Chapter 238 Sparta! Holding the emperor hostage to control the princes! The legitimate successor!
"Loki, you did a good job this time."

Leon was very satisfied with AI Loki's performance during this period. He did not notice any signs of infidelity or any other tricks from the other party.

After restoring the network communications on Harvest to normal, Loki immediately sent a series of false messages to the UEG and UNSC.

They were misled in their assessment of the situation on Harvest. For the time being, it is unlikely that the UNSC fleet will come to Harvest to carry out the rebellion suppression mission.

At the same time, AI Loki also stole a large amount of technical data and information on the technological points of the human camp and gave it to the research department of the global giant company.

Mainstream starships such as the Majestic-class frigate, Phoenix-class support ship, Sahara-class heavy cruiser, Epoch-class heavy aircraft carrier, etc. will all be unlocked for the giant enterprise, enriching the size of the giant enterprise's fleet!

Next, the giant company only needs to build a shipyard on the planet of abundance, and it can produce starships like dumplings and develop its own first line.

In addition, through the intelligence intercepted by AI Loki, Leon also learned that a very critical plan was being carried out in secret.

That is the infamous Orion Project Phase II, the Spartan Warrior Transformation Project!
Ever since Loki pulled all other intelligent AIs into the matrix space, these AIs distributed in various departments of the UNSC have all chosen to submit to the world giant.

These AIs, who were good at calculation and aware of the current situation, knew that they could not refuse the benefits promised by Le Ang, nor could they bear Le Ang's anger, so they collectively changed jobs and changed their bosses.

Anyway, we are all working AIs, so it doesn’t matter where we work.

Through the AI ​​black box working at the UNSC Naval Intelligence Department (ONI), Leon was also able to learn about the conspiracy that ONI senior management was talking about with Katherine Halsey.

It turns out that ONI's top brass could see that it was normal for a major rebellion to happen given their extremely divided internal group and their bosses and leaders whose brains were constantly bubbling.

Judging from the current situation, the flames of villainy in various human colonies are almost uncontrollable.

In order to prevent the situation from getting completely out of control, and more importantly for the prosperity and wealth of the leaders and masters behind them, they have to find a way to hold on.

Therefore, ONI decided to rely on the Orion Project to create the second batch of Spartan warriors!
These super soldiers, who have been trained since childhood and undergone transformation surgery, will be used to assassinate rebel leaders to minimize the cost of suppressing the rebellion and casualties.

This plan, first proposed by Katherine Halsey, was immediately supported by ONI's top management.

There is no way, the landlord has no surplus food!
Since there is no way to transform and strengthen their own soldiers on a large scale, the only solution is to get a small number of elite soldiers to specifically target the rebel leaders.

At least doing so can calm the rebels in the colonies down, and whoever wants to be the first to stand out will be killed.

[Thank you for the compliment, boss. This is what I should do. ]

AI Loki was modest on the surface, but he was secretly happy in his heart. Just for this meritorious service, the position of Prime Minister of the AI ​​Cabinet was secured!
At this time, Li Ang briefly recalled the information about the transformation of the "Spartan Warrior".

The first batch of Spartan warriors were relatively average, with only some enhancements in intelligence and physical strength, but the mortality rate was quite high, making it a losing business.

So the plan was basically half-failed.

But things were different in the second period.

The second-phase Spartan warriors had ceramics transplanted into their bones to strengthen their toughness, and the nerve fibers in their brains were replaced with optical fibers, which are more resistant to blows and have stronger healing abilities.

It is estimated that the powerful and wealthy men on the earth also know that if they are reluctant to spend some of their own money, the throne under their butts will be replaced by a new dynasty.

So Kuang Kuang created a group of extremely expensive but indeed effective human warriors.

In the end, it was proved that the only disadvantage of expensive things is that they are expensive. The Spartan warriors of the second period were really ruthless whether they were targeting their own people or the street urchins of the Covenant.

If we make an analogy, the second-phase Spartan warriors are a functionally castrated version of the Astartes warriors.

