Chapter 230: "Alien" Race

Inside the bridge of the CCS-class battlecruiser;

The overall layout here is similar to the bridge of a human ship. Each crew member has his own control station and is responsible for different matters and work. However, in terms of space, the CCS class appears to be more spacious.

The center console placed in the center is larger and more advanced than those used by UNSC or Atlas, and the bulkheads and decks show certain arcs and curves, unlike the straight lines or right angles that humans prefer.

As for the captain sitting behind the center console, as well as the bridge members, they are all "alien" wearing airtight protective suits and power armor.

Even if they are sitting in their respective seats, it is not difficult to guess their average height, which is at least about 2.3 or 2.4 meters. Moreover, their spines seem to be naturally curved, and they cannot completely straighten their waists and straighten their chests.

In addition, they have four fingers, a mouth with a four-petal structure, a grayish-brown skin, and eyes and pupils that can change according to the intensity of light, just like lizards or cats on Earth.

These "alien" are one of the most important races in the "Halo" universe——

Sangheili.

Compared to Earth, their home planet "Xianfioli" has a harsher and barren environment.

The surface temperature ranges from -5°C to 96°C, the gravity is about 1.375g, the atmospheric pressure is 0.9, and the composition of the atmosphere is similar to that of the earth.

This makes their civilization progress similar to that of humans, but there are many subtle differences. The most important point is that they advocate glory, value credibility, and are very warlike. They are a veritable fighting race.

In the timeline from "Halo Wars 1" to "Halo 2", Sangheili showed extremely strong physical fitness and combat literacy, especially in melee combat. They were usually able to achieve the image of defeating more with less, making humans accustomed to it. Sex calls them "elites."

Although the Sangheili, under the "coaxing" of the Covenant leadership, concluded that humans were blasphemers of their gods and a race that must be eliminated, the potential of humans to explode in desperate situations and the UNSC grassroots soldiers were willing to sacrifice themselves. His actions to save civilians won the favor and respect of all Sangheili.

However, at this time, the Sangheili clan had not yet come into contact with humans.

and--

“Wort!!rulo naminar ya uli nayna’mi ulaha!”

A Sangheili helmsman whose power armor was painted silver-white turned to face the captain whose power armor was painted light gold, and reported hurriedly in the language of their clan.

If translated into human language, it should be "Commander! We have lost control of the ship!".

After all, they were obviously handling chores as usual, but they never expected that Miracle (Shield World 0459) would suddenly react violently and open a rift, sucking their entire fleet into the area between the surface and the core of the earth.

"Calm down (Lekgolo)."

The golden-armored captain raised his hand to signal everyone not to panic. He looked at the real-time dynamics displayed on the center console and continued:

"Although I'm not sure what exactly happened, what is certain is that the fleet is constantly descending, and it won't take long to enter the interior of the miracle. Well, this is actually good news for us."

"Captain." At this time, the communications officer in charge of communications also turned around and reported:

"Affected by the miracle, we have lost contact with the Prophet of Sorrow. At the same time, the commander-in-chief of the Jiralhanae wants to negotiate with you face to face."

"Jiralhanae?"

Hearing this, the golden-armored captain narrowed his eyes slightly and tapped the armrest of his seat rhythmically with his left "index finger":

"How come those guys who have no glory to speak of always like to interfere at critical moments? Refuse, wait until the fleet's navigation status stabilizes."

"Yes, Captain."

After receiving the signal, the communications officer immediately cut off the communications request from the Jiralhanae commander.

And listening to the conversation between them, Sangheili seems to be quite unhappy with the so-called Jiralhanae clan, but because they belong to the same camp, there is nothing they can do about it.

"The fleet is about to be forced out of the Miracle's shell and into the core area. Please look!"

Another crew member said and transferred the real-time image of the front end of the battleship to the center console.

As the real-time image took shape, the golden armored captain and all the crew members present witnessed them successfully passing through the "metallic soil" and arriving at the paradise-like core world.

See this scene.

The golden-armored captain put aside the annoyance caused by the Jiralhanae, left his seat with a surprised look on his face, slowly approached the center console, and said:

"Is this what the inside of a miracle looks like? Everyone, it seems that we have more luck than our compatriots! God bless us!"

"Ouch! God bless you!!"

All the Sangheili stood up, and the bridge was filled with the unique roar of their clan.

Apparently, they firmly believed that it was the gods who had manifested themselves and dragged the entire fleet into the core world, allowing them to experience the "bright" side of the miracle instead of the surface that was ravaged and desecrated by the Flood.

The golden-armored captain in charge of this Covenant fleet realized that the Flood posed a considerable threat to intelligent life when he was ordered to secretly investigate the miracle.

But when it summarized the characteristics and threats of the Flood and uploaded it to the Prophet of Sorrow, the reply it received was "Those creations of the gods are an important part of our pilgrimage and must not be burned or cleared!".

If it is to avoid damage to the miracle and then trigger the miracle's defense mechanism, such as the collective counterattack of the temple defenders, the golden captain can still understand, but

The Flood is an important part of the pilgrimage? ? ?

It has had close contact with the Flood and witnessed the infected form disintegrating the energy shield of a Sangheili tactical team through absolute numerical advantage.

Afterwards, the infected form used strong and powerful tentacles to tightly bind the necks, joints and other weak areas of armor of the tactical team members, and then used metal spikes to pierce the members' one-piece protective suits.

When the wound expands to a certain scale, the infected form will drill into the body of the tactical team members and transform its subordinates into members of the Flood in a short moment.

It is obviously an extremely blasphemous biological form, why does the Prophet of Sorrow tolerate the existence of the Flood?

The golden captain was very puzzled.

However, the corrupt bureaucratic system within the Star Alliance forced the golden captain to bury his confusion in his heart and obey all the wishes of the Prophet of Sorrow.

However, as the commander-in-chief of this fleet, it can still do "epidemic prevention measures" within its power.

The golden-armored captain strictly prohibited the Sangheili of his tribe from contacting the flood demons. At the same time, he also asked his trusted officers and generals to form a picket team to imprison and kill the pilgrims who were close to crazy to prevent the number of flood demons from increasing further.

At this moment, it calmed down its excitement, sat back in its seat, and ordered:

"Send a scientific expedition team and ground troops to the surface of the core area of ​​the miracle to conduct reconnaissance."

"Yes."