Warhammer 40 A New Hope

[City of High Charity] has been invaded!

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"Speed ​​up! We must control High Charity as quickly as possible!" Zhang Yi shouted to the Space Marines running out of the portal. "We must make sure that the Flood will not spread out! Make sure that the idiots who arrived at the 05th ring will not run around with warships full of Flood spores!"

A white portal appeared in a corner of the City of High Charity, and several squads of Space Marines from different chapters ran out of it to prevent a catastrophe.

“Gabriel! I’ve given you the map! Confirm the location of at least one San’Shyuum prophet as quickly as possible! Also, we need to know the location of the Dreadnaught, which provides energy to the entire City of High Charity, and take control of it!”

"Focus on completing the goal! Don't run away to move things! If the Flood erupts, the things will have to grow arms and legs to move you!"

With the help of Zhang Yi, the Human Empire and the UNSC directly reached the Covenant's headquarters, the City of High Charity, and launched a surprise attack there.

Because the exact location of the three prophets is unknown now, Zhang Yi did not open the door directly to them. What if they have already come into contact with the Flood or have been possessed by the Flood? If Zhang Yi opens the door to them again, the Flood will invade the multiverse.

"It was with this that the human empire teleported its fleet to Reach and defeated the Covenant's fleet." The legendary Sangheili warrior, Tir Vadam, now one of the commanders of the Covenant forces, walked out of the portal and said, "It's amazing."

A shadow prison warden stood in front of him and motioned him to keep a distance from Zhang Yi, but Til Vadam did not do as he wished.

"You'd better stay away from the aliens!" The Shadow Prisoner had already put his hand on his weapon. "If it weren't for His Majesty letting us temporarily spare you and your filthy race, your home planet would have been reduced to ashes long ago!"

"I don't know if what you said is true or not, but I can be sure that it won't be easy." Looking at the imperial guards who were much taller than him, he showed no fear. "You will have to leave enough corpses to cover the entire planet to do this!"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhang Yi jumped out and said just before both sides were about to fight. "Calm down, we have something more serious to deal with now."

"I have a new idea. Let's find the communications room of the City of High Charity. I want to reveal some explosive news."

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The Human Empire has an almost absolute advantage in equipment and combat experience, but [City of High Charity] is someone else's base camp after all, and it cannot be occupied in a short time.

And now, many troops under the Prophet have gone to the surface of Ring 05. It is hard to say when those who go down will return to [City of High Charity] with a cabin full of Flood spores, and then make this "big mushroom" a huge source of infection.

Therefore, Zhang Yi and his team must suppress the [City of Fraternity] as soon as possible, or at least prevent it from running around. If possible, it would be best to prevent the people below from knowing that the [City of Fraternity] has been occupied, so that they don't run away to other places.

That's what you think, but in actual operation you will find that even if you want to quickly control the City of High Charity it is very difficult. It is too big, and the Covenant's troops are not there to just sit there and do nothing.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yi could only find another way and use other methods to complete this mission - more truth.

Bang bang bang－－!

Amid the continuous sound of bolter fire, several elite fighters were knocked down, and the Space Marines rushed into the room they were guarding without stopping, and more gunfire was heard from it.

Not long after, Zhang Yi arrived here with a team of Shadow Prison Incarceration Army. The Space Marines who had arrived here before had already taken control of the room.

[Notice to all intelligent creatures in the Star Alliance]

Zhang Yi's voice echoed in most areas of the City of Fraternity, and some people who knew what had happened before had a bad premonition.

I am an ancient human

"Ancient humans?" The Sergeant and his companions who were also fighting in the City of High Charity were also stunned when they heard the news. "What is that?"

Afterwards, Zhang Yi told everyone what he knew about the relationship between ancient humans and forerunners, their experiences, and the final result - the forerunners degenerated into ancient humans.

Then Zhang Yi turned the topic to the San'Shyum people. The San'Shyum people and ancient humans used to be very good friends and comrades-in-arms. The two races once established a mixed-race United Nations.

When the Forerunners decided to go to war with the Ancients, the former San'Shyums stood firmly together with the Ancients to resist the Forerunners' attack.

However, even the most noble races can have their outliers. When the battle between the ancient humans and the forerunners was doomed to fail, a very small number of Sanshyum betrayed their former allies and turned to seek refuge from the forerunners. This is why there are so many forerunner relics on their home planet.

The San'Shyuum people who once refused to surrender but would rather die than surrender have become extinct along with the ancient humans, and now all that remain are treacherous villains!