This transformation plan is a bit like a mini version of gene seed. The transformed soldiers will at most become stronger, but they will not become super big guys like Astartes warriors.

For a female soldier like Rita, it was quite friendly.

But the second phase of the Spartan Warriors is already the pinnacle of the Orion Project.

The subsequent Spartan warriors are getting weaker and weaker!
For example, the Spartan warriors of the third phase did not rely on transformation but on drugs.

Children are given growth hormones, forced to undergo training, hypnosis and brainwashing, and given drugs, with the focus on quantity rather than quality. The result is that all they produce are manic "berserkers."

As soon as this thing arrives on the battlefield, it starts using its ultimate skills to attack people without distinguishing between friend or foe. It can be said that it has nothing to do with a super soldier.

With this kind of soldier's quality, he is not even worthy of being a war servant in Warhammer 40K, he can only be a purified heretic!

When it came to the fourth batch of Spartan warriors, things were even more embarrassing.

This warrior's physical fitness is only equivalent to that of an elite human athlete!

In the case of relying on pure physical combat, he is even a little worse than a first-generation soldier. With this level of strength, if he were to work in a giant company in the world, the best he could do is get a job as a gatekeeper.

Not to mention going to the battlefield to fight aliens.

Now, what Leon has to do is to immediately send the elite soldiers of the advance team to Reach and kidnap the scientist Catherine Halsey to do the work.

How can the stingy bosses of UNSC compare to the financial sponsor like the Global Corporation?

Just build the Spartan II warriors according to the highest standards, and the giant company can immediately produce millions of such warriors!
By then, Le Ang's combat troops will have a group of Spartan warriors who are lighter and more suitable for assassination missions!

At this moment, Li Ang no longer thought about other matters, but focused his attention on the ruins.

At his command, the engineers on the front line began to move and touched the blue sphere engraved with unknown words.

Along with a flash of dazzling light, a three-dimensional star map, like a holographic projection, brought everyone to the abyss of the universe filled with planets.

“Is this…is this a star map?”

David Martinez said hesitantly.

Without time to think about it, AI Loki immediately recorded all the star map information and images in front of him, and began to read and analyze the information.

Soon, Loki made a report:
[Boss, this is the ruins transfer station built by the Forerunner civilization, and there is also a laboratory for studying the Flood. I think there should be relevant experimental data here.]

When Leon learned that there was information about the Flood here, he was immediately excited.

If the genetic samples of the Flood can be found, the giant enterprise can use these samples to create Scorpion Tailed Lion virus spores specifically for the Flood!
Then, AI Loki continued to report to Leon:

[In the ruins database here, there are still many knowledge and technological points that cannot be analyzed for the time being. What can be confirmed at present is that this is definitely a huge treasure trove of knowledge! ]

AI Loki was also very excited when he came into contact with the gifts from the Forerunner civilization, which meant that human civilization was truly the "chosen one" of the universe.

As creations of the Son of God, these intelligent AIs share the same honor and disgrace as the humans here.

"very good!"

Li Ang had a strong premonition that the ruins here might really contain the technological points he wanted, even a part of it would be worth it.

The next decryption work will definitely require the participation of AI Europa. After all, Europa's computing power is far stronger than the current AI Loki.

[Boss, there is another key piece of information in the ruins, which is a coordinate system. This coordinate system is in the Procyon system, one of the UNSC colonies, Arcadia! ]

The planet Arcadia mentioned by AI Loki is a large colony with a population of three million. In the primeval forest of the planet, there are the coordinates and some information of the Shield World.

The so-called shield world is actually a small celestial megastructure consisting of an outer surface, an upper metal plate structure and a shell system, with a built-in miniature Dyson sphere and an artificial sun.

The structure has a complete ecosystem, similar to a "small world" independent of the star field, and contains a large number of Templar Defender robots.

These Temple Defenders are made up of dumb AI, similar to mechanical sentinels, that kill enemies by firing beams.

Normally, it can use its own laser to maintain the shield world's devices, ensuring that it is not invaded by enemies and that it can be maintained for a long time.

When the shield world was created, it was originally a giant fortification to help the Forerunners avoid the Flood.

But what the forerunners did not expect was that the flood created by the original base, Lao Deng, after evolving into the corpse-brain beast, could even infect things like artificial intelligence AI.

This directly led to the infection and rebellion of all the artificial intelligence of the Forerunner civilization.

Most of the Forerunners did not have time to retreat to the Shield World. In order to protect their people from entering the Shield World, many Forerunners directly activated their Halo and perished together with the Flood. After the Forerunners activated their Halo and destroyed most of the Flood, a small number of Flood still survived.

And in the Shield World, there are still some Flood demons that have not been completely eliminated!
In Leon's memory, he knew that the reason why the Flood remaining in the Shield World did not completely overwhelm the world was because of the sentinels such as the Temple Defenders.

Relying on close surveillance and cautious prevention and control, they always kept the number of Flood demons within an appropriate range, and the two sides continued to fight each other for tens of thousands of years.

But this delicate balance can easily be disrupted by external factors.

If other civilized forces, without knowing that there are Flood demons here, break in without permission and voluntarily give their heads to those Flood demons, then we will be in big trouble!

'It seems we need to hurry up.'

Li Ang thought to himself.

The forces that are also eyeing the Shield World and the remains of the Forerunner civilization are not only the Universal Corporation, but also the Star Alliance that is rushing here in a hurry!
And now the first thing the Universal Corporation has to do is to find the genetic data of the Flood left in the ruins to see if it can improve the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus against the Flood.

As long as they can develop the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus and kill the Flood in the Shield World, all the relics left by the Forerunner civilization will be theirs!

Moreover, if Leon remembered correctly, there were fleets left by the Forerunner civilization in that shield world. These fleets were all unmanned ships that could be controlled by AI.

Coincidentally, what the world's largest companies lack the least is AI!

By then, AI Mr. Blue Eyes, AI Batmoss, and AI Spider Murphy can all be responsible for driving these ships and using them for their own purposes.

After determining the next action plan, Leon immediately gave an order to Morgan Blackhand on the front line:
"Notify the researchers in the Biotechnology Department immediately, take over the laboratory in the ruins, and find the genetic data about the Flood as soon as possible."

"Also, notify the frontline headquarters to immediately dispatch members of the ace advance team to use the transport ship on the Harvest Planet to disguise themselves as a transport team and enter the Arcadia Planet."

Since the intention is to make a fortune quietly, of course, we cannot blatantly send out a fleet to forcibly occupy the Arcadia colony.

Enter the village quietly, don't let anyone shoot you.

As long as we can get the technological points and key information in the Shield World, this trip will be a complete success!

"I will arrange for AIs such as Spider Murphy and Batmos to help you decipher the Forerunner's data. If necessary, I will let Europa come to assist you."

When Morgan Blackhand heard this, he immediately realized the importance of the technological points in the Shield World to the giant enterprise.

You know, AI Europa is a transcendental AI that can run the production and workflow of an entire global giant company!

Its computing power is sufficient to support the daily operation of multiple worlds.

If Europa were to be mobilized, it would certainly have a series of impacts on the factories and multiple departments of the giant companies.

Therefore, before using the Transcendental AI Europa, the entire factory area or work department of the giant company needs to stop working and save the data.

"Also, let David and the others take over the mission of kidnapping Dr. Katherine Halsey on Reach. This mission is very arduous and will require you to put in more effort."

After explaining this series of tasks, Li Ang felt quite emotional. This was the first time he had sent out so many troops at the same time to carry out missions on multiple fronts.

And every mission is crucial!

"Yes, boss!"

Morgan responded.

"So be it."

After he finished speaking, Leon left the center console and came to the observation deck with Lucy, Ott Cunningham and others.

Looking at the fleet and engineering team entering and exiting the 004 "Halo" universe, Leon's heart grew heavier.

Seeing that Li Ang frowned slightly, Lucy, the secretary general, took the initiative to ask: "Boss, will there be any accidents in this operation?"

"Or... there are other forces competing with us for the remains of the Forerunner civilization!"

Lucy's sixth sense has always been accurate, and she did guess what Leon was worried about, which was the Star Alliance.

Facing Lucy's concern, Leon nodded slightly and said:
"The 004 universe will be our focus in the next few years, or even a decade."

"On one hand, there are unexpected events that may occur in other universes, and on the other hand, there is the Halo universe that needs to be dealt with urgently. Fighting on multiple fronts will be a great test of our execution capabilities."

Li Ang wanted to take control of this world as soon as possible, but he was also very clear that the more anxious he was, the slower things would go, so he had to calm himself and keep his composure.

After all, the Halo universe is a world that goes straight to revealing the origin of the universe and coming into contact with "God".

Even if we want to defeat multiple civilizations, it will probably take decades.

Therefore, in Leon's vision, he decided to let the Universal Corporation represent the human civilization here, and rule the Halo universe as the designated successor of the Forerunners and the "legitimate heir" of the descendants of the pioneers!
To put it simply, Li Ang threatened the emperor to control the princes!
The princes here naturally refer to other civilized forces, and the emperor represents the human civilization here.

And now, Li Ang still needs to perform a good show of "killing the chicken to scare the monkey".

The Star Alliance that came to his doorstep was the chicken he had designated!
However, the problem now is that the naval strength of the Universal Corporation is not much different from the fleet strength of the Star Alliance.

Unless the [War Moon] megastructure is moved into the field and killed with one shot, otherwise, if it is just a competition of fleet strength, there is a high probability that both sides will die in the battle.

But the War Moon is Leon's weapon to guard the 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe. He will not easily use this celestial-level weapon unless it is absolutely necessary.

After much thought, Leon decided to give the Star Alliance a chance to start over, or they could just submit and serve as a guard dog for humans.

Or be physically destroyed!
After gaining a clearer understanding of the current situation faced by the giant company, Lucy and Ultra were both silent for a moment. No wonder Leon felt worried.

As the giant company's sphere of influence expands, the points that need to be taken into consideration are also beginning to grow exponentially. This time, the difficulties they have to face are more than any other world in the past!

"Boss, do you need us to do anything for you now?"

Lucy raised her eyes and looked at Leon. Even if it was just to make Leon relax a little or feel happier at this moment, she would do her best.

"Don't worry, let the bullets fly for a while."

Li Ang looked towards the star gate. His deployment had already been issued. This move had been made, and the rest depended on how the chess pieces would be used.

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three days later.

Harvest Star, Odgate City!

Ever since the advance team of the world's giant enterprise raided the city hall and took full control of the operation of the rich planet, the engineering department of the giant enterprise immediately began to "grow wildly".

A large number of infrastructure robots, countless patrol aircraft, and ground force soldiers quickly occupied the entire territory of the Rich Star.

Soon, with the joint construction of thousands of Hextech robots, several shipbuilding docks and ports for docking ships have taken shape.

After seeing the generous treatment offered by the giant company, the local human residents also spontaneously participated in the construction project.

For the workers who have been oppressed and exploited for so long, as long as they are given the respect and fair treatment they deserve, they will support the new regime 100%.

Fairness has always been a rare thing.

As a global giant that has always taken "equivalent exchange" as its first rule, it was natural for it to easily gain the full support of local residents.

If it wasn't for the fact that they really couldn't survive, who would risk their life to join the rebels and follow this bunch of unreliable desperadoes to engage in a rebellious cause that would cost their lives.

Rather than working like a slave under the control of the UNSC, having every drop of blood and sweat squeezed out of you, or risking your life following the villain army, wouldn't it be better to follow a giant corporation and live a stable and prosperous life?

In this way, under the leadership of the giant enterprise, the situation on the planet of abundance has completely stabilized, and all matters are developing in a good direction.

(End of this chapter)