Chapter 238 "Commanding the Galaxy" Traveler Level Ninth Path (Two in One)

Twenty-eight hours later, in the core world at 0459;

The CCS-class battlecruiser and four CRS-class light cruisers have been surrounded by the Atlas fleet in the core area, and the fire control and defense systems have been forced to shut down.

Moreover, the artificial stars in the core world have dimmed automatically, creating an atmosphere of "full moon and dark night" here.

At the same time, various insects living in the forest began to chirp, and nocturnal creatures left their nests and foraged under the cover of darkness.

In the lower area of ​​the two fleets, however-

Boom. Boom~——!

The roar of the engine resounded.

"Squad 2! Hurry up and transport the building materials to the 3-6 construction site!"

"Hey! A Hex is paralyzed, maintenance team! Maintenance team!"

And the captains of the Atlas engineering team are grumpy and commanding their own team members to start the construction of a semi-permanent base.

Large lighting equipment installed around the base and two Fides-class strong lights provide a good environment for the engineering team to work at night.

Tens of thousands of Hex robots are scattered throughout the base, which has gradually taken shape. Engineers wearing simple mechanical skeletons are responsible for on-site command and control of the construction progress of the robots, and will personally go into battle when necessary.

As for the engineers driving exclusive mechas, they work with magnetic levitation trucks to transport and unload building materials and supplies on the ground.

And sometimes, when patrolling, the Temple Defenders will deviate from their original flight routes and lower their altitude to observe the Hex robots that have no autonomous consciousness and only know how to act according to procedures.

The monitors similar to the eyes will continue to flash, as if they are thinking about whether they are working tirelessly and tirelessly like the Hex robots.

Fortunately, the Temple Defenders did not think too much about their "machine life". After a brief observation, they returned to the established route and continued to perform patrol tasks.

In addition.

The area where the base was first completed was the prisoner "concentration camp" located at the far left.

The Tyrants equipped with small-caliber plasma cannons or rotating Gauss machine guns, as well as the fully armed emergency response forces (AECS), are the "prison guards" guarding this place.

After the construction of the prison area for the elites and the Grunts, the Engineering Department began to build a fixed device for the Ark transmission to instantly link the front-line base of Shield World 0459 and the Harvest Star.

In this way, the three-month jump voyage can be avoided, and the purpose of quickly transferring personnel and materials can be achieved.

In the prison area at this moment;

"Hoo."

"Ah ah"

The Grunts, who removed their armor and weapons, kept their methane bottles and breathing masks, were lying in the cell with their legs spread out and sleeping soundly, and seemed to have accepted their status as prisoners very obediently.

After all, their requirements are very simple, that is, to eat well, drink well, and sleep enough. Nothing can make them feel more at ease than these.

Moreover, here they don't have to endure the humiliation and oppression of the jackals, nor do they have to fear being strangled or hammered to death by the ghost beasts, or even being used as food by the ghost beasts.

So the Gollums enjoy their captive life.

On the other hand, the elites in the deep prison area

"Ah!!"

"Ah"

are filled with the "Ah" tone one after another.

They are forced to take off their power armor and only wear one-piece combat uniforms. However, because the color of the combat uniforms is similar to their skin color, the elites look like they have no clothes to wear.

And they who advocate fighting and glory find it difficult to accept the humiliation of being imprisoned here!

However, the empty plates placed in the cell show that even the fighting races cannot escape the temptation of food that smells good when they are hungry.

The environment of the elites' home planet is not much different from the desert on Earth, and they also need nutrients such as protein and carbohydrates to maintain their daily activities.

So the ordinary employee meals prepared by Atlas for them are like opening the door to a new world.

At first, the elites thought that rice, noodles, braised meat, and green stir-fried vegetables could never compare to the food at home.

But after eating, most of the elites "fell" instantly.

If their race was not more concerned about face and valued dignity more than life, they would definitely ask Atlas to give them more meals.

But they were full and regained their energy, and continued to howl.

It sounded like they were saying "Let us out if you dare!", "We are the strongest if we face us head-on!", "Don't you just have a few giants to support you?!".

It was obviously a tough talk.

