Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Inside the Intelligence Department Command Center.

Nearly a hundred staff sat on their consoles and watched the holographic screen showing the real-time situation of the entire colony.

And standing in the central position, director Joel Miller, who looks like a middle-aged man, heard the report and ordered:

"Put the intelligence officer's body data on the main screen and contact him."

"Yes." The staff proceeded to execute.

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

Elena Charles De.

25 years old.

UMID-171339.

(UmbrellaIntelligenceDepartment/Umbrella Intelligence Department)

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

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

To achieve this effect, it is nothing more than deliberately blocking the transmission signal, or suffering some kind of high-energy attack, such as the large-caliber plasma artillery group "vaporizing" the intelligence officer, and not even a single nano-robot is left.

Otherwise, the intelligence officer died or was seriously injured, and the local intelligence department would be able to receive the implementation information.

only…

Electricity-related accidents cannot be ruled out, but such situations are rare. .

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

And the staff also reported again: "Director Miller, Charles Dean intelligence sent a communication request."

"Connected." Miller said immediately.

"Yes."

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

At this moment, the intelligence officer is in a dimly lit power distribution room.

Seeing that the communication was connected, Miller asked: "Charlesde, please explain the situation when your nano-robots were collectively disconnected five minutes ago."

"Yes..." Irina immediately raised her sleeves and gloves with blackened right hand, and explained somewhat embarrassedly:

"Sir, I did a routine inspection just now as requested by the neighboring class. I didn't expect a small accident. Maybe it's because of this, and..."

Elena said, put down her right hand first, then picked up a small syringe that was already empty, and showed Miller:

"Sir, I've injected a spare robot."

Hearing this, Miller nodded lightly and continued to ask: "Has the Assis mine been found? Can you confirm the abnormal phenomenon?"

What they call the Assis mine is actually an asteroid "only" nine kilometers across in the colony's asteroid belt.

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

It is one of many newly developed colonies in the past 30 years. It belongs to the "Oslo" star area where the Space Wolves reside. 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 a second orbit, planet-transformed colonized planet.

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

However, Assis, where Elena is located, failed to meet the specifications for building an asteroid colony, so it was managed and constructed by unofficial companies other than UEG and Umbrella.

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

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

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

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

However, employees and their families 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 officer stationed in Assis, and the only intelligence officer. After all, this is only a mine with a scale of 9,000 people.

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

It may be abnormal, 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 sheriff to take action, let alone Umbrella's intervention, and the gun-wielding security guards of the major companies can stabilize the situation.

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

Miller frowned slightly, thought for a while, and said, "You have limited ability alone. I will send another intelligence officer to sneak into Assis secretly to assist you in your investigation and thoroughly confirm whether there is any abnormality."

"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 the previous staff member who reported on Elena's condition:

"Contact the captain of the pirate and say that the intelligence department needs to help with a courier service, and inform Lin to get him ready to go to Assis."

"Yes, Director."

Although Miller felt that he only counted the internship period, and had just served as an intelligence officer for less than two years, Elena, who belonged to the "rookie" ranks, was overly nervous, and regarded the violence caused by conventional mental illness as an abnormal phenomenon.

But to be on the safe side, Miller is still going to send one of the most experienced intelligence officers in the area to immediately rush to Assis to conduct an in-depth investigation.

Finished.

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

A colonized galaxy with 800 million people is more important than Assis, which is inhabited by 9,000 people.

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three hours later.

The outer asteroid belt between the third and fourth orbits of the Callisto system.

A firm-class frigate belonging to the Space Wolves Legion has ended the "flattened" and "stretched" jumping voyage and chose to moor in this space.

"She" is the Viking in charge of defending the low-Earth orbit of colonized planets.

Inside the hangar.

A Yu-Europe V-type transport plane for reconnaissance started the engine, closed the tail hatch, guided by the ground crew with red light sticks in both hands, left the deck and drove slowly towards the air valve.

However, before passing through the insulating film of the air valve, Yuou V launched the optical camouflage function, used the concealed state to leave the hangar, and went to outer space to Assis in the asteroid belt.

In the cabin, only one "passenger" sat next to the tailgate.

Valley

The "passenger" was wearing a black pressure-retaining protective suit, with a helmet on the seat next to his left hand, and a portable black gear box at his feet.

Moreover, this "passenger" has slightly long black hair and strong facial features, but his eyes are dead and lacking in energy.

He was an intelligence officer surnamed Lin who was ready to assist Irina in investigating the anomaly according to Miller's order.

