Chapter 319: The Best Public Opinion Bombabsorber
After the press conference, "Starlink thwarted the Reaper again, Commander Shepard captured the Collector ship, on the contribution of human ghosts......" The next day, the major news networks were headlined with similar headlines.
The propaganda department of the Star Alliance succeeded in shaping the image of human beings once again, as if the advantages of the whole universe were concentrated in human beings. Starlink also did this to cooperate with the follow-up plan.
According to Hackett's previous proposal, while the media is fully hyping up the successive victories of Shen Chao and Sister Xue, Starlink has also begun the selection and nomination of the third, fourth, and even fifth human ghosts.
With such a strong political propaganda and public opinion tendency, they are not worried that the parliament will not agree. In such a political situation, it would be unwise to refuse any request from the Star Federation.
Their conjecture is correct, after this round of propaganda offensive, ordinary people of all races in the galaxy have been bluffed, and if you think about it carefully, it is indeed ah, the recent crisis that threatens the galaxy seems to be all settled by human beings.
Could it be that if we give more rights to humanity and recruit more human ghosts, they will be able to defeat the Reapers? Trillions of people think so, and it is impossible for the parliament not to be affected.
So, a few days later, after the Star Alliance officially submitted the new ghost candidate list, the council only checked the candidates a little and agreed to the Star Alliance's request in principle, and several new human ghost candidates will also start their journey to prove themselves in the short term.
Back on Shen Chao's side, after two days of sailing away from Omega, he finally contacted the Arcturus space station again and reported his newfound important information to Admiral Hackett.
Of course, he asked Sister Xue to be present as well, because he was only prepared to provide information, and he was not prepared to carry out any dangerous tasks caused by this information.
"Major, have you completed your secret mission?" "In front of holograms. Hackett asked, holding his arms, and Sister Xue was standing next to him, the same as before. Their conversation this time is also encrypted with multiple layers.
"Yes, sir, I have a key piece of information against the Reapers. Shen Chao replied standing straight in front of the CIC's hologram. The information he is about to reveal is indeed very important, even sensational.
"Say it. ”
"According to the results of the investigation I just got. 50,000 years ago, when the Prothean Empire failed against the Reapers, their last few plans did not all fail.
One of these plans succeeded, and now, there should still be a small number of Protheans in hibernation and still alive! ”
"What, where?" Hearing this, Hackett immediately asked, this news is too important. If what Shen Chao said was true, this piece of information could even help them turn the tide against the Reapers.
No one in either the Star Federation or any other race has real experience in dealing with the Reaper fleet, and the inevitable Reaper invasion must be a large-scale fleet.
And a batch, or even a living Protése, would be a great gain. They will know the strengths and weaknesses of the reapers, and their military and political value is simply immeasurable.
"The Lord Star of Eden, just below the previously excavated Prothean Beacon, is buried deep underground. Shen Chao didn't sell it, and directly gave the correct answer.
"Are you sure?" However, the excavation site did not mention anything new in the report after the attack. ”
When Sister Xue heard this, she had a much deeper impression of the Lord Star of Eden than Shen Chao, after all, the illusion given to her by the Proxian Beacon almost killed her. But there is really no news about the follow-up excavation.
"I'm pretty sure I've found a reliable piece of information left behind by one of the most damaged Prothean beacons, and according to the mutilated information I've salvaged, there's a huge hibernation facility that can hold 1,000,000 Protheus deep below that beacon on Eden Primary. There are millions of hibernation pods......"
Shen Chao briefly recounted what he knew. The size of the facility, as well as the fact that the entire facility was attacked by the Reaper in the final stages before it was put into operation, is basically what is shown in the game.
The source of the information is not all made up, he had previously found a damaged Prosin beacon in the Shadow Broker's information network that only the Shadow Broker knew, and if Hackett asked them about the source, he could have brought out the damaged new beacon as evidence.
"Well, how do you know there's anyone alive? Hackett frowned when he heard this, and he didn't ask where the new mark came from. But according to Shen Chao, it was visited by the Reapers 50,000 years ago, and the Proxian people there should have all died.
"According to this information, this Vault is one of the final plans of the Prosian Empire, so it has very good security protocols.
In the event of a capture, the Protécen VI of the control facility will automatically activate the self-destruct device in accordance with the security protocols, killing the vast majority of the Prothean inside.
