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"What the hell are these?" After opening the box, looking at the large number of weapons and equipment in the box that they had never seen before, Captain Case couldn't help but sigh on behalf of everyone nearby. Since this batch of weapons was specially given by Shen Chao to the non-commissioned officer chief for trial, and his expedition team had a great interest in recruiting the non-commissioned officer chief, he prepared a generous gift on this important occasion of cultivating the first impression.

These chests are divided into three tiers, the first tier of the case contains the Gauss rifle and plasma rifle produced by the Space-Time Council that were previously given to the Noble team, and some more powerful weapons and equipment are placed in the second level of the chest, such as their own high-powered particle beam rifle.

Due to its great power and almost infinite chargeability, it is placed in a second-tier chest. On top of that, the case at this level even includes several modified Mass Effect firearms like the M8 Avenger.

And there is only one box of the third level, and there is only one weapon in it, and that is the king of individual heavy weapons brought by the expedition team in this mission, the M-920 Cain Cannon! This is so that Master Chief can not rely on outside fire support in the battle after boarding the HALO later.

"Cortana, what kind of weapons are these?" Cortana? Captain Keith saw that no one around him knew these weapons, and asked Cortana, who was theoretically almost "omniscient". But the latter seemed to be lost in thought and did not immediately respond to his question.

Of course, Cortana wasn't in a state of death, and her core program was running at the speed of light, and she didn't feel the same way as normal people. It's just that, after cracking the codes of these boxes, she suddenly realized that these passwords were combined to be an encrypted message.

Shen Chao knew. The most likely gift he gave to Master Chief was to be "unpacked" by Cortana. So, in the ciphers of those boxes, he hid a short message, hoping that Cortana, the "closest comrade-in-arms and suspected future lover" of the Master Chief, would also have a good first impression of the expedition.

After all, when it comes to decision-making on many big issues, Master Chief follows in Cortana's footsteps. If you can get Cortana's favor, the difficulty of recruiting Master Chief will be greatly reduced. So, the message he left behind is probably like this after being declassified.

"To Cortana, these weapons in front of you are the property of the Council of Time and Space, they are all gifts from the Council to you and John-117, I wish you all the best in your next journey to capture the Prophet, and we will meet in the future!" ”。

Due to the amount of information in this message, Cortana was a little distracted for a while. To know. As UNSC's most advanced combat AI, she is one of ONI's biggest secrets when she is sent to work with Master Chief on special missions.

Their original mission was to take the Autumn Wind Dun deep into the Covenant-controlled area to capture a Covenant's religious leader, that is, any of the three prophets, and bring the prophet back to any of the UNSC-controlled districts, using this as a bargaining chip to force the Covenant to negotiate peace.

Although it is said that according to the current battle situation of Zhiyuan Star, the possibility of the final execution of this mission has been greatly reduced, but its mission level is still far beyond the conventional top secret. Not to mention any outside people or forces, even in the entire UNSC fleet chain of command, only a handful of people know about it.

Even Captain Keith only learned about her latest mission and what level of the ship's AI was after getting her chip and receiving a direct order from the encrypted fleet command headquarters.

And now. An organization that called itself the "Council of Time and Space" was able to clearly understand its mission and quietly use the internal channels of UNSC to deliver these gifts to the ship, and even foresaw that it would be Cortana who would open the boxes herself! This god-like foresight and ability to act made Cortana even think about it.

Of course, at the urging of Captain Keith, Cortana quickly came to her senses. But she didn't know how to explain her new discovery. It was clear that this message sent to her by this so-called "Space-Time Council" was private and aimed only at her and the Master Chief.

And because of the sensitivity of the information. Cortana wasn't sure if it would be good or bad to keep this unverifiable piece of information high speed Captain Keith right now, so she decided to keep the secret a secret for the time being, and wait for her to discuss it with the Master Chief before releasing it.

Although according to the plot of the game, Cortana at this time has not yet completed her first meeting with the Master Chief. But actually. They had been cooperating in training for a while to capture the Prophet, and Cortana and Master Chief had become "close".

In order to answer Captain Cass's question, Cortana quickly checked the other electronic information in the box, and soon found the manuals for all the weapons, both paper and electronic. Although the instructions do not explain where these weapons come from and how they work, they do explain in detail how to operate and maintain them.

