The Normandy II was as dexterous as a silver barracuda dodging the sharp teeth of a school of sharks as it shuttled between the countless Reaper warships that were chasing it.
Tracking lasers, aimless missiles, exploded wreckage and strange space mines formed a web of death one after another on its route, and the Normandy II was in the midst of this frighteningly dense web of fire.
Dancing with death's sickle.
"[The logarithmic shield is overloaded by 67%, the ablative armor has been penetrated, the hull damage is 32%, and the structural damage is 7%.]" In the cockpit, the voice of Yiti Machinery sounded without any fluctuation: "[Confirm the hull
We are no longer able to withstand any more attacks. Miss Misaka Mikoto, please ignore any of Mr. Cicero’s next remarks about Normandy’s ability to withstand it.]”
"Hey! Etty, you have to believe me!" Cicero's hands moved on the spacecraft control panel like a convulsion: "We can switch to rigid shields! The armor and hull are also being repaired! And those insignificant structures
The damage is too early to affect the balance of the hull!"
But the person Yi Di was reporting to was not him.
"[The corpse puppets and mechas that invaded the cargo deck have been destroyed by Ms. Elena and Mr. Fisher. The mechanical octopus that cut into the ship's hull and entered the crew deck has been thrown back into space by Miss Oxton. The frame of the connection matrix has not been affected.
The effect is in good condition.]" Etty continued to report to Misaka Mikoto.
"Ok, I see."
At this time, Misaka Mikoto was wearing a Star Alliance captain's uniform with dark blue as the main color and gold pendants and epaulettes. However, she did not put on her shirt properly. She just casually draped it on her shoulders and crossed her arms, as if
That is a large cloak.
Obviously, she was expressing in this way that although Kangna had given her the temporary captaincy of the Normandy because she wanted to launch an attack from the virtual level, she did not want everyone to really regard her as the captain.
.
Phew - a slender figure suddenly appeared in the cockpit. She was wearing orange goggles and a tan sports tights, with a "headlight" glowing with blue light hanging on her chest.
"Sister Report... Captain, all the invading octopuses have been kicked out by me, please give instructions!" She shouted in a very recognizable voice.
"Take a break." Misaka Mikoto responded calmly.
"[Miss Oxton, your 'Ark Reactor' only has 23% energy left. Please do not overuse 'Time Travel' in irrelevant places. If it cannot provide you with your position in time, you may fall into space at any time."
"Etty said.
"Anyway, it will be recharged in ten minutes~" Lina chuckled and walked to Misaka Mikoto: "Just in time to spend some time with my sister, Captain."
"Haha, you're stupid. This is her purpose. You still need to learn more about the ways of the world." Cicero mocked Etty.
"[I don't think it's necessary to learn that.]" Etty retorted.
"Actually -" Cicero suddenly shut up mid-sentence and directly marked a giant piece of debris on the external projection: "Hey, acting captain, I can let the Normandy pass by the side of this thing, but...
Dee just said—"
Bilibili——!
Following Cicero's words, an electric spark lit up in front of Misaka Mikoto's forehead, and almost at the same time, the huge piece of debris was destroyed by a massive electric current falling from the sky.
"Continue." Misaka Mikoto glanced at Cicero with eyes that had not yet faded.
"Oh~" Cicero subconsciously concentrated on driving the boat for more than ten seconds, and then started to complain out of habit: "This is not a 'mad-level lightning ability user', this is clearly a 'Thunder God'."
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Normandie II, crew deck.
Three Academy City graduates wearing regular crew uniforms were snooping around.
Boom! Boom! Ding!
"Tsk tsk, who made this anti-gun interface? Why are there scores and kill streak rewards?" Kedoli turned her head and looked at the ship fire control interface that looked like a VR video game and looked at the outside almost simultaneously.
Realistic scenes of wreckage and missiles.
"Because it was originally for the crew to play, but now it has been taken over by Eti because they can't make mistakes." Kaos glanced at the room without interest: "There is no sign of the invasion of the mechanical octopus here, let's go to the next place to see
look."
“It’s unbelievable that the three of us ‘Old Ones’ and ‘Outer Gods’ are actually doing the work of ordinary crew members,” Naia muttered, “Can’t we just fly out and crush those iron lumps?”
"In this pitch-black situation, if you want to go out, go out by yourself." Kaos glanced out the porthole.
