Click!

“……”

[choking] (*⊙~⊙)！！

"Big Sister Shepard, you're really too good! It's clear that you can't catch them because you're useless, but you want to shoot them to vent your anger? ”

( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

Little Annie, who was sitting on the sofa and watching cartoons while eating, glanced at the big sister Shepard who was standing in the middle of the captain's room with a gun out a little dissatisfied.

Look at it, you were so angry that you even took out your gun?

She doesn't want to care if the other party wants to play with frogs or something, but if she shoots indiscriminately here, it will affect her watching TV, which will be very bad!

Syllable!!

A crisp gunshot rang out......

In Shepard's captain's room, the Normandy II Commander, who was already in a bad mood, was hatefully using the pistol he had just pulled out of his waist to accurately smash a frog identical to the one that had just escaped from her palm, and by the way, the bullet made a small dented crater in the deck of her captain's room.

“……”

After shooting one out of her hand, she still didn't give up, still squinting and holding her gun vigilantly, ready to attack the damn frogs that crawled out from under her bed, under the instrument table, under the closet, through the cracks of the couch, etc.!

In fact, it starts with a can of snacks......

Just now, while she was waiting for Miranda to investigate some information about Cerberus, she was bored and begged for a large glass jar of snacks from Little Annie, which was full of lifelike chocolate frogs!

It is said that they still seem to come from some parallel plane of the earth, and they are also the food handmade by a magical professional called Diagon Alley in London at the end of the twentieth century?

Originally, when he saw the motionless, lifelike, and different chocolate frogs in those jars, Shepard didn't think much about it, except for marveling at the exquisite carving of those pastry chefs, he just opened the mouth of the jar and gently took one out of it casually.

And then immediately after that......

When Shepard was about to admire, she thought that the motionless chocolate frog in her hand suddenly moved and screamed - 'quack'!?

That strange situation scared her so much that she threw it away in panic, and accidentally smashed the entire glass jar!

Thereupon......

The chocolate frogs, which were full of jars and were originally motionless, were all moving in an instant, and they were jumping everywhere, running all over her captain's room?

That weird situation really scared her a lot!

Seriously, she'd rather face a horde of horrific Reaper monsters than think about that damn frog chocolate crawling all over her face! That nasty little imp must have wanted to see her jokes, and even gave her that kind of thing, and he didn't explain it in advance?

Although, she and Liara were scrambling to get them back...... However, even if she herself is an elite Starlink 'N7' warrior, it is very difficult to catch a group of chocolate frogs with extremely agile legs and feet, and they are still jumping high, and they are no different from living frogs!

Therefore, the two of them have been busy for a long time, but they have not been able to catch her, and she was not in a good mood, so in a fit of anger, she brazenly took out the M-3 Predator on her waist and started her indoor target shooting activities.

Since you can't do it empty-handed, it's good to just use the gun!

Anyway, she's Shepard's own marksmanship is very good, and she can definitely be regarded as a sharpshooter, not to mention a frog, even if it's a fly, she can shoot accurately!

“……”

"Shepard, you don't have to be in too much of a hurry, you can always catch them slowly, you can always catch them......"

"You can taste them, they're really delicious!"

At this time, Liara was sitting curiously on the sofa, holding a black-brown chocolate frog caught in the gap of the sofa, she first studied for a while, and found that her multi-purpose tool could not scan any problems, but only knew that there was a weak energy reaction in it, and then bit off the frog's head, and then nodded a little unexpectedly, and began to taste it carefully.

If she ignored the fact that the other person looked like some kind of living creature, and then ignored the behavior of the other party who struggled before death even if his head was bitten off, but his front and rear limbs were still struggling and fluttering in his hands, she thought this thing was quite funny...... Of course, it's also delicious, it seems that the ingredients are quite good, and the taste is also the kind she likes Liara herself.

Now, after confirming that their Athari's home planet, Thesia, and the entire Athena Nebula had been saved with the help of the Astral Fleet, Liara was in the mood to enjoy the food in her hand and comfort her companion who was on fire because he had been robbed of something by Cerberus, and was going to take a pile of moving food to vent his anger.

"If I don't get rid of them all, I won't be able to sleep at night!!"

Shepard was still squinting, wary of a small tawny or black-brown thing that might pop out of any corner.

Just now, there seemed to be a total of ninety-nine of them that came out of that jar? Except for the one he had just killed and the one that had been eaten by Liara, there should have been ninety-seven left......

And with so many little things, if you don't get rid of them quickly, who knows if they will suddenly jump out and scare themselves when they are taking a shower, changing clothes, going to the toilet or sleeping ground?

Also, they can bark!

She was also a little worried if they accidentally snuck out of the ventilation ducts in her captain's quarters, the trash hopper, or when the door was open...... When she remembered that at night, or at any other time, her precious spaceship was filled with the croaking of frogs, and she couldn't help but feel angry and angry!

"Leave me alone!"

"Don't worry, my marksmanship is very accurate, and I promise that I won't hurt you by mistake."

