system
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human
[Halo] Do the Halo rings kill the Flood too, or just their food? Halo 3 kind of contradicts this?
gpt
The Halo array destroys anything with sufficient neural pathways, which does include advanced Flood forms.  What it doesn't destroy are the Flood Spores, which is why basically everything has to be toasted, or else the spores run the risk of kicking everything off all over again.