Don't look at the asari of the "Jinghua" office who are all confident in the face of the media, in fact, their odds of winning are not as high as they appear.

After all, although Monica had signed a confidentiality agreement at the beginning, it was mainly to protect Mu Xing's personal privacy, and it did not involve too many technical issues - Mu Xing's research on the "Gagarin" space station could be understood by no more than fifty people in the entire galaxy. And her husband is nothing more than an ordinary battleship engineer, responsible for industrial assembly line design...... This core secret part is very boring, and it has nothing to do with the battleship itself.

In short, the non-disclosure agreements signed all over the world are like a bird - preferably the "locker room rules" of football - even if a group of people are in it, you can't say it!

But more than 100 years later, the law will not care about this, in addition to picking out the words, it will also take into account the actual situation. So the chances of "Jinghua" being able to win the war and squeeze out huge compensation from the news network and Monica are not high. But Jinghua Law Firm made it clear from the beginning that they didn't think about winning or losing the lawsuit at all, and that they were going to use the "lawsuit" killing tactic - my client had prepared hundreds of millions of dollars to slowly fight the lawsuit, what about you?

In the face of this kind of local tyrant who "doesn't care about money, only cares about coolness", the news network can only not want it......

*****

"Still there's no trace of Lu Yuan?"

"Yes."

The leader of Cerberus, the Phantom Man, threw the picture in his hand on the floor. He extinguished the cigarette butt in his hand, then lit the next one. Silently thinking in his heart.

When the light falls on the photo, it is a world of ice and snow. The location where those photos were taken was the castle of the "Ice Throne" located on the planet Novella, far away. When Cerberus tries to find the Dawn. only to find that except for a little girl who was pretending to be a ghost in the glacier, the building was already empty. As for the little girl, who claimed to be (9) and had an IQ (9), she spoke upside down, and of course couldn't ask anything......

Even Lu Yuan's stake in Planet Novella was transferred to an Asari environmental protection fund. And the owner of the fund. is a former Asari officer...... The trail is broken again.

On August 4, the Battle of the Citadel broke out.

On August 5, the "Overlord" Reaper was destroyed; Cerberus appears in the Citadel as the "Savior"; The Battle of the Citadel ended victoriously.

August 6. The lively "Ice Throne" castle was empty overnight; Negotiations for the Citadel begin, and humanity becomes the fourth parliamentary race, which recognizes the return of quarians to their home planet. Quaire establishes diplomatic relations at the ambassadorial level in the Citadel;

August 7. Dawn's crew on the Omega space station was evacuated; On the same day, the dwarf planet Brace, which Lu Yuan bought, disappeared inexplicably; The clean-up of the ruins of the Citadel has officially begun.

August 8,......

As if to match the rhythm of the Citadel's negotiations, the Dawn is erasing all traces of her past at breakneck speed. When the stakeholders of the Battle of the Citadel finally left the negotiating table exhausted, they were surprised to find out. The short-lived Dawn disappeared again into the starry sky. At this time, the Citadel Council had all the information about the Dawn. Actually, it's just that picture.

In the past week of the Battle of the Citadel, the Citadel Council and the Fifth Fleet of the Star Alliance have gradually unearthed many unsolved mysteries through information integration.

For example, who are the children who destroyed the pit and caused a power outage in the entire Divine Fortress?! In fact, it was they who prevented the Overlord Reaper from opening the Dark Passage three times by unleashing the "Magic Scroll" (the council really didn't know how to describe the act of lifting the scroll) and destroying the pit to cause a shock wave effect! They are the heroes who really save the Castle!

But after doing such a great thing, the children inexplicably disappeared from the Citadel. In the end, the credit fell on Sister Xue, who sacrificed her life and forgot to fight...... This parliament is really forced to be helpless, if the parliament dares to publish the "truth of the facts", it will definitely be regarded as brain-dead by the people.

The second unsolved mystery -- Li Huamei's detachment and Quali's fleet jumped into the battlefield one after another, which played a decisive role in the entire trend of the battle. However, data from the control center of the fortress afterwards showed that the primary-level repeaters of each galaxy were indeed turned off at that time. The fleet's dash cam showed that both fleets had "indirectly" jumped through the repeater of the Lance system - but the main repeater had crashed seven years earlier!

But when questioned, Li Huamei and Carl. Danadu said that it was just "coordinates given by friends", "I am technically blind", "I see everything about navigation but can't understand it", "What the hell are repeater coordinates?" "As a battleship commander, I only focus on firepower!" Firepower! And firepower! ”……

So the third unsolved mystery becomes that although they did not participate in the battle of the Citadel, the huge space station (they don't think it was a spaceship) that flashed frequently during the war belonged to which side of the force? Friend or foe? What purpose? ……

As for the photo that was secretly released by Cerberus, it was not actually taken by some astronomy enthusiasts. It came from the Quarian fleet, and when the wandering fleet transited through the Dawn, most of the Quarians were shocked by the sheer number of Reapers, but a few did not. One of them violated Carl. Danner's order, curiosity, made him quietly press the shooting button...... While examining the data, the council found the photo.

