The main force of the entire space-time expedition had all the preparations before departure within two weeks, and the 4 brigades of 1, 2, 5, and 8 were the main force for the execution of all the dangerous parts of the operation. At the same time, the main force of the space-time fleet once again gathered at Space Station Zero on the main plane.

Sebastian, the commander-in-chief of the fleet, also returned to Space Station Zero with a batch of trophies and hundreds of fighter pilots to report on his duties. After a short period of preparation, he took command of the fleet and joined the operation.

By this time, Space Station Zero had turned into a huge arsenal. The warehouses were filled with all kinds of supplies and weapons and equipment prepared for the operation. Perhaps the most notable of these are the new mech squadrons and drone fleets.

In this operation, two squadrons, or about 70 Atlas humanoid mechs that have been strengthened and modified, will be involved as engineering troops to clear obstacles for ground troops and quickly erect space-time door stabilizers.

Considering that there is a fierce battle going on the ground on the planet they are going to, these humanoid mechs, which have been used as engineering soldiers, are also equipped with some heavy weapons so that they do not have to rely entirely on other units for protection when carrying out engineering construction. No one realized that this pre-mission arrangement would completely change the expedition's attitude towards humanoid mechs!

In addition to the humanoid mechs, the expedition team also prepared a large number of drones to deal with the fierce battles that may be encountered on the ground. However, what they used in this operation was not the usual non-small man-machine, but a newly developed or copycat large-scale drone.

The small drones they used from the Mass Effect plane before were generally the size of a bedside table, and the large number of drones they were going to put into ground combat this time were spherical, 1.2 meters in diameter!

The prototype of this drone comes from the Lost Battlefield Plane 046, as an annihilation-level plane, where the technology is not high, and the space-time fleet killed the villain "Tate" in the movie on the first day of exploring that plane. And took over that plane in its entirety, including its legacy technology and a large number of unmanned drones.

Since it was a much more inhospitable plane than the legendary plane I had tried, with negligible population and infrastructure on the ground, the expedition team did not immediately develop the plane after occupying it, and so far, there have been no official plans for the development of that plane.

After taking over a large legacy left by Tate. The expedition team played to its usual expertise in copycat and waste utilization. Not only did it quickly completely disassemble and copy all the technology of spherical UAVs, but it also made drastic improvements on its basis.

Although the appearance of the latest batch of spherical drones has not changed significantly, the armor strength has been strengthened several times, the Mass Effect kinetic energy barrier and deflection shield have been installed, and the weapons have been replaced by 4 Jace Spitfire heavy machine guns from the Gauss machine gun in the movie.

The final effect is that the overall survivability of this spherical drone far exceeds that of the small combat drones used by previous expeditions, and the firepower is also strong enough to suppress and destroy most ground vehicles alone, and eliminate a large number of ground infantry with firepower.

This allows their drones to gain more time in the air on the target battlefield and greatly reduce the pressure on ground forces. Of course, the most important effect of using it for the expedition team is to effectively prevent Element Zero from being obtained by the UNSC or the Star Alliance!

Their small UAV fleet is cannon fodder for effective large-scale operations that have been proven to be effective on various battlefields. However, small drones can easily be knocked down by various individual heavy weapons due to their weak shields, and the zero element in the body of the drone is a rare thing that has never been seen before in the aura plane.

Although it is impossible for the UNSC or the Covenant to know their origin by losing a little Element Zero on the battlefield, it is impossible for them to make a batch of weapons in a short period of time, which threatens their operational security.

But after all, element zero is an important hole card for the expedition team to run rampant in many planes, and if he can avoid leakage, Shen Chao is unwilling to leak element zero to these potential enemies, even if it is only a little!

After Alice, Todd, and Dr. Neville all rushed back to Space Station Zero, Shen Chao gathered all the troops involved in the operation and boarded the ship in turn at the airport. With the exception of the Pegasus, which newly equipped the Spacetime Fleet, nearly half of the warships involved in this operation are still the same as the lineup he had last visited Plane 035.

Although other warships also underwent some new modifications more or less during this period. However, in terms of combat effectiveness, there is no such reborn change as the Pegasos. Of course, in order to adapt to the large-span interstellar battles of the Halo plane. All ships involved in the operation were equipped with jump engines.

Based on the success and failure of the Shanghai to first install the BSG jump engine a few months ago when it was doing experiments, the expedition has found a way to safely install and debug the jump engine, and all cruisers have installed jump engines to increase interstellar long-range maneuverability.

There are also 4 Theron Battle Fortresses equipped with Mass Effect cores that can provide firepower and protective assistance at any time, of course, if there is no emergency, Shen Chao is not ready to put these battleships positioned as pure meat shields + transport ships on the aura plane.

