Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

"Hey~!"

After listening to Bruce Wayne's narration, Sarah couldn't help expressing emotion, and raised her hands to applaud, saying, "I thought you were just a mortal, but I didn't expect you to be so capable? It's okay."

"Because I'm Batman." Bruce replied calmly, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, now it's time for me to ask, who are you and why do you have such technology."

"This..." Sarah spread her hands, "It's okay to introduce my battalion, but if you ask me to introduce all the reasons, then I have to find someone else to explain it for you."

"You are from other universes." Bruce pointed out.

"As expected of Batman." Sarah clapped her hands again, then got up and left the metal chair, looking down at him, "In view of your mind and wisdom, my superiors classified it as "valuable".

Just leave the rest of the battle to us, and you... We will also arrange for you to continue psychological treatment, if the recovery progresses well, maybe you will..."

"I don't need any psychotherapy." Bruce interrupted.

Judging from his appearance, one can tell that Bruce Wayne is still in a state of extreme anger.

Knowing the news of Diana's survival did make Bruce feel a little excited, and he was willing to share his past of wandering in space.

But Bruce will not stay here willingly because of Sarah's few words. After all, Diana is just a comrade-in-arms and a friend, and it is not enough to make him give up his suicidal and vengeful actions.

A housekeeper who is also a teacher and a father, an adopted son with high hopes, and a son who is connected by blood. Bruce hopes that these close relatives can survive, but this hope is slim.

"Okay, don't talk anymore, your mental state is not normal at first glance, give yourself a vacation." Sarah said and waved her left hand back.

"I...uh..."

Bruce Wayne wanted to say something more, but when he rolled his eyes and closed his eyelids, he lay down on the metal table and fell into a sound sleep.

And, this is also the first "good" sleep Bruce has gotten since Doomsday.

At this moment, as the gate of the interrogation room opened, Fulgrim walked into the room together with four technicians in white coats who had undergone considerable prosthetic surgery on the eyes, arms, and even the entire body.

With the help of mechanical tentacles, the technicians transported Bruce Wayne, who had fallen into a deep sleep and lost all response to external things.

And Fulgrim witnessed the technicians leaving, and heard Sarah, who had left the metal chair and stood beside him, asked in a playful tone:

"What? Do you want to ask me to come here in person? If you are willing to call me sister, I might be willing to help you, hahaha~!"

"Indeed there is." Fulgrim didn't hide anything, looked at Sarah and said, "According to father's request, I can temporarily command your 13th Battalion, but in essence, all the trophies your battalion has won Your battalion will make arrangements on its own, and it has nothing to do with me."

"So?" Sarah asked again.

"So, I hope that when I form my legion, I can borrow some people from you." Fulgrim said bluntly.

"Second some people... You mean those two so-called superheroes?" Sarah raised her left eyebrow frivolously.

"It's mainly Batman Bruce Wayne. I always feel that...he is similar to one of my primarch brothers. If he is there, I think my legion and I can avoid many detours." Fulgrim explained.

"Well..." Sarah pondered for a moment, did not refuse, and did not answer immediately, but said: "Bruce Wayne is our captive, but I don't have the power to mobilize captives at will. I'd better wait for Sigurd Let’s talk about it when the battalion commander comes back, but he probably won’t refuse.”

"Thank you." Fulgrim finally smiled.

"Hey, what can I thank you for? If you really want to thank..." Sarah walked towards the interrogation room, and when she passed Fulgrim, she didn't forget to tap the gilt armor and said with a smile:

"Send some more good wine to our battalion, and then have a good drink with us! Haha~!"

"." Fulgrim immediately changed back to his poker face.

But in the end, he could only laugh at himself, turned around and left the interrogation room.

At present, elder brother Russ has mobilized more engineering departments to assist them to temporarily consolidate the frontline bases to accommodate more upcoming survivors.

As for the reasons for not allowing the 07 compatriots to go to Fenris, there are many reasons, the main reason is that everything is not stable now, and there will definitely be many problems if they move rashly.