This information undoubtedly made the reputation of the San'Shyuum, who were already at the center of controversy, even worse - not only were they not the successors to the Forerunners' legacy, they were also a group of traitors and villains!

Not only that, Zhang Yi later explained to everyone in the City of High Charity the goal of the Star Alliance pilgrimage - the specific function of the Halo. It is a super weapon used to kill all sentient creatures in the Milky Way. Activating it will turn hundreds of galaxies into dead places again.

The purpose of this weapon is to destroy the Forerunners' archenemy - the Flood. These beings that once exterminated the Forerunners are now on the 05 ring belt, and the Prophet's actions will undoubtedly allow these terrifying beings to spread throughout the galaxy once again.

The appearance, transmission method and characteristics of the Flood were uploaded by Zhang Yi and his team to everyone in the communication channel through the [City of Brotherly Love], further letting everyone know how terrifying the Flood is.

Then, another chaos began.

If those Covenant soldiers who were still willing to follow the prophets before were thinking "that matter has nothing to do with me" and "it doesn't matter who I follow", then when the existence of ancient humans, the true function of the rings and the existence of the Flood were announced, they began to waver further.

Staying alive is the first pursuit of most intelligent creatures. Be it resistance or obedience, exposing the lies of the prophets or continuing to listen to their new lies, it is all for the sake of living a better life. But now the actions of the prophets are leading them to a path where life is worse than death.

"...It's over..." Looking at the Jiralhanae guards whispering around him, the [Prophet of Mercy] did not make hysterical noises and excuses like the other two prophets did before, using new, lame lies to cover up another lie that was exposed. Instead, he collapsed in his chair as if he had finally unloaded a burden. "I knew it long ago... this day would come sooner or later..."

Hod Lunt, before he was the [Prophet of Mercy], he was a document scholar. After witnessing the 'God's Messenger Incident', he was dragged into the water by the other two prophets to hide the truth that could not be known by others, and finally became the oldest prophet among the prophets.

As the oldest, he is knowledgeable and enthusiastic, and he is also the most obsessed and passionate about everything about the Forerunners. However, when the truth is revealed and everyone knows it, he is also the one who suffers the greatest blow - not only are they not the chosen ones, they are even traitors.

He called himself the "Prophet of Mercy" but he had no mercy at all. At least he did not oppose the so-called human extermination plan that was launched "for the stability of the Star Alliance", and he did not raise any objections to many cruel decisions.

But, lies are always lies. One day they will be exposed, and everything built on the lies will collapse. They will always have to pay the price for it...

Regret? No, he just felt relieved...

At this moment, a white portal opened near him, and the Jiralhanae guards who were protecting him immediately stepped forward and tried to stop the rushing enemies, but they were soon drowned in the fighting and the sound of grenade launchers.

[The Prophet of Mercy] watched as his personal guards were slaughtered. The last Jiralhanae fell in front of him, and blood splattered on his face.

"Ancient human..." Holding the bloody hammer in his hand, Zhang Yi slowly walked in front of the [Prophet of Mercy]. "I beg for your mercy..."

"As ancient as the forerunners, please forgive me..."

569. The prophet of truth is full of lies

(This Forerunner Holy Key Ship is really awesome...)

Zhang Yi is not a true ancient human, although in terms of genetic comparison, he is no different from the completely extinct and degenerated ancient humans. But even so, he has no right to forgive the Covenant and the Prophets who have committed numerous atrocities against humans in the Halo world.

Zhang Yi handed the "Prophet of Mercy" to the Master Chief, and let the UNSC human government decide the fate of this Covenant prophet. As more truths were revealed and the only prophet stationed in the "City of High Charity" was captured, the entire "City of High Charity" fell into chaos.

Although there has not been another round of division like before, many low-level beings in the Star Alliance have begun to think about whether they should continue to work for the Prophet. Some people are even ready to simply sail away. They all know that this place is a mess, so there is no need for them to continue to hang around here, right?

But even so, a considerable number of Covenant forces chose to continue resisting the human attack. Part of this was because they continued to deceive themselves and believed the lies woven by the prophet (after all, they have believed it for so long); the other part was because even if the prophet was wrong, they would not like humans, nor would they give up the City of High Charity to humans.

This was enough. The chaotic [City of Fraternity] made the attack of Zhang Yi and others go smoothly.

"We need to completely control the external communications of the entire City of High Charity. We cannot let the Covenant forces that have already reached the 05th ring notice the anomaly."

