Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

"Om...! Om~...!"

In the jungle, there was the sound of mosquitoes flying everywhere, and the towering trees and broad branches and leaves blocked the scorching sun.

It was supposed to be cool under the shade of the trees, but now it was extremely hot, and many small animals were lying on the trees away from the ground.

However, large arthropods that prefer humid and dark environments crawl and hunt quickly on the ground without being affected at all.

"Hey...! Boo...!"

Deep in the jungle, the roar of ferocious beasts can be heard from time to time.

"Hey~! Hey~!"

Suddenly, a "figure" flashed across the grass near the lake.

It was only when the figure stopped and squatted halfway beside a tree trunk to observe the surrounding movements that it could be seen clearly.

It is Sarah wearing a jungle camouflage combat uniform, simple armor and other equipment, weapons and a backpack.

She frowned slightly, carefully searching for any threatening targets nearby.

After confirming safety, she got up and left. While approaching the lake, she also took off the water bottle hanging on her side, unscrewed the sealing cap at the bottom of the water bottle, and used the filter to draw lake water for backup.

Calculated according to Earth Day, today is September 10, 2112, and it is also the date for the official collective trial of Astartes recruits this year.

And there is no fixed date for this date, it all depends on what kind of "project" Alexia wants to carry out or "surprise inspection" in which year.

This year's topic is "Seven Days in the Wild in a Prehistoric Jungle".

Of course, Alexia did not restrict the spontaneous hunting and cooperation of recruits, but in this trial, no matter how many beasts they hunted, they would not get bonus points.

So Sarah Kerrigan, who also followed a group of recruits to participate in the trial, is in the jungle at the moment, which is at least 9,000 light-years away from the solar system, a prehistoric jungle located at the edge of the Milky Way.

And Sarah's equipment is too "simple", especially the reason why she doesn't have a breathing mask is also very simple. After all, she has nano-robots in her body to assist in dealing with any harmful microorganisms or parasites.

Umbrella officials are not aware of the "grotesque" that was completely wiped out by Lin Shunsheng, but Sui Bian still ordered the Peruvian Research Center to fully upgrade the nano-robots, and also demanded that the defense be improved, even "aggressive".

It is safest to be prepared.

After the red and white queens were fully upgraded through the machines of Zero One Universe, the nanorobots were also rapidly updated.

Although 100% immunity cannot be achieved, if they encounter "strange" creatures again, the tragedy of the Assis Mine will never be staged again.

Therefore, even if the prehistoric planet has never been transformed by a planetary transformation device, Sarah does not need to worry about the threat of microorganisms and parasites.

At this moment, Sarah tightened the sealing cap and hung the water bottle back on her waist, froze.

He raised his head and stared at the calm lake without any waves.

"..."

But Sarah slowly removed the contracted spear from the right side of the backpack, made a throwing motion and waited patiently, and then...

"Wow~!!" Water splashed everywhere.

"Hiss!!" screamed sharply.

A giant python rushed out of the lake, opened its bloody mouth with fangs, and rushed towards Sarah who was close at hand.

! ! !

The speed of the python is extremely fast. Even though she had prepared in advance, Sarah didn't have the best throwing opportunity at all, so she quickly rolled to the left to avoid the bite of the python, and then used her strength to perform two backflip jumps. Stay away from the lake where you can't let go.

"Clang!"

The moment she stood still, Jean stretched out the sharp blades on both sides of the spear, and threw it with all his might without hesitation.

"Rou~!!"

"Pfft!!"

With a sound of piercing through the air, the spear successfully pierced through the python's right eye, but...

"hiss!!"

"Boom! Boom!"

But this also caused the giant python that had just rushed to the shore of the lake to struggle frantically, slapping the ground with its huge body, trying to destroy everything nearby.

Taking advantage of the scabbard on the left side of the backpack, Sarah pulled out the gap of the star light sword, and Sarah finally witnessed its full view.

The dark green body is at least 30 meters long, and it has a width that can only be embraced by four adults. Even if the auxiliary army is fully armed and equipped with power armor, if it fights this giant python at close range, it will be easy for a little carelessness. will be swallowed by it.

"Hahahaha, today's dinner is settled!! Don't run away!"

But Sarah, who was born as a wild wolf, let out a roar of extreme excitement, ran quickly, dodged the chaotic whips and slams, and jumped straight from the blind spot of the python's right eye!

"Crack!!"

