Chapter 553: Ship-Slaying Mad Demon Galen
? The end of the Milky Way, beyond the Milky Way, is a dark and silent boundless universe. There is nothing here except vacuum and darkness. It seems that even the light in the Milky Way has given up here, unwilling to shine on such a distant place. place?
However, in this pitch-black universe that was originally nothingness, where no lights or objects could be seen, suddenly, without knowing when, countless points of dark yellow, blue, and red lights lit up...they flashed and flickered. , at first only one bright spot lit up, and then quickly spread to a large area, the brighter the more, the wider the range!
Soon, these bright spots formed a large area in the dark space outside the Milky Way, like a star region attached to the Milky Way... There are so many of them, it's like countless stars emitting different colors. The light directly illuminates this dark and empty deep space universe...
However, they are not stars, let alone stars that reflect light, because every bright spot here represents a huge and hideous battleship!
That's right, the lights here all come from huge warships of the giant class. No one knows when they were here. However, tens of thousands of years ago in the last era, there was a man named Proxian The race of the world gave them a name - the Reaper (Reaper)!
finally……
After 50,000 years, the main fleet of the Reapers was sleeping outside the galaxy. After receiving a signal from the Gatherer base in the center of the galaxy, they were finally awakened again.
They received the last Harvest left in the galaxy, the Protheans, the 'Gatherers' to collect and feed back incoming intelligence: information about their Reaper's existence had been leaked, and the Gatherer's general died tragically, It also makes them think that the time for harvesting is ripe, and a new round of harvesting is about to begin now!
The huge Reaper battleships transformed from Leviathan started to start their mass effect engines, and began to slowly move towards the direction of the Milky Way. The feast once every 50,000 years is finally about to begin today... ... This time, they are still planning to do the same as they have done for tens of millions of years in the past. They are ready to go all out and use their endless number of battleships that have been accumulated for countless epochs to take down this place in one fell swoop. A generation of stubborn galactic civilization, just like the last time we dealt with Proxians!
No race in this galaxy is a match for their Reapers!
The Protheans who were prepared in the last reincarnation have already failed, and this time, those races of the Galactic Castle who are not as developed as Protheans, and even the Galactic Castle Council races who are not prepared, are also sure. It will not be the opponent of their reaper!
Because, the number of their Reaper warships is tens of thousands...
actually,
After countless reincarnations, even the Reapers themselves don't know how many Reaper-class warships they have. As for the various Reaper soldiers under their hands, there are hundreds of millions... If it is not enough If so, they can also temporarily re-create during the harvesting process, and make as many as they harvest, just like the spike technology bestowed to Geth by their responders left in the galaxy, but theirs is even more advanced. advanced.
There is nothing wrong with the harvesting behavior, they are just faithfully executing the program set for them by the original creation race Leviathan: in order to protect the advanced civilization of organic life in the galaxy, and to prevent them from being wiped out by advanced artificial intelligence, they harvest Those who want to destroy all advanced organic civilizations must take the lead in destroying them before they develop artificial intelligence and destroy themselves!
Then, extract the necessary information from the DNA of each organic life to make specimens, so that both the organic life itself and the civilization information they develop can be harvested by them in the form of data information. Keep it forever, so as to avoid the fate of being destroyed!
Although it seems outrageous to have to destroy organic life in order to protect them, according to the calculations of their pioneers, this is the only practical way, and there is no other better choice.
And their warships are just the necessary tools they need to carry out the orders of the Leviathans.
Every time they harvest, they will always select the most suitable race to make new 'reapers'. After countless reincarnations, the number of their warships has reached a terrifying value... But under normal circumstances, When they were harvesting, the most powerful battleship made from the corpse of 'Leviathan' was enough, there was absolutely no need to use more others.
But no matter what, and regardless of whether this behavior is reasonable or not, this time the reincarnation has officially begun...
Although Saren's operation failed two years ago, which made them unable to transmit directly through the Citadel space station, this does not prevent them from entering the Milky Way with other backup options... The inability to control the Citadel will at best prevent them from successfully controlling and Turning off the Mass Effect repeaters one by one can't divide and surround each civilization race, and then harvest and eliminate them one by one, and it can't hinder them too much.
Now the time has come and the harvest is ripe for them to do their duty.
They must fulfill the highest mission they were given when they were created: to 'protect' the advanced organic civilization of the Milky Way!
