Warhammer 40 A New Hope

Huge macrocannon shells were fired and slowed down the moment they entered the stasis state. At the same time, several objects that flashed red and looked like mines appeared out of thin air between the Covenant ships and began to move slowly.

After the second round of macro cannon fire, the effect of the stasis field disappeared. The slowly moving macro cannons also flew forward at high speed the moment the stasis field disappeared. The 'mines' flashing red light also exploded after a brief flutter.

At once, several Covenant ships suffered devastating blows. Except for the Covenant cruiser, the energy shields of other Covenant ships were overloaded almost instantly, their nano-armor was destroyed, and some ships even had their entire hulls split in two.

"Enemy fleet lost 60%."

"The energy shields on the right and in front were attacked, the light spears fought back."

"Enemy carrier-based aircraft are approaching, prepare to release the circulation cannon."

A large number of Covenant carrier-based aircraft attacked the huge [Endless Expedition] from two directions. In response, the point defense turrets did not activate. Instead, several huge cannons were aimed at the direction of their attack.

Squeak--whoosh!

A burst of white lightning flashed, and several balls of light that were stirring up electric currents flew towards the incoming carrier-based aircraft, releasing lightning in all directions as they flew.

This kind of large anti-carrier-based aircraft weapon was something the Covenant had never encountered before. As long as they were near the ball of light, a bolt of lightning would strike and destroy the carrier-based aircraft they were on.

Other Covenant carrier-based aircraft that did not enter the attack range of the ball of light immediately distanced themselves from it, but were then covered by the firepower of the Endless Expedition's point defense turret.

The Human Empire once again demonstrated to the Covenant their power, a civilization that had existed for tens of thousands of years, and with technology and creations from many other worlds.

In just the first wave of exploratory attacks, nearly one-third of the Covenant's Forerunner ruins exploration and excavation fleet was destroyed, and their attacks did not cause any damage to the giant ships in front of them.

Yes, they had certain advantages in terms of the number and size of their ships, and the other side only had one ship. However, after witnessing what had just happened, the Sangheili who commanded this Covenant fleet began to doubt, did they really have an advantage?

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04 Ring

"Everything is still under control on the Endless Expedition." Zhang Yi, who was in the 04th ring, said as he looked at the report he received. "On our side... well..."

The location of the ring belt where Zhang Yi and others landed is different from the location where the Star Alliance landed, and the entire ring belt can be completely regarded as a continent, so...

"Where are we now..."

Looking at the lively environment around them, Zhang Yi and others were in trouble of getting lost.

"It seems that the battles in Halo 1 only take place in a small area of ​​the ring?"

"What else? If we put the whole ring in, wouldn't it take several hundred gigabytes?"

"So what do we do now?"

The reality is very different from what they know. Zhang Yi and his team have encountered this before, just like in the XCOM world, where the rebels are really running all over the world, with all kinds of people, terrains, and weather. But at least they are still on Earth, but now...

"Well... let's first count the troops we have..."

"Boss, running away won't solve any problems."

"I want you to talk more!"

The troops that followed Zhang Yi and others to the 04 ring belt now include: a lizardman troop led by Master Kua Kuat; half of the Pathfinders (and half of it is in the ring world to prevent supernatural accidents); a Krieg Corps (with upgraded equipment) and an Astra Militarum (same right); the alien Penitentiary Army from the XCOM world; the priests and crusaders of the Mechanicus led by Zero; several scattered Space Marine squads from other regiments; and the Shadow Prison Incarceration Army protecting Zhang Yi.

"I think these people can even flatten the nest." Zhang Yi pondered. "It shouldn't be a problem to deal with the small number of Covenant troops that landed, but if the aliens let the Flood out...if nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to flatten it..."

"If that doesn't work, I should be able to persuade Trazyn to come over. They should be very willing to accept some dangerous things from this Forerunner ruins."

"That's it." Zhang Yi clapped his hands and said, "Our mission is to find the landing Covenant as quickly as possible, and confirm the facilities that control the Flood, and if possible, find the guide who manages and supervises the 04 ring - 343 Guilty Spark."

"We need to be quicker. If the Flood is released and dealt with promptly, it won't be a big problem. But that will inevitably cause damage and pollution to the ring."

"start to act!"

