3 most DISTURBING facts about the Flood

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The Flood are Halo's equivalent of Zombies, and they're always portrayed as being fairly creepy and unnerving in the games, but their deep lore expands on this millions of times over. From biting, to Flood cults, today we're taking a look at 3 of THE most disturbing pieces of Flood lore from Halo's expanded universe!
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[@HiddenXperia]

How about that new intro eh? 👀 Go follow the legend responsible, Elzie Edits on twitter!: goo.gl/GeFF6e

[@mitchellholliday1665]

HiddenXperia I kinda like the old one more because it’s classic

[@gero7848]

That intro was fuckin awesome

[@exitioregem8466]

Holy shit bro, that's a badass intro, kudos to Elzie for making it. :D

[@ThatONEdaddy69]

Hella cool intro man! Good yob!

[@AjaxG23]

It's cool but I like the old one better

[@alejandroespinosa7542]

“I have listened through rock, and metal, and time...” -Gravemind. Now that line makes so much sense now. That’s very disturbing...

[@bromodragone8405]

Yeah, it's nice to know their music preference.

[@mauz791]

@@bromodragone8405 Nice

[@Fyrecide]

@@bromodragone8405 their*

[@gkdunch]

I know right? anyone who just jumps into listening to cannibal corpse without preparation will go insane.

[@lashedandscorned]

@@gkdunch stalaggh without preparation

[@RoanokeGaming]

What it really sounds like is it "the thing" which I am fairly convinced the flood are from. If it touches you it begins changing your cells. If master chief didnt have his armor he would have been screwed.

[@mariokart7for3ds55]

Here after seeing your newest video

[@couldntcroptheimage4775]

Ok

[@infernobread8941]

In the first Halo novel, he almost gets infected, but Cortana kills the infection form by shocking it, using chief's armor.

[@blehh_mae]

honestly its implied that the shield does more of the work than armor, i swear at some point in the halo games somethin was said by an elite or someone wich was somethin along the lines of 'if it werent for the shields we'd be dead', and also the fact the covenant dont have some airtight builtin gasmask armor implies it wouldnt do anything either, since youd think they of all factions would care about the flood that much

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

Like a more advanced, disturbing, and lovecraftian "the Thing", yes. Meanwhile, the Arbiter has armor and protection in the form of an oversight from Bungie themselves.

[@fredsas12]

Humans found a powder on some abandoned alien ships then fed it to their dogs? Thats probably the the most ridculous thing I've ever heard...

[@chimerasuchus]

The tests they did to figure out what the powder was included testing it on animals. When it was found that it made one of their pets more charismatic (though not more affectionate) it ended up on the black market.

[@thatguyalvarez245]

Fernando Cárdenas it was oregano

[@helljumperomega5151]

Tbh, one of the most realistic things about it.

[@arcadiaglens7307]

@@helljumperomega5151 it makes a lot of sense. When you say it like this guy tho it sounds silly

[@danielllitpek2014]

Given a huge part of us once ate cinnamon in powder form and tide pods for entertainment purposes, I think that's not really as ridiculous as you say.

[@ulyssesfraser3080]

Is it me, or is Pvt Jenkins a highly underrated character in sci-fi horror in general?

[@artloverivy]

Ulysses Fraser His story is quite disturbing. Very underrated and not well known

[@artloverivy]

Maxeotl ?

[@zenberryflood]

It’s crazy how the flood can easily mutate from one single cell, something that is 0.0000001 of a millimeter basically.

[@davidminzes9886]

I say the infection of Jenkins is probably the scariest and most disturbing story there is, but also badass as in the end, Jenkins succeeded at not only his goal to end the suffering, but to save Earth despite barely having control.

[@MapleCakeTheLion]

I enjoy the fact that he remained partially in control of his infected body even while locked away aboard an ONI vessel. Would be nice to get more info on other "outliers" like him.

[@ryanbundrick9443]

“It adds a nice touch of darkness to the floods origin” like adding an ink drop to an oil spill

[@laugh388]

im gonna feed my dog this weird stuff i found

[@JHS270694]

laugh Ancient Humanity in a nutshell with their interactions with the Flood. Lol.

[@CoronadoJoe77]

Fucking what

[@edwinvillegas8333]

My god ITS BEGONE!!!!!!

[@andgodweptforourtransgress6557]

laugh yes

[@mihailazar2487]

in the name of science

[@saintpoli6800]

The Flood still creep me out, and I’ve been playing since 2007.