"The Holy Key Ship [Dreadnaught], which provides energy for the entire [City of High Charity], must also be controlled."

"Don't go to the surface of Ring 05. Who knows if it's already full of Flood spores."

The occupation of the City of High Charity is still going on, and the ships of the UNSC and the Human Empire have basically controlled an area of ​​space near the 05 ring. Because they are unclear about the situation on the surface of the ring and its relationship with Zhang Yi's orders, they did not send any troops down.

But this is only a temporary measure. They must find a way to confirm the status of the 05 ring and prevent the Covenant fleet from taking the Flood out of the ring.

Directly destroying the 05 ring is also an option, but considering that the guide of the 05 ring - 2401 Repentance Tangent has been infected and controlled by the Flood Corpse Beast, and a considerable number of Covenant ships are also nearby, the action of directly destroying the ring may not succeed (the Halo itself also has a set of Confidence-level weapon arrays that can ensure that no ships can get close within a light year), or at least it will not be so easy to succeed. If it has a counterproductive effect and fails to annihilate the infected troops, but instead lets them run everywhere, then it will be a big problem.

Moreover, we also have to consider the possibility of the ring being activated. You have to know that the failure of the 05 ring to start was because the indexer was pulled out halfway through the startup, otherwise it would definitely take away the Master Chief and the Covenant people.

"Without Lao Barou here, I can't safely deploy such a large [Mirror Space]."

"It is assumed that all Covenant ships are now infected with Flood spores, so they cannot be allowed to run around."

"If we can confirm the status of the other two prophets and have at least one of them issue an order, we should be able to get most of the Covenant fleet to surrender or stay put."

"But we must confirm the status of all the prophets. We have captured the Prophet of Mercy, but we don't know about the other two. If one prophet is out of control, the Covenant forces may have illusions and continue to cause trouble."

"It seems that we must go to the surface of the ring, but the problem of Flood infection..."

"If I am identified as an ancient human, I may not be infected by the Flood. If I go down, it will basically be equivalent to giving experience to the Flood."

"Powerful beings that will not be infected by the Flood... In addition to the extinct ancient humans, there is also the Prometheus Legion. The former does not need to be considered, and Requiem is not completely under our control..."

"If you expand your selection..."

"Have it!"

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05 Halo - Delta Halo

2401 The error in the repentance tangent caused the [Flood Confinement Facility] on this ring belt to fail, and the Flood began to wreak havoc in some areas of its ring belt.

The defense and isolation measures of the 05 ring itself successfully controlled the Flood spreading on the ring. A wall completely isolated the infected area from the outside world. This situation lasted until the Covenant, who knew nothing, opened the wall and released the Flood.

Although in terms of the original plot, considering the Forerunners, this is not a problem of the Covenant. After all, so much time has passed and no one remembers what the Flood is, but now...

The prophets whose lies were exposed in advance by Zhang Yi no longer cared about anything. They just wanted to activate the forerunner creations in front of them, welcome ascension, or accept death.

"'To destroy a person, you must first drive him crazy.'" Zhang Yi took the transport plane to a relatively safe location on the 05 ring belt and landed. A whole team of shadow prison guards followed him down the transport plane. "That's the truth, right?"

The three imperial guards in the Shadow Prison dispersed and deployed warning devices and simple defensive equipment around them. Two other imperial guards planted two battle flags near Zhang Yi.

"The Flood has begun to spread. We need to hurry."

Zhang Yi then opened a portal behind himself, connecting directly to a desolate world near Macragge (safe but deserted), and then giants burning with flames walked out of it.

[Cursed Legion]

"Hi, Senior Fei." Zhang Yi greeted the tallest cursed warrior among them.

"... (a flaming skull with a middle finger)..."

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The more people are told not to open it, the more they want to open it and take a look. This is true for many intelligent creatures.

A high wall with a fully covered energy barrier on top and a large number of temple guards nearby. Anyone with a discerning eye would know that there must be something very important inside, or... something very dangerous.

The leading Sangheili officer who was still loyal to the Prophet finally broke through a large number of ring-belt protection machines. After opening the isolation wall, what greeted them was not some powerful Forerunner weapon, but a large number of crazy unknown monsters.

When the Covenant troops here witnessed their compatriots being killed by these monsters, being controlled by parasites and becoming unrecognizable, and then turning against their own people, they finally understood why Ming had such a powerful defensive force here.

