Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

This look...

It is completely different from the pioneers in Sui Bian's memory.

In memory, the pioneer races of "Halo", regardless of gender, look at the face regardless of the figure, which is absolutely not in line with the aesthetics of normal human beings.

Moreover, in the reports of Magnus and Leon, it was deliberately mentioned that the Flood Demon has the characteristics of suppressing psionic energy. These all show that in the universe he lives in, the relationship between humans, the Forerunners, and the Flood Demon is worlds apart.

However, the specific situation still needs to wait for the return of the Teutonic Knight to know further.

Before that, Sui Bian's primary concern was the public's attitude towards the allies of mankind.

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Earth.

In Raccoon City in the evening, the traffic is also at its most congested time.

At the end of the working day, people leave their jobs, either go home directly, or hang out with friends for a while.

And at this time.

A two-door, four-seater, red-painted streamlined airship shuttled over the most bustling neighborhood in the city center according to the channel, turned left, then left the channel to the right, and slowed down to approach a giant apartment building.

Immediately afterwards, the flying boat drove into the apartment through the entrance built in the middle area, and came to the parking floor dedicated to flying boats.

According to the guidance of the signal light, the flying boat parked in the liftable space.

Turn off the engine, and then open the "car door" of the butterfly wing structure. A female pilot with long wavy hair, wearing a white shirt and a long black skirt, left the airship with her satchel and headed towards an elevator waiting hall not far away. go. .

The "car door" is automatically closed, and the flying boat is also sent upward by the lifting parking space to make room for other residents.

Then, the female driver, who seemed to be only in her twenties and exuded an elite aura in the workplace, took the elevator to the 198th floor of the apartment.

Get off the elevator.

Walk on the carpet with noise reduction effect, come to the door of an apartment at the end, and put your left hand on the biometric sensor of the terminal to unlock it.

With a "beep~", the metal door slid to the right.

"Mother!"

Before the door was fully opened, an eleven or twelve-year-old boy ran towards her excitedly.

"Oh, son."

The female driver changed her cold and glamorous face of a professional elite, and walked into the apartment as a single mother. While closing the door, she reached out and kneaded the boy's cheek, and asked softly:

"Are you hungry? Do you want to go out together..."

"Mom, come quickly!"

However, the boy interrupted the questioning, dragged his mother and hurried to the spacious living room.

?

Before the mother had time to change her shoes, she trotted to the living room with her child, only to see a 98-inch holographic TV playing a video of a fierce battle.

The words "Raccoon City Military Situation Meeting Room" are displayed on the upper right corner of the TV, and the video content is from the helmet camera of an Auxiliary Army of the Extreme Legion.

The auxiliary army landed on the Yuou ship to the surface, and the moment the hatch opened, several blue-armored elites flashed past the right side of the Yuou ship, charging towards the city ahead that was different from the human style.

Subsequently, the auxiliary army also attacked with the troops.

During this period, the elites even took the initiative to stand in front, using energy shields to assist the humans in resisting the plasma cannon.

The video lasted only thirty seconds.

After the broadcast ended, the screen switched back to the live broadcast hall of a talk show. The hostess in a rose red suit was sitting on the single sofa on the far right of the camera.

On the guest sofa on the left in the center of the screen, a retired major general in a formal military uniform with medals on his left chest and a biologist in a black suit are sitting in turn.

at this time.

The hostess turned slightly sideways and asked the two guests: "This is a section selected by our program group among the many official videos released by Umbrella and UNSC. I don't know how Major General Zhang and Dr. Luo Er are. See the Sangheili race in the video?"

The major general surnamed Zhang was the first to reply: "The official intention is obvious. To be able to release this kind of video at the node where our army's frontline is going smoothly shows our attitude towards friendly alien races..."

Before the major general finished speaking, his mother turned off the holographic TV.

"Mom?" The boy was a little puzzled.

"Let's go, mom will take you out to eat." Mother deliberately changed the subject.

"But…"

"I'll take you to the shopping mall after dinner. I think... the shelves in the toy shop should be new."

