1952. Everyone has their own thoughts

Entering Laboratory 101, Shirley Birkin looked into a dark space. There was a faint green light in her eyes. Even in such an environment where she couldn't see her fingers, she could move freely.

Several other U.S.S members turned on their tactical flashlights to observe the surroundings, and more Umbrella staff walked in behind them holding various tools.

"Miss, we have found the built-in power supply and repaired the cut off power supply. Do you need to turn it on?" A staff member came over and asked in a low voice.

"Cut off the built-in power supply again and use our own external power supply." Shirley Birkin said calmly, "Use the external power supply to restart the host here, take over all security systems, and then turn on the internal power supply."

"yes."

Soon, some lighting equipment was brought in and lit, and most of the interior environment of the laboratory was immediately illuminated, revealing the completely destroyed interior of the laboratory.

The place they were in was a huge reception hall, and they could also see a statue in the center that might be a previous emperor of the Xilu Empire, as well as some things like a front desk.

However, everything has been completely burned, and there are still some burnt skeletons on the ground. They all seem to be Xilu researchers.

Walking from the hall, there are a large number of laboratories, but the doors of these laboratories are all closed, and the insides are also burned to rubble.

"They connect the automatic fire fighting system and the automatic destruction system. When the fire needs to be extinguished, water or fire foam will be sprayed out. When it is necessary to extinguish the mouth, the deadly flames will be sprayed out." Walking behind Shirley Birkin of U.S.S. Command, Rupert said.

She is the captain of the U.S.S. Delta Team and is called 'Wolf Mother' by her team members.

"If this is the case, the possibility of leaving clues is indeed very small. Let's look for any blind spots." Shirley Birkin looked in all directions and added: "Based on the things here, it is impossible Take up so much power, find a deeper area.”

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"What do you think of Umbrella's affairs? Shepard." Returning to the command center, Lieutenant General He Ru turned to ask.

"They have something to hide from us, and they don't intend to let us know." Shepard turned his head and looked at He Ru, "I joined the exploration fleet not long after I was awakened, and I don't know much about that person. How is she?"

"Shirley Birkin?" He Ru frowned, "She is said to have joined the fourth civilization when she was very young. Her parents are the founders of Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group. However, her father, William Birkin, is a medical professional. He died in the accident, and his mother, Annette Birkin, also became a vegetative state. After that, the person who led the rapid development of Umbrella Pharmaceutical Group and became one of the largest companies in our country was Shirley Birkin herself. "

"So, she's quite powerful." Shepard raised his eyebrows.

He Ru expressed his affirmation, "So I am really surprised that such a ruthless character actually came to the unknown star field in person to participate in the research of this unknown... Mongal-Menggal. What do you think she is hiding from us?"

"Purpose. What Shirley Birkin wants is to take Mongar Mongar as her own. They are already studying the T-Virus and Veronica Virus and they are still not satisfied..." Shepard said in a deep voice, "But what worries me the most is this - they may not know more about Mongar Mongar than we do. If they act rashly, they may cause big trouble."

"Shirley Birkin...her aggressive attitude also prevented us from telling her more." Lieutenant General He Ru shook his head and sighed.

"This is not surprising. She just wanted to kick us away. Thinking about the human battery technology that we destroyed, you can understand why she did this." Shepard said, "I think it's also because Because of me, Planet Dawn no longer trusts us."

"This is not your fault, Shepard. You did what you should do..." Lieutenant General He Ru looked into the distance through the window, "Actually... even if I voted in favor of the extermination of the Xilu people, It doesn’t mean that I think this is the right thing to do. Ten billion lives... No matter how heinous the Xilu Empire is, it can never be a reason to exterminate a race like this."

He looked back at Shepard, and then said: "I voted in favor from the standpoint of being a fleet commander. If the Xiru people are not exterminated, we will never have peace on the Levik planet. Day. Sometimes you have to go against your conscience to make the decisions you should make."

He sighed again and continued: "For me, I can only keep telling myself that the number of races slaughtered by the Xilu people is far more than 10 billion. Maybe this will make me feel better."

Shepard nodded, and she said to He Ru: "General He, I want to follow the Normandy and continue to explore the unknown star territory."

He Ru frowned, "Do you know how dangerous it is here now? The remnants of the Xilu Empire, as well as the Menggar-Menggar who don't know where they are, these things are huge threats. Not to mention the Xilu Empire Having destroyed so much of their documents, we don’t even know the extent of their empire.”

He clicked on the holographically projected star map, and there was darkness everywhere on it. "It's very likely that if you bump into it, you'll find a planet in front of you that is still loyal to the Xilu Empire. Moreover, the repair work of the Eternity supercarrier... We need to build a new space dock for Eternal before we can start repairs, which will take at least six months."

Shepard said: "This is a risk that must be taken. If we stay on Levik's planet, we will never find the real information about Mongar Mongar. You should understand that from the information we have received so far, at least Siru The empire has done a very good job in containing the invasion of Mongar-Menggar. In other words, the real threat of Mongar-Menggar will not be reflected in the Xilu Empire."

Lieutenant General He Ru nodded, "What you said does make sense. Then, at least let a few Hells Angel-class battlecruisers cooperate with you."

"The Hell's Angel is a battleship after all, not an exploration spacecraft. It cannot support continuous exploration in an environment without supplies for a long time. Bringing the Hell's Angel is just a burden. The Normandy is enough." Shepard said.

He Ru could only agree, "This trip is very dangerous. I will give instructions to Ashley Williams and the others."

Shepard shook his head and said, "I'll tell them that this trip is indeed very dangerous after all, so if they don't want to go, I won't force them."