From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 362 "Potential" Prestige Wangchuanyue

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Hearing that another new recruit had reported in, Sim turned and looked at the other party.

The female recruit, whose last name was Frost, also handed the paper documents to Sergeant Sim.

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While Sergeant Sim was reading the documents, Frost also turned his attention to Lyon.
To be precise, Flos was looking at another male recruit next to Leon.

Seeing this, Leon glanced at the guy next to him.

He is not very tall and strong, but he has a standard body shape, a firm demeanor, and a handsome face, comparable to that of Leon.

With Lyon's experience in observing countless people and his extraordinary intuitive judgment, Lyon believes that the young man next to him named Johnny Rico is definitely a good seedling.

If Johnny Rico were to receive four months of special training using the investigator training method, he might have the potential to become an elite investigator who can stand on his own.

But at this moment, Johnny Rico looked at Frost with a little confusion.

Leon, who was already an experienced lover, could tell at a glance that there was something fishy going on between the two young people.
However, Lyon was able to use this to build a closer relationship with Johnny Rigo and form a "team".

"Did you specifically ask to come to this unit?"

At this time, Sergeant Sim, who confirmed that the document was correct, looked at Frost and asked.

"Sir! I heard this is the strictest and most elite place! Sir!"

Flos reported loudly.

"This is indeed the best, but." Sergeant Sim changed the subject and raised his voice to ask:
"Do you think you're qualified?!"

These words were obviously intended to demonstrate against Frost.

And Frost was not to be outdone.

She threw the backpack she was carrying into the distance, took off her somewhat restrictive formal uniform, and assumed a fighting stance to test the enemy.

The confrontation between the two sides is about to break out.

Flos's alternation of straight punches and swinging punches, coupled with active attacks, did give her a certain advantage in the early stages.

But Sim was, after all, an instructor with rich practical experience. He used a side whip kick to make Frost lose his balance and fall to the ground.

Then Simm kneed Floss in the neck.

After Floss fell unconscious due to suffocation, Sergeant Sim stood up, looked around at the new recruits present, and continued loudly:
"Now, who else thinks they can beat me? You can come and try! The winner who beats me will directly become the captain of the team!"

"Sir! I think I can!"

A burly man nearly two meters tall raised his hand.

Sim raised his hand to signal the big guy to attack at any time.

As for the result
The big guy didn't gain much advantage, and even had his right forearm broken by Sergeant Sim. He was eventually carried away by the medical soldiers of the training camp.

Now, the new recruits on the scene seemed to be completely convinced by Instructor Sim.

"You are all a bunch of cowards! Monkeys! If there is no next challenger, you will..."

"Sir!"

Just as Sim was about to have the new recruits start training, Leon raised his right hand at the right time and said loudly:
"New soldier Scott requests a challenge, sir!"

"Exit!"

"Sir, yes, sir!"

With approval, Leon walked through the crowd and stopped about three meters away from Sim.

"Boy, the crime of interrupting the instructor's lecture is neither light nor heavy. If you lose, your fate will be even worse than that stupid King Kong just now!"

As Sim said this, he assumed a defensive stance using military fighting techniques, obviously allowing Leon to attack first.

Lyon didn't say much. He just stepped forward quickly and threw a fake punch, forcing Sim to dodge to the left.

At this time, Lyon's right hook had already reached Sim's chin.

The winner was decided as soon as the two sides fought.

However, Lyon had no intention of winning, he only planned to take this opportunity to improve his reputation.

So when the tip of his right fist was about to collide with Sim's chin, he slowed down the force in time to allow Sim to react.

Bang—bang—! Two muffled sounds.

Leon and Sim's jaws were attacked by each other at the same time.

The two of them couldn't help but lose their balance and fell backwards.

Sim, who was hit by a "heavy punch", felt a little dizzy, but he still instinctively rolled backwards and distanced himself from Lyon.

On the other hand, Lyon took the same action.

Next.
Lyon continued to "act", while Sim gave it his all.

