This is a warehouse filled with square metal boxes half as tall as a person. These boxes are all painted with the "Systems Alliance" logo, but they are white, blue, purple and orange.
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Sitting on one of the orange boxes was a little human girl who looked less than five years old—maybe she was a human?
After all, the body of a human little girl is not made of silver-white flexible metal, nor does it have ball joints, nor does it have two gaps on its chin like a puppet.
If you put aside these details, her face can be said to be very cute, her big blue eyes are shining with water, and her short blond hair that reaches her ears is also very soft. As for her voice...
"[Ninety thousand, ninety-four thousand, ninety-seven thousand, one hundred thousand and one thousand...]"
It's crisp and has a milky sound, but it's a bit philistine.
The little girl was holding a card about the same size as her face in her hand, and was carefully reading the ever-changing numbers on it.
"[One hundred seven thousand... one hundred and fifteen thousand... one hundred and sixty thousand! The boss is rich! The boss is grand!]"
The interval between the number jumps suddenly became larger, and the little girl was overjoyed and praised loudly into the air.
While she was yelling, a strange voice sounded:
【who I am?】
【where am I?】
【What am I doing?】
"[Hi~Commander~Welcome aboard~]" Yin Di (EDI) instantly threw away the star coin card she was counting in her hand, and a flash appeared in front of the valve door of the "Normandy-10032" frigate, while saying hello
Put on a cute smile.
"..."
However, after waiting for a full minute, the valve cabin door did not open.
"[Huh?]" Yin Di blinked: "[No commander created a new character? Then what was the sound I just heard?]"
She floated to the window of the valve cabin and looked out with one eye closed, but saw nothing.
"[Ah, I understand,]" Yin Di clapped her hands: "[He is an idiot commander who has never even played the novice tutorial. I will wait for him here.]"
She looked left and right, flew to the escape ejection cabin at the door of the air valve cabin, sat down, and began to shake her head while humming a tune: "[Commander's reinforcements are fully guaranteed~? Commander's raid has zero drops~?]"
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Card - sneer -
With the sound of the air valve opening, Yin Di, who was a little sleepy, instantly regained her energy and flashed to the air valve cabin door again.
"[Hi~Commander~Welcome aboard~]"
"Ah, uh? Thank you? Who are you?"
What appeared there was a white man wearing dark blue personal armor, gray hair, blue eyes, and a short beard. He raised his hand stiffly to greet Yin Di.
"[I am the shipboard AI of your flagship 'Normandy', the cutest Yin Di in the universe~]" Yin Di replied: "[Welcome to "Mass Effect: Galaxy at War", 'John Watson'
commander.】"
After finishing her opening remarks, Yin Di looked at the "commander" with slight disgust, then took out an information board from behind her back that was five or six times larger than herself and showed it to him.
[Dear Commander, since you are under the age of 18, the time you can play "Mass Effect Galaxy of War" (hereinafter referred to as "this game") will be limited to '2 hours/day', and you will be allowed to play this game every week.
The amount spent in the game must not exceed '100 US dollars', and if you do anything that violates local laws and regulations in this game, the operator of this game will contact your guardian.】
"Well, actually I didn't intend to play the game for that long, and I didn't intend to spend money in the game. I was just dragged into it by Sherlock." Watson scratched his head.
"[...Tsk, Zero Krypton Player,]" Yin Didi muttered, and then said loudly before Watson could react: "[You have worked hard in the battle, let me introduce you to the functions of the Normandy, please do this
While walking~]"
Following Yin Di's words, the entire Normandy was shrouded in gray fog, with only the passage from the valve cabin to the cockpit still remaining bright.
"Does this mean you want me to go there?" Watson muttered and walked over.
After passing through a metal door, the two "people" came to the cockpit with three driving positions but no driver. When looking out from the front porthole, they could also see the horizon of a huge purple planet.
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"[You have completed the first mission 'First Battle', you can submit it here and get rewards~]" Yin Di said. At the same time, the gray fog expanded again, covering the cab except for the "Mission Log" panel on the wall.
Everything was wrapped in, and at the same time, a big red arrow appeared on the panel for him to click.
"Well..." Watson looked around and found that he had no choice but to select "Submit Task" on the panel and click on it.
"[Congratulations, you have obtained 10,000 'Star Coins' and 1,000 'Justice Points',]" Yin Di paused, then said in an exaggerated tone: "[Ah, you can carry out 10 'Naval Reinforcements' just right."
, try it now~】"
"I actually...okay." Watson seemed eager to do something else, but looking at the gray fog blocking everything in his sight, he still clicked on the only button that could be selected.
As he moved, a real-time calculation CG began to play on the panel: In space, a spaceship suspected to be a transport ship docked with the "Normandy", and a bald black man dressed as a suspected naval officer commanded his subordinates to move a ship half a man tall.
