Chapter 536: A Sudden Golden Flash of Anomalous and Ordinary Transmission

Soon.

Each platform emitted teal‑blue pillars of light, enveloping the recruits standing on them.

At the same time, over two thousand technicians who had undergone various cybernetic and prosthetic augmentations, with numerous mechanical tentacles assisting them, also entered the vast waiting hall.

The technicians, nicknamed "mechanics," used the levitation devices installed in their bodies to swiftly and silently approach the corresponding recruits, and in their electronically tinged voices they said in unison:

"Raise both arms horizontally."

Hearing this,

All the recruits raised their arms, allowing the mechanics to circle them for a more thorough inspection, and the mechanics' cybernetic compound eyes flashed red, seemingly seeing the recruits inside and out.

It is now June 7, 2211.

Since Rus led eight OriginalBody brothers, along with elite battalions of eight legions and half the Imperial Guard into the alternate dimension, nearly eight months have passed.

The prehistoric planetary trial, originally held each April or September, was this year moved to June 7, synchronized with the civil entrance examination.

Consequently, the newly adult recruits who had just completed their augmentation surgeries naturally had no objections.

At this stage, they were still inexperienced, the vast majority being naive youths who simply followed, "Father, the Empire tells us which alien to exterminate, so we exterminate it."

Even politically savvy recruits, such as those whose G glands originated from elite warriors, sensed something amiss but said little.

All they needed to do was obey their father's every directive.

During this period, although the expeditionary force did not turn the alternate dimension upside down, it still made it a chaotic mess.

Not to mention that high‑rank demons would be instantly slain, and even OriginalBodies that could not endure ten rounds against some great demons; merely the elite battalion's first company, its champion, and several exceptionally powerful battalion commanders already terrified the demons.

One must know that the alternate dimension grants demons a home‑field advantage to unleash their full power…

How can we fight this?

In fact, this is inseparable from Sui Bian's Spiritual Energy protection, and with the evil gods already tacitly permitting the expeditionary force to slaughter certain unruly beings, the battle is naturally one‑sided.

Moreover, the plague doctor also through torment…

He likely interrogated Fabiu Si Bai Er by special means, obtaining more secrets about the alternate dimension and chaos, then developing a reagent for a new vaccine.

Before the expedition began, the OriginalBodies had already gathered vast raw materials and nearly ten thousand D‑class personnel in the core world of the Gangneril ship, allowing the plague doctor to focus on research and experiments.

The core world of the home planet can fully isolate the alternate dimension's influence, and since D‑class personnel were injected with the vaccine from birth, staying within the home world poses no danger…

No, the only "danger" is the plague doctor.

Nevertheless, there is no need to pity those D‑class personnel; the overwhelming majority are burdened with crimes such as human trafficking, extortion, and interstellar piracy, among other serious offenses.

Even though society has advanced to this point, with unprecedented public quality, living standards, and wealth, the existence of vermin cannot be avoided.

Imagine, with a population nearing five quadrillion, even if the crime rate drops to 0.0001%, there would still be five billion cases.

This is comparable to the population of the primary universe two hundred years ago.

Moreover, the crime rate of the primary universe and the multiverse is 0.0012%, making the actual numbers far exceed imagination.

Of course, the bulk of these percentages comes from multiverses other than the primary universe, Universe Zero‑One, and Universe Zero‑Two.

Thus, Umbrella's annual consumption and "recruitment" of D‑class personnel has long reached a staggering one billion, which, when distributed across various universes and star systems, is actually not that significant.

But one thing is common: D‑class personnel's deaths are considered negligible.

After experiments confirmed the new vaccine's efficacy, the Gangneril ship began using its refined assembly line to mass‑produce it for the expeditionary force.

With the new vaccine as support, and the indifference of numerous evil gods such as the Lustful and the Devious, some lower‑tier evil gods and the restless great demons were completely terrified.

The human banner was fully proclaimed.

A Chinese proverb says, "A famous general's name can soothe a crying child"; now, for the low‑grade, unrefined, newborn demons of the alternate dimension, the human name makes them turn pale at the very thought.

Finally.

The expeditionary force withdrew from the alternate dimension on April 1, 2211, finally allowing the demons to "relax" and "feel at ease," no longer trapped in endless dread.

