Chapter 536 Returning
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After a short stop on planet AN-5367 for less than an hour, the stealthy fast cruiser Normandy II finally returned to its original secret route, preparing to head to a mass relay in order to go directly to the Serpent Nebula The castle of God!
Because, not long ago, she had just received an invitation letter from the Star Alliance Council and the Citadel of God.
In the last mission, after meeting Tully, no matter whether it is humans and the Star Alliance or the council of the Citadel, I am afraid that everyone has received the news that Shepard has come back from the dead... So, no matter how mysterious she is next... Whatever happens in the castle, she has to face it well.
"Keep staring at this place, stay vigilant! I'm going out first, remember to notify me if you have anything to do!"
Shepard glanced at the bridge full of windows that can see the scenery outside the battleship and the battle command center, and saw that the surroundings were manipulating huge holographic screens in their respective positions, busy dealing with those The blue or yellow screens are full of information, routes, ripples, and various scan feedback data. The crew in front of the screen are busy, and even the huge holographic cluster of the Milky Way in the middle of the bridge is slowly rotating, and found that After she really didn't have anything to do with herself as the supreme commander and captain, she turned around and informed the first officer, then turned her head and walked straight away, quickly leaving the bridge.
There is still some time before they reach their destination, and during this time, it is just for her to sort out some troublesome little things on her current ship.
For example...
A little girl who was rescued by them, Annie Hasta?
Of course, these things are actually not urgent. After a battle with those monsters today, she is exhausted physically and mentally. She plans to go to the bar on Normandy No. 2 to have a good drink first, so as to relieve the stress caused by the battle. That feeling of powerlessness when you are exhausted and defeated!
That's right!
Today, in the earlier battle, they were indeed defeated...
If the little girl hadn't helped them in time at the last moment, I'm afraid that both Shepard and Miranda would have been caught off guard at this moment, and fell directly under the claws of that powerful transformation monster. Bar?
well……
It would be great if the elites that I am about to recruit can also have the same marksmanship as that little girl... If that is the case, she will be even more concerned about the raids and the investigation of the Collector Starfield. Are you confident?
For some reason, Shepard suddenly thought of this matter when he lowered his head and silently took the elevator down to the crew cabin on the second floor of his spaceship.
As for the outrageous thing of finding a way to keep the little girl to help her team, she didn't even dare to think about it, and doing so would make them a little too incompetent!
Because, the other party is just a little girl, and there are some things that the other party should not bear... Moreover, she, Shepard, can't bear that face to ask a little girl to do such a dangerous thing!
What's more, the other party probably just has excellent marksmanship talent! But when performing missions, they have to fight in various complex terrains or cosmic environments. The requirements for the players' personal physique and combat literacy are very strict.
A little girl who is only good at marksmanship obviously cannot satisfy her request.
Even if the other party is really satisfied, I'm afraid Shepard will not really dare to ask a little girl to fight side by side with them!
"Well?"
However, Shepard, who had just stepped out of the elevator and was walking towards the bar while thinking about various chores, while casually nodding to the passing crew members who saluted her, just as she walked to the open bar cabin door, she heard There were bursts of very lively discussions:
"Hey!"
"Have you heard? Our Captain Shepard and Chief Miranda had an incredible event during their mission on planet AN-5367 half a day ago!"
In the relatively spacious bar, several male and female sailors of the Normandy II who were not on duty or on duty for a short period of time were relaxing and drinking together. A group of people sat around a square table, He chatted loudly and casually, and even read their captain's name, so that Shepard outside couldn't help but frown in embarrassment and stopped. He didn't choose to walk in immediately, so as not to interrupt their conversation.
She wanted to hear how the crew of her new ship would arrange her as the captain in private.
"I thought what it was, of course everyone knows: Captain Shepard and Officer Miranda, they worked together to defeat hundreds of collector monsters, and successfully rescued that lucky little girl !"
"Yes, I've heard about this too, it's really beautiful!"
"Tsk tsk... The two officers fought hundreds of enemies and cut each other. They really deserve to be the great heroes of our mankind, and Shepard who saved the galaxy! If only I were half as good as them!"
"Haha...don't even think about it, you idiot!"
"Bastard! Who are you calling an idiot?"
"Hey! Don't make trouble!"
"¥#x-on:#'s! Will you have the guts to go to the fitness room for some tricks?"
"It's a deal!"
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After a group of people looked at the two guys who were a little drunk, they shook their heads and continued to chat with each other. These people are now on a rotation basis. They have a two-day, 48-hour holiday. They drink a little more. As long as they don't drink and run out to make trouble, there will definitely be no patrolling security guards to take care of them.
"Uh... give me another drink!"
"But when you think about it carefully, that broken planet has been abandoned for almost a year. I didn't expect that there are still living people surviving on it... I thought it was just that there were some monsters left that hadn't died yet. Just in time to clean it up?"
"snort!"
"I can tell you secretly: It's definitely not that they didn't have time to clean up as stated in the materials, but that they don't want to clean up at all!"