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A large number of drones began patrolling in the air, Skinks and Lizardmen spread out in small teams, and the Astra Militarum, Space Marine squads and alien Redemption Army also slowly began to investigate the surrounding situation.

The Mechanicus led by Zero began to assemble simple settlements on the spot. While excavating and developing the ruins, they also did not forget to give dog food to the [Pathfinders] (Zhang Yi: I was forced, do you believe it?).

The entire ring belt is so large that it can be completely regarded as an asteroid. There are a large number of animals and plants collected by the pioneers as well as their technological creations on it. The entire ring belt is a rare existence for other intelligent races.

Several hours after landing on Ring 04, a small group of Lizardmen reconnaissance troops at the front reported that they had discovered the Covenant forces and were fighting with them. A squad of Space Marines and Krieg Corps soldiers quickly began to rush in that direction to provide support.

After that, the Mechanicus priests who had been exploring the Forerunner buildings sent a message that they had found a Forerunner building and discovered the existence of a person who called himself 04 Halo Guide 343 Guilty Spark in it.

Zhang Yi immediately rushed there without stopping, but in that Forerunner building was not the familiar spherical 343 Guilty Spark, but a computer. It (343 Guilty Spark) was remotely controlling the Forerunner computer to communicate with Zhang Yi and others, because the guide could not trust Zhang Yi and others.

Zhang Yi arrived at the facility under the protection of the Shadow Prison inmates and began communicating with 343 Guilty Spark, who was operating the computer for remote communication. The other party scanned Zhang Yi without saying a word and then fell into silence.

[Are you... an ancient human? ]

"what?"

Are there any ancient humans still alive today?

"???"

[My creator defeated the ancient humans, forced them to degenerate and exile them, and then all creatures in the Milky Way were extinct because of the activation of the ring belt] 343 Guilty Spark said. [They (referring to people other than Zhang Yi) are not human. Except for that hand, you are exactly the same as the ancient humans in my records, but theoretically this is impossible. After the ring belt is activated, there are still ancient humans alive? ]

"What do you want to say?"

[Could it be that there were primitive ancient humans left, who were not captured by my Creator, and did not perish due to the activation of the ring belt? ]

[You are so pure and... primitive, just like the ancient humans tens of thousands of years ago.]

This was the second time Zhang Yi had heard such comments. The first time was when he was in contact with the Hope and the AI ​​of the Hope asked him, "Are you asking where did you come from, a wild man from the Golden Age?" He didn't expect to hear such comments again now.

"Uh..." Looking at the 343 sinful sparks that were frantically appearing in his mind, Zhang Yi wanted to interrupt it, but considering the subsequent actions and what they wanted to gain in this world, he couldn't say it out loud.

"'Ancient Hominid', your new nickname is really 'easy to understand', Boss."

"you shut up!"

556. Good words can't persuade a person who wants to die

Perhaps because of the particularity of the world that Zhang Yi originally lived in, his human template can be considered pure in most worlds, and he can be said to be a foundation.

The humans in the Warhammer world are Zhang Yi's template plus various mutations, souls and subspace projections. The XCOM world is similar, and the Tree World needs to add vitality or magic.

The people of the Mechanicus have also conducted research on this. They believe that Zhang Yi's existence can be seen as a template for the human species in countless worlds. After all, in their world, there is intelligence from other worlds displayed in various forms.

Then, a group of members of the cult and philosophers started a heated discussion on the question of existence, and whether it was their existence and actions that led to the creation of various works, or whether the creation of these works led to our existence and actions. In the end, every one of them was dragged away by the Inquisition and the Ecclesiarchy for inspection.

"I don't know if this is good news, but..." Zhang Yi said as he looked at the computer in front of him that was constantly displaying data. "I can't get rid of the title of Golden Savage, right..."

Afterwards, as the guide of the 04 ring, 343 Evil Spark informed Zhang Yi and others that its authority was extremely limited, and it was mainly just to ensure that the ring was not destroyed and to maintain it. He did not have the authority to use and call upon many of the ring creations.

This was also within the expectations of Zhang Yi and the others. After all, if its authority was so great, then the Flood would not have been released in the original plot - the door would have been locked!

In addition, according to the information that 343 Guilty Spark can retrieve, even if it believes that Zhang Yi is the ancient human who was not captured by the Forerunners and is willing to communicate with him, due to the settings of the Chief Think Tank, the Forerunner facilities will only be activated by intelligent creatures with Geas gene fragments, and the Chief Think Tank is already dead.

