"Here, it's your AI, and I have to ask for something in return...... Noble6 didn't say anything more before handing the memory to the Master Chief. He then readily admits that he is now running errands for the expedition and must obtain a copy of the technical information he had obtained from the Master Chief.

This crisp admission of betrayal of the UNSC should have caused the Master Chief to resent him, but Noble 6 took off his helmet and sat down against a large tree next to him, making it clear that he had given up his protection and left his life to the Master Chief who was still holding the weapon.

At this point in the dialogue, the initial suspense and mistrust have been removed, and the two sides are on different sides and demanding different things, and all that remains is to bargain for a consensus or reap a violent ending.

"Can you explain your betrayal?" The Master Chief suppressed his emotions and walked over and asked. He could see that the other party was also a good Spartan warrior, and he was also very sane, not a person like a deserter who had been brainwashed or escaped from war.

"No, I don't want to explain, because there's nothing to explain. I just don't believe in the end of victory anymore! Noble No. 6, who was sitting on the mountain, replied.

Of course, Master Chief understood what he meant, the UNSC had always lost more than won in the 20 years of war against the Star Alliance, and the rebels never stopped, leading the human race to fight against the powerful Star Alliance while fighting fierce internal friction.

No matter how bad the situation is, countless people have long given up following the UNSC and run to the depths of the galaxy in a small boat to fend for themselves. This was all because there was no hope of victory, and even Spartan warriors like him had to admit that they were of very limited use in this brutal war.

"Second Lieutenant, you should know that there is no savior in this world. This space-time expedition that we have all only seen may not be our lifeline. They may look like the rebels, they can be exploited, but they will all become our enemies in the end, do you really want to be traitors for this false hope? ”

The Master Chief gave the example of the rebels and tried to convince the other side. In the early years, at the beginning of the First Battle of Fertility, the UNSC had recruited a small rebel fleet. And take these people to participate in the battle to recover the Fertility Star.

However, to everyone's surprise, the rebel fleet fought back not long after the battle began, and began to attack the friendly fleet of the UNSC, and tried to board the ship to seize the navigation number of the earth.

It turns out that the leadership of this small human rebel fleet is a member of an environmental terrorist group. These extreme environmentalists stubbornly believe that the expansionist UNSC has launched a war against the Star Alliance, which is a "higher race" that is keen on environmental protection, and that the war against humanity is only to maintain the "ecological balance" of the universe!

With such a brain-dead understanding, these extreme environmentalists believe that as long as they attack the UNSC's fleet on the battlefield, they can prove to the Covenant that they are peace-loving, and then they can join the Covenant family......

Of course. Like any mad environmentalist in any plane, these people's bizarre non-linear thinking and unreliable logical deduction skills have not allowed them to get the results they want.

In the end, the battle caused heavy losses to the UNSC due to their betrayal, and the rebel fleet that betrayed the UNSC did not end well, and they were completely wiped out by the Covenant fleet after the battle.

"I know that, they are no more reliable than the rebels we've come into contact with, and they have a good chance of becoming enemies of the UNSC in the end." But I still want to believe them, because it's like we've all believed in the UNSC's triumphant propaganda at one time. Everyone needs a hope that seems within reach to help them move forward, and they can give me that hope......"

Noble6 explained his thoughts. also recounted the conditions that Shen Chao had prescribed to support the earth. He didn't blindly choose to follow the expedition, but made a rational choice after carefully considering his options. His subtext is also obvious, even if the expedition and the UNSC turn against each other in the future, he can accept it.

His attitude naturally made the Master Chief who was still loyal to the UNSC very uncomfortable, but considering the many help the expedition had given before and the battle on Earth that was expected to take place in the near future, it was really necessary to need foreign help, and this mysterious space-time expedition was obviously capable of helping. Then it seems feasible to make a deal in exchange for the safety of the planet.

Eventually, Master Chief brought the storage back to the Precursor ship, and after putting Cortana into the ship's flight control system, he thought twice about having Cortana copy of the Precursor technology data into the storage. and returned to Noble 6.

