Star Killer-class In the hangar.
"Hui~." Mylon, who was wearing Primarch Power Armor, couldn't help but whistle when he saw Xenos logging into Drop Pod quietly and methodically.
Then he looked at Elizabeth Green who was standing not far away, wearing a special black tights, and said to John who was standing next to him:
"Brother, if there were no Green, we would be the ones facing the Flood.
Thinking back to Green twenty years ago...
She was the culprit responsible for the death of 600,000 people Manhattan. Tsk tsk, it was really fate that played a trick on people... Oh, no, it was fate that played a role in Containment Object."
"Hmm."
John, who was also wearing Primarch Power Armor, still nodded his head as if he was precious and didn't say much.
I saw a large number of fully armed Adeptus Custodes and Raven Guard gathered in the deck area where John and Mylon were located.
Of course, Karl and Kolax as Primarch are also here.
There are also Ghost Agent led by Prus, as well as Helljumpers and Marine Corps who are not super humans.
And in Marine Corps, you can also see Riko and Tiz, who have been promoted to captain and second lieutenant respectively.
Angel Keisha, who restrained her wings and wore gorgeous Power Armor, was also here to watch the Xenos army enter Drop Pod.
There were even a large number of elites wearing silver helmets and red helmets, headed by Saum, gathered in this deck area.
These ground troops are the first batch of troops preparing to land on the surface of Shield World after Xenos clears the landing Flood demons.
At the edge of this deck area...
"Hurry up, Mr. Russell has issued an order to prepare the airdrop within ten minutes. I want you to be ready in six minutes.
If it times out...
Then every second, I will randomly select one of you to be my experimental subject for vaccine development.
Do you understand?"
Just look at 049, who is wearing a white coat and has no change in appearance, using a special voice to command the researchers of Pluto Research Institute.
"It's... doctor."
The researchers, who were also wearing white coats and masks, all answered with a little fear.
After all, their boss is really special.
Subsequently, Elizabeth Green sped up to assist these researchers, and finally all Xenos entered Drop Pod within six minutes.
They also include clones whose clothing, appearance, and body are exactly the same as Green's.
After confirming that everything was ready, 049 looked at the ground handling supervisor wearing a red vest and said softly:
"Sir, it's time to release these cute little guys."
"Uh... ok."
The ground handling supervisor wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and nodded lightly in response.
Due to his instinctive fear of 049, and those Xenos that looked very scary at first glance, 049 called him a 'cute little guy', which made this experienced supervisor break into a cold sweat.
Slowly.
The supervisor began to direct the ground crew to control various mechanical arms in the hangar, pick up disposable Drop Pod filled with various types of Xenos, and carry them to the center of the bottom deck.
Immediately afterwards, as the emerald green plasma unfolded, the super giant gas valve gate slowly opened.
When the gate is completely opened, everyone in the hangar can directly see the universe and the turbid atmosphere Shield World through the plasma.
Immediately, under the control of the ground staff, the robotic arm released the clamped disposable Drop Pod.
Thousands of Drop Pod first passed through the plasma of Emerald Light like free fall. After arriving in the universe, they began to smash towards the surface of Shield World due to the gravity of Shield World.
It won't take more than a few minutes.
Thousands of Drop Pod began to enter the atmosphere of Shield World, and turned into sparks due to friction.
Soon after.
The surface of Shield World.
Due to the light from Red Dwarf Star, it looks like the evening afterglow of the earth.
The surface here is similar to the desolate Gobi on Earth, but the difference is that there are a large number of lakes and swamps nearby.
But the water in the lake was turbid and even exuded a rotten smell.
If you look closely, you can find many yellow plant-like rhizomes covering the surface. These rhizomes are crawling as if they are alive.
The rhizomes will gather together in small hilly areas to form mushroom-shaped aggregates, and the aggregates will emit turbid gas containing fine particles from time to time.
It seems that the reason why Shield World's atmosphere is so turbid, and why lakes and swamps emit the rotten air, is precisely because of the aggregate of these wriggling rhizomes.
In addition to some wriggling roots and aggregates, there are also a large number of Jiralhanae, Grunts and Gnoll.
It's just that the bodies of these Jiralhanae beasts are 'twisted', with many wriggling tentacles protruding from the exposed skin of the armor, and many tiny tentacles growing on their heads and necks.
The left or right arms of some Jiralhanae have turned into huge whips, which look extremely uncoordinated and awkward.
Their facial expressions are also distorted with extreme pain, which looks quite scary.
As for the Grunts and Gnoll, they turned into airbag-like creatures with short legs, wriggling tentacles growing on their arms, and a rather large head.
They became like this all because they were infected and assimilated by the Flood, and were twisted into living members of the Flood.
Tall and strong intelligent creatures like Jiralhanae, after being infected by the Flood, will become the Flood's combat unit, 'Combat Form' or 'Combat Body'.
Combat Body is extremely threatening in close combat, with its arms twisted into whips that can instantly consume half of the Covenant armor Energy Shield.
What's more important is that Combat Body can also use the weapons of each race during his lifetime, and can also drive corresponding vehicles.
Although due to the distortion of their bodies, their accuracy is quite poor and their driving skills are quite embarrassing.
However, the vitality of Combat Body is enough to sustain them when they are subjected to intensive barrage attacks, and they can still rush into the enemy's line, thus forcing the enemy to fight them at close range.
With Gravemind, Combat Body will evolve into more forms, such as a behemoth 'tank'.
As for weak races such as the Grunts and Gnoll, the Flood will automatically determine that they are not suitable to become Combat Body, so they will be twisted into 'Pure Form'.
After the mother body is attacked, the huge air bags on their heads will self-destruct, and the impact of the self-destruction is no less than that of several fragments, Plasma Grenade.
The most important thing is that when the air bag explodes, it will also eject a large number of 'Infection Form/infected bodies' to the surrounding areas.
They are small octopus-like creatures that appear to be able to walk on land and are found around Combat Body and its parent body.
These infected bodies are like large spores, and they are numerous in number. They are also the most basic unit and the most critical component of the Flood.
As the name suggests, they can quickly infect intelligent creatures and transform them at the genetic level and even the spiritual level.