[@thejamman4070]

Polarity same. I started in 2007 and I was 9 at the time. I was playing with my dad and they gave me nightmares for weeks. I obsessed over them, and I couldn’t get them out of my head. I was terrified and I needed to know more. For this reason, the Flood are my favourite enemies and favourite zombies.

[@butterb7925]

I never get scared because my plot armour is with me a

[@mikerice868]

Yeah, they're probably why I have an intense fear of body horror to this day

[@aaronrussell8362]

The flood makes the Borg from Star Trek look like babies

[@Marshal098]

Now thats a vs id like to see

[@davidjohnson4171]

@@Marshal098 God the spanking of The Borg's collective ass would be thorough and merciless.

[@amandarowell6794]

And the Yuuzhan Vong like embryos.

[@HartlyLion]

The intro looked like the Elite killed himself after he failed to jump scare you But still nice attempt tho, I did not expect such a nice looking intro

[@panamaklz]

it might look better if the swords activated while he was roaring

[@robmayer2690]

The scariest thing about the flood for me will always be two things. 1. The flood may be capable of infecting physical space itself. This is probably possible through an application of neural physics. 2. The flood can (sorta)infect you just by you conversing with a grave mind, which is not limited to just AI, as the Ur-Diadact had this happen to him

[@cristianestrada708]

The thing is... the flood is the perfect being. The pinnacle of life itself. It has it all, and it preserves everything. Do you want immortality? Be part of the flood. Do you want to trascend? Be part of the flood. Do you want to become part of something bigger? Be part of the flood. Do you want infinite knowledge? Be part of the flood, as part of the gravemind. Everything a sentient living could want, the flood can provide. At the cost of individual freedom. That's the reason every logic can be corrupted. AI's that protect a living species can be corrupted to think that either they as non biological beings are the only match against the flood (which is eternal) as happened to Cortana, or can be convinced that the flood is the answer to protect all the living species against their inevitable death as it happened to Mendicant Bias. Biological beings can be convinced to join the "cause" of the flood just offering them one of the multiple "benefits" to be part of the flood, depending on their actual objectives. At the end, it doesn't matter. The battle against the flood is not against a living being, it is against life itself. Because every living being that stays alive too much time will be corrupted at some point for whatever cause.

[@thatoneuser8600]

@@cristianestrada708 But did we ever have individual freedom to begin with? We will all die, and we can't stop ourselves or other life forms from dying even if we wanted to like you've said. So, perhaps saying "At the cost of individual freedom" isn't really a cost to begin with if we never had it? Therefore, there being no REAL negatives to joining the flood...?

[@lightsoul8973]

@@cristianestrada708 capitalism in a nutshell

[@scribese7en]

@@lightsoul8973 Please don't.

[@ur-didact1991]

I have seen many things like Tyranids/zerg/xenomorphs are just kill the host and take their knowledge and body etc, The more terrifying things about flood is that it can corrupt your consciousness, If Jenkins infected body was retrieved and his consciousness was transferred into another 100% healthy non infected body then he would still be infected, the flood isn't limited by anything, forerunners tried to blast stars and making black holes to stop the flood but didn't succeed, most of all, if the flood knows the way of transportation, they can infect it and make it like warp from warhammer, they literally stopped forerunners from time traveling via menachite crystal or known as shards of God's and limited by slower than light speed travel, infecting space time itself is basically a huge feat in sci fi, if flood can do that give them a piece of metal or energy, they can infect that too

[@theghoulishsword2406]

I got a plan: >100 Hazop Spartans >flamethrowers

[@pranavkumark]

YES!!

[@justagundam]

I mean...it won't fail but....

[@masacross8551]

ArcticKaiju but....?

[@Soundwave_11]

Only if they're Scottish

[@SilentShadow07]

*”Need something chargrilled?”*

[@jaredsergent857]

You know Remember the Combat form on the last Mission of Halo3. On the Spire you could hear the Gravemind stating He had Fleets of Thousands, however none of these were seen. Meaning....they must have been in other galaxies..oh noo

[@iunnor]

The Flood really is the scariest enemy ever imagined. I can’t think of anything else that comes close. Good job writers.

[@nathanielnadeau6501]

The Necromorphs from Dead Space are pretty close.

