The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Looking at the battleship that appeared and disappeared during the explosion, Oregana sighed:

"But if she faces humans or any of the original Covenant troops, she can gain an overwhelming advantage." She put her hands on Liu Lizi's head, pinching the hairy hair on her head one by one. Leopard ears: "The strength of this shield is really not covered. Have you read the current data? No matter whether it is a battleship-class MAC gun or a plasma torpedo, it can't hurt her at all...Look at the parameters of this kinetic energy deflection system , even the largest MAC cannon may not be able to penetrate this shield."

Liu Lizi said in a natural tone:

"Look at its energy consumption, it's strange that it doesn't have this kind of defense capability. It's a space fortress-level protection, plus that shield-recharger with ridiculously high output..." Looking at the data jumping on the screen, There was still a hard-to-relieve expression on her face, "This output is really... unbelievably high."

Correspondingly, however, the energy consumption is also unreasonably high.

This terrible battle of attrition lasted eight hours and 45 minutes. At the end of the fight, all the dreadnoughts whose turrets were damaged at the beginning had replaced their turrets and returned to the battlefield, and a total of [-] boulders were consumed.The number of attacks and defenses against the energy line on the way has reached the point where it is impossible to count without looking through the records.

This long siege made many people feel that the enemy would not be sunk. The dreadnoughts using light cannons were also equipped with a fourth set of 'burning' frequency crystals.Until 3 minutes before nine hours, the situation changed——

Under the hull of the Mantle Prominence, the parts that were originally used to install the restructuring machine suddenly cracked open.Pieces of metal hulls suddenly exploded and cracked, emitting dazzling light like fireworks.Judging from the bridge of Tiamat, the exploding light clusters are not that big, but if you compare it with the hull of the mantle of the world, it will happen that the diameter of each light cluster is more than ten kilometers... That was enough energy to destroy an entire city.During this collapse, the hull of the Mantle Advent shrank, and the range of the shield also shrank.

Judging by the size and scope of the explosion, it was the result of deliberate manipulation rather than an uncontrollable implosion.

"The collapse of the hull structure was observed, but the strength of the shield has not decreased!"

"He is desperately maintaining the shield, and has abandoned the less important hull structure to reduce energy consumption." Oregana immediately realized the other party's intentions, "Continue! Don't give him a chance to breathe!"

[Will you send the marines? ] Asked in the communication from Billie Hailing, the leader of the anger group, who had taken a shower and had nothing to do for the past seven hours.At this moment, the anger group has not been summoned, they are placed behind the front line - anyway, there is nothing they can do now [When the shield is lowered, maybe you can carry out a lightning strike with a nuclear warhead? 】

"Forget it, we don't think it is necessary. The hull made of hard light and programmable materials is inherently highly resistant to jumping, and the driver can rely on his own imagination to freely combine the internal structure of the hull like playing MC. If not If it explodes near some deadly core components, even the implosion will not have a decisive effect on this kind of warship." Oregana shook her head and replied, "And look at this posture, if it is not the last moment to preach The soldiers don't plan to lower their shields. It won't be too late to jump over to catch people at that time, and there may be no need to carry nuclear warheads by then. Let's just sit here and watch it slowly be consumed, please be safe Don't be impatient."

【Yes! 】

Ling Ling looked at the Yibo Linshi from the side, and he felt quite fresh in the embarrassing appearance he had never seen before:

"If the mantle came to the world in a complete state, this battle must be a hard one. Thanks to the chief think tank."

"Yes, thanks to the chief think tank."

In the past, the head of the think tank expected that one day the missionary might return to the human world to take revenge on mankind, and he, who had already passed away, could not stop him again, so after locking him into the 'toilet' in the technology seed of the Advent, he conveniently Removed all the weapons on the Mantle Advent that I thought might pose a threat to human beings.The first is the final battle の weapon restructuring machine, and then the heavy-duty ion weapon system that can "mine your home" - this set of equipment can accelerate a lump of "alien material" to the speed of light and throw it out, piercing the planetary shield. After the shield, the continental plate below was directly lifted off and exploded instantly, leaving only the light matter salvo and spotlight artillery to 'protect itself'.

It's just that the head of the think tank didn't expect that the development speed of this new civilization in the universe was too slow, and the head of the think tank woke up too early, or she accidentally made a mistake in her busy schedule and used the ancient method used when calculating the parameter "may cause danger to human beings". The template of human beings, the result is that these remaining weapons are enough to hang and hammer everyone in the entire universe.But after all, man is not as good as heaven, even Zhuge Liang in the universe can't figure out where the solar wind will blow in 10 years.