It is a two-story platform at the airport. Shen Chao was waiting for his entourage at the boarding gate, and there were not many people who followed him, except for the 102 squad that had officially become his "escort team", it was a powerful few expeditions.

And what Shen Chao was waiting for here was Alice, whom he hadn't seen for a long time. He knew that the Resident Evil plane was not going well, especially the cover part that Alice was responsible for.

Originally, the part that Alice was responsible for was very smooth. The objectives of the first phase were achieved with minimal casualties. But because she didn't listen to Shen Chao's advice to get rid of the unstable dìng factor, she was still defeated by Ida in the key part of the scheduled plan. Wang put on a swing and lost a lot of BSAA players and Matt's trust in her.

Now, the operation of her mother plane has basically been taken over by the team sent by the expedition team to continue to carry out the original plan to establish a new type of enterprise and occupy the biochemical plane weapon market with drones and exoskeleton equipment, so as to compress and eventually eliminate the living space of biological and chemical weapons in this way.

Because she has been discredited by Ada's betrayal in her own motherhood, now. Everyone knew that she was infected with the T-virus and developed a benign mutation. also knew about her relationship with Shen Chao, and Shen Chao had been hyped as a terrorist by government agencies in that plane!

One can imagine what such exposure means to her. In her maternal plane, she has become synonymous with danger, no one pays attention to her efforts to stop the spread of biological weapons, and the public, guided by the media, sees her only as an extremely dangerous woman who can spread the virus.

As a result, she has become unpopular in her home plane. Lost the respect of almost everyone. After receiving such a blow, Alice has been avoiding Shen Chao, although she has been back for a while, but she did not contact Shen Chao until yesterday, and she only told him that she would participate in this mission of the Aura Plane.

Shen Chao didn't wait long here to wait for his girlfriend, Alice looked very different from the last time he saw it, and now Alice no longer looked like she had the little temper and impatience she had when she saw Shen Chao.

But at the same time, she also looked a lot colder. Shen Chao had not been worried much about Alice's setbacks before, because he knew that his girlfriend was strong. will not be crushed by a "small" setback, but seeing Alice who is now so cold and unsmiling, he regrets it a little. Maybe he shouldn't have left Alice alone to face these setbacks.

He himself didn't have much affection for his mother, and he didn't have the idea of going back to see it after being away for a long time, so he instinctively didn't feel that there was anything to be sad about not being able to go back. But Alice is not him, and she obviously still has a deep affection for her mother-plane, especially when she has invested so much emotion and strength to save her mother-plane, and this ensuing frustration is even more obvious.

"Hey. What's the matter, talk to me. Don't hold back your heart if you have anything on your mind! Shen Chao took Alice's hand and said softly, he could see that Alice's mood had not calmed down.

"There's nothing to say, you're right, I'm too soft-hearted. You're always right...... I'm fine, let's go, your mission is important. Alice replied with a noticeable increase in tone. But the reply she gave was still an evasive attitude, she still twisted her head away when she spoke, and did not look at Shen Chao, as if she had something on her mind.

"Don't do that, Alice. You're the only thing I care about right now, what the hell is going on? If you don't say it, we're not going anywhere! Shen Chao realized that it was a mistake to give Alice a personal space to calm her feelings, and quickly expressed her jealous care, hoping to help his girlfriend solve her troubles.

The new quest to explore the Aura Plane, while important, was far less important to him than his own chores, and Alice's relationship with him had progressed to this point, and he had already treated each other as his own family.

Although many people outside the expedition were singing about the relationship between him and Alice, the opinions of those vulgar mortals basically had no effect on him, and he was very satisfied with the relationship between him and Alice, there was no intrigue, no need to worry about betrayal, and never had to worry that her girlfriend could not take care of herself.

Judging by his requirements for his spouse, he has already determined his intentions, and his parents, who are traveling in various low-risk planes, are already urging him to hold the wedding as soon as possible and make them some grandchildren or something, which shows how far their relationship has progressed.

It was because of this that he let his guard down and felt that there was nothing to worry about. But now it seems that her girlfriend is not as strong as she seems on the surface, and he doesn't need such a thing as belonging, but Alice does.

"No, I don't want to hold anyone back any longer, let's go to HALO together, my problem is my own, I'll tell you when I get back......" Alice was obviously touched by his words, turned her head to look up into his eyes, and said this very seriously. (To be continued......)

PS: First of all, thank you for the "Sulu, Moonlight and Shadow" and "valky" for the reward after the update of the previous chapter

Special thanks to the "Bastard +3 level" who generously gave the local tyrant-style reward twice in a few days

The plot line of this chapter is more complicated.,Light and dark plots are intertwined.,It's a twist and turn.,So I'm very slow.,It's only updated now.,Because of the sacrifice of a lot of sleep time.,I don't dare to guarantee how much to update tomorrow.,I hope you understand.