Chapter 540: A veritable kamikaze martyr
Seeing that he was brought here as in the plot, the "kamikaze martyr" was relieved. Being able to be brought here shows that the three prophets must have recognized themselves as useful as in the plot shown in the CG, and are ready to convince themselves on the grounds of atonement to earn the name of a new kamikaze martyr.
Doing so would appease his descendants, appease the wrath of the High Council after his death on a suicide mission, and allow the High Prophets to kill other opponents in battle-hardened selves.
As a prestigious title with a strong sense of history and religious significance, Kamikaze Martyr was once theoretically the title of the supreme leader of the elite race, and later became a symbol of shame and backwardness after joining the Star Alliance.
Later, as the power of the elite in the Covenant grew, this ancient title was "justified", and the kamikaze martyr regained its historical status.
But in reality, the current kamikaze martyrs have a high social status and religious symbolism, and cannot directly command anyone, but must also follow the direct instructions of the prophets, and carry out suicidal missions!
"Hail to the noble prophet of truth and sorrow!" The prisoner was brought. Tatarus, the leader of the Ghostfaces, sent a message to the two High Prophets who were already waiting here after bringing the scarred "Martyrs of the Kamikaze" here.
As a new race that has been a member of the Covenant for less than 100 years, few people can live in the City of Fraternity, and Tatarus is the highest-ranking of his people, "privileged" to serve several High Prophets in close proximity.
Although the Prophet Guard outside is still made up of the Elite, the Ghost-Faced Guard led by Tatarus has actually taken over the duties of the inner bodyguards previously served by the elite warriors of the Elite Clan, and their actions are only accountable to a few High Prophets. This arrangement also reflects the intricate political struggle within the Star Alliance.
The use of ghost-faced beasts as inner bodyguards was a precaution taken by several of the High Prophets, who were plotting to exterminate humanity while exterminating the elite who were increasingly out of their control, and much of the preparation was already underway. If the personal bodyguards around him are still from the elite clan, then this conspiracy will inevitably fail, so there is this arrangement.
"You can leave, Tatarus, and the people who brought you......" The Truth Prophet let the Ghostface Guard leave as soon as he spoke, apparently having something to say to the "kamikaze". Tatarus, the leader of the Ghost-Faced Guard, was apparently unaware of the Prophet's intentions. After confirming it again, he left with his own people, leaving behind only the "kamikaze martyrs" and the two highest prophets.
At this time, the "kamikaze martyr" had been loosened, and he struggled to prop up his body and looked at the two supreme prophets who were not far from him. Even now, wounded and immobile, he was sure he could rush over and use his hands to kill these two lie-goers, plotting to exterminate his own race.
However, doing so would only allow him to vent his anger alone, and he would inevitably be killed by a large number of guards outside when he was done. Come to think of it. He feigned bewilderment and waited for the prophets to perform their "flickering" Dafa.
The Prophet of Truth first described the dark prospects he should have faced and was executed as a traitor. But then he put forward the idea that the final decision was in his own hands, so as to build a sense of trust. The Prophet of Truth said these words in a soft tone, as if he still regarded him as a friend, but the "kamikaze martyr", who was already aware of the other party's conspiracy, felt sick.
Even so, he knew that this was his only way to survive, so he pretended to be listening. When the Prophet of Truth asked him if he was right, he answered honestly. He said that he knew that this was the burial place of the kamikaze martyrs of the past generations.
"That's right, the kamikaze martyrs of all ages are resting here. Every time our great coalition suffers a crisis. will choose a kamikaze martyr to solve the crisis...... "The Prophet of Truth and the Prophet of Mercy first reviewed the glorious history of the kamikaze, and then, after a pause, they expressed their willingness to designate the "kamikaze martyr" as the new kamikaze martyr.
"It's really your fault for the destruction of HALO, and you have suffered the punishment you deserve, but the Supreme Council is a little too emotional...... We know you're not an apostate. That's what a true apostate looks like......"
The Prophet of Truth said as he pulled out a holographic video. The video shows another high-ranking elite who is giving a speech in this brief video, saying a lot against the pilgrimage, especially against the three prophets.
Needless to say, the prophets wanted him to go in the name of a kamikaze martyr. Kill this "apostate". The "kamikaze martyrs" know that the elites shown in this hologram are actually very similar to their current selves, and they all discovered the prophets' conspiracy by chance, and are trying to prevent the prophets' conspiracy from becoming a reality.
