At this moment...
Because the Covenant was led by three evil prophets and sent a large number of troops to land on Shield World, the Flood took this opportunity to carry out large-scale infection and assimilation.
This also resulted in the surface of Shield World being almost completely occupied by the flooding flood demon at this moment.
However, the fleet infected by the Flood was completely destroyed by Nova's Psionic storm and Fleet Zero's hydrogen bombs in the raid on October 21st.
So until the 21st of November, the Flood was still trapped on the surface of Shield World, unable to escape from the shackles of Shield World.
"Huh~--!"
At this moment, a roaring sound came from the sky above this area.
Such a huge movement also caused the Combat Body Flood Demons on the surface to raise their twisted heads and look at the sky.
Just look at thousands of 'meteors', heading towards this completely corrupted surface.
Only when these 'shooting stars' lost their fire did they reveal their true identity as disposable Drop Pod.
The moment the disposable Drop Pod reaches the designated height, they will bounce off the parachutes installed on their tops, which slows down their fall to a certain extent.
However, the parachutes of some disposable Drop Pod did not open and continued to hit the ground at the same speed as when they entered the atmosphere.
"Gulu~."
Seeing this, all forms of flood demons make a "gurgling" sound like water rolling in their throats, and then avoid these rapidly falling short positions.
"Boom~--! Boom~--!"
The short warehouse that failed to open its parachute hit the ground at an extremely fast speed, shattering the living plant-like roots and splattering out more gas carrying fine particles.
But...
"Hey~!"
Soon, these crashed Drop Pod were corroded by the green blood.
Just look at the blood still flowing along the ravines on the ground to the vicinity of the living roots, where high-intensity corrosion also occurred.
!!
The moment the living rhizomes were corroded, they began to twitch violently like crazy, as if they were in agony from the green blood.
"Ugh!!"
The pain in the rhizome, and even the various forms nearby, can't help but make sounds like roars.
"Boom~, boom~."
At this time, those Drop Pods that had successfully opened their parachutes also landed on the surface covered with living roots.
"Click~dong~!"
The disposable sealed hatch popped open and fell heavily to the ground.
Flood demons in various forms also gathered around Drop Pod, preparing to assimilate the 'passengers' in Drop Pod.
Just...
"Hiss~--! Roar~--!!"
It's just that the people in Drop Pod are not humans, nor are they Jiralhanae, Grunts or Gnoll. Instead, they are a large number of Xenoss with dark red exoskeletons.
Compared to the various forms of the Flood, which are twisting and turning and having tentacles scurrying around, the appearance of Xenos has skyrocketed.
The Tiger Form Xenos that roared just now was the first to rush out of Drop Pod, opened its large mouth with a secondary mouth, and bit the nearest Combat Body Flood Demon.
Tiger Form is several times faster than the ordinary Drone Alien in terms of strength and speed, and it directly bites the neck covered with tentacles.
"Puff!" A sound.
The light green blood of the Flood Demon clan spurted out, and the head with a distorted face was ripped off by Tiger Form.
If it is an ordinary creature, losing its head means death. Even creatures such as zombies will lose their ability to move if they lose their head.
But the Flood is not.
There was another "Puff!" sound.
The headless Combat Body used its whip-like right arm to instantly pierce Tiger Form's abdomen.
"Hey~!"
Immediately afterwards, a sound of Corrosive Acid corroding bones and flesh tissue was heard.
Just look at the Flood Demon's right arm that pierced Tiger Form's abdomen, corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even emitted a stream of blue smoke visible to the naked eye.
"Roar!!!"
Combat Body Flood's plan to kill and infect Tiger Form instantly went bankrupt. At the same time, it also angered the huge Xenos, which was bred by the King of Beasts.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
Tiger Form raised his head to the sky and roared, and at the same time used his thick claws to slap and tear Combat Body Flood crazily... such as the attack of a ferocious beast when it is extremely angry.
Within a few seconds, Combat Body Hong Mo, who was not afraid of barrage fire, was stunned by Tiger Form Xenos and turned into a puddle of flesh with light green blood flowing.
It seems that even with the help of the infected body, Combat Body cannot regain its ability to move.
By the way...
There are many ways of infection by the Flood. For example, on the surface of Shield World, the air is filled with tiny spores of the Flood.
Without any protective equipment, by breathing directly on the surface, a Intelligent lifeforms would be assimilated into a member of the Flood within a few hours.
The most effective way of infection is the large number of Infection Form that look like small octopuses. Infectious bodies can also be called large Flood Spore.
Only one infected body does not pose a threat, but when the number reaches a certain level, even a Spartan with incredible luck and strength like the Master Chief has a chance of being infected and assimilated.
For example, in the official novel "Halo 2: Flood", when Thor's Hammer's Energy Shield was shattered and charged, an infected body took the opportunity to wrap around the back of Master Chief's neck.
In an instant, the infected body's spikes pierced the gel combat suit. If Cortana hadn't activated Thor's Hammer's electric shock device in time, Master Chief would have been assimilated into the Flood.
The infected body can assimilate a Intelligent lifeforms into a member of the Flood in just over ten seconds.
Putting aside these infected bodies, Combat Form and Pure Form both have the ability to infect.
For example, in the Halo dynamic comic "Evolution: Mona Lisa" (Broken Site has a translated version), shortly after a Marine Corps was scratched by a Flood infected body, he gradually lost his mind and tried to attack his teammates.
Finally, before becoming Combat Body, this Marine Corps was shot dead by his comrades.
Although William does not remember the above details, he knows that sending ground troops, and the Umbrella ground troops are so powerful today, there is a huge risk of being infected when facing the Flood.
Therefore, this is why he must let 049 cultivate a large number of Xenos to serve as Vanguard troops.
You must know that Tiger Form Xenos's exoskeleton was able to withstand several rounds of Gauss Spike Rounds, but it was easily pierced through the abdomen by the Combat Body Flood.
If Astartes wearing Ceramite Armor is careless or accidentally scratched by the Flood when attacking Combat Body at close range, then...
The combat power of the Flood in the form of Astartes is not comparable to that of the Jiralhanae, Gnoll or the Grunts.
More importantly, anyone who loses a Astartes William will feel heartache, but Xenos will not.
Coupled with Xenos's special blood, it seems that he is not afraid of Flood Spore's infection at all, and his strength and speed seem to be superior to Combat Body Flood Demon.
Looking at it now, Xenos seems to be an existence specifically designed to restrain the Flood.
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