Chapter 247 The Inverted and Magnificent World of the Earth's Core! The Star Alliance's Eastern Expedition

Chapter 247 The inverted and magnificent world of the core of the earth! The Star Alliance's pilgrimage to the east!

"It seems that this group of AI robots did not recognize us as enemies."

David looked at the Temple Defenders who were busy using laser devices to purify the corpses of the Flood not far away, and finally relaxed his vigilance and slowly put down his weapons.

"The IQ and understanding ability of these stupid AIs are not much worse than those of smart AIs, but they are unable to continue learning and complete self-iterative evolution."

"They are used as sentinels, which is perfect."

As Dr. Catherine Halsey, who also has profound attainments in the field of AI research and development, she is not unfamiliar with the working principles of these drones in front of her.

Soon, when the Temple Defenders cleaned up the corpses of the Flood, they returned to David and others. After taking a look at them, the robots returned from the original route.

In order to let these recyclers keep up with their pace, the Temple Defenders deliberately slowed down a bit and looked back at them from time to time, as if they were actively leading the way for David and others.

"Let's go, don't you see that these little guys are already inviting us in? It saves us from searching for the entrance to the ruins."

Seeing this, Halsey smiled and took the lead in walking towards the direction of the Temple Defenders.

David immediately gave orders for all personnel to keep up with the defenders and continue to the destination.

Next, they shuttled through the endless wasteland. There were many flood infected bodies lurking on the surface of the shield world, but due to malnutrition, most of them were in the primary stage.

After all, there are not many living organisms here. The flood demons that cannot get material supplements are basically underdeveloped and depressed.

In the long run, the formed flood demons will basically starve to death, or dehydrate into floating flood demon spores, waiting to be "parasitized" by new life forms to complete the rebirth of the dirty earth.

Facing this group of weak flood demons, David didn't even need to shoot, he could crush them into ashes with just one kick.

Not long after, they arrived at a tunnel that led directly to the underground. Through the end of the tunnel, David and Halsey seemed to be able to see the world over there, which must be particularly full of vitality.

"This is the entrance to the inside of the shield world!"

Halsey looked at the hollow space supported by various large metals, the intricate corridors, and the countless temple defenders, and couldn't help but feel refreshed.

They were not far from completing the task.

When David, Halsey and others passed by, those stupid AIs that had been working for more than ten thousand years would also start the eye monitor to scan and check the identity information of the visitors.

After learning that the visitors were recyclers through the shared network system, they turned off the monitors and re-entered their respective work tasks.

Looking at these temple defenders in front of them, David and Li De looked at each other and thought that they could be used as sentinels of the Universal Corporation or to build robots.

If giant companies can be equipped with such AI robots on a large scale, they can save a lot of human resources and invest in other fields!

As if aware of David's thoughts, Halsey smiled and took the initiative to say: "The Forerunner civilization has packed all their technological information into the Shield World."

"Once we find the technological relics inside, we can transform these AI robots into units of giant companies in minutes."

David nodded. Compared with the relics and treasures inside, the batch of AI robots in front of him can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket.

Soon after everyone entered the tunnel and walked for a while, David, who was leading the way at the front, suddenly saw a strange large device.

"Wait, there seems to be a mechanism here!"

After the voice fell, everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction David pointed. They saw a large protruding disc device standing in front of the tunnel.

On the disc, there were bursts of light blue images, which showed an interlaced grid, like a coordinate system on a plane.

'Could it be... this is a map inside the Shield World? ’

With such doubts, David immediately led people to conduct a careful investigation, trying to find out the real purpose of the device.

"This should be a transmission platform, similar to our elevator."

Halsey simply glanced at it and determined that the device was not a trap mechanism or a holographic map, so he reminded David.

Hearing this, Li De immediately gave orders and sent several Astartes warriors to determine whether the device would pose a threat to them.

Soon after, after several warriors stepped on and tested it, they determined that there was no threat to the platform, and also found the control terminal equipment here.

After all the people landed in the area, Halsey first carefully observed the appearance of the control terminal, and then took the initiative to press the display screen.

After waiting patiently for a while, Halsey thought that this thing had been in disrepair for a long time and its response speed was comparable to that of an old machine in the Qing Dynasty, when a dazzling light suddenly appeared around the disc platform.

Swish——!

Accompanied by a strong light flashing out, the people on the platform disappeared here and came to the inner world of the shield world.

It was not until David and others opened their eyes again that they discovered that the previously dim underground tunnel had suddenly turned into a vast grassland that was bright and open.