She had already switched her pistol's bullets to low-powered training rounds, so that the penetration of the Mass Effect bullets had been reduced to a minimum, so she definitely didn't have to worry about ricoching bullets or accidentally injuring her companions.

Besides, the universal tools in their hands all provide the most basic kinetic energy protection, and the little power bullet will definitely not be able to resist that simple shield, so don't worry about it at all!

"Liara ......"

"Since you have time to eat there, why don't you come and help me catch them first?"

After a moment of vigilance, and seeing that the little things hadn't crawled out again, Shepard cautiously crouched down, carefully probing the situation under the bed, and called for help from Liara, who was still lying on the couch eating that hateful chocolate frog.

That's weird......

Shepard found that when she turned on the tactical flashlight of the pistol, she didn't even notice those nasty little things under the bed? She'd just seen a few of them jumping in, but where did they run now?

"Hmm......"

Σ(|||⊙~⊙)

"Big Sister Shepard, when they jump out on their own, do you see that you are grabbing them and eating them?"

"They're going to jump out sooner or later anyway!"

*(?? *ˊ?? ˋ)?? *??

Little Anne was curled up on the couch watching cartoons on the holographic TV and eating a box of jelly beans before she persuaded the still unrelenting big sister Shepard.

Of course she knew that those cunning chocolate frogs were hiding under the other party's bed and clinging under the hidden bedboard, so the other party had just fallen on the deck and didn't notice anything? However, although she knew that it was like that, Anne just didn't tell the angry guy, so she let the other party be anxious for a while.

Anyway, the glass jar just now wasn't accidentally broken by her, so she wouldn't have helped!

"Do you think I'm going to eat them again after they've crawled around on the ground or stayed for a few days?!"

After shining a tactical flashlight with a pistol under the bed, Shepard found that there was nothing out of the ordinary, so he walked over again and lay down under the large couch where Anne, Miranda, and Liara were sitting.

However......

Before she could fire at some of the guys inside with her downgraded pistol, they cunningly scattered after the pillar of light hit the bottom, and a dozen of them rushed out, jumping everywhere.

Syllable!!

With another shot, Shepard managed to beat one of the hapless guys into a puddle of black-brown scum! Unfortunately, when she quickly turned her gun, the others were gone after a few clicks?

Enemies on the battlefield are currently alive: ninety-six!

"Actually, if you wash them, they can still continue to eat!"

(????????)

If you don't mind where they've crawled, or if they've been outside the sealed glass jar for a long time, maybe this big sister Shepard can really find out when and catch one and eat it?

"Humph!"

Shepard snorted fiercely, ignoring the little guy's crazy words, and continued to search carefully in her captain's room.

Including Liara, it doesn't matter if the two of them don't help, they even ridicule her as the captain commander in the sea? Besides, how could she ever eat something like that that crawling on the ground again? Although her room has been cleaned by the housekeeping robot and the floor is almost spotless, she doesn't think her floor can be as clean as a plate!

Syllable!!

Enemies on the battlefield are currently alive: ninety-six!

"Hah! You still want to run?! ”

Another chocolate frog that Shepard had forced out of his closet was smashed into a pool of tawny shards by a single shot...... But that kind of chocolate frog is too real, even if the other party is cut into a few pieces by her bullets, but the frog's hind legs or something, are still twitching and shaking slightly, as if they are protesting against her Shepard's atrocities?

“……”

Seeing this situation, Shepard couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!

She really couldn't imagine what kind of idler, or guy with a sick brain, would go to great lengths to make such a weird frog food that moves, runs, and evades searching? Those guys, can you put your energy into serious things?!

"Annie, why do they still move and run like food?"

"I have just detected that there are energy fluctuations and certain circuits in its body, but ...... I didn't find anything like their kinetic cores or engines, they all seemed to be made of chocolate except for the faint amount of energy...... I have no idea how this works! ”

The frog in the hands of the great Lolita of Asari has been eaten by her until she is reduced to two immobile chocolate frog legs, and it is obvious that it is 'dead'!

But

She had just been eating and studying it for a while, and she had noticed that this strange food that moved didn't seem to have much other than the chocolate material and sugar that were human food...... The way they are processed is very primitive, that is, it is just a mixture of cocoa powder, sugar, wheat flour, milk powder and a small amount of vegetable fat and coagulation, which is not at all the fine processing at the molecular level in the current interstellar era!

So, she didn't understand: how did this kind of thing, without an engine, without a battery, without a transmission, and even without an intelligent core, move? What makes her even more puzzled is that it seems that their intelligence is still very good, and they are almost the same as the real frog critters, they can avoid enemies, they also have basic reflexes, and they will even be caught by her and ready to bite and eat.

Just now, if she hadn't been sure that the other party was really just a food, definitely not a living thing, and had eaten it for the purpose of research, she really wouldn't have been able to get into her mouth.

"Because they're a bunch of life!"

(??????)