In the original work, the Master Chief relied on driving a Broadsword fighter jet to climb into the shield of the Mantle Advent, and used cannons and missiles to demolish the internal defense facilities without shield protection, from the turret to various shield generators all the way. Da da da passed, and the result was that the Infinity approached and opened a small opening on the Mandatory Advent with the bow main gun, and the Master Chief rushed into the Mandatory Advent through this small opening, and detonated the nuclear warhead next to the recombiner .

Without the hands and feet of the think tank, then in the 26th century today, no one will be able to stop the advancement of the Mantle Advent.

And eventually, it fell.One 'unimportant' piece of equipment after another was taken out of service.First is the Hero's Path - a remnant of former glory, where the warrior servants of the Didact gave their all during the never-ending crusade against the Flood, reorganized as a mechanical Prometheus Legion.They lost their personality and consciousness, and turned into pure war machines. The barracks, training grounds, museums, and halls of honor that used to be flesh and blood were useless.

The missionaries abandoned them, and the ancient cultural relics, medals symbolizing victory, and statues representing bravery and victory all floated into the universe along with the collapsed hull structure.

Then there is the noble grave.To reconstitute Prometheus, the Mantle Advent was modified, giving it the ability to build and maintain the husks of a billion Prometheus warriors.But in the end, he didn't reorganize to a billion people to fill these empty shells.Now as the entire area collapsed, these intact battle armors were thrown out among the wreckage, flew out of the shield, and were engulfed by the uninterrupted artillery fire outside.

Long-lost emotions stirred in my heart, it was not anger or hatred, but powerlessness, loneliness and something I had forgotten long ago.

There are no more warriors in this world.The children had already died in the war 10 years ago, and in the end they couldn't understand themselves, but the wife they still trusted was betraying them. After 10 years, there are no pioneers in this world, and everything I know is long gone...

In the seed of technology, the missionary stared blankly at everything in his eyes, the wound on his chest no longer felt pain, his thinking was intermittent, and he couldn't concentrate, and he couldn't even figure out whether the ship was still under his control middle.From the edge of his vision, he saw a Prometheus knight float through the shield and out, before disappearing in a burst of light.

Suddenly, the missionary found himself standing in front of a console, and the simulated projection was blood-red.

"The simulation failed..." He knew what happened, and couldn't help but knelt on the ground. "I still have the possibility of being infected by the Flood."

Even though he was lying on the ground, he didn't feel like touching the ground. His senses were still intermittent, and there were various strange sounds in the middle.

And the next moment, a very familiar voice rang beside my ear:

"Then the only thing left is the recombination machine."

He suddenly looked back and saw a military attendant wearing combat skin and his face covered by an orange mask—this was his most trusted subordinate, but now he couldn't remember his name anyway.

"You can lead us as always."

A bottomless sadness welled up from the depths of his heart. He looked at the face of the martial attendant and asked the question that he had gnashed his teeth 10 years ago:

"You propose to accept such a sacrifice?"

He would rather they say no.

But the martial attendant held his head high, and said the same words as before:

"Missionary, if the Composer is our last hope to defeat the Flood, no Prometheus will refuse."

He couldn't remember his name, he couldn't remember his face, only the strength, trust and determination contained in this sentence.

Suddenly, the vision... or the memory faded away.I returned to the control room again, slumped on the chair motionless, unable to move my body, lost consciousness, and only the shell of the Prometheus knight floated out slowly in my sight—he tried to reach out his hand to hold the machine , as if to bring back the original comrades in arms...

But all to no avail.All he could do was lie there, listening to the sirens that kept coming back.Then, the sealed wall in front of him was opened from the outside.The messengers of the Chaos Realm wearing heavy battle armor walked in from the outside, their figures were indistinct under the light outside, as if they had come from another extremely distant world.

Ten hours and two minutes after the start of the battle, Yiban Linshi basically lost his ability to respond.Its energy was exhausted during the long battle, and the only thing left was the hull structure, which was less than five kilometers away from the last part of the seed of protection technology.At this time, it looked no different from a wreck, and it looked extremely bleak amidst the large number of debris floating around.

Like the Missionaries, it was exhausted, and this gesture seemed to herald the end of the Forerunners disappearing into the universe.

The Wrath Corps' strike force created a small-scale biome around the final hull using harmonic shields so that any occupants who might survive inside would not be irreparably damaged after the hull had been cut open.Afterwards, the cautious soldiers cut open the armored hull with little defensive performance, entered the damaged technology seeds, and found a sealed small room in the mess inside.

Billie Hailing walks in first with a gun:

"We found the missionary." She saw the figure leaning on the chair, walked over with a posture ready to shoot, and then cried out, "My God!"

The condition of the missionary in front of him was extremely bad. There was a big hole in his chest, and the charred ribs and carbonized lung structure could be seen from the hole.The armor is full of burns and meltdowns, and the shattered helmets are randomly discarded on the ground next to it. The biological reaction has been so weak that it is almost impossible to detect.

