The Calm Acceptance of Death

The Calm Acceptance of Death—Chapter 719 of Containment Control Begins with Umbrella. "Holy shit..."

After hearing the legacy technology granted by the Primordial Foundation, William couldn't help saying holy shit to himself.

After all, an Energy Shield capable of resisting the Halo Pulse Wave was precisely the technology humanity needed most right now.

He had previously discussed with Halsey giving Umbrella a mutually assured destruction deterrent—a plan to activate the Halo array on a massive scale.

But...

Although Umbrella now possessed the technology to build Shield Worlds, it would still take time to digest and apply it, to say nothing of the construction period required to build a celestial body over a thousand kilometers in diameter.

If a hostile Tier 3 Civilization invaded while humanity lacked enough Shield Worlds and the time needed to relocate the population...

Even if the deterrent worked, a Tier 3 Civilization wasn't stupid. It simply wouldn't allow humanity to enter the Shield Worlds. When that happened, humanity would live in fear.

Although Umbrella could be certain that humanity would never produce a saintly Swordholder like Cheng Xin—after all, he, William, was practically immortal—what meaning would there be in living under constant fear?

Now that the Primordial Foundation had provided technology for shields capable of resisting the Pulse Wave, this deterrent would no longer be a mutually assured destruction plan.

From planetary-scale orbital defense facilities and warships of every level, down to shield generators in Individual Equipment, if they could all withstand the pulse, then the Halo array could become a standard weapon.

What if a hostile Tier 3 Civilization invaded?

Every colony and fleet would activate its Energy Shields, then press a button to activate the Halo array and annihilate the invading forces in one strike.

They could go even further.

Once they identified the