"Na! They are actually made of magic, and they are given life with that very deep transformation spell, and they also have a lot of magic in their bodies...... Anyway, eating them is great for restoring your stamina, especially those of you who use abilities. ”

(???????? `)

As far as Anne herself knew, in the world with Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, their kind of magic was a little crooked, and it was all studied in the direction of those side doors...... But I have to say that there are some things that are still very useful and fun.

Moving frogs are just one of them. Xiang those magic stones and lucky potions or something, because she couldn't eat them, and they weren't fun, so she didn't collect those troublesome things.

"Humph! You two guys, can you come and help? ”

"I don't want to know how they work right now, or how good they are! All I want to know now is: when exactly will they get out, or when will they stop jumping around when they run out of energy?! ”

Shepard, who had managed to kill the three frogs after a long search, was very unhappy that his room, or in the near future, might be crawling all over Normandy II with that damn little thing!

She has a little obsessive-compulsive disorder, and now she just wants to find them all quickly, and then smash or break them one by one, leaving none behind!!

"Useless ......"

"They could theoretically be active for a hundred years! Especially in your world, there are still Element Zero, although they are not magical, but they may be drawn as energy? ”

o(*^▽^*)┛

Transfiguration spells are something that comes to life after being magically cast! Although they are not strictly life, they can survive forever as long as they are not flattened, eaten or killed, and it is said that there are many, many chocolate frogs that were accidentally let go by the students in that Hogwarts school?

So, the idea that Big Sister Shepard wanted to hope that they would turn back into a lump of chocolate when they had no magic of their own power was definitely not going to come true.

Although, Anne herself can use spells to catch them all now...... But I don't know why, but now she always thinks this kind of thing seems funny......

So, she wasn't going to do that.

(??????????)

Anyway, that Shepard big sister was self-inflicted, who made her just careless, and was scared like that by a moving frog, and caused the entire glass jar to shatter?

That's what you deserve!

"Can magic create life?!"

"That's a great thing! Shepard, please don't hurt them again, I'll have to grab a few of them to study properly!" ”

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was a bit amazing, and Liara stood up and prepared to join Shepard in catching a few of the moving frogs whole, so that they could be kept for Dr. Mordin and herself to study and analyze.

Maybe they'll be able to discover something amazing?

"Liara, that's not a good idea!"

"They're cunning, so we'd better kill them quickly!" Perhaps, we should all run out and throw a singularity in the room? ”

Suddenly, Shepard came up with an idea that was neither good nor bad!

But think about it, she gave up again...... Because, a lot of the instruments and equipment in this captain's room are important, and if you throw a singularity here, it will directly destroy this place!

"Hah! See! I managed to catch one! ”

Almost all of the Asari are extremely good at manipulating objects with abilities, so after Liara found one, she directly pulled it with an ability, causing the little thing that wanted to escape to float in the air, and helplessly paddled her legs and feet, and slowly floated towards her palm.

"Liara! You're just wasting your abilities, and it's better to take out this abominable little thing with one shot! ”

Syllable!!

Another frog hiding in the bathroom was killed by Shepard!

That thing, actually ran into her toilet to swim? This is unreasonable! Look, it's such a thing, how could she possibly eat it after a few days in her room? It only takes a day or two, and no one knows where they'll be staying!

"That's right!"

"Annie, is magic really that magical? Isn't it the same as the red demon you turned into yesterday? ”

Once Liara had caught one, she stopped working with Shepard and went back to the couch and began to carefully study the funny little thing in the palm of her hand.

She had always thought that abilities were similar to magic, but now it seemed that the gap might be huge?

"It's not that it hasn't changed!"

"And that guy is so bad that he wants to trick me into letting him go? So, as angry as I was, I grabbed it and imprisoned it in my half-plane! ”

?? (????????)??

That demon called Big Pineapple, that bad guy called the Lord of Fear, really thinks that she Queen Anne is so easy to fool her, and she wants to let it go for herself?

Hmph, that's not even a thought!

Don't say it's pretending to be pitiful, even if it's really pitiful, Anne will never let go of that bad guy!

Therefore, when she was on the Aden spear of the Star Spirit, Anne simply didn't do anything, and after directly grabbing the other party and sealing the opponent's power, she directly threw it to the lonely Ersunozi who stayed in the half-plane and was a little lonely! Anyway, that demon has a whip in his hand, and the villain called the big pineapple is thrown in the half-plane, just so that the two blacks who have been idle for a long time use the whip to play with it?

It only takes ten or eight years to fight, and that big pineapple will definitely be honest!

“……”

"But, I don't think that fish-man seems to be a good person, but why did you let it go?"

Liara, who is very sensitive to energy, could feel that whether it was the fish-man or the one called Diablo, they gave her a bad feeling, and they were all that chaotic aura? Therefore, she was a little puzzled by the difference in the treatment of the little girl Anne.

"Huh?"

"It's easy, because that fish-man is a subordinate of one of my Flame Alliance! As long as it's not too bad, then I'm definitely going to help it! ”

ヾ(?? °?? °??)??????

