From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 295: 410 Days of Public Integration Preparation
"I'll treat you to a meal! And I'll buy you a few new jackets from the company, how about that?"

A young girl walking in front slowed down her pace and came to David's side. Then she raised her hand and patted David on the back, smiling:
"Thank you, Private First Class Martinez~!"

Moreover, the skin of this young girl, who was wearing short shorts and a sleeveless vest, was too white, even bluish.

In addition, the skin exposed outside the clothes also has metal gap-like textures, and the whites of the eyes and pupils are mainly pink and yellow, obviously no longer native body organs.

The girl who was joking with David was also a member of the Atlas test force, Rebecca.

As for the other girl who was walking in front and never turned her head or turned around from beginning to end and was talking to the two of them, she was more "normal" than Rebecca.

She has short silver hair and likes to wear tight-fitting tops and trousers. All these characteristics indicate that she is Lucy, the orphan hacker adopted and trained by Arasaka in the Cyberpunk 2077 universe.

The most important thing is that even though these three people looked a little strange, the local citizens and foreign tourists around them did not look at them strangely.

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Among the travelers walking on the commercial street, there are even quite a few tall elves with pointed ears.

And the elites with four-lobed mouths, gray-brown skin, and wearing Sangheili ethnic costumes.

However, the local citizens were still somewhat surprised when they saw the elites and elves.

Because almost all elves are handsome and beautiful, and they are very friendly to everyone and everything, and the elites.
Because they are purely alien in appearance.

What's more, the elites look too strange. The structure of their four-petal mouths alone is enough to make most citizens feel a little scared.

Even if female elites look a little better than males, they still cannot meet the aesthetic standards of most humans.
It is the majority of people. After all, there are always some people whose aesthetic tastes are different from others.

At this time, David, Rebecca and Lucy just walked to the intersection of the aerial walkway.

When the holographic indicator light on the sidewalk turned red, they blended into the crowd and waited patiently.

There is also an aerial walkway on the opposite side, but it is blocked in the middle by a constant stream of public and civilian flying boats.

The holographic playback screen suspended above the main entrance of the mall on the right was also broadcasting a live broadcast of the New Accra News Channel.

On the left side of the live broadcast screen is a female host with golden wavy hair and wearing a "V" neck formal dress.

The female host seems to be Robin Mead, who jumped from the "Seattle Midday News" or transferred to the "New Accra City News Channel".

As for the center of the picture, it seems to be on a vast square.

In the center of the square stood a giant statue of Sui Yang, wearing exclusive power armor with his right hand on the Sword of the Emperor, as well as Guilliman, Sanguinius, Lion and a total of thirteen Primarchs.

In addition, there is an even larger stone tablet in front of the statue.

If the camera zooms in, you can see that the stone tablet is engraved with a large number of names of living or deceased people, as if to commemorate their contributions to Atlas and to all mankind.

The scene that most attracted David and others, as well as the citizens and tourists on the scene, was naturally the magnificent palace standing at the end of the square.

But the large number of Hextech robots and even thousands of Forerunner Sentinels and Builders scattered throughout the palace indicate that the palace is not yet completed.

At this time, Robin Mead was also reporting: "Dear viewers! We are fortunate to have the approval of Atlas to enter the unfinished Imperial Plaza!

Behind me is the legendary Imperial Palace!
It can be seen that this imperial palace located inside the Comoé primeval forest covers a huge area!

The head of Atlas' engineering department stated that it is expected to be officially put into use before April next year, that is, before April 2004, 4, when the human empire of our main universe is officially established.

Then we will.”

“Beep-beep-”

Robin Mead's report was drowned out by the reminder of the traffic signal change.

Next, an aerial bridge generated by hard light technology connected the two aerial walkways, allowing people to move freely above.

When the holographic signal light turned green, David, carrying various shopping bags, followed Lucy and Rebecca in front of him and stepped onto the seemingly translucent hard light bridge.

There are two-meter-high fences on both sides of the bridge to prevent pedestrians from falling to the ground fifty meters below.

Standing on the bridge, David could vaguely see the busy streets below through the translucent bridge surface.

Various flying boats were hovering on their left and right.