Strangely, all but this vista, blurry shot of the Dawn had been burned down due to a sudden malfunction - those were of the Reaper fleet. In the absence of direct evidence that the Reapers do exist, the council can continue to stick its head in the sand and pretend not to know......

To this day, the Phantom Man can't figure out what caused Dawn's reaction to be so violent.

In his opinion, Lu Yuan and the forces behind him have always been indifferent to Cerberus's ambitions, and they have always turned a blind eye to Cerberus's expanding influence. This is especially true of the genetic agents that were actively provided to Cerberus for the treatment of phage viruses. He even shoved the means of controlling the Krogan people directly into the hands of Cerberus. Theoretically, it should be the honeymoon period for both partners. Even if you occasionally do something "a little" out of line, it should be easy to get forgiveness.

But things didn't turn out as he expected—when Cerberus unexpectedly appeared on the battlefield of the Citadel. The Dawn immediately and unilaterally cut off all means of communication.

The Dawn photo incident was just another temptation for Cerberus. But this time it was Admiral Hackett of the Fifth Fleet who rushed out and slapped him in the face, and a "Jinghua" law firm, but neither of them had any recent connection with the Dawn. The Phantom Man only felt that a thick layer of fog was wrapped around the Dawn, and he couldn't see clearly, and this feeling of being unable to grasp made him even a little annoyed.

"Emergency. Please connect immediately. Miranda's comms suddenly came in, and her avatar flashed on the wall.

"I'm here." The Phantom Man snuffed out the cigarette roll and tidied up his neckline a little. before pressing the button to connect to the communication.

"Fifteen minutes ago, the Normandy was attacked while on a mission! What has been confirmed so far is that the Normandy crashed and the whereabouts of the captain Shepard are unknown! "Miranda showed up. A quick explanation of the situation. As the "Keeper of the Citadel". Shepard currently has a high reputation across the galaxy. She is also one of the objects of Seberus's attention, and is considered by the Phantom Man to be the best candidate for a savior, although Miranda disagrees with this.

"Who attacked the Normandy: unknown; What struck the Normandy: unknown; The Navy rescue fleet will arrive in four hours, and our closest ship to the site will need another fifteen hours to reach the scene. My advice is to give up rushing to the scene and we can investigate from the side. ”

However, the "Phantom Man" did not confirm Shepard's condition in the first place, or asked Miranda to immediately find information about the attacker. Instead, he asked a seemingly unrelated question - "Did anyone on the Dawn show up?" ”

"There is no indication that they were or will be at the scene of the incident."

"I see." The Phantom Man fell into a brief moment of contemplation again. He integrates through intelligence. It was discovered that the Dawn was very concerned about Shepard, and they even had been supporting Shepard's actions behind his back. even arranged Anne and Li Huamei to Shepard's side. But this time, why did Shepard have an accident and the personnel on the Dawn's side didn't show up? Did they abandon Shepard's line, or was there some surprise?

Eventually, the Phantom Man said to Miranda.

"Mobilize our network. If Shepard is still alive, find her; If she is dead, I authorize you to activate Project Lazarus and resurrect her if necessary! ”

*****

The entire crew of the Dawn was dressed in neat uniforms, facing outward, in front of the portholes.

By this time, all of the released Matrix ships had been recovered, and all human members, scientific research groups, and genomes had returned to the mothership. Therefore, for the first time, the Dawn was fully staffed, and the number of crew members carried at this moment directly exceeded the 2.5 million population mark. Even though the Dawn had transformed its entire outer hull into transparent portholes, more than two million people still stood close to the portholes on the upper and lower 34 decks.

This star field is a huge meteorite ring, and only near the anchor area of the Dawn, there is still a narrow space for controllable ships to moor. 30 "Matrix" transport ships circled and moored around the Dawn; And directly in front of the Dawn is a huge and strange repeater! Unlike all known repeaters, this one is much larger, and its glow is orange-red!

A spherical mass core that spins like a flame, like a pupil staring into the abyss.

"Salute!" With Anne's clear command, 2.5 million people raised their arms neatly and saluted the bright starry sky outside the porthole.

"We'll be back for sure...... Now, let's go! ”

With the command to activate, the Omega 4 repeater erupted with an orange-red glow that enveloped the fleet, boundless and shoreless. The Mothership Dawn with 30 "matrix" ships disappeared from the civilized world without a trace. (To be continued......)