Chapter 257 Star Alliance Sanctuary! Huge Capital Ship! Bribes Don’t Go Empty

Chapter 257 Star Alliance Sanctuary! Huge battleship! The bribe will not go in vain!

After clarifying the next strategic goal, Leon also had a clearer understanding of the situation here.

At this time, the accompanying Secretary General Lucy suddenly reminded him: "Boss, Director Francis just sent a message saying that there has been the latest progress in the research of the Flood virus."

"He asked if you want to go to the Biological Experiment Center to personally visit the 2.0 version of the Flood virus."

Since the Universal Corporation obtained a large number of Flood samples on the surface of the Shield World, it immediately launched a series of research.

Leon hopes that the researchers in the biotechnology department can improve the Flood virus into an alternative version that is controllable and does not cause infection to the human body.

After all, the main function of the Scorpion Tailed Lion virus is destruction, which is to kill all living things, and it cannot infect and control the other party for its own use.

The high assimilation infection effect of the Flood can make up for this shortcoming, allowing the giant enterprise to hope to obtain a virus spore that can control hostile forces!

But what the giant company can do now is only to reduce the intensity of the virus infection of the flood, but it cannot control it for its own use.

"I hope the biotechnology department can bring some good news."

Li Ang said thoughtfully.

If even the biotechnology department cannot control the flood, then they can only wait until the think tank is opened and look for information inside to get the technology to edit the flood's genetic program.

Immediately, under Li Ang's order, the shuttle returned to the Wanjie base, and soon the two arrived at the biotechnology headquarters.

...

At the same time, far away at the other end of the "Halo" universe.

With a blue afterimage rushing out of the vortex, a huge fleet suddenly emerged in the dark star field deep space.

That was the Star Alliance scientific expedition team led by the elite captain Morami. At this moment, they have successfully sailed out of the jump space and returned to the universe.

Not far from the star field of this elite fleet, there is a huge steel city, which is the capital of the Star Alliance-the City of Fraternity!

At this moment, tens of thousands of battleships and cruisers were floating around this huge city of celestial scale, and the whole scene looked particularly spectacular.

When the jump was completed and the entire fleet arrived in the star field, Morami ordered the whole team to speed up and continue to rush towards the capital of the Star Alliance.

The size of the City of High Charity is quite large, with a diameter of 350 kilometers, and the overall appearance is like a huge mushroom.

However, compared with the mothership of the Reaper civilization, the City of High Charity is still much smaller.

In fact, the prototype of the City of High Charity was originally a forerunner's dreadnought, but after thousands of years of continuous transformation and assembly by the Star Alliance, it gradually became the huge appearance it is now.

It can be said that this is a group of interstellar garbage men. The celestial city that was put together by picking up equipment and garbage is essentially a giant garbage city.

There is no way, after all, the early Star Alliance was not a rich second generation with huge funds and backed by a rich father. Most of the members of the Star Alliance were poor boys.

The environment of their home planet is either so bad that magma is gushing out every day, or the neighbor Wang beats them up every day. A group of street urchins with dreams and eager to get rich have embarked on a difficult entrepreneurial journey.

Relying on the relics of the forerunners, the Star Alliance, which has replaced its muskets with cannons, plundered all the way, became rich and gradually became the leading civilization in the "Halo" universe.

The development history of this City of Fraternity can also represent the state of the Star Alliance, from a small dreadnought to the current huge celestial body.

This not only means that the cake of the Star Alliance is getting bigger and bigger, but also means that the factions and separatism within them have gradually brought hidden dangers of division to this alliance.

But it is such an assembled steel mushroom, under the dome inside, that is a giant city that can accommodate hundreds of millions of prophets.

The environment in this area is similar to that of the earth, whether it is gravity or atmospheric pressure, temperature, and air composition, they are all controlled within a suitable range.

Even humans who come to the City of Fraternity can freely carry out normal activities without wearing chemical protective clothing or filter masks.

Obviously, the attributes of the City of Fraternity of the Star Alliance and the attributes of the Ideal City of the Universal Corporation are the same, both of which are to attract and accommodate all species in the universe.

Let them live together in this city!

The Sanshyum, the prophet race, who founded the Star Alliance, are the original shareholders of the City of Fraternity. They even helped the ancient humans when the ancient humans and the Forerunners fought for the throne.

Yes, the prophets once had a relationship with the ancient humans.

Unlike the new generation of species civilizations such as the Jiralhanae and the Jackals, the Prophet Clan is the real "Old Money" in the "Halo" universe, the old aristocracy of the past.

But after the Forerunners activated the Halo array, the destroyed and restarted prophets had long forgotten their past identities, just like humans forgot that they were once ancient humans.

Now that the prophets have learned about the existence of the Forerunners and humans, they have also begun to think about usurping power and seizing the throne. They want to swallow up the remains of the Forerunners and become the overlords of this universe.

To this end, the prophets relied on deception and big promises of dividends from listing to attract a group of capable thugs, and the powerful Star Alliance became the prophets' most powerful weapon.

