Chapter 258 Two People in Charge? Absolutely Impossible! Power Ideology

Chapter 258 Two people in charge? Absolutely impossible! Power Ideology!

However, bribery is bribery, and Morami did not leak the real intelligence information about the Shield World to Zatan, especially the information about the Flood.

After all, the Flood, a brutal life species, has been regarded as "God's creation" within the Star Alliance. Many fanatical religious believers will even try every means to sacrifice their bodies to seek pilgrimage and transcendence.

But Morami, who has learned the truth, will not regard such a dirty and vicious Zerg as a religious creature.

In fact, the elites who serve as senior councilors in the Star Alliance have had a fierce quarrel with the prophet.

Perhaps it is the truth, pity, and sadness that the prophet suspects that the elites are questioning and disobeying their authority, so there has always been great controversy over the characterization of the Flood.

This has fallen into an unsolvable paradox.

The elites want to present the facts and want to discuss the matter, but the prophet believes that the elites are deliberately taking advantage of the issue to try to seize power and suppress the authority of the prophet.

So up to now, the contradiction between the two sides has not erupted into any actual conflict on the surface, but it has been riddled with holes in secret and is always at risk of getting out of control.

Here, Zatan, who received the "gift" from Morami, expressed his satisfaction.

With a smile on his face, he immediately changed his attitude and smiled at Morami, saying: "You are really my good friend Zatan. I will report your return application to the parliament immediately. Please wait a moment."

As soon as the voice fell, the holographic screen fell into darkness, and the central console returned to calm. All the crew members were patiently waiting for the reply from the Star Alliance Parliament.

After a while, the screen lit up again.

However, the person who connected with Morami on the video call this time was not Zatan, the customs director just now, but an old guy who looked like an old turtle and dressed in gorgeous clothes.

It was one of the leaders of the Star Alliance, the Prophet of Sorrow!

As soon as he saw the old man, Morami immediately saluted and said respectfully to the Prophet of Sorrow:

"Lipa Morami, meet the Lord Priest of Sorrow!"

Morami is considered a smart person among the many executives of the elite tribe, so the Prophet of Sorrow arranged for it to lead a team on a business trip to the Shield World to do scientific research, which is easy to make meritorious deeds.

If it were another elite executive who didn't have long eyes, he would have been arranged to the most tragic battlefield to be a cannon fodder.

Of course, since the Shield World is of great importance, the Prophet of Sorrow also arranged senior officers such as the Ghost Face Beast and the Jackal to specifically keep an eye on Morami to prevent it from doing anything behind his back.

It's a pity that all the troops of the Ghost Face Beast and the Jackal have died, and now only Morami's elite troops are left to report the results of the scientific research in the Shield World.

"Captain Morami, get up."

The Prophet of Sorrow hooked his slender fingers, asking him to stand up, and then said:

"The Supreme Council has approved your application. Now you can return to the Sanctuary immediately and report the situation of the miracle of the Shield World in person in front of all the members."

Such an important work report, of course, cannot be said here.

The reason why Morami was asked to come back as soon as possible was that the Prophet of Sorrow could not wait to learn the information of the Shield World and the truth about the death of the Jiralhanae, Jackal and other troops.

"Yes!"

Morami nodded.

"Let Captain Zatan take charge of the follow-up matters now, and you can just bring your own guards in."

After the voice fell, the screen of the Sorrowful Prophet switched to Zatan's side, "Captain Morami, your fleet will be anchored at my customs port."

"Pick your own guards and take a small transport boat to the City of Brotherly Love. As for the people on your ship, stay where you are and don't move around."

After accepting Morami's bribe, Zatan's attitude was obviously much better than before, and he was even too lazy to search the other party's fleet.

"Okay." Morami nodded lightly.

After the communication ended, Morami walked towards the bridge outside with his personal guard Wadami, and couldn't help cursing:

"Those damn old guys are so defensive against us, what threat can my fleet pose to them?"