One is a deep-sea fish-man who can be sure that it must be his own, while the other is a villain who wants to fool him and a strange demon he has never seen before! Not only does the other party have nothing to do with him, but he doesn't know him, but he is also hunted down by Sister Kasha and them, and he looks so ugly...... So, there is something else in intimacy, Anne herself must be able to tell who she wants to help and who she wants to fight, how can she not tell it?

Besides, catching the other party and throwing it into the half-plane to play with Ersunzi is really the best choice, and it also saves it from taking the opportunity to escape from the hands of the star spirits in the future, or sneaking out after being resurrected again to continue to make trouble.

"That's it!"

"You all can stop in moderation! Commander Shepard, I've just received some important news! Are you going to check it out right away, or are you going to keep catching those frogs of yours?! ”

At this time, Miranda, who had been manipulating something on a certain instrument terminal, finally breathed a sigh of relief and spoke, and was very angry to stop the chief Shepard who was still planning to shoot indiscriminately in the barn.

These nasty guys, after throwing the task to themselves, instead ran away on their own to frolic in the group?

Let's take a look, it's a frog again, it's a jelly bean, and even a frog's PUBG? Feelings now, just her Miranda is busy working alone, and those guys are all idlers?!

"What?"

"Miranda, have you really found the reason why Cerberus is robbing Protheus VI?!"

Hearing the good news, Shepard didn't bother to continue tossing with those damn magic frogs, and quickly turned around and approached the instrument that Miranda was manipulating, wanting to take a look and see if there was really enough exciting good news?

Yesterday, she had already reported to Admiral Anderson that the 'Optimus Furnace' was getting better and better, and it wasn't too long before it was completely completed! Now, all they need is the Asari and the Turkish, as well as the other races, to provide it with a large amount of Zero and other precious materials, and then they can almost carry out their grand plan to lure and destroy the Reaper!

However, they still don't know how to combine the Citadel with the 'Optimus Furnace', which is a big problem.

Although if you take it slowly, the engineers of the Star Federation and the Federation of Heroes will always find the right way! But what they lack now is time...... Even though they have crushed the Reaper's invasions many times, wiped out many of their fleets, and successfully rescued several races, the current situation is not optimistic......

Because, the base of the reapers is too large, even if they have lost a lot, but the remaining ones can still make them feel deeply powerless! Even if the combined fleet of the Federation of Heroes, those humans, insects, and star spirits combined to destroy the Reaper warships, I am afraid that there are as many as twenty or thirty thousand, but those terrible monsters, they still have more!

Therefore, they also need more information about the Proxian in order to find the correct way to use the Celestial Furnace in the shortest possible time!

However, according to the Asari Councillor, it seems that the Prosian VI kept by the Temple of Arthurmi on the planet Thessia seems to store things related to the 'Celestial Furnace' and precautions for use?

But here's the problem: now that that thing has been successfully tricked by Cerberus, she has no idea where the other party has taken it with her in this chaotic galactic situation?

Therefore, Shepard is now very sensitive to all the information about Cerberus, and can only rely on Miranda, who used to be the spokesperson and second-in-command of Cerberus, hoping that the other party can figure out as soon as possible what the 'terrorist organization' that jumped out to make trouble at this critical time to resist the Reaper is, and what is the ulterior motive?

"Huh?"

"Is there really anything fun?!"

( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

Thinking it was something fun, little Anne also chewed the jelly beans in her mouth, jumped up directly on the soft sofa, jumped directly on Miranda's back with a cheer, and leaned on the other party's shoulder to look at the contents of the instrument.

However, to her disappointment, there seemed to be nothing interesting on it except for a lot of data and boring text, and it was not at all the fun thing she imagined!

"Don't think about it, I'm still confused!"

Miranda had probably guessed why Cerberus would steal the Prothean VI in front of them, but she didn't know exactly where the other party was now.

"Annie!!"

After some angrily pushed the little round face of a certain little creature away from her shoulder with the palm of her hand, Miranda continued to explain:

"But Shepard, I've found this now! One of my subordinates who worked in Cerberus logistics, even though he didn't know the specific plans and more of Cerberus, was able to secretly send me this list of materials! It's unremarkable, but the message is interesting! ”

"Look at it!"

After saying that, Miranda didn't say it directly, but put down the instrument terminal in his hand, and after operating on the multi-purpose tool in his left hand for a while, he easily retrieved and enlarged a long list of holographic materials, which contained all kinds of materials and that huge quantity.

After comparing a lot of data and careful correlation analysis, she believes that this is her biggest and most valuable discovery today!!

“……”

"Sorry, Miranda, I don't seem to see anything wrong with them......"

At a glance, Shepard knew that it was a very normal purchase list...... For example, those special alloys, rare materials, high-strength materials and a large number of element zero, etc.!

Obviously, that Cerberus must be like the Star Federation or other Citadel races, and is aggressively expanding his military strength and preparing military supplies in order to produce and manufacture various warships and weapons and equipment, etc.!

