Human Light Umbrella

In addition to these defense platforms, the UNSC's 3rd and 4th main fleets are scattered in low-Earth orbit. After all, among all the colonized planets owned by humans, Reach is second only to Earth.

Every year, Reach will export a large number of warships and ships to UNSC and UEG.

Inside the atmosphere of Reach.

On the surface of the northern hemisphere facing the sun, in three of the docks of the Umbrella Shipyard, there are Zeus-class heavy aircraft carriers undergoing upgrades moored.

The three Zeus-class ships are Sui Bian's flagship Anthem of Courage, Corax's Shadow of the Raven, and the flagship of Umbrella's Seventh Legion, the Steel Ipact.

Before the upgrade of the three flagships is completed, Reach will have Umbrella's three legions stationed at the same time, making its defense power reach the peak of "her".

However, the Iron Hands of the Seventh Legion were originally responsible for defending the Eridanus ε where the Reach star was located.

Even after the flagship has been remodeled, Reach still has the protection of the Iron Hand.

The current three legions are temporarily stationed at Umbrella's exclusive base, which is five kilometers east of the shipyard and can accommodate 50 people at the same time. It is no different from a town.

This base is used to accommodate the workers of the shipyard, and there are more than [-] armed security guards living there, so after welcoming three legions with a total number of nearly [-], it will not appear too crowded.

On the northernmost side of the base, there is a newly built simulation training area.

The scale is equivalent to a city block, with simple buildings of different heights, as well as alleys, intersections and streets.

At this time, a team of six "people" was walking through an alley.

The members of this team are [-] meters per person, wearing black training uniforms and white protective gear for training.

Armed with .75cal bolt rifles, and the Legion insignia on their armor, they represent the Astartes of the Raven Guard.

As for the ammunition pressed in the magazine, it is not the standard deuterium-core bolt, but a rubber bullet that does not pose fatal damage to the Astartes.

When the team was about to walk out of the alley, the six dark crows chose to squat on the ground to keep vigilant.

&eng~! "Because the bolt gun came from outside the alley, and the muffled gunshot when firing rubber bullets.

"Charge! Brothers!" and the battle cry of the Astartes.

The two dark crows who heard the movement stepped forward slowly, looking at the main road outside the alley.

On the spacious main road, two Astartes squads with dark green and silver protective gear, abandoned the bolt rifles in their hands, and engaged in "point to stop" physical combat.

The dark green is the Dark Angel, and the silver is the Iron Hand.

And the so-called "click to stop"...

An iron hand was kicked off by the dark angel, and its body fell into a two-story house in a perfect parabola.

Then there was a sound of "Boom!", and the house that was tragically implicated was smashed down by the body of the iron hand.

But soon, the iron hand pushed away the ruins pressing on him, rushed back to the main road in two steps, and continued to compete with the dark angels who were brothers.

Within seconds.

Like an efficient demolition team, the two teams razed the nearby simple buildings to ruins, and the protective gear they were wearing was also torn off and destroyed during the hand-to-hand combat.

See here.

The Raven Squad took the opportunity to rush out of the alley, lined up their guns at Iron Hand and Dark Angel, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

&eng! "

Dense rubber bullets came out and hit the brothers who lost the protection of their protective gear.

...

High platform outside the training area.

The three Primarchs in custom-made military uniforms stood on the edge of the high platform overlooking the "battle situation" on the main road.

On the far left, Corax, with slightly longer black hair and fair skin, said, "The winner has been decided, brothers, this mock battle is won by my Ravens."

Leon, who stood in the center and responded with a nod, still showed an indifferent demeanor that could not see through his mind.

The primarch on the far right is much rougher than the two brothers beside him, and he is a typical muscular man.

And he is the Primarch of the Seventh Legion, the seventh son of Sui Bian, Malus.

"Hmm..." Marus pinched his chin lightly with his left hand, put his right hand behind his back, and commented in a low voice:

"The strength of the Iron Hands is frontal attack, the Dark Angels are good at assault and hand-to-hand combat, and the Raven Guard is good at behind enemy lines and guerrillas. If our three legions are mixed together to fight together, it will be a perfect complement."

