After browsing through all the files, William used his mouse to clear the archives on his computer desktop, then glanced at the time in the bottom right corner.
2015/04/15.
He stared at it for a moment.
William stood up, smoothed out the wrinkles in his clothes, walked slowly to the floor-to-ceiling window, and stood with his arms crossed, looking at the scenery outside.
"Eight years already..." he sighed inwardly.
There were forty-six days left until May 31st, the day marking exactly nine years since he arrived in this World.
He had gone from nineteen years old to twenty-eight, soon to be thirty, and was now the father of two four-year-old children.
Umbrella had also transformed from a behemoth in various fields into the de facto controller of governments around the World.
The Spartan IIs, who had originally looked like little brats, would undergo the modification surgery in a year to transform from "mortals" into "gods."
And the two hundred and forty God Bodies prepared specifically for them had been under construction since that group of children landed on Minos, and by the end of 2014, they were all completed and on standby.
By 2016, Umbrella would possess two hundred and fifty-five God Bodies, and its armed forces would see a qualitative improvement.
In past simulations, if a standard Fleet encountered a God Body squad in the Universe, the result would be complete suppression.
Even if a warship possessed the Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon, known as the "Energy Shield killer," it was several grades behind the God Bodies in terms of mobility, and the Spartans operating the God Bodies were not stupid enough to be sitting ducks.
As for the ship-mounted AT Energy Shield, it could effectively withstand three attacks from an Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon and was an enhanced version of Reaper technology.
However, the standard weapon for the God Bodies was the 566mm Gauss Cannon, and while the spike rounds did not have the super destructive power of tungsten projectiles, their penetration was second only to the Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon.
Under normal circumstances, a ship-mounted AT Shield could withstand fifty to sixty attacks from 566mm spike rounds.
With mutual coordination, a God Body squad could often destroy a paris-class frigate in just over ten seconds and retreat unscathed even after running out of ammunition.
The reason Umbrella stood firmly above the UNSC, which possessed sixteen Fleets, was partly due to non-disclosure agreements, but mainly because of absolute military suppression.
Not to mention that Umbrella also possessed a "Flagship" in the true sense: the endless.
A three-hundred-ton tungsten projectile accelerated to four percent of the speed of light—the destructive power was...
"..." William felt his scalp tingle just thinking about it.
The endless also had ten Electromagnetic Accelerator Cannon arrays, as well as the ability to simultaneously launch four hundred Hector-class hydrogen bombs, and twelve hundred Gauss Cannons and beam cannons.
Just placing the endless there was enough to make hostile forces shrink back in fear; otherwise, they would experience what true "justice" was.
And Umbrella's influence in ordinary society had long surpassed that of governments around the World.
Setting aside the colonies and various products for a moment, if one only looked at the fields of gaming and the internet...
The netizens and players had all hailed him, William, as the "Pope"...
Although the game "World" was mostly developed by Microsoft, netizens only knew that Microsoft was a subsidiary of Umbrella, and thus attributed the main reason for the release of the game "World" to William.
"World," virtual reality equipment, and the Xbox series X.
These three things allowed netizens to experience what absolute freedom meant.
Coupled with the "Follower" patch recently updated by Microsoft and the clause that it could only be played by those over 18, this game had actually caused a significant drop in rape rates worldwide.
True World peace.
Netizens had even spontaneously created something called the "Virtual World Perfection Sect" and elected him as the first "Pope."
"Sigh..." Thinking of this, William could only shake his head and smile helplessly.
Moreover, the sect created by these netizens was not a cult; it was purely for their own amusement, or perhaps some kind of internet meme.
It could be said that in the four years since the birth of Ivan and Yelena, the World had changed drastically.
"Time flies," William couldn't help but sigh.
"Knock, knock."
Hearing the sudden knock on the door, William put away his sentimental expression and said calmly, "Come in."
"Click~"
"Boss."
As the double doors opened and he heard the familiar voice, William returned to his usual expression with a faint smile.
He turned around.
He discovered that the person walking into the office was none other than Serana, equipped with a "prosthetic body."
Since every prosthetic body was tailor-made for an artificial intelligence, Serana walking in the real World was almost indistinguishable from the holographic projection generated by a chip.
She was wearing the black uniform and boots of an Umbrella civilian officer, had long black hair draped over her shoulders, and the skin of the prosthetic body was similar to that of a human.
The only difference between Serana and a human was likely that her pupils emitted a faint blue light.
Seeing this,
William smiled and said, "Oh, it's you, Serana. Shouldn't you be on the Bridge?"
"Boss," Serana also smiled, "Did you forget again? No matter where I am, I can control the normal navigation of the endless."
"Haha," hearing this, William shook his head slightly, "Every time I see you in this form, I always forget that you are an artificial intelligence."
"Boss..." Serana put on a feigned angry expression.
The "office" where William and Serana were located was actually a cabin in the center of the endless's hull, and outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was a more mature simulation system.
Ever since the endless was built and "launched," William's original phantom had been relegated to a fast reconnaissance ship, and the endless had become his personal flagship, where he conducted his daily life and work.
Aside from Halsey, their two children had also boarded the endless with him.
The space on the endless was enormous, and combined with gravity generation devices and simulation systems, it allowed the children to experience scenes no different from Earth.
Moreover, Halsey, as a genius mother, had plenty of time to take care of the two children outside of her work.
In this life, William had no "parents," and he knew the importance of companionship, which was why he had the children board the endless, Umbrella's safest vessel.
"Alright," William stopped the small talk and asked Serana, "Is there anything urgent?"
"Nothing urgent," Serana shook her head slightly and said:
"Actually, the Fleet has arrived near the newly built 'Moon City' and wanted to ask if you, Boss, would like to land and inspect it. But we couldn't reach you, so I came in person."
"I was just approving the documents you helped me organize, which is why I set the office to Do Not Disturb mode," William explained.
Then, after thinking for a moment, he said, "There's no need to go to Moon City for now. Let's wait until the colonial population reaches over ten million. Is there anything else?"
"Yes," Serana nodded slightly, "Dr. Halsey says you should hurry home; Yelena is bullying Myron again."
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