Chapter 265: Prison break! Smoke but no injuries! Draw lots to call people!

The starry sky of Secudus City is brighter than that of the Earth, and the twinkling stars reflect the dazzling starlight, presenting a psychedelic cosmic landscape.

However, the capital of the colony of Eridanus II only has a beautiful starry sky. Areas such as public facilities and business premises lag far behind other colonies.

Even the most basic lighting equipment here is quite tight, not to mention places like nightclubs and bars. Even if there are any, they are as shabby as old taverns in the West in the 19th century.

On this planet covered with yellow sand, all resources can only be used for survival and military, otherwise it would be a serious waste.

As early as two centuries ago, 70% of the resources mined in the Eridanus II galaxy had to be transported to Reach, Earth and Mars.

When resources were exhausted and the people in the colony fell into rebellion and war, the human government gave up the plan to mine the galaxy and gave up the public security management here, so it became the territory of the rebels.

After decades of development, the Eridanus II galaxy has become the rear base of the United Rebel Front. The abbreviation of this rebel force is "the Front".

Under the recruitment of Robert Watts, the leader of the Front, the rebel force of the Front is becoming increasingly powerful. They have efficient intelligence departments, network communication equipment, and a large amount of arms.

Among the many rebel camps, only this Front organization is the strongest!

Speaking of Robert Watts, the leader of the Front rebels, he was originally a colonel of the UNSC and a senior commander who had made contributions and shed blood for the UNSC.

He was born on Mars within the first ring and grew up in the Eridanus galaxy within the third ring. After graduation, he joined the Marine Corps, made many contributions, and rose step by step.

Such a child of destiny with a strong family background and hard work, according to the normal life trajectory, is likely to be able to sit in the level of the powerful management.

Logically speaking, Robert has no need to give up his wealth and glory to join the rebels.

He could have been in the hall, drinking and chatting with celebrities, enjoying flowers and praise, and being admired and admired by countless people.

But after seeing the corruption and embezzlement within the UNSC, as well as various ugly operations that were not human, Robert came up with the idea of ​​"starting his own business".

And the fact proves that people who can become the pride of heaven can quickly fight for their own careers even if they give up their current status.

Especially this kind of "rebellion" career with unlimited returns!

After running to the distant colonies, Robert developed organizations everywhere, worked hard for more than ten years, and finally created a separatist alliance and became the leader of the alliance.

After that, he relied on this force to raise funds many times to rapidly expand the alliance's strength. Now he has become the "leader" of the rebels and the chief helmsman of the front!

Previously, the UNSC did not hesitate to withdraw funds from military expenditures to develop Spartan II warriors just to kill this hateful rebel leader.

After all, Robert Watts is a natural rebel expert, and many UNSC Marines want to follow him.

The establishment of the Front has shaken the foundation of the UNSC and UEG, and a large number of grassroots soldiers and civilians have joined the rebels.

Although the living conditions in the Eridanus II system are a bit hard, compared to being plundered by corrupt officials, there is at least no cruel oppression here.

At least the atmosphere within the current Front rebels is still quite good, and there is a sense of changing the world.

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At this moment, the warehouse area is about a few kilometers away from the orbital elevator platform.

This was originally a large warehouse for transporting, storing goods and resources, but after the resources were exhausted, it was transformed into a military base by the rebels of the Front.

However, the scale of this base is very shabby, and the outer protection facilities are just old barbed wire, and even high voltage electricity is not connected.

The sentries and command buildings in various places inside are also quite simple. There are no automatic turrets, no decent artillery equipment, and the anti-aircraft firepower is even more useless. It is completely a product of the last century.

Of course, the reason why this base is so unappreciated is that the rebels have no need to use precious resources on these insignificant aspects.

After all, they are engaged in the cause of rebellion, and it is inevitable that they will be targeted by the UNSC fleet one day. The ground base is built too well, and it belongs to others.

It is better to spend all the resources on the fleet, which is their real tool for rebellion and a hard guy to eat.

In a large warehouse at the military base.

Thousands of passengers and some crew members of the Neptune were detained here.

There are many hostages here, who are unlucky people who have no one to claim them. There is no nobleman to redeem them, and they have no use value.

Hostages like this are either used as mobile targets for the rebels to practice shooting for new recruits, or they are left here as labor.

At this time, the warehouse was filled with the crying and sighing of passengers. They were desperate about their current situation, and some even fainted on the spot.

These upper-class people who had always been pampered used to enjoy delicious food and travel around on luxury cruise ships.

How could they be squeezed into a cramped cell like now, breathing turbid and smelly air, and feeling the alternating torture of hot and cold.

They had only been here for less than half a day, and they were about to collapse.

However, compared to these passengers who were suffering from both physical and psychological torture, Alex, Rita and Cage were very calm.

During the period of detention, they had already figured out the time pattern of the rebels' shift change and patrol.

