Chapter 53: Return to the Mother Nest

Universal Soldier?

Looking at the endless night, feeling the cold breeze, Sui Bian, after hearing the system's words, couldn't help but raise his left eyebrow and say, "Hmm… not bad."

He still doesn't know the serum's refinement progress, and the complete perfection of the G-virus is certainly far off; while Sui Bian was worrying about the super‑soldier project, the system showed up at his door.

However…

Based on the impressions from the four movies, the Universal Soldiers seem rather unstable, and loss of control appears to be common.

"Don't create a bunch of uncontrollable things that just give you trouble."

Thinking of that, Sui Bian's brows knit into a frown.

He relaxed a bit and asked the system: "System, I want to know which installment of 'Universal Soldier' this technology comes from. I recall each film has different settings."

【To host, the technology of the Universal Soldier I provide is derived from 'Universal Soldier 3: Resurrection'.】

In that film, the U. S. government in the 1960s launched the first‑generation Universal Soldier program, named the Black Tower project.

The first‑generation soldiers were supported by highly concentrated drugs, granting elite troops rapid reflexes, strong endurance, and accelerated healing.

They also lacked any sense of pain, compassion, or morality, knowing only absolute obedience to orders.

With the drug's aid, the U. S. military could even revive corpses that had died no more than three hours ago.

The process involved freezing the body in low‑temperature nitrogen, injecting a specially formulated nutrient serum along with thyroid and pituitary enhancers for repair → activation → resurrection.

The second‑generation soldiers were called the White Tower project.

They can also be referred to as NGU (Next Generation Universal).

The essential difference between the second and first generations is the addition of genetic and cloning modifications, making them far superior in every aspect.

Additionally, the second‑generation brain can be fully programmed, offering extremely high stability.

Only total dismemberment, complete pulverization, or severe head trauma can completely render the second generation combat‑incapable.

Moreover, with cloning technology, parts of second‑generation soldiers can be replaced.

For example, in 'Universal Soldier 3: Resurrection', a second‑generation unit's right arm was severely damaged, greatly affecting combat efficiency.

In that case, the unit underwent a right‑arm amputation procedure and received a pre‑cloned replacement arm.

And the host receives second‑generation Universal Soldier technology.】

He heard that.

Sui Bian looked at the USB drive in his right hand, finally showing a satisfied expression: "If it's second generation, then this draw was pretty worth it."

In the two months before he was forced to time‑travel, he rewatched the third movie.

That second generation was indeed very obedient, only knowing how to carry out the mad scientist's orders, and could distinguish allies injected with friend‑or‑foe identification chips.

As for the 'mad' part…

It was because that scientist forcibly resurrected a first‑generation Universal Soldier with a record of disobeying orders, intending to threaten terrorist leaders for more funding, but instead brought death upon himself.

Thus the first generation was extremely unstable, whereas the second‑generation soldiers are programmable, with guaranteed stability and safety.

Not bad.

If the company ever needs a suicidal unit to handle some anomaly, Universal Soldiers would definitely be usable.

They know no pain, no fear, and are not swayed by external factors.

Regaining his thoughts, he slipped the USB drive back into his pocket and turned toward the interior of the Cold Wave vessel.

Later, he planned to upload the detailed procedures for the second‑generation Universal Soldier to the computer, have Red Queen encrypt them, and send them to BoKen and Chambos at the Mother Nest.

Next, the Caron Expeditionary Force will transport the snow‑tracked vehicle back to the icebreaker, and the technicians will also recover all the remains of the Xenomorph queen.

After handling the above, the Cold Wave and the icebreaker set out to return.

After five days, on September 6, 1998, the party arrived at the Mombasa port in Kenya, Africa.

Umbrella has a military base on the outskirts of Mombasa, Kenya, to protect the company's East African assets, and when needed will assist the US Military and NATO in some 'dirty work'.

After all, Umbrella's armed security's combat proficiency is a notch above that of Blackwater and other PMCs or 'wild' mercenaries, and they also won't voluntarily expose these countries' dark sides.

The Cold Wave and the icebreaker docked at the company's private port, and after disembarking, Sui Bian's group chose to spend half a day repairing in Mombasa.

September 7.

02:14 AM.

Sui Bian, Caron, Olympus Spear, Epsilon, and the accompanying technicians and researchers boarded two C‑17 Global King III aircraft heading back to Raccoon City.

At 04:14 AM on September 7, Raccoon City time, the two C‑17s arrived sequentially at Umbrella's private airfield in the suburbs of Raccoon City.

Then the group boarded a waiting convoy and returned to the Hive.

After half a month traveling through North America → Africa → the Indian Ocean islands → Antarctica, Sui Bian and the others essentially circled the globe.

But the trip yielded many gains.

First, Umbrella's internal threats were almost eradicated, and Sui Bian now fully controls the deployment of armed security, researchers, and technicians everywhere.

Second, without any casualties, they recovered Alekxia from the Antarctic research station.

Finally, Umbrella obtained the organization and blood samples of the Iron Blood and Xenomorphs, as well as the Iron Blood clan's shoulder cannons, wrist computers, and other gear.

Not to mention the M41A and NGU provided by the system.

After returning to the Mother Nest, Sui Bian ordered the members of the Caron, Olympus Spear, and Epsilon units to stand down and rest.

Immediately afterward, he had the technicians send the organizational samples Chris recovered, along with the Xenomorph queen's remains, to the third level of the Mother Nest, and summoned researchers including BoKen and Rebecca.

Even before Sui Bian returned to the Mother Nest, BoKen, Rebecca, and a host of senior researchers had already reviewed Chris's combat data inside the pyramid.

The Mother Nest's assessment of the Xenomorph species is: the purest organism.

Now having seen the queen's corpse firsthand, BoKen, Rebecca and the other researchers, judging from its anatomy, can further confirm that the Xenomorph itself is a perfect killing machine.

After the researchers finished their open discussion, Sui Bian relayed the information he knew.

1. Xenomorphs are a hive‑type society; the reproductive queen is the ruler and can communicate via pheromones.

2. The face‑hugger's parasite injected into a host functions as a 'sperm', while the host is the 'egg'.

The parasite's internal DNA contains blank strands, which during its development and maturation record the host's high-quality DNA; when it reaches full growth it will possess the host's genetic traits, and its appearance will also tend toward the host.

In other words, the alien race can perform DNA optimization, allowing the race to continuously evolve within a short period.

(End of chapter)