"Well, indeed."

Hawkser also agreed with William after hearing his words.

"Boss." At this moment, Serena walked to William's side and whispered: "All the data has been copied."

"Okay." William nodded lightly, and smiled at Hawker:

"Colonel, your colonial ships will stay here for the time being before we determine whether this civilization really died out, and Umbrella's fleet will be responsible for your safety."

"Hehe, rest assured, we won't leave until the matter is over."

As a fleet commander of the UNSC, Hawkser certainly knew about the'anomaly', so he agreed very cooperatively.

"Thank you."

William still responded with a smile, and took Serena and the USS to leave the bridge of each other's flagship, preparing to return to the Infinity.

After William and others left the bridge, an officer with the rank of major walked to Hawker's side.

Looking at the automatic door of the bridge, he wondered: "Colonel, the secretary next to the boss... can the pupils shine? Is it another Umbrella's black technology?"

"Who knows, Umbrella has too much technology beyond the current era, and the boat you are stepping on now is bought by UNSC from them."

With that, Hawker returned to the captain's position and ordered all crew members:

"Attention everyone, from now on we must fully comply with Umbrella's schedule to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

"Yes, Colonel."

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Half an hour later, the battle preparation bay of Infinity.

William, Halsey, Serena, and a large number of technicians and combat personnel are changing the airtight clothing and equipment here.

Although more detailed data has been obtained from UNSC, Halsey still needs to lead her research team and land directly on the surface of Kepler 22-b to conduct surveys.

And William, who was already wearing a hell paratrooper's individual equipment, and was commissioned by technicians, also chose to land with Halsey and others to the surface.

While protecting Halsey personally, William also hopes to witness those ruins with his own eyes.

There are many people involved in this operation. Not only the exploration team on Infinity, but also the researchers accompanying the entire Zero Fleet will land on the surface under the protection of combat personnel.

After all, there are a lot of ruins on Kepler 22-b, and it requires multiple teams to survey and research together to save time and improve efficiency.

The battleships of the fleet remain in low-Earth orbit, responsible for long-range fire support and protection of the UNSC colonial fleet.

When William and others returned to the Infinity, the remaining warships entered the atmosphere in formation and hovered over the mainland of the northern hemisphere of Kepler 22-b.

Each battleship went to the sky above the corresponding ruins, and the Infinity came to the larger ruins complex, and was researched by the most experienced Halsey.

Speaking of Halsey.

She had already put on the white sealed protective clothing, wearing a dark yellow engineering mechanical skeleton, and came to William's side.

The group of researchers who followed her, and Serena also dressed in this way.

In fact, Serena, who is equipped with a prosthetic body, is not afraid of any biological infections at all. The reason why she wears protective clothing is to prevent discomfort with humans.

Immediately afterwards, a group of hell paratroopers, marines, and heavy soldiers who were ready to continue gathered in front of William.

In this group of combatants, Spartans wearing Thor's hammer armor are indispensable.

Upon seeing this, William didn't say anything extra, just turned and walked to the gate of the combat preparation cabin, and whispered in a low voice: "Go."

"Yes."

Accompanied by the response sound from the communication, the ground crew also opened the gate of the combat readiness cabin leading to the fourth area of ​​the hangar.

When the gate was opened, ten Mammoths with engineering shovel mounted on the front of the car body had started their engines and were waiting for the crew to board.

At the same time, there are ten assault-type MS fuselages, equipped with air combat backpacks standing in the hangar, as escorts for this reconnaissance operation.

A large number of people poured into the hangar and boarded the Mammoth in their respective formations.

After the personnel boarded, the Mammoth drove to the designated location in turn, and was sent into the elevator cabin by the giant robotic arm.

As for the assault MS, the assistance of a robotic arm is not needed. The pilots just use the anti-gravity system to'float' onto the platform of the lift cabin.

The gate connecting the elevator cabin and the hangar was closed, and the cabin began to spray white mist of disinfectant.

Since Kepler 22-b's atmospheric environment is similar to that of the earth, there is no decompression or pressurization treatment in the elevator cabin.

When the emerald light radiated, the platform of the lift cabin was separated from the Infinite Hull, carrying the Mammoth and the Assault MS, and was exposed to the environment of Kepler 22-b.

The platform continued to descend, ignoring the trees and shrubs at the bottom, relying on its own weight to press out an area.

After stopping, the pilots immediately let the Mammoth and Assault MS leave the platform to the surface of Kepler 22-b.

The platform rose, returned to the Infinity, and received full disinfection treatment by the technicians.

Afterwards, a group of Mammoth and Assault MS was used as a group to move towards the group of relics to be surveyed and studied.

The Mammoth, carrying William and others, drove through this rainforest similar to the earth while attacking MS to clear the way and using engineering shovel.

Not long after, Mammoth and Assault MS arrived at their destination.

The remains of the alien civilization complex.

The Mammoth opened the hatch on the rear side of the car for William and others to leave the carriage.

The assault mobile suit equipped with an air combat backpack turned on the anti-gravity system and flew to the sky above the ruins group with the propeller to monitor the entire area.

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...

"Goo~! Gooo~!"

"Huh~! Huh~!"

Next to the densely shaded woods, there are unknown birds crowing, and some small stuffed animals are jumping in the grass.

William, wearing a black individual armor, was standing on a square made of flat stone bricks, looking at the rainforest behind the body of the Mammoth.

Through the various functions of the mask, it is found that the jungle is full of vitality, and the appearance of many animals is similar to the species on earth.

'Otherwise, when NASA announced Kepler 22-b, someone would call it Earth 2.0.'William thought.

I saw the researchers and combat personnel in front of him were moving all kinds of detection equipment out of the carriage, and using the Mammoth as the base platform, they began to build an outpost.

As for Halsey, who has returned to be a'scientific madman' again, under the escort of John and others, he went deep into the ruins and began investigation.

Standing beside William was Serena, and several hell paratroopers who belonged to the Crazytooth Company.

"Boss, let's also enter the interior of the ruins." Serena said.

"Okay, let's go."

William, who was admiring the planet, heard Selena's suggestion, and turned around to take her and several paratroopers, and continue to go deep into the ruins.