From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

2 stars in the constellation Eridanus.

It is a terrestrial planet in the second orbit, with a size and mass similar to that of the Earth.

The gravity is 1.01G and the surface temperature is between -18°C and 38°C. It is a planet that can be directly colonized without deliberate transformation.

So, overall, II Eridani is very similar to Earth.

It has a blue atmosphere, green land, and turquoise oceans and lakes.

However, before Atlas took over, the people of Eridani II were very dissatisfied with the rule of the UNSC and UEG, and rebellions often broke out.

Because Eridani II has been colonized for nearly a hundred years, but has yet to receive official support from the UEG. On the contrary, Eridani II still needs to fully support the UNSC fleet.

On the surface, there is not even a city that can accommodate half a million people, only villages and towns scattered everywhere.

Fortunately, after Atlas took over the company, it adopted a "loss-making" support policy.

Colonies like Eridani 2 were provided with various subsidies free of charge and were exempted from paying taxes for three years, allowing people to concentrate on development.

now.

“So beautiful”

Lyon, who was sitting in the driver's seat, sighed.

However, Lyon's eyes were a little dazed, and he didn't seem to be surprised by the two stars in the constellation Eridanus in front of him.

After all, he has been in the company for more than ten years and has carried out nearly two hundred tasks of various sizes. The beautiful scene before him can no longer stir up ripples in his heart.

Judging from Lyon's appearance, it should be more

"Aftertaste"?

And if you look closely at Lyon's current face, you can see obvious dark circles under his eyes, and his lips are a little pale and chapped.

Maybe it's an illness?

It could also be that you have just finished some strenuous exercise.

In contrast, Ada, who was sitting above, had a rosy face and a healthy complexion, which was in sharp contrast to Leon.

"cough."

Hearing Leon's mumbling, Ada coughed lightly and reminded him:

"Rookie, focus on the mission and stop thinking about useless things."

"Uh, yes, Director Wang."

Leon, who was awakened, quickly straightened his face, stopped thinking about the trivial things, and then lightly touched the control panel on the hard light screen with his right hand.

Open the communication and take the initiative to identify yourself:

"2 Eridani, this is Senior Agent of the Investigations Department, employee number A-00153, and Senior Director, employee number A-00002.

The company's test aircraft we are on has just left the jump space and requested to land."

After Leon explained his identity to the surface, a reply came over the communication channel:

"This is the No. 2 military base on the 2nd star of Eridanus. We are verifying your identity. Please wait."

After waiting for a moment, the other party continued:

"We have verified your identities and flight itineraries. Please proceed to the designated area for landing. Eridanus 2 welcomes you."

"grateful."

Leon thanked the other party and ended the call.

Then, he gave the coordinates provided by the other party to the stupid AI and asked it to carry him and Ada forward.

soon.

After receiving the designated coordinates, the stupid AI controlled the Archer fighter and entered the atmosphere of Eridanus 2 smoothly and steadily.

Then it carried Leon and Ada to the sunny northern hemisphere.

Finally, it arrived at a small military base and landed on the vertical take-off and landing apron on the north side of the base.

Main engine flameout.

The hatch unfolds.

The two men changed into bulletproof casual clothes and walked out of the cabin.

"call"

Leon stepped back onto the ground with his feet, closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

When he opened his eyes, he saw two Warthogs parked not far in front of him and Ada.

Several armed security guards wearing dark green training uniforms and holding AMWS guns jumped out of the Warthog.

The captain wearing a black beret saluted Ada and Leon and said:

"Welcome to Eridanus 2. Why are you here?"

After the captain put his hands down, he seemed a little nervous.

Because to these employees with lower authority, Leon and Ada are considered veterans within the company.

The most important thing is that Leon and Ada are still affiliated with the Investigation Department.

Whenever someone from the Investigation Department arrives at a place, it means that unusual events may have occurred there, or that there may be hostile forces hiding there.

If the people in the Investigation Department were to encounter danger, then their entire planet, which had been developed with great difficulty to this point, might turn into bubbles and disperse at the slightest blow.

In fact, the armed security stationed in different colonies is equivalent to the role of the army or the National Guard in the traditional military system.