In the 13th Battalion, except for the Spirit Wolf Squad staying at the advance base, some wild wolves and the auxiliary troops of the four regiments, all the other troops were devoted to search and rescue operations.

Although the doomsday war halved the number of humans on Earth 07, there are still a large number of survivors hiding under the surface of the old city, such as the sanctuary that saved Diana unintentionally.

There are also surface bases established in remote mountainous areas and deserts, and attempts to restore productivity, rebuild order, armies, and market transactions. Larger-scale organizations and forces, with a population ranging from hundreds of thousands to millions.

On the other hand, the traitor government and the Apocalypse forces didn't take these things into consideration at all. If any organization or force dared to cross the border, like the rebel army led by Diana frequently attacked and harassed, it would usher in the "care" of the Destroyer.

And Genro Sigurd, leading the first combat platoon of the second company, took an air mobile fortress with a length of 100 meters and a width of about 50 meters.

The flying formation is composed of six large transport boats and two escorting pirate fighter planes, and the optical camouflage is on. It is located a thousand kilometers southwest of the frontline base, and continues to sail southwest quickly.

According to the information sent back by the first batch of scouting sentries, it can be known that they will sail another 200 kilometers to the southwest, and they will be able to contact a force with three million people living there.

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at the same time.

Genro Sigurd's target is a gathering place of forces more than a thousand kilometers away from Philadelphia and the frontline base.

Looking around in the night sky, you can only see continuous mountainous areas. However, there are a lot of cold-resistant and drought-resistant vegetation covering here, and you can even faintly find some animals running around. The living environment is much better than that near Philadelphia.

And a scouting sentinel in a hidden state is away from this mountainous area and continues to wander towards the south, trying to collect more information.

Because this scouting sentinel had already infiltrated into the "city" where three million people lived, and obtained enough information. Its program judged that there was no scouting value here, so it continued to wander quickly towards the south.

On the surface, it looks like mountains, forests and barrenness, but if you go through the mountains and soil on the outside and go straight to the inside, you can see another world.

It turns out that everything on the surface is an illusion. In fact, most of the mountains in this area have been hollowed out and built by the former US government for nearly half a century. The purpose is to prepare for nuclear war.

In the middle and late twentieth century, the United States and the former Soviet Union faced each other tit-for-tat, and the haze of nuclear war enveloped all mankind. There are many similar underground or mountain buildings within the jurisdiction of both sides.

However, with the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, these buildings were either abandoned or used as tourist attractions, but some of them are still responsible for storing strategic materials.

And this nuclear war refuge facility in Virginia happened to be used by the US Army to store supplies.

After the Battle of Doomsday, the Marine Corps, which is also located in the Virginia State Combat Command, cooperated with the National Guard, Army and Special Operations Brigade to reopen this refuge facility as soon as possible, and use it as the center to search and rescue people in the early days of the Doomsday. as many inhabitants as possible.

More people, more soldiers, more weapons and resources will indeed greatly increase the chance of survival, and this is a nuclear-proof shelter.

But there are many complex problems that follow.

The early days of the doomsday were fine, but in just three months, a small-scale bloody conflict broke out among the top military officials responsible for the safety of refuge facilities.

Because of the loss of contact with the outside world, it was judged that the government, the army, and social order had collapsed, and the original wealthy businessmen, politicians, and special classes no longer existed, which inspired the deep-seated ambitions of the officers who held military power.

After the conflict, Hoggart H. David, then Commander-in-Chief of the Marine Corps, completely became the real authority of the refuge.

After all, Virginia is the headquarters of the Marine Corps, and the commander-in-chief is a four-star general, and he is quite prestigious in the army.

Since then, this refuge facility under the jurisdiction of the Marine Corps has begun to use materials to rebuild the production line, achieving a certain degree of self-sufficiency, and even dispatching convoys to negotiate and trade with other forces.

But with the majority of ordinary residents living here able to get enough food and clothing and survive after the doomsday, who is in power seems not as important as it was before the doomsday.

