the duty of a father to protect his daughter before he dies.

However, the man did not feel the severe pain of being bitten alive.

Because the animal body that was rushing towards him actually "floated" in mid-air, and could no longer get close to him.

Then the animal body was pulled out of the bedroom by some force, contrary to common sense.

next.

There was a sound of "crash! Crash!" from the living room, as if the beast body, and all the beast bodies gathered in the living room were thrown out of the window by a force that the man could not understand.

Just when the man was about to pass out, Nova, who was wearing gray and white HES and took off her mask, walked into the bedroom with silent steps.

"Save...save...my daughter...uh..."

The man tried his best to say the above words, but couldn't hold on any longer and passed out completely.

"Father..." The girl who was slumped next to the man was already sobbing.

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Nova silently walked to the right side of the man, squatted on the ground, opened the small tactical bag hanging on the side waist, and took out a syringe smaller than her thumb from the bag.

Through the transparent wall, you can clearly see the lavender "liquid" inside the syringe.

Afterwards, Nova put the end of the syringe marked with the red inverted triangle logo directly on the intact skin on the edge of the man's broken arm, and the injection was completed in the blink of an eye.

When Nova recycled the empty syringe into the tactical bag, a flesh-colored, translucent film quickly covered the wound on the severed arm, finally stopping the bleeding.

When Nova stood up, the man's breathing also became steady. Although his face was still pale, it was much better than before.

See here.

"Don't worry, your father is fine, and so are you." Nova showed a rare smile to the girl who was still sobbing, "I'm right outside."

After speaking, she turned and walked towards the living room.

"Um...thank you..."

Although she didn't understand what Nova had done, the girl felt that the man's condition had improved, so she expressed her gratitude in a low voice.

Leave the bedroom.

Came to a messy living room.

Nova, who had returned to her indifferent demeanor, stopped in front of the row of broken floor-to-ceiling windows on the southernmost side, observing the sea that no longer gushed out beast bodies.

In fact, Nova needed to find a location with a good view to investigate the source of the animal body.

After spiritually sensing the father and daughter in critical condition, she chose the top floor of this hotel to observe.

And now.

Nova, who focused her attention on the surface of the sea, saw a "gate" with a faint blue light and a diameter of about 80 meters in the shallow sea not far from the coastline, in the center of the vortex of the tumbling waves, even without using psionic perception. ".

At the same time, she also sensed that there was a bigger "thing" that was about to rush out from the other end of the "door".