Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

"Yes."

After the Alphas heard the conversation between William and Serena, the cheerful atmosphere instantly switched to seriousness, and they prepared to escort William out of the recording building.

Hank immediately contacted the Spirit of Fire and asked it to send the Pelican to respond.

And William, who was protected by the group, followed the Alphas and continued to ask Serena:

"Selina, what is the specific situation this time that will make you judge it as a Keter-level anomaly?"

"boss."

Serena replied: "The detailed pictures and video information need to be played on the center console of the bridge of the Spirit of Fire.

But it is certain that the "gods" that this cult believes in have some ability to affect human thinking, and even cause physiological changes to the humans who believe in it.

And these believers show a high degree of organization, and many rich people are also followers of this cult, providing them with generous financial guarantees.

According to the data returned by the agents, the number of followers of the cult has reached more than 40,000 people, and they also have their own armed forces.

The most troublesome thing is that these cult members have a clear division of labor. There are veterans who are responsible for training armed personnel and those who are responsible for arresting ordinary people for absorption and reformation.

The nearby area was almost completely infiltrated by the cult, but there were still a large number of unknowing ordinary people and our hidden agents.

As for the undercover agents inside the cult, they are not affected by the cult's "gods" for unknown reasons, and they still maintain their normal sense and have not leaked any information about the company. "

When Serena finished speaking, William had been escorted by Alpha to the parking lot outside the recording building.

William looked at the neatly parked ten SUVs and said in a low voice, "Selina, the town where the cult is located, shouldn't be able to avoid your surveillance."

"Except for the palace where the 'God' is, as long as it is connected to the Internet, I can monitor it." Serena replied.

"Yeah." William nodded slightly.

'It seems... those undercover agents should be the guarantee of loyalty after being assimilated by the system, so they were not betrayed by that god's influence. ’

William frowned slightly inwardly.

And taking advantage of the time before the arrival of the Pelican, I thought about where the abnormal phenomenon encountered this time came from.

church…

Resident Evil 4's Los Illuminados?

Very similar, but the Illuminati uses parasites to control the human mind.

And the cult that Serena said has a certain 'god' that can directly affect those around it.

It doesn't appear to be such a thing as a parasite.

"Whoo--"

At this time, the unique noise of the hydrogen engine resounded over the parking lot, interrupting William who was thinking.

I saw a Pelican slowly landing in the open space of the parking lot.

Then Hank immediately let ten Alphas drive the SUV away, while the rest of the Alphas followed William and boarded the Pelican to the Spirit of Fire, which was 'parked' in low-Earth orbit.

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inside the bridge;

The captain of the Spirit of Fire, Carter, and Mike, who is in charge of the ship's combat personnel, are here, and the two of them and William surround the center console.

And Serena was also imaged on the screen of the center console, explaining to the three the anomalies they were going to face this time:

"Everyone, five kilometers west of the town of Fort Dyer, Utah, USA, there is a mountain called North Point.

The top of the mountain is a giant palace built by a cult, and the abnormal phenomenon this time is in this palace. "

While Serena was introducing, the screen under her feet was also updating real-time images and information.

The first thing that catches everyone's eyes is a thumbnail of the Utah state captured by the Umbrella satellite.

The picture focuses on central Utah.

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See towns such as Fort Dyer, Ferron and Huntington, as well as North Point Mountain on the left side of the picture.

The picture is enlarged again.

On the top of North Point Mountain, on the platform on the edge of the eastern cliff, there is a magnificent palace building.

When the image was taken, a group of believers dressed in black were holding a kneeling ceremony in the square outside the palace.

Then Serena continued to explain: "According to my statistics, there are three towns affected by this abnormal phenomenon, involving 120,000 people.

(Schematic diagram of the affected area)

Now ready to play the video archive of this anomaly. "

After speaking, Serena played the video sent back by the undercover agent.

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Video material:

The agent used the special shape of the miniature camera to replace the button of the shirt collar to carry out stealth shooting.

Through the dialogue in the video, we learned that the agent seems to have assisted the cult to handle the police investigation, and then successfully gained the trust of the cult's top management.

Immediately afterwards, the agent followed several senior cult members into a bus and headed west out of the town of Fort Dyer where they were located.

Serena was fast-forwarded because the drive was over twenty minutes.

The playback speed of the video returned to normal until the vehicle stopped at the mid-mountain of North Point Mountain.

The agents followed the believers out of the car.

After getting out of the car, a large number of armed people appeared in the video.

Uniform khaki uniforms, Kevlar helmets, body armor, armed belts and other weapons and equipment are obviously stronger than the US National Guard.

Then an officer dressed as some sort of armed man came into view of the agents and asked them what they were coming for.

The senior believer who led the agent to the top of the mountain responded, saying that the agent had gained the trust of the church and was ready to take the agent to accept the baptism of "God".

The officer stared at the agent for a few seconds, then turned around and waved, signaling all the armed personnel to let go.

The agents and the cultists sat back in the car.

The bus continued to head towards the top of the mountain.

The video fast-forwards again, and returns to normal after a few seconds.

The agent got out of the car and followed the senior believers through the square in front of the palace.

The members of the cult here behaved extremely strangely. Some of them volunteered to be violently abused by others, and their faces showed a look of enjoyment.

What's more, self-soothing is performed in public, and the floor tiles of the square are full of red and white liquids, which are rotten.

And came to the palace.

Twelve guards with a height of three meters, black cloaks and masks are stationed here.

The agent deliberately pointed the camera at the closest guard.

Due to the mask, the specific appearance of the guard cannot be clearly seen, but the guard's eyes emit a dark red light, and the skin tends to rot.

At this point, the video taken by the undercover agent confirmed that the cult has the existence of abnormal phenomena.

The agent then walked through the dimly lit hallway, lit only by torches.

In the end, the agents and senior believers came to the lobby that also illuminated the interior of the palace with open flames.

On the high platform at the end of the lobby sits the "god" worshipped by the cult.

I saw that it had a roughly human appearance, rotten skin, red eyes like the guards just now, and soft tentacles like octopuses under the bridge of the nose.

That "god", the first impression of William who watched the video was Captain Octopus in "Pirates of the Caribbean".