The armed security led by the captain only includes the captain himself and a few members from the main universe and other universes. Most of the remaining members are locals of Eridanus 2.

The empire will be established next month.

The armed security guards stationed in various colonies in the Halo universe will be uniformly transformed into "Planetary Defense Forces."

As for the regular armed security who have served for many years, they will be transformed into the "Imperial Guard" and fight along with the fleets and legions.

Therefore, the captain naturally does not want any hidden dangers to exist in their colony.

Sensing the captain's concern, Ada said with an official smile:

"Just meeting some local kids and interacting with their families. Don't get too nervous, Captain."

"I see." The captain breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked:

“I wonder how we can help?”

"If possible." Without waiting for Ada to reply, Leon took the initiative to say:

"Help us find a civilian hovercraft, or a civilian vehicle on the ground.

After all, if Director Wang and I drove the company's prototype machine to the living area of ​​the local residents, it would definitely cause panic."

As Leon said this, he turned around and glanced at the archer fighter behind him.

In addition to the reasons Leon mentioned, there is another point, that is, he really doesn't want to take a taxi anymore.

Leon always felt that whenever he took a taxi, he would inexplicably encounter various accidents.

"Of course, please follow us."

The captain had no reason to refuse this.

Then Leon and Ada, together with the captain, boarded the Warthog and drove off the vertical take-off and landing apron.

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It didn't take long.

The two of them drove a civilian hovercraft shaped like a beetle and flew to a city called "Paradise City".

However, the driver of the hovercraft was not Leon, the subordinate, but Aida, the superior.

Maybe Ada also understood Leon's special physique and was worried that if she let Leon drive, not only would the hovercraft be at risk of crashing, but she herself might also be injured.

So she just let him drive.

Before long, the two of them followed the waterway and arrived at the outskirts of Paradise City.

This Paradise City, which can accommodate a million people, is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only the south side being a plain.

Aida piloted the hovercraft, allowing her and Leon to sail out of the channel and land on the edge of the commercial street of Paradise City.

Come to the commercial street.

Ada also deliberately held Leon's right arm.

? !

This made Leon, who seemed to be a "love veteran" and "experienced", a little stunned.

"What's wrong, rookie?"

Seeing that Leon's expression was a little frozen, Ada tightened her hands around Leon's right arm and deliberately teased:

"Haven't we pretended to be lovers and husband and wife before? Why are you so restrained this time?"

"You're all acting?"

Leon couldn't help but blurt out.

"Ha ha."

Ada almost couldn't help laughing out loud when she realized that Leon was so cute and silly.

In fact, Ada had paid attention to Leon very early.

She has been an orphan without a father or a mother since she became conscious, because she was born in the most chaotic South America.

Based on her childhood experiences, Ada judged that her parents were probably doing some foreign trade business in South America.

Their family is considered a wealthy family on the upper middle class side in the local area, but it is precisely because of this that they are targeted by low-level thugs and gangs.

It was then robbed and pillaged, and her parents were brutally murdered.

Fortunately, her parents were friendly to their neighbors when they were alive and would provide help from time to time.

So when Ada's parents realized that a "rainstorm" was coming, they entrusted Ada to a neighbor to hide, which saved her from disaster.

However, in the 1980s, South America was dominated by drug lords, gangs and mercenaries.

Even if you escape for a while, you can't escape for a lifetime.

When Aida was just ten years old, drug lords who forced all local residents to grow "crops" such as poppies and coca took control of the city where she lived.

She was also abducted by the drug lord's mercenaries, and was prepared to be a prostitute to please the powerful and wealthy.

In South America at that time, human life was a truly tradable "product".

And the value of the average person may be less than a box of 7.62mm rifle bullets.

When Aida was kidnapped and imprisoned in the drug lord's base with other girls of the same age,

Atlas's rapid reaction force (ARS) quickly raided the drug lord's base and carried out a decapitation operation on the drug lord himself and a number of his senior officials.

In addition, the entire city was secretly taken over by Atlas' armed security.

Because Atlas happened to be expanding in South America at that time.