While Lyon was preparing for a "lose-lose" outcome in order to preserve Sim's face and increase his influence among the recruits, the "Alien" universe numbered "One and Five" was also infiltrating in an orderly manner.

However, the situation faced by the "15" front-line base is much more severe than that of the relatively peaceful "14" universe, which is on the "eve of the storm."

Because the human colony where the "15" front base is located has also suffered from an "insect plague."

Although the overall threat level of the aliens cannot compete head-on with the huge number of Arach Zerg, their individual intelligence is smarter than that of the Arach Zerg and they react more quickly.

And unlike the Arach Zerg, they did not launch a swarm of Zerg attacks all at once, but instead wandered deep in the rainforest or raided sparsely populated villages.

Of course, the number of aliens wreaking havoc in human colonies at this stage is preliminarily estimated to be around 2.

But even so, the aliens' "guerrilla warfare" strategy still left the local police, militia, and the colonial marines stationed there helpless.

Whenever there is a report of an "insect plague" in a village, it means that the village has fallen.

Even if the Colonial Marines rushed there in transport boats, it was too late.

The farmers and residents living in the village had long been abducted by the aliens to serve as "fertilized eggs" to expand the population size and as biomass to provide sufficient nutrition for the newborn aliens.

However, when the Colonial Marines took the initiative to attack, the aliens would hide deep in the rainforest and could not be found at all. Therefore, the colonial governor had to issue a notice to all residents, calling on them to immediately go to large towns or the colonial capital to take shelter.

After all, only towns and capitals with high-voltage power grids and steel walls can effectively avoid being attacked by aliens.

As for those residents who are unwilling to follow the advice and still choose to stay where they are, they can only wish for the best.

The Colonial Marines stationed there had only a hundred or so men in total, and were an "incomplete" combat company.

This combat company had participated in the rebel suppression campaign two months ago, resulting in the direct reduction of half of its combat personnel.

In addition, the company's mothership was also severely damaged, so they are temporarily stationed in this large colony called "Forgotten Moon".

The combat company originally planned to rely on Wangchuan Yue for supplies of personnel, materials, etc., but no one could have imagined that an "insect plague" would break out in Wangchuan Yue.

However, when the commander of this combat company sought support from his superiors, the result he got was:
"Just protect yourself. Once the company has rested, return directly to the team and be prepared to continue participating in the suppression of the rebels.

As for the Xenomorph plague, it will be handled by Weyland Tanguy's private security team."

In this regard, the Marine Corps had no choice but to obey orders from their superiors and would not continue to take the initiative to attack unless the situation became uncontrollable.

The "15" front-line base was able to obtain so much detailed intelligence because Gary "Xiao Qiang" Sanderson, who was in charge of the initial integration and had the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, used a joint reconnaissance team composed of advance teams and investigators to conduct multi-faceted infiltration.

The capital, which is as big as a "small city" in the main universe, is located on the northern coast of the equator of the Wangchuan Moon.

This should be one of the few plains in Wangchuan Moon that is suitable for colonization and living. The nearest rainforest to the outskirts of the capital is more than ten kilometers away.

The architectural style of the lunar capital of Lethe is not much different from that of Harvest and Reach in the Halo universe.

There are also tall, densely packed mega-structures, with neatly laid out streets and blocks, and official flying boats shuttling over the streets and between the buildings.

However, the colonial urban style of the "Alien" universe is more "heavy industrial".

There are also "legal" red-light districts in areas far away from the city center and commercial streets.

There are bars, nightclubs, strip clubs, etc.

Because the local network of the colony has a delay with the Earth and the solar system measured in days or even months.

As adult residents who are responsible for the labor force and development, if they want to relax after work, the best way is to go to the red light district for entertainment.

After all, the software industry of the "Alien" universe is far behind that of the main universe and the "Halo" universe.

Leaving aside the details, it would not be as easy for the aliens to raid and infiltrate the capital as it was to villages and towns.

Moreover, on the outskirts of the capital, a high-voltage power grid has been set up to guard against local ferocious animals.

On the outskirts of the city, there is a steel wall with fixed turrets.