Now, it was time for the rebels to change shifts!

After a while, fifteen fully armed rebels took over the soldiers to continue guarding the cells and carrying out daily patrol tasks.

When the rebels completed the shift change and the warehouse door closed again, Alex immediately said to Rita and Cage:

"You two are responsible for the first floor, and I will take care of the second floor. Move quickly and don't give them the opportunity to tip off."

They only have this one chance to act. If they miss tonight or the action fails, it will be difficult to contact the front-line base of the giant company later!

"Understood."

Rita and Cage nodded at the same time.

After making the escape plan, Alex stood up and came to the metal railing. Under the gaze of other hostages, she forcibly opened the railing and let Rita and Cage walk out of the cell.

And she followed closely behind.

Seeing this scene, the other hostages in the cell were dumbfounded. They didn't expect this woman to be so strong. How did she get caught here?

With her strength, she could tear up the soldiers alone on the Neptune!

Just as Alex walked out of the cell, the other hostages were eager to try and slip out of the gap between the railings to regain their freedom.

But before these hostages came over, Alex pulled the metal railing back, which directly made it impossible for others.

Seeing Alex's obvious "eating alone" behavior, someone just wanted to shout and report the escape of these three people.

But after thinking about it, he was afraid that Alex would come back and kill him. What if these people were UNSC agents who were lurking here to carry out the mission?

These celebrities were usually a bit shameless, but they were not stupid. Even if they wanted to report, they had to wait until the other party was far away.

What's more, there were so many soldiers below, and even if they ran, they had to deal with these rebels first.

If Alex and others were just concerned about escaping, it would not be too late to shout at that time.

Here, Rita and Cage jumped and jumped to the lobby on the first floor. The sound of the two landing startled many hostages and the rebels who were chatting.

The rebels who had just come to their senses were ready to shoot and kill a hostage on the spot when they saw him appear in front of them.

Bang!

But with a crisp fracture sound, the rebel's spine was instantly smashed by Rita and fell to the ground dead on the spot.

Then, the horrifying sound of broken bones and muscles continued to sound. After the transformation, Rita and Cage could kill a strong adult with a single blow.

Without any mercy or sympathy, the rebels on the first floor were quickly dealt with by Rita and Cage in less than ten seconds.

Realizing that something was wrong on the first floor, the rebels of the second company hurriedly raised their guns and checked upstairs, but what awaited them was that Alex, who was behind them, broke their necks one by one.

Alex, who had been transformed into a Spartan II warrior, had the strength and bone strength to tear apart soldiers without exoskeleton devices.

If he was equipped with a power armor, he would definitely be a mini version of an Astartes warrior!

In less than 15 seconds, all 15 rebels who had just completed the change of guard were killed and fell to the ground.

"Are these guys the agents of the Spartan I? What terrifying skills!"

"Finally someone is here, we are saved!"

"..."

The passengers and hostages who finally came to their senses couldn't help but cheer.

They should have known that a luxury cruise ship as big as the Neptune couldn't possibly not have even the most basic UNSC agents.

After all, the taxes they paid were not used to support the Marines who were eating their own food!

Soon, everyone shook the railings in front of the door and shouted loudly:

"Please, let us out."

"The UNSC must have sent you to rescue us, right!"

"You must be undercover agents of the UNSC, and our fleet has followed us."

"..."

Most of the passengers wanted to escape with Alex and others. Even if they risked being discovered, they didn't want to stay here any longer.

Seeing that the hostages were getting more and more noisy, Rita, who was packing up her weapons and ammunition, was about to turn around and scold them, saying that her real identity was an agent of a giant company and had nothing to do with the UNSC.

But William Cage took the lead and took the initiative to stand up and said:

"Everyone, please be quiet and don't alarm the rebels outside."

As soon as the voice fell, everyone immediately shut up and listened to Cage's speech obediently.

"In order to ensure everyone's safety, I suggest that you stay here first, so as not to hinder our mission."

"Yes, we are UNSC agents. Now we need to contact the fleet at headquarters for rescue. At that time, I guarantee that you can all leave here safely."

"So I hope everyone can cooperate with our next action plan. This is our only chance to escape!"

As expected, William Cage's words immediately received support and applause from everyone. After learning that UNSC reinforcements had arrived.

Many passengers whose mental states were on the verge of collapse burst into tears of joy, feeling lucky that they were finally saved and escaped.

The reason why Cage made such a promise to these hostages was not because he was kind-hearted.

But he knew very well that if he didn't do this, these hostages would definitely shout and attract other rebels to search for him and prevent them from completing their mission.

After all, human nature is like this. It's not the lack of people that is worrying, but the inequality.

Once they knew that they had no chance of survival, these hostages who were desperate could do anything. Anyway, no one could survive, and at most they would all die together.

"Let's go!"

Alex nodded to Cage's approach. This kid's brain was quite smart and he knew how to appease these restless hostages.

She was afraid that if she left, these passengers would turn around and leak the secret to the rebels.

Immediately, Alex, Cage and Rita, who had packed up their equipment, quickly left the warehouse prison and came outside.

Outside the large warehouse.

Alex and his two companions, armed with guns and wearing protective clothing, quickly rushed to the command center of the military base.

But before they had walked for long, they were captured by the surveillance equipment installed nearby.

Instantly, the entire military base was filled with shrill alarms, which meant that their whereabouts had been exposed, and the rebels here were about to surround them.

But Alex didn't care, after all, they were very close to the command center, only less than a hundred meters away, and they could reach their destination in a blink of an eye.

After arriving at a location less than 50 meters away from the command center, Alex asked the two to stop, and through some observation, he noticed that a large number of rebels were approaching not far away.

After a brief thought, Alex turned his head and looked at Rita, and gave her an order:

"Rita, now it's your responsibility to attract the attention of those soldiers. Cage and I will sneak into the command center, and you try to delay for a while."

Rita is the most capable of the three of them.

After all, Rita became famous at a young age in the world of 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" and was also known as a battle angel. Her fighting ability and strength were quite outstanding.

The most important cover mission naturally had to be given to her to complete.

"Okay!"

Rita didn't say a word more and immediately prepared to rush out to attract attention.

But before she left, Alex still gave a few more instructions: "Try to delay time and avoid direct confrontation with the opponent. They have more people."

"Of course, you have to give priority to your own safety and don't risk your life to fight these rebels head-on."

As the leader of this action team, Alex certainly doesn't want to see any team members die, not to mention that Rita is a warrior with unlimited prospects.

"Yes!"

Rita's answer was still concise and powerful. After receiving the mission order, she quickly rushed out and swept towards the command center.

When the rebels stationed in front of the door saw Rita appear alone, they couldn't help but look surprised. This is not taking them seriously!

Then, the leader of the rebel army warned Rita to put down her weapon and surrender immediately.

But before he could finish his words, Rita fired a burst of bullets, and several bullets hit the rebel captain's arm, making him grimace in pain.

Seeing that Rita was shameless, he immediately shouted like crazy: "Kill this bitch for me!!"

In an instant, the sound of gunfire suddenly rang out.

The rebels used the auxiliary system of the tactical helmet to quickly lock Rita, and immediately pulled the trigger to shoot the metal armor-piercing bullet out of the gun barrel.

Moreover, Rita's position was immediately blown out of smoke due to the volley of gunfire.

"Stop!"

At this time, the rebel captain shouted to stop the soldiers below, and ordered his subordinates to go over to examine the body. They couldn't waste so many bullets on a hostage.

As long as they confirmed that the target mission was dead, it would be fine.

Immediately, the soldiers who received the order walked over and rushed to Rita's position quickly. As for the other soldiers, they changed the magazines and continued to be vigilant.

Da Da! !

Suddenly, the rapid sound of gunfire rang out again.

The two soldiers who went to check the situation were shot and fell to the ground by Rita.

Rita, whose protective suit was slightly damaged, rushed out at an astonishing speed. She kept using the MA5B rifle in her hand to injure the rebels in front of her.

Soldiers who have received rigorous training from giant companies are basically sharpshooters. Even with rifles, they can easily hit whatever they point to.

So as long as Rita shoots, she can kill one enemy with one shot.

But she did not shoot at the vital points of the rebel soldiers, but only injured them. This was not because she did not want to anger the other party, but to delay the rebels.

After all, one wounded person can at least delay the time for one or two rebel soldiers to join the battle. The more wounded people there are, the more time she can buy for Alex.

Click!

Soon, Rita emptied the magazine of her rifle, but after only one second, she completed the skillful reloading operation and continued to suppress the rebels with firepower.

"How could this happen...!"

The rebel captain was completely stunned. What kind of classic "smoke but no harm" law is this? They couldn't kill this female killer even with their artillery fire.

The next second, a ricochet bullet hit his chest. Although the bullet did not shatter his internal organs, the rebel captain was completely exhausted and had no strength to struggle.

During this period, Rita continued to fire, and from time to time she used her own speed that was almost like an afterimage to dodge the opponent's shooting.

After injuring more than a dozen rebels, Rita simply found a bunker to hide, and began to use guerrilla warfare and siege tactics, causing more casualties among the rebels.

Before setting off, Rita had brought more than a dozen magazines, which were enough for her to buy enough time for Alex and Cage.

At this moment, Alex and Cage also took advantage of the opportunity created by Rita to successfully sneak into the command center and find the location of the communication device.

Immediately, they relied on the communication base station in the Secudus military base to send requests for support to the front-line bases of the Shield World and the Star of Plenty one by one.

The moment he saw the message being sent, Alex finally breathed a sigh of relief. Their plan to draw lots to call people was successful!