Everyone just watched in silence as the huge warship slowly flew over their heads. They struggled desperately for a few times like a drowning man, and then...
Just fell headfirst.
“…”
Looking at the thick black smoke rising in the distance, Fang Zheng silently glanced at the Master Chief and pulled Iona back two steps. He now believed more and more that the protagonist was probably going to kill the ship. Look, this ship just arrived and fell down after just a face-to-face encounter with the Master Chief.
“…”
The sergeant didn't know whether he understood the meaning in Fang Zheng's eyes. Anyway, he just coughed and then spoke as if nothing had happened before.
"Cortana, confirm the location of the Infinity."
"Understood, Chief, the Infinity crashed 77 miles from us."
"That's it, then."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng also hurriedly interrupted.
"Since your reinforcements have arrived, we will take our leave now. I still need to take the girls here for a tour and inspection. Please contact me if you have anything else to do. I wish you a safe journey."
After saying this, Fang Zheng waved at the sergeant, then quickly activated the teleport and ran away... The sergeant's "anti-ship restraint" was too strong, and he didn't dare to let Iona stay in front of him, otherwise who knows what would happen.
“…”
Watching Fang Zheng and the others disappear in an instant, the Master Chief was silent for a moment, then picked up his weapon and walked towards where the Infinity crashed. At the same time, Cortana's voice sounded in the Master Chief's ears again.
"Is it really okay to let them go?"
"They are not our enemies."
The Master Chief gave an affirmative answer.
"Our enemies are the pioneers."
After saying this, the sergeant asked a question in return.
"Do you really want this?"
"Why?"
Cortana was stunned when she heard the Master Chief's question.
"Master Chief, what are you talking about..."
"Your lifespan."
The Master Chief spoke again. During the break in the battle, he had learned that Cortana had been in service for eight years. However, the lifespan of an average artificial intelligence is only seven years. In fact, Cortana is now "overaged". Because of this, Cortana itself has malfunctioned. If it is not repaired, it will be finished sooner or later.
Originally, the Master Chief was planning to take Cortana back to her creator, Dr. Halsey, for repair. However, it seems that although Fang Zheng and his group have unknown origins, they do have very strong strength. Not only that, even Cortana said that they have the technical level to easily bypass her defenses, which means that the other party is very likely to be able to repair Cortana.
“…”
This time, Cortana did not speak either. It was obvious that she was also very hesitant about this. After all, one's own family knows one's own business. Cortana was created by Dr. Halsey, and she knew exactly what Dr. Halsey was capable of. Although the Master Chief said that he could fix her if he went back to find Dr. Halsey, Cortana knew that this was almost impossible.
But this group of people who suddenly appeared and whose origins were unknown...
"…Sorry, let me think about it."
In the end, Cortana just gave this answer leisurely.
Fang Zheng didn't know about the love-hate relationship between the protagonists. He had brought Iona and Charmander back to Nymph. The little angel was busy collecting and downloading all the Forerunner's technological information through the Forerunner's terminal and analyzing it.
According to the information collected by the little angel, the forerunners have impressive strength in space, energy, information manipulation, biological genes, etc. They have superb fault space construction technology and the power to perfectly replicate organisms through genetic coding. At the same time, these forerunners can also create an artificial intelligence called "intelligent servants" for their use through biological templates.
It can be said that the power of the Forerunners is quite powerful even in the worlds Fang Zheng has experienced. Fang Zheng roughly calculated that if he wanted to fight the Forerunners, then unless he transformed into the Star Forging Dragon King, he would only be able to fight to a draw with the Sea Mist Battleship... Of course, this was the most optimistic scenario.
In addition, Nymph also discovered their classification system for civilization technology in the Forerunners' database.
The forerunners divided the civilizations in the universe into eight levels, of which the lowest level, the seventh level, is the agricultural and pastoral civilization. The biological population of this level of civilization is small, with a certain degree of intelligence, and relies on hunting, grazing and farming to obtain food. The technological threat is quite limited, and all weapons and props are handmade.
The sixth level has already entered the industrial age and has a lot of mechanized capabilities. Just like the first industrial revolution, at this stage, the entire civilization will have a great development.
The ability to use nuclear energy is a sign of reaching the fifth-level civilization... In fact, according to the classification of the forerunners, the Earth before Fang Zheng traveled through time belonged to the fifth-level civilization.
As for the fourth level of civilization, it is a civilization that has broken through the gravity shackles of its own planet and can establish colonies on other planets. Civilizations that can fly within the star system can be counted as existences of this level.
The intergalactic jump drive is a sign of entering the third-level civilization. At this stage, civilizations already have the power to wage "Star Wars" level wars. They will not be bound by their own galaxies, but can travel and fight across galaxies. This is also the iconic feature of the third-level civilization.
The second-level civilization can already perform precise space jumps, and also possesses interstellar instant communication technology and powerful personal firepower. Fang Zheng made a brief calculation and concluded that if it were classified according to the Forerunner classification, then the warships in his hands would have belonged to the third level before being integrated with the Sea Fog Core. After being integrated with the Sea Fog Core, they would have reached the second-level civilization level.
The first level of civilization can master gravity techniques, create fully sentient AI, produce ultra-dense materials, create entirely new life forms and even a completely new world and planet - the Forerunners themselves belong to this level.
Above this, there is the highest level zero civilization, but Fang Zheng did not find enough information about this level of civilization and technology. In the Forerunner's database, there is only a simple statement that the Pioneer is the existence of the highest level of civilization. As for what kind of power this Pioneer clan possesses, Fang Zheng said he could not think of it.
However, Fang Zheng discovered that the Forerunners' classification was not entirely accurate. According to the Forerunners' civilization classification system, the civilization of the main world would be very chaotic.
On the one hand, many places in the main world are still at the lowest seventh level - or at most have just entered the sixth level of the Magic Industrial Revolution.
But on the other hand, the most powerful force in the main world can control space, time and even the existence of energy at will... Even the forerunners can't do this, so Fang Zheng is not sure whether the pioneers can do it.
At least for now, no matter how powerful the Forerunners are, they cannot stop the Time Dragon's Breath of Expulsion and the First Fire. If it weren't for the instinctive protection of the Source of the World, Fang Zheng would have already dipped the Forerunner's steak in sauce until it was 80% rare.
But even so, Fang Zheng still drooled at the sight of the Forerunners' technology, whether it was their interstellar space construction technology, or their "hard light" techniques, or even the Forerunners' various advanced warships and weapons, Fang Zheng couldn't let go.
Mine! Mine! These are all mine!!
If Fang Zheng hadn't had a bit of common sense and knew that the current technological level of the Tiandao Palace was not enough to completely chew through the tough bone of the Forerunners and fully digest their knowledge and skills, then he would probably be rolling around on these Forerunner relics by now.
If you think about it carefully, the Forerunners' amazing technology is just a small part of what they have excavated from the remains and wreckage of the Pioneers. So how powerful do the Forerunners, who are at the highest level of civilization, have?
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.
This world...is really not in vain!!