But at the same time, under the constraints of safety protocols, the main control VI will concentrate the remaining energy to continue to supply energy to the hibernation chamber of the few remaining important personnel. Let them survive the long hibernation period. And these hibernation pods are still within the designed lifespan. ”
"By the way, according to the message, there was still a Prothean beacon in the galaxy that was still working before this new standard failed. Shen Chao broke the news one after another.
Anyway, this is the last time he broke the news recently, and when he digs up the Proxian people of the main star of Eden, he can go about his own business with peace of mind. The Protheus would tell him all the important information he couldn't tell.
"So where is this still working VI now?" After thinking about it for a long time, Hackett asked this most crucial question.
"The main shrine on the mother planet of the Asare, Thesia!" Shen Chao replied without blinking.
"Are you sure?" ”
"I'm pretty sure that the Asari hierarchy has kept this a secret for centuries. There must be a Prothean beacon in the temple of Thesia. But the exact status of the beacon is uncertain. The new mark I found has been damaged for hundreds of years. ”
"Where are you now?" This is what Sister Xue is asking, and Hackett is still thinking about a lot of important information that Shen Chao has just exposed.
"Budapest has just passed the guò repeater, and I am now on the periphery of Eden Lord, ready to protect the excavation site, but I need a fleet and a large number of technicians to assist me, and the commander, you must come here......" Shen Chao reported everything he needed.
"I'll send you the fleet immediately, but if you need to send a list of other supplies and talents, I'll arrange it immediately, and why do you need Shepard?" ”
Upon hearing this, Hackett immediately signed a dispatch order and began another fleet dispatch. But he and Sister Xue were a little curious as to why Xue Pard had to come over.
"Because according to my information, the hibernation pod must be opened by a Proxian or someone who understands the Proxian language, and Lieutenant Colonel Shepard may be the only person who can safely open the hibernation pod. Shen Chao replied honestly.
"I see, Commander, you need to go......" Hackett said as he gave the order to Shepard next to him. Sister Xue took the order, and then went to arrange for Normandy, which had just completed the overhaul, to set sail.
"As for you, Major, I will provide you with a qiē support, and I hope you can bring me back a Proxian ......" Hackett also gave Shen Chao an order.
"Yes, Admiral. Shen Chao saluted after speaking, and then turned off the communication.
That's right, just like he said in the call just now, he is helping Starlink gain the initiative and provide a lot of important information two years in advance.
The excavation of this Protése, named Javik, is only the first step, and in the near future, he will also provide more critical information, both directly and indirectly.
But his seemingly selfless actions were not without purpose. Once that last Prothean is dug up, the eyes of the entire galaxy will be drawn away.
The Reapers, who were no exception, were drawn to the follow-up of the Star Federation when they learned that there were still people from the dominant intelligent race in the previous cycle who had survived.
When the time comes, if it is a qiē shun lì, Sister Xue will use the information he provided to integrate all kinds of forces in the galaxy that can threaten the reaper. The Furnace may have even been built sooner.
And he can rest assured and boldly transport the massive resources they have just integrated back to the main plane during this period. Moon base, Mars base, Jupiter space station......
Long after the completion of the first phase of Plan M, they adjusted the original extraterrestrial base program. According to their current plan, they will concentrate the power of the Shadow Brokers and establish multiple large extraterrestrial bases on the main plane.
The total estimated carrying capacity of several bases will be more than 100,000 people, and when completed, it will lay a solid foundation for their subsequent phase of dimensional occupation and expansion.
A day later, the first batch of support fleets promised by Hackett arrived, a total of a dozen warships of all ranks. Sister Xue's Normandy is also among them. Follow-up support fleets are also rushing here.
After arranging the house, they returned to the excavation point in the ground. The first group of Starlink's geologists have arrived at the site and begun to arrange the excavation.
With the support of follow-up equipment, they should be able to dig a few thousand meters underground in a short period of time to the Protheus hibernation facility. After a week here, the number of warships in the patrol fleet here reached 200.
Even Hackett rushed here, because the excavations and probes in the previous days confirmed the information given by Shen Chao, that there was a huge unidentified facility 3,000 meters underground.
Now, thanks to the efforts of five large excavation teams over several days, the nearest drill bit is only 200 meters away from the facility. Whether there are any living Protheus here will be revealed today. (To be continued.) )