[@afrothundergaming3498]

I would have to say that the Flood Neurophysics should be top with Flood multi-infection 2nd and cannibalism 3rd. Cannibalism as the TRUE start of a zombie-like infection is more simple minded and a more "human" concept of horror. Next, an infection that can't be cured and has every potential vector (air, contact, and, to an extent, the mind) is also a more human adaptation of horror, just one with only one real (and again human) solution, complete annihilation. These 2 facts of the Flood just ground how horrible the species is to us AND that we're not the apex predator in our galaxy. That being said, the Flood being infinite and even having the concept of "neurophyisics" is almost eldritch-like. The fact that a parasite can topple an entire species and adapt is this universe's idea of apex life: being able to adapt to ALL situations. The flood being unofficial descendants of the Precursors (a species responsible for seeding most life in the Milky way) has most DEFINATELY secured that title of "apex" due to their adaptability. Now, mix that with their previous knowledge of neurophysics and now they have become omniscient within OUR universe, as they can now bend reality. However, the infection of other galaxies would be unlikely if you give it some thought. Although corrupted, the Precursors/Flood only wanted a utopian and unified galaxy that THEY seeded in the first place. "To never have our creations rebel against us again" is a big clue that they were focused solely on the Milky way. If they had seeded the Universe then possibly, but seeing as how they barely understood the concept of "neurophysics" they may have been on the verge of expanding to other galaxies before the Forerunner-Precursor war (only speculation). As such, they would have no right to go to other galaxies and infect them. "Well what right does an infection have to obey," this argument isn't entirely voided, but the Flood (if allowed) are exceedingly and exponentially intelligent meaning they may have a small moral compass along with their actions. They were Precursors before Flood, so some mentality may maintain. Although, who's to say that the Flood now have reserve fleets and populace hidden in deep space like the Reapers in Mass Effect? As a safety protocol it would make sense; without being in range of the Halos AND staying "within" the Galaxy. THAT is what is truly horrifying, the fact that the Flood is omniscient and can bend our galaxy's reality beyond just simple "infection." Worse still is that if an extragalactic species were to arrive in the Milky way and simply stayed out of the way of, The Flood would most likely leave them be (after initial infection of a single of the extragalactic species for interrogation and information). What is worse STILL is if the Flood gets so corrupt it sees itself as the one-all be-all for the universe. It would be able to realize and tackle horrors beyond our galaxy and our imagination. On a less serious note, they can ingrain themselves into a reality which we cannot see, but another entity simply sees as "a new color" beyond our spectrum. Sorry for heavy read, keep up the good work, signed a Halo nerd.

[@HiddenXperia]

Afro Thunder Gaming Good read man, thanks for the in depth comment! I'm actually going to make a video soonish (next week or so) talking about the true goals and intentions of the Flood, and I think it'll address some of your theories and ideas quite well :)

[@enriquefernandez5867]

Fucking incredible comment mate. Definitely worth the read.

[@crazytalk8120]

How do you equate intelligence and morality? These two things are not connected at any level. One can be intelligent without morality. One can be moral without being intelligent. To say that the flood possess morality is simply unfounded. And even if they did, morality is subjective. Sure, you could argue the flood are "moral" because the Graveminds genuinely believe they are helping those they infect. They don't see infection as an ending or as being wrong. But that isn't moral by our standards, nor the standards of those infected.

[@tombraver6449]

"Huh there's nothing unusual about this powder. What should we do with it?" "DUURRRR LETS FEED IT TO OUR PETS HUR HUR HUR!!!!" "Great idea Jerry!"

[@Geassguy360]

Except that wasn't how it went. They tested it thoroughly with advanced tecniques and technology, found nothing, and even then they DIDN'T just start feeding it to their pets, they did ban that at first. BUT, it made people's pets desirable, so some people still wanted it despite the ban, so the black market stepped in. Over decades and decades it became normalized (as it would) and eventually they stopped banning it. The rest is history. Sorry to break it to you, but yes, humans are kinda dumb, and something like that totally WOULD happen. It took time, and they didn't outright trust the powder immediately, but people soon forget.

[@DihM2]

@@Geassguy360 Humans are dumb. Tottaly agree with you...

[@sheldon-cooper]

*Jerry later became the first human infected by the flood, because he was an idiot*

[@joshglover2370]

@@sheldon-cooper Jerry was then shot multiple times by Master Cheif! 😅

[@rrjt1011]

Geassguy360 even the highly advanced and intelligent ancient humans still had fatal human flaws

[@tommyscott8511]

We’ve all said it before, but don’t sacrifice your Uni for us. We will wait. I’m happy with far less content for a while if it means you do well at Uni

[@HiddenXperia]

Thanks man :) Videos will by no means stop, 1 a week at the least until I'm done with uni

[@tommyscott8511]

Whatever you're comfortable with and capable of doing. We can all live with a drought of Iconic Flood content for a while so you can do great at Uni

[@enclavesoldier769]

+HiddenXperia Take your time. We will always be your loyal fans. Content can always be made but time cannot.

