Chapter 220: Reach, New Alexander

Reach.

This Earth-like planet with a diameter of more than 15,000 kilometers has a gravity of about 1.08g, a rotation time of 27 hours, and a revolution of 390 Earth days.

The time node of the first landing of UEG on Reach was 2362, and it took only 30 years to make the atmosphere of Reach completely suitable for human breathing and survival.

By the early 26th century, the population of Reach has soared from more than 10,000 people at the beginning to more than 700 million.

If all the colonies of Tianyuan IV are included, the total population has long exceeded 1.8 billion, which is the largest colonial system except Earth.

And Reach has gradually become a military stronghold and naval headquarters of the UNSC because of its large amount of titanium ore, and it is also the main shipyard after Mars.

Observe at a closer distance.

It can be found that the "semi-mobile" defense array composed of 20 orbital electromagnetic guns is in the low-Earth orbit of Reach. It seems that it is relatively flexible to respond and deploy according to the direction of the enemy's attack.

In addition, there is an aircraft carrier fleet with a total of more than 100 warships, which gathers at an orbital space station near the equator and receives daily inspections and maintenance from the logistics department.

The most eye-catching ship is the absolute core of the fleet, the Carthage supercarrier.

This Carthage supercarrier named "Trafalgar" is 4,000 meters long and 800 meters high. The hangar in the belly of the ship can even accommodate four Paris-class frigates or two destroyers.

Therefore, the Carthage class is also the "jewel in the palm" of the UNSC Navy and one of the greatest and most proud creations of the 08 humans.

Faced with such a powerful orbital defense and naval fleet, ordinary rebels regard Reach and Tianyuan IV as restricted areas.

However, there are still a large number of elite rebels who rely on ordinary entry routes such as cargo ships and cruise ships to secretly infiltrate every corner of Tianyuan IV.

Patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to rebel, they will also launch unexpected explosions and raids on UNSC military bases, outposts and communication stations.

In conjunction with the fact that 40% of the area of ​​Reach is still unexplored and belongs to the primitive zone, this gives the rebels more freedom to move around.

Even if ONI's agents are powerful, they can't completely remove the "moss" in the dark corners.

However, the rebels' strength and technology cannot use concealed means to send ships to the low-Earth orbit of Reach. On the other hand, Atlas, which uses optical camouflage to the extreme, can do this relatively easily.

At this moment.

The Diana-class stealth ship belonging to Atlas is anchored above the desert area of ​​Reach, trying to avoid being detected by UNSC and ONI satellites as much as possible.

In addition, the Engineering Department has built a small surface base between the canyons in the desert to facilitate the investigation of investigators and special operations teams.

However, only some personnel are stationed in the surface base now, while the remaining elites are in the city of New Alexandria, 700 kilometers east of the base.

——

Looking down from above this city with a population of tens of millions, the first thing that catches your eye is the orbital elevator that goes straight to the sky.

Secondly, there are a large number of office buildings and living apartments with a height of more than 400 meters, as well as a large number of "sky shopping malls" and "sky gardens", which can be regarded as a real steel jungle.

On this side of the commercial street near the city center;

The scorching sun in the afternoon makes people walking on both sides of the street or on the sky corridor frown and squint, raising their hands to block the dazzling light.

Many passengers who have just arrived at Reach are sweating profusely, and they hurriedly walk into the nearby cafes, teahouses and shopping malls, and then everyone shows an expression of "finally saved" and enjoys the cool air-conditioned environment.

And in the crowd, there is a young "couple".

The husband wore a loose black casual shirt and dark green overalls with multiple pockets; the wife wore a red sports T-shirt that showed off her body curves and tight black jeans.

After they walked into the main entrance hall of the mall, the wife took out a handkerchief very considerately and wiped the sweat stains on her husband's forehead and cheeks, saying softly:

"Walk slowly, don't be blown by the air conditioner, or you will catch a cold and fever again when you go back."

"Got it"

The husband stood there very "well-behaved" and let his wife help him tidy up his face and take care of his middle-parted blond hair

The middle-parted blond hair, coupled with a good appearance, all these characteristics show his true identity, one of Atlas' elite investigators, Leon S. Kennedy.

And since she likes red clothes, has short black hair and delicate facial features, the wife's identity is also obvious, Leon's immediate boss - Ada Wang.

According to the real-time intelligence provided by the squatting guys, their target person Halsey is purchasing clothes and daily necessities inside this mall.

Therefore, the two of them disguised themselves as a couple, kept a relatively close distance from the target person, and waited for the special operations team led by Chris to release the "action signal" to seize the opportunity to arrest him.

As for why Ada, who was obviously the director, took the initiative to participate in the operation, she said to Leon and others:

"Maggie, although you are also a female investigator, you are not as experienced as me, and when couples and lovers make intimate actions, it will cause others to feel uncomfortable and then try to divert their attention.

It just so happened that Leon obeyed my command before I became the director. We had sufficient understanding and cooperation foundation, so we were responsible for tracking the target person openly. "

The reasons given by Ada are reasonable, but as a person involved, why does Leon always feel that Ada does not want him to team up with Maggie?

Could it be that you are jealous?

impossible.

The director could not have any feelings towards him other than those of superiors and subordinates.

Especially when he saw Ada's "warning" look, Leon became even more convinced of this idea.

never mind

Let's go back and ask Mike's unreliable old friend.

After wiping off the sweat.

Ada put away the handkerchief, took Leon's left hand again, took the escalator upwards, and said:

"Go look at the costumes?"

"It's all up to you."

Leon had no objections.

Soon, the two came to the women's clothing area on the third floor of the mall. At the same time, they also saw the target person who had just walked out of the underwear store.

Seeing that the other party was also wearing a white dress that highlighted her figure, Leon couldn't help but sigh secretly, as if he didn't expect that a scientist with a superior IQ also had good clothes.

After confirming that the woman not far ahead was Halsey through disposable holographic contact lenses, Chris and others, who were responsible for releasing the action signal, also used visual sharing to see what Leon and Ada saw.

Immediately afterwards, when the two of them gradually approached the underwear store on the surface, they were actually shortening the distance from Halsey——

boom--!

Chris and others detonated a plastic bomb in an uninhabited area at the top of the mall.