And this list of materials seems to be what is needed to produce the relevant heavy equipment, and this kind of hoarding of materials and frantically expanding strength in this galaxy-wide resistance to the Reaper invasion is a normal thing, and it is not surprising.

So, she didn't see anything wrong with this list, and she didn't know what Milan was selling at the end?

If it were in normal times, if the guys in Cerberus dared to make such a big move with unknown intentions, they would probably be jointly sanctioned by the Star Federation and the Divine Citadel, and try to recover that large number of sensitive materials! However, at a time when everyone in the galaxy is in danger and under the threat of the Reapers, no matter what their terrorist organization wants to do, no one will be interested in caring about them.

"Wait!"

"This list is wrong, it does seem that there is a big problem!!"

At this time, after all, Liara, who is still a scholar and careful, is more reliable!

She frowned and looked at the list for a while, then stuffed the chocolate frog she was holding in her hand that she had intended to keep for research into her mouth and chewed it, and at the same time quickly used her multi-purpose tool to quickly operate on it and call up another list of similar supplies.

It's just that this list belongs to the Star Federation, and she handed it to the matriarchs on the planet Sesia before, asking them to cooperate with the Star Federation and the Star Spirit race, and hand over the materials needed to the Star Spirit Transport Ship to the solar system as soon as possible.

"Let's compare ...... first"

"Not good! The goddess of Arsim is on ...... Shepard, look! This list of supplies from Cerberus ...... It, it's 95% similar to the list of materials for the 'Optimus Furnace' project built under the auspices of our Star Alliance?! ”

"This ......"

After operating for a while, Azari Liara suddenly exclaimed!

Now, she finally understood what Miranda had just said about finding some useful news! If this matter is true, then it is indeed very serious, and it must be taken seriously by everyone, including the Star Federation, all the races of the Citadel Council, and the Hero Federation!

"You mean ......"

Shepard stared at the two lists for a while, and seemed to realize something, and suddenly turned his head to look at Liara next to him in some shock:

"Cerberus is also making another Optimus Furnace?!"

"Cerberus is also making another Optimus Furnace?!"

The two exclaimed at the same time almost in unison, telling what they had guessed!

From the two lists of highly similar materials, it was not difficult for them to judge this shocking fact! And that is: now Cerberus himself is gathering materials to make another 'Optimus Furnace'! This matter can be seen from the two lists of materials that are almost identical, and then the fact that the Protheus VI was snatched before! What Cerberus is going to do now, or is already doing, is almost immediately apparent.

That Phantom Man of Cerberus is probably still dreaming of controlling the Reaper and dominating the galaxy! Moreover, the progress of the other party is probably no slower than the 'Optimus Furnace' that their Star Federation and the Hero Federation jointly built in the solar system!

Cerberus knew about the existence of the Prothean blueprint before they did, and who knows when they started building the land, and where they are now?

"Uh-huh...... It's not fun at all!! ”

(?????? ε??????)

After discovering that it was not the same as the funny thing she had imagined, Anne finally left Miranda's back and lay down on the couch again, eating her own snacks next to each other's bodies.

They're all calling around all day long, either Cerberus or Reaper, or rescuing other crooked stars, and it's really not fun at all!

What else are you looking for that Optimus furnace for? If Anne had come up with her own idea, she would have led all the fleets to kill the Batarui system where the Reaper fleet was entrenched, so where did she need to grind like this?

Of course, after rushing over, it is not up to her to win the battle or not...... Anyway, you have to fight a dozen to know if you can beat it.

"There is no doubt that in combination with the fact that Cerberus snatched Proxian VI, there is a good chance that this thing is true!"

Miranda nodded dryly in agreement with Shepard and Liara's judgment, in fact, she had just thought so.

After all, the guys in Cerberus had already competed with them on Mars for the blueprint for the Prothean device 'Optimus Furnace', and then soon began to collect those construction materials with the Star Federation almost at the same time! Now, they have directly sent people to the planet Sesia, the home planet of the Asari, and deceived the Proxian VI that they thought was not too important in advance...... Well, as long as you are not a fool, you should be able to tell what the Phantom Man of Cerberus is doing.

"But, I remember what Admiral Anderson said...... Making the 'Optimus Furnace' is a huge project, and if the Star Federation wants to complete it, it will need a lot of resources and assistance from other Citadel races, and that Cerberus, they can really complete it alone?! ”

Shepard had seen the image of the half-finished product of the 'Optimus Furnace', and that thing was a huge space station!

And their Star Alliance, in fact, with the help of a large number of SCV engineers of the Hero Federation, can start to accelerate the construction in the shortest possible time...... But the organization of Cerberus also wants to create one, is that a bit self-sufficient?

A terrorist organization, and the Star Federation and the Federation of Heroes rushed to build something like that, she couldn't have imagined that it would be real......

"Shepard, you're still underestimating the strength of our Cerberus."

