Chapter 530: A Spartan Choice
Hearing Cortana say this, even the most sluggish person will realize that something must have gone wrong in the transmission of the number jù just now. And the Master Chief, who trusted Cortana very much, immediately pointed the finger at 343 Spark of Evil. He turned around, pulled 343 Spark of Guilt from the air to the ground, and pressed the weapon in his hand against the opponent's big eyeball, demanding that 343 Spark of Evil immediately explain what he had just done.
"Nothing needs to be explained, her chip is not enough to hold all the key information left by my creator, in order to give as much of the legacy left by your ancestors as possible, I must use all the space in her chip, and as for killing her, it is only to eliminate the possibility of her betraying you......" 343 Spark of Evil explained her motives with confidence.
In his opinion, there was nothing wrong with his strategic choice, and what he did was completely for the sake of the other party, and the Master Chief had nothing to complain about. Cortana is just a flawed AI in his opinion, and he can't be trusted.
If he doesn't kill Cortana, the other party doesn't have enough restraint mechanism to bind him, and he will be trapped in the ring after the number jù is entered, and in this case, Cortana may betray the "children of the Precursors" once he is captured, so, in order to avoid this from happening, 343 Spark of Evil arranged the attack just now.
Of course, this was just his own idea as an AI, and neither Cortana, who was almost killed, nor the confused Master Chief didn't think that 343's plan was for his own sake or even for the sake of humanity.
After Master Chief "subdued" Spark 343, Cortana and Master Chief teamed up to coerce and lure the Precursor AI to find other ways to take away the technology left behind by the Precursor.
However, both Cortana's search and 343's Spark of Guilt's confession revealed a problem, and that was that there were no other portable storage on the ring, which was a precaution reserved for the forerunners. Prevent the Zerg from sending their own genetic information out of their own isolated rings.
With the exception of 343 Sparks of Sin, none of the Machines on the Ring had a memory, which meant that if they couldn't find a new large-capacity storage, they would have to choose between Cortana and the Precursor remnants.
Cortana could try to delete the information stored in her chip and relocate herself. But if they do that, none of them can be sure that they will damage the highly compressed number jù文jiàn.
As if specifically to prevent accidents, 343 Spark of Evil punched a large unsplittable compressed package before sending the number of jù over, and teleported it in one go. Now, in order to make some space on the chip for Cortana, it is necessary to delete all the Forerunner technology numbers that were previously downloaded.
This is obviously not possible, and the Forerunner technology on the chip is obviously much more important strategically than Cortana's combat AI. As long as they can be brought back to the UNSC, these materials have the potential to change the overall situation of the current battle.
"John, it's fine. I can stay ......" Eventually, with no other way out, Cortana expressed her uncommon sense that she could stay on the ring belt and let Master Chief rush back to Earth with chips full of jù to help UNSC.
"No, there must be other ways. The Master Chief was reluctant to keep Cortana when he heard this, and the sparks of 343 sin next to him were urged. Anyway, although he was electrocuted by Cortana just now. He was also hit hard by the Master Chief as a ball many times, but his shell was unscathed.
Visible. The Forerunner has made special enhancements to the protection capabilities of the guided AI that he has built. Although 343 Spark of Evil seems harmless to humans and animals, and his combat effectiveness is about equal to zero, his almost indestructible shell shows the superior scientific and technological prowess of the forerunners.
"Don't waste any more time on this flawed AI, Reverter, time is pressing. Follow me to find the indexer, and I'll get you on the boat. Then you can go home and regain the glory of your ancestors......" The spark of 343 Guilt, freed, urged the Master Chief in an impatient tone who was reluctant to say goodbye to Cortana, not knowing that this reminded the Master Chief instead.
"Boat, that's right, there's a way!" The Master Chief suddenly had an idea for a compromise. While their existing storage didn't have enough space for Cortana and the number of jùs they needed to take with them, the Covenant's ships had some barely portable hardware.
Cortana's chip is the technological achievement of UNSC's Pioneer Technologies for restoration. A small chip has the same information processing and storage capacity as the computer on board the Covenant cruiser. In order for Cortana's Smart Core to be properly installed and operational, this kind of battleship-level hardware is required.