A few hours ago, the reconnaissance sentry used a returning trade convoy to successfully sneak into the heavily guarded secret entrance, and through layers of tunnels and firepower strongholds, they arrived at Area 01, where 600,000 people lived at the same time.

look around.

I just feel that this is a "hive" city built under the mountain, all the buildings are piled up intricately, and there are aerial cable cars in the hollowed out area, which is convenient for transporting goods and people.

Coming here, if you are an ordinary person in the main universe, you will be breathless, and the space utilization rate seems to be higher than that of some asteroid mines, but as a local in the zero-seven universe, you will feel depressed. Have a strong sense of security.

And there are five similar hive cities, located under this stretch of mountainous area.

now.

In the easternmost residential area.

Instead of using the residential area, it is better to describe it as a "residential cave", because there are not only simple houses here, but also cave dwellings dug out of the mountain wall.

After a day's work, people drag their tired bodies and crowd into the alleys and streets with an average width of about three meters, and then use steep stairs and ladders to return to their homes.

Among them, there was a slender girl in a dirty and wrinkled black robe, covering most of her beautiful appearance.

"She" carried an old and mended backpack, came to the end of the residential area, took the ladder to a higher position, followed the path that only one person could pass, then opened the door of one of the rooms and opened the door. walked in.

Close the door and lock it.

The girl raised her hand and lifted the hood, revealing her full appearance.

The complexion is a little sickly white, with long black hair, and on the face, apart from being beautiful enough to attract attention, there are too obvious dark circles under the eyes.

When the girl took off her backpack and black robe, she could also find a diamond-shaped "ruby" necklace worn around her neck.

And for some unknown reason, the "Ruby" suddenly flickered with a faint light, which made the girl frown, with a painful expression on her face.

"Shut up, I'm not in the mood to argue with you right now, Father!"

The girl said something as if she was talking to herself, and "Ruby" gradually dimmed, which also made "her" look less painful.

Immediately afterwards, the girl picked up her backpack again and walked towards a folding cot.

But when he looked on the bed, he saw a young man who was sleeping soundly.

"She" sat by the bed, first took out a box of yellowed medicines from her backpack, put it beside her, then took out a bottle of water, and two cans of cooked corn kernels.

Waiting for "she" to open two cans with a can opener, carefully put them on the bedside table made of a broken wooden box, then try to show a natural smile, reach out and caress the boy's cheek, and said softly:

"Damian, wake up, it's time to eat and take medicine."

"Forehead…"

Hearing the call, the boy gradually came to his senses, and when he opened his eyes, the girl also saw "his" dark green eyes.

To be honest, the boy not only has tough facial features and a handsome appearance, but also has a hint of... Bruce Wayne's shadow.

With the name Damian, it is not difficult to guess that the boy is Batman's biological son, Damian Wayne.

After fully waking up, Damian wanted to struggle to get up, but with the help of the girl, he was able to complete the posture of leaning against the wooden wall, half sitting, half lying on the bed.

After the girl lifted the blanket that Damian used to keep warm, she finally understood why he needed help even in a half-sitting half-lying position, because he was missing both legs and arms.

"I've worked hard today... Raven, if I..." Damian apologized.

"It's okay, as long as you can live well, it's more important than anything else."

The girl named Raven interrupted Damian's self-blaming words, picked up the can with a smile, fed Damian with a plastic spoon, and continued:

"It seems a little strange today. There are a lot fewer soldiers patrolling the city."

?

After chewing and swallowing a mouthful of corn, Damian thought for a few seconds and guessed: "It should be because the trade is too frequent, which may have exposed this place."

"Don't be crowed." Raven said sullenly, "If this place falls too, then we really have no place to live."

"..." Damian didn't answer, but just accepted the feeding silently.

But the eyes of this "little bat" revealed unwillingness and some kind of self-disgust.

After all, he, who is physically strong, has become the "human stick" he is today, and no one can accept who he is.

Fortunately, he still has Raven by his side.

Just this brief warmth...

"Boom..." was interrupted by a faint explosion.