The starlight sword was successfully inserted into the python's skull, and Sarah also held the hilt tightly with her left hand, using it as a point of leverage, hanging her whole body on the giant python's body, re-holding the first spear with her right hand, and pushing hard .

"puff!!"

The blood gushed out unstoppably.

"hiss!!"

The severe pain and the threat of death made the giant python struggle even more crazily.

However, Sarah would not let go easily, and continued to use the first spear that pierced into the brain tissue of the python, constantly adjusting the angle to expand the injury.

It wasn't until the giant python raised its head and wanted to roar, but couldn't make any more movements, and collapsed to the ground with a "plop!!", Sarah pulled out the star light sword and telescopic spear and jumped back to the ground.

However, when she returned to the ground, she didn't intend to stop attacking at all, and continued to destroy the python's brain through the opening of her right eye.

Make up.

The first lesson Sarah learned from Genlo and the wolves was the importance of last hitting.

After she confirmed that the giant python would not suddenly "defraud the corpse" to attack, Sarah finally stopped the knife-making action.

Next, she put away her weapon, hummed a song and used a dagger to skin and cut the flesh with ease, put the large piece of snake skin with hard scales into her backpack, took enough snake meat, and left the lake satisfied.

After all, living with wild wolves, skinning and bone removal is the basic skill, and the giant python looks very intimidating, but it actually poses no threat to Sarah at all.

If it wasn't for the trial that strictly prohibited the use of psionic energy, this giant python would have died even faster.

When Sarah walked away.

At some point, Nova, who was wearing a black HES and a blond ponytail, was standing on the other side of the lake with her hands folded on her chest, looking at the corpse of the giant python with a smile on her face.

It seems to have a panoramic view of the whole process of Sarah's duel with the python.

There was a moment of silence.

Nova looked in the direction where Sarah disappeared, turned on the headset communication, and talked to someone:

"Sir, that child's courage, speed, and reaction were beyond my expectations. It was the first life-and-death battle, and he didn't seem to have any psychological pressure. It seems that the wild wolf taught that child well, but he lacked some actual combat experience.

psionic?

Hmm... That child's self-control is also very good, and he didn't release the slightest psionic energy fluctuations during the whole process, um... I see, I will continue to observe, please rest assured, yes, sir. "

End the conversation.

When the words fell, Nova was nowhere to be seen by the lake, as if she had never been here before.

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night.

"Aww!"

"Roar!!"

The roars in the jungle became clearer and more frequent than during the daytime, and there were battle cries like "Die!" and "Ah!!"

It seems that some Astartes recruits regard this "survival trial" as a "hunting operation", even when night falls, they continue to fight tirelessly.

At this time, in a clearing in the jungle, there was the sound of flames beating like "crack~crack~!"

I saw a bonfire rising from the front of a huge boulder protruding from the ground, and Sarah took off her backpack and put it beside her, sat cross-legged without caring about her image, and then pierced the snake with a branch cut by a dagger , have a bush barbecue.

"Hey...~! Hey!!"

The snake meat gradually cooked, and when the fat dripped onto the campfire, it also intensified the flames.

After enjoying the not-so-good barbecue meal, Sarah opened the kettle lid and took a sip, wiped her mouth with the back of her left hand, leaned on the boulder and looked up at the night sky of alien stars, and said with emotion:

"It would be great if there was wine. Wine is simply not enough, alas."

Sarah turned her head to look at the backpack, and said to herself again: "I wonder if the battalion commander and the others like snakeskin?"

Relaxed for a moment.

Sarah was about to get up and put out the bonfire, but she seemed to have sensed something, and quickly raised her head, looking up at the starry sky again.

But this time, instead of relaxing and admiring, it is about vigilant observation, trying to observe the situation outside the atmosphere with the naked eye.

Suddenly, hundreds of strange sights of "parallel meteors" appeared in the night sky.

? !

What's happening here? !

Although the distance is extremely far, which makes the psychic perception somewhat blurred, Sarah knows that those "parallel meteors" are the effect produced by using a "ship" similar to a warp speed engine to end the superluminal voyage.

Which race scout fleet?

Because psychic perception also told her that this unknown fleet has emotions of "colonization", "preparation for war", and even mixed with "fear".

colonial?

Prepare for war?

Soon, countless "shooting stars" appeared in a flash.

At a glance, you can tell that it is a variety of carrier-based aircraft and transport aircraft that have left the hangar and are trying to enter the atmosphere.