"I'm going to change clothes!!"

Hearing the key word Mowan, the boy changed his previous confusion and ran towards his bedroom happily.

"Ugh…"

The mother, who was originally smiling, sighed softly after seeing the boy walk into the bedroom, and walked towards the door no longer concealing her exhaustion and loneliness.

Her children have loved the universe since childhood.

The dream is to become a naval captain and lead the crew and marines to travel across the stars.

I am also very yearning for comics and games, where human beings and friendly alien races fight against evil forces together, and finally win at a tragic price, and make a deep friendship.

Although she was unwilling to curb her children's ambitions, as a single mother, she did not want her only son to join the army.

In particular, the government has officially announced that there are countless alien forces in the universe.

All she can do now is to actively pay taxes to support mankind as much as possible, and at the same time subtly guide her son to change his aspirations.

but…

She also knows that the child's future is determined by the child himself, so she seems a little lonely.

When the mother and son were about to go out, people from all walks of life reacted differently, ranging from being tangled like the mother to excited like the boy.

From August 11 to the present, within half a month, public opinion has set off a huge wave. The successive announcements of Astartes, the Covenant Empire, and the human allies have made people dizzy.

But people can bear such events to a far greater extent than before, and their lives remain the same, without being disturbed by the existence of alien hostile forces.

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…

After more than ten hours.

Inside the hangar of the Anthem of Courage.

A large transport boat landed on the designated deck area under the guidance of the ground staff holding fluorescent sticks through the air valve.

Come to a stop, the tail hatch below.

Leon and Magnus, who destroyed the shield world, and the accompanying Paladin and Sekhmet left the cabin and returned to the deck of the Anthem of Valor.

Rescued by the Teutonic Knight, the elite faction allies led by Volsa were sent to the resettlement camp on the ground of Harvest Star to wait for follow-up arrangements.

City of Fraternity?

The current capital of the Covenant Empire is facing the joint "dismantling" of Umbrella's engineering department, research department and other departments.

After all, the city of fraternity is the loot stolen by Corax and Nova. It is the most basic "respect" to study it thoroughly and reverse engineer all technologies.

Even if it is the human side who is an ally, or Sui Bian's personal decision, it is impossible to give the city of fraternity to the elites.

Regarding this point, general-level elites such as Vadami, Artes, and Moore have no complaints, not to mention that their home planet is still "alive".

And Sui Bian.

At this moment, he was standing not far from the transport boat, with a smile on his face, watching the sons gradually approaching him.

Leon, who unfolded the helmet, gave the memory storage body, that is, the translucent sphere that continued to emit blue light, to Queen Bai, and said to Sui Bian:

"Father, the core of the shield world is stored here."

Magnus also said: "Father, how is Robert's battle going? If necessary, I can lead Sekmet to the front line."

heard the words.

Sui Bian showed a kind smile that didn't match his appearance age, first he raised his hands and patted the arm armors of his two sons, then put them down and said:

"Thank you for your hard work, you can control the flood in the initial stage in time, as for the front line?

hehe.

Robert and the others marched forward triumphantly. Before you sailed out of the fault space, the situation of the war was clear, and the Covenant Empire also fell apart and became a thing of the past. "

"Father, what is our next mission...?" Magnus asked.

"Hmm..." Sui Bian pondered for a while pretending to think, and continued to smile: "Go to the surface of Harvest Star to negotiate with our group of allies and help me stabilize my atheism. Leon, you also go."

"Yes." Leon, who obeyed the order, turned around and walked towards the transport boat without thinking too much.

Magnus also nodded and said, "Understood, father."

"Well, let's go."

"yes."

subsequently.

Seeing the transport boat leave the deck again and drive out of the hangar through the air valve membrane, Sui Bian also put his sight on the sphere, and said to the two AI secretaries in a deep voice:

"Get ready for an "interrogation". In the next few years, even decades, both of you will need to assist the company's researchers to absorb and digest technology far beyond the Covenant Empire."

With that said, Sui Bian also turned around and left, walked towards the rail train station next to the hangar, and reminded with his back: "Let's go."