"In the beginning, the Lazarus Project was launched to deal with the Reapers, and you spent billions of Star Coins just to resurrect you! What's so strange about our leader now spending more money and manpower to build a 'Celestial Furnace' in order to control the Reapers, so as to achieve his plans? ”

Although Miranda also knew that this plan would definitely exhaust almost all of Cerberus's financial and material resources, compared to the gains obtained after success, it must be worth it for Jack who didn't know what to think?? Harper's adventure is as hard as it can be!

This kind of thing that is proportional to the return has always been in line with their Cerberus's consistent style! So, there is no need to discuss this matter, it is probably true!

"Cerberus wants to make an Optimus furnace too, it's crazy......"

"Isn't that Proxian device, that 'Optimus Furnace' still necessary the Citadel space station to work? But now, the Citadel is still in the hands of the Council. ”

Liara was a little puzzled, it was so easy to repair the Heavenly Furnace or something!

That Proxian device, as long as there are blueprints and enough materials, plus enough manpower and technical conditions, it can be easily manufactured by anyone! However, if you want to use it, you can't do it without the Citadel, it's really just a component.

This matter has been demonstrated by the engineers of the Star Federation and the Federation of Heroes, as well as by her Liara herself! Once the furnace is built, the Citadel Station will need to control the other Mass Effect repeaters scattered throughout the galaxy, and radiate and spread the power of the weapon!

And once it leaves the Citadel, that thing can only be used in a small galaxy, such as the solar system, at most, and it will not be of strategic significance and actual combat use, and it will not be able to deal with the powerful reapers.

"Citadel Station ......"

"Oops! Miranda, and Liara, I have a very bad premonition right now!! ”

Shepard, who suddenly realized something again, walked to the communicator in his captain's room with a very bad face, turned off the cartoon that little Annie was watching, and ignored the other party's protesting eyes, and directly pressed the communication button that contacted the Citadel and the human councillor Udina as quickly as possible.

'Toot ...... Toot .......'

'Sorry, the signal can't be linked! ’

“……”

It's just a pity that, just as Shepard realized something very bad, she didn't receive a reply from anyone who agreed to her request for communication!

The Citadel station, the place that was so vital to their Optimus Furnace project, the core of the Mass Effect repeater that could even dominate and control the entire galaxy, was now lost once again......

"Sure enough......"

"Everyone! Now the worst has happened......."

"There's no way I've got to get in touch with our Citadel station! I can't contact Udina in the space station, and I can't even get any other signals from the Citadel! ”

After operating in front of the instrument for a while, still not receiving any response, Shepard turned his head in despair, looked at the stunned Miranda and Ashley and said with a wry smile.

Now, I'm afraid they've lost not only the important Protheus VI that was kept on the planet Thesia, but also the even more important Citadel space station! That Cerberus, that Phantom Man, had magically preempted them by several steps, gathering all the necessary ingredients to activate the 'Optimus Furnace' in front of them?!

So at this moment, things are getting unusually serious!!

“……”

Miranda didn't speak, she knew that this kind of style was indeed their Cerberus style! Acting one step ahead of others, and doing whatever it takes!

It's just that what she doesn't know is where the Phantom Man will build that 'Optimus Furnace'? Is it a new secret place, or is it built on that red giant, in that heavily disturbed hidden orbit?

"Shepard, could it be that the communication was cut off by the Reaper?"

Liara asked, a little unexpectedly, she couldn't believe it could get so bad...... Perhaps, as before, simply because of the Reaper? After all, the Citadel's fleet was still strong, and it was impossible for them to be easily captured by Cerberus.

“……”

"Anyway, I'd better contact the Earth's headquarters first!"

"We must now look at this with the worst possible scenario! Liara, believe me, I have a feeling that we are in big trouble!! ”

Shaking his head, Shepard turned around again, intending to contact Anderson, who was far away in command in the middle of the solar system, and Admiral Galen of the Federation. She was in a terrible mood now, and her heart was filled with grief and hesitation, and at this time, she could not even care about a frog that jumped on the communication console.

"Wow......"

"Look, Tibbs, things are finally getting fun now!"

（゜▽＾*））

That guy called Cerberus, those bad guys are amazing, and they do so many interesting things! Sure enough, the reason why the bad guy has always existed is definitely not unreasonable, and there should always be some real skills!

Well, whether it's the Star Alliance, the Citadel Council, or her Federation of Heroes, it seems that all of them have been tricked by the villains of Cerberus...... They went through a lot of trouble to rescue one planet after another, and defeated countless reapers, but as a result, Cerberus got everything at once?

It's funny to think about!

So, after thinking that things had become funny, little Anne laughed a little gloating in her heart! And now, even if her federation is the target of that Cerberus pit or something, she will take care of it! She just wanted to see what would turn out of it in the end.

Will the bad guys succeed, or will the good guys like Shepard triumph over the evil? It's a little exciting to think about it!

（…… ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

(Tibbs didn't say anything, because ah, the bad character of a certain bad little master, Uncle Tibbs Bear was used to it a long time ago.) ）

"Hey!"

