From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

3 month 4 day.

At noon.

The capital of Arcadia, the central commercial district of Pierce City.

There are many shopping malls here, with shops selling handicrafts on both sides of the street, immersive virtual reality life and game experience halls, and even pet shops selling local creatures in Arcadia.

Even though the sun was shining brightly and the body temperature reached over 36 degrees Celsius, tourists could not "turn back" because the streets were still filled with people.

Whether locals or tourists coming to Arcadia, most of them dress in short-sleeved shorts. Only a few choose tight-fitting clothing due to work needs and personal preferences.

At this moment, Fulgrim, who also put on black shorts and purple short-sleeves, followed Mike and Leon out of a car rental shop.

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Leaving the cool air-conditioned house and returning to the steamer-like streets had no impact on the original body. However, in order to play the role of a boy from the Harvest Star, Fulgrim still looked very uncomfortable. It seemed that It was a bit dazzling from the direct sunlight.

At the same time, while following Mike and Leon around Pierce City, he also imprinted what he saw in his mind, preparing to discuss it with his father after returning to Harvest Planet, which might help the Engineering Department plan for the future city. .

Secondly, Fulgrim also discovered that there were only a lot more surveillance cameras in the streets.

This shows that Arcadia also has an intelligent AI like Apu.

I wonder if it can be instigated to rebel?

Fulgrim thought to himself.

After all, Apu's "defection" caused the UNSC to unknowingly suffer heavy losses, and also allowed humanity and Atlas in their main universe to make qualitative progress.

If there are two or more intelligent AIs with the help of them, there will be a certain chance that they can secretly seize power without bloodshed.

However, in the current situation, without the company's logistics, and without the information support provided by the Intelligence Department and Investigation Department, if you want to avoid the surveillance of Arcadia's intelligent AI and go to the secret research facility of the UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI), It can be said to be full of difficulties.

Soon, the three of them carried shopping bags, took a taxi powered by a hydrogen engine, and returned to the resort hotel.

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Shortly after.

In the family suite;

Mike put the shopping bag filled with souvenirs and snacks on the table and frowned: "Without a gun and no one, this mission is a bit difficult."

"." Leon nodded silently.

Indeed, as Fulgrim has considered, previous investigators were able to achieve unrivaled success in previous operations in the main universe, Earth, and Universe 08, pinpointing enemies and obtaining confidential information, mainly by relying on companies with complete systems.

Now there are only a dozen of them.

In terms of individual soldier quality, they are not afraid of the two battalions of UNSC Marines deployed in Arcadia.

However, synchronized with Arcadia's rotation, a Paris-class heavy frigate "parked" near the orbital space station is able to crush all known carbon-based organisms.

According to information provided by Apu, the length of the Paris-class frigate is usually between 520 and 560 meters. It also has an electromagnetic orbital accelerator gun with a length of more than 12 meters, and vertical missile silos that can launch nuclear bombs and hydrogen bombs.

Although there is no magnetic field deflection defense that can prevent energy weapon attacks like the Selune class and the Fidus class, the various data and comprehensive qualities of the titanium-a alloy armor are stronger than the titanium-tank alloy used by Atlas. Serve a little.

Therefore, if the Fiddes class and the Paris class, which are both frigates, engage in a battle in outer space, whoever's main gun locks on the target first and fires in advance will be able to obtain the outcome of the battle.

Overall it seems evenly matched.

However, the UNSC has more than a thousand Paris-class heavy frigates, not to mention that the UNSC also has ships of cruisers, destroyers, and aircraft carriers.

After all, humans in Universe 800 are an interstellar civilization, and the total number of planets they have colonized is about . Therefore, they must use absolute naval power to ensure the rule of the UNSC and UEG.

No matter how powerful the rebel forces are, they will only end up "running away" when facing the UNSC's main fleet, and they simply do not have enough strength to engage in a head-on confrontation.

Without Apu, Atlas would also be unable to gain a foothold in Universe 08.

now.

Mike and Leon, who were in the family suite, were sitting at the round table discussing what to do next. The markers in their hands did not stop, sketching on several paper tourist maps.

Among the sentences discussed, the one mentioned most often was: "No, Arcadia's smart AI can screen and lock passengers in chaos, which will expose our whereabouts",

"It's true that local gangs can take advantage of them, but they... forget it, we have to take the life safety of our compatriots as the basis" and so on.

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Fulgrim remained quiet, sitting next to his two "uncles" and watching and listening.

But after a while, he took the initiative to interject: "I can go deep into the primitive rainforest alone, quickly dismantle ONI's defenses, and obtain the core information they control."

Hear the words.

Mike and Leon both looked at Fulgrim.

In fact, when the mission reached an impasse, these two elite investigators considered taking advantage of the information gap to send Fulgrim to the depths of the rainforest alone. However, they still regarded Fulgrim as a minor in their subjective consciousness. …

To be precise, it should be a one-year-old child.

So as adults, they instinctively rejected this option.

However, the one-year-old child in front of them had already torn apart hundreds of reaper soldier ants, and his physical physique far exceeded that of their genetically enhanced investigators.

Therefore, after being silent for a few seconds, Mike, who was commanded by Ada to accept his fate, corrected his attitude and said:

"If you have any suggestions, please tell me."

"Yes, sir."

After receiving permission, Fulgrim stood up, stretched out his left hand and pointed at the map and said:

“Through the intelligence provided by Apu and the words of local people, we have found out that there are many gangs entrenched in the southern neighborhoods of Pierce City, including many organizations that sell illegal drugs and military-standard weapons.

Then we can choose the time to let the superhuman Maggie Shaw take advantage of the cover of night to bypass the surveillance cameras and raid the gang organization that possesses explosives.

After acquiring explosives."

Fulgrim pointed his left index finger towards the east beach:

"Maggie Shaw can bury it outside the communication base station where tourists are prohibited from entering, and wait until dawn before we can appear in public view and go to the beach to play.

When the number of tourists on the beach reaches its peak, the buried explosives are secretly detonated. This not only creates chaos, attracts the attention of the intelligent AI and UNSC, but also avoids the casualties of compatriots.

As for me, I will detonate and separate from the crowd at the same time. "

At this point, Fulgrim raised his head and smiled at Mike and Leon: "Isn't it normal for chaos to cause an active child like me to get lost and disappear?

The main thing is that no one would have thought that a child could run faster than 100 kilometers per hour on foot.

With this information gap, and Apu's clear statement that ONI will not share a network with the colonial government's UNSC and intelligent AI, this gave me, a child, greater mobility.

After breaking through their secret facility, I will delete all surveillance cameras as soon as possible, and then use... magic to clear their relevant memories. "