At this moment...
Because the Covenant was led by three idiot-like Prophets who sent a large number of troops to land on the Shield World, the Flood took the opportunity to carry out large-scale infection and assimilation.
As a result, the surface of the Shield World was now almost completely occupied by the Flood, which had spread like a plague.
However, the Flood-infected fleet had already been completely destroyed during the surprise attack on October 21 by Nova's Psionic storm and the hydrogen bombs of Fleet Zero.
Thus, until November 21, the Flood remained trapped on the surface of the Shield World, unable to escape its confines.
"Whoosh~!"
Just then, a howling sound came from the sky above the area.
The enormous commotion drew the Combat Form Flood on the surface to raise their twisted heads and look toward the sky.
Thousands of "meteors" were streaking toward this thoroughly corrupted ground.
Only after the "meteors" lost their flames did they reveal themselves to be disposable drop pods.
The instant disposable drop pods reached their designated altitude, they popped open the parachutes installed on their tops, slowing their descent to a certain degree.
However, some of the disposable drop pods failed to open their parachutes and continued hurtling toward the ground at the same speed they had possessed when entering the atmosphere.
"Gurgle~."
Seeing this, Flood of every form made a "gurgle" like water rolling in their throats before dodging the rapidly descending drop pods.
"Boom~! Boom~!"
The drop pods whose parachutes had failed to open slammed into the ground at tremendous speed, smashing the plant-like living roots and scattering even more gas carrying tiny particles.
But...
"Hiss~!"
Very quickly, the crashed drop pods were corroded by large pools of green blood.
The blood flowed along the channels in the ground