Chapter 243 Welcome to the Universal Corporation! You have only one choice!
At this moment, in the center of New Alexandria, the Olympic Tower, this landmark building is the UNSC ground headquarters and the core area of ​​the ONI Intelligence Agency.

In the high-rise office area of ​​the Olympic Tower, a roar of anger continued to ring out:

"ONI is a bunch of cowardly bastards. They just cower when they encounter trouble. What is the purpose of the UNSC keeping these bastards who eat for free?"

A UNSC executive in a grey uniform was slamming his desk heavily, angrily scolding the ONI combat troops on the front line with a ferocious look on his face.

Watching the real-time video from the front line captured by the intelligent AI, Martin O'Donnell, who was already upset, immediately lost control:

"These damn bastards are just pretending to obey, are they just fooling around by just standing outside and shooting?"

"By the time the reinforcements arrived, those damn rebels had already run away. Damn it!!"

However, even as the UNSC's Chief of Operations, Martin O'Donnell could do nothing about them despite his scolding.

After all, the UNSC Operations Department and the Intelligence Bureau are two different departments. Although the Operations Department can command the special forces of the Intelligence Bureau, it is limited to commanding.

Direct punishment across departments is not yet possible.

If they really want to take action against these incompetent soldiers, O'Donnell will have a hard time either, because he is from the Intelligence Agency.

When beating a dog, you have to look at the owner, right?

[Director Martin, please calm down. What we need to do now is to stabilize the situation on Reach as quickly as possible and prevent the enemy from committing crimes from other places at the same time.]

At this time, Reach's intelligent AI Shiver spoke up to remind the UNSC executive in front of him.

"Calm down? How am I supposed to calm down?!"

Martin O'Donnell was so angry that he gritted his teeth. He didn't care whether other areas had been attacked by terrorists, but if Dr. Halsey from the scientific research base was kidnapped, that would be a big trouble.

"Schiffer, why do those rebels know about Halsey's existence? Do they already know about the Orion Phase II plan?"

"And you, what the hell are you doing for a living? Why didn't you give a warning in time?!"

Martin O'Donnell, blinded by rage, now wants to scold anyone he catches, even the cold, rational and intelligent AI in front of him.

However, despite his anger, O'Donnell did not lose his mind. As the UNSC's director of operations, he could tell at a glance that this was a premeditated plan.

Because this surprise kidnapping seemed too "smooth" no matter how you look at it!

First of all, there is Dr. Halsey’s personal identity information. How did the rebels get it? With so many scientific research members in the experimental base, why did they choose to kidnap her first?

If there was no insider leaking the information, O'Donnell would find it hard to believe it.

In addition, the intelligent AI Schiffer, which had never made any mistakes in its work, did not respond at all during this attack and only gave a reminder one hour after the incident.

For a moment, Martin O'Donnell even suspected that the intelligent AI Schiffer was the traitor!

Facing O'Donnell's almost mad dog-like accusations, AI Schiffer did not show any emotional fluctuations, but simply gave his own reasons based on the facts:
[The enemy used a very novel hacking method, which blocked my monitoring system for an hour. ]

[For this hacking technique, I temporarily define it as the ICE intrusion protocol. ]

As soon as the words fell, the intelligent AI Schiffer called up the only image of the enemy it had captured before being blocked.

In the blurry image, a "giant" wearing blue armor was holding a weapon with his back to the monitor, while several giants below only had half of their heads exposed.

But it is impossible to lock down the enemy's identity and origin just by looking at such a blurry screenshot!

AI Schiffer was also very surprised, because after being trapped in an information maze by the enemy's ICE intrusion protocol, it took it an hour to get out.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for ordinary rebels to have the technical capabilities to develop a network virus that can block such an intelligent AI monitoring system.

Therefore, it remains to be seen whether the forces that kidnapped Dr. Halsey were rebels from other colonies.

Martin O'Donnell looked at the image appearing on the holographic screen. The more he looked, the more his brows furrowed, because the characters on the screen were so exaggeratedly large.

Judging from the proportions of nearby objects, the height of these "giant" soldiers is at least two and a half meters, or even three meters!
But with the limited material resources of the rebels, how could they possibly train such a group of genetically mutated warriors? Could it be that...

At this moment, a terrible thought suddenly arose in O'Donnell's mind, that is, the other party was not a rebel army, but an alien force!

Otherwise there is really no way to explain so many doubts.

It's an extremely advanced and terrifying laser sniper, an ICE intrusion protocol that blocks the monitoring system, and a huge warrior...

This seems like something only aliens can do!

[Director Martin O'Donnell, what we can confirm at the moment is that the other party is premeditated, organized, and has an elite force that is no less technologically advanced and powerful than ours.]

AI Schiffer continued to explain:

[Perhaps you may suspect that there is an information leak or a traitor within our organization, but I can assure you that all personnel involved in the Orion Phase II project are under my close surveillance.]

[So I can assure you that there is no traitor inside the UNSC. ]

As a new generation of intelligent AI, Shiver is not familiar with AI Loki's AI Council, so it does not know that AIs far away on the Rich Star and other regions have already rebelled and actively joined the world giant corporation.

