Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Around the temple hall.

It was the gray knights who were wearing the same gray uniforms, or wearing protective gear for training, watching the newcomers take their oaths.

Among them, six god servants with prosthetic limbs instead of broken arms and broken legs, who are more than three meters tall, will become the mentors of these newcomers after the swearing-in ceremony.

"very good!"

At this time, Artemis, who led the twenty newcomers to finish the declaration, stopped pacing, looked down at them who were about to become members of the Gray Knights, and asked the last question:

"Then tell me! Who are you?!"

The loud voice echoed throughout the hall of the temple.

The newcomers who heard the inquiry stood up one after another, held up the power halberd of the Nemesis, and shouted hoarsely:

"We are the nightmares of different dimensions, the hunters of demons, and the gray knights who hunt down monsters for our father!"

It took a long time before the echo produced by the roar stopped in the hall.

The swearing-in ceremony is complete.

The six servants led the new members to walk outside the temple, and Artemis and the gray knights who were watching also left together.

The newcomers will be baptized by the water of the full moon, and then the servants of the gods will teach them about all kinds of demons and receive the physical skills taught by the servants of the gods.

When Artemis and the others left the temple, they walked through the square with marble pillars on both sides, and came to a building that was similar in appearance to the Roman Colosseum, but twice the size.

There is no audience stand that takes up space here, but a training ground covered with fine sand.

Walk into the training ground thoroughly.

A total of less than 600 gray knights scattered in all directions, taking off the special armor designed for them and the melee weapons for training from the metal rack on the edge of the field.

Immediately afterwards, the Gray Knights began the most traditional 1-on-1, 2-on-2, or 1, 2-to-many traditional simulation "competition"...

It is the kind of ordinary people who participate and are destined to die. .

Not only is the attack speed unobservable by ordinary people, but also the occasional psionic suppression and impact. Fortunately, psionic attacks such as lightning and flames are also forbidden by order.

This is why the Astartes will not participate in the UNSC, Auxiliary and Krieger combat exercises.

In fact, Umbrella has a very advanced virtual reality, that is, VR technology.

The most common products for civilian use should be fully immersive viewing and gaming equipment, as well as online games for social use.

In terms of military use, it is used for simulation training.

However, as the chief instructor of the Gray Knights, Artemis, who also has the title of "Goddess of War" among her many titles, prefers this traditional way of regular training when she does not receive support for hunting and expelling demons. The Gray Knights at their best.

Use real attack, touch and pain to find out the weaknesses between brothers, improve each other, and improve tacit understanding.

In the afternoon, Artemis will discuss with the Gray Knights to study tactics against various demons.

When the time came to the night of Titan, the gray knights who had bathed in the water of the full moon would have a certain amount of free time to rest properly and continue to discuss tactics.

From late night to early morning, there will be four hours of sleep time.

The general public and military fans are very curious about the daily routine of the Astartes, and also curious about whether they need to eat and sleep. After all, Umbrella will not publish such information.

But in fact, although the Astartes are existences transcending mortals, they still need to eat and sleep when there is no war or urgent missions.

In order to maintain the best state of their physiological functions, their food intake is far beyond that of ordinary people, and they also need to consume enough special "metal powder".

Adult Astartes who have completed twenty-five operations have implanted a ganglion called "Capson" in their brains, allowing them to control themselves to quickly fall into deep or light sleep, and even meditate to recover energy.

And during wars and missions, the Astartes can continue to fight without sleep, and the "stomach acid" produced by the corroded glands can almost use anything as food.

However, after the war, the Astartes also needed to be repaired.

Although it is different from the existence of the normal legion, the daily routine of the gray knight is not much different from that of the legion brothers.

now.

Artemis was walking slowly through the training ground, sometimes saying in a stern tone;

"Collett, pay attention to your right side! How many times have I reminded you."

"Ran Min, the most suitable style for you is to go forward bravely, not to defend and counterattack."

"Sigis! Your..."

Under normal circumstances, she would use words to point out and improve the Gray Knights' offensive and defensive shortcomings.

Of course, sometimes you can't just rely on talking, she will also give guidance by herself.

