Chapter 241 Where the enemy goes, so can I! The advantage is mine!
After finishing the conversation with V, Leon believed that V already knew what to do next, and he didn't need to worry too much about the rest.

Although giant companies are dispatching troops and ships from various universes to the 004 universe, some security forces have been reduced.

But the factories in Ideal City and engineers and scientific research members from all over the country are also working overtime.

This is to ensure the weapons and warship reserves in each universe and to prevent other unexpected accidents.

The 003 universe is an important town second only to the 004 "Halo" universe, so V's security forces remain the same as usual and not many troops are dispatched.

At this moment, Li Ang, who had just finished talking to V, was browsing the reports from various departments. Soon he received a message from David.

It turned out that not long ago, the transport boat carrying David, Rita and others left the jump space and arrived in Arcadia. David and others had successfully sneaked into the enemy's core area.

And obtained key information of ONI at the ruins site.

As for Rita, Cage and others, they are secretly bribing local officials and gang bosses, trying to find out the defense situation of Arcadia and the internal structure of the city hall.

Obviously, they are planning to replicate the previous decapitation operation, control the entire Arcadia center, and help the giant company successfully take over the colony planet.

However, before receiving instructions from the highest headquarters, they cannot act rashly and must lie in wait patiently.

Leon, in line with the principle of keeping quiet is better than making a big splash, decided to first reserve enough warships, as well as supplies and soldiers to support multi-line operations, and to take over Shield World and Reach at the same time.

Since we are preparing for war, we should do it all at once and not give the Covenant and the UNSC any time and opportunity to react.

As for the preparation time, according to the reports from various departments, it will probably take about a month.

During this period, the Cosmic Corporation must further explore the surrounding star fields of the Planet of Abundance, develop local resources, and guard against the movements of the UNSC or the rebels.

"Boss, David and his team have successfully returned to the headquarters of the Wanjie Base with the information about the ruins of Arcadia. Should we meet with them now?"

At this time, a communicator reported to Li Ang.

"Well, let them come."

As soon as he finished speaking, in the elevator outside the headquarters, a Skyhawk shuttle came rushing in from the edge of the sky, slowed down, lowered its landing gear, and parked steadily on the apron not far away.

The doors on both sides were opened, and investigators including David and Cage, each carrying a briefcase, walked out of the cabin and headed straight for the headquarters.

Only David and his group of Astartes warriors returned this time, and in order to cover the successful return of this group of "tin cans", William Cage did not hesitate to use the ghost hand again and put in some "human relations".

Money makes the world go round, even in this world.

Thanks to this, David and others can move back and forth between the important colonies and core facilities of the UNSC as if they were at home.

Three hours later.

With the help of the key information of Shield World 0459 obtained by David, AI Loki has analyzed part of the data:

[Boss, based on the information provided by the Arcadia Ruins, combined with the coordinate system and data of the Harvest Ruins, we have successfully determined the specific location of the Shield World.]

After saying that, Loki projected a clear holographic screen showing a well-marked star map of the Shield World.

[Shield World 0459 is located in the southern star field outside the Orion Arm, about 425 light years away from Harvest.]

After hearing the report from AI Loki, Leon couldn't help but frown. He only knew the importance of the Shield World before, but he didn't expect that the Shield World was so far away from here.

Even if an Infinity-class starship were to lead the troops there, it would probably take some time.

"It would be great if there was a slingshot megastructure, so that we could travel to that star region in the blink of an eye."

Li Ang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Speed ​​means efficiency, but even if the distance is far, he has to lead the troops to expedition to the Shield World.

[In addition, we have also analyzed that the Shield World is quite close to the Star Alliance territory you mentioned earlier.]

[That is to say, if we send an expeditionary force to the Shield World, there is a high probability that we will encounter the advance forces of the Star Alliance and clash with them.]

AI Loki continued to add:
[Once this interstellar war begins, we will likely suffer losses due to our long expedition, so the decision to occupy the shield world needs to be carefully considered.]

Loki obviously understood the principle of "waiting for the enemy to tire themselves out". If the troops of the Universal Corporation wanted to reach the Shield World as quickly as possible, they would have to use space jumps multiple times.

But doing so would cause a huge amount of energy loss. Once their fleet reaches the Shield World, they would probably not have the advantage in dealing with the Covenant's advance forces.

However, even after learning these information points, Li Ang still had no intention of changing his mind.

The key information, technological points, and even the "neurophysics" "techniques" left behind by the pioneer civilization in the Shield World are all treasures that the world's giant companies are determined to obtain.

It is impossible to say that we can give it up just because the distance is too far or the enemy has got there first. Whoever dares to snatch things from the giant company will be killed with these ugly alien heretics!
"The ruins in the Shield World are related to whether we can gain a foothold in the 004 universe, so I will not give up the decision to occupy the Shield World."

Since the leader has spoken, AI Loki will of course follow the other party's ideas.

These subordinates only provide information and suggestions, and the decision-making power is still in Leon's hands. It is the boss, not himself, who really bears the risk.

[Yes!] Loki responded.

Then, Leon looked at AI Loki and continued to ask, "How is the decryption of the ruins point on the Rich Planet going?"

[The current decryption progress has reached 79%. ]

Loki's holographic image flashed, and the core decryption results were presented to Leon:

[We have excavated the genetic samples of the Flood in this relic site, as well as the coordinate system information of other relic sites and related technological points.]

[But it will take another 45 days to completely decipher the contents of the ruins. ]

With the presence of AI Batmos, AI Spider Murphy and other AI, Loki went very smoothly in the decryption process and basically did not encounter any difficult problems.

However, the remaining key information is difficult to decipher and needs to be slowly "polished" out over time.

"Okay, I will continue to send troops to subvert and capture more intelligent AIs to help you speed up the decryption work."

Li Ang was quite satisfied with his subordinates' completion of tasks, but they should not waste time if they could get it done as soon as possible.

He has always pursued high efficiency and just wanted to make comprehensive preparations before the UNSC and the Covenant launched a counterattack or invasion plan.

A man's romance lies in speeding through the journey.

[Okay, boss! ]

As soon as he finished speaking, AI Loki dissipated his holographic projection and continued to use most of his computing power on the decryption task.

Leon also turned and left the center console, riding the Skyhawk shuttle above the Ideal City, looking at the city skyline below and the huge cyber holographic screen.

In this rare moment of solitude, he recalled the many events during this period and the strategic tasks that had been deployed. If we talk about the most important strategic goal of the giant company at present, it must be to capture the Shield World 0459 celestial body hundreds of light years away from the Rich Star.

After thinking for a moment, Leon decided to use the Long Night as the core mothership and carry a large expeditionary force to the galaxy where the Shield World is located.

And he still sits firmly as the head coach at the headquarters of the Ten Thousand Worlds Base, remotely commanding the expeditionary force to the Shield World through superluminal communication equipment.

Since the Star Alliance fleet hasn't come here to play "burning glass", if the invaders can go, I can go too!

Let the Megacorp fleet strike first, run to the Covenant's territory to attack them by surprise, seize the ruins in the Shield World, and take Francis and other researchers from the Biotechnology Department with them.

If you really encounter trouble that you can't solve, just spread the Manticore virus and kill these heretics!
Whether it's the Covenant or the Flood, they will all die if they encounter the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus that only targets their genes.

'All we need now is a Spartan II!'

If we were to say what other technological point in the Halo universe Leon cares about most, besides neurophysics and star roads, it would definitely be the transformation technology of Spartan warriors.

The pinnacle form of the Spartan Warrior - the Phase II Spartan Warrior, is an elite military unit in normal human form that is quite in line with the needs of the Universal Corporation.

After all, it is not very convenient for a large tin can like V to sneak into the normal human world to carry out investigations or assassination missions.

In the future conquest of the world, there will definitely be many tasks that require lurking and investigating to be carried out.

Unless you have come to the "Three-Body" universe, where there are intelligent particles monitoring at the microscopic level, all the movements of the world's giant companies are under the observation of the Trisolarans.

But all the Trisolarans could do was just watch with their eyes wide open. Faced with all the high-tech means of the world's giant companies, they couldn't even run away!

After all, the core motherships of the Cosmic Giant Enterprise are all equipped with superluminal engines and antimatter shields in front. They can destroy a drop of water by throwing it, and it is easy to deal with the Trisolarans.

Thinking of this, Leon turned on the holographic screen and looked at the location of the fleet carrying Reed and Jack Wells.

Just recently, he sent a warship to Reach, preparing to secretly kidnap Dr. Catherine Halsey and make her work for the giant company to develop the second batch of Spartan warriors.

As early as two days ago, the Infinity-class battleship had carried Astartes warriors such as Reed and Jack to a star field about 0.5 light-year away from Reach.

With the Infinity-class battleships' hyperdrives to complete space jumps, this fleet does not need to complete jumps in the jump space, so the UNSC cannot detect their movements.

Under Reed's command, this giant corporate fleet has successfully avoided UNSC monitoring and quietly entered Reach's low-Earth orbit.

The mission that Reed is going to carry out this time is not only to kidnap the genius scientist Katherine Halsey, but also to pack up and take away all the experimenters, including Chief Petty Officer John 117.

In this way, Reed and his men will definitely face ONI's crazy retaliation, and the Universal Corporation will also face UNSC's search, until both sides completely uncover their contradictions and engage in fierce conflict!
However, after these days of preparation, Leon has completed 80% of the troop deployment, which is now enough to completely crush the armed forces of human civilization here.

There is a huge factory like Ideal City for resource supply, and a powerful fleet ready to go, plus Li Ang is in charge of the headquarters of All Worlds, providing high-intensity unified deployment and command.

Compared to the UNSC and UEG, which are mired in civil war and rebellion and colonial independence, we cannot say that we are 100% superior to our opponents, but there is nothing wrong with modestly saying "the advantage is on us".

However, unless it is absolutely necessary, Leon will not go to war directly with the UNSC and start this interstellar war.

Including the Star Alliance that was hundreds of light years away, he tried his best to communicate with the other party first and tried to enslave them to achieve the strategic goal of defeating the enemy without fighting.

Especially the Star Alliance, this group of street urchins seem to be very united, and they like to kill people, burn things, win gold belts, and show brotherhood everywhere.

But they are actually just like humans, they all have their own little calculations, and will stab each other's allies in the back for their own interests.

It can be said that the behavior of this bunch of street urchins is just like that of the eighteen princes who fought against Dong Zhuo. When they have an advantage, each of them wants to rush forward and grab kills, but when they have a disadvantageous situation, they just want to stay on the sidelines and wait for opportunities to come.

When you see someone with low health, rush up and finish him off.

Including but not limited to one's own allies.

Therefore, Leon can also adopt internal division, winning over and suppressing means to disintegrate the members of the Star Alliance and regain this force for his own use.

"I hope everything goes well for V and Li De."

Li Ang muttered to himself.

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At this moment, 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe!
More than 20 giant ships belonging to the world's giant companies are anchored in a shipyard not far away.

Various types of transport boats are constantly traveling back and forth between ships and bases, transporting necessary supplies and a large number of combat personnel for the fleet.

Moreover, among this expeditionary fleet consisting of 26 starships, 16 are Hyperion cruisers, 8 are RCS armored cruisers, and the remaining two core motherships are Infinity-class battleships.

As a main flagship with a length of more than 5,000 meters and sufficient to accommodate 40,000 people and a large number of ground and air vehicles, the Infinity-class super-interstellar aircraft carrier is still the primary flagship choice of giant companies.

After all, whether it is the War Moon megastructure or the Long Night starship, they all seem a bit "overpowered" when used to go out and deal with a few rebels, giving the impression of using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

With the current size of the fleet, it is more than enough to deal with ordinary interstellar rebellion incidents.

In addition, this is thanks to the unremitting efforts of the core scientific research team in the scientific hub megastructure.

They have further reduced the manufacturing cost of energy shield, the representative technology from the Reaper civilization!
The principle of the Harvester civilization's energy shield is to use the extremely high energy provided by the nuclear fusion reactor and specific devices to confine this energy within a corresponding strong magnetic field.

In this way, the force field forms a physical barrier visible to the naked eye.

Although the antimatter shield of the Universe Corporation is more effective and has stronger defensive capabilities, the production cost of this good thing is high and cannot be fully used on the Corporation's fleet.

Only fleets that need to perform critical combat missions can be equipped with such luxurious defensive systems.

Although the production cost of the Reaper civilization's energy shield is not as high as that of the antimatter shield, it is also a relatively luxurious defensive device.

It is not easy to assemble on a large scale.

But now, Science Hub has knocked the price down!!

From now on, the energy shield can be fully deployed by regular troops.

In addition, a magnetic field deviation device is embedded in the outer armor of each ship, which serves as an additional line of defense against energy attacks when the energy shield fails due to overload.

As for the firepower system, V specially dismantled two Ulpern super-heavy plasma lance main guns from the Long Night starship and installed them on the two Infinity-class flagships.

There is no way, because the Light Lance main gun is so powerful. With this Light Lance cannon, the Infinity's magnetic accelerator cannon is really not enough.

In addition, there are also four-rotor whale transport boats, 560 Storm Eagle gunboats and combat ornithopters, and a large number of assault boats.

Including ground vehicles such as Ronin Titan Mecha, Ion Titan, Demon Lizard Chariot, and Chimera Chariot, all have been prepared!

(End of this chapter)