From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

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"Dad, who is it?"

The daughter turned her head and looked towards the door and asked.

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Loren didn't answer.

However, it is curfew now, and the "person" who can move around in the stairs and knock on their door is most likely an official of the so-called Human Empire.

Ding-ding-!

After hearing the rhythmic knock on the door again, Luo Lan stopped hesitating and immediately turned around, walked through the living room, unlocked the door and opened it.

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But the moment he opened the door and saw outside, Roland's eyes widened and his expression revealed undisguised astonishment.

Because of the "person" standing outside their door.

In addition to a "female" Imperial official in a black uniform, there are also two, or rather two, T-800 Terminators that look like metal skeletons.

The two T-800s were carrying large black equipment boxes, as if they were transporting some "important" cargo.

Moreover, the pupils of the "female" imperial official emitted a faint blue light, indicating that her true identity was a synthetic human produced by Atlas.

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Seeing that Luo Lan was a little stunned, the female synthetic showed a smile that didn't seem fake and took the initiative to speak:

“Hello, sir, I am here to enter your personal information.

At the same time, I also brought you some midnight snacks, don’t you know?”

The female synth said as she glanced at the boy and girl standing in the living room, then turned her gaze back to Roland and asked:

"I don't know, is it convenient for you and your family?"

Hear the words.

Luo Lan forced himself to calm down and nodded: "Please come in if it's convenient."

"Thanks for understanding."

The female synth smiled at Roland again, and then came to Roland's living room with two T-800s carrying black equipment boxes.

then.

One T-800 opened another T-'s equipment box.

Or the insulated box, then he took out six biodegradable white plastic lunch boxes and placed them neatly on the old dining table.

Afterwards, the T-800 took three cans of carbonated drinks printed with Atlas' classic red "Λ" logo and delivered them to the table.

After doing all this, the two T-800s turned around and left the living room, walked out of the room, and waited silently in the stairwell.

The female synth asked Roland, "Excuse me, sir, what are your and your children's names and ages?"

"Christopher Loren, I am 44 years old this year." Loren looked back at his son and daughter who were studying lunch boxes and carbonated drinks, and continued:

"The son is Krontor Loren, 8 years old, and the daughter is Carrie Loren, 6 years old."

"Yes, sir." The female synthetic's eyes brightened, and she had obviously entered the brief information of the Roland family directly into the system of the front-line base.

Then she gently raised her left hand.

Then, accompanied by a subtle electronic sound, her left hand began to "crack" and "stretch", and switched into some kind of metal tool with a needle.

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Seeing this horrifying scene, Roland's expression and mood went up and down like a roller coaster.

"Wow!!"

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The daughter and son also reacted differently.

My daughter was surprised and amazed, and thought it was amazing that the female synthetic human's hands could be "deformed".

The son was lost in thought, seemingly carefully studying the female synthetic's hand and why it could be "transformed".

However, the two children might still be under the influence of psychic power, and they calmly accepted the "weirdness" shown by the female synth, and did not find the T-800 with the appearance of a metal skeleton to be that scary.

It may also be that children are simply more adaptable than adults with fixed mindsets.

"Sorry." Seeing the fear on Roland's face, the female synth said apologetically:

"I was inconsiderate. I should have reminded you in advance that I am not a human in the traditional sense. I am a synthetic human with prosthetic limbs. Once the basic construction of the town is completed and connected to the network, you will be able to gradually keep up with the daily life of the human empire.

Also, the reason I am doing this is because I need to take blood samples from you and your family members.”

After the female synth finished speaking, she took out the disinfectant spray she carried with her and disinfected the blood drawn from the prosthetic limb.

In fact, the blood extractor has already completed the disinfection measures when it is in the prosthetic state.

After the extraction is completed, the inside and outside of the needle will be thoroughly disinfected. As for taking out the spray for disinfection, it is only for the urban residents to see.

Even though most residents have no awareness of hygiene safety and cross-infection, they should be given sufficient psychological comfort.

