Chapter 104: Humanity

"All personnel, move forward."

In the isolation room bathed in dim red light, the cold command came through the D-level personnel's helmet comms.

Only the gate behind them leading to the outside closed, while another gate ahead of them opened.

With living dead and Stalkers present, the D-level personnel had to obey the order to move forward toward the end of the corridor beyond the gate.

When all personnel reached the corridor, the gate closed again.

Then the purple lights installed around the corridor lit up, and disinfectant spray quickly filled the entire corridor, giving everyone a complete decontamination.

"All D-level personnel, attention: do not remove helmets, do not act independently; if an emergency occurs, do not panic, the armed guards overseeing you will handle the danger."

At the gate at the end of the corridor, the comms again delivered a cold reminder.

As the voice faded, a "Qi—!" sounded, and the air valve at the corridor's end slowly opened.

When the valve opened, the D-level personnel saw another room.

In the center of the room floated a "gate" whose edges emitted a faint green glow, and the side of the "gate" appeared to be a rainforest environment.

In addition, there was a black line as thick as an adult's wrist.

One end of the black line was attached to the right wall of the room, the other end lay on the side of the "gate".

"All personnel, continue moving forward."

This another temporary task force composed of D-level personnel, living dead and a Stalker-type Tyrant, followed the order and stepped through the "gate" that led to another world.

However, this temporary task force was fundamentally different from the temporary task force dubbed "Towards the Dead" a few months earlier.

The D-level personnel of the Towards the Dead task force were heavy criminals who became so due to forced circumstances involving relatives or a momentary impulse.

And the D-level personnel of this task force remained scum-like beings.

Nevertheless, the Mother Nest spent eight days developing a viral vaccine that turned dinosaurs into zombies, and while injecting it into the living dead, it also injected these scums.

Even the Stalkers, following the vaccine, underwent corresponding adjustments so the virus could not survive inside them.

After all, the scums were risking themselves for Umbrella's official employees.

Moreover, the engineering team performed brief work on the side of the "gate" on the 23rd.

The engineering team installed a small communication base station there and connected it via wired link to the outpost's communication base station.

This maximized communication smoothness and provided wireless network service over a certain area.

Thus, real-time footage from chest or helmet cameras could also be transmitted to the Kenya Command Center.

As for why Sui Bian did not send the powerful Astate units to that side, it was because he was unsure how long this "gate" would remain.

If it were to close suddenly, the result would be beyond what he could endure.

To be safe, he let the recyclable living dead and Stalkers, as well as the expendable D-level personnel, conduct the reconnaissance.

Soon, the entire temporary task force crossed the "gate" and arrived on the other side.

"Buzz~! Buzz~!" the even more piercing insect chirping.

"Roar~! Roar~!" and a faint dragon roar.

Beyond the noises these creatures made, the D-level personnel directly felt one thing: heat!

Especially while wearing these hazmat suits, the D-level personnel felt as if they were in a furnace.

Although the hazmat suits can filter and purify air, they lack any temperature regulation device, i. e., an air conditioner.

The TPS Power Armor, capable of operating in space, naturally includes air conditioning, which compensates for the living dead's heat intolerance.

"Roar…" the Stalker, however, let out an annoyed sound,

as if complaining why it had come to this sweltering rainforest again.

Everyone began to observe their surroundings.

Especially the D-level personnel holding recording equipment, they diligently filmed the surrounding environment.

If they work diligently and perform well, Umbrella will grant appropriate rewards, such as comics, books, or even electronic devices that cannot connect to the internet.

Though they are displeased to serve Umbrella, these rewards are enough to motivate the otherwise dull D-level personnel to strive.

Unknown species of trees, oddly shaped insects.

Everything within sight was captured by the D-level personnel.

At this moment, the comms again delivered a cold command: "Check whether the compass can function properly."

Hearing this,

Four D-level personnel with backpacks unzipped their packs and took out compasses.

After a moment of observation, one D-level personnel replied: "Aside from the needle being a bit unstable, it works fine."

"Very good, can you observe the sun?"

All D-level personnel looked up and found the forest here too dense to see the sun directly.

Meanwhile, the staff at the Kenya Command Center responsible for communicating with these D-level personnel also noticed this via chest cameras.

They immediately sought assistance from colleagues in charge of the living dead's actions.

In no time,

A instructed living dead stepped out of the squad, slung the M41A on his back, and, using the convenience of TPS Power Armor, quickly climbed the tree.

Reaching the canopy, the living dead saw a slightly tilted "sun".

Inside the Kenya Command Center.

With both hands clasped behind his back, Sui Bian also saw that "sun" through the large screen hanging above.

The figures standing to his left and right were still holographically projected virtual bodies of a Red Queen and a White Queen.

"Sir," the White Queen immediately said:

"I performed the test using the living dead's TPS Power Armor, and based on radiation intensity, size, and other factors, that star is not the sun we know."

"Oh? Not the sun?" Sui Bian did not appear overly surprised and murmured softly:

"It seems that planet is not Earth, but it has the dinosaur species we know well... Hmm... If it's really another planet, that would be interesting..."

Speaking, Sui Bian looked at the staff member in charge of communications and raised his voice to give the order: "Notify the temporary special task force to continue reconnaissance."

"Yes."

Having received the order, the temporary special task force began to conduct reconnaissance within a radius of three hundred meters, taking the "gate" as the center.

During this period, they encountered many small dinosaurs, but had not yet discovered any zombified dinosaurs.

Several D-rank personnel carrying sealed containers, under the guidance of the staff, collected biological samples of small plants and insects.

Continue to expand the reconnaissance range.

This time, the temporary special task force finally made a new discovery.

They found a clearing in the rainforest located approximately two kilometers to the northwest of the "gate".

And on the clearing there was a stone formation with artificial traces.

At the center of the stone formation were two large stone pillars.

And in the gap between the stone pillars, a withered "human" corpse was bound.

Everyone, starting tomorrow the author will begin subject three training; before the exam on the 27th, he may not be able to keep up three updates a day, but he will definitely maintain two updates a day.

Moreover, the author's speed is slow, and there is no buffer stock; if he does two updates a day before the 27th, the author will strive to accumulate drafts and repeatedly think things through, making the article more interesting.

Now I can already feel my scalp going numb, as if my hair is about to fall out.

T_T。

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