From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 216: The Gods “Develop” and “Kidnapping” Judgment of the Primitive Forest (Two in One)

"buzz"

The hall of the central temple was filled with the sizzling sound caused by the rapid evaporation of water as the flesh burned.

I saw that God King Zeus, who was originally strong and muscular, at least 3.5 to 3.6 meters tall, with a beard and flowing white hair, was pierced through the chest by the imperial spear before he could say a word.

Then, the powerful force of the Imperial Spear shattered the throne, and nailed Zeus to the wall at the end of the hall.

Then, using the psychic lightning released from the Wolf's Fang, Zeus was burned and roasted into a charred corpse.

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After instantly killing the legendary King of Gods, Sanguinius and Horus were in a daze under their helmets, and their eyes staring at the scorched corpse through the screen also showed some confusion.

Are Zeus and the Greek gods too weak?

It shouldn't be.

"learn."

"Received." Guilliman's reply came from the other end of the communication:
"Thank you for your hard work. Please continue to maintain the safety of the site. At the same time, Hera, the abnormal creature that provides us with intelligence, will also accompany the technicians to the impact crater. You may be needed to provide assistance."

More than a dozen Puffin assault boats passed through the gap, arrived above the building complex, and then landed in the southern dungeon and areas with research value.

According to Hera's description, nuclear bombs or hydrogen bombs can indeed kill these so-called "gods", but they, the Greek gods, can rely on their extremely strong perception and their extremely fast movement speed to avoid them.

One of the puffins landed not far from Sanguinius.

Not to mention the god-king Zeus who can completely torture them all.

After a while.

Walk out of the temple hall and come to the staircase platform.

The hatch unfolds.

The first to step out of the cabin were a group of technicians wearing white protective clothing and carrying tool boxes, as well as a small spider robot also painted in white.

Upon receiving this information, Sanguinius immediately believed that Zeus was a "psionic native of the Fatherland".

Sanguinius raised his right hand, recalled the Imperial Spear, and reported on the communication: "This is Sanguinius and Horus. We have successfully solved the main target of this operation and can send technical personnel in." field."

Sanguinius glanced at Horus who was inspecting Zeus' corpse, and then at the fallen god who had turned into corpses. He then used his psychic perception to get feedback that the aura of chaos that filled the place had completely dissipated. Only then did he Relax your tense heartstrings.

Overlooking the ruins of the palace complex, Sanguinius discovered that the ground troops had also completed their respective tasks. There were only sporadic gunshots, indicating that the soldiers were re-shooting the corpses to minimize the possibility of accidents.

End communication.

It's just that five years have passed since that battle, so it seems.
It was their physical and spiritual bodies that were powerful enough to kill the Greek gods instantly.

Um.
It may also be that the Greek gods are not worthy of being called "gods", otherwise how could they be easily solved by them as "human beings"?

They entered the temple hall and began to collect the corpses of Poseidon, Artemis and other gods. Under the watchful eyes of Horus, the robots used high-energy lasers to cut Zeus into pieces to facilitate the transfer by technicians.

After all, he had fought against the people of the motherland not long after he became an adult. If the radiation released by the soldier boy had not weakened the effectiveness of the No. 5 compound in the body of the people of the motherland, the outcome of that battle would have been completely different.

A little silence.

Secondly, there is Hera who is still dressed in a sports suit.

Moreover, the former Queen of Gods did not wear pressure-proof protective clothing, nor did she accompany the technical staff into the temple hall. Instead, she walked to Sanguinius and bowed down to salute.

"Don't you want to go in and take a look?" Sanguinius asked.

"No." Hera raised her head and looked directly at Sanguinius. There was no sadness in her face, but rather a look of relief:
"I hate Zeus even more than you do, especially the moment it killed my favorite child. I wished it could be broken into pieces, so I would like to thank you for your help."

With that said, Hera stepped on the stairs and continued:
"Now, it's time for me to provide assistance. Your father, the Human Emperor, must need my surviving compatriots to work for you Atlas. Haha, of course, I also avoid the fate of not being able to work for humans. .

But I have long been accustomed to dealing with humans. To be honest, I am looking forward to the life of becoming an Atlas employee. I wonder what kind of salary your human emperor father will provide?

