Inside the passage of Containment Center No. 3:
The layout and style here were simple and clear, spacious, with reflective white, pristine floors, and Umbrella's most iconic red and white umbrella logo.
Basel, the head of Containment Center No. 3, led Rebecca and the others to the cell where 096 was held.
During this time, Basel asked Rebecca, who was walking beside him, "Dr. Chambers, although Selene has already informed us of the decision to terminate 096, I still need you to provide me with the authorization letter from the Olympus Board."
"Yes, no problem." Rebecca said, then fumbled in her pocket for a folded paper authorization letter.
Basel took the authorization letter.
He unfolded it, confirmed it was William's autograph, and checked the corresponding code before nodding, "Thank you for your cooperation, Doctor."
"You're welcome." Rebecca also nodded.
Afterward, apart from Hudson and Myron occasionally blurting out extremely idle remarks, most of the team members remained silent.
Rebecca was no exception.
But as they went deeper, she asked Basel with a hint of curiosity, "Captain, the company's first contained anomaly was 049, and it also caused the deaths of over two thousand civilians…
Why did the company not issue a decision to terminate 049?"
"Doctor, you've only recently joined the company, so you still know little about 049."
Basel explained, "Besides the death toll recorded in the archives, 049 also assisted the officers and researchers at Containment Center No. 1 in analyzing most anomalies and provided many suggestions for containment measures.
And since the 'Athabasca Incident,' 049 has not made any hostile moves, making it a very cooperative anomaly.
Even if the company doesn't know what the 'Plague' it always repeats is, what we do know is that it genuinely wants to help and save humanity.
But…"
At this point, Basel shook his head slightly and said, "But 096 is different.
It seems to have no intelligence, only wanting to kill those who see its face, which has led to the deaths of so many colleagues."
"And it's very annoying." Myron, who was following behind, added.
"..."
Upon hearing the explanation, Rebecca nodded in understanding and said, "It seems the boss wants to completely resolve it to eliminate future troubles, after all, we cannot be sure if there are still images of its face in the outside world."
"That's right." Basel said.
Soon after.
Everyone arrived at a special cell 300 meters underground in Containment Center No. 3.
Upon entering.
The walls were painted dark gray, illuminated by bright lights, and two squads of marines were stationed there.
In the center of the room was a 6-meter black containment vessel made of ship-grade titanium alloy.
Several computers were connected to the left side of the vessel.
Basel led Rebecca to the computers and introduced, "We installed pressure sensors at the bottom of the containment vessel, which recorded it usually pacing back and forth in the east… (interrupted)."
"Beep-beep!" An urgent alert sounded from the computer.
?
Seeing this, Basel immediately rushed to the screen to check the status.
The pressure sensors showed that 096, for some unknown reason, was no longer 'docile' and was running erratically within the containment vessel.
It looked like…
It looked like it was running around in fright.
"What… what's going on?" Basel was somewhat puzzled.
"It seems 096 has a good memory." Rebecca, who was standing nearby, glanced at Myron and Karl not far away and explained to Basel:
"It was Spartans Three and Four who were responsible for containing 096 back then, and they successfully subdued 096…
It seems 096 can sense their presence, which is why it's panicking."
"Huh? I almost forgot about that ugly guy…" Myron scratched his head with a foolish grin.
"..." Karl, on the other hand, had a serious expression, even preparing to set up his Gauss sniper rifle.
"Three." John reminded Myron again, "Stay serious, 096 might breach containment, and you'll need to handle it later."
"Yes." Myron, receiving the order, no longer acted 'foolish'.
"Master Chief…" Rebecca waved her hand and said:
"The sensor shows it's currently motionless in the southeast corner; it should be severely frightened and curled up in the corner, so there's no immediate risk of containment failure."
"Yes, Doctor." John nodded impassively, but still gestured to the Spartan Blue Team to remain vigilant.
Caution first.
"Then, Doctor." After confirming there was no danger, Basel gestured towards the containment vessel and said, "Please proceed with the termination."
"Alright." Rebecca nodded.
She then began to attempt the termination of 096.
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Appendix File: 'Goggles'.
The goggles were a device developed by Dr. Halsey in the early stages to counter 096 containment breaches.
Their function is to automatically block any human or animal head imagery on the internal screen of the goggles.
Experimental results from D-class personnel number ■■ proved that the goggles effectively ensure the user's safety when 'directly looking' at 096 and do not cause 096 to go into a frenzy.
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Plan One: 'Nitrohydrochloric Acid (Aqua Regia)'.
Marines wearing specialized goggles transferred 096 from the containment vessel to a sealed room with walls made of PTFE.
The marines evacuated the room.
The room was then sealed, and no one was allowed to enter.
Nitrohydrochloric acid was then injected into the room.
During the injection, 096's wailing could be clearly heard, completely ceasing after several minutes.
Once the nitrohydrochloric acid was pumped out, several technical personnel wearing sealed suits and goggles entered the room, finding that only 096's disproportionate skeleton remained.
However, soon, the skeleton regenerated 096's original 'malnourished' fleshy tissue.
Proving that 096 cannot be eliminated by strong acid.
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Plan Two: Naval Gun Strike.
The fleet's electromagnetic accelerator cannons had effectively subdued 'Ghidorah', which possessed regenerative abilities.
Therefore, the original plan was to use the Umbrella First Fleet's firepower, such as the electromagnetic accelerator cannons of heavy frigates and the Yamato cannons of battleships, for concentrated fire.
However, considering the extremely low possibility that the fleet might not successfully eliminate 096, and the need for complex recovery procedures in space afterward…
Hence, Plan Two was discarded.
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Plan Three: 'Black Hole'.
Dr. Rebecca Chambers directly applied to the Olympus Board of Directors to send 096 directly to the closest black hole to the solar system.
This black hole is located in Cygnus Eta (Deneb), numbered Cygnus X-1, approximately 6000 light-years from the solar system.
The application was approved.
The Spartan Blue Team, equipped with Mjolnir armor and goggles, transported 096 in its containment vessel and boarded the First Fleet's heavy frigate, the 'Ares'.
On October 2, 2010, 096 was loaded for transport to Cygnus Eta, with an estimated journey of two Earth days.
Plan Result:
On October 4, 2010, at 09:21 Halifax time.
The Ares successfully exited slipspace and attached 096's containment vessel to an unmanned Pelican, which flew directly towards Cygnus X-1.
It has been confirmed that both the container holding 096 and the unmanned Pelican were swallowed by Cygnus X-1.
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