Given the extreme corruption and chaos in the government and military of South America, it is one of the best places for Atlas to expand its territory.

As for Sui Yang, the owner of Atlas, he hates "crops" such as poppies and coca.

After the ARS and armed security secretly took control of Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, through force, and then cooperated with Atlas to accumulate a century of wealth, capital and industrial chain to gradually "annex" the northern region of Colombia, the first thing Sui Yang abolished was the cultivation of poppies and coca.

At the same time, Atlas also provides real jobs for local residents.

And Aida was cared for and adopted by Sui Yang during that period.

after that.

Ada and other orphans with similar experiences received rigorous training from ARS and became leaders in their respective industries.

Most of them accepted Sui Yang's arrangement and infiltrated the governments and armies of North American and South American countries, patiently waiting for the best time to "defect" to assist the company in its comprehensive integration of the main universe Earth.

A few became the first batch of investigators.

And Ada, who is eighteen years old, is already one of the top investigators.

Later, when the abnormal phenomenon of "Flower of God" appeared in Congo, Aida received orders from Sui Yang, namely:

“In addition to investigating the abnormal phenomena in Congo, please also secretly observe the investigator trainees who were also sent to Congo and examine whether they can become real investigators.

In addition, the student named Leon Scott Kennedy seems to have unique potential and must be personally reviewed by you."

After receiving the order from her adoptive father, Ada naturally had no objection and immediately rushed to Congo to conduct secret observation.

And Leon accidentally discovered the Flower of God that she was investigating.

Ada became interested instantly.

When Leon was surrounded by zombies parasitized by the Flower of God and was nearly stabbed in the back, Ada helped from a distance with an anti-machine sniper rifle.

After Leon officially joins the investigation department and becomes a qualified investigator

Ada discovered that Leon really had unique potential that ordinary people did not have, just as her adoptive father had evaluated.

Lyon's luck is good, but he always encounters various accidents.

Although it may be said that he has bad luck, Lyon has been able to survive time and time again and create miracles in desperate situations.

And no matter how strong the enemy is, Leon is like an "indestructible cockroach" and can always escape and defeat him.

In this regard, Ada unknowingly was completely attracted to a "newbie" who was three years younger than her.

After Leon became famous and became one of the top investigators, more and more juniors, especially female juniors, began to pay attention to Leon.

After all, Lyon's appearance is impeccable.

Before genetic modification, their physical fitness was already among the best in the human race.

This is a "dimensionality reduction attack" for female employees who have just joined the company.

Therefore, Ada began to use her status as a superior to interfere with Leon's "romantic affairs" from time to time.

You have to know that Leon was the "prey" she set her eyes on first, so how could he be easily snatched away by other flowers and plants?

Besides, her adoptive father Sui Yang seemed to be interested in bringing her and Leon together, otherwise why would he ask her to pay attention to Leon in the beginning?

In addition, Ada firmly believed that her adoptive father possessed the ability to predict the future, so she calmly accepted her feelings for Leon.

just

She seemed to be in the habit of teasing and playing tricks on Leon.

Then, Ada suppressed her smile and said to Leon with a serious expression:

"What do you mean it's all acting? Put away all the pornographic information in your head.

Even if the company does not have a mandatory requirement, this mission requires hiding your identity and sneaking in secretly, but don’t forget.”

Ada said this, and deliberately leaned close to Leon's ear, and continued in a voice that only the two of them could hear:

"The group of children we are going to meet are also part of an advanced project. Before the company is ready to announce it to the public, we'd better uphold the qualities that investigators should have."

As she spoke, Ada quickly distanced herself from him:

"Okay, rookie, our first stop is shopping! Buy some kid-friendly stuff.

Then the next stop is the No. 119 Primary School, which is not far from the commercial street. ”

"Okay."

Leon believed what Ada said and temporarily put aside the "madness" that happened on the Archer fighter.

Then, the two bought some realistic toy guns, as well as 1:6 scale soldiers and dolls, also produced by their company.

Buy these toys and gifts.

The two put some of the items back on the hovercraft first, and then walked to Elementary School No. 119, holding only the realistic toy gun with the packaging box.