[@abhisheksikdar2329]

@@HiddenXperia u mean flood is like corona virus. So we can expect a ccp version of the flood??

[@christopherlucas4756]

@@abhisheksikdar2329 I hope not

[@ImagineScent]

Woah! That intro lol love it.

[@TheCrazyAvian]

Eh??????????????????????????????????????????????????

[@crevice5369]

sure...

[@xshullaw]

3) The Gravemind origins. 2) Jenkins, post infection. 1) The Flood.

[@fellasnoneya8949]

"It drove them insane" *Picture of Richtofen*

[@gggggv4410]

fellas Noneya stg😂😂😂

[@gggggv4410]

fellas Noneya it has a lot of cod bo2 mod of the dead senes and music

[@psycho8156]

Although I’m late he has der eisendrache, and revelations music in one part I think. The piano part

[@kezare569]

@@psycho8156 3:51

[@Grey-ir4hl]

and MOTD clips and music from MOTD

[@YikesIsMe]

"Flood *Juices* " thanks for that image. e.e

[@Onxide]

Y𝓲𝓴𝒆𝓼 thicc juicy flood

[@travisreed3986]

Y𝓲𝓴𝒆𝓼 indeed. more like pus.

[@naz4945]

I cringed a bit when he said it

[@dazigolding5814]

Y𝓲𝓴𝒆𝓼 Bow Chicka- Shit!

[@spartanwar1185]

Okay woah lmao the flood is far from "thicc" if that word translates to "arousing"

[@thx2347]

Only thing I don't really like about the flood is just how overwhelming it is. Make's everything you do in halo feel meaningless because it's always going to be there.

[@NWOWCW4Life1]

Halosince151101 As the video said, they are techanically pre-cursors so they will be around of course. And the concept of neuro-physics

[@legendarymasterchief7620]

I know that feels.

[@SMOKEThRuTHePaIN]

Yea like cancer or aids

[@samb.6579]

That’s the whole point

[@brendendelong2109]

Ah but according to the halo forerunner trilogy the flood only exist to avenge the fallen precursors, and they are only coordinated by the “Prisoner”, when the iso didact managed to trap the original “Prisoner” he basically asked it why it doing this and why they were losing in which it responded with something like “You did not unite for which you are unworthy of the Mantle”. Now to get to another galaxy the flood would have to take thousands of years of non stop slipstream travel as shown by the librarian traveling to a galaxy nearest the Milky Way. Unless the flood use some sort of precursor tech then they will have reached the andromeda galaxy around the events of halo 3 give or take a few thousand years. Now were the domain destroyed the flood would loose there intergalactic communication and begin to collapse. You have to remember that the flood isn’t like the T-virus it has a purpose. Now if the flood wars are completely ended the flood could later, if they aren’t destroyed by the “Prisoner” could try to grow again and evolve back into that ancient race they were spawned from. In the end this story will have a silver lining, they always do.

[@1invisible1lol1]

2 years later and I still say Dead Space is the best example of what a flood horror game would be. And you still get to play as a Badass that doesn't hide from the enemy.

[@iamMildlyUpsetWithMostOfYouTub]

Yup! Remove the weird yellow things on the hive minds face and you got a literal grave mind. Necromorphs and the flood are near identical. Slashers can easily pass as another sort of combat form along with leapers. Dead space brutes can also pass as flood pure forms

[@vincentsavoretti2201]

"Through rock and metal and time" makes so much more sense now...

[@James-cl4ym]

The last fact reminded me of the group in the CoD Zombies lore called The Flesh. And that intro is nutty.

