"You say the Atlantic Ocean is so big, how did the goblin crew endure the long journey?"

Bart and the others sat in the dining room of the Osiris, looking out the window at the endless ocean and chatting without words.

"I heard that Columbus's crew was about to throw him into the sea to feed the fish, but fortunately they found an island first, which saved Columbus."

"Columbus died believing that he had discovered Asia!"

From Genoa through the Strait of Gibraltar to the waters near the east coast of North America, the Osiris flew for more than a dozen hours. This speed is not too fast, but it is far faster than sailing on the European continent, after all, HER will not sit idle and send troops to occupy the Atlantic Ocean.

"Is it still far from Virginia Beach?"

On the bridge, Shepard ate ate his favorite cake for the first time in a long time, and seemed relaxed and at ease.

"Captain, there's probably an hour to go. I don't know if HER is armed on the coast, so let's go slowly. ”

"Uh-huh, yes".

Shepard replied casually, intently eating the cake.

Helmsman Yamaguchi asked, "Why is our first stop in North America being Virginia Beach?" I'd like to go to New York. ”

Jessica looked at Yamaguchi with a puzzled look and asked, "New York?" Isn't that city in ruins long ago? What's there to see. ”

"Hehe, I just want to see New York in ruins."

Captain Shepard put down his plate after eating the cake and said:

"It's best for us to avoid too many conflicts with HER on our trip to North America, so that we can get Speaker Robert and the new EU technicians to Portland on the west coast of North America quickly and safely. According to intelligence from the new European Union, Virginia Beach is the East Coast region with the fewest HER defenders, and there may not even be any defenders! ”

"It's really fake," Yamaguchi muttered to himself.

"Of course it's true, it's intelligence from the new European Union."

"It's not! I mean, there, look at the sea! ”

Yamaguchi pulls up the footage of the ship's bow camera, which zooms in several times to reveal a lone boat floating on the surface of the sea, with four men in New Muscovy (TPM) uniforms waving for help from the ship.

Yamaguchi pointed to the boat and said, "Hey, look, there are people who are often shipwrecked on the sea in movies!" ”

Jessica said: "No, why are they all wearing the military uniforms of the new Muscovy (TPM)?" It's too far from TPM's territory, and it could be a HER spy disguise! ”

Shepard scratched his beard and said, "No, HER spies aren't stupid enough to wait in the Atlantic Ocean in TPM uniforms to fool us, anyway, let's get them back first." ”

The Osiris sent fighter jets to rescue the four strange guys, and in order to verify their identities, Captain Shepard himself came to the hangar. As soon as the four got off the plane, they shouted for water.

"Water! Give us water! ”

They looked so embarrassed, their TPM uniforms were shabby, and their faces and nails were covered in mud, as if they had just crawled out of the ground instead of floating on the sea.

The four of them drank more than a dozen bottles of water in one go, and the oldest of them wiped his mouth and said, "Thank you so much!" We thought we were hopeless, but is this the Osiris? ”

Shepard asked him in surprise, "Do you know the name of this ship?" ”

When the man saw that Shepard was wearing the military uniform of the Major General of the Star Alliance, he immediately stood up and saluted, "Hello, Your Excellency the Major General of the Star Alliance! I'm Captain Dmitry, the captain of TPM's 1st squad in North America! Conducting espionage work behind enemy lines in HER, as an intelligence officer, he naturally knows about the Osiris. ”

"Don't be so polite, I'm not a major general of the Covenant anymore, just call me Captain Shepard. But what's going on with TPM's North America 1st squad? Why did TPM come to North America? ”

Dmitry smiled and said: "It's easy to say, after the HER invasion of North America, many areas have become three-minded, and when we heard that our TPM was going to enter eastern North America for espionage work, the mayor of Alaska secretly let us in." ”

Captain Dmitry only said why he appeared in North America, and did not mention what information he was investigating in North America, and Shepard didn't want to ask too clearly, he said:

"Emmm, so there is such a thing... But how do I know who you are? ”

"Several of us are intelligence officers, and if you go and call the TPM military department, they will say that I am in Moscow," Dmitry said. But we have a stronghold in Winnipeg City in North America, can you take us there? Then there will be evidence of our identity. ”

Shepard turned to Jessica and asked, "Where's Winnipeg?" ”

"North Central North America."

