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She glanced at Leon and all the agents, and said with a cold face: "Everyone, this urgent gathering is due to the shortage of intelligence agents and supervision agents in the border fortress sector, and we need your support to carry out investigation operations."

heard.

Leon frowned slightly and asked, "Investigation operations? Is it an investigation about different spaces and demons?"

The Red Queen shook her head lightly and said, "Insufficient data, it is impossible to confirm whether it is a different space."

Then she swung her left hand, forming a holographic star map of the existing human territory on her side.

Compared with more than ten years ago, its territory has actually not changed much, but the galaxies developed and colonized by humans within the scope are much denser.

Moreover, the territory is divided into seven star regions, and the solar system at the very center is particularly conspicuous.

At this time, the Red Queen adjusted and enlarged the star map, and locked on to the "Boundary Fortress" star area that contains a total of 32 colonized planets and a large number of asteroid colonies and mines, including Harvest Star.

The chart edges are brief data profiles such as;

Population: about 223 billion.

Diameter: About 98 light-years.

Star Region Headquarters: Epson 8 Galaxy, Harvest Star.

Garrison Legion: Umbrella Second Army, Spartan Army.

Unsc side: 5th, 9th, 017th, 026th Fleet.

For example, the reserves of the Spartan Legion, or related data such as Krieger and UNSC ground defense forces, the Red Queen did not list them for everyone.

Showing the Frontier Fort sector.

The Red Queen continued: "This star area was harassed by a large number of remnants of the Covenant Empire half a month ago, and the specific information will be sent to your personal mobile phones.

At the same time, when a few Jilahani tribes were killed, they responded with suspected psychic powers.

In order to find out whether it is related to a different space, it is necessary for everyone here to go to the border fortress star area and conduct a secret investigation.

If necessary, I will notify local staff and defense forces to assist you as much as possible. If necessary, the Spartan Legion and Gray Knights will respond to your request for support.

Any questions? "

After the words fell, Lyon and all the agents remained silent, indicating that they had no problem.

So the Red Queen set her sights on Leon, and conveyed: "According to the order of the chairman, Director Kennedy will be responsible for the specific distribution."

"Understood." Leon nodded.

"Then good luck to all of you."

After the red queen finished speaking, she took the initiative to dissipate her holographic imaging, but left behind the star map that appeared.

Leon got up immediately, used the star map to call up the brief information of all the colonies in the star area, browsed it for a while, and based on his understanding of his subordinates, he ordered the agents present:

"Hoyt, Gerson, and Lin Jieyu, the three of you are responsible for investigating Harvest Star.

Ai Jia, I will leave Callisto to you, Li Ran, you will be in charge of Haiyanxing, Zeldo..."

Next.

Agents are distributed evenly by Lyon in pairs, groups of three, or solo to colonize planets and asteroid colonies in Frontier Fortress.

Lyon chose the most marginal city, Bulton, which once belonged to the Covenant Empire and has now become the "territory" of human beings, as the investigation target.

Assign their tasks.

Leon uttered his final advice: "Remember to carry the water of the full moon with you to avoid being eroded and corrupted by demons.

I don't want to wait until the mission is over, and when I'm about to enjoy the vacation, I hear that one of you lost your life due to carelessness, is it clear? "

"Listen clearly!" All the agents responded in unison.

"Very well, time does not wait, let's go."

"Yes."

meeting dismiss.

Everyone left the combat conference room, received their temporary luggage, took company vehicles or flying boats, went to the Starport on the south side of Manhattan, and then used the special authority to board the company ships to head for their respective mission targets.

This time, Lyon was not as "thrifty and frugal" as the intelligence agents and agents circulated, and he also took the transportation provided by the company.

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Fourteen hours later.

A cargo ship similar in shape to a pioneer engineering ship, with a specification length of about 800 meters, is sailing rapidly in the fault space.

The red and white umbrella logo and the words "Silent Mary" are printed on both sides of the cargo ship.

In a sleeping cabin in the upper living area of ​​the cargo ship, Leon, who took off his shirt and was wearing a black sleeveless vest and overalls, was lying on the fixed single bed in a daze with the palms of his hands on the back of his head.

It seemed that he had squinted, and had just woken up not long ago.

Leon's appearance is almost the same as that of the Arcadia incident in 2042, still 28 or [-] years old.

Injecting delaying medicine is one aspect. The nanotechnology led by Birken and Ziegler is actually still being perfected and improved.

Even for the general public who have no access to blood mangosteen and delay medicine, the average life expectancy has been increased to 205 to 225 years due to nanomedicine.

The age groups of "young and mature" and "old" have undergone tremendous changes, and the death rate has dropped significantly. The total population has reached 1745 billion.

There are seven star sectors, with an average of 249 billion people in each star sector, but there are nearly 420 billion people in the solar system as the parent galaxy, and the border fortress star sector is on the average

As for the social "happiness index", it has not declined due to population growth.

Since human beings are no longer bound by gravity and bound to the "little" blue earth, people no longer need to worry and worry about buying a residence.

On the basis of the original technology, the technology of the Covenant Empire has been absorbed, so that the cost of civilian and even private interstellar navigation has been reduced year by year.