As for Garol, who had led the way for Riemann before, and the commander who had taken off his golden armor, and twenty elite guards were assigned to a large cell.

They were much quieter than the rest of their kind.

The elite commander sat in the corner, lowered his head, and didn't know what he was thinking.

But one thing is certain: being killed instantly by Riemann severely frustrated the confidence of the elite commander, and he even began to doubt Riemann and the Thunder Warrior. Could they really be the legendary gods?

Garol wanted to say something comforting, but he was worried that his rank was too low, so he had to keep quiet and wait.

Dong, Dong.

Just as his fellow tribesmen were shouting until their mouths were dry, a heavy sound of footsteps unique to magnetic boots spread throughout the prison area.

!!! !

Hearing the footsteps, all the Sangheili instantly calmed down.

After all, the scene of the Thunder Warriors hammering away energy shields with their bare hands and knocking them out with their swords is still vivid in my mind.

From their perspective, ten thunder warriors holding bolt rifles were walking in the corridor accompanied by two "women" wearing black slim-fitting uniforms with long and short hair.

And walking at the forefront is a "giant" who is one meter taller than the Thunder Warrior, that is -

Sui Yang.

The two "women" following behind are Apu and Melissa who have physical bodies.

Sui Yang went straight to the cell where Garol was held, and looked down at the elite commander squatting in the corner.

"Ouch"

Upon seeing this, Garol and the elite guards suddenly became nervous.

?

At this time, the elite commander noticed something unusual, raised his head, and looked at Sui Yang, whose pupils shone with golden light.

Immediately afterwards——

boom--! !

The looming light began to radiate outward rapidly with Sui Yang as the center, instantly covering the entire prison area.

This move also instantly changed the relationship between the Forerunners and humans, as well as Atlas being a giant military-industrial complex spanning different universes, and the scene where Sui Yang himself opened the space gate, directly instilling spiritual energy into all elites and Grunts. in the mind.

Relaxed for a long time.

The light emitted by the spiritual energy dimmed, but Sui Yang's spiritual energy was like a tree taking root into the soil, permanently affecting the consciousness of the elites and the Grunts.

"Ziondel Bank Rother."

At this moment, the elite commander, who had been depressed just now, knelt on one knee and said with great respect in the language of their elite clan:

"I swear by the glory of the Sangheili clan that I will unswervingly defend justice and truth, and assist the Returned to lead the galaxy!"

"Willing to serve the Returned!"

Following Xiander's words, all the elites present knelt down on one knee and put them down facing Sui Yang.

It should be their proud dignity and their oath of allegiance.

"Oops!"

All the Grunts followed suit and echoed with slightly funny bodies and voices.

In fact, apart from Sui Yang's use of psychic powers to explain the ins and outs of the Forerunners and humans in an instant, as well as the psychic hints of "loyalty", whatever the Gurus do as elites, they will also do it with them, and they almost unconditionally trust the elites. .

Nowadays, Sui Yang has long been able to use spiritual energy to control intelligent beings with souls.

However, the consequences of doing so will cause the controlled life individual to completely lose himself. In layman's terms, it is brain-dead and reduced to a mere puppet with a body.

Therefore, in order to avoid "burning out the brains" of the elites and Grunts in front of him, Sui Yang only used low-level psychic suggestions.

As for the important factors that made them loyal, they were betrayed by the lie of "pilgrimage" concocted by the top leaders of the Covenant in trying to consolidate their rule, and they also hated the corruption within the Covenant.

"Captain Luo Si Ze, please arise."

At this moment, Sui Yang continued to use his spiritual power and said in an echo-like tone:

"From now on, you and your subordinates are officially designated as specially recruited employees of Atlas, and you are currently in the probation period.

After you learn human language and can communicate simply, you will sign the corresponding employee contract and benefit agreement.

Contracts and agreements are equivalent to the oaths and promises you value most. "

Hearing this, Siander and all the elites present stood up.

Moreover, Xiander walked to the railing, raised his head and said solemnly to Sui Yang:

"My Lord! You are the only one who can communicate normally with us, so how can we learn the language of the Returned?"

