Sky Garden Meeting Room

Five days after the Nittus Plateau mission, in the meeting room of the Sky Garden, there was a middle-aged man with white hair and a bad face, leisurely smoking a cigar with his legs stretched on the table.

Hassan made an uncomfortable expression. "Mr. Smit, I think our meeting has already started. And where did your cigarette come from? You should know that smoking is prohibited in the Sky Garden."

Smith took another deep puff and exhaled a puff of white smoke. "This is all thanks to the archaeological team. They are really versatile and can find anything. Hahahaha."

Butler Lister said calmly, "Senator Schmidt!"

Schmidt felt the gaze and put out his cigarette: "Just kidding, get started! Don't be so stingy."

Lister said seriously, "It's just a short meeting of a few minutes. Just behave yourself."

Hassan and Connie patted the smoke off their bodies with their hands. Lister said: "General Connie, first of all, thank you for your contribution to this mission."

Connie nodded in response. Lister said, "From your report, you mentioned that the construct Roland mentioned by Captain Vera of the Cerberus Squad was the main culprit in this incident."

Connie said seriously, "I can guarantee the truth of what Miss Vera said. When we went to the scene to investigate, the injuries they suffered were definitely not caused by ordinary infected organisms. There were also footprints on the stairs left by other injured constructs walking."

Hassan: "Then who injured this unknown construct?"

Connie: "It's the commander of Lucia's team."

Smit: "It's the construct we once abandoned! I missed it so much back then! It's a pity it got out of control."

Lister glared at Schmidt. "Now is not the time to recall your disgusting behavior."

Hassan: "Lister, what do you think that is?"

Lister activated the holographic projection and displayed several blurry photos. Several figures could be vaguely seen in the photos. "Actually, this isn't the first time this has happened. These photos were taken by the Assault Eagles, other ground teams, and other Earth organizations. They all describe some strange constructs, unaffected by the Pamish virus, seemingly commanding the infected. From the beginning, I wasn't sure how true this was. But when the infected began to invade, they started behaving strangely. For example, why did the infected pass under the walls of Kowloon? Why was the power plant the center of infection before the fall of the Nitus Plateau? Why was the European Union, already short of resources, surrounded and consumed by the infected, leading to its fall? From these things, I began to believe that someone was behind this, perhaps human or perhaps a creature unknown to us. Since no one has ever directly confronted them, I didn't intend to release these photos, as it might cause unnecessary panic. But this time, it proves that these things do exist, and there's definitely more than just Roland. They must be a group."

Schmidt rocked his chair and said leisurely, "Then we have to give them a new title. We can't call these noble destroyers the same name as us ants."

General Connie stood up and slammed the table. "Smith, what the hell do you think of humans? I really don't understand how a piece of trash like you got into the Hanging Gardens. If guns weren't banned in conference rooms, I should have shot you the moment you said that."

Schmidt was still laughing, Hassan said nothing with a dark face. Lister said slowly and gloomily with a dark face: "Senator Schmidt, if you want to become that noble thing, I can make it happen now."

Schmidt stopped laughing and said apologetically, "I was just joking. There's no need to worry. You're right. Long live humanity. Long live humanity. I'm leaving first." After that, Schmidt ran out.

Connie gritted his teeth: "This bastard."

Lister: "That's it for now. I'll announce this at the conference and form a new elite team."

Hassan: Yes, humanity also needs heroes at this time.

Lister: "And the so-called core has been sent to the lunar base for research. That's it, the meeting is adjourned."

After that, the three of them left the small meeting room.

Connie walked into Vera's clinic. Looking at Vera who was gradually recovering, Connie said: "You are really worthy of it. Your sea of ​​consciousness can recover so quickly."

Vera lay on the bed: "How many of them are there?"

Connie was stunned. "Sure enough, there's something wrong with restarting too early. Didn't I tell you yesterday when you woke up that everyone else was still alive except for the commander named Nice and his two subordinates?"

Vera's face was expressionless: "Him? I remember I wanted to throw him into the Sea of ​​Death."

Connie was a little confused: "Huh?"

Vera quickly explained, "Nothing much. What do the higher-ups think of that construct?"

Connie rubbed his head and said, "Their existence has been confirmed."

Vera was a little confused: "They."

Connie said affirmatively, "There's more than one of them."

Vera's heart finally settled down: "That's right!"

Connie: "Don't worry, your superiors have already made amends for your previous mistakes. You will upgrade your new machine. Someone named Hua Qi should be promoted to the captain of the elite team."

Vera sighed, "A new hero?"

Connie: "The first human to live to become the commander of an elite squad, so to speak."

Vera: "That's exactly what you would do." Connie was silent, not knowing what he was thinking.

Roland

In a factory somewhere, the eerie and damp feeling made Roland crawl in with difficulty.

At this moment, a monster that looked like a mermaid was a little confused when it saw Roland's headless appearance, but then it laughed crazily: "Hahaha, Mr. Gabriel, look at what's outside. Is it your newly created infected body? Miss Luna, come and take a look."

The mermaid laughed as she dragged Roland into the factory and threw him in front of a monster wearing a hat. "Mr. Gabriel, look at how he's lost his head."

Gabriel sighed heavily, used his tentacles to place Roland's body on the table, and then extended many tentacles to begin repairing Roland's head.

At this time, a white figure floated down from the beam of the factory. Gabriel inserted a tube into Roland's neck, and then inserted it into the speaker next to him. Then Roland's voice came out of the speaker.

Gabriel: "Do you have anything to say to Miss Luna?"

Roland: "What can I say? Miss Luna, this was purely an accident. She overplayed her hand and didn't expect to be ambushed by a human."

The construct named Luna didn't seem too angry. "It's just your incompetence anyway. Is it your ability to be defeated by humans?"

Roland: "Don't say that, Miss Luna. Although a cell tissue was lost, I found your sister, who is now a replica of Lucy Alpha. I was going to bring her back."

Luna was a little excited: "Sister, is she in the Sky Garden now?"

Roland: “That’s right.”

Lamia: "Ms. Luna, are you worried about that replica? But that thing is just a replica, not the real one. The real Lucia will be back in a few days."

Luna didn't return to Da, but the real sister was no longer the same as before.

At this moment, I was enjoying Liv's lap pillow and eating an apple.