Chapter 0177 - Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
"Uh...... What do you mean?" Qi Feng felt that the attitude of the big wave beauty on the other end of the call had always been a little weird, indescribable, a little indifferent and a little arrogant and prejudiced, and it came through the voice. Qi Feng remembered that the last time he was in Omega, he faced Sister Xue, this girl named Miranda didn't have any good colors, it seemed that she was born with this unhappy and self-esteeming attitude, but it was not necessarily aimed at herself.
"Remember! The task given to you by the organization is only to recruit Professor Mordin, and it doesn't make you extraordinary, and you should solve the problem of piggybacking on your own, but a battle of this scale is far more than necessary - hundreds of Wocha with heavy firepower, even if it is a rabble, we need to send at least five or more special operations teams and pay a certain price for casualties. ”
Qi Feng was a little difficult, Mordin's attitude was obvious, he would definitely not give up this clinic and treatment plan. Qi Feng could only emphasize this issue to Miranda, "Although it is not impossible for me to tie Professor Mordine to the ship, I doubt that pulling people on the thief ship like this will be counterproductive...... Even if he signs a contract, he can be in Cao Ying, his heart is in Han, and he can't work...... Isn't it?"
Miranda was stuck there for a few seconds, and then Qi Feng heard the voice that had no special emotion with obvious annoyance: "...... You...... Who was the thief?!"
"Ahem...... That's a rhetoric, don't you care about these details......" Qi Feng couldn't help muttering in his heart, is this your ship?I remember that the commander of the battleship should be Sister Xue, right?
"Hmm......" Miranda straightened out of control over there, "Anyway, the recruitment mission is your business, and you have a lot of freedom to complete it, and you also have a certain amount of support, and the strength of this support depends on the necessity of the situation...... For a simple recruitment task. My preference is for you to do it yourself on your own - after all, you are now the highest-paid member of the Normandy, and the Order wants ...... Good value for money......"
Qi Feng grinned, and wanted to refute that this "value for money" was really a misnomer, but in this way, he would fall into the unsolvable paradox of whether he was a thing or not. I had to give up, but I noticed something else: "Uh, my salary is the highest?!, no, it's higher than Sister Xue's head?!"
You must know that Cerberus did not hesitate to spend five billion star coins in anger in order to resurrect Sister Xue, Qi Feng didn't believe that they would deduct Shepard from his salary, and of course, he didn't believe that Cerberus would think that he was worth more than Sister Xue......
"Hehe, of course......" Miranda smiled a little contemptuously, "Commander Shepard has always insisted that she and our Cerberus are not hired or subordinate, but a cooperative ...... Oh, or maybe it would have been more in her way to use each other—so she refused to receive any payment. I can't imagine that the hero who saved the galaxy would be so naïve...... Did she really think that by returning to the Citadel Council in the future, she would be able to clear up the relationship with the Star Alliance? The crime of collaborating with the enemy must be inescapable...... She really underestimated the bureaucrats' rigid heads and their penchant for persecuting the meritorious to assert and elevate their authority......"
All right. It looks like the whole world ...... Ah no, bureaucrats of all planes have one virtue.
But this is not a big deal in Qi Feng's opinion, how can you work as a protagonist without a little twists and turns? Anyway, with the halo of the protagonist on his head, Qi Feng doesn't think that Sister Xue will sing a storm pavilion or something.
"Ahem...... In our place, this is called the great responsibility of the heavens, and the people must first work hard, work their muscles and bones, and starve their bodies and skin......" Qi Feng said and suddenly felt that the old master Meng who wrote this passage really understood the essence of the online text routine...... Look, a happy young man like himself who likes to work hard is either the material for the protagonist, or the protagonist. That book will definitely not sell well......
Qi Feng suddenly remembered again: "Uh, is my salary higher than yours? I'm still a middle-level cadre -- I just heard that Nan Sanyun adjutant say that you have the most power here......"
Miranda chuckled again: "I don't have a salary either...... I only have a small stake in Cerberus, and the organization's earnings dividend is my reward......"
Qi Feng shook his head and sighed: "The shareholder lady said it very nicely, what is the highest salary in the whole ship, but after a long time, I am a serious wage earner who relies on dead wages......"
Miranda did not deny it, continuing: "...... So, the balance of the action. I'm very concerned. Of course, you've just received a reward of 200,000 Star Coins, and it won't be too difficult to raise a few hundred cannon fodder at that price in a place like Omega...... I'll give you a little more hint - you can recruit twice as many people, because ...... Dead cannon fodder, you don't have to pay. ”
Hey. This evil capitalist...... Well, this quest ...... There seems to be a bit of room for bargaining...... Qi Feng asked Miranda not to close the line, and turned his head to beckon Mo Ding over: "Hey, I said that...... Didn't I hear you say that the last few of the Wocha people seemed to have asked for useful information, and were they the minions of the collectors?"
