From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Shortly after.

In the ruins base, the waiting area in front of the seventh space gate.

"... "

Xiaoqiang is observing the scene on the other side of the door through the perspective of the Cerberus displayed on the helmet screen.

He and thirteen comrades were standing on the metal floor of the waiting area.

At the same time, there are more than a dozen Hex robots responsible for carrying equipment boxes, and four lightly-armed tyrants controlled by drivers, about three meters tall, and holding large-caliber BFG plasma guns.

After all, the company's Tyrant reserve was close to two thousand, which was finally "richer" compared to two years ago, so they were given four reconnaissance-type light-armored Tyrants to their advance team, as well as corresponding drivers and technical teams.

Of course, as the first armed unit to step through the space gate to conduct reconnaissance, the advance team actually has the most sophisticated equipment and weapons.

For example, one Gaussian gun per person, metallic hydrogen grenades, and magnetic levitation scanners.

Even the hazardous environment suits (HEV) they wear have been fully upgraded. In addition to using condensed matter to store energy for power supply, the overall appearance is the same as power armor.

Although they still wore traditional one-piece combat uniforms and were not titanium nanosuits that could "squeeze" people to death, they, like the investigators, were injected with nanorobots carrying information about the 24th pair of chromosomes.

In other words, Xiaoqiang and his comrades have been fully strengthened, and they are among the top elite soldiers in the human category within the company.

As for the picture captured by Cerberus, it shows a sunny afternoon on the other side of the door and a beautiful environment deep in the dense forest.

Just looking at this appearance, one would have thought that the space door opened in a forest on another earth.

But the brief data sent back by Cerberus showed:

"Temperature: 27c

Gravity: about 1.3G.

Atmospheric pressure: approximately 1.1 times atmospheric pressure.

Atmospheric composition;

Oxygen: 23%

Nitrogen: 76%

Carbon dioxide: 0.04%

Total content of other rare gases: 0.96%"

The whole thing is similar to the earth, but the other side of the door is definitely not the earth, but another earth-like planet suitable for human habitation.

"Soap, Ghost, Xiaoqiang." On the communication channel at this time, Price issued the order as before: "It is better for the three of you to pass through the space gate and cooperate with the Cerberus to confirm safety first."

"receive."

"learn."

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After receiving the instructions, the three people left the team and walked straight through the space door that looked like a mercury mirror.

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...

A flash of white light passed by.

Xiaoqiang successfully stepped into the world on the other side of the door, and looked around with the Gauss rifle in his hand tightly, trying to find any potential threats.

But after the pulse scan, there was no obvious change on the abbreviated radar, only more than a dozen yellow dots representing Cerberus were displayed.

With them wandering and alerting nearby, and combined with various real-time data provided by HEV, Xiaoqiang was basically certain that there was no threat in this area.

Soap, who was walking in front of Xiaoqiang, looked at the surrounding environment, especially the clear stream and the gorgeous flowers that attracted insects, and joked:

“This place is really suitable for retirement.”

"If you're not afraid of rheumatism."

The ghost who walked to the front from Xiaoqiang's left hand side said habitually.

Hearing this, Soap replied with a smile on the communication: "I really don't know if you have a sense of humor, or if you are just a bitch."

at this time.

The entire advance team at the ruins base, as well as the Hex robot and the lightly-armed tyrant also passed through the space gate and came to the depths of this quiet dense forest.

Immediately afterwards, the two advance team members released four drones. The remaining team members either cooperated with the tyrant to expand the warning range here, or built a wired base station with the Hex robot.

And Price continued to order on the communication: "The drone shows that there is an open area two kilometers away to the north. Soap, Ghost, Xiaoqiang, and you three will investigate on foot. Be careful not to exceed the shielding range of the space gate."

"Leave it to us." Soap replied on behalf of the two comrades.

Next.

As always, the three of them kept their distance and covered each other as they hurried toward the north, weaving through the forest where the vegetation was not dense.

After a while, the space door disappeared behind the three people, without a trace.

After running for nearly half a minute, the three of them slowed down their pace and chose to slowly approach the edge of the forest.

And while hiking, they found that the flowers, plants and trees around them were very familiar, but they couldn't name them because they were almost the same as the ones on earth, with only slight differences.

Even insects do.

In terms of appearance, insects are not as large, weird, and bluish as those on Pandora. Instead, they are no different from the types on Earth.

Through the motion capture and indentation of the helmet screen, Xiaoqiang can clearly see the ants crawling on the moist soil, the woodlice hiding in the shadows, and the bees busy among the flowers, or try to penetrate their armor and suck out the Mosquitoes with their blood.

Huh. Huh.

Suddenly, the motion capture instantly locked onto a patch of grass on their right side.

!

Seeing this situation, the three people immediately pointed their guns towards the grass about twenty meters away.

The abbreviated radar shows a gray dot marked with a "?" question mark.

This shows that there are unknown creatures in the grass that are relatively large and pose a certain threat.

The next three people didn't need to communicate. Soap took the initiative to stay where he was to provide cover. Xiaoqiang and Ghost gradually approached the grass.

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Inside the helmet, Xiaoqiang maintained steady breathing from beginning to end, and his heart rate showed no obvious fluctuations.

He and his comrades have long been accustomed to various strange phenomena, and are not afraid of any threats or enemies.

Once it is confirmed that the guy hiding in the grass has an aggressive tendency, he and the ghost will open fire without hesitation, disrupt his ability to move, and then try to capture him.

After all, colleagues in the Biology Department need actual materials to understand the local ecological environment.

Ouch! Ouch!

The dynamic capture reaction became more and more intense, and Xiaoqiang also put his index finger on the trigger.

"Ouch!"

The guy who was hiding may have sensed the approach of "death", so he howled and jumped out of the grass, exposing himself to Xiaoqiang and the others' visual field of vision.

yes.

Is it a wolf? ?

In terms of size, the wolf in front of Xiaoqiang and the others was only of medium size. Counting the tail, the length was barely close to two meters.

But the most bizarre thing is that the wolf actually has green hair, and some parts even look like leaves.

"What kind of wolf is this?" Soap exclaimed in the communication.

"Catch it first, Xiaoqiang, help me cover it, don't let it get away." The ghost continued to approach the green leaf wolf with a frightened expression.

It was the overly complex fear that led the ghost to conclude that it had a considerable degree of intelligence and was qualitatively different from ordinary animals on Pandora.

Therefore, Ghost decided to capture him by force to avoid premature exposure of the company's activities here.

The entire arrest process went smoothly.

The green leaf wolf seemed to know the consequences of resisting, and was extremely obedient, allowing the ghost to quickly bind its limbs with high-strength restraints.

Then, Xiaoqiang and the others marked and reminded them on the abbreviated radar. After waiting for a while, four hellhounds and a Hex robot arrived here.

After handing over the Green Leaf Wolf to the robot and being escorted back to the space gate by Cerberus, they walked quickly towards the open area in the north captured by the drone.

It didn't take a few minutes.

They crossed a muddy stream section and came to the edge of the forest.

Using trees as cover and using the helmet screen for observation, Xiaoqiang discovered that they were on higher ground.

The lower, flat areas in the north have vast green plains, clear lakes, and

A town where "people" live.