Zhang Yi did not tell 343 Guilty Spark that the think tank chief might still be alive (although the possibility was not high). Not to mention what impact the survival of this great pioneer would have on Zhang Yi and his team's actions, they couldn't find her now.

"I need your help." Zhang Yi said. "We need to go to the [Flood Confinement Facility]."

Zhang Yi's words made 343 Guilty Sparks on the other end fall into silence. After a long time, the other side responded.

【Why do you know that place? Why do you want to go there? 】

"It doesn't matter how we know about that place. The point is that we know very well what kind of existence the Flood is, while those people of the Covenant don't know this."

"Do you know what tomb robbers usually do when they find an unexcavated tomb? They will rush to open every room they find to see if there are any good things inside." Zhang Yi said. "The people of the Star Alliance say that they respect all the creations of the Forerunners, but in fact they are not much different from tomb robbers, although in some ways, they will cherish all the Forerunner creations they find (referring to worship them as sacred objects)."

Zhang Yi's explanation made 343 Guilty Spark understand what might happen. If those people from the Covenant who knew almost nothing discovered the [Flood Confinement Facility], it would be entirely possible for them to open it. Then the entire 04 ring would be in danger!

【． ． ． ． ． ．】343 Guilty Spark was silent for a while, and then a map of the 04 ring appeared on the computer. 【I do not have the authority to mobilize the ring's defense force to stop their progress under such circumstances...】

【But I will try my best to help you】

[As an ancient human, you should know how terrible the Flood is, so you must never let them out.]

[If the Flood is really released again, I can only activate the ring once more]

"Just do your own thing." Zhang Yi asked the soldiers around him to download the map. "All troops, get ready to march! We can't let those ignorant idiots release the Flood!"

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Brick Saul

This is a high-ranking Sangheili who is extremely devout to the Forerunners. He was ordered to come to this Forerunner creation to explore and discover it, and to prevent the young race (humans) from destroying this precious creation (this is what they unilaterally think).

Shortly after they began their usual excavation and exploration of the Forerunner creations, a team reported that they had been attacked by unknown creatures.

This small-scale firefight then turned into a larger-scale conflict, and the group of scaly lizard-like creatures began to actively attack them.

Ordinary jackals and grunts are completely unable to resist their attack. Only teams composed of elites, Jiralhanae and hunters can stop their advance. However, with the appearance of a creature with a dinosaur head on the battlefield, the defense line composed of these races becomes precarious.

The fully armored Triceratops and Ankylosaurs rushed into the Covenant's defense line like living tanks, despite the Covenant's firepower. In the distance, dinosaurs equipped with projectile energy weapons bombarded them, and those lizard-like creatures wearing power armor and walking upright also attacked them from a distance.

An elite team tried to use stealth to get close to the weapons that were bombarding them from a distance and then destroy them, but they soon discovered a problem - these artillery pieces bit!

These cannons that can carry out long-range fire bombardment on them are not mechanical creations, at least not all of them. The dinosaurs equipped with these energy cannons can really bite people!

The Ankylosaurus equipped with the [Second Generation Solar Engine] swung its tail hammer to knock away a werewolf who tried to attack it, along with his shield. The lizardmen warriors around these "cannons" were also not idle, and greeted the attackers with their weapons.

Brick Thor sent more troops to stop the Lizardmen's attack, but at this time news came from the other side that the Human Empire was attacking.

He does not have many troops, and now he finds that a large part of the Covenant exploration fleet here has been lured away by the giant ship of the Human Empire, and cannot come to support for a while.

"Send the ships to the front line! Don't let them get close until we complete the defense of the base!" Brick Thor ordered. "Send a message to our fleet, we need more manpower support!"

After giving all the orders, Brick Thor looked at a tall Forerunner building not far away. The defense facilities here were very tight, as if they were protecting something, so he concluded that there should be some powerful weapons left behind by the Forerunners.

In his impression, many Forerunner weapons are very powerful, just like the Forerunner ship that powers the entire [City of High Charity]. That small ship can provide energy for the [City of High Charity] space station which is several times its size. This is enough to prove the power of the Forerunner creations.

