"..."
Seeing that Anubis never responded, John's face became more solemn and he held the control stick tightly with both hands.
But he couldn't strike first. After all, just sitting there, Anubis brought unprecedented pressure to John.
For a long time.
"Indeed." Anubis's eyebrows gradually relaxed, and his tone was not as casual as before.
And nodded slightly. "In recent years, this Umbrella has indeed attracted my attention.
What makes me even more surprised is that after the soldiers belonging to your company were killed in battle, the passing rate when being measured by the scale was 100%.
It seems that they are a group of religious humans."
"Yes." John replied quietly, "As employees and soldiers of the company, we are always ready to fight to the death against those abnormal phenomena, so that ordinary humans can live in what they consider a 'normal' world."
"Ha-ha-!" Anubis said with a hearty smile, "The normal world... that's right.
My appearance is completely abnormal for you and you humans."
Said.
Anubis looked directly into John through the screen and praised, "The reason why I let you enter here is to explore your Dreadnought belief.
(Staring at Cortana again) I have seen Umbrella's influence on mankind over the years...
To a certain extent, the fundamental reason why humans can still survive on the surface is because of your protection.
Well..."
Having said this, Anubis rested his left elbow on the armrest of the throne, and pressed his left fist against its chin.
The fingers of his right hand tapped the armrest on the other side rhythmically, and he seemed to be confused and said to himself, "Human... Human..."
[It is detected that John's 'Good Luck' special effect is in effect, and the affected object is Anubis.]
A few seconds later.
"Okay."
Anubis stood up from the throne, walked slowly down the giant steps, and came to the front of John's divine body.
He said condescendingly, "Then I will give humans another chance. By the way, I also want to see what Earth Civilization looks like all over the universe."
"This..." Cortana couldn't believe it. She didn't seem to expect that this ancient giant would change his decision so easily.
"Thank you." But John still expressed his gratitude without changing his expression.
Anubis raised his right hand, waved it easily, and opened his mouth for the first time and said, "Okay, you can return to the surface."
After saying that, the divine body piloted by John was covered in light, and then disappeared out of thin air in front of Anubis.
As for Anubis, after doing what he just did, he raised his hands, stretched, returned to his seat and said to himself:
"It seems that I can't get angry when I wake up from now on."
At the same time.
John and Cortana were instantly teleported by Anubis to the sky above the suburbs of Cairo.
The Panoramic screen in the driving tether showed that the barrier that had previously shrouded the sky had long since disappeared, returning to the clear night sky that had not suffered from environmental pollution in the past.
But when the two of them looked down, they found that there was still a huge crack in Cairo City.
City buildings, pyramids, and the Sphinx were all destroyed.
But the crack seemed to have been blocked artificially, and it only sunk hundreds of meters into the ground.
See the situation.
Cortana couldn't help but said in astonishment, "Master Chief... Could it be that the ancient god just let humans go? Isn't it a little too simple?"
"..."
John did not rush back, but first maintained balance with the divine body controlling the free fall, and turned on the thrusters and anti-gravity.
Then he said thoughtfully, "If my intuition is correct, I don't think Anubis wants to kill all humans at all.
It just wants to warn... or remind us that only by working together can humans continue to reproduce the species."
"Since it's just a warning..." Cortana turned around and looked at Cairo under the divine body, and said slightly sadly:
"But in just half a day, the estimated death toll may reach tens of millions..."
"For that kind of god who can survive Hundreds of thousands of years or even longer, the tens of millions are simply insignificant." John said softly.
But judging from the way he tightened his grip on the control stick, John was not as plain as it seemed.
Because human beings are still a 'small' existence after all.
"John? Cortana?" At this moment, William's concerned voice came through the communication. "How are you doing?"
Hearing the boss's voice, John replied with a rare smile, "Boss, we have successfully resolved this outbreak."
Then he said to Cortana, "Okay, there is no need to worry about what Anubis thinks, it is time to report back to the boss.
Also, upload all the data we recorded underground to Infinity and let the doctor analyze the Anubis."
"Yes, Master Chief."
While the two were talking, the divine body had returned to the surface from high altitude and joined Sparta waiting at William.
Project: Anubis.
Level: God.
Reading permissions: A few A-class personnel, and Olympus Board of Directors.
Narration:
The appearance and capabilities of the project are consistent with the mythical and legendary Anubis the God of Death, with a specific height of 333.6 meters.
On April 15, 2015, the project used unknown means to cover the entire Egypt and cut off contact with the outside world.
According to the investigation of Sparta Blue Team and Shark Company, people in Egypt have been attacked and arrested by a large number of 'Ghost Soldiers'.
At the same time, the investigation team also discovered twelve copies of the project.
It has been confirmed that 'Ghost Soldiers', which looks like a skeleton and mummy, and its clones were both created by the project.
Finally, due to the persuasion of Sparta A-007 and Artificial Intelligence Cortana, the project lifted its blockade on Egypt at 01:14 on April 16.
But the consequences are heavy for the Egyptian government, the UNSC, and even all mankind.
The death toll is approximately 14 million, and a large number of people are missing. The specific number cannot be counted.
Egypt's landmark buildings, ancient cities and ruins such as the Pyramid of Khufu, the Sphinx and the Cairo city, were all completely destroyed in this outbreak.
In view of the fact that this project can easily cause more than 10 million casualties, Olympus Board of Directors added a level above the Exafanistei, the god level.
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Appendix file: God.
Narration:
Exafanistei-class specifically refers to the abnormal phenomenon that once Umbrella's Containment Operation fails, it will eventually lead to the collective death, disappearance, madness or assimilation of human beings on the earth within a stage.
The main difference between god-level and Exafanistei-class is that god-level anomalies can easily destroy mankind.
An existence that Umbrella can only understand.
For example, project Anubis, as long as it wants to, it can cover the entire earth with a barrier in an instant, and it can also create a large number of copies of itself.
Then humanity will perish in an instant.
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