Chapter 240: Arcadia Ruins! Infiltrate! Suppress the Rebellion!

Three hours later, on the surface of Arcadia.

As the capital of this colony, Pierce City far exceeds the capital of Harvest Star, Odgate City, in terms of both population and city size.

The urban architecture and dense rail transit system here are comparable to the Earth in the 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" of the global giant.

However, the number of maglev flying boats or emergency aircraft on the streets is much less than in any important city of the giant enterprise.

Obviously, due to the influence of the rebels in various colonies, the UNSC has also been tightening its belt and has reduced the ground security forces in many colonies.

At this moment, Rita and other members of the combat team have been arranged by customs officials to stay in a luxurious hotel near the coast.

David and other Astartes warriors were able to escape thanks to Rita's arrangement and entered a secret residence prepared in advance.

Not long after, after Rita and her group checked into their hotel room, they immediately conducted a series of analyses and summaries of the current situation.

The first is the planet they came to, Arcadia.

This planet was officially colonized by the UEG in 2429 and has rich mineral resources and a natural environment suitable for human habitation.

Although the planet has been colonized by humans for nearly a hundred years, there are still large areas of virgin forest that have not been fully explored.

The shield world coordinate ruins point that Rita and others need to find is most likely in the primeval forest that has never been developed.

At this time, Rita turned on the tactical terminal device, projected the holographic screen, marked the map above, and said:
"According to the location information provided by AI Loki, the Shield World coordinate point ruins we want to explore are probably here."

"But the problem now is that I'm worried that there are also people from the UNSC Naval Intelligence (ONI) conducting reconnaissance there."

"After all, the humans here have colonized Arcadia for so many years. I don't believe that they don't know anything about the ruins."

"But they don't know the information about the ruins of the Harvest Planet, so it is highly likely that they haven't cracked the coordinates of the Shield World yet."

Rita's guess was well-founded, and her idea was supported by most members.

"Everyone, when I came here just now, I found that there are many surveillance cameras on the street. I think there are smart AIs like Loki here."

Then, William Cage also added in time, "It is definitely impossible for us to go out at the same time and meet up with Chief David and his men."

"Otherwise it's easy to expose yourself!"

Cage's words made Rita nod thoughtfully. This guy has a pretty flexible brain.

But if that were the case, they would not be able to follow David into the local ruins and crack the coordinate system information of the Shield World.

"Unless we can turn the intelligent AI here against us, there's no hope."

Cage shook his head helplessly and said.

The reason why they were able to capture the Planet of Plenty without bloodshed was mainly due to the technical support provided by the commandos and rear-line troops.

By forcibly breaking through the control of the local governor, coupled with the matrix-controlled intelligent AI and cooperating with a large army of soldiers, they simultaneously controlled the ports and important ground towns in low-Earth orbit.

It’s a pity that now, this isolated combat team has neither the logistics provided by a giant enterprise nor the support of the intelligence and technical departments.

It would be extremely difficult to completely avoid the surveillance of Arcadia's intelligent AI and go to the Governor's City Hall or ONI's research institute!

"This operation is a bit troublesome."

Rita pursed her lips and frowned involuntarily.

The fact is just as Cage said, the reason why their previous operations were carried out so smoothly was mainly due to the various assistance provided by giant companies.

But now there are only a dozen of them, and with the weapons in their hands, they can't do anything big.

If it comes to a one-on-one fight, these well-trained soldiers with many combat experiences have nothing to worry about the soldiers here.

But war is fought by the majority bullying the minority, and on the planet Arcadia, there is a Paris-class heavy frigate parked on an orbital space station.

With such a powerful weapon, their small number of people are not enough to stop them from firing a single shot.

According to the information provided by AI Loki, the Paris-class frigate is 560 meters long, has an electromagnetic rail accelerator gun over 12 meters long, and has vertical missile launch nests.

Although this frigate is not as good as the many starships under the giant corporation of the universe, this is their home ground after all, and they don't even have a starship behind them.

If things get out of hand and the UNSC is alerted, we'll be in trouble.