"I hope there is such an opportunity." Corax echoed.

"..." Leon shrugged wordlessly.

"Leon." Marus asked instead: "You spend the longest time with your father. Doesn't your father have a plan to fight against the alien race?"

The fact that the galaxy is populated by various alien races is no secret between Umbrella and UNSC high command.

Within [-] light-years outside the territory of human beings, there are Celts and iron-blooded mother stars to which the Lone Wolf belongs, which even the UNSC high-level officials do not know. Umbrella also detected that there are galaxies that are suspected to be active by other alien races.

But Leon, who heard the question, shook his head and replied indifferently: "No, father said that now is not the best time to announce our existence to the galaxy."

...

While the three Primarchs were talking, the office building in the central area of ​​the base.

In the top office.

Sui Bian, who was sitting behind his desk, was looking through several holographic screens displayed on the desktop for various materials and files that two artificial intelligences had sorted out for him.

While looking it up, he released his spiritual energy, continuously covering the entire planet, secretly sheltering the [-] million humans living on the Reach Star, and allowing the [-] million humans to slowly improve their resistance to different spaces.

Although Sui Bian's current psychic power is far from the level of "squeezing and exploding" a star with one hand, it is still easy to cover the entire planet in an instant.

With the "vaccine" gradually perfected by the plague doctor, the earth where he lived the longest, and the colonies in the solar system, with a total of about 140 billion human beings, have already developed a very strong resistance to alien space.

Since the destruction of the home planet of the colonists, the total human population has grown to 270 billion people today.

There are 63 extrasolar colonized galaxies, and 54 planets such as Reach and Arcadia that have completed terraforming.

130 billion human beings live in areas outside the solar system, and [-]% of them can only learn about the earth and the solar system through courses, the Internet and the media from birth to adulthood.

Moreover, these 130 billion people have also been injected with the "vaccine", but they have not received Sui Bian's spiritual protection, making their resistance to different dimensions inferior to the 140 billion people in the solar system.

Therefore, Sui Bian, who provided shelter for Reach Star, considered whether to wait for Anthem of Courage to complete the transformation, regularly cruise and station in the human territory for a period of time, and release spiritual energy to enhance the overall "resistance" of human beings.

Leaving aside the spiritual power, Sui Bian's physique also underwent "some" changes.

Because after another 20 years of development, the total number of Umbrella's existing Astartes has successfully exceeded [-], reaching more than [-].

The ability of "father-son connection" not only strengthened Sui Bian's physique, but also allowed each legion to finally have the appearance of a legion. It passed the "poor period" when only a few hundred Astartes were in one legion at that time. ".

And most of the recruits are no longer orphans, but selected from among the fittest of all human beings.

The company's intelligence officers will contact those who have normal families, and only recruit those who are only fifteen or six years old with the consent of their parents and guardians.

Of course, these parents and guardians need to sign a corresponding non-disclosure agreement. If they don't agree, the intelligence agent will directly use the amnestic device to make them forget all the information related to the Astartes.

Rebecca was originally responsible for the training of Astartes recruits, but due to the increasing number of recruits year by year and the increasing pressure, Alexia is currently assisting her in co-responsibility.

Moreover, Alexia, who was once the teacher of the Primarchs, is even more handy in training recruits.

As for the Göbekli Research Center, in fact, it has long stopped carrying out new research projects, and has now become a base for maintaining the body of God.

"..."

At this moment, looking at the numbing series of numbers, Sui Bian pondered for a moment and said:

"Queen Red, you can start to pay attention to which warships and crew members in the UNSC fleet meet the conditions for being incorporated into the Legion Auxiliary Army, sort out the selected list and send it to me. It's time for the Legion to have their exclusive fleet."

"Yes." The Red Queen replied.

"How long will it take for Hymn of Courage to complete the transformation?" Sui Bian asked again.

"Estimated to take another 12 Earth days, sir, please be patient."

Bai Hou, who was standing on Sui Bian's right hand side, responded to his inquiry and said:

"Also, sir, I just received Agent Kennedy uploading information about the Arcadia anomaly."

