From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 302: A nuclear explosion in the th universe abandoned the aircraft?
"Yes, sir!"

David and others responded loudly on the communication.

Then, the train station numbered "10" appeared on the screen of his electronic eyes.

Not only him, but the entire test force received instructions to go to Station "10".

It looks like they will be responsible for Universe One-Zero full-time.

After all, these stations correspond to corresponding space gates.

For example, the transport and crew stations leading to the "Edge of Tomorrow" and "Avatar" universes are "01" and "02" respectively.

Then, the test force and more than 600 AECS special forces boarded a ground vehicle that looked like a shuttle bus and drove out of the large equipment depot.

When the shuttle bus that David, Lucy, Rebecca and others were on entered the transportation hub area.
"Hey, David, look outside."

Rebecca, who was sitting by the window on the right, reminded David through the team communication.

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Hearing this, David, who was also sitting on the right, straightened his back, raised his head slightly, and looked out the window over Lucy's head beside him.

At this glance, David saw the "busy" scene in the hub area.

The helipad is continuously allowing various transport boats to enter the hub area through the neatly arranged gates above.

Large maglev trains from the Accra Park also arrived here one after another.

The logistics and ground staff who drive engineering mechas and wear engineering skeletons cooperate with large robotic arms and handling robots to unload the cargo.

Containers and equipment boxes marked with red and white "Λ" signs and words such as "Danger!" and "Flammable and Explosive!" were transferred to corresponding train stations.

Part of it was transferred to station "10".

Soon, the shuttle bus stopped at the designated area.

Open the door and exit the vehicle.

David and his companions continued to follow the instructions on the screen and arrived at the platform of station "10".

Here, there is a maglev train specially designed to carry people, waiting for them to board.

Enter the train interior.

Choose your seat and sit down.

It didn't take long before the emotionless female broadcaster reminded:

"All units are ready. This train is about to depart for Universe 10 and is expected to arrive at the frontline base in three minutes."

As soon as the broadcast finished, the maglev vehicle smoothly left the platform and the hub area, carrying them to the core area with the space gate.

Moreover, the train moves along the aerial track, gradually lowering its altitude towards the tenth space gate.

At the same time, David, who chose to sit by the window this time, also saw several containers that were too large slowly passing through the sixth space gate by train.

However, after entering the core area, these containers did not seem to have any intention of staying, and were transferred by large movable robotic arms to the transport platform leading to the twelfth space gate.

Seeing this scene, David guessed that it might be Universe 1 or 2, and he needed to let the frigate enter low-Earth orbit first.

But according to his understanding of the company, the Paris-class, Feddes-class and Selene-class frigates were not considered confidential matters within the company.

However, these containers were covered with black cloth, and even warning signs such as "Danger!" and "Flammable and explosive!" were covered up.

Could it be some new type of weapon or equipment that he cannot access or explore with his authority?
David can only guess based on the existing information.

But soon, he shifted his attention to the front.

Because as the train continues to move forward, its front locomotive and the front part of the carriages have passed through a space door that looks like a mercury mirror.

When the outside of the window was filled with dazzling white light and then dimmed, they arrived at a parallel universe numbered 10.

And David also saw through the car window that thanks to the engineering team working overtime day and night, a front-line base of considerable size had been built.

Like many front-line bases, it is fully equipped with buildings such as barracks, factories, warehouses and command buildings.

After multiple upgrades, Hextech robots have gained a certain degree of autonomous mobility and shuttle between the surroundings and the factory.

Transport urban ruins for reuse and 3D print the building materials needed by the engineering team to achieve the goal of quickly building a base.

In addition, armed security guards equipped with mechanical skeletons and defensive heavily armored tyrants are also patrolling and keeping watch around the base.

Large-caliber fixed artillery and vertical missile silos are the top priorities in protecting the front-line bases.

After the train completely passed through the space gate, it stopped at the platform in the central area of ​​the front-line base.

The door opens.

David and others continued to follow the instructions on the screen and headed to the temporary helipad set up near the platform.

However, the other half of the test force and the AECS special forces, as well as the corresponding investigators, ARS and other armed units, were moving in the opposite direction from them.