Reclamation of unexplored galaxies, mining of mineral resources, and countless jobs.

Of course, most things have two sides.

The reduction in the cost of interstellar travel has also allowed the "robbery business" that could only take place on the earth and sea to develop into space.

asteroid colonies in remote starfields,

smaller space stations,

There is a certain probability that a ship that has just sailed out of the fault space will encounter "pirates" composed of opportunists.

Chapter 281 "Forest Green Star"

There is absolutely no need to worry about robbery incidents in the solar system and the star field inside the territory, and the security environment is absolutely guaranteed.

However, "pirates" are rampant in the fringe star field.

Desire is produced by human nature. There is no distinction between good and evil in order to achieve a certain goal. The key is how to control it.

Among the hundreds of billions of human beings, there will always be guys who are not satisfied with the status quo, or who simply enjoy robbery, burning and killing.

Even in the face of the government's ruthless crushing and pursuit, there are still guys who are not afraid of death.

If human beings, and even individuals of all races, are kind-hearted and understand each other, then the sea of ​​souls will not become muddy.

As a field supervisor of the supervision department. .

Leon's understanding of the different space far exceeds that of the uninformed general public, and also far exceeds the vast majority of employees in the company.

All he can do is to investigate, search, and hunt demons. As for how to prevent different spaces from getting involved in the real universe, it is not within the scope of Lyon's consideration.

Besides, he believes that the company and the human beings as a whole with the chairman in charge have enough confidence to deal with the alien space.

You must know that Lyon is one of the "senators" of Umbrella today, and he is also extremely convinced and admired by Sui Bian.

Without Sui Bian's personal recruitment, otherwise he, who used to be a small policeman, would not have become an agent who secretly protects human beings.

At this time.

"Eh~...!"

Leon, who no longer thought about the past, stretched suddenly, turned over and sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the opposite bulkhead in a daze for a while before putting on his shoes.

Get up and leave the fixed bed.

He picked up his belt and waterproof shirt, fastened them, put them on, covered his gun and equipment, raised his hand to tidy up his somewhat messy hairstyle, then opened the hatch and left the dormitory.

Walk through the dim hallway.

Lyon came to the edge and heard;

"Three twos! Let's see who's older than me? Huh? Get ready for a treat!"

"Wait a minute, twin ghosts, Wang Zha, the last one-on-five."

"Grass, you kid can really bear it!"

"Hahaha~!"

From the far end came the noisy playing of cards and noise.

After Leon left the corridor completely, he came to the main event hall of the living area.

The hall is not far from the Li bridge, with a spacious space and large portholes on both sides, reducing the chances of mental illness caused by the crew being in a claustrophobic space for a long time.

There is a bar and kitchen, as well as entertainment items such as pool tables and old-fashioned jukeboxes.

And this moment.

On the sofa seat by the window on the right side, there are three casually dressed burly crew members with cigarettes in their mouths, playing some kind of regular poker to pass the boring days of pulling goods.

See Leon coming to the event hall.

A strong man flicked ash into an empty soda can, and then greeted Leon with a strong Russian accent, "Hey! Sir, how are you sleeping?!"

"Very good." Leon replied with a smile.

"It's fine, how can I do it?" The strong man turned his head to look at the bar, and told a female crew member with wavy hair:

"Vitalieva! Have a glass of your best source of life, and you can't treat the officer badly just because you get a ride! I'll pay for the drink!"

"Good mate."

The female crew member named Vitalieva readily responded, and took out a series of high-grade alcohol such as vodka and whiskey from the wine cabinet behind her.

Then put it into the mixing glass according to different proportions, put a few ice cubes and a few drops of lemon juice, fasten the lid, and play some fancy mixing movements.

Soon, a transparent wine glass was filled with the blue "source of life".

The female sailor put the wine glass on the bar, pushed it forward, squinted and smiled at Leon who was already sitting by the bar, "Please."

At this time, the first officer also laughed loudly at Leon: "Sir! Let's cool off now, hahaha, or you will be so hot that you doubt your life when you get to Bulton!"

"Thank you for the hospitality, I will accept the kindness."

As Leon said, he raised his head and drank the "Fountain of Life" while picking up the glass. At the end, he wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his left hand, and put the glass on the bar with a normal expression.

Discovering that Leon was so generous with alcohol, the crew immediately applauded and booed;

"As expected of a senior employee of the company! Enough!"

"Vitalieva! Another glass of Goddess' favor for the officer! Mine!"

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Facing the "warm and hospitable" crew members who all had a Russian accent, Leon couldn't keep calm immediately, and quickly waved his hands and refused:

"No! No, thank you for your kindness!"

Seeing Leon's resolute attitude, the chief mate and the crew gave up and stopped teasing and booing casually.

Although they have no right to ask, the crew members who are also Umbrella employees also know that the easy-going Leon is a member of the Armed Forces Department.

Next.

Lyon chatted with the chief mate and the crew in the event hall, and by the way, got gossip about the border fortress star sector. After all, some information cannot be obtained with monitors, cameras and network screening.

But this time, it was not as smooth as usual.

The Silent Mary is a cargo ship that travels between the solar system and the border fortress star area. The recent narration by the chief mate and others is not much different from the information Leon has.

We didn't chat for long.