From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 240 "Night City" (two in one)

"The hub area of ​​the ruins base has arrived. Please pay attention to your belongings and leave the carriage in an orderly manner."

As the maglev train completed its parking, the radio issued another reminder.

Soap, Ghost, and Xiaoqiang each walked out of the carriage carrying their own travel bags, and came to the platform with a group of colleagues from the armed forces.

While the three of them were following the "large army", they could also see the engineering team driving the engineering mecha, unloading the containers with the Atlas logo onto the platform.

Some containers also have words such as "new firearms", "new equipment" and "condensed matter batteries" printed on them.

Seeing this, Soap tightened the strap with his right hand, carried the travel bag on his right shoulder, and sighed to the two people beside him:
"I think the equipment of our advance team was the most advanced in the company's armed department. I wonder if it can be upgraded for this operation."

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Xiaoqiang nodded in agreement.

"Hazardous environment work clothes are indeed a bit backward." Ghost also feels that the company has been out of date for some time.
No, it must have been a long time since the weapons and equipment of their advance team were updated.

"enjoy your meal."

Some male soldiers also thought that there might be some "accidental encounter".

As for the ghost, he lifted half of his mask and didn't make any noise like the two friends.

Soap said to the bartender, and sat on the high stool with Ghost and Xiaoqiang.

Even so, there are still people who are willing to continue to "rush" forward.

It is said that the boss returned to Universe 08 (Halo) immediately after opening the space door. However, the Intelligence Department must have received a tip from the boss, and they must have known about the situation there earlier than the Investigation Department. "

The three of them and a group of colleagues from the Armed Forces took the rail train to the main body of the ruins base, and then transferred to the exclusive living area of ​​the Armed Forces, where they placed their belongings in the temporary dormitories arranged by the company.

Moreover, the moral concept of elves is that as long as they identify their partner, they will stay together forever. Even if their partner dies, they will not remarry easily.

"Price is so old," Soap complained again:

After all, there are many female elites in the armed forces, and more importantly...
Maybe there will be female elves from Terraira!

"Gulu.Gulu~!"

"If it weren't for the boss, the three of us might have stayed in the SAS and carried out those unjust tasks provoked by the rich and powerful."

Nearly three years have passed since the company fully integrated Terraira in Universe 07.

Beep-beep-.

Soap drank the gin in one gulp and said cheerfully again:

At this point, it is a "critical blow" to humans living in different universes.

"The average age is over a hundred years old", "simple mind", "has the appearance and figure of an angel"——

"Yeah." The ghost responded softly and continued:
"This seems to be the first time that the boss has not directly participated in the exploration of the new universe. It indirectly shows that the humans in Universe 09 are far inferior to the company in terms of overall strength."

The Engineering Department employs many dwarves who are good at forging and construction, while elves who are good at close combat and have excellent eyesight naturally join the Armed Department.

So after placing their belongings properly, the three of them prepared to go to the bar in the living area to have a drink and reminisce about the past, while waiting for the latest progress of the advance team and investigators, so that they would have enough when they rushed to Universe 09. intelligence support.

"Although I am almost 50 years old, I am always fighting on the front line and taking the initiative to work overtime. I can't stand it.

Soap smiled at the bartender and drank half the glass in one gulp.

"Ok."

Of course, elves are not all good.

"According to the analysis of the images and video data sent to us by Price, the Earth in Universe 09 should be a world in the near future." The ghost answered the question and said:
"The Investigation Department has dispatched investigators to the city closest to the space gate to conduct penetration investigation."

Soldiers affiliated with emergency countermeasures and rapid response units also choose to come here to drink and chat in order to better relax their tense nerves during their breaks.

If it weren't for the strict requirements of crossing the space gate, the vast majority of employees would want to be transferred to Universe 07.

Xiaoqiang also closed his eyes tightly and took a long breath.

Because the frontline base is still under construction, and the orders they received are:
"Please move to the frontline base of Universe 3 before 9:10 on March 00th in the main universe."

Their stubborn personality makes it difficult for them to change their living habits. Moreover, if their partner cheats, they may take more "crazy" revenge.