"how do you know?"
"That's right! You can't talk nonsense!"
"It's okay to talk about it... We are not members of the Star Alliance now..."
"Right!"
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"Let me tell you, I served in the Marine Corps of the Star Alliance a year ago! At that time...the superiors did send a squadron there, but after scanning and landing in the two gathering places, it was found that there were no survivors. After that, those lazy guys retreated after a few random bombings, without serious search and rescue or cleaning up anywhere!"
A crew member who appeared to be a former Starfleet soldier spoke bitterly.
Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with Starfleet's random abandonment of a planet. Even if the planet's environment is very bad, it shouldn't be just a formality after thousands of humans were massacred by collectors there!
"Hey...that's the bureaucrats of our Star Federation..."
"Hmph... If the descendants of that high-ranking official were killed by the collectors, their attitude would be different!"
"Come on! How could the children of high-ranking officials end up on such a harsh planet?"
"Ugh! That makes sense!"
"Okay, let's not talk about this, let's continue to talk about the big incident just now, what is there that we don't know yet?"
A group of people still gathered together to discuss loudly, and even attracted the attention of other crew members who were also sitting nearby drinking, but they didn't know that their captain Shepard was standing by the door with arms folded, eavesdropping!
"I bet you guys don't know about this!"
"I just heard that fat lady from the CIC who was monitoring the battle situation throughout the whole process told me. In fact, it was not our people who saved the little girl, but the little girl who rescued our captain and Miranda. !"
"Otherwise, now our Normandy II is about to return and announce its disbandment!"
Picking up the wine glass in his hand and taking a sip, the bearded crew member who started the conversation just now spoke with conviction.
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"Hahaha, you really know how to joke!"
"Exactly, how is this possible?"
"It's just nonsense, just such a small kid, I just saw it in the aisle of the medical room outside, she looks like seven or eight years old at most, how could she save our two children?" Commander?!"
"Hmph, please stop spreading rumors if you like!"
"..."
"Could it be, that little girl, she is really a very powerful talent, able to save our two powerful officers from those monsters?"
"I don't believe it! You have also seen the updated Monster Manual of the Reapers and Collectors, the monsters with powerful shields, abilities, and short-distance teleportation, the corrupted Asha Beauty, the guy codenamed 'Banshee', besides Shepard and Miranda, who else has the ability to defeat them?"
After immersing themselves for a while, the crew members started making noises, apparently not believing the news that a certain crew member had just released, because it was illogical.
"Let's not talk about that little girl, even if we fight together, I'm afraid we can't match that kind of monster. Even if we have heavy weapons, we may not be able to win!"
"That 'banshee' is really that powerful?!"
"Of course there is! In the case of close range, if we encounter marines like this, there is only one dead end!"
"..."
"I agree with this point of view, because I took over and stored those monsters!"
"Their corpses... are on our ship now! According to Chief Miranda, we need to find a suitable opportunity to transport them back to Cerberus' research institute for research, so as to find a way to deal with them and something that can harm the other party. Weapons? It's just... I've seen their scan reports, even if they're dead, the energy response level of the biochemical abilities on the corpses is still very high, far beyond your imagination!"
"So I suggest that you be very careful when encountering such monsters in the future. Their abilities... are terrifying!"
"..."
At this time, a researcher's words frightened the others into silence. After seeing the updated battle monster illustration in the Normandy II database, they were still a little afraid of that kind of monster! Perhaps, I am afraid that only the long-distance high-intensity bombardment of heavy land machinery or fighter planes can easily break the opponent's biochemical barrier and kill the opponent, right?
"So it's obvious. What you said just now is not credible. There may be a little girl selling outrageous things that saved our two officers!"
"Come on, let's have a drink first, why are you so serious?!"
"That's right, if you get angry, treat it as a pastime."
"Ha ha!"
"..."
"Believe it or not, this is the truth anyway!"
"That little girl, she used an M-92 to save the two officers under the siege of the monsters! One shot at a time, and they never missed. It's like a miracle!"
The crew member who raised the topic was obviously very persistent in this matter, and seeing that others didn't believe it, he reiterated it again.
"Just blow it!"
"I do not believe……"
"I don't believe it either!"
"Don't believe me! Let me tell you, there are even more powerful ones! That little girl destroyed the monster aircraft that was chasing and attacking the UT-47 shuttle boat at high speed!"
"..."
"But, how did we hear that pilot say... Miranda or Chief Shepard directly shot it down with their abilities?"
"That's what we heard..."
"Pooh!"
"How can supernatural powers land a high-speed aircraft at a height of more than 100 meters on the ground? Do you believe such words?"
"..."
"No matter what, it's more reliable than a little girl shooting it down with a gun!"
"That's right! That little guy, I'm afraid he can't even resist weapons?"
"That little guy, I've seen her. Her height... seems to be much taller than M-92?!"
"I think she should just drag it away?"
"definitely!"
"Hahaha……"
"Okay, stop talking, let's drink! Come on, cheers, for today's victory!"