But when he looked up, what came into view was not the familiar blue sky, but a sparkling blue ocean!

In addition, there were towering mountains, dark green forests, grasslands, deserts, swamps and other natural areas in the sky, like multi-colored minerals dotted on agate.

"Is this the interior of the shield world? It feels like we have come to the inside of a large glass ball."

Looking at such a magnificent wonder in front of her, Rita was a little absent-minded for a while. The ocean above their heads was like a "mirage" isolated by a giant screen, which was a bit psychedelic and unreal.

Halsey observed the surrounding environment calmly. The thing that surprised her most was the artificial sun located above the side, which was a "luminous body" with a diameter of about 100 kilometers.

The huge spherical device was the sun inside the shield world, providing suitable light and heat for the core world here.

This inverted psychedelic world allows David and his friends to see sunny grasslands, windy forests, and snowy mountains in the sky at the same time.

Such a stunning architectural wonder is not much worse than the ring world!

"There are no spores of the flood here. It seems that we are lucky and will not encounter those alien insects outside again."

Unlike the young people who have never seen the world, Li De simply took a look at the situation inside the shield world and then used a scanning device to detect the air composition of the environment.

In the end, he got the result that everything is safe here, and he can even take off the heavy power armor on his body and breathe freely.

But in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Li De will not allow anyone to dare to do so.

"No wonder the Forerunners became the gods of faith of the Star Alliance. It is really amazing that they can create such a huge structure and a stellar civilization."

David nodded thoughtfully. In this 004 universe, I am afraid that only the technological power of the Forerunner civilization can compete with the giant enterprises of the universe.

However, this civilization has been annihilated by the flood in the long river of history, leaving only countless relics and information, which are left to the later generations to show the glory of their past civilization.

"The forerunners may have mastered some of the "neurophysics" technology to create such a miracle. Maybe there is something the boss wants most here."

Before David led the team to the shield world to carry out this expedition, Li Ang specifically told David about the existence of [neurophysics].

This technology point is the "ultimate secret" of the 004 "Halo" universe, and it is the core secret of the former pioneer civilization to shape this universe.

Even if there is only a part of the fragment, Li Ang must try his best to get it!

Logically speaking, as the "crown prince" who successfully usurped the throne, the forerunners are likely to have inherited the complete [neurophysics] technology points.

However, they have not yet practiced this set of skills to the perfect state, which led to the original old man refining the flood disaster and leading a cosmic catastrophe.

If the tribesmen of the pioneer civilization knew all the chapters of [Neurophysics], they would be well versed in the material analysis, reorganization, and shaping.

How could the flood disaster resist the pioneers of the Son of God in the perfect state?

Since the pioneers were crushed by the flood, it can only mean that they were killed by the old man of the original base before they had digested all the skills.

This fully illustrates a truth: if you are not good, practice more.

But no matter what, since humans are the designated recyclers of the pioneers and the chosen ones who inherit their civilization heritage, the information of [Neurophysics] must also exist in this shield world.

Even if there is only a small part of the fragments, it is worth David's trip from afar.

"If our company can pack up all the information and technology points here, won't it take off on the spot?!"

William Cage said with a smile and excitement. If he can make great contributions this time, he will definitely be able to get a position in the pioneer team of the heavens.

Maybe he can be promoted to the ace vanguard in the future!

"In theory, it should be like this."

Even Reed, who has always been cautious and conservative, couldn't help but smile at this moment, and his voice revealed an uncontrollable excitement.

Halsey shook his head and said a bolder and more imaginative guess:

"It's not just that."

"If we can find the [neurophysics] inherited by the forerunners from the pioneers, and master the scientific and technological knowledge in it, then we are the "gods" of this universe!"

"The laws, matter, and even time and space of the entire universe are transparent and visible toys. Any of our actions can determine the rise and fall of a species."

"This is something that only gods can do, and we humans are about to become the only gods in this universe!"

At this moment, Halsey is much more optimistic about the future of the Universal Giant Enterprise than David and others. This feeling is like a new player of a certain online game who suddenly picked up a full-level account of a big boss on the server list.

From now on, fighting monsters, developing, completing tasks and upgrading have nothing to do with human civilization. You can directly ascend to the highest level and enjoy the game experience to the fullest!

Just as everyone calmed down their restless mood and prepared to continue exploring the final destination and find the ruins here.

Rita suddenly noticed that an unidentified object was rushing towards them at a very fast speed!

