January 15, 2071 15:27 - Shariz Star Low Space Orbit - Wendy Technology Co., Ltd. "Three-Point Stone Pier" Cargo Spacecraft -

Flying from the vast skies of Shariz into the depths of space, the rocket boosters on both sides of the "Three-Point Stone Pier" completed their mission, broke away from the hull of the ship, and crashed into the drumming Sharitz. The star of SC620 is still the same as when Mark and the others first came, emitting the same dazzling light, but Shariz is no longer the same Sharitz as before.

The cargo spacecraft broke away from the planet's gravity and quickly flew from a low orbit to a high-orbit space station where the Arctic Fleet was stationed. And a cruiser belonging to the Shariz Arctic Fleet has been waiting for them there for a long time.

"Brethren of the Shariz garrison, we have arrived at the station, where the cruiser 'Westwind' of the Arctic Fleet is waiting for you, prepare to disembark."

Hu Lincai, the pilot of the "Three-Point Stone Pier", drove the spacecraft to the side of the cruiser and let the spacecraft start to dock automatically, and then opened his Internet banking very happily. There are 500,000 extra star dollars in the account, although Miss San means to let the spaceship pick up Mark for free, but this does not mean that they will not charge the hard work given by the military, after all, they did not run in vain this trip. And the third lady didn't care about this, so the hard work naturally went into the pockets of these people.

And just when Hu Lincai was thinking about how to spend his days drinking after returning to Earth, a tall figure suddenly appeared behind him, "Waiting for us?" What are you waiting for us to brout? ”

The hoplites who suddenly appeared behind him were so frightened that Hu Lincai shuddered and stood up stupidly, Hu Lincai found that the wheelhouse was already full of people, and there were a lot of blockages outside the door.

Facing Li Jinlong's questioning, Hu Lincai said with a smile: "That, ladies and gentlemen, we are also under the instructions of the third lady to give you a ride, and we really don't know about the rest." As for the fact that the cruiser came to pick you up, we are even less clear, and we dare not disobey the orders of the military, you say. ”

Li Jinlong glanced at Hu Lincai, who had a flattering face, and saw that he didn't look like he was lying, so he stopped asking, and turned to look at the thoughtful Lu Yuanhang, "Sir, what should we do next?" ”

After the death of Adjutant Lin, one of the direct commanders of the 004 base, Lu Yuanhang became the highest-ranking person here, and he couldn't help frowning when he saw the soldiers around him staring at him. His rank of brigadier colonel is very watery, mainly because of his skills, and he is simply at the bottom level of the army command level of officers of the same rank. Faced with the strange form, he couldn't come up with an idea for a while.

"Let's go, the traffic bridge is all built, I'm sure there is nothing bad in the past."

Just as the soldiers were at a loss, the "Ripper" strode ahead again, and Mark foresaw something that urged him to go faster and faster.

With someone taking the lead, the other soldiers no longer hesitated, and followed the traffic bridge to the cruiser, anyway, their lives were picked up, and they were not afraid of death, what else were they afraid of?

Striding at the forefront, an inexplicable feeling in Mark's heart became more and more obvious, and just before he was about to enter the cruiser, Wang Baiqiang sent him an encrypted file.

"Mr. Mark, please put this away. If there is anything you need help with back on Earth, please contact us with this. ”

"Thank you."

After receiving the documents and thanking him, Mark stopped and walked into the cruiser "Westwind" and ran in according to the route of the system's navigation map......

15:35 - Cruiser "West Wind" conference room———

"Knock knock—"

"Please come in."

The door of the conference room was pushed open by a mechanical giant, but it was an ordinary Marine soldier in a tattered military uniform who came in, which made several officers sitting in the conference room stunned, and said to themselves: What kind of trouble is this?

"Mark is the acting captain of the Xuanwu Special Service Team of the Marine Regiment attached to the Shariz Arctic Fleet, and he came to report."

Mark gave a standard military salute to several officers, and when the officers returned the salute, he stood still in a standard military position.

A brigadier general sitting in the chief nodded at him and pointed to a chair motioning for him to sit down, "Warrant Officer Mark, the situation is urgent, and I won't go around in circles." The fighting is fierce, and you may not know that something big has happened to you in Singapore. ”

Mark sat down in his chair and asked in surprise, "General, what does a big deal mean?" ”

The brigadier knocked lightly twice on the table, and a blast door protruded from the wall, blocking the door to the original conference room. The outside of the glass porthole was also covered with heavy armor, which directly turned the conference room into a secret room. Not only are these special armors incredibly powerful, but they also block all wireless signals, and Mark has seen about it in the military newspaper, which is quite expensive.

