"Hmm."
After hearing the plan mentioned by William, Halsey also nodded in agreement and said:
"And even if God-class civilization abandons the act of war, it does not mean that they will not use it. For example, the Forerunners have touched the bottom line of the Forerunners.
With the purpose of testing whether we humans have the ability to inherit the mantle and destroying the Forerunners, the Forerunners created the Flood to sweep the entire galaxy.
William, this is just a way for the forerunners to punish the forerunners, and it is even a biological weapon that was 'racked our brains' to come up with for us humans."
"It should be." William also agreed with Halsey's guess.
"Beep~--!"
At this moment, a harsh siren sounded throughout the battleship, and warning lights everywhere flashed red.
The employees down the corridor were stunned for a moment, but they quickly came to their senses and stepped up to prepare for the battle at their respective positions.
?!
Disturbed by the sudden situation, William and Halsey no longer dwelled on the matters of Level 3 and God-class civilization, but looked around with solemn expressions.
"Boss." Immediately afterwards, the voice of Serena appeared on the broadcast. "We have detected the enemy's situation, boss, please return to the bridge quickly."
Hear the words.
William turned to look at Halsey and said with a bitter smile, "It seems that Craftworld's trip is not as simple as we imagined. Let's go, madam."
"Yeah." Halsey had no doubts and nodded to William with a slight smile.
Then the couple quickly left the air corridor and rushed back towards the bridge not far away.
Soon after.
William and Halsey returned to the bridge and took the elevator to the second floor of the bridge.
Seeing Serena operating something next to Central Control Console, William didn't say much, and quickly came to Central Control Console with Halsey.
He asked in a deep voice, "Serena, where is the enemy situation?"
Hearing William's inquiry, Serena did not answer in a hurry, but controlled Central Control Console's holographic screen.
William turned his head and glanced at the multiple floating screens, his expression suddenly became more solemn.
Because the video content presented on these floating screens is from the perspective of the drone released by Star Killer-class, and it also shows that there are living roots, twisted creatures and spore haze on the surface of Craftworld.
Flood Demon.
William did not expect that Craftworld would be invaded by the Flood.
'But the problem is... without a host, the Flood Demon cannot develop effectively at all. Could it be that someone came to Craftworld earlier than us?'
Seeing the Flood Demon raging on Craftworld's surface, William couldn't help but raise the above doubts in his mind.
"Boss." Seeing that William didn't speak, Serena, who was standing on his right side, continued to report:
"When you and the doctor left the bridge, I released a large number of drones towards the center of the surface of Craftworld for investigation.
As these videos show, the surface of Craftworld has been invaded by a large number of Flood demons, and the initial estimated infection level is five to seven percent."
"Five, seven percent..." After hearing Serena's report, William also recovered from the surprise, raised his left hand and gently pinched his chin and said:
"It seems that Templar Defender on Craftworld is quite powerful, and the Flood has not spread on a large scale yet...
Serena, have you found out how the Flood developed to this scale? After all, they need a host to develop rapidly."
"Yes."
Serena also nodded lightly without denying it, and she also moved her left hand lightly to change the content of the holographic screen.
Just looking at the video content displayed in front of William, it turned out to be a "Covenant" fleet with more than a thousand ships.
However, this fleet has changed beyond recognition. The shell of the battleship has been squeezed from the inside out, and thick, disgusting long tentacles have grown.
Even though they are deep in space, these battleships are still surrounded by a large amount of spore haze and look corrupt.
All these characteristics mean that this fleet, which was originally affiliated with the Covenant, has been completely infected and assimilated by the Flood.
Halsey, who was standing on the left hand side of William, saw the fleet that had been assimilated by the Flood. He also raised his left hand and gently pinched her sharp chin and said:
"According to the various ruins of the Forerunners that we have searched, except for the suburban ruins of Mombasa City on our planet, other ruins have not mentioned a word about Craftworld.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, Craftworld is more than 100,000 light-years away from the outer cantilever of Milky Way Galaxy. Theoretically, only we can find Craftworld. So how did these Star Alliance get to Craftworld?
Hum... a little weird."
"Hmm."
Seeing Halsey express her doubts, William nodded in agreement. There must be something fishy in this.
Slowly.
William also put away his previous solemn expression, but put his hands behind his back. Vision glanced at the two women beside him and said softly:
"No matter how unreasonable this matter is, the facts are already before our eyes. This Covenant Fleet arrived at Craftworld before us and was infected and controlled by the Flood.
And I need Catherine to master the core technology of Craftworld, so our primary goal right now is to eliminate that Flood fleet."
With that said, William looked at Serena who was standing opposite him and ordered, "Serena, inform Ivan and ask him to lead the divine body troops to prepare for the battle.
Let these two children, Shia and Nova, ride on their mobile suits and lead our Star Killer mobile suit formation to assist the divine body troops.
The remaining carrier-based aircraft are on standby in the hangar. After all, facing the Flood fleet, ordinary carrier-based aircraft are of little use, and there is a high possibility of being infected and assimilated."
"Yes." Serena immediately conveyed William's order to Ivan, Xia and Nova.
"Also." At this time, William smiled at Serena again, "I give you the authority to control Dreadnought Warship, and attack the Flood fleet as you wish.
Don't let me down."
"Yes, boss."
Serena, who had obtained the authority of William, nodded to him again, and then his pupils emitted a faint blue light and began to control the six Dreadnought Warship around Star Killer.
Seeing Serena enter the state, William turned around and looked at Carmen not far away, and continued to order:
"Captain Ibanez, let Star Killer prepare for Volley of Fire, and wait for my order before firing all guns blazing. I want to see the power of Dreadnought Warship."
Carmen, who was sitting in the captain's seat, nodded without thinking, "Yes, boss."
Outside the ship.
Just look at the sky hundreds of kilometers above the surface of Craftworld. The fleets of both sides are thousands of kilometers apart.
And just at a glance, it can be seen that the Flood fleet has the upper hand. After all, they are various types of CAS, CCS and CRS-class Covenant warships from Qian Yusou.
But...
Phew----~!
I saw a 'lightning' emitting blue light, cutting across dozens of Flood warships in the blink of an eye.
The moment they came into contact with the 'lightning', the bodies of the Flood demons parasitic on the exterior and interior of the battleship were instantly evaporated or vaporized, and then the body of the battleship was cut smoothly.