"There is no need to call me Lord." Sui Yang waved his left hand lightly, then turned sideways and looked at Melissa standing on the right:

"She is the company's smart artificial intelligence, Melissa, who can try to translate in real time based on your Sangheili's discourse logic.

With her assistance, you can avoid the language barrier and teach you our language. "

"Yes, my lord." Xiandel responded respectfully.

"Um."

Seeing that the other party still insisted on using the title "my lord", Sui Yang didn't say anything.

What's more, if the elite clan regards him as a "god", it will indeed be conducive to stabilizing the current situation.

The elite and the Grunts will eventually be integrated into human society, so this is not a problem that needs to be corrected by force.

Finished.

Sui Yang and Apu turned around and left, leaving behind Melissa and ten thunder warriors, and warned:

"Captain Luo Si Ze, Melissa will lead you to move into the living area of ​​the base. Please be sure to follow her command and dispatch."

"yes."

Xiandel remained extremely respectful until he watched Sui Yang and Apu disappear from their sight.

"Everyone."

Then, Melissa showed a mechanical smile and said in a somewhat stiff Sangheili language:

"I will open the gate of the cell where you are imprisoned. Please cooperate sincerely as the boss has told you. Otherwise, our company will not mind using forced physical hypnosis again."

Melissa said, and ten Thunder Warriors raised their guns to signal.

However, the ammunition placed in the magazine is not standard or high-explosive explosive rounds, but .75cal rubber bullets.

"Don't worry." Xiandel's eyes were firm: "The behaviors we Sangheili hate most are betrayal, breach of contract and breach of trust.

Except for a very small number of outliers and bastards, we will never break our oath. "

"Very good, then everyone wait a moment."

Melissa's eyes glowed faintly, ready to open the gate for the elites and the Grunts.

——

At the same time.

Sui Yang and Apu had already arrived at the biological experiment center of the base, and continued to the second floor of the center.

After the fleet entered the core world, Sui Yang sent Vulcan and Riemann to lead two elite troops to return to the surface of 0459, and then search for the original corpse brain beast hiding in the dark according to the intelligence provided by the quiet river bank.

Once its location is successfully locked, the metal hydrogen bomb will be directly dropped to achieve the purification effect.

As long as the original corpse brain beast is successfully killed, the wild flood demons on 0459 will no longer be a serious threat.

As for the tiny flood demon spores, they can be filtered through the cleaning program that comes with 0459, and the quiet river bank said that it needs the approval authority of humans as returnees.

This is why "she" cannot rely on herself and the temple defenders to solve the long-raging flood demons.

Moreover, Sui Yang negotiated with Tranquility Riverbank face to face as soon as the fleet entered the core world.

The other party accepted the fact that Atlas came from a different universe very calmly, saying that "the Forerunners had tried to verify the existence of parallel universes before the war with the Flood and the ancient humans broke out."

Tranquility Riverbank also frankly stated that her mental state was relatively stable, but she would occasionally have "forgetfulness" symptoms, causing her to often repeat tasks that had already been completed.

However, after verifying that the humans in the main universe were also among the returnees and confirming Sui Yang's identity as a "leader", Tranquility Riverbank fulfilled its promise and taught the Forerunner technology orally.

In response, Sui Yang arranged Tranquility Riverbank to Halsey as planned before.

The "Sojourner-class" Forerunner warships, a total of 36 in the core world, also became the property of Atlas.

The Sojourner-class is blade-shaped as a whole, with a length of about ten kilometers, and multiple ships can form a beam matrix.

But at the current stage, Atlas only has the authority to start the Sojourner-class battleship. If he wants to truly control it, he needs to learn professional knowledge from the Tranquil Riverbank, and it cannot be put into use immediately in a short period of time.

Even so, Atlas has completed all the strategic goals set after entering the Halo universe.

The rest is to proceed steadily, continue to expand the number of ships of the company, and let Ziondel learn human language while reporting false information to the Star Alliance, waiting for the best time to instigate his fellow tribes.

Sui Yang opened the eighth space gate connecting to the Halo universe on February 17, 2001, and today is August 24, so there is more than half a year left before the ninth space gate opens on March 8, 2002.

At that time, he can return to the Harvest Star through the Ark, and then go to the ruins base to prepare for the opening of the space gate.