Two days later, the Normandy was finally repaired, and everyone set off again. However, this ti they were not heading to the originally planned Citadel, but to the Kaisens Galaxy—according to the information brought by the Geth girl, those "heretics" had built a large server in the Kaisens Galaxy to invade the Geth’s original network to upload viruses.
And now what everyone needed to do was completely...
"Destroy it?"
Fang Zheng took a sip of coke and looked curiously at the Geth girl.
"So what we’re going to do now is sneak in, plant a bomb on the server, and then ’boom’ blow it up?"
"There’s no point in that."
The Geth girl shook her head and adjusted her glasses, with a look of "foolish humans"—hmm, it seems she has fully adopted the persona set up by Eiriri and Black Cat.
"Information is stored in the network, the server is just a node, we have to infiltrate the Geth consensus network, and this server is our entry point. If we blow it up, it won’t change what’s happening."
"Then what should we do?"
"We need soone to enter the Geth network for virtual interaction, and then assist from inside the Geth network in rewriting the program, while also destroying the virus."
Why does this sound like the sa plot as "Inception"? Are we sure we’re not in the wrong movie set?
"So... you must have already selected soone?"
"Yes."
Upon hearing this, the Geth girl nodded and then looked at Shupard.
"Commander Shupard, we need your cooperation and assistance."
Fang Zheng chose not to interfere, just quietly watching the drama unfold. In theory, he had a bunch of people under him who could do this, like Yui, Nymph, and the Mind Models, all of whom were far superior to ordinary humans in invading and manipulating data.
But this ti, Fang Zheng didn’t want to take any risks. You have to know this ti the Geth need to eliminate a virus, and if sothing went wrong and there was a virus backlash, Shupard might get through with her protagonist aura, but he might not have that ability, so to be on the safe side, he quietly stayed with his little girls and watched the live broadcast.
As the protagonist, Shupard naturally had no choice but to accept. Although her harem also expressed unease and concern, Sister Xue still decided with the protagonist spirit of "if I don’t go to Hell, who will?" The group then turned their ship around and headed toward the Kaisens Star Region. And during this trip, Fang Zheng, with nothing else to do, reconnected with Sister Xue to ask about the Reapers.
"I say, Sister Xue, you’ve been investigating the Reapers for so long, haven’t you got any concrete information, like how many Reapers are there, from which direction do they attack, where’s their base? If we could find their base, we could directly strike them down, right?"
According to Shupard’s previous statents, there were a huge number of Reapers; after all, they harvest the entire Milky Way civilization every fifty thousand years like clockwork, accumulating each ti, it’s bound to be an astronomical number without even thinking about it. Not only that, Shupard previously ntioned that even the Procenian rulers of the last civilization were wiped out by the Reapers in one go. You know, the whole Milky Way is still using technology dug out from Procenian ruins, yet the protagonists couldn’t beat them, so obviously, the successors would have even less of a chance.
And based on Fang Zheng’s experience, generally in European and Arican ga and movie blockbusters, when the enemies are too nurous to defeat head-on, they usually employ a decapitation strike tactic: others draw hate on the front lines, the protagonist sneaks in and takes out the enemy leader, then those overwhelmingly nurous enemies beco defeated because their ho gets raided...
If Fang Zheng guessed correctly, this Sister Xue is probably expected to do the sa thing. Otherwise, with the pathetic numbers in the Milky Way, not even united yet, lacking both quantity and quality, how could they tussle with the Reapers without the protagonist aura?
To be honest, having closely interacted with the civilization in this world, Fang Zheng thinks... if you don’t care about costs, my Zerg could probably sweep them in one wave...
I wonder whose cards are bigger between the Swarm and the Reapers.
Should we have a showdown to see?
"I have no clue so far either."
Regarding Fang Zheng’s inquiry, Shupard was also very helpless. The questions Fang Zheng asked were ones she herself wanted to know. But unfortunately, after so long, Shupard hadn’t gotten any particularly useful leads or information, and what frustrated her even more was that almost all the major species in the Milky Way didn’t take her warnings seriously. To them, sothing like "a terrifying chanical race cos every fifty thousand years to harvest all life in the Milky Way" sounds more like the plot of a horror story rather than reality.