[@Pioneer-iv2cv]

The intro was sick

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

Pioneer 9110 Ikt! It was. awesome! :)

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

This is why the Flood is the number 1 of my top 10 most horrifying monsters/species of any media, for 4 reasons: . Unlike Zombies and the absurd bite infection that's been already disproven by sciencists, the Flood says "screw that shit" and mutate everytime they say so: airborne infection, water virus, bloodstreams and simple touch... To put it simply, they're the perfect plague. . Despite being based off the Xenomorphs to some extent, the Flood actually beat them because they don't even need hosts to breed. Even the fucking Tyranids (in my opinion) would have a fair fight against them. . They are intelligent and adaptive to the most hideous extreme imaginable: pretending to be a harmless power boost for livestock only to strike at the worst moment, taking over ENTIRE fleets and using coordinated tactics to attack more targets and cut off any escape route, subverting planetary defenses against their owners, and eliminating the Forerunners by forcing them to use their last resort (the Halos) to destroy everything, including themselves and their own culture. . They Can't Die. They are everywhere and can attack anytime, have infected other GALAXIES and UNIVERSES, turned entire planets into one of their own, it will always exist even as fucking knowledge in the air, their lore is so disturbing even the creators of the Halo franchise don't know how to make them less creepy, and their story is tragic as hell, so much that even Shakespeare would consider to check it out. I hope humanity never find creatures like, or worse than the Flood when space travel becomes a reality.

[@thegamekit624]

julio victor manuel schaeffer manrique true, they remind me of the crysis ceph, both are adaptive, and they exterminate life

[@juliovictormanuelschaeffer8370]

the game Kit Actually the Flood CONVERT life to it's shape, not destroy it.

[@thegamekit624]

julio victor manuel schaeffer manrique although true, I was talking about both being adaptive to anything

[@DoktrDub]

julio victor manuel schaeffer manrique it’s fine don’t worry, you can get worse than the motherfucking flood :)

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Brace yourself,there maybe a warhammer 40k fan might attack this comment

[@psychoticdysfunction3994]

If it breathes, its a FLOOD!

[@mountainsir6671]

That intro is amazing!

[@holicekaderliiii6787]

Nice Intro. :)

[@arn3107]

Halo: Only Flood infection forms can create combat forms. HiddenXperia: *Yes, but* *actually no*

[@TheBeardyPenguin]

I only recently discovered this channel and I have to say I absolutely love your content! I have an idea for a lore video you could make - a simple timeline of the early human-covenant war leading up to the fall of reach So which colonies fell when, which major battles took place, etc. There’s nothing quite like that on KZbin and no clear timeline of major events from that period on the halo wiki. I think that would be a really interesting video if you could find the time to make it :)

[@UncleMikeDrop]

The flood cannibal cults story element would be right at home in the Dead Space Universe or basically anything made by David Cronenberg based on the works of HP Lovecraft. That's what I think of when I think of the flood if HP Lovecraft and David Cronenberg had a baby it would be the flood.

[@sinapsis28]

we have a race of elder lords that created life in the galaxy get corrupted almost as a ghostly vengeance against the species that eradicated them, a war so massive it rendered humanity back to stone age; making the Sumerian myths true in a way and a horror so massive, even our gods went insane from fighting it... sounds like HPL to me as well

[@UncleMikeDrop]

Jovel Herrera Campos cosmic/body horror at its finest. I hope Halo never gets a movie because no studio could hope to do right by the Flood.

[@sinapsis28]

Mike Vasquez movies based on games suck, but imagine next remaster

[@Practitioner_of_Diogenes]

To be honest, with the Flood being unending and unstoppable, no matter how many times you "win" sounds like an eldritch/lovecraft concept.

[@massimovideotubo2992]

Please don't forget Campbell and Carpenter. Who goes there-the thing

[@MultiThegamer1000]

THAAAT INTROOO BOOOIIII

[@PurieI]

Imagine a flood elite in the beginning coming from the darkness instead, but cool nonetheless!!!

[@HugepopcornCS]

3:35 the background music reminds me of one of the call of duty zombies loading screen music in one of the loading screen maps

[@totallytubular1179]

I’ll give u a like for no reason

[@jacobcooper1221]

I was looking for this comment

[@yoavmend1909]

That intro is ICONIC

[@dumdumballoon]

Dude, Are you sure there isn't an infection form living inside of you? I've never seen anyone that loves the flood as much as you do. AND DAT INTRO THO, Great Work Elzie!

[@archaon9291]

I love the flood as much as him, too interesting.

[@Lesquidliestone]

He probably has the logic plague

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Chris Lewis yea

[@Nevirate]

I’m pretty fucking sure he has a fucking Gravemind slowly spreading inside of him.

[@Viviana088]

WE NEED TO GLASS THIS PLANET QUICK!

[@orionlozano7764]

I couldn’t stop looking at your new intro man so creative job well done man I love your videos I always look forward to your videos every time I get on KZbin

[@nicholaschestang7725]

I'm absolutely in love with your new intro ^^

[@shadowedspartan3237]

Love the new intro!