Of course, he wouldn't actually hunt down that elite after taking the mission, as in the original story, or even let the prophets manipulate it after that. But this did not prevent him from now accepting the invitation of the prophets to become a new kamikaze martyr.
After listening to the prophets' persuasions, he stood up and took out the armor of the kamikaze from the cabinet next to him. This is a set of armor with very beautiful workmanship and a sense of art, equipped with a qiē function that the armor of other high-ranking elites has.
But in fact, the history of this armor is quite long, and the kamikaze martyrs of the past generations have worn this armor to step into the battlefield and eventually die. After the death of the kamikaze, his body will arrive at the cemetery where it is now to be revered, and the damaged armor will be restored to serve the next kamikaze.
The armor has been passed down for many generations, and has been repaired and modified at least dozens of times, but some parts of the armor are still parts from centuries ago. This makes this armor less than the quality of the elite armor of the strongest rank, and its symbolic meaning is far greater than the actual combat effectiveness it possesses.
He took off the helmet of his armor and put it on his head, and immediately accepted this "honor" and officially became a new kamikaze martyr. As a new kamikaze martyr, he was theoretically supposed to sweep away an enemy under the guidance of the prophets, but in practice, his first job was to rest.
Regardless of whether he has the illustrious status of a kamikaze martyr or not, he himself is a mortal in the flesh, and it is impossible for him to carry out a combat mission after being subjected to extreme torture. In addition, it will take time for the Covenant's intelligence agencies to confirm the exact location of his first target.
During the few days off, he secretly met with several of his cronies. They were all amazed that the prophecies made by the kamikaze martyrs had come true! Especially his new status, the title of kamikaze martyr, which is full of theocracy and high status, is not always available.
Now that the kamikaze's prophecy about this event has come true, the possibility of other prophecies coming true has naturally increased greatly. Fearful for the future, they quickly returned to their posts and began their preparations in accordance with the instructions given by the kamikaze.
While the kamikaze was actively preparing to overthrow the Council of the Prophets and uncover its conspiracy, the expedition was busy counting what they had gained in the first phase of the mission. Shen Chao had already finished dealing with Alice's affairs at this time and returned to the command post.
Of course, since the focus is now on counting the harvest, he did not appear on the Pegassos, instead, he is now on Earth on the 006 I Legendary Plane with Custer to count the latest harvest.
The technical information they obtained from the ring belt is very valuable, not only in large quantities, but also quite high in technical level. However, according to the analysis of the results of the preliminary examination of these data by the research team led by Hargrave, it is basically impossible for them to restore any major technical achievements from these technical data and apply them in a short period of time.
After all, the technology tree of the forerunner and the industrial system mastered by the expedition team are very incompatible, and many technological achievements can only be realized after a specific industrial chain forms a large-scale industrial linkage. So, technically, they can't get to develop by leaps and bounds because of this little bit of information.
The real payoff is the millions of people saved in action! In the two days before the Covenant's reinforcement fleet arrived on Zhiyuan, they were able to use a large number of space-time gates to rescue nearly 30 million soldiers and civilians trapped on Zhiyuan.
It wasn't until 2 days later that the Covenant's counteroffensive fleet attacked, and the space-time fleet unhurriedly ended its rescue operation. And after a counterattack on the Covenant fleet under the command of Damien, they collectively jumped to a star sector that the Covenant could not track.
After that, although the Star Covenant was still uncertain about the identity of the space-time fleet, they still carried out their extinction plan for Zhiyuan, and the warships took turns to pour their main artillery fire on the surface of Zhiyuan, vowing to turn the surface of Zhiyuanxing into ashes.
Of course, if they want to destroy all the population areas on Zhiyuan, they will also need to spend a lot of effort, and with the current size of the fleet outside, it will take about 2 months to complete. During this period, the expedition team was still active in Zhiyuan, and it was urgent to rescue the scattered survivors
This was the largest rescue operation and wave of migrants ever carried out by the Spacetime Expedition since its inception, and the total number of people rescued far exceeded their earliest estimates. According to their early predictions, they could save about 10 million people from Zhiyuan at most, and in the end, the actual number of people saved was more than double their best estimate.
On the one hand, this is the result of the Covenant's slower response speed than they expected, but more importantly, the ability of the refugees on the Reach Star to organize and move is much stronger than they expected. (To be continued......)
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The first chapter update today is so late because I came home late today, and the next chapter is expected to be sent out before the early hours of the morning