Chirp! Chirp!
In the dense forest, unidentified birds were singing loudly.
The damp soil, the morning mist, and the towering trees that block out the sun all symbolize that this is a tropical rainforest somewhere.
The ground was even more "lively" with countless insects swarming under dead trees and leaves, hunting and fleeing according to their instincts.
Sudden.
"Shh, shh..." The sound of military boots compacting the soft soil, and...
"Area is secure, no hostiles spotted"
"Roger"
Another group of soldiers, dressed in jungle camouflage combat uniforms, equipped with soft bulletproof vests and belts, and carrying firearms, maintained sufficient distance to keep watch upon arriving in the area.
A soldier looked around to make sure everything was in order, then reported via walkie-talkie, "Lieutenant, Mr. Sui and the others can come over now."
"Roger"
Upon hearing a reply from the other end of the communication line, the soldier raised his hand and waved, signaling his men to remain alert and ready for action.
Before long, the area attracted a large number of 'tourists".
The composition of the "tourist group" was somewhat complex. Some were technical personnel wearing overalls and vests, carrying various packages and equipment boxes, who looked like medics, engineers or scientist. Others were soldiers with better equipment and weapons who were responsible for security tasks.
However, these soldiers wore black combat uniforms with dark red inverted V-shaped "A" arm patches, and the words "ATLAS Corporation" were embroidered below them.
The leader's attire, on the contrary, perfectly matched the description of a "tourist".
Standing at around 1.88 meters tall, wearing a black long-sleeved tennis shirt, dark gray windproof pants, and sporting a black slicked-back hairstyle, coupled with his striking eyebrows, bright eyes, and Chinese features, it's not hard to guess that he is the "Mr. Sui" the soldiers were talking about.
"Mr. Sui..."
At this moment, the officer who had arrived with "Mr. Sui," wearing a camouflage beret and with an extremely muscular build, seemed to have been struggling with this question for a long time. Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and asked:
"What exactly exists here that makes you want to come all this way?"
"Don't worry, Lieutenant Kraus, you'll see soon enough."
Mr. Sui...
Sui Yang simply smiled and didn't explain anything further to the U.S. lieutenant beside him.
It's no wonder the other party was confused, after all, he was the "boss" of Atlas Corporation, yet he chose to personally venture deep into the West African rainforest.
But as they continued onward, it wasn't long before all the American soldiers, including the second lieutenant, received some clarification.
What appeared before them was a giant stone gate surrounded by vines, whose age made it impossible to discern the style of any particular civilization, and which led to the underground.
!?
The American soldiers looked surprised when they saw the ruins.
"Mr. Sui! It's a ruin! A real ruin exists!"
"Hahaha! Great! Finally, we have a way to deal with those damn superhumans!"
Meanwhile, the experts and researchers belonging to Atlas Corporation were overjoyed that their conjecture had been confirmed, and they were talking about "dealing with superhumans".
As for Sui Yang, who organized and planned this operation, he frowned slightly and stared at the ruins not far away with a complicated expression.
Because that "stone gate" will lead them to another universe.
In reality, Sui Yang did not originally belong to this world. More importantly, he was an "old man" who was almost 150 years old.
He was a veteran who was on his way home when his truck had a tire blowout and went out of control. He was waiting on the edge of the sidewalk when everything went black before he could react. When his vision returned, he found himself lying in the desert.
Just like that, inexplicably yet "naturally," I transmigrated, and it was a physical transmigration.
His uniform, leather boots, and backpack, along with the Mate 60 Pro he had just bought with his demobilization pay, all came into this world with him.
Next, Sui Yang successfully escaped the desert using the survival skills he learned during his eight years of service and made contact with a human town in this world.
After conducting further investigation in broken English, Sui Yang discovered that he had actually traveled back to 1870, during the Gold Rush and colonial era in the American West.
After that, he lived and resided in that small town for about five years.
During this time, he also discovered that he was not the source of the plague, and apart from birth, aging, illness and death, none of the town's residents died from an "unknown disease."
At the time, Sui Yang thought this might be a rule for traveling through the world or the universe, and he was completely unaware of his special condition.
In the summer of 1876, Sui Yang packed his belongings, took enough food, money and weapons, and set off for the west coast with a group of colonists.
Although he had become familiar with this land where wilderness and opportunity coexisted, his faith and longing still made him want to return to the East.
However, after encountering robbers and gangsters and fighting back, and by chance adopting an orphan named "Arthur Morgan," Sui Yang realized that this world was not so simple...
Even though he spent eight years in the military, it didn't mean he was isolated from the world.
On the contrary, he was very enthusiastic about all kinds of games, movies and board games to spend his rare vacation time.
Therefore, the names, experiences, and even appearances of the orphans he adopted were almost identical to those of the protagonist in Red Dead Redemption 2.
The real turning point that made Sui Yang give up on going home was the day after he adopted Arthur Morgan when the words "stay...start a business..." kept repeating in his mind.
At first he didn't pay much attention, but as he got closer to the port on the west coast, the words repeated in his mind more and more frequently, and at the worst he would even have a terrible headache.
So he had no choice but to give up.
Over the next ten years, Sui Yang, relying on his exceptional military skills, first worked as a bounty hunter to hunt down criminals...
Of course, he would also take the opportunity to do some "Robin Hood" activities, helping others while also enriching his own pockets, he of course only targeted the corrupt rich people and some were in prison after collecting evidence and exposing them, others had a good vacation underground.
At the same time, he took great care of and trained Arthur Morgan, gaining an assistant who was both a son and a friend.
After accumulating enough capital, he bought 80 acres of land outside Seattle to test the waters and build a plantation for growing cash crops such as cotton, he hired people who were discriminated by there skin and gave them a job. He would rather take them as workers than slaving them as he hated slavery.
Sui Yang understood that his Chinese appearance would attract a lot of criticism and trouble, because his country after all was arrogant and prideful so during his time as a bounty hunter, he also adopted several orphans and carefully taught and trained them.
Once the manor was completed, Sui Yang formed a "security" team with Arthur Morgan at its core, specifically responsible for asset security and ensuring the smooth continuation of expansion.
Twenty years later, as the world entered the early 20th century, Suiyang not only owned estates for growing cash crops, but also a stibnite mine and two copper mines.
In 1914, World War I broke out on this earth as scheduled.
Having gradually moved from the forefront to the background, Sui Yang had already used his connections to obtain official federal permission before World War I to start selling arms, medicines, and daily necessities to various European countries.
In the same year, Sui Yang officially established "Atlas" which had completed its transformation.
As he continued to use his prophetic abilities to make his business bigger and stronger, relying on the Great Depression and World War II, he read in the newspaper that "Soldier Boys Are Going to the Front!"