[@driedsalad2946]

1: The flood 2: The flood 3: The flood

[@totallytubular1179]

The most disturbing thing about the flood is how intelligent they are

[@maelstrom8242]

WOAHHHH TOTALLY TUBULAR BRO😎

[@FirefighterAliveJC]

New intro is awesome! Early congrats to finishing school and I wish you the best future! Those flood cannibals have to be the most disturbing thing I’ve discovered in the entire Halo universe!

[@Lt94DP]

First off. New intro is epic AF. Secondly. Flood cannibalism cults... why is this not a more mainstream thing in Halo ? 😂😂😂 best horror game ever right there

[@ajh9956]

Damn, watching the production value go up over time is amazing. I'm glad this channel is getting the recognition it always deserved.

[@isaac14ac]

"Iconicly disturbing!"

[@petergreen6386]

new intro is amazing dude can't stop re watching it

[@DEATH-px6mh]

They should make a flood ether movie or like a documentary on them because they are very interesting. And include some of the most unknown lore and me lore to. Also grt vids m8

[@alexzandate5807]

Not gonna lie, that intro startled me a bit. Still a badass intro nonetheless. Great to see that #2 mentioned something that I've wanted an answer to for a long time.

[@goldenelite1049]

The new intro is actually amazing good job

[@truesnakegod]

I love the new intro and also the first thing on your list made a question come to mind (if you've answered this before I apologize for asking a redundant question) and that is how did people like the Arbiter not get infected by flood spores despite a massive amount of contact with the flood in halo 2 and 3. Also is there a piece in lore saying the average amount of time it takes for a flood spore to have its host show signs of infection (ie: hours, days, weeks, etc...). I'd really appreciate it if when you get the chance you answer those if you can. Also I really enjoy your youtube series. I've been watching for a long time now, and I like what you're doing. Good luck with your classes.

[@darthvader4594]

I'd imagine that being infected by the flood spores is gonna be alot kore gruesome and painful than infection forms tbh.

[@Dave_Chrome]

NotSoJosh He's THE Darth Vader. On a Halo video, he can do whatever he wants. I find your lack of faith disturbing.

[@Ropewatch]

Imagine how you shortly die and get reanimated and you aren't able to control yourself and you suffer for eternity if some random thing doesn't kill you.

[@clique7386]

Good luck with the uni work. I'm in my second year so things are getting pretty intense too. Know what you're going through, appreciate the content

[@edgarjr1288]

Great job with the new intro men, so awesome!

[@techticianlarsproductions6180]

I'm a simple man, I see HiddenXperia flood and I click

[@JamesMiller69]

Good luck with UNI dude!!!

[@JackMcQ62]

I LIVE THE NEW INTRO. YOU ARE AMAZING!!!

[@CT68835]

Congats last 2 months! That's really cool man!!

[@Soriichi]

Why did the elite kill himself :c ?

[@arc4859]

William Sleight LMAO I thought the same thing.

[@yonokashi]

He was infected by the flood.

[@JeanLucCaptain]

better then the altern,anghhh AAGHHHHH!!!!

[@c00key]

William Sleight he failed.to jump scare you

[@spartanforce7]

Because you touch yourself at night.

[@darthvader4594]

Great video as usual!

[@Ropewatch]

Darth Vader You're great as usual!

[@tttreaders]

Darth Vader I subscribed

[@JeanLucCaptain]

hey, Darth sand is like POWDER ISN'T IT?! MY GOD TATOOINE COULD BE A GIGANTIC FLOOD INFESTATION WAITING TO HAPPEN!

[@theabstractchicken3998]

DUDE THAT INTRO WAS FRIKEN AMAZING!

[@TheCaoGoesM00]

Lovin the new intro! Keep up the good work

[@LegendHDgaming]

"Flood juices" this is why I subscribed ❤

[@buttholelicker1874]

Nice use of the Mob of the Dead soundtrack at the end there. ;)

[@tntdragon8985]

The new intro is sick btw, take your time on your university work and nice videos keep up the work!😄

[@rocketsniper8726]

Hold on guys. The Flood are Infinite right? Well, Halo Infinite. Flood Infinite. Flood in Halo Infinite confirmed.

[@sarahevans918]

OMG

[@thecamper8563]

Oiiiii that intro 🔥 🔥🔥 #bringbackoldelites

[@ParagonSamo]

That intro is badass you better keep that shit forever

[@Brandobro]

That intro is so cool.i absolutely love it.

