Chapter 484: Intern Battle Sisters – High-Risk Anomaly

Tan Ya, Celesstin and this bunch of 'sisters'.

Or rather, it should be that all girls who were abandoned for various reasons, or lost their parents and relatives, and were then raised by Umbrella, need to undergo a six-year internship before completing training and becoming official Battle Sisters.

The company will randomly assign internship locations, and these locations are mainly concentrated in human territories outside the main universe.

For example, Tan Ya, Celesstin and the others in the bus drew a 'worst lot', needing to go to Zero-Three Universe, about sixty thousand light-years in a straight line from the Space Gate, belonging to Tai Luo Ke Er, which has just been opened up for half a century.

The mission isn't particularly difficult: it involves cooperating with local military units to resolve any potential, known or unknown anomalous phenomena, while also regularly reinforcing the 'Human Truth' for the local populace.

Cooperating with military units is easy to understand: it means using their learned knowledge and absolute loyalty to the Lord of Humanity to deal with heretics and alien beings.

As for reinforcing the 'Human Truth'…

Each batch of sisters has its own jurisdiction; Tan Ya, Celesstin and the others are no exception, they just don't know it yet.

The 'old-fashioned' wheeled bus carried a group of sisters who looked forward to being able to properly burn heretics after employment, and also to drink and play in the bustling metropolis, as it drove along the main thoroughfare into the overpass, gradually moving away from the surface spaceport and central district.

Nearly an hour passed.

The sisters were no longer shouting as before; dry mouths and fatigue were one aspect, but the main reason was that the bus had brought them to a company-owned suburban airfield.

Drove in.

Come to a steady stop.

The sisters, now completely disembarked, got off the bus and then took from the bus's cargo compartment their own large equipment boxes and suitcases equipped with floating devices.

Having unloaded them, along with their luggage and equipment, the driver drove the bus away.

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The sisters first gazed at the departing bus, then looked at the assault craft being prepared not far away inside the atmosphere, thus falling into complete silence.

'Ya Dang Si, are we… being abandoned?' a sister asked Tan Ya.

'How could that be?' Tan Ya bluntly said: 'We are Battle Sisters! Daughters of the Lord of Humanity! How could we possibly be abandoned?'

'We are Intern Sisters.' another sister added by way of 'supplement'.

'Perhaps our briefing has been updated; let's each check our information panels,' said the seemingly most honest Celesstin.

'Good (hmm).'

Upon hearing this, the sisters all took out their chip-like dedicated phones and brought up their holographic panels.

As Celesstin had expected, the officer who should have met them to introduce Tai Luo Ke Er and the metropolis area Battle Sisters company commander, having received a temporary assignment, changed his schedule and arranged for them to directly board an assault craft to go to their assigned small town.

Small town…

Upon hearing this news, it directly snuffed out Tan Ya and the others' vision of leisure and play in the bustling metropolis.

Especially since the journey hadn't even ended, this instantly dampened the sisters' enthusiasm.

'Let's go.'

Conversely, Celesstin, who had neatly stowed away the 'Human Truth', complained nothing, pulling with both hands her equipment box and suitcase that floated a few centimeters above the ground as she walked toward one of the assault craft.

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Tan Ya and the remaining sisters exchanged glances, then each pulled their own equipment box and suitcase, boarding three separate assault craft.

Next.

Sitting on somewhat uncomfortable metal seats, Tan Ya and Celesstin, who were in the same assault craft, saw the side hatches automatically close, the fuselage slightly shake, and then they gradually drifted away from the ground.

Soon.

They soon reached an altitude of about two thousand meters, swiftly sweeping past the suburbs of the metropolis, flying over a dense, lush rainforest that appeared yet to be developed.

'Ah…'

Gazing out the porthole at the endless green 'ocean', the most lively Tan Ya couldn't help but let out a heavy sigh, turning to her neighbor Celesstin and asking doubtfully: 'Sister, don't you feel it's a pity?'

'I don't.' Celesstin leaned back against the seat, closed her eyes, adopting a pose ready for a nap, and still advised:

'Ya Dang Si, calm your heart; we are here to fight and promote, not to entertain and relax.'