"Fucking extraterrestrial bastards!" Sarah, who had figured out the situation, blurted out swear words.

Then she stepped on the bonfire, carried her backpack, and took out the individual computer to check it.

As soon as the screen lit up, the first notice displayed was "The trial is cancelled, all recruits please return to the base by themselves and wait for follow-up instructions."

At the same time, the thumbnail map displayed on the screen also began to provide more detailed and effective information, such as which recruits and friendly units are nearby, or which areas have dangerous creatures, etc.

Read the notice and map.

Sarah put away the individual computer, no longer considering the limitations of spiritual power, and immediately ran towards the base where the space gate was located.

During this time, she met...

It should be said that she sensed that there were many Astartes recruits running past her at a fast speed. Due to the cover of the dense forest, she didn't even see the backs of the recruits.

It didn't take long for Sarah to vaguely hear the sound of an explosion like thunder, and the night sky was also filled with the flames of many explosions.

It seems that the base's flying squadron has already started a confrontation with unknown forces, and the battle is fierce.

At this time.

A transport boat with a sharp appearance, but it does not belong to any type of human beings. The tail engine dragged thick smoke, lost its balance, and rolled over Sarah's head.

"Boom! Boom——!"

In the end, the transport boat crashed to the ground, destroying all trees in its path and crushing any animals that could not dodge.

Sensing strong emotions obliquely ahead, Sarah immediately changed her direction and moved forward along the "trajectory" smashed by the transport boat.

The closer she got to the crash site, the more she could perceive the emotions of the unknown alien. At the same time, she also sensed that three Astartes recruits had already arrived there first.

"Da... da..." Gunshots resembling laser series erupted suddenly.

Sensing that the recruits began to confront the aliens, Sarah quickened her pace again, and finally came to the vicinity of the crash site.

Look away.

A large number of humanoid aliens wearing bright yellow power armor and holding guns poured out of the severely damaged transport boat.

The three recruits, on the other hand, could only fight with the existing cold weapons, and one of them raised his spear high, swung it back, and then threw it forward.

"call out!!"

"Pfft!! Nail!!"

The spear made a sound like a sonic boom, and it streaked across the afterimage in the flames, immediately smashing through a strange-shaped power armor, and the spear directly nailed it to the outer wall of the transport boat.

The other two recruits unfolded their double-edged wrist knives to avoid the projectiles emitting blue light. After a few sprints, they rushed into the frontmost pile of aliens and started melee combat.

"Boom!"

"Bah!"

In the blink of an eye, the two recruits used extremely brutal means of splitting, cutting in half, tearing apart, etc., but extremely efficient to deal with dozens of aliens.

Lavender blood splattered everywhere.

"what!!"

The aliens obviously had never encountered an enemy like the Astartes, and they yelled and wanted to escape.

But turning around and running away would expose the Astartes' defenseless backs, a move that was foolish and would only hasten their death.

But it is worth mentioning that their melee combat, especially when equipped with power armor with power boosters, is still vulnerable to a single blow. On the other hand, the accuracy of long-distance combat is very good, at least able to hit the three recruits who launched the attack .

The blue light beams emitted from their guns can easily melt through simple armor and defenseless combat uniforms, and severely burn the recruits' skin.

After all, the Astartes who lack Thor's Hammer and Tao Gang Armor will be greatly reduced in defense. Besides, these three "children" who are inexperienced and only know how to charge with brute force are seventeen or eighteen-year-old "children".

then…

Swish——!

With a flash of silver light, all the humanoid aliens on the scene stopped attacking and froze in place, and then...

"Pong~! Pong~!"

All the aliens were like a balloon filled with water, bursting and cracking from the inside to the outside at the same time, spilling blood, and extinguishing the nearby burning flames.

? ?

The three recruits were taken aback.

At this time, Sarah, who released the "silver light" impact with the Starlight Sword, ran to the side of the three and asked, "Are you all right?"

"Thank you very much." A recruit recognized Sarah and expressed his gratitude immediately.

"I didn't expect you to have such a powerful psionic reaction with such a small body. I admire you a lot, and thank you for your help, hahaha!" Another recruit laughed boldly.

"..."

The last recruit did not speak, but went straight to a pool of corpses, squatted on the ground, and stretched out his hands together to forcefully break off the power armor helmet, removing the dark blue to purple skin, and the nose without bridge structure. The alien appearance was exposed to everyone present.

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