[@alphacoffeesins9197]

You know what that your new intro is awesome

[@rtasvadumee5352]

I like the new intro you should keep it

[@wilburforce8046]

Rtas Vadumee my boi rtas lol

[@rtasvadumee5352]

Lol

[@HiddenXperia]

It ain't going anywhere ;)

[@rtasvadumee5352]

HiddenXperia WOW I got a reply from hiddenxperia yay

[@rtasvadumee5352]

HiddenXperia btw your content is great and always interesting keep up the good work

[@InvadeleYogurt]

You forgot that the Flood infection forms aren't popcorn.

[@exiegelastweekgamer1571]

Why are these videos so neat? Is it because this guy. HiddenXperia. Makes this lore sound so f***ing interesting. I love it.

[@SpanishDio]

*Wow that Intro Was DOPE.*

[@HisRoyalStignes]

Gravemind was the original globglogabgalab

[@prussianblue3144]

*Sees new intro* "This is Hiddenxperias channel...right?"

[@donniehernandez7433]

The new intro is so dope I love it keep it

[@lonecolamarine]

You mean... aside from their EXISTENCE right?

[@swiggidy1scorpion]

Like the intro ILOVE THE FLOOD

[@viprthered]

Swigidy1Scorpion 5150 meet?

[@Smile-rb9kd]

Swigidy1Scorpion 5150 #Flood4life

[@swiggidy1scorpion]

potatoe gaming I need the grave mind in my body Flood for life

[@fuchs6443]

Tip: Don’t watch this while on the toilet

[@ruthstewart8725]

Or at 3:00 am

[@theequalizer694]

I had a fear As a kid where the graveminds tentacle would emerge from the toilet and it would drag me down into the toilet while I was sitting on it

[@josephpetruccio7306]

Foxy Doodles gotta get my gun. Thanks for the reminder

[@fuchs6443]

I forgot that I posted this lmao

[@cyanspartan1757]

uhhhhhhh...

[@potatoesmashymash5836]

Absolutely love that new channel intro

[@ShineyFace1337]

That intro was sick, well done

[@timothymelville1979]

Freaking Love that new intro!!!!!

[@grunt1688]

The #1 spot sounds like something out of dead space

[@guiltyspanxs]

The intro was beautiful, the classic elite design was an amazing choice

[@Iegotroop]

That intro is so cool, I love it!

[@jacobkeyes2988]

The flood presumably originates from the Path Kethona galaxy, which in fact is the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is orbiting our milky way galaxy along with 1 or 2 other small galaxies. So its not that far away. And given that Path Kethona has been cleansed by a halo of the greater ark, and the flood has never been seen inventing or creating its own technology, i think its very unlikely that the flood has infected any other meaningful galaxies.

[@Geassguy360]

He literally explains it in the video. At the the height of their power at the end of the Forerunner/Flood war (right before the final firing of the full Halo array, when the forerunners were too overwhelmed to even react), the Flood WERE powerful enough to leave the galaxy and travel to others. They don't NEED to create their own technology, they just absorb everyone elses, and the Gravemind never forgets, and has already consumed countless civilizations.

[@lostgem8225]

@@Geassguy360 he also created his own tech on the ark aswell

[@nanomachinesson2513]

We already have a flood horror game. Its called Dead Space

[@Ropewatch]

Nanomachines Son! except the main character is more competent than any non spartan you come across.

[@ChAkEnEx]

Unitology cult (Scientology in real world) is like the number 1 cannibal cult in halo universe lol. Isaac Clarke > Locke btw

[@Ropewatch]

Chanpekes Norris yup pretty that seems accurate :D Isaac > locke

[@That_Son_Ofa_Itch]

Metro 2033-Metro last light are great examples of the game type you wanted to see. Gas mask dependent when outside or by infected, seeing mutation happening in real-time and having to survive basically. Check it out. Great series, that’s not space set but still in the realms of halo/Millitary esk

[@garytheelite337]

It’s so interesting and disturbing... nice video!!!!

