Human Light Umbrella

"So we have to use the identity of civilians to investigate, so that the real murderer behind the scenes can relax his vigilance. As for your plan..."

Leon closed the file screen, picked up the phone and left the seat, turned around and walked towards his bedroom, shook the left hand holding the phone and said:

"It's adapting to the situation. After all, no matter how much information the company gives, it's better to go to the city to investigate in person. Alright, change your clothes and get ready to disembark."

"it is good."

Ada agrees with Leon's words, and then returns to her bedroom to change clothes.

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...

Shortly after.

The first-class area of ​​the Poseidon, like a large panoramic cabin in a sky garden, gathered more than [-] passengers of different identities and ages.

Several younger children chased each other and ran, and some teenagers only cared about playing handheld games.

But more passengers are watching the beautiful scenery of the fault space through the curved portholes on the cabin roof, even traveling like they are outside the ship.

One of the "young couples" is Leon, who is wearing casual jeans and a white shirt, and Ada, who is wearing a red cheongsam with a prominent figure, holding Leon's left arm with both hands, and smiling happily.

Lyon also showed a faint smile that didn't seem to be fake, perfectly blending in with the tourists who came on vacation.

After all, acting is one of the basic skills of an intelligence officer.

!

Suddenly, a dazzling white light flashed by

"Look!"

"What a nice view…"

Immediately afterwards, the crowd sighed, and the scenery outside the cabin also changed from fault space to a universe full of stars.

The most intoxicating thing is that in the universe, the atmosphere reflects light blue arc light, just like Arcadia on the second earth.

The Poseidon, which sailed out of the fault space, began to use conventional power to sail, and gradually approached the sunny side of Arcadia.

"First-class passengers, please pay attention." The purser's reminder came from the radio: "The Poseidon is expected to arrive at Xinggang in 6 minutes, and the ferry boat for you is ready."

Finished reminding.

The three gates at the end of the panorama cabin were opened, and the elevators behind the gates were lit up with soft lights one by one.

"Everyone, please follow us."

"This way, this way, don't push."

The flight attendants who are also in the panoramic cabin are divided into three groups to lead all the tourists.

"Let's go, my dear husband." Ada put her lady's satchel on her back and said first.

"Hey, woman..."

Leon shook his head and smiled, holding the suitcases of the two of them with both hands, followed Ada and the crowd into the elevator in the center.

Then the elevator took everyone to the hangar in the belly area of ​​the Poseidon, and the corridor bridge was directly connected to the entrance and exit of the elevator, so that Leon, Ada and others could directly transfer to the ferry boat.

outside the ship.

With a length of 500 meters, the white-painted Poseidon has already entered the atmosphere of Arcadia.

drop height.

through the clouds.

Then the low-altitude flight reflected the wave light, and the color turned towards the green sea surface, and the urban area at the front of the ship's bow also appeared in the visual field of view of the bridge.

The Poseidon skimmed over the crowded beach, and then skimmed across the towering giant buildings, and shuttled between the buildings in different urban areas with a large number of airships.

At this time, the Poseidon began to slow down until it reached Area 07, a bustling area, and finally hovered above the airport in the center of Area 07 with other cruise ships and freighters.

After the Poseidon stopped, dozens of ferry boats left the hangar, loaded with passengers and checked luggage, and landed on the apron of the airport.

...

More than 20 minutes passed.

On the square at the north gate of the airport.

Leon, with the scorching sun above his head, pushed a cart full of luggage, and Ada, who was operating a mobile phone, walked towards the end of the fenced square.

From the corner of his eye, he saw the word "rental" displayed on the screen of Ada's mobile phone, as well as thumbnails of various vehicles and civilian airships. Leon immediately stretched out his left hand and lightly tugged Ada's right arm.

"What's wrong?" Ada stopped walking.

At first she was a little confused, but when she saw Leon's smiling and silent expression, Ada understood the thoughts of this "legendary" intelligence agent in seconds.

"No way..." She locked the screen of her phone and said helplessly, "Do you still want to take a taxi?"

Chapter 238 The Veteran and the Bar

"Of course, haven't you read the papers I wrote for the juniors?" Leon asked with a smile.

"The paper... Which one are you referring to?" Ada was puzzled.

Then she thought about it, shook her head immediately, put her phone in her satchel, and continued to walk forward:

"Forget it, just take a taxi."

"Hehe." Leon looked at Ada's back and chuckled, and pushed the cart again.

Come to the end of the square.

"Привет (Hello)!! My dear friends!"

Before they could unload their luggage from the trolley, a middle-aged strong man wearing a blue and white checked navy shirt and at least 1.9 meters tall approached them and said loudly with a strong Russian accent. :

"It seems that you need help, friends, do you want to take my flying boat?"

heard.

Ada hesitated to speak, but Leon stepped forward and said, "Price by meter?"

"Do you need to ask? Friends! So where is the destination?" The strong man replied with a smile.

“The Blue Resort in District 04…”

"no problem!"

Before Lyon finished speaking, the strong man bent down and lifted the largest and heaviest suitcase on his left shoulder, and picked up another suitcase with his right hand, turned around and walked towards the parking area of ​​service vehicles and flying boats on the street.

On the sidewalk at the end of the square, all the drivers were using their own methods to ask the passengers who had just stepped out of the airport if they needed a ride.

But few are as strong as the...

direct.

"Hey, rookie, is this guy reliable?" Ada, who had almost no taxi experience, asked in a low voice.