Because the UNSC has more than a thousand Paris-class heavy frigates, and hundreds of various types of cruisers, destroyers and aircraft carriers.

As an interstellar civilization with 800 colonies, the humans in "Halo" are not really that bad, especially when it comes to dealing with the local rebels.

That's really like a father beating his son.

Faced with the UNSC's main fleet and powerful manufacturing capabilities, the rebels without a base are simply useless bandits.

The reason why this group of rebels was able to tie up the UNSC's attention was that there were too many of them, and the UNSC did not want to start a massacre, so it basically focused on maintaining stability.

For a force like this with a large rear base, industrial zones, and a large number of fleets, if a full-scale war breaks out, even if the Universal Corporation wins, it will have to pay a heavy price.

What's more, the forces in this universe are not just human civilization, there are also other alien civilizations. Fighting with the UNSC would be purely an internal conflict.

In the end, the Star Alliance got nothing for free.

Just as Rita and Cage fell into a daze, waiting for Captain David's orders, the communication device that had been silent for a long time finally received new information.

That message was from none other than David Martinez.

It turned out that after David successfully led the team to escape and arrived at the location prepared in advance by AI Loki, he immediately led the team into the primeval forest.

With the help of the navigation provided by the power armor, they have successfully arrived at ONI's secret facility base, which is the front line for their excavation of the Arcadia ruins!
[You continue to stay where you are, wait patiently, do not alert the enemy, and wait for the next order. ]

"Yes!"

……

At the same time, David, who was far away in the depths of the primeval forest, was heading towards the ONI base with the map coordinates prepared in advance by AI Loki.

During the rapid attack, this group of Astartes "iron can" warriors also encountered some strange and poisonous reptiles, and various colorful beasts.

However, faced with this group of humanoid creatures of unknown origin, the native creatures on the planet were extremely afraid and took the initiative to give way to David and others.

Therefore, David and other Astartes warriors had an almost unimpeded journey and marched straight all the way to the outskirts of ONI's research institute base.

Before arriving at the base, David also discovered many military camps and a large number of guard posts nearby.

Obviously, this is most likely a relic site!

David slowed down and led the team to a higher position, bent down and sneaked, and when he reached the edge, he lay on the ground in an open area to observe the front. In the open area ahead, there was a pyramid-like ruins building, and a modern military base and research center were also surrounding the ruins.

"Very good! Everyone, we have come to the right place this time."

David used the communication equipment on his tactical helmet to convey his inner joy to the soldiers around him.

At first glance, the pyramid ruins in front of them looked like the pharaoh tomb building of Egyptian civilization, but there were some differences in the details.

But it makes sense. According to the information from the headquarters, David, who had already sorted out the relationship between pioneers, forerunners and ancient humans, knew that 004 humans and forerunners were species with the same blood.

Then, David turned his attention to the ONI secret facility not far away. The overall scale of the facility was not very large, and a black airship was parked on the vertical take-off and landing platform.

Near the facility, there are fixed turrets and detection devices, as well as an ONI special force conducting security patrols.

After carefully looking at the individual equipment and weapons of the ONI special forces, David had a general understanding of the enemy's level.

Their weapons are comparable to those of the ordinary security forces of the Cosmos Corporation, but far inferior to the regular equipment of the Astartes Chapter.

After David waited patiently for a moment, he saw the special forces team patrolling to the other side, and he immediately led the team to rush towards the location of the facility.

At the same time, David also used the most advanced ICE intrusion protocol to try to block nearby reconnaissance devices and turret equipment for a period of time.

As an outstanding graduate of Arasaka United Academy, David has some knowledge of hacking skills, although he cannot crack something like intelligent AI.

But when it comes to dealing with ordinary turrets and surveillance equipment, he can still do it with confidence.

After a while, the Astartes warriors arrived near the facility and stared at a special force about ten meters in front of them.

Following David's order, all the soldiers rushed out at a rapid speed and broke the necks of all the soldiers in front of them silently.

Accompanied by a few muffled groans, the soldiers of this troop only saw a vague figure, and then there was no sound at all, and they fell to the ground dead on the spot.

