On the outskirts of Moscow, Soviet National High-Tech City.
After nearly three years of construction, the core section of the Science and Technology City—the Soviet National Laboratory—had largely been completed.
The National Laboratory's most important division, the Void Particle Research Institute, had been completed first and had already been operational for over a year.
As a top-secret national laboratory, the Void Particle Research Institute had the Soviet Union's strictest security and confidentiality measures.
All of its research facilities had been built underground, while the aboveground section consisted of barracks for the stationed troops.
Even Murphy, as the project's ultimate initiator, needed to prepare all sorts of paperwork in advance if he wanted to enter such a highly classified facility.
Fortunately, Barty Crouch Jr. at Murphy's side was now the director of the KGB Fifteenth Directorate. Together with several military generals, he was responsible for the construction and defense of the entire Science and Technology City. With him leading Murphy on the tour, many hassles were naturally avoided.
"Mr. Murphy, look here." A female guide in a Soviet military uniform stood beside Murphy, handed him a tablet, and tapped an app on it. "This is the institute map."
Umbrella had entered the Soviet Union more than three years ago and had assisted in the construction of the Science and Technology City. It had shared virtually all of its technologies without holding anything back. The tablet in Murphy's hand was actually a mobile terminal Umbrella was still developing and refining. Before it reached the market, it had first received an order from the Science and Technology City, becoming part of the city's "advanced technology."
"Our current location is the forward outpost. Everyone entering the institute must undergo identity verification here."
"Below is the enormous research institute. It currently has thirty-four floors, each