The prophets controlled the members of the Star Alliance with one hand, and excavated the relics and technological points of the forerunners with the other hand, uncovering the historical truth of the universe in the past, and slowly starting their own unification cause.

If nothing unexpected happens, the preemptive prophets will most likely rely on their early advantages to slowly snowball and accumulate an absolute crushing momentum, exterminate human civilization, and successfully seize power and usurp the throne.

This script is definitely the "Halo" version of Sima Yi, who usurped the big villa of the old Cao family and forcibly replaced it with his own house title!

However, the arrival of the Universal Corporation has broken the trend of all this.

At this moment, inside a CCS-class cruiser, Jack Wells is observing the scene outside through a holographic screen.

Looking at the City of Fraternity not far away, Jack couldn't help but sigh: "Although the iron mushroom is a little small, there are really enough fleets around it."

"The naval power of the Star Alliance is almost catching up with us!"

After hearing Jack's speech, Li De on the side also nodded and affirmed: "Indeed."

"With the naval power deployed in the 004 universe now, it's really a bit difficult to swallow this fleet group."

"Even if all the Sojourner Dreadnoughts are added together, it's not so easy to win. Even if you win, it's a miserable victory."

Through the holographic screen on the center console, Li De saw the marked CSO-class super-heavy aircraft carrier, which will also be the Long Night in service of the Universal Corporation!

When he learned that there were as many as 200 Long Nights near the City of Fraternity, Li De felt a little surprised and shocked in his heart.

You know, the giant corporation has only built less than ten super aircraft carriers like this, but the Star Alliance has more than a hundred CSO-class aircraft carriers!

Although Li De and Jack learned about the main battleships of the Star Alliance from the intelligence information revealed by Morami three months ago.

But when he saw nearly two hundred CSO aircraft carriers with a length of more than 30,000 meters, and tens of thousands of cruisers, battleships, and destroyers forming a dense battleship array.

Li De still felt a strong scalp tingling!

He dared not imagine what a tragic scene it would be if the Universal Corporation really went to war with the Star Alliance.

"Unless we move out the [War Moon], we don't know how many casualties we will have if we want to defeat the main naval fleet of the Star Alliance head-on!"

Li De couldn't help but exclaimed. Although the giant enterprise can indeed defeat the main force of the Star Alliance head-on, Li Ang will never easily move out a giant battleship like the War Moon.

The reason is simple.

For the alien civilizations in the 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe, the War Moon is the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads!

Once the Moon of War is lost, the 003 universe's trade circle will also be affected, and the gains will not outweigh the losses.

So Leon tried every means to divide the Star Alliance and win over a group of forces for his own use. Otherwise, it would be a bit too much to take down the solid Star Alliance.

After all, in order to ensure the logistics and resource expenditures of the Halo universe, 30% of the production areas of the entire Universe Giant Enterprise are transfusing blood here.

This is already the limit of what the giant enterprise can do.

Whether it is building a naval fleet, a front-line base, or an industrial production area, it requires a lot of logistical resources and personnel.

Other universes also need to develop and guard against other civilized species and establish a new trade circle system. These territories are destined to consume a lot of defense costs.

Therefore, Leon cannot bet all his resources on the 004 universe alone, otherwise the backyard will catch fire, and what awaits him is blocking both ends, or even a full collapse!

Therefore, the missions of the two special envoys, Li De and David, are very important, which is related to whether the strategic layout set by Li Ang can be successful.

"Two supervisors."

At this time, Captain Morami came to Li De with his confidant Wadami and spoke in fluent human language:

"That is the capital of the Star Alliance, a mobile space city, the City of Fraternity."

"Although it seems a bit too bloated, the speed of this mobile city can reach up to 70% of the sub-light speed, and jump navigation is not a problem."

Morami's words seemed to remind Li De intentionally or unintentionally that the Universal Corporation had better take down the Star Alliance at one time, otherwise the Prophet's gang of old guys would just drive away in the "RV".

After speaking, Morami issued a mooring order to the helmsman by controlling the holographic screen panel, allowing the fleet to approach the port near the City of Fraternity.

"Captain Morami, I will trouble you next, and I hope you can complete this task well."

Li De once again emphasized the importance of this mission to the other party.

"Don't worry, this operation is related to the future of our tribe, I will handle it carefully."

Morami was of course very concerned about this matter, after all, he was still counting on this performance to get a position in a giant company.

If you want to change jobs successfully, you must first show your loyalty and reflect your value, otherwise you will still be a small role.

"Well, that's it!"

Seeing that Morami had a plan, Reed nodded gently.

Soon, Reed and Jack turned around and left the bridge, and Wadami also reminded Captain Morami in time:

"Commander-in-chief, the customs fleet is approaching our ship and is now checking our situation."

After the voice fell, the communicator beside him also gave the news in time: "Report to the captain, the commander of the 19th formation of the Star Alliance Customs has sent us a communication request."

Hearing the news report from everyone, Morami nodded and responded: "Accept the request."