It is worth noting that Cortana initially opposed the Master Chief's decision and was about to send the information she had destroyed to the other party, but as if she could see her thoughts, the Master Chief stopped her and demanded that she transfer the data as it was.

Master Chief took a lot of responsibility for making this decision, and in a sense he was betting on both sides, and the culpability of his actions was no less than that of Noble 6's betrayal. But like everyone else, Master Chief had deep worries about the future of the war.

Space-time expeditions, though mysterious to them, also have great potential dangers. But the other side is at least a friendly human force, and in the current situation of extremely unfavorable war, even obtaining such an unreliable ally is much better than no foreign aid.

In addition to this, it is also a manifestation of the lack of confidence of the Master Chief in the technical research and development department of the UNSC. After 20 years of war, the UNSC has not been able to successfully copy the enemy's weapons, which is already very indicative of the problems of the UNSC's technical department.

And at the same time that an understanding was finally reached between several of their Spartan warriors, Shen Chao's negotiations with the "kamikaze martyrs" were also coming to an end. After understanding the cause of the war and his "fate", this golden armor elite reluctantly agreed to Shen Chao's conditions.

He was willing to help Shen Chao end the war between the Star Alliance and the UNSC ahead of schedule, but he also put forward his own request, that is, the expedition team should not interfere with his actions after leaving, and should also cooperate with his actions in a certain period of time in the future.

The "kamikaze martyr" is roughly required that after his return to the Covenant, the expedition team will release the previously captured Covenant captives at a specific time and a specific location, so that he can command these people to end the war. Finish these pointless battles with the lowest possible casualties, and avoid the Covenant's civil strife as much as possible in the process.

This was not a negotiation condition that Shen Chao was particularly satisfied with, and he still preferred to see the split Star Alliance. However, considering the important role that the other party could play in the later stage, he still agreed to these conditions. Of course, this does not mean that he will be released immediately. Before he could work further with the Kamikaze Martyrs, he had to get the technical information he was looking for when he came to the belt.

After about ten minutes, just as the Covenant was already approaching the central control room, Noble6 finally returned with a storage full of technical data. When handing over the storage to Shen Chao, Noble6 was as solemn as handing over his life, in a sense, this dictionary-sized storage was his "vote", and after handing it over, he could never return to UNSC.

"Thank you, Second Lieutenant. Come on, it's time for you to know a little bit about your parent plane! Shen Chao took the storage and handed it to Hargrave, and he took Noble6 to the other end of the space-time gate to "remediate" the expedition's information about this plane.

Although he hadn't verified the information he had brought back, Shen Chao was ready to treat him as an official expedition member. On the other side, Master Chief and the others were also making final preparations before leaving the belt.

After sending off Noble6, they didn't take off immediately because they thought that the engine of the Inner Pioneer spacecraft had been warming up much longer than expected, and the ship had not started or moved its position for 100,000 years.

Although it is still possible to fly, it obviously takes longer to prepare than in the manual. This is also the result of 343 Spark of Evil has been leading the Guardian Machine to help, otherwise they wouldn't have wanted to leave the ring belt today.

Eventually, after a long day of work, they were finally ready to leave the belt, and everyone was seated in their seats and ready to go. Master Chief and George sat in the main and passenger seats, taking care of the incident, while Cortana was firmly in control of the flight control system and was in charge of complaining.

"I know we've been together for a while, John, but this past day was definitely the weirdest mission I've ever heard, and I really hope ONI won't send us to court-martials or an insane asylum!" Cortana controlled the flight control system and took off while complaining about the decision of the sergeant general.

The UNSC has strict secrecy and military discipline, and after returning home, the actions of the master chief will definitely be reported, and if the fleet command does not believe them, it is okay, and once they do, it is really difficult to say what kind of treatment they will receive.

"She's right, I know you've made the right decision, but how do we explain it when we get back, a ring bigger than Earth, a friendly visitor from an alien plane...... These things are really not convincing. George also reminded with a little concern.

None of them were on their first day of service, and everyone knew very well the actual efficiency and stubbornness of the UNSC's bureaucracy, and it was a bit difficult to prove their claims with the evidence they had. (To be continued......)