"well done!"

After praising his agile soldiers, David led his men into the research facility in a swagger.

Just as David completed the stealth mission and copied all of ONI's research data to the headquarters database, the Ideal City far away in another main universe also entered a state of preparation for war.

Through the huge star gate that is ten thousand meters long and wide, the Engineering Department is continuously transporting various fleets and armored units to the front-line base on the Star of Abundance.

As of now, the Universal Corporation has pulled 10 Infinity Arrays, one Long Night, and hundreds of cruisers to the Planet of Harvest.

A series of defense systems have been deployed in the orbit of the planet Abundance.

In addition, the engineering department is also preparing to completely transform the space elevator and space station of the planet Abundance, and to set up a second shipyard in low-Earth orbit to speed up the progress of shipbuilding.

At the same time, the Engineering Department and the Scientific Research Department, with the help of the intelligent AI Loki, have begun to build the UNSC's Paris-class heavy frigate and the Valiant-class super-heavy cruiser.

Since the 004 "Halo" universe is in urgent need of a large number of new troops, the various departments of the Universal Corporation are actively deploying garrisons from various worlds to the other side of the star gate.

With the current size of the giant company's military, there is no need to recruit additional soldiers or troop members. It only needs to make reasonable personnel deployment in each department.

At this moment, inside the Wanjie Base.

"Please ask the members of the Third Army from the 002 Pacific Rim universe to go to platforms 33 and 34 and take the maglev train to the frontline base of the 004 universe and wait for orders."

"Ground crew, please note that transport boat No. 39 is about to take off and enter the star gate. Please be ready."

"..."

As more and more worlds are opened, the headquarters base of the Universal Corporation has been able to expand several times. In this base, orderly broadcast reminders are constantly sounding.

Those stations where maglev trains stop are home to a large number of combat members from the market development department.

They each went to designated areas or different universes according to the orders of their superiors.

At this time, on the central control console of the headquarters of the Myriad Worlds Base, Leon was talking to Governor V, who was far away in the 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe, through a superluminal communication device.

[Boss, I have already sent combat troops to the combat star field. Don't worry, I won't let those heretics destroy our trade lines.]

V, wearing a giant company uniform, was standing in the center console of the War Moon megastructure, talking to Leon via a superluminal communication device.

Just recently, what Li Ang was worried about happened.

003 An accident occurred in the "Edge of Tomorrow" universe.

A member of the civilization ally of the World Trade Circle was betrayed by his own powerful minister and died tragically in the enemy's attack.

Originally, this matter had nothing to do with the giant enterprise, but the bad thing was that these self-destructive rebels actually set their sights on the giant enterprise's trade routes.

They launched raids on the trade goods of the giant corporations and openly stated that they would unite with other civilizations to resist the giant corporations.

Now, what V has to do is to kill that ungrateful thing as soon as possible, support new puppet members, and restore the trade route.

"it is good."

Li Ang nodded. Seeing that V was mentally prepared, he didn't say anything more.

"V, I can't get away from here for the time being. I have to keep an eye on Universe 004. I'll leave all the matters over there to you."

"Report to me immediately if there is any situation."

[Yes, with me here, there won't be any problems in the 003 universe.]

V said to Leon with a serious expression assuring him.

"Ah."

After Li Ang responded, he took the initiative to hang up the conversation, and the center console screen on V's side also returned to normal.

At this time, V walked to the other side of the center console and sat on the custom-made seat that could support his huge body.

Then he used the power armor to call up several holographic screens and continued to browse the real-time news of various parties.

In the 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe that he is responsible for, there have been many messy rebellions and firefights recently.

The world's giant corporations have used a combination of peaceful means of enrichment and powerful military force to forcibly bring the already-established civilizations into the trade circle.

But even so, there are still some clowns who insist on committing crimes against the wind, taking advantage of the gap when Le Ang is on an expedition to the 004 universe to come out and cause trouble.

It is obvious that they are provoking and questioning the authority and ability of V, the interstellar governor!

(End of this chapter)