After hearing Schiffer's explanation, O'Donnell just snorted coldly. If there was no traitor, why would the enemy capture Dr. Halsey?

There are so many scientists in the entire scientific research base, but they just captured Halsey. How could this be possible if it wasn't a collaboration between inside and outside forces!
After thinking about it over and over again, O'Donnell, who still couldn't figure out the truth, was about to explode.

This Orion Phase II project is a genetic research and development project that the UNSC headquarters squeezed out of the limited operational funds.

If they messed up such a big thing, then Martin O'Donnell, as the operations director, would be done with his position.

If things go wrong, you might even be brought to a military court, tried and shot!

"There is a traitor... There must be a traitor!!"

O'Donnell immediately rejected AI Schiffer's judgment. This is the gap between humans and AI.

AI can only make reasonable analysis and inferences based on data and existing situations, but when faced with events with insufficient information, they cannot use intuition to make judgments.

The reason why O'Donnell is certain that there is a traitor inside is not only because this explanation is more in line with the current situation, but also because only in this way can the attention of senior management be drawn to catching the traitor.

In this way, the possibility of him, the head of the operations department, being punished would be greatly reduced.

"Immediately notify the Governor of Reach and the heads of various UNSC departments and have them immediately block all ports. Then order the Operations Department and ONI to conduct a blanket search of the entire Reach."

"Also, have the naval fleet investigate all the jumps that have taken place in Tianyuan 4 these days, and keep a close eye on all the ships in the Tianyuan 4 star system!"

"..."

O'Donnell mentioned a lot of departments in one breath and asked them to cooperate. He did not do this just to get Dr. Halsey back.

It is also to distribute the blame as evenly as possible, so that when the time comes, there will be someone to vent their anger on, and to avoid being traced back to themselves.

He's not the supervisor for nothing.

It doesn’t matter if you make mistakes at work. What’s scary is doing nothing but just taking responsibility and taking the blame for the mistakes.

How can we make progress like this?
It doesn't matter if you have shit on your hands. Just shake hands with the heads of other departments and they will be all on you. Even if the leader wants to investigate the responsibility, he can't fire everyone.

In the end, it was the "temporary workers" under them who resigned.

Since this big thing has already happened, someone is bound to be held responsible for it. The only thing O'Donnell can do is to take less blame on himself and drink three cups of wine as a punishment.

[Yes, Boss! ]

AI Shiver nodded in agreement.

It knew what to do without Martin O'Donnell's specific instructions.

The UNSC top brass considers the Orion II Project to be an important measure to resolve the rebellion.

After all, with so many extraterrestrial colonies, the navy forces really don't have time to go there to suppress the bandits themselves, especially after killing the rebel leader Gerald "Malky" Ender in 2502.

This group of rebels adopted guerrilla mode. Without a core leader or members, they were like flies that annoyed the UNSC colony.

That's why the military urgently needs powerful Spartan-II warriors to deal with these rebels one by one. Just as the senior staff of the Olympic Tower made a series of orders and commands, three Skyhawk shuttles were rapidly flying towards low-Earth orbit.

boom--! !

The tiny particles in the air kept hitting the cabin, making bursts of crisp noises.

Looking at the group of Astartes warriors in front of him who were tall but spoke in human language, Halsey couldn't help but speak:

"You are not the rebels. They don't have the skills and equipment like you."

From the moment she was kidnapped, Catherine Halsey had been observing these special "gangsters" in front of her.

Although she was not sure what the other party's purpose was, she knew that her life was probably not in danger.

So I have the confidence to ask the other party questions.

However, in response to Halsey's questions, Reed and the Astartes warriors beside him remained silent and ignored her.

Seeing that this group of "gangsters" ignored him, Halsey had no choice but to shut up and wait for the unknown fate that was about to come.

Not long after, the Skyhawk shuttle passed through Reach's atmosphere and arrived at the Infinity-class mothership in low-Earth orbit.

As soon as they received the news from Katherine Halsey, the Infinity fleet, which had been hidden for a long time, immediately initiated a space jump.

In a flash, they left the Tianyuan Four Star System.

And just ten minutes after this fleet started the jump and retreated at the speed of light, the blockade order from the ground headquarters on Reach was officially issued.

The UNSC Navy Department then urgently closed the port, ordered all troops to search the ships coming and going, and issued relevant wanted warrants for the cruisers in various orbits of Tianyuan 4.

But at this moment, the giant enterprise fleet had already tied Halsey up and left this dangerous place.

Inside the control room of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier.

At this moment, Halsey, who was transferred to the interior of the starship by Reed, saw through the front screen on the core bridge the process of the Infinity-class giant ship traveling through time and space and performing space jumps.

Under the jump of the superluminal engine, Halsey seemed to see that time and space were being distorted, and wherever he looked, there were bizarre colors and lines.

But in just a moment, the Infinity-class aircraft carrier slowed down and began to move towards the Planet of Abundance at sub-light speed.

In this completely unfamiliar new star field, there is no trace of the UNSC Navy.