Many recruits who were selected to the Gray Knights when they were young adults, when they saw that their chief instructor was the "thin" and "slender" Artemis, they would inevitably feel a little contempt in their hearts.

It wasn't until Artemis personally demonstrated the magic spell, and knocked them down with great speed and absolute strength, that the recruits realized that the title of the Goddess of Hunting was not for nothing.

It was approaching noon on Titan.

The Gray Knights, who finished their regular training, headed to the cafeteria after taking a proper rest.

As for Artemis who has been "humanized", although her body does not need to supplement the so-called calories, nutrients and water, most of the time, she will go to the cafeteria to eat with the gray knights.

Only this time, a civilian soldier in charge of assisting the Gray Knights walked to the training ground and saluted her:

"Sir, the chairman will hold a video conference with you in fifteen minutes."

"Video conference? Okay, I see, you can go to work first."

"Yes, sir."

After finishing the conversation with the civilian soldier, Artemis broke away from the crowd, walked to the office building on the east side of the base, and finally came to her exclusive office.

Immediately afterwards, she called up the holographic screen to join the designated channel, tidied up her hairstyle and clothes, and waited patiently to ensure her appearance was intact.

It didn't take long.

The holographic device in the office resembled Sui Bian dressed in a black uniform, and said to her: "Artemis, the company's supervision department will carry out hunting operations against low-level and medium-threat demons, and be prepared to carry out all the time. Prepare for support."

"Hunting?" Artemis was taken aback.

Before she could ask why, Sui Bian continued: "After the Arcadia incident, those young people wandering between different spaces and the physical universe have already noticed the existence of human beings.

Moreover, the current counterattack expedition is coming to an end, and the Sangheili family will continue to solve the remnants of the Covenant Empire for us, giving us time to recuperate.

So, it's time to get rid of those little ones. "

"Understood." Artemis nodded lightly and said, "I will make the Gray Knights ready to hunt and kill those ugly guys."

"Also." Sui Bian added: "The three Stealth-class warships that Zhiyuan Star Shipyard is in charge of will be completed soon, and they will be sent to your Titan Star at that time."

"Thank you, boss." Artemis thanked with a chuckle.

"Well, then I will leave it to you, the goddess of hunting, to support the Supervision Department."

"Do not worry."

"Okay." After finishing speaking, Sui Bian took the initiative to dissipate the imaging, allowing Artemis' office to return to tranquility.

"..." She fell into silence thoughtfully.

After a while, he said to himself: "Hunting... I don't know how strong he is now, when will he be able to enter the different space."

Although Artemis no longer cares about the gods of Olympus and the fall of her father Zeus, her hatred for different spaces is more than that.

But Artemis knows that with her strength, no matter whether she still has spiritual power (divine power), once she enters a different space, the result will be a dead end.

That's why she pinned her hope of avenging her father on Sui Bian.

Relieved the mood.

Instead of dwelling on the past, Artemis sat behind her desk, called up the holographic screen, and used her authority to check the latest actions of the Supervision Department.

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Shortly after the end of the video conference.

Located below Raccoon City, it is also the "hometown" where Sui Bian controlled the entire Umbrella, the third underground floor of the brood.

In the proving ground of one of the high-tech research and development areas, there are nearly two hundred researchers in white coats.

This group of scholars representing the most cutting-edge in various fields of human beings is gathering in the center of the venue at this time.

There are Wang Zhaofeng, whose hairstyle is still "Mediterranean", and William Birken, who has messed up his hairstyle and doesn't care about details.

There was also Birken's colleague Ziegler Cage, and Rebecca and Alexia who were in charge of educating Astartes recruits.

The only special researcher is the plague doctor who wears a hood and a beak mask.

Surrounded by them, the alternative "experts" responsible for answering all kinds of doubts are memory storage bodies recovered by Leon and Magnus.

crowd periphery.

To maintain the security of the site, some of the elite security guards equipped with TPS power armor and laser rifles are led by Jack Krause, and the security guards from Rockford Island.

Further outside, it was Sui Bian and his two secretaries, quietly watching the people caught up in the heated discussion.

Now, as he said to Artemis, the "counterattack expedition" that lasted more than ten days is coming to an end.

The five mixed fleets led by Robert and John only captured fourteen galaxies on the edge of the human territory, serving as a buffer zone during the expedition.