Although the Star Alliance lags behind the UNSC in information technology, their information storage technology is still passable, although there is no UNSC such a priceless AI chip that can be carried and run by Cortana, but the Star Alliance's warships have quite a lot of dictionary-sized memories for storing massive star map information.
The storage capacity of this storage device alone is enough to carry Cortana's intelligent core, and if they can get one, they will be able to carry a few jù without leaving Cortana. Of course, it is very risky to infiltrate the interior of an Covenant warship and steal their vital hardware.
Master Chief was willing to risk his life for Cortana, but he also knew that he couldn't do exactly what he wanted to do when it came to the overall situation of the war. If he just takes the Noble6 to find a Covenant ship and then play the action of boarding and stealing.
Not to mention the danger to the personal safety of the two men, this act of putting Cortana's personal safety first is in itself a great irresponsibility to their mission and the number of forerunner technologies they carry. The best thing to do is to act separately, and that's what Master Chief intended.
"Ensign, I need a favor from you. I can't give up Cortana to leave the belt on her own, but we can't all risk it for her, and the future of humanity doesn't allow us to take that risk. I'll be able to find an Covenant ship in a moment, find the storage to come back to Cortana, and help you get the Covenant's attention. And your task is to follow this machine qì man to find the indexer, and after finding it, board the ship he said. If I can't catch up with Cortana by then, you leave the belt on your own, and the future of humanity is in your hands! ”
In a short sentence, Master Chief handed over the heavy responsibility for the fate of humanity to Noble 6. After saying that, he also patted the other party's shoulder, as if to say that he pinned his hopes on Noble 6. And Noble No. 6, who had been standing aside and not saying anything, was also in a dilemma at the behest of the Master Chief.
Long before coming to the Ring Belt, Shen Chao told Noble 6 that he might need to make some difficult choices, which means that he may have to choose whether to be a good soldier of the UNSC or work for the expedition team.
At that time, Shen Chao did not clearly explain the reason, and now, Noble No. 6 felt that this time might have come to him. After arranging the mission in this way, the Master Chief stuffed the chip full of Precursor technology into his hand.
The small chip was very lightweight, but Noble6, who was escorted to the chip for the second time, felt that it was extremely heavy in his heart. If he had received the above order from the Master Chief a day earlier, he would have carried it out immediately without hesitation.
But now, after seeing the power of the Space-Time Council, he hesitated. It took him about a few seconds to seriously consider whether to directly betray the other party's trust after the Master Chief left, rushed back to the central control room, and handed over the chip that carried the potential for racial revival to Shen Chao.
If the other party is really a person who keeps his promise as he thinks, then handing over the chip to the other party can undoubtedly play a great role as a bargaining chip, using the production capacity of multiple time and space, it is very likely that the space-time council will be able to use these technical data at a scientific research speed higher than that of UNSC, and help the human population in its own plane now!
However, there are also risks associated with this. If Shen Chao didn't keep his promise as he imagined, or felt that his human race in this plane was not worth saving, then his actions would undoubtedly amount to betrayal of all his compatriots.
Considering this possibility and the Master Chief's statement that they couldn't risk the future of humanity, Noble6 finally made the safest decision in his mind after struggling in his mind, neither to bring the chip to Shen Chao, whom he had just met, nor to carry out the mission that the Master Chief had just given him. He has a better note!
"Forgive me for taking the liberty of it, Master Chief. I don't have to listen to your orders! I'm not going to leave with this chip, it's your duty! Noble 6 rejected the Master Chief's orders in a very stern tone, and the two men who were part of the ONI were not in the same formation, and the Master Chief's own command over the Spartan soldiers was actually limited to the Spartan soldiers who were also in the second phase.
If you have to be higher than the rank of the military officer without considering the actual position, the rank of Noble 6 is still higher than that of the Master Chief, and it is not so strange to say such a "disobedience". However, his next sentence completely changed the atmosphere of disobedience created by the first half of the sentence.
"I can steal the Covenant Battleship storage you need for you, and bring her back." In fact, I'm better suited for this job. Noble6 said as he unwound the new optical camouflage generator on his armor, letting Master Chief know that he was indeed better suited to infiltrate the Covenant ship for this dangerous theft. (To be continued......)