After they left the bridge and reached the other side, the bridge generator confirmed that there were no people left, and then raised the hard light fence to prevent the remaining pedestrians from stepping on the bridge.

After waiting for a few more seconds, the hard light bridge completely dissipated, allowing all kinds of flying boats to return to their designated routes and head towards different areas.

Come to the opposite side.

The three of them walked into a restaurant called "The Best Handmade Dumplings in Accra!"

After passing through the automatic sensor door, the three of them first smelled the tempting aroma of food and the comfortable cool air from the air conditioner.

There are many diners in the dumpling restaurant, and more than half of them are elites from the Halo universe.

I saw an elite using chopsticks a little unfamiliarly, picking up the dumplings dipped in vinegar, putting them into his four-petal mouth, chewing them quickly and then
"Ah? Ah~!"

They uttered an exclamation unique to their race.

It was as if he was telling his companions around him that these were indeed the most delicious dumplings in Accra!
"Hello, are you three?"

At this time, a female elf waitress, about 1 or 87 meters tall, approached David and others and asked questions.

"Yes, three people."

Lucy nodded in response.

"Okay, please follow me."

The female elf waitress led David and his friends to the east corner, where there was an observation window that allowed diners to better appreciate the scenery outside.

The three of them sat down.

Rebecca smiled at the waiter and said, "Four plates of pork and cabbage dumplings, two plates of fried leek dumplings, and two plates of mixed vegetables and Chinese kelp. As for drinks,
I'll have a cold beer, how about you two?"

After Rebecca finished speaking, she glanced at Lucy, who was sitting next to her, and David, who was sitting diagonally opposite her.

Hearing Rebecca skillfully name the dishes, it was not difficult to judge that she must be a regular here.

"I" David thought for a moment and said, "Iced orange juice."

"Ice water." Lucy responded briefly. "Okay everyone, please wait."

The female elf waitress gave the three of them a faint smile, then turned back to the front desk, informed the kitchen of the dishes Rebecca had reported, and then served the three people the drinks they had wanted.

The holographic TV in the restaurant lobby was still broadcasting live footage of the New Accra City News Channel for the diners present.

其电视屏幕的右上角，则显示着当前时间为「2003/04/22/17:35」。

The end of April 2003 in the main universe
This shows that the ninth space gate leading to the Cyberpunk 2077 universe has been opened for exactly 410 days.

During these 410 days, Atlas's branches in various universes continued to provide a lot of assistance in the integration of the Halo universe.

The integration progress of the Cyberpunk 2077 universe was completed in August 2002, as Dorn personally led the main force of Terraria from the th Universe.

Local giants such as Arasaka and Militech were all physically eliminated by Dorn through simple commercial warfare.

However, as the Zero-Nine Universe, Cyberpunk 2077 still faces low- and medium-scale security battles.

Due to the long-term turmoil there, various gangs, mercenaries and terrorist organizations have proliferated. After the integration is completed, it will be necessary to continue to invest a lot of manpower and material resources to completely stabilize the Earth 09.

It is precisely because of the long-term security war that Dorn will temporarily serve as Governor-General 09 until another Primarch takes over.

As for the Halo universe, which consumed too much of Atlas' energy and time, its integration process has been completed by about 40%.

Although it is not yet half, this 40% refers to the majority of colonies under the rule of UEG and UNSC, which are completely occupied and governed by the company.

This caused the population of Atlas to increase by more than five times. Up to now, including the population of the entire universe, the total number is about 70 billion.

There are many benefits to population growth, such as productivity, recruiting resources, etc., but the disadvantages are also very obvious.

The pressure on Atlas to manage and "reform" also increased dramatically.

Fortunately, the AI ​​Parliament, composed of intelligent artificial intelligence, chose to fully assist Atlas to ensure the smooth progress of the "reform" project.

Those intelligent AIs serving the UNSC or the rebels would strike or "surrender" at appropriate times, seriously hindering the military operations of the UNSC or the rebels.

Moreover, without the assistance of intelligent AI, the UNSC and the rebels would be equivalent to losing their eyes and ears, and would not be able to truly understand anything outside the planet.

Finally, faced with internal and external troubles, the vast majority of UNSC and the last high-ranking members of the rebel army completely gave up their resistance to Atlas, making it possible for humans in the Halo universe to achieve peace for the first time since entering the era of interstellar colonization.