In addition to these textual messages, there is also a hidden pattern in the electronic messages, which is the emblem of the Space-Time Council after being spliced and restored. As with the previous password information, this is also a personal information left for Cortana.

After Cortana explained her findings in as much detail as possible, the ship's radio suddenly sounded, and the first mate of the bridge informed Captain Keith that the fleet command was urging them to report on the ship's readiness again.

"Damn, we don't have time to check this. Cortana, help the non-commissioned officer inspect these weapons, and if it's safe, distribute them to my Marines immediately. Others, back to the bridge, we have work to do! ”

Interrupted by the order, Captain Keith hurried back to the bridge, and although the people were still curious about the origin of these weapons, they didn't have time to think about such trivial matters now, and when he returned to the bridge, he quickly reported the status of the Autumnwind and received the order to leave.

The fleet group mobilized by UNSC for the counter-offensive Zhiyuan Star has basically been assembled, and when the last dozens of warships arrive, they will set off immediately. The command was confident that they could win this time, as they had now assembled a fleet of more than 1,000 warships.

According to their latest information, the size of the Covenant's fleet on the periphery of Zhiyuan is now around 300 ships, and as long as this size does not continue to expand, they should be able to win this battle. But the veterans, including Captain Case, were still in suspense.

In a land battle with the Covenant. They have often been able to achieve big victories, but the UNSC has rarely succeeded in fleet warfare. There are almost no opportunities for ambushes and surprise attacks on the vast battlefield in the sea of stars, only the simplest and most brutal firepower and the harsh test of the battleship's ability to run long distances, and in these aspects, UNSC has always been at a disadvantage.

Back on the Pegasos, Noble 6 was trying on his new armor. Hargrave has upgraded his armor to a new type of armor that rivals or surpasses the original Thor's hammer.

Although it doesn't seem to have changed much, the ability of the entire armor has been greatly improved. The traditional system has only increased its output by 25% due to the limitations of its mechanical structure, but the energy output efficiency has been increased by 400%, the strength of the armor's own deflection shield has been greatly enhanced, and a kinetic energy barrier has been added to protect against live ammunition and impact damage.

In addition to this, the armor plates on his armor were strengthened, an optical camouflage generator was added...... All in all, all these upgrades in terms of external combat performance were carried out. As for those core functions of the nanosuit, since this is not a nanosuit after all. Noble6 wasn't a member of the expedition either, so those abilities couldn't be added to him out of thin air.

Even so, seeing his combat armor get so much improved, Noble6 was still very excited after trying it out. With these upgrades, his tactical initiative will be greatly enhanced.

"Wait, Shen is looking for you, take this to the bridge, he will introduce you to the rest of the things......" After the test was almost done. Hargrave received a communication from Shen Chao here, so he arranged for someone to send the Noble6 to the bridge to report.

After entering the bridge with the pass given by Hargrave. Noble6 was slightly shocked by what he saw. It was unlike any battleship he'd ever seen, the walls of the spherical chamber were covered by the starry sky outside, and the moment you stepped inside, you thought you had fallen overboard. Stepping on the flushed floor, he quickly walked over to Shen Chao, who was discussing with Damien about the next intervention strategy.

"Welcome, second lieutenant. Given how important the upcoming big war is to you. I think you should accompany us to watch. Shen Chao said as easily as inviting a new friend to have a meal together.

"Watch, you're talking like you're watching a play, what about those people below?" Can't your fleet do something? Although Noble6 was barely able to accept the fate of UNSC's defeat in the Battle of Reach, he still couldn't take it lightly. Seeing Shen Chao so relaxed, he couldn't help asking.

"It's a pity. Yes, we can't get our hands dirty. There are two reasons for this, one is that our fleet is not large enough to severely damage the Covenant's fleet, and the other is because the upcoming battle will change the fate of everyone, and the defeat of the UNSC in this battle will be both a huge loss and an opportunity to change the tide of the war. That opportunity is the fundamental reason why we can't interfere too much in the war situation, and that opportunity is also the key to the future victory of the UNSC. ”

Shen Chao explained why he couldn't interfere in the battle now, and although the answer he gave was vague, it did paint a bright future, giving Noble 6 a little hope. (The novel "Time Traveler's Expedition" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)

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