The Strange Flood

"Heh."

Seeing Serena looking vexed on the screen, William couldn't help laughing. He wore an unconcerned expression as he said:

"I'm fine. In fact, seeing you so anxious has actually lifted my spirits quite a bit."

"Since Sorrowful Solitude is also an Artificial Intelligence, I found it extremely repulsive. And I was worried about your safety, Boss, so I couldn't hold back my temper...

I'm sorry, Boss." Serena spoke with an apologetic expression.

"There's no need to apologize." William still looked unconcerned as he said:

"When we suddenly disappeared, that brat Ivan would certainly take action. Besides, Megan and Cortana are capable of locating us too. It won't take long for us to get military support.

Since Sorrowful Solitude still doesn't know that we humans are already aware of the Halo's purpose, and it's even willing to guide me to obtain the Indexer, wouldn't that let us accomplish our goal of taking control of the Ark?

Heh.

By the way, Serena, if you obtained the authority granted by the Indexer and gained control over the entire Ark...

Would you be able to kill Sorrowful Solitude?"

"Hmm..." Serena pondered solemnly for a moment before replying without giving a definite answer. "I can't be one hundred percent certain."

"Not one hundred percent?" William's smile faded as he fell into thought.

He was afraid that if Serena directly clashed with Sorrowful Solitude, her program would suffer severe damage. It would be foolish to put his woman's life in danger just to eliminate one guide...

"Then, Serena, use the authority granted by the Indexer to copy the data on how to construct an Ark, as well as the locations of all the Halos in the Milky Way Galaxy.

"If Sorrowful Solitude still refuses to behave, we'll withdraw from the Ark and use all the