Hmm. Money? Jewelry?
Oh, by the way, your cosmetics are really good, I might consider them. "

Listening to Hera's soliloquy, Sanguinius didn't give any comments, but just remained silent and went to the southern cage with the former God Queen to lift the last barrier of the Lord God's cell.

3 month 22 day.

"Halo" universe, Harvest Star.

On the second floor of the command building, this side of the center console;

"Mr. Sui, based on some of the information provided by the Arcadia ruins and combined with the stored data of the Harvest Star transfer station, I have successfully analyzed the specific coordinates of Shield World 0495."

Apu, who presented his image on the edge of the center console, reported the latest information to Sui Yang who was standing here:
"Shield World 0459 is located in the unknown space outside the Orion cantilever, about 430 light-years away from the Harvest Star.

In addition, the location of Shield World 0459 is very close to the territory of the Covenant Alliance that you mentioned, Mr. Sui.

And based on the analysis of the opponent's trajectory of territory expansion, I think there is a 0459% chance that Shield World 63 has been discovered by the advance team of the Covenant Alliance.

If the company directly dispatches the fleet, then we will start the war between humanity and the Covenant Alliance in advance. This move will seriously affect the company's development in Universe 0459. Therefore, Mr. Sui, please reconsider your decision to occupy Shield World . "

Hearing this, Sui Yang, who was looking at the holographic star map, just nodded lightly and said:

"Shield World 0459 is about whether the company can take a dominant position in the interstellar war. Therefore, the company will not change its original strategic policy.

However, if the communications of the Covenant ships can be temporarily paralyzed and the occupation operation can be completed during this gap, it should be able to buy more time for the company. "

With that said, Sui Yang looked at the teacup-sized Apu: "How is the progress of the reverse cracking?"

"3%." Apu's holographic image flashed, "It will take at least four hundred Earth days if only I and the company's scientific research elites can decipher the storage data and related technologies of the transfer station."

Although Apu's tone was calm, in Sui Yang's ears, it sounded like he was complaining that a smart AI couldn't take everything into consideration.

"The company will instigate rebellion and capture more intelligent AIs to assist you and the scientific research department in deciphering work."

"Okay." Apu immediately agreed and said: "As for temporarily paralyzing the Covenant ships, there is actually some room for maneuver, but I must act together with the company fleet, and have elite troops take me in. The main control room of Shield World 0459."

"This is not a problem, but the company's current focus is still on deciphering the development of Forerunner technology and Harvest Star." Sui Yang replied.

"Yes, and Mr. Sui, the original body Horus has escorted the Greek gods, including Hera, to the ruins base and is currently undergoing more detailed interrogation and inspection." Apu gave a reminder.

"I understand, you go ahead and do your work."

"Yes."

After Apu finished speaking, his holographic image dissipated.

Sui Yang also turned around and left the center console until he walked out of the command building.

Come outside.

Looking up at the orange-red sky and the stars that were about to set and emit soft light, Sui Yang continued walking towards the nearest forest area.

While moving forward, he was also thinking about various events in the past half month.

If ranked in order of importance, the first one to bear the brunt is Shield World 0459, which he discussed with Apu.

Thanks to the key intelligence obtained from Arcadia by Fulgrim, Leon, Mike and others, Apu was able to analyze the specific coordinates.

At the same time, the clueless ONI (UNSC Naval Intelligence Office) had no choice but to tentatively attribute the explosion in Arcadia and the attack on the research facility to the elite rebels.

The second is to send a battleship to Reach and secretly "kidnap" Catherine Halsey.

After the shipyard completed assembling the first Fiddes-class ship, Apu assisted the engineering department in completing the steps of installing the Xiao Tengchuan engine.

After that, the Fidus-class ship named "Courage" carried Fulgrim and Angron, as well as investigators led by Ada, to the distance of Zhiyuan two days ago on March 3. The star has an outer space area of ​​approximately one light-year.

After all, if you rush to the star system where Reach is located through the jump space, you will definitely be noticed by the UNSC.

Therefore, by first jumping to the outer reaches of the star system, and then sailing in stealth for two months, we can effectively avoid UNSC monitoring and "quietly" enter the low-Earth orbit of Reach.

In the timeline of "Halo: Reach", the Covenant used similar means to secretly deploy an elite Sangheili force on the surface of Harvest.