On the other hand, the Covenant Empire led by Prophet Jiralhanae was also in a stage of continuous retreat.

As more and more Territorial-class dreadnoughts joined the war, the Covenant Empire's fantasy of winning the naval battle by relying on numbers was completely shattered.

The Covenant Empire has more than ten times the population and resources of humans in Halo.

In the original timeline of "Halo", humans were able to rely on backward technology and fight the Covenant for nearly three decades before being on the verge of extinction, which made the elites sigh and admire human courage and fighting spirit.

In war, what matters is “resources”.

However, when weapons technology is completely disproportionate, it becomes common to fight one against a hundred or even a thousand.

A main gun matrix consisting of two or more Sojourner-class ships can instantly destroy hundreds of CRS-class (about 500 meters) and CCS-class (2 kilometers) Covenant cruisers.

As for the 30-kilometer-long CSO-class aircraft carrier, it might be able to withstand one or two matrix attacks.

What's more, the naval combat capability of the elite race is much stronger than that of the Jiralhanae, so the Covenant Empire finds it difficult to resist the joint offensive of humans and the elites.

If the Covenant Empire's territory did not occupy half of the galaxy, it would have fallen apart within these 410 days.

But it is precisely because it occupies half of the galaxy that the integration progress of the Halo universe is only 40%.

Moreover, Atlas cannot rush for success. Every time it captures a colony planet or galaxy of the Covenant, it needs to deal with hidden dangers and allocate excess military forces to garrison.

Therefore, if you want to truly integrate the Halo universe, it is not something that can be estimated in "days".

No matter how powerful the Star Alliance is, it is still an empire of Level 2 civilization. Its huge population base and massive resources can still pose a serious threat to human elites.

A war of attrition is the situation that Atlas least wants to see.

Therefore, Atlas' current focus is to find the main fleet of the Covenant, then encircle and annihilate it, in order to speed up the disintegration of the Covenant from the inside out.

The remaining part is the ark that Atlas "shipped" from outside the Milky Way to the Kuiper Belt of the solar system.

Although the Ark and the Ark Transporter have the same name, their technological content is very different.

Like a lotus-shaped ark, it contains too much technology and knowledge waiting for the Atlas Research Department to reverse-decipher and then use it for their own benefit.

For example, technology that can open a true portal and "instantly" transport large objects to every corner of the galaxy is worth Atlas' full energy to analyze.

Now, the core team of the scientific research department headed by Halsey, in cooperation with intelligent artificial intelligence such as Cortana, and Tranquil River, is responsible for conducting long-term research on the Ark.

Finally, there is what the New Accra News Channel calls the “Imperial Palace” and the “Founding of an Empire”.

On May 5 last year, Atlas's Public Relations Department and Ministry of Foreign Affairs published pictures, texts and videos on the main universe's network about "the existence of the ruins base", "space gates leading to other parallel universes", and "the intelligent race called Sangheili, the first alien force we humans have made friends with".

Guilliman, who temporarily took over the affairs of the main universe, also held a press conference, stating that Atlas had begun exploring different parallel universes since the end of the 20th century.

It also shows that Atlas's ability to open the space gate is directly related to his father Sui Yang.

During the press conference, Robert played the image of the space gate opening.

The people in the main universe were naturally extremely surprised by this.

But this was Atlas's press conference, so it became "natural".

When faced with the mothership of the Reaper civilization, didn't Atlas suddenly bring up the fact that "we actually have a space fleet"?

So after May 2002, 5, sub-human races such as dwarves and elves from Terraria, as well as the elite race from Halo, began to gradually visit the Earth in the main universe openly.

Of course, the dwarves, elves, and elites who are able to obtain the right to travel across the universe are all employees of Atlas or their families.

Looking at everything, the most suitable universe to live in is the main universe. Therefore, employees and their families who have made contributions to the company and mankind enjoy the benefit of being the first to immigrate to the main universe.

For example, the female elf waitress who provided services to Lucy, Rebecca and David belonged to the earliest sub-human group that immigrated to New Accra.

David and the other two came to the main universe to prepare for the opening of the space gate that was about to open.

(End of this chapter)