Shepard was embarrassed and said, "The Osiris is going to Portland on the west coast of North America, I'm afraid it won't go to Winnipeg." But I'll give you supplies and put you in Virginia Beach. ”

As soon as he heard that he was going to put them in Virginia Beach, Dmitry's head shook like a rattle: "Virginia Beach? No, no, no! It's all HER troops now! ”

"It's all HER troops? But the intelligence of the new EU says..."

"The new EU is so far away, and their spy satellites are so incompetent, how can they know the latest intelligence? Virginia Beach I only scouted last week, and I can't be wrong. ”

"This—" Shepard was puzzled, and he asked, "Do you know where it's safe to land?" ”

"Recently, HER has strengthened its West Coast garrison, and it is not safe to land anywhere."

"Not a safe place either?"

"Yes, yes, but we just came out of there, and you may not be able to get through safely."

Captain Dmitry showed his embarrassment with open arms to his military uniform, reminding Captain Shepard that the place he said was also dangerous.

"Where the hell?"

"New York!" Dmitry said.

Jessica was anxious when she heard this: "New York? You're lying to us! It was the first stop in HER's assault on North America, and it must have been all defenders! ”

Dmitry shook his head and said, "You don't know the situation, miss, New York is used as a garbage dump by HER, and there are many devices that emit nuclear radiation, and even HER himself doesn't want to see it there." And yesterday, I heard that the last garrison in New York had also been killed, so I wanted to infiltrate New York to investigate, and it turned out to be what it is now. ”

"What's going on?"

"Someone alone took control of New York City, and my comrades were defeated by him. I ransomed them with all my supplies, but the man left us at sea to our fate. ”

"You're saying that there was a man who single-handedly defeated the garrison in New York?"

Anton, who was also listening, was interested when he heard that someone was in control of a city alone, and he asked Dmitry: "Who?" Have such a great ability? ”

Dmitry sighed and said: "Alas! I'm ashamed to say that it's a blonde young man about 20 years old. He's scheming, and he's laying traps all over New York City, and my teammates are caught in his traps. He also pilots a strange humanoid weapon that shoots purple lasers! ”

"Purple lasers?" Hearing this, Anton pointed to the No. 2 machine in the hangar and asked, "Does it look very similar to this humanoid weapon?" ”

Dmitry looked at the second machine carefully and said, "Well, it's different." The one in New York was silver-gray, but like this black body, it had exaggerated horn decorations on its head, and it had three horns! ”

Anton immediately guessed what Dmitry was talking about, and he turned to Shepard and said, "It was the Ten Swords No. 3 machine given to the North American Rescue Alliance by the Moore Chamber of Commerce, and I heard from the AI of the No. 2 machine." If it's the same as this guy said, it's safe to land from New York! ”

Dmitry pressed Anton's shoulder with a look of surprise and said, "What's the matter with you?" Seeing the fate of a few of us, do you still think New York is safe? ”

"If I were a member of the North American Rescue Alliance, I would also learn a lesson when I saw the soldiers of the TPM appear on their own territory. And the Osiris and the North American Rescue Alliance have no grudges, he will not attack us. ”

"No, no! You didn't figure it out! The young man said that he was no longer from the North American Salvation Alliance, that he had made New York his own territory, and that anyone who wanted to enter New York would be attacked by him! ”

Anton smiled: "Oh? Or a lone wolf? There are 11 humanoid weapons on the Osiris, and it won't be impossible to deal with one of them. ”

"You..."

Shepard waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, let's invite these four to take a bath and have a good meal, and arrange a room for them to rest." As for whether or not I want to go to New York, can I invite you to discuss it later? Captain Dmitry of TPM. ”

Dmitry nodded: "Thank you!" I'll find a way to help the Osiris land in North America. ”