And after Spirit reaches the low-Earth orbit of Reach, it will send engineers to set up an Ark transmission device on the surface to facilitate the ultra-long-distance transportation of materials and personnel.

The "kidnapping" of Catherine Halsey was not simply about kidnapping a genius scientist, but Ada and the others needed to take possession of the entire Spartan II program, including John 117, who was still a child. of more than a hundred candidates.

This move represents a more intense armed conflict between Atlas and ONI.

As for the formal node to seize the Spartan II, it will take at least about half a year of preparation. By then, Atlas's "sea power" will be enough to support a publicly stated head-on confrontation.

Resource supplies from eight universes, coupled with highly unified internal management, will definitely be more "explosive" than the UNSC and UEG, which are deep in civil war and division.

In fact, Sui Yang does not want the head-on confrontation between Atlas and the UNSC to turn into a war, so the Covenant, which is an external factor, can become a bridge for communication, alliance, and even assimilation between the two parties.

And before that, Sui Yang also wanted to incite the Sangheili tribe, that is, the elites, to become independent and break away from the deception and manipulation of the Star Alliance.

The last thing that deserves his attention is one of the evil gods of the warp, Slaanesh.

I never thought that the corruption of Zeus and the Greek gods was closely related to Slaanesh. However, according to the records of myths and legends, it was natural for Zeus to "sell" his body and mind to Slaanesh.

From this point of view, it is not that the chaotic forces in the subspace have not noticed the main universe, but the human base in the main universe is less than 10 billion and cannot provide enough extreme emotions.

Demons like Shakati who need to survive in the subspace will focus their energy on corrupting humans.

However, species like the Greek gods, which are all derived from the emotions and beliefs of intelligent life, are excellent "rations."

Slaanesh now knows about Sanguinius and Horus, and based on all the experiences his sons dictated to him, Sui Yang believes that the development of events in the "Warhammer 40k" universe has already happened with what he knows. deviate from…

I really wish I had more "development" time.

But he didn't dwell too much. Now that the subspace began to focus on the main universe, Atlas would also make responses and changes.

Currently, there are a total of 633 surviving Greek gods who have maintained their true nature and have not fallen. 632 of them are unknown secondary gods. According to the ancient human positions, they are equivalent to generals, warriors, and servants.

The remaining one is the only surviving Greek god and the goddess of war and wisdom - Pallas Athena.

As one of the rare clear figures in Greek legends, Athena, even though she was imprisoned for four thousand years, always adhered to the bottom line, looking for opportunities to try to kill the fallen Zeus.

In other words, Athena and the more than 600 secondary gods have a considerable degree of resistance to the chaos corruption of subspace.

Therefore, Sui Yang planned to use Athena and other "people" as the basis, then select the elite soldiers who participated in the raid on the Olympus Mountains of Mars, and form a special investigation unit under the Investigation Department, responsible for investigating, controlling, and eliminating all related Asian Space things.

The official name is the "Supernormal Phenomenon Control Department", but in terms of nicknames, Sui Yang tentatively calls it the "Gray Adjudicator".

If the control department is successfully formed, then as the arbiter of execution orders and investigations, it has the right to directly destroy everything on site according to the degree of Chaos contamination to completely eliminate the continuation of corruption.

Moreover, Sui Yang will also personally explain some knowledge about subspace to the members of the management and control department.

"Hahaha!! Well done!"

At this time, he unknowingly walked out of the frontline base and came to Sui Yang in the dense forest outside, and heard Riemann's unique unrestrained laughter.

Looking forward, he saw Riemann, who had temporarily assumed the role of "nanny", teaching the babbling Corax and Mortarion how to walk.

Seeing this, Sui Yang straightened up his facial expression, especially his frown, and walked slowly towards his sons.
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Under the night sky with the gas giant planet acting as the moon, the primitive rainforest covering the earth's surface seemed quite peaceful, with only unknown insects buzzing and chirping.

Occasionally, blue-skinned nocturnal reptiles will scurry across the moist soil, spitting out their long tongues to swallow up the insects that are chirping happily, giving them a hearty meal.

But if you look closely, you can still find several young people with immature faces but strong backs, wearing filter masks, lying on the thick branches of the giant tree, patiently waiting for something...

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(End of this chapter)