Artificial Intelligence's Insurance Measures

They arrived at the center of the starport gangway.

William immediately saw a blue-glowing sphere made up of countless small hexagons, with corresponding words engraved on each hexagon.

Seeing this, William asked Halsey on the screen, "What now? Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Hum..." Halsey on the screen furrowed her brows slightly. After thinking for a moment, she said to William:

"William, I need you to touch that blue sphere with your bare hand, so you'll need to take off your gauntlet.

But if you do that, your hand will be exposed to the air. Even if there's only the slightest possibility of Flood Spores being present, it's still possible..."

"Heh."

Seeing Halsey's worried expression, William gave a faint laugh and prepared to remove the armor from his left hand as he said:

"No problem. Have you forgotten that my immune system can resist microorganisms in any form?

Besides, the interior of the Shield World is still clean. With the Templar Defenders here, it would be very difficult for the Flood to infiltrate this place."

As he spoke, William had already removed the gauntlet from his left hand, exposing it to the air.

"Doctor, please rest assured. According to my scan, the air in this area is clean. There are no Flood Spores or cells."

Serena added this at just the right moment.

"This... all right."

Seeing that William had already removed his gauntlet, and hearing Serena's relatively scientific assessment, Halsey put away her worried expression and continued speaking to William:

"William, now place your hand on the sphere. It should react to you automatically."

"Mm." William acknowledged her softly before placing his left hand on the sphere.

"Bzzzt~"

Just as Halsey had said, the sphere began rotating automatically. Five hexagonal screens pressed against William's five fingers,