Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Ever since the discovery of metal relics of unknown meaning and purpose in the colony of Methrein, Sui Bian realized that the race that built the relics was most likely a pioneer.

Not only are the architectural styles similar, but when the team led by Lara Croft conducts research, they also have certain access rights, and they do not need to use blasting methods to penetrate into the ruins.

The current Umbrella has just started research on the ruins of Methrin.

Afterwards, Shirley discovered a second relic on Harvest Star, and combined with the Star Alliance scouting fleet that was "cooked up" by the Retribution...

Especially the "long-necked jellyfish" captured by Gabriel and the others, Sui Bian can finally confirm that there is also a pioneer race in this universe.

Or rather, it used to exist.

Because the "long-necked jellyfish" is not a creature in the traditional sense, it is a half-machine, half-biological race created by the pioneers and named "Huragok".

This docile, tranquil and peaceful race was bestowed with the gift of mechanical proficiency by the forerunners.

Specializes in repairs, object finding, maintenance, mapping and renovation, and various "engineering" related matters.

Therefore, they can be directly referred to as "engineers".

However, the prophets who were the first to discover the engineer family treated them as slaves, squeezing their mechanical talents as much as possible, and further expanding the military strength of the Star Alliance.

And the pioneers...

If Sui Bian's past life memory is correct, the forerunner should have become the master of the Milky Way 150,000 to 60,000 years ago.

It's just that the galaxy he is in now is very different from the "Halo" he is familiar with.

First of all, what is the relationship between the ancient humans and forerunners in this universe and the pioneers who are infinitely close to the god-level civilization, and whether the forerunners exist.

The second is the super weapon named "Halo" built by the forerunners, and the terrifying Zerg targeted by the weapon—

flood.

The pioneers in "Halo" walked between the galaxies with flesh and blood, spreading the fire of life, and created races including ancient humans, forerunners, and prophets.

The relationship between the forerunner and the ancient humans is equivalent to "big brother" and "second brother", and a racial war broke out between the two sides with a unit of ten thousand years.

There are winners and losers in the course of the war.

But the final result is that the pioneers won, degraded the technology of ancient humans to the stone age, and bound them to the earth.

However, not long after the Forerunner became the overlord of the galaxy, the Flood, which was also created by the Forerunner and a biological weapon, invaded in an all-round way.

Before the Ten Thousand Years War broke out.

The proud and conceited pioneer, dissatisfied with the pioneer's intention to train the ancient humans to inherit the mantle, so he took the act of "be kind and filial to the son", "successfully" attacked the pioneer, and took the opportunity to launch a war against the ancient humans.

But what the pioneers destroyed was only the pioneer body.

For the purpose of teaching the "eldest son" a lesson and testing whether the "second son" has the ability to inherit the mantle, the pioneers dropped a flood in the galaxy that could devour all intelligent life.

As long as there is an infection-shaped spore on the planet, and if it is not discovered and eliminated in time, then the planet can basically be declared hopeless.

The devouring of the Flood includes the body, memory, wisdom, and thinking of intelligent life.

The more it swallowed, the smarter the Flood became, until it became a "Grave Mind Beast" like the highest command.

One ebbs and another.

Fighting the Flood in a conventional way will only provide them with food continuously, allowing them to evolve continuously.

Therefore, the pioneers developed a super weapon that can be "one-click erase".

Its pulse speed can even disregard the laws of physics, to instantly wipe out all life in the galaxy, including the halo of the Forerunner himself.

Ignite the aura.

Everything returns to zero.

But the artificial intelligence left over from the forerunners started to work, and all the life samples that had been "backed up" in advance would be redistributed throughout the galaxy.

There are human enemies and friends in the sample, but their predecessors are not.

It may be redemption, or it may be internal faction disputes. Sui Bian in his previous life did not delve into the specific details.

His current galaxy is full of all kinds of ghosts and monsters, not to mention there are demons from different spaces who are eyeing the real universe, which is much more complicated and dangerous than the environment in "Halo".

Forerunners do exist.

But their relationship to humans, Heralds, may be completely different, like the hell plane of this world, which is different from the hell of Doom.

That "man" is not a "hot man" who likes rabbits, but Ziegler's father who is waiting to come home.

Especially among his company employees, there is a hunting goddess who has lived for nearly 30,000 years including the sleeping time.

Artemis and Sui Bian talked about the past of Olympus and the Titans. After calculation, the Greek gods have survived on the earth for at least 100,000 years.

During this period, they have not encountered the halo pulse that wipes out all life, nor have they encountered the artificial intelligence of the forerunners that reconstructed the life system on the earth.

As for why humans still have access to the ruins of the forerunner, he needs to arrive at Harvest Star before further investigation.

I pondered for a moment.

Sui Bian lightly waved his left hand and transferred the holographic screen in front of him to the center console. He also turned around and walked towards the center of the bridge.

Red and white followed by left and right.

And it looks almost the same as the red queen, the white queen whose pupils flicker faintly blue, reported to her boss:

"Chairman, we will arrive at Harvest Star in three hours, and the Laura Crawford team that has already set off will arrive before us.

I am also trying to understand the language used by the enemy. Based on the tone of the enemy commander and my own understanding, I have initially translated the video message sent by the enemy commander to the Retribution. "

At the same time, they have come to the side of the center console.

Sui Bian crossed his hands in front of him, looked at the dazzling star charts and information, and said, "What are you talking about?"

heard the words.

The White Queen's facial expression showed a somewhat dignified expression, and her voice was also slightly heavy: "The enemy commander calls himself Mullin Mir.

It said that there is a legacy of gods on Harvest Planet, but the existence of human beings has desecrated this heritage and the gods they worship.

In order to maintain the canon of the covenant, it and its troops will fulfill the extermination order issued by the empire and burn all heresies on Harvest Planet. "

Speaking of this, Queen Bai also added: "Although the content is mostly translated according to my understanding, it is not difficult to guess that they are a religious multi-racial united empire, and they have officially declared war on us."

"Declaration of war? Oh, I wish for it." Leon, standing opposite the center console, echoed.

Leon, who was wearing the Knight-type Primarch Power Armor, maintained the same standing posture as his father, and said with disdain in his tone:

"Three enemies and one can lose, so what qualifications do you have to shout about? Just use their empire as a stepping stone, as the beginning of the Great Expedition, and let the trash see what the real extermination order is."

"Hehe." Sui Bian smiled lightly.

This time, he didn't teach his son as usual, saying "don't be careless" and "keep vigilant".

Human beings at this stage are fully qualified to regard the Star Alliance as garbage.

When John conveyed to him through the Red Queen that the Harvest Star would be safe and sound with the presence of the Second Legion, Sui Bian did not have the slightest worry at all.

Because his second son, and the Spartan Legion led by the second son, are "professional counterparts" in dealing with the Star Alliance.

Thirty newly-adult reservists can stroll around the Star Alliance's combat aircraft carrier.

Not to mention that in the Spartan Legion, there are more than 7,000 adult Astartes equipped with Thor's Hammer and Terminator.

If the Star Alliance really dared to assemble multiple main fleets to invade Harvest Star again, then John would take them away, saving time and effort in searching for them in the unknown space.

But Sui Bian still corrected his third son:

"It's not a big expedition, Leon, this time it's just a regular "counterattack war", after all, the other side declared war on us first.

Moreover, just looking at the technological level and military strength displayed by the opponent, its territory should not exceed the Orion Cantilever, so it cannot be called a great expedition.

However, this is an excellent opportunity to officially announce the existence of you and your brothers to the outside world. It is time for mankind as a whole to learn more about the truth. "

"Follow father's arrangement." Leon responded respectfully, and then remained silent with an indifferent expression.

Sui Bian, on the other hand, looked to the right side from the corner of his eye and asked, "How does society view this incident?"

"Although the general public only knows that Harvest Star is disconnected, without us releasing the details, the Internet and various media have already concluded that it is an alien invasion." Queen Bai replied.

"Well, you should get used to it." Sui Bian nodded and said to himself, and ordered after the conversation:

"Notify UEG and UNSC, let them properly announce the details of this invasion, and make sure to publicize the fact that Harvest Star defeated the enemy fleet with extremely low casualties."

"OK."

