Before Kangna could figure it out, this "connection" had been forcibly ended by Sophie. Apparently, this exchange had achieved her purpose of dragging her over.
That is, explain the origin of this silver box, warn Kangna to try not to let it come into contact with intelligent machinery, and reveal information about the Billion Point Reaper.
However, she did not tell the most crucial piece of information, which was "when will the reaper of this reincarnation come?"
In view of the two "Omnic Crisis" that occurred in Queri and Earth, perhaps their arrival is very near.
If we analyze based on known conditions, they probably don't care at all when the reapers come. Those actions of creating incarnations, guiding themselves, and falling asleep from time to time seem to be just for a purpose that is more divorced from reality.
However, that kind of thing is naturally not what Kangna, a bionic person, should worry about. Her current mission, in the long run, is to increase the voice of mankind in the Galaxy Alliance as an outstanding graduate of N7, and in the short run,
, is to help Saren complete this assessment task.
Although she had saved Saren in the geth's trial illusion before, he may not have known that he was almost "civilized", and naturally he would not accept the favor. Therefore, the "fire source" was the trophy this time.
There was basically no room for Kang Na to comment on how to deal with it.
If the turian were to take that thing back and put it in some intelligent machine pile... Tsk.
The only good news is that Turians seem to be as keen on gaining glory from battles as Protheans, so there shouldn't be too many artificial intelligences working for them...probably.
[Commander! You finally woke up.] As soon as Kangna regained consciousness, she received a message from Etty: [Just now, all your modules related to thinking and logic have stopped running!]
Because she was transferred elsewhere at that time, Kangna blinked and found that she was still holding down the "fire source", so she took back her hand and stood up.
"Oh, are you awake?" Anderson, who was on guard nearby, seemed to be used to this kind of scene: "I was in a daze for a long time this time. Did you find something and report it directly to SCP?"
"How long have I been in a daze? Did anything special happen?" Kangna asked two "people" at the same time.
[There is no abnormality, the out-of-control geth in the periphery have not woken up again, and further distance cannot be observed due to the obstruction of wind and sand.] Yidi responded.
"Not long after, I saw that you were motionless and didn't touch the thing. Instead, Saren thrust like a fish many times." Anderson replied.
"You're right not to touch it, this thing is very dangerous," Kangna opened the storage compartment of the N7 armor and put it in, then glanced at Saren who hadn't woken up yet: "We'll wait until he recovers -
"
——After you return to reality, you’d better run away immediately~
Although everything seems to be normal at the "Fire Source" and there are no abnormalities or dangers on Xiduo IV, since Sophie has said that, let's escape first.
"Cesar, can you determine our location? Send a shuttle to pick us up immediately." Kangna connected to Dunkirk's communication: "Yes, it is at the top of this building. The infantry vehicle is placed first.
No matter what, we have to leave this planet immediately!"
"Shepard?" Unlike Cicero, who thought there was an emergency, Anderson knew that everything was normal and asked slightly confused.
"Don't ask first, let's leave here." Kangna directly mentioned Saren, who was still in a coma, and walked out: "Take the two Salarian scientists with you. You should be able to carry it."
Anderson, who has been partnering with each other for a long time, naturally didn't waste any words. He directly mentioned Qian Shu and Carly one by one and followed Kang Na: "Then wait until you think it's appropriate."
It’s just because I’m not sure when the time is right that I don’t say it.
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"[Hi~ Does anyone want to send express delivery]?"
When Kang Na and Anderson jogged all the way to the rooftop of the scientific research building, the frigate Dunkirk broke through the roaring sand and appeared in front of them. Cicero's slightly funny voice also came out along the hanging passage.
"Has your brittle bone syndrome been cured?" Conna stepped into the environmental adjustment and quarantine cabin, breathed a sigh of relief, and began to joke with Cicero.
"[Commander, you know me, this little windy sand is like lying in a rocking chair and taking a nap~]" Cicero's voice came from the bulkhead: "[Unless a giant giant one comes out now.
Sand Demon Insect, otherwise I wouldn’t even change the size of my pupils.]”
