Metropolis District 05.
This is located on the north side of Area 04, the most chaotic area, and is close to Area 07, which has a star port.
At the beginning of the chaos, Starport and the relay station became the targets of the 203rd Division Artillery Battalion and encountered heavy artillery bombardment.
The current star port is paralyzed, and large cruise ships and cargo ships parked above have also been forced to the ground due to shelling, causing the collapse of large areas of buildings and the number of casualties is difficult to estimate.
Fortunately, Krieger's 087th Regiment responded quickly and eliminated the 203rd Division Artillery Battalion at the first opportunity, otherwise the losses in the metropolitan area would have been more serious.
Area 05, which was originally not a serious area of chaos, gradually fell into an uncontrollable situation after a large number of believers in "Our Lord" walked out of Area 04.
Believers force people who are confused about the situation to drink "corruption soup" to achieve the purpose of increasing their companions, causing more and more people to be forced to join the camp of "our Lord".
At this time, there was a giant apartment building with a total of one hundred floors, the overall structure of which was in the shape of a "back", and a hollow center.
Forty families live on each floor. The lobby on the ground floor is like a built-in garden square. Standing in the lobby and looking up, you can see the sky above.
At the main entrance on the north side of the hall, hundreds of residents dressed in pajamas or dressed casually gathered.
"What happened..."
"War? Alien race?"
"I don't know, there's no official announcement."
There was a panic scene outside the street, with confused residents discussing among themselves.
Two security guards armed with pistols squeezed through the crowd, one of whom wore a peaked cap and walked towards the terminal hanging on the wall on the right.
Another security guard who seemed to be the captain stepped forward, turned around and reminded the residents: "Please stay away from the main entrance! We have to manually block the entire building!"
besides! It's best for everyone to go back home, lock the doors, and wait for the situation in the metropolitan area to stabilize! "
Looking at the intensifying turmoil outside the glass door, the residents stopped their discussions, adopted the security captain's advice, and prepared to leave and return home.
"Boss!"
The security guard wearing a peaked cap shouted loudly as soon as he opened the interface of the blocking program: "A team of police officers are coming towards us!"
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Hearing this, the security captain and the residents looked outside the glass door.
Two transport boats painted black were found parked beside the street in front of the door. The moment they opened the hatches, dozens of police officers poured out.
Half of them wear mechanical skeletons and armor, hold military-grade pulse firearms, and belong to the special team of the Public Security Department that specializes in handling major incidents.
"Great, with the Sheriff here, the safety of our building should be fine."
"yes."
The arrival of the peace officers, especially the sight of the heavily armed special teams, doubled the sense of security among the residents.
"Wait a minute." The captain motioned to the security guard in the cap not to implement the blockade procedure yet.
As soon as he finished speaking, the glass door opened automatically, allowing the sheriffs to enter the hall unimpeded and quickly divided into eight groups.
The six groups immediately dispersed and headed towards the upper living area, while the remaining two groups stayed in the hall, holding guns and surrounding the hundreds of residents gathered in the hall.
A special team forcefully pulled away the security guard in a cap who was standing next to the terminal, and then pushed him hard into the crowd, causing the security guard to almost stumble and fall.
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Seeing the Sheriff's very tough attitude, the residents and the two security guards realized that something was not right about the situation.
So the security captain asked: "Excuse me, sir, what is outside..."
But the gunshot "click!" and the "pop!" sound of a broken arm interrupted the security captain's inquiry.
The captain showed an expression of disbelief and looked at the Sheriff who was still standing with his gun raised in front of him, then turned to look at the missing left arm...
"Ah!! My arm! Arm!" the security captain shouted loudly.
"Ta-ta-ta!"
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding police officers fired threats at hundreds of residents.
! ! !
"ah!"
"No! Don't kill me!"
"Shut up!" the police officer who fired first yelled, "If you don't want to die, just squat down with your head in your hands!"
The successive unusual actions of the sheriffs completely frightened everyone, and fear drove them to follow the orders of the sheriffs and squat down with their heads in their hands.
When being robbed, the security guard wearing a peaked cap also threw his gun aside in a sensible manner.
"Help me...save me..."