"And..." Sui Bian continued to order:

"On various websites, forums, and social software, use the company's official account to post images of the First Army's fleet.

This includes the daily life of Robert, the Ultramarines and the auxiliary army, as well as regular cooperative training.

Finally, we will announce the helmet cameras of the reservists led by Gabriel Angelos when they performed gang jumps on enemy ships.

To avoid being too bloody, and throw away the scene of the four-petal mouth (elite) race being slaughtered by Angelos and the others, edit it appropriately, and keep the length of time within four minutes. You are responsible for these, Queen White. "

"Leave it to me." Bai Hou agreed happily.

But then, she said with some hesitation: "Then, how should the chairman respond to the public's inquiries?"

"Silence, there is no need to deliberately write any copywriting when publishing." Sui Bian responded briefly.

"OK."

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…

Shortly after.

within the solar system.

Revolving in the third orbit, the earth, the mother planet that gave birth to human beings, is more prosperous and powerful than ever before.

Far from the surroundings of the earth, there are jump entrances and exits that frequently flash and emit blue light.

It shows that there are countless cargo ships, cruise ships and other ships using fault tunnels to go back and forth between the earth and various colonies.

Earth's short-distance orbit is equipped with electromagnetic defense platforms several times more than Reach Star, and dozens of orbital elevators and transportation hubs that are larger than Harvest Star.

The space junk that was originally generated in the middle and late 20th century and the early 21st century has already been cleaned up by human engineering ships at this time, and will no longer threaten civilian ships, space shuttles and space stations.

At this time.

After leaving the fault tunnel, a giant cruise ship did not choose to go to the nearest hub station, but adjusted its angle and entered the atmosphere directly.

Soon, it fell to the sky less than three kilometers from the surface.

The cruise ship starts to slow down, so that tourists can still have an excellent view before disembarking, and have a glimpse of the unique natural scenery of the earth.

After all, the vast majority of tourists have come to their home planet for the first time since they were born.

Below the ship.

First there is a dense forest, and then there is the outskirts of a city. The community is composed of low-rise houses of different shapes.

Going forward, tourists can overlook the high-tech zone with factory buildings.

Looking into the distance, it is a city lined with giant buildings over 100 meters high.

Its scale is far inferior to Arcadia, Reach, or other colonies that gather more than 100 million people in the metropolitan area.

But this is a unique urban form on Earth, where the past, the present and the future come together.

The cruise ship passed the city slowly.

If you observe carefully, you can find that the city retains many buildings over a hundred years old, which are used as attractions for tourists to check in and enjoy.

However, there are a large number of people wearing "armor" and "extraordinary costumes" on the streets.

There are soldiers with a very sci-fi style, and there are also warlocks with staffs and black robes.

Like the characters who have come to reality from games, comics, and movies, the lively level of the whole city has been directly raised to the peak.

In fact, these people are playing their favorite characters, traveling thousands of miles, even light years, to the city for the annual "Electronic Entertainment Expo."

Today is August 11th, Atlantic time, and the last day of the "exhibition," which makes the city's sidewalks look very crowded.

And there is only one city on Earth that can be regarded as a "sacred place" by players, Raccoon City.

Umbrella's headquarters building is located in the center of Raccoon City, surrounded by clock towers and churches with a sense of age.

Not far to the east of the headquarters building.

It is also the most prestigious university in the world and even in the entire human territory with a history of more than half a century——

Umbrella University.

The entire campus is like a town, with all kinds of facilities, and the most buildings should be science and technology buildings and laboratories.

Because money is the last thing to worry about.

at this time.

The campus during the summer vacation is relatively deserted, and only the students who choose to take the summer vacation class are still shuttling between the various buildings.

The hometown is the students outside the solar system, or relax by the artificial lake in the campus, or participate in the "exhibition", but most of them rest in the dormitory building.

suddenly…

"Go online! Go online!"

"They are real!!"

Suddenly, several students shouted loudly, breaking the tranquility of the campus.

In a male dormitory with four upper bunks, three students were next to each other and gathered on the lower bunk near the balcony.

And the "Crystal" computer placed on the table under the pavement, showing a holographic screen, is playing for them the video of the team-jumping battle edited by the white queen and performed by Gabriel and the reserve.