"Without the help of our elites, how can the Star Alliance's prophet take the position of priest!"

"Just wait and see, I will overturn the seats of those old guys sooner or later."

Morami cursed, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to continue to be a grandson in front of the prophet for a while.

Not long after, Morami's fleet was steadily anchored at the port. Against the backdrop of many CSO super-heavy aircraft carriers, those CRS-class cruisers were as small as ants.

At this time, a transport plane carrying Morami flew out of the flagship's cabin and headed straight for the City of Fraternity.

At this moment, far under the dome of the City of High Love, in the cutting-edge construction of the inner city, there is a large square for the three priests and prophets to rest.

The three "old turtles" sitting in suspended wheelchairs, with wrinkles all over their bald heads, weak and tired bodies, are the supreme leaders of the Star Alliance, the Prophet Priests!

When seeing the precious metal objects that Morami used to bribe Zatan, and the relic technology items presented, the Prophet of Truth nodded thoughtfully:

"It seems that Morami did not lie. They did dig up some items and metal resources left by the gods in the Shield World Miracle."

The Prophet of Truth rolled his cloudy eyes, playing with the supplies and minerals he had never seen before, and was very interested in what Morami had gained from this trip.

But there was a hint of worry in the eyes of the prophet of mercy, and he said:

"Combined with the clues and intelligence provided by Morami, there are a large number of weapons, devices, and technological items in the Shield World. These things may greatly enhance the military power of our Covenant Alliance."

"Even a clue to get the sacred ring!"

The sacred ring mentioned by the Prophet of Mercy is exactly the halo array created by the Forerunners. That super weapon is enough to kill life in countless galaxies. It can definitely be called a "one-click restart" button.

However, in the vision of the Prophet of Mercy, the Forerunners' halo array should be the key technological device for transcendent ascension and the key to their becoming "gods".

"Sacred Ring Belt? Hehehe..."

The Prophet of Truth conveniently threw the precious metal in his hand into the box in front of him. He looked at the Prophet of Mercy and said with a smile:

"I don't care about the sacred ring right now. Regardless of whether the ring exists or not, weakening the Sangheili tribe and supporting the Jiralhanae is the most important thing at the moment."

"Now that a large number of relics have been found in the shield world's miracles, if we don't think of ways to support the Jiralhanae to come to power, who will suppress the rise of the elite tribe!"

As the odds of the Star Alliance grew larger and larger, the elite clan gained support from a large number of forces by virtue of their ability to fight and attack, and their repeated military exploits.

Therefore, faced with such a restless original shareholder, the prophets roped in unscrupulous interstellar bandits such as Jiralhanae and Jackals in an attempt to dilute the elite's shares.

In case the Star Alliance raises a powerful elite tribe after unifying the universe, it will be troublesome if the tail is too big to lose.

Sure enough, as soon as the prophet of truth spoke these words, the prophets of sorrow and mercy beside him fell into silence for a while.

The Prophet of Truth is right. Compared with finding the sacred ring, balancing the situation within the Covenant Alliance seems to be more urgent.

"So, I suggest that we let Jiralhanae serve as our personal guards and grant them some military power. As long as we give them some benefits, they will help us suppress the arrogance of the elite!"

The Prophet of Truth said with a smile, of course it knew that the Jiralhanae's brain was not very good and that it would easily suffer defeat after taking control of the military.

But interstellar war is about technological hard power. How come there are so many fancy tactics? You can win the war by just rushing through them in one go.

With the weapons and warships left behind by the Forerunner civilization, there is no need to worry about defeating the civilizations of those uncivilized species.

Rather than using people to fight, the prophets now need to take back more power, and the Jiralhanae is a very good black glove, which is the key point for them to control the elite!

After hearing this, the Prophet of Sorrow did not rush to speak, but listened quietly to the thoughts of the two prophets.

