Containment Control Starts With the Umbrella

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Since the Covenant was led by three evil prophets and sent a large number of troops to the shield world, the Flood took this opportunity to carry out large-scale infection and assimilation.

This also caused the surface of the shield world at this moment to be almost completely occupied by the flooding demons.

But the fleet infected by the Flood was completely destroyed by Nova's psionic storm and the zeroth fleet's hydrogen bomb during the raid on October 21st.

So until the 21st of November, the Flood Demon was still trapped on the surface of the Shield World, unable to escape from the shackles of the Shield World.

"Huh~!"

At this moment, there was a whistling sound in the sky above this area.

Such a huge movement also caused the combat body Flood on the surface to raise their twisted heads and look towards the sky.

Just look at thousands of 'shooting stars', which are attacking the completely corrupted surface.

It wasn't until these 'shooting stars' lost their sparkle that they showed their true colors as one-time airdrop positions.

When the one-time airdrop pods reach the designated height, they pop off the parachutes installed on top of them, which slows down the falling speed to a certain extent.

However, the parachutes of some disposable airdrop pods did not open, and they were still smashed towards the ground at the speed when they entered the atmosphere.

"Gulu~."

Seeing this, all forms of flood demons made a "grunt" sound similar to water rolling in their throats, and then avoided these fast-falling short positions.

"Boom~! Boom~!"

It failed to open the short position of the parachute, and hit the ground at an extremely fast speed, crushing those plant-like living roots, and splashing out more gas carrying fine particles.

but…

"Hey~!"

Soon, these crashed airdrop pods were corroded by a large pool of green blood.

Just look at the blood still flowing along the ground gullies to the vicinity of the living roots, and high-intensity corrosion also occurred.

! !

The moment the living rhizome was corroded, it began to twitch violently like crazy, as if it was made so painful by the green blood.

"Well!!"

The pain in the rhizome, and even the various forms beside him, couldn't help but make a sound similar to roaring.

"Boom~, boom~."

At this time, those airdrop pods that successfully opened their parachutes also landed on the ground covered with living roots.

"Click ~ boom ~!"

The disposable airtight hatch bounced open and fell heavily to the ground.

The Flood Demons of various forms also gathered around the airdrop pod, preparing to assimilate the 'passengers' in the airdrop pod.

only…

"Hiss~! Roar~!!"

It's just that the people in the airdrop pod are not humans, nor ghost-faced beasts, grunts, or jackals, but a large number of aliens with dark red exoskeletons.

Compared with the twisted and crooked tentacles in various forms of the Flood Demon, the appearance of the aliens has risen in a straight line.

The tiger that roared loudly just now was of a different shape, rushed out of the airdrop pod first, opened its bloody mouth with a secondary mouth, and bit at the nearest fighting body, Hong Mo.

In terms of strength and speed, the tiger-shaped body was several times faster than the ordinary alien worker bee, and it directly bit the neck covered with tentacles.

"Puff!"

The light green blood of the Flood Demons spewed out, and the distorted head was also snapped off by the tiger-shaped body.

If it is an ordinary creature, losing its head means death, and even a creature like a zombie will lose its ability to move if it loses its head.

But not the Flood.

There was another "Puff!"

The combat body that lost its head instantly pierced the abdomen of the tiger-shaped body with its whip-like right arm.

"Hey~!"

Immediately afterwards, there was a sound of strong acid corroding bones and flesh tissue.

Just look at the right arm of the Flood Demon that pierced the abdomen of the tiger body, corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even emitted a puff of blue smoke visible to the naked eye.

"Roar!!!"

The battle body Flood's plan to kill and infect the tiger body instantly went bankrupt with this blow, and by the way, it also angered this huge alien bred by the king of beasts.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

While the tiger-shaped body raised its head to the sky and roared, it used its thick claws to frantically slap and tear the fighting body Flood Demon... and other fierce beasts attacked when they were extremely angry.

In a few seconds, the combat body Flood Demon, who was not afraid of barrage shots, was turned into a puddle of light green blood by the tiger-shaped alien.

It seems that even with the assistance of the infected body, it is impossible for this combat body to regain its ability to move.

By the way...

There are many ways for the Flood to infect. For example, on the surface of the current shield world, the air is filled with tiny spores of the Flood.

Without any protective equipment, breathing directly on the surface, within a few hours, an intelligent life form would be assimilated into a member of the Flood.

And the most effective way to infect them is a large number of infected forms that look like small octopuses. Infected bodies can also be called large Flood spores.

Only one infected body does not pose a threat, but when the number reaches a certain level, even a Spartan with unfathomable luck and strength like the Master Chief has a chance of being infected and assimilated.

For example, in the official novel "Halo II: The Flood", when the energy shield of Thor's Hammer was broken and recharged, an infected body took the opportunity to wrap around the back of the Master Chief's neck.

In an instant, the spikes of the infected body pierced the gel combat suit. If Cortana hadn't activated the electric shock device of Mjolnir in time, the Master Chief might have been assimilated into a member of the Flood.

The infected body can assimilate an intelligent life body into a part of the flood in just over ten seconds.

Aside from these infected bodies, both the combat form and the mother form have the ability to infect.

For example, in the Halo dynamic comic "Evolution: Mona Lisa" (translated version is available on the broken site), shortly after being scratched by the Flood-infected body, a marine gradually lost his mind and tried to attack his teammates.

In the end, before turning into a combat body, the marine was shot dead by his comrades.

Although William didn't remember all the above details, he knew that sending ground troops, and Umbrella's ground troops who are so powerful today, would also have a great risk of being infected when facing the Flood.

Therefore, this is why he must let 049 cultivate a large number of aliens to serve as the vanguard.

You must know that the tiger-shaped exoskeleton can resist the existence of several Gauss spike bombs, but it was easily pierced through the abdomen by the combat body Flood Demon.

If the Astartes wearing ceramic titanium armor were carelessly or accidentally scratched by the Flood Demon when attacking the Flood Demon at close range, then...

The combat power of the Flood in the form of Astartes is not comparable to that of Brutes, Gnolls or Grunts.

More importantly, any loss of a William Astarte would feel heartache, but the Alien would not.

Coupled with the special blood of the alien, it seems that it is not afraid of the infection of the Flood Demon spores at all, and it seems to be stronger than the combat body Flood Demon in terms of strength and speed.

Looking at it now, the Alien appears to be an existence dedicated to restraining the Flood.