From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 36 The Second Door
  Komoe virgin rainforest.

This rainforest has a total area of ​​1.15 square kilometers. To this day, nearly 70% of the area has not been touched by humans, and there are many types of highly poisonous mosquitoes that even local tribes are afraid of.

But on the border with Ghana, there are several construction teams affiliated with Atlas that are busy building.

Also due to the perimeter blockade of towering trees and armed mercenaries, even the local government cannot get close to spy on the construction content.

In addition, this area has been acquired by Atlas and is private territory. Atlas has military power that overrides the local government to protect it, so the construction progress is steadily advancing deep into the rainforest.

If we follow the direction of advancement of the construction team, that is, they will quickly move toward the northwest and reach the depths of the Komoai rain forest.

At first glance, this area is no different from other places that humans have never set foot on. Towering trees and dense branches cover the ground, which is the case in all seasons.

However, dozens of meters below this area;
  “Please all personnel be prepared, repeat, please all personnel be prepared, the second space door is about to open, advance team members please go to the SG-002 area to report.

Everyone, please do your best..."

Broadcast reminders echoed in the huge space.

The ruins, which were originally built with granite bricks, have now been expanded and transformed by Atlas into a more spacious underground base.

The Engineering Department also neatly planned living areas, laboratories, training areas and energy facilities, almost like a small underground town.

On the southeast side of the base, there is a passage with a diameter of ten meters. Combined with the already formed track, it is not difficult to guess that the Atlas construction team wants to dig out a "direct tunnel to the border of Ghana" under this rainforest. subway".

And only Atlas will engage in such national-level construction regardless of cost or return.

Although this underground ruins has long lost its original appearance, the Engineering Department has preserved the load-bearing stone pillars burning with golden flames and the altar in the center.

On the north side of the base, there is the first space like a mercury mirror, with heavy trucks constantly coming and going between Zero One and the main universe.

Although the Zero-One Universe no longer requires too much attention, Atlas is still sending various personnel to continue to infiltrate, and the investigators who were the first to integrate into that society also established an Atlas branch.

The main business of the company branch is to use the price differences in different universes and different eras to carry out cross-border trade. In addition to maximizing profits, it is also gradually radiating the influence of Atlas from a single universe to a multiverse. .

As for the secondary task, it is to find high-value personnel from different universes, contact them, and then try to recruit them.

For example, Henry Carter, who conducted in-depth research on mimicry but was dismissed as a lunatic, is also the male doctor with messy hair and unkempt appearance in the movie "Edge of Tomorrow".

Faced with the Atlas branch's high-paying offer and the fact that the threat of mimicry has been lifted, Dr. Carter chose to join happily. He has now passed the assessment and been transferred to the scientific research department under Wang Zhaofeng.

And this moment.

Following the broadcast prompts, warning lights placed in various conspicuous locations began to flash, putting the entire base into a state of emergency.

There was a surge of people in various areas and corridors, and an armed team wearing airtight pressure-maintaining combat uniforms was riding an open shuttle bus to the vicinity of the first space door.

When the vehicle arrived at the outer waiting area and stopped, the group of armed men quickly got out of the car. Four of them were equipped with mechanical skeletons and were also responsible for carrying large equipment boxes.

Look at the central altar again.

Sui Yang, who had changed into a black formal suit, was standing on the altar, looking down at the skull engraving that represented human purity.

Then he raised his left hand, spread out the five fingers, and then let the index finger of his right hand, or to be precise, let the nail scratch the palm of his left hand hard.

Beep, beep.

The bright red blood still dripped slowly first, then flowed like a gush, and consciously flowed into the gap between the markings. In an instant, the bloody skull appeared in front of Sui Yang. boom! !

A golden light suddenly rose and filled the entire underground base.

The second door frame, which was wrapped in soil and covered with moss in the gaps between the stone bricks, also burned with golden flames.

The moment the flames burned more intensely, the light burst out again, causing everyone present to close their eyes uncontrollably except Sui Yang.

After a while.

The light fades.

When everyone reopened their eyes, they found that the soil and stone bricks in the second door frame had been replaced by a shimmering mercury mirror.

"Attention everyone, green light, green light, the second space gate has been opened." The broadcast also reminded everyone in a timely manner: "Please send the advance team to Zero-2 Universe immediately, and while exploring the situation on that end, build a wired communication base station."

In fact, there is no need to broadcast a reminder. All personnel have arrived at their respective posts and are ready to explore the Zero-2 Universe.

Sui Yang walked slowly to the edge of the altar, looked at the advance team of less than twenty people, and stepped through the space door one by one until all figures were covered by "mercury".
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"Huh...ha...huh..."

Due to wearing a closed mask, the sound of breathing is particularly clear.

Moreover, the mask comes with a HUD. In the upper left corner is a shortened radar with a circle border, which displays the nearby dynamics detected by the dynamic sensor, and also marks the comrades beside him as green dots.

The upper right corner displays the heart rate and the words "Sgt. Gary "Roach" Sanderson", as well as some real-time data.

As for Sergeant Sanderson, nicknamed "Xiaoqiang", he was standing in front of the second space door with a group of comrades, letting the rippled halo like a lake or sea shine on them.

After hearing the broadcast reminder, a deep-voiced order came over their communication channel: "Soap, Ghost, Xiaoqiang, you three will be the first to pass through the space gate."

"Copy that, let's go."

Hearing this, Sanderson stepped forward and soon reached a position only two fists away from the mercury mirror.

"Huh...ha!"

After taking a few deep breaths, and with his heart rate rising slightly, Sanderson and his two comrades stepped forward again until their masks and vision were wrapped and filled with "mercury".

Fortunately, it only took a blink of an eye for him and his two comrades to pass smoothly.

At the same time, the "mercury" quickly faded from the center of the mask toward the top and sides, allowing him to regain his vision, and in front of him...

It's a rainforest.

However, it is completely different from the Komoai primitive rainforest outside the ruins base, or from the rainforest on earth.

All the giant trees he saw were at least 100 meters tall, and all the nearby flowers and plants seemed to have grown in size. The most important thing was that Sanderson felt that he seemed to be "lighter"?

With his peripheral vision, he glanced at the data feedback on the right side of the eye mask. One of the items displayed the words "Gravity: 0.8/ Approximately", which confirmed that his guess of becoming "light" was correct, and it also confirmed that …

They have arrived at another planet now.

(End of this chapter)