A Request for Aid from Chief Petty Officer

Although Fang Zheng had wanted to directly bring over a group of Sea Fog Warships to upgrade them, after thinking it over, he decided to temporarily suppress that idea.

The reason was simple. The gravity well on Requiem Star had not yet been completely neutralized. If Fang Zheng summoned several more warships over now, they would probably end up like Iona and be unable to escape. Iona still needed at least twelve hours of repairs. If several more ships crashed down, it would only make things even more troublesome.

However, Fang Zheng did not need to worry about neutralizing the gravity well. He had already learned that, as the protagonist, Chief Petty Officer had taken on the task of heading to the control center and shutting down the gravity well after rendezvousing with the Infinity. Fang Zheng calmly decided to let him handle it. After all, protagonists usually did not die that easily. Besides, Fang Zheng was watching from here. If anything went wrong, he could just teleport over and take him away.

What surprised Fang Zheng was that the Star Alliance aliens had also colluded with the Forerunners and stood in Chief Petty Officer's way. At first, Fang Zheng had no idea what the hell was going on. Later, Nymph found time to explain it to him, and only then did he understand the reason—back in ancient times, the Forerunners had activated the Halos to stop the Flood invasion, killing most life in the Milky Way Galaxy, including themselves.

However, for some reason, the story had changed by the time it reached the Star Alliance. In Star Alliance doctrine, the Forerunners had ascended to heaven and become gods after activating the Halos... Thus, the Star Alliance had embarked on its search for the Great Journey. They too wanted to