Depart the Punishment.

Arriving at the lobby of the hub station, Shirley followed the tourists and returning colonists and took a sightseeing elevator together, preparing to descend to Ordgar on the surface.

Gabriel and the new recruits will stay on the Punishment.

Although there are many pictures, videos and forums about the Astartes circulating on the Internet, it is impossible for them to appear in public places arrogantly.

Inside the elevator.

The comfortable single seats are arranged in a circle in the shape of an "O", facing a large sealed window with a good view.

Shirley put her luggage into the holder next to the seat, then fastened her seat belt and sat down, waiting for the elevator to be full.

About half a minute passed.

The elevator door closed, and a standardized female voice came over the announcement:

"The elevator is about to start. Please do not move around at will. If necessary, please negotiate with the staff in charge of this elevator. Thank you for your cooperation."

As soon as the words fell.

Shirley first felt a slight tremor, then a falling sensation like riding a roller coaster, and finally an obvious feeling of weightlessness.

If there were no seat belts and fixed racks, Shirley and her suitcase would definitely "fly" around uncontrollably with the passengers in the elevator.

The picture outside the sealed window also changed from the metal bulkhead inside the hub station to the natural scenery in the deep space of the universe and the surface of the Harvest Star.

As for the reason for the feeling of weightlessness, it is because the elevator has left the hub station with artificial gravity and is currently in an orbit at an altitude of tens of thousands of meters.

The elevator descends rapidly, and the hills, lakes and forests on the surface become increasingly clear.

When it dropped to about 10,000 meters, the scene of deep space disappeared, and the elevator was shuttling between the clouds.

Decelerate at 1,000 kilometers.

The announcement also issued a reminder again, indicating that passengers can remove their seat belts and move appropriately in the elevator to view the scenery outside.

Shirley, standing by the window, looked down at the golden wheat fields and livestock farms outside the city, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally.

This kind of strange experience cannot be brought by ships.

Not long after, the elevator entered the lobby built on the ground and opened the gate to let Shirley and the passengers leave.

Come to the hall.

There was a male passenger who seemed to be afraid of heights. He was holding his hands on the wall and his legs were shaking uncontrollably. He was extremely unhappy and complained to his friends around him:

"I told you, I can't take the observation elevator! Why don't you listen! Ah?!"

There was even a hint of crying among the complaints.

Friends laughed and comforted each other. One friend even patted the male passenger on the shoulder and said boldly:

"Don't feel bad! I'll cover your food, clothing, housing and transportation for these two days! How about it?"

"Really? Then I'm fine. Brothers will testify for me. Don't break your promise."

"Wait! So you're just faking it?!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

the other side.

There was a boy carrying a schoolbag who said to his mother with unfinished thoughts:

"Mom~! The sightseeing elevator is more interesting than the roller coaster. I will ride it next time!"

The mother with a gentle smile on her face gently stroked the boy's short hair and responded: "Okay, mommy will take you to sit."

Shirley, who was mixed in among the crowd and secretly observing the surroundings, couldn't help but sigh that everything was peaceful now.

She pulled her suitcase and left the lobby, and found a black SUV parked on the street that was incompatible with other private cars and private airships.

Seeing this, Shirley walked straight towards the SUV.

Come closer.

The driver's and passenger's doors opened, and two young operators wearing dark overalls, short-sleeves, and sunglasses got out.

Someone quickly stepped forward, helped Shirley pick up the suitcase, and put it into the trunk of the SUV.

The other person wanted to raise his hand to salute Shirley, but the latter refused with a slight shake of his head. Then he stretched out his right hand to express his respect:

"Director Birken, welcome to Harvest Star. It's an honor to have a legend like you lead us."

"It's not a legend, but it's an honor for me to be on the Harvest Star."

Shirley reached out and shook hands with the other person.

Letting go of her hand, she opened the back seat door and continued: "Let's go, take me to get to know my colleagues first."

"Okay, Director Birken."

The next three people got into the car, started the engine and left the street, driving in the capital city of Ordega.

Shirley, who was sitting in the back seat, admired the neighborhood buildings outside the car window. She felt as if she had returned to Raccoon City in the 1990s.

It's just that the architectural style is more novel, there are a lot of holographic signs or advertisements on the roadside, sky trains and airships, etc., which are far beyond the civilian technology of the 1990s.

Enjoy it for a moment.

Shirley asked: "You two just graduated from Minos?"

"Yes, I just graduated half a year ago."

"And we are in the same phase and were assigned to the Harvest Star together."

The two operators replied.

"okay, I get it."

After Shirley finished speaking, she continued to look out the window and remained silent.

Ordega is a small city with only over 400,000 people. Within ten minutes, the three of them arrived at a three-story low-rise office building disguised as a courier company.

Then Shirley followed the two operators and walked into the conference room on the third floor.

More than thirty intelligence agents in various casual clothes have been sitting here waiting for Shirley for a long time.

Shirley walked to the front and introduced herself to the intelligence agents, telling some of her personal experiences, especially the importance of taking a taxi to collect intelligence.

After all, Shirley is regarded as the apprentice brought out by Leon.

In addition, after personal practice, the feasibility of collecting intelligence by taxi is indeed good, so Shirley helped her mentor Leon share it with these new intelligence agents.

At the end of the story, Shirley arranged for her next work to focus on whether there are ancient ruins on the Harvest Planet.

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More than two months later.

Earth Atlantic Time: August 11, 2072.

Harvest Star Northern Hemisphere.

On the west bank of a freshwater lake in a dense forest, there is parked in the open space a Umbrella-owned Fishing Europe 4 that opens its tail hatch and provides strong lighting.

At this time, this area seems to have just entered night, and the local time is 19:17.

More than a dozen armed security guards, equipped with simple power armor painted black and armed with improved Gauss and pulse firearms, were scattered around the lake to maintain vigilance.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Located on the low hill rock wall on the west coast, there are six technicians wearing white jumpsuits and equipped with mechanical skeletons, using portable instruments to conduct on-site

Inspection and analysis.

Not far behind the technicians were three intelligence agents who had taken off their disguises and were dressed in black suits with red and white umbrella buttons on their collars.

The one in the middle is Shirley.

"Director Birken."

An intelligence officer holding a dedicated mobile phone looked at the information displayed on the screen and reported to Shirley Hui, who was staring at the rock wall:

"The metal structure we see in front of us was discovered half an hour ago by a father and son named Michel. His father, Corporal Michel, is an active soldier in the UNSC Army.

According to the corporal's account, he took his children into the deep woods during his vacation, preparing for a five-day camping and hunting trip.

It wasn't until the Michelle father and son came to camp by the lake that they discovered the metal structure embedded in the rock wall when night fell.

Because he is an active soldier, Corporal Michel chose to report the matter to his regiment headquarters, so we learned about it as soon as possible."

As he spoke, the intelligence officer raised his head and looked forward.

The object that the technicians inspected was a corner of the metal facility exposed outside the rock wall.

The dark gray surface and the regular gaps oozing blue light, details, and style are consistent with the metal remains found in the Merrines colony.

If it hadn't been for the night, when the blue light seeping out of the cracks became obvious, it would have been extremely difficult to observe that there were non-artificial metal facilities embedded in this rock wall.

Therefore, Michelle and his son, who had already set up their tent, only discovered the abnormality on the rock wall after the sunlight disappeared.

After listening to the brief report, Shirley said: "Move Michelle and his son to the nearest town, and then perform standard memory modifications on them."
To be continued...