Chapter 264: The Rebel Base in Eridanus! Just in Time to Catch Them All!

At this moment, in the control room of the Neptune!

"I have left the jump space as you requested. Please let my colleagues go. They are all innocent."

The captain, sitting in the driving seat, looked at the Marines beside him in panic and pleaded:

"If you have anything, come to me alone. Don't hurt them."

The captain has learned from the information on the star map that this is the Eridanus Galaxy II area, which is the hideout of the United Rebels. These people have kidnapped all of them to the rebels' hometown!

Eridanus is a vast area of ​​the sky, which includes many celestial bodies and galaxies. For example, the Tianyuan Four Galaxy where Reach is located is part of it.

And Eridanus Galaxy II is also part of the area. This galaxy is less than four light years away from Reach, and the two are quite close.

Therefore, in order to guard against the attack of the United Rebel Front, the UNSC had to deploy a large number of armed forces in the area of ​​Reach.

Unfortunately, their internal forces were still infiltrated by a large number of rebel members. They were unlucky to encounter the rebels who hijacked the ship this time.

However, facing the captain's pleading, the chief of the Marine Corps, Ingri, looked at him with a sneer. As the leader of this hijacking incident, how could he let these crew members go easily?

"Captain, thank you for your active cooperation. We have taken away so many little fat sheep this time. These meat tickets will allow our poor base to get more resource subsidies."

"And you lackeys working for the UNSC are not worth living. Or, do you know any dignitaries who can pay for what we want in order to save your life?"

Ingri laughed coldly. He had already learned the identity information of this group of crew members and passengers through the ticket check at the front desk.

Most of the crew members, including the captain in front of him, are actually ordinary people. No one is willing to use high resources to redeem them.

For people without value, Ingri has only one end, that is-death!

"Ingri, you can't do this, aren't you afraid...!"

Before the captain could finish his words, Ingri, the leader, gave an order and asked the soldiers around him to shoot one by one, killing all the crew members and the helmsman.

A hideous blood hole appeared on the captain's forehead, and the blood mist and brain tissue sprayed from the back of his head drifted in the cramped center console.

Then, with a horrified expression on his face, he fell on the metal deck and was completely motionless.

The rest of the crew members and helmsmen had the same fate as the captain, and were all shot to death by well-trained Marines.

They specifically aimed at the other party's head to prevent the bullet from rebounding and injuring their own people, or accidentally damaging some important equipment.

After seeing that the crew members at the center console had been almost dealt with, Ingri walked to the captain's seat, turned on the radio familiarly, and said to the passengers:

"Everyone, please pay attention. My name is Ingri. I am the enthusiastic host who invites you to visit the Eridanus System II. Of course, you are now hostages."

"I will try to contact the UNSC and UEG and ask them to send the resources we want in exchange for your lives."

"I sincerely hope that your background is strong enough, and some big shots will come forward to take you all away. If I can't get anything, I'm sorry..."

"You all have to die!!"

It is well known that humans are always cruel to their own people.

For rebels like Ingri, the carefree human dignitaries are not a loving family, but fat lambs to be slaughtered.

They regard human lives as worthless, plunder merchant ships, kidnap passengers, just to get sufficient supplies, weapons, and even production equipment.

In this day and age, even if you want to rebel, you must have a rear base and your own production area, otherwise you will always be an insignificant bandit and will not be able to achieve anything.

Kidnapping the relatives and friends of the powerful and getting the resources of the UNSC or UEG for free is a good way.

After giving this warning, Ingri turned off the radio and used his authority to set the Neptune to automatically sail to the orbital space station located in Eridanus II.

Ingri and Sullivan, who was controlling the situation in the restaurant and leisure area, both belonged to the United Rebel Front.

The so-called United Rebel Front can be simply understood as the rebel "Heaven and Earth Society" in the rebel camp of "Halo". As long as heroes from all walks of life want to rebel, they can join here to start a business.

This rebel force can be regarded as the largest one in the current rebel camp. It has potential and a high chance of listing, so it has also been favored and joined by many rebel organizations.

The Eridanus II galaxy controlled by the United Rebel Camp is only 8.5 light years away from the solar system.

This distance range is within the near-earth colony.

The so-called near-earth colony range can be simply understood as the third and fourth tiers of a city. The area inside is the urban area, and the resources and treatment are very good.

The people living in the urban area are naturally first-class citizens and powerful people who enjoy life.

In the suburbs outside the fourth and fifth tiers, there are basically all factories, production areas, and cattle and horse herds.

In the Halo universe, after humans entered the interstellar era, they also continued the setting of the first and second rings, and included the planets that were first colonized and transformed into the near-Earth colonies.

For example, the solar system in the first ring, the second and third rings of the Eridanus system, and the Eridanus system.