The red and white queens who were originally standing on his left and right looked at each other, then their tone became a little bit heavier, and they responded in unison:

"Okay, Chairman."

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In a private cabin.

The memory storage body using some kind of suspension technology is kept at a certain height from the carpeted floor and suspended in the center of the cabin.

Immediately afterwards, the storage body suddenly increased "her" own cyan light, presenting a holographic image without substantial touch.

After all, this is not the empty room, and the storage body cannot use more advanced holographic devices.

"..."

With his hands crossed in front of him, Sui Bian was leaning on a fixed desk, his chin raised slightly, and he was observing the storage body who was about 2.5 meters tall, with mid-length curly hair and a white dress.

On the other hand, look at the storage side.

"She" also looked down at Sui Bian and the red and white queens, and said in an indifferent voice:

"Complete the scan and verify your identity as a recycler and a traitor. According to the 145th Amendment to the latest code, recyclers are requested to destroy the traitor as soon as possible."

Renegade?

Hearing what the other party said about red, white and white, he tilted his head slightly, and then raised their left and right hands respectively to point to himself, wondering why the storage body put a hat on them as a traitor as soon as it came up.

Sui Bian, who ignored the proposal to destroy it, said directly: "You claimed to be the memory storage body of the shield world manager before, so is your appearance consistent with "her"?

And what about the race of "she" and "her"?

What is the relationship with us humans, or us recyclers, and why do you call artificial intelligence a traitor.

Are the weapons imprisoned in the shield world also made by the race of the administrator? "

After Sui Bian finished a series of inquiries, the storage body paused for a moment, and then began to answer one by one:

"My image is consistent with the physical characteristics of the shield world 0314 manager, named Alia Hongtu Silence.

The final result of the administrator is to die from the cross-phase pulse wave, and then I will replace the administrator to maintain the basic operation of the shield world 0314, waiting and welcoming the arrival of the recyclers.

The recycler-manager relationship is…”

next.

The appearance of this image is Alia Hongtu's silent memory storage body, telling Sui Bian and the two artificial intelligences about the relationship between humans-managers-the Flood, and how the managers became extinct.

The first is managers.

Sui Bian, who was preconceived because of "Halo", called the developed race that built the shield world "forerunners" through the architectural style and technology displayed by Harvest Star and the ruins of Methrin.

But Sui Bian also said that there may be no forerunners in this universe, and the past of the forerunners may also be very different from "Halo".

In fact, Alia's grand plan for the silent race calls them "Qiu Min".

If they have to be called "those", they prefer to call themselves "managers" rather than the pioneers in "Halo".

after.

The two artificial intelligences made calculations based on the time node stated by the storage body, and Sui Bian learned that the administrator began to walk out of the parent star "Qira" 80 million years ago in the earth year to explore and prepare to conquer the galaxy.

During this period, the managers used advanced technology to crush and destroy the races that tried to resist, and conquered one galaxy after another.

It also includes the home galaxy of human beings, the solar system.

However, 80 million years ago, the overlords that roamed the earth's surface were dinosaurs.

Therefore, the administrator easily included the solar system into the territory, and established a scientific research station on the earth to observe dinosaurs and the native creatures of the earth.

Until 78 million years ago, the administrator became the well-deserved overlord of the galaxy and established the "Qiu Min" empire.

However, after becoming the absolute ruler of the Milky Way, the administrator instantly lost his goal of struggle and had no plan to go outside the system.

It's like when a player gets through a game 100% without any exploration value, they will lose interest in this game, or even this type of game.

Going out of the system will repeat the process of conquering the galaxy, which will become boring.

Moreover, the Qiumin Empire's rule lasted only 20,000 years, and a new wave of thought swept the entire ethnic group, and finally ended in a civil war among the administrators.

The core concept of this thought wave is——

"Everything in the galaxy should have a long history under our protection. We should be like the warm radiance of the stars, illuminating the vigorous blooming of life, not tyrants who only know how to conquer, destroy, and oppress, because we are...

managers. "