But it was too late. Like a snowball, more and more soldiers from different parties fell down, more and more corpses were parasitic and controlled by the Flood, and the number of enemy troops and types increased.

What was even more despairing was that when they tried to seek reinforcements from the prophets, they received no response - they were abandoned. The Prophet of Truth and the Prophet of Sorrow, who were determined to activate the ring, abandoned them without hesitation.

Lies, all lies from beginning to end, lies made up merely to satisfy the desires of the three prophets. They had always been pawns that could be discarded at any time.

Just when the Covenant troops outside the quarantine zone were about to be completely swallowed up by the Flood, a giant burning with fire appeared like a god descending from heaven.

They used the powerful weapons in their hands to stop the Flood's attack. The flames burning on their bodies directly burned to ashes those Flood that tried to parasitize them. Dozens of them were like thousands of troops.

This was undoubtedly a miracle for the desperate Covenant soldiers. Many of them immediately knelt down in front of these fire giants, and some brave ones picked up their weapons again and fought with them.

This is unknown to the Prophet of Truth and the Prophet of Sorrow, who are trying to obtain the so-called Indexer to activate this ring and complete what they call Ascension.

They have received news that the Flood is attacking their exploration team, but even so, the [Prophet of Truth] tells others not to go to rescue. He says that as long as they can activate the ring, everyone will ascend and everything will no longer be a problem.

This is what he has been doing for the longest time, making up lies to make his subordinates fight for them, and he is happy to do it this way - now that the pioneers are gone, he doesn't have to worry about anyone standing up and pointing out that he is lying.

But this brings up a very interesting question: When they are claiming to be pioneers, what will they do if a real pioneer appears in front of them and points out their lies and mistakes in public?

Just like in the Middle Ages, when so-called witches were burned at the stake in the name of God, if God really stood up at this time, pointed at the woman who was about to be burned to death, said that she was not a witch, and condemned what the church had done, what kind of farce would happen at this time?

The two prophets who were about to obtain the index suddenly received news that a giant burning with fire was attacking them and was approaching quickly.

They also exposed the lies of the prophets. The Covenant forces could neither stop them from advancing nor stop them from speaking. Many soldiers had begun to waver.

This situation was completely beyond the expectations of the Prophet of Truth and the Prophet of Sorrow - what kind of fire giants? Why would they know the truth that only a few people know? Why would they go against themselves?

But there is one thing they know, they must speed up further now, otherwise they will no longer have a chance.

The Prophet then ordered a large number of troops to stop the so-called fire giant, and he himself took the index to the Forerunner building that could activate the ring. Just as mentioned before, they had disregarded everything else to cover up the lie and complete the pilgrimage.

When these scammers see the real miracles and gods, will they reveal such ugly behavior?

570. The Prophet of Sorrow Never Regrets

The [Cursed Warriors], composed of pure subspace energy, are completely immune to the infection ability of the Flood's spores. After all, the essence of the former's infection is actually to control the host by applying a resonant frequency consistent with the host's nervous system. In the Halo world, some people are exposed to large amounts of plasma and will suffer from the Berlen syndrome, which destroys the conduction of human nerve signals, making it impossible for the Flood to control the infected host (but this syndrome itself is also very fatal to the patient).

The [Cursed Warriors] themselves are not biological organisms. Even if we take a step back, look at these flame skeletons wearing power armor. Where is the flesh? Not to mention nerves.

The Flood can also control mechanical bodies? Yes, but they also have things like neural circuits, and the [Cursed Warrior] doesn't have anything like that.

The infected bodies of the Flood and the hosts they controlled began to rush out of the quarantine zone like a flood. Dozens of [Cursed Warriors] were like torches, illuminating the darkness in this "flood".

Bear--!

The scorching flames directly carbonized groups of Flood infected bodies. The blessed explosive bullets were fired, and every Flood that was hit would be blown to pieces and then turned into ashes by the flames that ignited out of thin air.

Having never seen such a situation before, the Covenant forces near the quarantine zone seemed to have found their backbone. They called those [Cursed Warriors] by the most honorable and sacred names they could find, and fearlessly fought against the Flood together with them.

What do you think of the forerunners and prophets they believed in before? Come on, come on, look at this vast group of flood demons that are like a flood. If they can solve these things, I will reply to them, no? Then you say something!

At this time, at the breach where the Flood was pouring out, the temperature began to rise, and wisps of flames appeared, followed by a huge fire tornado rising from the ground, instantly turning the gathered Flood into ashes. At the same time, the scorching breath also ignited a large area around it.