In particular, the Eridanus system where Reach is located is the star system with the largest scale and the largest population of near-Earth colonies.

As for the Eridanus II system, it is also within the scope of the near-Earth colonies, but its priority is not as high as that of Earth and Reach, and it has basically the same attributes as Harvest.

This also led to the fact that humans in the Eridanus system could most appropriately feel the sense of separation brought about by the class gap, after all, they had to work as soon as they opened their eyes.

When you look up, you can see the masters who squeezed their blood and sweat, leisurely drinking delicious red wine and enjoying exquisite steaks on Reach.

Under such an obvious gap, anyone would want to rebel against him.

However, even if the rebels in the Eridanus II system wanted independence, the official UNSC troops did not dare to act rashly, because this rebel group controlled a considerable amount of means of production.

Complete shipyards, developed industrial zones, and a Nova-class nuclear bomb, which gave the rebels the military power to perish together with the UNSC!

You know, the Nova-class nuclear bomb is one of the strategic weapons of the UNSC.

This nuclear bomb has 9 nuclear warheads inside, wrapped in a lithium triterpene shell, which will be compressed by the warhead at the moment of the nuclear explosion, increasing its power by a hundred times.

A Nova-class nuclear bomb can flatten the surface of the entire planet, and the shock wave it sets off can also destroy satellites and naval fleets in the planet's orbit.

This nuclear bomb is the key reason why the UNSC and UEG are afraid to use it. They dare not bet on whether this crazy rebel group will drop this nuclear bomb on the earth.

More importantly, even if the UNSC wants to launch a general attack against this rebel force, it is hard to guarantee that there will be no internal ghosts who leak information.

After all, the spies and soldiers of the United Rebel Front have infiltrated Reach and Earth after a long period of infiltration.

The middle and low-level Marine formations are the hardest hit areas for the rebels. Who made the superiors treat them as human beings and even couldn't give military funds?

As soon as they had money, they gave it to the navy to build warships. These Marines, young and old, were as poor as sweatshop workers in coal mines.

Still want them to work for the UNSC? No way!

Like the members of the Marines who hijacked the Neptune, they were basically all "insiders" of the United Rebel Front.

The main reason for their hijacking passengers was, on the one hand, to demand ransom and resources, and on the other hand, to put pressure on the UNSC to force them to recognize the independence of Eridanus II and other star systems.

Although this method was a bit dirty, it was effective immediately. They relied on this method to step by step win the rights of independence and get various resources for free.

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At this moment, in the upper cabin of the Neptune.

Under the strict supervision of 20 Marines, the passengers sitting on the ground were trembling with fear.

Women hugged their children tightly and gently comforted the sobbing children. The sad-looking adult men kept sighing and regretting why they embarked on this fatal journey.

During this period, some warriors who tried to resist appeared, but they were all killed on the spot without exception and became lifeless corpses.

All members of this rebel soldier were equipped with the UNSC MA5B standard rifle, and the bullets used were 7.62mm metal armor-piercing bullets.

In addition, they were well-trained and ruthless, and their combat capabilities were not comparable to those of the powerful.

So even 20 soldiers could suppress hundreds of passengers, and these passengers did not want to risk their lives and challenge the patience of these rebels again.

At this moment, Alex, Rita, and Cage, like the passengers around them, remained quiet and waited for the cruise ship to sail to the rebels' den.

Through the information mentioned in the broadcast, they had guessed that the other party was most likely the rebels of the United Rebel Front, and they also understood their current situation.

Faced with this sudden change, Cage and Rita were very troubled. After all, their goal of this trip was to go to Earth to perform the task of searching for the portal and assassinating the top leaders of the UNSC.

But they encountered such a troublesome thing before they got halfway. Wouldn't this delay their mission!

Now the Neptune is about to arrive at the rebels' hometown. What should they do next?

Cage was a little depressed and wanted to get up immediately, kill the rebels, reverse the situation on the scene, and then drive the Neptune to Earth.

But if they did so, their identities would be exposed instantly, and the UNSC customs would definitely catch them at that time.

Rita on the side also frowned. It was obvious that she was also very unhappy with the rebels for delaying her mission, and she also had an urge to try.

Immediately, Rita and Cage winked at their boss Alex, indicating when she should start.

As long as Alex gave the order, they could deal with the rebels at any time and seize control of the Neptune.

However, Alex shook his head, saying that it was too risky to do so, after all, this was already the rebels' lair.

With just this civilian cruise ship, how could they possibly outrun the rebel warships? If they really pissed off these lunatics, they might just fire their cannons!

"It's definitely impossible for us to go to Earth now, but since we've come to the Eridanus II galaxy, the rebels' lair, we might as well take it for ourselves."

"It saves the boss from sending troops to wipe out these scum."