"Something's happening! Everyone, pay attention!"

After the words fell, the Astartes warriors immediately held bolt guns and looked in the direction Rita was facing.

Everyone saw a small red dot appear on the holographic screen on the tactical helmet, and it continued to approach their location until it appeared in front of them.

It was a metal sphere about half a meter long, and it seemed to be the same stupid AI robot as the temple defender outside.

Seeing that Halsey and others seemed to be on guard, the sphere spoke to everyone in a unique metallic voice:

"I am the leader of Shield World 0459. Welcome all recyclers. I have been waiting for a long time!"

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On the other side, the Covenant fleet far away in the low-Earth orbit of the shield world's celestial body has just ordered the troops on the ground to withdraw into the cruiser.

The stationary CCS-class and CRS-class cruisers open the hatch from time to time to allow the returning ship to enter the engine room.

Ever since the civilized members of the Covenant learned about the existence of the Forerunner ruins, they have become more excited than the other!

This is equivalent to Catholicism, Christianity, and Islam on earth suddenly discovering that the existence of Allah and Jesus is real.

Moreover, his master also prepared a [True God-level Civilization Gift Pack] for them, which he placed at various ruins, waiting for them to dig up and open the treasure chests.

Such a surprise is so exciting!

You know, there used to be a Crusade organization on Earth, and they were doing the same thing as the Covenant gang, which was to make a pilgrimage to the east and see their "god".

But unlike the Crusaders, the Star Alliance's "Eastern Crusade" actually has rewards, and it can really bring out old things' gold coins!

This is not a vain pursuit of faith. By opening a treasure box, you can get equipment, battleships, and technology points of various advanced civilizations for free. Isn't this better than immersing yourself in development? !

So this group of civilized forces formed the Star Alliance, and with Liu Bang's enthusiasm of "the first to enter the pass will be the king", they began to explore the universe in a hurry, looking for the ruins of the first.

Instead of talking about internal fighting and the old-fashioned interstellar colonial hegemony, it is better to establish the most powerful space pirates and make this cake bigger. Then everyone in the Star Alliance can follow suit.

This is much better than racking your brains to think about how to divide a piece of cake!

However, as the Covenant fleet gradually conducted in-depth investigations and excavations, they suddenly discovered that the Lord they believed in actually had an illegitimate child.

Even the BYD illegitimate son is the designated "recycler", who can easily inherit the remains of the previous civilization and directly access the shield world.

This is equivalent to the Covenant discovering a large safe containing countless banknotes and gold. As long as it is opened, civilization can take off.

As a result, the safe not only had a secret lock that was extremely difficult to open, but also contained disgusting things like the Flood and the Temple Defenders.

This caused the Covenant Alliance, which regarded the Forerunners as gods, to break through Hongwen's defense on the spot, so they asked the scientific expedition team to pry open the old man's safe here.

While forming an expeditionary force, he prepared to go to the colonies of human civilization and kill the illegitimate children one by one who were competing with him for family property. The relics and treasures of the forerunners could only belong to the Covenant!

After all, the Covenant had burned incense and offered sacrifices to the Forerunners for so many years, and they just had to tattoo the image of the Forerunners on their underwear to pray for blessings.

In the end, the forerunners actually left their inheritance to wild monkeys who appeared out of nowhere. Who can accept this? Otherwise, all human civilization will be destroyed, even if they can survive!

Here, the commander-in-chief of the Covenant fleet looked at the returning members of the advance team and felt distressed for a moment.

Because the Flood Demons on the ground were very difficult for them to deal with, he originally planned to send troops to exterminate them.

But the religious fanatics within the fleet, who might have gone crazy after taking the wrong medicine, actually came up with the unnatural idea of ​​opening a shield world by offering sacrifices to the Flood to gain the Lord's approval.

These madmen used their own flesh and blood to feed the Flood, which directly caused the Flood on the ground to quickly transition from the first stage to the second stage.

If you continue to take the initiative to give away people's heads and engage in sacrificial acts to support the enemy, I'm afraid the corpse brain beasts in the third stage will be fed out by them!

Now, not only has the switch to enter the interior of the Shield World not been found, but the number of Flood Demon Zerg is increasing, and there is even a tendency of flooding.

If this continues, their scientific research mission will be ruined!

‘Forget it, just think that I am unlucky and encounter a bunch of people who are getting in the way. Let’s reorganize the army and go to wipe out the Flood! ’

Just when the commander of the Covenant decided to reorganize the soldiers and go down to remove the insects again, the surface of the shield world actually began to crack open, and the sudden strong gravity was dragging the fleet inside.