"Let's go, why worry so much, my dear wife."

This time it was replaced by Leon jokingly, and he took down the last two carry-on suitcases, pulled out the handle, and followed the strong man.

"..."

Ada was silent for a few seconds before stepping to the side of the strong man's flying boat.

The airship still looks like a car as a whole, but it is much larger than an ordinary four-door sedan. The four-wheel position is replaced by a retractable landing gear. The exterior painting is a classic warm yellow with "TAXI" on the top signage.

However, the exterior painting also has the words "First Airborne!", "Go to hell! Alien offal!" and other words, as well as the flag logo of the UNSC [-]st Airborne Division.

Veteran?

Seeing this, Ada couldn't help feeling respect for the strong man, and then she stopped worrying about it, and let Leon obtain information by "taking a taxi".

Put your luggage away and close the trunk.

The strong man opened the "rear door" and said to Ida, "Please."

"Thank you." Ada responded with a smile, and then leaned into the back seat of the airship.

And Leon didn't wait for the strong man to help, he took the initiative to sit in the passenger car.

So the strong man helped Ada close the "car door", and was the last one to enter the airship, and was ready to start the engine after some manipulations.

Ada, who was sitting in the back, felt a shake. Looking out the window, she saw that they were gradually distanced from the ground.

After rising vertically to a height of about [-] meters above the ground, it smoothly merges into the designated channel, keeps the front and rear distance with other airships, and flies to the west of the airport together.

Looking out of the window one after another, the giant buildings over [-] meters, and seeing the private flying boats shuttling through different waterways, Ada had to secretly lament the hurdle-like progress of technology.

Back then, the flying boat was a means of transportation that could only be used by official organizations, and later it became a representative of the rich.

Nowadays, it has become a product that ordinary families can afford even if they dare to spend a lot of money.

She looked down.

It is found that there are still many vehicles on the surface, and the tracks of the sky train are also scattered above the streets, providing people with a variety of travel options.

"Two friends!" At this time, the strong man said to the two of them: "You are coming to Arcadia for the first time!"

"Yeah." Leon took over immediately: "My wife and I heard that the environment here is very good and it is very suitable for honeymoon, so we came here."

"Oh? It's a new couple, I wish you all the best! Remember not to quarrel, don't be impulsive, or you will regret it." The strong man persuaded like someone who has experienced it.

"Thank you for your reminder, uncle, the two of us will pay attention." Ada expressed her gratitude with a smile on her face.

"Uncle? I'm dissatisfied with you two, I'm seventy now, haha!" the brawny man laughed.

"Seventy?" Leon pretended to be surprised and said, "But you look like you are only 40 years old, and look at the stickers on your boat. Could it be that you were once a member of the UNSC?"

Hearing Leon's inquiry, the strong man suddenly straightened his back, and the volume of his voice increased a little:

"Major of the [-]st Airborne Division of the UNSC, Andrei Aleksevich Ivanovsky served both, of course, these are past tense, you can just call me Andrei .”

"First Airborne Division?!" Leon was even more shocked: "Then you should have participated in the battle in Elizabeth City."

"Little brother, you guessed right! Let me tell you..." Andre talked to Leon as if he was talking.

Ada, who was sitting in the back, kept smiling, and sometimes said "Hmm" or "Oh? Really", trying to match Leon's cliché as much as possible.

According to the content of the conversation.

She learned that Andre, who was a major, actually participated in the battle to eliminate the colonists, and was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart Medal by the UNSC. He was a combat hero.

After retiring in 2027, he chose to move to Arcadia with his family.

Out of boredom, I bought a flying boat in 2035 and became a taxi driver to pass the time.

There is no need for Leon to ask about age, and Ada also knows why Andre is still strong.

As a shadowy subsidiary of Umbrella, the UNSC has always had certain technologies, such as nanomedicine, ahead of mass society.

Cellular senescence, organ failure, and metabolic slowdown play major roles in the causes of human aging.

The nanorobots developed by Ziegler Cage and William Birken can effectively delay this aging rate.

Although regular injections are required, the effect is far inferior to the delayed medicine developed by Xuemanhua, but it is worse than the possibility of mass production.

After more than ten years of improvement, the nanotechnology originally used by UNSC and Umbrella General Hospital has long been popularized in the general society.

For people who buy Umbrella insurance, cancer is like getting a bad cold, and they get a free nanobot injection every year.

In fact, people can also pay to buy additional injections of nanobots.

Although the price is high, which is equivalent to half a year's income of an ordinary family, the sales volume of injections is still considerable.

When Andre served in the UNSC, he should have started injecting nanomedicine.

Even after retiring, combat heroes who can afford flying boats in 2035 can also afford additional injections.

That's why he became a strong man who looks like a 70-year-old at the age of 40.

Seeing that Andre wanted to tell them about their relationship history, Leon cut to the point in a timely manner: "Major, I heard that Arcadia's recent disappearances are quite frequent. Will this affect our couple's honeymoon?"

"Just call me Andre, Leon boy." Andre held the steering wheel with his left hand, freed his right hand and patted Leon's left shoulder heavily, then put away his chatting demeanor, and said in a slightly lower tone:

"For the sake of maintaining the image of the colony, the company doesn't let us drivers and passengers discuss recent cases, but I don't bother with that.

From what I understand, there seems to be something in the underground sewage system of the metropolitan area. "