It was only then that the brigadier general said with great concern: "During the inspection of the Jurong Industrial Park a few days ago, Mr. President disappeared. Through the investigation and comparison of the police department, we preliminarily concluded that the USA did it. Several Mi agents involved in the operation have been captured, but the police have not been able to pry their mouths open to get useful information, and after learning of your abilities, the Singapore government wants you to go back and do your part for the country. ”

Thinking of General James's promise to himself, as well as the deception of Operation Nirvana, Mark suddenly became a little angry, "Sir, I think ......"

The brigadier waved his hand and told Mark not to continue, "I understand your thoughts, to be honest, I am also a very low-level 'sensor', but my ability is too weak, so no one cares about me." Companions, only a few people in key departments know that you are a 'sensitizer', and the military will not break their promises about what they promised you, you should believe them, they have their troubles. Well, that's the end of the topic. Now, I want you to go to the medical center and have a look, there...... Someone is waiting for you. ”

Mark was silent for a while, and in the end he did not refuse, the military was sorry for him, but the state did not feel sorry for him, and he did not intend to be sorry for the country. Standing up, he saluted the brigadier general, "General, I understand. ”

"Well, it's 15:39, and the energy acceleration channel back to Earth will open in 20 minutes, so hurry up."

"Yes."

The blast door slowly opened, and Mark, who felt a strange call, pushed open the door of the conference room and jumped into the "Ripper". Before the cockpit canopy could close, he was already running.........

15:44 - USS West Wind Medical Center -

Riding through the battleship's passage for several minutes, the "Ripper" finally reached his destination. If it weren't for the brigadier general's advance notice and letting the people along the way dodge in advance, maybe Mark would have hit a lot of people. None of that matters, though......

After entering the medical area, the height of the passage was only 2.5 meters, and Mark had to withdraw from the "Ripper" and move forward on foot. When he gasped and rushed to the intensive care unit, he was stunned by what he saw.

"Tell me, it's not true......"

Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces in the isolation ward, Mark felt his heart skip a beat. The doctor on duty who was in charge of observing the infected fighters happened to pass by, and when he saw the ragged Marine soldier, he remembered the notice given by the brigadier general.

"Warrant officer, I'm sorry, but......... Go talk to them for a while. ”

Walking over and patting Mark on the shoulder, the doctor handed him an electronic key that opened all the doors to the isolation room. According to the regulations, this key can only be held by the doctor on duty, but ——— rules Nima is set by people, what is people-oriented, do you make it!?

Nodding to the doctor on duty, Mark took the key and opened the door to the isolation ward. Once inside, he was forced to put on a protective suit by the machine. Although Mark was irritable about this time-wasting dressing process, he could only choose to accept it, otherwise he would not be able to enter. By the time I put on my protective suit and entered the isolation ward, a minute passed.

Walking into this place full of infected people, everything is so cold, and those brave soldiers who once fought to the death against the Zerg on the battlefield are now like prisoners, all controlled in a single room. Almost all of them are wearing hanging bottles, and the drugs in them have the effect of slowing down infection. After fighting against the Zerg for so long, humans still haven't found a way to completely treat the infection, as long as the infection reaches a moderate level, then the infected people will not escape the doom of insectification.

"How could it be...... ...... like this"

Walking all the way from the entrance, Mark saw a few people who had seen both sides of Base 017, and the soldiers were mostly mentally depressed, between moderate and severe infection, and the infected tissue had taken over most of their bodies. As things stand, they don't have more than a week left.

Mark knocked on the windows of several of them, but none of them responded, and it seemed that they were in despair. Sighing, Mark continued to walk deeper into the quarantine zone, where the person who kept calling him should have been.

After walking a few dozen meters, Mark walked through the first corner, and from this corner, there was a staircase that led to the isolation area below. From the first single room downstairs, the soldiers who were quarantined were all severely infected. Seeing Mark appear, some of the soldiers who were covered in infected tissue even lay on the polymer glass wall like big dogs, grinning and roaring at Mark.

"Damn, I can't even see who you are! Damn the Zerg! ”

Angry, Mark punched a metal wall and knocked it in, but out of anger, he didn't care about it and walked on.

The further they went, the more mutated the human soldiers became, and when they reached the third corner, the walls of the single rooms, which had been isolated by polymer glass, had been replaced by sealed doors made of high-strength memory metal. Standing outside the door, Mark could still clearly sense the powerful life form inside the door.

"There are so many type 2 and type 3 infections......... Wait a minute...... It's—"

Following the clearer and clearer call, Mark ran around the fourth and final corner. Then he stood there dumbfounded.

At the end of the ——— passage, in a laboratory the size of a basketball court, many former comrades-in-arms were lying quietly on the experimental bed. One of the stocky Marines was still sitting, and when Mark appeared, he raised his hand to say hello.

"Hey, Captain, you're still alive, we thought you were hanging."