It's just that everyone is tacitly understanding it.

Next to the bar at this time.

Soon after, in a bar officially opened by the company;
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It's not as noisy as outside bars and nightclubs, but more soothing music is played here.

After putting down the wine glass, he said cheerfully: "It's great! When I was at home, I was not allowed to touch the wine at all! Now I am finally liberated!"

"Thanks man."

The bartender also placed transparent wine glasses in front of the three of them. It didn't take long before he poured the mixed light blue gin into the glasses one after another:

After a while.

"Hoo~!"

"Looking at how frustrated you are, are you wearing a mask at home?" Soap couldn't help but complain.

"Three glasses of gin, whatever you like."

Although Ghost and others, or most employees of Atlas, are not aware of the existence of [Reset], they also understand that the Intelligence Department can provide them with intelligence support that is almost accurate to the minute and second through the boss. .

At this moment, their exclusive mobile phones sounded a reminder sound.

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Soap put down his wine glass, took out his phone, unlocked the screen, and saw the latest order from the company:
"Major John McTavish, please go to conference room 04-141 in the living area immediately."

Xiaoqiang and Ghost also have the same order.

"It seems that my colleagues in the Intelligence Department have already planned the initial target. Let's go."

Soap showed off the identity magnetic ring he wore on his left wrist and scanned the sensor area on the bar. After paying for the drinks at the company's internal price, he stood up and left, heading out of the bar.

Xiaoqiang and Ghost followed closely behind.

Get out of the bar.

The three of them walked through the slightly crowded living area, which looked like a steel town.

The rock walls here have long been covered with reinforced concrete and metal buildings.

The three of them arrived at a building where armed security was stationed at the main entrance. They then took the elevator to the fourth floor and followed the house number into the 04-141 conference room, which was filled with captains and lieutenants from each unit.

Leroya, who has long silver hair and sports casual clothes, is particularly eye-catching.

"Welcome~!" Furthermore, this glorious warrior, who was a hybrid of humans, vampires, and werewolves, waved his arms and greeted Zao Zao and the others in a familiar manner.

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Although they didn't have much interaction with the Glory Soldiers, out of the friendship between them as colleagues, the three of them all nodded in return.

I chose a seat by the window and waited for a while.

Swish——.

The sensor door of the conference room opens and closes.

As the commander-in-chief of the emergency response force, Jack Clausa slowly walked into the conference room, stood on the podium at the front of the conference room, and said bluntly:
"Everyone, you will be responsible for the preliminary matters of the company's integration of the Zero-Nine Humanity."

As he spoke, Clausa used the holographic touch screen on the podium to call up text messages with images for Leroy, Soap and others, and elaborated:

"Three elite investigators from the Investigation Department successfully infiltrated into the human city called "Night City" four hours ago.

From this, what we can know is that Earth 2075 is in the near future of , and investigators found that local residents use prosthetics and prosthetic limbs too extensively.

Almost everyone has a connection port to connect their brain to the Internet. "

Prosthetic limb
brain port
After hearing Clausa's introduction, everyone's expressions gradually became serious.

The company's biology department had already carried out research on prosthetics before opening the space door.

The original intention of its research is to allow disabled people to live like normal people.

By the early 90s of the main universe, the Biology Department had developed many mature products that had been tested and confirmed to be safe.

For example, Rod Hoynder, who participated in the operation to intercept the Reaper mothership and had his legs severed by a plasma explosion, received bionic prosthetics with the assistance of the company's medical team and was able to stand on his feet, walk, and even run again.

However, the Department of Biology is very resistant to brain port research projects.

Because allowing the brain to directly log into the Internet will overload the brain. If an organization with ulterior motives develops a "virus" that attacks the human brain, it will directly cause brain death.

Even so, the Biology Department has still completed the research on the brain port. After all, it is closely related to projects such as synthetic humans, consciousness transmission, and brain editing.

But Soap, Xiaoqiang, Ghost, and most of the combatants belong to the "antique" faction.

In the annual questionnaire, faced with the question "Are you willing to undergo brain port surgery?", all answers were "no."

They don't want their brains to be "accessed" by hackers.