After Bai Hou finished speaking, the information uploaded by Leon appeared on the desk, which was convenient for Sui Bian to browse.

Lyon?

Sui Bian knew that Leon and Ada were going to Arcadia to perform missions, but he didn't ask about the specific details. After all, it is impossible for him to personally intervene in every aspect of such a large company.

After a quick look at the information.

Sui Bian frowned slightly and said, "Queen Bai, tell Artemis to go to the colony of Arcadia with her Full Moon, and spy on Arcadia when they arrive. Don't take the initiative to expose their existence."

"Yes sir." Queen Bai agreed. "

Chapter 2 "Drinking Water"

Inside the sewage tunnel beneath the city.

"Beep~beep~."

"Squeak~squeak~!"

In the dark and humid environment, water droplets falling from time to time, and subtle movements caused by rats scrambling for territory can be heard.

Muddy sewage flows in the center of the tunnel, and the narrow sidewalks on both sides are higher than the water level, which is convenient for workers to clean up blockages and repairs, and the corner between the sidewalk and the wall is covered with green moss.

?

Suddenly, two mice biting each other on the right side of the road stopped their movements at the same time as if they had discovered something, and turned their heads to look at the corner at the end of the tunnel.

The corners of their mouths and beards twitched for a few seconds, and then they saw a figure passing the corner.

!

When they found out that it was a human being, the two mice immediately "dispelled their suspicions" and fled away. By the time the man and his companion walked around the corner and came to the sidewalk on this side, they had already lost sight of them.

And that person was blonde with parted hair, wearing a "transparent mask" with a faint blue light on the edge, and Leon holding a customized laser pistol.

The companion behind him is Ada wearing the same "mask" and holding a smaller pistol.

The so-called "mask" is a disposable filter that has the function of holographic glasses and is exclusive to intelligence personnel.

With a large number of nano-robots in the body, Leon and Ada basically don't have to worry about being infected by microorganisms.

And the tunnel the two of them were in was the underground sewage tunnel in District 04 of the Arcadia metropolis.

As for rodents such as mice, as long as they are places where humans live for a long time, no matter where they are, they will appear in a short time.

At this time, Leon, according to the route guidance displayed on the upper right corner of the mask, and Ada continued to go deep under Area 04, and rushed to the area where the vomiting worker had been active.

The two kept silent and walked steadily, and then went downhill to a position farther away from the surface.

"Wow! Wow!"

Suddenly, Leon heard some kind of animal in front of him, which seemed to be dripping with dirty sewage, and was running quickly towards the sidewalk where they were.

Leon glanced at the upper left corner of the mask screen, which showed that he and Ada were 24 meters away from the surface in a straight line, at 22:31 local time.

During this period of time, theoretically, no workers will be on duty and inspect in this sewage tunnel.

Seeing this, Leon turned to look at Ada behind him.

"..." The two nodded silently.

Then Leon jumped over the sewage, easily jumped to the opposite sidewalk, and separated the distance from Ida.

Immediately afterwards, the two raised their pistols and aimed at the corner of the "T" at the front, and waited for the "animal" to appear with concentration.

"Wow! Wow!" The sound of running water became more and more obvious.

"Huh...huh..." The two also controlled the breathing distance more and maintained the best shooting condition.

In the end, the figure of the "animal" appeared in the field of vision of the two...

But a bark of "Woof!" completely broke the dignified atmosphere that was about to explode.

It turned out to be a stray dog ​​with dirty hair and a medium size, running back and forth while playing in the water.

It may be because of being too focused on playing and the smell being covered by the sewage. When seeing Leon and Ada, the stray dog ​​realized that there are actually humans coming to the "site" it frequents at this time.

So it barked its teeth and barked, then turned around and ran away.

"Hehe..." Looking at the stray dogs running away, Leon lowered his gun and laughed at himself, "I didn't expect the two of us to almost fight a dog."

"But this also shows that there is nothing too abnormal nearby, doesn't it?" Ada also said with a chuckle.