Miranda sighed, entangled for a while, she was also in a bad mood, she didn't care about Shepard, who was about to contact Earth, but directly reached out and took out a sweet bean from the carton in the hand of a carefree little guy who was leaning on her and eating a snack comfortably, and put it in her mouth.

“！？”

"Huh?"

"Ann, Anne...... Why does this sweet bean taste a little weird?! ”

As soon as the beans entered her mouth, Miranda froze!

Because, she found that the beans she ate in her mouth, in addition to being a little sweet, seemed to have a very strange taste that she couldn't say?

Anyway, it's weird and hard to eat......

So, she just frowned and chewed it a little twice, and swallowed it in her stomach...... I can't imagine that something so unpalatable like this, this picky little guy, she eats so much?

Or maybe the way she just ate it, or the way she ate it, wasn't quite right, so she couldn't taste it?!

"Huh?"

∑(?? △｀)？！

Sitting up straight, stretching her neck to look at the Bibi Beans in her paper bag, Anne quickly understood why:

"It's easy! Because, the one you just ate is the kind of cow-flavored multi-flavored bean I just picked leftover? So, of course, it's not going to be delicious! ”

(???? ︶????)

"It's amazing that you swallowed it!"

╰(*°▽°*)╯

Anne looked at this big sister Miranda with some admiration, something so unpalatable that the other party could chew and swallow, it was really amazing, and it was worth giving the other party a little look of adoration.

Delicious flavors like toffee, chocolate, strawberry, and beef, have all been eaten by her! And the rest of the bag are the weird flavors she picked leftover, such as cockroach, boogers, cow, vomit and devil pepper flavor, etc.?

"What are you looking at me with such eyes, you obviously reached out and took it yourself just now!"

Σ(☉▽☉“a

Who asked this big sister Miranda to reach over and eat without asking? Look, now it's finally at a loss, right?

o(?? ^')o hum!

It's not so easy to take advantage of her Queen Anne!

“……”

"Cow, cow......"

"Sorry, sorry...... I—I'm going to the bathroom......."

Miranda, whose face began to change drastically, didn't care about Shepard, who was communicating with the Earth Headquarters, and directly covered her mouth, forcibly endured the things that were tumbling and were about to gush out of her throat, quickly rushed past Shepard's side, and ran to Shepard's bathroom at once.

“……”

（?? v｀）

That big sister Miranda is really strange, Anne just wanted to tell the other party: even the multi-flavored beans that smell of cow are actually very ordinary jelly beans, not made of cow...... That's just because of the effect of magic, forcibly changing the touch of people's taste buds!

But......

Since the other party has vomited now, she doesn't bother to explain anything.

——————

"I see......"

"So, Shepard, what do you mean: Cerberus will soon be one step ahead of another 'Optimus Furnace' ready to take control of all the Reapers and dominate the entire galaxy?!"

Admiral Anderson's hologram on the communication station patiently listened to Shepard's report and analysis, and then, his black face instantly became even darker!

Obviously, he probably agreed with Shepard's speculation that it was a very bad premonition! However, he doesn't have a good way to do it now......

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

"Our Normandy-2 is now on its way to the Serpent Nebula, where the Citadel space station is located, probably the day after tomorrow! If my hunch is correct, then Your Excellency, I need reinforcements so that we can stop Cerberus's plans and reclaim the Citadel from them! ”

Just now, Shepard had ordered the Joker and EDI to rush Normandy II to the Citadel at full speed in order to confirm her bad premonition!

But either way, it's always a good idea to prepare for the worst now. All she could hope was that all of them were wrong in their guesses, that the Citadel might have withstood the Cerberus invasion, or that they hadn't had time to invade at all?

The current and Citadel signal outages could really just be the cause of the Reaper? Those evil monsters, who have developed new ways to shield the signal?

"The strength of the Cerberus fleet is not weak...... Shepard, if it's really as bad as you say, I think we'll need at least an entire Star Alliance's fleet to defeat them and reclaim what we need! ”

"But not now...... Those reapers, they have moved, and we need to concentrate our forces now and fight a frontal war of annihilation against them! ”

Anderson himself shook his head a little embarrassed and sighed.

The guys of Cerberus are so good at taking advantage of the fire to rob ..... they chose the time when they were preparing for the first head-to-head battle with the main force of the Reaper?

"Admiral Galen, what do you think?"

After struggling for a while, Anderson really didn't think of any good way, so he could only ask for help and looked at the Admiral Galen beside him.

"Shepard!"

"I'm sorry, but I have to tell you: we're preparing for a general battle with the Reapers! The main force of the Reaper has set off from the Batarui system, and they are menacing, and they are going straight to the solar system! So, we can't help but fight! ”

The Reaper's intentions are obvious, after such a long period of time, they have clearly figured out everything, and they also know that all variables are in the solar system, in the body of the Star Alliance!

Although they may still not know the specific strength of their Hero Federation and Star Alliance, the fact that they have destroyed tens of thousands of Reaper warships is definitely impossible to hide! So, not long ago, the army of the Reapers finally began to move!