"Hmph, I don't care much about the power-seeking ideas of the elite group of ordinary people, but during this time they are really ignorant and dare to slander God's creation as evil alien bugs!"

The Prophet of Mercy snorted coldly, does it matter whether the Flood is an evil bug or not? unimportant!

What is important is the authority of the Forerunners as the gods of the Covenant. They must not be slandered or questioned in the slightest.

Through the information coming from the front line, the Prophet of Mercy certainly knew that the Flood was not a good thing.

But it must not discredit its own gods and characterize the Flood as an evil species of life.

After all, although the Covenant is a complex group of interstellar bandit organizations, they have indeed relied on "religion" as their management system to establish such a huge organization.

If there is any shady information about the forerunners of the gods that we believe in, then wouldn’t the leaders of these priests also have to follow suit and collapse the house!

This is equivalent to Christians learning that Jesus secretly raised an evil monster that loves to eat people. The so-called believers are the feed used to feed the monster.

If these fanatical religious believers knew that the god they believed in was such an ugly thing, then the entire Star Alliance's belief and management system would collapse and be destroyed!

Maybe the Covenant will fall into endless civil strife, and the overall goal of unifying the "Halo" universe will fall short.

Obviously, the two prophets had different priorities in their leadership.

The Prophet of Truth is more concerned about the power status of the Prophet family within the Star Alliance. The development of the situation in all parties needs to be under the strict control of the Prophet.

The truth is about power.

The Prophet of Mercy paid more attention to the Forerunners' relic technology, looking for clues to the aura, and the authority of the religion.

Compassion is about ideology.

Gods must not be discredited, let alone questioned. This is the foundation of the Star Alliance, and the discovery of the elite family in the Shield World has shaken the foundation of their Star Alliance!

Even if the Flood is really an extremely bad alien bug, it must not be recognized as a creation of the gods.

The prophets of truth and compassion each expressed their opinions. The prophet of sorrow on the side did not express his position in a hurry, but sat with a steady gaze and watched the two sides bickering.

"You know whether the Flood is a very threatening insect or not." The Prophet of Truth glanced at the Prophet of Pity and said jokingly.

"I heard that quite a few lunatics have gone to sacrifice their bodies to the Flood Demon. Why, Lord Mercy, do you want to imitate them and feed those bugs?"

The Prophet of Truth does not think that the Forerunners or the Flood are so special or superior. What they care about is the practical interests and the unification of the universe by the Covenant.

It is the Prophet Clan that stands proudly above all civilized species and becomes the only overlord of the universe, just like the Forerunners in the past.

As for gods and religions, they are just management systems and means. Whether they really exist or not is not important!

"You...!"

The Prophet of Mercy was stunned, and then showed a slightly embarrassed expression. It really couldn't refute the other party.

But no matter what the Prophet of Truth said, the Prophet of Mercy's goal has never changed, that is, to find the Forerunner's ring belt and ascend to the sky like the gods.

In its view, becoming the overlord of the universe is just a process of transcendence and ascension, not the ultimate goal of the Prophet Clan.

If the Prophet Clan can really become the legendary "God" species, then it is not so necessary to unify the universe, and even power is a thing of the past.

Seeing that the two seemed to be about to quarrel over the flood, the Prophet of Sorrow said calmly:

"We need to find the Halo and the flood also needs us to be vigilant, but the most important thing now is to suppress the elites and support the ghost-faced beasts."

"Compared to the elites, the ghost-faced beasts are indeed easier for us to control, but their brutal and barbaric nature also brings us many unstable factors."

The Prophet of Sorrow combined the views of both parties and also noticed some flaws, that is, the ghost-faced beasts can be used, but they cannot be overused.

After all, the ghost-faced beasts are a species that is easy to manipulate by people, but to put it bluntly, they are manic and irritable, and they may be uncontrollable lunatics.

If their selfish desires are not satisfied one day, and they turn around and destroy the prophet clan, then something big will happen!