The security captain who did not take the initiative to disarm immediately lost his ability to move and resist. At this moment, he collapsed on the ground, groaning feebly in pain.
And under the uncharacteristic guarding of the security guards, no one dared to step forward to provide assistance to the security captain.
See that the situation is under control.
Four more members of the special team carried two large equipment boxes out of the airship that was about to leave, and then came to the hall through the glass door.
Put down the equipment box.
Open the lid.
What was inside was the stinky "soup".
"vomit...!"
The moment they smelled the smell, some people couldn't help but vomit.
"Everyone." A pale-skinned police officer said with an approachable smile:
"Drink the nectar given by our Lord, and you will become our companions, and you will no longer have to worry about sickness and death.
Someone's coming..." As he said that, the Sheriff looked at the security captain who was gradually losing consciousness and said:
"Help this friend get out of his pain."
After the words fell, the two special teams jointly lifted the security captain to the equipment box. It seemed that they wanted to feed him a strong soup.
"..." The people who witnessed this scene had rejection written all over their faces.
But they couldn't change anything. They could only watch helplessly as the two special teams approached the equipment box with the security captain.
However, a loud "Boom!" interrupted the actions of the two special teams and made everyone present look up.
I saw a violent explosion in the area on the 25th and 6th floors.
"ah-!"
Accompanied by miserable screams, a special team fell freely from top to bottom.
"Pah!"
In the end, he fell heavily to the floor of the first-floor hall. Even with the protection of individual equipment, he could not be turned into a bloody mess and become a pulp.
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Seeing this, the pale-skinned Sheriff shouted: "Alert! All police..."
"Pong——!"
But this time, before the Sheriff could finish his words, he was interrupted by the sharp sound of a large-caliber sniper rifle.
"Bang~!" also caused the Sheriff's head to explode.
Even if he received the blessing of an evil god from another space, the body without his head, after shaking feebly, finally fell to the ground, completely motionless.
Only the dark green fishy blood was left, flowing continuously through the wound.
Next...
"There is a sniper! Be careful and avoid it!"
"Team 4 was ambushed!!"
"The fifth team lost contact!!"
The Sheriff and the special teams responded hurriedly, but communications were still coming out one after another, telling which team suffered serious losses, or which team lost contact and was completely wiped out.
Moreover, gunfire erupted throughout the apartment building, and everywhere was filled with the glare of gunfire.
The frightened people no longer squatted with their heads in their hands, but lay on the ground with their heads in their hands. Some curled up to protect themselves as much as possible.
However, the security guard wearing a peaked cap took out a small can of biofoam from the first aid kit on his waist.
Then he chose to crawl and risked his way to the security captain who was about to fall into coma. He used foam to help the captain deal with the severe bleeding injury of his broken arm.
After doing all this, the security guard in the peaked cap fell to the ground with his head in his arms and remained motionless.
soon.
In less than three minutes, the gunfire stopped and the entire building returned to silence, leaving only the faint sound of gunfire and explosions coming from outside the building.
Everyone who noticed the ceasefire slowly stood up and found the bodies of the Sheriff and the Special Team scattered around, as well as the two stinky equipment boxes.
The security guard in the peaked cap covered his mouth and nose with his hands and moved the lids of the two equipment boxes shut with his feet, allowing everyone to breathe freely.
Immediately afterwards.
More than a hundred "civilians" with white hair and temples, wearing dark clothes that facilitate movement, wearing simple civilian armors, and holding civilian-style firearms, rushed to the lobby on the first floor through the stairs and elevators.
In fact, since the establishment of UEG, it has not completely restricted the sale of firearms and armor.
However, you need to provide identification documents, mental health certificates, and other documents that need to be updated regularly to have a chance of being qualified to legally purchase firearms.
It's just that the chance of this is very low, and among those who are eligible to purchase, 90% or more of the soldiers who have retired from the UNSC are.
After all, retired soldiers can still serve as the backbone of a city or even a colonial planet in times of crisis.
Such as now.
The more than a hundred "civilians" gathered in the hall were retired veterans with an average age of about sixty-five years old.
After arriving in the hall, the veterans recharged the corpses of the police officers and special teams, and searched for useful weapons and equipment.
