"Shua-."
As the bifold metal door opened, Robert and the brothers walked into the bridge.
When I walked in, I saw more than a dozen crew members who seemed to have just finished their shift, drinking coffee and sitting in front of their respective operating desks.
A large holographic communication screen appears in the center of the bridge.
Keyes, wearing a gray captain's uniform, stood beside the screen, and the screen showed Sui Bian, the father of the Primarchs whom they had not seen for a long time.
"Captain." Coming to the front of the screen, Robert first said hello to Case, then looked at Sui Bian standing at the other end of the screen and said, "Father."
"Yeah." Sui Bian said to Robert and the other sons without showing too much emotion:
"Something happened to the weapons built for you, so you need to return to Earth as soon as possible and go to the Göbekli Research Center, and then accept the inspection there, and help the center find the cause of the change."
"What about you, father?" Robert asked.
"It depends on the situation. If there is nothing important, I will also go to Gobekli." Sui Bian said lightly.
But as sons, Robert, John and the other brothers knew that if their father could say this, it meant that his father also wanted to see them as soon as possible.
It's just that Sui Bian didn't want to express it.
The Primarch was used to this.
"I understand, father." Robert responded to Sui Bian and at the same time glanced at Sanguinius beside him with his peripheral vision, and then continued to report:
"Father, there is one more thing I need to tell you."
"Oh?" Sui Bian on the other side of the screen saw Robert's little move, then looked at Sanguinius and asked:
"What's wrong? Are those intermittent broken images bothering you again, Sanguinius?"
"No, father, actually..."
Sanguinius stepped forward, organized his words, and told Sui Bian everything he saw in his mind.
After listening, Sui Bian's expression remained calm. He thought silently for a moment and said to Sanguinius:
"It is true that something has happened to your divine body, but it is not bad news for you and the company. There is no need to put too much psychological burden on it."
"Yeah." Sanguinius nodded.
"Captain Keyes." Sui Bian ordered to Keyes who was standing on one side: "From now on, the Dawn Guardian will enter a state of full combat readiness, and cooperate with the Hope and Destroyer to face possible incoming hostile foreign forces. Star power.”
"Don't worry, sir." Keith took the order with a serious face.
"Robert, take your brothers to Gobekli Tepe as soon as possible. I will be there soon."
"Yes, father."
"Very good." After Sui Bian finished speaking, he took the initiative to end the communication.
The holographic screen in the bridge disappeared.
However, the solemn atmosphere did not dissipate just because the screen disappeared.
The crew members had heard a rough idea of the conversation just now and knew that humans would most likely have to face alien forces.
Although Umbrella had been in contact with the Iron-Blooded clan, who were also alien forces, a few years ago, no one at the scene knew the specific details of that year.
The crew no longer had the good mood to wake up and drink a cup of coffee to prepare for work. Instead, they felt heavy-hearted.
"Oh my God!" Russ scratched his head and sighed: "I didn't expect Sanguinius' prediction to be accurate this time?!"
After all, his father's serious attitude proves that this incident may be true.
Ruth, who had a loud voice, wanted to say something more, but when she saw the threatening look from Robert, she stopped herself "consciously".
Immediately afterwards.
"Captain, let's leave first." Robert said to Case as he was about to leave the bridge.
"Okay, I will ask the Dawn Guardian to rush to the skies over the Middle East. This can save you some time."
"Excuse me, Captain."
Robert led a group of brothers to leave the bridge.
Shortly after.
It's still the hangar area of the Dawn Guardian.
On the bottom deck, the Yugull, carrying ten original bodies, started its engine and closed the door at the rear of the engine room.
Three ground crew members were conducting final inspections on the Yuguo.
The ground crew who completed the inspection immediately ran away to a safe distance.
One of the ground crew members wearing a red helmet gave a thumbs up to the pilot in the cockpit, and then turned on the communicator hanging on his shoulder and said something.
soon.
A giant robotic arm came to this area, unfolded its four-petal gripper, and firmly picked up the Fishing Gull that was on standby.
The robotic arm then transported the Fishing Gull to a decompression chamber on the left side of the deck that had its internal valve opened.
Unload the Yuguo, withdraw the robotic arm, and close the internal valve.
A sound of "Qi~!" means that the valve is sealed and begins to rapidly decompress.
Just over ten seconds passed. The originally bright light turned dark red, and the external valve located at the front of the machine nose slowly unfolded.
After the valve was fully deployed, the Yuguo retracted its landing gear and sailed into the decompression chamber, entering the space outside the ship.
Next, the two pilots in the cockpit adjusted their angles and flew into the atmosphere.
At the same time, another cabin passenger was Sui Bian's Yuguo, which was sailing eastwards across the North Atlantic.
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Inside the cabin.
Sui Bian, who was still sitting close to the cockpit, did not have the usual tablet to handle company-related matters or check the latest control and elimination anomalies.
He was lying on his seat, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but he was actually recalling the memories of his previous life to analyze what he was about to face this time...
To be precise, it is the "force" that will be faced in dozens of days.
Just now, a system that usually had no sense of existence suddenly issued a mission in his mind:
[The exploration fleet of the "Predator" civilization has been detected and is expected to enter the gravitational range of Mars in 1440 hours.
The fleet will reach Earth's low-Earth orbit 240 hours after entering the gravitational range of Mars.
Mission content: Destroy the exploration fleet of the "Predator" civilization.
Mission reward: 20,000 points. 】
With this task of the system, Sui Bian can be more sure of Sanguinius's "prophecy", and the deviation is not too big.
Secondly, since this civilization is called a "predator" by the system, they must be the enemy of mankind.
Sui Bian wanted to find any alien forces related to the "Predators" through the memories of his previous life, but there was no clue.
Finally, it is 1440 and 240 that the system said.
Sui Bian speculated that this exploration fleet may have released the jump, warp speed and other super-light navigation states after reaching the solar system, and used the normal speed of the ship to explore the solar system.
There is also a possibility that the "predator" civilization does not have the technology to travel at faster than light speeds, and uses ships as its home to live in the universe for a long time, or it has mastered some kind of freezing technology and is only awakened when it reaches the target star system.
or…
The creatures of the "predator" civilization have extremely long lifespans, even different from carbon-based life forms.
