Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Inside the command center of the Ministry of Intelligence.

Nearly a hundred staff sat behind their consoles, watching the holographic screen showing the real-time situation of the entire colony.

Standing in the center, Director Joel Miller, who looked middle-aged in appearance, ordered after hearing the report:

"Put the intelligence agent's physical data on the main screen and contact him."

"Yes." The staff began to execute.

I saw the agent's data appear on the main screen...

Elena Charles De.

25 years old.

UMID-171339.

(Umbrella Intelligence Department / Umbrella Intelligence Department)

There are basic information such as name, age, employee number, etc., but the physiological status is displayed in red "no signal".

This means that all the nanorobots injected into the intelligence agent's body were disconnected almost at the same time.

To achieve such an effect, it is nothing more than being deliberately shielded from the transmission signal, or being subjected to some kind of high-energy attack, such as the large-caliber plasma artillery regiment "evaporating" the intelligence personnel, and not even a single nano-robot remains.

Otherwise, if the intelligence officer dies or is seriously injured, the local intelligence department will be able to receive the implementation information.

only…

Electricity-related accidents are also not ruled out, but such cases are rare.

It didn't take long for Elena Charles de's physiological data to come online again, and everything was as usual, the only exception was a slight burn on her right hand.

The staff also reported again: "Director Miller, Charles De intelligence agent sent a communication request."

"Connected." Miller said immediately.

"yes."

Soon, the screen on the main screen switched, showing a young Elena wearing a safety helmet and stained overalls with a dirty face.

At this moment, the intelligence agent was in a dimly lit power distribution room.

Seeing that the communication was connected, Miller asked, "Charles de, please explain why your nanorobots went offline five minutes ago."

"Yes..." Yi Lianna immediately raised her sleeve and right hand with blackened gloves, and explained with some embarrassment:

"Sir, just now I did a routine inspection according to the requirements of the neighboring class. A small accident happened unexpectedly. It may be because of this, and..."

As Elena said, she put down her right hand first, then picked up an empty small syringe, and showed Miller:

"Sir, I've injected the backup robot."

Hearing this, Miller nodded lightly, and continued to ask: "Is there any discovery in the Assis mine? Can you confirm the abnormal phenomenon?"

The Assis Mine they are talking about is actually an asteroid with a diameter of "only" nine kilometers located in the asteroid belt of the colonized galaxy.

The colony galaxy they are in is called "Calisto", which is about 460 light-years away from the solar system. It is placed on a flat star map for observation. The galaxy is located in the "lower right corner" of the solar system.

It is one of the many newly developed colonies in the past thirty years. It belongs to the "Oslo" star area where the Space Wolves sit. Its governor is the fourth son of Sui Bian, Ruth.

Today, on June 25, 2089, Callisto has a population of 800 million, mostly concentrated on the second-orbit, planet-terraforming colonized planets.

And about ten million people are concentrated in the asteroid belt between the third orbit and the fourth orbit, because there are rich rare metals here.

However, Assis, where Elena is located, was managed and constructed by unofficial companies other than UEG and Umbrella because it could not meet the specifications for building an asteroid colony.

At present, there are about 9,000 family members of miners, engineers and other employees who have lived in Assis for a long time.

The company in charge of Assis will send three transport ships every three months to transport all kinds of materials to Assis, and then transport away the excavated minerals.

Before the transport ship arrives or leaves, Assis is equivalent to a state of isolation.

If the mine can come in and out at will, then the company will have to worry.

However, employees and their family members can submit an application to the company and leave Assis with the transport ship that arrives on time every three months.

And Elena is a young intelligence agent stationed in Assis, and the only one. After all, this is just a mine with a scale of 9,000 people.

But not long ago, Elena reported that the number of fights and quarrels in Assis increased dramatically.

It may be an abnormality, or it may be just a mental illness caused by a simple sense of depression. You must know that fights and quarrels often occur in small mines.

And this kind of incident does not require the action of the sheriff, let alone the intervention of Umbrella, and the armed security guards of the major companies can stabilize the situation.

Hearing Miller's question, Elena shook her head lightly and said, "It's not sure yet, sir, but I will continue to investigate, please rest assured."

Miller frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Your ability alone is limited. I will send another intelligence agent to sneak into Assis secretly to assist you in the investigation and thoroughly confirm whether there is any abnormal phenomenon."

