"Wozefak..."
Hudson saw an object that was obviously not naturally formed. He shook his head and said in disbelief, "This abnormal phenomenon... could it be something artificially created by aliens?"
"No matter whether it is man-made by aliens or not, it must be contained." As for Gina, he showed the toughness that Warrior Nation should have and did not care about the source of the abnormal phenomenon at all.
As the person with the highest authority on FC336, Hicks still remained calm and asked Jones standing aside:
"When did you discover it?"
Jones, who had gradually regained his composure at this time, explained to the three Marine Corps: "It happened three days ago, and it was only three days that caused the current situation of FC336."
With that said, Jones played another piece of video material.
The content is that a group of Chief Corporation miners wearing protective equipment were originally performing an excavation mission, but accidentally came to the cavity of the asteroid.
Due to the difference in air pressure, several miners suffered varying degrees of injuries.
Then, the double helix-shaped 'beacon' appeared in the video screen.
One of the miners who was swept into the cavity by the air pressure flow happened to float to the side of the 'beacon', which made Marine Corps, who watched the video, estimate the size of the 'beacon' in his mind.
The height is almost twenty meters and the width is five meters.
After the video ended, Jones continued, "Our scientific research team found that this object seemed to be continuously emitting some kind of carrier wave, so we called it a 'beacon.'
And such a large-scale mass suicide in the colony should have been affected by this carrier wave..."
At this point, cold sweat broke out on Jones's forehead, and his eyes were a little dazed.
After a while, he said, "As for the decision to shut down the communication... it was the order of the supervisor. He knew that sooner or later you would discover the existence of the 'beacon'.
So I am going to discuss with you personally today, hoping to buy you off, or..."
"Or get rid of us, right?" Hicks answered with a serious expression.
"Yes..." Jones was a little embarrassed, but did not deny it. "If we follow the agreement signed with Umbrella, the 'Beacon' will definitely be handed over to you.
But... the supervisor doesn't want to do that. After all, I don't need to tell you the value of the 'beacon', so of course you are not willing to give away the items you have obtained."
"Bah!"
Hudson spat on the floor, walked quickly to Jones, directly picked him up with the mechanical arm, and said extremely angrily:
"Buy? This is the greatest insult to me!
Also! Because of your selfish desires, you actually caused the death of so many people, what the hell! I really want to kill you right now!"
"Ahem... Corporal... We agreed..." Jones was choked by his collar and couldn't breathe.
"Hudson." Hicks raised his hand to stop Hudson's actions and signaled to the latter with his eyes that now was not the time to break up.
"Bang!" Hudson had no choice but to let go.
"Plop!"
"Huh! Ha!" Jones, who landed on the ground, took in a big breath, and his flushed face was relieved a lot.
And quickly said, "That's what the supervisor wants. I... I and many people are against it. Now I just want to survive... survive..."
Hicks stretched out his hand to help Jones up and said coldly, "Don't worry, since I promised to ensure your safety, I will definitely let you live."
"We are not like you." Gina, who was guarding the door, echoed.
Hicks did not want to be verbally insulted, but pointed at Central Control Console and asked, "Mr. Jones, how is the communication?"
"Communication? Oh, yes... communication!"
Jones recovered from his trance, walked to Central Control Console with a slightly staggering pace, checked it over and frowned:
"This... In addition to the password, you also need the supervisor's identity card, and all Escape Pod have been destroyed! This..."
Hicks frowned slightly and continued to ask, "What about your supervisor?"
"I guess, don't be near that 'beacon'." Hudson shrugged.
However, Hudson's complaints had just ended. Jones, who controlled Central Control Console, said to Hicks:
"Sergeant, the locating chip implanted in the supervisor shows... that he is in the mine where the beacon is located."
"Beautiful!" Hudson slammed his helmet and said with an embarrassed expression:
"My mouth is really amazing today, you idiot."
"Shut your crow mouth quickly." Gina glanced at Hudson in annoyance.
"Sergeant!" Jones looked panicked at this time, pointed at the giant screen on Central Control Console, and said fearfully and stammering:
"Next to the beacon... and... and..."
"What else?" Hicks was a little impatient and walked forward to check the content on the screen in person.
Next to the location of the beacon, hundreds of red light dots were flashing, and on the right side of the screen was a series of names and employee number information.
It seems...
Those red light dots are the miners and employees who have implanted positioning chips.
"Sergeant...Mary was also there... I saw her kill herself with my own eyes..." Jones said mentally.
Then the chief employee stepped back repeatedly, pinched his head with both hands, squatted in the corner and began to go crazy, muttering to himself:
"They... they got Mary's body... and now they want ours..."
"Sir, this guy is also crazy." Gina pointed the M56 gun at Jones.
"Hicks, what should I do?" Hudson asked.
Hicks looked at Jones who was going crazy and said quietly, "It seems that we are the only ones in the entire colony who have not been affected by the beacon.
We can't be sure whether the beacon's influence is permanent, but we can't just let him commit suicide...
(Looking at Hudson) Tie his hands and feet, and put something in his mouth."
"Okay."
Hudson hung the M41A on his chest, took out two plastic ties from the pocket on his waist, and tied up Jones, who was completely unconscious.
As for the items stuffed in the mouth...
Hudson took off Jones's shoes, pulled them off by the corners of his socks, balled them up, and stuffed them into Jones' mouth.
And laughed and said, "Huh, enjoy it, you bastard."
"Marine Corps." Hicks walked behind Control Room's door, looked at his only two subordinates, and ordered:
"The mission objective has been updated. Go to the location of the beacon, recover the identity card and contact Mars Base. Do you understand?!"
"Huha!"(x2)
"Let's go!"
Then the three Marine Corps left Control Room and returned the same way, preparing to change into airtight clothing and enter the mine.
But when passing by the living area, the body that originally committed suicide was long gone, replaced by bloody footprints.
"No... are there still monsters?" Hudson's face fell.
"Monster?" Gina, who was standing by, mentioned the M56 and said nonchalantly, "Marine Corps specializes in killing monsters."
"Haha, that's right." Hicks said with the same smile.