The dilation and contraction of pupils are not affected by subjective consciousness. I don't know whether this is bragging or seeking truth from facts.
【choke--!】
Kangna was about to make a joke, but suddenly she heard the deep roar of some kind of giant beast.
Before she could identify the source of the sound, she saw a huge building almost as tall suddenly rising up from the side of the Kuili Scientific Research Building.
It has an earthy and fat cylindrical body, limbs and eyes that have almost been reduced to non-existence, and a bottomless bloody mouth covered with spiral barbs... what else could it be if it weren't a sand devil insect?
This giant sand devil suddenly burst out from the ground and rushed towards the Dunkirk with a clear target. When it reached the highest point, it closed its big mouth and bit nothing.
"[Wardefake! Wodefake!]" Cicero was so frightened that he cursed and even his voice trembled.
After one bite was empty, the Sand Devil, unable to stand upright, began to slowly fall over and hit the Quarian scientific research building squarely.
This building has been abandoned for nearly three hundred years, and it was crumbling after being beaten by Kangna and Saren inside. Even if it was intact, it might not be able to withstand the heavy blow, and it collapsed almost instantly.
The smoke and dust stirred up by the ruins completely covered up the sand devil insect that had just fallen to the ground.
"[Damn it! You should have said you were in trouble with this kind of thing!]" Cicero did not wait for the quarantine warehouse to be disinfected and pressurized, and directly asked Dunkirk to slowly turn around and try to leave.
"Just turn your head! Don't move!" Kangna shouted: "Unless you can leave the atmosphere in a few seconds, stay at your current altitude!"
"[What?]" Cicero seemed to calm down a little: "[Didn't you see? That thing bit our ship just ten meters away.]"
"That's right, that sand devil thought so too." Kangna responded in a deep voice.
"【ah?】"
"What Shepard means is that since it's just a little bit away from being bitten, then the sand devil insect must not be willing to spend more effort to 'jump' just for fun," Anderson added: "But
If Normandy shows that it can escape at any time, it will force us to stay at any cost."
"[It seems...that's what happened.]"
"Compared to this, how are your pupils?"
"[Ah? What did you say? The wind was too strong and I couldn't hear clearly——]"
————
【choke--!】
【choke--!】
"[Um...what's going on? Scared!]" When the sand devil was performing the "high jump" happily, Saren woke up, and then saw the closed mouth of the blood plate in front of him.
"Obviously, that box is not a simple technological creation. It contains a large amount of element zero that can be detected by wild animals," Kangna, who was standing aside, responded. "If it is moved after being activated, the affected wild animals may
Will try to keep it."
"[Um...oh.]" Saren is indeed a "trainee ghost". After hearing Kangna's words, he understood what happened after he fell into coma with just a little analysis, and tried to deduce: "[In this way
, the reason why those Protheans were destroyed by ordinary corpse puppets has also been found - there are such giant combat units in places we didn't see, which wiped out their main force.]"
"[What? Corpse puppet? Prothean?]" Cicero slowly adjusted the bow of the ship, trying to ensure that the short jump would not be disturbed, but he could still be distracted and join in the conversation.
"Confidential information that has not yet been confirmed and classified, but if you want to hear it, I can tell you. After all, you are considered a participant." Kangna glanced at the communication device on the wall.
"[No, please don't, I don't want to be chased by this kind of thing every day,]" Cicero refused: "[Hold on tight and sit tight, we will soon leave this insect-ridden planet like lightning.
.】"
"If you plan to do that, remember to change the trajectory in the air." Kangna looked at the sand devil bug that once again drilled a hole out of the ground, looking like a mole.
"[Huh?]" Cicero's surprise almost overflowed from the communication device: "[Don't tell me they can predict things.]"
"The sand devil has no eyes and relies entirely on touch and hearing to find food." Kangna glanced out the window: "The wind and sand in the sky are probably enough for it to sense our location."
"[Is this thing going to become a spirit...]" Cicero muttered, but did not refute the arrangement.