The first person who did not join the replenishment team was Andre, who had pulled Leon and Ada earlier. He was strong and had a Russian accent.
The old major carried a shotgun on one shoulder and led several veterans through the crowd to the two equipment boxes. He looked at the sheriff whose head was exploded and said disdainfully:
"Don't worry about disease and death? I'm living well now, and I'm still worrying about when I can live to the end! What a worry! Suka is not included!"
"Major."
A veteran wearing an old-fashioned blue beret approached Andre, straightened his back and reported:
"The sniper team said they found an armored convoy belonging to the Krieger 087 Regiment. It has just turned onto Third Street. Based on the traffic conditions on the road, it is expected to pass us in five minutes."
"Krieg, hehe, it's been a long time since I've cooperated with those taciturn guys."
Andre turned around with a sigh, and said in his loud voice to the hundreds of residents who were trapped in a cage:
"Dear neighbors! You have also seen that these are extraordinary times, so everyone should go back to their homes! Lock the door and stay quiet. Next, we veterans will be responsible for the safety work!"
After speaking, Andre looked at the two security guards and said, "Medical soldier! Take that guy to the emergency room on the sixth floor for treatment!"
"Yes, Major!"
A veteran who was a medical corpsman helped the security guard wearing a peaked cap and helped the security captain to the elevator.
"Thanks for the rescue!"
"Then thank you for your hard work."
"Go home, go home!"
After regaining consciousness, the residents expressed their gratitude to Andre and the veterans, and quickly left the hall and returned home.
"Lieutenant." Andre ordered to the veteran wearing a blue beret: "You and your men stay here to ensure the safety of our families."
"Don't worry, Major." The lieutenant nodded.
"Of course I'm relieved. Okay, let me teach the rest of you to those scum who dare to cause turmoil. What the hell is war?"
Andre waved his hand, held the shotgun in his hand, and walked toward the street outside the glass door.
"Sir! Yes, sir!"
The veterans responded enthusiastically, and before leaving, they threw the two equipment boxes containing "soup" outside.
After Andre led a hundred veterans out of the hall, the lieutenant walked to the terminal and continued to complete the blockade process of the entire building.
Subsequently, metal gates were placed at all entrances and exits of the building, and even the roof of the building where you can look up to the night sky was closed.
In fact, this apartment building is the residence of Andre and more than 150 veterans of the UNSC 1st Airborne Division.
After retiring, this group of veterans followed the old chief Andre and led their families to immigrate to Arcadia.
The combat prowess and individual equipment of the sheriff and the special team were indeed able to completely overwhelm civilians. However, they who were responsible for corrupting this apartment building were unlucky enough to encounter Andrei and a group of airborne veterans living here. ..
As a result, he was completely tortured.
Outside the completed blockade of an apartment building on Third Street.
Andre and the veterans quickly dispersed in the airborne division's most classic four-person team, killing believers and police officers who behaved abnormally, and helping normal civilians escape.
"Bang!"
Andre blasted the believer whose skin was covered with abscesses with one shot, and after confirming that there was no one acting abnormally nearby, he looked to the north of Third Street.
The Krieg armored convoy, led by a Mammoth Mobile Fortress, was less than a hundred meters away from their area.
The Krieger convoy, composed of the Mammoth, two siege tanks and several armored personnel carriers, had long noticed the actions of Andre and others and realized that these veterans were considered friendly forces.
However, even if they noticed it, the Krieger motorcade had no intention of stopping. It passed by Andre and others and headed straight towards Area 04.
Andre, who understood Krieger's behavior, ordered through a civilian walkie-talkie:
"Everyone will act together with the convoy and continue to deal with the scum!"
"yes!"
Next, the veterans followed the convoy to Area 04.
And on the way forward, a large number of uncorrupted peace officers, other retired veterans, and even many UNSC soldiers who voluntarily evacuated the 203rd Division gathered.
When Krieger arrived at the Blue Resort Hotel in Area 04 and successfully connected Leon and Ada, the team that originally had only a hundred veterans had expanded to nearly a thousand people.
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Leon, standing in front of the hotel's main entrance, looked confused.
"Haha!" Andre smiled boldly: "I didn't expect that young man from Lyon to be from Umbrella!"
