"..."

　　 Looking at the files presented by the holographic projection, William thought silently for a moment, and then agreed with him:

　　 "Then just follow the doctor's proposal.

　　 (Looking at Serena standing in the center) Serena organizes the artificial intelligence on the earth to delete relevant information about Kepler 22-b.

　　 Then notify the UNSC generals and officials that they must abide by the containment agreement and prohibit unrelated ships from going to the star field where Kepler 22-b is located. "

　　 "Yes." Standing in the center of the U-shaped table, Serena nodded gently, and then conveyed William's instructions to the ministries, as well as the UNSC generals and officials.

　　 "Okay." At this moment, Halsey stood up, looked around at the officers and staff present, and said quietly:

　　 "A decision has been made about Kepler, so please take care of your own business first. I have something to discuss with the boss in private."

　　 "Yes." Both the employees and Serena followed Halsey's instructions and got up and left the meeting room.

　　 "click-!"

　　 When the door was closed by the last person, the huge conference room was silent.

　　 Halsey stared at William so quietly, expressionless, and said nothing.

　　 "..." The scalp of William, who was being stared at by Halsey, was a little numb, and his body was numb.

　　 "Ahem..." He shrugged and coughed deliberately, "Um... Catherine, what do you want to talk to me privately?"

　　 Halsey still ignored William. She left her position and stepped to William sitting at the front end of the U-shaped table.

　　 looked down at William who was still sitting in the position.

　　 "Guru!" William, who was afraid of Halsey's madness, swelled his Adam's apple, then quickly raised his right hand and promised:

　　 "Catherine, I will never take the initiative to participate in containment operations in the future, don't worry, this time I have a long memory!"

　　 Suddenly, Halsey was like a tight string, breaking in an instant.

　　 "...I'll be fine when you come back..."

　　 didn't cry or make trouble, she just sat on William's lap a little choked, leaning on William's arms and whispered:

　　 "Umbrella can't live without you, I, and the children can't do without you. In the future, the containment operations will be entrusted to John and Myron.

　　 okay?

　　 Otherwise, why are we trying to build so many Spartans? Right. "

　　 "..." William also put away his half-joking face just now, and the poster showed his wife like a ‘strong woman’.

　　 In fact, through Andre, he had long learned about the chaos of the Zero Fleet at that time. If it weren’t for Halsey’s stagnation, it might have had a huge impact on the company.

　　 William can't imagine a woman who has always been engaged in scientific research suddenly loses her husband like her backbone. While worrying about her husband's comfort, she also needs to pretend to be calm and maintain order.

　　 "Don't worry..." Thinking of these, William said from the heart: "I swear I will never take part in the containment operation casually.

　　 It's time for the children in the first and second phases to have a better space. "

　　 "Well, you know it."

　　———————

　　...

　　 The short disappearance of William and Serena was only known to the Zero Fleet and a few employees, and they were gradually submerged in the company's past.

　　William himself stayed on Mars for half a month, dealing with the company's daily life, and enjoying the scenery of the city of Mars with Halsey.

　　Once the night came, William had a deep understanding of what is meant by ‘Little Don’t Win Newlyweds’.

　　 There is a little kidney deficiency.

After 　　, William and Halsey returned to Earth on an aircraft carrier of the containment fleet under Andre’s arrangement.

　　 As for Serena, as well as the Red and White Spartan teams, they stay on Mars and wait for the return of the Zero Fleet.

　　 On September 31, 2018 at Halfa time, the Zero Fleet completely processed the things on Kepler 22-b, and took back Serena, the red team, and the white team waiting on Mars.

　　 Serena re-hosted the Infinity and served as the commander of the entire fleet, commanding the Zero Fleet to continue patrolling in the solar system.

　　 Of course, the ‘angel’ who only obeyed William’s orders, as well as the fruit of life from Venus, was escorted to Hafa by the blue team led by John.

　　 The angel and the fruit of life are temporarily ‘kept’ in the hive, and the team led by Halsey and Rebecca continues to study these two anomalies.

　　 While the Blue Team did not return to the Zero Fleet, the three Spartans stayed in the sea view villa in Hafa.

　　 After all, Hank, who has been responsible for the protection of William's family for nearly ten years, has been promoted to the dean of the Ghost Academy, and Alpha has also become the instructor and mentor of the ghost agents.

　　 Therefore, the responsibility of the security of the William family is assigned to John, Carl and Myron, and the blue team can always act as the earth's rapid reaction force.

　　 In order to stop Halsey’s worries, William is ready to retreat to the second line completely and handle the company’s affairs at the Seaview Villa. He can usually take care of Yelena and Ivan the two'bear' children.

　　———————

　　...

　　 Shortly after the company’s owner William Russell and the company’s chief researcher Catherine Russell returned to the city of Hafa, severe civil wars broke out in Syria, Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries.

　　 Due to the previous churning and interference of a certain ‘big country’, the political and military systems of these countries have become extremely chaotic.

　　 Coupled with the establishment of the UNSC to promote the decision of mankind to collaborate and integrate, hydrogen engines and nuclear fusion technology have been promoted, and oil is slowly being replaced.

　　 and so on, it can be regarded as completely shaking the personal interests of some long-established corrupt officials, warlords, and extreme politicians in the Middle East.

　　 There are more and more conflicts within these countries~lightnovelpub.net~ and even party struggles have continued for several years.

　　 Finally, on the 3rd of the month, the Middle East countries once again fell into a never-ending war and chaos.

　　 The UNSC deployed in various parts of the earth began to mobilize its forces to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other places in preparation for the one-time suppression of the large-scale rebel forces that have appeared for the first time since the establishment of the UNSC.

　　 However, the UNSC, which has fleet fire support, cannot take advantage of low-Earth orbit bombing.

　　 Because the rebels occupy cities, towns, and villages with large numbers of civilians.

　　 And the rebels also took advantage of the racial and cultural gap to deliberately discredit UNSC and other propaganda policies, brainwashing local civilians to support the rebels.

　　 In the face of such a large number of "hostages", UNSC is unable to effectively exert heavy firepower.

　　 Under pressure from public opinion and other aspects, UNSC had to send ground troops to prepare for street battles in cities and towns against the rebels.

　　 What UNSC will face in the Middle East this time is no longer a terrorist with crude equipment, but a rebel army with mechanical skeletons and individual armor.

　　 Before the public rebellion, the leaders of the rebels were all warlords, politicians, and consortia of various countries. Whether it is a formal channel or a black market, they can obtain weapons and equipment no less than or even higher than that of the UNSC.

　　Besides, before the promotion of Umbrella's hydrogen engine in the Middle East, the most indispensable thing is oil and money.

　　 So the first large-scale civil war of mankind was not a distant colony, but broke out on the earth.