At this moment, inside the bridge of the CCS-class flagship, the Covenant fleet executives near the center console were looking at the shocking changes in front of them in surprise.

These two-meter-three-meter-tall races with naturally curved spines, but rather strong bodies, grey-brown skin, and pupils that can change according to the intensity of light, are one of the core races in the Star Alliance - the Sangheili.

Of course, they also have individual racial names, which are elites!

The elite, a civilized race, can be regarded as the elder members of the cosmic organization, the Star Alliance.

The original Star Alliance was composed of the Prophet Civilization and the Sangheili Civilization, that is, the elite.

These two brothers are typical representatives of one civilized and one military. It can be seen from their names that the prophet's civilized mind is easier to use.

They know that Jianghu is not about fighting and killing; Jianghu is about Star Destroyer Cannons + powerful technological points.

The far-sighted prophet relied on his superb tomb robbing skills to dig out many "carefully selected items" left by the ancestors of the forerunners from the tombs of the forerunners.

Just when the elite civilization relied on force to beat a bunch of neighbors to death, the prophet silently took out the jaw-dropping starship + light spear cannon.

In this way, relying on the technology of the Forerunners, the Prophet Civilization, as the leader of the Star Alliance, took the first step of forming a clique with its elite younger brothers.

Along the way, the Prophet obtained a lot of weapons and equipment from the Forerunners by reverse-engineering the project, and the Elite relied on these weapons to conquer most of the civilizations in the universe.

Boar beasts, jackals, hunters, Jiralhanae civilization, all were little brothers who were beaten into submission by the elites, and with the combination of stick + carrot, they also followed the religion and joined the Covenant organization.

I have to admit that the warriors of the Sangheili civilization are top-notch in terms of physical fitness, combat literacy, and desire to attack.

The entire civilized tribe is like a Noxian. They think about "fighting! It's fun" all day long, and they often fight against each other without losing.

So to a certain extent, the members of the Star Alliance who were crushed and convinced by the Sangheili civilization actually admired the Sangheili even more. After all, being strong means being awesome!

But they can't stand up to the intellectuals of the Prophet Civilization, who control the truth and the power of science and technology, and can defeat all laws with one force. Usually, these members of the Star Alliance have to obey the orders of the Prophet's senior officials.

Although the Sangheili civilization is difficult to fight, their brains are not very good, which limits them from going further. As a result, they and other members of the Covenant were deceived by the higher-ups of the Prophet.

The senior prophets who learned the truth told the members of the Covenant that humans were all heretics who blasphemed the Forerunners. These damn bugs needed to be purified. Only by doing so could the anger of the great god, the Forerunners, be appeased.

Therefore, most members of the Covenant are completely unaware that humans are the chosen ones of the Forerunners.

It was very important for the prophets to maintain this great lie.

After all, within the Covenant Alliance, there are actually quite a few members who are crazy about defending and worshiping the Forerunner civilization. If they really learned that humans are the "sons of God".

Will the lack of guarantee turn the gun and in turn kill the prophet who is digging up ruins in the name of the forerunner?

At this time, a Sangheili helmsman sitting in the core area of ​​the center console hurriedly turned his head to look at the commander, and shouted hurriedly in Sangheili language:

"Reporting to Commander, we have lost control of the ship, and the same is true for other ships."

"The unknown gravitational field that suddenly appeared on the ground of the Shield World is pulling us in. Even if all the engines are started, we cannot escape. What should we do now!"

Seeing that the long-dormant shield world suddenly opened a huge crack and pulled his own fleet inside, the elite commander was completely confused.

It doesn't know what happened to cause the shield world to suddenly open.

‘Is it possible that the sacrifices of those fanatical religious believers worked? But wouldn’t this be too hasty...! ’

After thinking carefully for a moment, the commander raised his hand to signal the crew not to panic. He looked at the real-time dynamics displayed on the center console and continued:

"Notify them immediately and ask all other ships to turn off their engines, stop escaping, and just stay still."

Since there is no way to get rid of the gravitational field of the shield world, then simply being pulled in by gravity may be a blessing in disguise and successfully enter the interior of the shield world.

"Ah? This...obeys your order!"

After hesitating for a while, the helmsman below chose to obey the commander's order unconditionally, stopped the engine driving state, and notified the helmsmen of other ships to do the same.