Frustration aside, offense and defense shift; either endure or fight to the death, seeing who can survive to the end.

Although the Human Empire does not wish for a mutual annihilation, after all, reaching this scale has cost all of humanity countless efforts, yet…

What humanity excels at most is a relentless grind.

The Human Empire dares; the evil‑god aberrations lack such courage.

The expedition into the alternate dimension is temporarily concluded, but the expeditionary force led by Rog, Shengjilesi, and Sui Meng continues to clash with the Tai Luo Insect Race.

Now, the threat level of this "Great Devourer" insect race, especially its Hive Mind, appears far more severe than the alternate dimension's legion of evil gods.

However, this severity assumes the Human Empire wishes to uncover the Tai Luo Insect Race's origin, which is why it has not employed cross‑phase pulse waves for total eradication.

Moreover, in landing, naval, and close‑quarter battles against the Tai Luo Insect Race, the chief‑rank insects can threaten an Astate; given their evolutionary rate, the more they are engaged, the stronger the Tai Luo Insect Race becomes.

Thus, with Rog as the war commander, the expeditionary force focuses on reconnaissance and guerrilla tactics, probing beneath the surface of planets occupied by the Tai Luo Insect Race for any ancient relics or research‑worthy artifacts.

Simultaneously, numerous private entertainment firms and news media applied to the Empire's authorities, dispatching many war correspondents to accompany the expeditionary force for interviews and live broadcasts.

Sometimes, reporters in a live stream interviewing an Astate are suddenly attacked by the Tai Luo Insect Race.

Immediately after, the live stream "fails to switch or shut down" in time, allowing viewers to watch the Astate engage in combat, including close‑range slashing and hand‑tearing of insects, in real time.

However…

Viewers can only "see" a fleeting afterimage, followed by a cloud of blood and flying severed limbs, flesh fragments, and foam.

Even so, witnessing how an Astate handles an "incident" still ignites viewers' emotions.

In fact, these are all production effects.

Some program teams even produced series such as "Exploring Ancient Ruins with Battalion Chief Luosente," "Exotic Sceneries of Extragalactic Systems," and "Civilizations Destroyed by the Tai Luo Insect Race," spanning multiple episodes and seasons.

Primarily, the topic‑driven program teams also use titles like "#HardMan" or "#WhatIsARealMan" to deliberately or inadvertently spark online disputes.

This also maximizes the expedition's value, and some of these ideas originated from Rog, while Shengjilesi and Sui Meng merely participated and cooperated throughout.

However, the Human Emperor paid little attention, as long as the origin of the Tai Luo Insect Race can be found, Rog may plan and deploy at will.

And at this moment…

"Inspection complete, all recruits are stable. Please follow the technicians out of the waiting hall and proceed to the armory for equipment."

Waiting for the broadcast reminder to sound again in the lobby, and, generated by the platform, each column-shaped blue light also dissipated.

Seeing this scene.

Over two thousand Astate recruits walked down the platform one after another, leaving with the technical staff solely responsible for them.

Then, this group of recruits began to disperse through the sealed tunnel, and soon they were moving forward in groups of a hundred.

At this moment…

"Sui Yang…"

Among the hundred recruits, one had neat black short hair, rugged features, and was taller; even though he wasn't yet qualified to wear ceramisteel armor, he had already reached over three meters tall as a recruit, while gazing at the few mechanical guys ahead, he leaned close to a brother beside him and whispered:

"What weapon are you preparing to use later?"

"Whatever feels handy, I'll use that."

The recruit named Sui Yang shrugged, indicating a nonchalant response.

Moreover, Sui Yang and the recruit who asked earlier were basically the same in appearance, physique, and height.

In fact, the two of them were actually the biological twin brothers Sui Yang and Sui Yue during the adapter period, before having the Gland of the Assault Formation Legion implanted.

Sui Yue was originally written with the character meaning "month", but because he always felt too "weak", he changed it to the character meaning "surpass".

If these details were from two hundred years ago, Huaxia people could distinguish them, but for people from other regions and countries there would be no difference.

However, after 2150, in the era when everyone is implanted with nanorobots at birth, regarding language, even without deliberate study, one can understand the other's speech.