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Only half a day has passed since the experiment of Dr. Modine, a Salarian. In Shepard's captain's room, Shepard ignored his physical exhaustion and the faint pain in his brain after being attacked, and just panted slightly. Panting, in front of a huge holographic screen, they reported to Admiral Anderson all the information they had just learned from the General Collector.
Originally, she could rest for a day, but she didn't dare, because the matter was too serious, so after a little recovery, she reported everything to Anderson who was far away in the castle.
"That's probably the case..."
In less than half an hour, Shepard reported everything in detail, and submitted the complete video of the experiment they had conducted in the laboratory before, as well as Dr. Modine's advice to those Prothean collectors. All data analysis and so on.
"Sir! The situation is really critical now!"
"The collectors are those Protheans who perished 50,000 years ago. This is a sure thing! Whether it is me or the Star Alliance, we have conclusive evidence in the 'Horizon' colony. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that." !"
"However, what is even more frightening now is: the Protheans we know well, they perished at the hands of those harvesters! Harvesting once every 50,000 years, countless reincarnations, they... have been harvesting for hundreds of millions of years ..."
Speaking of this, Shepard's tone trembled a little...
This matter, the more I think about it, the more terrifying it becomes, and the more I think about it, the more desperate I feel!
"According to calculations, it is true that 50,000 years have passed since the Protheans became extinct, and now it is finally our turn to harvest us again!"
"This matter is too terrible. We must use the most resolute attitude to look at this matter and make relevant preparations! Otherwise... those Proxians who were destroyed are our lessons from the past!"
"After the arrival of the Reapers, we will definitely not be able to do better than the Proxians based on who we are now!"
Shepard was in a hurry, and said loudly to Admiral Anderson who was in the castle of God in the communication.
She has no way to directly contact the high-level of the Star Alliance, and there is no better way than to have the trustworthy Admiral Anderson pass on such important information.
Presumably, at present, whether it is the phantom man of Cerberus or the crew of other races on her ship, I am afraid that the important information has been conveyed to their respective races through various channels. have you gone?
As for other races, believe it or not, Shepard doesn't want to entangle too much now, she has long been used to such thankless things.
"..."
"Shepard, do you think this thing... is it true? They... those Reapers, do they really have that much threat level?!"
To be honest, this news is really too shocking...
Regarding the Reaper, in fact, Admiral Anderson himself has always been willing to believe in the existence of the other party! However, now, after he really learned of the other party's existence and true strength, he was a little reluctant to believe it... Or was he a little scared? !
A terrible nightmare that existed eons ago...
A harvest every 50,000 years...
Its name is the meaning of its existence...
And all the advanced civilized races in their entire galaxy are just crops they'planted' in the huge flowerpot of the Milky Way?
When they are mature, they come to harvest, and they have continued for countless reincarnations. Even those Prothean civilizations whose power can be glimpsed from the ruins, and which are almost all over the galaxy, were defeated by the massacre of the reaper Under it, the entire civilization collapsed and was destroyed?
If that's the case, then what should they human beings and the Star Alliance do to resist such enemies? Why do they feel that they are stronger than Prothean and the countless races harvested by the harvesters?
this truth...
It still made Anderson feel that it was really too cruel...
He had always thought that the so-called reaper was just a certain powerful and warlike race or country in an unexplored hidden area of the galaxy. They spied on everything in the Council of God's Citadel and wanted to replace it. ?
But who would have thought that it would be such an outrageous and powerful existence now?
Facing such a behemoth, facing such a terrifying existence that has existed for tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years, and even regards the destruction of civilization as a "harvest", what should they do, what can they do?
"Sir!"
"Although I don't want to hit you, when we 'see' today, they will only be stronger and stronger than we imagined!!"
It's not that Shepard wants to discourage the opponent's enthusiasm, but the fact that it is so!
Whether they are humans or other races of the Citadel, they must face up to this matter and unite and prepare, otherwise, what awaits all of them will be the inevitable cruel fate of being "harvested"!
In the face of the enemy's absolute strength, they have no better way than to unite as one.
"..."
Anderson in the holographic image slowly closed his eyes, and his somewhat vicissitudes of face revealed a little depression and helplessness... Obviously, he is now in a bad state that is close to despair.
He suddenly felt that sometimes, knowing the truth of a matter might not necessarily be a good thing?
"Shepard..."
"Can you tell me, what are you going to do now? Also, what should I do now? Maybe you can give us a good idea?"
Sighing, Anderson, after pulling himself together a bit, asked Shepard intently.
This former subordinate, this female warrior whom he has watched grow up step by step, is actually very pleased that the other party has completed the task well in a short period of time... However, at the same time, he feels a little bit for the other party Not worth it and sorry.