Morami had some impression of the customs member of the 19th formation. It was Zatan Gar, who belonged to the Jackal camp and was an out-and-out embezzler.

"Yes, Captain!"

After receiving the commander's instructions, the communicator immediately connected the signal to the central console and amplified it so that Morami could see it clearly.

Immediately, the dark holographic screen showed the scene inside a CSO aircraft carrier and the appearance of a Jackal captain.

"Is that you? Captain Morami, why did you come to the Sanctuary instead of doing your scientific research work in the Shield World? You'd better give me a suitable reason."

"Otherwise, humph! I will accuse you of deserting your post and destroy all of you here!"

The Sanctuary that Zatan mentioned is the City of Fraternity.

According to the internal rules of the Star Alliance, any fleet unit that accepts orders to work outside must obtain permission from the Prophet's Council before returning to the Sanctuary.

"Zatan, it seems that you are doing well with the Jiralhanae. You dare to be so arrogant in front of me. What's the matter? Did those idiots make you rich?"

Morami mocked Zatan undisguisedly, but the other party smiled shamelessly and didn't care about Morami's sarcasm at all.

"I just robbed a planetary tribe not long ago, captured three million slaves and countless treasures, and I did make a fortune."

"And there are special foreign fleets like you that come back without permission. How much treasure should you give me to pass through the customs smoothly?"

Zatan asked Morami for a bribe without any psychological burden. The treasure he was talking about was naturally not ordinary banknotes, but precious metals in the universe, or rare mineral resources.

Scarcity makes things valuable, even the interstellar organization Star Alliance is no exception. Metals like gold can also circulate freely within the Star Alliance.

And for those who work in customs like Zatan, as long as they open their mouths, there is basically no money that they can't get. Even a fleet passing by can be robbed of treasures by them.

Unless it is a special envoy sent by the prophet.

"You are still so greedy, Zatan, aren't you afraid that the prophet will find you to blame?"

Morami smiled helplessly.

However, Zatan just had a dead pig fearless look. Their tribe was originally ordered to rob, and the resources they robbed were not to be presented to the prophet, so what was there to be afraid of!

"Hurry up and tell the truth, why did you run back?"

Zatan continued to ask.

Seeing that Zatan was unmoved, Morami continued to speak: "I'll tell you the truth, something happened in the Shield World Miracle, there are good news and bad news."

"I must report the matter over there to the prophet immediately, you'd better get out of my way immediately, don't delay my important matter."

Morami warned Zatan in a serious tone that the scientific expedition mission related to the Forerunner Miracle was still quite important within the Star Alliance.

Zatan naturally understood the seriousness of it.

"Haha, it seems that you have made some achievements in the Shield World. Is there any good stuff or news that you can share with us?"

"Since we are all friends, friends should help each other. This request is not too much, right?"

Based on the principle of not giving away bribes, Zatan still caught Morami and asked for benefits, even if he couldn't use cannons to bombard Morami's scientific expedition team.

But he can still do it!

Don't give money? Sure!

Then send people to search from inside to outside, and block it for ten days or half a month, which is also the normal work process.

If you are in a bad mood, take the opportunity to block it for another half a month.

Even if it is reported to the prophet, what can it do? At most, you will punish yourself with three cups of wine. The next time you see Morami, Zatan can continue to block it!

If you want to enter the City of Fraternity quickly and report your work, you have to pay money and give benefits first.

Facing Zatan, the shameless old corrupt official, Morami just chuckled, as if he had long been accustomed to such a situation.

"Okay, since you treat me as a friend, I will do what friends should do."

"As a result of the assessment of the Shield World this time, we found a lot of good things there, but we also lost some troops, such as the ghost-faced beasts and your jackal tribe, all of whom died."

"Unfortunately, I reluctantly accepted the resources they seized. You say this..."

Originally, the death of the ghost-faced beasts and the soldiers of the jackal tribe was a very suspicious thing, but Morami's last sentence obscured the importance of this matter.

As expected, when he heard that all the soldiers of the jackal tribe died, Zatan subconsciously felt that Morami, as an elite tribe, was a revenge.

But when he heard the latter sentence, the anger in his heart subsided instantly. Isn't the meaning of this sentence obvious enough!

Unowned things belong to whoever sees them.

"Captain Morami, you don't need to say more. Since it is the legacy of the Jiralhanae and the Jackal tribe, I should be the one to receive it reluctantly."

"I will send a transport boat to hand over the items now. After the inspection is completed, you can go there. I guarantee that you will have no problems."

Zatan said calmly that although it was a little greedy, it was not like it took the money and did not do anything. It should release those who should be released.

Who would feel bad about money?

"Okay, then I'll trouble you."

Morami chuckled. As expected, money can make the devil work. The materials it prepared this time were actually some precious metals.

Some of the rare minerals were precious metals and rare ores pulled from the universe trade circle of 003 "Edge of Tomorrow" universe.

They cannot be found in the "Halo" universe!

Therefore, Morami firmly believed that this "little gift" prepared in advance was enough for his fleet to pass smoothly.