"Thank you for your assistance, sir." Elena said happily.

"Well, keep in touch," Miller said.

"yes."

After speaking, Elena ended the communication.

Miller turned his head to look to the right, and ordered to the staff member who had reported on Elena's condition:

"Contact the captain of the Pirate, and say that the intelligence department needs to help with the courier business. Also, inform Lin and let him get ready to go to Assis."

"Yes, Director."

Although Miller felt that he only counted the internship period, Irina, who had just been an intelligence officer for less than two years, was overly nervous and regarded the violent incidents caused by conventional mental illnesses as abnormal phenomena.

But to be on the safe side, Miller is still planning to send one of the most experienced local intelligence agents to Assis immediately to conduct an in-depth investigation.

finished ordering.

Miller continued to focus his mind and energy on the entire Callisto galaxy through the main screen and other secondary screens.

A colony galaxy with 800 million people is more important than Assis, where 9,000 people live.

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…

Three hours later.

Between the third and fourth orbits of the Callisto Galaxy, outside the asteroid belt.

A steadfast-class frigate belonging to the Space Wolves Corps ended its "crushed" and "stretched" jump voyage, and chose to park in this space domain.

"She" is the pirate in charge of defending the low-earth orbit of the colonized planet.

Inside the hangar.

A Yuou V-type transport aircraft for reconnaissance started the engine, closed the tail hatch, and was guided by the ground crew holding red light sticks in both hands, leaving the deck and driving slowly towards the air valve.

However, before passing through the insulating film of the air valve, Yuou V activated the optical camouflage function, left the hangar in a hidden state, and went to outer space to Assis in the asteroid belt.

In the cabin, only one "passenger" sat by the rear hatch.

The "passenger" is wearing a black pressure-preserving protective suit, the helmet is placed on the seat next to the left hand, and there is a portable black equipment box at the foot.

Moreover, this "passenger" had slightly longer black hair, and his facial features were tough, but his eyes were lifeless, showing no energy.

He was the intelligence agent surnamed Lin who was going to assist Elena in investigating the abnormality according to Miller's order.

At this moment, Lin was looking at the individual soldier screen on his right wrist. He swipe the screen with his left index finger, repeatedly reading the relevant information about the Assis Mine, as well as the various information submitted by Elena, as well as the information of Elena herself. .

Time passed quickly in silence.

Nearly forty minutes later.

"Beep!"

Accompanied by a piercing sound, the warning light on the upper end of the hatch lights up red.

Seeing this, Lin turned off the individual screen, picked up the helmet next to the seat, put it on, and said "Ci~!", which means that the helmet and protective clothing have been sealed.

Immediately afterwards, the pilot's joking words came from the helmet's built-in communication, saying:

"This flight is expected to arrive at the end of the journey in 75 seconds, so please prepare your passengers and remember to give our crew a good review."

"Hehe, yes." Lin said with a deep smile.

Callisto Intelligence has a good relationship with the Viking and another Steadfast belonging to the Space Wolves.

Therefore, these two firm-class ships often assist the intelligence department in carrying out various tasks, and of course they also make some innocuous jokes.

soon.

The cabin lights were turned off one by one, leaving only the warning light on the top of the cabin door, still flashing red light, and at the same time, the cabin began to depressurize.

Seventy-five seconds passed.

The warning light turned from red to green, and then turned off immediately, making the entire cabin completely dark, but the opening of the cabin door showed Lin the vast starry sky, and the asteroid with gray and rough surface below the Yuou V. Sith.

See here.

Lin's left hand turned on the magnetic adsorption, held the portable equipment box, and bent his knees with a little force, "drifted" out of the cabin, and came to the universe alone without distinction between east, west, north, and south.

Floating more than ten meters away, he used the two small air jets on his back to adjust his direction, maintaining a height of three or four meters from the surface of Assis and moving forward at a constant speed.

During this period, the pilot had already closed the hatch, driving the Yuou V, which was still hidden, and continued to watch Lin until Lin came to a low building area exposed to the outside, and used the shadow to reach the entrance of one of the air valves.

And the air valve was opened by someone from the inside, allowing Lin to enter the interior of Assis.

After confirming that the whole process was correct and that no distress signal was heard, the pilot drove Yuou V back to the voyage.

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…

In the isolation compartment of the gas valve.