So in his opinion, as long as he could activate the Forerunner weapons in this building, he could completely repel the human empire's troops. He might even be able to use them to break through the defenses of the City of High Charity and make those fraudsters pay the price! (In some ways, he was not wrong)

While this knowledgeless Sangheili commander was frantically causing trouble, Zhang Yi was personally leading an elite force all the way to the [Flood Confinement Facility].

The golden bricks fell from the sky like a comet, piercing through a huge [Scarab] that was blocking their way, and the huge mechanical body fell to the ground.

The Shadow Prison Incarceration Army soldiers wearing black power armor protected Zhang Yi, allowing them to safely control his weapons to deal with high-threat units within range.

A whole team of Pathfinder Terminator warriors provided fire support in the rear, and at the front was a squad of heavily armored monitor lizards led by the Wanderer Nakai, who cleared all enemies that blocked their way.

This elite force quickly broke through the Covenant's defenses and approached the location of the [Flood Confinement Facility], but soon two Covenant ships appeared in the air and tried to cover their position with fire, so the operation had to be temporarily stopped.

[Boss, you said you would tear it apart with your hands]

"I TM..."

Looking at the Covenant ships in the sky, Zhang Yi fell into deep thought. It was not that he did not have the ability to destroy the two ships, but he was not sure whether the Covenant people would open the [Flood Confinement Facility] after destroying them.

At this time, a large number of ring-protection machines - [Temple Defenders] rose from the ground and attacked the Covenant ships in the air, and a large amount of light flashed in the air.

In just a few minutes, the two light Covenant ships were split into two and fell from the sky. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Yi and others continued to advance.

For this battle, Zhang Yi and his men prepared more troops than the Covenant forces, and they also gained support from the guides of this ring belt to a certain extent, which the Covenant forces did not have.

Several energy cannons released by the [Solar Engine] exploded on the Covenant position in front of Zhang Yi. The wanderer Nakai rushed in first, crushing all enemies who tried to stop them. High-speed flying metal bricks flew in the air, destroying the only [Ghost] left in Zhang Yi's sight.

The battle situation is turning in favor of the human empire, and the [Flood Confinement Facility] is already in front of them.

Zhang Yi and others rushed into the building as quickly as possible, but when they found the facility where the Flood was imprisoned, the Sangheili had already put his hand on the switch of the facility.

"This facility belongs to us! Don't even think about getting your hands on the Forerunners' creations!"

The Shadow Prisoners who came in with Zhang Yi opened fire immediately, but two hunters holding heavy shields stood in front of them. Behind them, the gate of the facility that imprisoned the Flood was slowly opening.

"We will destroy you with the weapons of the Forerunners! We..."

When the door to the facility was fully opened, what appeared before the Sangheili was not what he thought. It was some kind of powerful weapon of the Forerunners. A sharp spike pierced through him and dragged him into the facility. Before the other Covenant could react, more spikes shot out from it.

Zhang Yi and his men were naturally the targets of this attack, but all the attacks were blocked by the [Magic Screen] that he deployed in time, and at the same time, lightning appeared on Zhang Yi's left arm.

"Really? It's hard to persuade a suicidal person with good words!"

557. Very long title

Title: What is the Empire best at? Answer: Burning a rich planet so that even the Zerg can’t extract any oil from it.

In some ways, the Forerunners' plan was not wrong. Without life forms to parasitize them and without technology for them to invade and control, the danger of the Flood was greatly reduced. They were also unable to evolve because they had no life forms to parasitize them, and the Flood themselves had no space travel capabilities.

No matter how outrageous or powerful the Flood is, it is still a living being. It needs external matter for energy (even if it may need very little). In a galaxy with nothing, the Flood will only gradually die out.

But it is obvious that the Pioneers should have thought of this when they created the Flood. After so many years, the Flood in the entire galaxy are close to extinction, but they are only close. They have a way to reduce their size and use stored matter and energy to survive the long biological window period in the galaxy.

Some of the Flood demons that were controlled and imprisoned could not escape, while others knew that they would most likely starve to death if they escaped, so they simply did not come out. They waited for the ignorant creatures to open the door to freedom for them.

And now, those Covenant troops were the ignorant creatures who opened the cage door for them.

"Everyone, switch to targeted weapons!" The electric light on Zhang Yi's left hand became more and more agitated. "At the same time, notify Master Kwa-Kwat outside and have him use magic to seal off the entire [Flood Confinement Facility], all-round! I need not even a worm or a mosquito to escape!"