Sparta

"However..."

Halsey put her hands on her hips and said mildly to William, "The side effects of this biochemical power armor are also quite obvious.

After all, the moment the wearer enters it, countless nano-needles nearly pierce their skin, slowly and continuously injecting T-Virus Serum.

An ordinary person wouldn't be able to endure that pain.

Moreover, if a wearer uses the biological armor too many times within a certain period, it will cause them to die from rapid kidney and liver failure, brain death, and so on.

That's why I think handing them over to the USS with the strongest willpower is the best choice."

Those were the specifications.

William felt that the five suits of armor before him looked far too similar to the Nanosuit from Crysis.

After a brief silence, William turned his head and asked, "You didn't use the USS assigned to protect you for the experiments, did you?"

"No, they're my bodyguards. I'm not that cruel, all right?" Halsey waved her hand.

Then she added, "These experimental records were obtained by testing strong and healthy D-class personnel.

Oh, right, boss.

There aren't enough D-class personnel left in The Hive and the various Containment Centers. Can we replenish the supply?"

"What?"

Upon hearing this, William looked at Halsey with an expression that seemed to ask how she had managed that.

In Umbrella Enterprises' personnel structure, C-class personnel made up more than seventy percent of the company, followed by D-class personnel.

There were roughly ten to fifteen thousand D-class personnel.

In just over half a year, Halsey had nearly used up all the D-class personnel?

Those D-class boys really were pitiful.

Then...

"All right. In a few days, I'll send some people to the United States to negotiate a partnership. There are more prisoners there." William did not refuse in the slightest.

"Yay~"

Halsey smiled excitedly and immediately hugged William, swaying as she said:

"I knew the boss was the best! Now I can happily experiment again~!"

"Ah, ah, use them sparingly, understood?"

"Mm-hmm~"

The following document is highly classified.

Access clearance: Designated A-class personnel, Olympus Board of Directors.

Project: Spartan Program.

Contents:

Children between the ages of seven and eleven were to be selected from a population of six million, regardless of gender.

After screening, fourteen children with exceptional genes were ultimately selected.

To avoid attracting public attention, the Hive Research Center used the genes of those fourteen children for cloning, then swapped the clones with the original children.

Appendix: Cloning Technology.

The technology was further perfected by a team led by Dr. Halsey, but the cloned lifeforms still possessed numerous physiological defects.

Clones could not replace the original individuals and were no different from vegetative people without memory implantation.

The individual with the greatest number of cloned bodies was Colonel Andre, a member of the Olympus Board of Directors.

Dr. Halsey used them for mass production of the Tyrant T-103 model.

The following details the kidnapping of John Campe;

Time: February 7, 2007, late at night.

Location: North York's wealthy district, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Commander: Colonel Andre Kapushkin Ostrovsky

Operatives: USS Gamma Squad (Gamma).

The video consists of the original surveillance footage from John Campe's house;

The camera shows the kitchen on the first floor.

The electric stove, sink, and other fixtures can be seen clearly from above.

In the video, a man in business attire was talking with a woman dressed as a housewife beside the dining table.

Due to a problem with the monitor, the audio quality was poor.

Man: Maria, I told you there's still an important client waiting for me! Stop making a fuss, all right?!

Woman: What client would require you to go out at ten at night?

Man: (Clearly impatient) Keep your voice down. John will hear you.

Woman: (Raising her voice) Why should I keep my voice down? You were the one who yelled at me first!

The video switched to the hallway on the second floor;

At the exact center of the frame was a double window, while the faint sound of a man and woman arguing downstairs could be heard.

The window suddenly opened, but no one could be seen operating it.

The door to the spare bedroom on the left side of the hallway also slowly opened, yet there was still no sign of anyone.

The video switched to inside the spare bedroom;

The room had the style of a boy who liked science fiction.

A boy with dark-brown hair and a youthful face lay on the single bed against the wall.

The blanket rose and fell steadily, indicating that the boy was sound asleep.

By then, the bedroom door was already open.

A few seconds later, the boy suddenly opened his eyes and began struggling.

But in an instant, he fell unconscious.

Immediately afterward, the boy rose into the air, his pajamas were removed, and he then disappeared from the video frame.

A few seconds later, the sleeping boy reappeared on the bed, and his pajamas had been put back on automatically.

The blanket was pulled over him by an unknown force, restoring everything to how it had been.

The video ended.

Afterward, the original surveillance footage from the house was modified by Umbrella Enterprises' technical department.

Gamma Squad successfully abducted Spartan Program candidate John Campe.

This document would be permanently sealed in the archives of the Hive Research Center.

End.

Location: 4°S, 55°E (British Indian Ocean Territory).

Area: 414 square kilometers.

Name: Minos Island.

Because it was relatively close to Somalia on Africa's east coast, the island belonged to an uninhabited zone.

Umbrella Enterprises purchased it in November 2006, after which Wang Zhaofeng's core team renovated it.

Large areas of virgin forest were preserved, while barracks, firing ranges, training grounds, and other facilities were constructed.

The island was stationed by twenty USS operatives, one hundred and twenty UBCS personnel, and dozens of veteran instructors from various fields.

Umbrella's military base in Kenya was responsible for supplying Minos Island with daily necessities and food.

Time: February 22, 2007.

Eastern Fourth District

Two helicopter formations composed of CH-53 Super Stallions were speeding toward Minos Island through the western sky.

Soon, the helicopter formation arrived over Minos Island.

After circling once, they landed on the helipad at the base complex on the island's western coast.

At the same time, the UBCS and USS personnel stationed on the island rushed to the helipad and waited nearby.

The cabin doors opened.

Alphas led by Hunk poured out of one of the CH-53s, followed by William and Halsey.

Fourteen children emerged from the other CH-53, escorted by several Alphas.

They were all around ten years old. Most wore terrified expressions, and some even had tear stains on their cheeks.

It seemed that when faced with the unknown, they were still children, regardless of whether their genes were exceptional.

Fear, helplessness, homesickness, and other emotions spread among them.

Yet the child named John seemed somewhat different...

He showed no emotion at all. He was even observing the Alphas beside him, as well as the UBCS and USS personnel in the distance.

It was as though he was considering the possibility of escaping.

But in the end, helplessness flashed through his eyes.

Because there was nowhere to run.

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