From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 95 Nuclear winter?
  And this is the fourth space gate opened by Sui Yang.

Tread!

Soon, four sturdy hellhounds, carrying wired instruments on their backs, passed through the mercury mirror from the ruins base and arrived at the suburban woods.

"... "

The hellhounds did not rush to spread around. They first stopped in place, their noses twitching, as if they were using their sense of smell to distinguish nearby things.

Immediately afterwards, Cerberus investigated a fifty-meter radius with the space gate as the center.

Through a series of actions, after confirming that there was no threat near the space door, the four hellhounds regrouped near the space door and were on standby.

Within seconds.

Xiaoqiang, Soap, and Ghost, who were equipped with hazardous environment suits (HEV), also came to the woods, quickly distanced themselves from the space door, half-knelt on the ground, and stood guard with guns.

"... "

Looking around Xiaoqiang, there is always an indescribable feeling.

The data displayed on the helmet screen showed that they were on another earth, and the results of visual observation were also normal.

As a vanguard with rich combat experience, Xiaoqiang believes that the more ordinary the environment seems to be, the more dangers are hidden.

"It's so quiet and scary, with only cypress trees around." Soap complained on the internal communication as usual.

"It's spruce." Ghost corrected.

"..." Xiaoqiang remained silent and did not express his personal opinion.

Next, Price and the rest of the advance team arrived, finally bringing life to the area near the space door.

Looking at the dense forest around him, Price immediately ordered the advance team to set up a wired base station, and also released four unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and sent Xiaoqiang, Soap, and Ghost to continue to explore two kilometers to the west, and the other three Teammates are responsible for the east side.

They also removed the instruments from their backs and patrolled the four hellhounds freely in four directions, but again within a range of no more than two kilometers.

After a while.

The three of them moved forward for nearly two kilometers, and the shadow of the space gate had long disappeared behind them.

And during this period, the HEV's air filtering device also filtered and tested the nearby air several times, and presented the analysis results on the helmet screen.

"The nitrogen content is 78%, and the oxygen content is about 21%. There is not much change, but the temperature is a bit low, but these should be considered normal." Soap said on the communication.

"Normal? You may have missed some data." Ghost reminded in a deep voice.

"A few items are missing...?" Soap said in a confused tone, as if he was re-examining it. Then he seemed to have found the missing items and changed the subject:

"Among the rare gases that are less than 0.01%, in addition to neon (nǎi), helium, and methane, there are also extremely small amounts of iodine-131 and strontium (sī)-90?! A nuclear explosion?"

"I don't know. Analyzing data is not the job of us combatants." The ghost did not speculate casually, and raised his finger to the front of the crowd, "The latest picture from the drone indicates that the front is an open area. Speed ​​up?"

"Walk."

The three of them quickened their pace and came to the open area pointed out by the ghost.

It is a short mountain without many trees.

They climbed to the top of the low mountain and looked around. Combined with the shared footage from the drone, they discovered the space gate in the center of the deep forest. They also discovered that there was a medium-sized city to the west. Further west, there was a The boundless ocean.

At this time, in the command center of the ruins base;
  "... "

Sui Yang, standing next to the center console, put his hands behind his back and tried to analyze the world background of Universe 131 through the only information he had. The presence of very small amounts of iodine-90 and strontium- in the air, as well as the low temperatures caused by the haze, all point to a nuclear winter after the nuclear explosion.

"subway"?
  "radiation"?
  Or "Terminator"?
  There are countless games and movies with nuclear explosion backgrounds. Based on the information obtained so far, Sui Yang cannot make an accurate judgment.

However, it may also be a parallel time and space in some games and movies, such as the Zero-3 universe related to the "Doom" movie version.

At this time, the drone transmitted a high-altitude aerial view of the city.

It is medium in size, has a complete airport, port and some light industrial factories. It seems that it has not been hit by a nuclear attack.

At the same time, the aerial view also showed Sui Yang the architectural style of that city.

Combining the spruce forests, severe cold and special bay structure, Sui Yang concluded that the city was Reykjavik in Iceland.

Various sights made him increasingly feel that the world background of Universe 04 was most likely related to "Metro" or "Fallout".

But before obtaining more detailed information, Sui Yang would not make any conclusions easily.

Meditate a little.

Sui Yang opened his mouth and ordered: "Inform Captain Price to recall the advance team members who are on the edge of the space gate's shielding range.

Then notify the Engineering Department to immediately start the construction of the frontline base. The Logistics Department will also transport the components of Ernieo 004 to Earth as soon as possible. We need control of the high-altitude orbit. "

"Yes, boss."

"Father." Seeing Sui Yang give the order, Magnus, standing on the right side of the center console, couldn't help but wonder: "Is this the scene of nuclear winter?"

"That's right." Sui Yang did not deny it.

"Did humans in Universe 04 kill each other?" Horus, standing on the left, asked in confusion.

"Possibly." Sui Yang still did not deny it, and said: "But it is also possible that he was attacked by an unknown force and had to resort to the method of dying together to achieve the effect of destroying the enemy. It is not only the cannibalism of human beings that can lead to nuclear weapons. winter."

"..." Horus nodded thoughtfully.

"I wonder what kind of special technology exists in Universe 04? Or is it strange knowledge." Magnus' curiosity has not diminished.

Sensing his son's mood swings, Sui Yang looked to his right side and warned: "Magnus, it's a good thing to have a desire for knowledge, but don't be controlled by knowledge, let alone lose yourself."

Hearing this, Magnus was stunned for a moment, but after carefully guessing the meaning of this sentence, he solemnly said: "I understand, father, I will pay attention to it."

"It's good to know."

After Sui Yang finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to his sons' psychological activities, but continued to issue more detailed orders to all units through the central console.

As for Sanguinius, he is currently on Earth Zero-3 (Destroyer), responsible for personally leading the company's combat troops and assisting Leon in raiding the UAC stronghold on Earth Zero-3.

At this stage, only Horus and Magnus, who were about 1.2 meters tall, stayed beside him.

Fortunately, although they started to gather less and stay apart more, Robert, Sanguinius and Leon did help him share a lot of pressure.
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  ...

three days later.

Earth Zero Four.

In the small operational conference room at the forward base;
  "Everyone." Ada, who was wearing a black training uniform, stood at the front and used holographic projection to explain to the dozen or so investigators present, and said in a deep voice:

"Not long ago, Ernieo 004 captured a large number of heat source reactions in Yemen, but the reactions quickly disappeared. In order to find out the situation and provide more information to friendly forces, we will go to investigate first."

(End of this chapter)