[@funkmantim2661]

Alright, so I keep on thinking of ways to counter the flood, or at least certain forms of the flood, and I thought about a way to counter the flood super cell. The idea I have is that the flood super cells act much like a rapid virus, taking over the nervous system and using biomass that the host no longer needs in order to grow, however it is never explained just how exactly the organisms function after for extended periods of time as the combat forms probably have organs and such used for the extra biomass, and they never exactly explain how the flood "starve", so what if it is not about starving the flood of biomass and more of starving them of the items that let any organism live? proteins, vitamins, that sort of stuff which the flood can no longer exactly get without a constant source of food (aka living organisms), so the idea is not on as grand of a scale as the halo rings or just killing people off, but rather attacking these very things inside of the bodies via chemical reactions on a massive scale, as asides from most of the body being made of proteins and such, it is likely that a harmful chemical reaction will cause the flood to rapidly break down as even if the bodies of the floor are left, they will probably be left in such a condition that the only things that will be left is the biomass as the chemical reaction will probably destroy the super cells which require these to even function in the first place, and unlike a war machine or a strategy, the flood wont be able to properly combat this sort of bio weapon as they themselves are completely organic, and if the bio weapon causes a chain reaction between the flood, then it means a planet can be quickly purified without glassing and similar, even spores wont be able to infect without a flood super cell present, so the only problem would be clean up of the biomass, and I am already sure that a bio weapon like this should work as even though we are told that the flood do not actively infect plants and such, we do not see any living plants in flood infected area or any remains of decaying plants, hinting that they are possibly using plants to help feed them.

[@charchadonto]

It would work, to some extend. however there are massive problems. Distribution, you somehow need to get this chemical agent get in contact with the flood, preferably from a safe distance and in large enough quantities to cleanse outbreaks or even an entire planet. *flood anwser* Target supply lines if they reached high enough intelligence, attempt to quickly kill distributors and then convert them later. Wait out a cleanse until the chemicals have stopped working, then reinfect the biomass laying around. Effectiveness, a chemical that utterly degrades living things essentially. Is highly likely to also degrade any living organism. it won't be discriminate between flood or people. Meaning even if you manage to cleanse a planet, you have effectively killed off the entire planet. Sure the planet would be killed off by the flood anyway but this would restrict the usage of this chemical to mostly areas that are in threat of being overun, aren't important enough or are flood invested already. *flood anwser if coordinated* Attack and infect important areas first. Longetivity, if the chemical is short working, the flood may not be fully cleansed or capable of reinfecting an area. If long working, it will make many places incapable of supporting life for a long time, at which points you effectively nuked entire planets. it either gives only breathing room or has a neutral result as it is essentially scorching the earth. A chemical wouldn't work, however. There is something that is capable of infecting and taking over cells. A virus, as specifically engineered anti flood supercell virus would be able in due time cleanse entire areas of flood infestation. And only flood infestation. But this runs into issues as well, without hosts, virusses are shortlived. resulting in the possibility of reinfecting the biomass, virusses mutate quikcly and could go from being flood specific towards other living creatures, and if the flood somehow absorb the virus and repurpose it to infect living things, congrats you made the flood even more dangerous.

[@canceledretard4991]

I guess thanos snapping half of the universe is right Thanos was right after all

[@ruthstewart8725]

Ha! that moron just weakened Everyone to infection due to weakened defense's.

[@kalmorasvanhala1860]

I mean comic thanos wanted to kill everyone in the universe so... I think he was always right

[@the_furry_inside_your_walls639]

@@ruthstewart8725 I mean, Thanos could have decided to have the entirety of the flood and its existance whiped out, which would probably mean whiping out any other remains of the Precursors as well, seeing as the Precursors and Flood are one and the same.

[@brianchappell5502]

Holy carp that intro! Great work!

[@atreussonofhippodamia9182]

Good video man I loved it very educational one slight problem I'm more of the original logo/intro

[@jamesthegreatbeast8171]

The intro definitely improved

[@TymesRhymes]

First off. that new intro is mad sexy. Second. I recently purchased 17 of the major Halo books and plan on getting caught up on Halo lore but to the experts; How much do we know about the Halo universe outside of the Milky Way galaxy? This is coming from someone with very light knowledge of the lore but what if the precursors are not entirely gone? What if they or some other entity are using the flood sort of as population control or as thought of before, a test of some sorts, if not for the mantle, then something else. Surely some powerful being outside of the Milky Way would have the capability right? How much do we know about the Andromeda, LMC, Whirlpool galaxies etc, in the Halo Universe? Also, The flood are literally the reason for the Halo installations,; Please bring them back in main games 343.

[@jameson1239]

TymesRhymes that is basically what’s happening the flood are devolved precursors and there going to be used to test humanity for the mantle of responsibility

[@polarisangel6154]

Dude, luv the new intro!!

[@Inosukex21]

OMFG I LOVE THE INTRO SO MUCH

[@bromodragone8405]

So, don't touch them. At all. Got it. *puts on SPARTAN armor*