Within Sparta A-007, John's Drop Pod.
Through the few observation windows in front of him, John could clearly see the 'flame' gradually burning outside the window.
Because it is passing through the black barrier area, the communication within Thor's Hammer Helmet has only slight current noise.
At this time, the face of Cortana appeared in the upper left corner of the helmet screen, and reported to John:
"Master Chief, communication is expected to be restored in thirty seconds. We are about forty kilometers above the Coordinates location and thirty-five kilometers away from entering the barrier."
"Hmm."
John still had an emotionless face, and nodded lightly after hearing Cortana's report.
Thirty seconds later.
"Hey... Sir... Sir... please..." Michel's intermittent voice came from the communication.
After a few seconds, the communication was completely restored to normal. "Master Chief, you are the commander of this operation. How should we act after we enter the barrier area?"
Hearing this, John said quietly without thinking, "The moment you enter the barrier area, Cortana will test our Individual Communication.
If you can't hear Cortana's voice, we will conduct wired communication after Drop Pod lands.
As for the investigation plan, we will wait until we enter the barrier area and see the actual situation before formulating it."
"Haha, as expected of Sparta, you can't hear any nervousness at all." Michel joked with a smile.
"Yeah." John still answered briefly.
"..." This caused the communication to fall into a brief silence.
suddenly.
"I'm going... everyone, look out the window!" Mylon's unique voice resounded, breaking the little embarrassment caused by John.
Immediately, the sighs of Karl and the Mad Tooth Shark came one after another from the communication line:
"Oh my god..."
"This time it may cost several hundred million."
"Haha! In order to protect us, the boss really took great measures."
Hearing the increasingly lively communication, John also moved his eyes away from the display screen beside him, and then looked out the window of the warehouse door.
Just look at the countless missiles that just passed their Drop Pod, with a white 'tail', and quickly rushed towards the red barrier visible to the naked eye below.
"Boom! Boom!" At the same time, four "thick orange light pillars" flashed past.
This is the Yamato Cannon salvo from the battleship, used to strike the uninhabited desert areas in Egypt, and work together with missiles to confuse the audience.
Tens of seconds after Yamato Cannon fired the salvo, Cortana reported to John, "Master Chief.
UNSC troops stationed on the Egyptian border reported that except for the smoke and dust from the shock wave, there were no abnormal phenomena or creatures escaping from the barrier area."
At this point, Cortana's tone sank and he said, "Such a large-scale bombing failed to produce any data...
It may be that humans in Egypt have completely lost signs of life."
John, on the other hand, replied quietly, "It may be an abnormal phenomenon, and I don't care at all about Yamato Cannon's blow."
"Don't care at all?" Cortana on the screen was stunned and said in surprise:
"Although the penetration power of Yamato Cannon is not as good as that of Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon, four low-power salvos are enough to shock the whole of Egypt."
"Okay." John looked through the observation window at the bottom of the hatch and saw the getting closer barrier and said:
"Outside analysis is fruitless. Don't forget that our mission is investigation. It's your turn to work later."
"Yes." Cortana also put away his surprised face, waiting for Drop Pod to break into the barrier.
Swish-!
In an instant, Drop Pod of John was the first to enter the barrier.
There seemed to be thick blood-red smoke piled outside the window, and dark red electricity flashed from time to time.
Immediately afterwards, the communication channel between Yamato Cannon and the missile was still being discussed, but it fell into complete silence after entering the barrier.
Soon, there were no longer blood-colored 'dark clouds' outside the window, and the field of vision became wider.
John saw other Drop Pod also passing through the barrier clouds and entering Egypt.
The visibility outside was moderate, but everything seemed to be covered in red and looked very dim.
"Master Chief." The voice of Cortana came from John's ear:
"I tried to contact the Infinity, but there was nothing but noise. It was a completely expected result."
"Boom-boom-"
Just as Cortana finished speaking, a series of slight explosions came from below, which seemed to be caused by missile salvos.
John looked at the display on the left and found that the distance between his Drop Pod and the ground was only about one thousand meters, and the distance to the ground was rapidly shortening.
When it's about to hit the ground...
With a "Whew!", the injector at the bottom of Drop Pod was manually opened by John.
As violent vibrations came from the warehouse, the speed instantly dropped to a low point.
And then...
With a muffled sound of "Coax-!", John's Drop Pod hit the ground, splashing a large amount of sand and dust.
"Coax-! Coax-!" and more Drop Pod smashed nearby.
Although the movement was huge, it was nothing compared to the aftermath of thousands of missiles and four Yamato Cannon rounds.
"Click-! Click-!"
The sound of a steady stream of warehouse doors popping open resounded throughout this medium-sized oasis.
John took out Plasma Rifle and a large number of battery magazines and grenades, jumped out of Drop Pod, and ordered Cortana:
"Cortana, try to connect to Individual Communication.
Also, monitor whether there are harmful substances in the air."
"Already doing it." Cortana replied.
Karl, Mylon who walked out of Drop Pod, and Shark Company led by Michel gathered their weapons and equipment near John.
"Master Chief."
At this moment, Cortana said in a cheerful tone, "The components in the air are as usual, and Individual Communication has not been disturbed."
"Very good." John nodded lightly and used the communication to give orders to everyone:
"Major Michel, free up the four squads of Mad Tooth Sharks to take charge of security, and the remaining people will stay here to assemble Warthog.
Blue Team, follow me to the nearby sand dunes for reconnaissance operations."
"Yes."(x4)
After receiving the instructions, everyone began to act separately.
Four classes of Berserk Sharks, armed with standard Pulse Rifle and smart machine guns, spread out around the landing site and maintained high alert.
As for Mylon and Karl, which were holding rotating Gauss Rifle and Gauss Sniper Rifle, they followed John out of the oasis and walked towards a higher sand dune outside the oasis.
The three of them used the visual system provided by the helmet and the assistance of Cortana to confirm that there were no abnormal phenomena around them.
After Thor's Hammer automatically adapted to the sand environment, they accelerated towards the sand dunes.
The three of them reached the top and squatted down to look at the north.
I saw a scarlet light flashing in the direction of Cairo.
Using the far-sighted function of the helmet, I found that the entire Cairo seemed to be 'cracked', and there was a vaguely huge figure on the outskirts of the city.
Seeing this, Mylon couldn't help but shake his head and sighed, "John...Karl... Don't you think it looks like...
Like the entrance to hell?"
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