Mordin nodded: "That's right, our original speculation was correct, the Wocha people would not have such a high level of biochemical science and technology, this group of Wocha people was indeed hired by the collectors, and they also received the integration and equipment support......"
"What?!" Qi Feng interrupted him: "Why don't you say such important information?" and then said to Miranda on the other end of the communication: "Ms. Shareholder, you see, according to the newly obtained information, this group of Wocha people is related to the collectors, and the virus they dropped happens to be immune only to the humans on the earth - I think this seems to have a lot to do with the collectors' actions of kidnapping the humans on the earth in the colony......"
Miranda was very sensitive to this information, and immediately solemnized, putting away the somewhat arrogant attitude just now, "The collector is involved in this matter......? This ......"
At this point, a third person's electronic voice broke into the communication voice: "This information should be submitted to Commander Shepard, and a task related to the Collector's attack on the colony should be personally reviewed and confirmed by Commander Shepard - this is the principle established by the Phantom - Commander Shepard's judgment is our only source of decision in dealing with Collectors and Reapers." ”
Qi Feng still remembered this voice: "Ah...... You're the artificial intelligence—EDI!"
The electronic voice responded, "Hello, Qi Feng." I'm Normandy shipborne AI - EDI. ”
Miranda thought for a moment and agreed: "Then connect Shepard's battlefield emergency communication...... It's been a long time since they've been confronted somewhere in Irium, and it seems that this recruitment mission will not be easy either......"
EDI: "Understood. The number of battlefields is linked. ”
Then Qi Feng heard a series of dense gunshots and explosions interspersed in his ears, and Shepard's voice also came: "This is Commander Shepard! Normandy, what's going on?"
"Ah...... Hey, I'm Qi Feng, can you hear me?" Qi Feng pinched a little sweat for Shepard, who was the protagonist, the battle was obviously fierce, although there was a halo cover, but this seemed to be too big, Qi Feng could only say a long word, try to condense his vocabulary and increase the speed of speech as much as possible - if it weren't for Mordin's too broken mouth, it would be just right for him to do this job, and the same words would definitely finish half a minute earlier than himself, well, as long as Sister Xue could listen to it......
"Well, you wait, I'll kill these mercenaries first......" Shepard said as she gasped, and from her voice it sounded like she had been firing at high speed and making all sorts of tactical moves, "Alright, done." Miranda, can we muster a team into the Omega quarantine zone? Whatever these Wocha people are up to, as long as it's the Collector's action, we shouldn't let them continue...... I have a bad feeling about that virus. ”
It was a small conference call with multiple people, and Miranda was also online: "I'm afraid not, the number of Cerberus's operation team entering the Omega too many will irritate that Queen Elia...... And too few people do not guarantee the success of the mission. ”
Shepard thought for a while and said, "Qi Feng, don't act rashly in Omega first, I will drive the Normandy to support you, I think...... A special marine team, Elia, should still be acceptable......"
As soon as Qi Feng heard that Sister Xue was going to take care of this matter in person, then he could also give Mo Ding an explanation, so he turned the communication of the universal tool into an external release and gave Mo Ding a listen.
Mordin nodded and said, "Well, since Commander Shepard has led the team, the chances of success of my treatment plan have greatly increased, and I am looking forward to fighting side by side with the savior of the galaxy......"
Qi Feng listened to it and wanted to complain, what is the probability of success greatly improved, just think I can't be relied on? This is the benefit of high prestige...... Well, in that case, you can justifiably continue to Hugh Seberus's paid vacation.
But...... Obviously, God didn't want to let Qi Feng get through the test so lightly.
A young human man in a white close-fitting medical staff costume stumbled over, looked frightened, saw Mordin, and immediately shouted: "Doctor Mordin! Oh no! I just received the news, and the Wocha seem to have lost their patience......"
Mordin straightened him out, "Let's be clear, what's going on?"
The young man evened his breath, but his voice was still trembling: "Deciphering the news from the channel just now, the Wocha people seem to have discovered that we are developing a vaccine, and the last attack was repulsed, and they want to completely turn off the regional air conditioning and let everyone suffocate in the quarantine area......"
Mordin, Qi Feng, Shepard: "What?!" (To be continued......
PS: The Legend of Chivalry, the difficulty of this boss battle is really ...... It's abusive