Chapter 276: The Ark! The Final Word! The Missionary Who Has Been Forgotten for 10 Years!

Seeing Ott Cunningham and Halsey turn around and leave, AI Loki fell into silent standby mode again. In fact, it had heard all the conversations between Leon and the executives just now.

If we analyze the best candidates for interstellar governor in the Halo universe from the perspective of artificial intelligence, there are actually only Morgan Blackhand and Solomon Reed.

Next in line is the turn of Ott Cunningham, or senior executives of giant companies such as Asako Mori, Raleigh, and Song Zhaomei.

After all, through the comparison of data from both sides, Morgan Blackhand's style of doing things was quite sophisticated when it came to handling tasks for the human camp.

This steady style of "planning before acting" gives people a sense of impeccability, and is quite reliable in dealing with the Halo universe where the overall situation has been determined.

And Reed was also quite good. In the process of instigating the rebellion of the Star Alliance, it was he who led Wadami to separate the Star Alliance, and was the first to realize the possible signs of rebellion among the elite senators.

If Morgan Blackhand's style is steady, then Reed is shrewd. He is very clear about the direction of every link, or can predict the impending danger in advance.

On the surface, Li De seems a bit dull and rigid, but in fact, this old hand who has been in the system for many years is smarter than anyone else.

It wouldn't be a bad idea to let him be the interstellar governor.

The situation of Ott Cunningham is more complicated. The first point is that she has no relevant governing experience. Her speeches and publicity may be of some use.

But her courage and bravery cannot make up for her lack of governing experience. Experience and knowledge are very important for an executive!
The reason why V was able to quickly take on the position of interstellar governor was because he had sufficient experience as a head coach and knew how to control his subordinates and deal with difficult and troublesome matters.

Military and politics are essentially the same thing, and executive officers need to have sufficient experience in managing people. Senior officials like Otto, who have been living behind the scenes for many years, are somewhat worrying in this regard.

The most crucial thing is that as a candidate for governor, the most intolerable thing is to have a "qualification stain". Although the mistakes made by Otto in the past were not big, the stain exists.

This alone has already limited her upper limit!

So after comprehensive consideration, AI Loki still thinks that Morgan Blackhand and Reed are most likely to take over as the 004 "Halo" Star Governor.

However, as a cabinet AI, it will not actively interfere with the governor's appointment. After all, it has no decision-making power, only insignificant proposal power.

Not long after, a Skyhawk shuttle, escorted by four flapping-wing aircraft, quickly rushed out of the hangar of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier and flew towards the portal area on the ground.

After flying to a location outside Mombasa, the flapping-wing aircraft continued to maintain its original altitude, while the shuttle slowly descended until it landed steadily on the wasteland.

As the hatch opened, Rita, Cage and others, wearing power armor, and a dozen Spartan warriors walked out of the cabin.

Following closely behind were researchers from giant companies led by Ott and Halsey.

They also wore airtight chemical protective suits and engineering exoskeleton mechanical devices to avoid sudden accidents.

Everyone walked out of the cabin, and the Skyhawk shuttle took off and retreated, while Otto and others continued to move forward and walked towards the entrance of the internal passage of the matrix leading to the portal.

Looking at the closed metal gate in front of him, then looking at the entrance, and seeing the huge matrix main structure, Ott Cunningham couldn't help but sigh:
"The Forerunner civilization is worthy of being the former dominant civilization in the Halo universe. Even at our current rate of development, it will take at least two hundred years to catch up with their technological level!"

To Halsey, who was standing by, Ott Cunningham's words sounded like a pure Versailles show of pretense.

With the Forerunner civilization being almost invincible at the level of basic physics, even if the Universal Corporation develops for another thousand years and can catch up to half of their level, it would be considered quite awesome!

However, if you think carefully about the history of the world's giant companies, it has only been half a century since their establishment to their current size.

Such rapid development progress can be regarded as a miracle of human civilization. Halsey was silent for a while.

Half a century ago, the Universal Corporation from the main universe was just an ordinary military-industrial company in Night City's Little Chinatown. It made its first fortune from gang fights to the war launched by the president.

Along the way, giant companies recruited troops and talents, and either conquered, suppressed, or destroyed many cyber companies.

But the final outcome was that Leon developed the indigenous human civilization, whose technological level was only reflected in the "mass projector" and "crystal palace" buildings, into today's interstellar civilization.

Although Halsey didn't know what Leon had done, the only thing she was sure of was that their boss Leon was the key to the evolution of human civilization and even its transcendental ascension!
At this time, Halsey looked at Otto and couldn't help asking:

"Director Otto, as far as I know, you have been working for the giant company for a long time. I believe you have witnessed the entire process of the giant company's rise."

In response to Halsey's curious question, Ott did not deny it. He just nodded and replied truthfully, "Indeed."

"I used to be just a hacker wandering in cyberspace, with a little knowledge of network technology, but now the talents in the research departments of giant companies are more capable than I was back then."

When saying this, Otto was still quite proud in his heart. The rapid rise of the global giant company was inseparable from the big vision of its boss Li Ang.

Knowing people and making good use of them is also an important part.

"So sometimes I envy you guys. Under the leadership of your boss, you have achieved such rapid technological development. Unlike us, our technological level has been stagnant for a long time."

There was a hint of anger in Halsey's voice. The reason why humans in the Halo universe rebelled was not only because of the gap between the rich and the poor, but also because technology had reached a bottleneck and was unable to improve social welfare.

This is like humans in the agricultural age, who depended on the weather for their meals. Once a natural disaster occurred, a large number of people would die. But in the industrial age, fewer people suffered from famine.

In today's interstellar age, having enough food is no longer the biggest problem for mankind. Living a better life and improving the quality of life are the top priorities.

The political clarity within the world's giant companies is also inseparable from a prosperous social atmosphere and generous welfare benefits.

Halsey finished speaking and walked towards the passage leading to the inside of the matrix: "Let's go, Director Ott, it's time to get down to business."

"Ah."

Soon, Halsey, Ott, and many other scientific researchers gathered in front of the metal gate and began to carefully examine the clues and traces on it.

At this moment, Halsey discovered a sphere-like terminal device next to the giant metal gate. Under the gaze of everyone, Halsey stretched out his hand and touched the device.

Accompanied by a loud "boom".

A dazzling blue light suddenly appeared on the metal sphere, and the information that appeared on it was the text of the Forerunner civilization.

Immediately afterwards, the location where everyone was located began to shake violently, and the huge metal gate began to expand to both sides.

As the long-sealed gate was fully opened, dust and stone debris fell down, covering everyone's exoskeletons with a layer of slightly embarrassing yellow sand.

At the same time, a huge tunnel with a length, width and height of 100 meters appeared in front of everyone.

However, faced with such a scene, the scientific researchers of giant companies, who were already accustomed to entering and exiting the star gate, did not express any surprise or astonishment.

For safety reasons, the Spartan warriors led by Rita and William Cage took the lead, holding large-caliber grenade launchers and hard laser cannons, aiming at the deep tunnel entrance.

With the help of the power armor's pulse scanning device, Rita saw through the thumbnail that everything inside was normal and there were no suspicious signs of danger.

Obviously, the tunnel was a dead silent space.

However, Rita did not let her guard down. She gave orders to the reconnaissance team members behind her to release a scanner device with a wider reconnaissance range.

After a while, the two soldiers immediately set up the scanner device and launched reconnaissance balls deep into the tunnel. These balls were made of room-temperature superconducting ore and could collect and analyze the surrounding environment.

Soon, through the detection of the reconnaissance sphere, Rita and others saw the internal structure of the tunnel. After learning that there were no other living creatures, they felt relieved.

"Let's go up first, and you wait for my news."

After saying that, Rita immediately led the team into the depths of the tunnel, and in the blink of an eye, the team led by Rita disappeared, as if they had plunged into an unknown space dimension.

But on the thumbnail, Cage saw Rita and the others passing through the depths at a very fast speed. Obviously, they had successfully reached their destination. [Everything is safe!]

After hearing Rita's reply, Cage immediately called the remaining Spartans and the scientific research team into the tunnel.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Ott nodded to Cage, then led everyone into the depths of the tunnel, where they saw a wide hall.

In the center of the hall, there is a very conspicuous terminal device, which is most likely the device for controlling the portal.

Halsey, who had already done a lot of research on the control habits of various equipment of the Forerunner civilization, immediately stepped forward, stretched out his right hand, and controlled it again.

Since the Forerunners regarded humans as recyclers, they must have kept things simple. The portal to outside the Milky Way must not be that difficult to control.

Sure enough, when Halsey's hand touched the terminal device, it was like triggering some kind of genetic verification, and when the identification was successful, the entire hall responded immediately.

boom--! !

The originally stable hall space suddenly became shaky, and dazzling blue light was emitted from the terminal equipment.

Just when Halsey thought that this place was about to collapse, the terminal device projected a whole star map, and all the Forerunner relics in the Milky Way appeared before their eyes!
At the same time, on the surface of Mombasa, due to the activation vibration caused by the terminal equipment, the matrix device outside also projected a beam of light towards the sky.

And at the end of the light beam, a vortex channel several kilometers long was actually formed, just like a jump space torn out by a jump engine.

Obviously, that is the portal to the Milky Way!

At this moment, inside the center console of the Infinity-class aircraft carrier.

"Boss, Director Otto and his team have successfully opened the portal, and the locations of the Forerunner ruins have all been marked out!"

There was an irrepressible excitement in the AI ​​Loki's report. With this intelligence information, the Halo universe would completely fall into the hands of the giant corporation.

"Well, I see."

Leon nodded. With the specific landmark information of the Forerunner ruins, complete inheritance of the Forerunner's technology, and even finding a think tank, it would only take a few years to explore [neurophysics]!
Although the basic physics knowledge of the "Halo" universe may not be applicable to other universes, the technological weapons created are really powerful.

Halo Array, Hard Light Weapons, Sojourner Dreadnought, including the Mantle that may be dug out later!
"Order the fleet to pass through the portal now."

Following Leon's order, AI Loki immediately transmitted the instructions to various departments, and the battleship array, including the Infinity-class aircraft carrier flagship, passed through the portal not far away one by one.

When the faint blue light shone through the observation deck and into the interior of the flagship, Leon saw that the surrounding space and time did not seem to be distorted at all. When the light disappeared, they arrived at the outskirts of the Milky Way!
Obviously, the principle of this portal is not to tear time and space like the leap space, but to go directly from a certain "dimension" to the outskirts of the Milky Way tens of thousands of light years away.

A span of hundreds of thousands of light years is just a blink of an eye. Such powerful space technology is enough to prove the brilliance and strength of the Forerunner civilization.

The periphery of the Milky Way seemed to be no different from the solar system, with the same dark and vast starry deep space, but soon a huge monster came into everyone's sight.

That thing is a giant celestial-level creation with a diameter of 10 Earths, the "Ark" of the Forerunners!
Seeing this huge structure that could allow a global giant to soar on the spot and become the new leader of the Halo universe, even the usually steady Le Ang couldn't help but be excited at this moment.

As long as we take down this big guy, the integration of the 004 universe will be finalized!

Immediately, Leon turned around and told AI Loki:
"Immediately dispatch two more naval fleets here, and order the Iron Hands Corps and the technical staff of the Research Department to go to the control room of the Ark."

"Finally, order Halsey, Otto and the others to enter the portal as quickly as possible. We must completely capture this Ark!"

Now that the portal has been opened, Leon naturally has to make sure that the Ark belongs to the giant company, so he has to deploy naval forces around it first and strictly prohibit other life forms from approaching.

According to the principle that "there must be monsters near the treasure chest", maybe there will be some small BOSS or something like that in the Ark.

So it’s definitely right to deploy troops in advance.

"Yes, boss!"

After AI Loki agreed, he immediately issued orders to each department in turn.

The employees under the center console cheered and celebrated with each other as the three-year journey was finally coming to an end.

Li Ang walked to the observation deck alone. He was thinking silently about David's situation. If nothing unexpected happened, David's mission should be almost completed now!
……

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Epoch Galaxy, Requiem!

At this moment, David, who has taken over Leon's secret mission, has led an ace advance team of the Iron Hand Legion to this silent galaxy.

That’s right, the place where the missionaries are imprisoned is on Requiem.

This so-called Requiem is actually not a naturally formed Earth-like planet, but a giant front-line combat base built by the Forerunners.

It can be said that Requiem is the military fortress of the Forerunners!

And in this Anquilin planet, there is also a very powerful "safe" called the Tomb of the Underworld.

The Tomb of the Underworld is a stasis control device that can put the body of a designated unit into a meditative state, rendering the unit's body completely inert, with the body intact and metabolism stopped.

Obviously, the function of the Tomb of the Underworld is almost the same as the stasis cage in the "Happy House" of Protoji Laoden.

However, the Forerunner's Tomb device has an even more amazing function, which is to enable the meditators living in the Tomb to connect with the realm of intelligence.

This means that the meditator can freely read the contents in the wisdom domain, and read them directly, which is very convenient and fast!
If the previous Shield World megastructure was a long-dusty computer, it would lag when used suddenly and the network would be poor.

The tomb is like a mobile phone that can be turned on and used at any time, and the intelligence inside can be read at any time!

After a while, David and other soldiers successfully landed on Requiem. With the help of the Forerunner AI [Passionate Witness 031], they traveled all the way to the resting place of the missionaries.

In the core area of ​​Requiem, David saw an oval hibernation capsule that was more than 10 meters long, and that was the device that sealed the missionary!

This is the only known surviving Forerunner in the Halo universe, so at this moment, all the warriors, including David, could not help but hold their breath and concentrate.

They are about to open the hibernation capsule to check on the Forerunner God of War - The Missionary - who has been sleeping for 100,000 years!

[Captain David, do we need to open the tomb? ]

At this time, the enthusiastic witness 031 Pioneer AI asked David.

"Well, open it!"

David nodded in agreement, and then the Astartes warriors around him all switched their power armor to the best defense mode, and held their bolters, all aiming at the tomb that was about to open.

If any accident occurs, they can shoot and kill the missionaries inside at any time.

Immediately, with the assistance of the enthusiastic witness AI, the Nether Tomb device began to slowly open. The oval device emitted bursts of rumbling and cracking sounds, and dazzling blue light shot out from it.

At this moment, everyone felt as if time had stood still.

As the tomb gradually opened, the hibernation capsule split into three petals along the center line and spread outward like a metal flower.

And the calyx inside it is actually the long-sealed missionary!
(End of this chapter)