What's more, judging from the use of advanced equipment and tactics by the ghost-faced beasts, as well as the battle situation of the fleet they are responsible for, these idiots are indeed a bit disappointing.

This is the gap between species. The difference in the business capabilities of both sides is too obvious. So we can't rush to weaken the elites now. We can only suppress them a little bit and control the scale.

"So, Lord Priest of Sorrow?"

The Prophet of Truth turned his head and looked at the Prophet of Sorrow, seemingly dissatisfied with its view: "Don't you think the power of the elites is too great now?"

"Only the Jiralhanae can help us suppress the elites!"

"Don't forget, we have a feud with the elites. If we hadn't suppressed them with technology, the elites would have enslaved us under their feet long ago."

"Now the elites have obtained our weapons and fleets, and have discovered a large number of Forerunner relics on the Shield World. Aren't you afraid that they will have other ideas and take the initiative!"

The Prophet of Truth knows better than anyone why the always proud elites succumb to the Prophet.

Isn't it because they are afraid of the advanced technology and powerful weapons of the Prophet?

But as the wars of the Star Alliance become more frequent, more and more scientific expedition teams are sent out, and the elites have more and more say in the internal forces of the Star Alliance!

If this continues, the Elites will turn around and pull the Prophet off the throne!

"Why did Morami only bring back the warriors of their Elite tribe this time? What about the rest of the Jiralhanae and the Jackals?"

"I'm sure it's because Morami killed people to silence them. He found something incredible on the Shield World. This guy didn't tell the truth!"

Hearing the Prophet of Truth's speculation, the Sorrowful Prophet fell into silence.

It had to admit that this was indeed a possibility.

After all, Jiralhanae and Jackals both disliked the Elites, and the Elites also had a grudge with the Prophets.

Back then, there were many relics left by the Forerunner civilization on the Elites' home planet, so the Elites also regarded themselves as descendants of God.

Finding miracles is the goal of their race.

For these Forerunner relics, the conservative Elites did not use them at will to develop technology and use new technology to enhance their own strength.

On the contrary, the prophets, who seemed weak but were actually radicals, used these relics and items to obtain the technological devices of the forerunners through reverse technology, and grew rapidly.

Due to differences in ideas, the two sides regarded each other as heretics, and a war lasting nearly a hundred years broke out.

In the end, it was the prophets with a better technological level who won the war of faith.

The conservative elites were forced to accept the leadership of the radical prophets, but the two sides still worked together to create the early Star Alliance.

The prophets relied on carrots and sticks to instruct powerful elite tribes, with awesome weapons and equipment, to push down nearly half of the civilized species in the galaxy.

But as the Star Alliance's business grew bigger and bigger, many civilized species below actually preferred elites who were both capable and trustworthy.

This seriously threatened the prophet's right to rule.

So the tragic prophet also knew the truth. The elite race would be eliminated sooner or later.

After all, with the current advantages of the Star Alliance, it has been ahead of other civilized species for thousands or even tens of thousands of years. Under normal circumstances, the Star Alliance will definitely become the overlord of the universe.

And the Prophet will also become the most powerful race in the universe. It is the turn of the Prophet to transcend and ascend to the dimensional realm and become a god.

But the existence of the elite will inevitably lead to the question of who is the real decision-maker of the Star Alliance. It is impossible to choose two decision-makers, right? This is absolutely impossible!

The Prophet will never accept it!

After a moment of silence, the Prophet of Sorrow finally let go and nodded, saying: "Convene the Supreme Council first and find out the situation."

"If Morami is really not clean, then use it as a warning to punish the elite tribes, and by the way, support the people of the Jiralhanae and the Jackals to take over."

Speaking of this, the Prophet of Sorrow controlled the floating wheelchair under his seat and mobilized a holographic screen to share the list of some elite officers of the Jiralhanae.

"These are the candidates I have already selected, who can replace many officers within the elite. Once Morami's guilt is completely confirmed, use them to replace him!"