No, it seems that some details have been forgotten.
Kangna frowned slightly, thinking about Sophie's suggestion of "escape immediately".
Since this suggestion is a "reward", in her opinion, there is still a chance to escape from the planet if she doesn't escape immediately. Based on this...
He should wait for Saren to wake up, then take the source of fire and the prisoners to the location where the infantry vehicle is parked, and finally call the shuttle to return.
In the early stages of this process, since the fire source is moving horizontally, the underground sand devil may feel something is wrong, but it will not rush out immediately. Then, it should suddenly snap when the shuttle takes off and the fire source shows signs of leaving.
Jump up from the ground and bite down the shuttle that doesn't fly very high or fast.
Then, there was a chase battle relying on the remains of the building to avoid the huge beasts that were constantly attacking from the ground. Finally, they boarded the Dunkirk, which discovered something was wrong and came to support. In the process, maybe I, Anderson and
Saren is still more likely to survive, but Qianshu and Kali, two weak salarians, are basically dead.
Then, when all the evidence is destroyed and only the "Fire Source" remains, it will definitely be taken away by various scientific research departments of the Galactic Alliance for observation and study, and countless "awakened omnics" will be created.
and "The Indoctrinated", eventually leading the way for the Reapers when they invade.
And what changed everything was just "Run away immediately"? This "reward" was too generous.
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"[Commander, I think it's getting impatient. Can we leave?]" Cicero asked Kangna as he watched the sand devils jumping faster and faster.
"Let's go, remember to turn." Kang Na nodded.
Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish
Accompanied by the sound of wind and sand hitting the hull, just before the sand devil swooped out again, the Dunkirk frigate's hull was instantly enveloped in a layer of blue light and began to gradually accelerate in the direction pointed at the bow of the ship.
Sa——
【choke--!】
As soon as the silver-white battleship turned into a stream of light and flew out, the giant sand devil insect that had just retracted a few seconds ago jumped into the air at a speed that was completely inconsistent with the previous movement patterns, using a large weapon full of jagged and spiked teeth.
The mouth blocks its path.
This guy is really pretending!
At this moment, Kangna figured out another thing: when the Dunkirk crew thought the Sand Devil was playing, it was actually deliberately making the crew think so, and prepared a plan to destroy Dunkirk.
Be careless about this and be prepared to block the road as you speed away.
From this point of view, its intelligence is not comparable to those of its kind who just mindlessly settle next to mineral veins rich in element zero.
But it is a pity that although the guess of the cause is wrong, our response is still one level higher than it.
"[This kind of action is really unfriendly to patients with brittle bone disease!]"
Following Cicero's strange scream, the Dunkirk completed a dangerous lightning change just as it was about to crash into the sand devil's mouth, and passed by its viciously closed mouth.
【choke--!!】
The roar this time was no longer the completely careless template roar before, but was filled with annoyance at being put on by someone and the resentment of the food slipping from his mouth.
"Let me tell you..." After leaving the gravitational circle of Xiduo IV, Anderson raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat on his head, and looked at Qian Shu and Carly, who had woken up at some point and were looking stunned: "
What do you think after being neighbors with this kind of guy for a long time?"
"[I want to go back and be an academic researcher... No one wants me to leave the research institute...]" Qian Shu said dullly.
"[Go and talk to the Citadel Court.]" Although Saren didn't show anything on the outside, he was obviously not calm either, so he just choked him.
"[Wait,]" After Qian Shu fell silent, it was Carly who spoke up: "[The teacher's research results and the venue were all destroyed. Without evidence, you cannot charge him with 'researching dangerous technologies'"
Judge him.]”
Um...yeah, they were all destroyed, Kangna touched the storage compartment.
"[Sir~ There is public communication access, I will take it for you~]" Cicero shouted angrily while turning on a projection on the wall.
"[I am Idan Hada, commander of the Batarian First Fleet!]" On the screen, a brown creature with six eyes said with a toothless mouth: "[Are you Dr. Qian Shu's ship?"
We are here to get the 'device that can control the geth' as promised!】"