"According to the information fed back by our reconnaissance ships: the warships dispatched by the Reapers, about 80% of all the Reaper warships entrenched in the Batarui system, the number is about 300,000!"

"We were with Matt before?? With Horner, Zagara, Queen of the Swarms, Archbishop Atanis of the Templar of Light, Leader of the Dark Templar Zeratul, and representatives of the Turks and Asari, this time we will be sending out about 200,000 main forces to snipe the enemy in the Arcturus space station! ”

At this point, Galen stopped.

"So, Shepard......"

"We can't send any troops to support you this time! Aside from Planck's Führer, you'll have to find a way to solve that Cerberus trouble! ”

The Reapers, for sure, are not stupid, and will not allow them to sneak up on their forces, nor will they give them time to develop, such as letting the Zerg explode or something...... Therefore, the big move of the Reaper this time is that they clearly want to fight hard and not give them any chance!

So, this battle is crucial!

If the coalition of the Federation of Heroes and the Star Federation and the Citadel races defeat the Reapers, and the opponent does not have any follow-up forces, then they will win! At that point, the 'Optimus Furnace' will no longer matter, and they will have time to clean up the messy guys.

But......

If they lose, then it doesn't matter, their part of the Hero Federation and the Star Federation, as well as the various races such as Asari and Turui, will definitely be rolling up and running away, losing the entire galaxy to the Reaper! When the time comes, they will definitely not have a chance to use the 'Supernator Furnace' or something.

"I see......"

"In this way, this time we will complete the mission independently, and you don't need to recall the Führer, let that powerful ship help you! Merely...... General Galen, and Anderson, are you sure you will win this time? ”

I didn't expect things to be so bad, and I didn't expect the Cerberus guys to be so good at choosing the right time, Shepard frowned and pondered for a while, and then resolutely decided: this time, she didn't need any help, just rely on their Normandy 2 to get everything done!

"I don't know!"

"Queen Zagara of the Swarm said that if there were ten years, she would be 100% sure of defeating the Reaper! But...... Ten years, you know, that's impossible, and the Reaper won't even give us ten months or ten weeks! ”

"However, it is not without good news...... Matt?? Horner, that guy said, he has five layers of certainty to be able to defeat those enemies that come at him? ”

Saying this, Galen stopped, and his face changed to a relaxed expression:

"You probably don't know, Matt?? Horna is a conservative and old-fashioned guy, and since he said that he has five layers of certainty, then there will be at least eighty percent!! ”

"So, Shepard, your mission is to make sure that the terrorist group called Cerberus doesn't jump out and cause trouble for us in the decisive battle with the Reapers?"

After a brief introduction to everything, Galen looked at this amazing earth woman with a somewhat serious gaze. He has seen the strength of the other party and the efforts he has made these days, and it can be said that the other party really deserves the title of the galactic hero of this universe.

The guy who has been on the front line in order to fight against the Reaper, has been on the front line for several years, and has even died once, he Galen really can't easily deny her dedication and efforts.

"Understood! Rest assured! We will definitely give it our all! ”

Without saying anything more, Shepard saluted both generals!

"Shepard, the task is very difficult, and I don't know what to say, so I wish you good luck!"

Anderson looked at the young warrior with some embarrassment for a moment, and in the end, he just sighed and bowed respectfully back.

"I almost forgot!"

"Shepard, we caught a gang of Cerberus guys on Eden Primary, and they seem to be digging up the ruins of a Protheus? Where are there a lot of Prothean devices, I heard you can read those languages and scripts? ”

"Before you go to the trouble of Cerberus, let's go to the main star of Eden to replenish the supplies, in addition to those Proxian things, we will also prepare some of the latest equipment in our star region for you, I hope it can help you?"

At this time, Galen remembered Matt?? The members of Cerberus, the guy Horner had captured on Eden Primary, and the unintelligible antiques that had been captured.

And it is said that this Shepard can understand because he has obtained the beacon of the Protheus? In that case, then simply leave the Cerberus captives or something to this Shepard to deal with, they don't have time to worry about those things lately anyway.

"Understood! We just need them to show us the way? ”

Hearing that there was such a good thing, Shepard nodded in understanding.

Since it was a small gesture by Cerberus, and it was a stopper, she might as well go to the main star of Eden before or after going to the Citadel, anyway, it was just to receive equipment, prisoners, and supplies, and it would not waste much time.

“……”

"Everyone! We're about to have a big operation! ”

Finally, after the communication was over, Shepard turned and looked at Liara, Miranda, and some little girl who had no heart and no lungs, and said without taking it seriously.

"Yes!"

"Understood, sir!!"

Knowing the seriousness of the matter, Miranda and Liara won at the same time, and they themselves understood that the next step was the hardest battle, and they had to go all out!

"Hmm......"

( ̄~ ̄) Chew!

（...... ）

(●￣(??) ￣●)

————————

?? *???? (ˊ?? ˋ*)???? *???? Double monthly pass, ask for a ticket?? ()

Please remember that the first domain name of this book is:. Mobile version reading URL: