Chapter 279 John 117! Resurrect the Primordial! Prometheus Regiment!
"Hey! I say... Can't you guys talk about something other than work during your break? Aren't you tired enough from working normally?"

David was speechless and said that ever since Senior V left the front line and entered the core management position of the giant company, the key tasks and combat plans of the giant company were basically all handed over to him.

For example, the mission of kidnapping missionaries not long ago was carried out by David himself.

The advantage is that you work more and advance faster.

Now, David has just completed the last organ transformation operation and became the second Primaris warrior of the Universal Corporation. His influence in the Iron Hands Chapter is increasing.

In addition, immediately after the operation, David participated in the postoperative test of killing a thousand experimental monsters alone, although he successfully passed the test.

However, the test results were five minutes longer than V's, and he was so tired that he had to quit on the spot, exhausted.

But at that time, V not only passed the test, but even had enough energy to take the next round of tests. This made David deeply aware of how big the gap in talent was between himself and V.

But even so, it does not affect David's status as a leader among the new generation of Astartes warriors and a strong contender for the future chapter leader of the Iron Hands Chapter.

"Boss, I really envy you. Primaris warriors are an incredible achievement for our company. Even your old superiors, Reed and Chief Jack, haven't completed the transformation surgery yet."

"And our upper limit is just that. At most, we are a little bit stronger than ordinary people."

William Cage smiled and sighed, saying that the upper limit of the Spartan warriors was obvious. Even for a transformer like Rita, the best they could do was reach the level of a tenth-stage Astartes warrior.

As an ordinary Spartan warrior, he is probably only at the level of an Astartes warrior in the seventh or eighth surgical stage.

The gap between them and Primaris warriors like V and David is still quite large.

Although Cage and Rita have normal human bodies, the upper limit of their abilities has been locked, unless Dr. Halsey starts the third phase of the Spartan warrior research program.

Otherwise, that's their limit.

However, Cage is quite satisfied with the current situation. As the saying goes, the rich rely on technology and the poor rely on mutations. Their transformations are all precision surgeries performed in laboratories by cutting-edge transformers from giant companies.

Each transformation would consume countless resources, manpower and material resources. Only in such an environment could they become stronger in a relatively safe state.

This is different from the "evil practices" that rely on taking drugs, absorbing radiation, and being infected by unknown viruses.

They follow the spiritual practice tradition of a famous and upright sect, which has no side effects on themselves, and if something really goes wrong, they are covered by the medical insurance of a giant company.

And those dangerous elements who rely on "evil practices" to become stronger might one day be killed as wild monsters by the armed forces of giant companies.

"With great power comes great responsibility. There is nothing to envy."

David replied modestly, of course, the first sentence is true, and the second sentence is half true and half false.

After all, it really feels good to be a Primaris warrior. Not only did he become a rising star general of the Iron Hands Chapter, but he also made his mother famous in front of the neighbors.

He has all the honors and status. Isn't this what one strives for in life? It's normal for him to be tired. David is not afraid of winning, but he is afraid of winning but not being able to use it.

At this time, Cage, who had just finished eating the noodles at the table, looked at the rookie recruit who was just concentrating on eating the whole time and seemed to have no reaction to the situation around him.

"Boss, who is that guy? How did he land here? He looks a little dazed. He hasn't said a word in such a long time. Could he be mute?"

Seeing that Cage finally noticed this "rookie" with a very low presence, David suddenly realized that he had not yet introduced the new member of the Advance Team of the Heavens to them.

"I almost forgot to introduce him to you. This guy's code name is John 117. Um... yes, he doesn't have a name, only a code name. From now on, you can just call him John."

"John was one of the first infant test subjects used by Dr. Halsey during the UNSC's Spartan-II transformation project."

"He is very lucky to have persisted until now, and successfully passed the most difficult transformation period, and successfully passed more than a dozen rounds of tests. Seeing that John is a malleable talent, the higher-ups arranged him to join our team."

At this point, David also told Cage a shocking fact: "Don't be fooled by this rookie's 2511-meter height, but this guy was born in the year in the Halo universe."

"It has grown to its current form quickly through stimulation and accelerated maturation through genetic modification. In other words, John is only eight years old now."

As expected, as soon as this sentence came out, Rita, Cage and others looked at John 117 who was busy eating, and were shocked: "This guy is eight years old?!"

“Isn’t this simply employing child labor? Is this legal…”

Cage glanced at John with a twitching mouth, although he couldn't see how this guy had anything to do with being a child. After all, John's muscles were more powerful than his.

"Eight years old, so what? He retired early. He can start calculating his years of service from now on. He can retire after 40 years of work. He can receive a pension before he turns 50. Isn't that great?"

David smiled and said, "John just had the surgery not long ago. He needs some time to adapt to human society. That's why I brought him out to see the world."

"That's true... Unlike me, I start work late and will be an old man in his seventies or eighties by the time I retire." Cage clicked his lips thoughtfully.

David looked at John 117 beside him. Actually, this kid's life story was quite tragic. He was an orphan, an experimental subject, a lucky man, became stronger, and was the only survivor. He had all the buffs of the protagonist in this series.

David felt more sighing than anything else about this Spartan warrior who was brought up through genetic modification. When the scientific research staff of the giant corporation first saw John who was rescued from the UNSC laboratory, he was already in an irreversible stage.

The scientific research team of the giant company could only follow the process and continue to help John complete the transformation, and finally they created this "human miracle" without any danger!
The other children who had the same experience as John 117 all died due to the rejection reaction. Among the first batch of transformed experimental subjects, John was the only one left.

Of course, in the future Spartan warrior transformation plan, the Universal Corporation will definitely need to carefully select from the academy and conduct long-term training and transformation of children.

After all, only John 117 has the protagonist halo like "Nezha". Nezha's body became holy in three years, and John's body developed completely in eight years. The experiences of the two are similar, which also indicates that John's extraordinary life has just begun.

Then, everyone started to clear the food on the table, and David and others finished their meal only after it became completely dark.

They had agreed as early as the first day of the holiday to have dinner and go shopping in Reach, and then take an interstellar cruise ship to travel to the "Halo" Earth.

So as soon as they finished their meal, David took Rita and the others to various blocks to look at new entertainment venues and to see if there were any suitable houses.

Thanks to the development activities of the world's giant companies in the universe, the housing prices in the human world have basically fallen to the cost price.

Except for core areas like Night City, the selling price of a house in other areas is at most twice the construction cost. Well... this is the most sci-fi episode, but it really exists here.

Therefore, every employee of a global giant will buy himself a new house in the human society of multiple universes for his own living convenience.

Although it is a holiday now, David and his friends did not dare to delay for a moment and traveled meticulously according to the established plan.

After all, once the vacation is over, they will have to return to the main universe immediately to participate in training. When three years are up, they will step into the new world of the heavens!
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3 years and 149 days later.

Main universe, universal city, night city!

Under the regulation of the astronomical system, the climate of this super-giant city remains so comfortable. The fresh artificial breeze blows through every giant building and finally reaches the upper floors of the Universal Headquarters.

At this moment, a news item about the slingshot and Dyson Cloud was being played on the giant holographic screen in the Night City Municipal Center.

[We have completed these two epic projects. The Quantum Slingshot in the Halo universe and the Dyson Cloud Megastructure in the main universe solar system have been completed! ]

[The light of creation is a huge curtain. To see the secrets of the universe is to have endless joy. On this long road to eternity, our brilliant thoughts are gathered.]

[In the dark and boundless universe, only the light of consciousness that symbolizes truth can sweep away every shadow in the darkness for civilization! ]

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After more than three years of construction, the fifth-phase slingshot megastructure and the sixth-phase Dyson cloud megastructure were finally declared completed and officially put into use.

Strategic throwers and slingshots were set up in the 004 "Halo" universe for emergency use. The Dyson cloud megastructures were put into use in the resource galaxy zones of various celestial regions in the main universe.

The so-called Dyson cloud is actually somewhat similar to a Dyson sphere, but it is a large group of interconnected satellite devices used to increase the output of stellar resources.

Giant companies can build a Dyson cloud array on a resource planet to increase the output of their resources by more than five times, up to 30 times!
If the function of a Dyson sphere is to squeeze out every drop of energy from a star, then the Dyson cloud is to quickly drain the resources of a star or other planet at a high frequency.

This is equivalent to adding a speed buff to the mining progress, increasing the output of energy and minerals.

The most important thing is that the construction cost of Dyson Cloud is not high. It is even the megastructure with the lowest resources among the previous megastructures!

So as early as three years ago, Li Ang ordered the construction of 10 Dyson cloud megastructures in one go. This is also the reason why he dared to propose to open the world of the heavens again in three years.

As long as the production intensity of logistics is guaranteed, the Universal Corporation will be able to continue to expedition to new worlds while stabilizing multiple universes!

'Unlocking two giant structures at once, the amount of enterprise currency settlement this time is beyond imagination! '

Li Ang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. The enterprise currency output value brought to him by the Halo universe was quite explosive, apart from the unlocking of the templates of the two megastructures.

He still had a lot of enterprise coins left, but unfortunately, he was still a long way from unlocking the next megastructure, so Leon exchanged nine additional Dyson Clouds to increase productivity.

After all, the gap is too big, and there is no point in saving it. It is better to increase productivity first to ensure the smooth operation of the giant enterprise and continue to work on the next copy.

At this time, Li Ang called up the holographic screen and looked at the star map of the situation in the Halo universe.

Under the leadership of Dr. Halsey, the first batch of Halo arrays have been deployed to the war zone of the Halo universe galaxy.

The Universal Alliance led by Reed and Jack also completed all large-scale battles and small and medium-sized battles. The remaining Star Alliance were nothing more than insignificant guerrillas.

Just send out some destroyers and they can be completely wiped out.

The end of the Unified Star Alliance War means that the various worlds in the universe have become stable. The various departments of the giant corporations that have been preparing for three years can embark on a new journey at any time!
"Loki, switch the real-time images of the Primordial and Missionary to my side. I want to check their current status."

After looking at the star map, Leon spoke to the cabinet AI Loki in the headquarters room.

Immediately, AI Loki responded: [Yes, boss.]

The next second, the Primordials and Missionaries, who were in a top-secret basement somewhere in the headquarters of the Myriad Worlds Base, appeared on the holographic screen.

The primordium, which was in the form of a giant flea and covered with disgusting sticky tentacles, and the missionary with a strong physique and wearing a black robe, were remaining in a stagnant state in different rooms.

It turned out that as early as two years ago, the scientific research department personnel of the global giant enterprise had completely cracked the program of the Flood spores through the information in the think tank.

Based on the source code in the Flood spores, they bred a large number of controllable corpse-brain beasts, and through the method of "raising poison", they created the corpse-brain beast king, which is the only ultimate corpse-brain beast.

As expected, the Corpse Brain Beast King, which has become its ultimate form, has activated all of the consciousness, wisdom, and memory data of the Primordial. Under the cultivation of the giant enterprise, the Primordial that was reborn from the dirty world has "resurrected"!

Of course, Leon immediately connected such a dangerous alien, Lao Deng, into the matrix.

With the control of the Matrix, Yuanji had to help the giant company's research department continue to decipher other content information of the think tank under the coercion of Leon.

Up to now, 30.33% of the content of Pioneer’s think tank has been deciphered by giant companies around the world, which is nearly one-third of the knowledge!
The vast majority of the content is the history, cultural information, and sacrificial rules of all civilized species in the Halo universe.

There is no way around it. After all, only this type of information is the easiest to decipher, such as knowledge about technological weapons and devices. Even if it is deciphered, it still needs to be replicated and experimented, which consumes a lot of manpower and material resources.

As for the missionaries who were also forcibly connected to the matrix, they were retained by Leon as the commander of the alien regiment.

After all, this old guy is a rare genius. He once led the Prometheus Legion of the Pioneer civilization and destroyed countless civilized species.

Ancient humans and ancient prophets were all defeated by it. If converted into famous generals in ancient China, they would be roughly equivalent to military gods like Li Jing of the Tang Dynasty.

Such a capable character naturally has his own pride. In order to make the missionary willing to work for him, Leon agreed to two conditions that he could not refuse.

The first condition is to help missionaries find other pioneer survivors.

The Halo universe and the Milky Way are so vast that perhaps there are other Forerunners surviving in some relic area.

Or find the relics where the genes of the Forerunners are stored, and rely on the power of the giant corporation to revive the Forerunners.

To achieve this, the help of giant companies is still needed, and missionaries must admit that they cannot accomplish this alone.

The second condition was that Li Ang guaranteed the missionaries’ employment.

Based on the scientific and technological information in the think tank, the Research Department replicated the Forerunner's recombiner and created a large number of Forerunner AI robots.

Immediately afterwards, Leon ordered the scientific research department to use the recombinant machine to create three thousand Prometheus Knights, who, together with the lurkers and observers, formed a complete Forerunner Legion.

They will serve as combat units of the revived Prometheus Legion, all under the command of the Missionary, and serve the global giant.

The two conditions proposed by Li Ang solved the missionary's basic needs for work and family at one time. As for his lover, the head of the think tank, he no longer had to worry about her.

As early as during the Flood War, in order to protect the safety of his people entering the Shield World, the Chief of the Think Tank went to the Halo alone and activated the array device, which also led to its demise along with most of the Flood.

Eventually she died.

Therefore, the only way out for the missionaries is to accept the work assigned by Li Ang and do the "killing people and making trouble" work that matches their professional skills.

For missionaries, death is actually a very easy thing, but finding the Forerunners and reviving them are two things that are more worth doing than dying.

Although it was very unhappy with the world giant as a recycler, the missionary had to admit that it was time to let go of the past grudges.

Even the people of the tribe were killed by the flood. What's the point of pursuing revenge? You can't bring the dead back to life.

For Leon, whether the Forerunners are completely destroyed or not does not affect the fact that Universe Corporation is the dominant force in the Halo universe.

Anyway, there is a matrix monitoring and controlling all the thoughts, words and deeds of the missionaries, so Leon is not worried about not being able to manipulate them.

In short, missionaries must work hard for big companies.

At this time, Li Ang switched the screen to the missionary's room and said to it through the communication device:
"Captain, your Prometheus Chapter members are now fully prepared and can now proceed to the F32 training ground at the headquarters of the Myriad Worlds Base to train the warriors."

The Prometheus Legion that Leon mentioned is a forerunner legion composed of three modules: knights, lurkers, and observers.

Knights refer to a type of mechanical warrior. They are created by the Forerunner's recombinant machine, which extracts the "human" soul consciousness, converts it into digital consciousness and downloads it into a mechanical body, or is directly controlled by AI.

This mechanical warrior looks like a mantis, has four hands, and is equipped with light blades on its arms.

They will be equipped with the most advanced protective armor and use a variety of weapons, including plasma swords, halberds, guns and cannons, highlighting their proficiency in all kinds of martial arts.

As for the Lurkers, they are various advanced and flexible AI quadrupedal robots that assist the Knights in completing a series of combat missions.

They can provide auxiliary firepower for the knights and are the knights' "battle pets". Their positioning is roughly equivalent to Erlang Shen's Roaring Sky Dog.

The observer is a support role.

They can create energy shields to protect the knights, rebound the enemy's thrown weapons, and even use repair rays to revive the dead knights!
It can be said that the position of the observer is equivalent to a battlefield auxiliary, acting as a front-line tank and nurse.

Therefore, a complete Prometheus army is composed of warriors who are the main output, assassins who go around from behind to kill the enemy's squishy targets, and nurses who act as meat tanks and restore blood!

The assets of this team of 3,000 people are the start-up capital that Leon gives to the missionaries. Whether the size of this Prometheus Legion can be expanded by relying on "compound interest" depends on its business capabilities.

(End of this chapter)