'Old… no, you should be Xiao Gu Ban, acting older than me despite being younger.' Tan Ya still spat out this complaint.

Seeing Celesstin not respond further, Tan Ya had to accept reality, then with a weary face continued to look out the porthole at the outside scenery.

Not long after.

Due to the lengthy journey and the occasional shaking of the fuselage, Tan Ya felt fatigue overtake her, and gazing at the unchanging scenery outside the window, she drifted into sleep.

In the dream, she saw herself wielding dual guns, battling the endless 'Void', and although she could not discern the forms of those 'Voids', she only felt an indescribable sense of oppression and suffocation.

Suddenly!

'Roar!!' one of the 'Voids' leapt from the darkness, opening a blood‑filled maw full of slender sharp teeth, and lunged at her neck.

'Hey… Ya Dang Si… hey, wake up… Tan Ya! …'

!!!

Fortunately hearing the call, Tan Ya finally broke free of the extraordinarily vivid dream, her eyes snapping open, and she almost jumped up from her seat.

But she also realized that was just a false dream, the dim cabin before her being reality, Tan Ya then breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Celesstin sitting beside her, and thanked:

'Thanks for waking me up, Xiao Gu Ban.'

'A nightmare?' Celesstin asked.

'Ah… pretty scary.' Tan Ya, having nothing to hide, said bluntly: 'I think this might be some kind of precognitive dream; I also saw an endless Void…'

'A precognitive dream?' Celesstin showed a surprised expression contrary to her usual demeanor.

'Pfft… cough cough.' Upon hearing Tan Ya say that, a sister nearly burst out laughing.

Because all the sisters in the cabin knew that Tan Ya's Spiritual Energy perception, slightly above that of ordinary people, made it utterly impossible for her to have a precognitive dream.

No, even high‑level Spiritual Users rarely have the chance to perform precognition or peek into the future.

In contrast, Celesstin composed her surprise and said solemnly: 'It might be a precognitive dream, or perhaps you were just playing games on the ship, which affected your sleep and dream content.'

'Hmm… you're right.'

Tan Ya quite agreed, so she looked out the porthole again and noticed that, whereas initially it had been blazing sunshine, now it was the slant of the evening sun; the only thing unchanged seemed to be the dense rainforest below the cabin.

Tan Ya estimated they had been flying for at least three or four hours. Thinking of that, she let out another bout of gloomy sarcasm: "How remote is the town we're heading to, huh? I was still hoping to go to the metropolitan area after the holiday, and now? Ha… that's gone to waste."

"All personnel, please pay attention." At that moment, the cockpit broadcast from the pilot reminded: "We are about to arrive at our destination, Oliveilan Town. Please prepare."

"Fine, getting out of this cramped cabin isn't bad… uh~~ ah!" Tan Ya stretched lazily.

Celesstin and the other sisters also wore smiles, after all nobody wanted to keep hopping between various transports.

Only a short while later.

Everyone felt the aircraft tilt slightly downward, its speed easing, and the rainforest scenery outside the window grew clearer.

Soon they saw a town covering roughly twenty thousand square kilometres, nestled within the rainforest, appearing before their eyes.

Just a rough glance—though it was far smaller than the million‑square‑kilometre "steel jungle" metropolis, the little town called Oliveilan wasn't bad; its facilities were fully equipped.

The pilot circled Oliveilan at an altitude of a thousand metres, then headed east and landed on the helipad of the local UNSC Army camp.

The hatch opened.

Tan Ya, Celesstin and their party stepped out of the cabin with their gear and luggage, and saw an elite captain in dark‑green training uniform, accompanied by two UNSC soldiers wearing TPS Power Armor, bypass the helipad fence and stride quickly toward them.

Seeing this,

the sisters first placed their suitcases and equipment crates aside and hurried to assemble.

When the assault boat that had completed its mission shut down its engine, the pilot left the cockpit and, together with the ground crew, inspected their vehicles; the elite captain and the two soldiers also approached the trainee sisters.

They approached and stopped.