"Victory? What victory?"
"Of course it's today's rescue mission. After all, hundreds of monsters were killed!"
"Then what's our business? When the spaceship went down, the battle was over, and we just went to pack and collect the bodies of those three monsters."
"That is also a victory!"
"All right."
"For victory..."
"cheers!"
"cheers!!"
"..."
Shepard thought about it, but after all, he still didn't care about the drunkards in the discussion, and he didn't go into the bar. He just turned around as if nothing had happened, and walked slowly through the door of the bar.
Now, she has changed her mind and wants to go to the hospital to see the situation first.
That little guy, Dr. Miranda and Kailin? Jacobworth is checking his physical condition now, so it must be time for the results to come out, right?
"Hi Miranda, how's it going?"
This spaceship is not big, and after passing through two passages, Shepard came to the medical center.
It's just that I didn't see that little guy's voice right now. I just saw Miranda concentrating on checking a piece of data in her hand, while Dr. Kailin Jacobworth was on the personal computer beside her. busy with something.
"What else, Dr. Jacobworth said: that's a perfectly normal kid!"
"Although there are some supernatural reactions, they don't seem to be very high at present. The main reason is that the physical fitness and nerve response speed have almost reached the limit that we humans can achieve..."
With that said, Miranda raised the holographic data terminal in her hand. She was checking this incredible report just now.
"It's a bit unbelievable to say it... Through the analysis of the instrument, she is really just an eight-year-old girl! But in terms of physical quality, she is actually a whole level higher than you and me?! "
And this is why Miranda has been stuck at the doctor's place and has not gone outside to rest and entertain herself! That little girl's data is too weird, she has to figure it out! Furthermore, Miranda felt that if the data was correct, she might have to report to her chief, the leader of Cerberus, Jack Harper... or Mr. 'Phantom Man' one time?
"..."
"You mean, is she a reformed person?"
Taking the information terminal that recorded the little girl's body data from Miranda's hand, Shepard quickly browsed through it at a glance, and then asked with a frown.
"Absolutely not!"
"That cute little guy, she is a pure natural person! Her genetic information is purer than mine, Miranda, or even you, Shepard, who was resurrected in an emergency. She has no trace of enhancement or DNA modification. , and have not been affected by the abnormal radiation of any alien race!"
Regarding this question, Dr. Karin Jacobworth is very sure! It's a pity that the other party didn't draw blood for her, so she could only secretly take two hairs of the other party's hair to study, but even so, the information she got was already very surprising to her.
"She is really a natural fighter material, the top one! I think our Cerberus training camp will definitely like her!"
Miranda, who was leaning against the bulkhead beside her with her arms folded, stroked her chin for a while, then suddenly smiled and expressed her thoughts.
That's right, that little guy, she plans to introduce them to the leader of Cerberus, as long as he educates and trains well, he will definitely be a super trump card in their hands in the future!
Once a talented sniper like that is trained seriously, it will be terrifying. It is definitely a nightmare that no enemy wants to face!
"..."
Hearing Miranda's words, Shepard was a little displeased.
Although she now has to cooperate with Cerberus for the common goal, she doesn't want to send this kind of war orphan to that extremist organization, and then be trained as another weapon that can only kill!
"Ah!"
"After a few years of systematic training, I think... she must be the most powerful warrior in the entire galaxy far surpassing everyone! I'm really looking forward to it!"
As if seeing Shepard's reaction, Miranda continued to speak on purpose as if on purpose.
"..."
"Okay, we have more important things to do now!"
"And I don't think it would be a good idea to put this little girl in your Cerberus training!"
Finally, after Shepard let go of the terminal in his hand that recorded the information of the little girl Anne, he frowned and interrupted Miranda's self-talking ridicule.
"Why?"
Miranda was puzzled, this Shepard wouldn't meddle in other people's business to such an extent, would he?
"If we fail, you know what will happen to us humans and the entire galaxy!"
Shepard glanced coldly at Miranda next to him, and now the Reapers are about to harvest the Milky Way, and it won't be too long! If they fail and smash the Cloth Gatherers and Reapers, there will be no future for all!
"That's right, but I will file and hand it in. How our Cerberus decides is not up to you!"
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"Uncle, are those big fish heads really inedible?"
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Seeing a big monster in the distance appear on the holographic screen next to the cafeteria, Annie thought it was the raw material of some kind of dish? The other party is like a big toad or catfish walking upright, it is really ugly!
"Little Annie!"
"I can make you whatever you want to eat, but please don't say such strange words casually! If it is accidentally spread, others will think that we earth people are barbaric races that cannibalize people!"
Sergeant Gardner, the chef of Normandy No. 2, handed the little girl a plate of alien delicacies that he had carefully prepared, and then lowered his voice and whispered to the other party.
"I made this for you, eat it quickly, don't let outsiders see it, or you will bother me again!"
For a cute little loli, Chef Sergeant Gardner is still very preferential treatment! No, he secretly made several delicious dishes for the little girl without telling others!
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