!

After hearing Halsey's words, everyone present was shocked and even doubted the accuracy of this information.

Without waiting for William's order, Corax walked quickly to the edge of the gate, looked at the water elf at the top of the water column and asked: "Are you sure you saw an army of giant beasts?"

"..."

The water elf looked at Colacs and nodded repeatedly, and then gestured to Carterby who was beside Colacs, as if to say the details of what she saw underwater.

Carter, who understood the meaning of the water elves, also explained for everyone present:

"She said that when she reached the bottom of the trench, she saw at least a few octopus-shaped behemoths, as well as various anomalous creatures.

More importantly, there are still a lot of new ravines at the bottom of the trench, which stretches all the way to the coast, so she infers that a large number of giant beasts have rushed to coastal cities."

"..."

Confirming that the water elf's words were true, the faces of everyone present became more gloomy, and they all looked at William.

And William started thinking about countermeasures after hearing Halsey's words, and never thought that the water elves would say false.

After a few seconds of silence, William looked around the crowd and said in a higher voice:

"Everyone, since there has been no news of behemoth attacks in coastal cities, we still have time to prepare and defend."

Immediately afterwards, he turned his head to look at Serena standing behind him and said solemnly: "Let the platform return to the endless number."

"Yes, boss."

Following William's order, the giant platform originally hovering on the sea began to rise slowly under Serena's control.

The water spirit returned to the platform before the central gate was closed.

Within a few minutes, the platform returned to the fourth area of ​​the Infinity hangar, and William looked at the people standing in front of him.

Finally, his gaze fell on Corax, and he ordered: "Corax, lead your squad to return to the First Fleet immediately, and notify the First Fleet to prepare the divine body."

"Yes."

Corax, who was instructed to salute William, left here with the four shadows accompanying him, and went to board their Pelican to return to the First Fleet.

Then William looked at the others and continued to order: "Carter, you and the water elves are temporarily on standby on the Infinity.

Hicks, Hudson, you two rectify the Marines on the Infinity, and be ready to fight at any time."

"Yes." Everyone present saluted William one after another, and then acted according to William's instructions.

"Lieutenant General." After most people left, William turned to face Mike and said:

"The commanding power of the Marine Corps of the Zero Fleet and the First Fleet is left to you. Although the next war may be based on the gods, you will need your Marine Corps to assist the UNSC in evacuation of the citizens of coastal cities."

"Rest assured, ground combat is my strength."

Mike, the veteran, still steadily agreed, and even lighted a cigar, took a sharp breath and then exhaled the smoke ring, waved his hand and walked towards the bridge.

"Haha." Seeing Mike didn't show a trace of panic, William also shook his head and smiled.

Umbrella has these veterans left by his grandfather, and he must be able to calm most of the scenes.

Then he looked at John and said, "John, inform the Spartans on the Infinity, and also be ready to drive the God Body to fight."

"Yes."

John nodded lightly at William, and took Myron, Carl, and Cortana out of here to the hangar where the gods were parked.

Now, only Halsey and Serena were left beside William.

And he walked to the nearest conference room and said to Serena: "Selena, send relevant information to the leaders of the UNSC, and inform them that Umbrella is going to hold a projection meeting."

"Yes."

"Catherine." William asked Halsey as he walked:

"Just now Carter said that the water elves saw other monsters besides octopuses. What are they...do you have a clue?"

"Hum..."

Halsey, who had been pondering since just now, groaned for a while after hearing William's question, then looked up at William and said her conjecture:

"Remember the Loch Ness monster I told you before? There have been a large number of witnesses since the last century, but the government and enthusiasts have organized many searches, but they haven't been able to find it or their traces.

And humans can't drain the entire lake, so looking for water monsters can't be done.

Looking at it now, I think that there are intricate network channels between the continent and the ocean, which also explains why people can see giant beasts in the interior, but they can’t start searching for them."

"If your guess is correct, it's not just coastal cities that may be attacked, but also inland?" William frowned.

"Yeah." Halsey said lightly without denying.

Then she continued: "It has been two months since Corax killed the behemoth, indicating that they are waiting for the opportunity to attack together.

After the water elf said that she saw the situation in the Mariana Trench, I thought they might be planning something."

"Tsk..." William just felt a headache when he heard Halsey's words.

He raised his right hand and gently pressed his temples, and sighed heavily, "It seems that we can't hide the existence of the abnormal phenomenon this time..."

With that said, William ordered to Serena who was following him: "Notify all artificial intelligences that when the behemoth launches an attack, you must do your best to delete all information about the behemoth."

"Yes."

At this moment, the three people came to the meeting room where Mike had previously met.

With Serena's assistance, there are already a lot of UNSC officials on the seats in the conference room.

Upon seeing this, William also put away his worried expression, walked slowly to the center of the U-shaped table and sat down.

The two daughters of Halsey and Serena also consciously waited outside the meeting room.

"Huh-."

"Everyone." When the automatic door closed, William, who was already seated, looked at the senior officials and generals, and said in a serious tone:

"This meeting was held because of an emergency. I hope you don't mind.

I won’t say too many polite remarks. My secretary should have already passed the relevant information to you. I think everyone knows the seriousness of this incident."

"Mr. Russell." The former U.S. Secretary of Defense who was sitting in the second position on William's left and also signed a non-disclosure agreement, asked solemnly:

"If this information is conclusive, what do you want our UNSC to do?"

"Assemble all the fleets in the solar system, deploy them in the coastal cities of the earth, and use firepower to annihilate these behemoths." William said his proposal.

"So... what about the geomagnetic accelerator array in low Earth orbit?" a newly appointed Canadian Minister of Defense asked.

"The array uses dense electromagnetic barrage to deal with a fleet of fake enemies. If you attack the ground, it will easily cause a large area of ​​accidental injury, which is undesirable." William shook his head.

"No matter what..." Then William glanced around at the crowd, leaning his elbows on the tabletop, pressing his chin with his hands together and solemnly said:

"We humans have officially entered the'world war' with prehistoric behemoths."