“……………”

“……………”

Shepard and the larva looked eye to eye and didn't speak for a moment.

What is this? Why did Founder give this to himself?

Shepard couldn't figure it out, she remembered it very clearly, Fang Zheng said that if he encountered difficulties, he would open the box, originally Shepard thought that there would be some secret weapon or something inside, but ......... What is it?

If it were an ordinary woman, just seeing the larvae in front of her would be called out, but Shepard is an iron-blooded woman who has experienced a hundred battles, and she has seen all the disgusting things in the universe, and this insect is naturally nothing in her opinion, but ......... How do you get this thing?

"Commander!"

Just when Shepard was puzzled, Kayden's voice suddenly came from outside the door. Hearing the shouts of her subordinates, Shepard shook her head and put her doubts aside, then she picked up the lid and "snapped" the box again, then stood up with the box and opened the door, and outside the door, Cayden was watching her nervously.

"Are you alright, Commander?"

"I'm fine, get ready, let's go."

With that, Shepard tossed the box he was holding to Kayden.

"Here you go, take this thing."

"What is this?"

"Birthday cake!"

In the face of Kaiden's inquiry, Shepard rolled his eyes angrily, and then picked up the gun and strode outside, while Kaiden was stunned for a moment and hurriedly followed with the box.

"You're amazing, Commander, how do you know it's my birthday........."

The battle continues.

When Shepard and his party left the wreckage in Normandy, they immediately moved to the nearest headquarters, but the Reapers were obviously prepared, and their first wave of attacks directly killed all the important facilities and buildings of the Star Alliance, so that Shepard is currently unable to contact other armies at all, thanks to her being a ghost of the Divine Castle and also a famous name, she also gathered a lot of remnants along the way, and finally found a place to settle down while it was dark.

But.........

"It's a nightmare."

Looking at the burning city outside, Anderson sighed tiredly, he had hoped that Shepard would leave Earth and go elsewhere to find reinforcements. But I didn't expect Shepard's Normandy to also be knocked down, this is miserable, the Normandy is the most cutting-edge warship made by the Star Alliance combined with Turui, and even this battleship was killed by the Reaper, so where can the Star Alliance find a battleship?

Then again, are there still working warships on Earth now?

"They attacked the Star Alliance headquarters, the command post, and even the fleet headquarters, like you said, Shepard, these monsters are prepared, to be honest, I originally wanted you to ask for support, but ........."

Looking at the scene outside the window, Anderson shook his head helplessly, while Shepard, who was standing next to him, frowned, and then she hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Lieutenant General Anderson, in fact, I have something to report to you."

"What's the matter?"

"Do you remember when you gave me the order to investigate the mysterious force that came out of the wandering galaxy?"

"Oh......... You said Heavenly Dao Palace......... Of course I know about this, what's wrong? ”

Of course, Anderson is no stranger to this, after all, it is too rare for the Citadel Council to be able to be speechless and suffer a secret loss, although Anderson is currently a member of the Citadel Council, but he is also quite dark in his heart.

"That's right, I was leading them to the Citadel according to the council's orders, but because of what happened on the way, I separated from them after solving the trouble of the geth, and just now, I suddenly remembered that the other party gave me a gift before leaving, saying that I could use it when I needed help."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? ”

Hearing this, Anderson immediately perked up.

"What is it? Is it some kind of weapon? ”

“……… It's this. ”

“…………… What is this? ”

Anderson looked at the larva in the box in Shepard's hand in front of him, and he was also confused.

"I don't know, from the outside, it's supposed to be a bug........."

"So what? Is this a gift from the other party? It can't be a deliberate attempt to make you happy, right? ”

"I don't think it'........."

Speaking of which, Shepard was actually a little undecided, but at the moment they really had no choice but to be a dead horse and a live horse doctor.

"So, how do you use this thing? It's not like you're going to eat it, is it? ”

“……… Won't it........."

Looking at the larvae coiled in the box in front of him, Shepard's hairs also stood up all over his body, how to eat this thing? Is it eaten grilled?

"Are you going to use it?"

"I wanted to give it a try, but General Anderson ......... I'm not sure if they're willing to help........."

Even if Shepard is not a politician, she understands that this is not a fight between two people to talk about buddy righteousness, and it is as simple as "brother will go to avenge you" and be happy and vengeful, this is a problem between the two camps, that is, even if the Heavenly Dao Palace is willing to assist, I am afraid that the Star Alliance will need to come up with enough benefits to make the other party nod.

Shepard doesn't have this kind of authority, no matter how powerful she is, she's just a Castle ghost, and she's not qualified to make this kind of decision.

In fact, Anderson didn't, he was only a lieutenant general after all.

As for those who are eligible......... Well, unfortunately, they were all served by the Reapers.

“……… Give it a try. ”

Anderson hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth hard.

"All the responsibility is on my shoulder, as you said, if it continues like this, I am afraid that the human race will be completely destroyed, in the face of this crisis, everything else is secondary, now, we can only hope that the conditions proposed by the Heavenly Dao Palace are not too excessive........."

With that, Anderson looked at the larva in the box in front of him again.

"So, how do you use this thing?"

“……………”

Well, that's back to square one.

"Isn't it meant to be released......... Try? ”

Shepard was also a little undecided, but with her understanding of the other party, the other party should not give her this thing for food. So she also flipped over to the box and put the larva on the ground.

"Smack."

The larva landed on the ground with a snap, and then moved slowly like a snail, and Shepard and Anderson watched as the larva slowly crawled down the ruins into the garden not far away, and then they saw a purple, strange moss-like thing spread from the larva's body, and then the next moment, the larva curled up into a ball, and then a film lifted it up into a ......... Egg?

“……………”

What is this operation?

Looking at the "egg" that was like a leather ball, the two continued to look confused, but just as Shepard was about to step forward to scan the situation with a universal tool, they only heard the egg suddenly "snap" and shattered, and then a flattened monster that looked like some kind of bug appeared from inside, it looked about the size of a person, with something like bat wings on both sides of its body, and pincers like scorpions in front of it.........

"I mean, are you sure the other party isn't trying to trouble you?"

Anderson was also a little uneasy at this moment, after all, how did this monster in front of him look like a good thing.........

"Probably not.........

Shepard's tone wasn't so sure at this point, but what else could she do? I can only watch.

Not only that, but Shepard also noticed that with the actions of the strange bug, the strange moss under its body seemed to be slowly spreading.........

Then Shepard saw this strange worm swell and turn into a giant sarcoma that almost covered half of the garden!

“…………… What do we do now? ”

As he spoke, Anderson took out his gun and aimed it at the wriggling sarcoma———Well, you can't blame Anderson for being sensitive, after all, the appearance of the swarm.........

Understandable, understandable.

"No, let's wait and see, I don't think Fang Zheng will lie to me........."

"Da !!"

Just as Shepard stopped Anderson, suddenly, a series of gunshots rang out, followed by shouts from outside.

"Enemy attack! It's a corpse puppet!! ”

Hearing this, the two also glanced at each other, and hurriedly turned around and rushed out.

And no one notices that in the garden, this "sarcoma" is getting bigger and bigger.........