The other half of the members seemed to have received the latest instructions and needed to stay at the front-line base on standby.

But David didn't dwell on it.

When he, Lucy, Rebecca and others arrived at the tarmac, they found that thirty Black Falcon and Falcon assault boats had completed the routine inspection by the ground crew.

The pilots have entered the cockpit and started the engine of the assault boat. It seems that all that is left is to board the boat.

"Everyone!" At this time, Soap's voice came over the communication:
“Next, we will be divided into thirty mixed reconnaissance teams, each of which will have colleagues from different armed units.

After each team boarded the corresponding assault boat, they drove straight out of the shielding range of the space gate.
Please note!"

At this point, Soap's tone suddenly changed, and he solemnly reminded:
“Once we leave the shielding range, there is a chance that the unknown enemy will detect our presence.

Even if every assault boat has an optical camouflage module and stealth coating, we cannot give a 100% guarantee of safety.

So! The moment we boarded the assault boat, we were already stepping into the quagmire of death!
But in order for the company to obtain enough information about the universe, we must go there to investigate in person. Of course! If we encounter a fierce attack, the company will also send corresponding support.

Anyone got any questions?!"

After Soap finished speaking, he deliberately waited for a few seconds.

Meet each team leader.
He was also a comrade and subordinate of the advance team. After not raising any questions or objections, Soap continued:
"Very good! Everyone aboard, set off immediately!"

At this point, Soap cut off the communication, restoring silence to the team channel.

However, David discovered through his electronic eyes that his team number was "7".

In addition, an assault boat also marked with "7" was highlighted on the screen of the electronic eye, indicating that he should go and board it.

In addition, he also found that in the team list on the right side of the screen, the top captain was "Advance Team: Lieutenant Gary "Cockroach" Sanderson", followed by "Investigation Department: Agent Joseph Allen".

The remaining members are all from the AECS special forces, and a synth numbered "7". At the end of the list are "Test Force: David Martinez" and "Lucy Kusdana".

There is no way. In terms of actual combat experience and internal status, their test troops are indeed a group of fledgling "kids".

Even synthetic humans have ready-made "experience".

Because synthesizers can copy, share and download data, and synthesizers are edited by the company with their due responsibilities when they leave the factory.

For example, by debugging based on the data collected by the advance team and investigators, synths can be directly responsible for various reconnaissance tasks.

For example, the reconnaissance operations in universes 10, 11, and 12 were now carried out by this group of synths.

In addition, the advance team is also the most suitable to serve as the captain of such a team.

After all, the experience and intuition of the advance team members cannot be completely replaced by the so-called big data for the time being.

As for Rebecca.
"Hey," the shorter female teammate waved her prosthetic fist in front of David and reminded him:

"Pay attention to protective measures."

"You guy."

David was too lazy to have a verbal confrontation with Rebecca. He just shook his head helplessly and headed towards the Falcon assault boat numbered "7" with Lucy.

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Seeing David and Lucy walking away, Rebecca also looked helpless.

Finally, as if he was deflated, he shrugged his shoulders and followed a teammate from the same test force towards their team's Black Falcon assault boat.

It didn't take long.

The joint reconnaissance force, totaling over 300 people, all boarded their respective assault boats.

After confirming that all crew members were on board and receiving approval from the command building, the pilot controlled the assault boats to take off one by one.

Then, as it drove out of the large canopy that maintained optical camouflage, it turned on stealth mode and flew towards the mission location.

in the cabin;
David sat on the left side close to the cockpit, and the doors on both sides of the cabin were closed to ensure concealment.

He leaned against the bulkhead and glanced at everyone in the cabin.

Putting aside Lucy, who he is most familiar with, the "culprit" who makes the cabin space seem more crowded is the AECS special forces member.

The six special forces members were wearing McPhee power armor that could just fit into the Falcon's cabin, and one of them was a heavy armored soldier.

Next came Lieutenant Gary "Cockroach" Sanderson, who was wearing an advanced combat suit (nano suit) that seemed to magnify his muscles.

Because the combat uniform is also a full-coverage equipment, David cannot directly observe Xiaoqiang's true face.