This was evident from the reaction of the Citadel Council. You know, back then, just one Reaper Sovereign almost wiped them out, logically they should believe in Shupard’s words, right? But no! They insisted that the Reaper was actually so kind of special weapon created by the Geth—okay, anyway, the Geth in the Milky Way Galactic are always fair ga for bla. If sothing can’t be figured out, just toss it onto them.
To the point where Shupard even regretted not directly telling the council that the Geth were trying to destroy all life in the Milky Way; maybe she could have gained more support.
"But I think this ti we should be able to gather quite a bit of intel."
That’s also the reason Shupard agreed to the Geth’s request. After all, these heretics truly have connections with the Reapers, so it’s possible to obtain specific information about the Reapers from their servers and data, such as their arrival ti, numbers, and specific locations. With this specific intel, Shupard will be more confident in persuading the Citadel Council.
Regarding this, Fang Zheng had no comnt. Bureaucracy is the sa everywhere. Even in the Main World, if you discover Devils are planning to attack the surface, you need to find so evidence like rituals, objects, or witnesses to introduce to the Sanctuary for investigation.
Otherwise, if you casually claim that Devils are going to destroy humanity and scare the Sanctuary into gathering everyone, only to realize later that you were drunk and dreaming utter nonsense last night – wouldn’t that be disastrous?
Filing a false report can land you in jail!
Of course, that’s because this world has only science and no Magic. If a Prophet Mage in the Main World prophesies a disaster, vague as it may be, people would believe it. But in this world... apparently, the charlatans don’t have such privileges.
With the Geth sister as this "internal guide," the group swiftly reached the location of the heretics’ server structure, hidden on the edge of the Kaisens Star Region.
As expected, this area is heavily guarded, with insect-like Geth warships everywhere—I an, Fang Zheng just doesn’t understand why Sci-Fi World antagonists often design warships in insect forms? Is it about irritating you even if they can’t beat you?
Naturally, under normal circumstances, Sister Xue’s Normandy and Fang Zheng’s Iona would be collectively targeted by the nearly hundred Geth warships the mont they enter. However, the truth is both warships road around the Geth fleet like through an unending domain.
The reason is simple: Normandy’s invisibility device absorbs the heat generated from the power core, so Geth radars can’t detect it. Iona is even more comprehensive with its invisibility plugin, making it effortless indeed.
Yet...
"If I may say... "
Watching the two warships gradually approach the space station designated as the server, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but quip.
"Even if those Geth can’t spot you on radar, they’re not blind. All they need is a glance through the window."
"Geth buildings don’t have windows."
The Geth sister quietly replied.
"Windows are a useless design; Geth structures do not implent useless designs."
"Who says they’re useless? See, now they’re useful?"
Fang Zheng clearly didn’t agree with the Geth sister’s answer.
"Look, now this Normandy is about to knock at your front door, and you haven’t responded one bit. Doesn’t that prove the necessity of windows? Besides, such dark, narrow spaces aren’t good for ntal health; poor lighting and ventilation when other species co over. They wouldn’t feel any goodwill just from the eerie coffin-like architecture you have, at least Vampires have Gothic culture as a façade... "
Upon hearing Fang Zheng’s reply, the Geth sister was left speechless. Facts speak louder than argunts; she had a hundred reasons to rebuke, but at this mont... the enemy is right at their doorstep, and yet these heretic Geths haven’t reacted at all, seemingly blind...
anwhile, the Normandy finally docked at the entrance of the server building. Then Shupard picked up a weapon, interrupting Fang Zheng.
"We’ll be back soon."
"Safe travels; we’ll be here cheering you on."
Fang Zheng waved at Shupard on the display screen, then shut it down, stood up, and stretched lazily.
"Phew... seems there’s nothing more to do; everyone can go rest..."
At this mont, Fang Zheng suddenly felt soone tugging on his clothes. He turned around to see Eiriri smiling playfully behind him.
"Mr. Fang Zheng, since we’re free now, how about we exercise together?"
"That’s a good invitation... Sure, I accept."
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