The private army of Weyland Tangu is conducting patrols and inspections outside the city.

The police, who are local people, are responsible for routine incidents in urban areas and suburbs.

Unless the number of aliens reaches a certain level and forms a swarm similar to the Arach Zerg, it is possible for them to fully invade the capital.

Otherwise, the aliens will have to rely on other means, such as urban underground systems such as sewage canals, to gradually infiltrate all aspects of the capital.

The reason why Wangchuan Yue set up strict defenses actually had nothing to do with the aliens.

The current time in the Alien universe is September 2184, 9.

With the help of the Intelligence Department, Sui Yang passed the detailed information of the "Alien" universe to Xiao Qiang, who was in charge of the "15" front-line base.

《异形1》的时间节点是2122年，《异形2》为2179年，《异形3》则是在2179年至2181年之间。

The "Alien" universe, numbered "15", is in the stage after this trilogy.

So since the fall of Lv-426 and the exposure of various related information, the aliens are no longer a confidential matter to the top human officials.

The reason for the heavy defense is that remote colonies far away from the earth, as well as some colonies with scavengers, exiles and prisoners as the main population, have launched rebellions one after another.

Moreover, giant companies like Weyland Tangu Company are no longer satisfied with the current status quo and have begun to privately form space fleets and well-equipped mercenaries.
In addition, in the "Alien" universe, it is not only the alien race that threatens humanity, but also the ferocious creatures on habitable planets, or mysterious intelligent civilizations like the Predator. This has led to all planets, satellites and space stations under the jurisdiction of various governments being in a state of combat readiness at all times.

Therefore, the police and militia, who are responsible for handling daily chores and are composed of local people from Lethe, almost "wholeheartedly" assist the Colonial Marines and Weyland Tangu's private army to fight against all hostile forces that pose a threat to the colony.

now.

It was evening in the capital of the Moon of Lethe, called "Argos".

View from above.

You can vaguely see the flow of traffic between the streets, and the pedestrians on both sides of the streets are also more dense than at normal times.

However, after finishing their daily work, local residents did not hang out outside as usual, but hurried back to their respective homes and rented houses.

The orbital elevator and surface starport located in the center of Argos are also operating uninterruptedly.

The panic caused by the alien insect plague has spread to the entire Wangchuan Moon Star.

The wealthy people living in the capital city of Argos are naturally able to purchase ship tickets and passes for their entire families to immigrate, and escape to other large colonies that have not yet been ravaged by war via orbital elevators and surface starports.

But as ordinary families or even residents of the poor class, they had no choice but to hide back home as soon as possible.

Although the aliens have not yet been able to wreak havoc on Argos on a large scale, many people have gone missing recently, and even videos and images of alien sightings have begun to spread wildly on the local Internet.

Discussion posts on the Internet said that there might be hundreds of aliens gathered in the sewers of Argos.

In addition, some netizens deliberately posted negative remarks such as the government has abandoned Wangchuanyue, the rich can escape and the poor can only die, which intensified the panic.

Fortunately, the police station's cyborgs and the local governor's office's artificial intelligence accurately screened and deleted a large number of negative comments.

While allowing Argos to continue to operate normally, it can also, to the greatest extent possible, curb the riots caused by organizations with ulterior motives.

The so-called organizations with ulterior motives are the local police station and the Governor's Office. They discovered that there are slogans on the Internet such as "Join the Great Creation!"

"They are not monsters, they are gods from higher dimensions, messengers leading our evolution!" and other neurotic remarks.

Perhaps there is a cult within Argos that regards aliens as creations of gods.

And it is precisely members of this organization who are willing to act as "fertilized eggs" and carry alien embryos into Argos, making the situation even more chaotic.

The human empire forces, which seemed to be "indifferent" to everything on the Forgotten Moon, had actually deployed more than a thousand elite troops to various places in Argos several days ago with the help of the convenience provided by optical camouflage.

Now, Xiaoqiang, the commander-in-chief of the "15" front-line base, is conducting the final reconnaissance, preparing to "capture" Argus in one fell swoop.

(End of this chapter)