Feeling the gravity again, Lin stood in the center, waiting for the cabin to be pressurized.

Not long after, the person who assisted him in manually opening the air valve saw that after the pressurization was completed, he manually opened the isolation hatch door again, so that Lin could completely enter Assis.

Get out of the isolation cabin.

Go to the inner corridor.

Lin saw a trolley for cleaning in front of the terminal on the left hand side, and Elena who was wearing dark red work clothes with a dignified expression, and was alert to Elena on both sides of the corridor.

Seeing Lin walk out of the isolation cabin, she quickly operated the terminal to close the cabin door.

Lin took off his helmet without waiting for the other party's reminder, opened the lid of the cart and threw it in, then quickly took off his protective clothing, and stuffed the portable equipment box into the cart.

Lin, who has no protective clothing, is wearing work clothes similar to Elena's, but it is yellow to represent the cleaners, and the clothes are stained, worn and other small details.

Seeing that Lin only took more than ten seconds to complete the change, Yi Lianna shrugged her shoulders down, as if she was finally relieved, and wanted to say something.

But Lin glanced at the monitor at the end of the corridor, which was still operating "normally", held the handle of the cart, and said in a low voice: "I have something to say later, let's go first."

"Yes." Elena nodded in agreement.

Next, Lin followed Elena, who was familiar with the place, and tried to avoid surveillance as much as possible to go deep into it.

The corridors and passages in most areas of the Assis Mine are very narrow, and the lights are dim, which is indeed easy to cause related diseases such as claustrophobia.

Since it was "night", they didn't meet many people, and they didn't attract attention. After all, at this o'clock, people either went back to their dormitories to rest, accompanied their families, or went to the entertainment area outsourced by the company to drink and eat with their workers. , for various recreational projects.

Even though this period of time is not peaceful and stressful, people still use alcohol and pleasure to temporarily escape their distress.

Even the security guards sitting in the monitoring room who have dealt with many violent incidents may be dozing off at the moment, unable to concentrate on the monitoring screen and wait for the shift change in the near future.

This is convenient for Elena, who understands the rules, to act secretly, prepare the cart, and then use the intelligence agent's exclusive mobile phone to interfere with the surveillance cameras along the way, allowing Lin to sneak into Assis smoothly.

When we came to the messy corridor with different widths, the dormitory area numbered "06", the number of people began to increase.

There were drunk miners with their shoulders hooked up, and employees’ wives with babies in their arms. They stopped complaining about their husbands, left the spacious and bright square with a lot of green vegetation, and hurried back to their dormitories.

At this time, Lin and Irina entered the cleaning room.

Lock the hatch.

Turn on the lights.

Irina showed undisguised admiration, stretched out her right hand and smiled, "Irina Charles, it is my honor to have your assistance, sir!"

Lin also stretched out his right hand, shook hands with him and responded, "Lin Shunsheng, it should be my honor to cooperate with you."

"No, no, I'm still far from sir, sir, you have dealt with dozens of infiltration incidents by alien forces, and you even have the title of "Judger of the Night", and I just finished my internship, the first one I reported An abnormal event, and it is very likely that it is a fuss..."

Yi Lianna let go of her hand, shaking her head again and again and speaking a series of words.

In the end, she also said to Lin extremely respectfully: "I hope the officer will not be angry at my gaffe. In fact, when I was receiving training, I took the officer as the goal I was fighting for."

"..."

Lin still had the dull eyes, but with a faint smile that didn't seem to be fake, he withdrew his right hand and said:

"You are still young, and you will become an excellent intelligence agent sooner or later. Besides, for people like us, the slightest abnormality should be infinitely valued, so you did the right thing."

With that said, Lin lifted the cart cover, took out the protective clothing, squatted on the ground to fold it, and continued:

"Pack these things into your cabin first, and then make an investigation plan."

"Yes, sir." Yi Lianna accepted the order and helped to clean up.

When there was no one outside, the two of them left the cleaning room and walked into Elena's bedroom calmly.

At this time, most of the lights in the dormitory area have been turned off, and it has completely entered the night mode, and the surroundings have fallen into silence, but there is faintly explosive music coming from the entertainment area in the distance.

However…

"Ah! AH! Get away from me and the kids! You're not Todd! You're not! Help!"

The woman's panic scream broke the tranquility here.