Even if the Department of Biology ensures that the firewall of the brain port is sufficient to resist any known attacks, Soap and others still refuse such modification surgery.

Of course, "traditional" strengthening methods such as Inquise serum and implanted nanorobots are within the acceptable range of Soap and others.

On the other hand, Clausa paused for a while and then continued to elaborate:

“The investigators also found that the public security in Night City is extremely worrying, with a huge gap between the rich and the poor, violence happening every moment, and gangs and mercenaries overflowing.

In addition, information provided by the Ministry of Intelligence shows that Night City is not under the jurisdiction of the government and is controlled by giant corporations like Atlas.

But this does facilitate the company's unified actions.

The Ministry of Intelligence stated that many wars have broken out in Universe 09. If Atlas adopts the method of military integration, it will directly trigger strong resistance among local humans.

Moreover, the company's current focus is entirely on Universe 08, which involves the entire galaxy, so it is unable to transfer excess manpower and resources to Universe 09.

You must know that after the company unified Earth Zero-2 (Avatar) by force, although the general trend is relatively stable, some areas are still facing low-intensity security wars.

and so!
The company plans to set up a branch in Night City first, and then instill the company's philosophy and benefits into local residents in advance.

In this way, when our main force in Atlas has dealt with difficult enemies such as the Covenant and the Flood, the company will also have a certain amount of public support in Universe 09. "

Having said this, Clausa looked up at everyone present, lowered his voice and said in a deep voice:

"Everyone, your main task is to assist the company in establishing a branch and open up the Night City market for the company.

Specific matters will be arranged by Colonel John Price when everyone is deployed to the forward base.

I'm wondering if anyone still doesn't understand? "

"me!"

As soon as Krausa finished speaking, Leroya couldn't wait to raise her right hand.

"... "

Seeing this, Clausa's facial expression did not change, but the melancholy look in his eyes showed that the commander-in-chief was trying to recall Leroya's last name.

Finally, after a pause of nearly three seconds, Clausa finally spoke:

"Captain Vitellius, please speak."

"Yes! Sir!" Leroya put down her right hand and asked:
"Since we are assisting the company in setting up a branch, how can we smoothly integrate into the Zero-Nine human society without arousing local suspicion?

I have read the public documents of the United Earth Zero-6 (Pacific Rim). The original body Magnus used tobacco, alcohol and other scarce materials to conduct secret transactions with the gangs there, and then established a gang-like organization.

So we also need to create gang-like organizations first? Will this affect the company's reputation?

Also, looking at the graphic information you provided, sir, it seems that the 09 humans are quite good at network technology. So how do we guard against hacker attacks? "

After patiently listening to Leroya's series of doubts, Krausa said without showing an obvious frown:

"In fact, the company has already considered Captain Vitellius's matter and made countermeasures in advance."

Then, Clausa turned his attention to a female "clerk" wearing a black uniform sitting in the corner:
"To this end, the company has deployed the latest model of artificial intelligence to help you solve network problems."

Hearing this, Leroya, Soap and others turned to look along Clausa's line of sight, only to discover that the black-haired employee with an almost perfect figure and facial features had a faint purple light emitting from his pupils.

Finding himself the center of attention, the black-haired employee stood up and said with a smile:

"My employee number is A-OD-00017, but everyone can just call me Seren. The employee number is somewhat convoluted."

"Okay Serin, please sit down first." Krausa raised his hand to signal the intelligent AI who called himself Serin to sit down, and then explained to everyone:
"Selin is the latest product developed by the core team of the Department of Biology using cloning technology and synthetic human technology.

The thinking logic far exceeds that of the original intelligent AI. Her physical body has also been enhanced by the biology department in many aspects, and her brain can be directly connected to the network. "

"Oh..."

After listening to Clausa's explanation, Xiaoqiang, who was still single, sighed and his eyes flickered. It seemed that he was even more looking forward to the day when the company officially released the synthesizer.

"However, don't forget it." Clausa finally warned:

“Seline’s cost is calculated in hundreds of millions, so while you are performing tasks in Night City, you must ensure her safety.

Okay, let's all disperse. "

"Yes, sir."

(End of this chapter)