According to Sui Bian's consistent style of conduct, it should be that as long as he "sees" "things" that are beneficial to the company and mankind, he will not hesitate to occupy and plunder them.

If it cannot be obtained, then Sui Bian would rather destroy it.

In terms of occupying more territory, Sui Bian had more than enough energy, after all, the current total population of human beings has not broken through the 100 billion mark, only more than 90 billion.

It sounds like a lot, but before contacting the Covenant Empire, within the sphere of influence owned by humans, there were still 45% of the universe that had not been colonized or mined.

Even the original power has not been fully digested, and now it is "forced" to expand the territory. It is true that it has reached the limit that humans can absorb, otherwise the population will be too sparsely distributed.

So take it when you see it.

Robert and John’s strategic policy has changed from occupation to guerrilla attack. Relying on the information provided by the City of Fraternity, they will only select the galaxy that has exported various materials and warships to the Covenant Empire, and carry out devastating damage.

Of course, this move also aroused the last loyalists of the Covenant Empire. The total number of warships remained at nearly 5,000. They were originally used to chase and encircle the United Fleet that escorted the City of Fraternity.

The ghost-faced beasts in charge of commanding the joint fleet were arranged by the prophet and the three priests to the command class, and their loyalty was much more stable than those ghost-faced beasts who took the opportunity to be warlords.

Seeing that human beings took away the City of Fraternity under their noses, in order to save the rule of the covenant empire, and also to avenge their shame, they pursued the five mixed fleets.

The Primarchs reacted immediately.

The mixed fleet led by John and Russ acted as a bait, actively exposed their whereabouts, and appeared within the gravitational range of a planet similar to the covenant arsenal.

When the vengeful United Fleet came to encircle and suppress, Robert, Angron, and Sanguinius, who had been waiting for a long time on the outskirts of the galaxy, immediately used the leap flight to complete the encirclement of the United Fleet five times their size.

Compared with the one-to-three battle of the Retribution against the Moore Fleet, the situation should be more severe.

but……

The Punishment is just a Paris-class frigate, and Gabriel and other reservists are equipped with ceramic armor.

Taking advantage of the short-term panic caused by the enemy's surprise attack, the Primarchs directly fired a salvo of electromagnetic main guns.

Thousands of 3-ton, 5-ton, and even 25-ton projectiles emit a very representative blue light trajectory, "shine" among the combined fleet of Brutes.

Especially with the ghost-faced beast as the flagship, dozens of super aircraft carriers with a length of more than 30 kilometers have become the primary targets of the projectile concentrated fire attack.

What followed were plasma secondary cannons of various calibers.

And, when the battleships began to shoot at each other, and the situation was extremely chaotic, the carrier-based aircraft formation led by the two gods escorted the Thunder transport plane on which the two Primarchs and the Astartes took, and headed towards the sixteen ships. Without the protection of its shield, the supercarrier with the "door open" rushed away.

During this period.

The divine body of Sanguinius flaps its white and flawless wings like an angel, "swimming" in the space of silent and fierce battles.

at the same time.

With the physical enhancement provided by the body of God, and without the spiritual power suppression from the Flood, Sanguinius directly released a special spiritual power barrier that could cover and protect the entire formation.

According to the analysis of the video data of the battle, it can be known that the spiritual energy barrier released by using the body of a god as an amplifier is composed of countless "◇" diamond-shaped blocks that radiate dazzling golden light.

And it's not just the "shield" that emits golden light, but also the psionic arrows shot from the hunting bow, its maximum power is no less than that of a 5-ton electromagnetic gun.

Compared with his younger brother's excellence, the body of God driven by John is "ordinary".

It has no wings that can violate common sense and rules. The back is powered by a nuclear fusion engine, and there are nozzles in the gaps and joints of the outer armor to adjust its posture and direction in a weightless vacuum environment.

But with the spear of fear that once belonged to Ares, the god of war, and the caliber of the naval gun, it is also a plasma "rifle" powered by the nuclear fusion engine on the back...

John and Sanguinius destroyed all the guys who tried to block along the way, creating an excellent opportunity for the Thunder formation to jump and plunder.