From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

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The moment I heard the violent noise, the entire beach seemed to have been pressed on the pause button.

People stood up and looked to the north, some staring blankly at the slowly rising smoke.

Boom——!

Another low-intensity explosion completely woke up everyone who didn't know what happened.

"It can't be a rebel, right?!"

"Run!!"

Several tourists from Earth quickly ran towards the street.

The word "rebels" caused panic, and people began to rush to escape from the beach.

Lifeguards and security personnel took the lead in maintaining order, followed by patrol officers who rushed to the scene after hearing the noise.

"Nolly! Nolly! Where did you go, kid?"

In the crowd, Mike walked against the current, shouting Fulgrim's pseudonym at the top of his lungs.

When he saw the two patrolmen not far away, his eyes lit up. He avoided the panicked people and came to the other side. He breathed heavily and said hurriedly:

"Police officer! Help me find my cousin. His name is Noel Tevilas! He is about 1.4 meters tall. He is neither fat nor thin. He looks..."

"Officer!!" While Mike was gesturing with his hands about his height and weight, a plump middle-aged lady ran to the side and interjected:

"I'll give you money! Hurry! Protect me and leave! I want to go back to Earth! Go back now!"

"Calm down." A patrol officer said to reassure the middle-aged lady, "The Arcadia police will protect your lives. Now, please follow everyone and evacuate to the nearest shelter. Thank you for your cooperation."

Om-!

At this moment, a special engine roar came from above.

Looking up after hearing the sound, Mike and others saw three medium-sized transport boats painted in dark green with "UNSC/Marine Corps" printed on both sides passing by at low altitude, heading towards the civilian communication base station where the explosion originated.

Mike recognized it at a glance as the most representative aerospace vehicle produced by Humanity 08——

Pelican.

The intelligence provided by Apu shows that the UNSC has installed at least 300,000 Pelican transport aircraft of different models and purposes in the past hundred years.

Its "Mythlia" manufacturer, headquartered on Mars, even launched police and civilian versions of the Pelican in 2450 and 2500 respectively.

It can be said that the Pelican played an indispensable and important role in the history of human interstellar colonization in 2008.

Moreover, Mike also learned from colleagues in the investigation department that the company also intends to install this "century-old aircraft" and regard it as one of the mainstream transportation vehicles in the future.

However, he just glanced at the three UNSC Pelicans that had already gone away, and then continued to tell the patrol officer:

"Officer, help me"

"Noel Tevilas, is he an eleven-year-old boy from Harvest Star?" Before Mike could finish speaking, the patrolman retrieved the identity information forged by Apu with the help of holographic glasses, and said:

"Sir, the current situation is too chaotic for us to launch a search operation immediately, but I believe your cousin will be safe, so for your safety, please go to the nearest shelter."

After saying that, the patrol officer and his partner hurried to the beach to evacuate the crowd without giving Mike and the middle-aged lady a chance to speak.

"Hey!" Mike, who was acting to the end, sighed heavily and ran towards the city in the opposite direction.

at the same time.

He had already stayed away from the open beach through snorkeling, and came to Fulgrim, which was several kilometers away, to land again. Then, he rushed into the primeval rainforest at a speed that ordinary people could not catch.

Although there is no professional navigation equipment to assist, the original body has already engraved various intelligence, data and maps in his mind.

Then relying on psychic perception, he headed towards the ONI secret facility deep in the rain forest.

During his rapid travels, Fulgrim also encountered a large number of "strange" and "colorful" local creatures, as well as reptiles and insects that were known to contain highly poisonous substances at a glance.

However, Fulgrim, who turned into an afterimage, made the local creatures extremely frightened.

After all, the visit of humans a hundred years ago, especially those "sticks that breathed fire", made them and their ancestors afraid, and they did not dare to compete with humans for territory anymore.

Who would have thought that now another "monster" is coming?

Therefore, Fulgrim's journey was almost unobstructed. Except for being nearly tripped by a living plant with no consciousness and tentacle-like vines, Fulgrim successfully arrived at the perimeter of the ONI secret facility closest to him.

And before arriving here, he had already discovered some dilapidated and severely weathered man-made walls and houses.

He slowed down, came to a higher position and bent forward. When he reached the edge and was about to be exposed in an open area, he lay down and observed.

In the open area ahead, there are large pyramid-like ruins and buildings, as well as modern small military bases and research centers.

At first glance, if Fulgrim hadn't known that he was in Arcadia, the scene in front of him would have given him the illusion of being in the jungle of South America.

Because the forerunner ruins here are exactly the same as the temples and pyramids of the Mayan civilization, only some of the details are different.

It seemed correct. After sorting out the relationship between the pioneers, the forerunners and the 08 humans like listening to a story from his father, the style of the Mayan civilization in front of him made sense.

then.

Fulgrim set his sights on the secret ONI facility on his right.

The overall scale is not large, and the other party also uses modular construction methods.

A black-painted Pelican is parked on the vertical take-off and landing platform. There are fixed turrets and detection devices inside and outside the facility. In addition, ONI's special forces are conducting security patrols.

Moreover, the individual equipment and weapons of the ONI special forces are advanced compared to the UNSC Marines, but are not as good as the conventional configurations of their own company's ARS, AECS, and ODST.

After waiting patiently for a moment to figure out the patrol rhythm of the special forces, Fulgrim stood up, bent down, and continued to rush towards the dense forest surrounding the facility.

At the same time, Fulgrim also used his psychic powers to try to blend him into his surroundings.

Although it cannot reach a state that cannot be observed by the naked eye, it can still confuse the detection device to a certain extent.

Arriving at the end of the dense forest, Fulgrim was half-crouching in the grass, staring at the two special forces more than ten meters in front of him.

The moment the opponent's eyes moved away and his back was exposed to him, Fulgrim suddenly took action.

Bang!

Bang!

Accompanied by two muffled sounds, the two special forces were unable to even see their silhouettes, and they fell into a severe coma without understanding what happened. They collapsed on the ground and remained motionless.

However, when Fulgrim wanted to continue sneaking in.

Beep-beep!

The piercing alarm sounded throughout the rainforest.

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Hearing such a movement, even though Fulgrim was prepared, he never expected that ONI would react so quickly.

It seems that the original stealth strategy has failed, and the only option is to use forced "stealth", that is, to knock everyone out and then destroy all the monitoring equipment.

Then, Fulgrim entered the research facility through the main entrance "openly".