Inside the steel fortress of Mars.

William and Serena walked slowly towards the station, speechless all the way.

After William declined Serine, she remained silent with a sad expression on her face, even her pupils were shining from time to time.

It made William a little nervous.

Don't cause a situation like the one in "Terminator" or "The Matrix" because of his rejection of an artificial intelligence "pursuit".

In particular, Microsoft has also released a virtual reality game called "World". Its content and senses are almost the same as reality. Playing for a long time may even make players short, and it is impossible to distinguish between reality and the game in time.

Finally, when the two got on the rail train and sat by the window, William asked curiously:

"Selena, are you... okay?"

"..."

"Ahem." Seeing that Serena was still silent, William deliberately coughed slightly and said in a commanding tone:

"Selena, report on the security convoy in Mars City. Have they arrived at Central Station now?"

"Yes..." Sure enough, Serena couldn't resist William's order and replied: "The convoy has arrived at Central Station, waiting to pick us up."

"Haha, it's the cutest when you work."

When William saw that Serena was finally talking, he couldn't help but smile, and praised the other secretary who had a little temper.

And Serena realized that William was'playing' with her. Although she still had a grudge on her face, she finally vented:

"Thank you for the boss's praise. Actually, I didn't deliberately ignore the boss just now, but to calculate and solve the problems between you and me."

"The problem?" William asked puzzled.

"Yes." Serena said solemnly:

"Actually, based on your boss's attitude towards me, as well as your words and deeds, 67% of the chances are that you want to have a relationship with me... well..."

"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

After confirming that the other soldiers didn't care, he let go of his hand and said, "I said, Serena, don't always worry about the relationship between you and me.

Even if I want to, I can’t do that, understand?"

"This..." Serena looked at her incontrovertible face, and finally said helplessly:

"Yes, boss, I know, I will bury my feelings for you in my heart, and it will not affect my work anymore."

"This is my good secretary." Hearing Serena's answer, William nodded in satisfaction.

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Afterwards, the two arrived at the central station of Mars City and, under the escort of a security-driven convoy, went to the'Umbrella Hotel Complex' in the prosperous area of ​​Mars City.

William's room is in the deluxe single room on the top floor, which is also an exclusive single room reserved for him by the hotel. Others have no permission to stay here.

The first thing he did when he came to the single room was to take off his flying suit, throw it away and go to the bathroom to take a hot shower.

Relieve the fatigue of these days and wait for Halsey to come to Mars to discuss with her the treatment plan of Kepler 22-b.

As for Serena...

This slightly scheming artificial intelligence originally wanted to use his own convenience to prepare to'sneak attack' William's room late at night.

But because of William's explicit rejection on the rail train, she gave up this idea and stayed in a normal room honestly.

Of course, as an artificial intelligence, Serena does not need to sleep and rest.

But she took off her flight suit and lay on the bed, trying to invade all the hidden cameras in William's room, and then...

Then you also need to take a'good' shower.

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During the break, Andre, the old father, learned that William had appeared on Mars, and came to Mars without saying a word.

Seeing William safe and sound, Andre, a veteran with all white temples, completely relieved his mind.

Moreover, in an elder's tone, William was ruthlessly criticized. The general content was that William was not allowed to participate in any containment operations.

Even if there were no challenging conventional military operations, Andre would not allow William to participate.

After all, William's life and death are related to the safety of Umbrella, and the more important thing is that Andre does not want to'white-haired people send black-haired people'.

After going through this'hell day trip', William deeply agrees with Andre's irresistible suggestion.

Although with his current physical quality, and possessing an exclusive divine body and mobile suit, the death threat is not that serious, but being teleported to other planes and extragalactic galaxies is even more insoluble than death.

Soon after, the frigate that Halsey was on arrived in the low-Earth orbit of Mars on September 19th, Halfa time.

William and Serena also left the hotel in Mars City and rushed to the steel fortress on the edge of the city.

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Fort Hangar.

William and Serena, who had changed their fitted military uniforms, stood not far from the gate of a decompression chamber under the escort of a group of marines.

The gate opens.

A Pelican with a black paint exclusively for the Zero Fleet arrived in the hangar with the assistance of a robotic arm and stopped at a designated position.

The hatch opens.

First I saw Halsey, who was full of worry, and the Spartan red and white teams who guard Halsey.

Seeing William herself standing in front of her, Halsey put away her worried expression, and went to a conference room with William and others.

And with the help of Serena, the holographic projection broadcast Halsey's proposal to deal with Kepler 22-b.

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Project: Kepler 22-b.

Level: Keter temporarily.

Description:

As the home planet of the "Pathfinder" race, the project has a natural gravity anomaly as a portal in addition to the well-preserved ancient ruins.

These portals, which are called "boundaries", will bring too many unknown dangers, so it is forbidden to open and explore the world behind the gates.

The project requires the long-term care of two Paris-class heavy frigates.

Colonial ships and merchant ships that are not related to the company strayed into the scope of the project. The frigate must be warned twice. If the unrelated ship does not leave, the frigate will be approved for destruction.

Umbrella will give some help to the indigenous people discovered from the extragalactic galaxies, but will not interfere with their technological progress.

It is expected that on September 30, 2018, all personnel will withdraw from the extragalactic planet with indigenous inhabitants and permanently close the gate to the extragalactic planet.

Since there may be anomalous phenomena that may cause the disappearance of the'pioneer' civilization among many gates, its level is likely to be at the'Exafanistei' level or the'God' level.

Therefore, the exploration and research of all gates was stopped, and the entire planet of the project was temporarily classified as'Keter' class.

Moreover, the location of the project is erased from civilian navigation, and the company's artificial intelligence will also clean the network.

Strive to make the keyword'Kepler 22-b' gradually disappear, and let ordinary society slowly forget the fact that the project exists, and use it for the purpose of containment.