After listening to the female synth's explanation, although Roland was unfamiliar with words like "prosthesis" and "synthetic", he understood that the other party wanted to draw blood.

"Okay." Then, Roland stretched out his left arm.

"Thanks for your cooperation."

The female synth completed the blood drawing quite skillfully. The whole process was extremely fast, perhaps even less than three seconds.

Then, she fully disinfected the extractor, half-knelt in front of the girl, and said softly:

"Little Carrie, could you please hold out your left hand?"

"Okay."

The girl wasn't on high alert, after all, her father had done just that.

Soon, the female synth collected blood samples from the girl and boy, left the living room and retreated to the stairwell.

While reuniting with the two T-800s, the female synth also said goodbye to the Roland family:

"Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. Sorry to bother you.

That’s right!” The female synthetic pretended to have suddenly remembered something important and reminded the Loran family, saying:

The Human Empire will provide free breakfast, lunch and dinner to all residents in the town over the next four weeks.

Today's midnight snack is specially provided by the goddess Pallas Athena because she took into consideration that the war that broke out not long ago may have consumed a lot of your physical strength and energy.

Please rest assured that the three meals a day in the next four weeks will be enough to keep you well fed and well-watered.

Finally, please do not waste food. If you really cannot finish it, we will have professional staff every morning to recycle and centrally dispose of it.

Well, we won't bother you any more, just enjoy your supper tonight."

After saying that, the female synth took the initiative to close the door for Roland and continued to the next family in the building to collect brief information and blood samples.

Lorraine locked the door.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the footsteps outside the door getting farther and farther away.

It's not that Roland's psychological endurance is poor, but in just a few hours, he was overwhelmed by "the gods came to his side", "there was a flying steel ship in the sky", "a black giant taller than a knight", etc.

It gave him a strong visual and cognitive impact, and his original worldview collapsed directly.

In other words, among all the townspeople, Loran is considered to be a person with independent opinions and thoughts, and even if he is shocked again, he can gradually accept it.

On the other hand, the residents who revere and worship God and heaven

Forget it, Luo Lan shook his head lightly and no longer considered what others thought.

He turned around and walked to the dining table. As he opened the white lunch box, he said to his son and daughter:

"Don't just stand there, open them all and take a look."

"Yes!"

"it is good!"

My son and daughter are waiting for Luo Lan's approval.

After hearing Luo Lan's words, the two children quickly lifted the lid of the lunch box with both hands, and then

“These look so pretty!”

“Is that meat?”

Then, the two children's sighs and doubts were heard in the living room.

There were six lunch boxes filled with "big pot meals" provided by the front-line base restaurant.

There are Chinese-style tomato and egg, stewed beef brisket with potatoes, vegetable and fruit salads, boneless fried chicken and various sauces, as well as staple foods such as fried rice and spaghetti with meat sauce.

And Kronto, Roland's son, stared at the stewed beef brisket with potatoes, swallowed his saliva and asked Roland again:

"Dad, that should be meat, right?"

"Um"

Loran nodded slightly.

But to be honest, he couldn't be sure whether it was meat.

Because he hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and as for the Chinese-style stewed beef brisket with potatoes, he had never seen it before.

Click~!

Just as the father and son were stunned and puzzled by the sumptuous free meals provided by the Human Empire, the crisp sound of opening a can was heard in the living room.

Gurgle~! Gurgle~!

Carrie Loren picked up a can of carbonated drink, studied it, successfully opened the lid, and began to drink it.

But before Carrie could finish the drink, her eyes opened wide.

“Burp——!!!”

Then, Carrie couldn't bear the impact of carbonation and vomited a lot of dark brown drink and burped very loudly.

"Carrie, are you okay?"

Seeing this, Kronto, as a brother, hurried forward and patted Carrie on the back, trying to make his sister feel better.

"Hiccup cough cough!"

Carrie hiccuped and coughed, but her face looked painful and her eyes were quite excited.

After a pause, she quickly said to Roland and Krontor:

"Dad! Brother! This stuff is so delicious! Come and try it!!"

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Upon hearing this, Roland and Kronto opened the remaining two cans of drinks.