Then came the synths and investigators sitting on Xiaoqiang's left and right.

Judging from the appearance alone, David really couldn't tell the difference between synthetics and humans who were equipped with electronic eyes, intracranial communications and prosthetics.

The other person had short black hair and delicate facial features. From the perspective of human aesthetics, she could definitely be considered a "good-looking woman".

Moreover, the opponent was only wearing bulletproof combat uniforms, without mechanical skeletons or power armor. As for weapons, it was also an 8mm modular submachine gun (AMWS series).

It may look crude, but if you encounter a situation that requires covert combat, the 8mm submachine gun equipped with a suppressor and subsonic bullets can be used.

Because no matter how powerful and armor-piercing capabilities Gauss, plasma and hard light weapons are, it is difficult to achieve "silent" and "smokeless" processing in the atmosphere.

Plasma and hard light have obvious ballistic trajectories, and the Gauss series of rifles have spike bullets that leave the barrel at seven to eight times the speed of sound.

Lowering the muzzle velocity is not an option, so the only option is to use a suppressor.

To make the noise of the spike bullet nearly silent, the suppressor must be made of high-strength and high-sound-absorbing materials, with multiple layers of soundproofing panels and mesh structures to further disperse and slow down the high-pressure gas. The most important thing is
The length of the suppressor must also be extended.

Imagine that a Gauss rifle that is more than one meter long needs to be equipped with a suppressor that is one meter or even more than one meter long. This will seriously hinder the movements of combatants.

However, a small number of elite snipers from AECS, ARC and ODST carry assembleable extended suppressors to minimize the sound of the Gauss sniper rifle and achieve the purpose of secretly sniping high-value targets.

This time, "assassination" was obviously not taken into consideration. After all, everything is based on investigation.

But as the captain of this team, Xiaoqiang still carried a special compound bow with him to deal with any unexpected situations that might occur.

Finally, there is an investigator named Joseph Allen.

David fixed his eyes on the other person and saw that the investigator was also dressed simply in a desert-colored bulletproof combat suit, a belt, and light armor.

But an investigator's job is to provide advice, not to act as a combatant in a confrontation, so David can understand the other party's "casual" dress.

Next.

The Falcon assault boat carried them quickly away from the front-line base. In just a moment, they were out of the shielding range of the space gate and arrived over Los Angeles, which had been hit by a nuclear explosion.

Through the porthole, and with the help of his electronic prosthetic eyes, David can clearly see the ground conditions.
The streets are littered with abandoned vehicles and human skeletons, and in the center of the city, there is a "vacuum" area with a diameter of three kilometers.

All the buildings there were reduced to ruins, which must have been the epicenter of the nuclear explosion.

The Falcon assault boat then began to accelerate and increase its altitude, preparing to carry them to Las Vegas in the northeast.

According to the mission details presented on the screen, the personnel remaining at the front-line base will move around in Los Angeles.

Their teams will conduct reconnaissance in the area within a radius of 500 kilometers centered on the space gate.

Las Vegas, which is about 7 kilometers away from Los Angeles, is jointly responsible for their 8th, 9th, 10th and th teams.

In just over ten minutes, they had arrived above the desert in the middle of the road.

"Lieutenant Sanderson."

Suddenly, the pilot in charge of driving the Falcon assault boat reported to Xiaoqiang on the communication:
"The radar detected a flying vehicle to the west of where we are."

Aircraft? ?

Upon hearing this, David and others became more alert, and even the synths showed solemn expressions and gazes based on the atmosphere on the scene and the content of the report.

Xiao Qiang was silent for a moment, then he gave the order, which was quite rare:

"Track that craft."

"Then head to Las Vegas."

"I will notify the captains of squadrons 8, 9, and 10, and submit an application to my superiors." Xiao Qiang interrupted the pilot's confusion and repeated:
"Please track that aircraft."

"Yes, Lieutenant."

After receiving Xiaoqiang's direct order, the pilot changed the course and chose to get closer to the aircraft.

After a while, through the pilot's shared vision, everyone could vaguely see the appearance of the aircraft.

(End of this chapter)