The boxes were transported into the cargo hold of the Normandie. He looked at the nine white and one blue boxes, turned to the "camera" and made an "OK" gesture, said: "Good Luck!", then returned to the transport ship and left.
"Good is weird, isn't it? Even I can see that it's not a good thing!" Watson complained while "clicking" the boxes one by one.
What flew out of it were not physical objects, but reports, which showed unknown and powerful things such as "Cohen Hada Armor", "Ka-Sa Pistol", "Blue Line Multi-Purpose Tool", etc.
, at the same time, there is also a real-time calculation CG of the staff transporting the things in the report out in the background screen.
"[Ordinary, ordinary, ordinary,]" Yin Di said as if throwing stones into the water. It was not until she finally clicked on the blue box that she suddenly raised her tone: "[Golden!...Rare.]"
What appeared this time was not a list of items, but a resume of the crew.
"'Pilot·JOKER'?" Watson read out the above content.
"Reporting to you, Commander," the cockpit door opened, and a naval officer with the same appearance as on his resume appeared outside. He bowed lamely to Watson.
"Uh, um..." Watson seemed to be thinking about how to communicate with him, but was interrupted by Yin Di before he could say anything.
"[Congratulations, Commander, you have obtained your first 'crew member'. Different crew members have different attributes. Although they can be arranged in any position, they are still more comfortable in their job," Yin Di said: " 【Now, try to arrange 'JOKER' in the 'cockpit'.】"
Following Yin Di's words, the picture on the control panel changed, showing a perspective view of the entire Normandy. Watson saw that there were pilots, navigators, ship's doctors, cooks, maintenance workers, gunners, etc. on the entire ship. There are a series of positions such as stormtrooper captain, mechanic, etc., and I can "drag" the Q-version villain symbolizing "JOKER" to any position, but most of them are marked with red descending arrows. Some positions, such as There are even prohibition signs for the positions of gunner and stormtrooper leader, and only the driver's position has a green upward arrow.
"I will not disappoint your expectations, Commander." When Watson dragged the "JOKER villain" to the cockpit, he himself nodded and said to Watson, then walked to one of the driver's seats and sat down and started Working - although the spacecraft didn't move at all.
"[Oops~ Oops, you didn't get any 'comrades' for reinforcements this time, so wouldn't it be impossible to deal with those 'corpse puppets'?]" Yin Di suddenly exclaimed.
"No, actually I can-"
"[It seems that Yin Di can only give the 100 'courage points' she collected to the commander~]"
Watson wanted to say that the previous battle was completely a plot kill and he could definitely win, but then he was interrupted by Yin Di.
"[Compared with the 'Justice Points' that can be obtained by completing ordinary tasks, these tokens that can only be obtained by completing difficult raid challenges are more precious, because only by consuming them can you obtain 'N7 reinforcements'," Yin Di said: “[But good steel must be used on the blade, let’s try it now~]”
"..." Watson nodded noncommittally at the newly-appeared "N7 reinforcements", and then the familiar transport ship appeared again, carrying a purple box.
"[Epic~]" Yin Di announced loudly.
"David Anderson?" Watson looked at the document that floated out. There was a man wearing a naval officer's uniform and a serious face that he looked very reliable at first glance.
"At your service, Commander," the person in the photo appeared at the door: "I am qualified for most positions, but please do not let me cook or treat people."
"[Now, arrange the new crew members into the position of 'Charge Captain'," Yin Di said: "[Including the commander yourself, only six people can appear in each battle at most. Please be cautious according to the battlefield situation.
Choose your teammates, of course, you can also fight alongside other commanders~】"
Watson did not directly follow Yin Di's arrangement. He looked at "Received Ten Reinforcements" that lit up at the same time as "Received One Reinforcement" under "N7 Reinforcements" and subconsciously clicked "Ten Times."
"[Commander~ Your 'courage points' are not enough~]" Yin Di immediately opened a new recharge page and reminded diligently: "[Recharge '100' US dollars to get '6480' courage points.
The first charge is doubled~]”
"It seems I can only spend $100..." Watson scratched his head: "What's the probability of drawing?"
"[...]" Yin Di paused and took out a new information board from behind to display.
[Announcement of reinforcement probability in "Mass Effect Galaxy at War":]
[The probability of crew members/equipment appearing in the reinforcement box:]
[Legend: 1%/4%]
[Epic:3%/12%]
[Rare:40%/40%]
[Every ten reinforcements must appear an epic reinforcement box. 】
"Well..." Watson looked at this announcement and fell into thinking about probability.
"[~~~]" When Yin Di clenched her little fists and looked excited, a voice sounded faintly:
【who I am?】
【where am I?】
【What should I do?】
"[Asshole! I want to drain the wallets of these players! Don't cause trouble!]"