In his eyes, except for the light and shadow exploded by the point-defense artillery fire, the countless shipwrecks and the Reaper warships surrounding Normandy that could be seen from the cameras and surveillance cameras did not exist at all. There was only darkness that was so dense that it could not be broken away.
There is only one possibility for this situation to occur. There is a being with a personality far beyond his. Just passive "shielding observation" makes his eyesight black.
However, this existence is not [that], because this "darkness" does not have the kind of fear that makes people encounter a natural enemy. If you insist on saying it, it even has a vague meaning of "complete non-existence".
Of course, it must exist, otherwise I am suddenly short-sighted or blind.
"It doesn't matter. If the sky falls, there will be someone tall to hold it up." Kedoli turned around and left the cabin without paying much attention: "Anyway, we are not... um... so what's the 'protagonist'."
"That's what I said, but there must be something that only we can do." Kaos said, and then silently completed the second half of the sentence in his mind: And it must be done without being suppressed by the personality. I didn't read it.
Did Emil, Sophie and Matthew all stay in Zion and not board the ship?
"Such as cleaning up the mechanical octopus that Lina missed?" Naia took out a crowbar from nowhere.
Chachacha——
In front of her, two mechanical octopuses with big heads and many mechanical tentacles sprang out of the corner as if frightened, and ran away quickly.
"Hahaha! Stop! Watch me remove your heads~" Naiya waved the crowbar and chased after him.
"..." Kaos looked at the backs of the two "girls" who ran away together, sighed, and turned to the cabin: "No matter what you plan to do, I hope you have considered the consequences."
"I know what I am doing," with a dappled light and shadow, the figure of Yuriko Suzuko appeared on the position of a certain point-defense cannon game machine: "And I also know what the consequences will be."
"Okay." Kaos glanced at the space crack that was half opened by her, shook his head, turned around and walked out of the cabin.
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Outer Galaxy, Citadel.
"Kronos" is a very large "mothership". From visual inspection alone, it even reaches two-thirds of the Asari's most powerful dreadnought, the "Destiny".
The reason why it is a "visual inspection" is because "Cronos" is walking side by side with "Destiny" at this time.
Surrounding them is the "Citadel United Fleet" composed of ships provided by all civilizations with space fleets in the entire "Outer Galaxy".
There are even geth mechanical battleships and quarian immigrant fleet battleships among them.
Under the leadership of "Illusive Man" Jack Harper...well, under the influence of "Dr. Qiyi"'s high mobility, "Captain Marvel"'s high force, and Ao Yuyu's high affinity, this unprecedented team
The United Galactic Fleet was formed only after the threat of the Reapers was initially eliminated. Of course, there were also factors such as Shepard who was not at the scene, whoever it was, who had laid the groundwork in advance.
Saren Atreus and Gareth Vakarian respectively led the Turian First and Third Chapters, while Benacia and Liara served as the captain and commander of the Destiny Extraordinary.
, Chief Lex Udno and Deputy Chief Grant Udno brought the Krogan tribe fleet that had eliminated the genophage and its superior combat power, and the Quarian immigration fleet battleship was led by Admiral Tali Zora
They were still somewhat repelled by the geth fleet, but because the leaders of that fleet were Jarvik and Legion, there was no conflict for the time being. The Salarians, the weakest combatants, only sent out a science ship, led by a
Led by a top scientist named Modin.
As for the human side, since all five major fleets sent ships to participate, they all wanted to compete for the position of captain of this squadron. However, after pulling left and right, it was finally handed over to Claude Lai, who put on the battle uniform again.
Hitem, with Ashley Williams and Kayden Alanco serving as first mate and navigator respectively. After all, Academy City, as the most important project of the Star Alliance, has received so much attention that it no longer requires a "planetary governor"
"Sitting in charge, of course, those chores that still need to be handled by a "governor" have been left to his adjutant Zhou.
Such a huge fleet naturally dealt a devastating blow to the Reaper fleets in its path. After many squadrons were wiped out, the Reapers huddled together and no longer gave the combined fleet a chance to defeat them one by one.
And this is exactly what the Combined Fleet hopes to achieve.
After driving away all the Reapers on the route, the United Fleet brought a huge ancient weapon created by the hands of Geth - "Optimus Prime" - from the Perseus Curtain to the Citadel airspace.
