From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 76 Corruption
  Boom...boom...

At the checkpoint, the low hum of engines filled the air, and dozens of heavy trucks were parked in line, waiting to enter the city for routine inspections.

As for Leon, he and the corporal were lying on top of a container tied to one of the heavy trucks.

He raised his head slightly and looked at the walls on both sides.

It is about 20 meters high. There are scattered UAC fallen soldiers patrolling with guns above, and there are artillery and heavy machine gun positions every 100 meters.

Then he stood up and looked forward. At the end of the outpost was a giant metal gate, with 14.5mm caliber heavy machine guns also mounted on both sides.

As for the guys responsible for the inspection, they were a group of big guys equipped with heavy armor, and were nicknamed "Corrupt Knights" by the hunters.

However, the way they inspect vehicles does not rely on technology. Instead, they use a method similar to "smell" to identify whether the driver is of the same type and to determine whether there are contraband in the cargo hold and containers.

According to the intelligence provided by Colonel Frank Frank, combined with the current situation, during the five years since the fall of Earth Zero-3, a large number of remaining military forces or resistance forces composed of civilians continued to destroy and destroy Minova. Infiltrate and not give up any hope of overthrowing UAC rule.

Seeing that the Corrupt Knight had completed the inspection of the vehicle in front of him, Leon stopped observing his surroundings and kept his body close to the container, trying to block the opponent's visual blind spot.

Boom, boom.

Heavy footsteps are getting closer.

"Roar…"

The low growl from his breathing became increasingly clear.

"Dang-! Dang-!"

The container made an echoing sound as it was hit by hard knuckles, as if the Corrupt Knight tapped the side a few times with his fingers.

After a while, the footsteps and growls gradually faded away.

"."

Even wearing an airtight helmet and combat uniform, Leon didn't let out a breath of relief, and just stayed still and waited for a few minutes.

suddenly;

"Roar!!" He heard a deafening roar from behind.

But after the roar, no fierce fighting broke out near the outpost. Instead, the gate at the end of the outpost was slowly opening, causing the long queue of heavy trucks to restart and enter the largest city built in the west of America.

Apparently, that roar was a signal to open the door and let people in.

In this regard, Leon guessed that even if the corrupt knight fell and "evolved" into a species stronger than humans, it would be difficult to avoid being displeased and angry due to duty inspections, right?

In any case, the shield developed by the biological department is very effective. After the heavy truck they boarded successfully passed the gate, they can continue to carry out infiltration and reconnaissance missions.

The heavy truck drove them onto an overpass leading into the city, and it also gave them a more intuitive understanding of what it was like to live in Minova.

On both sides of the overpass, densely built villages and small towns were intricately connected, but no matter how dense the buildings were, they could not hide the corpses and rotting flesh tissues that could be seen everywhere.

There is no breath of life at all.

Countless "people" with skinny skin and bloodless skin roam the streets, releasing all kinds of extreme emotions unbridled.

"Hahaha!!"

"Kill! Kill!!"

Killing each other, humiliating and eating each other, imaginable and unexpected acts of depravity are constantly being performed, and the smell of blood and corruption is everywhere. "."

Despite witnessing such a scene that shocked his sanity, Leon remained calm and deduced from the tall buildings in front and the relatively "friendly" living environment that the outskirts of Minova should be a gathering place for degenerates who had not completed their "evolution".

According to the research results provided by the biological department, there are strict hierarchical individual classes among the Fallen.

Then those who have not completed their "evolution", or whose individual strength is insufficient, will be thrown to the periphery to fend for themselves, and serve as cannon fodder during wartime.

The area they were passing through was relatively orderly. The degenerates living here were still working, producing, relaxing, and having fun. The streets were also full of traffic.

Seeing this, Leon can be sure that this is a living place for fallen people who can obey orders and have combat capabilities, such as UAC soldiers, corrupt knights and other guys. It is located in the middle level of Minova...

By analogy, this indirectly proves that their mission goals are correct!
  The senior officials of the Fallen, or the senior officials of the UAC, are very likely to live in the core area of ​​Minova. At the same time, it is also very likely that the blueprint for the entire city exists there.

Di-.

But at this time, a subtle reminder sound came from inside the helmet, and the screen also displayed the intelligence content he speculated.

The uploader is H7-06, a hunter in their group.

It seems that not only him, but all the team members are aware of this.

Immediately afterwards, the corporal marked a location about thirty kilometers away from them on the map and issued an order through internal communication:

"Attention all members of the H7 team, judge whether to jump out of the vehicle based on their actual situation and go to the marked location to meet up."

"The H8 team members also performed the same, and it's over." The H8 team leader also said.

The mention of "jumping vehicles" is because the same batch of heavy trucks passing through the gate have already dispersed and are traveling in different directions.

However, the ride on which Leon and the corporal were riding was still traveling on the viaduct, taking them inside Minova.
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More than ten hours later.

late at night.

Inside the second floor of an abandoned factory building;

"We can't be sure that there is a master control room there, maybe it's just their landmark building."

A hidden hunter pointed outside through the glassless window and expressed his point of view.

Looking out the window, you can see many tall tower buildings in the distance, one of which is a thousand meters high and reaches into the sky.

"The latest information from other teams clearly points out that the prison areas where our compatriots are detained are scattered. We must rely on blueprints to accurately locate them. And the existing information we have points to that place as the core of Minova." The corporal said in a deep voice.

The people gathered here are members of H7 and H8 who came from different directions and discussed whether to enter the thousand-meter-high tower immediately.

"Everyone." At this time, the H8 team leader interjected: "Since we are the combat unit closest to the target, the frontline base has given us the artillery support authority to call Ernie 002. Other teams will also cooperate with us to create chaos in the city. So the superiors are basically certain that there is something we want in that tower."

Artillery support, creating chaos.

After hearing these words from the hunter, Leon was worried whether the large-scale action would alert the enemy. However, considering that his specialty was not frontal attack, and the hunters were more experienced in this area than him, he chose to remain silent.

As the words fell, the communications inside their helmets fell silent, indicating that no one had any further objections.

Seeing this, the H8 team leader continued: "The current time is 0214, and the invasion is officially launched at 0300."

(End of this chapter)