Chapter 165

Earth at the same time.

Umbrella is located at its Kenya base in Africa.

Inside the Command Center.

Detected that the OriginalBody Rus under the host's command successfully killed the raiders' scout fleet's brainworm, thereby causing the entire scout fleet to stall; total annihilation is only a matter of time.

Therefore, this system determines that the host has completed the mission, awarding the host 20,000 points; the host's remaining points are 26,330.

At the same time, this system also detects that the lone "Scavenger" survived the battle.

Soon after, the lone wolf will assist Umbrella, fully establishing an alliance with its IntiUnancha clan.】」

Having heard the system's words in his mind.

Standing in the center of the Command Center, Sui Bian, who had been intently staring at the large screen above, finally felt the taut string in his heart loosen a bit.

As raiders of an insectoid civilization, they constitute the most severe invasion that Earth and humanity currently face, forcing Sui Bian to prepare a strict defense.

Fortunately, eliminating the brainworm can neutralize this scout fleet, and fortunately the raiders are not a Flood, Terran, or Zerg‑like insectoid civilization.

Otherwise, Earth this time would be doomed.

But humanity can still retain the spark.

—Do not consider victory first; consider defeat first.

In fact, since January 3, Umbrella has been transferring important equipment and supplies through the Space Gate, gradually moving them to the base on the prehistoric planet.

Even the nations covertly controlled by Umbrella are making corresponding preparations, with Red Queen and White Queen assisting each country in personnel selection procedures.

If Umbrella's fleet interception fails, Sui Bian will expend all remaining points to instantly expand the radius of the Space Gate located at the Ugandan outpost.

Umbrella will complete the entire transfer in the shortest possible time, including the unaware relatives of employees, and the six already‑built Precursors‑type engineering ships will also be sent to the prehistoric planet.

At the same time, the nations covertly controlled by Umbrella will first forcibly send the selected individuals to the Space Gate.

Afterwards…

Forget it, Sui Bian doesn't want to think about it any more.

After all, everything is considered for humanity as a whole, and now Umbrella's fleet has killed the brainworm and successfully intercepted the raiders' scout fleet.

He, as Umbrella's leader and the strongest Spiritual User among humans, bears the survival and future of humanity; sometimes, or rather most of the time, he cannot act according to personal emotions or public morality.

But that does not mean Sui Bian likes this; he also possesses negative emotions such as sadness and anger…

"Sir!" At that moment, an employee seated to Sui Bian's right, unable to contain excitement, turned toward him and loudly reported to all staff in the Command Center:

"Captain Jacob Kaise reports… that the assault squad has killed the brainworm! Our fleet is currently executing a thorough destruction protocol against the raiders' fleet!"

"We won! We won!"

"Hahaha! Great!"

Upon hearing this, even the well‑mannered Umbrella employees could no longer restrain themselves and shouted loudly, releasing long‑suppressed emotions.

Immediately after, the three massive screens hanging in the Command Center displayed corresponding "delayed" footage.

There's no way around it; current human communication technology has a several‑minute delay between Earth and Mars, making real‑time communication impossible.

The footage shown on the screens is actually the fleet's transmission from a few minutes earlier.

The system, however, has no such hindrance, so Sui Bian learns the battle outcome before the staff.

"Very good!" Yet he still showed a rare joyful expression, raised his voice to everyone in the Command Center, and ordered:

"Resume Captain Kaise's continued destruction mission, and the fleet must not relax because the brainworm is dead, especially must not slacken the decontamination procedures."

The fleet must promptly compile loss and casualty reports, allowing onboard technicians to conduct comprehensive examinations and treatments of the wounded, thereby completely eliminating any suspicion of infection by the raiders.

"Don't forget we are Umbrella."

"Yes, sir." The staff curbed their slightly restless attitudes and began handling the subsequent tasks.

Seeing this, Sui Bian whispered, "White Queen."

White Queen's hologram appeared at his right side, her face showing the usual coldness, silently awaiting Sui Bian's command.

"Restore the company and the nations to their original state, but you may make use of the list selected by you and Red Queen, conduct another comprehensive selection from it, pick the absolute elites in each field, and dispatch the company's intelligence agents to contact them," Sui Bian said.

"Understood, sir." White Queen replied.

Rus shot the brain beast, so the so‑called "Great Transfer" plan can be paused and halted; now Sui Bian's primary focus is restoring humanity's overall development.

He slowed down a bit.

Sui Bian said to White Queen, "Notify the Engineering Department, have them use the resources prepared in advance for the transfer to continuously expand the front‑line base on the other side of the Space Gate.

The prehistoric planet can serve not only as the company's mining site but also as humanity's final fallback, a precaution.

Furthermore, the company needs to open two more civilian shipyards, dedicated to building civilian Precursors‑type engineering ships; you will select sites from major cities worldwide, since the Eastern European factory cannot be public, and using a dockyard to build Precursors is somewhat wasteful.

You must also steer online public opinion; society and the populace should quickly adapt to the rapid development pace, and the task of monitoring Earth's anomalous phenomena will temporarily be placed under Red Queen's full authority.

Lastly, the MA5B and its related derivatives, which the company has completely phased out, can be sold to the United States, United Kingdom, France and other countries.

Oh, I recall the company still has many first‑generation Mechanical exoskeletons and hydrogen batteries that were retired; they can be appropriately sold to elite units of various nations, such as the berets or mercenaries.

Those elite units can also assist the company's intelligence agents in controlling and eliminating Earth's anomalies.

Finally, Sui Bian turned his head slightly to his right and said, "Please, White Queen."

As an artificial intelligence, White Queen does not know what fatigue feels like, but Sui Bian believes she still deserves some gratitude.

"No trouble, sir." White Queen gave a slight nod, "Then I will handle the matters first."

"Mm."

White Queen's virtual image dissipated, while Sui Bian crossed his hands over his chest and stared at the massive screen hanging above.

Now he increasingly understands what the system originally said: "If left unchecked, the human species will be completely annihilated in the near future."

If this world had no him, humanity would have long become history.

Moreover, after dealing with the brain beast and the scout fleet, the Solar System will still face the raiders' main force in a hundred years, and even other "aliens" and insectoids; not to mention that Earth itself still harbors numerous anomalies.

—For humanity.

This is not simply a slogan, a battle cry, but a belief, a determination.

About updates.

Because I'm afraid the quality might have problems, the update speed is very, very slow, and recently, fearing the Ravagers chapters aren't good, I kept deleting what I wrote, writing then deleting.

From now on I will still proceed steadily, confronting anomalies and demons, and later there will be other insect races and alien species.

I also want to release updates in a burst, but I'm scared the quality won't be guaranteed T—T.

Finally, thank you all for your support!

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