It was a super weapon that was said to have been designed by top scientists from countless reincarnations and could destroy all Reapers with one strike. However, it could not be manufactured until the "Protheans" were exterminated by the Reapers.
Its shape is a huge sphere with a diameter exactly equal to the ring area of the Citadel. Even the engineers involved in the production of its internal structure cannot tell what its purpose is. They only know that it can be perfectly integrated with the "Citadel Tower".
Together.
The current mission of the combined fleet is to ensure that it will not be destroyed by the Reaper fleet before it is successfully installed on the Citadel.
Yes, the Reaper fleet obviously also knew something about the "Operation Sky Furnace". When it was dragged out of the Perseus Curtain, the Reaper fleet, which was originally scurrying around like headless flies, suddenly regained its control.
Order was obtained, and the operation continued to assemble, intrude and sabotage.
Although their intrusion was basically in vain, a Reaper fleet almost equal in number to the combined fleet was still gathered, ready to make an impact in the final installation step.
It was only then that those who still complained about the Star Alliance's intention to unite the forces of the entire galaxy shut their mouths. After wiping out countless Reapers, the total number of their remaining fleets was still greater than that of the United Fleet.
How many? What was their original number? If they had only cared about themselves and refused to support other civilizations, could they really have withstood their offensive?
No matter what the civilizations in the galaxy thought, as the Optimus Furnace arrived at the Citadel through an induced jump and began to approach the expected "installation location", the long-awaited Reaper fleet finally showed its fangs.
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While the battle was unfolding with noisy artillery fire, the "Kronos" space carrier stayed near the Citadel to supervise the work.
As a mothership, it does not have a main gun that can face the Reaper, and the fighters and drones it carries are not capable of fighting beyond visual range. The most important point is that it can control the "Cosmic Cube" of the Optimus Furnace.
"In other words, the "Fire Source" is installed on it, and its only mission is to ensure that the "Qingtian Furnace" is successfully installed and activated. When necessary, "Destiny Extraordinary" will cover it.
However, with "Captain Marvel" Sarah Kerrigan and "Mage Supreme" Harold Winston, "Captain America" Sharon Rogers and "Iron Man" Jin Gu all on board, the Reaper
It's almost impossible to pose much of a threat to it.
"To put it straight to the point," Jack Harper, the "Illusive Man" in the conference room, pointed to the "Spark Source" image projected on the conference table and said: "The information it gives us is to combine the 'Sky Furnace' and '
Once the Citadel is connected, it will activate and destroy the Reapers, but we have no idea how it will accomplish this or what preparations it will make."
Jack used a declarative sentence, but he looked at Kerrigan questioningly.
"Although the Reapers originated from our side, we don't have any relevant information. After all, we are just bugs." Kerrigan raised her chin: "Maybe the 'Reapers' also have someone like the 'Master' or
A core like the 'Insect Saint', and this thing will directly destroy that core?"
"Uh... I don't know. After all, I have been out of touch with society for many years." Sharon looked like she had not woken up. No, I should say, she always looked like this as long as she was not fighting.
"Perhaps, it will transcend the dimension and give the Reaper a fatal blow." Dr. Qiyi nodded, as if he said something, but then seemed to say nothing. The dimension guardian remained as mysterious as ever.
"Remember our 'expedition team'?" Since he was indoors, Jin Gu didn't wear his helmet, and a smile appeared on his handsome face: "I think they should have been ready for us in the hinterland of the Reaper.
Once we have the 'Teleport Anchor', we will be able to teleport our entire fleet there to start a decisive battle with the Reapers as soon as the 'Sky Furnace' is installed."
"...Although the kind of expansion you mentioned must be very popular with those soldiers who want to destroy the Reapers, the Sky Crucible clearly stated that it will 'destroy the Reapers'." Jack looked at Iron Man and did not completely refute it.
his words.
Tsk-buzz-!
At this moment, the Citadel outside the window suddenly emitted an unusually bright blue light. The Sky Furnace, which had only been transported halfway, suddenly broke away from the escort fleet and rushed straight towards the Citadel as if being attracted.
The base of the giant tower of the Citadel has been docked.
Before Jack could feel surprised, the "fire source" in the desktop projection suddenly changed its shape, transforming from a cube into a ring of fire burning with blue fire, and suddenly expanded in the next moment, covering the entire "Ke" ship.
Ronos" swallowed it.
"Humph, 'Light of Dawn'?" Jack finally heard Jin Gu say.