"Call the medical team over! How did he survive until now?!"

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The long battle ended with the technology seeds and missionaries being captured. The main fleet of this battle was evacuated and returned to the station in batches within a few hours, leaving only researchers and a flagship squad reliable enough to maintain control of the field— —Although this galaxy has been fortified, a powerful mobile fleet is still an indispensable deterrent.

This battle also made the various officers from ONI see a different view of the Consolidation Department.The ruthlessness and professionalism they showed in the battle of gradually encroaching and hunting the forerunner battle fortress made people feel scalp tingling.Dr. Halsey, who watched the whole scene, fully understood the battle...from the unlocking and fighting at the beginning, to the pursuit, suppression, and the words spoken by the forerunner.

In order to fulfill her responsibility, Halsey is writing a report, and she wants to write down everything she has seen and heard.If I can enjoy my old age like an ordinary old man in the future, then I have to write this in my memoir and tell my grandson or granddaughter from time to time-Halsey believes that Jacob Case will not let himself To see my daughter.

Of course, what would have happened if Tartarus' fleet hadn't been here, and what would have happened to the human world after the gates of hell were opened should also be clearly written in the report.She believes that after her report is submitted, UNSC will understand how to choose an appropriate way to communicate with the Ministry of Consolidation.

The diplomatic service is also gearing up.

Outside the Tiamat, the towed medical pod trailed the outside of the hull like a remora, and the Missionaries were stowed neatly inside.Although he is a prisoner, considering his combat effectiveness, it is not advisable to put him in any facility, so he can only be placed outside like a dangerous item.Even if he hasn't woken up yet.

Fifteen hours after the battle, 76, who came to the front line to support the missionaries, pointed his thumb at the missionaries fixed on the bed next to him in the medical cabin, and gathered here after finally finishing the work at hand. The cakes on the side said:

"The heat and shock generated by the self-explosion of the 32 antimatter cannon poured in from the hole pierced by A Ling in the armor." She glanced at the terrible cavity on the missionary's chest, "although it's only a little bit, but Still burned most of the Dreacher's guts. Even if his battle skin allowed him to survive, it was just enough to survive - just barely we didn't have to play that second half."

After seeing this body, many problems can be explained clearly.

For example, why the other party is so stiff, it is not just a problem of insufficient manpower, but that there is only one operator, and the only one is dying.Such a body cannot operate a battleship. Rather, it is already a miracle to fight a fleet of this size for ten hours with such a body.

The problem of not being able to change the fire configuration was also found.The smart servant used for fire control is not here at all, it has been dismantled, and the manual control equipment has been lost in the previous battle - the Aweiyi combat team who is not there is rounding up the gold jade of the missionary During the time of the mission, there was a pulse beam that penetrated the shell of the technology seed and destroyed part of the internal equipment. It was this cannon that made the missionary only choose the automatic mode to operate the cannon.

And the automatic mode is not very well written...

From the data left on the technology seed, it can be seen that the missionary has been trying to regain control of the ship's firearms, but he has not been successful until the end.No matter how you look at it, it can be seen that this is an unequal battle, and he has no chance from the beginning.This wasn't just a matter of the luck of the boxing gunner, because even if the missionary regained control of the artillery, Oregana still had two preset plans to use.

She had already calculated everything, but the other party knew almost nothing about this side.

Oregana showed an exaggerated expression. She looked at the missionary's damaged armor with an extremely weak energy response.

"Can you save his life after removing the armor?"

"Of course, I can even connect his head to a springtail and still be alive and kicking. Pfft..." Speaking of this, 76 laughed out loud, as if remembering a cold joke that only he could understand, "After all, it is Zerglings."

"Don't! Just be normal! Don't do street fighters! Don't do mind transplants either!"

"I know, I know." 76 nodded, the two stupid hairs on her head dangling like tentacles, judging from her body shape, she looked like she came from the south - but you can't say this in person, otherwise this person will Will bring out the cockroaches south of Char.Her expression was very serious, "The consciousness transplant of the pioneers is too dangerous, even more dangerous than Tadalin's personality data."

"This metaphor is really easy to understand."

When the Purifiers of Protos took out the personality data stored in various places before, there was a big incident that caused people to burn out.The personality data of a Tadarin got mixed in for some reason. As a result, the Tadarin got mixed into the network system of the Purifier, mobilized the local defense system to attack the Purifier, and kept threatening the stored personality data.

At an extremely critical moment where one will suffer losses if one is not careful, and the personality data will be formatted, a flavor of justice appears on the scene——

That is Alarak, High Lord of the Tal'darin.

