Chapter 81: Father‑Son Connection?

Inside the massive warehouse where the Ghost is docked.

"Sir!"

When Sui Bian entered, Carlos and the other HellParatroopers immediately set down their travel bags and raised their right hands to salute.

Most of the paratroopers are veterans of UBCS and loyal to the company; originally they felt very confused about why they were fighting.

However, it was Sui Bian who redefined this group of mercenaries and gave them the objectives of "protecting humanity" and "protecting their families".

Of course, the benefits Sui Bian provided also increased dramatically, allowing their families to enjoy the company's perks as well.

Thus, these former UBCS veterans, including Carlos, held great respect for the young director.

"At ease, soldiers," Sui Bian also responded with a salute.

Immediately after,

He scanned all the paratroopers present, his face solemn, and raised his voice: "Soldiers, you are the first warriors to board the Ghost.

In the future you will confront extremely tricky anomalous phenomena; you may face your first airdrop mission as early as tomorrow, but just as I gave you your designation, send those dog‑like threats to hell!"

"We will land on foot through hell, sir!" the HellParatroopers shouted in response.

The roar echoed through the warehouse, causing many ground crew to pause their work and raise their right hands in salute toward the paratroopers.

Although the ground crew's loading work is quite arduous… extremely arduous, the danger level of their jobs is negligible, incomparable to that of combat personnel dealing with anomalous phenomena.

Later, Sui Bian said some morale‑boosting words to the paratroopers, such as "Maintain this fearless momentum!" and "No anomalous phenomena is a good phenomenon!"

After the pre‑boarding encouragement, Carlos led the paratroopers to board the Ghost.

With the assistance of the ground crew, the technicians moved ten refrigerated containers holding reanimated corpses into the cabin.

All preparations are complete.

Clear the area.

Under the crew's control, the Ghost started its engines and, like a moving island, slowly sailed out of the massive warehouse used as camouflage.

Reaching the runway, the Ghost activated its Optical Camouflage, accelerating and taking off amid deafening, booming noise.

In just a moment, it vanished completely from everyone's sight.

Since the Ghost was commissioned on September 1, Wang Zhaofeng's mother‑nest team has been hurriedly fitting the Ghost with a dedicated Optical Camouflage system.

Thus, Umbrella now possesses a force that remains stationed in the sky for the long term.

Around the perimeter of the runway.

Hands in his pockets, his suit jacket slightly rumpled, Sui Bian silently stared at the endless cloudless sky.

At that moment, Rebecca lifted her left hand to gently tuck her bangs, then walked slowly to Sui Bian's side and smiled:

"Sir, your speech just now was truly inspiring; it even sparked the fighting spirit in me and the technicians, making us want to assist the front‑line staff as much as possible. Did you prepare the script in advance, or was it improvised?"

"Heh," Sui Bian chuckled, turned his head toward Rebecca and asked back: "Since the morale is high, how is the G gland research progressing?"

"Not bad," Rebecca replied with interest upon hearing Sui Bian's question.

"We have confirmed that the G gland can be further stabilized and can gradually modify and enhance humans; currently a D‑rank individual has maintained a stable state for over seven days.

Although that D‑rank individual's ultimate outcome was still collapse, it at least shows we are a step closer to obtaining a stable G gland, and we expect results by early next year.

What delights us most is that the plague doctor, through his research on the aberrations, also offered many effective suggestions; we must admit, he truly is a very learned… person.

If we can call him a human.

"Whether or not he is human, he is a friend assisting our species, even though his actions can sometimes be overly extreme," Sui Bian said in a low voice.

"By the way, sir, there is another matter I think I should report to you," Rebecca said, stepping closer to Sui Bian in a low voice.

?

"What is it?" Sui Bian asked.

"We have found that D‑rank individuals implanted with the G gland all contain fragments of your DNA; in a sense…"

Rebecca's expression turned odd as she said, "Their connection to you has become like that of a father and son."

"Sir," Rebecca continued when Sui Bian gave no reply,

"The super‑soldier serum matches your body extremely well, as if tailor‑made for you, so your clone is also highly stable.

According to our latest research, the G gland has incorporated your gene fragments, including this special stable state between you and the serum.

It can be said that the emergence of the aberrations and the Blood‑Man Flower allowed us to successfully complete the first phase of the experiment, and in the upcoming G gland phase, your clone will be the crucial material."

Father‑son relationship?

This…

Hearing Rebecca say that, could he have become an ultra‑low‑spec version of the OriginalBody?

Sui Bian's brows furrowed slightly, but he showed no excessive surprise.

In fact, ever since he contributed his own body for BoKen and others to clone and study, his mind had already been somewhat prepared.

After all, aside from lacking consciousness, the clone is him in every aspect.

If the research was completed using him as the template and material, yet the resulting super soldiers have nothing to do with him, that would be strange.

"You have done well; based on the current progress, it is time for the company to coordinate with orphanages nationwide and prepare to launch the program to select G‑virus candidates."

After a moment of silence, Sui Bian uttered the aforementioned sentence.

"Hmm." Hearing that, Rebecca turned, looked toward the direction where the Ghost vanished, and said with a hint of emotion:

"It's time to start; even if we finish the G gland research, those children who are candidates will still need several years to become true super soldiers."

After finishing her research and returning to her quarters, Rebecca usually squeezes out free time to review files on anomalous phenomena.

As the Red Queen, White Queen, and intelligence personnel build a more complete global network, the discovered anomalous phenomena increase accordingly.

The files record that 27 intelligence officers and armed security personnel have been killed, and 17 individuals have suffered permanent injuries.

Civilian casualties have risen to 323.

As the research leader, Rebecca naturally is eager for the emergence of a super soldier, hoping it can effectively curb, even eradicate, casualties.

Thinking of this, Rebecca couldn't help but sigh lightly, "Hopefully…".

(End of chapter)