Alex had read the strategic guidelines deployed by Leon, and subduing the rebels was one of them.

Since they caught up, they might as well take advantage of this to deal with the rebels. Anyway, David's Astartes troops were responsible for the mission on Earth.

Having worked in the Intelligence Department for so many years, Alex's ability to respond is still quite good, and he can immediately grasp the flaws in the current situation.

"Can this work?!"

After hearing Alex's idea, Rita and Cage were stunned. They really didn't expect to be able to come up with such an operation.

But after Alex said this, they felt like they really had a chance.

After all, the rebels are also human beings, and as human beings, they hope to live a better life.

They have gone to great lengths to rob and be the sixth man or the insider in the UNSC Marine Corps, isn't it also for their own rebel "company" to go public as soon as possible, so that they can enjoy the benefits together?

Now a giant enterprise with a big name, strong strength and enough money has come, and directly sent special agents to recruit them, giving them a regular organization + welfare benefits. Which rebel can resist it?

Even the murderous bandits in Liangshanpo stare at the organization of the court every day, and they are itchy and drooling.

And these rebels are jealous of the living conditions of the powerful, just because they have not become powerful and enjoy their benefits.

Now the emergence of the giant enterprise can give them the opportunity to become powerful, and it depends on whether they can grasp it.

But before that, Alex must not be straightforward to these rebels and directly point out his identity, otherwise he will definitely be regarded as a provocative madman.

The prerequisite for successfully recruiting the bandits is to have the imperial army as a backing.

Now their top priority is to contact the bases of the Harvest Star or the Shield World through the rebels' communication base station as soon as possible, and ask them to send the Sojourner Dreadnought to calm the situation.

The giant company only needs to send a Sojourner Dreadnought, plus a few destroyers or frigates, to take down the united rebels.

After the giant company's troops disintegrate the United Rebel Front organization with thunderous force, they can also let the humans in the "Halo" universe see the strength of the Universal Corporation.

Once the rebels' power is disintegrated, David's infiltration and public opinion manipulation work will be easier to do.

After all, the Universal Corporation has even split the Star Alliance and reunited the rebels. If the UNSC does not surrender, it will be ungrateful!

As an old agent of the intelligence department of the giant company, Alex is still quite good in terms of overall awareness, so he considered this set of profit-maximizing plans at the first time.

After understanding Alex's idea, Rita and Cage suddenly realized that this was the leader's long-term vision, so they also gave up their original ideas and patiently waited for the situation to change.

Not long after, the rebels who received the latest order began to escort the passengers and hostages at the scene with guns.

"Everyone follow me, if you dare to escape, you will be killed immediately!"

Under the scolding of one of the Marines, the passengers in the leisure area stood up one after another, followed him to leave the scene in an orderly manner, and came to the cargo hold on the lowest level.

The rest of the soldiers surrounded the side and back, like driving away sheep, and drove the passengers to the designated location.

When everyone came to the cargo hold, they heard a sound of metal collision, which caused some vibrations and sounds, making them feel a little frightened and uneasy.

Then, the door of the cargo hold opened. It turned out that the sound just now was the sound caused by the docking of the door with the space station. Now they have come to the transfer hall of the orbital space station.

Under the coercion of more armed rebels, Alex and others who were mixed in the crowd followed other passengers to leave the Neptune and then took the orbital elevator to the surface of the planet.

When the elevator gate opened again, a turbulent airflow rushed in. The hot air and the dazzling starlight made the passengers in the elevator a little difficult to adapt.

But the rebels outside would not tolerate these passengers. They fired on the ground on the spot to warn the hostages.

"Don't be so dawdling, get out of here!"

In an instant, everyone walked out of the elevator door, and Alex and others who followed the crowd outside also witnessed the planetary base of the United Rebels.

In the lifeless desert, there are cracked earth everywhere, and the dazzling and scorching sun seems to crack the surface of human skin.

This is the military base of the United Rebel Front, the city of Secudus. This planet was once a planet rich in resources and beautiful scenery.

Even the population once exceeded one million.

But the powerful people on Reach and Earth have drained all the potential and resources of this planet, causing it to become a desolate death star.

Even the environment of Harvest is much better than this planet.

However, even so, the rebels still regard this place as their core area and are unwilling to move to other planets and galaxies easily.

The main reason is that the location of this galaxy is quite good!

It is not far from Reach and Earth, but the location is relatively hidden. It is not easy for UNSC to find their lair.

It is convenient to rob and get free resources, and it can hide so that UNSC cannot find it. Such a good working environment should not be wasted.

Soon, under the escort of the rebels, all the hostages were sent to the warehouse, waiting for the joint rebellion, the Earth government and the UNSC to negotiate.

Alex, Cage and Rita waited patiently until the dead of night, and then began to sneak out and contact the troops of the giant company.