On both sides of the vortex are broken subway tunnels that have ceased operation, and a group of technicians are investigating the vortex at the edges of both sides using the equipment and instruments they brought.
There are also four teams with more than 20 "soldiers" on both sides to ensure the safety of technical personnel.
In fact, this group of people are "employees" affiliated with the Umbrella Intelligence Department, but the Intelligence Department has various names for the outside world, such as...
"Foreign Organisms Response Section"
Or "Biochemical Leak Response Team"
And the man in sunglasses, what the Sheriff's sergeant called "the Emergency Department."
As for these well-equipped "soldiers", they are the emergency response teams of the local intelligence department.
At this time, one of the technicians used a "chip"-shaped tablet computer that was the size of an A4 paper and could be folded multiple times to control a wired spider-shaped reconnaissance aircraft and climb through the fractured tunnel and wall.
When the football-sized reconnaissance plane passed through the vortex, the tablet also showed a picture of the other side of the vortex.
It was a dark space with almost no natural light. After passing through the vortex, the reconnaissance aircraft seemed to have stepped on the air and quickly fell downwards.
The screen keeps flipping.
Soon, the reconnaissance plane crashed to the bottom.
The technician switched the observation mode and turned on the night vision function, and found that this space seemed to be the underground system of a certain city, but it was more spacious and empty.
And during the time when the reconnaissance plane fell, other technicians had completed a brief analysis of the other end of the vortex through the collected data.
It is concluded that the atmospheric composition, gravity and other data at the other end are similar to those of the human home planet, and some data are completely consistent with the earth.
"Ah...help..."
"Where is this, Tom? Zach... are you all okay..."
"My legs...! Legs!"
At the same time, reconnaissance planes also captured the sounds of people calling for help, asking questions and shouting in pain.
The crash site was above the ruins of a building.
The reconnaissance plane climbed to the nearest source of the sound, and saw the short boy who said "It would be great to have an elf wife" from before. The lower half of his body was pressed under the metal plate, and he kept shouting the names of his classmates.
See this situation.
The second lieutenant in charge of commanding the on-site emergency response team asked the technician beside him: "Are there any psychic fluctuations?"
"Absolutely not." The technician shook his head and replied: "We have not detected any signs of alien space, and based on the existing data, the nature of this vortex seems to be... some kind of portal, leading to
Another planet, or even a portal to another universe."
"Another universe?" The second lieutenant did not show any surprise when he received such an answer.
After all, an abnormal phenomenon like the "portal" is not enough to shock and surprise Umbrella's internal employees.
It is indeed a "common occurrence".
After thinking for a moment, the second lieutenant immediately opened the communication and reported to his superiors, requesting more personnel and equipment support, preparing to conduct a detailed investigation on the other side of the vortex and rescue the survivors of the collapse accident.
Complete the report.
The second lieutenant then ordered: "Alfa team will continue to stay, and Charlie, Delta and Rama teams will follow me through the whirlpool to conduct on-the-spot reconnaissance."
"yes."
"let's go."
As the second lieutenant spoke, he walked to the broken edge of the tunnel. Without any hesitation or hesitation, he stepped forward and fell into the vortex below.
More than a dozen members of the emergency response team followed.
They passed through the whirlpool, first fell freely, then deployed the backs of their power armors, and the small jets on their waists were used for buffering, adjusting the angles, and finally fell smoothly to the edge of the ruins to avoid secondary damage to the survivors.
Immediately afterwards.
The three teams quickly dispersed, holding firearms to guard the surroundings, and used the helmet screens to look around.
The diameter of the area they were in, or the underground passage, was equal to the diameter of the vortex, which was also thirty meters wide.
Sewage water less than half knee high flows slowly, indicating that the collapsed area is flanked by dark, damp sewage channels, whose structure is no different from those in colonial urban areas.
After confirming that there was no threat nearby, the Delta and Rama teams continued to advance to both sides and continued their reconnaissance mission.
The second lieutenant and the Charlie team used the power increase provided by the power armor to temporarily assume the role of firefighters and try to rescue people who suddenly collapsed.
The second lieutenant walked towards the short boy.
After the boy used the faint light to vaguely see the second lieutenant approaching him, he could hardly contain his excitement and wanted to shout for help.
However, the second lieutenant who had already arrived near the boys, while observing the situation and considering how to rescue him, turned on the helmet's external release function, and imitated the words commonly used by firefighters to comfort all the survivors:
"No need to panic, everyone, we will launch rescue operations, and more rescues are on the way. Please rest assured, we will definitely get everyone out of here."
Said.
The helmet screen showed the stress point of the metal plate, so the second lieutenant attached the laser rifle to his back based on the displayed information, bent his knees and squatted half-crouched, and clasped the edge of the metal plate with both hands to lift it up hard.
Looking inside, he saw that the boy had no obvious external injuries, so he completely lifted the metal plate.
"Thank you!" The boy whose legs were free again quickly thanked him.
The second lieutenant just nodded lightly in response, and then told the boy: "Lie where you are first and don't move around. Next..."
"Second Lieutenant, we have discovered some... special circumstances here." However, at this moment, on the communication line, the leader of Rama's team, with the rank of sergeant, interrupted the Second Lieutenant.
And the right side of the screen on the second lieutenant's helmet also showed the real-time video shared by the sergeant.
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After witnessing the real-time video content, the second lieutenant immediately left the ruins and ran quickly towards the passage marked "North" on the helmet screen, and rushed to the end of the passage where Rama's team was responsible for investigation.
At this end is a "T"-shaped cross corner, where sewage from other areas merges and flows together to the east channel with an inclined angle and low terrain.
Three members of the Rama team stayed at the "T" corner to guard, while the other two members were squatting in the east tunnel not far from the corner, about 100 meters away. Among them was the sergeant who shared the real-time footage.
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As for the reason why the two sergeants were unable to continue their investigation, it was because the east passage had collapsed long ago, and the turbulent sewage was like a turbid waterfall, continuously pouring outward.
And outside…
It is the surface of this planet.
A landscape shrouded in thick dark clouds, filled with lightning and thunder, barren and desolate.
But it cannot be said to be completely "desolate". After all, there are countless giant "towers" arranged neatly here.
Moreover, there are densely packed ootheca structures on the "tower" that emit red light outward, like "insect eggs".