Chapter 248: Sojourner Battleship! World Seed! Noetic Domain Access Point!

"Commander-in-Chief!"

At this moment, the communicator in front of the central console suddenly turned around and reported to the commander:

"Our communication connection with the headquarters has been forcibly interrupted by an unknown device. Now we have lost contact with the Prophet of Sorrow."

"In addition, the commander of the Jiralhanae wants to negotiate with you face to face to discuss the next decision-making plan."

The Prophet of Sorrow mentioned by the communicator is one of the core leaders of the entire Star Alliance organization. Together with the Prophet of Truth and the Prophet of Mercy, he controls the power of the Star Alliance.

The interests and strategic vision of these three leaders are so similar that if you don’t know them, you might think they are triplets.

However, although these three old men look like skinny turtles, they control all the secrets of the Star Alliance and plan all the decision-making and deployment of the Star Alliance.

All members of the entire elite civilization must obediently obey their arrangements.

“Ghost Face Beast…!”

Hearing this, the elite commander narrowed his eyes thoughtfully and began to think carefully.

"I don't like those sinister villains who are always thinking about conspiracies and plotting ways to stab their allies in the back. Don't pay attention to them. Wait until the fleet stabilizes first."

Although the Jiralhanae civilization is a younger brother of the Alliance that was convinced by the elites, this younger brother is a typical one who only follows the Prophet and has become the Prophet's most loyal lackey.

In addition, the two races, the Jiralhanae and the Elites, have a feud and they don't like each other.

But considering that everyone was busy "breaking the safe and getting money", the fight did not break out for the time being.

Once the crucial moment of dividing the money comes, the elites are ready to take action at any time to show the Jiralhanae and their BYD gang what it means to be a fighting race that trades brains for power!
"Yes, Commander-in-Chief!"

After receiving a clear signal, the communicator simply ignored the Jiralhanae commander's request for dialogue.

During this process, the entire Covenant advance fleet is about to pass through the outer shell area of ​​the shield world and reach the inner area!
Upon seeing this, the crew members immediately shared the real-time images from the front of the warship to the central console.

Looking at the metallic soil inside the shield world, which enveloped the glittering and psychedelic core world, the charming oceans and forests changed in their sight like a kaleidoscope, which stunned countless elites.

Obviously, in their view only "God" can accomplish such an architectural miracle.

The commander-in-chief of the elite also put aside his worries for the time being, turned his head and looked at the holographic screen attentively, marveling at the spectacle before him:
"This is the world inside the ruins. It seems that our sincerity has moved the gods, so the ruins have opened up to us!"

At this moment, excited shouts of the elite crew members rang out from inside the ship. They believed that it was because of God's choice that they were able to successfully enter the core of the shield world.

The elites believe that the relics left by God are definitely not just the ferocious flood monsters on the ground. Although this race is a bit barbaric, they still have basic aesthetic values.

It is impossible to treat that ugly thing called the Flood as the incarnation of some god.

In fact, when the elite commander was ordered to send troops to investigate the ground of the Shield World, he realized that the Flood posed a great threat to intelligent life forms.

These disgusting things not only have a strong desire to attack living things, but even the spores produced after death can cause living things to be infected and assimilated.

Such an alien bug that is so hard to guard against could never be related to God.

However, what the elites could not have imagined was that the Flood was a horrific biological weapon created from the original god's body material.

Even the gods they worshipped - the Forerunner civilization - died at the hands of the Flood!

Just after the elite commander reported the basic characteristics and threats of the Flood to the Prophet of Sorrow at headquarters.

The answer it got was that it was forbidden to attack the Flood!

Because the Prophet of Regret believes that the Flood is a biological weapon deliberately left on the surface of the Shield World by the Forerunners and is the guardian of the Shield World.

But according to the elite commander's observation, the Flood and the temple defenders on the ground seem to be in a hostile relationship. Once the two meet, they will start fighting to the death.

The Temple Defenders will also attack the elite soldiers after scanning and identification, which makes the elite commander very entangled and confused.

Because it found that its own scientific research team was completely disliked by the Flood and the defenders of the Temple.

If we really have to say which one is the creation of the Forerunners, the commander is more inclined to the Templar Defender.

After all, the painting styles of the two are completely different!
The Flood has powerful tentacles all over its body, and can even grow metallic spikes to stab and scratch the protective clothing of the scientific research team members.

Once a person is stabbed by the Flood, he or she will be infected in a short period of time and become a part of the Flood.

Such a horrific means of invasion is definitely something that could only be created by an evil god. Such a disgusting existence that blasphemes against God could never have been created by the forerunners.

In short, according to the aesthetic point of view of the elite commander, the Flood is a heretic, scum that should be completely cleaned up, but it dare not carry out a large-scale sweep.

After all, with the Prophet of Sorrow's orders and the Jiralhanae watching nearby, the elite commander did not dare to disobey orders and take the initiative to eliminate the Flood below.

In this way, with the help of the first wave of gifts and the physical nourishment of other Covenant fanatics, the Flood was able to evolve rapidly and reached the early stage of the second stage.

If we give them some more time and let them evolve to the third stage, it is not impossible to breed corpse-brain beasts!

"Anyway, now at least we don't have to worry about the flood on the ground. If we keep delaying like this, I don't know when we can see the remains of God."

The elite commander sighed.

Now the entire Star Alliance is controlled by the old men led by the Prophet of Sorrow. No matter how confused or unwilling they are, they can only obey the Prophet's orders unconditionally.

However, as the commander of this scientific research fleet, it can still order the elites to avoid contact with the Flood, and strictly prohibit fanatical religious believers from sacrificing themselves to the Flood.

Under its control, the number of Flood demons did not further explode and grow.

Watching the fleet slowly heading towards the inner world, the elite commander calmed down and continued to issue orders:
"Immediately prepare the survey team and combat troops, and prepare to go to the core area of ​​the ruins for investigation!"

"Yes!"

……

At this moment, the core area of ​​Shield World.

This is a circular space. A holographic miniature of the entire shield world is clearly presented in this area. Here, Halsey has seen the real-time situation of the Covenant fleet.

At this time, the pioneer AI with a metallic sphere shape, who claimed to be the supervisor of the shield world [031 Passionate Witness], floated in front of Halsey and said:
[Dear Recycler, I have followed your instructions and dragged all the Covenant fleets in near-Earth orbit into the shield world, and blocked their communication signals with the outside world.]

It turned out that the moment Halsey and his team saw the Forerunner AI, they had already obtained the right to use the entire Shield World. Under Halsey's instructions, the Forerunner AI had forcibly pulled the Covenant fleet parked outside into the Shield World through its gravity field.

【Is there anything I can help you with now? 】

At this time, the Forerunner AI continued to ask.

Seeing this scene, David couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the designated successor of human civilization is treated well.

It’s nothing like the Star Alliance outside, who have been tinkering for a long time and feeding all the Flood demons on the ground into the second stage, but still can’t get in.

When they first arrived, they felt like they were back home.

In response to the Forerunner AI's question, Halsey did not hesitate to express her intention directly:

"I need all the information here, especially the technological knowledge of the Forerunner civilization. Please organize all this information and share it with us."

"So that we can master and use these technologies in the shortest possible time to enhance the power of human civilization."

Halsey's words almost had the meaning of "I, human! Give me money" written on his forehead.

[Sorry, I can't completely carry out your order. ]

The voice of the Forerunner AI was as calm and steady as ever. It explained to Halsey:
[The pioneers' scientific and technological knowledge has already been sorted out and prepared, and there are corresponding prototypes for study and analysis. The only thing I can do is to pass this information to you. ]

[But the condition is that I need to communicate with your highest governor to verify that humans already have a complete civilization system.]

Seeing this, Halsey nodded thoughtfully. It turned out that the forerunners had this factor of test for their own recyclers.

But this is normal. After all, no matter how finely the advanced scientific and technological knowledge is broken down, it still requires humans to have the most basic scientific and technological system and civilization system as support.

Otherwise, even if this set of relics was given to humans, they would not be able to create powerful technological weapons, giant ships and cannons.

Without a foundation, there is no leap.

"The Supreme Archon of Human Civilization...!"

Halsey subconsciously thought of the UNSC, but then shook her head, thinking that a bunch of good-for-nothings were not qualified to inherit the Forerunners' legacy.

After all, the human government in the 004 "Halo" universe has long since fallen apart, with only large capital consortiums and military organizations left. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a world of warlords.

Only the world's giant corporation has completed the integration of the three human worlds and even established a powerful trade circle in other universes.

This is truly what everyone wants!
As the founder of a giant global enterprise, Leon is naturally the supreme ruler of human civilization as mentioned by [031 Enthusiastic Witness] AI.

"Okay, I will arrange a meeting between you and the Archon of the Human Government as soon as possible."

Halsey nodded in response, and then made another request to the Forerunner AI: "Now I need you to report all the technological weapons, items, and core devices of the Shield World."

"Including the basic information of the Shield World, I want it all!"

Faced with Halsey's repeated request, 031 testified enthusiastically and without further ado, and immediately transmitted all the relevant information to the other party.

[It has been uploaded to your power armor's built-in network, please check it carefully. ]

As soon as he finished speaking, Halsey found a large amount of documents and information on his helmet screen, which contained all the relevant information and weapon introductions of the Shield World.

After carefully reading the information, Halsey realized that there is a complete ecosystem and protozoa inside the Shield World.

For example, the sky stingrays flying above the sea of ​​clouds are a life species unique to the Shield World.

But these are not the most important things. What shocked and excited Halsey the most were the warships and technological equipment here!

In the Shield World, there are a large number of Sojourner Dreadnoughts. These super battleships are 9430 meters in length and weigh tens of billions of tons. They are the main battleships of the Forerunner civilization.

The Sojourner's shipborne weapon system consists of 28 mass light-speed cannons and light mass accelerator cannons, but the key warp engine device is the core killing weapon of the Sojourner battleship.

This engine device can release powerful gravity waves, directly distorting the shields or armor of enemy warships. If it encounters a fragile warship, it can directly destroy it in one go!

In the era of Forerunner civilization, their most commonly used interstellar tactic was to rely on an array of more than a dozen Sojourner warships, using powerful gravity waves to directly distort the enemy's fleet.

This thing is truly technological magic!
In addition, the most amazing technology of the Sojourner is its powerful automation, which requires only a few people to operate this huge starship.

For example, the 10-meter-long Infinity aircraft carrier owned by Giant Enterprise would require at least tens of thousands of people to operate it, while the Forerunner's travelers only need less than people!

What an exaggerated automated system this is.

The most important thing is that, under the special arrangement of the Forerunners, these warships can only be used by humans.

Yes, that’s how it targets other alien civilizations!
Even the Covenant, which is the most skilled in reverse engineering and forcibly cracking the Forerunner devices, is unable to control and use these Sojourner warships.

This is my biological son!
In addition to powerful battleship devices like the Sojourner, there are also key props left by the Forerunner civilization on the Shield World - the [World Seed].

As the name suggests, the so-called world seeds are technological items that can create new planetary environments and life species. The shield world that Halsey sees now is actually sown by world seeds.

This thing is amazing. It can actually create a new world with oceans, forests, and grasslands on a metal celestial body.

There is even genetic material that automatically generates new life species. This is equivalent to sowing "civilization" and doing something that only gods can do!

No wonder the Covenant calls the Forerunners "Gods", they can really do things that only Gods can do.

"I guess this is the technology that the Forerunners inherited from the Pioneers."

Halsey, who has learned the origin of the Halo universe, understands that the Forerunner's world seeds are likely the key props used by the original pioneers to spread civilized species.

Maybe ancient humans and forerunners also came from the sowing of world seeds!
And now, the world's giant companies also have divine props, which can sow a civilization and a vibrant new world on a barren planet.

After breathing a sigh of relief and calming down his slightly agitated mood, Halsey looked at the last key technological device.

It was not until this moment that she discovered the most important thing in the Shield World.

That is the Zhiyu access point!

(End of this chapter)