At this moment, Lin is watching the individual soldier screen on his right wrist, and his left index finger touches the screen and swipes, 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.

"Di!"

With a screeching sound, the warning light at the top of the hatch lights up red.

Seeing this, Lin turned off the individual soldier screen, picked up the helmet placed next to the seat, put it on, and made a sound of "Ci~!", indicating that the helmet and the protective suit were completely sealed.

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

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

"Oh, yes." Lin said with a low smile.

Callisto Intelligence is on good terms with the Viking, and another Stealth-class of the Space Wolves.

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

soon.

The cabin lights were turned off in turn, and only the warning light at the top of the cabin door remained, still flashing red, and at the same time, the cabin also began to decompress.

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 a vast starry sky, and below Yuou V, an asteroid with a gray and rough surface. Sith.

See here.

Lin's left hand turned on the magnetic adsorption, held the suitcase tightly, and bent his knees with a little force, "drifted" out of the cabin, and came alone to the cosmic space that does not distinguish between east, west, north and south.

After drifting more than ten meters away, he used the two small air jets on his back to adjust the direction, keeping a constant speed of three or four meters above the surface of Assis.

During this period, the pilot had closed the hatch, driving the still hidden Yuou V, and continued to pay attention to Lin, until Lin came to a low-rise building area exposed on the outside, and used the shadow to reach one of the air valve entrances.

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 no distress signal was heard, the pilot drove the Yuou V to return home.

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in the isolation compartment of the air valve.

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

It didn't take long for the person who assisted him to manually open the air valve, after seeing that the pressurization was completed, he manually opened the isolation hatch again, so that Lin could enter Assis completely.

Get out of the isolation chamber.

Come to the inner corridor.

Lin saw a trolley for cleaning in front of the terminal on the left hand side, as well as wearing dark red overalls, with a solemn expression, alert to Elena on both sides of the corridor.

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

Without waiting for the other party's reminder, Lin took off his helmet, opened the lid of the cart, and threw it in. Then he quickly took off his protective suit and stuffed the suitcase into the cart together.

Lin, who has no protective clothing, is wearing work clothes of a similar style to Elena, but the yellow color representing the cleaners, and the clothes are stained with small details such as stains and wear.

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

However, Lin glanced at the monitor that was still operating "normally" at the end of the corridor, held the handle of the cart, and said in a low voice, "If you have something to say, go first."

"Yeah." Elena nodded in agreement.

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

The corridors and passages in most areas of the Assis mine are very narrow and dimly lit, which is indeed easy to cause claustrophobia and other related diseases.

Since it was "night", they did not meet many people, let alone attract attention. After all, people at this o'clock either went back to their sleeping cabins to rest and accompany their families, or they went to the entertainment area outsourced by the company to drink and eat with their co-workers. , carry out various recreational projects.

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

Even after dealing with many violent incidents, the security guards sitting in the monitoring room may be dozing off at the moment, and they can't do anything to focus on the monitoring screen, waiting for a shift change soon.

It was convenient for Elena, who knew the rules, to act secretly, prepare the cart, and then use the intelligence officer's exclusive mobile phone to interfere with the surveillance cameras along the way, allowing Lin to sneak into Assis without any hindrance.

When I came to the messy corridor, the width was different, and the number of the sleeping area was "06", and the number of people began to increase.

There were drunk miners with their shoulders hooked on their backs, as well as employee wives with babies in their arms. They stopped complaining about their husbands and left the spacious and bright square with lots of green vegetation, and hurried back to their sleeping quarters.

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

Lock the hatch.

Turn on the lights.

Elena showed undisguised admiration, stretched out her right hand with a smile and said, "Irina Charles, it's my honor to have your assistance, sir!"

Lin also stretched out his right hand and shook it in response: "Lin Shunsheng, it should be my honor to cooperate with you."

"No, no, I'm still far from the commander. You have dealt with dozens of infiltration incidents by alien forces, and you have the title of "Judge of the Night", and I just finished my internship and reported the first one. Abnormal events, it is very likely that they are making a big fuss..."

Irina let go of her hand and shook her head in a series of words.

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

"…"

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

"You are still young, and sooner or later you will become an excellent intelligence officer. Besides, for people like us, the slightest abnormality should be given infinite attention, so you are doing the right thing."

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

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

"Yes, sir." Irina answered the order and assisted in tidying up.

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

At this time, most of the lights in the sleeping cabin area have been turned off, and the night mode has been completely entered, and the surroundings have fallen into silence, but the faintly explosive music came 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 silence here.