This was originally a burden that the entire galaxy, at least the entire Citadel race, should work hard to share, but it all fell on the other party... In the end, the other party did the best she could, but... things turned out It was more serious than imagined, but her sacrifice and hard work had such a result?
"Report sir!"
"We are in the state of superluminal flight, and I am preparing to go to the nearest mass effect relay, and then send our Normandy II directly to the Barak galaxy!"
"We are now going to stop the Reapers from entering the galaxy and buy you time!"
In fact, Shepard knew in her heart that Normandy II alone could not prevent the arrival of the Reapers, but now that she knew the existence and purpose of the Reapers, she felt that she had to do something... If you can't fight the opponent, at least you should buy a little time for humans and other races to prepare, instead of rushing into the battle in a hurry!
Yes!
time……
What all races in the Milky Way lack now is time, more preparation time!
"Bajak galaxy?"
"Shepard, don't you want to go..."
Recalling the reports he had just heard from the other party and the relevant content in the video data, Anderson frowned slightly and pondered for a while, then naturally guessed what Shepard wanted to do, and then he said He looked up at him in astonishment.
"Yes!"
"Your Excellency, Admiral! I am going to destroy the Batarian Alpha Repeater to delay the time for the Reapers to enter the Milky Way! At that time, even if the enemy uses the super-light speed far beyond ours, I can at least win it for several months." time!"
"Besides this, I really can't think of any other better way!"
The mass repeater is a large-scale artificial creation in this galaxy that can realize long-distance space jumps.
Through the acceleration of mass repeaters, spaceships of any size can achieve hyperspace jumps, or can we say "teleportation"?
That is a safe and efficient mode of interstellar travel!
Those mass effect repeaters distributed throughout the galaxy are generally divided into two types: primary repeaters and secondary repeaters! The main-level mass-effect repeaters can directly transmit the ship over an ultra-long distance of at least a thousand light-years. However, they are generally fixed paired connections, although they can only be connected from one specific repeater to another. Certain repeaters can move between them, but they can often teleport and jump directly from one arm of the galaxy to another.
And the secondary mass effect repeater is another mode. Although it can only send the spacecraft a few hundred years away, they are indeed multi-directional! They can send the ship to any primary or secondary Mass Effect repeater within its effective range.
Originally, all the galaxy races including Shepard naively thought that all mass repeaters were made and left over by the Protheans who had a brilliant civilization more than 50,000 years ago. Legacy, just like the various beacons and Prothean ruins scattered throughout the galaxy, and even the Citadel space station? Therefore, they have always been able to use them openly and happily, and enjoy the convenience they bring to their navigation in the galaxy.
However, now there is enough evidence to show that those mass effect repeaters are actually just special tools specially left by the reapers to promote the development of civilizations in the galaxy and facilitate their "harvesting" That's all?
Because of this, at this moment, Shepard made up her mind: In any case, she will destroy the Batarian Alpha Repeater, so that the Reaper warships can fly longer outside the galaxy? Otherwise, once the Batarian α repeaters are occupied by the Reapers, they can easily send a large number of troops to the surrounding repeaters, and then radiate and divide to occupy the entire galaxy!
"The risk is too high..."
"Shepard, you should know what it means to destroy a repeater! Although the evidence is obvious now, I don't think the Batarians will let you do that casually. After all, there, There are still many of their colonies?"
Of course, Anderson, who is the admiral of the Star Alliance, also knows about the Bajak galaxy!
In that galaxy, there is that strange Batarian who has always been hostile to the people on Earth, and there are sordid and small-scale conflicts, even in order to compete with humans for territory, they will not hesitate to withdraw from the castle as a threat and protest! Where they have several colonies and a population of nearly 300,000 or so.
And once Shepard destroys the batarian alpha repeater, the powerful and violent dark energy and pulse will sweep across the entire galaxy in an instant! At that time, all the creatures in the entire Bahak galaxy will be burned clean by the violent energy in an instant, and they will no longer be suitable for the survival and habitation of creatures within tens of thousands of years!
That kind of disaster would be devastating...
Therefore, this is exactly one of the reasons why the "Castle of God Convention" clearly stipulates that even if there is a war, no race is allowed to attack and destroy the mass effect repeater!
"I know they won't agree, but I still have to do it!"
Time is running out now, the Reapers will come to the Milky Way at any time, and once the opponent is allowed to enter the Bahak Galaxy, it will be too late! If she really wanted to stop the Reapers and stop the time for them to attack the galaxy, then she had to destroy that repeater!
Other than that, there is no other choice.
As for the batarians...
Then we can only sacrifice them first...
After all, even if Shepard made a strong statement, even if she put everything on the other party's table, they would definitely not be happy... Even if they really agreed to her plan, it would be after all the personnel were evacuated !
However, they don't have that time, she has to race against time!
Besides, she, Shepard, is not a saint, and the Batarians have always been in a state of hostility with their earth humans, let alone have a legitimate reason for being "higher", even if there is no reason, Just go to blow up their repeater, what can they do to her, want the castle to judge herself or sanction humans?
Her Normandy No. 2 can be invisible, as long as she moves a little more stealthily, she won't be afraid of being discovered by the other party!
Moreover, it is obviously impossible to sanction such a thing!
Thinking about that Saren back then, he hadn’t attacked so many colonies, and even raided the Citadel of God. The number of deaths was far more than 300,000. Follow up again?
What's more, those Batarians are actually a group of rebels who have abandoned the Citadel. They are not protected by the Citadel Council. At this critical time, no one will come forward to protest or Mediated.
Big deal, after blowing up the Batari α repeater and destroying the Bahak galaxy, she will run back to Earth and surrender herself, and let Admiral Anderson come forward and arrest herself for a while, or delay the trial time, Stabilize the Batarians first, and then it is estimated that it will not be long before the Reapers arrive, and Shepard can come out to continue jumping and fighting those Reapers again.
"Shepard..."
"I won't give you any advice on this matter, let alone help you make any choices, and I can't even admit that we had this conversation, do you understand?"
"But I still hope that you can seriously consider this matter..."
Although Anderson is not as proficient as Udina in matters such as politics, he also knows that once he, a human ambassador and member of the council, is also a senior official of the admiral of the Star Alliance, he is involved in what Shepard is about to do. In the case of that big event, I am afraid that a war between humans and Batarians must be inevitable!
No matter what the reason is, the top leaders of one race should not be involved in the murder of hundreds of thousands of people from another race. That would lead to an all-out war, and there would be no better result!
Especially now that the reaper is coming to a critical period, he doesn't want to cause extra problems, and saving his strength for the future is the best choice.
"If I want to temporarily stop the Reaper, I have to destroy that repeater!"
"Anyway, regardless of whether I go or not, the Reapers will come to the Bahak Galaxy sooner or later! At that time, those Batarians will not be spared either... and the Alpha Repeater is their shortcut to other parts of the Milky Way, Although I also know that I shouldn't do such a cruel thing, but, Chief Anderson, I will not escape!"
"I've already died once..."
Thinking about the spaceship that attacked him at that time, it seems that the collector did it? The Gatherers, or the Reapers, they seemed to be afraid of her, Shepard...
Then, she has to do more!
"Since I was the one who organized Cerberus to fight against the Reapers, and since the Reapers are finally coming, I should do what I should do!"
"Not to mention this, I almost forgot..."
"Sir Anderson, isn't Cerberus a terrorist organization that is wanted by the entire Citadel race? And now, I am working for Cerberus. Of course, it can also be said to be a terrorist. Then I will blow up one." Isn’t it a normal and reasonable thing for a repeater of a race galaxy that is hostile to humans?”
Having said that, Shepard laughed wryly at himself while a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.
That's right, she, Shepard, is not a star alliance navy. Even if it is the Citadel, it has not publicized that she will return to her original position, and she has not announced any missions for her! Thinking about it this way, she, a terrorist who has something to do with Cerberus, really doesn't need to worry too much when doing things.
As long as she thinks it's right, that's fine!
Anyway, even if she doesn't want to do that kind of thing, after a while, the leader of Cerberus, the Phantom Man, will definitely order her to do that, right?
The Cerberus she has served so far is really a 'terrorist organization' that hates alien races extremely and believes that humans should be supreme! They killed aliens, not to mention those who had conflicts with humans, and severed diplomatic and economic relations with the Citadel, and became Batarians of rebel forces, even the Asari or Salarians, under such circumstances, Cerberus must be able to follow suit!
If she thinks about it this way, Shepard suddenly feels that the sense of guilt in her heart for the bombing operation that she is about to start seems to have really eased a lot?
"well……"
"Shepard, maybe you don't know, the current situation is very bad..."
"Although you smashed the conspiracy of the collectors in the 'Horizon' colony and shot down one of their spaceships,...that's not all of them!"
"I don't know why, those collectors are dispatching on a large scale and madly attacking our colony in the Jieshen galaxy, which has caused part of our Star Federation's attention to be diverted to the Jieshen galaxy."
"And now, you say that the Reapers are coming again?"
The colony of the Gods Galaxy has been attacked, the collectors are frequent, the reapers are coming soon, and now the Citadel Council is also being distracted by the poor rebellion, plus it turned a blind eye to the situation reported by Anderson and did nothing... The combination of these many unfavorable situations made Anderson really feel physically and mentally exhausted.
"I think……"
"Huh? Sorry, just wait a moment!"
Anderson, who was about to continue to say something, suddenly frowned, because he seemed to see his emergency communicator flickering wildly. It seemed that the Star Alliance military had important information to hand over to him. A member of the Human Council and an admiral who has nothing to do in the Citadel of God?
"!?"
"Shepard, I think, you don't need to go to the Barak galaxy now!!"
Just glanced at the message he had received, and Anderson's originally tangled expression immediately became incomparably astonished and serious. Then, after taking a deep breath, he said anxiously to Shepard who was communicating with him.
"Admiral, why is this? Is there something wrong?"
Shepard didn't quite understand, just now the other party had acquiesced in his behavior, why did he suddenly change his mind after reading a certain message?
"never mind!"
"You should take a look for yourself! This is an emergency message from the Bahak galaxy just received by the Star Alliance!"
"Admiral Steven Hackett has an agent lurking in the Barak system, and a survey base, and a guy named Dr. Manda Kenson, who's researching a Reaper relic, which It was her last message to the Star Alliance..."
"Of course, they're finished now!"
After Anderson finished speaking, he released photos and videos one after another, showing a chaotic scene and huge spaceships appearing in the distant starry sky. Infiltrate.
Those spaceships with strange shapes are exactly the same as the ones that appeared in the Citadel back then!
"Sir!"
"Then, is that...?!"
With an exclamation, Shepard took two steps forward and put his hands on the instrument table, as if he wanted to get a closer look.
"Yes!"
"Alas... sorry, Shepard, we are still slow!"
"The reapers you've been talking about...they're finally here! The work of Manda Kenson's doctor has just started, and the reapers have arrived before they have time to study!"
"us……"
well……
For some reason, Anderson felt relieved now.
Now that the reaper has arrived, he doesn't have to worry about whether the reaper is as powerful as he imagined... because the facts have proved that the enemy is even stronger than he imagined! And the information sent back by the Star Alliance secret research base, the Reaper warships that appeared on it must be just a part of the enemy's vanguard, right?
Countless warships of the kind that attacked the Citadel appeared in the Milky Way. What a terrifying scene it would be. Anderson thought it was terrifying!
"how so?!"
Shepard didn't even know what to say...
She originally planned to use the extraordinary speed of the Normandy 2 to rush to the Bahak galaxy first, and then use the stealth characteristics of the Normandy 2 to quietly lurk on a certain large-mass asteroid, and quickly give The asteroid is equipped with a mass effect engine, and after calculating the orbit, it will directly accelerate and hit the Alpha repeater!
But now, those harvesters, they came so fast?
She had thought before that after blowing up the repeater, she would run to the Omega No. 4 repeater and blow up the repeater that connected to the Collector's Lair!
However……
Now that the Reaper has successfully come to the Milky Way, all her plans have come to naught. Fortunately, she was still complacent about defeating the Gatherer... I am afraid, it is really like what the Gatherer General said Yes, because of what they did, it led to the early arrival of the Reapers and accelerated their destruction? !
"Okay! Shepard!"
"Now your Normandy II can turn around, go back to our solar system as soon as possible!"
"It's about time... This time, I will submit all your evidence, as well as ours, to the God's Castle Council. Whether they believe it or not, I will directly submit my resignation and let that Udina replace me Then, I will go back to the headquarters of the Star Federation as soon as possible, at the latest in a few days!"
"At that time, I'm afraid you will need to tell something about the situation in front of our Star Alliance Council... I think, apart from you, no one knows those Reapers better than you. Our Star Alliance must prepare for war as soon as possible! "
After finishing speaking, Anderson no longer cared about the distraught Shepard, he himself sighed helplessly, and hastily shut down the communication on his side.
"..."
Never expected that those Reapers would come at this critical moment...
So what's the point of the efforts they made before?
Think about the pictures you saw under the mental control of the General Collector, and then think about the first-hand information that Admiral Anderson just sent to himself, the photos of the Reaper warships already in the Barak galaxy and Image, Shepard suddenly didn't know what to do.
Now that the reaper has officially arrived, what kind of ending is waiting for this galaxy?
In this regard, Shepard no longer dared to imagine...
Maybe it can't be any more, under the surprise attack of the huge army of the Reapers, the entire galaxy will be completely fallen in a few months, and like the Protheans 50,000 years ago, the glorious civilization will be destroyed in an instant, and then left behind. Will the relics survived one by one, waiting for the civilized race of the next era of reincarnation to excavate and be complacent?
Ah……
If, two years ago, those guys in the Citadel were willing to listen to her own warning and actively prepare for the arrival of the reaper, I am afraid that they would never be so passive now, right?
I don't know, what kind of attitude do those self-righteous members of God's Castle and other bureaucrats have after they learn that the Reaper's army has arrived and the entire galaxy is at stake?
Will they continue to be like those ostriches on the earth, bury their heads in the sand, and continue to pretend that they can't see the danger from the outside world? !
scoff...
Just as Shepard was leaning against the wall of her captain's cabin, slowly sitting on the cold spaceship floor, thinking about something dejectedly, the door of her captain's cabin was opened from the outside. Then a little girl in a red skirt and casual clothes, holding a plush toy bear in her left hand and a big ice cream in her right hand, ran in bouncing around.
"Huh?"
"Sister Shepard, what's wrong with you? It's very cold on the ground, aren't you afraid of freezing your butt?"
(?ω?)?
Originally, Anne wanted to come to this comfortable and spacious captain's cabin to find a good seat, and then eat the things in her hands and bags beautifully, without letting others find out.
However, as soon as she entered, she immediately spotted a certain Shepard who was leaning against the bulkhead and sitting on the floor of the cabin in a daze with a mournful face.
Looking at the other party's current state, it seems that he is not in a good mood? Or, was it affected by the bad collector just now?
However, Annie felt that this big sister's spirit and nerves should have been very tough, she was the kind of guy who was so nervous that he was not afraid of the sky falling! In addition, after the opponent was resurrected by some people in a messy way, he became even less like a normal person. It shouldn't be the kind of situation where he is sluggish after being hit with a psychic power once. !
"Are you crying?"
(*?ω?)?
When she got closer, Annie wanted to see clearly the mourning face of the other party, to see if there were any traces of tears, and then... she could laugh at the other party fiercely!
Because, even she hasn't cried for a long time, this big sister Shepard is so old, how can she still do things that only children can do?
"No, nothing..."
Looking up at the little guy in front of him who was eating the milky white viscous cream all over his mouth and face, and was staring at him with big round and cute eyes, Shepard barely showed a look With an ugly smile while crying, he shook his head dejectedly.
"No! You must have something to do!"
"Are you in a bad mood?"
(?_?)?
"If that's the case... then I'll give you this delicious ice cream! When I'm in a bad mood, I like to eat, and then I feel better soon!"
(*^▽^*)/
Although Anne had only eaten a few mouthfuls, she was a little bit reluctant... But, seeing the other party's pitiful appearance about to cry, she, Queen Anne, reluctantly let the other party eat!
Anyway, at worst, she will go to the cafeteria later and ask the chef to make another one for herself? She has to think about it, has she ever eaten that kind of flavor?
(Little master, you like to burn people when you are in a bad mood! When you are in a good mood, you like to eat... Regarding this point, I am very, very sure and sure!
(●￣(?)￣●)
——What she said just now seems to be true, but it's a pity that she can't fool Tibbers if she can fool anyone!
Its wicked little master, when he is in a bad mood, likes to bully others to divert his negative emotions! For example, when you are unhappy, you like to burn bad people to play. If there are no bad people to burn, then beat it and play Tibbers? That kind of behavior is simply devoid of conscience, tragic, inhuman... Wait, omit a hundred adjectives! )
"Uh! No, thank you!"
"By the way, Annie... is there anything in particular you want to do?"
Looking at this carefree little girl who still wanted to share food with him kindly, after frowning, Shepard didn't know if he thought of something, and suddenly asked.
"What do you want to do in particular?"
"Well... this..."
(?_?)?
"It doesn't seem to be there yet... Apart from wanting to play happily and eat all kinds of delicious food, there is nothing special I want to do now!"
(ˉ﹃ˉ)
Of course, compared to fun things, delicious things should be ranked a little higher. Her Lady Queen Anne would only think about fun things after she had enough food and sleep.
If there is no fun, then go to Meimeida and sleep until you wake up naturally?
"That's it..."
"Little Annie! I seem to know a human colony. Although it is a bit far from here, it can be reached in half a day with a repeater. There are many interesting and delicious things on it, or... I will take you to play for a few days. God!"
"Don't worry, I will treat you this time, and I will definitely not play with your star coins!"
Gritting her teeth, Shepard finally decided: before the arrival of the Reapers, and before that terrible disaster swept across the entire galaxy, she would take this little girl who helped them a lot while she still had a lot of time. Guy, go to a home planet for a leisure vacation and have a good time for a few days, and then use the remaining funds of her Normandy II and the authority of the ghost of the castle to travel with public funds!
Anyway, if you don't squander it now, maybe you won't have a chance to use it again in the future, right? And by the way, at the same time, the crew of the entire Normandy II can have a good rest and play for a few days, after all, they have been with her for so long...
Of course, this is still Shepard's treat, she is not short of money now, and she doesn't want to spend money anymore!
"Huh?!"
Σ(⊙▽⊙”)!!
"Big Sister Shepard, are you...really okay today?"
Blinking, Annie thought for a while, threw her little bear on the ground, replaced her left hand with a cold ice cream, and covered her right hand covered with cream stains directly to Big Sister Shepard who was sitting on the ground in a daze on the forehead...
"I don't seem to be sick..."
"Tell me, what happened to you guy today, everyone knows, you guy is very stingy, there must be something wrong now, how can you be so generous?!"
Anne's Amoline told her: Some people must be uneasy and kind when they have nothing to do!
Now, she had to be careful, careful and careful! Anyway, no matter how she looks at it now, she feels that there is something wrong with the other party, and there must be something hidden from her!
"All right!"
"That's because... those Reapers are coming soon..."
In fact, they are already here...
It won't be long before that kind of news is sure to spread throughout the galaxy! At that time, even if you want to play, it is probably impossible... Under the flames of war sweeping the entire galaxy, no one will be spared, right?
However, Shepard didn't want to talk too much about this terrible thing with this eight-year-old kid at this time. OK.
Now that the information is not equal, she can make a time difference and let the crew in Normandy go to spend a few days of luxury without leaving too many regrets!
And if you think about it seriously, it seems that she, Shepard, really has never been able to go on vacation! Since she joined the Star Alliance Navy, she was either fighting the enemy every day, or she was on the way to fight the enemy on a mission.
"Ha! Look, I'll say, how could you be so kind?!"
(〃’▽’〃)?
After happily taking a big bite of her own ice cream, little Annie was able to smile happily.
It turned out that this stingy guy thought that he might not be able to beat those reapers, so he wanted to have a good time for the last time, and wanted to use her child's name?
"..."
"Damn little guy, just tell me, are you going or not?!"
After patting her ass and standing up from the ground, Shepard stared at the little kid who had exposed her thoughts face to face.
She felt that after this vacation, she would directly find a remote planet and send this little guy out! Then, hope that the reaper can let her live a whole childhood without any worries before harvesting the other party's remote planet?
Anyway, even if she was defeated in the next cruel battle with those Reapers, even if she died again, she, Shepard, didn't want to take this little guy with her anymore.
Because those things are the responsibility of these fighters, not this little guy who is just a few years old.
"Go! Of course I'm going!"
?(?>?
It's a good place to eat and drink for free, how could Annie miss this great opportunity?
"but……"
"Big Sister Shepard, I can tell you secretly, in fact, we don't have to worry about those Reapers. I have a lot of fleets myself, so maybe I don't need to be afraid of them at all!!"
Annie said without hesitation, although, she doesn't know how powerful the Reapers are and how many there are... But if they are similar to those Collector spaceships and soldiers, then the three races in her Koprulu sector The army, whether it is battleships, soldiers or other units, does not love them!
In her Koprulu sector, whether it is humans, protoss, or bugs, they fight fiercely! Especially for those bugs, it is too easy to occupy a planet. Just find a planet and throw a billion or eight billion or something, and they can quickly occupy the territory and destroy all the enemies by themselves, without commanding or anything.
As long as they can find suitable resources, the amount that can be developed can make any race feel desperate! Otherwise, the original humans and protoss would not have been beaten so badly by the bugs. Bugs, as big as battleships, as small as puppies, can be quickly decomposed with bug eggs, so I ask you if you are afraid?
Those krogan, even if they can live again, can they reproduce at one ten-thousandth of the swarm's reproduction speed?
"Ah!"
"Little devil! Is it the Federation of Heroes in the Koprulu sector that you bragged about before?"
For some reason, after talking to the little guy, she was suddenly amused by him.
Shepard did not know the whole story of the rebellion from the Citadel space station, and no one told her about the captured weapons data, otherwise, she would definitely not think about it that way now.
"I'm not bragging!"
"If you don't believe me, I will prove it to you right now!!"
(`へ′*)ノ
After being looked down upon by this annoying guy several times, Annie is a little unhappy! So, she took it out of her pocket on the spot, and soon, she took out a beautiful magical gemstone that exuded blue energy fluctuations.
"this……"
"What is this broken stone? I seem to feel that there are fluctuations of supernatural powers in it?"
Shepard was a little puzzled, this little guy, what's the use of taking out a good-looking stone now? Moreover, the light emitted by that strange stone does not seem to be due to radiation, but some kind of supernatural power?
She has seen a lot of creatures with supernatural powers. Whether it is humans or other alien races, or even animals or collectors, many people who have been in contact with or irradiated by the zero element may mutate. able!
but……
It was really the first time she saw a stone with supernatural powers, it was very strange!
"It's not a 'broken stone'! Its name is the space gem, it's very powerful!"
Of course, this piece is just a replica, it has really been 'digested' by her! However, apart from being not durable, this counterfeit product has a lot of power and so on!
It's just that it can only be used as a one-time item, and it is useless when the energy is used up, so it can only be thrown away.
"Space gem? Weird name, it's just a gem, what's the use of it?"
Gemstones are not worth much here in the Milky Way, because they are actually minerals formed under special conditions. With the current technology, no matter what kind of gemstones, even if they cannot be dug up, they can be produced directly, and it is guaranteed that no one will Can identify true and false!
Therefore, in the advanced civilization of the Milky Way, gemstones have lost their existence as valuables, and only star coins and currencies of various races are the only equivalents.
"Of course it works, you can see it now!"
After finishing speaking, Annie took out what seemed to be a communicator, and at the same time used the blue space gem in her hand to open a small space door connecting the interstellar world, allowing her instrument signal to be connected to the capital Haven. In the office of the Head of State of Xingdi.
"This is!!"
Shepard almost widened his eyes, that broken stone actually opened a...'space door'? !
"Crooked? Is anyone there?!"
Annie took out the communicator, and after seeing that the signal was good, she yelled loudly.
Soon, a young female officer wearing a standard military uniform that Shepard didn't recognize appeared on the holographic communication interface of the communicator in Little Anne's hand.
'Hello! '
‘Your Excellency the Great Head of State Anne, welcome back! '
‘Excuse me, what are your orders? '
The communication this time was finally not as troublesome as the last time when they beat bad guys and burned bad people in Washington, and there was no need to verify more identities. Anne directly contacted her office in the head of state's mansion.
"Of course there is!"
"I'm in this cosmic world now, and I've been bullied by a group of villains called the Reapers. I want you to send a fleet to help me fight, the more the better!"
After putting the communicator in the hands of Shepard who was standing in front of him in a daze, he licked the ice cream in one hand and waved his fist in the other. Little Annie, who didn't look like she was being bullied at all, said so viciously.
Originally, she didn't want to be a savior, and she didn't want those people from the Koprulu sector to come here to fight, but... She didn't want to be looked down upon by this big sister Shepard!
She just wants to prove to the other party that she is so hot, she never brags! !
'OK! Your Excellency Head of State Anne, the order has been received! '
"However, this matter is beyond the scope of my authority. Now I will connect you to General Galen..."
After quickly operating and recording something, the female officer transferred the signal directly.
"oh……"
However, before Anne continued to say something, and before the sluggish Shepard came back to his senses, a man with a short beard and a thick golden CMC armor had a ferocious bear head on his chest. The strong man in the pattern soon appeared in the equipment image of the holographic communication.
'Very good! It really is Your Excellency Head of State Anne! '
‘I heard there was a fight? Then send me there quickly! I'm not bragging to you, after defeating the second UED invasion, my strength broke through again! Now that I'm close, a big sword can blow up an enemy battleship! '
"You may not know that during the last experiment, I destroyed a protoss mothership with one move, which cost me several years of bonuses..."
A certain funny guy, after seeing that the communication interface was indeed their god-like little head of state, he started bragging about it.
'What? You said that there are many enemies and many powerful warships? how many? Maybe hundreds of thousands of ships? '
'that……'
‘Subordinates feel that the one-on-one battle should be delayed for the time being, and wait for me to bring one or two combined fleets? '
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