"Officer?"
Seeing John turn to leave, the sergeant quickly asked, "What's our evacuation plan? Has the entire Earth encountered the same situation?"
John paused for a moment at the question.
He then said, "There's no evacuation plan. You can choose to move with the convoy and contend with those so-called Hell Guards.
Or…
You can also choose to travel on foot to the border, where UNSC troops are stationed and can assist you in escaping."
After speaking, John, regardless of their reaction, led Carl and Muren away from the area.
"This…"
The sergeant looked at the Spartans moving away to the north and immediately fell into hesitation.
"Soldier." At this moment, Michelle took out a pistol and handed it to the sergeant, commanding, "Either take the gun and continue fighting, or leave. Choose one."
As Michelle made her move, the other Megalodons also took out their pistols and handed them to the surviving UNSC soldiers and police officers.
The soldiers and police officers exchanged glances.
But in the end, they all chose to re-arm, preparing to act with Michelle and the others.
Just by looking at the equipment of Michelle and the Megalodons, it was clear they were Umbrella's elites.
Following the elites might still leave them alive, but running into the desert towards the border, like those who scattered and fled, was akin to a dead end.
"Very good." Seeing them make the correct choice, Michelle nodded slightly.
Then, she raised her hand high, gesturing a circle, and commanded, "Paratroopers!
Prepare to make some space for friendly forces and civilians. We're ready to move out again, to draw attention for the Master Chief and them."
"Yes, Major."
Subsequently, the Megalodons and the survivors got into the vehicles together, maintaining a suitable distance from John and the others, and continued searching for the escort team on this road.
While creating chaos and drawing attention, they also tried to obtain detailed information as much as possible.
Get in the car and depart.
Michelle, sitting in the middle of a Warthog, glanced north and respectfully spoke through her personal comms:
"Master Chief, the mission to investigate the true nature of this anomaly… I'm entrusting it to you."
"Don't worry, Major." The reply from the comms was still John's calm, unperturbed voice.
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Desert.
John, Carl, and Muren walked through this desolate area, heading north to Cairo.
"Cortana." John, behind his helmet visor, calmly ordered Cortana, "Pull up the original satellite thumbnail for Egypt."
"Yes."
As the reply came through, the right side of his helmet screen displayed the satellite thumbnail, and Cortana thoughtfully prepared the optimal route for John.
"Hey, Cortana." Muren's voice came through the comms, "What's the effective range of the personal comms?"
"Five kilometers." Cortana replied.
"Phew… That's good. It seems the Major and them should maintain a five-kilometer distance from us." Muren sighed in relief.
"Heh heh." Carl, walking beside Muren, chuckled softly, "Didn't think you'd ever be nervous?"
"Sigh…" Muren sighed and shook his head helplessly, "Ever since I watched 'The Mummy,' I've had a phobia of mummies.
Who knew that this anomaly would actually have mummies…
Once the containment operation is over, I need to give feedback to the boss and ask him to give me an early monthly bonus to calm my nerves."
"Alright." Hearing Muren talking idly again behind him, John immediately stopped him:
"I've had Cortana upload the route map to your screens. Prepare for a forced march, and keep an eye out for any Hell Guards nearby."
"Yes." (x2)
Carl and Muren immediately responded in a deep voice.
Immediately after, an inverted triangle indicator appeared on their helmet screens, and Cortana's voice came through:
"Everyone, head to the location I've marked first. It's only two kilometers from the Sphinx."
"Okay." John said and quickly began to run.
As Carl and Muren entered combat mode, they also carried their respective firearms with one hand, following John at a rapid pace.
The trio's running speed was extremely fast compared to ordinary people, reaching at least 70 km/h.
As dusk approached, coupled with the blood-red clouds in the sky, visibility for the naked eye became increasingly low.
This also provided excellent concealment for the three Spartans.
They followed Cortana's route instructions, traversing between the desert and ruins, and quickly arrived at the marked location.
It was an ancient city that had long been abandoned.
What should have been a place full of tourists was now covered in clothing debris and dried bloodstains.
It seemed Cairo was indeed the epicenter of this outbreak. Those tourists and residents had long been captured by the Hell Guards and escorted to that giant rift, for reasons unknown.
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The three searched carefully here, and after confirming there were no survivors or enemies, they ascended the dilapidated city wall facing north.
Carl lay prone on the wall, setting up his Gauss sniper rifle, Muren guarded their rear, and John half-crouched to observe the situation two kilometers away.
Through the visor's long-range function, John could clearly see what the sergeant had called the 'Entrance to Hell.'
The original Cairo urban area, including the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Sphinx, had vanished, leaving only what looked like an enlarged 'active volcanic crater.'
The 'Entrance to Hell' was an irregularly shaped circular cliff, with a towering red glow emanating from below the cliff.
Due to the angle, John couldn't see what was at the bottom of the cliff.
And those humanoid creatures, as tall as the divine entities, finally revealed their true faces.
They all had wolf heads and human bodies, with grayish-black skin and red glowing eyes.
Their upper bodies were adorned with golden armor, and their lower bodies were covered by white wraps.
They wielded golden spears nearly 180 meters long, and had many decorations on their heads, wrists, and necks.
There were a total of six such massive creatures, positioned on the six main roads leading into Cairo.
Immediately, John looked at the closest road to them, pushing the long-range function to its limit.
He saw that it was filled with terrified humans, guarded by a large number of skeletal soldiers and mummies, forced into a single-file line.
And at the end of each road was the rift emitting a towering red glow.
At the front of the end, there was a wolf-headed human, almost the same height as a human, with a large golden scale beside it.
It raised its hand, signaling the woman at the very front of the line to step forward.
The woman trembled as she moved forward and stood still.
The wolf-headed human placed its left hand on the woman's left chest, and in the blink of an eye, its left hand held a heart that had appeared out of thin air.
It placed the still violently beating heart on the scale, then walked to the other side of the scale and placed a white feather on it.
It began to weigh.
The final result was that the feather was heavier than the heart.
After getting this result, the wolf-headed human picked up the heart again, walked back to the motionless woman, and in an unknown manner, returned the heart to the woman's body.
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