However, considering that Chinese has always been the most spoken language, the UEG in 2150 completely defined it as the official language, and it has remained so to this day in the Human Empire.

"Whatever feels handy… tsk, I wish I hadn't asked you, how boring."

Saying that, Sui Yue raised his hand and slapped Sui Yang's back.

Although Sui Yang, who was slapped by the brother born one second later, appeared unmoved and unaffected, if that force were slapped onto the mechanical guys in front, it could directly blast them apart.

Of course, the premise for being able to blast them is that the mechanical guys didn't spend extra private funds to purchase an Ark Reactor (Stark-made) and install any energy barrier or shield generator.

Therefore, never underestimate any mechanical guy; even if they're not in combat units, you don't know what hidden cards they have.

Suddenly.

At the far end of the corridor ahead, natural light was still flickering.

When Sui Yang and Sui Yue, together with the brothers and mechanical guys, reached the end, they also discovered that this natural light came directly from the sun.

It turned out that beyond the corridor's end was a "pseudo-open-air bridge" with panoramic sealed windows installed on the top, both sides, and bottom.

Under their feet lay barren, gray lunar soil, and above them, besides the direct sunlight, there was a pitch-black expanse of space.

All of this indicates that their location is precisely the Luna Base built on the far side of the moon.

This is the storage site for all the legions' Glands, and also the "second homeland" where all recruits train and live.

However, the area at the end of the skybridge was welcoming Sui Yang, Sui Yue, and the others for the first time.

Moreover, looking left and right, there were many more pseudo-open-air bridges of the same specification and appearance, and besides the guiding mechanical guys, at least ten thousand recruits were heading toward the front area.

After all, the end of the skybridge is the armory, and further inside is the large transfer device.

Because the Engineering Department had deployed many wired links at the Space Gate in Africa on Earth and on the prehistoric planet, this allowed the recruits to bypass the tedious route and transfer directly to the tropical jungle of the prehistoric planet.

Not long after.

Sui Yang, Sui Yue, and the others then arrived at an armory roughly the size of six basketball courts.

They entered.

First to come into view were the various weapons hanging on the weapon rack.

There were retractable double-edged wrist blades that extended a meter long, shields made of vibranium, and boomerangs from the Iron-Blooded Clan, among other extremely sharp melee weapons.

However…

On the right side of the armory, there were actually. 75-caliber and 1.0-caliber bolt guns, as well as plasma, thermo-melt, and Gauss cannons??

What's going on?

Including the twin brothers, the hundred recruits, upon seeing those heat weapons exclusive to Astate, instantly showed looks of surprise.

Because, according to the trial tradition of the past hundred years, recruits are not allowed to bring heat weapons onto the prehistoric planet's jungle; they must rely on melee weapons and bare hands to engage in close combat with those titanic beasts.

"Everyone."

The mechanical guys who had previously led the way then came one by one to face their respective recruits, unfolded holographic screens with tangible touch, and began to explain:

"Considering that since this year, the Empire side wants to increase the trial difficulty but cannot confirm the effect, they have selected you to go to a specific area of the prehistoric planet and contend with the improved giant beasts and dinosaurs."

"Therefore you may use heat weapons, but please first read and sign this confidentiality agreement."

"…"

Looking at the nearly five hundred items listed in the confidentiality agreement before him, Sui Yang skimmed through ten lines at a glance, almost finishing reading in the blink of an eye.

Every item was unproblematic, and moreover, the signature included their "Imperial Father" Sui Bian, so they happily picked up the holographic pen and signed their names on the confidentiality agreement.

Immediately after.

Sui Yang and his brother Sui Yue each selected a retractable double-edged curved blade, a retractable spear, and a boomerang for close-quarters weapons.

For heat weapons, Sui Yang chose a. 75-caliber bolt rifle and its six corresponding magazines, while Sui Yue chose a 100mm plasma cannon.

After donning simple armor and a gear belt, the two of them then went together with the brothers to the transfer platform behind the armory.

They waited a few seconds.

A golden light unlike ordinary transfer suddenly appeared.

In a gap shorter than a blink, Sui Yang and Sui Yue completed the transfer.

But…

They seemed to have been separated from the brothers, and moreover, they had not been transferred to the jungle but to a desert with flying sand and dust?!

(End of chapter)