After learning from Carrie's previous experience, the two did not gulp down the drink at the beginning, but took a few sips cautiously.

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Hiccup—hiccup—!

Soon, burps of varying tones were heard in the living room, and the Loran family could no longer endure it, so they took out their tableware and started to eat voraciously.

After Loran ate half a bowl of rice, as well as tomato and egg dishes and stewed beef brisket with potatoes at just the right temperature, the father, who had overdrawn his body and worked day and night for more than 20 years, actually shed tears silently.

He had never eaten such delicious food in his life.

Rice and beef.

These are the most normal daily dishes for the residents of the human empire at this stage.

Even the MOA burger from the Halo universe has long been popular within the Empire.

The biggest worry for residents under the rule of the human empire every day may be "What should I eat tomorrow?".

Or maybe you are struggling with the question “Eating a lot of meat and fish every day is too greasy, how about sticking to a light diet for a while?” etc.

After all, the Human Empire has integrated the planetary resources of the multiverse, and coupled with advanced and mature biotechnology, the residents of the empire have no shortage of food.

Of course, the Human Code and Imperial law stipulate that residents are not allowed to be extravagant.

It is true that there is no shortage of food, but excessive waste will increase the burden of waste disposal and pose hidden dangers such as environmental pollution, not to mention the moral issues.

In contrast, the humans living in the Trench Crusades universe are "worlds apart" compared to the residents of the Human Empire.

Rice and beef?

To be honest, Luo Lan has never eaten beef.

If he wants to buy a chicken for the children, he has to plan two or three months in advance.

Beef and rice were clean and delicious foods that only high-ranking church members, high-ranking humans, and knights of the Order who needed adequate calories and nutrition were entitled to enjoy.

For people like them living at the bottom of society, it is already very good to have protein blocks synthesized by rats and cockroaches to eat.

For example, residents of other countries in the Trench Crusaders universe may directly eat dried rats and cockroach paste.

In this comparison, the protein cubes are considered to be a very good "delicious" thing.

"Dad, bro. Wow. This is so delicious!"

At this moment, Carrie's cheeks were puffed up like a hamster, and she was stammering with emotion.

"Uh-huh.!"

Krontor, who seemed much more mature than his peers, was not much better. He was like a hamster that was always busy stuffing food into its mouth.

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However, Luo Lan inadvertently raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes and continued to enjoy the first truly delicious midnight snack in his life tonight.

At the same time, Loran has already recognized the human empire.

There is no way, food is the most important thing for people.

At the same time, at the front-line base, at the space gate covered by the giant building;

The space inside the giant building is "vast" and brightly lit. Dozens of magnetic levitation tracks are set up at different heights and areas, connected to space gates that look like mercury mirrors.

brush--!

The maglev train carrying personnel, materials and large equipment travels back and forth between this giant building and the core of the ruins at the bottom of the Imperial Palace.

It didn't take long.

A train responsible for transporting personnel was parked in the middle area of ​​the megastructure.

As the train stopped and the sealed doors of the carriages opened, the elite elves carrying luggage and equipment, as well as elite soldiers from the Inquisition, walked onto the platform one after another.

This group of elves and soldiers, totaling more than a thousand people, prepared to take the large magnetic levitation elevator to the equipment warehouse of the base and hand over the equipment they carried with them to the logistics department for safekeeping.

But among the crowd, there were more than a dozen technicians in plain clothes who did not have much battlefield experience.

Among these technicians, the most special one is Serin, who is wearing a windbreaker and whose pupils emit faint purple light.

Serin and the core technical personnel affiliated with the senior management of the Biological Department were transferred from the main universe to the "Trench Crusader" universe numbered "13", mainly to assist the members of the Biological Department who were deployed in advance to the "13" front-line base.

Because more than three hours ago, after the troops led by Athena launched a surprise attack, they not only "captured" the border town, but also captured twelve surviving knights.

Serin and the others came here to assist the members of the Biology Department and to start the "reverse cracking" of the four rituals to transform the knights.