At this moment, Halsey finally realized that the other party was most likely just an advanced civilization disguised as humans, and their technological level was far superior to that of the UNSC!

After all, the current human civilization can only achieve superluminal jumps through jump space, and this fleet’s jump method is a completely new kind of jump!
While feeling shocked, Halsey did not forget to carefully observe the surrounding environment.

In addition to the tall Astartes warriors wearing full power armor, there are also many staff members wearing black uniforms, whose appearance is consistent with normal humans.

"Who are you and why did you bring me here?"

Halsey couldn't help but ask.

She really couldn't guess where the other party came from.

"Hello, my name is Qiansihu."

At this time, a researcher from a giant company, accompanied by a group of scientific researchers, came over and briefly introduced himself to Halsey.

When Halsey saw that the other person was also human, her vigilance and fear were greatly reduced.

Then, Qiansihu took Halsey to the center console and answered her questions.

"Please follow me, Dr. Halsey. Before I officially connect to the communication with the top executive of the Megacorp, please allow me to briefly introduce to you the philosophy and achievements of the Megacorp."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qiansihu came to the center console, stretched out his hand to call up the holographic screen, and presented the construction situation and scale of the Planet of Harvest to Halsey for viewing.

In an instant, two huge shipyards on the ground and in low-Earth orbit appeared before Halsey.

Halsey was stunned when he saw the former agricultural planet transformed into an industrially developed production planet overnight, with a large number of frigates anchored in various places in the port.

When the young genius doctor learned that all this was just a frontline base built by a global giant company in three months, he felt dizzy.

Obviously, she couldn't believe that any human force could perform such a "miracle".

Universal Corporation... Whose oligarchic company is this? Halsey had never heard of it!
Just as Katherine Halsey fell into a state of self-doubt, Qiansihu continued to control the holographic screen and mobilized more information.

"Dr. Halsey, this is the relevant information of our world giant. You can control and view it yourself. Yes, you can switch between different screens just by waving your hand."

After hearing what Qiansihu said, Halsey immediately started to check the contents on the screen.

[The Universal Giant, a giant enterprise that spans the universe and is committed to building a universal trade circle, using the principle of "equivalent exchange" to win over the civilizations of various universes. 】

[Parallel universes that have been conquered so far: Netherworld, Pacific Rim, Edge of Tomorrow...]

[Core technology points: Matrix, Gene Seed, FTL Engine, Antimatter Technology, Ideal City, Matter Decompressor, Science Hub, War Moon...! ]

……

As time goes by, Halsey has learned a lot about the world's giant corporation on the screen, from its establishment to its rise, and then to the huge corporate empire today.

All of this is inseparable from the efforts of that man—Li Ang!
At this moment, Katherine Halsey only felt that she was dreaming, an extremely absurd and abstract dream.

The theory of parallel universes is still only a conjecture, and even the relevant supporting information is extremely scarce. How could such a thing really happen!
When Halsey learned that the "Star Gate" of the Megacorp was the key to opening a parallel world, she suddenly had the idea of ​​joining the Megacorp to study these technological points.

Scientists like her always have the romantic fantasy of "If I hear the truth in the morning, I can die in the evening."

"Your boss asked you to bring me here because of the Spartan transformation plan I proposed?"

Katherine Halsey is not some naive person. Since she was brought here, it must be because the other party has taken a fancy to something valuable in her.

"Maybe, but you'll have to ask our boss yourself about this."

Qiansi Fox smiled and at this moment, the super-light-speed communication equipment from the headquarters of the Wanjie Base had popped up a prompt that the connection was successful.

Immediately, under the control of Qiansi Fox, the connection from the two parallel worlds was officially completed!

It was not until now that Halsey saw Leon's appearance clearly. He was different from what she had imagined.

Li Ang was not an old man in his sixties with gray hair and wrinkles all over his face, but a young man with a vigorous appearance who looked to be only 25 years old at most.

Although Li Ang is not the kind of handsome man who makes people's eyes light up, his brows reveal a unique coldness and a strong aura.

This makes him look like a natural leader!

For a leader, temperament is far more important than appearance. A person with leadership temperament is like a shining lighthouse in the vast crowd, illuminating the passers-by around him.

Li Ang's natural leadership qualities are also one of the reasons why he sits firmly at the top of a global giant and attracts so many people to work for him.

"Dr. Halsey, welcome to the Universal Corporation."

Leon, who was also standing at the center console, accompanied by Lucy, Otto and others, looked at Katherine Halsey across the screen.

Before Halsey could recover from her shock, Leon's voice rang out:

"I think Qiansihu has introduced our situation to you. Now there is only one choice before you."

"That is to join the camp of the Universal Corporation and develop a Spartan II warrior project for me."

Li Ang, who pursues high efficiency, has always been decisive and efficient. There are only two results for any talent in his hands: either work honestly and make contributions.

Or it will end up in the grave as fertilizer.

But now, the punishment of the world's giant companies for criminals, slaves, and enemies is to connect them to the matrix and use them as power generation materials.

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(End of this chapter)