The elite captain, standing two metres twenty without Power Armor, surveyed the young faces, then moved his four‑lipped mouth and, in a low voice, gave a briefing:

"Listen up, girls. According to higher orders, within the next six Earth years you will all belong to our Tai Luo Ke Er ground group army, the 12th Division, 3rd Battalion.

And I, Sa'esi Di Nuo Sa Las Che, will be your direct superior. After I finish a sentence or issue a command, you must answer loudly, 'Yes, sir!' Understand?!"

"Yes, sir!" Tan Ya, Celesstin and the others responded in unison.

Their bright, firm voices rang across the entire camp, drawing the eyes of resting or on‑duty soldiers to the helipad.

"Hmm, that's the spirit. First go to your barracks and settle in, get some rest, and prepare for tomorrow's drill."

The elite captain nodded approvingly, then waved his hand, signaling the two soldiers to escort the trainee sisters to the barracks, ending the brief briefing.

Soon after.

The barracks area on the far east side of the camp.

Since each soldier has a private room, every building houses mixed‑gender occupants, and the two guiding soldiers placed the ten‑plus trainee sisters on the same floor.

After they packed their luggage and delivered their equipment crates to the camp's armory, it was already deep night locally.

This time, even Tan Ya had no interest in exploring the town's entertainment venues; after washing up, she lay on the air‑conditioned bed and fell asleep.

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…

One month later.

Inside a bar on the edge of Oliveilan Town.

"Woohoo~!"

At the bar, Tan Ya in her dark‑green training uniform gulped down the white spirit in her draft‑beer mug in one go.

Then she slammed the mug onto the bar, pushed it toward a sharp‑eared bartender—whether Mar or Oti‑no—laughing heartily: "Another round! White liquor mixed with vodka, add two ice cubes~!"

"Sure." The bartender smiled faintly, lifted the mug, and began preparing Tan Ya's special drink.

Looking around.

Inside the bar, noisy music reverberated; people on holiday came to drink with friends or colleagues, but among the crowd were many trainees in training uniforms and UNSC soldiers.

The holographic clock above displayed both the local time and Earth time in the main universe; as for what holiday…

At this moment, Earth in the main universe read "2210/01/01/00:43", indicating the holiday Tan Ya's group was enjoying was the first day of the first decade of the new century.

Oliveilan's local time lagged the main universe by one day; the hour read "21:19".

Before any intervention from the main universe, or before the "vaccine", any bar or nightclub in the 03 Universe would inevitably attract demons, who would whisper to lure people into decadence.

Now, any human under Umbrella and UEG rule no longer has to fear that releasing suppressed emotions or seeking entertainment will draw the attention or harassment of evil gods and demons.

"Drink a little less." Celesstin, also seated at the bar, sipped her free orange juice and reminded Tan Ya: "We trainee sisters should observe the precept, not over‑drink…"

"Over?" Tan Ya drained another "Fountain of Life" and turned, puzzled: "I don't feel it's over, it's fine~! If I get drunk, the nanomachines will metabolize it, what's there to fear!"

"." Celesstin was too lazy to say more.

She planned to finish the orange juice and return early to the barracks to continue reciting "Human Truth".

The other sisters drank and laughed, chatting about recent events or speculating where they would be transferred after six years.

"Sigh…" At that moment, a sister finished her drink and sighed: "I thought once we left the training camp we'd work with Astate, but we still haven't met any."

"It's mainly because it's too comfortable." Another sister explained: "Our homeworld and Tai Luo Ke Er each have only a single reserve battalion; without emergencies those giants never leave the camp. Moreover, if you really saw them, it would mean a major war is coming—do you want that?"

"I actually look forward to killing a bunch of Xenomorphs, burning a bunch of heretics!" Tan Ya answered without hesitation, eager.

"." The group was speechless; how could they encounter such a war‑like friend?

Suddenly.

All the sisters, including Tan Ya and Celesstin, felt their personal phones violently vibrate.

Then not only they but also every UNSC soldier in the bar took out their phones to check.

Grab the phone.

Unlock the screen.

Celesstin saw on the floating screen a notice: "Emergency assembly, possible high‑risk abnormal creature spotted in the outskirts."

(End of chapter)