But this Tadarin personality has been installed for a long time, in a state of living in the hard disk, and I don’t know who knows how to talk about Wei and Jin. Then Alarak revealed his identity and showed his ability to summon the death fleet, so Tadarin If the personality data is low, he will bow down and surrender immediately in front of the high-ranking lord.Later, he was exported and stored in a USB flash drive, and it was said that he was stuffed into the Heaven's Punishment Walker as a machine soul.War Machine cannot climb the Tadarin Ladder, which is a huge blow to the parties involved.

It is also a huge blow to the Purifiers and a bunch of phase technicians... Our network technology back then was completely a sieve, right! (cover face)

No one wants a Forerunner's personality data to go anywhere else, not even the surveillance camera in the bathroom, nor is it okay to let him walk around in armor after he recovers.Until this is all sorted out, the missionary must remain sober, safe and in control.

"So we made some adjustments after extracting the DNA data, and cultivated life-support organs for him to replace." 76 said, pointing to the crazy doctors and pain boys who came and went in the corridor "traditional The treatment method can be done in any secondary hospital. But it is very reliable, it can save lives, and it is also convenient for us to set up some safety components."

The so-called tertiary hospital is a new standard used after the establishment of the Ministry of Consolidation.Level-[-] hospitals are grass-roots hospitals that directly provide preventive, medical, health care, and rehabilitation services to communities with a certain population or colonies in the early stages of development; level-[-] hospitals are regional hospitals that provide comprehensive medical and health services to multiple regions and undertake certain teaching tasks; The tertiary hospitals are placed on important planets to provide high-level specialized medical and health services and perform higher education and scientific research tasks.

With the development of technology so far, most of the organ diseases are not difficult to treat, the reason is the change of treatment policy.If you use the analogy of car repair, in the past, if the tire was broken, it was to repair the tire; if the water tank leaked, it was to replenish the water tank;But now it’s different, if the tire is broken, replace it with a new one, if the water tank is leaking, replace the water tank, if the gearbox gear is broken, just replace the entire gearbox...

With the development of organ cloning technology, people have found that replacement is much more convenient than repair, and it is not even expensive.Therefore, many things that were considered terminally ill in the past can be cured.

This technology can save people, and naturally it can also save the pioneers. There is everything in DNA, which is equivalent to repairing a ship by rubbing components against blueprints, and it is not difficult at all.

However, the safety components mentioned by 76 are quite interesting, so Oregana asked:

"What security component?"

"Phantom limb pain component. He has a phantom limb pain if he leaves the designated area, and there are many phantom limb setups."

"Very... a lot? What do you mean?"

"In the previous novels, I liked to write that the more wings the angel has, the more powerful it is. Now his phantom limbs are set to the highest level." After a while, he raised his head, "There are 76 wings."

"...Are you sure it's an angel? Isn't it a centipede?" (Dazed)

"That's pretty much what it means, and we'll wait for him to wake up," 76 said, opening his arms exaggeratedly, his chest trembling violently, "Congratulations! We have successfully captured a demigod who knows knowledge and history alive." !"

Seeing her happy look, Oregana couldn't help but smile.After this matter was successfully settled, the whole person became more relaxed, because it meant that the problems that bothered her before would be solved—Halsey and ONI officers would definitely use this incident to report to ONI, and she was sure that Hal The report written by Xi will be on his side, not on his side... The matter caused by the previous aggressive elements has not been finished yet, and the admiral doesn't care about cutting off a few more people.

As for the sword of St. Helios next to it, it is much simpler than that of UNSC. A living forerunner, a bleeding god, this can solve a lot for the guiding prophet and Tyr Vadam. Now the most terrible thing Yes, that is the problem caused by the 'fools of the pilgrimage' - no one dares to look up when the god is high, but if even one person makes him bleed, then people will no longer believe in him .This shook the foundation of those remnants of the Star Alliance, and it also helped Tyr Vadam a lot.

In this way, the Consolidation Department will have a considerable degree of voice on both sides.Professional teams in charge of diplomacy/engineering can quickly normalize communication.

What she was able to find out from the missionaries afterwards was what attracted her more interest:

"When Xuan Banxian wakes up, call Halsey over."

"...Half Immortal sounds too weird, doesn't it?"

"Immortals are almost synonymous. Look at the four gods' birthday celebrations and the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea. Isn't the painting style similar?"

"It's almost like a ghost!"

A relaxed atmosphere permeated the room.At this moment, Oregana's gaze accidentally drifted to the surface of Requiem, and she saw a few strange flashes of light. The next moment, a strange voice sounded in her mind.

"what happened?"

"Did you hear anything?"

76 squinted his eyes, the hair on his head twitched a few times, and pointed in the direction of Requiem: